Psalms 86:1-150:6

LITV(i) 1 A Prayer of David O Jehovah, bow down Your ear, answer me, for I am poor and needy. 2 Guard my soul, for I am godly; O You my God, save Your servant who trusts in You. 3 Be gracious to Me, O Lord, for I cry to You daily. 4 Give joy to the soul of Your servant; for to You, O Lord, I lift up my soul. 5 For You, O Lord, are good and ready to forgive, and rich in mercy to all who call on You. 6 O Lord, give ear to my prayer; listen to my voice of supplications. 7 I will call on You in the day of my trouble, for You will answer me. 8 None among the gods is like You, O Lord, and none are like Your works. 9 All nations whom You have made shall come and worship before You; yea, Lord, they shall glorify Your name. 10 For You are great and do wonderful things; You alone are God. 11 Teach me Your way, O Jehovah; I will walk in your truth; unite my heart to fear Your name. 12 With all my heart I will thank You, O Lord my God; and I will glorify Your name forevermore. 13 For Your mercy toward me is great; and You have delivered my soul from the lowest Sheol. 14 O God, the proud have risen against me; and the troop of the violent have sought after my life, and have not set You before their eyes. 15 But You, O God, are God, full of pity; and gracious, longsuffering and rich in mercy and truth. 16 O turn to me and be gracious to me; give Your strength to Your servant, and save the son of Your handmaid. 17 Show me a token for good, that those who hate me may see and be ashamed, O Jehovah, because You have helped me and comforted me. 87 1 For the Sons of Korah. A Psalm. A Song. His foundation is in the holy mountains. 2 Jehovah loves the gates of Zion more than all the tents of Jacob. 3 Glorious things are spoken of you, O city of God. Selah. 4 I will mention Rahab and Babylon to those who know me; behold, Philistia and Tyre with Ethiopia; this man was born there. 5 And it shall be said to Zion, This man and that man was born in her; and the Highest Himself shall establish her. 6 In recording the peoples Jehovah shall mark down, This man was born there. Selah. 7 And the singers, the players of the pipe: all my springs are in You. 88 1 A Song. A Psalm for the Sons of Korah, to the chief musician on Mahalath, to make humble. A Poem of Heman the Ezrahite. O Jehovah God of my salvation, I have cried in the day, in the night before You. 2 Let my prayer come before You; bow down Your ear to my cry. 3 For my soul is full with evils, and my life touches Sheol. 4 I am counted with those who go down to the Pit; I have been like a feeble man, 5 free among the dead, as pierced ones lying in the grave, whom You remember no more; yea by Your hand they are cut off. 6 You have laid me in the lowest pit, in dark places; in the deeps. 7 Your fury has lain hard upon me, and You afflict me with all Your waves. Selah. 8 You have taken my friends away from me; You have made me a hateful thing to them; I am shut up, I will not go out. 9 My eye mourns because of affliction; O Jehovah, I have called on You every day; I have spread out my hands to You. 10 For will You do wonders to the dead? Or shall the departed spirits rise and thank You? Selah. 11 Shall Your mercy be declared in the grave, Your faithfulness amidst ruin? 12 Shall Your wonders be known in the dark, and Your righteousness in the land of forgetfulness? 13 But to You I have cried, O Jehovah; and in the morning my prayer shall go before You. 14 O Jehovah, why do You cast off my soul; why do You hide Your face from me? 15 I am afflicted and dying from childhood; I suffer Your terrors; I am distracted. 16 Your fierce wrath goes over me; Your terrors have cut me off. 17 They surrounded me like waters all the day long; they have come together around me. 18 You have taken lover and friend far from me, he who knows me, into darkness. 89 1 A Poem of Ethan the Ezrahite. I will sing of the mercies of Jehovah forever; I will declare with my mouth Your faithfulness to all generations. 2 For I have said, Mercy shall be built up forever; You shall establish Your faithfulness in the heavens. 3 I have cut a covenant with My chosen; I have sworn to David My servant, 4 I will establish Your seed forever, and build up Your throne to all generations. Selah. 5 And the heavens shall thank Your wonders, O Jehovah; also Your faithfulness in the assembly of the saints. 6 For who in the sky shall be ranked with Jehovah, who among the sons of the mighty is like Jehovah? 7 God is greatly to be feared in the congregation of the saints, and to be adored by all around Him. 8 O Jehovah God of hosts, who is a strong Jehovah like You? And Your faithfulness is all around You. 9 You rule the pride of the sea; when its waves rise high, You still them. 10 You have broken Rahab in pieces, as one slain; You have scattered Your enemies with Your mighty arm. 11 The heavens are Yours, and the earth is Yours; the world and its fullness, You founded them. 12 You have created the north and the south; Tabor and Hermon rejoice in Your name. 13 You have a mighty arm; Your hand is strong, Your right hand is high. 14 Justice and righteousness are Your throne's foundation; mercy and truth go before Your face. 15 Blessed is the people knowing the joyful sound; O Jehovah, they shall walk in the light of Your face. 16 They shall rejoice in Your name always; and they are exalted in Your righteousness. 17 For You are the glory of their strength; and by Your favor You lift up our horn. 18 For Jehovah is our shield, yea, the Holy One of Israel our King. 19 Then You spoke in a vision to Your holy one; and You said, I have laid help on a mighty one. I have exalted a chosen one from the people. 20 I have found My servant David; I have anointed him with My holy oil. 21 My hand shall be fixed with him; and My arm shall make him strong. 22 An enemy will not exact against him; nor the son of iniquity afflict him. 23 And I will beat down his foes before him, and plague those hating him. 24 But My faithfulness and My mercy is with him; and his horn shall be exalted in My name. 25 And I will set his hand in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers. 26 He shall cry to Me, My Father, You are My God, and the rock of my salvation. 27 And I will make him My first-born, higher than the kings of the earth. 28 I will keep My mercy for Him forever, and My covenant shall hold fast with Him. 29 And I have established his Seed forever, and His throne as the days of the heavens. 30 If his children forsake My law and do not walk in My judgments; 31 if they profane My statutes and do not keep My commandments; 32 then I will visit their transgressions with the rod, and their sins with stripes. 33 But I will not annul My mercy from him, and I will not be false in My faithfulness. 34 I will not profane My covenant, nor change what goes from My lips. 35 Once I have sworn by My holiness; I will not lie to David. 36 His seed shall be forever, and his throne as the sun before Me. 37 Like the moon, it shall be forever; and a faithful witness in the sky. Selah. 38 But You have cast off and rejected us; You have been angry with Your anointed. 39 You have turned away from the covenant of your servant; You have defiled his crown on the ground. 40 You have broken down all his hedges; You have brought his strongholds to ruin. 41 All who pass by the way plunder him; he is a curse to his neighbors. 42 You have set up the right hand of his enemies; You have made all his enemies rejoice. 43 And you have turned back the edge of his sword, and have not held him up in battle. 44 You have made his glory to cease and have hurled his throne to the ground. 45 You have shortened the days of his youth; You have covered him with shame. Selah. 46 O Jehovah, until when will You hide Yourself? Shall Your wrath burn like fire forever? 47 Remember, I pray, the time of life; for what vanity have you created all the sons of men? 48 What man lives and never sees death? Shall he deliver his soul from the hand of Sheol? Selah. 49 Lord, where are Your former kindnesses that You swore to David in Your faithfulness? 50 Remember, O Lord, the reproach of Your servants, my bearing in my bosom the insults of the many peoples; 51 with which Your enemies have cursed, O Jehovah; with which they have cursed the footsteps of Your anointed. 52 Blessed be Jehovah forever. Amen and amen! 90 1 A Prayer of Moses, the Man of God. O Lord, You have been our dwelling-place in all generations. 2 Before the mountains were born, or ever You had formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting You are God. 3 You turn man to dust, and say, Return, O sons of men. 4 For a thousand years in Your eyes are as yesterday when it passes, and as a watch in the night. 5 You flooded them away; they are as a sleep; in the morning they are like grass growing; 6 in the morning it sprouts and shoots up; in the evening it withers and dries up. 7 For we are consumed by Your anger, and we are troubled by Your wrath. 8 You have set our iniquities before You, our secret sins in the light of Your face. 9 For all our days pass away in Your wrath; we finish our years like a murmur. 10 The days of our years are seventy; and if any by strength live eighty years, yet their pride is labor and vanity; for it soon passes, and we fly away. 11 Who knows the power of Your anger? And as Your fear is, so is Your fury. 12 So teach us to number our days, so that we may bring a heart of wisdom. 13 Return, O Jehovah! Until when? And give pity to Your servants. 14 O satisfy us in the morning with Your mercy, and we will be glad and rejoice all our days. 15 Make us glad according to the days of our affliction, the years in which we have seen evil. 16 Let Your work appear to Your servants, and Your majesty to their sons. 17 And let the delight of the Lord our God be upon us; and establish the works of our hands upon us; yea, the work of our hands, establish it! 91 1 He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall abide in the shade of the Almighty. 2 I will say to Jehovah: My Refuge and my Fortress, my God; I will trust in Him. 3 For He delivers you from the fowler's trap, from destruction's plague. 4 With His feathers He will cover you, and under His wings you shall seek refuge; His truth is a shield and buckler. 5 You shall not fear the terror of night, of the arrow that flies by day; 6 of the plague that walks in darkness, of the destruction laying waste at noonday. 7 A thousand shall fall by your side, and ten thousand at your right hand; it shall not come near you. 8 Only with your eyes you shall look, and see the reward of the wicked. 9 Because You, O Jehovah, are My refuge; if you make the Most High your habitation, 10 no evil shall happen to You, nor shall any plague come near Your tent. 11 For He shall give His angels charge over You, to keep You in all Your ways. 12 They shall bear You up in their hands, that You not dash Your foot on a stone. 13 You shall tread on the lion and adder; the young lion and the serpent You shall trample under foot. 14 Because he has set his love on Me, therefore I will deliver him; I will set Him on high because He has known My name. 15 He shall call on Me and I will answer Him; I will be with Him in distress; I will rescue Him and honor Him. 16 I will satisfy him with length of days and will make him see My salvation. 92 1 A Psalm, A Song for the Sabbath Day. It is good to give thanks to Jehovah, and to sing praises to Your name, O Most High; 2 to make Your mercy known in the morning, and Your faithfulness every night; 3 on the ten strings, and on the harp; on the lyre with sounding music. 4 For You have rejoiced me with Your work, O Jehovah; I will shout in the works of Your hands. 5 O Jehovah, Your purposes are very deep. How great are Your works! 6 An animal-like man does not know; a fool does not understand this. 7 When the wicked flourish like grass, and all the evildoers blossom, it is for them to be destroyed forever. 8 But You, O Jehovah, are exalted forever. 9 For, lo, Your enemies, O Jehovah; for, lo, Your enemies shall perish; all the evildoers shall be scattered. 10 But You will lift up my horn as the wild ox, and I will be anointed with fresh oil. 11 And my eye shall look on my enemies; my ears shall hear the evildoers who rise up against me. 12 The righteous shall flourish as the palm tree; he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon. 13 Those planted in the house of Jehovah, in the courts of our God, shall flourish. 14 They shall bear fruit in old age; they shall be fat and fresh, 15 to declare that Jehovah is upright, my Rock! And in Him is no evil. 93 1 Jehovah reigns! He is clothed with majesty; Jehovah is clothed with strength; He girded Himself; and the world is established; it shall not be shaken. 2 Your throne is established from then; You are from everlasting. 3 The floods have lifted up; O Jehovah, the floods have lifted up their voice; the floods have lifted their roaring waves. 4 Jehovah on high is mightier than the noise of many waters, than the mighty waves of the sea. 5 Your testimonies are very sure; holiness becomes Your house to length of days, O Jehovah. 94 1 O Jehovah, God of vengeance; O God of vengeance, shine forth! 2 Lift up Yourself, O judge of the earth; give a just repayment on the proud. 3 Until when shall the wicked, O Jehovah, until when shall the wicked exult? 4 They gush, they speak impudent things; all the workers of evil speak proudly. 5 O Jehovah, they crush Your people and afflict Your inheritance. 6 They kill the widow and the stranger, and murder the orphan. 7 Yet they say, The Lord shall not see, nor shall the God of Jacob observe. 8 Understand you beastly ones among the people; yea, you fools, when will you be wise? 9 He who planted the ear, shall He not hear? He who formed the eye, shall He not see? 10 He who chastises the nations, shall He not punish, He who teaches man knowledge? 11 Jehovah knows the thoughts of man, that they are vain. 12 Blessed is the man You chasten, O Jehovah, You teach him out of Your law; 13 to give him rest from troubled days, until the pit is dug for the wicked. 14 For Jehovah will not leave His people; nor will He forsake His inheritance. 15 For judgment shall turn to righteousness; and all the upright in heart shall follow after it. 16 Who will rise up for Me against the evildoers? Who will stand up for Me against the workers of evil? 17 Unless Jehovah had been my help, my soul would almost have dwelt in silence. 18 If I said, My foot slides, O Jehovah, Your mercy has held me up. 19 In the multitude of my inward thoughts, Your comforts delight my soul. 20 Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with You, devising mischief for a statute? 21 They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the blood of the innocent. 22 But Jehovah is my tower of defense; and my God is the rock of my refuge. 23 And He shall turn their own iniquity upon them; and He shall cut them off in their evil, Jehovah our God shall cut them off! 95 1 O come, let us sing to Jehovah; let us make a joyful noise to the Rock of our salvation. 2 Let us come before His face with praise; let us shout for joy to Him with songs. 3 For Jehovah is a great God, and a great King above all gods. 4 The deep places of the earth are in His hand; the summits of the mountains also are His. 5 The sea is His, and He made it, and His hands formed the dry land. 6 O come, let us worship and bow down; let us kneel before Jehovah our Maker. 7 For He is our God; and we are the people of His pasture, and the sheep of His hand. Today, if you will hear His voice, 8 do not harden your heart as in the day of strife, as in the day of testing in the wilderness; 9 When your fathers tempted Me, they tested Me and they saw My work. 10 For forty years I was disgusted with this generation; and I said, They are a people who err in heart; and, They do not know My ways, 11 to whom I swore in My anger, They shall not enter into My rest. 96 1 O sing to Jehovah a new song; sing to Jehovah, all the earth. 2 Sing to Jehovah; bless His name, bear news of His salvation day by day. 3 Tell of His glory among the nations, His wonders among all people. 4 For Jehovah is great and greatly to be praised; He is to be feared above all gods. 5 For all the gods of the peoples are idols; but Jehovah made the heavens. 6 Honor and majesty are before Him; strength and beauty are in His sanctuary. 7 Give to Jehovah, O families of the people; give to Jehovah glory and might. 8 Give to Jehovah the glory due His name; bring an offering and come in to His courts. 9 Oh worship Jehovah in the beauty of holiness; tremble before Him, all the earth. 10 Say among the nations, Jehovah reigns; and, The world shall be established, it shall not be moved; He shall judge the peoples in uprightness. 11 Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice; let the sea roar, and the fullness of it. 12 Let the field be joyful, and all that is in it; then the trees of the forest shall rejoice 13 before Jehovah; for He comes; for He comes to judge the earth; He shall judge the world with righteousness, and the people with His faithfulness. 97 1 Jehovah reigns! Let the earth rejoice; let the multitude of islands be glad. 2 Clouds and darkness are all around Him; righteousness and judgment are the foundation of His throne. 3 A fire goes before Him and burns up His enemies all around. 4 His lightnings lit up the world; the earth saw and trembled. 5 The mountains melted like wax before the face of Jehovah, before the face of Jehovah of the whole earth. 6 The heavens declare His righteousness and all the people see His glory. 7 All who serve graven images are shamed, those who boast themselves in idols; all gods bow down before Him. 8 Zion heard and was glad; yea, the daughters of Judah rejoiced because of Your judgments, O Jehovah. 9 For You, Jehovah, are exalted above all the earth; You are lifted on high far above all gods. 10 You who love Jehovah, hate evil. He keeps the souls of His saints; He delivers them out of the hand of the wicked. 11 Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart. 12 Be glad in Jehovah, O righteous ones; give thanks to the memory of His holiness. 98 1 A Psalm. O sing to Jehovah a new song, for He has done wondrous things; His right hand and His holy arm has saved Him. 2 Jehovah has revealed His salvation; He unveiled His righteousness to the eyes of the nations. 3 He has remembered His mercy and His 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 Jehovah, all the earth; break out and rejoice and sing praise. 5 Sing praise to Jehovah with the lyre; with the lyre and the voice of a song. 6 With trumpets and the sound of a horn, make a joyful noise before Jehovah the King. 7 Let the sea roar, and the fullness of it; the world, and those who live in it. 8 Let the rivers clap their hands; let the heights shout for joy together 9 before Jehovah; for He comes to judge the earth; with righteousness He shall judge the world, and the peoples in uprightness. 99 1 Jehovah reigns; let the peoples tremble; He sits between the cherubs; let the earth quake. 2 Jehovah is great in Zion; and He is high above all the peoples. 3 They shall thank Your great and fearful name; it is holy. 4 The king's strength also loves judgment; You establish uprightness; You worked judgment and righteousness in Jacob. 5 Exalt Jehovah our God and worship at His footstool; He is holy. 6 Moses and Aaron were among His priests; and Samuel was among those who called on His name; they called to Jehovah, and He answered them. 7 He spoke to them in the cloudy pillar; they kept His testimonies and the law that He gave to them. 8 You answered them, O Jehovah our God; to them You were a God who forgives, but taking vengeance on their works. 9 Exalt Jehovah our God and worship at His holy hill; for Jehovah our God is holy. 100 1 A Psalm of Thanksgiving. Shout joyfully to Jehovah, all the land. 2 Worship Jehovah with gladness; come before His face with joyful singing. 3 Know that Jehovah, He is God; He has made us, and not we ourselves, His people and the sheep of His pasture. 4 Enter into His gates with thanksgiving, into His courts with praise; be thankful to Him; bless His name. 5 For Jehovah is good; His mercy is everlasting, and His faithfulness to generation and generation. 101 1 A Psalm of David. I will sing of mercy and judgment; to You O Jehovah, I will sing praise. 2 I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way; O when will You come to me? I will walk in the integrity of my heart in the midst of my house. 3 I will set no wicked thing before my eyes; I have hated the work of those who turn aside; it shall not fasten upon me. 4 A perverse heart shall depart from me; I will not know evil. 5 Whoever secretly slanders his neighbor, I will cut him off; I will not endure him who has high eyes and a proud heart. 6 My eyes shall be on the faithful of the land, so that they may dwell with me; he who walks in a perfect way shall serve me. 7 He who works falsely shall not live inside my house; he who speaks lies shall not be established before my eyes. 8 In the mornings I will cut off all the wicked of the land, so that I may cut off all the evil workers from the city of Jehovah. 102 1 A Prayer of the afflicted, when he is faint and pours out his complaint before Jehovah. Hear my prayer, O Jehovah, and let my cry come to You. 2 Do not hide Your face from me in the day of my trouble; bow down Your ear to me in the day I call; answer me quickly. 3 For my days are finished in smoke, and my bones glow like a firebrand. 4 My heart is stricken and dried like grass, so that I forget to eat my bread. 5 Because of the voice of my sighing, my bones cleave to my flesh. 6 I am like a pelican of the wilderness; I am like an owl of the desert. 7 I watch and am like a sparrow alone on the housetop. 8 My enemies curse me all the day long; those who rave against me have sworn against me. 9 For I have eaten ashes like bread, and have mixed my drink with weeping; 10 because of Your anger and Your wrath; for You have lifted me and cast me down. 11 My days are like a shadow stretched out, and I wither like grass. 12 But You, O Jehovah, shall dwell forever, and Your memory to generation and generation. 13 You shall arise; have mercy on Zion; for the time to pity her, yea, the appointed time has come. 14 For Your servants take pleasure in its stones, and pity its dust. 15 So nations shall fear the name of Jehovah, and all the kings of the earth Your glory. 16 When Jehovah shall build up Zion, He shall appear in His glory. 17 He will turn to the prayer of the destitute, and will not despise their prayer. 18 This shall be written for the generation to come; and people to be created shall praise Jehovah. 19 For He has looked down from the height of His sanctuary; Jehovah looked from Heaven to the earth; 20 To hear the groaning of the prisoner, to set free the sons of death; 21 to declare the name of Jehovah in Zion, and His praise in Jerusalem; 22 when the peoples and the kingdoms are gathered together to serve Jehovah. 23 He diminished my strength in the way; He shortened my days. 24 I said, O my God, do not take me up in the half of my days; Your years are through the generation of generations. 25 You have laid the foundation of the earth of old; and the heavens are the work of Your hands. 26 They shall perish, but You shall endure; yea, all of them shall become old like a garment; You shall change them like clothing, and they shall be changed. 27 But You are He, and Your years shall not be ended. 28 The sons of Your servants shall dwell; and their seed shall be established before You. 103 1 Of David. Bless Jehovah, O my soul; and all within me, bless His holy name. 2 Bless Jehovah, O my soul, and forget not all His rewards; 3 who forgives all your iniquities; who heals all your diseases; 4 who redeems your life from destruction; who crowns you with kindness and tender mercies; 5 who satisfies your desire with good; your youth is renewed like the eagle's. 6 Jehovah works righteousness and judgments for all the oppressed. 7 He made known His ways to Moses, His acts to the sons of Israel. 8 Jehovah is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and of much mercy. 9 He will not always chasten, nor will He keep His anger forever. 10 He has not done to us according to our sins, nor rewarded us according to our iniquities. 11 For as the heavens are above the earth, so is His mercy mighty over 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 the pity of a father over his sons, so Jehovah pities those who fear Him. 14 For He knows how we are made, remembering that we are dust. 15 As for man, his days are as grass; as the flower of the field, so he flourishes. 16 For the wind passes over it, and it is not; and its place never knows it again. 17 But the mercy of Jehovah is from everlasting, even to everlasting, on those who fear Him; yea, His righteousness is to the sons of sons; 18 to those who keep His covenant, and to those who remember His commandments, to do them. 19 Jehovah has prepared His throne in Heaven; and His kingdom rules over all. 20 Bless Jehovah, O angels of His; mighty in strength; doing His word; listening to the voice of His word. 21 Bless Jehovah, all His hosts, ministers of His, doing His will. 22 Bless Jehovah, all His works in all the places of His dominion; bless Jehovah, O my soul. 104 1 Bless Jehovah, O my soul! O Jehovah my God, You are very great; You have put on honor and majesty, 2 covering Yourself with light like a cloak, and stretching out the heavens like a curtain; 3 who lays beams in the waters of His upper rooms; setting thick clouds as His chariots; walking on the wings of the wind. 4 He makes His angels spirits, His ministers a flaming fire. 5 He founded the earth on its foundations; it shall not be shaken forever and ever. 6 You have covered the deep as with a robe; the waters stood above the mountains. 7 From Your rebuke, they flee; from the sound of Your thunder, they hurry away. 8 They go up the mountains; they go down the valleys to the place which You founded for them. 9 You have set a boundary they may not pass over; they shall not return to cover the earth. 10 He sends springs into the valleys; they flow between the hills; 11 they give drink to every animal of the field; wild asses break their thirst; 12 over them the birds of the heavens dwell; they give voice from between the branches. 13 He waters the hills from His upper rooms; the earth is satisfied from the fruit of Your works. 14 He causes the grass to grow for the livestock and plants for the service of man, to bring food out of the earth. 15 And wine cheers the heart of man; oil makes his face shine, and bread sustains the heart of man. 16 The trees of Jehovah are satisfied the cedars of Lebanon that He planted; 17 there where the birds nest; the fir trees are the house of the stork; 18 high hills are for the wild goats; rocks are a refuge for the badgers. 19 He made the moon for seasons; the sun knows its going down. 20 You put darkness, and it is night; in it all the forest animals creep. 21 The young lions roar for prey, and to seek their food from God. 22 The sun rises; they are gathered, and go to their dens to lie down. 23 Man goes out to his work, and to his labor until the evening. 24 O Jehovah, how many are Your works! You have made all of them in wisdom; the earth is full of Your riches. 25 This is the sea, great and wide on both hands; there are creeping things even without number; living things, small and great. 26 There the ships go; You formed this great sea-animal to play in it. 27 All of them wait for You to give them their food in due season. 28 You give to them; they gather; You open Your hand, and they are filled with good. 29 You hide Your face, and they are troubled; You gather their breath, and they expire and return to their dust. 30 You send out Your Spirit, and they are created; and You renew the face of the earth. 31 The glory of Jehovah shall be forever; Jehovah shall rejoice in His works. 32 He looks to the earth, and it trembles; He touches the hills, and they smoke. 33 I will sing to Jehovah during my life; I will sing praise to my God while I exist. 34 My thoughts on Him shall be sweet; I will be glad in Jehovah. 35 Let sinners perish from the earth and let the wicked be no more; bless Jehovah, O my soul; praise Jehovah! 105 1 O give thanks to Jehovah; call on His name; make His deeds known among the peoples. 2 Sing to Him; sing praises to Him; tell of all His wonders. 3 Glory in His holy name; let the heart of those who seek Jehovah rejoice. 4 Seek Jehovah and His strength; seek His face without ceasing. 5 Remember His wonders that He has done, His miracles, and the judgments of His mouth, 6 O seed of His servant Abraham; O sons of Jacob, His chosen ones, 7 He is Jehovah our God; His judgments are in all the earth; 8 He has remembered His covenant forever; the word He commanded to a thousand generations; 9 which He cut with Abraham, and His oath to Isaac; 10 and He established it to Jacob for a statute, to Israel for a perpetual covenant; 11 saying, To you I will give the land of Canaan, the portion of your inheritance; 12 when they were a few men of number; very few, and strangers in it. 13 And they went about from nation to nation; from one kingdom to another people. 14 He allowed no man to oppress them; yea, He reproved kings for their sakes; 15 saying, Touch not My anointed; and, Do My prophets no harm. 16 And He called a famine on the land; He broke the whole staff of bread. 17 He sent a man before them, Joseph, being sold for a slave; 18 they hurt his feet with chains; his soul came into iron; 19 until the time His word came, the word of Jehovah refined him; 20 the king, the ruler of peoples, sent and released him; even set him free; 21 he made him lord of his house, and ruler over all he owned; 22 to bind his leaders at his will, and to teach his elders wisdom. 23 Israel also came into Egypt, and Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham. 24 And He increased His people greatly and made them stronger than their enemies. 25 He turned their heart to hate His people, to deal craftily with His servants. 26 He sent His servant Moses and Aaron whom He had chosen. 27 They put things of His signs among them; yea, miracles in the land of Ham. 28 He sent darkness and made it dark; and they did not rebel against His word. 29 He turned their waters into blood and killed their fish. 30 Their land swarmed with frogs in the rooms of their kings. 31 He spoke, and fly swarms came; gnats in all their borders. 32 He gave hail for their rain, flaming fire in their land. 33 He struck their vines also, and their fig trees; and He broke the trees of their borders. 34 He spoke, and locusts came; and larvae without number; 35 and they ate up all the plants in the land; yea, ate the fruit of their ground. 36 He also struck all the firstborn in their land, the firstfruit of all their vigor. 37 And He led them out with silver and gold; and among their tribes, not one was stumbling. 38 Egypt was glad when they went out, for their dread had fallen on them. 39 He spread a cloud for a covering; and fire to give light in the night. 40 He asked, and He brought quail; and satisfied them with the food from the heavens. 41 He opened the rock, and waters gushed out; they went in the dry places like a river. 42 For He remembered His holy word and His servant Abraham; 43 and He brought His people out with joy; His chosen ones with gladness. 44 And He gave to them the lands of the nations; and they inherited the labor of the peoples; 45 so that they might observe His statutes and keep His laws. Praise Jehovah! 106 1 Praise Jehovah! Give thanks to Jehovah, for He is good; for His mercy endures forever. 2 Who can express the mighty deeds of Jehovah, or cause all His praise to be heard? 3 Blessed are those keeping judgment, he who does righteousness in every season. 4 Remember me, Jehovah, with the favor of Your people; O visit me with Your salvation, 5 to see the good of Your chosen ones to rejoice in the joy of Your nation, to glory with Your inheritance. 6 We have sinned with our fathers; we did iniquity; we did wrong. 7 Our fathers did not understand Your wonders in Egypt; they did not remember Your many mercies, and they rebelled at the sea, at the Sea of Reeds. 8 But He saved them for His name's sake, to make known His might. 9 And He rebuked the Sea of Reeds; and it dried up; and He made them go through the depths as through the wilderness. 10 And He saved them from the hand of the hater, and ransomed him from the hand of the enemy; 11 and waters covered their enemies; not one of them was left. 12 Then they believed His words; they sang His praise. 13 They hurried and forgot His works; they did not wait for His counsel; 14 and they greedily lusted in the wilderness, and tested God in the desert. 15 And He gave their request to them, but sent wasting into their soul. 16 And they were jealous of Moses the saint of Jehovah in the camp of Aaron; 17 the earth opened up and swallowed Dathan; and covered the company of Abiram. 18 And a fire burned in their company; the flame burned up the wicked. 19 They made a calf in Horeb, and fell down before the casted image; 20 and they changed their Glory into the image of an ox eating grass. 21 They forgot God their deliverer, doing great things in Egypt; 22 wonders in the land of Ham; awesome things by the Sea of Reeds. 23 And He said to destroy them; except Moses His chosen one had stood before Him in the breach, to turn away His wrath from destroying them . 24 They despised the pleasant land; they did not believe His word. 25 And they murmured in their tents, not listening to the voice of Jehovah; 26 and He lifted up His hand to them, to make them fall in the wilderness; 27 to make their seed fall also among the nations, and to scatter them in the lands. 28 They also were joined to Baal-peor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead; 29 and provoked Him with their deeds; and a plague broke out among them. 30 Then Phinehas stood and intervened, and the plague was stayed; 31 and it was counted to him for righteousness to generation and generation, forever. 32 And they angered Him at the waters of Meribah, and it went ill for Moses because of them; 33 for they provoked his spirit, and he spoke rashly with his lips. 34 They did not destroy the peoples, as Jehovah said to them, 35 but mixed with the nations, and learned their works. 36 And they served their idols, and they became a snare to them. 37 Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters to the demons; 38 and they shed innocent blood, the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan. And the land was defiled with the blood. 39 And they were unclean with their works, and went whoring in their acts. 40 And the anger of Jehovah burned against His people; and He detested His inheritance. 41 And He gave them into the hand of the nations; and those who hated them ruled over them. 42 And their enemies oppressed them and they were humbled under their hand. 43 Many times He delivered them, but they rebelled in their plans, and sank in their iniquities. 44 And He looked on their affliction when He heard their shout; 45 He remembered His covenant for them, and breathed a sigh, according to His many mercies. 46 And He gave them to tender mercies before all their captors. 47 Save us, O Jehovah our God, and gather us from the nations, to give thanks to Your holy name, to exult in Your praise. 48 Blessed is Jehovah God of Israel, from everlasting even to everlasting. And let all the people say, Amen! Praise Jehovah! 107 1 Give thanks to Jehovah, for He is good; for His mercy endures forever. 2 Let the redeemed of Jehovah say so, whom He redeemed from the hand of the foe; 3 and gathered them from the lands; from east and from west; from north and from south. 4 They wandered in the wilderness, in a desert way; they found no city of dwelling; 5 hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them; 6 and they cried to Jehovah in their distress; He delivered them from their straits. 7 And He guided them in the right way; to go to a city of dwelling. 8 Let them thank Jehovah for His mercy, and His wonders to the sons of man. 9 He satisfies the thirsty soul, and He fills the hungry soul with good. 10 Those who live in the darkness, and in the shadow of death, being prisoners in affliction and iron, 11 because they rebelled against the words of God, and despised the counsel of the Most High; 12 and He humbled their heart by toil; they stumbled, and none were helping; 13 and they cried to Jehovah in their distress; He saved them out of their distresses; 14 He brought them out from darkness and the shadow of death; and He broke their bands apart. 15 Let them thank Jehovah for His mercy, and His wonders to the sons of man. 16 For He has broken the gates of bronze; and He cut bars of iron in two. 17 Fools are afflicted from the way of their rebellion, and from their iniquities; 18 their soul hates every food; and they touch the gates of death; 19 and they cried to Jehovah in their distress; He saved them from their straits; 20 He sent His word and healed them; and delivered them from all their pitfalls. 21 Let them thank Jehovah for His mercy, and His wonders to the sons of man. 22 And let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and recount His works with rejoicing. 23 They who go down to the sea in ships, who work in the great waters; 24 these see the works of Jehovah, and His wonders in the deep. 25 For He speaks, and He raises stormy wind, and makes its waves high; 26 they go up to the heavens; they go down to the depths; their soul is melted because they are in evil; 27 they reel and stagger like a drunken man, and all their wisdom is swallowed up; 28 and they cry to Jehovah in their distress, and He saves them out of their straits. 29 He settles the storm to a whisper, so that its waves are still; 30 and they are glad, because they are quiet; and He led them to their desired haven. 31 Let them thank Jehovah for His mercy, and His wonders to the sons of mankind; 32 and exalt Him in the congregation of the people; and praise Him in the seat of the elders. 33 He sets rivers to a wilderness, and watersprings to thirsty ground; 34 a fruitful land to a salty desert; because of the wickedness of those who live in it. 35 He puts the wilderness into waterponds; and dry land into water-springs; 36 and He makes the hungry live there, and they may prepare a city of dwelling. 37 And they sow the fields, and plant vineyards, and make fruits of produce. 38 He also blesses them, so that they multiply greatly; and He does not allow their cattle to diminish; 39 but they are diminished and humbled, from coercion, evil and grief. 40 He pours scorn on nobles, and causes them to wander in a desert; there is no path. 41 But He raises the poor up from affliction, and He sets families like a flock. 42 The upright shall see and be glad; and all iniquity shuts its mouth. 43 Whoever is wise and will observe these things, they shall discern the mercies of Jehovah. 108 1 A Song. A Psalm of David. O God, my heart is fixed; I will sing; yea, I will sing songs even with my glory. 2 Awake, harp and lyre! I will awake early; 3 I will thank You, O Jehovah, among the peoples; and I will sing to You among the nations. 4 For Your mercy is great above the heavens; and Your truth reaches to the clouds. 5 Be lifted up, O God, above the heavens; and Your glory above all the earth; 6 O that Your beloved may be delivered; save by Your right hand and answer me. 7 God has spoken in His holiness; I will rejoice; I will portion out Shechem; and I will measure out the valley of Succoth. 8 Gilead is Mine; and Manasseh is Mine; and Ephraim is the fort of My head; Judah is My lawgiver; 9 Moab is My washpot; I will throw My shoe out over Edom; I will shout in triumph over Philistia. 10 Who will lead me into the fortified city? Who will lead me over Edom? 11 O God, have You not cast us off? And, O God, will You not go out with our armies? 12 Give help to us from distress; for the deliverance of man is vain. 13 In God we shall do mighty things, for He shall trample our foes. 109 1 To the chief musician, A Psalm of David. O God of my praise, do not be silent; 2 for the mouth of the wicked, and the deceitful mouth, are opened against me; they spoke against me with a lying tongue. 3 And they hemmed me in with words of hatred; and fought against me without a cause. 4 In return for my love, they are my enemies; but I am in prayer. 5 And they put on me evil for good; and hatred for my love. 6 Set a wicked man over him; and let an adversary stand at his right hand; 7 when he is judged, let him go out wicked; and let his prayer become sin; 8 let his days be few; and let another take his office; 9 his sons be orphans, and his wife a widow; 10 and let his sons always beg and wander, and seek food out of their ruins; 11 let the moneylender lay a snare for all that is his; and let strangers plunder his labor; 12 let there be none giving mercy to him; nor any to have pity on his orphans; 13 let his posterity be cut off; let their name be blotted out in the following generation; 14 let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered to Jehovah; and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out; 15 let them be always before Jehovah, so that He may cut off the memory of them from the earth; 16 because he did not remember to do mercy; and persecuted the poor and needy man; even to kill the broken-hearted. 17 Yea, he loved cursing, and it came to him; he also had no pleasure in blessing, and it was far from him. 18 As he clothed himself with cursing, as with a robe, even it came into his bowels like water, and like oil into his bones. 19 Let it be to him as a garment he wraps in, and for a girdle that he always girds on. 20 This is the reward of my foes from Jehovah, and of those who speak evil against my soul. 21 But You, O Jehovah the Lord, work with me for Your name's sake; deliver me because Your mercy is good. 22 For I am poor and needy, and my heart is pierced within me. 23 As a shadow when it stretches out, I am gone; I am shaken off like the locust. 24 My knees stumble from fasting, and my flesh grows lean from fatness. 25 And I have become a reproach to them; they looked at me; they shook their heads. 26 O Jehovah my God, help me; save me according to Your mercy; 27 and they will know that this is Your hand; that You, O Jehovah, have done it. 28 They will curse, but You will bless; they rise up and are ashamed; but Your servant will be glad. 29 Let those who accuse me be clothed with shame; and cover themselves in their shame as with a robe. 30 I will greatly thank Jehovah with my mouth; yea, I will praise Him in the midst of the multitude. 31 For He shall stand at the right hand of the needy; to save from those judging his soul. 110 1 A Psalm of David. A statement of Jehovah to my Lord: Sit at My right hand, until I place Your enemies as Your footstool. 2 Jehovah shall send the rod of Your strength out of Zion; rule in the midst of Your enemies. 3 Your people shall be willing in the day of Your power; in holy adornment from the womb of the dawn, to You is the dew of Your youth. 4 Jehovah has sworn and will not repent: You are a priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek. 5 The Lord at Your right hand shatters kings in the day of His anger. 6 He shall judge among the nations; He shall fill with dead bodies; He shall shatter heads over much land. 7 He shall drink out of the torrent on the way; therefore, He shall lift up the head. 111 1 Praise Jehovah! I will thank Jehovah with all my heart; in the council of the upright, and of the assembly. 2 The works of Jehovah are great, sought out by all those desiring them. 3 His work is honorable and glorious; and His righteousness is standing forever. 4 He has made a memorial for His wonders; Jehovah is gracious and full of pity. 5 He has given food to those who fear Him; He will always remember His covenant. 6 He has shown to His people the power of His works, to give to them inheritance of the nations. 7 The works of His hands are truth and all His commandments are true, 8 standing firm forever and ever; they are done in truth and uprightness. 9 He sent redemption to His people; He has commanded His covenant forever; holy and awesome is His name. 10 The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of wisdom; all who practice them have a good understanding; His praise is standing forever! 112 1 Praise Jehovah! Blessed is the man who fears Jehovah, delighting greatly in His commands. 2 His seed shall be mighty on the earth; the generation of the upright shall be blessed; 3 wealth and riches in his house; and his righteousness is standing forever. 4 Light rises in the darkness to the upright; he is gracious and full of pity, and of righteousness. 5 Good is a man showing favor and lending; he will nourish his matters with equity. 6 For he shall not be shaken forever; the righteous shall be for a memorial forever. 7 He shall not be afraid of evil news; his heart is fixed, trusting in Jehovah. 8 His heart is upheld; he shall not be afraid though he looks on his foes. 9 He has scattered; he has given to the needy; his righteousness is standing forever; his horn shall be lifted up with honor. 10 The wicked shall see and be vexed; he shall gnash his teeth and melt; the desire of the wicked shall perish. 113 1 Praise Jehovah! Praise, O servants of Jehovah; praise the name of Jehovah. 2 Blessed is the name of Jehovah from now on and forevermore. 3 From the rising of the sun to its going, Jehovah's name is to be praised. 4 Jehovah is high above all nations; His glory above the heavens. 5 Who is like Jehovah our God, who sits on high to dwell; 6 Who humbles Himself to consider all in the earth and the heavens! 7 He raises up the poor from the dust; He lifts the needy out of the dunghill; 8 in order to make him sit with nobles, with the nobles of his people. 9 He causes the barren to live in the house as the joyful mother of sons. Praise Jehovah! 114 1 When Israel came out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of strange language; 2 Judah became His sanctuary, Israel His kingdom. 3 The sea looked and fled; the Jordan turned back; 4 the mountains skipped like rams; the little hills like lambs! 5 What ails you, O sea, that you flee? O Jordan, that you turn back? 6 O mountains, that you skip like rams? O little hills, like lambs? 7 Tremble, O earth, from the face of the Lord, from the face of the God of Jacob; 8 who turned the rock into a pool of water, the flint into a fountain of waters. 115 1 Not to us, O Jehovah, not to us, but to Your name give glory; for Your mercy; because of Your truth. 2 Why do the nations say, Where is their God now? 3 But our God is in Heaven; He has done all that He has pleased. 4 Their idols are silver and gold, the work of man's hands; 5 they have mouths, but they do not speak; they have eyes, but they do not see; 6 they have ears, but they do not hear; they have a nose, but they do not smell; 7 their hands do not feel; their feet do not walk; they do not mutter through their throat. 8 The ones who make them are like them, and everyone trusting in them. 9 O Israel, trust in Jehovah; He is their help and their shield. 10 O house of Aaron, trust in Jehovah; He is their help and their shield. 11 You who fear Jehovah, trust in Jehovah; He is their help and their shield. 12 Jehovah remembers us; He will bless; He will bless the house of Israel; He will bless the house of Aaron; 13 He will bless those who fear Jehovah, the small and the great. 14 Jehovah will add on to you; on you and on your sons. 15 You are blessed to Jehovah, He who makes heavens and earth. 16 The heavens; the heavens are Jehovah's, but He has given the earth to the sons of men. 17 The dead do not praise Jehovah, nor all those who go down into silence; 18 but we will bless Jehovah, from now on and forever. Praise Jehovah! 116 1 I love Jehovah because He hears my voice, my prayers. 2 Because He has bowed His ear to me, I will also call in my days. 3 The cords of death hemmed me in; and the pains of Sheol found me; I find distress and sorrow; 4 then I call on the name of Jehovah: O Jehovah, I beseech You, deliver my soul! 5 Jehovah is gracious and righteous; yea, our God is merciful. 6 Jehovah keeps the simple; I was low, but He saved me. 7 Return to your rest, O soul; for Jehovah has blessed you. 8 For You have delivered my soul from death, my eye from tears, my feet from stumbling. 9 I will walk before the face of Jehovah in the lands of the living. 10 I believed; so I speak; I was greatly afflicted; 11 I said in my alarm, All men are liars. 12 What shall I return to Jehovah for His benefits to me? 13 I will lift up the cup of salvation, and I will call on the name of Jehovah. 14 I will pay my vows to Jehovah now in the presence of all His people. 15 Precious in the eyes of Jehovah is the death of His saints. 16 O Jehovah, truly I am Your servant now; I am Your servant, the son of Your handmaid; You have loosed my bonds. 17 I will sacrifice to You the sacrifice of thanks and will call on the name of Jehovah. 18 I will pay my vows to Jehovah now in the presence of all His people, 19 in the courts of the house of Jehovah; in your midst, O Jerusalem. Praise Jehovah! 117 1 Praise Jehovah, all nations; praise Him, all peoples; 2 for His mercy is mighty over us, and the truth of Jehovah is forever. Praise Jehovah! 118 1 Give thanks to Jehovah, for He is good; because His mercy endures forever. 2 Let Israel say now that His mercy endures forever. 3 Let the house of Aaron say now that His mercy endures forever. 4 Let those who fear Jehovah say now that His mercy endures forever. 5 I called Jehovah from the distress; He answered me in the large place of Jehovah. 6 Jehovah is for me; I will not fear; what can man do to me? 7 Jehovah is for me among those who help me, and I shall see my desire on those who hate me. 8 It is better to trust in Jehovah than to trust in man; 9 it is better to trust in Jehovah than to trust in princes. 10 All the nations surround me; but surely I will destroy them in the name of Jehovah. 11 They surround me; yea, they surround me; I surely will destroy them in the name of Jehovah. 12 they surround me like bees; they are quenched like the fire of thorns; for surely I will cut them off in the name of Jehovah. 13 Pushing, you pushed me to fall; but Jehovah helped me. 14 Jehovah is my strength and my song; and He is my salvation. 15 The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the tents of the righteous; the right hand of Jehovah works mightily. 16 The right hand of Jehovah is exalted; the right hand of Jehovah acts mightily. 17 I shall not die, but I shall live and declare the works of Jehovah. 18 Jehovah has grievously chastened me, but He has not given me to death. 19 Open the gates of righteousness to me, I will enter into them; I will thank Jehovah. 20 This is the gate of Jehovah, the righteous shall enter into it. 21 I will thank You, for You answered me, and are my salvation. 22 The Stone which the builders rejected has become the Head of the corner. 23 This is from Jehovah, it is marvelous in our eyes. 24 This is the day Jehovah has made; we will rejoice and be glad in it. 25 O Jehovah, I beseech You, save now; I beseech You, O Jehovah, cause us to prosper now. 26 Blessed is he who comes in the name of Jehovah; we blessed you from the house of Jehovah. 27 Jehovah is God, and He gives light to us. Tie the sacrifice with cords, to the horns of the altar. 28 You are my God, and I will exalt You; My God, I will thank You! 29 O give thanks to Jehovah, for He is good; for His mercy endures forever. 119 1 Aleph Blessed are the upright in the way, who walk in the law of Jehovah. 2 Blessed are those keeping His testimonies, who seek Him with the whole heart. 3 They also do not work evil; they walk in His way. 4 You have commanded to carefully keep Your precepts. 5 O that my ways were fixed to keep Your statutes! 6 Then I shall not be ashamed, when I look to all Your commands. 7 I will thank You with integrity of heart, in my learning the judgments of Your righteousness. 8 I will keep Your statutes; do not forsake me utterly. 9 Beth By what shall a young man purify his way, to keep it according to Your word? 10 I have sought You with my whole heart; do not let me wander from Your commands. 11 I have hidden Your word in my heart, that I might not sin against You. 12 Blessed are you, O Jehovah; teach me Your statutes. 13 I have declared all the judgments of Your mouth with my lips; 14 I have rejoiced in the way of Your testimonies as over all riches. 15 I will meditate in Your precepts and I will regard Your ways. 16 I will delight myself in Your statutes. I will not forget Your word. 17 Gimel. Deal bountifully with Your servant that I may live, and I will keep Your word. 18 Open my eyes and I will see wonderful things from Your law. 19 I am an alien in the earth; hide not Your commandments from me. 20 My soul is breaking for the longing to Your judgments in every season. 21 You have rebuked the proud, the cursed ones who go astray from Your commands. 22 Roll from me reproach and scorn; for I have kept Your testimonies. 23 Princes also sat, speaking against me; but Your servant meditates on Your laws. 24 Your testimonies also are my delight and my counselors. 25 Daleth. My soul clings to the dust; give me life according to Your word. 26 I have declared my ways, and You answered me; teach me Your statutes. 27 Make me understand the way of Your precepts, and I will meditate on Your wonders. 28 My soul drops with grief; Lift me up according to Your word. 29 Remove from me the way of lying, and favor me with Your law. 30 I have chosen the way of truth; I have held Your judgments level; 31 I have clung to Your testimonies; O Jehovah, do not shame me. 32 I will run the way of Your commands, for You shall enlarge my heart. 33 He. O Jehovah, teach me the way of Your statutes, and I will keep it to the end. 34 Make me understand and I will keep Your law, and observe it with the whole heart. 35 Make me walk in the way of Your commands, for in it I delight. 36 Bow my heart to Your testimonies, and not to unjust gain. 37 Turn my eyes from seeing vanity; in Your way give me life. 38 Make Your word sure to Your servant, who is devoted to Your fear. 39 Turn away my shame which I fear; for Your judgments are good. 40 Behold, I have longed for Your precepts; grant to me life in Your righteousness. 41 Vau. By Your word, according to Your salvation, let Your mercies come to me, O Jehovah. 42 And I will answer my reprover a word; for I trust in Your word. 43 And do not take the word of truth completely out of my mouth; for I have hoped in Your judgments. 44 And I shall keep Your law continually, forever and ever. 45 And I will walk in a wide space, for I seek Your commands. 46 And I will speak of Your testimonies before kings, and will not be ashamed. 47 And I will delight myself in Your commandments, which I have loved. 48 And I will lift up my hands to Your commandments that I love; and I will meditate on Your statutes. 49 Zayin. Remember the word to Your servant, on which You made me hope. 50 This is my comfort in my affliction; for Your word has given me life. 51 The proud have scorned me utterly; I have not veered from Your law. 52 I remembered Your judgments from of old, O Jehovah, and I take comfort. 53 Hot zeal has seized me because of the wicked forsaking Your law. 54 Your statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimages. 55 O Jehovah, I have remembered Your name in the night and have kept Your law. 56 This was done to me, because I kept Your commandments. 57 Cheth. Jehovah is my portion; I have said to keep Your words. 58 I entreated Your face with all my heart; favor me according to Your word. 59 I mused on my ways and turned my feet to Your testimonies. 60 I hurried and delayed not to keep Your commands. 61 The cords of the wicked encircle me; I have not forgotten Your law. 62 At halves of the night I will rise to give thanks to You because of Your righteous judgments. 63 I am a companion of all who fear You; yea, of those who keep Your precepts. 64 O Jehovah, the earth is full of Your mercy; teach me Your statutes. 65 Teth. You have done good with Your servant, O Jehovah, by Your word. 66 Teach me good judgment and knowledge, for I have believed Your commands. 67 Before I was afflicted I went astray; but now I have kept Your word. 68 You are good and do good; teach me Your statutes. 69 The proud have forged a lie against me; I will keep Your precepts with all my heart. 70 Their heart is like fat, without feeling; I delight in Your law. 71 For my good for me that I was afflicted, to learn Your statutes. 72 The law of Your mouth is better to me than thousands of gold and silver. 73 Jod. Your hands made me and fixed me; give me discernment that I may learn Your commands. 74 The ones fearing You will see me and rejoice; for I hoped in Your word. 75 I know, O Jehovah, Your judgments are right; and in fidelity You afflicted me. 76 Please let Your mercy be for my comfort, by Your word to Your servant. 77 Let Your mercies come to me that I may live; for Your law is my delight. 78 Let the proud be ashamed, for with lies they perverted me; I will muse on Your precepts. 79 Let fearers of You turn to me, and knowers of Your testimonies. 80 Let my heart be blameless in Your statutes, that I may not be ashamed. 81 Kaph. My soul is being consumed for Your salvation; I hope in Your word. 82 My eyes fail for Your word, saying, When will You comfort me? 83 For I am like a wineskin in the smoke; I do not forget Your statutes. 84 As what are the days of Your servant? When will You execute judgment on my persecutors? 85 The proud have dug pits for me which are not according to Your law. 86 All Your commands are faithful; they persecute me with lying; help me! 87 In a little they had finished me on earth; but I did not forsake Your precepts. 88 Give me life according to Your mercy, and I will keep the testimonies of Your mouth. 89 Lamed. Your Word is settled in Heaven forever, O Jehovah. 90 Your fidelity is to generation and generation; You founded the earth, and it stands. 91 They stand by Your judgments to this day, for all are Your servants. 92 If Your law had not been my delight, then I had perished in my grief. 93 I will never forget Your precepts; for with them You gave me life. 94 I am Yours save me; for I have sought Your precepts. 95 The wicked waited for me, to destroy me; I will muse on Your testimonies. 96 I have seen an end to all perfection; Your command is exceedingly broad. 97 Mem. Oh how I love Your law! It is my meditation all the day. 98 You make me wiser than my enemies by Your commands; for they are forever mine. 99 I have more wisdom than all my teachers; for Your testimonies are a meditation to me. 100 I understand more than the aged, for I keep Your precepts. 101 I have kept my feet from every evil way, to keep Your word. 102 I turned not from Your judgments; for You have taught me. 103 How sweet are Your words to my palate! More than honey to my mouth! 104 By Your precepts I know; so then I hate every false way. 105 Nun. Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path. 106 I have sworn and I rise to it, to keep Your righteous judgments. 107 I am greatly afflicted; O Jehovah, give me life according to Your word. 108 Please, O Jehovah, accept the free offering of my mouth, and teach me Your judgments. 109 My life is in my hand continually, yet I do not forget Your law. 110 The wicked have laid a snare for me; yet I do not wander from Your precepts. 111 I have inherited Your testimonies forever; for they are the rejoicing of my heart. 112 I have bowed my heart to do Your statutes always to the end. 113 Samech. I hate the halfhearted; but I love Your law. 114 You are my covert and my shield; I hope in Your word. 115 Depart from me, O evildoers, for I will keep my God's commands. 116 Uphold me by Your word, that I may live; and let me not be ashamed of my hope. 117 Hold me up and I will be saved; and I will always look to Your statutes. 118 You have trampled all who go astray from Your statutes for their deceit is falsehood. 119 As dross You have made all the wicked of the earth to cease; so I love Your testimonies. 120 My flesh has shivered because of Your fear; and I have feared Your judgments. 121 Ayin. I have done the just and right thing; do not leave me to my oppressors. 122 Be surety for Your servant for good; let not the proud oppress me. 123 My eyes fail for Your salvation, and for the word of Your righteousness. 124 Deal with Your servant by Your mercy; and teach me Your statutes. 125 I am Your servant; make me consider and I will know Your testimonies. 126 It is time for Jehovah to work; they have broken Your law. 127 So I have loved Your commands, more than gold, even fine gold. 128 So I count wholly right all the precepts; I have hated every false way. 129 Pe. Your testimonies are wonderful; so my soul keeps them. 130 The entering of Your word gives light, instructing the simple ones. 131 I opened my mouth and panted; for I longed for Your commands. 132 Turn to me and favor me, as is the way to those who love Your name. 133 Fix my steps in Your word; and let no evil rule over me. 134 Redeem me from the oppression of man; and I will keep Your precepts. 135 Make Your face shine on Your servant, and teach me Your statutes. 136 Rivers of waters run down my eyes for they do not keep Your law. 137 Tzaddi. O Jehovah, You are righteous, and Your judgments right. 138 You have enjoined Your testimonies as righteous and very faithful. 139 My zeal has eaten me up, for my enemies have forgotten Your word 140 Your word is pure and Your servant loves it. 141 I am small and despised; I do not forget Your precepts. 142 Your righteousness is forever, and Your law is truth. 143 Distress and anguish have found me; Your commands are my delight. 144 The righteousness of Your testimonies is everlasting; make me know and I will live. 145 Qoph. I cried with my whole heart; O Jehovah, answer me; I will keep Your statutes. 146 I cried to You; save me and I will keep Your testimonies. 147 I go before the dawn of day and cry; I hope in Your word. 148 My eyes go before the night watches, to meditate on Your word. 149 Hear my voice by Your mercy, O Jehovah; give me life by Your judgment. 150 The pursuers of mischief draw near; they are far from Your law. 151 You are near, O Jehovah, and all Your commands are truth. 152 Of old I have known from Your testimonies, for You have founded them forever. 153 Resh. Look on my affliction and deliver me; for I do not forget Your law. 154 Contend for my cause and redeem me; give me life according to Your word. 155 Salvation is far from the wicked, for they do not seek Your statutes. 156 O Jehovah, Your tender mercies are great; give me life according to Your judgments. 157 My persecutors and enemies are many; I do not turn from Your testimonies. 158 I saw the traitors and was grieved, because they did not keep Your word. 159 See how I love Your precepts, O Jehovah; give me life according to Your mercy. 160 The sum of Your word is true; every one of Your righteous judgments endures forever. 161 Shin. Princes have persecuted me without cause; but my heart has feared at Your word. 162 I rejoice at Your word, as one who finds great spoil. 163 I hate and despise lying; but I love Your law. 164 I praise You seven times a day because of Your righteous judgments. 165 Great peace is to those who love Your law, and there is no stumblingblock to them. 166 O Jehovah, I have hoped for Your salvation, and have done Your precepts. 167 My soul has kept Your testimonies, and I love them very much; 168 I have kept Your commands and Your testimonies, for all my ways are before You. 169 Tau. Let my cry come near You, O Jehovah; give me wisdom according to Your word. 170 Let my prayer come before You; deliver me according to Your word. 171 My lips shall pour forth praise when You have taught me Your statutes. 172 My tongue shall answer Your word, for all Your commands are righteousness. 173 Let Your hand help me; for I have chosen Your precepts 174 I have longed for Your salvation, O Jehovah; and Your law is my delight. 175 Let my soul live and it will praise You; and let Your judgments help me. 176 I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek Your servant; for I do not forget Your commandments. 120 1 A Song of Ascents. In my distress I cried to Jehovah, and He answered me. 2 O Jehovah, deliver my soul from lying lips, from a deceitful tongue. 3 What shall be given to you, or what shall one add to you, O false tongue? 4 Sharp arrows of the mighty with coals of broom! 5 Woe is me that I sojourned in Meshech; I dwell with the tents of Kedar! 6 My soul has long dwelt to itself, with him who hates peace. 7 I am for peace; but when I speak, they are for war. 121 1 A Song of Ascents. I will lift up my eyes to the hills; from where shall my help come? 2 My help comes from Jehovah, the Maker of the heavens and the earth. 3 He will not give your foot to slip; He who keeps you will not slumber. 4 Behold, He who keeps Israel will not slumber nor sleep. 5 Jehovah is your keeper; Jehovah is your shade on your right hand. 6 The sun shall not strike you by day, nor the moon by night; 7 Jehovah shall keep you from all evil; He shall keep your soul. 8 Jehovah shall keep your going out, and your coming in, from now on and till forever. 122 1 A Song of Ascents; of David. I was glad when they said to me, Let us go into the house of Jehovah. 2 Our feet shall stand within your gates, O Jerusalem. 3 Jerusalem is built like a city that is joined to itself, together. 4 There the tribes go up, the tribes of Jehovah; to the testimony of Israel; to give thanks to the name of Jehovah. 5 For the thrones of judgment were established there, the thrones of the house of David. 6 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem; those who love you shall prosper. 7 Peace be within your walls; prosperity in your towers. 8 Because of my brothers and my companions, I will now say, Peace be in you. 9 Because of the house of Jehovah, our God, I will seek your good. 123 1 A Song of Ascents. I will lift up my eyes on You, O Dweller in Heaven. 2 Behold, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their masters; as the eyes of a maiden to the hand of her mistress; so our eyes wait on Jehovah our God, until He shows grace to us. 3 Be gracious to us, O Jehovah; be gracious to us! For we are exceedingly filled with scorn. 4 Our soul is exceedingly filled for itself with the contempt of those who are at ease, the scorn of the proud. 124 1 A Song of Ascents, of David. Except that it was Jehovah who was for us, O may Israel say; 2 except that it was Jehovah who was for us when men rose up against us, 3 then they would have swallowed us alive, when their anger glowed against us. 4 Then the waters would have flowed over us; the torrent would have covered our soul; 5 then the raging waters would have passed over our soul. 6 Blessed be Jehovah, who did not give us as a prey to their teeth. 7 Our soul has escaped like a bird out of the fowlers' snare; the snare is broken, and we have escaped. 8 Our help is in the name of Jehovah, the Maker of the heavens and earth. 125 1 A Song of Ascents. They who trust in Jehovah shall be like Mount Zion; it is not shaken; it remains forever. 2 The mountains are all around Jerusalem; and Jehovah is all around His people, from this time and forever. 3 For the scepter of wickedness shall not rest on the lot of the righteous; that the righteous not put forth their hands to evil. 4 Do good, O Jehovah, to the good, and to the upright in their heart. 5 And those who turn aside to their crooked ways, Jehovah shall lead them with the evildoers. Peace be upon Israel. 126 1 A Song of Ascents. When Jehovah turned back the captivity of Zion, we were like those who dream. 2 Then our mouth was full of laughter, and our tongue with joyful shouting; then they said among the nations, Jehovah will work great things with these. 3 Jehovah did great things to work with us; we are glad. 4 Turn her captivity again, O Jehovah, like the south streams. 5 Those who sow in tears shall reap with joyful shouting. 6 Surely he who walks and weeps, bearing a trail of seed, shall come again with joyful shouting, bearing his sheaves. 127 1 A Song of Ascents, for Solomon. If Jehovah does not build the house, they who build it labor in vain; if Jehovah does not keep the city, the watchman stays awake in vain. 2 It is in vain for you to rise early, sit up late, to eat the bread of toils; for so He gives His beloved sleep. 3 Behold! Children are an inheritance of Jehovah; the fruit of the womb is His reward. 4 As arrows in the hand of a mighty man, so are the sons of the young. 5 Blessed is the man who has filled his quiver with them; they shall not be ashamed, for they shall speak with their enemies in the gate. 128 1 A Song of Ascents. Blessed is everyone who fears Jehovah, who walks in His ways. 2 For you shall surely eat the labor of your hands; you shall be happy, and all is good to you. 3 Your wife shall be like a fruitful vine by the sides of your house; your sons shall be like olive plants around your table. 4 Behold! So shall the man be blessed who fears Jehovah. 5 Jehovah shall bless you out of Zion; and you shall see the good of Jerusalem all the days of your life. 6 Yes, you shall see the sons of your sons. Peace be upon Israel! 129 1 A Song of Ascents. Many times they have afflicted me from my youth, let Israel now say; 2 they have afflicted me from my youth many times, yet they have not prevailed over me. 3 The plowers plowed on my back; they made their furrows long. 4 Jehovah is righteous; He severs the cords of the wicked. 5 Let them be ashamed and turned back, all those who hate Zion; 6 let them be like the grass on the rooftops, which dries up before it draws out; 7 with which the reaper does not fill his palm, nor the binder of sheaves his bosom. 8 And those who pass by have never said, The blessing of Jehovah be on you; we bless you in the name of Jehovah. 130 1 A Song of Ascents. Out of the depths I have called You, O Jehovah. 2 Lord, hear my voice, and let Your ears attend to the voice of my prayers. 3 If You will keep iniquities, O Jehovah, O Lord, who shall stand? 4 But forgiveness is with You that You may be feared. 5 I wait for Jehovah; my soul waits, and I hope for His word. 6 My soul waits for the Lord more than morning-watchers watching for the morning. 7 Let Israel hope to Jehovah, for with Jehovah is mercy, and with Him is abundant redemption; 8 and He shall redeem Israel from all his iniquities. 131 1 A Song of Ascents. Of David. O Jehovah, my heart is not proud, nor have my eyes been lofty; nor have I walked in great things, nor in things too wondrous for me. 2 Surely I have set myself and have quieted my soul, like one weaned by its mother; my soul on me is like one weaned. 3 Let Israel hope in Jehovah, from now and till forever. 132 1 A Song of Ascents. O Jehovah, remember David with all his afflictions; 2 how he swore to Jehovah; he vowed to the Mighty One of Jacob, 3 If I will go into the tent of my house, if I go up on the couch of my bed, 4 if I give sleep to my eyes, slumber to my eyelids, 5 until I search out a place for Jehovah, dwellings for the Mighty One of Jacob. 6 Lo, we have heard of it at Ephratah; we found it in the fields of the forest; 7 we will enter into His tabernacles; we will worship at His footstool. 8 Arise, O Jehovah, into Your rest; You, and the ark of Your strength; 9 Let Your priests be clothed with righteousness, and let Your saints shout for joy. 10 For Your servant David's sake do not turn away the face of Your anointed. 11 Jehovah has sworn to David in truth; He will not turn from it; I will set one of the fruit of your body on the throne for you. 12 If your sons will keep My covenant and My testimonies which I will teach them, their sons shall also sit on your throne till forever. 13 Jehovah has chosen Zion; He has desired it for His dwelling-place. 14 This is My rest till forever; I will dwell here; I have desired it. 15 I will surely bless her food; I will satisfy her poor with food. 16 And I will clothe her priests with salvation; and her saints shall surely shout. 17 I will make the horn of David to sprout; I have prepared a lamp for My anointed. 18 I will clothe his enemies with shame; but his crown shall shine upon him. 133 1 A Song of Ascents. Of David. Behold! How good and how pleasant is the living of brothers, even in unity. 2 It is like the precious oil on the head that ran down on the beard, Aaron's beard, going down to the mouth of his garments; 3 like the dew of Hermon coming down on the mountains of Zion; for there Jehovah commanded the blessing: life till everlasting. 134 1 A Song of Ascents. Behold, bless Jehovah, all servants of Jehovah; who stand in the house of Jehovah at night. 2 Lift up your hands in the holy place, and bless Jehovah. 3 May Jehovah bless you out of Zion, He who made the heavens and earth. 135 1 Praise Jehovah! Praise the name of Jehovah; sing praise, servants of Jehovah; 2 those who stand in the house of Jehovah in the courts of the house of our God; 3 praise Jehovah! For Jehovah is good! Sing praises to His name, for it is delightful. 4 For Jehovah has chosen Jacob to Himself, Israel for His special treasure. 5 For I know that Jehovah is great, and our Lord is above all gods. 6 Every thing which Jehovah was pleased to do, He did, in the heavens and in the earth; and in the seas and all deep places. 7 He causes the vapors to rise from the end of the earth; He makes lightnings for the rain; He brings the wind out of His storehouses; 8 He who struck the first-born of Egypt, from man to animal; 9 who sent signs and wonders into your midst, O Egypt, on Pharaoh and on all his servants; 10 who struck great nations, and killed mighty kings; 11 Sihon king Of the Amorites, and Og king of Bashan, and all the kingdoms of Canaan. 12 And He gave their land as an inheritance, an inheritance to His people Israel. 13 O Jehovah, Your name endures forever; O Jehovah, Your memorial is from generation and generation. 14 For Jehovah will judge His people; and He will have pity on His servants. 15 The idols of the nations are silver and gold, the work of men's hands; 16 they have mouths, but they say nothing; they have eyes, but they see nothing; 17 they have ears, but they hear nothing; yea, there is no breath in their mouths. 18 Those who make them are like them, everyone who is trusting in them. 19 Bless Jehovah, O house of Israel; bless Jehovah, O house of Aaron; 20 Bless Jehovah, O house of Levi; you who fear Jehovah, bless Jehovah. 21 Blessed be Jehovah out of Zion, He who dwells at Jerusalem. Praise Jehovah! 136 1 O give thanks to Jehovah, for He is good; for His mercy endures forever. 2 O give thanks to the God of gods; for His mercy endures forever. 3 O give thanks to the Lord of lords; for His mercy endures forever; 4 to Him who alone does great wonders; for His mercy endures forever; 5 to Him who by wisdom made the heavens; for His mercy endures forever; 6 to Him who spread the earth on the waters; for His mercy endures forever; 7 to Him who made great lights; for His mercy endures forever; 8 the sun to rule by day; for His mercy endures forever; 9 the moon and the stars to rule by night; for His mercy endures forever; 10 to Him who struck Egypt in her first-born; for His mercy endures forever; 11 and brought Israel out from among them; for His mercy endures forever; 12 with a strong hand and a stretched out arm; for His mercy endures forever; 13 to Him who divided the Sea of Reeds into parts; for His mercy endures forever; 14 and made Israel pass through the middle of it; for His mercy endures forever; 15 but shook Pharaoh and his army off in the Sea of Reeds; for His mercy endures forever; 16 to Him who led His people in the wilderness; for His mercy endures forever; 17 to Him who struck great kings; for His mercy endures forever; 18 and killed majestic kings; for His mercy endures forever; 19 Sihon, king of the Amorites; for His mercy endures forever; 20 and Og, the king of Bashan; for His mercy endures forever; 21 and gave their land for an inheritance; for His mercy endures forever; 22 an inheritance to His servant Israel; for His mercy endures forever; 23 who remembered us in our low estate; for His mercy endures forever; 24 and has rescued us from our enemies; for His mercy endures forever; 25 who gives food to all flesh; for His mercy endures forever. 26 O give thanks to the God of Heaven; for His mercy endures forever. 137 1 There by the rivers of Babylon we sat down; also we wept when we remembered Zion. 2 We hung our lyres on the willows in its midst. 3 For there our captors asked us the words of a song; yea, our plunderers asked joy, saying, Sing to us a song of Zion. 4 How shall we sing the song of Jehovah on a foreign soil? 5 If I forget you, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget; 6 let my tongue cleave to my palate, if I do not remember you, if I do not bring up Jerusalem above the head of my joy. 7 O Jehovah, remember for the sons of Edom the day of Jerusalem; who said, Make it bare! Make it bare even to its foundation! 8 O daughter of Babylon, O destroyed one! Blessed is he who shall repay to you your reward which you rewarded to us. 9 Blessed is he who seizes your little ones and dashes them against the stone! 138 1 A Psalm of David. I will thank You with my whole heart; I will sing praise to You before the gods; 2 I will worship toward Your holy temple, and give thanks to Your name for Your mercy, and for Your truth; for You have magnified Your word above all Your name. 3 You answered me in the day that I cried; You emboldened me in my soul with strength. 4 All the kings of the earth shall thank You, O Jehovah, because they have heard the words of Your mouth. 5 Yes, they shall sing in the ways of Jehovah; for the glory of Jehovah is great. 6 Though Jehovah is high, yet He looks upon the lowly; but the proud He knows from afar. 7 If I walk in the midst of distress, You give me life; You send out Your hand against the wrath of my enemies, and Your right hand delivers me. 8 Jehovah will perfect His work in me; O Jehovah, Your mercy endures forever; You will not forsake the works of Your hands. 139 1 To the chief musician. A Psalm of David. O Jehovah, You have searched me and known me . 2 You know my sitting down, and my rising up; You understand my thought from afar off. 3 You sift my path and my lying down, and are acquainted with all my ways. 4 For not a word is on my tongue, but, lo, O Jehovah, You know it all. 5 You have closed me in behind, and in front, and Your hand is laid on me. 6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is set on high; I am not able to reach it. 7 Where shall I go from Your Spirit? Or where shall I flee from Your face? 8 If I go up to Heaven, You are there; if I make my bed in Sheol, behold, You are there! 9 If I take the wings of the morning, dwelling in the uttermost part of the sea, 10 even there Your hand shall lead me; and Your right hand shall seize me. 11 If I say: Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light around me. 12 Even the darkness will not be dark from You, but the night shines as the day; as is the darkness, so is the light. 13 For You have possessed my inward parts; You wove me in the womb of my mother. 14 I will thank You, for with fearful things I am wonderful; Your works are marvelous, and my soul knows it very well. 15 My bones were not hidden from You when I was made in secret; when I was woven in the depths of the earth. 16 Your eyes saw my embryo; and in Your book all my members were written the days they were formed, and not one was among them. 17 And how precious are Your thoughts to me, O God! How great is the sum of them! 18 If I should count them, they are more than the sand; when I awake I am still with You. 19 Surely You will slay the wicked, O God; and bloody men, depart from me. 20 Who will maliciously speak against You? Your enemies are lifted up with vanity. 21 O Jehovah, do not I hate those hating You? And am I not detesting those rising against You? 22 I hate them with a perfect hatred; they have become my enemies. 23 Search me, O God, and know my heart; try me, and know my thoughts; 24 and see if any wicked way is in me; and lead me in the way everlasting. 140 1 To the chief musician. A Psalm of David. O Jehovah, deliver me from the evil man; keep me from the violent man, 2 who devises evil things in the heart; they gather wars all the day. 3 They sharpen their tongues like a snake; adders' poison is under their lips. Selah. 4 O Jehovah, keep me from the wicked's hands; keep me from the violent man who plans to trip up my steps. 5 The proud have hidden cords and a trap for me; they have spread a net by the wayside; they have set snares for me. Selah. 6 I said to Jehovah, You are my God; O Jehovah, hear the voice of my prayers. 7 O Jehovah the Lord, the strength of my salvation, You have covered my head in the day of armor. 8 O Jehovah, do not grant the desires of the wicked; do not promote his plan, lest they be exalted. Selah. 9 As for the leaders of those around me, let the evil of their own lips cover them. 10 Let burning coals fall on them; let them fall on coals of fire; make them fall into deep pits so that they do not rise again. 11 Do not let a man of tongue be established in the earth; evil shall hunt the violent man, thrust upon thrust. 12 I know that Jehovah will maintain the cause of the afflicted, the justice of the poor. 13 Surely the righteous shall give thanks to Your name; the upright shall dwell in Your presence. 141 1 A Psalm of David. O Jehovah, I cry to You; hasten to me; hear my voice when I cry to You. 2 Let my prayer be established before You as incense; the lifting up of my palms as the evening sacrifice. 3 O Jehovah, set a guard to my mouth; keep watch on the door of my lips. 4 Do not let my heart turn aside to any evil thing, to practice deeds in wickedness with men who do evil; and do not let me eat of their delicacies. 5 Let the righteous strike me; it is a mercy; and he rebuking me, it is oil of the head, let not my head refuse it; for yet my prayer also shall be against their evils. 6 Their judges have been dashed against the rock; they shall hear my words for they are pleasant. 7 As when one plows and tears the earth, so our bones are scattered at the mouth of Sheol. 8 But my eyes are on You, O Jehovah, my Lord; in You I take refuge; do not make my soul naked. 9 Keep me from the hands of the trap they laid for me, and from the snares of the workers of evil. 10 Let the wicked fall into their own nets at the same time; I even shall pass by. 142 1 An Instruction of David, a Prayer, in his being in the cave. I cry to Jehovah with my voice; I pray to Jehovah with my voice. 2 I pour out my musing before Him; I declare my distress before Him. 3 When my spirit faints within me, then You know my path; they have hidden a snare for me in the path in which I walk. 4 I look to the right hand and see, and no one recognizes me; every escape is hidden from me; no one inquires for my soul. 5 I cried to You, O Jehovah; I said, 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 those who pursue me; for they are stronger than I. 7 Bring my soul out from prison to give thanks to Your name; the righteous shall gather around me; for You shall deal bountifully with me. 143 1 A Psalm of David. Hear my prayer, O Jehovah give ear to my supplications; answer me in Your faithfulness, in Your righteousness; 2 and do not enter into judgment with Your servant; for not anyone living is just in Your sight. 3 For the enemy has pursued my soul; he has beaten my life to the ground; he has made me dwell in darkness like the dead of old. 4 And my spirit within me has fainted; my heart within me is stunned. 5 I remember the days of old. I meditate on all Your works; I muse on the work of Your hands. 6 I spread out my hands to You; my soul thirsts to You like a thirsty land. Selah. 7 O Jehovah, answer me quickly; my spirit is failing; do not hide Your face from me lest I be like the ones who go down to the Pit. 8 Cause me to hear Your mercy in the morning, for I do trust in You; cause me to know the way I should walk, for I lift up my soul to You. 9 O Jehovah, deliver me from my enemies; to You I have hidden. 10 Teach me to do Your will; for You are my God; Your Spirit is good; lead me into the land of justice. 11 O Jehovah, because of Your name, enliven me; in Your righteousness, bring my soul out of distress. 12 And in Your mercy cut off my enemies; and destroy all those who afflict my soul; for I am Your servant. 144 1 A Psalm of David. Blessed be Jehovah my Rock, who teaches my hands for war, my fingers for battle. 2 He is my mercy and my fortress, my high tower and my deliverer, my shield, and in Him I take refuge, in Him who humbles my people under me. 3 O Jehovah, what is man that You know him; the son of man, that you esteem him? 4 Man is like to vanity; his days are like a shadow that passes. 5 Bow down Your heavens, O Jehovah; and come down; touch the mountains and they shall smoke. 6 Flash out lightning and scatter them; send out Your arrows and confound them. 7 Send Your hand from above; rescue me and deliver me out of great waters, from the hand of a foreigner's sons, 8 whose mouths have spoken vanity; and their right hand is a right hand of lies. 9 I will sing a new song to You, O God; I will sing praises to You on a harp of ten strings, 10 You who gives salvation to kings, who delivers His servant David from the evil sword. 11 Rescue me and deliver me from the foreigners' sons, those whose mouths have spoken vanity; and their right hand is a right hand of lies; 12 so that our sons may be like plants grown up in their youth; and our daughters like corner-stones hewn like a palace building; 13 and our storehouses may be full, furnishing kind to kind; our flocks may breed thousands and ten thousands outside, 14 our oxen laden; there is no break and no going out, and no crying in our plazas. 15 Blessed are the peoples that are so; blessed are the peoples whose God is Jehovah! 145 1 A Psalm of Praise, of David. I will exalt you, my God, O King; and bless Your name forever and ever. 2 I will bless You every day; and I will praise Your name forever and ever. 3 Jehovah is great and to be greatly praised; and to His greatness there is no finding out. 4 Generation to generation shall praise Your works; and shall declare Your mighty acts. 5 I will muse on the glorious honor of Your majesty, and the things of Your wonderful works. 6 And they shall speak of the might of Your awesome works, and I will declare Your greatness. 7 They shall express the memory of Your great goodness, and they shall sing of Your righteousness. 8 Jehovah is gracious and merciful, long to anger and of great mercy; 9 Jehovah is good to all; and His tender mercies are over all His works. 10 All Your works shall thank You, O Jehovah; and Your saints shall bless You. 11 They shall speak of the glory of Your kingdom, and talk of Your might; 12 to make Your might known to the sons of men; yea, the glorious majesty of His kingdom. 13 Your kingdom is a kingdom to all eternities; and Your rule in all, generation and generation. 14 Jehovah upholds all who fall, and raises up all who are bowed down. 15 The eyes of all hope to You; and You give them their food in due time. 16 You open Your hand and satisfy the desire of every living thing. 17 Jehovah is righteous in all His ways, and kind in all His works. 18 Jehovah is near to all who call on Him, to all those who call on Him in truth. 19 He will fulfill the desire of the ones who fear Him; and He will hear their cry and save them. 20 Jehovah watches over all who love Him; but He destroys all the wicked. 21 My mouth shall speak the praise of Jehovah; and all flesh shall bless His holy name forever and ever. 146 1 Praise Jehovah; praise Jehovah, O my soul. 2 While I live I will praise Jehovah; I will sing praises to my God while I have being. 3 Put not your trust in princes, in a son of man, for there is no salvation in him. 4 His breath will go out, he returns to the earth; his thoughts perish in that day. 5 Blessed is he who has the God of Jacob in his help; his hope is on Jehovah his God; 6 who made the heavens and the earth, the seas and all that is in them; who keeps truth forever; 7 who executes judgment for the oppressed; who gives food to the hungry; Jehovah sets free the prisoners; 8 Jehovah opens the eyes of the blind; Jehovah raises those bowed down; Jehovah loves the righteous; 9 Jehovah watches over the strangers; He relieves the orphan and the widow, but He warps the way of the wicked. 10 Jehovah shall reign forever; O Zion, your God from generation and generation. Praise Jehovah. 147 1 Praise Jehovah; for it is good to sing praise to our God; because praise is delightful and becoming. 2 Jehovah builds up Jerusalem; He gathers the outcasts of Israel. 3 He heals the broken-hearted and binds up their sorrows. 4 He appoints the number of the stars; He calls to them all by names. 5 Our Lord is great and of great might; there is no limit to His understanding. 6 Jehovah relieves the meek; He throws the wicked down to the ground. 7 Sing to Jehovah with thanksgiving; sing praise on the lyre to our God, 8 who covers the heavens with clouds; who prepares rain for the earth; who makes grass to grow on the mountains. 9 He gives the animals their food, to the young ravens that cry. 10 He takes no delight in the strength of the horse, nor any pleasure in the legs of a man. 11 Jehovah takes pleasure in those who fear Him, those who hope in His mercy. 12 Praise Jehovah, O Jerusalem; praise your God, O Zion. 13 For He has made strong the bars of your gates; He has blessed your sons within you. 14 He makes peace in your border, He satisfies you with the fat of the wheat. 15 He sends His command out on the earth; His word runs very swiftly; 16 He gives snow like wool; He scatters the white frost like ashes; 17 He casts out His ice like crumbs; who can stand before His cold? 18 He sends out His word and melts them; He causes His wind to blow, and the waters flow. 19 He declares His word to Jacob, His statutes and His judgments to Israel. 20 He has not done so with any nation; and they have not known His judgments. Praise Jehovah! 148 1 Praise Jehovah! Praise Jehovah 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 you stars of light. 4 Praise Him, O heavens of heavens; and O waters that are above the heavens. 5 Let them praise the name of Jehovah; for He commanded, and they were created. 6 And He established them forever and ever; He gave a decree that they not pass away. 7 Let the sea-monsters and all deeps praise Jehovah from the earth, 8 fire and hail, snow and smoke, stormy wind fulfilling His word, 9 mountains and all hills, fruitful trees and all cedars, 10 beasts and all livestock, creeping things and birds of the wing, 11 kings of the earth and all people, princes and all judges of the earth, 12 young men and virgins too, old men and youths. 13 Let them praise the name of Jehovah; for His name alone is exalted; His glory is above the earth and heavens. 14 He also lifts up the horn of His people, the praise of all His saints, of the sons of Israel, a people near to Him, Praise Jehovah. 149 1 Praise Jehovah! Sing to Jehovah a new song, His praise in the assembly of the saints. 2 Let Israel rejoice in His Makers; let the sons of Zion be joyful in their Kings. 3 Let them praise His name in the dance; let them sing praise to Him with the timbrel and lyre. 4 For Jehovah takes pleasure in His people; He beautifies the meek with salvation. 5 Let the saints be joyful in glory; let them sing aloud on their beds. 6 Let the exaltation of God be in their throat, and a two-edged sword in their hand, 7 to execute vengeance on the nations, punishment on the peoples; 8 to bind their kings with chains and their nobles with iron bands; 9 to execute on them the judgment written; this is an honor for all His saints. Praise Jehovah! 150 1 Praise Jehovah! Praise God in His holy place; praise Him in the expanse of His might. 2 Praise Him in His mighty acts; praise Him according to His excellent greatness. 3 Praise Him with the sound of the trumpet; praise Him with the harp and lyre. 4 Praise Him with the timbrel and dance; praise Him with strings and pipes. 5 Praise Him on the sounding cymbals; praise Him with the resounding cymbals. 6 Let everything that breathes praise Jehovah. Praise Jehovah!