 Psalm 119 of the Book of the Psalms, American Bible Union. Happy the upright in their way, who walk in the law of Jehovah. Happy they that keep his testimonies, that seek him with the whole heart, who also do no wrong, who walk in his ways, thou hast enjoined thy precepts, that we should keep them strictly. O, that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes, then shall I not be shamed when I have respect to all thy commandments. I will praise thee with uprightness of heart, while I learn thy righteous judgments, thy statutes I will keep. Do not forsake me utterly. Beth, whereby shall a young man keep his path pure, by taking heed according to thy word? With my whole heart have I sought thee. Do not let me wander from thy commandments. In my heart have I treasured thy saying, that I may not sin against thee. Blessed be thou, O Jehovah! Teach me thy statutes. With my lips have I recounted all the judgments of thy mouth. In the way of thy testimonies have I rejoiced, as over all riches. In thy precepts will I meditate, and have respect to thy paths. In thy statutes will I delight myself. I will not forget thy word. Gemel, deal kindly with thy servant, that I may live, and I will keep thy word. Bend thou mine eyes, and let me behold wondrous things out of thy law. I am a stranger in the earth. Do not hide from me thy commandments. My soul breaks with longing toward thy judgments at all times. Thou hast rebuked the proud, accursed that wander from thy commandments. Roll off from me reproach and contempt, for thy testimonies have I kept. Also princes sat and talked against me, thy servant meditates on thy statutes. Also thy testimonies are my delight, my counsellors. Daleth, my soul cleaves to the dust. Do thou revive me according to thy word? My ways I have declared, and thou didst answer me. Teach me thy statutes. The way of thy precepts make me understand, and I will meditate on thy wonders. My soul melts away with sorrow. Raise me up according to thy word. The way of falsehood remove from me, and grant me graciously thy law. The way of truth have I chosen. Thy judgments I have set before me. I have cleaved to thy testimonies. Jehovah, do not put me to shame. The way of thy commandments I will run, for thou wilt enlarge my heart. He teach me, O Jehovah, the way of thy statutes, and I will keep it to the end. Make me understand, and I will keep thy law, and will observe it with the whole heart. Make me tread in the path of thy commandments, for therein do I delight. Incline my heart to thy testimonies, and not to gain. Turn away my eyes from beholding vanity. Quicken me in thy way. Confirm to thy servant what thou hast said, which is for thy fear. Turn away my reproach, which I dread, for thy judgments are good. I have longed after thy precepts, in thy righteousness. Quicken thou me, Vav, and let thy mercies come to me, O Jehovah, thy salvation according to thy saying, and I shall answer him that reproaches me, for I have trusted in thy word, and take not from my mouth the word of truth utterly, for I have waited for thy judgments, and I will keep thy law continually, for ever and ever, and I shall walk at large, for thy precepts have I sought, and I will speak of thy testimonies before kings, and will not be ashamed, and I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I love, and I will lift up my hands to thy commandments, which I love, and will meditate on thy statutes. Zayin, remember the word to thy servant, on which thou hast caused me to hope. This is my comfort in my affliction, for thy saying has revived me. Those ones have greatly derided me. From thy law I have not swerved. I remember thy judgments of old, O Jehovah, and have consoled myself. Indignation has taken hold of me, because of the wicked who forsake thy law. Thy statutes have been my songs, in the house of my sojournings. I have remembered thy name in the night, O Jehovah, and have kept thy law, this I have had, for thy precepts have I kept. Jehovah is my portion. I have said that I may keep thy words. I have sought thy favour with the whole heart. Be gracious to me according to thy saying. I thought on my ways, and turned back my feet to thy testimonies. I made haste and delayed not to keep thy commandments. The cords of the wicked were around me. Thy law I have not forgotten. At midnight will I rise to give thanks to thee, on account of thy righteous judgments. I am a companion of all that fear thee, and of them that keep thy precepts. The earth is full of thy mercy, O Jehovah. Teach me thy statutes, Teth. Thou hast dealt well with thy servant, O Jehovah, according to thy word. Teach me good understanding and knowledge, for I have believed in thy commandments. Before I was afflicted, I went astray. But now I keep thy saying. Thou art good and doest good. Teach me thy statutes. The proud have forged a lie against me. I, with all the heart, will keep thy precepts, thick as with fat is their heart. As for me, in thy law do I delight. It is good for me that I was afflicted, that I might learn thy statutes. Better to me is the law of thy mouth than thousands of gold and silver. Yod, thy hands made me, and fashioned me. Make me understand that I may learn thy commandments. They that fear thee will see me, and will rejoice, for I have hoped in thy word. I know, O Jehovah, that thy judgments are right, and in faithfulness thou hast afflicted me. Let I pray thee, thy mercy be for my comfort, according to thy saying to thy servant. Let thy compassion come upon me, that I may live, for thy law is my delight. Let the proud be ashamed, for they wronged me without cause. As for me, I meditate on thy precepts. They will turn to me that fear thee, and that know thy testimonies. Let my heart be perfect in thy statutes, that I may not be ashamed. Calf, my soul faints for thy salvation, for thy word do I wait. My eyes fail for thy saying, while I say, when wilt thou comfort me, for I am become like a bottle in the smoke. Thy statutes I do not forget. How many are the days of thy servant? When wilt thou execute judgment on my persecutors? The proud have digged pits for me, who are not according to thy law. All thy commandments are faithfulness. They persecute me wrongfully. Help thou me, almost had they consumed me upon earth, and I, I forsook not thy precepts. According to thy mercy, revive me, and I will keep the testimony of thy mouth. Lamed, for ever, O Jehovah, thy word is settled in the heavens. To generation and generation is thy faithfulness. Thou hast founded the earth, and it stands fast. For thy judgments they stand fast this day, for all are thy servants. Unless thy law had been my delight, I should then have perished in my affliction. Never will I not forget thy precepts. For with them thou hast quickened me. Thine am I. Save me! For thy precepts have I sought. The wicked have waited for me to destroy me. To thy testimonies do I give heed. To all perfection I have seen an end. Thy commandment is exceeding broad. Mem, how do I love thy law? All the day it is my meditation. Thy commandments make me wiser than my enemies, for forever is it mine. I am become wiser than my teachers, for thy testimonies are my meditation. I have more understanding than the aged, for thy precepts have I kept. From every evil path have I withheld my feet, in order that I may keep thy word. From thy judgments I have not departed, for thou thyself dost guide me. How sweet to my palate are thy sayings, more than honey to my mouth. From thy precepts I get understanding. Therefore do I hate every false path. Nun, a lamp to my foot is thy word, and a light to my path. I have sworn and have fulfilled it. To observe thy righteous judgments I am afflicted very greatly. O Jehovah, revive me according to thy word. Let the free will offerings of my mouth be acceptable to thee, O Jehovah, and teach me thy judgments. My soul is in my hand continually, but thy law I do not forget. The wicked have laid a snare for me, but from thy precepts I have not strayed. Thy testimonies have I taken as a heritage for ever, for they are the joy of my heart. I have inclined my heart to perform thy statutes for ever to the end. Samech, the double-minded I hate, and thy law I love. My hiding place and my shield are thou, for thy word do I wait, depart from me, ye evildoers, and I will keep the commandments of my God. Uphold me according to thy saying, and I shall live, and do not let me be ashamed of my hope. Do thou hold me up, and I shall be saved, and I will have regard to thy statutes continually. Thou hast made light of all that wander from thy statutes, for a vain thing is their deceit. As dross thou hast put away all the wicked of the earth, therefore do I love thy testimonies. My flesh shudders from dread of thee, and of thy judgments. I am afraid. Iean, I have done justice and righteousness, thou wilt not leave me to my oppressors, but surety for thy servant for good, do not let the proud oppress me. My eyes fail for thy salvation, and for thy righteous saying, deal with thy servant according to thy mercy, and teach me thy statutes. I am thy servant. Give me understanding, and I shall know thy statutes. It is time that Jehovah should work. They have broken thy law. Therefore do I love thy commandments, above gold, and above fine gold. Therefore all thy precepts I esteem right, every path of falsehood I hate, pay. Wonderful are thy testimonies. Therefore has my soul kept them. The unfolding of thy words gives light, making the simple understand. I opened my mouth wide and panted, for I longed for thy commandments. Turn to me, and be gracious to me, as thou art won't to do to them that love thy name. My steps establish by thy word, and let no iniquity rule over me. Redeem me from the oppression of man, and I will observe thy precepts. Make thy face to shine upon thy servant, and teach me thy statutes. My eyes run down with streams of water, because they observe not thy law. Tzade, righteous art thou, O Jehovah, and upright in thy judgments. Thou hast enjoined in righteousness thy testimonies, and in exceeding faithfulness. My zeal consumes me, because my foes forget thy words. Pure is thy saying, exceedingly, and thy servant loves it. Little am I, and despised, thy precepts I do not forget. Thy righteousness is eternal, right, and thy law is truth. Trouble and anguish have come upon me. Thy commandments are my delights. Right are thy testimonies, for ever. Make me understand, and I shall live. Kof, I call with a whole heart. Answer me, O Jehovah, thy statutes I will keep. I call on thee. Save me, and I will observe thy testimonies. I rise early with the dawn, and cry for help, for thy words do I wait. My eyes anticipate the night watches, to meditate on thy saying. Hear my voice, according to thy mercy, O Jehovah, according to thy judgments, revive me. Near are they that follow after mischief, they are far from thy law. Near art thou, O Jehovah, and all thy commandments are truth. Long time have I known from thy testimonies, that thou hast founded them for ever. Resh, see my affliction, and rescue me, for thy law I have not forgotten. Plead my cause, and redeem me, according to thy saying, revive me. Far from the wicked is salvation, for thy statutes they have not sought. Many are thy compassion, O Jehovah, according to thy judgments, revive me. Many are my persecutors, and my foes, from thy testimonies I have not swerved. I saw the faithless, and loathed, them that keep not thy saying. See how I love thy precepts, O Jehovah, according to thy mercy, revive me. The sum of thy word is truth, and every one of thy righteous judgments is for ever. Gene, princes persecute me without cause, but at thy words my heart trembles. I rejoice over thy saying, as one that finds great spoil, falsehood I hate and abhor. Thy law do I love. Seven times in the day I praise thee, on account of thy righteous judgments. Great peace have they that love thy law, and they have no occasion of stumbling. I have hoped for thy salvation, O Jehovah, and have done thy commandments. My soul has observed thy testimonies, and I love them exceedingly. I have observed thy precepts, and thy testimonies. For all my ways are before thee, Poth, let my cry come near before thee, O Jehovah, according to thy word, make me understand. Let my supplication come before thee, according to thy saying, Rescue me. My lips shall pour forth praise, for thou wilt teach me thy statutes. Let my tongue answer to thy saying, that all thy commandments are right. Let thy hand be for my help. For thy precepts have I chosen. I have longed for thy salvation, O Jehovah, and thy law is my delight. Let my soul live and praise thee, and let thy judgments help me. I have gone astray like a lost sheep. Seek thy servant. For thy commandments I do not forget." The End of Psalm 119, Recording by Mark Penfold. Psalm 120 To Jehovah in my distress I called, and he answered me, O Jehovah, rescue my soul from lying lips from a deceitful tongue. What shall he give to thee? And what shall he do more to thee, deceitful tongue? Sharp arrows of the mighty with burning coals of broom, alas for me that I sojourn in messek, that I dwell with a tense of keydar, my soul has long dwelt with him that hates peace. I am for peace, but when I speak they are for war. Psalm 121 Pilgrim Song I will lift my eyes unto the mountains. From whence shall my help come? My help is from Jehovah, who made heaven and earth. Let him not suffer thy foot to waver. He that keeps thee, let him not slumber. Behold, he will not slumber, and will not sleep that keeps Israel. Jehovah is thy keeper, Jehovah is thy shade on thy right hand. By day the sun shall not smite thee, nor the moon by night. Jehovah will keep thee from all evil, he will keep thy soul. Jehovah will keep thy going out, and thy coming in, henceforth and forever more. Psalm 122 Pilgrim Song of David I was glad when they said to me, Let us go into the house of Jehovah. Our feet are standing in thy gates, O Jerusalem, Jerusalem that art buildeth as a city that is compact together. Wither the tribes go up, the tribes of Jah, a testimony for Israel, to give thanks to the name of Jehovah. For there are set thrones for judgment, thrones of the house of David. Pray for the peace of Jerusalem, they shall prosper that love thee. Let there be peace within thy rampart, prosperity within thy palaces. For my brethren and companions' sakes, let me now say, Peace be within thee, for the sake of the house of Jehovah, our God, I will seek thy good. Psalm 123 Pilgrim Song Unto thee do I lift up my eyes, thou that dwellest in the heavens. Behold, as the eyes of servants are toward the hand of their masters, as the eyes of a maid servant toward the hand of her mistress, so are our eyes toward Jehovah, our God, until he shall be gracious to us. Be gracious to us, O Jehovah, be gracious to us, for we are greatly filled with contempt. Our soul is greatly filled with the scorn of them that are at ease, with the contempt of the proud. Psalm 124 Pilgrim Song of David If it were not Jehovah who was for us, let Israel now say, If it were not Jehovah who was for us, when man rose up against us, then had they swallowed us up alive, when their anger was kindled against us, then had the waters overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul, then had gone over our soul the swelling waters. Blessed be Jehovah who has not given us a prey to their teeth. Our soul is as a bird escaped from the snare of the fowlers, the snare is broken and we are escaped. Our help is in the name of Jehovah who made heaven and earth. Psalm 125 Pilgrim Song They that trust in Jehovah are as Mount Zion, that cannot be moved, abides forever. Jerusalem mountains are round about her, and Jehovah is round about his people, henceforth and forever, for the rod of wickedness shall not rest on the lot of the righteous, that the righteous may not put forth their hands to iniquity. Do good, O Jehovah, to the good, to the upright in their hearts, and they that turn aside to their crooked paths, Jehovah will lead them away with workers of iniquity. Peace be upon Israel! Psalm 126 Pilgrim Song When Jehovah brought back the return of Zion, we were as they that dream, then was our mouth filled with laughter and our tongue with singing, then said they among Jehovah has done great things for them, Jehovah has done great things for us, we are joyful. Turn, O Jehovah, our captivity, as streams in the south, they that sow in tears shall reap in joy. He goes forth weeping as he goes, bearing the hand full of seed. He shall surely come with rejoicing, bearing his sheaves. Psalm 127 Pilgrim Song of Solomon If Jehovah built not the house, in vain they labor upon it that build it. If Jehovah keep not the city, the keeper watches in vain. Vain is it for you that ye rise early, that ye take rest late, that ye eat the bread of sorrows, so gives he to his beloved in sleep. Lo, sons are a heritage from Jehovah, the fruit of the womb is a reward, as arrows in the hand of a mighty man, so are the sons of youth. Be the man who has filled his quiver with them, they shall not be ashamed when they shall speak with enemies in the gate. Psalm 128 Pilgrim Song Happy is everyone that fears Jehovah, that walks in his ways, for thou shalt eat of the labor of thy hands. Happy art thou, and it is well with thee. Thy wife as a fruitful vine, in the interior of thy house, thy sons as olive plants around thy table. Behold, thus shall the man be blessed that fears Jehovah, Jehovah will bless thee out of Zion, and thou shalt see the good of Jerusalem all the days of thy life, and thou shalt see thy children's children. Peace be upon Israel. Psalm 129 Pilgrim Song Much have they oppressed me from my youth. Let Israel now say, Much have they oppressed me from my youth, yet have they not prevailed against me. Plowers plowed upon my back, they made long their furrows. Jehovah the righteous has cut us under the cords of the wicked. Let them be shamed, and be turned back all that hates Zion. Let them be as grass on the housetops, that withers before it is plucked up, with which the mower fills not his hand, nor the gatherer his arm. And they that pass by say not, The blessing of Jehovah be upon you, We bless you in the name of Jehovah. Psalm 130 Pilgrim Song Out of the depths I call on thee, Jehovah, Lord, harken to my voice, Let thine ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications. If thou, O Jah, shouldst mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand? Or with thee there is forgiveness that thou mayest be feared? I have waited for Jehovah. My soul has waited, and in his word have I hoped. My soul waits for the Lord, more than they that watch for the morning, Than they that watch for the morning. Hope thou Israel in Jehovah, for with Jehovah there is mercy, And with him abundant redemption, and he he will redeem Israel from all his iniquities. Psalm 131 Jehovah, my heart is not haughty, nor my eyes lofty, nor do I concern myself with things too great, and with things too difficult for me. But I have calmed and quieted my spirit, as a weaned child on its mother, As the weaned child is my spirit within me. Hope thou Israel in Jehovah, henceforth and for ever! Pilgrim Song Jehovah, remember to David all his pains. Who did swear unto Jehovah, did vow to the mighty one of Jacob? I will not enter into the tent of my house. I will not go up on the couch of my bed. I will not give sleep to my eyes, slumber to my eyelids, until I shall find a place for Jehovah, dwellings for the mighty one of Jacob. Lo, we heard of it at Ephrata. We found it in the wooded fields. We will enter into his dwellings. We will worship at his footstool. Arise, O Jehovah, to thy resting place, thou and the ark of thy strength. Let thy priests be clothed with righteousness, and let thy saints shout for joy. For the sake of David thy servant, do not turn back the face of thine anointed. Jehovah has sworn to David in truth. He will not turn back from it. Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne. If thy sons will observe my covenant, and my testimonies that I shall teach them, also their sons forever shall sit upon thy throne. For Jehovah has chosen Zion. He has desired it for his abode. This is my resting place forever. Here will I dwell, for I have desired it. Her provision I will abundantly bless, her needy I will satisfy with bread, and her priests will I clothe with salvation, and her saints shall shout aloud for joy. Where will I cause the horn of David to put forth? I have prepared a lamp for my anointed. His enemies will I clothe with shame, but on him shall his crown flourish. Psalm 133 Pilgrim Song of David Behold how good and how pleasant the dwelling of brethren in union, as the precious oil upon the head, flowing down upon the beard, the beard of Aaron, that flowed down to the border of his vestments, as the dew of Hermon that comes down on the mountains of Zion, for there Jehovah commanded the blessing life forevermore. Psalm 134 Pilgrim Song Behold, bless ye Jehovah, all ye servants of Jehovah, that stand in the house of Jehovah by night, lift up your hands toward the sanctuary, and bless Jehovah, Jehovah bless thee out of Zion, maker of heaven and earth. Psalm 135 Praise ye, Jehovah, praise ye the name of Jehovah, praise ye servants of Jehovah, that stand in the house of Jehovah in the courts of the house of our God. Praise ye, Jehovah, for Jehovah is good seeing praise to his name, for it is pleasant, for Jehovah has chosen Jacob for himself, Israel for his peculiar treasure, for I know that Jehovah is great and our Lord above all gods, all that Jehovah pleased he has done in the heavens and on earth, in the seas and all depths. Who causes vapors to ascend from the end of the earth, makes lightnings for the rain, brings out the wind from his storehouses, who smote the firstborn of Egypt, both of man and beast, sent signs and portents in thy midst, O Egypt, on Pharaoh and on his servants, who smote many nations and slew mighty kings. Sihon, king of the Amorites, and Og, king of Bashan, and all the kingdoms of Canaan, and gave their land as a heritage, a heritage to Israel his people. Jehovah, thy name is forever, Jehovah thy memorial is to all generations, for Jehovah will judge his people, and for the sake of his servants will repent. The idols of the heathen are silver and gold, the work of the hands of man. A mouth have they, but they speak not. Eyes have they, but they see not. Ears have they, but they hear not. Yea, there is no breath in their mouth. Like to them are they that make them, everyone that trusts in them. House of Israel, bless ye Jehovah. House of Aaron, bless ye Jehovah. House of Levi, bless ye Jehovah. Ye that fear Jehovah, bless Jehovah. Blessed be Jehovah out of Zion, who inhabits Jerusalem. Praise ye JAH. The end of Psalms 120 through 135. Recording by Mark Penfold. Psalms 136 through 150 of the Book of the Psalms, American Bible Union. This LibriVox recording is in the public domain. Recording by Mark Penfold. Psalms 136 through 150 of the Book of the Psalms, American Bible Union. Psalm 136 Give thanks to Jehovah, for he is good, for his mercy is forever. Give thanks to the God of gods, for his mercy is forever. Give thanks to the Lord of lords, for his mercy is forever. To him who alone doeth great wonders, for his mercy is forever. To him who made the heavens with skill, for his mercy is forever. To him who spread out the earth upon the waters, for his mercy is forever. To him who made great lights, for his mercy is forever. The sun for dominion over the day, for his mercy is forever. The moon and stars for dominion over the night, for his mercy is forever. To him who smote Egypt in their firstborn, for his mercy is forever. And brought out Israel from their midst, for his mercy is forever. With a strong hand and an outstretched arm, for his mercy is forever. To him who divided the Red Sea into parts, for his mercy is forever. And made Israel pass through in the midst of it, for his mercy is forever. And shook out Pharaoh and his host into the Red Sea, for his mercy is forever. To him who led his people in the wilderness, for his mercy is forever. To him who smote great kings, for his mercy is forever. And slew famous kings, for his mercy is forever. Sihon, king of the Amorites, for his mercy is forever. And Og, king of Bashan, for his mercy is forever. And gave their land for a heritage, for his mercy is forever. A heritage for Israel, his servant, for his mercy is forever. Who in our low estate remembered us, for his mercy is forever. And rent us from our foes, for his mercy is forever. Who gives bread to all flesh, for his mercy is forever. Give thanks to the God of heaven, for his mercy is forever. Psalm 137 By the streams of Babylon, there we sat and wept when we remembered Zion. On willows in her midst we hanged our harps. For there demanded of us our captors, words of song, and our oppressors, mirth, sing to us of the songs of Zion. How shall we sing Jehovah's song on an alien soil? If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget. Let my tongue cleave to my palate, if I do not remember thee. If I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy. Remember, O Jehovah, to the sons of Edom, the day of Jerusalem, who said, lay bare, lay bare to the very foundation therein. Daughter of Babylon, the desolated, Happy he who shall requite to thee thy deed, which thou hast done to us. Happy he who shall seize and dash thy little ones against the rock. Psalm 138 Psalm of David I will thank thee with my whole heart, before the gods will I sing praise to thee. I will worship toward thy holy temple, and will thank thy name for thy mercy and for thy truth, for thou hast magnified thy saying above all thy name. In the day when I called, then thou didst answer me, didst embolden me with strength in my soul. All kings of the earth will acknowledge thee, O Jehovah, when they hear the sayings of thy mouth, and will sing of the ways of Jehovah, that great is the glory of Jehovah. For exalted is Jehovah, and the lowly he regards, and the proud he knows afar off. Though I walk in the midst of trouble, thou wilt revive me against the anger of my enemies, thou wilt stretch forth thy hand, and thy right hand will save me. Jehovah will complete it in my behalf. Jehovah, thy mercy is for ever. The works of thy hands do not forsake. Psalm 139 To the Chief Musician A Psalm of David Jehovah, thou hast searched me, and thou knowest, thou dost know my sitting down and my rising up, thou perceivest my thought from afar, thou art around my path and my couch, and art acquainted with all my ways. For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, Jehovah, thou knowest it all. Behind and before thou hast beset me, and laid thy hand upon me. Knowledge too wonderful for me. It is high, I do not comprehend it. Whither shall I go from thy spirit, and whither shall I flee from thy presence? If I ascend into heaven, thou art there. If I make the underworld my bed, lo, thou art there. If I should take the wings of the morning, should dwell in the uppermost part of the sea, there also would thy hand lead me, and thy right hand would hold me. And if I say, only let darkness cover me, and the light about me be night, even darkness will not hide from thee, and night will shine as the day. Darkness is as light. For thou, thou hast formed my reigns, hast woven me in the womb of my mother. I will praise thee, for I am fearfully wonderfully made. Wonderful are thy works, and my soul knows it well. My frame was not hidden from thee, when I was made in secret, was curiously wrought as in the depths of the earth. Thine eyes saw my unformed substance, and in thy book were all of them written. Day by day were they fashioned, when there were none of them. And to me, how precious are thy thoughts, O God! How great is their sum! If I would recount them, they are more in number than the sand. I awake, and am still with thee. O that thou wouldst slay the wicked, O God! And ye men of blood, depart from me, who speak of thee with evil purpose, take thy name in vain, thy foes. Shall I not hate them, O Jehovah, that hate thee? And shall I not loathe them, that rise up against thee? With perfect hatred do I hate them, I count them my enemies. Search me, O God, and know my heart. Try me, and know my thoughts, and see if there be any idle way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting. Psalm 140 To the chief musician, a Psalm of David. Rescue me, Jehovah, from the evil man, from the violent man preserve me, who devise evil in the heart. Continually they stir up wars. They have sharpened their tongue like a serpent. Poison of an adder is under their lips. Pause. Keep me, O Jehovah, from the hands of the wicked, from the man of violence preserve me, who have thought to subvert my steps. The proud have hit a snare for me, and cords they have spread a net by the wayside. Traps have they set for me. Pause. I have said to Jehovah, thou art my God, give ear, O Jehovah, to the voice of my supplications. Jehovah, Lord, the strength of my salvation, thou hast covered my head in the day of battle. Grant not, O Jehovah, the desires of the wicked man, do not further his device that they may be lifted up. Pause. As for the head of them that compass me about, the mischief of their own lips shall cover them. Burning coals shall be cast down upon them. He will plunge them in fire, into deep waters that they rise not again. An evil speaker shall not be established in the earth. The man of violence, evil will hunt him to ruin. I know that Jehovah will maintain the cause of the sufferer, the right of the poor. Surely the righteous shall give thanks to thy name. The upright shall dwell in thy presence. Psalm 141, A Psalm of David. Jehovah, I call upon thee. Make haste to me. Give ear to my voice when I call to thee. Let my prayer present itself as incense before thee. The lifting of my hands as the evening offering. Set a guard, O Jehovah, at my mouth. Keep watch over the door of my lips. Do not incline my heart to any evil thing. To busy itself in wicked deeds with men that work iniquity. And let me not eat of their dainties. Let the righteous smite me. It is kindness. And let him reprove me. It is oil for the head. Let not my head refuse. For still my prayer is in their calamities. When their judges are hurled down among the rocks, then they hear my words that they are pleasant. As when one furrows and cleaves in the earth, our bones are scattered at the mouth of the underworld. For my eyes are unto thee, Jehovah, Lord. In thee have I trusted. Do not pour out my soul. Keep me from the grasp of the snare they have laid for me, and the traps of the workers of iniquity. Let the wicked fall into their own nets, until I shall have wholly passed by. Psalm 142, Didactic Psalm of David. When he was in the cave, a prayer. With my voice to Jehovah I cry. With my voice to Jehovah I make supplication. I pour out before him my complaint, my trouble I make known before him. When my spirit faints within me, and thou, thou knowest my path. In the way that I go, they have hidden a snare for me. Look on the right hand and see, and I have none that knows me. Refuge has failed me. There is no one that cares for my soul. I cried unto thee, O Jehovah. I said, thou art my soul. I said, thou art my refuge, my portion in the land of the living. Be attentive to my cry, for I am brought very low. Rescue me from my persecutors, for they are stronger than I. Bring out my soul from prison to thank thy name. The righteous will gather round me, for thou wilt deal kindly with me. Psalm 143, A Psalm of David. O Jehovah, hear my prayer. Give ear to my supplications. In thy faithfulness answer me in thy righteousness, and do not enter into judgment with thy servant, for in thy sight no one living is righteous. For the enemy has persecuted my soul, has smitten down my life to the earth, has made me dwell in darkness as those long dead, and my spirit in me fades. My heart is desolate within me. I remember the days of old. I meditate on all, thou doest. I think on the work of thy hands. I spread out my hands unto thee. My soul is as a land thirsting for thee. Pause. Make haste to answer me, O Jehovah. My spirit fails. Do not hide thy face from me, so that I become like them that go down to the pit. Let me hear thy loving kindness in the morning, for in thee do I trust. Make me know the way that I should go, for to thee do I left out my soul. Rescue me from my enemies, O Jehovah. With thee I hide myself. Teach me to do thy will, for thou art my God. Let thy good spirit guide me on even ground. For thy name's sake, O Jehovah, thou wilt revive me. In thy righteousness, thou wilt bring my soul out of trouble. And in thy loving kindness, thou wilt cut off my enemies, and wilt destroy all that afflict my soul. For I am thy servant. Psalm 144. A Psalm of David. Blessed be, Jehovah, my rock. He who instructs my hands for the conflict, my fingers for the battle, my loving kindness and my fortress, my high tower and my deliverer, my shield and in him I trust. He that subdues my people under me. Jehovah, what is man that thou shouldst know him? A son of man that thou shouldst think of him? Man is like a breath, his days as a passing shadow. Jehovah, bow thy heavens and come down. Touch the mountains that they smoke. Cast forth lightning and scatter them. Send out thine arrows and discomfort them. Send thy hands from on high. Rest me and rescue me out of the great waters, out of the hand of aliens, whose mouth speaks deception, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood. O God, a new song will I sing to thee, with a ten-stringed lute will I sing praise to thee, who gives deliverance to kings, who rests David his servant from the hurtful sword. Rest me and rescue me from the hand of aliens, whose mouth speaks deception, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood. So that our sons may be as plants, full grown in their youth, our daughters as corner pillars, sculptured after the structure of a palace, our garners full, supplying of every kind, our flocks multiplying by thousands, by tens of thousands on our fields, our oxen laden, no breaking in nor going forth, and no outcry in our streets. Happy the people to whom it is thus, happy the people whose God is Jehovah! Psalm 145, a hymn of David, I will extol thee, my God, O King, and will bless thy name forever and ever. Every day will I bless thee, and praise thy name forever and ever. Great is Jehovah and greatly to be praised, and his greatness is unsearchable. Generation to generation shall praise thy works, and shall declare thy mighty acts. The glorious honor of thy majesty, and thy wondrous works will I sing, and the might of thy terrible acts let them tell, and thy great deeds will I rehearse. Let them pour forth the memory of thy great goodness, and sing aloud of thy righteousness. Gracious and compassionate is Jehovah, slow to anger and of great mercy. Jehovah is good to all, and his compassion are over all his works. Let all thy works praise thee, O Jehovah, and thy saints bless thee. Let them tell the glory of thy kingdom, and speak of thy power. To make known to the sons of men his mighty acts, and the glorious majesty of his kingdom, thy kingdom is a kingdom of all ages, and thy dominion is throughout all generations. Jehovah upholds all the falling, and raises up all that are bowed down. The eyes of all wait for thee, and thou givest them their food in its season. Opening thy hand and satisfying the desire of every living thing. Righteous is Jehovah in all his ways, and kind in all his works. Near is Jehovah to all that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth. He will fulfill the desire of them that fear him, their cry he will hear, and will save them. Jehovah preserves all that love him, and all the wicked he will destroy. My mouth shall speak the praise of Jehovah, and let all flesh bless his holy name, forever and ever. Psalm 146 Praise ye, Ja, praise Jehovah, O my soul. I will praise Jehovah while I live. I will sing praise to my God while I am in being. Trust not in princes, in a son of man in whom there is no help. His breath goes forth. He returns to his earth. In that very day his plans perish. Happy he whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in Jehovah his God, who made heaven and earth, the sea and all that is in them, who keeps truth forever, doing justice to the oppressed, giving food to the hungry. Jehovah sets free the bound. Jehovah opens the eyes of the blind. Jehovah raises the bowed down. Jehovah loves the righteous. Jehovah preserves the strangers. The orphan and widow he relieves, and the way of the wicked he subverts. Jehovah will reign forever, thy God, O Zion, to all generations. Praise ye, Ja. Psalm 147 Praise ye, Ja, for it is good to sing praise to our God. For it is pleasant, praise is becoming. Jehovah builds Jerusalem. The outcasts of Israel he will gather, the physician for the broken in heart, and he binds up their pains. He counts the number of the stars. He calls them all by their names. Great is our God and of great power. His understanding is infinite. Jehovah raises up the lowly. He humbles the wicked even to the earth. Answer, Jehovah, with thanksgiving, sing praise to our God with the harp, who covers the heavens with clouds, who prepares rain for the earth, who makes the mountains put forth grass, gives to the beast his food, to the young ravens which cry. He delights not in the strength of the horse, nor has he pleasure in the legs of men. Jehovah has pleasure in them that fear him, in them that hope in his mercy. Praise Jehovah, O Jerusalem, praise thy God, O Zion, for he has strengthened the bars of thy gates, he has blessed thy sons within thee. It is he that makes thy borders peace, he satisfies thee with the marrow of the wheat. He that sends his commandment to the earth, swiftly does his word run. He that gives snow like wool, he scatters the whorefrost like ashes. He that casts forth his ice like morsels, who can stand before his cold. He sends out his word and melts them, he causes his wind to blow, the waters flow. He makes known his word to Jacob, his statutes and his judgments to Israel. He has not done so to any nation, and his judgments they know them not. Praise ye, Ja! Psalm 148 Praise ye, Ja! Praise Jehovah from the heavens, praise him in the heights, praise him all his angels, praise him all his hosts, praise him sun and moon, praise him all ye stars of light, praise him ye heavens of heavens, and ye waters that are above the heavens, let them praise the name of Jehovah, for he commanded and they were created, and he made them stand forever and ever, he set abound and they shall not pass over. Praise Jehovah from the earth, ye sea monsters and all deeps, fire and hails, snow and vapor, stormy wind fulfilling his word, ye mountains and all hills, fruit trees and all cedars, beasts and all cattle, creeping things and winged birds, kings of the earth and all peoples, princes and all judges of the earth, young men and also maidens, old men with children, let them praise the name of Jehovah, for exalted is his name alone, his majesty is above earth and heaven, and he raised up a horn for his people, a praise for all his saints, for the sons of Israel, a people near to him. Praise ye, Ja! Psalm 149 Praise ye, Ja! Sing to Jehovah a new song, his praise in the congregation of saints, let Israel rejoice in his maker, the sons of Zion exult in their king, let them praise his name in the dance, let them sing praise to him with timbrel and harp, for Jehovah has pleasure in his people, he beautifies the lowly with salvation, let the saints triumph in glory, let them sing aloud upon their beds, praises of God in their throat, and a two edged sword in their hand, to execute vengeance on the heathen, punishments on the peoples, to bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron, to execute upon them the judgment written, it is an honor for all his saints, praise ye, Ja! Psalm 150 Praise ye, Ja! Praise God in his sanctuary, praise him in the expanse of his power, praise him for his mighty acts, praise him according to his abundant greatness, praise him with sound of trumpet, praise him with loot and harp, praise him with timbrel and dance, praise him with strings and pipe, praise him on the loud cymbals, praise him on cymbals of lofty sound, let all breath praise Ja! Praise ye, Ja! The end of Psalms 136 through 150, and the end of the book of the Psalms, revised by the final committee of the American Bible Union. Recording by Mark Penfold, completed October 12, 2009, Lincoln, Nebraska.