Chapter 144
My Rock and My Fortress
Of David
1: Blessed be the LORD, my rock, who trains my hands for war, and my fingers for battle;
2: he is my steadfast love and my fortress, my stronghold and my deliverer, my shield and he in whom I take refuge, who subdues peoples under me.
3: O LORD, what is man that you regard him, or the son of man that you think of him?
4: Man is like a breath; his days are like a passing shadow.
5: Bow your heavens, O LORD, and come down! Touch the mountains so that they smoke!
6: Flash forth the lightning and scatter them; send out your arrows and rout them!
7: Stretch out your hand from on high; rescue me and deliver me from the many waters,
from the hand of foreigners,
8: whose mouths speak lies and whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.
9: I will sing a new song to you, O God; upon a ten-stringed harp I will play to you,
10: who gives victory to king, who rescue David his servant from the cruel sword.
11: Rescue me and deliver me, from the hand of foreigners, whose mouths speak lies
and whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.
12: May our sons in their youth be like plants full grown, our daughters like corner pillars
cut for the structure of a palace;
13: may our granaries be full, providing all kinds of produce; may our sheep bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our fields;
14: may our cattle be heavy with young, suffering no mishap or failure in bearing; may there be no cry of distress in our streets!
15: Blessed are the people to whom such blessings fall! Blessed are the people whose God is the LORD!
Chapter 145
Great Is the LORD
A Song of Praise. Of David
1: I will extol you, my God and King, and bless your name forever and ever.
2: Every day I will bless you, and praise your name forever and ever.
3: Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised, and his greatness is unsearchable.
4: One generation shall commend your works to another, and shall declare your mighty acts.
5: On the glorious splendor of your majesty, and on your wondrous works, I will meditate.
6: They shall speak of the might of your awesome deeds, and I will declare your greatness.
7: They shall pour forth the fame of your abundant goodness and shall sing aloud of your righteousness.
8: The LORD is gracious and merciful; slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.
9: The LORD is good to all, and his mercy is over all that he has made.
10: All your works shall give thanks to you, O LORD, and all your saints shall bless you!
11: They shall speak of the glory of your kingdom and tell of your power,
12: to make known to the children of man your mighty deeds, and the glorious splendor of your kingdom.
13: Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and your dominion endures throughout all generations. [The LORD is faithful in all his words,and kind in all his works.]
14: The LORD upholds all who are falling and raises up all who are bowed down.
15: The eyes of all look to you, and you give them their food in due season.
16: You open your hand; you satisfy the desire of every living thing.
17: The LORD is righteous in all his ways and kind in all his works.
18: The LORD is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth.
19: He fulfills the desire of those who fear him; he also hears their cry and saves them.
20: The LORD preserves all who love him, but all the wicked he will destroy.
21: My mouth will speak the praise of the LORD, and let all flesh bless his holy name forever and ever.
Chapter 146
Put Not Your Trust in Princes
1: Praise the LORD! Praise the LORD, O my soul!
2: I will praise the LORD as long as I live; I will sing praises to my God while I have my being.
3: Put not your trust in princes, in a son of man, in whom there is no salvation.
4: When his breath departs, he returns to the earth; on that very day his plans perish.
5: Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the LORD his God,
6: who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, who keeps faith forever;
7: who executes justice for the oppressed, who gives food to the hungry. The LORD sets the prisoners free;
8: the LORD opens the eyes of the blind. The LORD lifts up those who are bowed down; the LORD loves the righteous.
9: The LORD watches over the sojourners; he upholds the widow and the fatherless, but the way of the wicked he brings to ruin.
10: The LORD will reign forever, your God, O Zion, to all generations. Praise the LORD!
Chapter 147
He Heals the Brokenhearted
1: Praise the LORD! For it is good to sing praises to our God; for it is pleasant, and a song of praise is fitting.
2: The LORD builds up Jerusalem; he gathers the outcasts of Israel.
3: He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.
4: He determines the number of the stars; he gives to all of them their names.
5: Great is our Lord, and abundant in power; his understanding is beyond measure.
6: The LORD lifts up the humble; he casts the wicked to the ground.
7: Sing to the LORD with thanksgiving; make melody to our God on the lyre!
8: He covers the heavens with clouds; he prepares rain for the earth; he makes grass grow on the hills.
9: He gives to the beasts their food, and to the young ravens that cry.
10: His delight is not in the strength of the horse, nor his pleasure in the legs of a man,
11: but the LORD takes pleasure in those who fear him, in those who hope in his steadfast love.
12: Praise the LORD, O Jerusalem! Praise your God, O Zion!
13: For he strengthens the bars of your gates; he blesses your children within you.
14: He makes peace in your borders; he fills you with the finest of the wheat.
15: He sends out his command to the earth; his word runs swiftly.
16: He gives snow like wool; he scatters frost like ashes.
17: He hurls down his crystals of ice like crumbs; who can stand before his cold?
18: He sends out his word, and melts them; he makes his wind blow and the waters flow.
19: He declares his word to Jacob, his statutes and rules to Israel.
20: He has not dealt thus with any other nation; they do not know his rules. Praise the LORD!
Chapter 148
Praise the Name of the LORD
1: Praise the LORD! Praise the LORD from the heavens; praise him in the heights!
2: Praise him, all his angels; praise him, all his hosts!
3: Praise him, sun and moon; praise him, all you shining stars!
4: Praise him, you highest heavens, and you waters above the heavens!
5: Let them praise the name of the LORD! For he commanded and they were created.
6: And he established them forever and ever; he gave a decree, and it shall not pass away.
7: Praise the LORD from the earth, you great sea creatures and all deeps,
8: fire and hail, snow and mist, stormy wind fulfilling his word!
9: Mountains and all hills, fruit trees and all cedars!
10: Beasts and all livestock, creeping things and flying birds!
11: Kings of the earth and all peoples, princes and all rulers of the earth!
12: Young men and maidens together, old men and children!
13: Let them praise the name of the LORD, for his name alone is exalted; his majesty is above earth and heaven.
14: He has raised up a horn for his people, praise for all his saints, for the people of Israel who are near to him. Praise the LORD!
Chapter 149
1: Praise the LORD! Sing to the LORD a new song, his praise in the assembly of the godly!
2: Let Israel be glad in his Maker; let the children of Zion rejoice in their King!
3: Let them praise his name with dancing, making melody to him with tambourine and lyre!
4: For the LORD takes pleasure in his people; he adorns the humble with salvation.
5: Let the godly exult in glory; let them sing for joy on their beds.
6: Let the high praises of God be in their throats and two-edged swords in their hands,
7: to execute vengeance on the nations and punishments on the peoples,
8: to bind their kings with chains and their nobles with fetters of iron,
9: to execute on them the judgment written! This is honor for all his godly ones. Praise the LORD!
Chapter 150
1: Praise the LORD! Praise God in his sanctuary; praise him in his mighty heavens!
2: Praise him for his mighty deeds; praise him according to his excellent greatness!
3: Praise him with trumpet sound; praise him with lute and harp!
4: Praise him with tambourine and dance; praise him with strings and pipe!
5: Praise him with sounding cymbals; praise him with loud clashing cymbals!
6: Let everything that has breath praise the LORD! Praise the LORD!
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