# Psalms 145.3

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**Book:** [Psalms](/codex/psalms/) · NASB95

## Immediate context (±2 verses)

**ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/))
> 1. <sup>A Psalm of praise; of David.</sup> I will extol thee, my God, O King; And I will bless thy name for ever and ever. 2. Every day will I bless thee; And I will praise thy name for ever and ever.
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> **3. Great is Jehovah, and greatly to be praised; And his greatness is unsearchable.**
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> 4. One generation shall laud thy works to another, And shall declare thy mighty acts. 5. Of the glorious majesty of thine honor, And of thy wondrous works, will I meditate. (Psalms 145:1-5, ASV)

**WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/))
> 1. <b>A praise psalm by David. </b> I will exalt you, my God, the King. I will praise your name forever and ever. 2. Every day I will praise you. I will extol your name forever and ever.
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> **3. Great is Yahweh, and greatly to be praised! His greatness is unsearchable.**
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> 4. One generation will commend your works to another, and will declare your mighty acts. 5. Of the glorious majesty of your honor, of your wondrous works, I will meditate. (Psalms 145:1-5, WEB)

**KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/))
> 1. David's Psalm of praise. I will extol thee, my God, O king; and I will bless thy name for ever and ever. 2. Every day will I bless thee; and I will praise thy name for ever and ever.
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> **3. Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; and his greatness is unsearchable. <sup>and his: Heb. and of his greatness there is no search</sup>**
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> 4. One generation shall praise thy works to another, and shall declare thy mighty acts. 5. I will speak of the glorious honour of thy majesty, and of thy wondrous works. <sup>works: Heb. things, or, words</sup> (Psalms 145:1-5, KJV)

**YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/))
> 1. Praise by David. I exalt Thee, my God, O king, And bless Thy name to the age and for ever. 2. Every day do I bless Thee, And praise Thy name to the age and for ever.
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> **3. Great [is] Jehovah, and praised greatly, And of His greatness there is no searching.**
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> 4. Generation to generation praiseth Thy works, And Thy mighty acts they declare. 5. The honour, the glory of Thy majesty, And the matters of Thy wonders I declare. (Psalms 145:1-5, YLT)

## Setting

- **Speaker:** _TBD_
- **Audience:** _TBD_
- **Location:** _TBD_
- **Time period:** _TBD_

## Theological reading

_Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._

## Key words

_Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word; see Lexicon Roadmap._

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## Quoted in

**Arguments and defeaters:**

- [Argument from Apophatic Convergence](/codex/argument-from-apophatic-convergence/)
- [Modal Ontological Argument](/codex/modal-ontological-argument/)
- [Perfection Argument](/codex/perfection-argument/)

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## Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

- **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
- **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
- **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
- **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.