128:1Blessed is everyone who fears Yahweh, who walks in his ways. 128:2For you will eat the labor of your hands. You will be happy, and it will be well with you. 128:3Your wife will be as a fruitful vine, in the innermost parts of your house; your children like olive plants, around your table. 128:4Behold, thus is the man blessed who fears Yahweh. 128:5May Yahweh bless you out of Zion, and may you see the good of Jerusalem all the days of your life. 128:6Yes, may you see your children’s children. Peace be upon Israel.
129:1Many times they have afflicted me from my youth up. Let Israel now say, 129:2many times they have afflicted me from my youth up, yet they have not prevailed against me. 129:3The plowers plowed on my back. They made their furrows long. 129:4Yahweh is righteous. He has cut apart the cords of the wicked. 129:5Let them be disappointed and turned backward, all those who hate Zion. 129:6Let them be as the grass on the housetops, which withers before it grows up; 129:7with which the reaper doesn’t fill his hand, nor he who binds sheaves, his bosom. 129:8Neither do those who go by say, “The blessing of Yahweh be on you. We bless you in Yahweh’s name.”
130:1Out of the depths I have cried to you, Yahweh. 130:2Lord, hear my voice. Let your ears be attentive to the voice of my petitions. 130:3If you, Yah, kept a record of sins, Lord, who could stand? 130:4But there is forgiveness with you, therefore you are feared. 130:5I wait for Yahweh. My soul waits. I hope in his word. 130:6My soul longs for the Lord more than watchmen long for the morning; more than watchmen for the morning. 130:7Israel, hope in Yahweh, for with Yahweh there is loving kindness. With him is abundant redemption. 130:8He will redeem Israel from all their sins.
131:1Yahweh, my heart isn’t haughty, nor my eyes lofty; nor do I concern myself with great matters, or things too wonderful for me. 131:2Surely I have stilled and quieted my soul, like a weaned child with his mother, like a weaned child is my soul within me. 131:3Israel, hope in Yahweh, from this time forward and forever more.
132:1Yahweh, remember David and all his affliction, 132:2how he swore to Yahweh, and vowed to the Mighty One of Jacob: 132:3“Surely I will not come into the structure of my house, nor go up into my bed; 132:4I will not give sleep to my eyes, or slumber to my eyelids; 132:5until I find out a place for Yahweh, a dwelling for the Mighty One of Jacob.” 132:6Behold, we heard of it in Ephrathah. We found it in the field of Jaar: 132:7“We will go into his dwelling place. We will worship at his footstool. 132:8Arise, Yahweh, into your resting place; you, and the ark of your strength. 132:9Let your priests be clothed with righteousness. Let your saints shout for joy!” 132:10For your servant David’s sake, don’t turn away the face of your anointed one. 132:11Yahweh has sworn to David in truth. He will not turn from it: “I will set the fruit of your body on your throne. 132:12If your children will keep my covenant, my testimony that I will teach them, their children also will sit on your throne forever more.” 132:13For Yahweh has chosen Zion. He has desired it for his habitation. 132:14“This is my resting place forever. Here I will live, for I have desired it. 132:15I will abundantly bless her provision. I will satisfy her poor with bread. 132:16Her priests I will also clothe with salvation. Her saints will shout aloud for joy. 132:17There I will make the horn of David to bud. I have ordained a lamp for my anointed. 132:18I will clothe his enemies with shame, but on himself, his crown will be resplendent.”
133:1See how good and how pleasant it is for brothers to live together in unity! 133:2It is like the precious oil on the head, that ran down on the beard, even Aaron’s beard; that came down on the edge of his robes; 133:3like the dew of Hermon, that comes down on the hills of Zion: for there Yahweh gives the blessing, even life forever more.
134:1Look! Praise Yahweh, all you servants of Yahweh, who stand by night in Yahweh’s house! 134:2Lift up your hands in the sanctuary. Praise Yahweh! 134:3May Yahweh bless you from Zion; even he who made heaven and earth.
135:1Praise Yah! Praise Yahweh’s name! Praise him, you servants of Yahweh, 135:2you who stand in Yahweh’s house, in the courts of our God’s house. 135:3Praise Yah, for Yahweh is good. Sing praises to his name, for that is pleasant. 135:4For Yah has chosen Jacob for himself; Israel for his own possession. 135:5For I know that Yahweh is great, that our Lord is above all gods. 135:6Whatever Yahweh pleased, that he has done, in heaven and in earth, in the seas and in all deeps; 135:7who causes the clouds to rise from the ends of the earth; who makes lightnings with the rain; who brings the wind out of his treasuries; 135:8Who struck the firstborn of Egypt, both of man and animal; 135:9Who sent signs and wonders into the middle of you, Egypt, on Pharaoh, and on all his servants; 135:10who struck many nations, and killed mighty kings, 135:11Sihon king of the Amorites, Og king of Bashan, and all the kingdoms of Canaan, 135:12and gave their land for a heritage, a heritage to Israel, his people. 135:13Your name, Yahweh, endures forever; your renown, Yahweh, throughout all generations. 135:14For Yahweh will judge his people, and have compassion on his servants. 135:15The idols of the nations are silver and gold, the work of men’s hands. 135:16They have mouths, but they can’t speak. They have eyes, but they can’t see. 135:17They have ears, but they can’t hear; neither is there any breath in their mouths. 135:18Those who make them will be like them; yes, everyone who trusts in them. 135:19House of Israel, praise Yahweh! House of Aaron, praise Yahweh! 135:20House of Levi, praise Yahweh! You who fear Yahweh, praise Yahweh! 135:21Blessed be Yahweh from Zion, Who dwells at Jerusalem. Praise Yah!
136:1Give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good; for his loving kindness endures forever. 136:2Give thanks to the God of gods; for his loving kindness endures forever. 136:3Give thanks to the Lord of lords; for his loving kindness endures forever: 136:4To him who alone does great wonders; for his loving kindness endures forever: 136:5To him who by understanding made the heavens; for his loving kindness endures forever: 136:6To him who spread out the earth above the waters; for his loving kindness endures forever: 136:7To him who made the great lights; for his loving kindness endures forever: 136:8The sun to rule by day; for his loving kindness endures forever; 136:9The moon and stars to rule by night; for his loving kindness endures forever: 136:10To him who struck down the Egyptian firstborn; for his loving kindness endures forever; 136:11And brought out Israel from among them; for his loving kindness endures forever; 136:12With a strong hand, and with an outstretched arm; for his loving kindness endures forever: 136:13To him who divided the Red Sea apart; for his loving kindness endures forever; 136:14And made Israel to pass through the middle of it; for his loving kindness endures forever; 136:15But overthrew Pharaoh and his army in the Red Sea; for his loving kindness endures forever: 136:16To him who led his people through the wilderness; for his loving kindness endures forever: 136:17To him who struck great kings; for his loving kindness endures forever; 136:18And killed mighty kings; for his loving kindness endures forever: 136:19Sihon king of the Amorites; for his loving kindness endures forever; 136:20Og king of Bashan; for his loving kindness endures forever; 136:21And gave their land as an inheritance; for his loving kindness endures forever; 136:22Even a heritage to Israel his servant; for his loving kindness endures forever: 136:23Who remembered us in our low estate; for his loving kindness endures forever; 136:24And has delivered us from our adversaries; for his loving kindness endures forever: 136:25Who gives food to every creature; for his loving kindness endures forever. 136:26Oh give thanks to the God of heaven; for his loving kindness endures forever.
137:1By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down. Yes, we wept, when we remembered Zion. 137:2On the willows in that land, we hung up our harps. 137:3For there, those who led us captive asked us for songs. Those who tormented us demanded songs of joy: “Sing us one of the songs of Zion!” 137:4How can we sing Yahweh’s song in a foreign land? 137:5If I forget you, Jerusalem, let my right hand forget its skill. 137:6Let my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth if I don’t remember you; if I don’t prefer Jerusalem above my chief joy. 137:7Remember, Yahweh, against the children of Edom, the day of Jerusalem; who said, “Raze it! Raze it even to its foundation!” 137:8Daughter of Babylon, doomed to destruction, he will be happy who rewards you, as you have served us. 137:9Happy shall he be, who takes and dashes your little ones against the rock.
138:1I will give you thanks with my whole heart. Before the gods, I will sing praises to you. 138:2I will bow down toward your holy temple, and give thanks to your Name for your loving kindness and for your truth; for you have exalted your Name and your Word above all. 138:3In the day that I called, you answered me. You encouraged me with strength in my soul. 138:4All the kings of the earth will give you thanks, Yahweh, for they have heard the words of your mouth. 138:5Yes, they will sing of the ways of Yahweh; for great is Yahweh’s glory. 138:6For though Yahweh is high, yet he looks after the lowly; but the proud, he knows from afar. 138:7Though I walk in the middle of trouble, you will revive me. You will stretch out your hand against the wrath of my enemies. Your right hand will save me. 138:8Yahweh will fulfill that which concerns me; your loving kindness, Yahweh, endures forever. Don’t forsake the works of your own hands.
139:1Yahweh, you have searched me, and you know me. 139:2You know my sitting down and my rising up. You perceive my thoughts from afar. 139:3You search out my path and my lying down, and are acquainted with all my ways. 139:4For there is not a word on my tongue, but, behold, Yahweh, you know it altogether. 139:5You hem me in behind and before. You laid your hand on me. 139:6This knowledge is beyond me. It’s lofty. I can’t attain it. 139:7Where could I go from your Spirit? Or where could I flee from your presence? 139:8If I ascend up into heaven, you are there. If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, you are there! 139:9If I take the wings of the dawn, and settle in the uttermost parts of the sea; 139:10Even there your hand will lead me, and your right hand will hold me. 139:11If I say, “Surely the darkness will overwhelm me; the light around me will be night”; 139:12even the darkness doesn’t hide from you, but the night shines as the day. The darkness is like light to you. 139:13For you formed my inmost being. You knit me together in my mother’s womb. 139:14I will give thanks to you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Your works are wonderful. My soul knows that very well. 139:15My frame wasn’t hidden from you, when I was made in secret, woven together in the depths of the earth. 139:16Your eyes saw my body. In your book they were all written, the days that were ordained for me, when as yet there were none of them. 139:17How precious to me are your thoughts, God! How vast is their sum! 139:18If I would count them, they are more in number than the sand. When I wake up, I am still with you. 139:19If only you, God, would kill the wicked. Get away from me, you bloodthirsty men! 139:20For they speak against you wickedly. Your enemies take your name in vain. 139:21Yahweh, don’t I hate those who hate you? Am I not grieved with those who rise up against you? 139:22I hate them with perfect hatred. They have become my enemies. 139:23Search me, God, and know my heart. Try me, and know my thoughts. 139:24See if there is any wicked way in me, and lead me in the everlasting way.
140:1Deliver me, Yahweh, from the evil man. Preserve me from the violent man; 140:2those who devise mischief in their hearts. They continually gather themselves together for war. 140:3They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent. Viper’s poison is under their lips. Selah. 140:4Yahweh, keep me from the hands of the wicked. Preserve me from the violent men who have determined to trip my feet. 140:5The proud have hidden a snare for me, they have spread the cords of a net by the path. They have set traps for me. Selah. 140:6I said to Yahweh, “You are my God.” Listen to the cry of my petitions, Yahweh. 140:7Yahweh, the Lord, the strength of my salvation, you have covered my head in the day of battle. 140:8Yahweh, don’t grant the desires of the wicked. Don’t let their evil plans succeed, or they will become proud. Selah. 140:9As for the head of those who surround me, let the mischief of their own lips cover them. 140:10Let burning coals fall on them. Let them be thrown into the fire, into miry pits, from where they never rise. 140:11An evil speaker won’t be established in the earth. Evil will hunt the violent man to overthrow him. 140:12I know that Yahweh will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and justice for the needy. 140:13Surely the righteous will give thanks to your name. The upright will dwell in your presence.
141:1Yahweh, I have called on you. Come to me quickly! Listen to my voice when I call to you. 141:2Let my prayer be set before you like incense; the lifting up of my hands like the evening sacrifice. 141:3Set a watch, Yahweh, before my mouth. Keep the door of my lips. 141:4Don’t incline my heart to any evil thing, to practice deeds of wickedness with men who work iniquity. Don’t let me eat of their delicacies. 141:5Let the righteous strike me, it is kindness; let him reprove me, it is like oil on the head; don’t let my head refuse it; Yet my prayer is always against evil deeds. 141:6Their judges are thrown down by the sides of the rock. They will hear my words, for they are well spoken. 141:7“As when one plows and breaks up the earth, our bones are scattered at the mouth of Sheol.” 141:8For my eyes are on you, Yahweh, the Lord. In you, I take refuge. Don’t leave my soul destitute. 141:9Keep me from the snare which they have laid for me, from the traps of the workers of iniquity. 141:10Let the wicked fall together into their own nets, while I pass by.
142:1I cry with my voice to Yahweh. With my voice, I ask Yahweh for mercy. 142:2I pour out my complaint before him. I tell him my troubles. 142:3When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, you knew my route. On the path in which I walk, they have hidden a snare for me. 142:4Look on my right, and see; for there is no one who is concerned for me. Refuge has fled from me. No one cares for my soul. 142:5I cried to you, Yahweh. I said, “You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living.” 142:6Listen to my cry, for I am in desperate need. deliver me from my persecutors, For they are stronger than me. 142:7Bring my soul out of prison, that I may give thanks to your name. The righteous will surround me, for you will be good to me.
143:1Hear my prayer, Yahweh. Listen to my petitions. In your faithfulness and righteousness, relieve me. 143:2Don’t enter into judgment with your servant, for in your sight no man living is righteous. 143:3For the enemy pursues my soul. He has struck my life down to the ground. He has made me live in dark places, as those who have been long dead. 143:4Therefore my spirit is overwhelmed within me. My heart within me is desolate. 143:5I remember the days of old. I meditate on all your doings. I contemplate the work of your hands. 143:6I spread out my hands to you. My soul thirsts for you, like a parched land. Selah. 143:7Hurry to answer me, Yahweh. My spirit fails. Don’t hide your face from me, so that I don’t become like those who go down into the pit. 143:8Cause me to hear your loving kindness in the morning, for I trust in you. Cause me to know the way in which I should walk, for I lift up my soul to you. 143:9Deliver me, Yahweh, from my enemies. I flee to you to hide me. 143:10Teach me to do your will, for you are my God. Your Spirit is good. Lead me in the land of uprightness. 143:11Revive me, Yahweh, for your name’s sake. In your righteousness, bring my soul out of trouble. 143:12In your loving kindness, cut off my enemies, and destroy all those who afflict my soul, For I am your servant.
144:1Blessed be Yahweh, my rock, who teaches my hands to war, and my fingers to battle: 144:2my loving kindness, my fortress, my high tower, my deliverer, my shield, and he in whom I take refuge; who subdues my people under me. 144:3Yahweh, what is man, that you care for him? Or the son of man, that you think of him? 144:4Man is like a breath. His days are like a shadow that passes away. 144:5Part your heavens, Yahweh, and come down. Touch the mountains, and they will smoke. 144:6Throw out lightning, and scatter them. Send out your arrows, and rout them. 144:7Stretch out your hand from above, rescue me, and deliver me out of great waters, out of the hands of foreigners; 144:8whose mouths speak deceit, Whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood. 144:9I will sing a new song to you, God. On a ten-stringed lyre, I will sing praises to you. 144:10You are he who gives salvation to kings, who rescues David, his servant, from the deadly sword. 144:11Rescue me, and deliver me out of the hands of foreigners, whose mouths speak deceit, whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood. 144:12Then our sons will be like well-nurtured plants, our daughters like pillars carved to adorn a palace. 144:13Our barns are full, filled with all kinds of provision. Our sheep produce thousands and ten thousands in our fields. 144:14Our oxen will pull heavy loads. There is no breaking in, and no going away, and no outcry in our streets. 144:15Happy are the people who are in such a situation. Happy are the people whose God is Yahweh.
145:1I will exalt you, my God, the King. I will praise your name forever and ever. 145:2Every day I will praise you. I will extol your name forever and ever. 145:3Great is Yahweh, and greatly to be praised! His greatness is unsearchable. 145:4One generation will commend your works to another, and will declare your mighty acts. 145:5Of the glorious majesty of your honor, of your wondrous works, I will meditate. 145:6Men will speak of the might of your awesome acts. I will declare your greatness. 145:7They will utter the memory of your great goodness, and will sing of your righteousness. 145:8Yahweh is gracious, merciful, slow to anger, and of great loving kindness. 145:9Yahweh is good to all. His tender mercies are over all his works. 145:10All your works will give thanks to you, Yahweh. Your saints will extol you. 145:11They will speak of the glory of your kingdom, and talk about your power; 145:12to make known to the sons of men his mighty acts, the glory of the majesty of his kingdom. 145:13Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom. Your dominion endures throughout all generations. Yahweh is faithful in all his words, and loving in all his deeds. 145:14Yahweh upholds all who fall, and raises up all those who are bowed down. 145:15The eyes of all wait for you. You give them their food in due season. 145:16You open your hand, and satisfy the desire of every living thing. 145:17Yahweh is righteous in all his ways, and gracious in all his works. 145:18Yahweh is near to all those who call on him, to all who call on him in truth. 145:19He will fulfill the desire of those who fear him. He also will hear their cry, and will save them. 145:20Yahweh preserves all those who love him, but all the wicked he will destroy. 145:21My mouth will speak the praise of Yahweh. Let all flesh bless his holy name forever and ever.
146:1Praise Yah! Praise Yahweh, my soul. 146:2While I live, I will praise Yahweh. I will sing praises to my God as long as I exist. 146:3Don’t put your trust in princes, each a son of man in whom there is no help. 146:4His spirit departs, and he returns to the earth. In that very day, his thoughts perish. 146:5Happy is he who has the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in Yahweh, his God: 146:6who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them; who keeps truth forever; 146:7who executes justice for the oppressed; who gives food to the hungry. Yahweh frees the prisoners. 146:8Yahweh opens the eyes of the blind. Yahweh raises up those who are bowed down. Yahweh loves the righteous. 146:9Yahweh preserves the foreigners. He upholds the fatherless and widow, but the way of the wicked he turns upside down. 146:10Yahweh will reign forever; your God, O Zion, to all generations. Praise Yah!
147:1Praise Yah, for it is good to sing praises to our God; for it is pleasant and fitting to praise him. 147:2Yahweh builds up Jerusalem. He gathers together the outcasts of Israel. 147:3He heals the broken in heart, and binds up their wounds. 147:4He counts the number of the stars. He calls them all by their names. 147:5Great is our Lord, and mighty in power. His understanding is infinite. 147:6Yahweh upholds the humble. He brings the wicked down to the ground. 147:7Sing to Yahweh with thanksgiving. Sing praises on the harp to our God, 147:8who covers the sky with clouds, who prepares rain for the earth, who makes grass grow on the mountains. 147:9He provides food for the livestock, and for the young ravens when they call. 147:10He doesn’t delight in the strength of the horse. He takes no pleasure in the legs of a man. 147:11Yahweh takes pleasure in those who fear him, in those who hope in his loving kindness. 147:12Praise Yahweh, Jerusalem! Praise your God, Zion! 147:13For he has strengthened the bars of your gates. He has blessed your children within you. 147:14He makes peace in your borders. He fills you with the finest of the wheat. 147:15He sends out his commandment to the earth. His word runs very swiftly. 147:16He gives snow like wool, and scatters frost like ashes. 147:17He hurls down his hail like pebbles. Who can stand before his cold? 147:18He sends out his word, and melts them. He causes his wind to blow, and the waters flow. 147:19He shows his word to Jacob; his statutes and his ordinances to Israel. 147:20He has not done this for just any nation. They don’t know his ordinances. Praise Yah!