Psalm 145–147

PSALM 145

The Lord Extolled for His Goodness.

A Psalm of Praise, of David.

¹I will ^aextol You, ^bmy God, O King,

And I will ^cbless Your name forever and ever.

²Every day I will bless You,

And I will ^apraise Your name forever and ever.

^3aGreat is the Lord, and highly to be praised,

And His ^bgreatness is unsearchable.

⁴One ^ageneration shall praise Your works to another,

And shall declare Your mighty acts.

⁵On the ^aglorious ¹splendor of Your majesty

And ^bon Your wonderful works, I will meditate.

⁶Men shall speak of the ¹power of Your ^aawesome acts,

And I will ^btell of Your greatness.

⁷They shall ¹eagerly utter the memory of Your ^aabundant goodness

And will ^bshout joyfully of Your righteousness.

⁸The Lord is ^agracious and merciful;

Slow to anger and great in lovingkindness.

⁹The Lord is ^agood to all,

And His ^bmercies are over all His works.

^10aAll Your works shall give thanks to You, O Lord,

And Your ^bgodly ones shall bless You.

¹¹They shall speak of the ^aglory of Your kingdom

And talk of Your power;

¹²To ^amake known to the sons of men ¹Your mighty acts

And the ^bglory of the majesty of Your kingdom.

¹³Your kingdom is ¹an ^aeverlasting kingdom,

And Your dominion endures throughout all generations.

¹⁴The Lord ^asustains all who fall

And ^braises up all who are bowed down.

¹⁵The eyes of all ¹look to You,

And You ^agive them their food in due time.

¹⁶You ^aopen Your hand

And satisfy the desire of every living thing.

¹⁷The Lord is ^arighteous in all His ways

And kind in all His deeds.

¹⁸The Lord is ^anear to all who call upon Him,

To all who call upon Him ^bin truth.

¹⁹He will ^afulfill the desire of those who fear Him;

He will also ^bhear their cry and will save them.

²⁰The Lord ^akeeps all who love Him,

But all the ^bwicked He will destroy.

²¹My ^amouth will speak the praise of the Lord,

And ^ball flesh will ^cbless His holy name forever and ever.

PSALM 146

The Lord an Abundant Helper.

¹¹Praise ²the Lord!

^aPraise the Lord, O my soul!

²I will praise the Lord ^awhile I live;

I will ^bsing praises to my God while I have my being.

^3aDo not trust in princes,

In ¹mortal ^bman, in whom there is ^cno salvation.

⁴His ^aspirit departs, he ^breturns to ¹the earth;

In that very day his ^cthoughts perish.

⁵How ^ablessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob,

Whose ^bhope is in the Lord his God,

⁶Who ^amade heaven and earth,

The ^bsea and all that is in them;

Who ^ckeeps ¹faith forever;

⁷Who ^aexecutes justice for the oppressed;

Who ^bgives food to the hungry.

The Lord ^csets the prisoners free.

⁸The Lord ^aopens the eyes of the blind;

The Lord ^braises up those who are bowed down;

The Lord ^cloves the righteous;

⁹The Lord ^1aprotects the ²strangers;

He ^3bsupports the fatherless and the widow,

But He ⁴thwarts ^cthe way of the wicked.

¹⁰The Lord will ^areign forever,

Your God, O Zion, to all generations.

¹Praise ²the Lord!

PSALM 147

Praise for Jerusalem’s Restoration and Prosperity.

¹¹Praise ²the Lord!

For ^ait is good to sing praises to our God;

For ³it is pleasant and praise is ^bbecoming.

²The Lord ^abuilds up Jerusalem;

He ^bgathers the outcasts of Israel.

³He heals the ^abrokenhearted

And ^bbinds up their ¹wounds.

⁴He ^acounts the number of the stars;

He ^1bgives names to all of them.

^5aGreat is our Lord and abundant in strength;

His ^bunderstanding is ¹infinite.

⁶The Lord ^1asupports the afflicted;

He brings down the wicked to the ground.

^7aSing to the Lord with thanksgiving;

Sing praises to our God on the lyre,

⁸Who ^acovers the heavens with clouds,

Who ^bprovides rain for the earth,

Who ^cmakes grass to ¹grow on the mountains.

⁹He ^agives to the beast its food,

And to the ^byoung ravens which cry.

¹⁰He does not delight in the strength of the ^ahorse;

He ^bdoes not take pleasure in the legs of a man.

¹¹The Lord ^afavors those who fear Him,

^bThose who wait for His lovingkindness.

¹²Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem!

Praise your God, O Zion!

¹³For He has strengthened the ^abars of your gates;

He has ^bblessed your sons within you.

¹⁴He ^amakes ¹peace in your borders;

He ^bsatisfies you with ^cthe ²finest of the wheat.

¹⁵He sends forth His ^acommand to the earth;

His ^bword runs very swiftly.

¹⁶He gives ^asnow like wool;

He scatters the ^bfrost like ashes.

¹⁷He casts forth His ^aice as fragments;

Who can stand before His ^bcold?

¹⁸He ^asends forth His word and melts them;

He ^bcauses His wind to blow and the waters to flow.

¹⁹He ^adeclares His words to Jacob,

His ^bstatutes and His ordinances to Israel.

²⁰He ^ahas not dealt thus with any nation;

And as for His ordinances, they have ^bnot known them.

¹Praise ²the Lord!