Psalms 135:1-150:6

LITV(i) 1 Praise Jehovah! Praise the name of Jehovah; sing praise, servants of Jehovah; 2 those who stand in the house of Jehovah in the courts of the house of our God; 3 praise Jehovah! For Jehovah is good! Sing praises to His name, for it is delightful. 4 For Jehovah has chosen Jacob to Himself, Israel for His special treasure. 5 For I know that Jehovah is great, and our Lord is above all gods. 6 Every thing which Jehovah was pleased to do, He did, in the heavens and in the earth; and in the seas and all deep places. 7 He causes the vapors to rise from the end of the earth; He makes lightnings for the rain; He brings the wind out of His storehouses; 8 He who struck the first-born of Egypt, from man to animal; 9 who sent signs and wonders into your midst, O Egypt, on Pharaoh and on all his servants; 10 who struck great nations, and killed mighty kings; 11 Sihon king Of the Amorites, and Og king of Bashan, and all the kingdoms of Canaan. 12 And He gave their land as an inheritance, an inheritance to His people Israel. 13 O Jehovah, Your name endures forever; O Jehovah, Your memorial is from generation and generation. 14 For Jehovah will judge His people; and He will have pity on His servants. 15 The idols of the nations are silver and gold, the work of men's hands; 16 they have mouths, but they say nothing; they have eyes, but they see nothing; 17 they have ears, but they hear nothing; yea, there is no breath in their mouths. 18 Those who make them are like them, everyone who is trusting in them. 19 Bless Jehovah, O house of Israel; bless Jehovah, O house of Aaron; 20 Bless Jehovah, O house of Levi; you who fear Jehovah, bless Jehovah. 21 Blessed be Jehovah out of Zion, He who dwells at Jerusalem. Praise Jehovah! 136 1 O give thanks to Jehovah, for He is good; for His mercy endures forever. 2 O give thanks to the God of gods; for His mercy endures forever. 3 O give thanks to the Lord of lords; for His mercy endures forever; 4 to Him who alone does great wonders; for His mercy endures forever; 5 to Him who by wisdom made the heavens; for His mercy endures forever; 6 to Him who spread the earth on the waters; for His mercy endures forever; 7 to Him who made great lights; for His mercy endures forever; 8 the sun to rule by day; for His mercy endures forever; 9 the moon and the stars to rule by night; for His mercy endures forever; 10 to Him who struck Egypt in her first-born; for His mercy endures forever; 11 and brought Israel out from among them; for His mercy endures forever; 12 with a strong hand and a stretched out arm; for His mercy endures forever; 13 to Him who divided the Sea of Reeds into parts; for His mercy endures forever; 14 and made Israel pass through the middle of it; for His mercy endures forever; 15 but shook Pharaoh and his army off in the Sea of Reeds; for His mercy endures forever; 16 to Him who led His people in the wilderness; for His mercy endures forever; 17 to Him who struck great kings; for His mercy endures forever; 18 and killed majestic kings; for His mercy endures forever; 19 Sihon, king of the Amorites; for His mercy endures forever; 20 and Og, the king of Bashan; for His mercy endures forever; 21 and gave their land for an inheritance; for His mercy endures forever; 22 an inheritance to His servant Israel; for His mercy endures forever; 23 who remembered us in our low estate; for His mercy endures forever; 24 and has rescued us from our enemies; for His mercy endures forever; 25 who gives food to all flesh; for His mercy endures forever. 26 O give thanks to the God of Heaven; for His mercy endures forever. 137 1 There by the rivers of Babylon we sat down; also we wept when we remembered Zion. 2 We hung our lyres on the willows in its midst. 3 For there our captors asked us the words of a song; yea, our plunderers asked joy, saying, Sing to us a song of Zion. 4 How shall we sing the song of Jehovah on a foreign soil? 5 If I forget you, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget; 6 let my tongue cleave to my palate, if I do not remember you, if I do not bring up Jerusalem above the head of my joy. 7 O Jehovah, remember for the sons of Edom the day of Jerusalem; who said, Make it bare! Make it bare even to its foundation! 8 O daughter of Babylon, O destroyed one! Blessed is he who shall repay to you your reward which you rewarded to us. 9 Blessed is he who seizes your little ones and dashes them against the stone! 138 1 A Psalm of David. I will thank You with my whole heart; I will sing praise to You before the gods; 2 I will worship toward Your holy temple, and give thanks to Your name for Your mercy, and for Your truth; for You have magnified Your word above all Your name. 3 You answered me in the day that I cried; You emboldened me in my soul with strength. 4 All the kings of the earth shall thank You, O Jehovah, because they have heard the words of Your mouth. 5 Yes, they shall sing in the ways of Jehovah; for the glory of Jehovah is great. 6 Though Jehovah is high, yet He looks upon the lowly; but the proud He knows from afar. 7 If I walk in the midst of distress, You give me life; You send out Your hand against the wrath of my enemies, and Your right hand delivers me. 8 Jehovah will perfect His work in me; O Jehovah, Your mercy endures forever; You will not forsake the works of Your hands. 139 1 To the chief musician. A Psalm of David. O Jehovah, You have searched me and known me . 2 You know my sitting down, and my rising up; You understand my thought from afar off. 3 You sift my path and my lying down, and are acquainted with all my ways. 4 For not a word is on my tongue, but, lo, O Jehovah, You know it all. 5 You have closed me in behind, and in front, and Your hand is laid on me. 6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is set on high; I am not able to reach it. 7 Where shall I go from Your Spirit? Or where shall I flee from Your face? 8 If I go up to Heaven, You are there; if I make my bed in Sheol, behold, You are there! 9 If I take the wings of the morning, dwelling in the uttermost part of the sea, 10 even there Your hand shall lead me; and Your right hand shall seize me. 11 If I say: Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light around me. 12 Even the darkness will not be dark from You, but the night shines as the day; as is the darkness, so is the light. 13 For You have possessed my inward parts; You wove me in the womb of my mother. 14 I will thank You, for with fearful things I am wonderful; Your works are marvelous, and my soul knows it very well. 15 My bones were not hidden from You when I was made in secret; when I was woven in the depths of the earth. 16 Your eyes saw my embryo; and in Your book all my members were written the days they were formed, and not one was among them. 17 And how precious are Your thoughts to me, O God! How great is the sum of them! 18 If I should count them, they are more than the sand; when I awake I am still with You. 19 Surely You will slay the wicked, O God; and bloody men, depart from me. 20 Who will maliciously speak against You? Your enemies are lifted up with vanity. 21 O Jehovah, do not I hate those hating You? And am I not detesting those rising against You? 22 I hate them with a perfect hatred; they have become my enemies. 23 Search me, O God, and know my heart; try me, and know my thoughts; 24 and see if any wicked way is in me; and lead me in the way everlasting. 140 1 To the chief musician. A Psalm of David. O Jehovah, deliver me from the evil man; keep me from the violent man, 2 who devises evil things in the heart; they gather wars all the day. 3 They sharpen their tongues like a snake; adders' poison is under their lips. Selah. 4 O Jehovah, keep me from the wicked's hands; keep me from the violent man who plans to trip up my steps. 5 The proud have hidden cords and a trap for me; they have spread a net by the wayside; they have set snares for me. Selah. 6 I said to Jehovah, You are my God; O Jehovah, hear the voice of my prayers. 7 O Jehovah the Lord, the strength of my salvation, You have covered my head in the day of armor. 8 O Jehovah, do not grant the desires of the wicked; do not promote his plan, lest they be exalted. Selah. 9 As for the leaders of those around me, let the evil of their own lips cover them. 10 Let burning coals fall on them; let them fall on coals of fire; make them fall into deep pits so that they do not rise again. 11 Do not let a man of tongue be established in the earth; evil shall hunt the violent man, thrust upon thrust. 12 I know that Jehovah will maintain the cause of the afflicted, the justice of the poor. 13 Surely the righteous shall give thanks to Your name; the upright shall dwell in Your presence. 141 1 A Psalm of David. O Jehovah, I cry to You; hasten to me; hear my voice when I cry to You. 2 Let my prayer be established before You as incense; the lifting up of my palms as the evening sacrifice. 3 O Jehovah, set a guard to my mouth; keep watch on the door of my lips. 4 Do not let my heart turn aside to any evil thing, to practice deeds in wickedness with men who do evil; and do not let me eat of their delicacies. 5 Let the righteous strike me; it is a mercy; and he rebuking me, it is oil of the head, let not my head refuse it; for yet my prayer also shall be against their evils. 6 Their judges have been dashed against the rock; they shall hear my words for they are pleasant. 7 As when one plows and tears the earth, so our bones are scattered at the mouth of Sheol. 8 But my eyes are on You, O Jehovah, my Lord; in You I take refuge; do not make my soul naked. 9 Keep me from the hands of the trap they laid for me, and from the snares of the workers of evil. 10 Let the wicked fall into their own nets at the same time; I even shall pass by. 142 1 An Instruction of David, a Prayer, in his being in the cave. I cry to Jehovah with my voice; I pray to Jehovah with my voice. 2 I pour out my musing before Him; I declare my distress before Him. 3 When my spirit faints within me, then You know my path; they have hidden a snare for me in the path in which I walk. 4 I look to the right hand and see, and no one recognizes me; every escape is hidden from me; no one inquires for my soul. 5 I cried to You, O Jehovah; I said, You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living. 6 Attend to my cry; for I am brought very low; deliver me from those who pursue me; for they are stronger than I. 7 Bring my soul out from prison to give thanks to Your name; the righteous shall gather around me; for You shall deal bountifully with me. 143 1 A Psalm of David. Hear my prayer, O Jehovah give ear to my supplications; answer me in Your faithfulness, in Your righteousness; 2 and do not enter into judgment with Your servant; for not anyone living is just in Your sight. 3 For the enemy has pursued my soul; he has beaten my life to the ground; he has made me dwell in darkness like the dead of old. 4 And my spirit within me has fainted; my heart within me is stunned. 5 I remember the days of old. I meditate on all Your works; I muse on the work of Your hands. 6 I spread out my hands to You; my soul thirsts to You like a thirsty land. Selah. 7 O Jehovah, answer me quickly; my spirit is failing; do not hide Your face from me lest I be like the ones who go down to the Pit. 8 Cause me to hear Your mercy in the morning, for I do trust in You; cause me to know the way I should walk, for I lift up my soul to You. 9 O Jehovah, deliver me from my enemies; to You I have hidden. 10 Teach me to do Your will; for You are my God; Your Spirit is good; lead me into the land of justice. 11 O Jehovah, because of Your name, enliven me; in Your righteousness, bring my soul out of distress. 12 And in Your mercy cut off my enemies; and destroy all those who afflict my soul; for I am Your servant. 144 1 A Psalm of David. Blessed be Jehovah my Rock, who teaches my hands for war, my fingers for battle. 2 He is my mercy and my fortress, my high tower and my deliverer, my shield, and in Him I take refuge, in Him who humbles my people under me. 3 O Jehovah, what is man that You know him; the son of man, that you esteem him? 4 Man is like to vanity; his days are like a shadow that passes. 5 Bow down Your heavens, O Jehovah; and come down; touch the mountains and they shall smoke. 6 Flash out lightning and scatter them; send out Your arrows and confound them. 7 Send Your hand from above; rescue me and deliver me out of great waters, from the hand of a foreigner's sons, 8 whose mouths have spoken vanity; and their right hand is a right hand of lies. 9 I will sing a new song to You, O God; I will sing praises to You on a harp of ten strings, 10 You who gives salvation to kings, who delivers His servant David from the evil sword. 11 Rescue me and deliver me from the foreigners' sons, those whose mouths have spoken vanity; and their right hand is a right hand of lies; 12 so that our sons may be like plants grown up in their youth; and our daughters like corner-stones hewn like a palace building; 13 and our storehouses may be full, furnishing kind to kind; our flocks may breed thousands and ten thousands outside, 14 our oxen laden; there is no break and no going out, and no crying in our plazas. 15 Blessed are the peoples that are so; blessed are the peoples whose God is Jehovah! 145 1 A Psalm of Praise, of David. I will exalt you, my God, O King; and bless Your name forever and ever. 2 I will bless You every day; and I will praise Your name forever and ever. 3 Jehovah is great and to be greatly praised; and to His greatness there is no finding out. 4 Generation to generation shall praise Your works; and shall declare Your mighty acts. 5 I will muse on the glorious honor of Your majesty, and the things of Your wonderful works. 6 And they shall speak of the might of Your awesome works, and I will declare Your greatness. 7 They shall express the memory of Your great goodness, and they shall sing of Your righteousness. 8 Jehovah is gracious and merciful, long to anger and of great mercy; 9 Jehovah is good to all; and His tender mercies are over all His works. 10 All Your works shall thank You, O Jehovah; and Your saints shall bless You. 11 They shall speak of the glory of Your kingdom, and talk of Your might; 12 to make Your might known to the sons of men; yea, the glorious majesty of His kingdom. 13 Your kingdom is a kingdom to all eternities; and Your rule in all, generation and generation. 14 Jehovah upholds all who fall, and raises up all who are bowed down. 15 The eyes of all hope to You; and You give them their food in due time. 16 You open Your hand and satisfy the desire of every living thing. 17 Jehovah is righteous in all His ways, and kind in all His works. 18 Jehovah is near to all who call on Him, to all those who call on Him in truth. 19 He will fulfill the desire of the ones who fear Him; and He will hear their cry and save them. 20 Jehovah watches over all who love Him; but He destroys all the wicked. 21 My mouth shall speak the praise of Jehovah; and all flesh shall bless His holy name forever and ever. 146 1 Praise Jehovah; praise Jehovah, O my soul. 2 While I live I will praise Jehovah; I will sing praises to my God while I have being. 3 Put not your trust in princes, in a son of man, for there is no salvation in him. 4 His breath will go out, he returns to the earth; his thoughts perish in that day. 5 Blessed is he who has the God of Jacob in his help; his hope is on Jehovah his God; 6 who made the heavens and the earth, the seas and all that is in them; who keeps truth forever; 7 who executes judgment for the oppressed; who gives food to the hungry; Jehovah sets free the prisoners; 8 Jehovah opens the eyes of the blind; Jehovah raises those bowed down; Jehovah loves the righteous; 9 Jehovah watches over the strangers; He relieves the orphan and the widow, but He warps the way of the wicked. 10 Jehovah shall reign forever; O Zion, your God from generation and generation. Praise Jehovah. 147 1 Praise Jehovah; for it is good to sing praise to our God; because praise is delightful and becoming. 2 Jehovah builds up Jerusalem; He gathers the outcasts of Israel. 3 He heals the broken-hearted and binds up their sorrows. 4 He appoints the number of the stars; He calls to them all by names. 5 Our Lord is great and of great might; there is no limit to His understanding. 6 Jehovah relieves the meek; He throws the wicked down to the ground. 7 Sing to Jehovah with thanksgiving; sing praise on the lyre to our God, 8 who covers the heavens with clouds; who prepares rain for the earth; who makes grass to grow on the mountains. 9 He gives the animals their food, to the young ravens that cry. 10 He takes no delight in the strength of the horse, nor any pleasure in the legs of a man. 11 Jehovah takes pleasure in those who fear Him, those who hope in His mercy. 12 Praise Jehovah, O Jerusalem; praise your God, O Zion. 13 For He has made strong the bars of your gates; He has blessed your sons within you. 14 He makes peace in your border, He satisfies you with the fat of the wheat. 15 He sends His command out on the earth; His word runs very swiftly; 16 He gives snow like wool; He scatters the white frost like ashes; 17 He casts out His ice like crumbs; who can stand before His cold? 18 He sends out His word and melts them; He causes His wind to blow, and the waters flow. 19 He declares His word to Jacob, His statutes and His judgments to Israel. 20 He has not done so with any nation; and they have not known His judgments. Praise Jehovah! 148 1 Praise Jehovah! Praise Jehovah 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 stars of light. 4 Praise Him, O heavens of heavens; and O waters that are above the heavens. 5 Let them praise the name of Jehovah; for He commanded, and they were created. 6 And He established them forever and ever; He gave a decree that they not pass away. 7 Let the sea-monsters and all deeps praise Jehovah from the earth, 8 fire and hail, snow and smoke, stormy wind fulfilling His word, 9 mountains and all hills, fruitful trees and all cedars, 10 beasts and all livestock, creeping things and birds of the wing, 11 kings of the earth and all people, princes and all judges of the earth, 12 young men and virgins too, old men and youths. 13 Let them praise the name of Jehovah; for His name alone is exalted; His glory is above the earth and heavens. 14 He also lifts up the horn of His people, the praise of all His saints, of the sons of Israel, a people near to Him, Praise Jehovah. 149 1 Praise Jehovah! Sing to Jehovah a new song, His praise in the assembly of the saints. 2 Let Israel rejoice in His Makers; let the sons of Zion be joyful in their Kings. 3 Let them praise His name in the dance; let them sing praise to Him with the timbrel and lyre. 4 For Jehovah takes pleasure in His people; He beautifies the meek with salvation. 5 Let the saints be joyful in glory; let them sing aloud on their beds. 6 Let the exaltation of God be in their throat, and a two-edged sword in their hand, 7 to execute vengeance on the nations, punishment on the peoples; 8 to bind their kings with chains and their nobles with iron bands; 9 to execute on them the judgment written; this is an honor for all His saints. Praise Jehovah! 150 1 Praise Jehovah! Praise God in His holy place; praise Him in the expanse of His might. 2 Praise Him in His mighty acts; praise Him according to His excellent greatness. 3 Praise Him with the sound of the trumpet; praise Him with the harp and lyre. 4 Praise Him with the timbrel and dance; praise Him with strings and pipes. 5 Praise Him on the sounding cymbals; praise Him with the resounding cymbals. 6 Let everything that breathes praise Jehovah. Praise Jehovah!