Psalms 121:1-150:6 I will lift up my eyes to the hills, from where comes my help.

AKJV⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹ I will lift up my eyes to the hills, from where comes my help. ² My help comes from the LORD, which made heaven and earth. ³ He will not suffer your foot to be moved: he that keeps you will not slumber. ⁴ Behold, he that keeps Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep. ⁵ The LORD is your keeper: the LORD is your shade on your right hand. ⁶ The sun shall not smite you by day, nor the moon by night. ⁷ The LORD shall preserve you from all evil: he shall preserve your soul. ⁸ The LORD shall preserve your going out and your coming in from this time forth, and even for ever more. ¹²² ¹ I was glad when they said to me, Let us go into the house of the LORD. ² Our feet shall stand within your gates, O Jerusalem. ³ Jerusalem is built as a city that is compact together: ⁴ Where the tribes go up, the tribes of the LORD, to the testimony of Israel, to give thanks to the name of the LORD. ⁵ For there are set thrones of judgment, the thrones of the house of David. ⁶ Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love you. ⁷ Peace be within your walls, and prosperity within your palaces. ⁸ For my brothers and companions' sakes, I will now say, Peace be within you. ⁹ Because of the house of the LORD our God I will seek your good. ¹²³ ¹ To you lift I up my eyes, O you that dwell in the heavens. ² Behold, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their masters, and as the eyes of a maiden to the hand of her mistress; so our eyes wait on the LORD our God, until that he have mercy on us. ³ Have mercy on us, O LORD, have mercy on us: for we are exceedingly filled with contempt. ⁴ Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are at ease, and with the contempt of the proud. ¹²⁴ ¹ If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, now may Israel say; ² If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, when men rose up against us: ³ Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us: ⁴ Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul: ⁵ Then the proud waters had gone over our soul. ⁶ Blessed be the LORD, who has not given us as a prey to their teeth. ⁷ Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are escaped. ⁸ Our help is in the name of the LORD, who made heaven and earth. ¹²⁵ ¹ They that trust in the LORD shall be as mount Zion, which cannot be removed, but stays for ever. ² As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the LORD is round about his people from now on even for ever. ³ For the rod of the wicked shall not rest on the lot of the righteous; lest the righteous put forth their hands to iniquity. ⁴ Do good, O LORD, to those that be good, and to them that are upright in their hearts. ⁵ As for such as turn aside to their crooked ways, the LORD shall lead them forth with the workers of iniquity: but peace shall be on Israel. ¹²⁶ ¹ When the LORD turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream. ² Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing: then said they among the heathen, The LORD has done great things for them. ³ The LORD has done great things for us; whereof we are glad. ⁴ Turn again our captivity, O LORD, as the streams in the south. ⁵ They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. ⁶ He that goes forth and weeps, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him. ¹²⁷ ¹ Except the LORD build the house, they labor in vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman wakes but in vain. ² It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he gives his beloved sleep. ³ See, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward. ⁴ As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth. ⁵ Happy is the man that has his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate. ¹²⁸ ¹ Blessed is every one that fears the LORD; that walks in his ways. ² For you shall eat the labor of your hands: happy shall you be, and it shall be well with you. ³ Your wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of your house: your children like olive plants round about your table. ⁴ Behold, that thus shall the man be blessed that fears the LORD. ⁵ The LORD shall bless you out of Zion: and you shall see the good of Jerusalem all the days of your life. ⁶ Yes, you shall see your children's children, and peace on Israel. ¹²⁹ ¹ Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may Israel now say: ² Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth: yet they have not prevailed against me. ³ The plowers plowed on my back: they made long their furrows. ⁴ The LORD is righteous: he has cut asunder the cords of the wicked. ⁵ Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Zion. ⁶ Let them be as the grass on the housetops, which wither before it grows up: ⁷ With which the mower fills not his hand; nor he that binds sheaves his bosom. ⁸ Neither do they which go by say, The blessing of the LORD be on you: we bless you in the name of the LORD. ¹³⁰ ¹ Out of the depths have I cried to you, O LORD. ² Lord, hear my voice: let your ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications. ³ If you, LORD, should mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand? ⁴ But there is forgiveness with you, that you may be feared. ⁵ I wait for the LORD, my soul does wait, and in his word do I hope. ⁶ My soul waits for the Lord more than they that watch for the morning: I say, more than they that watch for the morning. ⁷ Let Israel hope in the LORD: for with the LORD there is mercy, and with him is plenteous redemption. ⁸ And he shall redeem Israel from all his iniquities. ¹³¹ ¹ Lord, my heart is not haughty, nor my eyes lofty: neither do I exercise myself in great matters, or in things too high for me. ² Surely I have behaved and quieted myself, as a child that is weaned of his mother: my soul is even as a weaned child. ³ Let Israel hope in the LORD from now on and for ever. ¹³² ¹ Lord, remember David, and all his afflictions: ² How he swore to the LORD, and vowed to the mighty God of Jacob; ³ Surely I will not come into the tabernacle of my house, nor go up into my bed; ⁴ I will not give sleep to my eyes, or slumber to my eyelids, ⁵ Until I find out a place for the LORD, an habitation for the mighty God of Jacob. ⁶ See, we heard of it at Ephratah: we found it in the fields of the wood. ⁷ We will go into his tabernacles: we will worship at his footstool. ⁸ Arise, O LORD, into your rest; you, and the ark of your strength. ⁹ Let your priests be clothed with righteousness; and let your saints shout for joy. ¹⁰ For your servant David's sake turn not away the face of your anointed. ¹¹ The LORD has sworn in truth to David; he will not turn from it; Of the fruit of your body will I set on your throne. ¹² If your children will keep my covenant and my testimony that I shall teach them, their children shall also sit on your throne for ever more. ¹³ For the LORD has chosen Zion; he has desired it for his habitation. ¹⁴ This is my rest for ever: here will I dwell; for I have desired it. ¹⁵ I will abundantly bless her provision: I will satisfy her poor with bread. ¹⁶ I will also clothe her priests with salvation: and her saints shall shout aloud for joy. ¹⁷ There will I make the horn of David to bud: I have ordained a lamp for my anointed. ¹⁸ His enemies will I clothe with shame: but on himself shall his crown flourish. ¹³³ ¹ Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brothers to dwell together in unity! ² It is like the precious ointment on the head, that ran down on the beard, even Aaron's beard: that went down to the skirts of his garments; ³ As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended on the mountains of Zion: for there the LORD commanded the blessing, even life for ever more. ¹³⁴ ¹ Behold, bless you the LORD, all you servants of the LORD, which by night stand in the house of the LORD. ² Lift up your hands in the sanctuary, and bless the LORD. ³ The LORD that made heaven and earth bless you out of Zion. ¹³⁵ ¹ Praise you the LORD. Praise you the name of the LORD; praise him, O you servants of the LORD. ² You that stand in the house of the LORD, in the courts of the house of our God. ³ Praise the LORD; for the LORD is good: sing praises to his name; for it is pleasant. ⁴ For the LORD has chosen Jacob to himself, and Israel for his peculiar treasure. ⁵ For I know that the LORD is great, and that our Lord is above all gods. ⁶ Whatever the LORD pleased, that did he in heaven, and in earth, in the seas, and all deep places. ⁷ He causes the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth; he makes lightning for the rain; he brings the wind out of his treasuries. ⁸ Who smote the firstborn of Egypt, both of man and beast. ⁹ Who sent tokens and wonders into the middle of you, O Egypt, on Pharaoh, and on all his servants. ¹⁰ Who smote great nations, and slew mighty kings; ¹¹ Sihon king of the Amorites, and Og king of Bashan, and all the kingdoms of Canaan: ¹² And gave their land for an heritage, an heritage to Israel his people. ¹³ Your name, O LORD, endures for ever; and your memorial, O LORD, throughout all generations. ¹⁴ For the LORD will judge his people, and he will repent himself concerning his servants. ¹⁵ The idols of the heathen are silver and gold, the work of men's hands. ¹⁶ They have mouths, but they speak not; eyes have they, but they see not; ¹⁷ They have ears, but they hear not; neither is there any breath in their mouths. ¹⁸ They that make them are like to them: so is every one that trusts in them. ¹⁹ Bless the LORD, O house of Israel: bless the LORD, O house of Aaron: ²⁰ Bless the LORD, O house of Levi: you that fear the LORD, bless the LORD. ²¹ Blessed be the LORD out of Zion, which dwells at Jerusalem. Praise you the LORD. ¹³⁶ ¹ O give thanks to the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endures for ever. ² O give thanks to the God of gods: for his mercy endures for ever. ³ O give thanks to the Lord of lords: for his mercy endures for ever. ⁴ To him who alone does great wonders: for his mercy endures for ever. ⁵ To him that by wisdom made the heavens: for his mercy endures for ever. ⁶ To him that stretched out the earth above the waters: for his mercy endures for ever. ⁷ To him that made great lights: for his mercy endures for ever: ⁸ The sun to rule by day: for his mercy endures for ever: ⁹ The moon and stars to rule by night: for his mercy endures for ever. ¹⁰ To him that smote Egypt in their firstborn: for his mercy endures for ever: ¹¹ And brought out Israel from among them: for his mercy endures for ever: ¹² With a strong hand, and with a stretched out arm: for his mercy endures for ever. ¹³ To him which divided the Red sea into parts: for his mercy endures for ever: ¹⁴ And made Israel to pass through the middle of it: for his mercy endures for ever: ¹⁵ But overthrew Pharaoh and his host in the Red sea: for his mercy endures for ever. ¹⁶ To him which led his people through the wilderness: for his mercy endures for ever. ¹⁷ To him which smote great kings: for his mercy endures for ever: ¹⁸ And slew famous kings: for his mercy endures for ever: ¹⁹ Sihon king of the Amorites: for his mercy endures for ever: ²⁰ And Og the king of Bashan: for his mercy endures for ever: ²¹ And gave their land for an heritage: for his mercy endures for ever: ²² Even an heritage to Israel his servant: for his mercy endures for ever. ²³ Who remembered us in our low estate: for his mercy endures for ever: ²⁴ And has redeemed us from our enemies: for his mercy endures for ever. ²⁵ Who gives food to all flesh: for his mercy endures for ever. ²⁶ O give thanks to the God of heaven: for his mercy endures for ever. ¹³⁷ ¹ By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yes, we wept, when we remembered Zion. ² We hanged our harps on the willows in the middle thereof. ³ For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion. ⁴ How shall we sing the LORD's song in a strange land? ⁵ If I forget you, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning. ⁶ If I do not remember you, let my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy. ⁷ Remember, O LORD, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Raze it, raze it, even to the foundation thereof. ⁸ O daughter of Babylon, who are to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewards you as you have served us. ⁹ Happy shall he be, that takes and dashes your little ones against the stones. ¹³⁸ ¹ I will praise you with my whole heart: before the gods will I sing praise to you. ² I will worship toward your holy temple, and praise your name for your loving kindness and for your truth: for you have magnified your word above all your name. ³ In the day when I cried you answered me, and strengthened me with strength in my soul. ⁴ All the kings of the earth shall praise you, O LORD, when they hear the words of your mouth. ⁵ Yes, they shall sing in the ways of the LORD: for great is the glory of the LORD. ⁶ Though the LORD be high, yet has he respect to the lowly: but the proud he knows afar off. ⁷ Though I walk in the middle of trouble, you will revive me: you shall stretch forth your hand against the wrath of my enemies, and your right hand shall save me. ⁸ The LORD will perfect that which concerns me: your mercy, O LORD, endures for ever: forsake not the works of your own hands. ¹³⁹ ¹ O lord, you have searched me, and known me. ² You know my sitting down and my rising up, you understand my thought afar off. ³ You compass my path and my lying down, and are acquainted with all my ways. ⁴ For there is not a word in my tongue, but, see, O LORD, you know it altogether. ⁵ You have beset me behind and before, and laid your hand on me. ⁶ Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain to it. ⁷ Where shall I go from your spirit? or where shall I flee from your presence? ⁸ If I ascend up into heaven, you are there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, you are there. ⁹ If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea; ¹⁰ Even there shall your hand lead me, and your right hand shall hold me. ¹¹ If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me. ¹² Yes, the darkness hides not from you; but the night shines as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to you. ¹³ For you have possessed my reins: you have covered me in my mother's womb. ¹⁴ I will praise you; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvelous are your works; and that my soul knows right well. ¹⁵ My substance was not hid from you, when I was made in secret, and curiously worked in the lowest parts of the earth. ¹⁶ Your eyes did see my substance, yet being imperfect; and in your book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them. ¹⁷ How precious also are your thoughts to me, O God! how great is the sum of them! ¹⁸ If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with you. ¹⁹ Surely you will slay the wicked, O God: depart from me therefore, you bloody men. ²⁰ For they speak against you wickedly, and your enemies take your name in vain. ²¹ Do not I hate them, O LORD, that hate you? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against you? ²² I hate them with perfect hatred: I count them my enemies. ²³ Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: ²⁴ And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting. ¹⁴⁰ ¹ Deliver me, O LORD, from the evil man: preserve me from the violent man; ² Which imagine mischiefs in their heart; continually are they gathered together for war. ³ They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison is under their lips. Selah. ⁴ Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from the violent man; who have purposed to overthrow my goings. ⁵ The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the wayside; they have set gins for me. Selah. ⁶ I said to the LORD, You are my God: hear the voice of my supplications, O LORD. ⁷ O GOD the Lord, the strength of my salvation, you have covered my head in the day of battle. ⁸ Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked: further not his wicked device; lest they exalt themselves. Selah. ⁹ As for the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief of their own lips cover them. ¹⁰ Let burning coals fall on them: let them be cast into the fire; into deep pits, that they rise not up again. ¹¹ Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth: evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him. ¹² I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and the right of the poor. ¹³ Surely the righteous shall give thanks to your name: the upright shall dwell in your presence. ¹⁴¹ ¹ Lord, I cry to you: make haste to me; give ear to my voice, when I cry to you. ² Let my prayer be set forth before you as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice. ³ Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips. ⁴ Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practice wicked works with men that work iniquity: and let me not eat of their dainties. ⁵ Let the righteous smite me; it shall be a kindness: and let him reprove me; it shall be an excellent oil, which shall not break my head: for yet my prayer also shall be in their calamities. ⁶ When their judges are overthrown in stony places, they shall hear my words; for they are sweet. ⁷ Our bones are scattered at the grave's mouth, as when one cuts and splits wood on the earth. ⁸ But my eyes are to you, O GOD the Lord: in you is my trust; leave not my soul destitute. ⁹ Keep me from the snares which they have laid for me, and the gins of the workers of iniquity. ¹⁰ Let the wicked fall into their own nets, whilst that I with escape. ¹⁴² ¹ I cried to the LORD with my voice; with my voice to the LORD did I make my supplication. ² I poured out my complaint before him; I showed before him my trouble. ³ When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then you knew my path. In the way wherein I walked have they privately laid a snare for me. ⁴ I looked on my right hand, and beheld, but there was no man that would know me: refuge failed me; no man cared for my soul. ⁵ I cried to you, O LORD: I said, You are my refuge and my portion in the land of the living. ⁶ Attend to my cry; for I am brought very low: deliver me from my persecutors; for they are stronger than I. ⁷ Bring my soul out of prison, that I may praise your name: the righteous shall compass me about; for you shall deal bountifully with me. ¹⁴³ ¹ Hear my prayer, O LORD, give ear to my supplications: in your faithfulness answer me, and in your righteousness. ² And enter not into judgment with your servant: for in your sight shall no man living be justified. ³ For the enemy has persecuted my soul; he has smitten my life down to the ground; he has made me to dwell in darkness, as those that have been long dead. ⁴ Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; my heart within me is desolate. ⁵ I remember the days of old; I meditate on all your works; I muse on the work of your hands. ⁶ I stretch forth my hands to you: my soul thirsts after you, as a thirsty land. Selah. ⁷ Hear me speedily, O LORD: my spirit fails: hide not your face from me, lest I be like to them that go down into the pit. ⁸ Cause me to hear your loving kindness in the morning; for in you do I trust: cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I lift up my soul to you. ⁹ Deliver me, O LORD, from my enemies: I flee to you to hide me. ¹⁰ Teach me to do your will; for you are my God: your spirit is good; lead me into the land of uprightness. ¹¹ Quicken me, O LORD, for your name's sake: for your righteousness' sake bring my soul out of trouble. ¹² And of your mercy cut off my enemies, and destroy all them that afflict my soul: for I am your servant. ¹⁴⁴ ¹ Blessed be the LORD my strength which teaches my hands to war, and my fingers to fight: ² My goodness, and my fortress; my high tower, and my deliverer; my shield, and he in whom I trust; who subdues my people under me. ³ LORD, what is man, that you take knowledge of him! or the son of man, that you make account of him! ⁴ Man is like to vanity: his days are as a shadow that passes away. ⁵ Bow your heavens, O LORD, and come down: touch the mountains, and they shall smoke. ⁶ Cast forth lightning, and scatter them: shoot out your arrows, and destroy them. ⁷ Send your hand from above; rid me, and deliver me out of great waters, from the hand of strange children; ⁸ Whose mouth speaks vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood. ⁹ I will sing a new song to you, O God: on a psaltery and an instrument of ten strings will I sing praises to you. ¹⁰ It is he that gives salvation to kings: who delivers David his servant from the hurtful sword. ¹¹ Rid me, and deliver me from the hand of strange children, whose mouth speaks vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood: ¹² That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth; that our daughters may be as corner stones, polished after the similitude of a palace: ¹³ That our garners may be full, affording all manner of store: that our sheep may bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our streets: ¹⁴ That our oxen may be strong to labor; that there be no breaking in, nor going out; that there be no complaining in our streets. ¹⁵ Happy is that people, that is in such a case: yes, happy is that people, whose God is the LORD. ¹⁴⁵ ¹ I will extol you, my God, O king; and I will bless your name for ever and ever. ² Every day will I bless you; and I will praise your name for ever and ever. ³ Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; and his greatness is unsearchable. ⁴ One generation shall praise your works to another, and shall declare your mighty acts. ⁵ I will speak of the glorious honor of your majesty, and of your wondrous works. ⁶ And men shall speak of the might of your terrible acts: and I will declare your greatness. ⁷ They shall abundantly utter the memory of your great goodness, and shall sing of your righteousness. ⁸ The LORD is gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of great mercy. ⁹ The LORD is good to all: and his tender mercies are over all his works. ¹⁰ All your works shall praise you, O LORD; and your saints shall bless you. ¹¹ They shall speak of the glory of your kingdom, and talk of your power; ¹² To make known to the sons of men his mighty acts, and the glorious majesty of his kingdom. ¹³ Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and your dominion endures throughout all generations. ¹⁴ The LORD upholds all that fall, and raises up all those that be bowed down. ¹⁵ The eyes of all wait on you; and you give them their meat in due season. ¹⁶ You open your hand, and satisfy the desire of every living thing. ¹⁷ The LORD is righteous in all his ways, and holy in all his works. ¹⁸ The LORD is near to all them that call on him, to all that call on him in truth. ¹⁹ He will fulfill the desire of them that fear him: he also will hear their cry, and will save them. ²⁰ The LORD preserves all them that love him: but all the wicked will he destroy. ²¹ My mouth shall speak the praise of the LORD: and let all flesh bless his holy name for ever and ever. ¹⁴⁶ ¹ Praise you the LORD. Praise the LORD, O my soul. ² While I live will I praise the LORD: I will sing praises to my God while I have any being. ³ Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help. ⁴ His breath goes forth, he returns to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish. ⁵ Happy is he that has the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the LORD his God: ⁶ Which made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that therein is: which keeps truth for ever: ⁷ Which executes judgment for the oppressed: which gives food to the hungry. The LORD looses the prisoners: ⁸ The LORD opens the eyes of the blind: the LORD raises them that are bowed down: the LORD loves the righteous: ⁹ The LORD preserves the strangers; he relieves the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he turns upside down. ¹⁰ The LORD shall reign for ever, even your God, O Zion, to all generations. Praise you the LORD. ¹⁴⁷ ¹ Praise you the LORD: for it is good to sing praises to our God; for it is pleasant; and praise is comely. ² The LORD does build up Jerusalem: he gathers together the outcasts of Israel. ³ He heals the broken in heart, and binds up their wounds. ⁴ He tells the number of the stars; he calls them all by their names. ⁵ Great is our Lord, and of great power: his understanding is infinite. ⁶ The LORD lifts up the meek: he casts the wicked down to the ground. ⁷ Sing to the LORD with thanksgiving; sing praise on the harp to our God: ⁸ Who covers the heaven with clouds, who prepares rain for the earth, who makes grass to grow on the mountains. ⁹ He gives to the beast his food, and to the young ravens which cry. ¹⁰ He delights not in the strength of the horse: he takes not pleasure in the legs of a man. ¹¹ The LORD takes pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy. ¹² Praise the LORD, O Jerusalem; praise your God, O Zion. ¹³ For he has strengthened the bars of your gates; he has blessed your children within you. ¹⁴ He makes peace in your borders, and fills you with the finest of the wheat. ¹⁵ He sends forth his commandment on earth: his word runs very swiftly. ¹⁶ He gives snow like wool: he scatters the hoarfrost like ashes. ¹⁷ He casts forth his ice like morsels: 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 shows his word to Jacob, his statutes and his judgments to Israel. ²⁰ He has not dealt so with any nation: and as for his judgments, they have not known them. Praise you the LORD. ¹⁴⁸ ¹ Praise you the LORD. Praise you the LORD from the heavens: praise him in the heights. ² Praise you him, all his angels: praise you him, all his hosts. ³ Praise you him, sun and moon: praise him, all you stars of light. ⁴ Praise him, you heavens of heavens, and you waters that be above the heavens. ⁵ Let them praise the name of the LORD: for he commanded, and they were created. ⁶ He has also established them for ever and ever: he has made a decree which shall not pass. ⁷ Praise the LORD from the earth, you dragons, and all deeps: ⁸ Fire, and hail; snow, and vapors; stormy wind fulfilling his word: ⁹ Mountains, and all hills; fruitful trees, and all cedars: ¹⁰ Beasts, and all cattle; creeping things, and flying fowl: ¹¹ Kings of the earth, and all people; princes, and all judges of the earth: ¹² Both young men, and maidens; old men, and children: ¹³ Let them praise the name of the LORD: for his name alone is excellent; his glory is above the earth and heaven. ¹⁴ He also exalts the horn of his people, the praise of all his saints; even of the children of Israel, a people near to him. Praise you the LORD. ¹⁴⁹ ¹ Praise you the LORD. Sing to the LORD a new song, and his praise in the congregation of saints. ² Let Israel rejoice in him that made him: let the children of Zion be joyful in their King. ³ Let them praise his name in the dance: let them sing praises to him with the tambourine and harp. ⁴ For the LORD takes pleasure in his people: he will beautify the meek with salvation. ⁵ Let the saints be joyful in glory: let them sing aloud on their beds. ⁶ Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, and a two-edged sword in their hand; ⁷ To execute vengeance on the heathen, and punishments on the people; ⁸ To bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron; ⁹ To execute on them the judgment written: this honor have all his saints. Praise you the LORD. ¹⁵⁰ ¹ Praise you the LORD. Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him in the firmament of his power. ² Praise him for his mighty acts: praise him according to his excellent greatness. ³ Praise him with the sound of the trumpet: praise him with the psaltery and harp. ⁴ Praise him with the tambourine and dance: praise him with stringed instruments and organs. ⁵ Praise him on the loud cymbals: praise him on the high sounding cymbals. ⁶ Let every thing that has breath praise the LORD. Praise you the LORD.