1 Heb. Hallelujah. To all that call upon him in truth. He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him; 19 20 My mouth shall speak the praise of the LORD; 21 and ever. 'Praise ye the LORD. Praise the LORD, O my soul. While I live will I praise the LORD: I will sing praises unto my God while I have Put not your trust in princes, Nor in the son of man, in whom there is no I 146 2 3 His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his 4 2 Or, purposes In that very day his 'thoughts perish. Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his 5 Whose hope is in the LORD his God: Which made heaven and earth, The sea, and all that in them is ; Which keepeth truth for ever: 6 Which executeth judgement for the oppressed; 7 The LORD looseth the prisoners; The LORD openeth the eyes of the blind; The LORD raiseth up them that are bowed The LORD loveth the righteous; The LORD preserveth the strangers; He upholdeth the fatherless and widow ; Or, maketh But the way of the wicked he turneth upside crooked down. The LORD shall reign for ever, 8 1 Thy God, O Zion, unto all generations. 1 Praise the LORD. 147 1Praise I ye ye the LORD *For it is good to sing praises unto our God; 2 The LORD doth build up Jerusalem; He gathereth together the outcasts of Israel. 3 He healeth the broken in heart, And bindeth up their 'wounds. He telleth the number of the stars; 5 Great is our Lord, and mighty in power; 6 The LORD upholdeth the meek : He bringeth the wicked down to the ground. 7 Sing unto the LORD with thanksgiving; Sing praises upon the harp unto our God: 8 Who covereth the heaven 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: II The LORD taketh pleasure in them that fear him, 12 Praise the LORD, 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 peace in thy borders; He filleth thee with the finest of the wheat. 1 Heb. Hallelujah. 2 Or, For he is good: sing praises unto our God, for he is gracious 3 Heb. sorrows. 4 Heb. He maketh thy border peace. 15 He sendeth out his commandment upon earth; Heb. fat His word runneth very swiftly. 16 He giveth snow like wool; He scattereth the hoar frost like ashes. 5 of wheat. 1 Heb. Hallelujah. He casteth forth his ice like morsels : Who can stand before his cold? 17 18 He sendeth out his word, and melteth them: He sheweth his word unto Jacob, His statutes and his judgements unto Israel. And as for his judgements, they have not known 'Praise ye the LORD. 'Praise ye the LORD. Praise ye the LORD from the heavens: 19 20 I 148 2 Or, which none shall transgress 3 Or, sea-monsters Or, waterspouts He hath made a decree 'which shall not pass Old men and children : 13 Let them praise the name of the LORD; For his name alone is exalted: His glory is above the earth and heaven. 14 And he hath lifted up 'the horn of his people, The praise of all his saints; 2 Even of the children of Israel, a people near unto him. Praise ye the LORD. 1492Praise ye the LORD. Sing unto the LORD a new song, And his praise in the assembly of the saints. 3 Let them praise his name in the dance : Let them sing praises unto him with the timbrel 4 For the LORD taketh pleasure in his people: Let the saints exult in glory : Let them sing for joy upon their beds. 1 Or, a horn for his people, a praise for all his saints; even for &c. 2 Heb. Hallelujah. 3 Or, victory 4 6 Let the high praises of God be in their 'mouth, Heb. throat. 7 To execute vengeance upon the nations, 8 To bind their kings with chains, And their nobles with fetters of iron; 9 To execute upon them the judgement written : "This honour have all his saints. 150 Praise ye the LORD. I Praise God in his sanctuary: Praise him in the firmament of his power. 2 Praise him for his mighty acts: Praise him according to his excellent greatness. 5 Or, He is the honour of all his saints 1 Heb. Jah. 2 Heb. Hallelujah. 3 Praise him with the sound of the trumpet: Praise him upon the loud cymbals : Praise him upon the high sounding cymbals. 4 5 Let every thing that hath breath praise 'the 6 2 Praise ye the LORD. |