⁴ Bring back our captivity, O Lord,
As the streams in the South.

^5 (D)Those who sow in tears
Shall reap in joy.
⁶ He who continually goes ^[c]forth weeping,
Bearing ^[d]seed for sowing,
Shall doubtless come again ^[e]with ^(E)rejoicing,
Bringing his sheaves with him.

^2 (B)When you eat the ^[a]labor of your hands,
You shall be happy, and it shall be ^(C)well with you.
³ Your wife shall be ^(D)like a fruitful vine
In the very heart of your house,
Your ^(E)children ^(F)like olive plants
All around your table.
⁴ Behold, thus shall the man be blessed
Who fears the Lord.

^5 (G)The Lord bless you out of Zion,
And may you see the good of Jerusalem
All the days of your life.
⁶ Yes, may you ^(H)see your children’s children.

^(I)Peace be upon Israel!

⁵ Let all those who hate Zion
Be put to shame and turned back.
⁶ Let them be as the ^(D)grass on the housetops,
Which withers before it grows up,
⁷ With which the reaper does not fill his hand,
Nor he who binds sheaves, his ^[b]arms.
⁸ Neither let those who pass by them say,
^(E)“The blessing of the Lord be upon you;
We bless you in the name of the Lord!”

⁶ Behold, we heard of it ^(E)in Ephrathah;
^(F)We found it ^(G)in the fields of ^[a]the woods.
⁷ Let us go into His tabernacle;
^(H)Let us worship at His footstool.
^8 (I)Arise, O Lord, to Your resting place,
You and ^(J)the ark of Your strength.
⁹ Let Your priests ^(K)be clothed with righteousness,
And let Your saints shout for joy.

¹⁰ For Your servant David’s sake,
Do not turn away the face of Your ^[b]Anointed.

^11 (L)The Lord has sworn in truth to David;
He will not turn from it:
“I will set upon your throne ^(M)the ^[c]fruit of your body.
¹² If your sons will keep My covenant
And My testimony which I shall teach them,
Their sons also shall sit upon your throne forevermore.”

^13 (N)For the Lord has chosen Zion;
He has desired it for His ^[d]dwelling place:
¹⁴ “This^(O) is My resting place forever;
Here I will dwell, for I have desired it.
^15 (P)I will abundantly bless her ^[e]provision;
I will satisfy her poor with bread.
^16 (Q)I will also clothe her priests with salvation,
^(R)And her saints shall shout aloud for joy.
^17 (S)There I will make the ^[f]horn of David grow;
^(T)I will prepare a lamp for My ^[g]Anointed.
¹⁸ His enemies I will ^(U)clothe with shame,
But upon Himself His crown shall flourish.”

² The Lord ^(D)builds up Jerusalem;
^(E)He gathers together the outcasts of Israel.
^3 (F)He heals the brokenhearted
And binds up their ^[b]wounds.
^4 (G)He counts the number of the stars;
He calls them all by name.
^5 (H)Great is our Lord, and ^(I)mighty in power;
^(J)His understanding is infinite.
^6 (K)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 (L)Who covers the heavens with clouds,
Who prepares rain for the earth,
Who makes grass to grow on the mountains.
^9 (M)He gives to the beast its food,
And ^(N)to the young ravens that cry.

^10 (O)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 (P)He makes peace in your borders,
And ^(Q)fills you with ^[c]the finest wheat.

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

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

^[e]Praise the Lord!

^(A)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 ^(B)King.
^3 (C)Let them praise His name with the dance;
Let them sing praises to Him with the timbrel and harp.
⁴ For ^(D)the Lord takes pleasure in His people;
^(E)He will beautify the ^[b]humble with salvation.

⁵ Let the saints be joyful in glory;
Let them ^(F)sing aloud on their beds.
⁶ Let the high praises of God be in their mouth,
And ^(G)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 (H)To execute on them the written judgment—
^(I)This honor have all His saints.

^[c]Praise the Lord!