Bless the Lord

¹The LORD reigns! Let the earth rejoice! Let the multitude of islands be glad!

²Clouds and darkness are around him. Righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne.

³A fire goes before him, and burns up his adversaries on every side.

⁴His lightning lights up the world. The earth sees, and trembles.

⁵The mountains melt like wax at the presence of the LORD, at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.

⁶The heavens declare his righteousness. All the peoples have seen his glory.

⁷Let all them be shamed who serve engraved images, who boast in their idols. Worship him, all you gods!

⁸Zion heard and was glad. The daughters of Judah rejoiced because of your judgments, LORD.

⁹For you, LORD, are most high above all the earth. You are exalted far above all gods.

¹⁰You who love the LORD, hate evil! He preserves the souls of his saints. He delivers them out of the hand of the wicked.

¹¹Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart.

¹²Be glad in the LORD, you righteous people! Give thanks to his holy Name.

¹A Psalm. Sing to the LORD a new song, for he has done marvelous things! His right hand and his holy arm have worked salvation for him.

²The LORD has made known his salvation. He has openly shown his righteousness in the sight of the nations.

³He has remembered his loving kindness and his faithfulness toward the house of Israel. All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.

⁴Make a joyful noise to the LORD, all the earth! Burst out and sing for joy, yes, sing praises!

⁵Sing praises to the LORD with the harp, with the harp and the voice of melody.

⁶With trumpets and sound of the ram’s horn, make a joyful noise before the King, the LORD.

⁷Let the sea roar with its fullness; the world, and those who dwell therein.

⁸Let the rivers clap their hands. Let the mountains sing for joy together.

⁹Let them sing before the LORD, for he comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness, and the peoples with equity.

¹The LORD reigns! Let the peoples tremble. He sits enthroned among the cherubim. Let the earth be moved.

²The LORD is great in Zion. He is high above all the peoples.

³Let them praise your great and awesome name. He is Holy!

⁴The King’s strength also loves justice. You establish equity. You execute justice and righteousness in Jacob.

⁵Exalt the LORD our God. Worship at his footstool. He is Holy!

⁶Moses and Aaron were among his priests, Samuel was among those who call on his name. They called on the LORD, and he answered them.

⁷He spoke to them in the pillar of cloud. They kept his testimonies, the statute that he gave them.

⁸You answered them, LORD our God. You are a God who forgave them, although you took vengeance for their doings.

⁹Exalt the LORD, our God. Worship at his holy hill, for the LORD, our God, is holy!

¹A Psalm of thanksgiving. Shout for joy to the LORD, all you lands!

²Serve the LORD with gladness. Come before his presence with singing.

³Know that the LORD, he is God. It is he who has made us, and we are his. We are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.

⁴Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise. Give thanks to him, and bless his name.

⁵For the LORD is good. His loving kindness endures forever, his faithfulness to all generations.

¹A Psalm by David. I will sing of loving kindness and justice. To you, LORD, I will sing praises.

²I will be careful to live a blameless life. When will you come to me? I will walk within my house with a blameless heart.

³I will set no vile thing before my eyes. I hate the deeds of faithless men. They will not cling to me.

⁴A perverse heart will be far from me. I will have nothing to do with evil.

⁵I will silence whoever secretly slanders his neighbor. I won’t tolerate one who is arrogant and conceited.

⁶My eyes will be on the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me. He who walks in a perfect way, he will serve me.

⁷He who practices deceit won’t dwell within my house. He who speaks falsehood won’t be established before my eyes.

⁸Morning by morning, I will destroy all the wicked of the land, to cut off all the workers of iniquity from the LORD’s city.

¹A Prayer of the afflicted, when he is overwhelmed and pours out his complaint before the LORD. Hear my prayer, LORD! Let my cry come to you.

²Don’t hide your face from me in the day of my distress. Turn your ear to me. Answer me quickly in the day when I call.

³For my days consume away like smoke. My bones are burned as a torch.

⁴My heart is blighted like grass, and withered, for I forget to eat my bread.

⁵By reason of the voice of my groaning, my bones stick to my skin.

⁶I am like a pelican of the wilderness. I have become as an owl of the waste places.

⁷I watch, and have become like a sparrow that is alone on the housetop.

⁸My enemies reproach me all day. Those who are mad at me use my name as a curse.

⁹For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mixed my drink with tears,

¹⁰because of your indignation and your wrath; for you have taken me up and thrown me away.

¹¹My days are like a long shadow. I have withered like grass.

¹²But you, LORD, will remain forever; your renown endures to all generations.

¹³You will arise and have mercy on Zion, for it is time to have pity on her. Yes, the set time has come.

¹⁴For your servants take pleasure in her stones, and have pity on her dust.

¹⁵So the nations will fear the LORD’s name, all the kings of the earth your glory.

¹⁶For the LORD has built up Zion. He has appeared in his glory.

¹⁷He has responded to the prayer of the destitute, and has not despised their prayer.

¹⁸This will be written for the generation to come. A people which will be created will praise the LORD,

¹⁹for he has looked down from the height of his sanctuary. From heaven, the LORD saw the earth,

²⁰to hear the groans of the prisoner, to free those who are condemned to death,

²¹that men may declare the LORD’s name in Zion, and his praise in Jerusalem,

²²when the peoples are gathered together, the kingdoms, to serve the LORD.

²³He weakened my strength along the course. He shortened my days.

²⁴I said, “My God, don’t take me away in the middle of my days. Your years are throughout all generations.

²⁵Of old, you laid the foundation of the earth. The heavens are the work of your hands.

²⁶They will perish, but you will endure. Yes, all of them will wear out like a garment. You will change them like a cloak, and they will be changed.

²⁷But you are the same. Your years will have no end.

²⁸The children of your servants will continue. Their offspring will be established before you.”

¹By David. Praise the LORD, my soul! All that is within me, praise his holy name!

²Praise the LORD, my soul, and don’t forget all his benefits,

³who forgives all your sins, who heals all your diseases,

⁴who redeems your life from destruction, who crowns you with loving kindness and tender mercies,

⁵who satisfies your desire with good things, so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.

⁶The LORD executes righteous acts, and justice for all who are oppressed.

⁷He made known his ways to Moses, his deeds to the children of Israel.

⁸The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness.

⁹He will not always accuse; neither will he stay angry forever.

¹⁰He has not dealt with us according to our sins, nor repaid us for our iniquities.

¹¹For as the heavens are high above the earth, so great is his loving kindness toward those who fear him.

¹²As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us.

¹³Like a father has compassion on his children, so the LORD has compassion on those who fear him.

¹⁴For he knows how we are made. He remembers that we are dust.

¹⁵As for man, his days are like grass. As a flower of the field, so he flourishes.

¹⁶For the wind passes over it, and it is gone. Its place remembers it no more.

¹⁷But the LORD’s loving kindness is from everlasting to everlasting with those who fear him, his righteousness to children’s children,

¹⁸to those who keep his covenant, to those who remember to obey his precepts.

¹⁹The LORD has established his throne in the heavens. His kingdom rules over all.

²⁰Praise the LORD, you angels of his, who are mighty in strength, who fulfill his word, obeying the voice of his word.

²¹Praise the LORD, all you armies of his, you servants of his, who do his pleasure.

²²Praise the LORD, all you works of his, in all places of his dominion. Praise the LORD, my soul!