Day 30 of 30

Ps 144:1–150:6

144:1 Blessed be the Lord, my rock, who teaches my hands to war, and my fingers to battle:

144:2 my loving kindness, my fortress, my high tower, my deliverer, my shield, and he in whom I take refuge; who subdues my people under me.

144:3 Lord, what is man, that you care for him? Or the son of man, that you think of him?

144:4 Man is like a breath. His days are like a shadow that passes away.

144:5 Part your heavens, Lord, and come down. Touch the mountains, and they will smoke.

144:6 Throw out lightning, and scatter them. Send out your arrows, and rout them.

144:7 Stretch out your hand from above, rescue me, and deliver me out of great waters, out of the hands of foreigners;

144:8 whose mouths speak deceit, Whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.

144:9 I will sing a new song to you, God. On a ten-stringed lyre, I will sing praises to you.

144:10 You are he who gives salvation to kings, who rescues David, his servant, from the deadly sword.

144:11 Rescue me, and deliver me out of the hands of foreigners, whose mouths speak deceit, whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.

144:12 Then our sons will be like well-nurtured plants, our daughters like pillars carved to adorn a palace.

144:13 Our barns are full, filled with all kinds of provision. Our sheep bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our fields.

144:14 Our oxen will pull heavy loads. There is no breaking in, and no going away, and no outcry in our streets.

144:15 Happy are the people who are in such a situation. Happy are the people whose God is the Lord.

145:1 ALEPH I will exalt you, my God, the King. I will praise your name forever and ever.

145:2 Every day I will praise you. I will extol your name forever and ever.

145:3 Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised! His greatness is unsearchable.

145:4 One generation will commend your works to another, and will declare your mighty acts.

145:5 Of the glorious majesty of your honor, of your wondrous works, I will meditate.

145:6 Men will speak of the might of your awesome acts. I will declare your greatness.

145:7 They will utter the memory of your great goodness, and will sing of your righteousness.

145:8 The Lord is gracious, merciful, slow to anger, and of great loving kindness.

145:9 The Lord is good to all. His tender mercies are over all his works.

145:10 All your works will give thanks to you, Lord. Your holy ones will extol you.

145:11 They will speak of the glory of your kingdom, and talk about your power;

145:12 to make known to the sons of men his mighty acts, the glory of the majesty of his kingdom.

145:13 Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom. Your dominion endures throughout all generations. the Lord is faithful in all his words, and loving in all his deeds.

145:14 The Lord upholds all who fall, and raises up all those who are bowed down.

145:15 The eyes of all wait for you. You give them their food in due season.

145:16 You open your hand, and satisfy the desire of every living thing.

145:17 The Lord is righteous in all his ways, and gracious in all his works.

145:18 The Lord is near to all those who call on him, to all who call on him in truth.

145:19 He will fulfill the desire of those who fear him. He also will hear their cry, and will save them.

145:20 The Lord preserves all those who love him, but all the wicked he will destroy.

145:21 My mouth will speak the praise of the Lord. Let all flesh bless his holy name forever and ever.

146:1 Praise Yah! Praise the Lord, my soul.

146:2 While I live, I will praise the Lord. I will sing praises to my God as long as I exist.

146:3 Do not put your trust in princes, each a son of man in whom there is no help.

146:4 His spirit departs, and he returns to the earth. In that very day, his thoughts perish.

146:5 Happy is he who has the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the Lord, his God:

146:6 who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them; who keeps truth forever;

146:7 who executes justice for the oppressed; who gives food to the hungry. The Lord frees the prisoners.

146:8 The Lord opens the eyes of the blind. The Lord raises up those who are bowed down. The Lord loves the righteous.

146:9 The Lord preserves the foreigners. He upholds the fatherless and widow, but the way of the wicked he turns upside down.

146:10 The Lord will reign forever; your God, O Zion, to all generations. Praise Yah!

147:1 Praise Yah, for it is good to sing praises to our God; for it is pleasant and fitting to praise him.

147:2 The Lord builds up Jerusalem. He gathers together the outcasts of Israel.

147:3 He heals the broken in heart, and binds up their wounds.

147:4 He counts the number of the stars. He calls them all by their names.

147:5 Great is our Lord, and mighty in power. His understanding is infinite.

147:6 The Lord upholds the humble. He brings the wicked down to the ground.

147:7 Sing to the Lord with thanksgiving. Sing praises on the harp to our God,

147:8 who covers the sky with clouds, who prepares rain for the earth, who makes grass grow on the mountains.

147:9 He provides food for the livestock, and for the young ravens when they call.

147:10 He doesn't delight in the strength of the horse. He takes no pleasure in the legs of a man.

147:11 The Lord takes pleasure in those who fear him, in those who hope in his loving kindness.

147:12 Praise the Lord, Jerusalem! Praise your God, Zion!

147:13 For he has strengthened the bars of your gates. He has blessed your children within you.

147:14 He makes peace in your borders. He fills you with the finest of the wheat.

147:15 He sends out his commandment to the earth. His word runs very swiftly.

147:16 He gives snow like wool, and scatters frost like ashes.

147:17 He hurls down his hail like pebbles. Who can stand before his cold?

147:18 He sends out his word, and melts them. He causes his wind to blow, and the waters flow.

147:19 He shows his word to Jacob; his statutes and his ordinances to Israel.

147:20 He has not done this for just any nation. They do not know his ordinances. Praise Yah!

148:1 Praise Yah! Praise the Lord from the heavens! Praise him in the heights!

148:2 Praise him, all his angels! Praise him, all his army!

148:3 Praise him, sun and moon! Praise him, all you shining stars!

148:4 Praise him, you heavens of heavens, You waters that are above the heavens.

148:5 Let them praise the name of the Lord, For he commanded, and they were created.

148:6 He has also established them forever and ever. He has made a decree which will not pass away.

148:7 Praise the Lord from the earth, you great sea creatures, and all depths!

148:8 Lightning and hail, snow and clouds; stormy wind, fulfilling his word;

148:9 mountains and all hills; fruit trees and all cedars;

148:10 wild animals and all livestock; small creatures and flying birds;

148:11 kings of the earth and all peoples; princes and all judges of the earth;

148:12 both young men and maidens; old men and children:

148:13 let them praise the name of the Lord, for his name alone is exalted. His glory is above the earth and the heavens.

148:14 He has lifted up the horn of his people, the praise of all his holy ones; even of the children of Israel, a people near to him. Praise Yah!

149:1 Praise Yah! Sing to the Lord a new song, his praise in the assembly of the holy ones.

149:2 Let Israel rejoice in him who made them. Let the children of Zion be joyful in their King.

149:3 Let them praise his name in the dance! Let them sing praises to him with tambourine and harp!

149:4 For the Lord takes pleasure in his people. He crowns the humble with salvation.

149:5 Let the holy ones rejoice in honor. Let them sing for joy on their beds.

149:6 May the high praises of God be in their mouths, and a two-edged sword in their hand;

149:7 To execute vengeance on the nations, and punishments on the peoples;

149:8 To bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron;

149:9 to execute on them the written judgment. All his holy ones have this honor. Praise Yah!

150:1 Praise Yah! Praise God in his sanctuary! Praise him in his heavens for his acts of power!

150:2 Praise him for his mighty acts! Praise him according to his excellent greatness!

150:3 Praise him with the sounding of the trumpet! Praise him with harp and lyre!

150:4 Praise him with tambourine and dancing! Praise him with stringed instruments and flute!

150:5 Praise him with loud cymbals! Praise him with resounding cymbals!

150:6 Let everything that has breath praise Yah! Praise Yah!