Psalm 150

New International Version

Psalm 150

¹Praise the Lord.^[a]^(A)

Praise God in his sanctuary;^(B)
    praise him in his mighty heavens.^(C)
²Praise him for his acts of power;^(D)
    praise him for his surpassing greatness.^(E)
³Praise him with the sounding of the trumpet,^(F)
    praise him with the harp and lyre,^(G)
⁴praise him with timbrel and dancing,^(H)
    praise him with the strings^(I) and pipe,^(J)
⁵praise him with the clash of cymbals,^(K)
    praise him with resounding cymbals.

⁶Let everything^(L) that has breath praise the Lord.

Praise the Lord.

Footnotes

Psalm 150:1 Hebrew Hallelu Yah; also in verse 6

Song of Songs 5:9-6:1

New International Version

Friends

⁹How is your beloved better than others,
most beautiful of women?^(A)
How is your beloved better than others,
that you so charge us?

She

¹⁰My beloved is radiant and ruddy,
    outstanding among ten thousand.^(B)
¹¹His head is purest gold;
    his hair is wavy
    and black as a raven.
¹²His eyes are like doves^(C)
    by the water streams,
washed in milk,^(D)
    mounted like jewels.
¹³His cheeks^(E) are like beds of spice^(F)
    yielding perfume.
His lips are like lilies^(G)
    dripping with myrrh.^(H)
¹⁴His arms are rods of gold
    set with topaz.
His body is like polished ivory
    decorated with lapis lazuli.^(I)
¹⁵His legs are pillars of marble
    set on bases of pure gold.
His appearance is like Lebanon,^(J)
    choice as its cedars.
¹⁶His mouth^(K) is sweetness itself;
    he is altogether lovely.
This is my beloved,^(L) this is my friend,
    daughters of Jerusalem.^(M)