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.

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Footnotes

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

1 Peter 2:1-10

New International Version

2 Therefore, rid yourselves^(A) of all malice and all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander^(B) of every kind. ²Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk,^(C) so that by it you may grow up^(D) in your salvation, ³now that you have tasted that the Lord is good.^(E)

The Living Stone and a Chosen People

⁴As you come to him, the living Stone^(F)—rejected by humans but chosen by God^(G) and precious to him— ⁵you also, like living stones, are being built^(H) into a spiritual house^[a]^(I) to be a holy priesthood,^(J) offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.^(K) ⁶For in Scripture it says:

“See, I lay a stone in Zion,
a chosen and precious cornerstone,^(L)
and the one who trusts in him
will never be put to shame.”^[b]^(M)

⁷Now to you who believe, this stone is precious. But to those who do not believe,^(N)

“The stone the builders rejected^(O)
has become the cornerstone,”^[c]^(P)

⁸and,

“A stone that causes people to stumble
and a rock that makes them fall.”^[d]^(Q)

They stumble because they disobey the message—which is also what they were destined for.^(R)

⁹But you are a chosen people,^(S) a royal priesthood,^(T) a holy nation,^(U) God’s special possession,^(V) that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.^(W) ¹⁰Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God;^(X) once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.