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Psalm 145:4
One generation will commend your works to another, and will declare your mighty acts.
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.
5I will meditate on the glorious majesty of your honor, on your wondrous works.
6Men will speak of the might of your awesome acts. I will declare your greatness.
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One generation’s praise becomes another’s hearing, drawing attention to the people through whom you have learned what God has done.
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Psalm 118:17I will not die, but live, and declare the LORD’s works.Both passages speak of declaring God’s works, with Psalm 118 voicing one person’s resolve and Psalm 145 describing generation speaking to generation.
Psalm 71:18Yes, even when I am old and gray-haired, God, don’t forsake me, until I have declared your strength to the next generation, your might to everyone who is to …Psalm 71 makes the same task a prayer: an aging speaker asks to remain until God’s might has been declared to the next generation.
Psalm 78:3–7which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us.Psalm 145 describes one generation telling another; Psalm 78 speaks from the receiving end, recalling what fathers have told.
John 15:16You didn’t choose me, but I chose you and appointed you, that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain; that whatever you will ask of …The overlap is limited: Psalm 145 looks toward another generation, while Jesus speaks of appointed disciples bearing fruit that remains.
Isaiah 38:19The living, the living, he shall praise you, as I do today. The father shall make known your truth to the children.Both passages connect praise of God with speech across generations; Isaiah names a father making God’s truth known to children.
Deuteronomy 6:7and you shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, …Both passages describe speech across generations; Deuteronomy names teaching children through conversations woven into the day.
Joel 1:3Tell your children about it, and have your children tell their children, and their children, another generation.Both passages describe telling across generations; Joel extends the chain from children to their children and another generation.
Joshua 4:21–24He spoke to the children of Israel, saying, “When your children ask their fathers in time to come, saying, ‘What do these stones mean?’Both passages picture communication across generations; Joshua names children asking their fathers what the stones mean.
Psalm 44:1–2For the Chief Musician. By the sons of Korah. A contemplative psalm. We have heard with our ears, God; our fathers have told us what work you did in their …Both name God’s works as the subject of speech across generations; Psalm 44 recalls fathers telling what God did in their days.
Exodus 12:26–27It will happen, when your children ask you, ‘What do you mean by this service?’The shared thread is communication across generations: the psalm describes declaring God’s works, while Exodus pictures children asking about a service.
Exodus 13:14It shall be, when your son asks you in time to come, saying, ‘What is this?’ that you shall tell him, ‘By strength of hand the LORD brought us out from Egypt, …Exodus names a mighty act to tell the next generation: the LORD brought his people out of bondage in Egypt.
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Your part in this praise can be one honest conversation. The verse looks beyond a single lifetime: God’s mighty acts are worth declaring to another generation.
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