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PSALMS, 101
A Psalm. Of David.
101:1 I will make a song of mercy and righteousness ; to you, O Lord, will I make melody.
2 I will do wisely in the way of righteousness : O when will you come to me ?
I will be walking in my house with a true heart.
3 I will not put any evil thing before my eyes ; I am against all turning to one side ; I will not have it near me.
4 The false heart I will send away from me: I will not have an evil-doer for a friend.
101:5 I will put to death anyone who says evil of his neighbour secretly ; the man with a high look and a heart of pride is disgusting to me.
101:6 My eyes will be on those of good faith in the land, so that they may be living in my house ; he who is walking in the right way will be my servant.
101:7 The worker of deceit will not come into my house ; the false man will have no place before my eyes.
101:8 Morning by morning will I put to death all the sinners in the land, so that all evil-doers may be cut off from Jerusalem.
PSALMS, 109
To the chief music-marker. A Psalm. Of David.
109:1 God of my praise, let my prayer be answered ;
2 For the mouth of the sinner is open against me in deceit : his tongue has said false things against me.
3 Words of hate are round about me ; they have made war against me without cause.
4 For my love they give me back hate ; but I have given myself to prayer.
5 They have put on me evil for good ; hate in exchange for my love.
6 Put an evil man over him ; and let one be placed at his right hand to say evil of him.
7 When he is judged, let the decision go against him; and may his prayer become sin.
8 Let his life be short ; let another take his position of authority.
9 Let his children have no father, and his wife be made a widow.
10 Let his children be wanderers, looking to others for their food; let them be sent away from the company of their friends.
11 Let his creditor take all his goods ; and let others have the profit of his work.
12 Let no man have pity on him, or give help to his children when he is dead.
13 Let his seed be cut off ; in the coming generation let their name go out of memory.
14 Let the Lord keep in mind the wrongdoing of his fathers; and may the sin of his mother have no forgiveness.
15 Let them be ever before the eyes of the Lord, so that the memory of them may be cut off from the earth.
16 Because he had no mercy, but was cruel to the low and the poor, designing the death of the broken-hearted.
17 As he took pleasure in cursing, so let it come on him ; and as he had no delight in blessing, let it be far from him.
18 He put on cursing like a robe, and it has come into his body like water, and into his bones like oil.
19 Let it be to him as a robe which he puts on, let it be like a band which is round him at all times.
109:20 Let this be the reward given to my haters from the Lord, and to those who say evil of my soul.
21 But, O Lord God, give me your help, because of your name; take me out of danger, because your mercy is good.
22 For I am poor and in need, and my heart is wounded in me.
23 I am gone like the shade when it is stretched out : I am forced out of my place like a locust.
24 My knees are feeble for need of food ; there is no fat on my bones.
25 As for me, they make sport of me ; shaking their heads when they see me.
109:20 Give me help, O Lord my God ; in your mercy be my saviour ;
27 So that they may see that it is the work of your hand; that you, Lord, have done it.
28 They may give curses but you give blessing ; when they come up against me, put them to shame ; but let your servant be glad.
29 Let my haters be clothed with shame, covering themselves with shame as with a robe.
109:30 I will give the Lord great praise with my mouth ; yes, I will give praise to him among all the people.
31 For he is ever at the right hand of the poor, to take him out of the hands of those who go after his soul.
PSALMS, 110
A Psalm. Of David.
110:1 The Lord said to my lord, Be seated at my right hand, till I put all those who are against you under your feet.
2 The Lord will send out the rod of your strength from Zion ; be king over your haters.
3 Your people give themselves gladly in the day of your power ; like the dew of the morning on the holy mountains is the army of your young men.
4 The Lord has made an oath, and will not take it back. You are a priest for ever, after the order of Melchizedek.
110:5 In the day of his wrath kings will be wounded by the Lord at your right hand.
6 He will be judge among the nations, the valleys will be full of dead bodies ; the head over a great country will be wounded by him.
7 He will take of the stream by the way ; so his head will be lifted up.
PSALMS, 111
111:1 Let the Lord be praised. I will give praise to the Lord with all my heart, among the upright, and in the meeting of the people.
2 The works of the Lord are great, searched out by all those who have delight in them.
3 His work is full of honour and glory ; and his righteousness is unchanging for ever.
4 Certain for ever is the memory of his wonders : the Lord is full of pity and mercy.
5 He has given food to his worshippers ; he will keep his agreement in mind for ever.
6 He has made clear to his people the power of his works, giving them the heritage of the nations.
7 The works of his hands are faith and righteousness ; all his laws are unchanging.
8 They are fixed for ever and ever, they are done in faith and righteousness.
9 He has sent salvation to his people ; he has given his word for ever : holy is his name and greatly to be feared.
10 The fear of the Lord is the best part of wisdom : all those who keep his laws are wise : his praise is eternal.
PSALMS, 112
112:1 Let the Lord be praised. Happy is the man who gives honour to the Lord, and has great delight in his laws.
2 His seed will be strong on the earth ; blessings will be on the generation of the upright.
3 A store of wealth will be in his house, and his righteousness will be for ever.
4 For the upright there is a light shining in the dark ; he is full of grace and pity.
5 All is well for the man who is kind and gives freely to others ; he will make good his cause when he is judged.
6 He will not ever be moved; the memory of the upright will be living for ever.
7 He will have no fear of evil news; his heart is fixed, for his hope is in the Lord.
8 His heart is resting safely, he will have no fear, till he sees trouble come on his haters.
9 He has given with open hands to the poor ; his righteousness is for ever; his horn will be lifted up with honour.
10 The sinner will see it with grief ; he will be wasted away with envy ; the desire of the evil-doers will come to nothing.
PSALMS, 113
113:1 Let the Lord be praised. O you servants of the Lord, give praise to the name of the Lord.
2 Let blessing be on the name of the Lord, from this time and for ever.
3 From the coming up of the sun to its going down, the Lord's name is to be praised.
4 The Lord is high over all nations, and his glory is higher than the heavens.
113:5 Who is like the Lord our God, who is seated on high,
6 Looking down on the heavens, and on the earth ?
7 He takes the poor man out of the dust, lifting him up from his low position ;
8 To give him a place among the rulers, even with the rulers of his people.
9 He gives the unfertile woman a family, making her a happy mother of children. Give praise to the Lord.
PSALMS, 114
114:1 When Israel came out of Egypt, the children of Jacob from a people whose language was strange to them ;
2 Judah became his holy place, and Israel his kingdom.
114:3 The sea saw it, and went in flight ; Jordan was turned back.
4 The mountains were jumping like goats, and the little hills like lambs.
114:5 What was wrong with you, O sea, that you went in flight ? O Jordan, that you were turned back ?
6 You mountains, why were you jumping like goats, and you little hills like lambs ?
7 Be troubled, O earth, before the Lord, before the God of Jacob ;
8 Who made the rock into a water-spring, and the hard stone into a fountain.
PSALMS, 115
115:1 Not to us, O Lord, not to us, but to your name let glory be given, because of your mercy and your unchanging faith.
2 Why may the nations say, Where is now their God ?
115:3 But our God is in heaven : he has done whatever was pleasing to him.
4 Their images are silver and gold, the work of men's hands.
5 They have mouths, but no voice ; they have eyes, but they see not ;
6 They have ears, but no hearing ; they have noses, but no sense of smell ;
7 They have hands without feeling, and feet without power of walking; and no sound comes from their throat.
8 Those who make them are like them ; and so is everyone who puts his faith in them.
115:9 O Israel, have faith in the Lord: he is their help and their breastplate.
10 O house of Aaron, have faith in the Lord : he is their help and their breastplate.
11 You worshippers of the Lord, have faith in the Lord : he is their help and their breastplate.
115:12 The Lord has kept us in mind and will give us his blessing ; he will send blessings on the house of Israel and on the house of Aaron.
13 He will send blessings on the worshippers of the Lord, on the small and on the great.
14 May the Lord give you and your children still greater increase.
15 May you have the blessing of the Lord, who made heaven and earth.
115:16 The heavens are the Lord's; but the earth he has given to the children of men.
17 The dead do not give praise to the Lord ; or those who go down to the underworld.
18 But we will give praise to the Lord now and for ever. Praise be to the Lord.
PSALMS, 116
116:1 I have given my love to the Lord, because he has given ear to the voice of my cry and my prayer.
2 He has let my request come before him, and I will make my prayer to him all my days.
3 The nets of death were round me, and the pains of the underworld had me in their grip ; I was full of trouble and sorrow.
4 Then I made my prayer to the Lord, saying, O Lord, take my soul out of trouble.
116:5 The Lord is full of grace and righteousness ; truly, he is a God of mercy.
6 The Lord keeps the simple ; I was made low, and he was my saviour.
7 Come back to your rest, O my soul; for the Lord has given you your reward.
116:8 You have taken my soul from the power of death, keeping my eyes from weeping, and my feet from falling.
9 I will go before the Lord in the land of the living.
10 I still had faith, though I said, I am in great trouble ;
11 Though I said in my fear, All men are false.
116:12 What may I give to the Lord for all the good things which he has done for me ?
116:13 I will take the cup of salvation, and give praise to the name of the Lord.
14 I will make the offering of my oath to the Lord, even before all his people.
15 Dear in the eyes of the Lord is the death of his saints.
16 O Lord, truly I am your servant ; I am your servant, the son of her who is your servant ; by you have my cords been broken.
17 I will give an offering of praise to you, and make my prayer in the name of the Lord.
18 I will make the offerings of my oath, even before all his people ;
19 In the Lord's house, even in Jerusalem. Praise be to the Lord.
PSALMS, 117
Let all nations give praise
117:1 Let all the nations give praise to the Lord : let all the people give him praise.
For great is his mercy to us, and his faith is unchanging for ever. Praise be to the Lord.
PSALMS, 118
118:1 O give praise to the Lord, for he is good : for his mercy is unchanging for ever.
118:2 Let Israel now say, that his mercy is unchanging for ever.
3 Let the house of Aaron now say, that his mercy is unchanging for ever.
4 Let all worshippers of the Lord now say, that his mercy is unchanging for ever.
118:5 I made my prayer to the Lord in my trouble : and the Lord gave me an answer, and put me in a wide place.
6 The Lord is on my side ; I will have no fear: what is man able to do to me ?
7 The Lord is my great helper : I will see my desire against my haters.
8 It is better to have faith in the Lord than to put one's hope in man.
9 It is better to have faith in the Lord than to put one's hope in rulers.
118:10 All the nations have come round me ; but in the name of the Lord I will have them cut down.
11 They are round me, yes, they are all about me; but in the name of the Lord I will have them cut down.
12 They are round me like bees ; but they are put out like a fire among thorns ; for in the name of the Lord I will have them cut down.
13 I have been hard pushed by you, so that I might have a fall : but the Lord was my helper.
4 The Lord is my strength and my song ; he has become my salvation.
118:15 The sound of joy and salvation is in the tents of the upright ; the right hand of the Lord does works of power.
16 The right hand of the Lord is lifted up ; the right hand of the Lord does works of power.
17 Life and not death will be my part, and I will give out the story of the works of the Lord.
18 The hand of Jah has been hard on me ; but he has not given me up to death.
118:19 Let the doors of righteousness be open to me ; I will go in and give praise to the Lord.
118:20 This is the door of the Lord's house ; the workers of righteousness will go in through it.
118:21 I will give you praise, for you have given me an answer, and have become my salvation.
22 The stone which the builders put on one side has become the chief stone of the building.
23 This is the Lord's doing ; it is a wonder in our eyes.
24 This is the day which the Lord has made ; we will be full of joy and delight in it.
25 Send salvation now, O Lord ; Lord, send us your blessing.
118:26 A blessing be on him who comes in the name of the Lord ; we give you blessing from the house of the Lord.
27 The Lord is God, and he has given us light ; let the holy dance be ordered with branches, even up to the horns of the altar.
28 You are my God, and I will give you praise; my God, and I will give honour to your name.
29 O give praise to the Lord, for he is good : for his mercy is unchanging for ever.
PSALMS, 120
A Song of the going up.
120:1 In my trouble my cry went up to the Lord, and he gave me an answer.
2 O Lord, be the saviour of my soul from false lips, and from the tongue of deceit.
3 What punishment will he give you ? what more will he do to you, you false tongue ?
4 Sharp arrows of the strong, and burning fire.
5 Sorrow is mine because I am strange in Meshech, and living in the tents of Kedar.
6 My soul has long been living with the haters of peace.
7 I am for peace : but when I say so, they are for war.
PSALMS, 121
A Song of the going up.
121:1 My eyes are lifted up to the hills : O where will my help come from ?
2 Your help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth.
3 May he not let your foot be moved: no need of sleep has he who keeps you.
4 See, the eyes of Israel's keeper will not be shut in sleep.
5 The Lord is your keeper ; the Lord is your shade on your right hand.
6 You will not be touched by the sun in the day, or by the moon at night.
7 The Lord will keep you safe from all evil ; he will take care of your soul.
8 The Lord will keep watch over your going out and your coming in, from this time and for ever.
PSALMS, 122
A Song of the going up. Of David.
122:1 I was glad because they said to me, We will go into the house of the Lord.
2 At last our feet were inside your doors, O Jerusalem.
3 O Jerusalem, you are like a town which is well joined together;
4 To which the tribes went up, even the tribes of the Lord, for a witness to Israel, to give praise to the name of the Lord.
5 For there seats for the judges were placed, even the rulers' seats of the line of David.
6 O make prayers for the peace of Jerusalem; may they whose love is given to you do well.
7 May peace be inside your walls, and wealth in your noble houses.
8 Because of my brothers and friends, I will now say, Let peace be with you.
9 Because of the house of the Lord our God, I will be working for your good.
PSALMS, 123
A Song of the going up.
123:1 To you my eyes are lifted up, even to you whose seat is in the heavens.
See ! as the eyes of servants are turned to the hands of their masters, and the eyes of a servant-girl to her owner, so our eyes are waiting for the Lord our God, till he has mercy on us.
Have mercy on us, O Lord, have mercy on us : for all men are looking down on us.
For long enough have men of pride made sport of our soul.
PSALMS, 124
A Song of the going up. Of David.
124:1 If it had not been the Lord who was on our side (let Israel now say) ;
2 If it had not been the Lord who was on our side, when men came up against us ;
3 They would have made a meal of us while still living, in the heat of their wrath against us:
4 We would have been covered by the waters ; the streams would have gone over our soul ;
5 Yes, the waters of pride would have gone over our soul.
6 Praise be to the Lord, who has not let us be wounded by their teeth.
7 Our soul has gone free like a bird out of the net of those who would take her: the net is broken, and we are free.
8 Our help is in the name of the Lord, the maker of heaven and earth.
PSALMS, 125
A Song of the going up.
125:1 Those whose hope is in the Lord are like the mountain of Zion, which may not be moved, but keeps its place for ever.
2 As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the Lord is round about his people, from this time and for ever.
3 For the rod of sinners will not be resting on the heritage of the upright ; so that the upright may not put out their hands to evil.
4 Do good, O Lord, to those who are good, and to those who are upright in heart.
5 But as for such as are turned out of the straight way, the Lord will take them away with the workers of evil. Let peace be on Israel.
PSALMS, 126
A Song of the going up.
126:1 When the Lord made a change in Zion's fate, we were like men in a dream.
2 Then our mouths were full of laughing, and our tongues gave a glad cry; they said among the nations, The Lord has done great things for them.
3 The Lord has done great things for us; because of which we are glad.
4 Let our fate be changed, O Lord, like the streams in the South.
5 Those who put in seed with weeping will get in the grain with cries of joy.
6 Though a man may go out weeping, taking his vessel of seed with him; he will come again in joy, with the corded stems of grain in his arms.
PSALMS, 127
A Song of the going up. Of Solomon.
127:1 If the Lord is not helping the builders, then the building of a house is to no purpose : if the Lord does not keep the town, the watchman keeps his watch for nothing.
2 It is of no use for you to get up early, and to go late to your rest, with the bread of sorrow for your food ; for the Lord gives to his loved ones in sleep.
3 See, sons are a heritage from the Lord ; the fruit of the body is his reward.
4 Like arrows in the hand of a man of war, are the children of the young.
5 Happy is the man who has a good store of them ; he will not be put to shame, but his cause will be supported by them against his haters.
PSALMS, 128
A Song of the going up.
128:1 Happy is the worshipper of the Lord, who is walking in his ways.
2 You will have the fruit of the work of your hands : happy will you be, and all will be well for you.
3 Your wife will be like a fertile vine in the inmost parts of your house: your children will be like olive plants round your table.
4 See! this is the blessing of the worshipper of the Lord.
5 May the Lord send you blessing out of Zion : may you see the good of Jerusalem all the days of your life.
6 May you see your children's children. Peace be on Israel.
PSALMS, 129
A Song of the going up.
129:1 Great have been my troubles from the time when I was young (let Israel now say) ;
2 Great have been my troubles from the time when I was young, but my troubles have not overcome me.
3 The ploughmen were ploughing on my back ; long were the wounds they made.
4 The Lord is true : the cords of the evil-doers are broken in two.
5 Let all the haters of Zion be shamed and turned back.
6 Let them be like the grass on the house-tops, which is dry before it comes to full growth.
7 He who gets in the grain has no use for it ; and they do not make bands of it for the grain-stems.
8 And those who go by do not say, The blessing of the Lord be on you ; we give you blessing in the name of the Lord.
PSALMS, 130
A Song of the going up.
130:1 Out of the deep have I sent up my cry to you, O Lord.
2 Lord, let my voice come before you : let your ears be awake to the voice of my prayer.
3 O Jah, if you took note of every sin, who would go free ?
4 But there is forgiveness with you, so that you may be feared.
5 I am waiting for the Lord, my soul is waiting for him, and my hope is in his word.
6 My soul is watching for the Lord more than those who are watching for the morning ; yes, more than the watchers for the morning.
7 O Israel, have hope in the Lord ; for with the Lord is mercy and full salvation.
8 And he will make Israel free from all his sins.
PSALMS, 131
A Song of the going up. Of David.
131:1 Lord, there is no pride in my heart and my eyes are not lifted up ; and I have not taken part in great undertakings, or in things over-hard for me.
See, I have made my soul calm and quiet, like a child on its mother's breast ; my soul is like a child on its mother's breast.
O Israel, have hope in the Lord, from this time and for ever.
PSALMS, 132
A Song of Ascents
132:1 A Song of the going up. Lord, give thought to David, and to all his troubles ;
2 How he made an oath to the Lord, and gave his word to the great God of Jacob, saying,
3 Truly, I will not come into my house, or go to my bed,
4 I will not give sleep to my eyes, or rest to my eyeballs,
5 Till I have got a place for the Lord, a resting-place for the great God of Jacob.
132:6 We had news of it at Ephrathah : we came to it in the fields of the wood.
7 Let us go into his tent; let us give worship at his feet.
132:8 Come back, O Lord, to your resting-place ; you and the ark of your strength.
9 Let your priests be clothed with righteousness ; and let your saints give cries of joy.
10 Because of your servant David, do not give up your king.
132:11 The Lord gave a true oath to David, which he will not take back, saying, I will give your kingdom to the fruit of your body.
12 If your children keep my word, and the teachings which I will give them, their children will be rulers of your kingdom for ever.
13 For the Lord's heart is on Zion, desiring it for his resting-place.
14 This is my rest for ever: here will I ever be ; for this is my desire.
15 My blessing will be on her food; and her poor will be full of bread.
16 Her priests will be clothed with salvation ; and her saints will give cries of joy.
17 There I will make the horn of David fertile : I have made ready a light for my king.
18 His haters will be clothed with shame ; but I will make his crown shining.
PSALMS, 133
A Song of the going up. Of David.
133:1 See how good and how pleasing it is for brothers to be living together in harmony !
It is like oil of great price on the head, flowing down over the face, even Aaron's face: coming down to the edge of his robe ;
Like the dew of Hermon, which comes down on the mountains of Zion: for there the Lord gave orders for the blessing, even life for ever.
PSALMS, 134
A Song of the going up.
134:1 Give praise to the Lord, all you servants of the Lord, who take your places in the house of the Lord by night.
Give praise to the Lord, lifting up your hands in his holy place.
May the Lord, who made heaven and earth, send you blessing out of Zion!
PSALMS, 139
To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of David.
139:1 O Lord, you have knowledge of me, searching out all my secrets.
2 You have knowledge when I am seated and when I get up, you see my thoughts from far away.
3 You keep watch over my steps and my sleep, and have knowledge of all my ways.
4 For there is not a word on my tongue which is not clear to you, O Lord.
5 I am shut in by you on every side, and you have put your hand on me.
6 Such knowledge is a wonder greater than my powers ; it is so high that I may not come near it.
139:7 Where may I go from your spirit ? how may I go in flight from you?
8 If I go up to heaven, you are there : or if I make my bed in the underworld, you are there.
9 If I take the wings of the morning, and go to the farthest parts of the sea;
10 Even there will I be guided by your hand, and your right hand will keep me.
11 If I say, Only let me be covered by the dark, and the light about me be night ;
12 Even the dark is not dark to you; the night is as bright as the day : for dark and light are the same to you.
139:13 My flesh was made by you, and my parts joined together in my mother's body.
14 I will give you praise, for I am strangely and delicately formed ; your works are great wonders, and of this my soul is fully conscious.
15 My frame was not unseen by you when I was made secretly, and strangely formed in the lowest parts of the earth.
16 Your eyes saw my unformed substance ; in your book all my days were recorded, even those which were purposed before they had come into being.
17 How dear are your thoughts to me, O God! how great is the number of them !
18 If I made up their number, it would be more than the grains of sand ; when I am awake, I am still with you.
139:19 If only you would put the sinners to death, O God ; go far from me, you men of blood.
20 For they go against you with evil designs, and your haters make sport of your name.
21 Are not your haters hated by me, O Lord ? are not those who are lifted up against you a cause of grief to me ?
22 My hate for them is complete ; my thoughts of them are as if they were making war on me.
23 O God, let the secrets of my heart be uncovered, and let my wandering thoughts be tested:
24 See if there is any way of sorrow in me, and be my guide in the eternal way.
PSALMS, 145
A Song of praise. Of David.
145:1 Let me give glory to you, O God, my King; and blessing to your name for ever and ever.
2 Every day will I give you blessing, praising your name for ever and ever.
3 Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised ; his power may never be searched out.
145:4 One generation after another will give praise to your great acts, and make clear the operation of your strength.
5 My thoughts will be of the honour and glory of your rule, and of the wonder of your works.
6 Men will be talking of the power and fear of your acts ; I will give word of your glory.
7 Their sayings will be full of the memory of all your mercy, and they will make songs of your righteousness.
145:8 The Lord is full of grace and pity ; not quickly angry, but great in mercy.
9 The Lord is good to all men ; and his mercies are over all his works.
145:10 All the works of your hands give praise to you, O Lord ; and your saints give you blessing.
11 Their words will be of the glory of your kingdom, and their talk of your strength ;
12 So that the sons of men may have knowledge of his acts of power, and of the great glory of his kingdom.
13 Your kingdom is an eternal kingdom, and your rule is through all generations.
145:14 The Lord is the support of all who are crushed, and the lifter up of all who are bent down.
15 The eyes of all men are waiting for you ; and you give them their food in its time.
16 By the opening of your hand, every living thing has its desire in full measure.
17 The Lord is upright in all his ways, and kind in all his works.
18 The Lord is near all those who give honour to his name ; even to all who give honour to him with true hearts.
19 To his worshippers, he will give their desire ; their cry comes to his ears, and he gives them salvation.
20 The Lord will keep all his worshippers from danger ; but he will send destruction on all sinners.
145:21 My mouth will give praise to the Lord ; let all flesh be blessing his holy name for ever and ever.
PSALMS, 146
146:1 Let the Lord be praised. Give praise to the Lord, O my soul.
2 While I have breath I will give praise to the Lord : I will make melody to my God while I have my being.
146:3 Put not your faith in rulers, or in the son of man, in whom there is no salvation.
4 Man's breath goes out, he is turned back again to dust ; in that day all his purposes come to an end.
5 Happy is the man who has the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the Lord his God :
6 Who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all things in them; who keeps faith for ever :
7 Who gives their rights to those who are crushed down ; and gives food to those who are in need of it : the Lord makes the prisoners free ;
146:8 The Lord makes open the eyes of the blind ; the Lord is the lifter up of those who are bent down ; the Lord is a lover of the upright ;
9 The Lord takes care of those who are in a strange land ; he gives help to the widow and to the child who has no father; but he sends destruction on the way of sinners.
146:10 The Lord will be King for ever ; your God, O Zion, will be King through all generations. Praise be to the Lord.
PSALMS, 149
A two-edged sword
149:1 Let the Lord be praised. Make a new song to the Lord, let his praise be in the meeting of his saints.
2 Let Israel have joy in his maker ; let the children of Zion be glad in their King.
3 Let them give praise to his name in the dance : let them make melody to him with instruments of brass and corded instruments of music.
4 For the Lord has pleasure in his people : he gives the poor in spirit a crown of salvation.
5 Let the saints have joy and glory : let them give cries of joy on their beds.
6 Let the high praises of God be in their mouths, and a two-edged sword in their hands ;
7 To give the nations the reward of their sins, and the peoples their punishment ;
8 To put their kings in chains, and their rulers in bands of iron ;
9 To give them the punishment which is in the holy writings : this honour is given to all his saints. Praise be to the Lord.
PSALMS, 150
Lord be praised.
150:1 Let the Lord be praised. Give praise to God in his holy place : give him praise in the heaven of his power.
2 Give him praise for his acts of power : give him praise in the measure of his great strength.
3 Give him praise with the sound of the horn : give him praise with corded instruments of music.
4 Give him praise with instruments of brass and in the dance: give him praise with horns and corded instruments.
5 Give him praise with the loud brass : give him praise with the high-sounding brass.
6 Let everything which has breath give praise to the Lord. Let the Lord be praised.
(Forever.) -- Selah, a refrain of praise.
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