I will extol thee, my God, O king; and I will bless thy name for ever and ever.
Parallel translations
- WEB A praise psalm by David. I will exalt you, my God, the King. I will praise your name forever and ever.
- BSB A Psalm of praise. Of David. I will exalt You, my God and King; I will bless Your name forever and ever.
- NKJV I will extol You, my God, O King; And I will bless Your name forever and ever.
- NASB I will exalt You, my God, the King, And I will bless Your name forever and ever.
- NLT I will exalt you, my God and King, and praise your name forever and ever.
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Quick answer
David vows to exalt God as King and praise His name forever. It sets the tone for a psalm wholly devoted to celebrating God's greatness.
Overview
This acrostic psalm opens by addressing God as 'my God, the King,' joining personal devotion to a confession of His universal reign. The pledge to praise 'forever and ever' reaches beyond this life toward eternal worship. Believers see this everlasting kingship fulfilled in Christ, the King whose reign has no end (Luke 1:33).
Cross-references & the web
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- Ps 47:6–8Sing praises to God, sing praises: sing praises unto our King, sing praises.
- Ps 34:1I will bless the LORD at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth.
- Ps 45:6Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: the sceptre of thy kingdom is a right sceptre.
- Matt 25:34Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:
- Ps 30:12To the end that my glory may sing praise to thee, and not be silent. O LORD my God, I will give thanks unto thee for ever.
- Dan 4:37Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honour the King of heaven, all whose works are truth, and his ways judgment: and those that walk in pride he is able to abase.
- Ps 44:4Thou art my King, O God: command deliverances for Jacob.
- Rev 19:16And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.
- Ps 45:1My heart is inditing a good matter: I speak of the things which I have made touching the king: my tongue is the pen of a ready writer.
- Ps 30:1I will extol thee, O LORD; for thou hast lifted me up, and hast not made my foes to rejoice over me.
- Ps 145:21My mouth shall speak the praise of the LORD: and let all flesh bless his holy name for ever and ever.
- Ps 52:9I will praise thee for ever, because thou hast done it: and I will wait on thy name; for it is good before thy saints.
- Ps 48:2–3Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great King.
- Isa 33:22For the LORD is our judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is our king; he will save us.
- Ps 103:1–2Bless the LORD, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name.
- Ps 149:2Let Israel rejoice in him that made him: let the children of Zion be joyful in their King.
- Ps 71:14–24But I will hope continually, and will yet praise thee more and more.
- Ps 113:1–2Praise ye the LORD. Praise, O ye servants of the LORD, praise the name of the LORD.
- Ps 68:4Sing unto God, sing praises to his name: extol him that rideth upon the heavens by his name JAH, and rejoice before him.
- Mal 1:14But cursed be the deceiver, which hath in his flock a male, and voweth, and sacrificeth unto the LORD a corrupt thing: for I am a great King, saith the LORD of hosts, and my name is dreadful among the heathen.
- Ps 100:1Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all ye lands.
- Ps 95:3For the LORD is a great God, and a great King above all gods.
- Ps 5:2Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and my God: for unto thee will I pray.
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The Psalms are Christ's own prayer book and a gallery of his portraits — the suffering one of Psalm 22, the risen Lord of Psalm 16, the priest-king of Psalm 110, the Son to whom the nations are given.
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