1 Praise the Lord.

Praise the name of the Lord,

give praise, O servants of the Lord,

2 you that stand in the house of the Lord,

in the courts of the house of our God!

3 Praise the Lord, for the Lord is good;

sing to his name, for he is gracious!

4 For the Lord has chosen Jacob for himself,

Israel as his own possession.

5 For I know that the Lord is great,

and that our Lord is above all gods.

6 Whatever the Lord pleases he does,

in heaven and on earth,

in the seas and all deeps.