Psalms 141-150 (Translated)

## Contents

* 1 Psalm 141
* 2 Psalm 142
* 3 Psalm 143
* 4 Psalm 144
* 5 Psalm 145
* 6 Psalm 146
* 7 Psalm 147
* 8 Psalm 148
* 9 Psalm 149
* 10 Psalm 150

## Psalm 141[edit]

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1  | LORD, I cry unto thee: make haste unto me; give ear unto my voice, when I cry unto thee.  |  |
2  | Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.  |  |
3  | Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.  |  |
4  | Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practise wicked works with men that work iniquity: and let me not eat of their dainties.  |  |
5  | Let the righteous smite me; it shall be a kindness: and let him reprove me; it shall be an excellent oil, which shall not break my head: for yet my prayer also shall be in their calamities.  |  |
6  | When their judges are overthrown in stony places, they shall hear my words; for they are sweet.  |  |
7  | Our bones are scattered at the grave's mouth, as when one cutteth and cleaveth wood upon the earth.  |  |
8  | But mine eyes are unto thee, O GOD the Lord: in thee is my trust; leave not my soul destitute.  |  |
9  | Keep me from the snares which they have laid for me, and the gins of the workers of iniquity.  |  |
10  | Let the wicked fall into their own nets, whilst that I withal escape.  |  |

## Psalm 142[edit]

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1  | I cried unto the LORD with my voice; with my voice unto the LORD did I make my supplication.  |  |
2  | I poured out my complaint before him; I shewed before him my trouble.  |  |
3  | When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then thou knewest my path. In the way wherein I walked have they privily laid a snare for me.  |  |
4  | I looked on my right hand, and beheld, but there was no man that would know me: refuge failed me; no man cared for my soul.  |  |
5  | I cried unto thee, O LORD: I said, Thou art my refuge and my portion in the land of the living.  |  |
6  | Attend unto my cry; for I am brought very low: deliver me from my persecutors; for they are stronger than I.  |  |
7  | Bring my soul out of prison, that I may praise thy name: the righteous shall compass me about; for thou shalt deal bountifully with me.  |  |

## Psalm 143[edit]

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1  | Hear my prayer, O LORD, give ear to my supplications: in thy faithfulness answer me, and in thy righteousness.  |  |
2  | And enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight shall no man living be justified.  |  |
3  | For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath smitten my life down to the ground; he hath made me to dwell in darkness, as those that have been long dead.  |  |
4  | Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; my heart within me is desolate.  |  |
5  | I remember the days of old; I meditate on all thy works; I muse on the work of thy hands.  |  |
6  | I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul thirsteth after thee, as a thirsty land. Selah.  |  |
7  | Hear me speedily, O LORD: my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit.  |  |
8  | Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; for in thee do I trust: cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I lift up my soul unto thee.  |  |
9  | Deliver me, O LORD, from mine enemies: I flee unto thee to hide me.  |  |
10  | Teach me to do thy will; for thou art my God: thy spirit is good; lead me into the land of uprightness.  |  |
11  | Quicken me, O LORD, for thy name's sake: for thy righteousness' sake bring my soul out of trouble.  |  |
12  | And of thy mercy cut off mine enemies, and destroy all them that afflict my soul: for I am thy servant.  |  |

## Psalm 144[edit]

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1  | Blessed be the LORD my strength, which teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight:  |  |
2  | My goodness, and my fortress; my high tower, and my deliverer; my shield, and he in whom I trust; who subdueth my people under me.  |  |
3  | LORD, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him! or the son of man, that thou makest account of him!  |  |
4  | Man is like to vanity: his days are as a shadow that passeth away.  |  |
5  | Bow thy heavens, O LORD, and come down: touch the mountains, and they shall smoke.  |  |
6  | Cast forth lightning, and scatter them: shoot out thine arrows, and destroy them.  |  |
7  | Send thine hand from above; rid me, and deliver me out of great waters, from the hand of strange children;  |  |
8  | Whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood.  |  |
9  | I will sing a new song unto thee, O God: upon a psaltery and an instrument of ten strings will I sing praises unto thee.  |  |
10  | It is he that giveth salvation unto kings: who delivereth David his servant from the hurtful sword.  |  |
11  | Rid me, and deliver me from the hand of strange children, whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood:  |  |
12  | That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth; that our daughters may be as corner stones, polished after the similitude of a palace:  |  |
13  | That our garners may be full, affording all manner of store: that our sheep may bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our streets:  |  |
14  | That our oxen may be strong to labour; that there be no breaking in, nor going out; that there be no complaining in our streets.  |  |
15  | Happy is that people, that is in such a case: yea, happy is that people, whose God is the LORD.  |  |

## Psalm 145[edit]

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1  | I will extol thee, my God, O king; and I will bless thy name for ever and ever.  | I will exalt you, my God, O King, and I will bless your name forever and ever.  |
2  | Every day will I bless thee; and I will praise thy name for ever and ever.  | Every day, I will bless you, and praise your name forever and ever.  |
3  | Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; and his greatness is unsearchable.  | Great is the LORD, and to be praised greatly, and his greatness is unsearchable.  |
4  | One generation shall praise thy works to another, and shall declare thy mighty acts.  | Generation to generation shall praise your works and your mighty acts be declared.  | (דור לדור (dor Lədor) ) literally means "generation to generation"
5  | I will speak of the glorious honour of thy majesty, and of thy wondrous works.  |  |
6  | And men shall speak of the might of thy terrible acts: and I will declare thy greatness.  |  |
7  | They shall abundantly utter the memory of thy great goodness, and shall sing of thy righteousness.  |  |
8  | The LORD is gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of great mercy.  |  |
9  | The LORD is good to all: and his tender mercies are over all his works.  |  |
10  | All thy works shall praise thee, O LORD; and thy saints shall bless thee.  |  |
11  | They shall speak of the glory of thy kingdom, and talk of thy power;  |  |
12  | To make known to the sons of men his mighty acts, and the glorious majesty of his kingdom.  |  |
13  | Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and thy dominion endureth throughout all generations.  |  |
14  | The LORD upholdeth all that fall, and raiseth up all those that be bowed down.  |  |
15  | The eyes of all wait upon thee; and thou givest them their meat in due season.  |  |
16  | Thou openest thine hand, and satisfiest the desire of every living thing.  |  |
17  | The LORD is righteous in all his ways, and holy in all his works.  |  |
18  | The LORD is nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth.  |  |
19  | He will fulfill the desire of them that fear him: he also will hear their cry, and will save them.  |  |
20  | The LORD preserveth all them that love him: but all the wicked will he destroy.  |  |
21  | My mouth shall speak the praise of the LORD: and let all flesh bless his holy name for ever and ever.  |  |

## Psalm 146[edit]

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1  | Praise ye the LORD. Praise the LORD, O my soul.  |  |
2  | While I live will I praise the LORD: I will sing praises unto my God while I have any being.  |  |
3  | Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help.  |  |
4  | His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.  |  |
5  | Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the LORD his God:  |  |
6  | Which made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that therein is: which keepeth truth for ever:  |  |
7  | Which executeth judgment for the oppressed: which giveth food to the hungry. The LORD looseth the prisoners:  |  |
8  | The LORD openeth the eyes of the blind: the LORD raiseth them that are bowed down: the LORD loveth the righteous:  |  |
9  | The LORD preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.  |  |
10  | The LORD shall reign for ever, even thy God, O Zion, unto all generations. Praise ye the LORD.  |  |

## Psalm 147[edit]

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1  | Praise ye the LORD: for it is good to sing praises unto our God; for it is pleasant; and praise is comely.  |  |
2  | The LORD doth build up Jerusalem: he gathereth together the outcasts of Israel.  |  |
3  | He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.  |  |
4  | He telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them all by their names.  |  |
5  | Great is our Lord, and of great power: his understanding is infinite.  |  |
6  | The LORD lifteth up the meek: he casteth the wicked down to the ground.  |  |
7  | Sing unto the LORD with thanksgiving; sing praise upon the harp unto our God:  |  |
8  | Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains.  |  |
9  | He giveth to the beast his food, and to the young ravens which cry.  |  |
10  | He delighteth not in the strength of the horse: he taketh not pleasure in the legs of a man.  |  |
11  | The LORD taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy.  |  |
12  | Praise the LORD, O Jerusalem; praise thy God, O Zion.  |  |
13  | For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; he hath blessed thy children within thee.  |  |
14  | He maketh peace in thy borders, and filleth thee with the finest of the wheat.  |  |
15  | He sendeth forth his commandment upon earth: his word runneth very swiftly.  |  |
16  | He giveth snow like wool: he scattereth the hoarfrost like ashes.  |  |
17  | He casteth forth his ice like morsels: who can stand before his cold?  |  |
18  | He sendeth out his word, and melteth them: he causeth his wind to blow, and the waters flow.  |  |
19  | He sheweth his word unto Jacob, his statutes and his judgments unto Israel.  |  |
20  | He hath not dealt so with any nation: and as for his judgments, they have not known them. Praise ye the LORD.  |  |

## Psalm 148[edit]

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1  | Praise ye the LORD. Praise ye the LORD from the heavens: praise him in the heights.  |  |
2  | Praise ye him, all his angels: praise ye him, all his hosts.  |  |
3  | Praise ye him, sun and moon: praise him, all ye stars of light.  |  |
4  | Praise him, ye heavens of heavens, and ye waters that be above the heavens.  |  |
5  | Let them praise the name of the LORD: for he commanded, and they were created.  |  |
6  | He hath also stablished them for ever and ever: he hath made a decree which shall not pass.  |  |
7  | Praise the LORD from the earth, ye dragons, and all deeps:  |  |
8  | Fire, and hail; snow, and vapour; stormy wind fulfilling his word:  |  |
9  | Mountains, and all hills; fruitful trees, and all cedars:  |  |
10  | Beasts, and all cattle; creeping things, and flying fowl:  |  |
11  | Kings of the earth, and all people; princes, and all judges of the earth:  |  |
12  | Both young men, and maidens; old men, and children:  |  |
13  | Let them praise the name of the LORD: for his name alone is excellent; his glory is above the earth and heaven.  |  |
14  | He also exalteth the horn of his people, the praise of all his saints; even of the children of Israel, a people near unto him. Praise ye the LORD.  |  |

## Psalm 149[edit]

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1  | Praise ye the LORD. Sing unto the LORD a new song, and his praise in the congregation of saints.  |  |
2  | Let Israel rejoice in him that made him: let the children of Zion be joyful in their King.  |  |
3  | Let them praise his name in the dance: let them sing praises unto him with the timbrel and harp.  |  |
4  | For the LORD taketh pleasure in his people: he will beautify the meek with salvation.  |  |
5  | Let the saints be joyful in glory: let them sing aloud upon their beds.  |  |
6  | Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, and a twoedged sword in their hand;  |  |
7  | To execute vengeance upon the heathen, and punishments upon the people;  |  |
8  | To bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron;  |  |
9  | To execute upon them the judgment written: this honour have all his saints. Praise ye the LORD.  |  |

## Psalm 150[edit]

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1  | Praise ye the LORD. Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him in the firmament of his power.  |  |
2  | Praise him for his mighty acts: praise him according to his excellent greatness.  |  |
3  | Praise him with the sound of the trumpet: praise him with the psaltery and harp.  |  |
4  | Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed instruments and organs.  |  |
5  | Praise him upon the loud cymbals: praise him upon the high sounding cymbals.  |  |
6  | Let every thing that hath breath praise the LORD. Praise ye the LORD.  |  |