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1 A song of ascents. Of David.*
Look, how good and how pleasant it is when brothers dwell together in unity. 2 It is like the fragrant oil upon the head, running down upon the beard, the beard of Aaron, that runs down upon the edges of his robes. 3 It is like the dew of Hermon that runs down upon the mountains of Zion, because there Yahweh commanded the blessing— life forever. 134 1 A song of ascents.*
Look, bless Yahweh, all you the servants of Yahweh, who ⌊serve⌋* in the house* of Yahweh by night. 2 Lift up your hands in the sanctuary and bless Yahweh. 3 May Yahweh bless you from Zion, he who made heaven and earth. 135 1 Praise Yah!* Praise the name of Yahweh. Praise him, O servants of Yahweh, 2 who stand in the house* of Yahweh, in the courts of the house* of our God. 3 Praise Yah,* for Yahweh is good. Sing praises concerning his name, for it is pleasant. 4 For Yah has chosen Jacob for himself, Israel as his special possession. 5 For I know that Yahweh is great, and our Lord is greater than all gods. 6 All that Yahweh desires, he does, in heaven and on earth, in the seas and all the depths. 7 He causes clouds to rise from the edge of the earth; he makes lightnings for the rain; he brings out the wind from his storehouses. 8 Who struck the firstborn of Egypt, both of humans* and animals.* 9 He sent signs and wonders into your midst, O Egypt, against Pharaoh and all his servants. 10 Who struck many nations and killed mighty kings— 11 Sihon the king of the Amorites, and Og the king of Bashan, and all the kingdoms of Canaan— 12 and he gave their land as an inheritance, an inheritance for his people Israel. 13 O Yahweh, your name endures forever, your ⌊renown⌋* ⌊throughout all generations⌋,* 14 for Yahweh will plead the cause of his people and will have compassion on his servants. 15 The idols of the nations are silver and gold, the work of the hands of humankind. 16 They have mouths, but cannot speak; they have eyes, but cannot see; 17 they have ears, but cannot hear; there is not even breath in their mouths. 18 Those who make them become like them, as does everyone who trusts in them. 19 O house of Israel, bless Yahweh. O house of Aaron, bless Yahweh. 20 O house of Levi, bless Yahweh. You who fear Yahweh, bless Yahweh. 21 Blessed be Yahweh from Zion, who dwells in Jerusalem. Praise Yah!* 136 1 Give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good, for his loyal love endures forever. 2 Give thanks to the God of gods, for his loyal love endures forever. 3 Give thanks to the Lord of lords, for his loyal love endures forever. 4 To him who alone does great wonders, for his loyal love endures forever. 5 To him who made the heavens with skill,* for his loyal love endures forever. 6 To him who spread out the earth above the waters, for his loyal love endures forever. 7 To him who made the great lights, for his loyal love endures forever. 8 The sun to rule the day, for his loyal love endures forever. 9 The moon and stars to rule the night, for his loyal love endures forever. 10 To him who struck Egypt through their firstborn, for his loyal love endures forever. 11 And he brought Israel out from among them, for his loyal love endures forever. 12 With a strong hand and an outstretched arm, for his loyal love endures forever. 13 To him who divided the ⌊Red Sea⌋* in two, for his loyal love endures forever. 14 And he let Israel cross over through the midst of it, for his loyal love endures forever. 15 But he tossed Pharaoh and his army into the ⌊Red Sea⌋,* for his loyal love endures forever. 16 To him who led his people through the wilderness, for his loyal love endures forever. 17 To him who struck great kings, for his loyal love endures forever. 18 And he killed mighty kings, for his loyal love endures forever. 19 Sihon the king of the Amorites, for his loyal love endures forever. 20 And Og the king of Bashan, for his loyal love endures forever. 21 And he gave their land as an inheritance, for his loyal love endures forever. 22 An inheritance to Israel his servant, for his loyal love endures forever. 23 Who remembered us in our low estate, for his loyal love endures forever. 24 And he rescued us from our enemies, for his loyal love endures forever. 25 The one who gives food to all flesh, for his loyal love endures forever. 26 Give thanks to the God of heaven, for his loyal love endures forever. 137 1 By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat, yes, we wept, when we remembered Zion. 2 On the willows* in her midst, we hung up our lyres. 3 For there our captors asked of us words of a song, and our tormentors* asked of us jubilation, "Sing for us from a song of Zion." 4 How could we sing the song of Yahweh in ⌊a foreign land⌋?* 5 If I forget you, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget.* 6 Let my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth, if I do not remember you, if do not I exalt Jerusalem above my highest joy. 7 Remember, O Yahweh, against the sons of Edom the day of Jerusalem, the ones who said, "Lay it bare! Lay it bare to its foundation!" 8 O daughter of Babylon, about to be devastated, happy shall be he who pays back to you ⌊what you paid out to us⌋.* 9 Happy shall be he who seizes and smashes your children against the rock. 138 1 Of David.*
I give you thanks with my whole heart; before the gods I sing your praise. 2 I bow down toward your holy temple and give thanks to your name, because of your loyal love and faithfulness, for you have magnified your word* according to all your name.* 3 ⌊When⌋* I called and you answered me, you emboldened me in my soul with strength. 4 All the kings of the earth will praise you, O Yahweh, when they have heard the words* of your mouth, 5 and they will sing of the ways of Yahweh, because Yahweh's glory is great. 6 Though Yahweh is high, yet he sees the lowly, but the proud he perceives* at a distance. 7 Though I walk in the midst of trouble, you preserve me alive. You stretch out your hand against the anger of my enemies, and you save me with your right hand. 8 Yahweh accomplishes things for my benefit. O Yahweh, your loyal love endures forever; do not abandon the works of your hands. 139 1 For the music director. Of David. A psalm.*
O Yahweh, you have searched me, and you know me. 2 You know my sitting down and my rising up. You understand my thought from afar. 3 You search out* my wandering and my lying down, and are acquainted with all my ways. 4 For there is not a word yet on my tongue, but behold, O Yahweh, you know it completely. 5 You barricade me behind and in front, and set your hand upon me. 6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me. It is set high; I cannot prevail against it. 7 Where I can go from your Spirit, or where can I flee from your presence? 8 If I ascend to heaven, there you are, and if I make my bed in Sheol, look! There you are. 9 If I lift up the wings of the dawn, and I alight on the far side of the sea, 10 even there your hand would lead me, and your right hand would hold me fast. 11 And if I should say, "Surely darkness will cover me, and the light around me will be as night," 12 even the darkness is not too dark for you,* and the night shines as the day— the darkness and the light are alike for you. 13 Indeed you created my ⌊inward parts⌋;* you wove me in my mother's womb. 14 I praise you, because I am fearfully and wonderfully made.* Wonderful are your works, and my soul knows it well. 15 My ⌊frame⌋* was not hidden from you, when I was created secretly,* and intricately woven in the depths of the earth. 16 Your eyes saw my embryo,* and in your book they all were written— days fashioned for me when there was not one of them. 17 And to me, how precious* are your thoughts, O God; how vast is their sum. 18 If I should count them, they would outnumber the sand. I awaken, and I am still with you. 19 If only you would kill the wicked, O God— so get away from me, you ⌊bloodthirsty men⌋—* 20 who speak against you deceitfully. Your enemies take your name in vain. 21 Do I not hate those who hate you, O Yahweh? And do I not loathe those who rise up against you? 22 I hate them with a complete hatred; they have become my enemies. 23 Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. 24 And see if there is in me ⌊the worship of false gods⌋,* and lead me in the way everlasting. 140 1 For the music director. A psalm of David.*
Rescue me, O Yahweh, from evil men.* Preserve me from violent men, 2 who plan evil things in their heart. They stir up wars continually. 3 They sharpen their tongue as sharp as a snake's; the venom of a viper is under their lips. Selah 4 Protect me, O Yahweh, from the hands of the wicked. Preserve me from violent men, who have planned to ⌊make me stumble⌋.* 5 The proud have hidden a trap for me, and cords. They have spread out a net along the ⌊side⌋* of the path. They have set snares for me. Selah 6 I say to Yahweh, "You are my God." Listen, O Yahweh, to the voice of my supplications. 7 O Yahweh, my Lord, the strength of my salvation, you have covered my head in the day of battle. 8 Do not grant, O Yahweh, the desires of the wicked. Do not allow them to attain their* plan, lest they be exalted. Selah 9 With respect to the head of those who surround me, may the harm of their lips cover them. 10 Let burning coals fall on them; let them be dropped into the fire, into bottomless pits from which they cannot rise. 11 Do not let a ⌊slanderer⌋* be established in the land; as for the man of violence, let evil hunt him quickly. 12 I know* that Yahweh will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and justice for the needy. 13 Surely the righteous will give thanks to your name; the upright will dwell in your presence. 141 1 A psalm of David.*
I call on you, O Yahweh; hasten to me. Listen to my voice when I call to you. 2 Let my prayer be set before you as incense, the lifting up of my palms as the evening offering. 3 Set a guard, O Yahweh, over my mouth; keep watch over the door of my lips. 4 Do not incline my heart to any evil thing, to practice wicked deeds with men who do iniquity; and do not let me eat of their delicacies. 5 Let a righteous one strike me in kindness, and let him chasten me. It is oil for my head;* let not my head refuse. For still my prayer is against their evil deeds. 6 When their judges are thrown down the sides of a cliff,* then they will understand that my words were pleasant. 7 As when one plows and breaks up the earth, so our bones are scattered at the mouth of Sheol. 8 But* my eyes are toward you, O Yahweh, my Lord; I have taken refuge in you. Do not lay bare my soul.* 9 Protect me from the ⌊grasp⌋* of the trap they have laid for me, and from the snares of evildoers. 10 Let the wicked fall into their* nets, while I escape altogether. 142 1 A maskil of David. When he was in the cave. A prayer.*
I cry out with my voice to Yahweh; I implore favor with my voice to Yahweh. 2 I pour out my complaint before him; I declare my trouble before him. 3 When my spirit faints within me, you know my way. On the path where I walk, they have hidden a trap for me; 4 look to my right and see. There is no one looking out for me; there is no escape for me;* no one cares for my soul.* 5 I cry out to you, O Yahweh. I say, "You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living." 6 Attend to my cry, for I am brought very low. Deliver me from my pursuers, for they are stronger than I. 7 Bring me* out of prison, that I may give thanks to your name. The righteous will encircle me, because you will deal bountifully with me. 143 1 A psalm of David.*
O Yahweh, hear my prayer; listen to my supplications. In your faithfulness answer me, and in your righteousness. 2 And do not enter into judgment with your servant, because no one alive is righteous before you. 3 For the enemy has pursued my soul; he has crushed my life to the ground. He has made me dwell in dark places like those long dead. 4 And so my spirit grows faint within me; my heart ⌊within⌋* me is desolate. 5 I remember the days of long ago; I meditate on all your doings.* I muse on the labor of your hands. 6 I stretch out my hands to you; my soul longs for you like a dry land. Selah 7 Quickly answer me, O Yahweh; my spirit fails. Do not hide your face from me, or I will become like those descending to the pit. 8 Cause me to hear your loyal love in the morning, for I trust you. Cause me to know the way that I should go, for I lift up my soul to you. 9 Deliver me from my enemies, O Yahweh. I take refuge in you.* 10 Teach me to do your will, for you are my God; your Spirit is good. Lead me onto level ground. 11 For your name's sake, O Yahweh, preserve my life; in your righteousness bring me* out of trouble. 12 And in your loyal love destroy my enemies, and exterminate all the adversaries of my soul, for I am your servant. 144 1 Of David.*
Blessed be Yahweh, my rock, the one who trains my hands for battle, my fingers for war— 2 my loyal love and my fortress, my stronghold and my deliverer, my shield, and one in whom I take refuge, the one who subdues peoples* under me. 3 O Yahweh, what is humankind that you take knowledge of him, or the son of man that you take thought of him? 4 Humankind is like a breath, his days like a passing shadow. 5 O Yahweh, bow the heavens and come down; touch the mountains so that they smoke. 6 Flash forth lightning and scatter them; dispatch your arrows and rout them. 7 Stretch out your hands from on high; Rescue me and deliver me from many waters, from the hand of foreigners, 8 whose mouth speaks falsely, and their right hand is a false right hand. 9 O God, I will sing a new song to you. With a lyre of ten strings I will sing praise to you, 10 who gives victory to kings, who rescues David his servant from the evil sword. 11 Rescue me and deliver me from the hand of foreigners, whose mouth speaks falsely, and whose right hand is a false right hand, 12 that our sons may be like plants, full grown in their youth, our daughters like corner pillars, carved in the style of a palace, 13 that our granaries may be full, providing produce of all kinds,* that our sheep may produce by the thousands, by the tens of thousands in our open fields, 14 that our cattle may be pregnant; that there be no breach in our walls, and no going out in exile, and no outcry in our plazas. 15 Blessed are the people who have it thus. Blessed are the people whose God is Yahweh. 145 1 A praise of David.*
I will exalt you, my God, O king, and I will bless* your name forever and ever. 2 Every day I will bless you and praise your name forever and ever. 3 Great is Yahweh, and very worthy of praise, and his greatness is unsearchable. 4 One generation will laud your works to another, and will declare your mighty deeds. 5 On the splendor of the glory of your majesty, and on your wonderful deeds, I will meditate. 6 And they will speak of the power of your awesome deeds,* and I will tell of your greatness.* 7 They will utter * the renown of your abundant goodness, and they will proclaim with joy your righteousness. 8 Yahweh is gracious and compassionate, ⌊slow to anger⌋* and great in loyal love. 9 Yahweh is good to all, and his mercies are over all his works. 10 All your works will praise you, O Yahweh, and your faithful ones will bless* you. 11 They will speak of the glory of your kingdom, and talk of your power, 12 to make known to the children of humankind his mighty deeds, and the glory of the majesty of his kingdom. 13 Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and your dominion endures ⌊throughout all generations⌋.* 14 Yahweh upholds all who are falling, and raises up all who are bowed down. 15 The eyes of all look hopefully to you, and you give them their food in due time, 16 opening your hand, and satisfying the desire of every living creature. 17 Yahweh is righteous in all his ways, and loyal in all his works. 18 Yahweh is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth. 19 He fulfills the desire of those who fear him; he also hears their cry for help, and saves them. 20 Yahweh protects all those who love him, but all the wicked he will exterminate. 21 My mouth will speak the praise of Yahweh, and all flesh will bless his holy name forever and ever. 146 1 Praise Yah.* Praise Yahweh, O my soul. 2 I will praise Yahweh while I live; I will sing praises to my God while I am still alive. 3 Do not place trust in princes, in a son of humankind with whom there is no deliverance. 4 His breath departs; he returns to his plot;* on that day his plans perish. 5 Blessed is the one whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is on Yahweh as his God, 6 who made heaven and earth, the sea and all that is in them, the one who keeps faith* forever, 7 who executes justice for the oppressed, who gives food for the hungry. Yahweh sets prisoners free; 8 Yahweh opens the eyes of the blind; Yahweh raises up those bowed down; Yahweh loves the righteous; 9 Yahweh protects* the strangers. He helps up the orphan and the widow, but the way of the wicked he ⌊thwarts⌋.* 10 Yahweh will reign forever, Your God, O Zion, ⌊throughout all generations⌋.* Praise Yah.* 147 1 Praise Yah.* For it is good to sing praises to our God; for it is pleasant; praise is fitting. 2 Yahweh is building Jerusalem; he gathers the scattered ones of Israel. 3 He is the one who heals the brokenhearted, and binds up their wounds. 4 He counts the number of the stars; he gives names to all of them. 5 Great is our Lord, and abundant in power; his understanding is unlimited. 6 Yahweh helps the afflicted up; he brings the wicked down to the ground. 7 Sing to Yahweh with thanksgiving; sing praises to our God with lyre, 8 who covers the heavens with clouds, who provides rain for the earth, who causes grass to grow on the mountains. 9 He gives to the animal its food, and to the young ravens that cry. 10 He does not delight in the strength of the horse; he takes no pleasure in the legs of the man. 11 Yahweh takes pleasure in those who fear him, the ones who hope* for his loyal love. 12 Laud Yahweh, O Jerusalem; praise your God, O Zion, 13 for he strengthens the bars of your gates. He blesses your children within you; 14 he makes your border peaceful; he satisfies you with the ⌊finest of wheat⌋.* 15 He sends out his command* to the earth; his word runs swiftly. 16 He gives snow like wool; he scatters frost like ashes; 17 he throws his hail like crumbs. Who can stand before his cold?* 18 He sends out his word and melts them; he blows his breath, the water flows. 19 He declares his word to Jacob, his statutes and his ordinances to Israel. 20 He has not done so for any nation, and they do not know his ordinances. Praise Yah.* 148 1 Praise Yah.* Praise Yahweh from the heavens; praise him in the heights. 2 Praise him, all his angels; praise him, all his hosts.* 3 Praise him, sun and moon; praise him, all stars of light. 4 Praise him, ⌊highest heavens⌋,* and waters above the heavens. 5 Let them praise the name of Yahweh, because he commanded and they were created. 6 And he put them in place forever and ever, by a decree he gave that will not pass away. 7 Praise Yahweh from the earth— great sea creatures and all deeps, 8 fire and hail, snow and cloud,* stormy wind doing his bidding,* 9 the mountains and all hills, fruit trees and all cedars, 10 beasts and all cattle,* creeping things and ⌊flying birds⌋,* 11 kings of the earth and all peoples, princes and all judges of the earth, 12 young men and young women as well, the old together with the young— 13 let them praise the name of Yahweh, because his name alone is is exalted. His splendor is above earth and heavens. 14 And he has raised high a horn for his people, praise for all his faithful— for the children of Israel, a people close to him. Praise Yah.* 149 1 Praise Yah.* Sing to Yahweh a new song, his praise in the assembly of the faithful. 2 Let Israel be glad in its maker; let the children of Zion rejoice in their king. 3 Let them praise his name with dancing; let them sing praises to him with tambourine and lyre. 4 For Yahweh takes pleasure in his people; he glorifies the afflicted with salvation. 5 Let the faithful exult in glory; let them sing for joy on their beds. 6 Let the extolling of God be in their throat, and a double-edged sword in their hand, 7 to execute vengeance on the nations and punishment on the peoples,* 8 to bind their kings with chains and their ⌊nobles⌋* with fetters of iron, 9 to execute on them the judgment that is decreed.* This will be honor for all his faithful ones; Praise Yah.* 150 1 Praise Yah.* Praise God in his sanctuary; praise him in his mighty firmament. 2 Praise him for his mighty deeds; praise him according to the abundance of his greatness. 3 Praise him with blast of horn; praise him with harp and lyre. 4 Praise him with tambourine and dancing; praise him with strings and flute. 5 Praise him with sounding cymbals; praise him with clashing cymbals. 6 Every breathing thing, let it praise Yah.* Praise Yah.*
Look, how good and how pleasant it is when brothers dwell together in unity. 2 It is like the fragrant oil upon the head, running down upon the beard, the beard of Aaron, that runs down upon the edges of his robes. 3 It is like the dew of Hermon that runs down upon the mountains of Zion, because there Yahweh commanded the blessing— life forever. 134 1 A song of ascents.*
Look, bless Yahweh, all you the servants of Yahweh, who ⌊serve⌋* in the house* of Yahweh by night. 2 Lift up your hands in the sanctuary and bless Yahweh. 3 May Yahweh bless you from Zion, he who made heaven and earth. 135 1 Praise Yah!* Praise the name of Yahweh. Praise him, O servants of Yahweh, 2 who stand in the house* of Yahweh, in the courts of the house* of our God. 3 Praise Yah,* for Yahweh is good. Sing praises concerning his name, for it is pleasant. 4 For Yah has chosen Jacob for himself, Israel as his special possession. 5 For I know that Yahweh is great, and our Lord is greater than all gods. 6 All that Yahweh desires, he does, in heaven and on earth, in the seas and all the depths. 7 He causes clouds to rise from the edge of the earth; he makes lightnings for the rain; he brings out the wind from his storehouses. 8 Who struck the firstborn of Egypt, both of humans* and animals.* 9 He sent signs and wonders into your midst, O Egypt, against Pharaoh and all his servants. 10 Who struck many nations and killed mighty kings— 11 Sihon the king of the Amorites, and Og the king of Bashan, and all the kingdoms of Canaan— 12 and he gave their land as an inheritance, an inheritance for his people Israel. 13 O Yahweh, your name endures forever, your ⌊renown⌋* ⌊throughout all generations⌋,* 14 for Yahweh will plead the cause of his people and will have compassion on his servants. 15 The idols of the nations are silver and gold, the work of the hands of humankind. 16 They have mouths, but cannot speak; they have eyes, but cannot see; 17 they have ears, but cannot hear; there is not even breath in their mouths. 18 Those who make them become like them, as does everyone who trusts in them. 19 O house of Israel, bless Yahweh. O house of Aaron, bless Yahweh. 20 O house of Levi, bless Yahweh. You who fear Yahweh, bless Yahweh. 21 Blessed be Yahweh from Zion, who dwells in Jerusalem. Praise Yah!* 136 1 Give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good, for his loyal love endures forever. 2 Give thanks to the God of gods, for his loyal love endures forever. 3 Give thanks to the Lord of lords, for his loyal love endures forever. 4 To him who alone does great wonders, for his loyal love endures forever. 5 To him who made the heavens with skill,* for his loyal love endures forever. 6 To him who spread out the earth above the waters, for his loyal love endures forever. 7 To him who made the great lights, for his loyal love endures forever. 8 The sun to rule the day, for his loyal love endures forever. 9 The moon and stars to rule the night, for his loyal love endures forever. 10 To him who struck Egypt through their firstborn, for his loyal love endures forever. 11 And he brought Israel out from among them, for his loyal love endures forever. 12 With a strong hand and an outstretched arm, for his loyal love endures forever. 13 To him who divided the ⌊Red Sea⌋* in two, for his loyal love endures forever. 14 And he let Israel cross over through the midst of it, for his loyal love endures forever. 15 But he tossed Pharaoh and his army into the ⌊Red Sea⌋,* for his loyal love endures forever. 16 To him who led his people through the wilderness, for his loyal love endures forever. 17 To him who struck great kings, for his loyal love endures forever. 18 And he killed mighty kings, for his loyal love endures forever. 19 Sihon the king of the Amorites, for his loyal love endures forever. 20 And Og the king of Bashan, for his loyal love endures forever. 21 And he gave their land as an inheritance, for his loyal love endures forever. 22 An inheritance to Israel his servant, for his loyal love endures forever. 23 Who remembered us in our low estate, for his loyal love endures forever. 24 And he rescued us from our enemies, for his loyal love endures forever. 25 The one who gives food to all flesh, for his loyal love endures forever. 26 Give thanks to the God of heaven, for his loyal love endures forever. 137 1 By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat, yes, we wept, when we remembered Zion. 2 On the willows* in her midst, we hung up our lyres. 3 For there our captors asked of us words of a song, and our tormentors* asked of us jubilation, "Sing for us from a song of Zion." 4 How could we sing the song of Yahweh in ⌊a foreign land⌋?* 5 If I forget you, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget.* 6 Let my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth, if I do not remember you, if do not I exalt Jerusalem above my highest joy. 7 Remember, O Yahweh, against the sons of Edom the day of Jerusalem, the ones who said, "Lay it bare! Lay it bare to its foundation!" 8 O daughter of Babylon, about to be devastated, happy shall be he who pays back to you ⌊what you paid out to us⌋.* 9 Happy shall be he who seizes and smashes your children against the rock. 138 1 Of David.*
I give you thanks with my whole heart; before the gods I sing your praise. 2 I bow down toward your holy temple and give thanks to your name, because of your loyal love and faithfulness, for you have magnified your word* according to all your name.* 3 ⌊When⌋* I called and you answered me, you emboldened me in my soul with strength. 4 All the kings of the earth will praise you, O Yahweh, when they have heard the words* of your mouth, 5 and they will sing of the ways of Yahweh, because Yahweh's glory is great. 6 Though Yahweh is high, yet he sees the lowly, but the proud he perceives* at a distance. 7 Though I walk in the midst of trouble, you preserve me alive. You stretch out your hand against the anger of my enemies, and you save me with your right hand. 8 Yahweh accomplishes things for my benefit. O Yahweh, your loyal love endures forever; do not abandon the works of your hands. 139 1 For the music director. Of David. A psalm.*
O Yahweh, you have searched me, and you know me. 2 You know my sitting down and my rising up. You understand my thought from afar. 3 You search out* my wandering and my lying down, and are acquainted with all my ways. 4 For there is not a word yet on my tongue, but behold, O Yahweh, you know it completely. 5 You barricade me behind and in front, and set your hand upon me. 6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me. It is set high; I cannot prevail against it. 7 Where I can go from your Spirit, or where can I flee from your presence? 8 If I ascend to heaven, there you are, and if I make my bed in Sheol, look! There you are. 9 If I lift up the wings of the dawn, and I alight on the far side of the sea, 10 even there your hand would lead me, and your right hand would hold me fast. 11 And if I should say, "Surely darkness will cover me, and the light around me will be as night," 12 even the darkness is not too dark for you,* and the night shines as the day— the darkness and the light are alike for you. 13 Indeed you created my ⌊inward parts⌋;* you wove me in my mother's womb. 14 I praise you, because I am fearfully and wonderfully made.* Wonderful are your works, and my soul knows it well. 15 My ⌊frame⌋* was not hidden from you, when I was created secretly,* and intricately woven in the depths of the earth. 16 Your eyes saw my embryo,* and in your book they all were written— days fashioned for me when there was not one of them. 17 And to me, how precious* are your thoughts, O God; how vast is their sum. 18 If I should count them, they would outnumber the sand. I awaken, and I am still with you. 19 If only you would kill the wicked, O God— so get away from me, you ⌊bloodthirsty men⌋—* 20 who speak against you deceitfully. Your enemies take your name in vain. 21 Do I not hate those who hate you, O Yahweh? And do I not loathe those who rise up against you? 22 I hate them with a complete hatred; they have become my enemies. 23 Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. 24 And see if there is in me ⌊the worship of false gods⌋,* and lead me in the way everlasting. 140 1 For the music director. A psalm of David.*
Rescue me, O Yahweh, from evil men.* Preserve me from violent men, 2 who plan evil things in their heart. They stir up wars continually. 3 They sharpen their tongue as sharp as a snake's; the venom of a viper is under their lips. Selah 4 Protect me, O Yahweh, from the hands of the wicked. Preserve me from violent men, who have planned to ⌊make me stumble⌋.* 5 The proud have hidden a trap for me, and cords. They have spread out a net along the ⌊side⌋* of the path. They have set snares for me. Selah 6 I say to Yahweh, "You are my God." Listen, O Yahweh, to the voice of my supplications. 7 O Yahweh, my Lord, the strength of my salvation, you have covered my head in the day of battle. 8 Do not grant, O Yahweh, the desires of the wicked. Do not allow them to attain their* plan, lest they be exalted. Selah 9 With respect to the head of those who surround me, may the harm of their lips cover them. 10 Let burning coals fall on them; let them be dropped into the fire, into bottomless pits from which they cannot rise. 11 Do not let a ⌊slanderer⌋* be established in the land; as for the man of violence, let evil hunt him quickly. 12 I know* that Yahweh will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and justice for the needy. 13 Surely the righteous will give thanks to your name; the upright will dwell in your presence. 141 1 A psalm of David.*
I call on you, O Yahweh; hasten to me. Listen to my voice when I call to you. 2 Let my prayer be set before you as incense, the lifting up of my palms as the evening offering. 3 Set a guard, O Yahweh, over my mouth; keep watch over the door of my lips. 4 Do not incline my heart to any evil thing, to practice wicked deeds with men who do iniquity; and do not let me eat of their delicacies. 5 Let a righteous one strike me in kindness, and let him chasten me. It is oil for my head;* let not my head refuse. For still my prayer is against their evil deeds. 6 When their judges are thrown down the sides of a cliff,* then they will understand that my words were pleasant. 7 As when one plows and breaks up the earth, so our bones are scattered at the mouth of Sheol. 8 But* my eyes are toward you, O Yahweh, my Lord; I have taken refuge in you. Do not lay bare my soul.* 9 Protect me from the ⌊grasp⌋* of the trap they have laid for me, and from the snares of evildoers. 10 Let the wicked fall into their* nets, while I escape altogether. 142 1 A maskil of David. When he was in the cave. A prayer.*
I cry out with my voice to Yahweh; I implore favor with my voice to Yahweh. 2 I pour out my complaint before him; I declare my trouble before him. 3 When my spirit faints within me, you know my way. On the path where I walk, they have hidden a trap for me; 4 look to my right and see. There is no one looking out for me; there is no escape for me;* no one cares for my soul.* 5 I cry out to you, O Yahweh. I say, "You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living." 6 Attend to my cry, for I am brought very low. Deliver me from my pursuers, for they are stronger than I. 7 Bring me* out of prison, that I may give thanks to your name. The righteous will encircle me, because you will deal bountifully with me. 143 1 A psalm of David.*
O Yahweh, hear my prayer; listen to my supplications. In your faithfulness answer me, and in your righteousness. 2 And do not enter into judgment with your servant, because no one alive is righteous before you. 3 For the enemy has pursued my soul; he has crushed my life to the ground. He has made me dwell in dark places like those long dead. 4 And so my spirit grows faint within me; my heart ⌊within⌋* me is desolate. 5 I remember the days of long ago; I meditate on all your doings.* I muse on the labor of your hands. 6 I stretch out my hands to you; my soul longs for you like a dry land. Selah 7 Quickly answer me, O Yahweh; my spirit fails. Do not hide your face from me, or I will become like those descending to the pit. 8 Cause me to hear your loyal love in the morning, for I trust you. Cause me to know the way that I should go, for I lift up my soul to you. 9 Deliver me from my enemies, O Yahweh. I take refuge in you.* 10 Teach me to do your will, for you are my God; your Spirit is good. Lead me onto level ground. 11 For your name's sake, O Yahweh, preserve my life; in your righteousness bring me* out of trouble. 12 And in your loyal love destroy my enemies, and exterminate all the adversaries of my soul, for I am your servant. 144 1 Of David.*
Blessed be Yahweh, my rock, the one who trains my hands for battle, my fingers for war— 2 my loyal love and my fortress, my stronghold and my deliverer, my shield, and one in whom I take refuge, the one who subdues peoples* under me. 3 O Yahweh, what is humankind that you take knowledge of him, or the son of man that you take thought of him? 4 Humankind is like a breath, his days like a passing shadow. 5 O Yahweh, bow the heavens and come down; touch the mountains so that they smoke. 6 Flash forth lightning and scatter them; dispatch your arrows and rout them. 7 Stretch out your hands from on high; Rescue me and deliver me from many waters, from the hand of foreigners, 8 whose mouth speaks falsely, and their right hand is a false right hand. 9 O God, I will sing a new song to you. With a lyre of ten strings I will sing praise to you, 10 who gives victory to kings, who rescues David his servant from the evil sword. 11 Rescue me and deliver me from the hand of foreigners, whose mouth speaks falsely, and whose right hand is a false right hand, 12 that our sons may be like plants, full grown in their youth, our daughters like corner pillars, carved in the style of a palace, 13 that our granaries may be full, providing produce of all kinds,* that our sheep may produce by the thousands, by the tens of thousands in our open fields, 14 that our cattle may be pregnant; that there be no breach in our walls, and no going out in exile, and no outcry in our plazas. 15 Blessed are the people who have it thus. Blessed are the people whose God is Yahweh. 145 1 A praise of David.*
I will exalt you, my God, O king, and I will bless* your name forever and ever. 2 Every day I will bless you and praise your name forever and ever. 3 Great is Yahweh, and very worthy of praise, and his greatness is unsearchable. 4 One generation will laud your works to another, and will declare your mighty deeds. 5 On the splendor of the glory of your majesty, and on your wonderful deeds, I will meditate. 6 And they will speak of the power of your awesome deeds,* and I will tell of your greatness.* 7 They will utter * the renown of your abundant goodness, and they will proclaim with joy your righteousness. 8 Yahweh is gracious and compassionate, ⌊slow to anger⌋* and great in loyal love. 9 Yahweh is good to all, and his mercies are over all his works. 10 All your works will praise you, O Yahweh, and your faithful ones will bless* you. 11 They will speak of the glory of your kingdom, and talk of your power, 12 to make known to the children of humankind his mighty deeds, and the glory of the majesty of his kingdom. 13 Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and your dominion endures ⌊throughout all generations⌋.* 14 Yahweh upholds all who are falling, and raises up all who are bowed down. 15 The eyes of all look hopefully to you, and you give them their food in due time, 16 opening your hand, and satisfying the desire of every living creature. 17 Yahweh is righteous in all his ways, and loyal in all his works. 18 Yahweh is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth. 19 He fulfills the desire of those who fear him; he also hears their cry for help, and saves them. 20 Yahweh protects all those who love him, but all the wicked he will exterminate. 21 My mouth will speak the praise of Yahweh, and all flesh will bless his holy name forever and ever. 146 1 Praise Yah.* Praise Yahweh, O my soul. 2 I will praise Yahweh while I live; I will sing praises to my God while I am still alive. 3 Do not place trust in princes, in a son of humankind with whom there is no deliverance. 4 His breath departs; he returns to his plot;* on that day his plans perish. 5 Blessed is the one whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is on Yahweh as his God, 6 who made heaven and earth, the sea and all that is in them, the one who keeps faith* forever, 7 who executes justice for the oppressed, who gives food for the hungry. Yahweh sets prisoners free; 8 Yahweh opens the eyes of the blind; Yahweh raises up those bowed down; Yahweh loves the righteous; 9 Yahweh protects* the strangers. He helps up the orphan and the widow, but the way of the wicked he ⌊thwarts⌋.* 10 Yahweh will reign forever, Your God, O Zion, ⌊throughout all generations⌋.* Praise Yah.* 147 1 Praise Yah.* For it is good to sing praises to our God; for it is pleasant; praise is fitting. 2 Yahweh is building Jerusalem; he gathers the scattered ones of Israel. 3 He is the one who heals the brokenhearted, and binds up their wounds. 4 He counts the number of the stars; he gives names to all of them. 5 Great is our Lord, and abundant in power; his understanding is unlimited. 6 Yahweh helps the afflicted up; he brings the wicked down to the ground. 7 Sing to Yahweh with thanksgiving; sing praises to our God with lyre, 8 who covers the heavens with clouds, who provides rain for the earth, who causes grass to grow on the mountains. 9 He gives to the animal its food, and to the young ravens that cry. 10 He does not delight in the strength of the horse; he takes no pleasure in the legs of the man. 11 Yahweh takes pleasure in those who fear him, the ones who hope* for his loyal love. 12 Laud Yahweh, O Jerusalem; praise your God, O Zion, 13 for he strengthens the bars of your gates. He blesses your children within you; 14 he makes your border peaceful; he satisfies you with the ⌊finest of wheat⌋.* 15 He sends out his command* to the earth; his word runs swiftly. 16 He gives snow like wool; he scatters frost like ashes; 17 he throws his hail like crumbs. Who can stand before his cold?* 18 He sends out his word and melts them; he blows his breath, the water flows. 19 He declares his word to Jacob, his statutes and his ordinances to Israel. 20 He has not done so for any nation, and they do not know his ordinances. Praise Yah.* 148 1 Praise Yah.* Praise Yahweh from the heavens; praise him in the heights. 2 Praise him, all his angels; praise him, all his hosts.* 3 Praise him, sun and moon; praise him, all stars of light. 4 Praise him, ⌊highest heavens⌋,* and waters above the heavens. 5 Let them praise the name of Yahweh, because he commanded and they were created. 6 And he put them in place forever and ever, by a decree he gave that will not pass away. 7 Praise Yahweh from the earth— great sea creatures and all deeps, 8 fire and hail, snow and cloud,* stormy wind doing his bidding,* 9 the mountains and all hills, fruit trees and all cedars, 10 beasts and all cattle,* creeping things and ⌊flying birds⌋,* 11 kings of the earth and all peoples, princes and all judges of the earth, 12 young men and young women as well, the old together with the young— 13 let them praise the name of Yahweh, because his name alone is is exalted. His splendor is above earth and heavens. 14 And he has raised high a horn for his people, praise for all his faithful— for the children of Israel, a people close to him. Praise Yah.* 149 1 Praise Yah.* Sing to Yahweh a new song, his praise in the assembly of the faithful. 2 Let Israel be glad in its maker; let the children of Zion rejoice in their king. 3 Let them praise his name with dancing; let them sing praises to him with tambourine and lyre. 4 For Yahweh takes pleasure in his people; he glorifies the afflicted with salvation. 5 Let the faithful exult in glory; let them sing for joy on their beds. 6 Let the extolling of God be in their throat, and a double-edged sword in their hand, 7 to execute vengeance on the nations and punishment on the peoples,* 8 to bind their kings with chains and their ⌊nobles⌋* with fetters of iron, 9 to execute on them the judgment that is decreed.* This will be honor for all his faithful ones; Praise Yah.* 150 1 Praise Yah.* Praise God in his sanctuary; praise him in his mighty firmament. 2 Praise him for his mighty deeds; praise him according to the abundance of his greatness. 3 Praise him with blast of horn; praise him with harp and lyre. 4 Praise him with tambourine and dancing; praise him with strings and flute. 5 Praise him with sounding cymbals; praise him with clashing cymbals. 6 Every breathing thing, let it praise Yah.* Praise Yah.*