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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!
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!