Psalm 145-150

New King James Version

^4 (D)One generation shall praise Your works to another,
And shall declare Your mighty acts.
^5 [c]I will meditate on the glorious splendor of Your majesty,
And ^[d]on Your wondrous works.
⁶ Men shall speak of the might of Your awesome acts,
And I will declare Your greatness.
⁷ They shall ^[e]utter the memory of Your great goodness,
And shall sing of Your righteousness.

^8 (E)The Lord is gracious and full of compassion,
Slow to anger and great in mercy.
^9 (F)The Lord is good to all,
And His tender mercies are over all His works.

^10 (G)All Your works shall praise You, O Lord,
And Your saints shall bless You.
¹¹ They shall speak of the glory of Your kingdom,
And talk of Your power,
¹² To make known to the sons of men His mighty acts,
And the glorious majesty of His kingdom.
^13 (H)Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom,
And Your dominion endures throughout all ^[f]generations.

¹⁴ The Lord upholds all who fall,
And ^(I)raises up all who are bowed down.
^15 (J)The eyes of all look expectantly to You,
And ^(K)You give them their food in due season.
¹⁶ You open Your hand
^(L)And satisfy the desire of every living thing.

¹⁷ The Lord is righteous in all His ways,
Gracious in all His works.
^18 (M)The Lord is near to all who call upon Him,
To all who call upon Him ^(N)in truth.
¹⁹ He will fulfill the desire of those who fear Him;
He also will hear their cry and save them.
^20 (O)The Lord preserves all who love Him,
But all the wicked He will destroy.
²¹ My mouth shall speak the praise of the Lord,
And all flesh shall bless His holy name
Forever and ever.

^(P)Praise the Lord, O my soul!
^2 (Q)While I live I will praise the Lord;
I will sing praises to my God while I have my being.

^3 (R)Do not put your trust in princes,
Nor in ^[h]a son of man, in whom there is no ^[i]help.
^4 (S)His spirit departs, he returns to his earth;
In that very day ^(T)his plans perish.

^5 (U)Happy is he who has the God of Jacob for his help,
Whose hope is in the Lord his God,
^6 (V)Who made heaven and earth,
The sea, and all that is in them;
Who keeps truth forever,
^7 (W)Who executes justice for the oppressed,
^(X)Who gives food to the hungry.
^(Y)The Lord gives freedom to the prisoners.

^8 (Z)The Lord opens the eyes of the blind;
^(AA)The Lord raises those who are bowed down;
The Lord loves the righteous.
^9 (AB)The Lord watches over the strangers;
He relieves the fatherless and widow;
^(AC)But the way of the wicked He ^[j]turns upside down.

^10 (AD)The Lord shall reign forever—
Your God, O Zion, to all generations.

Praise the Lord!

² The Lord ^(AH)builds up Jerusalem;
^(AI)He gathers together the outcasts of Israel.
^3 (AJ)He heals the brokenhearted
And binds up their ^[l]wounds.
^4 (AK)He counts the number of the stars;
He calls them all by name.
^5 (AL)Great is our Lord, and ^(AM)mighty in power;
^(AN)His understanding is infinite.
^6 (AO)The Lord lifts up the humble;
He casts the wicked down to the ground.

⁷ Sing to the Lord with thanksgiving;
Sing praises on the harp to our God,
^8 (AP)Who covers the heavens with clouds,
Who prepares rain for the earth,
Who makes grass to grow on the mountains.
^9 (AQ)He gives to the beast its food,
And ^(AR)to the young ravens that cry.

^10 (AS)He does not delight in the strength of the horse;
He takes no pleasure in the legs of a man.
¹¹ The Lord takes pleasure in those who fear Him,
In those who hope in His mercy.

¹² Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem!
Praise your God, O Zion!
¹³ For He has strengthened the bars of your gates;
He has blessed your children within you.
^14 (AT)He makes peace in your borders,
And ^(AU)fills you with ^[m]the finest wheat.

^15 (AV)He sends out His command to the earth;
His word runs very swiftly.
^16 (AW)He gives snow like wool;
He scatters the frost like ashes;
¹⁷ He casts out His hail like ^[n]morsels;
Who can stand before His cold?
^18 (AX)He sends out His word and melts them;
He causes His wind to blow, and the waters flow.

^19 (AY)He declares His word to Jacob,
^(AZ)His statutes and His judgments to Israel.
^20 (BA)He has not dealt thus with any nation;
And as for His judgments, they have not known them.

^[o]Praise the Lord!

Praise the Lord from the heavens;
Praise Him in the heights!
² Praise Him, all His angels;
Praise Him, all His hosts!
³ Praise Him, sun and moon;
Praise Him, all you stars of light!
⁴ Praise Him, ^(BB)you heavens of heavens,
And ^(BC)you waters above the heavens!

⁵ Let them praise the name of the Lord,
For ^(BD)He commanded and they were created.
^6 (BE)He also established them forever and ever;
He made a decree which shall not pass away.

⁷ Praise the Lord from the earth,
^(BF)You great sea creatures and all the depths;
⁸ Fire and hail, snow and clouds;
Stormy wind, fulfilling His word;
^9 (BG)Mountains and all hills;
Fruitful trees and all cedars;
¹⁰ Beasts and all cattle;
Creeping things and flying fowl;
¹¹ Kings of the earth and all peoples;
Princes and all judges of the earth;
¹² Both young men and maidens;
Old men and children.

¹³ Let them praise the name of the Lord,
For His ^(BH)name alone is exalted;
His glory is above the earth and heaven.
¹⁴ And He ^(BI)has exalted the ^[q]horn of His people,
The praise of ^(BJ)all His saints—
Of the children of Israel,
^(BK)A people near to Him.

^[r]Praise the Lord!

^(BL)Sing to the Lord a new song,
And His praise in the assembly of saints.

² Let Israel rejoice in their Maker;
Let the children of Zion be joyful in their ^(BM)King.
^3 (BN)Let them praise His name with the dance;
Let them sing praises to Him with the timbrel and harp.
⁴ For ^(BO)the Lord takes pleasure in His people;
^(BP)He will beautify the ^[t]humble with salvation.

⁵ Let the saints be joyful in glory;
Let them ^(BQ)sing aloud on their beds.
⁶ Let the high praises of God be in their mouth,
And ^(BR)a two-edged sword in their hand,
⁷ To execute vengeance on the nations,
And punishments on the peoples;
⁸ To bind their kings with chains,
And their nobles with fetters of iron;
^9 (BS)To execute on them the written judgment—
^(BT)This honor have all His saints.

^[u]Praise the Lord!

Praise God in His sanctuary;
Praise Him in His mighty ^[w]firmament!

² Praise Him for His mighty acts;
Praise Him according to His excellent ^(BV)greatness!

³ Praise Him with the sound of the ^[x]trumpet;
Praise Him with the lute and harp!
⁴ Praise Him with the timbrel and dance;
Praise Him with stringed instruments and flutes!
⁵ Praise Him with loud cymbals;
Praise Him with clashing cymbals!

⁶ Let everything that has breath praise the Lord.

^[y]Praise the Lord!