Psalm 148–150

Psalm 148

¹Hallelujah! 

Praise the Lord from the heavens. 

Praise him in the heights above. 

²Praise him, all his angels. 

Praise him, his entire heavenly army. 

³Praise him, sun and moon. 

Praise him, all shining stars. 

⁴Praise him, you highest heaven 

and the water above the sky. 

⁵Let them praise the name of the Lord 

because they were created by his command. 

⁶He set them in their places forever and ever. 

He made it a law that no one can break. 

⁷Praise the Lord from the earth. 

Praise him, large sea creatures and all the ocean depths, 

⁸lightning and hail, 

snow and fog, 

strong winds that obey his commands, 

⁹mountains and all hills, 

fruit trees and all cedar trees, 

¹⁰wild animals and all domestic animals, 

crawling animals and birds, 

¹¹kings of the earth and all its people, 

officials and all judges on the earth, 

¹²young men and women, 

old and young together. 

¹³Let them praise the name of the Lord 

because his name is high above all others. 

His glory is above heaven and earth. 

¹⁴He has given his people a strong leader,^a

someone praiseworthy for his faithful ones, 

for the people of Israel, the people who are close to him. 

Hallelujah! 

Psalm 149

¹Hallelujah! 

Sing a new song to the Lord. 

Sing his praise in the assembly of godly people. 

²Let Israel find joy in their creator. 

Let the people of Zion rejoice over their king. 

³Let them praise his name with dancing. 

Let them make music to him with tambourines and lyres, 

⁴because the Lord takes pleasure in his people. 

He crowns those who are oppressed with victory. 

⁵Let godly people triumph in glory. 

Let them sing for joy on their beds. 

⁶Let the high praises of God be in their throats 

and two-edged swords in their hands 

⁷to take vengeance on the nations, 

to punish the people of the world, 

⁸to put their kings in chains 

and their leaders in iron shackles, 

⁹to carry out the judgment that is written against them. 

This is an honor that belongs to all his godly ones. 

Hallelujah! 

Psalm 150

¹Hallelujah! 

Praise God in his holy place. 

Praise him in his mighty heavens. 

²Praise him for his mighty acts. 

Praise him for his immense greatness. 

³Praise him with sounds from horns. 

Praise him with harps and lyres. 

⁴Praise him with tambourines and dancing. 

Praise him with stringed instruments and flutes. 

⁵Praise him with loud cymbals. 

Praise him with crashing cymbals. 

⁶Let everything that breathes praise the Lord! 

Hallelujah!