Psalms 145-148

1I will exalt You, my God and King; I will bless Your name forever and ever.

2Every day I will bless You, and I will praise Your name forever and ever.

3Great is the LORD and greatly to be praised; His greatness is unsearchable.

4One generation will commend Your works to the next, and will proclaim Your mighty acts—

5the glorious splendor of Your majesty. And I will meditate on Your wondrous works.

6They will proclaim the power of Your awesome deeds, and I will declare Your greatness.

7They will extol the fame of Your abundant goodness and sing joyfully of Your righteousness.

8The LORD is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in loving devotion.

9The LORD is good to all; His compassion rests on all He has made.

10All You have made will give You thanks, O LORD, and Your saints will bless You.

11They will tell of the glory of Your kingdom and speak of Your might,

12to make known to men Your mighty acts and the glorious splendor of Your kingdom.

13Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and Your dominion endures through all generations. The LORD is faithful in all His words and kind in all His actions.

14The LORD upholds all who fall and lifts up all who are bowed down.

15The eyes of all look to You, and You give them their food in season.

16You open Your hand and satisfy the desire of every living thing.

17The LORD is righteous in all His ways and kind in all His deeds.

18The LORD is near to all who call on Him, to all who call out to Him in truth.

19He fulfills the desires of those who fear Him; He hears their cry and saves them.

20The LORD preserves all who love Him, but all the wicked He will destroy.

21My mouth will declare the praise of the LORD; let every creature bless His holy name forever and ever.

1Hallelujah! Praise the LORD, O my soul.

2I will praise the LORD all my life; I will sing praises to my God while I have my being.

3Put not your trust in princes, in mortal man, who cannot save.

4When his spirit departs, he returns to the ground; on that very day his plans perish.

5Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the LORD his God,

6the Maker of heaven and earth, the sea, and everything in them. He remains faithful forever.

7He executes justice for the oppressed and gives food to the hungry. The LORD sets the prisoners free,

8the LORD opens the eyes of the blind, the LORD lifts those who are weighed down, the LORD loves the righteous.

9The LORD protects foreigners; He sustains the fatherless and the widow, but the ways of the wicked He frustrates.

10The LORD reigns forever, your God, O Zion, for all generations. Hallelujah!

1Hallelujah! How good it is to sing praises to our God, how pleasant and lovely to praise Him!

2The LORD builds up Jerusalem; He gathers the exiles of Israel.

3He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.

4He determines the number of the stars; He calls them each by name.

5Great is our Lord, and mighty in power; His understanding has no limit.

6The LORD sustains the humble, but casts the wicked to the ground.

7Sing to the LORD with thanksgiving; make music on the harp to our God,

8who covers the sky with clouds, who prepares rain for the earth, who makes grass to grow on the hills.

9He provides food for the animals, and for the young ravens when they call.

10He does not delight in the strength of the horse; He takes no pleasure in the legs of a man.

11The LORD is pleased with those who fear Him, who hope in His loving devotion.

12Exalt the LORD, O Jerusalem; praise your God, O Zion!

13For He strengthens the bars of your gates and blesses the children within you.

14He makes peace at your borders; He fills you with the finest wheat.

15He sends forth His command to the earth; His word runs swiftly.

16He spreads the snow like wool; He scatters the frost like ashes;

17He casts forth His hail like pebbles. Who can withstand His icy blast?

18He sends forth His word and melts them; He unleashes His winds, and the waters flow.

19He declares His word to Jacob, His statutes and judgments to Israel.

20He has done this for no other nation; they do not know His judgments. Hallelujah!

1Hallelujah! Praise the LORD from the heavens; praise Him in the highest places.

2Praise Him, all His angels; praise Him, all His heavenly hosts.

3Praise Him, O sun and moon; praise Him, all you shining stars.

4Praise Him, O highest heavens, and you waters above the skies.

5Let them praise the name of the LORD, for He gave the command and they were created.

6He established them forever and ever; He issued a decree that will never pass away.

7Praise the LORD from the earth, all great sea creatures and ocean depths,

8lightning and hail, snow and clouds, powerful wind fulfilling His word,

9mountains and all hills, fruit trees and all cedars,

10wild animals and all cattle, crawling creatures and flying birds,

11kings of the earth and all peoples, princes and all rulers of the earth,

12young men and maidens, old and young together.

13Let them praise the name of the LORD, for His name alone is exalted; His splendor is above the earth and the heavens.

14He has raised up a horn for His people, the praise of all His saints, of Israel, a people near to Him. Hallelujah!