Put Not Your Trust in Princes

146 nPraise the Lord!

Praise the Lord, O my soul!

2  I will praise the Lord oas long as I live;

pI will sing praises to my God while I have my being.

3  qPut not your trust in princes,

rin a son of man, in whom there is sno salvation.

4  When this breath departs, he returns to the earth;

on that very day his plans perish.

5  uBlessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob,

whose vhope is in the Lord his God,

6  wwho made heaven and earth,

the sea, and all that is in them,

xwho keeps faith forever;

7  ywho executes justice for the oppressed,

zwho gives food to the hungry.

aThe Lord sets the prisoners free;

8  bthe Lord opens the eyes of the blind.

cThe Lord lifts up those who are bowed down;

dthe Lord loves the righteous.

9  eThe Lord watches over the sojourners;

fhe upholds the widow and the fatherless,

but gthe way of the wicked he brings to ruin.

10  hThe Lord will reign forever,

your God, O Zion, to all generations.

nPraise the Lord!

He Heals the Brokenhearted

147 iPraise the Lord!

For jit is good to sing praises to our God;

for kit is pleasant,1 and la song of praise is fitting.

2  The Lord mbuilds up Jerusalem;

he ngathers the outcasts of Israel.

3  He heals othe brokenhearted

and pbinds up their wounds.

4  He qdetermines the number of the stars;

he rgives to all of them their names.

5  sGreat is our Lord, and tabundant in power;

uhis understanding is beyond measure.

6  The Lord vlifts up the humble;2

he casts the wicked to the ground.

7  wSing to the Lord with thanksgiving;

make melody to our God on xthe lyre!

8  He covers the heavens with clouds;

he prepares yrain for the earth;

he makes zgrass grow on the hills.

9  He agives to the beasts their food,

and to bthe young ravens that cry.

10  His delight is not in cthe strength of the horse,

nor his pleasure in the legs of a man,

11  but the Lord dtakes pleasure in those who fear him,

in those who ehope in his steadfast love.

12  Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem!

Praise your God, O Zion!

13  For he strengthens fthe bars of your gates;

he blesses your children within you.

14  He gmakes peace in your borders;

he hfills you with the ifinest of the wheat.

15  He jsends out his command to the earth;

his word runs swiftly.

16  He gives ksnow like wool;

he scatters lfrost like ashes.

17  He hurls down his crystals of mice like crumbs;

who can stand before his ncold?

18  He osends out his word, and melts them;

he makes his wind blow and the waters flow.

19  He declares his word to Jacob,

his pstatutes and rules3 to Israel.

20  He qhas not dealt thus with any other nation;

they do not know his rules.4

rPraise the Lord!

Praise the Name of the Lord

148 rPraise the Lord!

Praise the Lord sfrom the heavens;

praise him tin the heights!

2  Praise him, all his angels;

praise him, all his uhosts!

3  Praise him, sun and moon,

praise him, all you shining stars!

4  Praise him, you vhighest heavens,

and you wwaters above the heavens!

5  xLet them praise the name of the Lord!

For yhe commanded and they were created.

6  And he zestablished them forever and ever;

he gave aa decree, and it shall not bpass away.1

7  Praise the Lord cfrom the earth,

you dgreat sea creatures and all deeps,

8  efire and hail, fsnow and mist,

gstormy wind hfulfilling his word!

9  iMountains and all hills,

jfruit trees and all kcedars!

10  lBeasts and all livestock,

creeping things and mflying birds!

11  Kings of the earth and nall peoples,

princes and all rulers of the earth!

12  Young men and maidens together,

old men and children!

13  oLet them praise the name of the Lord,

for phis name alone is exalted;

qhis majesty is above earth and heaven.

14  He has rraised up a horn for his people,

spraise for all his saints,

for the people of Israel who are tnear to him.

uPraise the Lord!

Sing to the Lord a New Song

149 uPraise the Lord!

Sing to the Lord va new song,

his praise in wthe assembly of the godly!

2  Let Israel xbe glad in yhis Maker;

let the children of Zion rejoice in their zKing!

3  Let them praise his name with adancing,

making melody to him with btambourine and clyre!

4  For the Lord dtakes pleasure in his people;

he eadorns the humble with salvation.

5  Let the godly exult in glory;

let them fsing for joy on their gbeds.

6  Let hthe high praises of God be in their throats

and itwo-edged swords in their hands,

7  to execute vengeance on the nations

and punishments on the peoples,

8  to bind their kings with jchains

and their nobles with fetters of iron,

9  to execute on them the judgment kwritten!

lThis is honor for all his godly ones.

uPraise the Lord!

Let Everything Praise the Lord

150 uPraise the Lord!

Praise God in his msanctuary;

praise him in nhis mighty heavens!1

2  Praise him for his omighty deeds;

praise him according to his excellent pgreatness!

3  Praise him with qtrumpet sound;

praise him with rlute and rharp!

4  Praise him with stambourine and sdance;

praise him with tstrings and upipe!

5  Praise him with sounding vcymbals;

praise him with loud clashing cymbals!

6  Let weverything that has breath praise the Lord!

xPraise the Lord!