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Psalm 111 ()

[1] Praise Yah!
I will give thanks to Yahweh with my whole heart,
in the council of the upright, and in the congregation.
[2] Yahweh’s works are great,
pondered by all those who delight in them.
[3] His work is honor and majesty.
His righteousness endures forever.
[4] He has caused his wonderful works to be remembered.
Yahweh is gracious and merciful.
[5] He has given food to those who fear him.
He always remembers his covenant.
[6] He has shown his people the power of his works,
in giving them the heritage of the nations.
[7] The works of his hands are truth and justice.
All his precepts are sure.
[8] They are established forever and ever.
They are done in truth and uprightness.
[9] He has sent redemption to his people.
He has ordained his covenant forever.
His name is holy and awesome!
[10] The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of wisdom.
All those who do his work have a good understanding.
His praise endures forever!

Psalm 111:1 Psalm 111 is an acrostic poem, with each verse after the initial “Praise Yah!” starting with a letter of the alphabet (ordered from Alef to Tav).

Psalm 112 ()

[1] Praise Yah!
Blessed is the man who fears Yahweh,
who delights greatly in his commandments.
[2] His offspring will be mighty in the land.
The generation of the upright will be blessed.
[3] Wealth and riches are in his house.
His righteousness endures forever.
[4] Light dawns in the darkness for the upright,
gracious, merciful, and righteous.
[5] It is well with the man who deals graciously and lends.
He will maintain his cause in judgment.
[6] For he will never be shaken.
The righteous will be remembered forever.
[7] He will not be afraid of evil news.
His heart is steadfast, trusting in Yahweh.
[8] His heart is established.
He will not be afraid in the end when he sees his adversaries.
[9] He has dispersed, he has given to the poor.
His righteousness endures forever.
His horn will be exalted with honor.
[10] The wicked will see it, and be grieved.
He shall gnash with his teeth, and melt away.
The desire of the wicked will perish.

Psalm 112:1 Psalm 112 is an acrostic poem, with each verse after the initial “Praise Yah!” starting with a letter of the alphabet (ordered from Alef to Tav).

Psalm 113 ()

[1] Praise Yah!
Praise, you servants of Yahweh,
praise Yahweh’s name.
[2] Blessed be Yahweh’s name,
from this time forward and forever more.
[3] From the rising of the sun to its going down,
Yahweh’s name is to be praised.
[4] Yahweh is high above all nations,
his glory above the heavens.
[5] Who is like Yahweh, our God,
who has his seat on high,
[6] who stoops down to see in heaven and in the earth?
[7] He raises up the poor out of the dust,
and lifts up the needy from the ash heap,
[8] that he may set him with princes,
even with the princes of his people.
[9] He settles the barren woman in her home
as a joyful mother of children.
Praise Yah!

Psalm 114 ()

[1] When Israel went out of Egypt,
the house of Jacob from a people of foreign language,
[2] Judah became his sanctuary,
Israel his dominion.
[3] The sea saw it, and fled.
The Jordan was driven back.
[4] The mountains skipped like rams,
the little hills like lambs.
[5] What was it, you sea, that you fled?
You Jordan, that you turned back?
[6] You mountains, that you skipped like rams?
You little hills, like lambs?
[7] Tremble, you earth, at the presence of the Lord,
at the presence of the God of Jacob,
[8] who turned the rock into a pool of water,
the flint into a spring of waters.

Psalm 115 ()

[1] Not to us, Yahweh, not to us,
but to your name give glory,
for your loving kindness, and for your truth’s sake.
[2] Why should the nations say,
“Where is their God, now?”
[3] But our God is in the heavens.
He does whatever he pleases.
[4] Their idols are silver and gold,
the work of men’s hands.
[5] They have mouths, but they don’t speak.
They have eyes, but they don’t see.
[6] They have ears, but they don’t hear.
They have noses, but they don’t smell.
[7] They have hands, but they don’t feel.
They have feet, but they don’t walk,
neither do they speak through their throat.
[8] Those who make them will be like them;
yes, everyone who trusts in them.
[9] Israel, trust in Yahweh!
He is their help and their shield.
[10] House of Aaron, trust in Yahweh!
He is their help and their shield.
[11] You who fear Yahweh, trust in Yahweh!
He is their help and their shield.
[12] Yahweh remembers us. He will bless us.
He will bless the house of Israel.
He will bless the house of Aaron.
[13] He will bless those who fear Yahweh,
both small and great.
[14] May Yahweh increase you more and more,
you and your children.
[15] Blessed are you by Yahweh,
who made heaven and earth.
[16] The heavens are Yahweh’s heavens,
but he has given the earth to the children of men.
[17] The dead don’t praise Yah,
nor any who go down into silence,
[18] but we will bless Yah,
from this time forward and forever more.
Praise Yah!

Psalm 116 ()

[1] I love Yahweh, because he listens to my voice,
and my cries for mercy.
[2] Because he has turned his ear to me,
therefore I will call on him as long as I live.
[3] The cords of death surrounded me,
the pains of Sheol got a hold of me.
I found trouble and sorrow.
[4] Then I called on Yahweh’s name:
“Yahweh, I beg you, deliver my soul.”
[5] Yahweh is gracious and righteous.
Yes, our God is merciful.
[6] Yahweh preserves the simple.
I was brought low, and he saved me.
[7] Return to your rest, my soul,
for Yahweh has dealt bountifully with you.
[8] For you have delivered my soul from death,
my eyes from tears,
and my feet from falling.
[9] I will walk before Yahweh in the land of the living.
[10] I believed, therefore I said,
“I was greatly afflicted.”
[11] I said in my haste,
“All people are liars.”
[12] What will I give to Yahweh for all his benefits toward me?
[13] I will take the cup of salvation, and call on Yahweh’s name.
[14] I will pay my vows to Yahweh,
yes, in the presence of all his people.
[15] Precious in Yahweh’s sight is the death of his saints.
[16] Yahweh, truly I am your servant.
I am your servant, the son of your servant girl.
You have freed me from my chains.
[17] I will offer to you the sacrifice of thanksgiving,
and will call on Yahweh’s name.
[18] I will pay my vows to Yahweh,
yes, in the presence of all his people,
[19] in the courts of Yahweh’s house,
in the middle of you, Jerusalem.
Praise Yah!

Psalm 116:3 Sheol is the place of the dead.

Psalm 117 ()

[1] Praise Yahweh, all you nations!
Extol him, all you peoples!
[2] For his loving kindness is great toward us.
Yahweh’s faithfulness endures forever.
Praise Yah!

Psalm 118 ()

[1] Give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good,
for his loving kindness endures forever.
[2] Let Israel now say
that his loving kindness endures forever.
[3] Let the house of Aaron now say
that his loving kindness endures forever.
[4] Now let those who fear Yahweh say
that his loving kindness endures forever.
[5] Out of my distress, I called on Yah.
Yah answered me with freedom.
[6] Yahweh is on my side. I will not be afraid.
What can man do to me?
[7] Yahweh is on my side among those who help me.
Therefore I will look in triumph at those who hate me.
[8] It is better to take refuge in Yahweh,
than to put confidence in man.
[9] It is better to take refuge in Yahweh,
than to put confidence in princes.
[10] All the nations surrounded me,
but in Yahweh’s name I cut them off.
[11] They surrounded me, yes, they surrounded me.
In Yahweh’s name I indeed cut them off.
[12] They surrounded me like bees.
They are quenched like the burning thorns.
In Yahweh’s name I cut them off.
[13] You pushed me back hard, to make me fall,
but Yahweh helped me.
[14] Yah is my strength and song.
He has become my salvation.
[15] The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the tents of the righteous.
“The right hand of Yahweh does valiantly.
[16] The right hand of Yahweh is exalted!
The right hand of Yahweh does valiantly!”
[17] I will not die, but live,
and declare Yah’s works.
[18] Yah has punished me severely,
but he has not given me over to death.
[19] Open to me the gates of righteousness.
I will enter into them.
I will give thanks to Yah.
[20] This is the gate of Yahweh;
the righteous will enter into it.
[21] I will give thanks to you, for you have answered me,
and have become my salvation.
[22] The stone which the builders rejected
has become the cornerstone.
[23] This is Yahweh’s doing.
It is marvelous in our eyes.
[24] This is the day that Yahweh has made.
We will rejoice and be glad in it!
[25] Save us now, we beg you, Yahweh!
Yahweh, we beg you, send prosperity now.
[26] Blessed is he who comes in Yahweh’s name!
We have blessed you out of Yahweh’s house.
[27] Yahweh is God, and he has given us light.
Bind the sacrifice with cords, even to the horns of the altar.
[28] You are my God, and I will give thanks to you.
You are my God, I will exalt you.
[29] Oh give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good,
for his loving kindness endures forever.

Psalm 118:22 Literally, head of the corner