Psalm 146

Complete Jewish Bible

146 Halleluyah!

Praise Adonai, my soul!
²I will praise Adonai as long as I live.
I will sing praise to my God all my life.

³Don’t put your trust in princes
or in mortals, who cannot help.
⁴When they breathe their last, they return to dust;
on that very day all their plans are gone.

⁵Happy is he whose help is Ya‘akov’s God,
whose hope is in Adonai his God.
⁶He made heaven and earth,
the sea and everything in them;
he keeps faith forever.

⁷He secures justice for the oppressed,
he gives food to the hungry.
Adonai sets prisoners free,
⁸Adonai opens the eyes of the blind,
Adonai lifts up those who are bent over.
Adonai loves the righteous.
⁹Adonai watches over strangers,
he sustains the fatherless and widows;
but the way of the wicked he twists.

¹⁰Adonai will reign forever,
your God, Tziyon, through all generations.

Halleluyah!

Psalm 19-22

Complete Jewish Bible

19 ⁽⁰⁾For the leader. A psalm of David:

²⁽¹⁾The heavens declare the glory of God,
the dome of the sky speaks the work of his hands.
³⁽²⁾Every day it utters speech,
every night it reveals knowledge.
⁴⁽³⁾Without speech, without a word,
without their voices being heard,
⁵⁽⁴⁾their line goes out through all the earth
and their words to the end of the world.

In them he places a tent for the sun,
⁶⁽⁵⁾which comes out like a bridegroom from the bridal chamber,
with delight like an athlete to run his race.
⁷⁽⁶⁾It rises at one side of the sky,
circles around to the other side,
and nothing escapes its heat.

⁸⁽⁷⁾The Torah of Adonai is perfect,
restoring the inner person.
The instruction of Adonai is sure,
making wise the thoughtless.
⁹⁽⁸⁾The precepts of Adonai are right,
rejoicing the heart.
The mitzvah of Adonai is pure,
enlightening the eyes.
¹⁰⁽⁹⁾The fear of Adonai is clean,
enduring forever.
The rulings of Adonai are true,
they are righteous altogether,
¹¹⁽¹⁰⁾more desirable than gold,
than much fine gold,
also sweeter than honey
or drippings from the honeycomb.
¹²⁽¹¹⁾Through them your servant is warned;
in obeying them there is great reward.

¹³⁽¹²⁾Who can discern unintentional sins?
Cleanse me from hidden faults.
¹⁴⁽¹³⁾Also keep your servant from presumptuous sins,
so that they won’t control me.
Then I will be blameless
and free of great offense.

¹⁵⁽¹⁴⁾May the words of my mouth
and the thoughts of my heart
be acceptable in your presence,
Adonai, my Rock and Redeemer.

20 ⁽⁰⁾For the leader. A psalm of David:

²⁽¹⁾May Adonai answer you in times of distress,
may the name of the God of Ya‘akov protect you.
³⁽²⁾May he send you help from the sanctuary
and give you support from Tziyon.
⁴⁽³⁾May he be reminded by all your grain offerings
and accept the fat of your burnt offerings. (Selah)
⁵⁽⁴⁾May he grant you your heart’s desire
and bring all your plans to success.

⁶⁽⁵⁾Then we will shout for joy at your victory
and fly our flags in the name of our God.
May Adonai fulfill all your requests.

⁷⁽⁶⁾Now I know that Adonai
gives victory to his anointed one —
he will answer him from his holy heaven
with mighty victories by his right hand.

⁸⁽⁷⁾Some trust in chariots and some in horses,
but we praise the name of Adonai our God.
⁹⁽⁸⁾They will crumple and fall,
but we will arise and stand erect.

¹⁰⁽⁹⁾Give victory, Adonai!
Let the King answer us the day we call.
21 ⁽⁰⁾For the leader. A psalm of David:

²⁽¹⁾Adonai, the king finds joy in your strength;
what great joy he displays in your victory!
³⁽²⁾You give him his heart’s desire;
you don’t refuse the prayer from his lips. (Selah)

⁴⁽³⁾For you come to meet him with the best blessings,
you place a crown of fine gold on his head.
⁵⁽⁴⁾He asks you for life; you give it to him,
years and years forever and ever.

⁶⁽⁵⁾Your victory brings him great glory;
you confer on him splendor and honor.
⁷⁽⁶⁾For you bestow on him everlasting blessings,
you make him glad with the joy of your presence.
⁸⁽⁷⁾For the king puts his trust in Adonai,
in the grace of ‘Elyon; he will not be moved.

⁹⁽⁸⁾Your hand will find all your enemies;
your right hand will overtake those who hate you.
¹⁰⁽⁹⁾At your appearing,
you will make them like a fiery furnace.
Adonai will swallow them up in his anger;
fire will consume them.
¹¹⁽¹⁰⁾You will destroy from the earth their descendants,
rid humankind of their posterity;
¹²⁽¹¹⁾for they intended evil against you;
but despite their scheme, they won’t succeed.
¹³⁽¹²⁾For you will make them turn their back
by aiming your bow at their faces.

¹⁴⁽¹³⁾Arise, Adonai, in your strength;
and we will sing and praise your power.

22 ⁽⁰⁾For the leader. Set to “Sunrise.” A psalm of David:

²⁽¹⁾My God! My God!
Why have you abandoned me?
Why so far from helping me,
so far from my anguished cries?

³⁽²⁾My God, by day I call to you,
but you don’t answer;
likewise at night,
but I get no relief.
⁴⁽³⁾Nevertheless, you are holy,
enthroned on the praises of Isra’el.
⁵⁽⁴⁾In you our ancestors put their trust;
they trusted, and you rescued them.
⁶⁽⁵⁾They cried to you and escaped;
they trusted in you and were not disappointed.

⁷⁽⁶⁾But I am a worm, not a man,
scorned by everyone, despised by the people.
⁸⁽⁷⁾All who see me jeer at me;
they sneer and shake their heads:
⁹⁽⁸⁾“He committed himself to Adonai,
so let him rescue him!
Let him set him free
if he takes such delight in him!”

¹⁰⁽⁹⁾But you are the one who took me from the womb,
you made me trust when I was on my mother’s breasts.
¹¹⁽¹⁰⁾Since my birth I’ve been thrown on you;
you are my God from my mother’s womb.
¹²⁽¹¹⁾Don’t stay far from me, for trouble is near;
and there is no one to help.
¹³⁽¹²⁾Many bulls surround me,
wild bulls of Bashan close in on me.
¹⁴⁽¹³⁾They open their mouths wide against me,
like ravening, roaring lions.
¹⁵⁽¹⁴⁾I am poured out like water;
all my bones are out of joint;
my heart has become like wax —
it melts inside me;
¹⁶⁽¹⁵⁾my mouth is as dry as a fragment of a pot,
my tongue sticks to my palate;
you lay me down in the dust of death.
¹⁷⁽¹⁶⁾Dogs are all around me,
a pack of villains closes in on me
like a lion [at] my hands and feet.^[a]

¹⁸⁽¹⁷⁾I can count every one of my bones,
while they gaze at me and gloat.
¹⁹⁽¹⁸⁾They divide my garments among themselves;
for my clothing they throw dice.

²⁰⁽¹⁹⁾But you, Adonai, don’t stay far away!
My strength, come quickly to help me!
²¹⁽²⁰⁾Rescue me from the sword,
my life from the power of the dogs.
²²⁽²¹⁾Save me from the lion’s mouth!

You have answered me from the wild bulls’ horns.
²³⁽²²⁾I will proclaim your name to my kinsmen;
right there in the assembly I will praise you:
²⁴⁽²³⁾“You who fear Adonai, praise him!
All descendants of Ya‘akov, glorify him!
All descendants of Isra’el, stand in awe of him!
²⁵⁽²⁴⁾For he has not despised or abhorred
the poverty of the poor;
he did not hide his face from him
but listened to his cry.”

²⁶⁽²⁵⁾Because of you
I give praise in the great assembly;
I will fulfill my vows
in the sight of those who fear him.
²⁷⁽²⁶⁾The poor will eat and be satisfied;
those who seek Adonai will praise him;
Your hearts will enjoy life forever.
²⁸⁽²⁷⁾All the ends of the earth
will remember and turn to Adonai;
all the clans of the nations
will worship in your presence.
²⁹⁽²⁸⁾For the kingdom belongs to Adonai,
and he rules the nations.

³⁰⁽²⁹⁾All who prosper on the earth
will eat and worship;
all who go down to the dust
will kneel before him,
including him who can’t keep himself alive,
³¹⁽³⁰⁾A descendant will serve him;
the next generation will be told of Adonai.
³²⁽³¹⁾They will come and proclaim
his righteousness
to a people yet unborn,
that he is the one who did it.