Psalms 146 · Verse 2

Psalms 146:2

While I live will I praise the Lord: I will sing praises unto my God while I have any being.
Psalms 146:2, King James Version

Psalms 146:2 in other translations

BSBI will praise the LORD all my life; I will sing praises to my God while I have my being.
WEBWhile I live, I will praise the LORD. I will sing praises to my God as long as I exist.
ASVWhile I live will I praise Jehovah: I will sing praises unto my God while I have any being.
YLTI praise Jehovah during my life, I sing praise to my God while I exist.
DARBYAs long as I live will I praise Jehovah; I will sing psalms unto my God while I have my being.
BBEWhile I have breath I will give praise to the Lord: I will make melody to my God while I have my being.
WebsterWhile I live will I praise the LORD: I will sing praises to my God while I have any being.

What does Psalms 146:2 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 2 While I live will I praise - The true feeling of a heart overpowered with a sense of God's goodness. While I have any being - בעודי beodi, in my continuance, in my progression, my eternal existence. This is very expressive.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 146:1-4

If it is our delight to praise the Lord while we live, we shall certainly praise him to all eternity. With this glorious prospect before us, how low do worldly pursuits seem! There is a Son of man in whom there is help, even him who is also the Son of God, who will not fail those that trust in him. But all other sons of men are like the man from whom they sprung, who, being in honour, did not abide. God has given…

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Psalms 146:2 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

אֲהַלְלָ֣ה'a.ha.LahI will praiseH1984
יְהוָ֣הYah.wehYahwehH3068
בְּחַיָּ֑יbe.chai.Yaiin life myH2416
אֲזַמְּרָ֖ה'a.za.me.RahI will sing praisesH2167
לֵֽאלֹהַ֣יle.lo.Haito God myH430
בְּעוֹדִֽי\׃be.'o.Diin duration myH5750

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 146:2

  • Psalms 63:4

    Thus will I bless thee while I live: I will lift up my hands in thy name.

  • Psalms 104:33

    I will sing unto the Lord as long as I live: I will sing praise to my God while I have my being.

  • Psalms 145:1-2

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

  • Psalms 71:14-15

    But I will hope continually, and will yet praise thee more and more. My mouth shall shew forth thy righteousness and thy salvation all the day; for I know not the numbers thereof.

  • Revelation 7:9-17

    After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands; And cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb. And all the angels stood round about the throne, and about the elders and the four beasts, and fell before the throne on their faces, and worshipped God, Saying, Amen: Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honour, and power, and might, be unto our God for ever and ever. Amen. …

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
While I live.
63:4; 71:14,15; 104:33; 145:1,2; Re 7:9-17

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Psalms 146:1

    Praise ye the Lord. Praise the Lord, O my soul.

  • Psalms 146:2

    While I live will I praise the Lord: I will sing praises unto my God while I have any being.

  • Psalms 146:3

    Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help.

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Psalms 146:2 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Alabaré á Jehová en mi vida: cantaré salmos á mi Dios mientras viviere.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Je louerai l’ Éternel durant ma vie; je chanterai des cantiques à mon Dieu tant que j’existerai.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Loben will ich Jehova mein Leben lang, will Psalmen singen meinem Gott, solange ich bin.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Ædificans Jerusalem Dominus, dispersiones Israëlis congregabit: