Psalms 146

Put Not Your Trust in Princes

1 ^aPraise the Lord!
Praise the Lord, O my soul!
2I will praise the Lord ^bas long as I live;
^cI will sing praises to my God while I have my being.
3 ^dPut not your trust in princes,
^ein a son of man, in whom there is ^fno salvation.
4When ^ghis breath departs, he returns to the earth;
on that very day his plans perish.
5 ^hBlessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob,
whose ⁱhope is in the Lord his God,
6 ^jwho made heaven and earth,
the sea, and all that is in them,
^kwho keeps faith forever;
7 ^lwho executes justice for the oppressed,
^mwho gives food to the hungry.
ⁿThe Lord sets the prisoners free;
8 ^othe Lord opens the eyes of the blind.
^pThe Lord lifts up those who are bowed down;
^qthe Lord loves the righteous.
9 ^rThe Lord watches over the sojourners;
^she upholds the widow and the fatherless,
but ^tthe way of the wicked he brings to ruin.
10 ^uThe Lord will reign forever,
your God, O Zion, to all generations.
^vPraise the Lord!

Psalms 147

He Heals the Brokenhearted

1 ^wPraise the Lord!
For ^xit is good to sing praises to our God;
for ^yit is pleasant, ▼

▼Or  for he is beautiful

and ^aaa song of praise is fitting.
2The Lord ^abbuilds up Jerusalem;
he ^acgathers the outcasts of Israel.
3He heals ^adthe brokenhearted
and ^aebinds up their wounds.
4He ^afdetermines the number of the stars;
he ^aggives to all of them their names.
5 ^ahGreat is our Lord, and ^aiabundant in power;
^ajhis understanding is beyond measure.
6The Lord ^aklifts up the humble; ▼

▼Or afflicted

he casts the wicked to the ground.
7 ^amSing to the Lord with thanksgiving;
make melody to our God on ^anthe lyre!
8He covers the heavens with clouds;
he prepares ^aorain for the earth;
he makes ^apgrass grow on the hills.
9He ^aqgives to the beasts their food,
and to ^arthe young ravens that cry.
10His delight is not in ^asthe strength of the horse,
nor his pleasure in the legs of a man,
11but the Lord ^attakes pleasure in those who fear him,
in those who ^auhope in his steadfast love.
12 Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem!
Praise your God, O Zion!
13For he strengthens ^avthe bars of your gates;
he blesses your children within you.
14He ^awmakes peace in your borders;
he ^axfills you with the ^ayfinest of the wheat.
15He ^azsends out his command to the earth;
his word runs swiftly.
16He gives ^basnow like wool;
he scatters ^bbfrost like ashes.
17He hurls down his crystals of ^bcice like crumbs;
who can stand before his ^bdcold?
18He ^besends out his word, and melts them;
he makes his wind blow and the waters flow.
19He declares his word to Jacob,
his ^bfstatutes and rules ▼

▼Or  and just decrees

to Israel.
20He ^bhhas not dealt thus with any other nation;
they do not know his rules. ▼

▼Or  his just decrees

^bjPraise the Lord!

Psalms 148

Praise the Name of the Lord

1 ^bkPraise the Lord!
Praise the Lord ^blfrom the heavens;
praise him ^bmin the heights!
2Praise him, all his angels;
praise him, all his ^bnhosts!
3 Praise him, sun and moon,
praise him, all you shining stars!
4Praise him, you ^bohighest heavens,
and you ^bpwaters above the heavens!
5 ^bqLet them praise the name of the Lord!
For ^brhe commanded and they were created.
6And he ^bsestablished them forever and ever;
he gave ^bta decree, and it shall not ^bupass away. ▼

▼Or  it shall not be transgressed

7 Praise the Lord ^bwfrom the earth,
you ^bxgreat sea creatures and all deeps,
8 ^byfire and hail, ^bzsnow and mist,
^castormy wind ^cbfulfilling his word!
9 ^ccMountains and all hills,
^cdfruit trees and all ^cecedars!
10 ^cfBeasts and all livestock,
creeping things and ^cgflying birds!
11 Kings of the earth and ^chall peoples,
princes and all rulers of the earth!
12Young men and maidens together,
old men and children!
13 ^ciLet them praise the name of the Lord,
for ^cjhis name alone is exalted;
^ckhis majesty is above earth and heaven.
14He has ^clraised up a horn for his people,
^cmpraise for all his saints,
for the people of Israel who are ^cnnear to him.
^coPraise the Lord!

Psalms 149

Sing to the Lord a New Song

1 ^cpPraise the Lord!
Sing to the Lord ^cqa new song,
his praise in ^crthe assembly of the godly!
2Let Israel ^csbe glad in ^cthis Maker;
let the children of Zion rejoice in their ^cuKing!
3Let them praise his name with ^cvdancing,
making melody to him with ^cwtambourine and ^cxlyre!
4For the Lord ^cytakes pleasure in his people;
he ^czadorns the humble with salvation.
5Let the godly exult in glory;
let them ^dasing for joy on their ^dbbeds.
6Let ^dcthe high praises of God be in their throats
and ^ddtwo-edged swords in their hands,
7to execute vengeance on the nations
and punishments on the peoples,
8to bind their kings with ^dechains
and their nobles with fetters of iron,
9to execute on them the judgment ^dfwritten!
^dgThis is honor for all his godly ones.
^dhPraise the Lord!

Psalms 150

Let Everything Praise the Lord

1 ^diPraise the Lord!
Praise God in his ^djsanctuary;
praise him in ^dkhis mighty heavens! ▼

▼Hebrew expanse (compare Genesis 1:6–8)

2Praise him for his ^dmmighty deeds;
praise him according to his excellent ^dngreatness!
3 Praise him with ^dotrumpet sound;
praise him with ^dplute and ^dqharp!
4Praise him with ^drtambourine and ^dsdance;
praise him with ^dtstrings and ^dupipe!
5Praise him with sounding ^dvcymbals;
praise him with loud clashing cymbals!
6Let ^dweverything that has breath praise the Lord!
^dxPraise the Lord!