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Psalm 145:6
Men will speak of the might of your awesome acts. I will declare your greatness.
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.
7They will utter the memory of your great goodness, and will sing of your righteousness.
8The LORD is gracious, merciful, slow to anger, and of great loving kindness.
Notice
Talk of God's awesome acts becomes a personal commitment to praise, as the speaker adds his own declaration to what others will say.
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Habakkuk 2:14For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the LORD’s glory, as the waters cover the sea.Both passages look toward God's greatness being known, through spoken praise in the psalm and earth-filling knowledge in Habakkuk.
Exodus 34:10He said, “Behold, I make a covenant: before all your people I will do marvels, such as have not been worked in all the earth, nor in any nation; and all the …God's awesome acts are seen by people in Exodus and become the subject of people's speech in the psalm.
Daniel 3:28–29Nebuchadnezzar spoke and said, “Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who has sent his angel and delivered his servants who trusted in him, …Nebuchadnezzar's blessing of God for delivering his servants shares the psalm's pattern of speaking praise in response to God's acts.
Psalm 107:31–32Let them praise the LORD for his loving kindness, for his wonderful deeds for the children of men!Both passages connect spoken praise with God's deeds, naming their wonder in Psalm 107 and their might in Psalm 145.
Deuteronomy 3:24“Lord GOD, you have begun to show your servant your greatness, and your strong hand. For what god is there in heaven or in earth that can do works like yours, …Both texts address God with praise for his greatness and mighty acts.
Psalm 22:31They shall come and shall declare his righteousness to a people that shall be born, for he has done it.Both psalms anticipate people declaring what is true of God in response to what he has done.
Psalm 113:3From the rising of the sun to its going down, the LORD’s name is to be praised.Both passages concern praise directed toward the LORD, with Psalm 145 naming his greatness as its subject.
Psalm 22:27All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to the LORD. All the relatives of the nations shall worship before you.Both passages anticipate people honoring God, through speech in Psalm 145 and worship among the nations in Psalm 22.
Jeremiah 50:28Listen to those who flee and escape out of the land of Babylon, to declare in Zion the vengeance of the LORD our God, the vengeance of his temple.Both passages describe people declaring God's acts; Jeremiah names vengeance for his temple, while the psalm leaves the awesome acts unspecified.
Revelation 15:3They sang the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, “Great and marvelous are your works, Lord God, the Almighty! Righteous and …Both passages praise God's greatness through his works, which Revelation's singers name as great and marvelous.
2 Samuel 7:23What one nation on the earth is like your people, even like Israel, whom God went to redeem to himself for a people, and to make himself a name, and to do …Both texts speak of God's awesome acts, with Samuel naming Israel's redemption from Egypt among those deeds.
Daniel 6:25–27Then King Darius wrote to all the peoples, nations, and languages who dwell in all the earth: “Peace be multiplied to you.The shared thread is limited to communication: the psalm declares God's greatness, while the supplied Daniel verse records Darius's greeting.
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Your words of praise can join those of others without copying them. The speaker makes his own commitment to declare the same greatness they have seen in God's acts.
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