Psalm 146:2
New International Version
I will praise the LORD all my life; I will sing praise to my God as long as I live.

New Living Translation
I will praise the LORD as long as I live. I will sing praises to my God with my dying breath.

English Standard Version
I will praise the LORD as long as I live; I will sing praises to my God while I have my being.

Berean Standard Bible
I will praise the LORD all my life; I will sing praises to my God while I have my being.

King James Bible
While I live will I praise the LORD: I will sing praises unto my God while I have any being.

New King James Version
While I live I will praise the LORD; I will sing praises to my God while I have my being.

New American Standard Bible
I will praise the LORD while I live; I will sing praises to my God while I have my being.

NASB 1995
I will praise the LORD while I live; I will sing praises to my God while I have my being.

NASB 1977
I will praise the LORD while I live; I will sing praises to my God while I have my being.

Legacy Standard Bible
I will praise Yahweh throughout my life; I will sing praises to my God while I have my being.

Amplified Bible
While I live I will praise the LORD; I will sing praises to my God as long as I live.

Christian Standard Bible
I will praise the LORD all my life; I will sing to my God as long as I live.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
I will praise the LORD all my life; I will sing to my God as long as I live.

American Standard Version
While I live will I praise Jehovah: I will sing praises unto my God while I have any being.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
I shall glorify LORD JEHOVAH with my life and I shall sing praise my God while I endure.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
While I live will I praise the Lord: I will sing praises to my God as long as I exist.

Contemporary English Version
I will sing and praise the LORD God as long as I live.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Praise the Lord, O my soul, in my life I will praise the Lord: I will sing to my God as long as I shall be. Put not your trust in princes:

English Revised Version
While I live will I praise the LORD: I will sing praises unto my God while I have any being.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
I want to praise the LORD throughout my life. I want to make music to praise my God as long as I live.

Good News Translation
I will praise him as long as I live; I will sing to my God all my life.

International Standard Version
I will praise the LORD as long as I live, singing praises to my God while I exist.

JPS Tanakh 1917
I will praise the LORD while I live; I will sing praises unto my God while I have my being.

Literal Standard Version
I praise YHWH during my life, | I sing praise to my God while I exist.

Majority Standard Bible
I will praise the LORD all my life; I will sing praises to my God while I have my being.

New American Bible
Praise the LORD, my soul; I will praise the LORD all my life, sing praise to my God while I live.

NET Bible
I will praise the LORD as long as I live! I will sing praises to my God as long as I exist!

New Revised Standard Version
I will praise the LORD as long as I live; I will sing praises to my God all my life long.

New Heart English Bible
While I live, I will praise the LORD. I will sing praises to my God as long as I exist.

Webster's Bible Translation
While I live will I praise the LORD: I will sing praises to my God while I have any being.

World English Bible
While I live, I will praise Yahweh. I will sing praises to my God as long as I exist.

Young's Literal Translation
I praise Jehovah during my life, I sing praise to my God while I exist.

Additional Translations ...
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Context
Praise the LORD, O My Soul
1Hallelujah! Praise the LORD, O my soul. 2I will praise the LORD all my life; I will sing praises to my God while I have my being. 3Put not your trust in princes, in mortal man, who cannot save.…

Cross References
Psalm 63:4
So I will bless You as long as I live; in Your name I will lift my hands.

Psalm 104:33
I will sing to the LORD all my life; I will sing praise to my God while I have my being.

Isaiah 38:20
The LORD will save me; we will play songs on stringed instruments all the days of our lives in the house of the LORD.


Treasury of Scripture

While I live will I praise the LORD: I will sing praises to my God while I have any being.

while I live

Psalm 63:4
Thus will I bless thee while I live: I will lift up my hands in thy name.

Psalm 71:14,15
But I will hope continually, and will yet praise thee more and more…

Psalm 104:33
I will sing unto the LORD as long as I live: I will sing praise to my God while I have my being.

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Psalm 146
1. The Psalmist vows perpetual praises to God
3. He exhorts not to trust in man
5. God, for his power, justice, mercy, and kingdom, is only worthy to be trusted














Verse 2. - While I live will I praise the Lord. Nearly identical with Psalm 104:35a. It is our duty towards God to be always praising him, if not with the lips, at any rate with the heart. I will sing praises unto my God while I have any being. Identical with Psalm 104:33b.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
I will praise
אֲהַלְלָ֣ה (’ă·hal·lāh)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect Cohortative - first person common singular
Strong's 1984: To shine

the LORD
יְהוָ֣ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

all my life;
בְּחַיָּ֑י (bə·ḥay·yāy)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular
Strong's 2416: Alive, raw, fresh, strong, life

I will sing praises
אֲזַמְּרָ֖ה (’ă·zam·mə·rāh)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect Cohortative - first person common singular
Strong's 2167: Play, to make music, celebrate in song and music

to my God
לֵֽאלֹהַ֣י (lê·lō·hay)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular
Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

while I have my being.
בְּעוֹדִֽי׃ (bə·‘ō·w·ḏî)
Preposition-b | Adverb | first person common singular
Strong's 5750: Iteration, continuance, again, repeatedly, still, more


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