Psalm 145-147

Complete Jewish Bible

145 ⁽⁰⁾ Praise. By David:

⁽¹⁾ I will praise you to the heights, my God, the king;
I will bless your name forever and ever.
² Every day I will bless you;
I will praise your name forever and ever.
³ Great is Adonai and greatly to be praised;
his greatness is beyond all searching out.
⁴ Each generation will praise your works to the next
and proclaim your mighty acts.
⁵ I will meditate on the glorious splendor
of your majesty and on the story of your wonders.
⁶ People will speak of your awesome power,
and I will tell of your great deeds.
⁷ They will gush forth the fame of your abounding goodness,
and they will sing of your righteousness.
⁸ Adonai is merciful and compassionate,
slow to anger and great in grace.
⁹ Adonai is good to all;
his compassion rests on all his creatures.
¹⁰ All your creatures will thank you, Adonai,
and your faithful servants will bless you.
¹¹ They will speak of the glory of your kingship,
and they will tell about your might;
¹² to let everyone know of your mighty acts
and the glorious majesty of your kingship.
¹³ Your kingship is an everlasting kingship,
your reign continues through all generations.
¹⁴ Adonai supports all who fall
and lifts up all who are bent over.
¹⁵ The eyes of all are looking to you;
you give them their food at the right time.
¹⁶ You open your hand
and satisfy the desire of every living thing.
¹⁷ Adonai is righteous in all his ways,
full of grace in all he does.
¹⁸ Adonai is close to all who call on him,
to all who sincerely call on him.
¹⁹ He fulfills the desire of those who fear him;
he hears their cry and saves them.
²⁰ Adonai protects all who love him,
but all the wicked he destroys.
²¹ My mouth will proclaim the praise of Adonai;
all people will bless his holy name forever and ever.

146 Halleluyah!

Praise Adonai, my soul!
² I will praise Adonai as long as I live.
I will sing praise to my God all my life.

³ Don’t put your trust in princes
or in mortals, who cannot help.
⁴ When they breathe their last, they return to dust;
on that very day all their plans are gone.

⁵ Happy is he whose help is Ya‘akov’s God,
whose hope is in Adonai his God.
⁶ He made heaven and earth,
the sea and everything in them;
he keeps faith forever.

⁷ He secures justice for the oppressed,
he gives food to the hungry.
Adonai sets prisoners free,
⁸ Adonai opens the eyes of the blind,
Adonai lifts up those who are bent over.
Adonai loves the righteous.
⁹ Adonai watches over strangers,
he sustains the fatherless and widows;
but the way of the wicked he twists.

¹⁰ Adonai will reign forever,
your God, Tziyon, through all generations.

Halleluyah!
147 Halleluyah!

How good it is to sing praises to our God!
How sweet, how fitting to praise him!
² Adonai is rebuilding Yerushalayim,
gathering the dispersed of Isra’el.
³ He heals the brokenhearted
and binds up their wounds.
⁴ He determines how many stars there are
and calls them all by name.

⁵ Our Lord is great, his power is vast,
his wisdom beyond all telling.
⁶ Adonai sustains the humble
but brings the wicked down to the ground.

⁷ Sing to Adonai with thanks,
sing praises on the lyre to our God.
⁸ He veils the sky with clouds;
he provides the earth with rain;
he makes grass grow on the hills;
⁹ he gives food to the animals,
even to the young ravens when they cry.

¹⁰ He takes no delight in the strength of a horse,
no pleasure in a runner’s speed.
¹¹ Adonai takes pleasure in those who fear him,
in those who wait for his grace.

¹² Glorify Adonai, Yerushalayim!
Praise your God, Tziyon!
¹³ For he strengthens the bars of your gates,
he blesses your children within you,
¹⁴ he brings peace within your borders,
he gives you your fill of the finest wheat.

¹⁵ He sends his word out over the earth,
his command runs swiftly.
¹⁶ Thus he gives snow like wool,
scatters hoarfrost like ashes,
¹⁷ sends crystals of ice like crumbs of bread —
who can withstand such cold?
¹⁸ Then he sends his word out and melts them;
he makes the winds blow, and the water flows.

¹⁹ He reveals his words to Ya‘akov,
his laws and rulings to Isra’el.
²⁰ He has not done this for other nations;
they do not know his rulings.

Halleluyah!