Psalm 148–150

PSALM 148

¹Praise the Lord!

Praise the Lord from the heavens,

praise him in the heights!

²Praise him, all his angels,

praise him, all his host!

³Praise him, sun and moon,

praise him, all you shining stars!

⁴Praise him, you highest heavens,

and you waters above the heavens!

⁵Let them praise the name of the Lord!

For he commanded and they were created.

⁶And he established them for ever and ever;

he fixed their bounds which cannot be passed.^j

⁷Praise the Lord from the earth,

you sea monsters and all deeps,

⁸fire and hail, snow and frost,

stormy wind fulfilling his command!

⁹Mountains and all hills,

fruit trees and all cedars!

¹⁰Beasts and all cattle,

creeping things and flying birds!

¹¹Kings of the earth and all peoples,

princes and all rulers of the earth!

¹²Young men and maidens together,

old men and children!

¹³Let them praise the name of the Lord,

for his name alone is exalted;

his glory is above earth and heaven.

¹⁴He has raised up a horn for his people,

praise for all his saints,

for the people of Israel who are near to him.

Praise the Lord!

PSALM 149

¹Praise the Lord!

Sing to the Lord a new song,

his praise in the assembly of the faithful!

²Let Israel be glad in his Maker,

let the sons of Zion rejoice in their King!

³Let them praise his name with dancing,

making melody to him with timbrel and lyre!

⁴For the Lord takes pleasure in his people;

he adorns the humble with victory.

⁵Let the faithful exult in glory;

let them sing for joy on their couches.

⁶Let the high praises of God be in their throats

and two-edged swords in their hands,

⁷to wreak vengeance on the nations

and chastisement on the peoples,

⁸to bind their kings with chains

and their nobles with fetters of iron,

⁹to execute on them the judgment written!

This is glory for all his faithful ones.

Praise the Lord!

PSALM 150

¹Praise the Lord!

Praise God in his sanctuary;

praise him in his mighty firmament!

²Praise him for his mighty deeds;

praise him according to his exceeding greatness!

³Praise him with trumpet sound;

praise him with lute and harp!

⁴Praise him with timbrel and dance;

praise him with strings and pipe!

⁵Praise him with sounding cymbals;

praise him with loud clashing cymbals!

⁶Let everything that breathes praise the Lord!

Praise the Lord!