Psalms 144-148
“The Lord is good to all.”
Psalm 145:9
Psalm 144
Praise be to the Lord my Rock, who trains my hands for war, my fingers for battle. He’s my loving God & my fortress, my stronghold & my deliverer, my shield, in whom I take refuge, who subdues peoples under me.
O Lord, what’s man that You care for him, the son of man that You think of him? Man is like a breath. His days are like a fleeting shadow. Part Your Heavens, O Lord, & come down. Touch the mountains, so that they smoke.
Send forth lightning & scatter the enemies. Shoot Your arrows & rout them. Reach down Your hand from on high. Deliver me & rescue me from the mighty waters, from the hands of foreigners. Whose mouths are full of lies, whose right hands are deceitful.
I’ll sing a new song to You, O God. On the 10-stringed lyre, I’ll make music to you, the One who gives victory to kings, who delivers His servant, David, from the deadly sword. Deliver me & rescue me from the hands of foreigners who mouths are full of lies, whose right hands are deceitful.
Then our sons in their youth will be like well-nurtured plants, & our daughters will be like pillars carved to adorn a palace. Our barns will be filled with every kind of provision. Our sheep will increase by thousands, by tens of thousands in our fields. Our oxen will draw heavy loads.
There’ll be no breaching of walls, no going into captivity, no cry of distress in our streets. Blessed are the people of whom this is true. Blessed are the people whose God is the Lord.
Psalm 145
I’ll exalt You, O God the King. I’ll praise Your name forever & ever. Every day, I’ll praise You & extol Your name forever & ever. Great is the Lord & most worthy of praise. His greatness no one can fathom.
One generation will commend Your works to another. They’ll tell of Your mighty acts. They’ll speak of the glorious splendor of Your majesty. I’ll meditate on Your wonderful works. They’ll celebrate Your abundant goodness & joyfully sing of Your righteousness.
The Lord is gracious & compassionate, slow to anger & rich in love. The Lord is good to all. He has compassion on all He has made. All You’ve made will praise You, O Lord. Your saints will extol You. They’ll tell of the glory of Your kingdom & speak of Your might.
So that all men may know of Your mighty acts & the glorious splendor of Your kingdom. Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom. Your dominion endures through all generations. The Lord is faithful to all His promises & loving toward all He’s made.
The Lord upholds all those who fall & lifts up all who are bowed down. The eyes of all look to You, & You give them their food at the proper time. You open Your hand & satisfy the desires of every living thing.
The Lord is righteous in all His ways & loving toward all He has made. The Lord is near to all who call on Him, to all who call on Him in truth. He fulfills the desires of those who fear Him. He hears their cry & saves them.
The Lord watches over all who love Him. But all the wicked He’ll destroy. My mouth will speak in praise of the Lord. Let every creature praise His holy name forever & ever.
Psalm 146
Praise the Lord. Praise the Lord, O my soul. I’ll praise the Lord all my life. I’ll sing praise to my God as long as I live. Don’t put your trust in princes, in mortal men, who cannot save. When their spirit departs, they return to the ground. On that very day, their plans come to nothing.
Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the Lord his God, the Maker of Heaven & Earth, the sea & everything in them. The Lord who remains faithful forever. He upholds the cause of the oppressed & give food to the hungry.
The Lord sets prisoners free, the Lord gives sight to the blind, the Lord lifts up those who are bowed down, the Lord loves the righteous. The Lord watches over the alien/foreigner & sustains the fatherless & the widow. But He frustrates the ways of the wicked.
The Lord reigns forever. Your God, O Zion, for all generations. Praise the Lord.
Psalm 147
Praise the Lord. How good it is to sing praises to our God. How pleasant & fitting to praise Him! The Lord builds up Jerusalem. He gathers the exiles of Israel. He heals the brokenhearted & binds up their wounds.
He determines the number of the stars & calls them each by name. Great is our Lord & mighty in power. His understanding has no limit. The Lord sustains the humble but casts the wicked to the ground.
Sing to the Lord with thanksgiving. Make music to our God on the harp. He covers the sky with clouds. He supplies the earth with rain & makes grass grow on the hills. He provides food for the cattle & for the young ravens when they call.
His pleasure isn’t in the strength of the horse, nor His delight in the legs of a man. The Lord delights in those who fear Him, who put their hope in His unfailing love. Extol the Lord, O Jerusalem. Praise your God, O Zion.
For He strengthens the bars of your gates & blesses your people within you. He grants peace to your borders & satisfies you with the finest of wheat. He sends His command to the earth. His word runs swiftly.
He spreads the snow like wool & scatters the frost like ashes. He hurls down His hail like pebbles. Who can withstand His icy blast? He sends His word & melts them. He stirs up His breezes, & the water flow.
He has revealed His word to Jacob, His laws & decrees to Israel. He’s done this for no other nation. They don’t know His laws. Praise the Lord.
Psalm 148
Praise the Lord. Praise the Lord from the Heavens. Praise Him in the heights above. Praise Him, all His angels. Praise Him, all His Heavenly hosts. Praise Him, sun & moon. Praise Him, all you shining stars.
Praise Him, you highest Heavens & you waters above the skies. Let them praise the name of the Lord. For he commanded & they were created. He set them in place forever & ever. He gave a decree that will never pass away.
Praise the Lord from the Earth, you great sea creatures & all ocean depths, lightning & hail, snow & clouds, stormy winds that do His bidding. You mountains & all hills, fruit trees & all cedars, wild animals & all cattle.
Small creatures & flying birds, kings of the Earth & all nations, you princes & all rulers on earth, young men & maidens, old men & children. Let them praise the name of the Lord, for His name alone is exalted.
His splendor is above the earth & the Heavens. He has raised up for his people a horn, the praise of all His saints, of Israel, the people close to His heart. Praise the Lord.
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