19 He fulfilleth the desire of them that fear him; he heareth their cry, and saveth them.
If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will and it shall come to pass to you.
and delight thyself in Jehovah, and he will give thee the desires of thy heart.
Hitherto ye have asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.
And if we know that he hears us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions which we have asked of him.
[The righteous] cry, and Jehovah heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles.
He shall call upon me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble, I will deliver him and honour him.
Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and have set you that ye should go and [that] ye should bear fruit, and [that] your fruit should abide, that whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name he may give you.
Fear Jehovah, ye his saints; for there is no want to them that fear him.
they shall not be ashamed in the time of evil, and in the days of famine they shall be satisfied.
He has filled the hungry with good things, and sent away the rich empty.
in order that he may give you according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with power by his Spirit in the inner man; that the Christ may dwell, through faith, in your hearts, being rooted and founded in love, in order that ye may be fully able to apprehend with all the saints what [is] the breadth and length and depth and height; and to know the love of the Christ which surpasses knowledge; that ye may be filled [even] to all the fulness of God. But to him that is able to do far exceedingly above all which we ask or think, according to the power which works in us,
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Commentary on Psalms 145 Matthew Henry Commentary
Psalm 145
The five foregoing psalms were all of a piece, all full of prayers; this, and the five that follow it to the end of the book, are all of a piece too, all full of praises; and though only this is entitled David's psalm yet we have no reason to think but that they were all his as well as all the foregoing prayers. And it is observable,
David's psalm of praise.
Psa 145:1-9
The entitling of this David's psalm of praise may intimate not only that he was the penman of it, but that he took a particular pleasure in it and sung it often; it was his companion wherever he went. In this former part of the psalm God's glorious attributes are praised, as, in the latter part of the psalm, his kingdom and the administration of it. Observe,
Psa 145:10-21
The greatness and goodness of him who is optimus et maximus-the best and greatest of beings, were celebrated in the former part of the psalm; here, in these verses, we are taught to give him the glory of his kingdom, in the administration of which his greatness and goodness shine so clearly, so very brightly. Observe, as before,