Psalm 145–147

Psalm 145

A Psalm of praise. Of David.

I will extol thee, my God, O King, and I will bless thy name for ever and ever. Every day will I bless thee, and I will praise thy name for ever and ever. Great is Jehovah, and exceedingly to be praised; and his greatness is unsearchable. One generation shall laud thy works to another, and shall declare thy mighty acts. I will speak of the glorious splendour of thy majesty, and of thy wondrous works. And they shall tell of the might of thy terrible acts; and thy great deeds will I declare. They shall abundantly utter the memory of thy great goodness, and shall sing aloud of thy righteousness. Jehovah is gracious and merciful; slow to anger, and of great loving-kindness. Jehovah is good to all; and his tender mercies are over all his works.

¹⁰All thy works shall praise thee, Jehovah, and thy saints shall bless thee. ¹¹They shall tell of the glory of thy kingdom, and speak of thy power; ¹²To make known to the children of men his mighty acts, and the glorious splendour of his kingdom. ¹³Thy kingdom is a kingdom of all ages, and thy dominion is throughout all generations. ¹⁴Jehovah upholdeth all that fall, and raiseth up all that are bowed down. ¹⁵The eyes of all wait upon thee; and thou givest them their food in its season. ¹⁶Thou openest thy hand, and satisfiest the desire of every living thing. ¹⁷Jehovah is righteous in all his ways, and kind in all his works. ¹⁸Jehovah is nigh unto all that call upon him, unto all that call upon him in truth. ¹⁹He fulfilleth the desire of them that fear him; he heareth their cry, and saveth them. ²⁰Jehovah keepeth all that love him, and all the wicked will he destroy. ²¹My mouth shall speak the praise of Jehovah; and let all flesh bless his holy name for ever and ever.

Psalm 146

¹Hallelujah! Praise Jehovah, O my soul. ²As long as I live will I praise Jehovah; I will sing psalms unto my God while I have my being. ³Put not confidence in nobles, in a son of man, in whom there is no salvation. ⁴His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his purposes perish.

⁵Blessed is he who hath the •God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in Jehovah his God, ⁶Who made the heavens and the earth, the sea and all that is therein; who keepeth truth for ever; ⁷Who executeth judgment for the oppressed, who giveth bread to the hungry. Jehovah looseth the prisoners; ⁸Jehovah openeth the eyes of the blind; Jehovah raiseth up them that are bowed down; Jehovah loveth the righteous; ⁹Jehovah preserveth the strangers; he lifteth up the fatherless and the widow; but the way of the wicked doth he subvert. ¹⁰Jehovah will reign for ever, even thy God, O Zion, from generation to generation. Hallelujah!

Psalm 147

¹Praise ye Jah! for it is good. Sing psalms of our God; for it is pleasant: praise is comely. ²Jehovah doth build up Jerusalem: he gathereth the outcasts of Israel. ³He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds. ⁴He counteth the number of the stars; he giveth names to them all. ⁵Great is our Lord, and of great power: his understanding is infinite. ⁶Jehovah lifteth up the meek; he abaseth the wicked to the earth. ⁷Sing unto Jehovah with thanksgiving; sing psalms upon the harp unto our God: ⁸Who covereth the heavens with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains; ⁹Who giveth to the cattle their food, to the young ravens which cry. ¹⁰He delighteth not in the strength of the horse, he taketh not pleasure in the legs of a man; ¹¹Jehovah taketh pleasure in those that fear him, in those that hope in his loving-kindness.

¹²Laud Jehovah, O Jerusalem; praise thy God, O Zion. ¹³For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; he hath blessed thy children within thee; ¹⁴He maketh peace in thy borders; he satisfieth thee with the finest of the wheat. ¹⁵He sendeth forth his oracles to the earth: his word runneth very swiftly. ¹⁶He giveth snow like wool, scattereth the hoar frost like ashes; ¹⁷He casteth forth his ice like morsels: who can stand before his cold? ¹⁸He sendeth his word, and melteth them; he causeth his wind to blow—the waters flow. ¹⁹He sheweth his word unto Jacob, his statutes and his judgments unto Israel. ²⁰He hath not dealt thus with any nation; and as for his judgments, they have not known them. Hallelujah!