The Meaning of Psalms 145:4 Explained

Psalms 145:4

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

YLT: Generation to generation praiseth Thy works, And Thy mighty acts they declare.

Darby: One generation shall laud thy works to another, and shall declare thy mighty acts.

ASV: One generation shall laud thy works to another, And shall declare thy mighty acts.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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

What does Psalms 145:4 Mean?

Context Summary

Psalms 145:1-9 - God's Unsearchable Greatness
This psalm is an acrostic, the verses beginning with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet. The couplet for the fourteenth letter, Nun, between Psalms 145:13-14, has no place in the text. Some versions have supplied the omission as follows: "The Lord is faithful in all His words and holy in all His works." This is virtually a repetition of Psalms 145:17.
The word all is characteristic of this psalm. It was the Te Deum of the Hebrew Church. The Jews said that its threefold repetition was the best preparation for the praises of the world to come. Speaking of this psalm and those following, Dr. Gilfillan says: "They are the Beulah of the Book; the sun shineth night and day. Coming at the close of all the prayerful, penitential, and mournful psalms, they unconsciously typify the joy and rest of glory." The theme of the psalm is God. He is great, Psalms 145:3; gracious, Psalms 145:8; good, Psalms 145:9; upholdeth, Psalms 145:14; is righteous, Psalms 145:17; is nigh, Psalms 145:18; preserved, Psalms 145:20. And the main aspect of His handiwork is the creation and maintenance of a universe of happy beings who subsist on His bountiful care. His tender mercies are over all His works. [source]

Chapter Summary: Psalms 145

1  David praises God for his fame
8  For his goodness
11  For his kingdom
14  For his providence
17  For his justice, holiness, and savings mercy

What do the individual words in Psalms 145:4 mean?

One generation to another shall praise Your works and Your mighty acts shall declare
דּ֣וֹר לְ֭דוֹר יְשַׁבַּ֣ח מַעֲשֶׂ֑יךָ וּגְב֖וּרֹתֶ֣יךָ יַגִּֽידוּ

דּ֣וֹר  One  generation 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: דֹּור 
Sense: period, generation, habitation, dwelling.
לְ֭דוֹר  to  another 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine singular
Root: דֹּור 
Sense: period, generation, habitation, dwelling.
יְשַׁבַּ֣ח  shall  praise 
Parse: Verb, Piel, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: שָׁבַח 
Sense: to soothe, still, stroke.
מַעֲשֶׂ֑יךָ  Your  works 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, second person masculine singular
Root: מַעֲשֶׂה  
Sense: deed, work.
וּגְב֖וּרֹתֶ֣יךָ  and  Your  mighty  acts 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, feminine plural construct, second person masculine singular
Root: גְּבוּרָה  
Sense: strength, might.
יַגִּֽידוּ  shall  declare 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: נָגַד  
Sense: to be conspicuous, tell, make known.