Psalms 146:1-150:6

CAB^{(i) 1} Alleluia, A Psalm of Aggaeus and Zacharias. Praise the Lord, O my soul!. ² While I live will I praise the Lord: I will sing praises to my God as long as I exist. ³ Trust not in princes, nor in the children of men, in whom there is no safety. ⁴ His breath shall go forth, and he shall return to his earth; in that day all his thoughts shall perish. ⁵ Blessed is he whose helper is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the Lord his God: ⁶ who made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all things in them; who keeps truth forever; ⁷ who executes judgment for the wronged: who gives food to the hungry. The Lord looses the fettered ones. ⁸ The Lord gives wisdom to the blind; the Lord sets up the broken down; the Lord loves the righteous:; the Lord preserves the strangers; ⁹ He will relieve the orphan and widow: but will utterly remove the way of sinners. ¹⁰ The Lord shall reign forever, even your God, O Zion, to all generations. ^{147 1} Alleluia, A Psalm of Aggaeus and Zacharias. Praise the Lord! For singing psalms is a good thing; let praise be sweetly sung to our God. ² The Lord builds up Jerusalem; and He will gather together the dispersed of Israel. ³ He heals the brokenhearted, and binds up their wounds. ⁴ He numbers the multitudes of stars; and calls them all by name. ⁵ Great is our Lord, and great is His strength; and His understanding is infinite. ⁶ The Lord lifts up the meek; but brings sinners down to the ground. ⁷ Begin the song with thanksgiving to the Lord; sing praises on the harp to our God; ⁸ who covers the heaven with clouds, who prepares rain for the earth, who causes grass to spring up on the mountains, and green herb for the service of men; ⁹ and gives cattle their food, and to the young ravens that call upon Him. ¹⁰ He will not take pleasure in the strength of a horse; neither is He well-pleased with the legs of a man. ¹¹ The Lord takes pleasure in them that fear Him, and in all 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 your borders peaceful, and fills you with the flour of wheat. ¹⁵ He sends His oracle to the earth; His word will run swiftly. ¹⁶ He gives snow like wool; He scatters the mist like ashes. ¹⁷ Casting forth His ice like morsels; who shall stand before His cold? ¹⁸ He shall send out His word, and melt them; He shall blow with His wind, and the waters shall flow. ¹⁹ He sends His word to Jacob, His ordinances and judgments to Israel. ²⁰ He has not done so to any other nation; and He has not shown them His judgments. ^{148 1} Alleluia, A Psalm of Aggaeus and Zacharias. Praise the Lord from the heavens; praise Him in the highest. ² Praise Him, all His angels: praise Him, all His hosts. ³ Praise Him, sun and moon; praise Him, all you stars and light. ⁴ Praise Him, you heavens of heavens, and the water that is above the heavens. ⁵ Let them praise the name of the Lord; for He spoke, and they were made; He commanded, and they were created. ⁶ He has established them forever, even forever and ever; He has made an ordinance, and it shall not pass away. ⁷ Praise the Lord from the earth, you serpents, and all the depths. ⁸ Fire, hail, snow, ice, and stormy wind; the things that perform His word. ⁹ Mountains, and all hills; fruitful trees, and all cedars; ¹⁰ wild beasts, and all cattle; reptiles, and winged birds; ¹¹ kings of the earth, and all peoples; princes, and all judges of the earth; ¹² young men and virgins, old men with youths; ¹³ let them praise the name of the Lord, for His name alone is exalted; His praise is above the earth and heaven, ¹⁴ and He shall exalt the horn of His people, there is a hymn for all His saints, even of the children of Israel, a people who draw near to Him. ^{149 1} Alleluia. Sing to the Lord a new song; His praise is in the assembly of the saints. ² Let Israel rejoice in Him that made him; and let the children of Zion exalt in their King. ³ Let them praise His name in the dance; let them sings praises to Him with timbrel and psaltery. ⁴ For the Lord takes pleasure in His people; and will exalt the meek with salvation. ⁵ The saints shall rejoice in glory; and shall exalt on their beds. ⁶ The high praises of God shall be in their mouth, and two-edged swords in their hands; ⁷ to execute vengeance on the nations, and punishments among the peoples; ⁸ to bind their kings with fetters, and their nobles with manacles of iron; ⁹ to execute on them the judgment written: this honor have all His saints. ^{150 1} Alleluia. Praise God in His holy places; praise Him in the firmament of His power. ² Praise Him on account of His mighty acts; praise Him according to His abundant greatness. ³ Praise Him with the sound of a trumpet; praise Him with psaltery and harp. ⁴ Praise Him with timbrel and dance; praise Him with stringed instruments and the organ. ⁵ Praise Him with melodious cymbals; praise Him with loud cymbals. ⁶ Let everything that has breath praise the Lord.

^(151:0) This Psalm is a genuine one of David, though supernumerary, composed when he fought in single combat with Goliath.
^(151:1) I was small among my brothers, and youngest in my father's house: I tended my father's sheep.
^(151:2) My hands formed a musical instrument, and my fingers tuned a psaltery.
^(151:3) And who shall tell my Lord? The Lord Himself, He Himself hears.
^(151:4) He sent forth His angel, and took me from my father's sheep, and He anointed me with the oil of His anointing.
^(151:5) My brothers were handsome and tall; but the Lord did not take pleasure in them.
^(151:6) I went forth to meet the Philistine; and he cursed me by his idols.
^(151:7) But I drew his own sword, and beheaded him, and removed the reproach from the children of Israel.