Psalm 145–150

A Song of God’s Majesty and Love

145A praise of David.^a

¹I will exalt you, my God, O king,

and I will bless^b your name forever and ever.

²Every day I will bless you

and praise your name forever and ever.

³Great is Yahweh, and very worthy of praise,

and his greatness is unsearchable.

⁴One generation will laud your works to another,

and will declare your mighty deeds.

⁵On the splendor of the glory of your majesty,

and on your wonderful deeds, I will meditate.

⁶And they will speak of the power of your awesome deeds,^c

and I will tell of your greatness.^d

⁷They will utter ^e the renown of your abundant goodness,

and they will proclaim with joy your righteousness.

⁸Yahweh is gracious and compassionate,

slow to anger^f and great in loyal love.

⁹Yahweh is good to all,

and his mercies are over all his works.

¹⁰All your works will praise you, O Yahweh,

and your faithful ones will bless^g you.

¹¹They will speak of the glory of your kingdom,

and talk of your power,

¹²to make known to the children of humankind his mighty deeds,

and the glory of the majesty of his kingdom.

¹³Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom,

and your dominion endures throughout all generations.^h

¹⁴Yahweh upholds all who are falling,

and raises up all who are bowed down.

¹⁵The eyes of all look hopefully to you,

and you give them their food in due time,

¹⁶opening your hand,

and satisfying the desire of every living creature.

¹⁷Yahweh is righteous in all his ways,

and loyal in all his works.

¹⁸Yahweh is near to all who call on him,

to all who call on him in truth.

¹⁹He fulfills the desire of those who fear him;

he also hears their cry for help, and saves them.

²⁰Yahweh protects all those who love him,

but all the wicked he will exterminate.

²¹My mouth will speak the praise of Yahweh,

and all flesh will bless his holy name

forever and ever.

Praise to Yahweh for His Help

146Praise Yah.^a

Praise Yahweh, O my soul.

²I will praise Yahweh while I live;

I will sing praises to my God while I am still alive.

³Do not place trust in princes,

in a son of humankind with whom there is no deliverance.

⁴His breath departs; he returns to his plot;^b

on that day his plans perish.

⁵Blessed is the one whose help is the God of Jacob,

whose hope is on Yahweh as his God,

⁶who made heaven and earth,

the sea and all that is in them,

the one who keeps faith^c forever,

⁷who executes justice for the oppressed,

who gives food for the hungry.

Yahweh sets prisoners free;

⁸Yahweh opens the eyes of the blind;

Yahweh raises up those bowed down;

Yahweh loves the righteous;

⁹Yahweh protects^d the strangers.

He helps up the orphan and the widow,

but the way of the wicked he thwarts.^e

¹⁰Yahweh will reign forever,

Your God, O Zion, throughout all generations.^f

Praise Yah.^g

Praise to Yahweh for His Providence

147Praise Yah.^a

For it is good to sing praises to our God;

for it is pleasant; praise is fitting.

²Yahweh is building Jerusalem;

he gathers the scattered ones of Israel.

³He is the one who heals the brokenhearted,

and binds up their wounds.

⁴He counts the number of the stars;

he gives names to all of them.

⁵Great is our Lord, and abundant in power;

his understanding is unlimited.

⁶Yahweh helps the afflicted up;

he brings the wicked down to the ground.

⁷Sing to Yahweh with thanksgiving;

sing praises to our God with lyre,

⁸who covers the heavens with clouds,

who provides rain for the earth,

who causes grass to grow on the mountains.

⁹He gives to the animal its food,

and to the young ravens that cry.

¹⁰He does not delight in the strength of the horse;

he takes no pleasure in the legs of the man.

¹¹Yahweh takes pleasure in those who fear him,

the ones who hope^b for his loyal love.

¹²Laud Yahweh, O Jerusalem;

praise your God, O Zion,

¹³for he strengthens the bars of your gates.

He blesses your children within you;

¹⁴he makes your border peaceful;

he satisfies you with the finest of wheat.^c

¹⁵He sends out his command^d to the earth;

his word runs swiftly.

¹⁶He gives snow like wool;

he scatters frost like ashes;

¹⁷he throws his hail like crumbs.

Who can stand before his cold?^e

¹⁸He sends out his word and melts them;

he blows his breath, the water flows.

¹⁹He declares his word to Jacob,

his statutes and his ordinances to Israel.

²⁰He has not done so for any nation,

and they do not know his ordinances.

Praise Yah.^f

Let All Creation Praise Yahweh

148Praise Yah.^a

Praise Yahweh from the heavens;

praise him in the heights.

²Praise him, all his angels;

praise him, all his hosts.^b

³Praise him, sun and moon;

praise him, all stars of light.

⁴Praise him, highest heavens,^c

and waters above the heavens.

⁵Let them praise the name of Yahweh,

because he commanded and they were created.

⁶And he put them in place forever and ever,

by a decree he gave that will not pass away.

⁷Praise Yahweh from the earth—

great sea creatures and all deeps,

⁸fire and hail, snow and cloud,^d

stormy wind doing his bidding,^e

⁹the mountains and all hills,

fruit trees and all cedars,

¹⁰beasts and all cattle,^f

creeping things and flying birds,^g

¹¹kings of the earth and all peoples,

princes and all judges of the earth,

¹²young men and young women as well,

the old together with the young—

¹³let them praise the name of Yahweh,

because his name alone is exalted.

His splendor is above earth and heavens.

¹⁴And he has raised high a horn for his people,

praise for all his faithful—

for the children of Israel,

a people close to him.

Praise Yah.^h

Praise to God for His Future Judgment

149Praise Yah.^a

Sing to Yahweh a new song,

his praise in the assembly of the faithful.

²Let Israel be glad in its maker;

let the children of Zion rejoice in their king.

³Let them praise his name with dancing;

let them sing praises to him with tambourine and lyre.

⁴For Yahweh takes pleasure in his people;

he glorifies the afflicted with salvation.

⁵Let the faithful exult in glory;

let them sing for joy on their beds.

⁶Let the extolling of God be in their throat,

and a double-edged sword in their hand,

⁷to execute vengeance on the nations

and punishment on the peoples,^b

⁸to bind their kings with chains

and their nobles^c with fetters of iron,

⁹to execute on them the judgment that is decreed.^d

This will be honor for all his faithful ones;

Praise Yah.^e

Let Everything Praise Yahweh

150Praise Yah.^a

Praise God in his sanctuary;

praise him in his mighty firmament.

²Praise him for his mighty deeds;

praise him according to the abundance of his greatness.

³Praise him with blast of horn;

praise him with harp and lyre.

⁴Praise him with tambourine and dancing;

praise him with strings and flute.

⁵Praise him with sounding cymbals;

praise him with clashing cymbals.

⁶Every breathing thing,

let it praise Yah.^b

Praise Yah.^c