Psalms 143-150

Psalm 143

¹A Psalm of David. Jehovah, hear my prayer; give ear to my supplications: in thy faithfulness answer me, in thy righteousness.

²And enter not into judgment with thy servant; for in thy sight no man living shall be justified.

³For the enemy persecuteth my soul: he hath crushed my life down to the earth; he hath made me to dwell in dark places, as those that have been long dead.

⁴And my spirit is overwhelmed within me; my heart within me is desolate.

⁵I remember the days of old: I meditate on all thy doing; I muse on the work of thy hands.

⁶I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul, as a parched land, thirsteth after thee. Selah.

⁷Answer me speedily, O Jehovah; my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, or I shall be like unto them that go down into the pit.

⁸Cause me to hear thy loving-kindness in the morning, for in thee do I confide; make me to know the way wherein I should walk, for unto thee do I lift up my soul.

⁹Deliver me, O Jehovah, from mine enemies: unto thee do I flee for refuge.

¹⁰Teach me to do thy will; for thou art my God: let thy good Spirit lead me in a plain country.

¹¹Revive me, O Jehovah, for thy name's sake; in thy righteousness bring my soul out of trouble;

¹²And in thy loving-kindness cut off mine enemies, and destroy all them that oppress my soul: for I am thy servant.

Psalm 144

¹A Psalm of David. Blessed be Jehovah my rock, who teacheth my hands to war, my fingers to fight;

²My mercy and my fortress, my high tower and my deliverer, my shield and he in whom I trust, who subdueth my people under me!

³Jehovah, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him, the son of man, that thou takest thought of him?

⁴Man is like to vanity; his days are as a shadow that passeth away.

⁵Jehovah, bow thy heavens, and come down; touch the mountains, that they smoke;

⁶Cast forth lightnings, and scatter them; send forth thine arrows, and discomfit them:

⁷Stretch out thy hands from above; rescue me, and deliver me out of great waters, from the hand of aliens,

⁸Whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood.

⁹O God, I will sing a new song unto thee; with the ten-stringed lute will I sing psalms unto thee:

¹⁰Who givest salvation unto kings; who rescuest David thy servant from the hurtful sword.

¹¹Rescue me, and deliver me from the hand of aliens, whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood.

¹²That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth; our daughters as corner-columns, sculptured after the fashion of a palace:

¹³Our granaries full, affording all manner of store; our sheep bringing forth thousands, ten thousands in our pastures;

¹⁴Our kine laden with young; no breaking in and no going forth, and no outcry in our streets.

¹⁵Blessed the people that is in such a case! Blessed the people whose God is Jehovah!

Psalm 145

¹A Psalm of praise. Of David. I will extol thee, my God, O King, and I will bless thy name for ever and ever.

²Every day will I bless thee, and I will praise thy name for ever and ever.

³Great is Jehovah, and exceedingly to be praised; and his greatness is unsearchable.

⁴One generation shall laud thy works to another, and shall declare thy mighty acts.

⁵I will speak of the glorious splendour of thy majesty, and of thy wondrous works.

⁶And they shall tell of the might of thy terrible acts; and thy great deeds will I declare.

⁷They shall abundantly utter the memory of thy great goodness, and shall sing aloud of thy righteousness.

⁸Jehovah is gracious and merciful; slow to anger, and of great loving-kindness.

⁹Jehovah is good to all; and his tender mercies are over all his works.

¹⁰All thy works shall praise thee, Jehovah, and thy saints shall bless thee.

¹¹They shall tell of the glory of thy kingdom, and speak of thy power;

¹²To make known to the children of men his mighty acts, and the glorious splendour of his kingdom.

¹³Thy kingdom is a kingdom of all ages, and thy dominion is throughout all generations.

¹⁴Jehovah upholdeth all that fall, and raiseth up all that are bowed down.

¹⁵The eyes of all wait upon thee; and thou givest them their food in its season.

¹⁶Thou openest thy hand, and satisfiest the desire of every living thing.

¹⁷Jehovah is righteous in all his ways, and kind in all his works.

¹⁸Jehovah is nigh unto all that call upon him, unto all that call upon him in truth.

¹⁹He fulfilleth the desire of them that fear him; he heareth their cry, and saveth them.

²⁰Jehovah keepeth all that love him, and all the wicked will he destroy.

²¹My mouth shall speak the praise of Jehovah; and let all flesh bless his holy name for ever and ever.

Psalm 146

¹Hallelujah! Praise Jehovah, O my soul.

²As long as I live will I praise Jehovah; I will sing psalms unto my God while I have my being.

³Put not confidence in nobles, in a son of man, in whom there is no salvation.

⁴His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his purposes perish.

⁵Blessed is he who hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in Jehovah his God,

⁶Who made the heavens and the earth, the sea and all that is therein; who keepeth truth for ever;

⁷Who executeth judgment for the oppressed, who giveth bread to the hungry. Jehovah looseth the prisoners;

⁸Jehovah openeth the eyes of the blind; Jehovah raiseth up them that are bowed down; Jehovah loveth the righteous;

⁹Jehovah preserveth the strangers; he lifteth up the fatherless and the widow; but the way of the wicked doth he subvert.

¹⁰Jehovah will reign for ever, even thy God, O Zion, from generation to generation. Halleluiah!

Psalm 147

¹Praise ye Jah! for it is good. Sing psalms of our God; for it is pleasant: praise is comely.

²Jehovah doth build up Jerusalem: he gathereth the outcasts of Israel.

³He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.

⁴He counteth the number of the stars; he giveth names to them all.

⁵Great is our Lord, and of great power: his understanding is infinite.

⁶Jehovah lifteth up the meek; he abaseth the wicked to the earth.

⁷Sing unto Jehovah with thanksgiving; sing psalms upon the harp unto our God:

⁸Who covereth the heavens with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains;

⁹Who giveth to the cattle their food, to the young ravens which cry.

¹⁰He delighteth not in the strength of the horse, he taketh not pleasure in the legs of a man;

¹¹Jehovah taketh pleasure in those that fear him, in those that hope in his loving-kindness.

¹²Laud Jehovah, O Jerusalem; praise thy God, O Zion.

¹³For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; he hath blessed thy children within thee;

¹⁴He maketh peace in thy borders; he satisfieth thee with the finest of the wheat.

¹⁵He sendeth forth his oracles to the earth: his word runneth very swiftly.

¹⁶He giveth snow like wool, scattereth the hoar frost like ashes;

¹⁷He casteth forth his ice like morsels: who can stand before his cold?

¹⁸He sendeth his word, and melteth them; he causeth his wind to blow -- the waters flow.

¹⁹He sheweth his word unto Jacob, his statutes and his judgments unto Israel.

²⁰He hath not dealt thus with any nation; and as for his judgments, they have not known them. Hallelujah!

Psalm 148

¹Hallelujah! Praise Jehovah from the heavens; praise him in the heights.

²Praise ye him, all his angels; praise ye him, all his hosts.

³Praise him, sun and moon; praise him, all ye stars of light.

⁴Praise him, ye heavens of heavens, and ye waters that are above the heavens.

⁵Let them praise the name of Jehovah, for he it is that commanded, and they were created:

⁶And he established them for ever and ever; he made for them a statute which shall not pass.

⁷Praise Jehovah from the earth, ye sea-monsters, and all deeps;

⁸Fire and hail, snow and vapour, stormy wind fulfilling his word;

⁹Mountains and all hills, fruit-trees and all cedars;

¹⁰Beasts and all cattle, creeping things and winged fowl;

¹¹Kings of the earth and all peoples, princes and all judges of the earth;

¹²Both young men and maidens, old men with youths, --

¹³Let them praise the name of Jehovah: for his name alone is exalted; his majesty is above the earth and the heavens.

¹⁴And he hath lifted up the horn of his people, the praise of all his saints, even of the children of Israel, a people near unto him. Hallelujah!

Psalm 149

¹Hallelujah! Sing unto Jehovah a new song; sing his praise in the congregation of the godly.

²Let Israel rejoice in his Maker; let the sons of Zion be joyful in their King.

³Let them praise his name in the dance; let them sing psalms unto him with the tambour and harp.

⁴For Jehovah taketh pleasure in his people; he beautifieth the meek with salvation.

⁵Let the godly exult in glory; let them shout for joy upon their beds.

⁶Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, and a two-edged sword in their hand:

⁷To execute vengeance against the nations, and punishment among the peoples;

⁸To bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron;

⁹To execute upon them the judgment written. This honour have all his saints. Hallelujah!

Psalm 150

¹Hallelujah! Praise God in his sanctuary; praise him in the firmament of his power.

²Praise him in his mighty acts; praise him according to the abundance of his greatness.

³Praise him with the sound of the trumpet; praise him with lute and harp;

⁴Praise him with the tambour and dance; praise him with stringed instruments and the pipe;

⁵Praise him with loud cymbals; praise him with high sounding cymbals.

⁶Let everything that hath breath praise Jah. Hallelujah!