Psalm 143-150

New King James Version

³ For the enemy has persecuted my soul;
He has crushed my life to the ground;
He has made me dwell in ^[a]darkness,
Like those who have long been dead.
^4 (B)Therefore my spirit is overwhelmed within me;
My heart within me is distressed.

^5 (C)I remember the days of old;
I meditate on all Your works;
I ^[b]muse on the work of Your hands.
⁶ I spread out my hands to You;
^(D)My soul longs for You like a thirsty land. Selah

⁷ Answer me speedily, O Lord;
My spirit fails!
Do not hide Your face from me,
^(E)Lest I ^[c]be like those who ^[d]go down into the pit.
⁸ Cause me to hear Your lovingkindness ^(F)in the morning,
For in You do I trust;
^(G)Cause me to know the way in which I should walk,
For ^(H)I lift up my soul to You.

⁹ Deliver me, O Lord, from my enemies;
^[e]In You I take shelter.
^10 (I)Teach me to do Your will,
For You are my God;
^(J)Your Spirit is good.
Lead me in ^(K)the land of uprightness.

^11 (L)Revive me, O Lord, for Your name’s sake!
For Your righteousness’ sake bring my soul out of trouble.
¹² In Your mercy ^(M)cut^[f] off my enemies,
And destroy all those who afflict my soul;
For I am Your servant.

^3 (O)Lord, what is man, that You take knowledge of him?
Or the son of man, that You are mindful of him?
^4 (P)Man is like a breath;
^(Q)His days are like a passing shadow.

^5 (R)Bow down Your heavens, O Lord, and come down;
^(S)Touch the mountains, and they shall smoke.
^6 (T)Flash forth lightning and scatter them;
Shoot out Your arrows and destroy them.
⁷ Stretch out Your hand from above;
Rescue me and deliver me out of great waters,
From the hand of foreigners,
⁸ Whose mouth ^(U)speaks ^[h]lying words,
And whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.

⁹ I will ^(V)sing a new song to You, O God;
On a harp of ten strings I will sing praises to You,
¹⁰ The One who gives ^[i]salvation to kings,
^(W)Who delivers David His servant
From the deadly sword.

¹¹ Rescue me and deliver me from the hand of foreigners,
Whose mouth speaks lying words,
And whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood—
¹² That our sons may be ^(X)as plants grown up in their youth;
That our daughters may be as ^[j]pillars,
Sculptured in palace style;
¹³ That our barns may be full,
Supplying all kinds of produce;
That our sheep may bring forth thousands
And ten thousands in our fields;
¹⁴ That our oxen may be well laden;
That there be no ^[k]breaking in or going out;
That there be no outcry in our streets.
^15 (Y)Happy are the people who are in such a state;
Happy are the people whose God is the Lord!

^4 (AC)One generation shall praise Your works to another,
And shall declare Your mighty acts.
^5 [n]I will meditate on the glorious splendor of Your majesty,
And ^[o]on Your wondrous works.
⁶ Men shall speak of the might of Your awesome acts,
And I will declare Your greatness.
⁷ They shall ^[p]utter the memory of Your great goodness,
And shall sing of Your righteousness.

^8 (AD)The Lord is gracious and full of compassion,
Slow to anger and great in mercy.
^9 (AE)The Lord is good to all,
And His tender mercies are over all His works.

^10 (AF)All Your works shall praise You, O Lord,
And Your saints shall bless You.
¹¹ They shall speak of the glory of Your kingdom,
And talk of Your power,
¹² To make known to the sons of men His mighty acts,
And the glorious majesty of His kingdom.
^13 (AG)Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom,
And Your dominion endures throughout all ^[q]generations.

¹⁴ The Lord upholds all who fall,
And ^(AH)raises up all who are bowed down.
^15 (AI)The eyes of all look expectantly to You,
And ^(AJ)You give them their food in due season.
¹⁶ You open Your hand
^(AK)And satisfy the desire of every living thing.

¹⁷ The Lord is righteous in all His ways,
Gracious in all His works.
^18 (AL)The Lord is near to all who call upon Him,
To all who call upon Him ^(AM)in truth.
¹⁹ He will fulfill the desire of those who fear Him;
He also will hear their cry and save them.
^20 (AN)The Lord preserves all who love Him,
But all the wicked He will destroy.
²¹ My mouth shall speak the praise of the Lord,
And all flesh shall bless His holy name
Forever and ever.

^(AO)Praise the Lord, O my soul!
^2 (AP)While I live I will praise the Lord;
I will sing praises to my God while I have my being.

^3 (AQ)Do not put your trust in princes,
Nor in ^[s]a son of man, in whom there is no ^[t]help.
^4 (AR)His spirit departs, he returns to his earth;
In that very day ^(AS)his plans perish.

^5 (AT)Happy is he who has the God of Jacob for his help,
Whose hope is in the Lord his God,
^6 (AU)Who made heaven and earth,
The sea, and all that is in them;
Who keeps truth forever,
^7 (AV)Who executes justice for the oppressed,
^(AW)Who gives food to the hungry.
^(AX)The Lord gives freedom to the prisoners.

^8 (AY)The Lord opens the eyes of the blind;
^(AZ)The Lord raises those who are bowed down;
The Lord loves the righteous.
^9 (BA)The Lord watches over the strangers;
He relieves the fatherless and widow;
^(BB)But the way of the wicked He ^[u]turns upside down.

^10 (BC)The Lord shall reign forever—
Your God, O Zion, to all generations.

Praise the Lord!

² The Lord ^(BG)builds up Jerusalem;
^(BH)He gathers together the outcasts of Israel.
^3 (BI)He heals the brokenhearted
And binds up their ^[w]wounds.
^4 (BJ)He counts the number of the stars;
He calls them all by name.
^5 (BK)Great is our Lord, and ^(BL)mighty in power;
^(BM)His understanding is infinite.
^6 (BN)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 (BO)Who covers the heavens with clouds,
Who prepares rain for the earth,
Who makes grass to grow on the mountains.
^9 (BP)He gives to the beast its food,
And ^(BQ)to the young ravens that cry.

^10 (BR)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 (BS)He makes peace in your borders,
And ^(BT)fills you with ^[x]the finest wheat.

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

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

^[z]Praise the Lord!

Praise the Lord from the heavens;
Praise Him in the heights!
² Praise Him, all His angels;
Praise Him, all His hosts!
³ Praise Him, sun and moon;
Praise Him, all you stars of light!
⁴ Praise Him, ^(CA)you heavens of heavens,
And ^(CB)you waters above the heavens!

⁵ Let them praise the name of the Lord,
For ^(CC)He commanded and they were created.
^6 (CD)He also established them forever and ever;
He made a decree which shall not pass away.

⁷ Praise the Lord from the earth,
^(CE)You great sea creatures and all the depths;
⁸ Fire and hail, snow and clouds;
Stormy wind, fulfilling His word;
^9 (CF)Mountains and all hills;
Fruitful trees and all cedars;
¹⁰ Beasts and all cattle;
Creeping things and flying fowl;
¹¹ Kings of the earth and all peoples;
Princes and all judges of the earth;
¹² Both young men and maidens;
Old men and children.

¹³ Let them praise the name of the Lord,
For His ^(CG)name alone is exalted;
His glory is above the earth and heaven.
¹⁴ And He ^(CH)has exalted the ^[ab]horn of His people,
The praise of ^(CI)all His saints—
Of the children of Israel,
^(CJ)A people near to Him.

^[ac]Praise the Lord!

^(CK)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 ^(CL)King.
^3 (CM)Let them praise His name with the dance;
Let them sing praises to Him with the timbrel and harp.
⁴ For ^(CN)the Lord takes pleasure in His people;
^(CO)He will beautify the ^[ae]humble with salvation.

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

^[af]Praise the Lord!

Praise God in His sanctuary;
Praise Him in His mighty ^[ah]firmament!

² Praise Him for His mighty acts;
Praise Him according to His excellent ^(CU)greatness!

³ Praise Him with the sound of the ^[ai]trumpet;
Praise Him with the lute and harp!
⁴ Praise Him with the timbrel and dance;
Praise Him with stringed instruments and flutes!
⁵ Praise Him with loud cymbals;
Praise Him with clashing cymbals!

⁶ Let everything that has breath praise the Lord.

^[aj]Praise the Lord!