Psalm 145:11

Psalm 145:11, in plain English

They'll talk about how amazing God's kingdom is and describe His strength and power.

Why it's here

Notice 'they'—the psalmist is still talking about that endless chain of people, generation after generation, who will keep this conversation going. The specific topics? God's kingdom and His might. Not gossip or complaints, but His glory.

Who's speaking

David, continuing to develop the vision of perpetual testimony.

Where it sits in the story

Jesus begins His ministry with 'the kingdom of God is at hand'—the kingdom is the core message. And here it is in the Psalms centuries before, God's people talking about the glory of His reign. This is what God's story is fundamentally about.

The scholarly reading

The saints' specific proclamation centers on God's kingdom and its power—political and cosmic authority.

Language and setting

The term מַלְכוּת (malkhut—kingdom) carries both political and eschatological dimensions in biblical usage. Here it references the eternal, unchanging royal authority of God—a persistent theme in apocalyptic literature (Daniel 2-7). The parallel construction (glory of kingdom / speech of might) employs synonymous parallelism to intensify theological affirmation. The transition from universal creation's praise (v.10) to saints' specific proclamation (v.11) marks the beginning of the psalm's theological crescendo: the community now names what all of creation declares silently.

Voice

The saints as a defined community, speaking with theological articulation.

Significance

The kingdom proclamation forms a central motif in Jesus's teaching (the basileia tou theou—Kingdom of God) and the Apostolic preaching: kingdom as present reality and future consummation, already inaugurated but not yet fully realized.

9The LORD is good to all; His compassion rests on all He has made.

10All You have made will give You thanks, O LORD, and Your saints will bless You.

11They will tell of the glory of Your kingdom and speak of Your might,

12to make known to men Your mighty acts and the glorious splendor of Your kingdom.

13Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and Your dominion endures through all generations. The LORD is faithful in all His words and kind in all His actions.

Read all of Psalm 145 — David's last psalm of praise. Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised. His greatness is unsearchable — but David searches anyway.