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Psalm 145:2

Every day I will praise you. I will extol your name forever and ever.

1A praise psalm by David. I will exalt you, my God, the King. I will praise your name forever and ever.
2Every day I will praise you. I will extol your name forever and ever.
3Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised! His greatness is unsearchable.
4One generation will commend your works to another, and will declare your mighty acts.
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Notice

“Every day” makes praise part of ordinary time, while “forever and ever” stretches David’s resolve beyond any single day’s reasons for thanks.

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Where else Scripture says this

8 passages readers most often link with this verse, and the thread each one shares with it.

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Psalm 92:2to proclaim your loving kindness in the morning, and your faithfulness every night,Both passages give praise a regular place in time: every day in Psalm 145, morning and night in Psalm 92.
Psalm 71:15My mouth will tell about your righteousness, and of your salvation all day, though I don’t know its full measure.Both speakers commit to speaking of God through their days, praising his name or telling of his righteousness and salvation.
Psalm 30:12to the end that my heart may sing praise to you, and not be silent. LORD my God, I will give thanks to you forever!Both speakers pledge praise that continues forever, with Psalm 30 joining that praise to thanks.
Revelation 7:15Therefore they are before the throne of God, and they serve him day and night in his temple. He who sits on the throne will spread his tabernacle over them.Both describe ongoing devotion to God: praise every day in the psalm and service day and night before his throne in Revelation.
Psalm 71:6I have relied on you from the womb. You are he who took me out of my mother’s womb. I will always praise you.Both speakers pledge enduring praise, with Psalm 71 grounding that pledge in reliance on God from birth.
Isaiah 38:20The LORD will save me. Therefore we will sing my songs with stringed instruments all the days of our life in the LORD’s house.Both passages express a resolve to keep praising God, across every day in the psalm and all life's days in Isaiah.
1 Kings 1:48Also thus said the king, ‘Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, who has given one to sit on my throne today, my eyes even seeing it.’”Both passages honor God, with Psalm 145 pledging praise every day and the king blessing God for a successor that day.
Nehemiah 9:5Then the Levites, Jeshua, and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah, said, “Stand up and bless the LORD your God from …Both passages exalt God's name and speak of praise in terms that stretch forever.
Where this verse fits

Praise and worship. an ordinary day. wanting a steady prayer habit.

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One step

Something small to carry out of this verse

Speak one sentence of praise to God each morning

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Encouragement

Your praise today can be brief and honest. David’s words reach toward praise without end, directed to the God whose greatness is unsearchable.

Now put it in your words.

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Cross-reference data from OpenBible.info (CC BY). Scripture from the World English Bible (public domain). Arc diagram after Chris Harrison and Christoph Römhild (2007).