Psalm 145-147

American Standard Version

145 I will extol thee, my God, O King;
And I will bless thy name for ever and ever.
² Every day will I bless thee;
And I will praise thy name for ever and ever.
³ Great is Jehovah, and greatly to be praised;
And his greatness is unsearchable.
⁴ One generation shall laud thy works to another,
And shall declare thy mighty acts.
⁵ Of the glorious majesty of thine honor,
And of thy wondrous works, will I meditate.
⁶ And men shall speak of the might of thy terrible acts;
And I will declare thy greatness.
⁷ They shall utter the memory of thy great goodness,
And shall sing of thy righteousness.
⁸ Jehovah is gracious, and merciful;
Slow to anger, and of great lovingkindness.
⁹ Jehovah is good to all;
And his tender mercies are over all his works.
¹⁰ All thy works shall give thanks unto thee, O Jehovah;
And thy saints shall bless thee.
¹¹ They shall speak of the glory of thy kingdom,
And talk of thy power;
¹² To make known to the sons of men his mighty acts,
And the glory of the majesty of his kingdom.
¹³ Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom,
And thy dominion endureth throughout all generations.
¹⁴ Jehovah upholdeth all that fall,
And raiseth up all those that are bowed down.
¹⁵ The eyes of all wait for thee;
And thou givest them their food in due season.
¹⁶ Thou openest thy hand,
And ^[a]satisfiest the desire of every living thing.
¹⁷ Jehovah is righteous in all his ways,
And gracious in all his works.
¹⁸ Jehovah is nigh unto all them that call upon him,
To all that call upon him in truth.
¹⁹ He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him;
He also will hear their cry and will save them.
²⁰ Jehovah preserveth all them that love him;
But all the wicked will he destroy.
²¹ My mouth shall speak the praise of Jehovah;
And let all flesh bless his holy name for ever and ever.

^[b]146 Praise ye Jehovah.
Praise Jehovah, O my soul.
² While I live will I praise Jehovah:
I will sing praises unto my God while I have any being.
³ Put not your trust in princes,
Nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help.
⁴ His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth;
In that very day his ^[c]thoughts perish.
⁵ Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help,
Whose hope is in Jehovah his God:
⁶ Who made heaven and earth,
The sea, and all that in them is;
Who keepeth truth for ever;
⁷ Who executeth justice for the oppressed;
Who giveth food to the hungry.
Jehovah looseth the prisoners;
⁸ Jehovah openeth the eyes of the blind;
Jehovah raiseth up them that are bowed down;
Jehovah loveth the righteous;
⁹ Jehovah preserveth the sojourners;
He upholdeth the fatherless and widow;
But the way of the wicked he ^[d]turneth upside down.
¹⁰ Jehovah will reign for ever,
Thy God, O Zion, unto all generations.
^[e]Praise ye Jehovah.

^[f]147 Praise ye Jehovah;
^[g]For it is good to sing praises unto our God;
For it is pleasant, and praise is comely.
² Jehovah doth build up Jerusalem;
He gathereth together the outcasts of Israel.
³ He healeth the broken in heart,
And bindeth up their ^[h]wounds.
⁴ He counteth the number of the stars;
He calleth them all by their names.
⁵ Great is our Lord, and mighty in power;
His understanding is infinite.
⁶ Jehovah upholdeth the meek:
He bringeth the wicked down to the ground.
⁷ Sing unto Jehovah with thanksgiving;
Sing praises upon the harp unto our God,
⁸ Who covereth the heavens with clouds,
Who prepareth rain for the earth,
Who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains.
⁹ He giveth to the beast his food,
And to the young ravens which cry.
¹⁰ He delighteth not in the strength of the horse:
He taketh no pleasure in the legs of a man.
¹¹ Jehovah taketh pleasure in them that fear him,
In those that hope in his lovingkindness.
¹² Praise Jehovah, O Jerusalem;
Praise thy God, O Zion.
¹³ For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates;
He hath blessed thy children within thee.
¹⁴ He maketh ^[i]peace in thy borders;
He filleth thee with the ^[j]finest of the wheat.
¹⁵ He sendeth out his commandment upon earth;
His word runneth very swiftly.
¹⁶ He giveth snow like wool;
He scattereth the hoar-frost like ashes.
¹⁷ He casteth forth his ice like morsels:
Who can stand before his cold?
¹⁸ He sendeth out his word, and melteth them:
He causeth his wind to blow, and the waters flow.
¹⁹ He showeth his word unto Jacob,
His statutes and his ordinances unto Israel.
²⁰ He hath not dealt so with any nation;
And as for his ordinances, they have not known them.
^[k]Praise ye Jehovah.