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Psalm 145 – Praising God for Who He Is and What He Does text and detailed commentary, enduringword.com; Psalm 145:1 introduction and text, biblestudytools.com; Psalm 145 / Refrain: Great is the Lord and highly to be praised. Church of England; Psalm 145 at biblegateway.com; Hymnary.org, Hymns for Psalm 145
Also significantly, this prayer is entirely praise of God, without asking for anything. [16] Also emphasized in Ashrei is God's kingship over all the universe; in particular, Psalm 145:1 is the Bible's only use of the phrase "God the King" (as distinguished from many occurrences of "my king" or "our king"). [17]
The term Hallel, without a qualifier, generally refers to Psalms 113-118, which are recited only on festivals; for this reason the Hallel of pesukei dezimra is also known as the daily Hallel. These psalms are recited because they are devoted entirely to the praise of God. [1] Originally, this was the only part of pesukei dezimra.
Psalm 145 alone has the designation tehillah (תהלה; ὕμνος, hymnos, 'hymn'), meaning a song of praise; a song the prominent thought of which is the praise of God. Thirteen psalms are described as maskil ('wise'): 32, 42, 44, 45, 52–55, 74, 78, 88, 89, and 142. Psalm 41:2, although not in the above list, has the description ashrei maskil.
Nowadays, it is customary for pesukei dezimra to include psalms 145-150 as well as several other psalms, recitations, and blessings before (Barukh she'amar) and after pesukei dezimra. Elsewhere, the Talmud states that a person should praise God first and only afterwards begin their prayer. [6]
Tehillat Hashem (תְּהִלַּת ה' , "praise of God" in Hebrew) is the name of a prayer-book (known as a siddur in Hebrew) used for Jewish services in synagogues and privately by Hasidic Jews, specifically in the Chabad-Lubavitch community. The name of the siddur is taken from Psalm 145, verse 21, "Praise of God shall my mouth speak ...
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David praises God, declaring His mighty acts and wondrous works. People: David - יהוה YHVH God. Related Articles: Psalm 145 - Praise - HaShem - Righteousness - Kingdom of God - Divine Providence - Divine judgment. English Text: American Standard - Douay-Rheims - Free - King James - Jewish Publication Society - Tyndale - World English - Wycliffe