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Psalms 145:5 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 5. 5I will speak of the glorious honour of thy majesty, and of thy wondrous works.
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Quick Meaning
Psalm 145:5: The speaker's “I will speak of the glorious honour of thy majesty, and…” contributes testimony, resolve, or self-address to “An alphabetic praise of the compassionate king.”
Read It With
- Psalms 145:1–21
Read Psalms 145:5 with 145:1–21. Read alone, “I will speak of the glorious honour of thy majesty, and of…” could lose the individual voice, the parallel line or movement it develops, and the psalm's outcome. The complete movement establishes: Within Psalms 145:1–21, the individual voice carries the movement “An alphabetic praise of the compassionate king” as part of “An alphabetic praise of the compassionate king.” Its acrostic-hymn form and poetic parallelism hold the petitions, images, memories, or praise together before any single line is applied.
Why This Verse Appears Here
Psalms 145:1–21 opens Psalm 145 with “I will extol thee, my God, O king; and I will bless thy name for ever and ever” and establishes the individual voice and “An alphabetic praise of the compassionate king” movement before later lines develop or answer it. Within that relationship, Psalm 145:5 voices testimony, resolve, or self-address in “I will speak of the glorious honour of thy majesty, and of thy wondrous…,” preserving the poem's individual or communal speaker.
What Remains True
Because this verse serves “An alphabetic praise of the compassionate king,” its enduring claim is proportionate: Human rule is answerable to the LORD and is measured by justice, especially protection of poor and vulnerable people, rather than by power or sacred slogans. Psalm 145:5 voices testimony, resolve, or self-address in “I will speak of the glorious honour of thy majesty, and of thy wondrous…,” preserving the poem's individual or communal speaker. The local movement is “An alphabetic praise of the compassionate king.” The unit's reviewed limit is: The missing nun line in the Masoretic form and its presence in other traditions are a real textual issue; universal provision remains praise, not denial of hunger.
How It Can Shape Life
- Psalm 145:5 contributes to “An alphabetic praise of the compassionate king” in a specific way: Psalm 145:5 voices testimony, resolve, or self-address in “I will speak of the glorious honour of thy majesty, and of thy wondrous…,” preserving the poem's individual or communal speaker. Respond by doing this: Let “I will speak of the glorious honour of thy majesty, and of…” question concentrated power: examine whether actual policies protect poor people and restrain violence rather than baptizing authority.
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Read Psalms 145:1–21 — An alphabetic praise of the compassionate kingSources used for this Verse Lens
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
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Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, verse order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete thought-unit coverage.
Exact location: Psalms 145:1–21, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Psalms
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Masoretic Hebrew wording and morphology checked at the exact unit without treating morphology as a complete apparatus or interpretation.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Ps.xml, OSIS 145:1–21
Open the fixed Hebrew Psalms file ↗translation and translator notes
NET Bible Notes: Psalms 1-150
Biblical Studies Press
Biblical Studies Press, current official online edition
Supports: Verse-level controls for poetic syntax, imagery, older KJV language, textual issues, headings, and alternatives in Psalms 145:1–21.
Exact location: Official NET Bible Psalm 145 HTML, translator, textual, and study notes attached to Psalms 145:1–21
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