Psalm 146-148

New King James Version

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

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

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

^8 (K)The Lord opens the eyes of the blind;
^(L)The Lord raises those who are bowed down;
The Lord loves the righteous.
^9 (M)The Lord watches over the strangers;
He relieves the fatherless and widow;
^(N)But the way of the wicked He ^[d]turns upside down.

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

Praise the Lord!

² The Lord ^(S)builds up Jerusalem;
^(T)He gathers together the outcasts of Israel.
^3 (U)He heals the brokenhearted
And binds up their ^[f]wounds.
^4 (V)He counts the number of the stars;
He calls them all by name.
^5 (W)Great is our Lord, and ^(X)mighty in power;
^(Y)His understanding is infinite.
^6 (Z)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 (AA)Who covers the heavens with clouds,
Who prepares rain for the earth,
Who makes grass to grow on the mountains.
^9 (AB)He gives to the beast its food,
And ^(AC)to the young ravens that cry.

^10 (AD)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 (AE)He makes peace in your borders,
And ^(AF)fills you with ^[g]the finest wheat.

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

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

^[i]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, ^(AM)you heavens of heavens,
And ^(AN)you waters above the heavens!

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

⁷ Praise the Lord from the earth,
^(AQ)You great sea creatures and all the depths;
⁸ Fire and hail, snow and clouds;
Stormy wind, fulfilling His word;
^9 (AR)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 ^(AS)name alone is exalted;
His glory is above the earth and heaven.
¹⁴ And He ^(AT)has exalted the ^[k]horn of His people,
The praise of ^(AU)all His saints—
Of the children of Israel,
^(AV)A people near to Him.

^[l]Praise the Lord!