Great reasons to praise God found in Psalms 145

“I will extol You, my God, O King, And I will bless Your name forever and ever.” (Psalm 145:1 NASB)

Psalms 145 is a Psalm of praise written by David and lists many great reasons to give praise to God. 

1. God is a personal God (v1)

I will extol thee, my God, O king; and I will bless thy name for ever and ever.

2. God is the sovereign King (v2)

Every day will I bless thee; and I will praise thy name for ever and ever.

3. God is great (v3)

Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised;

4. God is unsearchable (v3)

And His greatness is unsearchable.

5. God is a doer of mighty acts (v4)

One generation shall praise thy works to another, and shall declare thy mighty acts.

6. God is majestic (v5)

I will speak of the glorious honour of thy majesty, and of thy wondrous works.

7. God is good (v7)

They shall abundantly utter the memory of thy great goodness,

8. God is righteous (v7)

…and shall sing of thy righteousness.

9. God is gracious (v8)

The Lord is gracious...

10. God is full of compassion (v8)

…and full of compassion;

11. God is slow to anger (v8)

…slow to anger,

12. God is merciful (v8)

…and of great mercy.

13. God is good to everyone (v9)

The Lord is good to all: and his tender mercies are over all his works.

14. God is powerful (v11)

They shall speak of the glory of thy kingdom, and talk of thy power;

15. God makes Himself known to us (v12)

To make known to the sons of men his mighty acts, and the glorious majesty of his kingdom.

16. God helps us (v14)

The Lord upholdeth all that fall, and raiseth up all those that be bowed down

17. God provides for us (v15)

The eyes of all wait upon thee; and thou givest them their meat in due season.

18. God is generous to us (v16)

Thou openest thine hand, and satisfiest the desire of every living thing.

19. God is near to us (v18)

The Lord is nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth.

20. God listens to us (v19)

He will fulfill the desire of them that fear him: he also will hear their cry,

21. God saves us (v19)

…and will save them.

21. God preserves us (v20)

The Lord preserveth all them that love him:

23. God brings justice to us & the world (v20)

...but all the wicked will he destroy.

Read Psalms 145

Read the entire book of Psalms 145 below and praise God for all He is, for all He has done, and for all He is going to do.

Psalm 145 – a psalm of praise

1. I will extol thee, my God, O king; and I will bless thy name for ever and ever.

2. Every day will I bless thee; and I will praise thy name for ever and ever.

3. Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised; and his greatness is unsearchable.

4. One generation shall praise thy works to another, and shall declare thy mighty acts.

5. I will speak of the glorious honor of thy majesty, and of thy wondrous works.

6. And men shall speak of the might of thy terrible acts: and I will declare thy greatness.

7. They shall abundantly utter the memory of thy great goodness, and shall sing of thy righteousness.

8. The Lord is gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of great mercy.

9. The Lord is good to all: and his tender mercies are over all his works.

10. All thy works shall praise thee, O Lord; and thy saints shall bless thee.

11. They shall speak of the glory of thy kingdom, and talk of thy power;

12. To make known to the sons of men his mighty acts, and the glorious majesty of his kingdom.

13. Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and thy dominion endureth throughout all generations.

14. The Lord upholdeth all that fall, and raiseth up all those that be bowed down.

15. The eyes of all wait upon thee; and thou givest them their meat in due season.

16. Thou openest thine hand, and satisfiest the desire of every living thing.

17. The Lord is righteous in all his ways, and holy in all his works.

18. The Lord is nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth.

19. He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him: he also will hear their cry, and will save them.

20. The Lord preserveth all them that love him: but all the wicked will he destroy.

21. My mouth shall speak the praise of the Lord: and let all flesh bless his holy name for ever and ever. (Psalms 145 KJV)