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Psalm 144 ()

[1]

By David.

Blessed be Yahweh, my rock,
who trains my hands to war,
and my fingers to battle—
[2] 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.
[3] Yahweh, what is man, that you care for him?
Or the son of man, that you think of him?
[4] Man is like a breath.
His days are like a shadow that passes away.
[5] Part your heavens, Yahweh, and come down.
Touch the mountains, and they will smoke.
[6] Throw out lightning, and scatter them.
Send out your arrows, and rout them.
[7] Stretch out your hand from above,
rescue me, and deliver me out of great waters,
out of the hands of foreigners,
[8] whose mouths speak deceit,
whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.
[9] I will sing a new song to you, God.
On a ten-stringed lyre, I will sing praises to you.
[10] You are he who gives salvation to kings,
who rescues David, his servant, from the deadly sword.
[11] Rescue me, and deliver me out of the hands of foreigners,
whose mouths speak deceit,
whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood. [12] Then our sons will be like well-nurtured plants,
our daughters like pillars carved to adorn a palace.
[13] Our barns are full, filled with all kinds of provision.
Our sheep produce thousands and ten thousands in our fields.
[14] Our oxen will pull heavy loads.
There is no breaking in, and no going away,
and no outcry in our streets.
[15] Happy are the people who are in such a situation.
Happy are the people whose God is Yahweh.

Psalm 145 ()

[1]

A praise psalm by David.ⓘ

I will exalt you, my God, the King.
I will praise your name forever and ever.
[2] Every day I will praise you.
I will extol your name forever and ever.
[3] Great is Yahweh, and greatly to be praised!
His greatness is unsearchable.
[4] One generation will commend your works to another,
and will declare your mighty acts.
[5] I will meditate on the glorious majesty of your honor,
on your wondrous works.
[6] Men will speak of the might of your awesome acts.
I will declare your greatness.
[7] They will utter the memory of your great goodness,
and will sing of your righteousness.
[8] Yahweh is gracious, merciful,
slow to anger, and of great loving kindness.
[9] Yahweh is good to all.
His tender mercies are over all his works.
[10] All your works will give thanks to you, Yahweh.
Your saints will extol you.
[11] They will speak of the glory of your kingdom,
and talk about your power,
[12] to make known to the sons of men his mighty acts,
the glory of the majesty of his kingdom.
[13] 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.
‡ [14] Yahweh upholds all who fall,
and raises up all those who are bowed down.
[15] The eyes of all wait for you.
You give them their food in due season.
[16] You open your hand,
and satisfy the desire of every living thing.
[17] Yahweh is righteous in all his ways,
and gracious in all his works.
[18] Yahweh is near to all those who call on him,
to all who call on him in truth.
[19] He will fulfill the desire of those who fear him.
He also will hear their cry, and will save them.
[20] Yahweh preserves all those who love him,
but he will destroy all the wicked.
[21] My mouth will speak the praise of Yahweh.
Let all flesh bless his holy name forever and ever.

Psalms 145:1 This is an acrostic psalm, with every verse (including the second half of verse 13) starting with a consecutive letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
Psalms 145:13 Some manuscripts omit these last two lines.

Psalm 146 ()

[1] Praise Yah!
Praise Yahweh, my soul.
[2] While I live, I will praise Yahweh.
I will sing praises to my God as long as I exist.
[3] Don’t put your trust in princes,
in a son of man in whom there is no help.
[4] His spirit departs, and he returns to the earth.
In that very day, his thoughts perish.
[5] Happy is he who has the God of Jacob for his help,
whose hope is in Yahweh, his God,
[6] who made heaven and earth,
the sea, and all that is in them;
who keeps truth forever;
[7] who executes justice for the oppressed;
who gives food to the hungry.
Yahweh frees the prisoners.
[8] Yahweh opens the eyes of the blind.
Yahweh raises up those who are bowed down.
Yahweh loves the righteous.
[9] Yahweh preserves the foreigners.
He upholds the fatherless and widow,
but he turns the way of the wicked upside down.
[10] Yahweh will reign forever;
your God, O Zion, to all generations.
Praise Yah!

Psalm 147 ()

[1] Praise Yah,
for it is good to sing praises to our God;
for it is pleasant and fitting to praise him.
[2] Yahweh builds up Jerusalem.
He gathers together the outcasts of Israel.
[3] He heals the broken in heart,
and binds up their wounds.
[4] He counts the number of the stars.
He calls them all by their names.
[5] Great is our Lord, and mighty in power.
His understanding is infinite.
[6] Yahweh upholds the humble.
He brings the wicked down to the ground.
[7] Sing to Yahweh with thanksgiving.
Sing praises on the harp to our God,
[8] who covers the sky with clouds,
who prepares rain for the earth,
who makes grass grow on the mountains.
[9] He provides food for the livestock,
and for the young ravens when they call.
[10] He doesn’t delight in the strength of the horse.
He takes no pleasure in the legs of a man.
[11] Yahweh takes pleasure in those who fear him,
in those who hope in his loving kindness.
[12] Praise Yahweh, Jerusalem!
Praise your God, Zion!
[13] For he has strengthened the bars of your gates.
He has blessed your children within you.
[14] He makes peace in your borders.
He fills you with the finest of the wheat.
[15] He sends out his commandment to the earth.
His word runs very swiftly.
[16] He gives snow like wool,
and scatters frost like ashes.
[17] He hurls down his hail like pebbles.
Who can stand before his cold?
[18] He sends out his word, and melts them.
He causes his wind to blow, and the waters flow.
[19] He shows his word to Jacob,
his statutes and his ordinances to Israel.
[20] He has not done this for just any nation.
They don’t know his ordinances.
Praise Yah!

Psalm 148 ()

[1] Praise Yah!
Praise Yahweh from the heavens!
Praise him in the heights!
[2] Praise him, all his angels!
Praise him, all his army!
[3] Praise him, sun and moon!
Praise him, all you shining stars!
[4] Praise him, you heavens of heavens,
you waters that are above the heavens.
[5] Let them praise Yahweh’s name,
for he commanded, and they were created.
[6] He has also established them forever and ever.
He has made a decree which will not pass away.
[7] Praise Yahweh from the earth,
you great sea creatures, and all depths,
[8] lightning and hail, snow and clouds,
stormy wind, fulfilling his word,
[9] mountains and all hills,
fruit trees and all cedars,
[10] wild animals and all livestock,
small creatures and flying birds,
[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 Yahweh’s name,
for his name alone is exalted.
His glory is above the earth and the heavens.
[14] 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!

Psalm 149 ()

[1] Praise Yahweh!
Sing to Yahweh a new song,
his praise in the assembly of the saints.
[2] Let Israel rejoice in him who made them.
Let the children of Zion be joyful in their King.
[3] Let them praise his name in the dance!
Let them sing praises to him with tambourine and harp!
[4] For Yahweh takes pleasure in his people.
He crowns the humble with salvation.
[5] Let the saints rejoice in honor.
Let them sing for joy on their beds.
[6] May the high praises of God be in their mouths,
and a two-edged sword in their hand,
[7] to execute vengeance on the nations,
and punishments on the peoples;
[8] to bind their kings with chains,
and their nobles with fetters of iron;
[9] to execute on them the written judgment.
All his saints have this honor.
Praise Yah!

Psalm 150 ()

[1] Praise Yah!
Praise God in his sanctuary!
Praise him in his heavens for his acts of power!
[2] Praise him for his mighty acts!
Praise him according to his excellent greatness!
[3] Praise him with the sounding of the trumpet!
Praise him with harp and lyre!
[4] Praise him with tambourine and dancing!
Praise him with stringed instruments and flute!
[5] Praise him with loud cymbals!
Praise him with resounding cymbals!
[6] Let everything that has breath praise Yah!
Praise Yah!

Proverbs 31 ()

[1] The words of King Lemuel—the revelation which his mother taught him: [2] “Oh, my son!
Oh, son of my womb!
Oh, son of my vows!
[3] Don’t give your strength to women,
nor your ways to that which destroys kings.
[4] It is not for kings, Lemuel,
it is not for kings to drink wine,
nor for princes to say, ‘Where is strong drink?’
[5] lest they drink, and forget the law,
and pervert the justice due to anyone who is afflicted.
[6] Give strong drink to him who is ready to perish,
and wine to the bitter in soul.
[7] Let him drink, and forget his poverty,
and remember his misery no more.
[8] Open your mouth for the mute,
in the cause of all who are left desolate.
[9] Open your mouth, judge righteously,
and serve justice to the poor and needy.” [10] Who can find a worthy woman?
For her value is far above rubies.
[11] The heart of her husband trusts in her.
He shall have no lack of gain.
[12] She does him good, and not harm,
all the days of her life.
[13] She seeks wool and flax,
and works eagerly with her hands.
[14] She is like the merchant ships.
She brings her bread from afar.
[15] She rises also while it is yet night,
gives food to her household,
and portions for her servant girls.
[16] She considers a field, and buys it.
With the fruit of her hands, she plants a vineyard.
[17] She arms her waist with strength,
and makes her arms strong.
[18] She perceives that her merchandise is profitable.
Her lamp doesn’t go out by night.
[19] She lays her hands to the distaff,
and her hands hold the spindle.
[20] She opens her arms to the poor;
yes, she extends her hands to the needy.
[21] She is not afraid of the snow for her household,
for all her household are clothed with scarlet.
[22] She makes for herself carpets of tapestry.
Her clothing is fine linen and purple.
[23] Her husband is respected in the gates,
when he sits among the elders of the land.
[24] She makes linen garments and sells them,
and delivers sashes to the merchant.
[25] Strength and dignity are her clothing.
She laughs at the time to come.
[26] She opens her mouth with wisdom.
Kind instruction is on her tongue.
[27] She looks well to the ways of her household,
and doesn’t eat the bread of idleness.
[28] Her children rise up and call her blessed.
Her husband also praises her:
[29] “Many women do noble things,
but you excel them all.”
[30] Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain;
but a woman who fears Yahweh, she shall be praised.
[31] Give her of the fruit of her hands!
Let her works praise her in the gates!