John Gill Commentary Psalms 145

I will extol you, my God, O King^F1 , the King Messiah, who is by way of eminency called "the King", as in (Psalms 21:1) (45:1) . This is the foundation of this whole psalm, as Aben Ezra observes; and shows who is intended and who is the subject of it that is spoken of throughout, even the Messiah, who is the King of the world, the King of the kings of it, the King of Zion, of his church and people, the King of saints, of all believers in him, by the appointment of God, by the conquest of his grace, over whom he reigns by his Spirit and grace; for this his kingdom is spiritual, is in righteousness, and everlasting:

and this great King is not a creature, but God, the mighty God, David's Lord and God, and the Lord and God of every saint; whom David loved as such, believed in, looked unto for salvation; from whom he received grace and expected glory, and knew and claimed his interest in him, which is the great privilege of believers in him; see (John 20:28) ; and therefore they, as David, will extol him above all created beings, he being God over all; extol him above all men, even the best and greatest, Moses, Joshua, Aaron, Abraham, or any other, who are his creatures, his children, and his subjects; and even as man he is to be extolled above all men; being chosen out from among the people, fairer than the children of men, and the chiefest among ten thousand; and above the angels, having a more excellent name and nature than they; they being his creatures and servants, and he their Creator and the object of their worship:

Christ is extolled by his people when they ascribe deity to him, magnify him in his offices, and make use of him in them all; attribute their whole salvation to him, think and speak highly of him, and declare him extolled and exalted at the right hand of God, as he now is, and as the Old Testament saints, as David and others, had a foresight of and rejoiced in, (Psalms 110:1) (Isaiah 52:13) ; the Septuagint, Syriac, Ethiopic, and Arabic versions, have it, "my King"; see (Zechariah 9:9) ;

and I will bless your name for ever and ever ; by pronouncing him the Son of the Blessed, God over all blessed for ever; and by ascribing blessing, honour, glory, and power, unto him; by adoring and celebrating the perfections of his nature, which are his name, by which he is known; by expressing a high value and esteem for every precious name of his, as Immanuel, God with us; Jesus, a Saviour and a regard to his everlasting Gospel, which is his name, bore by his ministering servants throughout the world; see (Psalms 8:1) (Acts 9:15) .

FOOTNOTES:

• F1: (Klmh) "rex", Tigurine version, Junius & Tremellius, Piscator.

Every day will I bless thee
For new mercies had every morning; for fresh supplies of grace every day, which all come from the fulness of Christ, to whom all grace is given, and from which it is received, and in whom all spiritual blessings are, and by whom they are bestowed; and I will praise your name for ever and ever ;
as long as he lived in this world, and to all eternity in the world to come.

David understood the doctrine of the saints' perseverance, and knew he should not be an apostate and blasphemer of the name of Christ, but a praiser of it as long as he had a being; and that his principal service, and that of all the saints in the other world, will be praise; not praying, nor preaching, nor hearing the word, and attendance on other ordinances, which will be no more, but adoring and magnifying the riches of divine grace, (Psalms 104:34) (146:2) .

Great [is] the Lord, and greatly to be praised
Christ is the great God as well as our Saviour; great in all the perfections of his nature, of great wisdom, power, faithfulness, holiness, grace, and goodness; great in his person as God-man, God manifest in the flesh; great in all his offices and relations he bears and stands in to his people; and great in all his works of creation, providence, and redemption, in which he is concerned; and upon all which accounts he is to be praised, and greatly to be praised, by his people, even to the utmost of their capacities, here and hereafter; see (Psalms 48:1) ;

and his greatness [is] unsearchable ; the greatness of his nature, and the perfections of it, these are past finding out; and so are his ways and works, and the riches of his grace, (John 11:7) (5:9) (Ephesians 3:8) .

The Targum is, ``and of his greatness there is no end.'' So the Septuagint, Vulgate Latin, Syriac, and Arabic versions.

One generation shall praise your works to another
The works of providence done in one age shall be told by the father to the son with praise to the greatPerformer of them, and so be transmitted to the latest posterity; for in every age there are new and strangethings done in Providence, the memory of which is not lost, but they are recorded for the glory of God andthe use of men; and the works of grace and salvation wrought by Christ should be, have been, and will be toldfrom age to age; and published in every age by his faithful ministering servants, to the glory of his grace,and the praise of his great name; see (Psalms 22:30Psalms 22:31) (Psalms 102:12Psalms 102:18) ;

and shall declare your mighty acts ;
his mighty acts of nature, in creating all things out of nothing, and upholding all things by the word of hispower; his mighty acts of grace, in redeeming his people out of the hands of him that is stronger than they;and from all their sins, and from the curse and condemnation of the law, and wrath to come; and the victorieswhich he has obtained over sin, Satan, the world, and death: or your powers ^F2 ; the powers of theworld to come, (Hebrews 6:5) ; the miracles wrought by Christ on earth, and by his disciples in Gospeltimes, sometimes called mighty works; as the raising of the dead (Matthew 11:5Matthew 11:20Matthew 11:21).

FOOTNOTES:

• F2: (Ktwrwbg) "potentias tuas", Vatablus; "potentia facta tua", Piscator; "praepotentias tuas", Cocceius.

I will speak of the glorious honour of your majesty Of the majesty of the divine Person of Christ; of the honour due to him; of the glory of him as of the only begotten of the Father, as he is the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person; of his glory as Mediator, and the honour that belongs to him as such, with which he is now crowned at the right hand of the Majesty on high, angels, authorities, and powers, being subject to him as the Lord and King of glory;

and of your wondrous works ; in becoming incarnate, in dying for the sins of his people, in rising from the dead the third day, in ascending to heaven and receiving gifts for men; in pouring down the spirit on them, in governing his church throughout all ages of the world, and judging the world at last.