Psalm 145–150

Praise to God the King

A psalm of praise. Of David.

145I praise your greatness, my God the King;

I will praise you forever and ever.

²I will praise you every day;

I will praise you forever and ever.

³The Lord is great and worthy of our praise;

no one can understand how great he is.

⁴Parents will tell their children what you have done.

They will retell your mighty acts,

⁵wonderful majesty, and glory.

And I will think about your miracles.

⁶They will tell about the amazing things you do,

and I will tell how great you are.

⁷They will remember your great goodness

and will sing about your fairness.

⁸The Lord is kind and shows mercy.

He does not become angry quickly but is full of love.

⁹The Lord is good to everyone;

he is merciful to all he has made.

¹⁰Lord, everything you have made will praise you;

those who belong to you will bless you.

¹¹They will tell about the glory of your kingdom

and will speak about your power.

¹²Then everyone will know the mighty things you do

and the glory and majesty of your kingdom.

¹³Your kingdom will go on and on,

and you will rule forever.

The Lord will keep all his promises;

he is loyal to all he has made.

¹⁴The Lord helps those who have been defeated

and takes care of those who are in trouble.

¹⁵All living things look to you for food,

and you give it to them at the right time.

¹⁶You open your hand,

and you satisfy all living things.

¹⁷Everything the Lord does is right.

He is loyal to all he has made.

¹⁸The Lord is close to everyone who prays to him,

to all who truly pray to him.

¹⁹He gives those who respect him what they want.

He listens when they cry, and he saves them.

²⁰The Lord protects everyone who loves him,

but he will destroy the wicked.

²¹I will praise the Lord.

Let everyone praise his holy name forever.

Praise God Who Helps the Weak

146Praise the Lord!

My whole being, praise the Lord.

²I will praise the Lord all my life;

I will sing praises to my God as long as I live.

³Do not put your trust in princes

or other people, who cannot save you.

⁴When people die, they are buried.

Then all of their plans come to an end.

⁵Happy are those who are helped by the God of Jacob.

Their hope is in the Lord their God.

⁶He made heaven and earth,

the sea and everything in it.

He remains loyal forever.

⁷He does what is fair for those who have been wronged.

He gives food to the hungry.

The Lord sets the prisoners free.

⁸The Lord gives sight to the blind.

The Lord lifts up people who are in trouble.

The Lord loves those who do right.

⁹The Lord protects the foreigners.

He defends the orphans and widows,

but he blocks the way of the wicked.

¹⁰The Lord will be King forever.

Jerusalem, your God is everlasting.

Praise the Lord!

Praise God Who Helps His People

147Praise the Lord!

It is good to sing praises to our God;

it is good and pleasant to praise him.

²The Lord rebuilds Jerusalem;

he brings back the captured Israelites.

³He heals the brokenhearted

and bandages their wounds.

⁴He counts the stars

and names each one.

⁵Our Lord is great and very powerful.

There is no limit to what he knows.

⁶The Lord defends the humble,

but he throws the wicked to the ground.

⁷Sing praises to the Lord;

praise our God with harps.

⁸He fills the sky with clouds

and sends rain to the earth

and makes grass grow on the hills.

⁹He gives food to cattle

and to the little birds that call.

¹⁰He is not impressed with the strength of a horse

or with human might.

¹¹The Lord is pleased with those who respect him,

with those who trust his love.

¹²Jerusalem, praise the Lord;

Jerusalem, praise your God.

¹³He makes your city gates strong

and blesses your children inside.

¹⁴He brings peace to your country

and fills you with the finest grain.

¹⁵He gives a command to the earth,

and it quickly obeys him.

¹⁶He spreads the snow like wool

and scatters the frost like ashes.

¹⁷He throws down hail like rocks.

No one can stand the cold he sends.

¹⁸Then he gives a command, and it melts.

He sends the breezes, and the waters flow.

¹⁹He gave his word to Jacob,

his laws and demands to Israel.

²⁰He didn’t do this for any other nation.

They don’t know his laws.

Praise the Lord!

The World Should Praise the Lord

148Praise the Lord!

Praise the Lord from the skies.

Praise him high above the earth.

²Praise him, all you angels.

Praise him, all you armies of heaven.

³Praise him, sun and moon.

Praise him, all you shining stars.

⁴Praise him, highest heavens

and you waters above the sky.

⁵Let them praise the Lord,

because they were created by his command.

⁶He put them in place forever and ever;

he made a law that will never change.

⁷Praise the Lord from the earth,

you large sea animals and all the oceans,

⁸lightning and hail, snow and mist,

and stormy winds that obey him,

⁹mountains and all hills,

fruit trees and all cedars,

¹⁰wild animals and all cattle,

crawling animals and birds,

¹¹kings of the earth and all nations,

princes and all rulers of the earth,

¹²young men and women,

old people and children.

¹³Praise the Lord,

because he alone is great.

He is more wonderful than heaven and earth.

¹⁴God has given his people a king.

He should be praised by all who belong to him;

he should be praised by the Israelites, the people closest to his heart.

Praise the Lord!

Praise the God of Israel

149Praise the Lord!

Sing a new song to the Lord;

sing his praise in the meeting of his people.

²Let the Israelites be happy because of God, their Maker.

Let the people of Jerusalem rejoice because of their King.

³They should praise him with dancing.

They should sing praises to him with tambourines and harps.

⁴The Lord is pleased with his people;

he saves the humble.

⁵Let those who worship him rejoice in his glory.

Let them sing for joy even in bed!

⁶Let them shout his praise

with their two-edged swords in their hands.

⁷They will punish the nations

and defeat the people.

⁸They will put those kings in chains

and those important men in iron bands.

⁹They will punish them as God has written.

God is honored by all who worship him.

Praise the Lord!

Praise the Lord with Music

150Praise the Lord!

Praise God in his Temple;

praise him in his mighty heaven.

²Praise him for his strength;

praise him for his greatness.

³Praise him with trumpet blasts;

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.

Praise the Lord!