Psalms 123:1-150:6 To You I lift up my eyes, O you who are enthroned in the heavens!

NSB⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹ To You I lift up my eyes, O you who are enthroned in the heavens! ² Behold, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master, as the eyes of a maid to the hand of her mistress, so our eyes look to Jehovah our God, until he is gracious to us. ³ Have mercy on us, O Jehovah, be gracious to us, for we are greatly filled with contempt. ⁴ We are filled with the scoffing of those who are at ease, and with the contempt of the proud. ¹²⁴ ¹ ([Psalm of David]) »If Jehovah was not on our side,« let Israel now say: ² »If Jehovah was not on our side when men rose up against us: ³ »Then they would have swallowed us up quickly, when their wrath was kindled against us. ⁴ »Then the waters would have overwhelmed us, yes the stream would have gone over us. ⁵ »Then the proud waters would flow over us. ⁶ »Blessed is Jehovah, who has not given us as a prey to their teeth. ⁷ »We escaped as a bird out of the trap of fowlers (bird catchers). The trap is broken, and we have escaped. ⁸ »Our help is in the name of Jehovah, who made heaven and earth.« ¹²⁵ ¹ They who trust in Jehovah are like Mount Zion. It is not shaken, but remains forever. ² As the mountains are all around Jerusalem, so Jehovah is all around his people from this time and forever. ³ For the rod of the wicked shall not rest on the lot of the righteous in case the righteous put forth their hands to iniquity. ⁴ Do good, O Jehovah, to the good ones, and to the upright in their hearts. ⁵ Jehovah will lead those who turn away from their crooked ways with the workers of iniquity. Israel will have peace. ¹²⁶ ¹ When Jehovah brought back the captive ones of Zion, it was like a dream. ² Then our mouths were filled with laughter and our tongues with joyful songs. Then the nations said: »Jehovah has done spectacular things for them.« ³ Jehovah has done spectacular things for us. We are overjoyed. ⁴ Deliver us from captivity, O Jehovah, as you restore streams to dry riverbeds in the Negev. ⁵ Those who cry while they plant will joyfully sing while they harvest. ⁶ The person who goes out weeping, carrying his bag of seed, will come home singing, carrying his bundles of grain. ¹²⁷ ¹ ([Psalm of Solomon]) If Jehovah does not build the house, it is vain for the builders to work on it. If Jehovah does not protect a city, it is vain for the guard to stay alert. ² It is vain to work hard for the food you eat by getting up early and going to bed late. Jehovah gives food to those he loves while they sleep. ³ Children are an inheritance from Jehovah. They are a blessing from him. ⁴ The children born to a man when he is young are like arrows in the hand of a warrior. ⁵ Blessed is the man who has filled his quiver with them. He will not be put to shame when he speaks with his enemies in the city gate. ¹²⁸ ¹ Blessed are all who reverence Jehovah and live his way. ² You will certainly eat what your own hands have provided. Blessings to you! May things go well for you! ³ Your wife will be like a fruitful vine inside your home. Your children will be like young olive trees around your table. ⁴ This is how Jehovah will bless the person who fears him. ⁵ May Jehovah bless you from Zion so that you may see Jerusalem prosper all the days of your life. ⁶ May you live to see your children's children. Let there be peace in Israel! ¹²⁹ ¹ »Many times they have persecuted me from my youth up,« Let Israel now say: ² »Many times they have persecuted me from my youth up. Yet they have not prevailed against me. ³ »The plowers plowed upon my back. They lengthened their furrows.« ⁴ »Jehovah is righteous. He has cut to pieces the cords of the wicked. ⁵ May all who hate Zion be put to shame and turned backward. ⁶ Let them be like grass upon the housetops. It withers before it grows up. ⁷ The reaper does not fill his hand with it, or the binder of sheaves his bosom. ⁸ Nor do those who pass by say: »The blessing of Jehovah be upon you! We bless you in the name of Jehovah.« ¹³⁰ ¹ Out of the depths of despair I have cried to you, O Jehovah. ² Jehovah, do hear my voice! Let your ears listen to the voice of my supplications. ³ If You, Jehovah, should record our sins, O Jehovah, who could stand? ⁴ But there is forgiveness with you, that you may be reverenced. ⁵ I wait for Jehovah, I do wait. And in his word I do hope. ⁶ I wait for Jehovah more than the watchmen for the morning. Yes, more than the watchmen for the morning. ⁷ O Israel hope in Jehovah! For with Jehovah there is loving kindness. With him is abundant redemption. ⁸ He will save his people Israel from all their sins. ¹³¹ ¹ ([Psalm of David]) O Jehovah, my heart is not proud, my eyes are not haughty. I do not involve myself in great matters. I do not get involved in things too difficult for me. ² Surely I am composed and quiet. I am like a weaned child who rests against his mother. Inside of me I am like a weaned child. ³ O Israel, hope in Jehovah from this time and forever. ¹³² ¹ Jehovah, remember David and all his affliction. ² Remember how he swore an oath to Jehovah and made this vow to the Mighty One of Jacob. ³ He said: »I will not step inside my house, ⁴ get into my bed, shut my eyes, or close my eyelids ⁵ until I find a place for Jehovah, a dwelling place for the Mighty One of Jacob.« ⁶ Now, we have heard about the Ark of the Covenant being in Ephrathah. We found it in Jaar. ⁷ Let us go to his dwelling place. Let us worship at his footstool. ⁸ O Jehovah, arise, and come to your resting place with the ark of your power. ⁹ Clothe your priests with righteousness. Let your godly ones sing with joy. ¹⁰ For the sake of your servant David do not reject your anointed one. ¹¹ Jehovah swore an oath to David: »This is a truth he will not take back: I will set one of your own descendants on your throne. ¹² »If your sons are faithful to my covenant and my written instructions that I will teach them, then their descendants will also sit on your throne forever.« ¹³ Jehovah has chosen Zion. He wants it for his home. ¹⁴ This will be my resting place forever. Here I will sit enthroned because I want Zion. ¹⁵ I will greatly bless all that Zion needs. I will satisfy its needy people with food. ¹⁶ I will clothe its priests with salvation. Then its godly ones will sing joyfully. ¹⁷ There I will make the horn of David grow (give mighty power to David). I will prepare a lamp (light) for my anointed one. ¹⁸ I will clothe his enemies with shame, but the crown on my anointed one will shine. ¹³³ ¹ ([Psalm of David]) Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brothers to dwell together in unity! ² It is like the precious oil upon the head, coming down upon the beard, Aaron's beard, coming down upon the edge of his robes. ³ It is like the dew of Hermon coming down upon the mountains of Zion. For there Jehovah commanded the blessing. It is life forever. ¹³⁴ ¹ Bless Jehovah all you servants of Jehovah. You who serve by night in the house of Jehovah! ² Lift up your hands in holiness and bless Jehovah. ³ May Jehovah bless you from Zion, he who made heaven and earth. ¹³⁵ ¹ Praise Jehovah! Praise the name of Jehovah. Praise him you servants of Jehovah. ² You who stand in the house of Jehovah, in the courtyard of the house of our God, ³ Praise Jehovah for Jehovah is good! Sing praises to his name for it is delightful (pleasant). ⁴ For Jehovah has chosen Jacob for Himself and Israel for his special treasure (property). ⁵ For I know that Jehovah is great, and Jehovah is above all gods. ⁶ Everything Jehovah desires he does in the heavens and in earth, and in the seas and all deep places. ⁷ He causes the vapors to rise from the ends of the earth. He makes lightning for the rain. He brings wind out of his storehouses. ⁸ He destroyed the first-born of Egypt, both of man and animal. ⁹ He sent signs and wonders into your midst, O Egypt, on Pharaoh and on all his servants. ¹⁰ He struck great nations and killed mighty kings, ¹¹ Sihon the king of the Amorites, and Og king of Bashan, and all the kingdoms of Canaan, ¹² and gave their land as an inheritance, an inheritance to Israel His people. ¹³ Your name, O Jehovah, is forever, and your memorial, O Jehovah, throughout all generations. 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 man's hands. ¹⁶ They have mouths, but they do not speak. They have eyes, but they do not see. ¹⁷ They have ears, but they do not hear. There is no breath in their mouths. ¹⁸ Those who make them will be like them, everyone who trusts in them. ¹⁹ Bless Jehovah, O house of Israel; bless Jehovah, O house of Aaron; ²⁰ Bless Jehovah, O house of Levi. You who reverence Jehovah, bless Jehovah. ²¹ Blessed is Jehovah out of Zion, who dwells at Jerusalem. Praise Jehovah! ¹³⁶ ¹ Give thanks to Jehovah, for he is good. His loving kindness is everlasting. ² Give thanks to the God of gods. His loving kindness is everlasting. ³ Give thanks to the Lord of lords. His loving kindness is everlasting. ⁴ To the one who alone does wonderful thing. His loving kindness is everlasting. ⁵ To the one who made the heavens with skill. His loving kindness is everlasting. ⁶ To him who spread out the earth above the waters. His loving kindness is everlasting. ⁷ To him who made the great lights. His loving kindness is everlasting: ⁸ The sun to rule by day, for His loving kindness is everlasting, ⁹ The moon and stars to rule by night, for His loving kindness is everlasting. ¹⁰ To him who destroyed the Egyptians in their firstborn. His loving kindness is everlasting. ¹¹ And brought Israel out from their midst, for his loving kindness is everlasting. ¹² With a strong hand and an outstretched arm, for his loving kindness is everlasting. ¹³ To Him who divided the Red Sea asunder. His loving kindness is everlasting. ¹⁴ And made Israel pass through the midst of it. For his loving kindness is everlasting. ¹⁵ But he overthrew Pharaoh and his army in the Red Sea, for his loving kindness is everlasting. ¹⁶ To him who led his people through the wilderness, for his loving kindness is everlasting. ¹⁷ To him who destroyed great kings. His loving kindness is everlasting. ¹⁴¹ ⁵ A righteous person may strike me or correct me out of kindness. It is like lotion for my head. My head will not refuse it, because my prayer is directed against evil deeds. ⁶ When their judges are thrown off a cliff, they will listen to what I have to say. It will sound pleasant to them. ⁷ As someone plows and breaks up the ground, so our bones will be planted at the mouth of the grave. ⁸ My eyes look to you, O Jehovah. I have taken refuge in you. Do not leave me defenseless. ⁹ Keep me away from the trap they set for me and from the traps set by troublemakers. ¹⁰ Let wicked people fall into their own nets, while I escape unharmed. ¹⁴² ¹ ([David’s Prayer]) I cry loudly to Jehovah. Loudly, I plead with Jehovah for mercy. ² I pour out my complaints in his presence and tell him my troubles. ³ When I begin to lose hope, you already know what I am experiencing. My enemies have hidden a trap for me on the path where I walk. ⁴ Look to my right and see that no one notices me. Escape is impossible for me. No one cares about me. ⁵ I call out to you, O Jehovah. I say: »You are my refuge, my own inheritance in this world of the living.« ⁶ Pay attention to my cry for help! I am very weak. Rescue me from those who pursue me because they are too strong for me. ⁷ Release me from prison so that I may praise your name. Righteous people will surround me because you are good to me. ¹⁴³ ¹ ([Psalm of David]) Hear my prayer, O Jehovah, Give ear to my supplications! Answer me in your faithfulness. Answer me in your righteousness! ² Do not enter into judgment with your servant, for in your sight no man living is righteous. ³ For the enemy has persecuted me. He has crushed my life to the ground. He has made me dwell in dark places, like those who have long been dead. ⁴ Therefore my spirit is overwhelmed within me. My heart is devastated within me. ⁵ I remember the days of old. I meditate (think deeply) (intensely study) on all your activities. I muse on the work of your hands. ⁶ I stretch out my hands to you for I long for you, like a parched land. ⁷ Answer me quickly, O Jehovah for my spirit fails. Do not hide your face from me or I will become like those who go down to the pit. ⁸ Let me hear your loving kindness in the morning. For I trust in you! Teach me the way in which I should walk for to you I am lifted up. ⁹ Deliver me, O Jehovah, from my enemies. I take refuge in you. ¹⁰ Teach me to do your will, for you are my God. Let your good Spirit lead me on level ground. ¹¹ For the sake of your name, O Jehovah, revive me. In your righteousness bring me out of trouble. ¹² In your loving kindness, cut off my enemies and destroy all those who afflict me. For I am your servant. ¹⁴⁴ ¹ David: Blessed be my rock (strength) Jehovah. He trained my hands to fight and my fingers to do battle, ² My loving kindness, and my fortress; my high tower, and my deliverer; and my shield in whom I trust; who subdues my people under me. ³ Jehovah, what is man, that you notice him or the son of man, that you regard him! ⁴ Man is like a mere breath. His days are like a passing shadow. ⁵ Bow down your heavens, O Jehovah, and come down. Touch the mountains that they may smoke. ⁶ Flash lightning and scatter them. Send out your arrows and confuse them. ⁷ Stretch forth your hand from on high. Rescue me and deliver me out of great waters, out of the hand of aliens ⁸ Whose mouths speak deceit, whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood. ⁹ I will sing a new song to you, O God; upon a harp of ten strings I will sing praises to you. ¹⁰ You give salvation to kings. You rescue David your servant from the evil sword. ¹¹ Rescue me and deliver me out of the hand of aliens. Their mouths speak deceit. Their right hand is a right hand of falsehood. ¹² Let our sons in their youth be as grown-up plants, and our daughters as corner pillars fashioned as for a palace. ¹³ Let our garners be full, furnishing every kind of produce, our flocks bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our fields; ¹⁴ Let our cattle bear without mishap and without loss. Let there be no outcry in our streets! ¹⁵ How blessed are the people who are so situated. How blessed are the people whose God is Jehovah! ¹⁴⁵ ¹ ([Psalm of David]) I will praise you, my God and King! I will consecrate your name forever and ever. ² Every day I will bless you. I will praise your name forever and ever. ³ Great is Jehovah, and highly to be praised. His greatness is unsearchable (beyond human calculation). ⁴ One generation shall praise your works to another. They will declare your mighty acts. ⁵ On the glorious splendor of your majesty and on your wonderful works, I will meditate. ⁶ Men shall speak of the power of your awesome acts, and I will tell of your greatness. ⁷ They will eagerly utter the memory of your great goodness and will shout joyfully of your righteousness. ⁸ Jehovah is gracious and merciful; Slow to anger and great in loving-kindness. ⁹ Jehovah is good to all and his mercies are over all his works. ¹⁰ All your works (activities) (achievements) praise you, O Jehovah, and your godly ones will praise you. ¹¹ They will speak of the glory of your kingdom and talk of your power. ¹² They will make known to the sons of men your mighty acts and the glory of the majesty of your kingdom. ¹³ Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and your dominion throughout all generations. ¹⁴ Jehovah sustains all who fall and raises up all who are bowed down. ¹⁵ The eyes of all look 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. He is kind in all his deeds. ¹⁸ Jehovah is near to all who call upon him, to all who call upon him in truth. ¹⁹ He will fulfill the desire of those who reverence him. He will also hear their cry and will save them. ²⁰ Jehovah protects all who love him, but he will destroy the wicked. ²¹ My mouth will speak the praise of Jehovah! All flesh will praise his holy name forever and ever. ¹⁴⁶ ¹ Praise Jehovah! Praise Jehovah with all my being! ² I will praise Jehovah while I live. I will sing praises to my God while I have my being. ³ Do not trust in princes, in mortal man, in whom there is no salvation. ⁴ His spirit (Hebrew: ruach, breath, life) departs, he returns to the earth; in that very day his thoughts perish (come to an end). ⁵ How blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in Jehovah his God! ⁶ He made heaven and earth, the sea and all that is in them. He keeps truth (faith) forever! ¹³⁶ ¹⁸ And struck mighty kings, for his loving kindness is everlasting: ¹⁹ Sihon, king of the Amorites, for his loving kindness is everlasting, ²⁰ And Og, king of Bashan, for his loving kindness is everlasting, ²¹ And gave their land as a heritage, for his loving kindness is everlasting, ²² Even a heritage to Israel his servant, for his loving kindness is everlasting. ²³ He remembered us in our low estate. His loving kindness is everlasting. ²⁴ He has rescued us from our adversaries, for his loving kindness is everlasting. ²⁵ He gives food to all flesh, for his loving kindness is everlasting. ²⁶ Give thanks to the God of heaven, for his loving kindness is everlasting. ¹³⁷ ¹ By the rivers of Babylon, we sat down and cried as we remembered Zion. ² In the midst of it we hung our harps on poplar trees. ³ It was there that those who had captured us demanded that we sing. Those who guarded us wanted us to entertain them. They said: »Sing a song from Zion for us!« ⁴ How could we sing Jehovah’s song in a foreign land? ⁵ If I forget you, Jerusalem, let my right hand forget how to play the harp. ⁶ Let my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth if I do not remember you, if I do not consider Jerusalem my highest joy. ⁷ O Jehovah, remember the people of Edom. Remember what they did the day Jerusalem was captured. They said: »Tear it down! Tear it down to its foundation.« ⁸ You destructive people of Babylon, blessed is the one who pays you back with the same treatment you gave us. ⁹ Blessed is the one who grabs your little children and smashes them against a rock. ¹³⁸ ¹ ([Psalm of David]) I will adore you with all my heart. I will make music to praise you in front of the false gods. ² I will bow toward your holy temple. I will praise your name because of your loving kindness and truth. You have made your name and your covenant greater than everything. ³ When I called, you answered me. You made me bold. You strengthened me. ⁴ All the kings of the earth will praise you, O Jehovah, because they have heard the words you spoke. ⁵ They will sing this about the ways of Jehovah: Jehovah’s honor is great! ⁶ Even though Jehovah is high above, he sees humble people close up, and he recognizes arrogant people from a distance. ⁷ Even though I walk into the middle of trouble, you guard my life against the anger of my enemies. You stretch out your hand, and your right hand saves me. ⁸ Jehovah will do everything for me. O Jehovah, your mercy endures forever. Do not let go of what your hands have made. ¹³⁹ ¹ ([Psalm of David]) O Jehovah, you have searched me and you know me. ² You know when I sit down and when I rise up. You understand my thought from afar. ³ You inspect my path and my lying down. You are intimately acquainted with my ways. ⁴ Even before I speak words from my tongue, behold, O Jehovah, You know it all. ⁵ You have enclosed me behind and before, and laid your hand upon me. ⁶ Knowing this is too wonderful for me! It is too high, I cannot attain to it. ⁷ Where can I go from your Spirit? Or where can I flee from your presence? ⁸ If I ascend to heaven, you are there. If I make my bed in the grave, behold, you are there. ⁹ If I take the wings of the dawn, if I dwell in the remotest part of the sea, ¹⁰ Even there your hand will lead me. Your right hand will lay hold of me. ¹¹ If I say: »Certainly the darkness will overwhelm me!« Then the light around me will be night. ¹² Even the darkness is not dark to you. And the night is as bright as the day. Darkness and light are alike to you. ¹³ For you formed my inward parts. You wove me in my mother's womb. ¹⁴ I will praise you, for in an awesome way I am wonderfully made. Your works are wonderful and I know this very well. ¹⁵ My frame was not hidden from you, when I was made in secret, and woven in the depths of the earth. ¹⁶ Your eyes saw my embryo and all were written in your book; the days ordained for me. Even this before one had taken place. ¹⁷ How precious are your thoughts to me, O God! How numerous is the sum of them! ¹⁸ If I should count them, they would outnumber the sand. When I awake, I am still with you. ¹⁹ If you would destroy the wicked, O God, depart from me, therefore, men of bloodshed. ²⁰ For they speak against you wickedly. Your enemies take your name in vain. ²¹ Do I not hate those who hate You, O Jehovah? And do I not loathe those who rise up against you? ²² I hate them with the utmost hatred! They have become my enemies. ²³ Examine me, O God, and know my heart. Test me and know my anxious (troubled) (painful) (disturbing) thoughts. ²⁴ See if there is any hurtful way in me, and lead me in the everlasting way. ¹⁴⁰ ¹ ([Psalm of David]) Rescue me from evil people, O Jehovah. Keep me safe from violent people. ² They plan evil things in their hearts. They start conflicts (fights) (wars) every day. ³ They make their tongues as sharp as a snake's fang. Their lips hide the venom of poisonous snakes. ⁴ Protect me from the hands of wicked people, O Jehovah. Keep me safe from violent people. They try to trip me. ⁵ Arrogant people have laid a trap for me. They have spread out a net with ropes. They have set traps for me along the road. ⁶ I said to Jehovah: You are my God. O Jehovah, open your ears to hear my plea for pity. ⁷ O Lord Jehovah [Almighty], the strong one who saves me, you have covered my head in the day of battle. ⁸ O Jehovah, do not give wicked people what they want. Do not let their evil plans succeed, or they will become arrogant. ⁹ Let the heads of those who surround me be covered with their own threats. ¹⁰ Let burning coals fall on them. Let them be thrown into a pit, never to rise again. ¹¹ Do not let slanderers prosper on earth. Let evil hunt down violent people with one blow after another. ¹² I know that Jehovah will defend the rights of those who are oppressed and the cause of those who are needy. ¹³ Indeed, righteous people will give thanks (praise) (reverence) (worship) to your name. Upright people will live in your presence. ¹⁴¹ ¹ ([Psalm of David]) O Jehovah I cry out to you: Come quickly. Give ear to my voice (Listen to me) when I cry out to you. ² Let my prayer be accepted as sweet-smelling incense in your presence. Let the lifting up of my hands in prayer be accepted as an evening sacrifice. ³ O Jehovah, set a guard at my mouth. Keep watch over the door of my lips. ⁴ Do not let me be persuaded to do anything evil or to become involved with wickedness, with people who are troublemakers. Do not let me taste their delicacies. ¹⁴⁶ ⁷ He executes justice for the oppressed. He gives food to the hungry. Jehovah sets the prisoners free. ⁸ Jehovah opens the eyes of the blind. Jehovah raises up those who are bowed down. Jehovah loves the righteous. ⁹ Jehovah protects the strangers. He supports the fatherless and the widow, but he overthrows the way of the wicked. ¹⁰ Jehovah will be king forever, Your God, O Zion, to all generations. Praise Jehovah! ¹⁴⁷ ¹ Praise Jehovah! It is good to sing praise to our God. It is pleasant to sing his praise beautifully. ² Jehovah is the builder of Jerusalem. He is the one who gathers the outcasts of Israel together. ³ He is the healer of the brokenhearted. He is the one who bandages their wounds. ⁴ He determines the number of stars. He gives each one a name. ⁵ Our Lord is great, and his power is great. There is no limit to his understanding. ⁶ Jehovah gives relief to those who are oppressed. He brings wicked people down to the ground. ⁷ Sing to Jehovah a song of thanksgiving. Make music to our God with a harp. ⁸ He covers the sky with clouds. He provides rain for the ground. He makes grass grow on the mountains. ⁹ He is the one who gives food to animals and to young ravens when they call out. ¹⁰ He finds no joy in strong horses, nor do brave soldiers please him. ¹¹ Jehovah is pleased with those who fear him, with those who wait with hope for his mercy. ¹² Praise Jehovah, Jerusalem! Praise your God, Zion! ¹³ He makes the bars across your gates strong. He blesses the children within you. ¹⁴ He is the one who brings peace to your borders and satisfies your hunger with the finest wheat. ¹⁵ He is the one who sends his promise throughout the earth. His word travels with great speed. ¹⁶ He is the one who sends snow like wool and scatters frost like ashes. ¹⁷ He is the one who throws his hailstones like breadcrumbs. Who can withstand his chilling blast? ¹⁸ He sends out his word and melts his hailstones. He makes wind blow and water flow. ¹⁹ He speaks his word to Jacob, his laws and judgments to Israel. ²⁰ He has done nothing like this for any other nation. The other nations do not know the decisions he has handed down. Praise Jehovah! ¹⁴⁸ ¹ Praise Jehovah! Praise Jehovah from the heavens. Praise him in the heights above. ² Praise him, all his angels. Praise him, his entire heavenly army. ³ Praise him, sun and moon. Praise him, all shining stars. ⁴ Praise him, you highest heaven and the water above the sky. ⁵ Let them praise the name of Jehovah for they were created by his command. ⁶ He set them in their places forever and ever. He made it a law that no one can break. ⁷ Praise Jehovah from the earth. Praise him, large sea creatures and all the ocean depths. ⁸ Praise him lightning and hail, snow and fog, strong winds that obey his commands. ⁹ Praise him mountains and all hills, fruit trees and all cedar trees. ¹⁰ Praise him you wild animals and all domestic animals, crawling animals and birds. ¹¹ Praise him you kings of the earth and its people, officials and all judges on the earth. ¹² Praise him you young men and women, old and young together. ¹³ Let them praise the name of Jehovah because his name is high above all others. His glory is above heaven and earth. ¹⁴ He has given his people a strong leader, someone praiseworthy for his faithful ones, for the people of Israel, the people who are close to him. Praise Jehovah! ¹⁴⁹ ¹ Praise Jehovah! Sing a new song to Jehovah. Sing his praise in the congregation of godly people. ² Let Israel find joy in their creator. Let the people of Zion rejoice over their king. ³ Let them praise his name with dancing. Let them make music to him with tambourines and lyres. ⁴ Jehovah takes pleasure in his people. He crowns (beautifies) those who are oppressed with salvation. ⁵ Let God-like ones triumph in glory. Let them sing for joy on their beds. ⁶ Let the high praises of God be in their throats and two-edged swords in their hands ⁷ to take vengeance on the nations, to punish the people of the world, ⁸ to put their kings in chains and their leaders in iron shackles, ⁹ to carry out the judgment that is written against them. This is an honor that belongs to all his God-like ones. Praise Jehovah! ¹⁵⁰ ¹ Praise Jehovah! Praise God in his holy place. Praise him in his mighty heavens. ² Praise him for his mighty acts. Praise him for his immense greatness. ³ Praise him with sounds from horns. Praise him with harps and stringed instruments. ⁴ Praise him with tambourines and dancing. Praise him with stringed instruments and flutes. ⁵ Praise him with loud cymbals. Praise him with crashing cymbals. ⁶ Let everything that breathes praise Jehovah! Praise Jehovah!