MKJV(i)
1 Praise Jehovah; for it is good to sing praises to our God; for praise is delightful and becoming.
2 Jehovah builds up Jerusalem; He gathers together the outcasts of Israel.
3 He heals the broken-hearted, and binds up their wounds.
4 He appoints the number of the stars; He calls them all by their names.
5 Great is our LORD, and of great power; There is no limit to His understanding.
6 Jehovah lifts up the meek; He throws the wicked down to the ground.
7 Sing to Jehovah with thanksgiving; sing praise on the harp 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 beasts their food, and to the young ravens which cry.
10 He delights not in the strength of the horse; He takes no pleasure in the legs of a man.
11 Jehovah takes pleasure in those who fear Him, who hope in His mercy.
12 Praise Jehovah, O Jerusalem; praise your God, O Zion.
13 For He has made the bars of your gates strong; He has blessed your sons within you.
14 He makes peace in your borders and fills you with the finest of the wheat.
15 He sends forth His Commandment on earth; His Word runs very swiftly.
16 He gives snow like wool; He scatters the hoarfrost like ashes.
17 He casts forth 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 shows His Word to Jacob, His Precepts 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 stars of light.
4 Praise Him, heavens of heavens, and waters that are above the heavens.
5 Let them praise the name of Jehovah; for He commanded, and they were created.
6 He has also settled them forever and ever; He has made a decree which shall not pass away.
7 Let praise be to Jehovah from the earth, the sea-monsters, and all deeps;
8 fire and hail, snow and vapor, stormy wind fulfilling His Word,
9 mountains and all hills, fruitful trees and all cedars,
10 beasts and all cattle, creeping things and birds of the wing,
11 kings of the earth and all people, princes and all judges of the earth,
12 both young men and maidens, old men and children;
13 let them praise the name of Jehovah; for His name alone is excellent; His glory is above the earth and heavens.
14 He also lifts up the horn of His people, the praise of all His saints, even 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 congregation of saints.
2 Let Israel rejoice in his Maker; let the sons of Zion be joyful in their King.
3 Let them praise His name in the dance; let them sing praises to Him with the timbrel and harp.
4 For Jehovah takes pleasure in His people; He will beautify the meek with salvation.
5 Let the saints be joyful in glory; let them sing aloud on their beds.
6 Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, and a two-edged sword in their hand,
7 to carry out vengeance on the nations and punishments on the peoples,
8 to bind their kings with chains and their nobles with iron-bands,
9 to carry out on them the judgment written; this is an honor for all His saints. Praise Jehovah!
150 1 Praise Jehovah. Praise God in His sanctuary; praise Him in the expanse of His power.
2 Praise Him for 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 stringed instruments and pipes.
5 Praise Him on the sounding cymbals; praise Him with the resounding cymbals.
6 Let everything that breathes praise Jehovah. Praise Jehovah!