Lord my God, you are very great;
    you are clothed with splendor and majesty.^(B)

² The Lord wraps^(C) himself in light^(D) as with a garment;
    he stretches^(E) out the heavens^(F) like a tent^(G)
3     and lays the beams^(H) of his upper chambers on their waters.^(I)
He makes the clouds^(J) his chariot^(K)
    and rides on the wings of the wind.^(L)
4 He makes winds his messengers,^[a](M)
    flames of fire^(N) his servants.

⁵ He set the earth^(O) on its foundations;^(P)
    it can never be moved.
⁶ You covered it^(Q) with the watery depths^(R) as with a garment;
    the waters stood^(S) above the mountains.
⁷ But at your rebuke^(T) the waters fled,
    at the sound of your thunder^(U) they took to flight;
⁸ they flowed over the mountains,
    they went down into the valleys,
    to the place you assigned^(V) for them.
⁹ You set a boundary^(W) they cannot cross;
    never again will they cover the earth.

¹⁰ He makes springs^(X) pour water into the ravines;
    it flows between the mountains.
¹¹ They give water^(Y) to all the beasts of the field;
    the wild donkeys^(Z) quench their thirst.
¹² The birds of the sky^(AA) nest by the waters;
    they sing among the branches.^(AB)
13 He waters the mountains^(AC) from his upper chambers;^(AD)
    the land is satisfied by the fruit of his work.^(AE)
14 He makes grass grow^(AF) for the cattle,
    and plants for people to cultivate—
    bringing forth food^(AG) from the earth:
¹⁵ wine^(AH) that gladdens human hearts,
    oil^(AI) to make their faces shine,
    and bread that sustains^(AJ) their hearts.
¹⁶ The trees of the Lord^(AK) are well watered,
    the cedars of Lebanon^(AL) that he planted.
¹⁷ There the birds^(AM) make their nests;
    the stork has its home in the junipers.
¹⁸ The high mountains belong to the wild goats;^(AN)
    the crags are a refuge for the hyrax.^(AO)

¹⁹ He made the moon to mark the seasons,^(AP)
    and the sun^(AQ) knows when to go down.
²⁰ You bring darkness,^(AR) it becomes night,^(AS)
    and all the beasts of the forest^(AT) prowl.
²¹ The lions roar for their prey^(AU)
    and seek their food from God.^(AV)
22 The sun rises, and they steal away;
    they return and lie down in their dens.^(AW)
23 Then people go out to their work,^(AX)
    to their labor until evening.^(AY)

²⁴ How many are your works,^(AZ) Lord!
    In wisdom you made^(BA) them all;
    the earth is full of your creatures.^(BB)
25 There is the sea,^(BC) vast and spacious,
    teeming with creatures beyond number—
    living things both large and small.^(BD)
26 There the ships^(BE) go to and fro,
    and Leviathan,^(BF) which you formed to frolic^(BG) there.^(BH)

²⁷ All creatures look to you
    to give them their food^(BI) at the proper time.
²⁸ When you give it to them,
    they gather it up;
when you open your hand,
    they are satisfied^(BJ) with good things.
²⁹ When you hide your face,^(BK)
    they are terrified;
when you take away their breath,
    they die and return to the dust.^(BL)
30 When you send your Spirit,^(BM)
    they are created,
    and you renew the face of the ground.

³¹ May the glory of the Lord^(BN) endure forever;
    may the Lord rejoice in his works^(BO)—
³² he who looks at the earth, and it trembles,^(BP)
    who touches the mountains,^(BQ) and they smoke.^(BR)

³³ I will sing^(BS) to the Lord all my life;
    I will sing praise to my God as long as I live.
³⁴ May my meditation be pleasing to him,
    as I rejoice^(BT) in the Lord.
³⁵ But may sinners vanish^(BU) from the earth
    and the wicked be no more.^(BV)

Praise the Lord, my soul.

Praise the Lord.^[b](BW)

⁵ Remember the wonders^(CF) he has done,
    his miracles, and the judgments he pronounced,^(CG)
6 you his servants, the descendants of Abraham,^(CH)
    his chosen^(CI) ones, the children of Jacob.
⁷ He is the Lord our God;
    his judgments are in all the earth.

⁸ He remembers his covenant^(CJ) forever,
    the promise he made, for a thousand generations,
⁹ the covenant he made with Abraham,^(CK)
    the oath he swore to Isaac.
¹⁰ He confirmed it^(CL) to Jacob as a decree,
    to Israel as an everlasting covenant:^(CM)
11 “To you I will give the land of Canaan^(CN)
    as the portion you will inherit.”^(CO)

¹² When they were but few in number,^(CP)
    few indeed, and strangers in it,^(CQ)
13 they wandered from nation to nation,^(CR)
    from one kingdom to another.
¹⁴ He allowed no one to oppress^(CS) them;
    for their sake he rebuked kings:^(CT)
15 “Do not touch^(CU) my anointed ones;
    do my prophets^(CV) no harm.”

¹⁶ He called down famine^(CW) on the land
    and destroyed all their supplies of food;
¹⁷ and he sent a man before them—
    Joseph, sold as a slave.^(CX)
18 They bruised his feet with shackles,^(CY)
    his neck was put in irons,
¹⁹ till what he foretold^(CZ) came to pass,
    till the word^(DA) of the Lord proved him true.
²⁰ The king sent and released him,
    the ruler of peoples set him free.^(DB)
21 He made him master of his household,
    ruler over all he possessed,
²² to instruct his princes^(DC) as he pleased
    and teach his elders wisdom.^(DD)

²³ Then Israel entered Egypt;^(DE)
    Jacob resided^(DF) as a foreigner in the land of Ham.^(DG)
24 The Lord made his people very fruitful;
    he made them too numerous^(DH) for their foes,
²⁵ whose hearts he turned^(DI) to hate his people,
    to conspire^(DJ) against his servants.
²⁶ He sent Moses^(DK) his servant,
    and Aaron,^(DL) whom he had chosen.^(DM)
27 They performed^(DN) his signs^(DO) among them,
    his wonders^(DP) in the land of Ham.
²⁸ He sent darkness^(DQ) and made the land dark—
    for had they not rebelled against^(DR) his words?
²⁹ He turned their waters into blood,^(DS)
    causing their fish to die.^(DT)
30 Their land teemed with frogs,^(DU)
    which went up into the bedrooms of their rulers.
³¹ He spoke,^(DV) and there came swarms of flies,^(DW)
    and gnats^(DX) throughout their country.
³² He turned their rain into hail,^(DY)
    with lightning throughout their land;
³³ he struck down their vines^(DZ) and fig trees^(EA)
    and shattered the trees of their country.
³⁴ He spoke,^(EB) and the locusts came,^(EC)
    grasshoppers^(ED) without number;^(EE)
35 they ate up every green thing in their land,
    ate up the produce of their soil.
³⁶ Then he struck down all the firstborn^(EF) in their land,
    the firstfruits of all their manhood.
³⁷ He brought out Israel, laden with silver and gold,^(EG)
    and from among their tribes no one faltered.
³⁸ Egypt was glad when they left,
    because dread of Israel^(EH) had fallen on them.

³⁹ He spread out a cloud^(EI) as a covering,
    and a fire to give light at night.^(EJ)
40 They asked,^(EK) and he brought them quail;^(EL)
    he fed them well with the bread of heaven.^(EM)
41 He opened the rock,^(EN) and water gushed out;
    it flowed like a river in the desert.

⁴² For he remembered his holy promise^(EO)
    given to his servant Abraham.
⁴³ He brought out his people with rejoicing,^(EP)
    his chosen ones with shouts of joy;
⁴⁴ he gave them the lands of the nations,^(EQ)
    and they fell heir to what others had toiled^(ER) for—
⁴⁵ that they might keep his precepts
    and observe his laws.^(ES)

Praise the Lord.^[c](ET)

Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good;^(EW)
    his love endures forever.^(EX)

² Who can proclaim the mighty acts^(EY) of the Lord
    or fully declare his praise?
³ Blessed are those who act justly,^(EZ)
    who always do what is right.^(FA)

⁴ Remember me,^(FB) Lord, when you show favor^(FC) to your people,
    come to my aid^(FD) when you save them,
⁵ that I may enjoy the prosperity^(FE) of your chosen ones,^(FF)
    that I may share in the joy^(FG) of your nation
    and join your inheritance^(FH) in giving praise.

⁶ We have sinned,^(FI) even as our ancestors^(FJ) did;
    we have done wrong and acted wickedly.^(FK)
7 When our ancestors were in Egypt,
    they gave no thought^(FL) to your miracles;
they did not remember^(FM) your many kindnesses,
    and they rebelled by the sea,^(FN) the Red Sea.^[e]
8 Yet he saved them^(FO) for his name’s sake,^(FP)
    to make his mighty power^(FQ) known.
⁹ He rebuked^(FR) the Red Sea, and it dried up;^(FS)
    he led them through^(FT) the depths as through a desert.
¹⁰ He saved them^(FU) from the hand of the foe;^(FV)
    from the hand of the enemy he redeemed them.^(FW)
11 The waters covered^(FX) their adversaries;
    not one of them survived.
¹² Then they believed his promises
    and sang his praise.^(FY)

¹³ But they soon forgot^(FZ) what he had done
    and did not wait for his plan to unfold.^(GA)
14 In the desert^(GB) they gave in to their craving;
    in the wilderness^(GC) they put God to the test.^(GD)
15 So he gave them^(GE) what they asked for,
    but sent a wasting disease^(GF) among them.

¹⁶ In the camp they grew envious^(GG) of Moses
    and of Aaron, who was consecrated to the Lord.
¹⁷ The earth opened^(GH) up and swallowed Dathan;^(GI)
    it buried the company of Abiram.^(GJ)
18 Fire blazed^(GK) among their followers;
    a flame consumed the wicked.
¹⁹ At Horeb they made a calf^(GL)
    and worshiped an idol cast from metal.
²⁰ They exchanged their glorious God^(GM)
    for an image of a bull, which eats grass.
²¹ They forgot the God^(GN) who saved them,
    who had done great things^(GO) in Egypt,
²² miracles in the land of Ham^(GP)
    and awesome deeds^(GQ) by the Red Sea.
²³ So he said he would destroy^(GR) them—
    had not Moses, his chosen one,
stood in the breach^(GS) before him
    to keep his wrath from destroying them.

²⁴ Then they despised^(GT) the pleasant land;^(GU)
    they did not believe^(GV) his promise.
²⁵ They grumbled^(GW) in their tents
    and did not obey the Lord.
²⁶ So he swore^(GX) to them with uplifted hand
    that he would make them fall in the wilderness,^(GY)
27 make their descendants fall among the nations
    and scatter^(GZ) them throughout the lands.

²⁸ They yoked themselves to the Baal of Peor^(HA)
    and ate sacrifices offered to lifeless gods;
²⁹ they aroused the Lord’s anger^(HB) by their wicked deeds,^(HC)
    and a plague^(HD) broke out among them.
³⁰ But Phinehas^(HE) stood up and intervened,
    and the plague was checked.^(HF)
31 This was credited to him^(HG) as righteousness
    for endless generations^(HH) to come.
³² By the waters of Meribah^(HI) they angered the Lord,
    and trouble came to Moses because of them;
³³ for they rebelled^(HJ) against the Spirit^(HK) of God,
    and rash words came from Moses’ lips.^[f](HL)

³⁴ They did not destroy^(HM) the peoples
    as the Lord had commanded^(HN) them,
³⁵ but they mingled^(HO) with the nations
    and adopted their customs.
³⁶ They worshiped their idols,^(HP)
    which became a snare^(HQ) to them.
³⁷ They sacrificed their sons^(HR)
    and their daughters to false gods.^(HS)
38 They shed innocent blood,
    the blood of their sons^(HT) and daughters,
whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan,
    and the land was desecrated by their blood.
³⁹ They defiled themselves^(HU) by what they did;
    by their deeds they prostituted^(HV) themselves.

⁴⁰ Therefore the Lord was angry^(HW) with his people
    and abhorred his inheritance.^(HX)
41 He gave them into the hands^(HY) of the nations,
    and their foes ruled over them.
⁴² Their enemies oppressed^(HZ) them
    and subjected them to their power.
⁴³ Many times he delivered them,^(IA)
    but they were bent on rebellion^(IB)
    and they wasted away in their sin.
⁴⁴ Yet he took note of their distress
    when he heard their cry;^(IC)
45 for their sake he remembered his covenant^(ID)
    and out of his great love^(IE) he relented.^(IF)
46 He caused all who held them captive
    to show them mercy.^(IG)

⁴⁷ Save us,^(IH) Lord our God,
    and gather us^(II) from the nations,
that we may give thanks^(IJ) to your holy name^(IK)
    and glory in your praise.

⁴⁸ Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel,
    from everlasting to everlasting.

Let all the people say, “Amen!”^(IL)

Praise the Lord.

² Let the redeemed^(IO) of the Lord tell their story—
    those he redeemed from the hand of the foe,
³ those he gathered^(IP) from the lands,
    from east and west, from north and south.^[g]

⁴ Some wandered in desert^(IQ) wastelands,
    finding no way to a city^(IR) where they could settle.
⁵ They were hungry^(IS) and thirsty,^(IT)
    and their lives ebbed away.
⁶ Then they cried out^(IU) to the Lord in their trouble,
    and he delivered them from their distress.
⁷ He led them by a straight way^(IV)
    to a city^(IW) where they could settle.
⁸ Let them give thanks^(IX) to the Lord for his unfailing love^(IY)
    and his wonderful deeds^(IZ) for mankind,
⁹ for he satisfies^(JA) the thirsty
    and fills the hungry with good things.^(JB)

¹⁰ Some sat in darkness,^(JC) in utter darkness,
    prisoners suffering^(JD) in iron chains,^(JE)
11 because they rebelled^(JF) against God’s commands
    and despised^(JG) the plans^(JH) of the Most High.
¹² So he subjected them to bitter labor;
    they stumbled, and there was no one to help.^(JI)
13 Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble,
    and he saved them^(JJ) from their distress.
¹⁴ He brought them out of darkness,^(JK) the utter darkness,^(JL)
    and broke away their chains.^(JM)
15 Let them give thanks^(JN) to the Lord for his unfailing love^(JO)
    and his wonderful deeds^(JP) for mankind,
¹⁶ for he breaks down gates of bronze
    and cuts through bars of iron.

¹⁷ Some became fools^(JQ) through their rebellious ways^(JR)
    and suffered affliction^(JS) because of their iniquities.
¹⁸ They loathed all food^(JT)
    and drew near the gates of death.^(JU)
19 Then they cried^(JV) to the Lord in their trouble,
    and he saved them^(JW) from their distress.
²⁰ He sent out his word^(JX) and healed them;^(JY)
    he rescued^(JZ) them from the grave.^(KA)
21 Let them give thanks^(KB) to the Lord for his unfailing love^(KC)
    and his wonderful deeds^(KD) for mankind.
²² Let them sacrifice thank offerings^(KE)
    and tell of his works^(KF) with songs of joy.^(KG)

²³ Some went out on the sea^(KH) in ships;^(KI)
    they were merchants on the mighty waters.
²⁴ They saw the works of the Lord,^(KJ)
    his wonderful deeds in the deep.
²⁵ For he spoke^(KK) and stirred up a tempest^(KL)
    that lifted high the waves.^(KM)
26 They mounted up to the heavens and went down to the depths;
    in their peril^(KN) their courage melted^(KO) away.
²⁷ They reeled^(KP) and staggered like drunkards;
    they were at their wits’ end.
²⁸ Then they cried^(KQ) out to the Lord in their trouble,
    and he brought them out of their distress.^(KR)
29 He stilled the storm^(KS) to a whisper;
    the waves^(KT) of the sea^[h] were hushed.^(KU)
30 They were glad when it grew calm,
    and he guided them^(KV) to their desired haven.
³¹ Let them give thanks^(KW) to the Lord for his unfailing love^(KX)
    and his wonderful deeds^(KY) for mankind.
³² Let them exalt^(KZ) him in the assembly^(LA) of the people
    and praise him in the council of the elders.

³³ He turned rivers into a desert,^(LB)
    flowing springs^(LC) into thirsty ground,
³⁴ and fruitful land into a salt waste,^(LD)
    because of the wickedness of those who lived there.
³⁵ He turned the desert into pools of water^(LE)
    and the parched ground into flowing springs;^(LF)
36 there he brought the hungry to live,
    and they founded a city where they could settle.
³⁷ They sowed fields and planted vineyards^(LG)
    that yielded a fruitful harvest;
³⁸ he blessed them, and their numbers greatly increased,^(LH)
    and he did not let their herds diminish.^(LI)

³⁹ Then their numbers decreased,^(LJ) and they were humbled^(LK)
    by oppression, calamity and sorrow;
⁴⁰ he who pours contempt on nobles^(LL)
    made them wander in a trackless waste.^(LM)
41 But he lifted the needy^(LN) out of their affliction
    and increased their families like flocks.^(LO)
42 The upright see and rejoice,^(LP)
    but all the wicked shut their mouths.^(LQ)

⁴³ Let the one who is wise^(LR) heed these things
    and ponder the loving deeds^(LS) of the Lord.

⁶ Save us and help us with your right hand,^(MD)
    that those you love may be delivered.
⁷ God has spoken^(ME) from his sanctuary:^(MF)
    “In triumph I will parcel out Shechem^(MG)
    and measure off the Valley of Sukkoth.^(MH)
8 Gilead is mine, Manasseh is mine;
    Ephraim is my helmet,
    Judah^(MI) is my scepter.
⁹ Moab^(MJ) is my washbasin,
    on Edom^(MK) I toss my sandal;
    over Philistia^(ML) I shout in triumph.”

¹⁰ Who will bring me to the fortified city?
    Who will lead me to Edom?
¹¹ Is it not you, God, you who have rejected us
    and no longer go out with our armies?^(MM)
12 Give us aid against the enemy,
    for human help is worthless.^(MN)
13 With God we will gain the victory,
    and he will trample down^(MO) our enemies.

⁶ Appoint someone evil to oppose my enemy;
    let an accuser^(MX) stand at his right hand.
⁷ When he is tried, let him be found guilty,^(MY)
    and may his prayers condemn^(MZ) him.
⁸ May his days be few;^(NA)
    may another take his place^(NB) of leadership.
⁹ May his children be fatherless
    and his wife a widow.^(NC)
10 May his children be wandering beggars;^(ND)
    may they be driven^[j] from their ruined homes.
¹¹ May a creditor^(NE) seize all he has;
    may strangers plunder^(NF) the fruits of his labor.^(NG)
12 May no one extend kindness to him
    or take pity^(NH) on his fatherless children.
¹³ May his descendants be cut off,^(NI)
    their names blotted out^(NJ) from the next generation.
¹⁴ May the iniquity of his fathers^(NK) be remembered before the Lord;
    may the sin of his mother never be blotted out.
¹⁵ May their sins always remain before^(NL) the Lord,
    that he may blot out their name^(NM) from the earth.

¹⁶ For he never thought of doing a kindness,
    but hounded to death the poor
    and the needy^(NN) and the brokenhearted.^(NO)
17 He loved to pronounce a curse—
    may it come back on him.^(NP)
He found no pleasure in blessing—
    may it be far from him.
¹⁸ He wore cursing^(NQ) as his garment;
    it entered into his body like water,^(NR)
    into his bones like oil.
¹⁹ May it be like a cloak wrapped^(NS) about him,
    like a belt tied forever around him.
²⁰ May this be the Lord’s payment^(NT) to my accusers,
    to those who speak evil^(NU) of me.

²¹ But you, Sovereign Lord,
    help me for your name’s sake;^(NV)
    out of the goodness of your love,^(NW) deliver me.^(NX)
22 For I am poor and needy,
    and my heart is wounded within me.
²³ I fade away like an evening shadow;^(NY)
    I am shaken off like a locust.
²⁴ My knees give^(NZ) way from fasting;^(OA)
    my body is thin and gaunt.^(OB)
25 I am an object of scorn^(OC) to my accusers;
    when they see me, they shake their heads.^(OD)

²⁶ Help me,^(OE) Lord my God;
    save me according to your unfailing love.
²⁷ Let them know^(OF) that it is your hand,
    that you, Lord, have done it.
²⁸ While they curse,^(OG) may you bless;
    may those who attack me be put to shame,
    but may your servant rejoice.^(OH)
29 May my accusers be clothed with disgrace
    and wrapped in shame^(OI) as in a cloak.

³⁰ With my mouth I will greatly extol the Lord;
    in the great throng^(OJ) of worshipers I will praise him.
³¹ For he stands at the right hand^(OK) of the needy,
    to save their lives from those who would condemn them.

“Sit at my right hand^(OM)
    until I make your enemies
    a footstool for your feet.”^(ON)

² The Lord will extend your mighty scepter^(OO) from Zion,^(OP) saying,
    “Rule^(OQ) in the midst of your enemies!”
³ Your troops will be willing
    on your day of battle.
Arrayed in holy splendor,^(OR)
    your young men will come to you
    like dew from the morning’s womb.^[l](OS)

⁴ The Lord has sworn
    and will not change his mind:^(OT)
“You are a priest forever,^(OU)
    in the order of Melchizedek.^(OV)”

⁵ The Lord is at your right hand^[m];^(OW)
    he will crush kings^(OX) on the day of his wrath.^(OY)
6 He will judge the nations,^(OZ) heaping up the dead^(PA)
    and crushing the rulers^(PB) of the whole earth.
⁷ He will drink from a brook along the way,^[n]
    and so he will lift his head high.^(PC)