The Bible Commentaries and Others: Psalms 145 v 1

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Posted by Psalms on Wednesday, 20 January 2016

Psalms 145:1

David's Psalm of praise. I will extol thee, my God, O king; and I will bless thy name for ever and ever.

145:1. I will extol thee, my God, O king. David as God’s king adores God as his King. When we cannot express all our praise just now, it is wise to register our resolution to continue in the blessed work—

I will extol thee. See David’s pronoun my, and his allegiance—the title king.

And I will bless thy name for ever and ever. David determined that his praise should rise to blessing, should intelligently spend itself upon the name or character of God, and should be continued world without end. To bless God is to praise him with a personal affection for him, and a wishing well to him: this is growingly easy exercise as we advance in experience and grow in grace.

Excerpt from:

The Treasury of David by Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834-1892)