Psalms 144:1-150:6 A Psalm of David. Blessed be the LORD my Rock, who traineth my hands for war, and my fingers for battle;

JPS_ASV_Byz⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹ A Psalm of David. Blessed be the LORD my Rock, who traineth my hands for war, and my fingers for battle; ² My lovingkindness, and my fortress, my high tower, and my deliverer; my shield, and He in whom I take refuge; who subdueth my people under me. ³ LORD, what is man, that Thou takest knowledge of him? or the son of man, that Thou makest account of him? ⁴ Man is like unto a breath; his days are as a shadow that passeth away. ⁵ O LORD, bow Thy heavens, and come down; touch the mountains, that they may smoke. ⁶ Cast forth lightning, and scatter them; send out Thine arrows, and discomfit them. ⁷ Stretch forth Thy hands from on high; rescue me, and deliver me out of many waters, out of the hand of strangers; ⁸ Whose mouth speaketh falsehood, and their right hand is a right hand of lying. ⁹ O God, I will sing a new song unto Thee, upon a psaltery of ten strings will I sing praises unto Thee; ¹⁰ Who givest salvation unto kings, who rescuest David Thy servant from the hurtful sword. ¹¹ Rescue me, and deliver me out of the hand of strangers, whose mouth speaketh falsehood, and their right hand is a right hand of lying. ¹² We whose sons are as plants grown up in their youth; whose daughters are as corner-pillars carved after the fashion of a palace; ¹³ Whose garners are full, affording all manner of store; whose sheep increase by thousands and ten thousands in our fields; ¹⁴ Whose oxen are well laden; with no breach, and no going forth, and no outcry in our broad places; ¹⁵ Happy is the people that is in such a case. Yea, happy is the people whose God is the LORD. ¹⁴⁵ ¹ A Psalm of praise; of David. I will extol Thee, my God, O King; and I will bless Thy name for ever and ever. ² Every day will I bless Thee; and I will praise Thy name for ever and ever. ³ Great is the LORD, and highly to be praised; and His greatness is unsearchable. ⁴ One generation shall laud Thy works to another, and shall declare Thy mighty acts. ⁵ The glorious splendour of Thy majesty, and Thy wondrous works, will I rehearse. ⁶ And men shall speak of the might of Thy tremendous acts; and I will tell of Thy greatness. ⁷ They shall utter the fame of Thy great goodness, and shall sing of Thy 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 Thy works shall praise Thee, O LORD; and Thy saints shall bless Thee. ¹¹ They shall speak of the glory of Thy kingdom, and talk of Thy might; ¹² To make known to the sons of men His mighty acts, and the glory of the majesty of His kingdom. ¹³ Thy kingdom is a kingdom for all ages, and Thy dominion endureth throughout all generations. ¹⁴ The LORD upholdeth all that fall, and raiseth up all those that are bowed down. ¹⁵ The eyes of all wait for Thee, and Thou givest them their food in due season. ¹⁶ Thou openest Thy hand, and satisfiest every living thing with favour. ¹⁷ The LORD is righteous in all His ways, and gracious in all His works. ¹⁸ The LORD is nigh unto all them that call upon Him, to all that call upon Him in truth. ¹⁹ He will fulfil the desire of them that fear Him; He also will hear their cry, and will save them. ²⁰ The LORD preserveth 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 Hallelujah. Praise the LORD, O my soul. ² I will praise the LORD while I live; I will sing praises unto my God while I have my being. ³ Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help. ⁴ His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his dust; in that very day his thoughts perish. ⁵ Happy is he whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the LORD his God, ⁶ Who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is; who keepeth truth for ever; ⁷ Who executeth justice for the oppressed; who giveth bread to the hungry. The LORD looseth the prisoners; ⁸ The LORD openeth the eyes of the blind; the LORD raiseth up them that are bowed down; the LORD loveth the righteous; ⁹ The LORD preserveth the strangers; He upholdeth the fatherless and the widow; but the way of the wicked He maketh crooked. ¹⁰ The LORD will reign for ever, Thy God, O Zion, unto all generations. Hallelujah. ¹⁴⁷ ¹ Hallelujah; for it is good to sing praises unto our God; for it is pleasant, and praise is comely. ² The LORD doth build up Jerusalem, He gathereth together the dispersed of Israel; ³ Who healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds. ⁴ He counteth the number of the stars; He giveth them all their names. ⁵ Great is our Lord, and mighty in power; His understanding is infinite. ⁶ The LORD upholdeth the humble; He bringeth the wicked down to the ground. ⁷ Sing unto the LORD with thanksgiving, sing praises upon the harp unto our God; ⁸ Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh the mountains to spring with grass. ⁹ He giveth to the beast his food, and to the young ravens which cry. ¹⁰ He delighteth not in the strength of the horse; He taketh no pleasure in the legs of a man. ¹¹ The LORD taketh pleasure in them that fear Him, in those that wait for His mercy. ¹² Glorify the LORD, O Jerusalem; praise thy God, O Zion. ¹³ For He hath made strong the bars of thy gates; He hath blessed thy children within thee. ¹⁴ He maketh thy borders peace; He giveth thee in plenty the fat of wheat. ¹⁵ He sendeth out His commandment upon earth; His word runneth very swiftly. ¹⁶ He giveth snow like wool; He scattereth the hoar-frost like ashes. ¹⁷ He casteth forth His ice like crumbs; who can stand before His cold? ¹⁸ He sendeth forth His word, and melteth them; He causeth His wind to blow, and the waters flow. ¹⁹ He declareth His word unto Jacob, His statutes and His ordinances unto Israel. ²⁰ He hath not dealt so with any nation; and as for His ordinances, they have not known them. Hallelujah. ¹⁴⁸ ¹ Hallelujah. Praise ye the LORD from the heavens; praise Him in the heights. ² Praise ye Him, all His angels; praise ye Him, all His hosts. ³ Praise ye Him, sun and moon; praise Him, all ye stars of light. ⁴ Praise Him, ye heavens of heavens, and ye waters that are above the heavens. ⁵ Let them praise the name of the LORD; for He commanded, and they were created. ⁶ He hath also established them for ever and ever; He hath made a decree which shall not be transgressed. ⁷ Praise the LORD from the earth, ye sea-monsters, and all deeps; ⁸ Fire and hail, snow and vapour, stormy wind, fulfilling His word; ⁹ Mountains and all hills, fruitful trees and all cedars; ¹⁰ Beasts and all cattle, creeping things and winged fowl; ¹¹ Kings of the earth and all peoples, 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 exalted; His glory is above the earth and heaven. ¹⁴ And He hath lifted up a horn for His people, a praise for all His saints, even for the children of Israel, a people near unto Him. Hallelujah. ¹⁴⁹ ¹ Hallelujah. Sing unto the LORD a new song, and His praise in the assembly of the saints. ² Let Israel rejoice in his Maker; let the children of Zion be joyful in their King. ³ Let them praise His name in the dance; let them sing praises unto Him with the timbrel and harp. ⁴ For the LORD taketh pleasure in His people; He adorneth the humble with salvation. ⁵ Let the saints exult in glory; let them sing for joy upon 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 upon the nations, and chastisements upon the peoples; ⁸ To bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron; ⁹ To execute upon them the judgment written; He is the glory of all His saints. Hallelujah. ¹⁵⁰ ¹ Hallelujah. 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 abundant greatness. ³ Praise Him with the blast of the horn; praise Him with the psaltery and harp. ⁴ Praise Him with the timbrel and dance; praise Him with stringed instruments and the pipe. ⁵ Praise Him with the loud-sounding cymbals; praise Him with the clanging cymbals. ⁶ Let every thing that hath breath praise the LORD. Hallelujah.