1  ^pMake a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth!

2  ^qServe the Lord with gladness!

^rCome into his presence with singing!

3  Know that ^sthe Lord, he is God!

It is he who ^tmade us, and ^uwe are his;¹

we are his ^vpeople, and ^wthe sheep of his pasture.

4  ^xEnter his gates with thanksgiving,

and his ^ycourts with praise!

Give thanks to him; ^zbless his name!

5  ^aFor the Lord is good;

his steadfast love endures forever,

and his ^bfaithfulness to all generations.

1  ^zHear my prayer, O Lord;

let my cry ^acome to you!

2  ^bDo not hide your face from me

in ^cthe day of my distress!

^dIncline your ear to me;

^eanswer me speedily ^fin the day when I call!

3  For my days ^gpass away like smoke,

and my ^hbones burn like a furnace.

4  My heart is ⁱstruck down like grass and ^jhas withered;

I ^kforget to eat my bread.

5  Because of my loud groaning

my ^lbones cling to my flesh.

6  I am like ^ma desert owl of the wilderness,

like an owl¹ of the waste places;

7  I ⁿlie awake;

I am like a lonely sparrow on the housetop.

8  All the day my enemies taunt me;

those who ^oderide me ^puse my name for a curse.

9  For I eat ashes like bread

and ^qmingle tears with my drink,

10  because of your indignation and anger;

for you have ^rtaken me up and ^sthrown me down.

11  My days are like ^tan evening shadow;

I ^jwither away like grass.

12  But you, O Lord, are ^uenthroned forever;

you ^vare remembered throughout all generations.

13  You will ^warise and have ^xpity on Zion;

it is the time to favor her;

^ythe appointed time has come.

14  For your servants hold her ^zstones dear

and have pity on her dust.

15  Nations will ^afear the name of the Lord,

and all ^bthe kings of the earth will fear your glory.

16  For the Lord ^cbuilds up Zion;

he ^dappears in his glory;

17  he ^eregards the prayer of the destitute

and does not despise their prayer.

18  Let this be ^frecorded for ^ga generation to come,

so that ^ha people yet to be created may praise the Lord:

19  that he ⁱlooked down from his holy height;

from heaven the Lord looked at the earth,

20  to hear ^jthe groans of the prisoners,

to set free ^kthose who were doomed to die,

21  that they may ^ldeclare in Zion the name of the Lord,

and in Jerusalem his praise,

22  when ^mpeoples gather together,

and kingdoms, to worship the Lord.

23  He has broken my strength in midcourse;

he ⁿhas shortened my days.

24  “O my God,” ^oI say, “take me not away

in the midst of my days—

^pyou whose years endure

throughout all generations!”

25  ^qOf old you laid the foundation of the earth,

and ^rthe heavens are the work of your hands.

26  ^sThey will perish, but ^tyou will remain;

they will all wear out like a garment.

You will change them like a robe, and they will pass away,

27  but ^uyou are the same, and your years have no end.

28  ^vThe children of your servants ^wshall dwell secure;

^xtheir offspring shall be established before you.

1  ^lBless the Lord, O my soul!

O Lord my God, you are ^mvery great!

ⁿYou are clothed with splendor and majesty,

2  covering yourself with light as with a garment,

^ostretching out the heavens ^plike a tent.

3  He ^qlays the beams of his ^rchambers on the waters;

he makes ^sthe clouds his chariot;

he rides on ^tthe wings of the wind;

4  he ^umakes his messengers winds,

his ^vministers ^wa flaming fire.

5  He ^xset the earth on its foundations,

so that it should never be moved.

6  You ^ycovered it with the deep as with a garment;

the waters stood above the mountains.

7  At ^zyour rebuke they fled;

at ^athe sound of your thunder they ^btook to flight.

8  The mountains rose, the valleys sank down

to the place that you ^cappointed for them.

9  You set ^da boundary that they may not pass,

so that they ^emight not again cover the earth.

10  You make springs gush forth in the valleys;

they flow between the hills;

11  they ^fgive drink to every beast of the field;

the wild donkeys quench their thirst.

12  Beside them the birds of the heavens dwell;

they sing among the branches.

13  ^gFrom your lofty abode you ^hwater the mountains;

the earth is satisfied with the fruit of your work.

14  You cause ⁱthe grass to grow for the livestock

and ^jplants for man to cultivate,

that he may bring forth ^kfood from the earth

15  and ^lwine to gladden the heart of man,

^moil to make his face shine

and bread to ⁿstrengthen man’s heart.

16  The trees of the Lord are watered abundantly,

^othe cedars of Lebanon ^pthat he planted.

17  In them the birds build their nests;

the stork has her home in the fir trees.

18  The high mountains are for ^qthe wild goats;

the rocks are a refuge for ^rthe rock badgers.

19  He made the moon to mark the ^sseasons;¹

the sun knows its time for setting.

20  ^tYou make darkness, and it is night,

when all the beasts of the forest creep about.

21  ^uThe young lions roar for their prey,

seeking their food from God.

22  When the sun rises, they steal away

and lie down in their ^vdens.

23  ^wMan goes out to his work

and to his labor until the evening.

24  O Lord, how manifold are your works!

In ^xwisdom have you made them all;

the earth is full of your creatures.

25  Here is the sea, great and wide,

^ywhich teems with creatures innumerable,

living things both small and great.

26  There go the ships,

and ^zLeviathan, which you formed to ^aplay in it.²

27  These ^ball look to you,

to ^cgive them their food in due season.

28  When you give it to them, they gather it up;

when you ^dopen your hand, they are filled with good things.

29  When you ^ehide your face, they are ^fdismayed;

when you ^gtake away their breath, they die

and ^hreturn to their dust.

30  When you ⁱsend forth your Spirit,³ they are created,

and you ^jrenew the face of the ground.

31  May the glory of the Lord ^kendure forever;

may the Lord ^lrejoice in his works,

32  who looks on the earth and it ^mtrembles,

who ⁿtouches the mountains and they smoke!

33  I will sing to the Lord ^oas long as I live;

I will sing praise to my God while I have being.

34  May my ^pmeditation be pleasing to him,

for I rejoice in the Lord.

35  Let ^qsinners be consumed from the earth,

and let the wicked be no more!

^rBless the Lord, O my soul!

^sPraise the Lord!

1  ^gOh give thanks to the Lord, ^hfor he is good,

for his steadfast love endures forever!

2  Let ⁱthe redeemed of the Lord say so,

whom he has ^jredeemed from trouble¹

3  and ^kgathered in from the lands,

from the east and from the west,

from the north and from the south.

4  Some ^lwandered in desert wastes,

finding no way ^mto a city to dwell in;

5  hungry and thirsty,

their soul ⁿfainted within them.

6  Then they ^ocried to the Lord in their trouble,

and he delivered them from their distress.

7  He led them by ^pa straight way

till they reached ^ma city to dwell in.

8  ^qLet them thank the Lord for his steadfast love,

for his wondrous works to the children of man!

9  For he ^rsatisfies the longing soul,

^sand the hungry soul he fills with good things.

10  ^tSome sat in darkness and in ^uthe shadow of death,

prisoners in ^vaffliction and in irons,

11  for they ^whad rebelled against the words of God,

and ^xspurned the counsel of the Most High.

12  So he bowed their hearts down with hard labor;

they fell down, ^ywith none to help.

13  ^zThen they cried to the Lord in their trouble,

and he delivered them from their distress.

14  He brought them out of ^adarkness and the shadow of death,

and ^bburst their bonds apart.

15  ^cLet them thank the Lord for his steadfast love,

for his wondrous works to the children of man!

16  For he ^dshatters the doors of bronze

and cuts in two the bars of iron.

17  Some were ^efools through their sinful ways,

and because of their iniquities suffered affliction;

18  ^fthey loathed any kind of food,

and they ^gdrew near to ^hthe gates of death.

19  ⁱThen they cried to the Lord in their trouble,

and he delivered them from their distress.

20  He ^jsent out his word and ^khealed them,

and ^ldelivered them from their destruction.

21  ^mLet them thank the Lord for his steadfast love,

for his wondrous works to the children of man!

22  And let them ⁿoffer sacrifices of thanksgiving,

and ^otell of his deeds in ^psongs of joy!

23  Some ^qwent down to the sea in ships,

doing business on the great waters;

24  they saw the deeds of the Lord,

his wondrous works in the deep.

25  For he ^rcommanded and ^sraised the stormy wind,

which lifted up the waves of the sea.

26  They mounted up to heaven; they went down to the depths;

their courage ^tmelted away in their evil plight;

27  they reeled and ^ustaggered like drunken men

and ^vwere at their wits’ end.²

28  ^wThen they cried to the Lord in their trouble,

and he delivered them from their distress.

29  He ^xmade the storm be still,

and the waves of the sea were hushed.

30  Then they were glad that the waters³ were quiet,

and he brought them to their desired haven.

31  ^yLet them thank the Lord for his steadfast love,

for his wondrous works to the children of man!

32  Let them ^zextol him in ^athe congregation of the people,

and praise him in the assembly of the elders.

33  He ^bturns rivers into a desert,

springs of water into thirsty ground,

34  ^ca fruitful land into a salty waste,

because of the evil of its inhabitants.

35  He ^dturns a desert into pools of water,

^ea parched land into springs of water.

36  And there he lets the hungry dwell,

and they establish ^fa city to live in;

37  they sow fields and plant vineyards

and get a fruitful yield.

38  ^gBy his blessing they multiply greatly,

and he does not let their livestock diminish.

39  When they are diminished and brought low

through oppression, evil, and sorrow,

40  ^hhe pours contempt on princes

and ⁱmakes them wander ^jin trackless wastes;

41  but ^khe raises up the needy out of affliction

and ^lmakes their families like flocks.

42  ^mThe upright see it and are glad,

and ⁿall wickedness shuts its mouth.

43  ^oWhoever is wise, let him attend to these things;

let them consider the steadfast love of the Lord.