Psalms 94:1-150:6 O LORD, God of vengeance, O God of vengeance, shine forth.

BSB⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹ O LORD, God of vengeance, O God of vengeance, shine forth. ² Rise up, O Judge of the earth; render a reward to the proud. ³ How long will the wicked, O LORD, how long will the wicked exult? ⁴ They pour out arrogant words; all workers of iniquity boast. ⁵ They crush Your people, O LORD; they oppress Your heritage. ⁶ They kill the widow and the foreigner; they murder the fatherless. ⁷ They say, “The LORD does not see; the God of Jacob pays no heed.” ⁸ Take notice, O senseless among the people! O fools, when will you be wise? ⁹ He who affixed the ear, can He not hear? He who formed the eye, can He not see? ¹⁰ He who admonishes the nations, does He not discipline? He who teaches man, does He lack knowledge? ¹¹ The LORD knows the thoughts of man, that they are futile. ¹² Blessed is the man You discipline, O LORD, and teach from Your law, ¹³ to grant him relief from days of trouble, until a pit is dug for the wicked. ¹⁴ For the LORD will not forsake His people; He will never abandon His heritage. ¹⁵ Surely judgment will again be righteous, and all the upright in heart will follow it. ¹⁶ Who will rise up for me against the wicked? Who will stand for me against the workers of iniquity? ¹⁷ Unless the LORD had been my helper, I would soon have dwelt in the abode of silence. ¹⁸ If I say, “My foot is slipping,” Your loving devotion, O LORD, supports me. ¹⁹ When anxiety overwhelms me, Your consolation delights my soul. ²⁰ Can a corrupt throne be Your ally—one devising mischief by decree? ²¹ They band together against the righteous and condemn the innocent to death. ²² But the LORD has been my stronghold, and my God is my rock of refuge. ²³ He will bring upon them their own iniquity and destroy them for their wickedness. The LORD our God will destroy them. ⁹⁵ ¹ Come, let us sing for joy to the LORD; let us shout to the Rock of our salvation! ² Let us enter His presence with thanksgiving; let us make a joyful noise to Him in song. ³ For the LORD is a great God, a great King above all gods. ⁴ In His hand are the depths of the earth, and the mountain peaks belong to Him. ⁵ The sea is His, for He made it, and His hands formed the dry land. ⁶ O come, let us worship and bow down; let us kneel before the LORD our Maker. ⁷ For He is our God, and we are the people of His pasture, the sheep under His care. Today, if you hear His voice, ⁸ do not harden your hearts as you did at Meribah, in the day at Massah in the wilderness, ⁹ where your fathers tested and tried Me, though they had seen My work. ¹⁰ For forty years I was angry with that generation, and I said, “They are a people whose hearts go astray, and they have not known My ways.” ¹¹ So I swore on oath in My anger, “They shall never enter My rest.” ⁹⁶ ¹ Sing to the LORD a new song; sing to the LORD, all the earth. ² Sing to the LORD, bless His name; proclaim His salvation day after day. ³ Declare His glory among the nations, His wonderful deeds among all peoples. ⁴ For great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; He is to be feared above all gods. ⁵ For all the gods of the nations are idols, but it is the LORD who made the heavens. ⁶ Splendor and majesty are before Him; strength and beauty fill His sanctuary. ⁷ Ascribe to the LORD, O families of the nations, ascribe to the LORD glory and strength. ⁸ Ascribe to the LORD the glory due His name; bring an offering and enter His courts. ⁹ Worship the LORD in the splendor of His holiness; tremble before Him, all the earth. ¹⁰ Declare among the nations: “The LORD reigns!” The world is firmly established; it cannot be moved; He will judge the peoples with equity. ¹¹ Let the heavens be glad and the earth rejoice; let the sea resound, and all that fills it. ¹² Let the fields exult, and all that is in them. Then all the trees of the forest will sing for joy ¹³ before the LORD, for He is coming—He is coming to judge the earth. He will judge the world in righteousness and the peoples in His faithfulness. ⁹⁷ ¹ The LORD reigns, let the earth rejoice; let the distant shores be glad. ² Clouds and darkness surround Him; righteousness and justice are His throne’s foundation. ³ Fire goes before Him and consumes His foes on every side. ⁴ His lightning illuminates the world; the earth sees and trembles. ⁵ The mountains melt like wax at the presence of the LORD, before the Lord of all the earth. ⁶ The heavens proclaim His righteousness; all the peoples see His glory. ⁷ All worshipers of images are put to shame—those who boast in idols. Worship Him, all you gods! ⁸ Zion hears and rejoices, and the towns of Judah exult because of Your judgments, O LORD. ⁹ For You, O LORD, are Most High over all the earth; You are exalted far above all gods. ¹⁰ Hate evil, O you who love the LORD! He preserves the souls of His saints; He delivers them from the hand of the wicked. ¹¹ Light shines on the righteous, gladness on the upright in heart. ¹² Rejoice in the LORD, you righteous ones, and praise His holy name. ⁹⁸ ¹ A Psalm. Sing to the LORD a new song, for He has done wonders; His right hand and holy arm have gained Him the victory. ² The LORD has proclaimed His salvation and revealed His righteousness to the nations. ³ He has remembered His love and faithfulness to the house of Israel; all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God. ⁴ Make a joyful noise to the LORD, all the earth; break forth—let your cry ring out, and sing praises! ⁵ Sing praises to the LORD with the lyre, in melodious song with the harp. ⁶ With trumpets and the blast of the ram’s horn shout for joy before the LORD, the King. ⁷ Let the sea resound, and all that fills it, the world, and all who dwell in it. ⁸ Let the rivers clap their hands, let the mountains sing together for joy ⁹ before the LORD, for He comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness and the peoples with equity. ⁹⁹ ¹ The LORD reigns; let the nations tremble! He is enthroned above the cherubim; let the earth quake! ² Great is the LORD in Zion; He is exalted above all the peoples. ³ Let them praise Your great and awesome name—He is holy! ⁴ The mighty King loves justice. You have established equity; You have exercised justice and righteousness in Jacob. ⁵ Exalt the LORD our God, and worship at His footstool; He is holy! ⁶ Moses and Aaron were among His priests; Samuel was among those who called on His name. They called to the LORD and He answered. ⁷ He spoke to them from the pillar of cloud; they kept His decrees and the statutes He gave them. ⁸ O LORD our God, You answered them. You were a forgiving God to them, yet an avenger of their misdeeds. ⁹ Exalt the LORD our God and worship at His holy mountain, for the LORD our God is holy. ¹⁰⁰ ¹ A Psalm of thanksgiving. Make a joyful noise to the LORD, all the earth. ² Serve the LORD with gladness; come into His presence with joyful songs. ³ Know that the LORD is God. It is He who made us, and we are His; we are His people, and the sheep of His pasture. ⁴ Enter His gates with thanksgiving and His courts with praise; give thanks to Him and bless His name. ⁵ For the LORD is good, and His loving devotion endures forever; His faithfulness continues to all generations. ¹⁰¹ ¹ A Psalm of David. I will sing of Your loving devotion and justice; to You, O LORD, I will sing praises. ² I will ponder the way that is blameless—when will You come to me? I will walk in my house with integrity of heart. ³ I will set no worthless thing before my eyes. I hate the work of those who fall away; it shall not cling to me. ⁴ A perverse heart shall depart from me; I will know nothing of evil. ⁵ Whoever slanders his neighbor in secret, I will put to silence; the one with haughty eyes and a proud heart, I will not endure. ⁶ My eyes favor the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me; he who walks in the way of integrity shall minister to me. ⁷ No one who practices deceit shall dwell in my house; no one who tells lies shall stand in my presence. ⁸ Every morning I will remove all the wicked of the land, that I may cut off every evildoer from the city of the LORD. ¹⁰² ¹ A prayer of one who is afflicted, when he grows faint and pours out his lament before the LORD. Hear my prayer, O LORD; let my cry for help come before You. ² Do not hide Your face from me in my day of distress. Incline Your ear to me; answer me quickly when I call. ³ For my days vanish like smoke, and my bones burn like glowing embers. ⁴ My heart is afflicted, and withered like grass; I even forget to eat my bread. ⁵ Through my loud groaning my flesh clings to my bones. ⁶ I am like a desert owl, like an owl among the ruins. ⁷ I lie awake; I am like a lone bird on a housetop. ⁸ All day long my enemies taunt me; they ridicule me and curse me. ⁹ For I have eaten ashes like bread and mixed my drink with tears ¹⁰ because of Your indignation and wrath, for You have picked me up and cast me aside. ¹¹ My days are like lengthening shadows, and I wither away like grass. ¹² But You, O LORD, sit enthroned forever; Your renown endures to all generations. ¹³ You will rise up and have compassion on Zion, for it is time to show her favor—the appointed time has come. ¹⁴ For Your servants delight in her stones and take pity on her dust. ¹⁵ So the nations will fear the name of the LORD, and all the kings of the earth will fear Your glory. ¹⁶ For the LORD will rebuild Zion; He has appeared in His glory. ¹⁷ He will turn toward the prayer of the destitute; He will not despise their prayer. ¹⁸ Let this be written for the generation to come, so that a people not yet created may praise the LORD. ¹⁹ For He looked down from the heights of His sanctuary; the LORD gazed out from heaven to earth ²⁰ to hear a prisoner’s groaning, to release those condemned to death, ²¹ that they may proclaim the name of the LORD in Zion and praise Him in Jerusalem, ²² when peoples and kingdoms assemble to serve the LORD. ²³ He has broken my strength on the way; He has cut short my days. ²⁴ I say: “O my God, do not take me in the midst of my days! Your years go on through all generations. ²⁵ In the beginning You laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of Your hands. ²⁶ They will perish, but You remain; they will all wear out like a garment. Like clothing You will change them, and they will be passed on. ²⁷ But You remain the same, and Your years will never end. ²⁸ The children of Your servants will dwell securely, and their descendants will be established before You.” ¹⁰³ ¹ Of David. Bless the LORD, O my soul; all that is within me, bless His holy name. ² Bless the LORD, O my soul, and do not forget all His kind deeds— ³ He who forgives all your iniquities and heals all your diseases, ⁴ who redeems your life from the Pit and crowns you with loving devotion and compassion, ⁵ who satisfies you with good things, so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s. ⁶ The LORD executes righteousness and justice for all the oppressed. ⁷ He made known His ways to Moses, His deeds to the people of Israel. ⁸ The LORD is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion. ⁹ He will not always accuse us, nor harbor His anger forever. ¹⁰ He has not dealt with us according to our sins or repaid us according to our iniquities. ¹¹ For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is His loving devotion for those who fear Him. ¹² As far as the east is from the west, so far has He removed our transgressions from us. ¹³ As a father has compassion on his children, so the LORD has compassion on those who fear Him. ¹⁴ For He knows our frame; He is mindful that we are dust. ¹⁵ As for man, his days are like grass—he blooms like a flower of the field; ¹⁶ when the wind passes over, it vanishes, and its place remembers it no more. ¹⁷ But from everlasting to everlasting the loving devotion of the LORD extends to those who fear Him, and His righteousness to their children’s children— ¹⁸ to those who keep His covenant and remember to obey His precepts. ¹⁹ The LORD has established His throne in heaven, and His kingdom rules over all. ²⁰ Bless the LORD, all His angels mighty in strength who carry out His word, who hearken to the voice of His command. ²¹ Bless the LORD, all His hosts, you servants who do His will. ²² Bless the LORD, all His works in all places of His dominion. Bless the LORD, O my soul! ¹⁰⁴ ¹ Bless the LORD, O my soul! O LORD my God, You are very great; You are clothed with splendor and majesty. ² He wraps Himself in light as with a garment; He stretches out the heavens like a tent, ³ laying the beams of His chambers in the waters above, making the clouds His chariot, walking on the wings of the wind. ⁴ He makes the winds His messengers, flames of fire His servants. ⁵ He set the earth on its foundations, never to be moved. ⁶ You covered it with the deep like a garment; the waters stood above the mountains. ⁷ At Your rebuke the waters fled; at the sound of Your thunder they hurried away— ⁸ the mountains rose and the valleys sank to the place You assigned for them— ⁹ You set a boundary they cannot cross, that they may never again cover the earth. ¹⁰ He sends forth springs in the valleys; they flow between the mountains. ¹¹ They give drink to every beast of the field; the wild donkeys quench their thirst. ¹² The birds of the air nest beside the springs; they sing among the branches. ¹³ He waters the mountains from His chambers; the earth is satisfied by the fruit of His works. ¹⁴ He makes the grass grow for the livestock and provides crops for man to cultivate, bringing forth food from the earth: ¹⁵ wine that gladdens the heart of man, oil that makes his face to shine, and bread that sustains his heart. ¹⁶ The trees of the LORD have their fill, the cedars of Lebanon that He planted, ¹⁷ where the birds build their nests; the stork makes her home in the cypresses. ¹⁸ The high mountains are for the wild goats, the cliffs a refuge for the rock badgers. ¹⁹ He made the moon to mark the seasons; the sun knows when to set. ²⁰ You bring darkness, and it becomes night, when all the beasts of the forest prowl. ²¹ The young lions roar for their prey and seek their food from God. ²² The sun rises, and they withdraw; they lie down in their dens. ²³ Man goes forth to his work and to his labor until evening. ²⁴ How many are Your works, O LORD! In wisdom You have made them all; the earth is full of Your creatures. ²⁵ Here is the sea, vast and wide, teeming with creatures beyond number, living things both great and small. ²⁶ There the ships pass, and Leviathan, which You formed to frolic there. ²⁷ All creatures look to You to give them their food in due season. ²⁸ When You give it to them, they gather it up; when You open Your hand, they are satisfied with good things. ²⁹ When You hide Your face, they are terrified; when You take away their breath, they die and return to dust. ³⁰ When You send Your Spirit, they are created, and You renew the face of the earth. ³¹ May the glory of the LORD endure forever; may the LORD rejoice in His works. ³² He looks on the earth, and it trembles; He touches the mountains, and they smolder. ³³ I will sing to the LORD all my life; I will sing praise to my God while I have my being. ³⁴ May my meditation be pleasing to Him, for I rejoice in the LORD. ³⁵ May sinners vanish from the earth and the wicked be no more. Bless the LORD, O my soul. Hallelujah! ¹⁰⁵ ¹ Give thanks to the LORD, call upon His name; make known His deeds among the nations. ² Sing to Him, sing praises to Him; tell of all His wonders. ³ Glory in His holy name; let the hearts of those who seek the LORD rejoice. ⁴ Seek out the LORD and His strength; seek His face always. ⁵ Remember the wonders He has done, His marvels, and the judgments He has pronounced, ⁶ O offspring of His servant Abraham, O sons of Jacob, His chosen ones. ⁷ He is the LORD our God; His judgments carry throughout the earth. ⁸ He remembers His covenant forever, the word He ordained for a thousand generations— ⁹ the covenant He made with Abraham, and the oath He swore to Isaac. ¹⁰ He confirmed it to Jacob as a decree, to Israel as an everlasting covenant: ¹¹ “I will give you the land of Canaan as the portion of your inheritance.” ¹² When they were few in number, few indeed, and strangers in the land, ¹³ they wandered from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another. ¹⁴ He let no man oppress them; He rebuked kings on their behalf: ¹⁵ “Do not touch My anointed ones! Do no harm to My prophets!” ¹⁶ He called down famine on the land and cut off all their supplies of food. ¹⁷ He sent a man before them—Joseph, sold as a slave. ¹⁸ They bruised his feet with shackles and placed his neck in irons, ¹⁹ until his prediction came true and the word of the LORD proved him right. ²⁰ The king sent and released him; the ruler of peoples set him free. ²¹ He made him master of his household, ruler over all his substance, ²² to instruct his princes as he pleased and teach his elders wisdom. ²³ Then Israel entered Egypt; Jacob dwelt in the land of Ham. ²⁴ And the LORD made His people very fruitful, more numerous than their foes, ²⁵ whose hearts He turned to hate His people, to conspire against His servants. ²⁶ He sent Moses His servant, and Aaron, whom He had chosen. ²⁷ They performed His miraculous signs among them, and wonders in the land of Ham. ²⁸ He sent darkness, and it became dark—yet they defied His words. ²⁹ He turned their waters to blood and caused their fish to die. ³⁰ Their land teemed with frogs, even in their royal chambers. ³¹ He spoke, and insects swarmed—gnats throughout their country. ³² He gave them hail for rain, with lightning throughout their land. ³³ He struck their vines and fig trees and shattered the trees of their country. ³⁴ He spoke, and the locusts came—young locusts without number. ³⁵ They devoured every plant in their land and consumed the produce of their soil. ³⁶ Then He struck all the firstborn in their land, the firstfruits of all their vigor. ³⁷ He brought Israel out with silver and gold, and none among His tribes stumbled. ³⁸ Egypt was glad when they departed, for the dread of Israel had fallen on them. ³⁹ He spread a cloud as a covering and a fire to light up the night. ⁴⁰ They asked, and He brought quail and satisfied them with the bread of heaven. ⁴¹ He opened a rock, and water gushed out; it flowed like a river in the desert. ⁴² For He remembered His holy promise to Abraham His servant. ⁴³ He brought forth His people with rejoicing, His chosen with shouts of joy. ⁴⁴ He gave them the lands of the nations, that they might inherit the fruit of others’ labor, ⁴⁵ that they might keep His statutes and obey His laws. Hallelujah! ¹⁰⁶ ¹ Hallelujah! Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; His loving devotion endures forever. ² Who can describe the mighty acts of the LORD or fully proclaim His praise? ³ Blessed are those who uphold justice, who practice righteousness at all times. ⁴ Remember me, O LORD, in Your favor to Your people; visit me with Your salvation, ⁵ that I may see the prosperity of Your chosen ones, and rejoice in the gladness of Your nation, and give glory with Your inheritance. ⁶ We have sinned like our fathers; we have done wrong and acted wickedly. ⁷ Our fathers in Egypt did not grasp Your wonders or remember Your abundant kindness; but they rebelled by the sea, there at the Red Sea. ⁸ Yet He saved them for the sake of His name, to make His power known. ⁹ He rebuked the Red Sea, and it dried up; He led them through the depths as through a desert. ¹⁰ He saved them from the hand that hated them; He redeemed them from the hand of the enemy. ¹¹ The waters covered their foes; not one of them remained. ¹² Then they believed His promises and sang His praise. ¹³ Yet they soon forgot His works and failed to wait for His counsel. ¹⁴ They craved intensely in the wilderness and tested God in the desert. ¹⁵ So He granted their request, but sent a wasting disease upon them. ¹⁶ In the camp they envied Moses, as well as Aaron, the holy one of the LORD. ¹⁷ The earth opened up and swallowed Dathan; it covered the assembly of Abiram. ¹⁸ Then fire blazed through their company; flames consumed the wicked. ¹⁹ At Horeb they made a calf and worshiped a molten image. ²⁰ They exchanged their Glory for the image of a grass-eating ox. ²¹ They forgot God their Savior, who did great things in Egypt, ²² wondrous works in the land of Ham, and awesome deeds by the Red Sea. ²³ So He said He would destroy them—had not Moses His chosen one stood before Him in the breach to divert His wrath from destroying them. ²⁴ They despised the pleasant land; they did not believe His promise. ²⁵ They grumbled in their tents and did not listen to the voice of the LORD. ²⁶ So He raised His hand and swore to cast them down in the wilderness, ²⁷ to disperse their offspring among the nations and scatter them throughout the lands. ²⁸ They yoked themselves to Baal of Peor and ate sacrifices offered to lifeless gods. ²⁹ So they provoked the LORD to anger with their deeds, and a plague broke out among them. ³⁰ But Phinehas stood and intervened, and the plague was restrained. ³¹ It was credited to him as righteousness for endless generations to come. ³² At the waters of Meribah they angered the LORD, and trouble came to Moses because of them. ³³ For they rebelled against His Spirit, and Moses spoke rashly with his lips. ³⁴ They did not destroy the peoples as the LORD had commanded them, ³⁵ but they mingled with the nations and adopted their customs. ³⁶ They worshiped their idols, which became a snare to them. ³⁷ They sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons. ³⁸ They shed innocent blood—the blood of their sons and daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan, and the land was polluted with blood. ³⁹ They defiled themselves by their actions and prostituted themselves by their deeds. ⁴⁰ So the anger of the LORD burned against His people, and He abhorred His own inheritance. ⁴¹ He delivered them into the hand of the nations, and those who hated them ruled over them. ⁴² Their enemies oppressed them, and subdued them under their hand. ⁴³ Many times He rescued them, but they were bent on rebellion and sank down in their iniquity. ⁴⁴ Nevertheless He heard their cry; He took note of their distress. ⁴⁵ And He remembered His covenant with them, and relented by the abundance of His loving devotion. ⁴⁶ He made them objects of compassion to all who held them captive. ⁴⁷ Save us, O LORD our God, and gather us from the nations, that we may give thanks to Your holy name, that we may glory in Your praise. ⁴⁸ Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting. Let all the people say, “Amen!” Hallelujah! ¹⁰⁷ ¹ Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; His loving devotion endures forever. ² Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, whom He has redeemed from the hand of the enemy ³ and gathered from the lands, from east and west, from north and south. ⁴ Some wandered in desert wastelands, finding no path to a city in which to dwell. ⁵ They were hungry and thirsty; their soul fainted within them. ⁶ Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He delivered them from their distress. ⁷ He led them on a straight path to reach a city where they could live. ⁸ Let them give thanks to the LORD for His loving devotion and His wonders to the sons of men. ⁹ For He satisfies the thirsty and fills the hungry with good things. ¹⁰ Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, prisoners in affliction and chains, ¹¹ because they rebelled against the words of God and despised the counsel of the Most High. ¹² He humbled their hearts with hard labor; they stumbled, and there was no one to help. ¹³ Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He saved them from their distress. ¹⁴ He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death and broke away their chains. ¹⁵ Let them give thanks to the LORD for His loving devotion and His wonders to the sons of men. ¹⁶ For He has broken down the gates of bronze and cut through the bars of iron. ¹⁷ Fools, in their rebellious ways, and through their iniquities, suffered affliction. ¹⁸ They loathed all food and drew near to the gates of death. ¹⁹ Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He saved them from their distress. ²⁰ He sent forth His word and healed them; He rescued them from the Pit. ²¹ Let them give thanks to the LORD for His loving devotion and His wonders to the sons of men. ²² Let them offer sacrifices of thanksgiving and declare His works with rejoicing. ²³ Others went out to sea in ships, conducting trade on the mighty waters. ²⁴ They saw the works of the LORD, and His wonders in the deep. ²⁵ For He spoke and raised a tempest that lifted the waves of the sea. ²⁶ They mounted up to the heavens, then sunk to the depths; their courage melted in their anguish. ²⁷ They reeled and staggered like drunkards, and all their skill was useless. ²⁸ Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He brought them out of their distress. ²⁹ He calmed the storm to a whisper, and the waves of the sea were hushed. ³⁰ They rejoiced in the silence, and He guided them to the harbor they desired. ³¹ Let them give thanks to the LORD for His loving devotion and His wonders to the sons of men. ³² Let them exalt Him in the assembly of the people and praise Him in the council of the elders. ³³ He turns rivers into deserts, springs of water into thirsty ground, ³⁴ and fruitful land into fields of salt, because of the wickedness of its dwellers. ³⁵ He turns a desert into pools of water and a dry land into flowing springs. ³⁶ He causes the hungry to settle there, that they may establish a city in which to dwell. ³⁷ They sow fields and plant vineyards that yield a fruitful harvest. ³⁸ He blesses them, and they multiply greatly; He does not let their herds diminish. ³⁹ When they are decreased and humbled by oppression, evil, and sorrow, ⁴⁰ He pours out contempt on the nobles and makes them wander in a trackless wasteland. ⁴¹ But He lifts the needy from affliction and increases their families like flocks. ⁴² The upright see and rejoice, and all iniquity shuts its mouth. ⁴³ Let him who is wise pay heed to these things and consider the loving devotion of the LORD. ¹⁰⁸ ¹ A song. A Psalm of David. My heart is steadfast, O God; I will sing and make music with all my being. ² Awake, O harp and lyre! I will awaken the dawn. ³ I will praise You, O LORD, among the nations; I will sing Your praises among the peoples. ⁴ For Your loving devotion extends beyond the heavens, and Your faithfulness reaches to the clouds. ⁵ Be exalted, O God, above the heavens; may Your glory cover all the earth. ⁶ Respond and save us with Your right hand, that Your beloved may be delivered. ⁷ God has spoken from His sanctuary: “I will triumph! I will parcel out Shechem and apportion the Valley of Succoth. ⁸ Gilead is Mine, and Manasseh is Mine; Ephraim is My helmet, Judah is My scepter. ⁹ Moab is My washbasin; upon Edom I toss My sandal; over Philistia I shout in triumph.” ¹⁰ Who will bring me to the fortified city? Who will lead me to Edom? ¹¹ Have You not rejected us, O God? Will You no longer march out, O God, with our armies? ¹² Give us aid against the enemy, for the help of man is worthless. ¹³ With God we will perform with valor, and He will trample our enemies. ¹⁰⁹ ¹ For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. O God of my praise, be not silent. ² For wicked and deceitful mouths open against me; they speak against me with lying tongues. ³ They surround me with hateful words and attack me without cause. ⁴ In return for my love they accuse me, but I am a man of prayer. ⁵ They repay me evil for good, and hatred for my love. ⁶ Set over him a wicked man; let an accuser stand at his right hand. ⁷ When he is tried, let him be found guilty, and may his prayer be regarded as sin. ⁸ May his days be few; may another take his position. ⁹ May his children be fatherless and his wife a widow. ¹⁰ May his children wander as beggars, seeking sustenance far from their ruined homes. ¹¹ May the creditor seize all he owns, and strangers plunder the fruits of his labor. ¹² May there be no one to extend kindness to him, and no one to favor his fatherless children. ¹³ May his descendants be cut off; may their name be blotted out from the next generation. ¹⁴ May the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the LORD, and the sin of his mother never be blotted out. ¹⁵ May their sins always remain before the LORD, that He may cut off their memory from the earth. ¹⁶ For he never thought to show kindness, but pursued the poor and needy and brokenhearted, even to their death. ¹⁷ The cursing that he loved, may it fall on him; the blessing in which he refused to delight, may it be far from him. ¹⁸ The cursing that he wore like a coat, may it soak into his body like water, and into his bones like oil. ¹⁹ May it be like a robe wrapped about him, like a belt tied forever around him. ²⁰ May this be the LORD’s reward to my accusers, to those who speak evil against me. ²¹ But You, O GOD, the Lord, deal kindly with me for the sake of Your name; deliver me by the goodness of Your loving devotion. ²² For I am poor and needy; my heart is wounded within me. ²³ I am fading away like a lengthening shadow; I am shaken off like a locust. ²⁴ My knees are weak from fasting, and my body grows lean and gaunt. ²⁵ I am an object of scorn to my accusers; when they see me, they shake their heads. ²⁶ Help me, O LORD my God; save me according to Your loving devotion. ²⁷ Let them know that this is Your hand, that You, O LORD, have done it. ²⁸ Though they curse, You will bless. When they rise up, they will be put to shame, but Your servant will rejoice. ²⁹ May my accusers be clothed with disgrace; may they wear their shame like a robe. ³⁰ With my mouth I will thank the LORD profusely; I will praise Him in the presence of many. ³¹ For He stands at the right hand of the needy one, to save him from the condemners of his soul. ¹¹⁰ ¹ A Psalm of David. The LORD said to my Lord: “Sit at My right hand until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet.” ² The LORD extends Your mighty scepter from Zion: “Rule in the midst of Your enemies.” ³ Your people shall be willing on Your day of battle. Arrayed in holy splendor, from the womb of the dawn, to You belongs the dew of Your youth. ⁴ The LORD has sworn and will not change His mind: “You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.” ⁵ The Lord is at Your right hand; He will crush kings in the day of His wrath. ⁶ He will judge the nations, heaping up the dead; He will crush the leaders far and wide. ⁷ He will drink from the brook by the road; therefore He will lift up His head. ¹¹¹ ¹ Hallelujah! I will give thanks to the LORD with all my heart in the council of the upright and in the assembly. ² Great are the works of the LORD; they are pondered by all who delight in them. ³ Splendid and majestic is His work; His righteousness endures forever. ⁴ He has caused His wonders to be remembered; the LORD is gracious and compassionate. ⁵ He provides food for those who fear Him; He remembers His covenant forever. ⁶ He has shown His people the power of His works by giving them the inheritance of the nations. ⁷ The works of His hands are truth and justice; all His precepts are trustworthy. ⁸ They are upheld forever and ever, enacted in truth and uprightness. ⁹ He has sent redemption to His people; He has ordained His covenant forever; holy and awesome is His name. ¹⁰ The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom; all who follow His precepts gain rich understanding. His praise endures forever! ¹¹² ¹ Hallelujah! Blessed is the man who fears the LORD, who greatly delights in His commandments. ² His descendants will be mighty in the land; the generation of the upright will be blessed. ³ Wealth and riches are in his house, and his righteousness endures forever. ⁴ Light dawns in the darkness for the upright—for the gracious, compassionate, and righteous. ⁵ It is well with the man who is generous and lends freely, whose affairs are guided by justice. ⁶ Surely he will never be shaken; the righteous man will be remembered forever. ⁷ He does not fear bad news; his heart is steadfast, trusting in the LORD. ⁸ His heart is assured; he does not fear, until he looks in triumph on his foes. ⁹ He has scattered abroad his gifts to the poor; his righteousness endures forever; his horn will be lifted high in honor. ¹⁰ The wicked man will see and be grieved; he will gnash his teeth and waste away; the desires of the wicked will perish. ¹¹³ ¹ Hallelujah! Give praise, O servants of the LORD; praise the name of the LORD. ² Blessed be the name of the LORD both now and forevermore. ³ From where the sun rises to where it sets, the name of the LORD is praised. ⁴ The LORD is exalted over all the nations, His glory above the heavens. ⁵ Who is like the LORD our God, the One enthroned on high? ⁶ He humbles Himself to behold the heavens and the earth. ⁷ He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the dump ⁸ to seat them with nobles, with the princes of His people. ⁹ He settles the barren woman in her home as a joyful mother to her children. Hallelujah! ¹¹⁴ ¹ When Israel departed from Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of foreign tongue, ² Judah became God’s sanctuary, and Israel His dominion. ³ The sea observed and fled; the Jordan turned back; ⁴ the mountains skipped like rams, the hills like lambs. ⁵ Why was it, O sea, that you fled, O Jordan, that you turned back, ⁶ O mountains, that you skipped like rams, O hills, like lambs? ⁷ Tremble, O earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob, ⁸ who turned the rock into a pool, the flint into a fountain of water! ¹¹⁵ ¹ Not to us, O LORD, not to us, but to Your name be the glory, because of Your loving devotion, because of Your faithfulness. ² Why should the nations say, “Where is their God?” ³ Our God is in heaven; He does as He pleases. ⁴ Their idols are silver and gold, made by the hands of men. ⁵ They have mouths, but cannot speak; they have eyes, but cannot see; ⁶ they have ears, but cannot hear; they have noses, but cannot smell; ⁷ they have hands, but cannot feel; they have feet, but cannot walk; they cannot even clear their throats. ⁸ Those who make them become like them, as do all who trust in them. ⁹ O Israel, trust in the LORD! He is their help and shield. ¹⁰ O house of Aaron, trust in the LORD! He is their help and shield. ¹¹ You who fear the LORD, trust in the LORD! He is their help and shield. ¹² The LORD is mindful of us; He will bless us. He will bless the house of Israel; He will bless the house of Aaron; ¹³ He will bless those who fear the LORD—small and great alike. ¹⁴ May the LORD give you increase, both you and your children. ¹⁵ May you be blessed by the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth. ¹⁶ The highest heavens belong to the LORD, but the earth He has given to mankind. ¹⁷ It is not the dead who praise the LORD, nor any who descend into silence. ¹⁸ But it is we who will bless the LORD, both now and forevermore. Hallelujah! ¹¹⁶ ¹ I love the LORD, for He has heard my voice—my appeal for mercy. ² Because He has inclined His ear to me, I will call on Him as long as I live. ³ The ropes of death entangled me; the anguish of Sheol overcame me; I was confronted by trouble and sorrow. ⁴ Then I called on the name of the LORD: “O LORD, deliver my soul!” ⁵ The LORD is gracious and righteous; our God is full of compassion. ⁶ The LORD preserves the simplehearted; I was helpless, and He saved me. ⁷ Return to your rest, O my soul, for the LORD has been good to you. ⁸ For You have delivered my soul from death, my eyes from tears, my feet from stumbling. ⁹ I will walk before the LORD in the land of the living. ¹⁰ I believed, therefore I said, “I am greatly afflicted.” ¹¹ In my alarm I said, “All men are liars!” ¹² How can I repay the LORD for all His goodness to me? ¹³ I will lift the cup of salvation and call on the name of the LORD. ¹⁴ I will fulfill my vows to the LORD in the presence of all His people. ¹⁵ Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of His saints. ¹⁶ Truly, O LORD, I am Your servant; I am Your servant, the son of Your maidservant; You have broken my bonds. ¹⁷ I will offer to You a sacrifice of thanksgiving and call on the name of the LORD. ¹⁸ I will fulfill my vows to the LORD in the presence of all His people, ¹⁹ in the courts of the LORD’s house, in your midst, O Jerusalem. Hallelujah! ¹¹⁷ ¹ Praise the LORD, all you nations! Extol Him, all you peoples! ² For great is His loving devotion toward us, and the faithfulness of the LORD endures forever. Hallelujah! ¹¹⁸ ¹ Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; His loving devotion endures forever. ² Let Israel say, “His loving devotion endures forever.” ³ Let the house of Aaron say, “His loving devotion endures forever.” ⁴ Let those who fear the LORD say, “His loving devotion endures forever.” ⁵ In my distress I called to the LORD, and He answered and set me free. ⁶ The LORD is on my side; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me? ⁷ The LORD is on my side; He is my helper. Therefore I will look in triumph on those who hate me. ⁸ It is better to take refuge in the LORD than to trust in man. ⁹ It is better to take refuge in the LORD than to trust in princes. ¹⁰ All the nations surrounded me, but in the name of the LORD I cut them off. ¹¹ They surrounded me on every side, but in the name of the LORD I cut them off. ¹² They swarmed around me like bees, but they were extinguished like burning thorns; in the name of the LORD I cut them off. ¹³ I was pushed so hard I was falling, but the LORD helped me. ¹⁴ The LORD is my strength and my song, and He has become my salvation. ¹⁵ Shouts of joy and salvation resound in the tents of the righteous: “The right hand of the LORD performs with valor! ¹⁶ The right hand of the LORD is exalted! The right hand of the LORD performs with valor!” ¹⁷ I will not die, but I will live and proclaim what the LORD has done. ¹⁸ The LORD disciplined me severely, but He has not given me over to death. ¹⁹ Open to me the gates of righteousness, that I may enter and give thanks to the LORD. ²⁰ This is the gate of the LORD; the righteous shall enter through it. ²¹ I will give You thanks, for You have answered me, and You have become my salvation. ²² The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. ²³ This is from the LORD, and it is marvelous in our eyes. ²⁴ This is the day that the LORD has made; we will rejoice and be glad in it. ²⁵ O LORD, save us, we pray. We beseech You, O LORD, cause us to prosper! ²⁶ Blessed is he who comes in the name of the LORD. From the house of the LORD we bless you. ²⁷ The LORD is God; He has made His light to shine upon us. Bind the festal sacrifice with cords to the horns of the altar. ²⁸ You are my God, and I will give You thanks. You are my God, and I will exalt You. ²⁹ Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; His loving devotion endures forever. ¹¹⁹ ¹ Blessed are those whose way is blameless, who walk in the Law of the LORD. ² Blessed are those who keep His testimonies and seek Him with all their heart. ³ They do no iniquity; they walk in His ways. ⁴ You have ordained Your precepts, that we should keep them diligently. ⁵ Oh, that my ways were committed to keeping Your statutes! ⁶ Then I would not be ashamed when I consider all Your commandments. ⁷ I will praise You with an upright heart when I learn Your righteous judgments. ⁸ I will keep Your statutes; do not utterly forsake me. ⁹ How can a young man keep his way pure? By guarding it according to Your word. ¹⁰ With all my heart I have sought You; do not let me stray from Your commandments. ¹¹ I have hidden Your word in my heart that I might not sin against You. ¹² Blessed are You, O LORD; teach me Your statutes. ¹³ With my lips I proclaim all the judgments of Your mouth. ¹⁴ I rejoice in the way of Your testimonies as much as in all riches. ¹⁵ I will meditate on Your precepts and regard Your ways. ¹⁶ I will delight in Your statutes; I will not forget Your word. ¹⁷ Deal bountifully with Your servant, that I may live and keep Your word. ¹⁸ Open my eyes that I may see wondrous things from Your law. ¹⁹ I am a stranger on the earth; do not hide Your commandments from me. ²⁰ My soul is consumed with longing for Your judgments at all times. ²¹ You rebuke the arrogant—the cursed who stray from Your commandments. ²² Remove my scorn and contempt, for I have kept Your testimonies. ²³ Though rulers sit and slander me, Your servant meditates on Your statutes. ²⁴ Your testimonies are indeed my delight; they are my counselors. ²⁵ My soul cleaves to the dust; revive me according to Your word. ²⁶ I recounted my ways, and You answered me; teach me Your statutes. ²⁷ Make clear to me the way of Your precepts; then I will meditate on Your wonders. ²⁸ My soul melts with sorrow; strengthen me according to Your word. ²⁹ Remove me from the path of deceit and graciously grant me Your law. ³⁰ I have chosen the way of truth; I have set Your ordinances before me. ³¹ I cling to Your testimonies, O LORD; let me not be put to shame. ³² I run in the path of Your commandments, for You will enlarge my heart. ³³ Teach me, O LORD, the way of Your statutes, and I will keep them to the end. ³⁴ Give me understanding that I may obey Your law, and follow it with all my heart. ³⁵ Direct me in the path of Your commandments, for there I find delight. ³⁶ Turn my heart to Your testimonies and not to covetous gain. ³⁷ Turn my eyes away from worthless things; revive me with Your word. ³⁸ Establish Your word to Your servant, to produce reverence for You. ³⁹ Turn away the disgrace I dread, for Your judgments are good. ⁴⁰ How I long for Your precepts! Revive me in Your righteousness. ⁴¹ May Your loving devotion come to me, O LORD, Your salvation, according to Your promise. ⁴² Then I can answer him who taunts, for I trust in Your word. ⁴³ Never take Your word of truth from my mouth, for I hope in Your judgments. ⁴⁴ I will always obey Your law, forever and ever. ⁴⁵ And I will walk in freedom, for I have sought Your precepts. ⁴⁶ I will speak of Your testimonies before kings, and I will not be ashamed. ⁴⁷ I delight in Your commandments because I love them. ⁴⁸ I lift up my hands to Your commandments, which I love, and I meditate on Your statutes. ⁴⁹ Remember Your word to Your servant, upon which You have given me hope. ⁵⁰ This is my comfort in affliction, that Your promise has given me life. ⁵¹ The arrogant utterly deride me, but I do not turn from Your law. ⁵² I remember Your judgments of old, O LORD, and in them I find comfort. ⁵³ Rage has taken hold of me because of the wicked who reject Your law. ⁵⁴ Your statutes are songs to me in the house of my pilgrimage. ⁵⁵ In the night, O LORD, I remember Your name, that I may keep Your law. ⁵⁶ This is my practice, for I obey Your precepts. ⁵⁷ The LORD is my portion; I have promised to keep Your words. ⁵⁸ I have sought Your face with all my heart; be gracious to me according to Your promise. ⁵⁹ I considered my ways and turned my steps to Your testimonies. ⁶⁰ I hurried without hesitating to keep Your commandments. ⁶¹ Though the ropes of the wicked bind me, I do not forget Your law. ⁶² At midnight I rise to give You thanks for Your righteous judgments. ⁶³ I am a friend to all who fear You, and to those who keep Your precepts. ⁶⁴ The earth is filled with Your loving devotion, O LORD; teach me Your statutes. ⁶⁵ You are good to Your servant, O LORD, according to Your word. ⁶⁶ Teach me good judgment and knowledge, for I believe in Your commandments. ⁶⁷ Before I was afflicted, I went astray; but now I keep Your word. ⁶⁸ You are good, and You do what is good; teach me Your statutes. ⁶⁹ Though the arrogant have smeared me with lies, I keep Your precepts with all my heart. ⁷⁰ Their hearts are hard and callous, but I delight in Your law. ⁷¹ It was good for me to be afflicted, that I might learn Your statutes. ⁷² The law from Your mouth is more precious to me than thousands of pieces of gold and silver. ⁷³ Your hands have made me and fashioned me; give me understanding to learn Your commandments. ⁷⁴ May those who fear You see me and rejoice, for I have hoped in Your word. ⁷⁵ I know, O LORD, that Your judgments are righteous, and that in faithfulness You have afflicted me. ⁷⁶ May Your loving devotion comfort me, I pray, according to Your promise to Your servant. ⁷⁷ May Your compassion come to me, that I may live, for Your law is my delight. ⁷⁸ May the arrogant be put to shame for subverting me with a lie; I will meditate on Your precepts. ⁷⁹ May those who fear You turn to me, those who know Your testimonies. ⁸⁰ May my heart be blameless in Your statutes, that I may not be put to shame. ⁸¹ My soul faints for Your salvation; I wait for Your word. ⁸² My eyes fail, looking for Your promise; I ask, “When will You comfort me?” ⁸³ Though I am like a wineskin dried up by smoke, I do not forget Your statutes. ⁸⁴ How many days must Your servant wait? When will You execute judgment on my persecutors? ⁸⁵ The arrogant have dug pits for me in violation of Your law. ⁸⁶ All Your commandments are faithful; I am persecuted without cause—help me! ⁸⁷ They almost wiped me from the earth, but I have not forsaken Your precepts. ⁸⁸ Revive me according to Your loving devotion, that I may obey the testimony of Your mouth. ⁸⁹ Your word, O LORD, is everlasting; it is firmly fixed in the heavens. ⁹⁰ Your faithfulness continues through all generations; You established the earth, and it endures. ⁹¹ Your ordinances stand to this day, for all things are servants to You. ⁹² If Your law had not been my delight, then I would have perished in my affliction. ⁹³ I will never forget Your precepts, for by them You have revived me. ⁹⁴ I am Yours; save me, for I have sought Your precepts. ⁹⁵ The wicked wait to destroy me, but I will ponder Your testimonies. ⁹⁶ I have seen a limit to all perfection, but Your commandment is without limit. ⁹⁷ Oh, how I love Your law! All day long it is my meditation. ⁹⁸ Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies, for they are always with me. ⁹⁹ I have more insight than all my teachers, for Your testimonies are my meditation. ¹⁰⁰ I discern more than the elders, for I obey Your precepts. ¹⁰¹ I have kept my feet from every evil path, that I may keep Your word. ¹⁰² I have not departed from Your ordinances, for You Yourself have taught me. ¹⁰³ How sweet are Your words to my taste—sweeter than honey in my mouth! ¹⁰⁴ I gain understanding from Your precepts; therefore I hate every false way. ¹⁰⁵ Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path. ¹⁰⁶ I have sworn and confirmed that I will keep Your righteous judgments. ¹⁰⁷ I am severely afflicted, O LORD; revive me through Your word. ¹⁰⁸ Accept the freewill offerings of my mouth, O LORD, and teach me Your judgments. ¹⁰⁹ I constantly take my life in my hands, yet I do not forget Your law. ¹¹⁰ The wicked have set a snare for me, but I have not strayed from Your precepts. ¹¹¹ Your testimonies are my heritage forever, for they are the joy of my heart. ¹¹² I have inclined my heart to perform Your statutes, even to the very end. ¹¹³ The double-minded I despise, but Your law I love. ¹¹⁴ You are my hiding place and my shield; I put my hope in Your word. ¹¹⁵ Depart from me, you evildoers, that I may obey the commandments of my God. ¹¹⁶ Sustain me as You promised, that I may live; let me not be ashamed of my hope. ¹¹⁷ Uphold me, and I will be saved, that I may always regard Your statutes. ¹¹⁸ You reject all who stray from Your statutes, for their deceitfulness is in vain. ¹¹⁹ All the wicked on earth You discard like dross; therefore I love Your testimonies. ¹²⁰ My flesh trembles in awe of You; I stand in fear of Your judgments. ¹²¹ I have done what is just and right; do not leave me to my oppressors. ¹²² Ensure Your servant’s well-being; do not let the arrogant oppress me. ¹²³ My eyes fail, looking for Your salvation, and for Your righteous promise. ¹²⁴ Deal with Your servant according to Your loving devotion, and teach me Your statutes. ¹²⁵ I am Your servant; give me understanding, that I may know Your testimonies. ¹²⁶ It is time for the LORD to act, for they have broken Your law. ¹²⁷ Therefore I love Your commandments more than gold, even the purest gold. ¹²⁸ Therefore I admire all Your precepts and hate every false way. ¹²⁹ Wonderful are Your testimonies; therefore I obey them. ¹³⁰ The unfolding of Your words gives light; it informs the simple. ¹³¹ I open my mouth and pant, longing for Your commandments. ¹³² Turn to me and show me mercy, as You do to those who love Your name. ¹³³ Order my steps in Your word; let no sin rule over me. ¹³⁴ Redeem me from the oppression of man, that I may keep Your precepts. ¹³⁵ Make Your face shine upon Your servant, and teach me Your statutes. ¹³⁶ My eyes shed streams of tears because Your law is not obeyed. ¹³⁷ Righteous are You, O LORD, and upright are Your judgments. ¹³⁸ The testimonies You have laid down are righteous and altogether faithful. ¹³⁹ My zeal has consumed me because my foes forget Your words. ¹⁴⁰ Your promise is completely pure; therefore Your servant loves it. ¹⁴¹ I am lowly and despised, but I do not forget Your precepts. ¹⁴² Your righteousness is everlasting and Your law is true. ¹⁴³ Trouble and distress have found me, but Your commandments are my delight. ¹⁴⁴ Your testimonies are righteous forever. Give me understanding, that I may live. ¹⁴⁵ I call with all my heart; answer me, O LORD! I will obey Your statutes. ¹⁴⁶ I call to You; save me, that I may keep Your testimonies. ¹⁴⁷ I rise before dawn and cry for help; in Your word I have put my hope. ¹⁴⁸ My eyes anticipate the watches of night, that I may meditate on Your word. ¹⁴⁹ Hear my voice, O LORD, according to Your loving devotion; give me life according to Your justice. ¹⁵⁰ Those who follow after wickedness draw near; they are far from Your law. ¹⁵¹ You are near, O LORD, and all Your commandments are true. ¹⁵² Long ago I learned from Your testimonies that You have established them forever. ¹⁵³ Look upon my affliction and rescue me, for I have not forgotten Your law. ¹⁵⁴ Defend my cause and redeem me; revive me according to Your word. ¹⁵⁵ Salvation is far from the wicked because they do not seek Your statutes. ¹⁵⁶ Great are Your mercies, O LORD; revive me according to Your ordinances. ¹⁵⁷ Though my persecutors and foes are many, I have not turned from Your testimonies. ¹⁵⁸ I look on the faithless with loathing because they do not keep Your word. ¹⁵⁹ Consider how I love Your precepts, O LORD; give me life according to Your loving devotion. ¹⁶⁰ The entirety of Your word is truth, and all Your righteous judgments endure forever. ¹⁶¹ Rulers persecute me without cause, but my heart fears only Your word. ¹⁶² I rejoice in Your promise like one who finds great spoil. ¹⁶³ I hate and abhor falsehood, but Your law I love. ¹⁶⁴ Seven times a day I praise You for Your righteous judgments. ¹⁶⁵ Abundant peace belongs to those who love Your law; nothing can make them stumble. ¹⁶⁶ I wait for Your salvation, O LORD, and I carry out Your commandments. ¹⁶⁷ I obey Your testimonies and love them greatly. ¹⁶⁸ I obey Your precepts and Your testimonies, for all my ways are before You. ¹⁶⁹ May my cry come before You, O LORD; give me understanding according to Your word. ¹⁷⁰ May my plea come before You; rescue me according to Your promise. ¹⁷¹ My lips pour forth praise, for You teach me Your statutes. ¹⁷² My tongue sings of Your word, for all Your commandments are righteous. ¹⁷³ May Your hand be ready to help me, for I have chosen Your precepts. ¹⁷⁴ I long for Your salvation, O LORD, and Your law is my delight. ¹⁷⁵ Let me live to praise You; may Your judgments sustain me. ¹⁷⁶ I have strayed like a lost sheep; seek Your servant, for I have not forgotten Your commandments. ¹²⁰ ¹ A song of ascents. In my distress I cried to the LORD, and He answered me. ² Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips and a deceitful tongue. ³ What will He do to you, and what will be added to you, O deceitful tongue? ⁴ Sharp arrows will come from the warrior, with burning coals of the broom tree! ⁵ Woe to me that I dwell in Meshech, that I live among the tents of Kedar! ⁶ Too long have I dwelt among those who hate peace. ⁷ I am in favor of peace; but when I speak, they want war. ¹²¹ ¹ A song of ascents. I lift up my eyes to the hills. From where does my help come? ² My help comes from the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth. ³ He will not allow your foot to slip; your Protector will not slumber. ⁴ Behold, the Protector of Israel will neither slumber nor sleep. ⁵ The LORD is your keeper; the LORD is the shade on your right hand. ⁶ The sun will not strike you by day, nor the moon by night. ⁷ The LORD will guard you from all evil; He will preserve your soul. ⁸ The LORD will watch over your coming and going, both now and forevermore. ¹²² ¹ A song of ascents. Of David. I was glad when they said to me, “Let us go to the house of the LORD.” ² Our feet are standing in your gates, O Jerusalem. ³ Jerusalem is built up as a city united together, ⁴ where the tribes go up, the tribes of the LORD, as a testimony for Israel, to give thanks to the name of the LORD. ⁵ For there the thrones of judgment stand, the thrones of the house of David. ⁶ Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: “May those who love you prosper. ⁷ May there be peace within your walls, and prosperity inside your fortresses.” ⁸ For the sake of my brothers and friends, I will say, “Peace be within you.” ⁹ For the sake of the house of the LORD our God, I will seek your prosperity. ¹²³ ¹ A song of ascents. I lift up my eyes to You, the One enthroned in heaven. ² As the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master, as the eyes of a maidservant look to the hand of her mistress, so our eyes are on the LORD our God until He shows us mercy. ³ Have mercy on us, O LORD, have mercy, for we have endured much contempt. ⁴ We have endured much scorn from the arrogant, much contempt from the proud. ¹²⁴ ¹ A song of ascents. Of David. If the LORD had not been on our side—let Israel now declare— ² if the LORD had not been on our side when men attacked us, ³ when their anger flared against us, then they would have swallowed us alive, ⁴ then the floods would have engulfed us, then the torrent would have overwhelmed us, ⁵ then the raging waters would have swept us away. ⁶ Blessed be the LORD, who has not given us as prey to their teeth. ⁷ We have escaped like a bird from the snare of the fowler; the net is torn, and we have slipped away. ⁸ Our help is in the name of the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth. ¹²⁵ ¹ A song of ascents. Those who trust in the LORD are like Mount Zion. It cannot be moved; it abides forever. ² As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the LORD surrounds His people, both now and forevermore. ³ For the scepter of the wicked will not rest upon the land allotted to the righteous, so that the righteous will not put forth their hands to injustice. ⁴ Do good, O LORD, to those who are good, and to the upright in heart. ⁵ But those who turn to crooked ways the LORD will banish with the evildoers. Peace be upon Israel. ¹²⁶ ¹ A song of ascents. When the LORD restored the captives of Zion, we were like dreamers. ² Then our mouths were filled with laughter, our tongues with shouts of joy. Then it was said among the nations, “The LORD has done great things for them.” ³ The LORD has done great things for us; we are filled with joy. ⁴ Restore our captives, O LORD, like streams in the Negev. ⁵ Those who sow in tears will reap with shouts of joy. ⁶ He who goes out weeping, bearing a trail of seed, will surely return with shouts of joy, carrying sheaves of grain. ¹²⁷ ¹ A song of ascents. Of Solomon. Unless the LORD builds the house, its builders labor in vain; unless the LORD protects the city, its watchmen stand guard in vain. ² In vain you rise early and stay up late, toiling for bread to eat—for He gives sleep to His beloved. ³ Children are indeed a heritage from the LORD, and the fruit of the womb is His reward. ⁴ Like arrows in the hand of a warrior, so are children born in one’s youth. ⁵ Blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them. He will not be put to shame when he confronts the enemies at the gate. ¹²⁸ ¹ A song of ascents. Blessed are all who fear the LORD, who walk in His ways! ² For when you eat the fruit of your labor, blessings and prosperity will be yours. ³ Your wife will be like a fruitful vine flourishing within your house, your sons like olive shoots sitting around your table. ⁴ In this way indeed shall blessing come to the man who fears the LORD. ⁵ May the LORD bless you from Zion, that you may see the prosperity of Jerusalem all the days of your life, ⁶ that you may see your children’s children. Peace be upon Israel! ¹²⁹ ¹ A song of ascents. Many a time they have persecuted me from my youth—let Israel now declare— ² many a time they have persecuted me from my youth, but they have not prevailed against me. ³ The plowmen plowed over my back; they made their furrows long. ⁴ The LORD is righteous; He has cut me from the cords of the wicked. ⁵ May all who hate Zion be turned back in shame. ⁶ May they be like grass on the rooftops, which withers before it can grow, ⁷ unable to fill the hands of the reaper, or the arms of the binder of sheaves. ⁸ May none who pass by say to them, “The blessing of the LORD be on you; we bless you in the name of the LORD.” ¹³⁰ ¹ A song of ascents. Out of the depths I cry to You, O LORD! ² O Lord, hear my voice; let Your ears be attentive to my plea for mercy. ³ If You, O LORD, kept track of iniquities, then who, O Lord, could stand? ⁴ But with You there is forgiveness, so that You may be feared. ⁵ I wait for the LORD; my soul does wait, and in His word I put my hope. ⁶ My soul waits for the Lord more than watchmen wait for the morning—more than watchmen wait for the morning. ⁷ O Israel, put your hope in the LORD, for with the LORD is loving devotion, and with Him is redemption in abundance. ⁸ And He will redeem Israel from all iniquity. ¹³¹ ¹ A song of ascents. Of David. My heart is not proud, O LORD, my eyes are not haughty. I do not aspire to great things or matters too lofty for me. ² Surely I have stilled and quieted my soul; like a weaned child with his mother, like a weaned child is my soul within me. ³ O Israel, put your hope in the LORD, both now and forevermore. ¹³² ¹ A song of ascents. O LORD, remember on behalf of David all the hardships he endured, ² how he swore an oath to the LORD, and vowed to the Mighty One of Jacob: ³ “I will not enter my house or get into my bed, ⁴ I will not give sleep to my eyes or slumber to my eyelids, ⁵ until I find a place for the LORD, a dwelling for the Mighty One of Jacob.” ⁶ We heard that the ark was in Ephrathah; we found it in the fields of Jaar. ⁷ Let us go to His dwelling place; let us worship at His footstool. ⁸ Arise, O LORD, to Your resting place, You and the ark of Your strength. ⁹ May Your priests be clothed with righteousness, and Your saints shout for joy. ¹⁰ For the sake of Your servant David, do not reject Your anointed one. ¹¹ The LORD swore an oath to David, a promise He will not revoke: “One of your descendants I will place on your throne. ¹² If your sons keep My covenant and the testimony I will teach them, then their sons will also sit on your throne forever and ever.” ¹³ For the LORD has chosen Zion; He has desired it for His home: ¹⁴ “This is My resting place forever and ever; here I will dwell, for I have desired this home. ¹⁵ I will bless her with abundant provisions; I will satisfy her poor with bread. ¹⁶ I will clothe her priests with salvation, and her saints will sing out in joy. ¹⁷ There I will make a horn grow for David; I have prepared a lamp for My anointed one. ¹⁸ I will clothe his enemies with shame, but the crown upon him will gleam.” ¹³³ ¹ A song of ascents. Of David. Behold, how good and pleasant it is when brothers live together in harmony! ² It is like fine oil on the head, running down on the beard, running down Aaron’s beard over the collar of his robes. ³ It is like the dew of Hermon falling on the mountains of Zion. For there the LORD has bestowed the blessing of life forevermore. ¹³⁴ ¹ A song of ascents. Come, bless the LORD, all you servants of the LORD who serve by night in the house of the LORD! ² Lift up your hands to the sanctuary and bless the LORD! ³ May the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth, bless you from Zion. ¹³⁵ ¹ Hallelujah! Praise the name of the LORD. Give praise, O servants of the LORD, ² who stand in the house of the LORD, in the courts of the house of our God. ³ Hallelujah, for the LORD is good; sing praises to His name, for it is lovely. ⁴ For the LORD has chosen Jacob as His own, Israel as His treasured possession. ⁵ For I know that the LORD is great; our Lord is above all gods. ⁶ The LORD does all that pleases Him in the heavens and on the earth, in the seas and in all their depths. ⁷ He causes the clouds to rise from the ends of the earth. He generates the lightning with the rain and brings forth the wind from His storehouses. ⁸ He struck down the firstborn of Egypt, of both man and beast. ⁹ He sent signs and wonders into your midst, O Egypt, against Pharaoh and all his servants. ¹⁰ He struck down many nations and slaughtered mighty kings: ¹¹ Sihon king of the Amorites, Og king of Bashan, and all the kings of Canaan. ¹² He gave their land as an inheritance, as a heritage to His people Israel. ¹³ Your name, O LORD, endures forever, Your renown, O LORD, through all generations. ¹⁴ For the LORD will vindicate His people and will have compassion on His servants. ¹⁵ The idols of the nations are silver and gold, made by the hands of men. ¹⁶ They have mouths, but cannot speak; they have eyes, but cannot see; ¹⁷ they have ears, but cannot hear; nor is there breath in their mouths. ¹⁸ Those who make them become like them, as do all who trust in them. ¹⁹ O house of Israel, bless the LORD; O house of Aaron, bless the LORD; ²⁰ O house of Levi, bless the LORD; you who fear the LORD, bless the LORD! ²¹ Blessed be the LORD from Zion—He who dwells in Jerusalem. Hallelujah! ¹³⁶ ¹ Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good. His loving devotion endures forever. ² Give thanks to the God of gods. His loving devotion endures forever. ³ Give thanks to the Lord of lords. His loving devotion endures forever. ⁴ He alone does great wonders. His loving devotion endures forever. ⁵ By His insight He made the heavens. His loving devotion endures forever. ⁶ He spread out the earth upon the waters. His loving devotion endures forever. ⁷ He made the great lights—His loving devotion endures forever. ⁸ the sun to rule the day, His loving devotion endures forever. ⁹ the moon and stars to govern the night. His loving devotion endures forever. ¹⁰ He struck down the firstborn of Egypt His loving devotion endures forever. ¹¹ and brought Israel out from among them His loving devotion endures forever. ¹² with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm. His loving devotion endures forever. ¹³ He divided the Red Sea in two His loving devotion endures forever. ¹⁴ and led Israel through the midst, His loving devotion endures forever. ¹⁵ but swept Pharaoh and his army into the Red Sea. His loving devotion endures forever. ¹⁶ He led His people through the wilderness. His loving devotion endures forever. ¹⁷ He struck down great kings His loving devotion endures forever. ¹⁸ and slaughtered mighty kings—His loving devotion endures forever. ¹⁹ Sihon king of the Amorites His loving devotion endures forever. ²⁰ and Og king of Bashan—His loving devotion endures forever. ²¹ and He gave their land as an inheritance, His loving devotion endures forever. ²² a heritage to His servant Israel. His loving devotion endures forever. ²³ He remembered us in our low estate His loving devotion endures forever. ²⁴ and freed us from our enemies. His loving devotion endures forever. ²⁵ He gives food to every creature. His loving devotion endures forever. ²⁶ Give thanks to the God of heaven! His loving devotion endures forever. ¹³⁷ ¹ By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept when we remembered Zion. ² There on the willows we hung our harps, ³ for there our captors requested a song; our tormentors demanded songs of joy: “Sing us a song of Zion.” ⁴ How can we sing a song of the LORD in a foreign land? ⁵ If I forget you, O Jerusalem, may my right hand cease to function. ⁶ May my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth if I do not remember you, if I do not exalt Jerusalem as my greatest joy! ⁷ Remember, O LORD, the sons of Edom on the day Jerusalem fell: “Destroy it,” they said, “tear it down to its foundations!” ⁸ O Daughter of Babylon, doomed to destruction, blessed is he who repays you as you have done to us. ⁹ Blessed is he who seizes your infants and dashes them against the rocks. ¹³⁸ ¹ Of David. I give You thanks with all my heart; before the gods I sing Your praises. ² I bow down toward Your holy temple and give thanks to Your name for Your loving devotion and Your faithfulness; You have exalted Your name and Your word above all else. ³ On the day I called, You answered me; You emboldened me and strengthened my soul. ⁴ All the kings of the earth will give You thanks, O LORD, when they hear the words of Your mouth. ⁵ They will sing of the ways of the LORD, for the glory of the LORD is great. ⁶ Though the LORD is on high, He attends to the lowly; but the proud He knows from afar. ⁷ If I walk in the midst of trouble, You preserve me from the anger of my foes; You extend Your hand, and Your right hand saves me. ⁸ The LORD will fulfill His purpose for me. O LORD, Your loving devotion endures forever—do not abandon the works of Your hands. ¹³⁹ ¹ For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. O LORD, You have searched me and known me. ² You know when I sit and when I rise; You understand my thoughts from afar. ³ You search out my path and my lying down; You are aware of all my ways. ⁴ Even before a word is on my tongue, You know all about it, O LORD. ⁵ You hem me in behind and before; You have laid Your hand upon me. ⁶ Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain. ⁷ Where can I go to escape Your Spirit? Where can I flee from Your presence? ⁸ If I ascend to the heavens, You are there; if I make my bed in Sheol, You are there. ⁹ If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle by the farthest sea, ¹⁰ even there Your hand will guide me; Your right hand will hold me fast. ¹¹ If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me, and the light become night around me”— ¹² even the darkness is not dark to You, but the night shines like the day, for darkness is as light to You. ¹³ For You formed my inmost being; You knit me together in my mother’s womb. ¹⁴ I praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Marvelous are Your works, and I know this very well. ¹⁵ My frame was not hidden from You when I was made in secret, when I was woven together in the depths of the earth. ¹⁶ Your eyes saw my unformed body; all my days were written in Your book and ordained for me before one of them came to be. ¹⁷ How precious to me are Your thoughts, O God, how vast is their sum! ¹⁸ If I were to count them, they would outnumber the grains of sand; and when I awake, I am still with You. ¹⁹ O God, that You would slay the wicked—away from me, you bloodthirsty men— ²⁰ who speak of You deceitfully; Your enemies take Your name in vain. ²¹ Do I not hate those who hate You, O LORD, and detest those who rise against You? ²² I hate them with perfect hatred; I count them as my enemies. ²³ Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my concerns. ²⁴ See if there is any offensive way in me; lead me in the way everlasting. ¹⁴⁰ ¹ For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. Rescue me, O LORD, from evil men. Protect me from men of violence, ² who devise evil in their hearts and stir up war all day long. ³ They sharpen their tongues like snakes; the venom of vipers is on their lips. Selah ⁴ Guard me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked. Keep me safe from men of violence who scheme to make me stumble. ⁵ The proud hide a snare for me; the cords of their net are spread along the path, and lures are set out for me. Selah ⁶ I say to the LORD, “You are my God.” Hear, O LORD, my cry for help. ⁷ O GOD the Lord, the strength of my salvation, You shield my head in the day of battle. ⁸ Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked; do not promote their evil plans, lest they be exalted. Selah ⁹ May the heads of those who surround me be covered in the trouble their lips have caused. ¹⁰ May burning coals fall on them; may they be thrown into the fire, into the miry pits, never to rise again. ¹¹ May no slanderer be established in the land; may calamity hunt down the man of violence. ¹² I know that the LORD upholds justice for the poor and defends the cause of the needy. ¹³ Surely the righteous will praise Your name; the upright will dwell in Your presence. ¹⁴¹ ¹ A Psalm of David. I call upon You, O LORD; come quickly to me. Hear my voice when I call to You. ² May my prayer be set before You like incense, my uplifted hands like the evening offering. ³ Set a guard, O LORD, over my mouth; keep watch at the door of my lips. ⁴ Do not let my heart be drawn to any evil thing or take part in works of wickedness with men who do iniquity; let me not feast on their delicacies. ⁵ Let the righteous man strike me; let his rebuke be an act of loving devotion. It is oil for my head; let me not refuse it. For my prayer is ever against the deeds of the wicked. ⁶ When their rulers are thrown down from the cliffs, the people will listen to my words, for they are pleasant. ⁷ As when one plows and breaks up the soil, so our bones have been scattered at the mouth of Sheol. ⁸ But my eyes are fixed on You, O GOD the Lord. In You I seek refuge; do not leave my soul defenseless. ⁹ Keep me from the snares they have laid for me, and from the lures of evildoers. ¹⁰ Let the wicked fall into their own nets, while I pass by in safety. ¹⁴² ¹ A Maskil of David, when he was in the cave. A prayer. I cry aloud to the LORD; I lift my voice to the LORD for mercy. ² I pour out my complaint before Him; I reveal my trouble to Him. ³ Although my spirit grows faint within me, You know my way. Along the path I travel they have hidden a snare for me. ⁴ Look to my right and see; no one attends to me. There is no refuge for me; no one cares for my soul. ⁵ I cry to You, O LORD: “You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living.” ⁶ Listen to my cry, for I am brought quite low. Rescue me from my pursuers, for they are too strong for me. ⁷ Free my soul from prison, that I may praise Your name. The righteous will gather around me because of Your goodness to me. ¹⁴³ ¹ A Psalm of David. O LORD, hear my prayer. In Your faithfulness, give ear to my plea; in Your righteousness, answer me. ² Do not bring Your servant into judgment, for no one alive is righteous before You. ³ For the enemy has pursued my soul, crushing my life to the ground, making me dwell in darkness like those long since dead. ⁴ My spirit grows faint within me; my heart is dismayed inside me. ⁵ I remember the days of old; I meditate on all Your works; I consider the work of Your hands. ⁶ I stretch out my hands to You; my soul thirsts for You like a parched land. Selah ⁷ Answer me quickly, O LORD; my spirit fails. Do not hide Your face from me, or I will be like those who descend to the Pit. ⁸ Let me hear Your loving devotion in the morning, for I have put my trust in You. Teach me the way I should walk, for to You I lift up my soul. ⁹ Deliver me from my enemies, O LORD; I flee to You for refuge. ¹⁰ Teach me to do Your will, for You are my God. May Your good Spirit lead me on level ground. ¹¹ For the sake of Your name, O LORD, revive me. In Your righteousness, bring my soul out of trouble. ¹² And in Your loving devotion, cut off my enemies. Destroy all who afflict me, for I am Your servant. ¹⁴⁴ ¹ Of David. Blessed be the LORD, my Rock, who trains my hands for war, my fingers for battle. ² He is my steadfast love and my fortress, my stronghold and my deliverer. He is my shield, in whom I take refuge, who subdues peoples under me. ³ O LORD, what is man, that You regard him, the son of man that You think of him? ⁴ Man is like a breath; his days are like a passing shadow. ⁵ Part Your heavens, O LORD, and come down; touch the mountains, that they may smoke. ⁶ Flash forth Your lightning and scatter them; shoot Your arrows and rout them. ⁷ Reach down from on high; set me free and rescue me from the deep waters, from the grasp of foreigners, ⁸ whose mouths speak falsehood, whose right hands are deceitful. ⁹ I will sing to You a new song, O God; on a harp of ten strings I will make music to You— ¹⁰ to Him who gives victory to kings, who frees His servant David from the deadly sword. ¹¹ Set me free and rescue me from the grasp of foreigners, whose mouths speak falsehood, whose right hands are deceitful. ¹² Then our sons will be like plants nurtured in their youth, our daughters like corner pillars carved to adorn a palace. ¹³ Our storehouses will be full, supplying all manner of produce; our flocks will bring forth thousands, tens of thousands in our fields. ¹⁴ Our oxen will bear great loads. There will be no breach in the walls, no going into captivity, and no cry of lament in our streets. ¹⁵ Blessed are the people of whom this is so; blessed are the people whose God is the LORD. ¹⁴⁵ ¹ A Psalm of praise. Of David. I will exalt You, my God and King; I will bless Your name forever and ever. ² Every day I will bless You, and I will praise Your name forever and ever. ³ Great is the LORD and greatly to be praised; His greatness is unsearchable. ⁴ One generation will commend Your works to the next, and will proclaim Your mighty acts— ⁵ the glorious splendor of Your majesty. And I will meditate on Your wondrous works. ⁶ They will proclaim the power of Your awesome deeds, and I will declare Your greatness. ⁷ They will extol the fame of Your abundant goodness and sing joyfully of Your righteousness. ⁸ The LORD is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in loving devotion. ⁹ The LORD is good to all; His compassion rests on all He has made. ¹⁰ All You have made will give You thanks, O LORD, and Your saints will bless You. ¹¹ They will tell of the glory of Your kingdom and speak of Your might, ¹² to make known to men Your mighty acts and the glorious splendor of Your kingdom. ¹³ Your 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. ¹⁴ The LORD upholds all who fall and lifts up all who are bowed down. ¹⁵ The eyes of all look to You, and You give them their food in season. ¹⁶ You open Your hand and satisfy the desire of every living thing. ¹⁷ The LORD is righteous in all His ways and kind in all His deeds. ¹⁸ The LORD is near to all who call on Him, to all who call out to Him in truth. ¹⁹ He fulfills the desires of those who fear Him; He 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 declare the praise of the LORD; let every creature bless His holy name forever and ever. ¹⁴⁶ ¹ Hallelujah! Praise the LORD, O my soul. ² I will praise the LORD all my life; I will sing praises to my God while I have my being. ³ Put not your trust in princes, in mortal man, who cannot save. ⁴ When his spirit departs, he returns to the ground; 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 the Maker of heaven and earth, the sea, and everything in them. He remains faithful forever. ⁷ He executes justice for the oppressed and gives food to the hungry. The LORD sets the prisoners free, ⁸ the LORD opens the eyes of the blind, the LORD lifts those who are weighed down, the LORD loves the righteous. ⁹ The LORD protects foreigners; He sustains the fatherless and the widow, but the ways of the wicked He frustrates. ¹⁰ The LORD reigns forever, your God, O Zion, for all generations. Hallelujah! ¹⁴⁷ ¹ Hallelujah! How good it is to sing praises to our God, how pleasant and lovely to praise Him! ² The LORD builds up Jerusalem; He gathers the exiles of Israel. ³ He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds. ⁴ He determines the number of the stars; He calls them each by name. ⁵ Great is our Lord, and mighty in power; His understanding has no limit. ⁶ The LORD sustains the humble, but casts the wicked to the ground. ⁷ Sing to the LORD with thanksgiving; make music on the harp to our God, ⁸ who covers the sky with clouds, who prepares rain for the earth, who makes grass to grow on the hills. ⁹ He provides food for the animals, and for the young ravens when they call. ¹⁰ He does not delight in the strength of the horse; He takes no pleasure in the legpower of the man. ¹¹ The LORD is pleased with those who fear Him, who hope in His loving devotion. ¹² Exalt the LORD, O Jerusalem; praise your God, O Zion! ¹³ For He strengthens the bars of your gates and blesses the children within you. ¹⁴ He makes peace at your borders; He fills you with the finest wheat. ¹⁵ He sends forth His command to the earth; His word runs swiftly. ¹⁶ He spreads the snow like wool; He scatters the frost like ashes; ¹⁷ He casts forth His hail like pebbles. Who can withstand His icy blast? ¹⁸ He sends forth His word and melts them; He unleashes His winds, and the waters flow. ¹⁹ He declares His word to Jacob, His statutes and judgments to Israel. ²⁰ He has done this for no other nation; they do not know His judgments. Hallelujah! ¹⁴⁸ ¹ Hallelujah! Praise the LORD from the heavens; praise Him in the highest places. ² Praise Him, all His angels; praise Him, all His heavenly hosts. ³ Praise Him, O sun and moon; praise Him, all you shining stars. ⁴ Praise Him, O highest heavens, and you waters above the skies. ⁵ Let them praise the name of the LORD, for He gave the command and they were created. ⁶ He established them forever and ever; He issued a decree that will never pass away. ⁷ Praise the LORD from the earth, all great sea creatures and ocean depths, ⁸ lightning and hail, snow and clouds, powerful wind fulfilling His word, ⁹ mountains and all hills, fruit trees and all cedars, ¹⁰ wild animals and all cattle, crawling creatures and flying birds, ¹¹ kings of the earth and all peoples, princes and all rulers of the earth, ¹² young men and maidens, old and young together. ¹³ Let them praise the name of the LORD, for His name alone is exalted; His splendor is above the earth and the heavens. ¹⁴ He has raised up a horn for His people, the praise of all His saints, of Israel, a people near to Him. Hallelujah! ¹⁴⁹ ¹ Hallelujah! Sing to the LORD a new song—His praise in the assembly of the godly. ² Let Israel rejoice in their Maker; let the children of Zion rejoice in their King. ³ Let them praise His name with dancing, and make music to Him with tambourine and harp. ⁴ For the LORD takes pleasure in His people; He adorns the afflicted with salvation. ⁵ Let the saints exult in glory; let them shout for joy upon their beds. ⁶ May the high praises of God be in their mouths, and a double-edged sword in their hands, ⁷ to inflict vengeance on the nations and punishment on the peoples, ⁸ to bind their kings with chains and their nobles with shackles of iron, ⁹ to execute the judgment written against them. This honor is for all His saints. Hallelujah! ¹⁵⁰ ¹ Hallelujah! Praise God in His sanctuary. Praise Him in His mighty heavens. ² Praise Him for His mighty acts; praise Him for His excellent greatness. ³ Praise Him with the sound of the horn; praise Him with the harp and lyre. ⁴ Praise Him with tambourine and dancing; praise Him with strings and flute. ⁵ Praise Him with clashing cymbals; praise Him with resounding cymbals. ⁶ Let everything that has breath praise the LORD! Hallelujah!