Chronological

131 ⁽⁰⁾ A song of ascents. By David:

⁽¹⁾ Adonai, my heart isn’t proud;
I don’t set my sight too high,
I don’t take part in great affairs
or in wonders far beyond me.
² No, I keep myself calm and quiet,
like a little child on its mother’s lap —
I keep myself like a little child.

³ Isra’el, put your hope in Adonai
from now on and forever!

138 ⁽⁰⁾ By David:

⁽¹⁾ I give you thanks with all my heart.
Not to idols, but to you I sing praise.
² I bow down toward your holy temple
and give thanks to your name for your grace and truth;
    for you have made your word [even] greater
    than the whole of your reputation.
³ When I called, you answered me,
you made me bold and strong.

⁴ All the kings of the earth will thank you, Adonai,
when they hear the words you have spoken.
⁵ They will sing about Adonai’s ways,
“Great is the glory of Adonai!”
⁶ For though Adonai is high, he cares for the lowly;
while the proud he perceives from afar.

⁷ You keep me alive when surrounded by danger;
you put out your hand when my enemies rage;
with your right hand you save me.
⁸ Adonai will fulfill his purpose for me.
Your grace, Adonai, continues forever.
Don’t abandon the work of your hands!

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

⁽¹⁾ Adonai, you have probed me, and you know me.
² You know when I sit and when I stand up,
you discern my inclinations from afar,
³ you scrutinize my daily activities.
You are so familiar with all my ways
⁴ that before I speak even a word, Adonai,
you know all about it already.
⁵ You have hemmed me in both behind and in front
and laid your hand on me.
⁶ Such wonderful knowledge is beyond me,
far too high for me to reach.

⁷ Where can I go to escape your Spirit?
Where can I flee from your presence?
⁸ If I climb up to heaven, you are there;
if I lie down in Sh’ol, you are there.
⁹ If I fly away with the wings of the dawn
and land beyond the sea,
¹⁰ even there your hand would lead me,
your right hand would hold me fast.
¹¹ If I say, “Let darkness surround me,
let the light around me be night,”
¹² even darkness like this
is not too dark for you;
rather, night is as clear as day,
darkness and light are the same.

¹³ For you fashioned my inmost being,
you knit me together in my mother’s womb.
¹⁴ I thank you because I am awesomely made,
wonderfully; your works are wonders —
I know this very well.
¹⁵ My bones were not hidden from you
when I was being made in secret,
intricately woven in the depths of the earth.
¹⁶ Your eyes could see me as an embryo,
but in your book all my days were already written;
my days had been shaped
before any of them existed.
¹⁷ God, how I prize your thoughts!
How many of them there are!
¹⁸ If I count them, there are more than grains of sand;
if I finish the count, I am still with you.

¹⁹ God, if only you would kill off the wicked!
Men of blood, get away from me!
²⁰ They invoke your name for their crafty schemes;
yes, your enemies misuse it.
²¹ Adonai, how I hate those who hate you!
I feel such disgust with those who defy you!
²² I hate them with unlimited hatred!
They have become my enemies too.

²³ Examine me, God, and know my heart;
test me, and know my thoughts.
²⁴ See if there is in me any hurtful way,
and lead me along the eternal way.

143 ⁽⁰⁾ A psalm of David:

⁽¹⁾ Adonai, hear my prayer;
listen to my pleas for mercy.
In your faithfulness, answer me,
and in your righteousness.
² Don’t bring your servant to trial,
since in your sight no one alive
would be considered righteous.

³ For an enemy is pursuing me;
he has crushed my life into the ground
and left me to live in darkness,
like those who have been long dead.
⁴ My spirit faints within me;
my heart is appalled within me.

⁵ I remember the days of old,
reflecting on all your deeds,
thinking about the work of your hands.
⁶ I spread out my hands to you,
I long for you like a thirsty land. (Selah)

⁷ Answer me quickly, Adonai,
because my spirit is fainting.
Don’t hide your face from me,
or I’ll be like those who drop down into a pit.
⁸ Make me hear of your love in the morning,
because I rely on you.
Make me know the way I should walk,
because I entrust myself to you.
⁹ Adonai, rescue me from my enemies;
I have hidden myself with you.
¹⁰ Teach me to do your will,
because you are my God;
Let your good Spirit guide me
on ground that is level.
¹¹ For your name’s sake, Adonai, preserve my life;
in your righteousness, bring me out of distress.
¹² In your grace, cut off my enemies;
destroy all those harassing me;
because I am your servant.

144 ⁽⁰⁾ By David:

⁽¹⁾ Blessed be Adonai, my rock,
who trains my hands for war
and my fingers for battle.
² He shows me grace; and he is my fortress,
my stronghold, in whom I find shelter,
my shield, in whom I take refuge,
who subdues my people under me.

³ Adonai, what are mere mortals,
that you notice them at all;
humans, that you think about them?
⁴ Man is like a puff of wind,
his days like a fleeting shadow.

⁵ Adonai, lower the heavens, and come down;
touch the mountains, make them pour out smoke.
⁶ Shoot out lightning, and scatter them;
send out your arrows, and rout them.
⁷ Reach out your hands from on high;
rescue me; save me out of deep water,
out of the power of strangers,
⁸ whose mouths speak worthless words
and whose right hands swear false oaths.

⁹ God, I will sing a new song to you;
sing praises to you with a ten-stringed harp.
¹⁰ You give kings their victories;
you save your servant David from the cruel sword.
¹¹ Rescue me, save me from the power of strangers,
whose mouths speak worthless words
and whose right hands swear false oaths.

¹² Our sons in their youth will be
like full-grown saplings,
our daughters will be like sculptured pillars
fit for the corner of a palace.
¹³ Our barns are full with crops of every kind;
the sheep in our fields number thousands, tens of thousands.
¹⁴ our oxen are well-fed,
our city walls have no breach,
our people are not taken captive,
and there are no cries of protest in our cities’ open places.
¹⁵ How happy the people who live in such conditions!
How happy the people whose God is Adonai!

145 ⁽⁰⁾ Praise. By David:

⁽¹⁾ I will praise you to the heights, my God, the king;
I will bless your name forever and ever.
² Every day I will bless you;
I will praise your name forever and ever.
³ Great is Adonai and greatly to be praised;
his greatness is beyond all searching out.
⁴ Each generation will praise your works to the next
and proclaim your mighty acts.
⁵ I will meditate on the glorious splendor
of your majesty and on the story of your wonders.
⁶ People will speak of your awesome power,
and I will tell of your great deeds.
⁷ They will gush forth the fame of your abounding goodness,
and they will sing of your righteousness.
⁸ Adonai is merciful and compassionate,
slow to anger and great in grace.
⁹ Adonai is good to all;
his compassion rests on all his creatures.
¹⁰ All your creatures will thank you, Adonai,
and your faithful servants will bless you.
¹¹ They will speak of the glory of your kingship,
and they will tell about your might;
¹² to let everyone know of your mighty acts
and the glorious majesty of your kingship.
¹³ Your kingship is an everlasting kingship,
your reign continues through all generations.
¹⁴ Adonai supports all who fall
and lifts up all who are bent over.
¹⁵ The eyes of all are looking to you;
you give them their food at the right time.
¹⁶ You open your hand
and satisfy the desire of every living thing.
¹⁷ Adonai is righteous in all his ways,
full of grace in all he does.
¹⁸ Adonai is close to all who call on him,
to all who sincerely call on him.
¹⁹ He fulfills the desire of those who fear him;
he hears their cry and saves them.
²⁰ Adonai protects all who love him,
but all the wicked he destroys.
²¹ My mouth will proclaim the praise of Adonai;
all people will bless his holy name forever and ever.