What Does Psalm 145:2 Mean in the King James?
Every day will I bless thee; and I will praise thy name for ever and ever.
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
To praise the LORD’s name is to praise the nature his name carries, day after day and through the ages.
THE MEANING
Here, blessing meets you as a daily rhythm, and praise is directed toward the nature carried in the LORD’s name. “For ever and ever” stretches that praise beyond a measured span, joining each day to the ages.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
It undoes the belief that praise belongs only to exceptional moments: here, the voice blesses God every day.
THE ROOT
שִׁמְךָ
shimkha
GROWS FROM
שם
shem
Name, reputation, renown.
The word for “name” carries more than a label: it holds identity, renown, and the character by which one is known. Praising the LORD’s name reaches toward his nature, not just the sound of a title.
ALSO GROWS
shmo: His name
שְׁמוֹ
This possessive form keeps the focus on the one whose nature is praised.
shemot: Names
שְׁמוֹת
The plural shows the word’s use for names as identifying and revealing who is named.
אֲבָרְכֶךָּ
avarekhekha
GROWS FROM
ברך
barak
Bless; the related noun for knee preserves a bodily echo.
The same consonants appear in the word for “knee,” giving blessing a linguistic echo of the bent knee without changing its meaning from bless. Here that blessing is repeated each day, as a steady posture toward the LORD.
ALSO GROWS
berakhah: Blessing
בְּרָכָה
The noun form makes the act of blessing a continuing gift or utterance.
berekh: Knee
בֶּרֶךְ
This related word preserves the bodily echo within the blessing root.
וַאֲהַלְלָה
vaahalelah
GROWS FROM
הלל
halal
Praise, celebrate.
The root behind “praise” also forms words for praise itself, including a song of praise. Joined to “every day,” it gives the verse a recurring voice rather than a single moment of acclaim.
ALSO GROWS
tehillah: Praise; a song of praise
תְּהִלָּה
This noun makes praise a voiced expression that can continue from day to day.
halleluya: Praise Yah
הַלְלוּיָהּ
This familiar praise word shares the root heard in the verse’s “I will praise.”
THE PATTERN
Praise and gratitude take the shape of a sustained cadence, returning through daily life and continually directed toward God.
A Psalm of David, when he changed his behaviour before Abimelech; who drove him away, and he departed. I will bless the LORD at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth.By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name.Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ;THE THREAD
A Psalm of David, when he changed his behaviour before Abimelech; who drove him away, and he departed. I will bless the LORD at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth.Psalm 34:1 uses both central roots of this verse: ברך (barak), meaning “bless,” and הלל (halal), meaning “praise.” Its “at all times” and “continually” make the same cadence audible, with praise in the speaker’s mouth.
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