Psalms 145:5

The glorious splendour of thy majesty

And all thy marvellous works shall be my theme.

Splendour, glory, majesty, are the attributes of God as King. Cp. Psalms 145:12; Psalms 21:5; Psalms 104:1; Psalms 96:6.

For the word rendered shall be my theme, lit. I will busy myself with, discourse concerning, see note on Psalms 105:2.

thy wondrous works The Heb. text reads the mattersor details(דִּבְרֵי) of My marvellous works(cp. Psalms 65:3; Psalms 105:27); but the LXX represents a verb (יְדַבֵּרוּ), so that the verse would run, Of the glorious splendour of thy majesty do men talk, and of all thy marvellous works will I discourse. This reading improves the rhythm, and makes the structure of the verse correspond exactly to that of Psalms 145:6. The further alteration of the first person in Psalms 145:5 b, Psalms 145:6 bto the third in the LXX they will discourse … they will declareis unnecessary. Worshipin P.B.V. = honour. Cf. Luke 14:10.