out of his treasuries;
135:008 Who struck the firstborn of Egypt, both of man and animal;
135:009 Who sent signs and wonders into the midst of you, Egypt, on Pharaoh,
and on all his servants;
135:010 who struck many nations, and killed mighty kings,
135:011 Sihon king of the Amorites, Og king of Bashan, and all
the kingdoms of Canaan,
135:012 and gave their land for a heritage, a heritage to Israel, his people.
135:013 Your name, Yahweh, endures forever; your renown, Yahweh,
throughout all generations.
135:014 For Yahweh will judge his people, and have compassion
on his servants.
135:015 The idols of the nations are silver and gold, the work
of men's hands.
135:016 They have mouths, but they can't speak. They have eyes,
but they can't see.
135:017 They have ears, but they can't hear; neither is there any breath
in their mouths.
135:018 Those who make them will be like them; yes, everyone who
trusts in them.
135:019 House of Israel, praise Yahweh! House of Aaron, praise Yahweh!
135:020 House of Levi, praise Yahweh! You who fear Yahweh, praise Yahweh!
135:021 Blessed be Yahweh from Zion, Who dwells at Jerusalem.
Praise Yah!
136:001 Give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good; for his loving
kindness endures forever.
136:002 Give thanks to the God of gods; for his loving kindness
endures forever.
136:003 Give thanks to the Lord of lords; for his loving
kindness endures forever:
136:004 To him who alone does great wonders; for his loving
kindness endures forever:
136:005 To him who by understanding made the heavens; for his loving
kindness endures forever:
136:006 To him who spread out the earth above the waters; for his loving
kindness endures forever:
136:007 To him who made the great lights; for his loving
kindness endures forever:
136:008 The sun to rule by day; for his loving kindness endures forever;
136:009 The moon and stars to rule by night; for his loving
kindness endures forever:
136:010 To him who struck down the Egyptian firstborn; for his loving
kindness endures forever;
136:011 And brought out Israel from among them; for his loving
kindness endures forever;
136:012 With a strong hand, and with an outstretched arm; for his loving
kindness endures forever:
136:013 To him who divided the Red Sea{or, Sea of Reeds} apart;
for his loving kindness endures forever;
136:014 And made Israel to pass through the midst of it; for his loving
kindness endures forever;
136:015 But overthrew Pharaoh and his army in the Red Sea{or, Sea of Reeds};
for his loving kindness endures forever:
136:016 To him who led his people through the wilderness; for his loving
kindness endures forever:
136:017 To him who struck great kings; for his loving kindness
endures forever;
136:018 And killed mighty kings; for his loving kindness endures forever:
136:019 Sihon king of the Amorites; for his loving kindness endures forever;
136:020 Og king of Bashan; for his loving kindness endures forever;
136:021 And gave their land as an inheritance; for his loving
kindness endures forever;
136:022 Even a heritage to Israel his servant; for his loving
kindness endures forever:
136:023 Who remembered us in our low estate; for his loving
kindness endures forever;
136:024 And has delivered us from our adversaries; for his loving
kindness endures forever:
136:025 Who gives food to every creature; for his loving
kindness endures forever.
136:026 Oh give thanks to the God of heaven; for his loving
kindness endures forever.
137:001 By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down. Yes, we wept,
when we remembered Zion.
137:002 On the willows in the midst of it, we hung up our harps.
137:003 For there, those who led us captive asked us for songs.
Those who tormented us demanded songs of joy: "Sing us one
of the songs of Zion!"
137:004 How can we sing Yahweh's song in a foreign land?
137:005 If I forget you, Jerusalem, let my right hand forget its skill.
137:006 Let my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth if I don't remember you;
if I don't prefer Jerusalem above my chief joy.
137:007 Remember, Yahweh, against the children of Edom, the day of Jerusalem;
who said, "Raze it! Raze it even to its foundation!"
137:008 Daughter of Babylon, doomed to destruction, he will be happy
who rewards you, as you have served us.
137:009 Happy shall he be, who takes and dashes your little ones
against the rock.
138:001 <<By David.>> I will give you thanks with my whole heart.
Before the gods, I will sing praises to you.
138:002 I will bow down toward your holy temple, and give thanks
to your Name for your loving kindness and for your truth;
for you have exalted your Name and your Word above all.
138:003 In the day that I called, you answered me. You encouraged me
with strength in my soul.
138:004 All the kings of the earth will give you thanks, Yahweh, for they
have heard the words of your mouth.
138:005 Yes, they will sing of the ways of Yahweh; for great
is Yahweh's glory.
138:006 For though Yahweh is high, yet he looks after the lowly;
but the proud, he knows from afar.
138:007 Though I walk in the midst of trouble, you will revive me.
You will stretch forth your hand against the wrath of my enemies.
Your right hand will save me.
138:008 Yahweh will fulfill that which concerns me; your loving
kindness, Yahweh, endures forever. Don't forsake the works
of your own hands.
139:001 <<For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David.>> Yahweh,
you have searched me, and you know me.
139:002 You know my sitting down and my rising up. You perceive
my thoughts from afar.
139:003 You search out my path and my lying down, and are acquainted
with all my ways.
139:004 For there is not a word on my tongue, but, behold, Yahweh,
you know it altogether.
139:005 You hem me in behind and before. You laid your hand on me.
139:006 This knowledge is beyond me. It's lofty. I can't attain it.
139:007 Where could I go from your Spirit? Or where could I flee
from your presence?
139:008 If I ascend up into heaven, you are there. If I make my bed
in Sheol, behold, you are there!
139:009 If I take the wings of the dawn, and settle in the uttermost
parts of the sea;
139:010 Even there your hand will lead me, and your right hand
will hold me.
139:011 If I say, "Surely the darkness will overwhelm me; the light
around me will be night;"
139:012 even the darkness doesn't hide from you, but the night shines
as the day. The darkness is like light to you.
139:013 For you formed my inmost being. You knit me together in
my mother's womb.
139:014 I will give thanks to you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.
Your works are wonderful. My soul knows that very well.
139:015 My frame wasn't hidden from you, when I was made in secret,
woven together in the depths of the earth.
139:016 Your eyes saw my body. In your book they were all written,
the days that were ordained for me, when as yet there were
none of them.
139:017 How precious to me are your thoughts, God! How vast is
the sum of them!
139:018 If I would count them, they are more in number than the sand.
When I wake up, I am still with you.
139:019 If only you, God, would kill the wicked. Get away from me,
you bloodthirsty men!
139:020 For they speak against you wickedly. Your enemies take your
name in vain.
139:021 Yahweh, don't I hate those who hate you? Am I not grieved
with those who rise up against you?
139:022 I hate them with perfect hatred. They have become my enemies.
139:023 Search me, God, and know my heart. Try me, and know my thoughts.
139:024 See if there is any wicked way in me, and lead me in
the everlasting way.
140:001 <<For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David.>> Deliver me,
Yahweh, from the evil man. Preserve me from the violent man;
140:002 those who devise mischief in their hearts. They continually
gather themselves together for war.
140:003 They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent.
Viper's poison is under their lips. Selah.
140:004 Yahweh, keep me from the hands of the wicked. Preserve me
from the violent men who have determined to trip my feet.
140:005 The proud have hidden a snare for me, they have spread the cords
of a net by the path. They have set traps for me. Selah.
140:006 I said to Yahweh, "You are my God." Listen to the cry
of my petitions, Yahweh.
140:007 Yahweh, the Lord, the strength of my salvation, you have covered
my head in the day of battle.
140:008 Yahweh, don't grant the desires of the wicked. Don't let
their evil plans succeed, or they will become proud. Selah.
140:009 As for the head of those who surround me, let the mischief
of their own lips cover them.
140:010 Let burning coals fall on them. Let them be thrown into the fire,
into miry pits, from where they never rise.
140:011 An evil speaker won't be established in the earth.
Evil will hunt the violent man to overthrow him.
140:012 I know that Yahweh will maintain the cause of the afflicted,
and justice for the needy.
140:013 Surely the righteous will give thanks to your name.
The upright will dwell in your presence.
141:001 <<A Psalm by David.>> Yahweh, I have called on you.
Come to me quickly! Listen to my voice when I call to you.
141:002 Let my prayer be set before you like incense; the lifting up
of my hands like the evening sacrifice.
141:003 Set a watch, Yahweh, before my mouth. Keep the door of my lips.
141:004 Don't incline my heart to any evil thing, to practice deeds
of wickedness with men who work iniquity. Don't let me eat
of their delicacies.
141:005 Let the righteous strike me, it is kindness; let him reprove me,
it is like oil on the head; don't let my head refuse it;
Yet my prayer is always against evil deeds.
141:006 Their judges are thrown down by the sides of the rock.
They will hear my words, for they are well spoken.
141:007 "As when one plows and breaks up the earth, our bones are
scattered at the mouth of Sheol."
141:008 For my eyes are on you, Yahweh, the Lord. In you, I take refuge.
Don't leave my soul destitute.
141:009 Keep me from the snare which they have laid for me,
from the traps of the workers of iniquity.
141:010 Let the wicked fall together into their own nets, while I pass by.
142:001 <<A contemplation by David, when he was in the cave.
A Prayer.>> I cry with my voice to Yahweh. With my voice,
I ask Yahweh for mercy.
142:002 I pour out my complaint before him. I tell him my troubles.
142:003 When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, you knew my path.
In the way in which I walk, they have hidden a snare for me.
142:004 Look on my right, and see; for there is no one who is concerned
for me. Refuge has fled from me. No one cares for my soul.
142:005 I cried to you, Yahweh. I said, "You are my refuge, my portion
in the land of the living."
142:006 Listen to my cry, for I am in desperate need. deliver me
from my persecutors, For they are stronger than me.
142:007 Bring my soul out of prison, that I may give thanks to your name.
The righteous will surround me, for you will be good to me.
143:001 <<A Psalm by David.>> Hear my prayer, Yahweh. Listen to
my petitions. In your faithfulness and righteousness, relieve me.
143:002 Don't enter into judgment with your servant, for in your sight
no man living is righteous.
143:003 For the enemy pursues my soul. He has struck my life
down to the ground. He has made me live in dark places,
as those who have been long dead.
143:004 Therefore my spirit is overwhelmed within me. My heart within
me is desolate.
143:005 I remember the days of old. I meditate on all your doings.
I contemplate the work of your hands.
143:006 I spread forth my hands to you. My soul thirsts for you,
like a parched land. Selah.
143:007 Hurry to answer me, Yahweh. My spirit fails. Don't hide
your face from me, so that I don't become like those who go
down into the pit.
143:008 Cause me to hear your loving kindness in the morning, for I
trust in you. Cause me to know the way in which I should walk,
for I lift up my soul to you.
143:009 Deliver me, Yahweh, from my enemies. I flee to you to hide me.
143:010 Teach me to do your will, for you are my God. Your Spirit is good.
Lead me in the land of uprightness.
143:011 Revive me, Yahweh, for your name's sake. In your righteousness,
bring my soul out of trouble.
143:012 In your loving kindness, cut off my enemies, and destroy all
those who afflict my soul, For I am your servant.
144:001 <<By David.>> Blessed be Yahweh, my rock, who teaches my hands
to war, and my fingers to battle:
144:002 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.
144:003 Yahweh, what is man, that you care for him? Or the son of man,
that you think of him?
144:004 Man is like a breath. His days are like a shadow that passes away.
144:005 Part your heavens, Yahweh, and come down. Touch the mountains,
and they will smoke.
144:006 Throw out lightning, and scatter them. Send out your arrows,
and rout them.
144:007 Stretch out your hand from above, rescue me, and deliver me
out of great waters, out of the hands of foreigners;
144:008 whose mouths speak deceit, Whose right hand is a right
hand of falsehood.
144:009 I will sing a new song to you, God. On a ten-stringed lyre,
I will sing praises to you.
144:010 You are he who gives salvation to kings, who rescues David,
his servant, from the deadly sword.
144:011 Rescue me, and deliver me out of the hands of foreigners,
whose mouths speak deceit, whose right hand is a right
hand of falsehood.
144:012 Then our sons will be like well-nurtured plants, our daughters
like pillars carved to adorn a palace.
144:013 Our barns are full, filled with all kinds of provision.
Our sheep bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our fields.
144:014 Our oxen will pull heavy loads. There is no breaking in,
and no going away, and no outcry in our streets.
144:015 Happy are the people who are in such a situation.
Happy are the people whose God is Yahweh. {}
145:001 <<A praise psalm by David.This is an acrostic psalm,
with every verse (including the second half of verse 13)
starting with a consecutive letter of the Hebrew alphabet.>>
I will exalt you, my God, the King. I will praise your name
forever and ever.
145:002 Every day I will praise you. I will extol your name
forever and ever.
145:003 Great is Yahweh, and greatly to be praised!
His greatness is unsearchable.
145:004 One generation will commend your works to another, and will
declare your mighty acts.
145:005 Of the glorious majesty of your honor, of your wondrous works,
I will meditate.
145:006 Men will speak of the might of your awesome acts.
I will declare your greatness.
145:007 They will utter the memory of your great goodness, and will
sing of your righteousness.
145:008 Yahweh is gracious, merciful, slow to anger, and of
great loving kindness.
145:009 Yahweh is good to all. His tender mercies are over all his works.
145:010 All your works will give thanks to you, Yahweh. Your saints
will extol you.
145:011 They will speak of the glory of your kingdom, and talk
about your power;
145:012 to make known to the sons of men his mighty acts, the glory
of the majesty of his kingdom.
145:013 Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom. Your dominion endures
throughout all generations. Yahweh is faithful in all his words,
and loving in all his deeds.{Some manuscripts omit these
last two lines.}
145:014 Yahweh upholds all who fall, and raises up all those who
are bowed down.
145:015 The eyes of all wait for you. You give them their food
in due season.
145:016 You open your hand, and satisfy the desire of every living thing.
145:017 Yahweh is righteous in all his ways, and gracious in all his works.
145:018 Yahweh is near to all those who call on him, to all who call
on him in truth.
145:019 He will fulfill the desire of those who fear him.
He also will hear their cry, and will save them.
145:020 Yahweh preserves all those who love him, but all the wicked
he will destroy.
145:021 My mouth will speak the praise of Yahweh. Let all flesh bless
his holy name forever and ever.
146:001 Praise Yah! Praise Yahweh, my soul.
146:002 While I live, I will praise Yahweh. I will sing praises
to my God as long as I exist.
146:003 Don't put your trust in princes, each a son of man in whom
there is no help.
146:004 His spirit departs, and he returns to the earth.
In that very day, his thoughts perish.
146:005 Happy is he who has the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope
is in Yahweh, his God:
146:006 who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them;
who keeps truth forever;
146:007 who executes justice for the oppressed; who gives food to the hungry.
Yahweh frees the prisoners.
146:008 Yahweh opens the eyes of the blind. Yahweh raises up those
who are bowed down. Yahweh loves the righteous.
146:009 Yahweh preserves the foreigners. He upholds the fatherless
and widow, but the way of the wicked he turns upside down.
146:010 Yahweh will reign forever; your God, O Zion, to all generations.
Praise Yah!
147:001 Praise Yah, for it is good to sing praises to our God;
for it is pleasant and fitting to praise him.
147:002 Yahweh builds up Jerusalem. He gathers together the
outcasts of Israel.
147:003 He heals the broken in heart, and binds up their wounds.
147:004 He counts the number of the stars. He calls them all
by their names.
147:005 Great is our Lord, and mighty in power. His understanding
is infinite.
147:006 Yahweh upholds the humble. He brings the wicked down
to the ground.
147:007 Sing to Yahweh with thanksgiving. Sing praises on the harp
to our God,
147:008 who covers the sky with clouds, who prepares rain for the earth,
who makes grass grow on the mountains.
147:009 He provides food for the livestock, and for the young ravens
when they call.
147:010 He doesn't delight in the strength of the horse.
He takes no pleasure in the legs of a man.
147:011 Yahweh takes pleasure in those who fear him, in those who hope
in his loving kindness.
147:012 Praise Yahweh, Jerusalem! Praise your God, Zion!
147:013 For he has strengthened the bars of your gates.
He has blessed your children within you.
147:014 He makes peace in your borders. He fills you with the finest
of the wheat.
147:015 He sends out his commandment to the earth. His word
runs very swiftly.
147:016 He gives snow like wool, and scatters frost like ashes.
147:017 He hurls down his hail like pebbles. Who can stand before his cold?
147:018 He sends out his word, and melts them. He causes his wind
to blow, and the waters flow.
147:019 He shows his word to Jacob; his statutes and his ordinances
to Israel.
147:020 He has not done this for just any nation. They don't know
his ordinances. Praise Yah!
148:001 Praise Yah! Praise Yahweh from the heavens! Praise him
in the heights!
148:002 Praise him, all his angels! Praise him, all his army!
148:003 Praise him, sun and moon! Praise him, all you shining stars!
148:004 Praise him, you heavens of heavens, You waters that are
above the heavens.
148:005 Let them praise the name of Yahweh, For he commanded,
and they were created.
148:006 He has also established them forever and ever. He has made
a decree which will not pass away.
148:007 Praise Yahweh from the earth, you great sea creatures,
and all depths!
148:008 Lightning and hail, snow and clouds; stormy wind,
fulfilling his word;
148:009 mountains and all hills; fruit trees and all cedars;
148:010 wild animals and all livestock; small creatures and flying birds;
148:011 kings of the earth and all peoples; princes and all judges
of the earth;
148:012 both young men and maidens; old men and children:
148:013 let them praise the name of Yahweh, for his name alone is exalted.
His glory is above the earth and the heavens.
148:014 He has lifted up the horn of his people, the praise of all
his saints; even of the children of Israel, a people near
to him. Praise Yah!
149:001 Praise Yahweh! Sing to Yahweh a new song, his praise in
the assembly of the saints.
149:002 Let Israel rejoice in him who made them. Let the children
of Zion be joyful in their King.
149:003 Let them praise his name in the dance! Let them sing praises
to him with tambourine and harp!
149:004 For Yahweh takes pleasure in his people. He crowns
the humble with salvation.
149:005 Let the saints rejoice in honor. Let them sing for joy
on their beds.
149:006 May the high praises of God be in their mouths, and a two-edged
sword in their hand;
149:007 To execute vengeance on the nations, and punishments on the peoples;
149:008 To bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with
fetters of iron;
149:009 to execute on them the written judgment. All his saints
have this honor. Praise Yah!
150:001 Praise Yah! Praise God in his sanctuary! Praise him in his
heavens for his acts of power!
150:002 Praise him for his mighty acts! Praise him according to
his excellent greatness!
150:003 Praise him with the sounding of the trumpet! Praise him
with harp and lyre!
150:004 Praise him with tambourine and dancing! Praise him with stringed
instruments and flute!
150:005 Praise him with loud cymbals! Praise him with resounding cymbals!
150:006 Let everything that has breath praise Yah! Praise Yah!