Thuật ngữ chính · the divine name (YHWH)
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יהוה Tiếng Hê-bơ-rơ · Strong’s H3068
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Instead, the instruction of the LORD is their delight, and they recite it quietly to themselves day and night.
For the LORD knows the path of the righteous and cares for it, but the path of the wicked ends in ruin.
The kings of the earth take up their positions, and the rulers plot together against the LORD and against his anointed king.
I will announce the decree. The LORD said to me, “You are my son. This is the day I have become your father.
Serve the LORD with awe, and let your joy be mixed with trembling.
LORD, how my enemies have multiplied! Many are rising up against me.
But you, LORD, are a shield on every side of me. You are my glory, and you lift my head up again.
I lift my voice and call to the LORD, and from his holy mountain he answers me. Selah
I lay down and fell asleep, and I woke up again, because the LORD holds me up.
Rise up, LORD! Rescue me, my God! For you have struck all my enemies across the jaw and smashed the teeth of the wicked.
It is the LORD who saves. Let your blessing rest on your people. Selah
Be sure of this: the LORD has set apart the one who is faithful to him as his own. The LORD will hear me when I call to him.
Bring sacrifices as they should be brought, and rely on the LORD.
Many are saying, “Who will let us see good times?” LORD, turn your shining face toward us.
I will lie down in peace and fall asleep at once, because it is you, LORD, and you alone, who let me live in safety.
LORD, hear what I say; take note of my sighs.
LORD, at daybreak you hear my voice. At daybreak I set everything out before you and keep watch.
You bring liars to ruin. The LORD loathes those who shed blood and deceive.
LORD, guide me in your righteousness, because my enemies are watching; level your road in front of me.
For you bless the righteous, LORD; your favor surrounds them like a great shield.
LORD, when you correct me, do not do it in anger; when you discipline me, do not do it in your fury.
Show me grace, LORD, for I am wasting away; heal me, LORD, for my very bones are shaking.
My soul is shaken to its depths. But you, LORD, how long?
Turn back to me, LORD, and set my life free; save me because your love is loyal.
Get away from me, all who practice evil, for the LORD has heard me weeping.
The LORD has heard me beg for his grace; the LORD welcomes my prayer.
A shiggaion of David, which he sang to the LORD about Cush, a man of the tribe of Benjamin.
LORD my God, I have made you my refuge. Save me from all who are hunting me down, and rescue me,
LORD my God, if I have done what they say, if my hands are guilty of wrong,
Rise up, LORD, in your anger! Stand up against the rage of my enemies. Wake up and act for me; you have ordered justice to be done.
The LORD judges the peoples. Give me justice, LORD, because I am in the right and have done no wrong.
I will thank the LORD because he does what is right, and I will sing praises to the name of the LORD Most High.
LORD, our Lord, how glorious is your name across the whole earth! Your splendor reaches higher than the heavens.
LORD, our Lord, how glorious is your name across the whole earth!
I will thank the LORD with my whole heart; I will tell of all the wonderful things you have done.
But the LORD remains on his throne forever; it is a throne he has set up to judge from.
The LORD is a fortress on the heights for those who are crushed, a safe height in times of trouble.
Those who know your name will rely on you, because you do not desert anyone who comes looking for you, LORD.
Make music to the LORD, whose throne is in Zion! Announce his deeds among the peoples.
Show me grace, LORD! See how my enemies make me suffer, you who lift me up from the gates of death,
The LORD has made himself known by doing justice: he snares the wicked in the work of their own hands. Higgaion. Selah
Rise up, LORD! Do not let mere humans win. Bring the nations to judgment before you.
Fill them with fear, LORD, and let the nations find out they are nothing but human. Selah
LORD, why do you keep so far away? Why do you hide yourself when trouble comes?
The wicked brag about what they crave; the greedy bless themselves while they treat the LORD with contempt.
Rise up, LORD! God, raise your hand! Do not forget those who suffer.
The LORD reigns as King for all time; the nations are gone from his land.
LORD, you have heard what the humble long for; you steady their hearts and bend down to listen,
For the music director. Of David. I have taken refuge in the LORD. How can you say to me, “Escape to the hills like a bird!
The LORD is in his holy temple; the throne of the LORD is in heaven. His eyes watch; his gaze examines every human being.
The LORD tests the righteous, but he hates with all his being the wicked and those who love violence.
For the LORD is righteous and loves what is right; those who are upright will look on his face.
Save us, LORD! The faithful are no more; no one you can trust is left among humankind.
May the LORD cut off every flattering lip and every tongue that boasts so loudly,
“The poor are being robbed and the needy are groaning, so now I will get up,” says the LORD. “I will bring them to the safety they long for.”
The words of the LORD are pure words, like silver refined in a clay furnace, purified seven times over.
You, LORD, will watch over them; you will protect each of them from this generation forever.
How long, LORD? Will you go on forgetting me for good? How long will you turn your face away from me?
Turn and look, LORD my God, and answer me! Bring the light back to my eyes, or I will fall asleep in death,
But I trust in your loyal love; my heart will be glad because you save. I will sing to the LORD, because he has been so generous to me.
From heaven the LORD looks down on the human race to see whether anyone is wise, anyone who is looking for God.
Have they learned nothing, all these evildoers? They devour my people as if they were eating bread, and they never call on the LORD.
You evildoers would make the hopes of the poor come to nothing, but the LORD is their shelter.
If only Zion would send Israel its rescue! When the LORD turns back the fortunes of his people, let Jacob shout for joy and Israel be glad.
A psalm of David. LORD, who may stay as a guest in your tent? Who may make a home on your holy mountain?
who looks with contempt on one who is rejected but shows honor to all who fear the LORD, and who stands by a sworn promise at personal cost, never going back on it.
The LORD is the share I have been given and the cup I drink; it is you who hold my lot secure.
I bless the LORD, my adviser; even at night my deepest self keeps teaching me.
I have placed the LORD in front of me at all times; since he is there at my right hand, I will never stumble.
A prayer of David. Hear a just cause, LORD; listen closely to my cry. Turn your ear to my prayer, which comes from lips that do not lie.
Rise up, LORD! Meet them face to face and bring them to their knees. Rescue me from the wicked with your sword,
from such people, LORD, by your hand, from people of this world whose share is in this life alone. You fill their stomachs with what you have stored up; their children have plenty, and they leave what is left to their little ones.
For the music director. By David, the servant of the LORD. He sang the words of this song to the LORD on the day the LORD rescued him from the power of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul.
He said: “I love you, LORD, my strength.
The LORD is my cliff, my stronghold, the one who sets me free; my God is my rock, and I shelter in him. He is my shield, my strong salvation, my tower on the heights.
I call on the LORD, who is worthy of praise, and from my enemies I am rescued.
When I was hard pressed I called on the LORD and cried out to my God. Out of his temple he listened to my voice; my cry came before him and reached his ears.
The LORD thundered in the heavens; the Most High raised his voice, with hail and burning coals.
The beds of the sea came into view, and the world’s foundations lay bare at your rebuke, LORD, at the blast of breath from your nostrils.
They came at me on my day of disaster, but the LORD held me up.
The LORD treated me as my right conduct deserved; he rewarded me because my hands were clean.
For I have walked in the LORD’s ways and have not turned from my God to do evil.
So the LORD rewarded me for doing right, for the clean hands he could see.
You make my lamp shine; the LORD my God brightens my darkness.
This is God: his way is without flaw; the word of the LORD is tested and true; he is a shield for all who make him their refuge.
Is there any God but the LORD? Is there any rock but our God?
They called for help, but no one came to save them; they cried to the LORD, but he gave them no answer.
The LORD is alive! Blessed be my rock! May the God who saves me be lifted high,
That is why I will give you thanks among the nations, LORD, and sing praise to your name.
The instruction of the LORD is whole and without fault; it brings back life. What the LORD has declared can be trusted; it makes the naive wise.
The charges the LORD lays down are right and fill the heart with joy; the command of the LORD is clear and makes the eyes shine.
The fear of the LORD is clean and lasts for all time; the rulings of the LORD are true, and every one of them is just.
May what my mouth speaks and what my heart ponders be welcome before you, LORD, my rock and my redeemer.
May the LORD answer you when trouble comes; may the God of Jacob, by his name, keep you safe on the heights.
We will shout for joy when you win the day, and we will raise our banners in our God’s name. May the LORD give you all you ask for.
Now I know that the LORD brings his anointed king through safely; from his holy heaven he will answer him with the mighty saving acts of his right hand.
Some count on chariots, some on horses; we call on the LORD our God by name.
LORD, save! May the King answer us when we cry out.
LORD, the king takes delight in your strength; your saving help fills him with overflowing joy!
The king relies on the LORD, and because of the loyal love of the Most High, nothing will shake him.
When you come against them, you will make them like a blazing oven; in his anger the LORD will swallow them, and fire will eat them up.
Rise high in your strength, LORD! We will sing and make music in praise of your power.
“Leave it to the LORD! Let him get him out of it; let him save him, since he is so delighted with him!”
But you, LORD, do not stand far off! My strength, hurry to help me!
Praise him, all who fear the LORD! Let all of Jacob’s family give him honor; let all of Israel’s people stand in awe of him!
The poor will eat and have their fill; those who seek him will praise the LORD. May new life fill your hearts forever!
People at the farthest ends of the earth will remember and come back to the LORD; every clan of every nation will bow low before you.
For the kingdom is the LORD’s, and he governs the nations.
A psalm of David. The LORD is my shepherd; I will never be in need.
Goodness and loyal love will surely chase after me every day I live, and I will come home to the house of the LORD for all my days to come.
Of David. A psalm. The earth is the LORD’s, and all that fills it, the world and everyone who lives there.
Who has the right to climb the mountain of the LORD? Who may stand in the place of his holiness?
Such people carry away a blessing from the LORD, and justice from the God who saves them.
Who is this King of glory? It is the LORD, mighty and strong, the LORD, a warrior strong in battle.
Who then is he, this King of glory? It is the LORD of Armies; he is the glorious King. Selah
Of David. To you, LORD, I lift up my whole self.
LORD, let me come to know your ways; teach me to follow your paths.
LORD, keep in mind your tender mercies and your acts of loyal love; they have been yours since ancient times.
Do not hold against me the sins of my youth or my acts of rebellion; in your loyal love remember me, for the sake of your goodness, LORD.
The LORD is good and upright; that is why he shows sinners the way to go.
Every path the LORD takes is loyal love and faithfulness toward all who hold to his covenant and his decrees.
LORD, for the honor of your name, forgive the wrong I have done, because it is so great.
Is there anyone who fears the LORD? He will show that person which way to choose.
The LORD takes those who fear him into his confidence; he lets them know his covenant.
I never stop looking to the LORD, because he will pull my feet free of the net.
Of David. LORD, decide my case, for I have walked with integrity; my trust has been in the LORD, and I will not stumble.
LORD, examine me and put me through trials; refine my innermost feelings and my mind.
I wash my hands to show that I am innocent, and I walk around your altar, LORD,
LORD, I love the house that is your home, the place in which your glory has its dwelling.
I stand firm on level ground; in the assemblies I will bless the LORD.
Of David. The LORD is my light and the one who saves me; who is there for me to fear? The LORD is the fortress that guards my life; who could make me tremble?
I have asked the LORD for one thing, and it is what I am looking for: to live in the house of the LORD as long as I live, to look on the loveliness of the LORD and to seek him in his temple.
So now I will hold my head high over the enemies who surround me; in his tent I will offer sacrifices with joyful shouting, and I will sing and play music for the LORD.
LORD, listen as I cry out to you; show me grace and answer me.
My heart says to you what you have said: “Seek my face.” So I will seek your face, LORD.
If my father and my mother were to leave me, the LORD would still gather me in.
LORD, teach me your way; guide me along a smooth path, for there are enemies watching me.
Had I not believed that I would see the goodness of the LORD while still among the living, where would I be?
Keep waiting for the LORD. Stand firm and be brave in heart. Yes, wait for the LORD.
Of David. I call to you, LORD; my rock, do not refuse to hear me. For if you say nothing to me, I will be like those who sink into the pit.
Because they pay no attention to what the LORD does or to what his hands have made, he will pull them down and not raise them up again.
Blessed is the LORD, because he has listened to my voice as I pleaded.
The LORD is my strength, the shield that protects me; my heart trusted in him, and help came to me. Now my heart is full of joy, and I will thank him in song.
The LORD is their strength; he is the fortress where his anointed one finds rescue.
A psalm of David. Acknowledge the LORD, you heavenly beings; acknowledge that glory and strength belong to the LORD.
Acknowledge the glory that belongs to the name of the LORD; bow before the LORD in holy splendor.
The voice of the LORD sounds over the waters; the glorious God thunders; the LORD is above the vast waters.
The voice of the LORD is mighty; the voice of the LORD is splendid as a king.
The voice of the LORD snaps cedar trees; the LORD smashes the cedars of Lebanon to pieces.
The voice of the LORD carves out flames of fire.
The voice of the LORD sets the desert trembling; the LORD makes the Kadesh desert quake.
The voice of the LORD brings the does to labor and leaves the woods stripped; and in his temple everyone shouts, “Glory!”
The LORD sat on his throne above the flood; the LORD is seated as King for all time.
The LORD will make his people strong; the LORD will give his people the blessing of peace.
I will praise you as high above all, LORD, because you drew me up as from a well and did not give my enemies the joy of seeing me fall.
LORD, my God, I shouted to you for help, and you made me well.
LORD, you brought me back up from Sheol; you kept me alive and did not let me sink into the pit.
Make music to the LORD, all you who are loyal to him; give thanks as you call to mind his holy name.
LORD, in your kindness you had made me firm as a mountain; then you hid your face, and I was overcome with fear.
I called out to you, LORD; I begged the Lord for mercy.
Listen, LORD, and show me grace; LORD, come and help me.”
so that with all that is in me I may make music to you and not keep quiet. LORD my God, I will give you thanks for all time.
LORD, I have made you my refuge; never let me be disgraced; because you are righteous, set me free.
I put my spirit into your hand for safekeeping; you have redeemed me, LORD, God who is faithful.
I hate those who devote themselves to useless idols; but my trust is in the LORD.
Have pity on me, LORD, for I am in trouble; grief has worn out my eyes, my whole self, my body.
But I put my trust in you, LORD; I tell you, “You alone are my God.”
LORD, do not let me be disgraced, for I have called to you; let the disgrace fall on the wicked; let them lie silent in Sheol.
Blessed is the LORD, who has done a wonder of loyal love for me when I was in a city under siege.
Love the LORD, all you who are loyal to him! The LORD watches over those who keep faith, but the one who acts proudly he repays in full measure.
Stand firm and be brave in heart, all of you who put your hope in the LORD.
How blessed is anyone whose guilt the LORD does not hold against them, who has no deceit in their spirit!
I made my sin known to you; I did not hide my wrongdoing. I said, “I will own my rebellion before the LORD,” and you took away my sin and its guilt. Selah
The wicked have many sorrows, but whoever trusts in the LORD is surrounded by loyal love.
Celebrate in the LORD and be joyful, you righteous; sing out with joy, all whose hearts are upright!
Sing for joy in the LORD, you righteous; praise suits those who are upright.
Thank the LORD on the lyre; play music for him on the ten-stringed harp.
For the LORD’s word is right, and all his deeds show his faithfulness.
He loves what is right and just; the LORD’s loyal love fills the whole earth.
The heavens were made at the LORD’s word, and the breath of his mouth made all their array of stars.
Let the whole earth fear the LORD; let everyone who lives in the world tremble with awe before him.
The LORD brings the schemes of nations to nothing; he blocks what the peoples plan.
The LORD’s purpose stands firm forever, and what he has planned in his heart lasts through every generation.
How blessed is the nation that has the LORD as its God, the people he chose to be his own possession!
The LORD looks out from heaven and sees every human being.
Look, the LORD keeps watch over those who fear him, who wait with hope for his loyal love,
With all our being we wait for the LORD; he is the one who helps us and shields us.
LORD, let your loyal love be over us, in keeping with our hope in you.
I will bless the LORD in every season; praise of him will never leave my mouth.
I will make my boast in the LORD; let the humble hear it and rejoice.
Join me in telling how great the LORD is; let us lift high his name together.
I went looking for the LORD; he gave me an answer and rescued me from everything I dreaded.
Here was a poor man who cried out; the LORD heard and rescued him from every one of his troubles.
The angel of the LORD pitches camp all around the people who fear him, and sets them free.
Taste and see how good the LORD is! How blessed is the person who makes him their refuge!
Fear the LORD, all you his people set apart; nothing is missing for those who fear him.
Even young lions can go short and feel hunger, but those who seek the LORD will never be without anything good.
Come here, children, and hear what I say; I will teach you what it means to fear the LORD.
The LORD keeps his eyes on the righteous and his ears open to their call for help.
The LORD turns his face against people who do evil, to erase every trace of them from the earth.
When the righteous cry out, the LORD listens and frees them from every trouble they face.
The LORD stays close to those whose hearts are broken, and rescues those whose spirits are crushed.
A righteous person faces many troubles, but the LORD brings them safely through every one.
The LORD ransoms the lives of his servants; none who make him their refuge will bear guilt.
Of David. LORD, oppose those who oppose me; do battle with those who battle against me.
May they be like chaff the wind blows off, with the LORD’s angel driving them along.
May their path turn dark and slick, with the LORD’s angel hunting them down.
Then my whole being will be glad in the LORD and celebrate the salvation he brings.
Every bone in my body will say, “LORD, is there anyone like you? You save the helpless from people stronger than they are, the helpless and the poor from those who rob them.”
You have seen it, LORD; do not keep silent. Lord, do not stay far away from me.
LORD my God, give judgment for me as your righteousness requires; let them not rejoice over me.
Let those who want to see me proved right shout with joy and be glad; let them say again and again, “The LORD is great! He is pleased when his servant has peace.”
For the music director. Of the servant of the LORD, of David.
LORD, your loyal love reaches up into the heavens, your faithfulness as high as the clouds.
Your righteousness stands like the mighty mountains; your judgments are deep as the ocean depths. LORD, you rescue people and animals alike.
Trust in the LORD and do what is good; make your home in the land and feed on faithfulness.
Make the LORD your joy, and he will grant what your heart asks.
Lay the course of your life on the LORD; rely on him, and he will step in.
Be silent before the LORD; wait for him with longing. Do not be upset by those whose way goes well, by people who put their plots into action.
Evildoers will be cut down, but those who look to the LORD in hope will take possession of the land.
The wicked will have their arms snapped, while the LORD keeps the righteous on their feet.
The LORD watches over every day the blameless live, and their share will last for all time.
The wicked are doomed to perish, and the LORD’s enemies will be like the bloom of the fields: they come to an end, and end in smoke.
The LORD makes a person’s steps secure when he takes pleasure in their way.
They may stumble, but they will not be thrown down, for the LORD holds them by the hand.
For the LORD loves what is just and will not abandon his faithful people. They are guarded for all time, while the line of the wicked comes to an end.
The LORD will not abandon them to the grip of their enemy; when they stand trial, he will not declare them guilty.
Put your hope in the LORD and keep to his way; he will raise you up to take possession of the land, and you will see the wicked cut off.
It is the LORD who saves the righteous; he is their fortress in days of distress.
The LORD helps them and sets them free; he pulls them from the grip of the wicked and keeps them safe, since they make him their refuge.
LORD, if you must rebuke me, let it not be in anger; if you discipline me, let it not be in fury.
LORD, my hope is fixed on you; you are the one who will answer, Lord my God.
Do not abandon me, LORD; my God, do not stay far from me.
LORD, let me know my end and how many days are measured out for me; let me understand how short-lived I am.
LORD, hear what I pray; turn your ear to my plea for help, and do not keep silent when I weep. I am only a guest with you, a foreigner passing through, just like my ancestors before me.
I waited and kept on waiting for the LORD, and he bent down toward me and listened to my cry for help.
He gave me a new song to sing, a hymn for our God. Many people will look on and be filled with awe, and they will put their trust in the LORD.
How blessed are those who make the LORD their trust, who do not turn to the arrogant or to those who wander off after lies!
LORD my God, you have done so many things, your wonders and your plans for us; no one can compare with you! If I tried to tell them all and speak of them, there would be more than I could count.
In the great assembly I have announced the good news of righteousness. I have not held my lips back; you know it, LORD.
And you, LORD, will not hold back your tender mercy from me; your loyal love and your truth will guard me always.
LORD, be willing to rescue me! LORD, hurry and help me!
But may everyone who looks for you shout for joy and find gladness in you; may those who love to see you save never stop saying, “How great the LORD is!”
How blessed are those who care about the weak! When trouble comes, the LORD will rescue them.
The LORD will protect them and keep them alive; they will be counted blessed in the land. Do not hand them over to the will of their enemies!
The LORD will hold them up on their sickbed; when they are ill, you turn their whole bed of sickness to health.
I said, “LORD, show me grace! Heal me, because it is you I have sinned against.”
But you, LORD, show me grace and lift me up, so that I can pay them back.
May the LORD, the God of Israel, be blessed from ages past to ages to come! Amen and amen.
By day the LORD sends out his loyal love, and at night his song stays with me, a prayer to the God who gives me life.
The LORD of Armies is on our side; the God of Jacob is our high fortress. Selah
Come, look at the deeds of the LORD, the havoc he has worked across the earth.
The LORD of Armies is on our side; the God of Jacob is our high fortress. Selah
For the LORD Most High inspires awe; he is the great King who rules the whole earth.
God has gone up amid shouting; the LORD has gone up as the ram’s horn sounds.
The LORD is great and deserves all praise in the city of our God, on his holy mountain.
What we had heard, we have now seen with our own eyes in the city of the LORD of Armies, the city of our God: God will make it stand firm forever. Selah
A psalm of Asaph. The Mighty One, God, the LORD, has spoken; he has called to the whole earth, from the sunrise to the sunset.
I will offer you a sacrifice of my own free will; LORD, I will thank you and honor your name, for it is good.
But I will cry out to God, and the LORD will come to save me.
Hand over to the LORD whatever weighs on you, and he will hold you up; never will he allow the righteous to stumble and fall.
In God, whose promise I celebrate, in the LORD, whose promise I celebrate,
God, smash the teeth in their mouths; LORD, rip out the young lions’ fangs!
Look, they lie in ambush for my life; powerful men band together against me, though I have not rebelled or sinned, LORD.
LORD God of Armies, God of Israel, rise up and call all the nations to account; have no pity on any who plot evil in their treachery. Selah
But you, LORD, laugh at them; you hold all the nations in derision.
May the righteous be glad in the LORD and make him their refuge; may all whose hearts are true give praise.
Why do you glare in envy, you many-peaked mountains, at the mountain God longed for as his home? There the LORD will live for all time.
Bless God in the great assemblies; bless the LORD, you who spring from Israel’s fountain.
But as for me, I pray to you, LORD, at a time you will accept; God, in your great loyal love, answer me with your faithful rescue.
Answer me, LORD, because your loyal love is good; in your great compassion, turn toward me.
That will delight the LORD more than an ox or a young bull with full-grown horns and hooves.
For the LORD hears the poor and does not look down on his people in chains.
God, come and rescue me! LORD, be quick to help me!
As for me, I am poor and in need; God, come to me quickly! You are my helper and the one who sets me free; LORD, do not hold back!
LORD, I have made you my refuge; never let me be disgraced.
Blessed be the LORD God, Israel’s God; only he works wonders.
Remember this, LORD: the enemy has jeered at you, and a foolish people has insulted your name.
For the LORD holds a cup in his hand, and the wine in it foams, richly spiced; he pours from it, and every wicked person on earth will have to drain it, dregs and all.
Vow to the LORD your God, and keep what you vow; let all who surround him bring tribute to the One who inspires fear.
We will not conceal them from their children; we will pass on to those who come after us the deeds for which the LORD is praised, his strength, and the marvels he has worked.
So when the LORD heard it, he was enraged; fire blazed up against Jacob, and his anger rose against Israel,
How long, LORD? Will you be angry without end? Must your jealousy keep burning like fire?
LORD God of Armies, how long will you seethe with anger even while your people pray?
LORD God of Armies, bring us back! Turn the light of your face on us, and we will be saved.
I am the LORD your God, the one who led you up out of Egypt’s land. Open your mouth as wide as you can, and I will fill it.
Those who hate the LORD would come cringing to him, and their doom would never end.
Load their faces with disgrace, so that they come seeking your name, LORD.
and let them come to know that your name is the LORD, that only you are Most High over the whole earth.
How deeply loved is your dwelling place, LORD of Armies!
My whole being longs, even aches, for the courts of the LORD; heart and body, I shout with joy to the living God.
The sparrow, too, has found itself a home, and the swallow has a nest where it keeps its young, beside your altars, LORD of Armies, my King and my God.
LORD God of Armies, hear my prayer; turn your ear to me, God of Jacob! Selah
For the LORD God is both sun and shield; the LORD gives favor and honor; from those who walk blamelessly he keeps back nothing good.
LORD of Armies, how blessed is anyone who trusts in you!
You were pleased with your land, LORD; you brought Jacob’s fortunes back.
Let us see your loyal love, LORD, and give us your salvation.
I am listening for what God, the LORD, will say: he will speak of peace to his people, to those who are loyal to him; only let them not slide back into foolishness.
The LORD will surely give good things, and our soil will bring forth its crops.
A prayer of David. LORD, turn your ear toward me and answer, because I am afflicted and in need.
LORD, turn your ear to my prayer; pay attention to my voice as I plead for mercy.
LORD, teach me your way, and I will live by your truth; give me a heart set on one thing, to revere your name.
Give me a sign that you mean me good, so that those who hate me see it and are left ashamed, because you, LORD, have come to my aid and brought me comfort.
The gates of Zion are dearer to the LORD than all the places where Jacob’s people live.
As the LORD lists the peoples in his record, he will write, “This one was born there.” Selah
LORD, God who saves me, I have cried for help by day, and at night I am before you.
My eyes are worn out with misery. Day after day I call on you, LORD, holding out my hands to you.
As for me, LORD, I keep calling to you for help; at dawn my prayer is there to meet you.
LORD, why do you cast me off? Why do you turn your face away from me?
Forever I will sing of the loyal love the LORD has shown; to one generation after another my mouth will tell how faithful you are.
The heavens give thanks for your wonders, LORD, and for your faithfulness in the gathering of the holy ones.
For who in the clouds above is the LORD’s equal? Which of the heavenly powers is like the LORD?
LORD God of Armies, who is as strong as you, LORD? Your faithfulness surrounds you on every side.
How blessed are the people who have learned to shout for joy in worship; LORD, they live in the light of your presence.
For the shield that protects us is the LORD’s, and the king who rules us belongs to the Holy One of Israel.
How long, LORD? Will you keep yourself hidden forever? Will your anger go on burning like fire?
the insults your enemies have hurled, LORD, the taunts that have dogged every step of your anointed king.
May the LORD be blessed forever! Amen and amen.
Turn back to us, LORD! How long must we wait? Show pity to your servants.
This is what I say about the LORD: “He is my shelter and my stronghold, my God, the one I rely on.”
For you, LORD, are my refuge! You have made the Most High your home.
It is a good thing to thank the LORD, to sing and play in praise of your name, Most High,
For your deeds, LORD, have filled me with joy; I sing out over all that your hands have made.
LORD, how great the things you do! How very deep your plans!
But you, LORD, are enthroned on high for all time.
Look at your enemies, LORD! Look, your enemies are doomed; everyone who does evil will be driven apart.
Rooted in the LORD’s house, they will bloom in the courtyards of our God.
bearing witness that the LORD is just: my rock, in whom nothing is crooked.
The LORD is King! He has put on majesty like a robe; the LORD has dressed himself and tied on strength like a belt. The world stands firm; nothing can shake it.
The rivers have risen, LORD; the rivers have raised their roar; the rivers lift high their crashing waves.
Above the roar of the great waters, above the crash of the ocean’s breakers, the LORD is majestic on high.
Your decrees can be fully trusted; holiness suits your house, LORD, for all time to come.
God of retribution, LORD, God of retribution, shine out!
LORD, how much longer will the wicked, how much longer will the wicked celebrate?
They grind down your people, LORD; they oppress the nation that belongs to you.
The LORD knows what humans are thinking, and that their thoughts are only a puff of air.
The LORD will not reject his people; he will never desert those who belong to him.
If the LORD had not helped me, I would soon have been living where all is silent.
The moment I said, “My foot is giving way,” your loyal love, LORD, held me up.
But the LORD has proved to be my high fortress; my God has been a rock that shelters me.
He will make their evil recoil on them and put an end to them through their own wickedness; the LORD our God will put an end to them.
Come, let us sing out with joy to the LORD and raise a glad shout to the Rock who saves us.
For the LORD is a mighty God, a mighty King high over all gods,
Come, let us bow down to the ground and bend low; let us kneel in front of the LORD, the one who made us.
Sing a new song to the LORD! All the earth, sing to the LORD!
Raise your song to the LORD; bless his name. Day after day announce the good news of how he saves.
For the LORD is great and worthy of the highest praise; he must be revered above every god.
For every god the peoples serve is a mere nothing, an idol, but it was the LORD who made the heavens.
Give the LORD what is due, you families of the nations; give the LORD glory and might.
Give the LORD the glory his name deserves; bring a gift and enter his courts.
Bow low before the LORD in holy splendor; tremble in his presence, all the earth.
Tell the nations, “The LORD is King! The world stands firm; nothing can make it totter. He will judge the peoples fairly.”
in the presence of the LORD, for he is on the way, on the way to judge the earth. He will bring justice to the world and judge its peoples by his own faithfulness.
The LORD is King! Let the earth be glad, and the many far-off coastlands celebrate.
In the presence of the LORD the mountains soften like wax, in the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.
Zion hears of it and is filled with joy; the towns of Judah celebrate your acts of justice, LORD.
For it is you, LORD, who are Most High over the whole earth; you are lifted far above every god.
All who love the LORD, hate what is evil! He watches over the lives of his faithful people and rescues them from the power of the wicked.
Be glad in the LORD, you righteous people, and thank him, calling his holy name to mind.
A psalm. Sing the LORD a new song because of the wonders he has done! By his own right hand and his holy arm he has won the victory.
The LORD has let his saving power be known; he has shown his justice openly for the nations to see.
Raise a glad shout to the LORD, all the earth; burst into joyful song and make music!
Make music for the LORD on the lyre, the lyre and the voice of song!
With trumpets and the ram’s horn sounding, lift a glad shout before the King, the LORD.
in the presence of the LORD, for he is on the way to judge the earth. He will govern the world rightly and the peoples with fairness.
The LORD is King; let the peoples shudder! He is seated on the cherubim as on a throne; let the earth shake!
In Zion the LORD is great; he towers over all the peoples.
Lift high the LORD our God, and bow low at his footstool. He is holy!
Among his priests were Moses and Aaron, and among those who called on his name was Samuel; they called out to the LORD, and he answered them.
LORD our God, it was you who answered them. To them you were a God who forgives, yet one who punished their wrongs.
Lift high the LORD our God, and bow low on his holy hill, because the LORD our God is holy.
A psalm for giving thanks. Raise a glad shout to the LORD, all the earth!
Serve the LORD and be glad doing it; come before him with ringing cries of joy.
Be sure of this: the LORD is God! He is the one who made us, and we belong to him. We are his people, the flock he pastures.
For the LORD is good; his loyal love has no end, and his faithfulness stands from one generation to the next.
Of David. A psalm. Loyal love and justice will be my song; LORD, I will make music for you.
Each morning I will make an end of the wicked in the land, and rid the city of the LORD of all who do wrong.
A prayer of someone in deep trouble, who is worn out and pours out a complaint before the LORD.
LORD, listen to my prayer; let my call for help reach you.
But you, LORD, are King on your throne forever, and your name lives on from one generation to the next.
Then nations will stand in awe of the name of the LORD, and every king on earth will tremble at your glory.
For the LORD will build Zion again; he will be seen in all his glory.
that the LORD bent down from his holy heights and looked out from heaven over the earth,
so that people may make the LORD’s name known in Zion and sing his praise in Jerusalem,
when nations and kingdoms all gather to serve the LORD.
Of David. Bless the LORD, my soul; let all that is deep within me bless his holy name.
Bless the LORD, my soul, and never forget all that he has done for you,
The LORD acts to set things right and gives justice to all who are crushed by others.
Tender and gracious is the LORD, slow to anger, rich in loyal love.
Just as a father feels for his children, the LORD feels tender love for all who fear him.
But the loyal love of the LORD lasts from age to age on all who fear him, while his righteousness reaches their children’s children,
The LORD has fixed his throne in heaven; his royal power reigns over all there is.
Bless the LORD, you angels of his, strong warriors who carry out what he says and listen for the sound of his word.
Bless the LORD, all his armies, his attendants who carry out what he wants.
Bless the LORD, all that he has made, everywhere under his rule. Bless the LORD, my soul.
Bless the LORD, my soul. LORD my God, how great you are! Splendor and majesty are the robes you wear,
The LORD’s trees have all the water they need, the cedars he planted on Lebanon,
LORD, how many and varied your works are! You made them all with skill and wisdom; the earth is crowded with what you have made.
Let the glory of the LORD stand forever; let the LORD be glad in the things he has made,
All my life long I will sing to the LORD; while I am still here I will make music to my God.
Let what I ponder bring him pleasure; as for me, my joy is in the LORD.
Let sinners be wiped out from the earth, and let no wicked people be left. Bless the LORD, my soul. Praise the LORD!
Thank the LORD and call on his name; tell every people what he has done.
Take pride in his holy name; let all who look to the LORD be glad at heart.
Turn to the LORD and to his strength; come into his presence again and again.
He, the LORD, is our God; his rulings reach the whole earth.
until the day his own words came true; the word of the LORD refined him.
Praise the LORD! Give the LORD thanks, for he is good; his loyal love lasts forever.
Who can put into words the mighty deeds of the LORD or tell out all the praise he deserves?
LORD, think of me when you favor your people; come to me with your saving help,
They turned jealous of Moses there in the camp, and of Aaron, the man set apart as holy to the LORD.
They muttered in their tents and would not heed the voice of the LORD.
They did not wipe out the peoples the LORD had told them to destroy,
So the LORD burned with anger against his people and came to loathe his own possession.
Rescue us, LORD our God, and bring us back together from among the nations, so that we may thank your holy name and make our boast in praising you.
May the LORD, the God of Israel, be blessed from ages past to ages to come! And let all the people answer, “Amen!” Praise the LORD!
Give the LORD thanks, for he is good; his loyal love lasts forever.
Let those whom the LORD has bought back say it, those he freed from the grip of the enemy,
In their distress they called out to the LORD, and he rescued them from their troubles.
Let them give the LORD thanks for his loyal love and for the wonders he works for humankind.
In their distress they called out to the LORD, and he saved them from their troubles.
Let them give the LORD thanks for his loyal love and for the wonders he works for humankind.
In their distress they called out to the LORD, and he saved them from their troubles.
Let them give the LORD thanks for his loyal love and for the wonders he works for humankind.
they saw for themselves what the LORD does, his marvels out on the deep.
In their distress they called out to the LORD, and he brought them out from their troubles.
Let them give the LORD thanks for his loyal love and for the wonders he works for humankind.
Whoever is wise should mark these things and ponder the loyal love the LORD has shown again and again.
LORD, I will thank you before all peoples; I will sing your praise in every nation.
May the LORD keep in mind the guilt of his ancestors, and may his mother’s sin never be erased.
May their sins stay always before the LORD, and may he wipe out all memory of them from the earth.
May this be how the LORD repays my accusers, those who speak evil against me.
LORD my God, come to my help! Save me, true to your loyal love.
Make them see that this is your own hand at work, that you, LORD, are the one who did it.
My lips will thank the LORD over and over; I will praise him in the middle of the crowd.
Of David. A psalm. The LORD declares to my lord: “Take your seat at my right hand, while I lay your enemies beneath your feet like a footstool.”
From Zion the LORD will stretch out the scepter of your power: rule where your enemies surround you!
The LORD has taken an oath and will not take it back: “You are a priest for all time, after the pattern of Melchizedek.”
Praise the LORD! I will thank the LORD with all my heart where upright people gather, in the whole assembly.
The deeds of the LORD are great; all who take pleasure in them search them out.
He has set up a memorial of his wonderful deeds; the LORD is gracious and tender in mercy.
The fear of the LORD is where wisdom begins; all who carry them out show good sense. His praise stands for all time.
Praise the LORD! How blessed are all who fear the LORD, whose great delight is in his commands!
Bad news does not frighten them; their hearts stand firm because they trust in the LORD.
Praise the LORD! You who serve the LORD, give praise; give praise to the name of the LORD!
May the name of the LORD be blessed from now on and for all time.
From where the sun comes up to where it goes down, the name of the LORD is worthy of praise.
The LORD is lifted high over every nation; his glory rises above the heavens.
Who can compare with the LORD our God, who has taken his seat on high,
Do not give us the glory, LORD, do not give it to us. Give it to your name, for the sake of your loyal love and your faithfulness.
People of Israel, put your trust in the LORD! He is the one who helps them and shields them.
House of Aaron, put your trust in the LORD! He is the one who helps them and shields them.
You who fear the LORD, put your trust in the LORD! He is the one who helps them and shields them.
The LORD has kept us in mind, and he will bless: he will bless the people of Israel, he will bless the family of Aaron.
He will bless all who fear the LORD, the least of them and the greatest alike.
May the LORD make you grow in number, you and your children too.
You are blessed by the LORD, the one who made the heavens and the earth.
The heavens are the LORD’s own heavens; the earth he has handed over to humankind.
I love the LORD, for he listens when I call to him and plead for mercy.
So I cried out to the LORD by name: Please, LORD, save my life!
The LORD shows grace and does what is right; our God is tender and merciful.
The LORD keeps watch over people with no defense; when I sank down helpless, he rescued me.
Come back to your rest, my soul, because the LORD has treated you with kindness.
I will go about my life in the presence of the LORD, here in the lands of the living.
What return can I make to the LORD for all his kindness to me?
I will lift high the cup of salvation and call out the name of the LORD.
What I promised the LORD I will carry out, with all his people looking on.
The death of his loyal ones weighs heavily in the sight of the LORD.
Yes, LORD, I belong to you as your servant, a servant born to your servant woman; you have untied the ropes that bound me.
I will bring you a thank offering and call on the LORD by name.
What I promised the LORD I will carry out, with all his people looking on,
in the courts of the LORD’s house, within you, Jerusalem. Praise the LORD!
Praise the LORD, every nation! Sing his praises, all you peoples!
For his loyal love toward us is overwhelming, and the LORD stays faithful forever. Praise the LORD!
Give the LORD thanks, for he is good; his loyal love lasts forever.
Let those who fear the LORD say it now: “His loyal love lasts forever.”
With the LORD for me, I have no fear. What can any human being do to me?
The LORD is with me as my helper, and I will see the downfall of those who hate me.
It is better to make the LORD your refuge than to rely on human beings.
It is better to make the LORD your refuge than to rely on princes.
All the nations closed in around me; in the name of the LORD I drove them back.
They closed in around me, yes, they closed in on every side; in the name of the LORD I drove them back.
They came at me like a swarm of bees, but they burned out like a fire in thornbushes; in the name of the LORD I drove them back.
You shoved me hard to make me fall, but the LORD came to my help.
The tents of the righteous ring with glad shouts of rescue: “The right hand of the LORD acts with power!
The right hand of the LORD is raised in triumph; the right hand of the LORD acts with power!”
This is the LORD’s gate; those who are righteous may pass through it.
This has come from the LORD; we look on it with wonder.
This is the day on which the LORD has acted; let us celebrate and be glad because of it.
LORD, we beg you, save us! LORD, we beg you, give us success!
Blessings on the one who comes in the LORD’s name! Out of the LORD’s house we speak a blessing over you.
The LORD is God; he has given us light. Tie the festival offering with ropes and bring it right to the altar’s horns.
Give the LORD thanks, for he is good; his loyal love lasts forever.
How blessed are those whose way of life is without fault, who walk by the instruction of the LORD!
All praise to you, LORD! Teach me your statutes.
I have held tight to your decrees, LORD; let me not be disgraced.
Show me, LORD, the path of your statutes, and I will hold to it to the very end.
Let your loyal love reach me, LORD, and your rescue, as your promise assured me.
I call to mind your rulings from long ago, LORD, and I find comfort.
Through the night I think of your name, LORD, and I hold to your instruction.
The LORD is my share in life; I have said that I will hold to your words.
LORD, your loyal love fills all the earth; teach me your statutes.
LORD, you have treated your servant well, just as your word said.
I know, LORD, that your rulings are just, and that you brought me low because you are faithful.
LORD, your word lasts forever; it is fixed in place in the heavens.
I am bowed down with trouble; LORD, give me life as your word has said.
LORD, please accept the praise I freely offer, and teach me your rulings.
The time has come for the LORD to act, for people have broken your instruction.
LORD, you are just in all you do, and your rulings are straight and true.
With my whole heart I call to you; LORD, answer me! I will keep your statutes.
Hear my voice because of your loyal love; LORD, give me life in keeping with your justice.
But you, LORD, are close at hand, and every one of your commands is truth.
Great is your compassion, LORD; give me life as your rulings direct.
Look how much I love your precepts! LORD, give me life because of your loyal love.
LORD, I look in hope for your salvation, and I carry out your commands.
LORD, let my cry come close to you; give me understanding as your word has said.
LORD, I yearn for you to save me, and your instruction is my joy.
A song of ascents. When I was in trouble I cried out to the LORD, and he gave me an answer.
LORD, rescue me from people whose lips tell lies, whose tongues deceive.
My help is from the LORD, the one who made heaven and earth.
The LORD is the one who guards you; The LORD is shade at your right side.
The LORD will guard you against every harm; he will guard your very life.
The LORD will guard you as you set out and as you return, from now on and for all time.
A song of ascents. Of David. I was full of joy when they said to me, “Come, let us set out for the house of the LORD!”
where the tribes make their way up, the tribes that belong to the LORD, as was decreed for Israel, to give thanks to the name of the LORD.
Because the house of the LORD our God is here, I will work for what is good for you.
Servants watch the hand of their master, and a servant woman watches the hand of the woman she serves. In the same way we keep our eyes on the LORD our God, waiting for him to show us favor.
Show us favor, LORD, show us favor, for we have swallowed more contempt than we can bear.
A song of ascents. Of David. Let Israel say it now: if the LORD had not stood with us,
if the LORD had not stood with us when people rose up against us,
Blessed be the LORD! He did not give us up to be torn apart by their teeth.
We find our help in the name of the LORD, the one who made heaven and earth.
A song of ascents. Whoever trusts in the LORD is like Mount Zion: nothing can shake it; it stays in place forever.
Mountains ring Jerusalem all around, and the LORD is all around his people, from now on and forever.
LORD, be good to good people, to all whose hearts are upright.
But as for people who wander off onto crooked paths, the LORD will drive them away with all who do evil. May Israel have peace!
A song of ascents. When the LORD turned things around for Zion, we were like people in a dream.
Then we laughed and laughed, and our tongues rang with joyful shouts. Then people among the nations said, “What great things the LORD has done for them!”
Great things indeed the LORD has done for us, and how glad we were!
LORD, restore us again, as the rains bring the dry streams of the Negev back to life.
A song of ascents. Of Solomon. If the LORD does not build the house, the work of its builders comes to nothing. If the LORD does not guard the city, the watchman’s sleepless night is wasted.
Children are a gift handed down from the LORD; the fruit of the womb is a reward.
A song of ascents. How blessed is everyone who fears the LORD and lives the way he directs!
See how the one who fears the LORD will be blessed!
May the LORD send you blessing from Zion, and may you look on Jerusalem’s good fortune as long as you live,
The LORD does what is right: he has cut through the ropes of the wicked.
and no one passing by calls out, “The LORD’s blessing be on you! We bless you in the name of the LORD!”
A song of ascents. From the deep waters I call to you, LORD.
I am waiting for the LORD; with all that I am I wait, and I hope in what he has promised.
Israel, wait in hope for the LORD! For loyal love is found with the LORD, and with him is redemption in full measure.
A song of ascents. Of David. LORD, there is no pride in my heart, no arrogance in my eyes. I do not go after things too great for me, or too wonderful for me to grasp.
Israel, wait in hope for the LORD, from now on and forever.
A song of ascents. LORD, remember David and all the hardship he went through,
how he made an oath to the LORD and a vow to the Mighty One of Jacob,
until I have found the LORD a place to stay, a home for the Mighty One of Jacob.”
Rise up, LORD! Come to the place where you will rest, you and the ark of your might.
The LORD has given David his word on oath, a true word he will never take back: “I will place a child of your own body on your throne.
For the LORD chose Zion; he longed to make it his home.
like the dew of Hermon coming down on the hills of Zion. For it is there that the LORD has decreed the blessing, life without end.
A song of ascents. Now bless the LORD, every servant of the LORD who stands night after night in the house of the LORD!
Raise your hands toward the sanctuary, and bless the LORD!
From Zion may the LORD, the one who made heaven and earth, bless you.
Praise the LORD! Praise the name of the LORD; give him praise, you servants of the LORD,
who stand in the house of the LORD, in the courtyards of the house of our God.
Praise the LORD, for the LORD is good; make music to his name, for that is a delight.
I am sure of it: the LORD is great, and our Lord stands above all gods.
Whatever the LORD chooses to do, he does it, in the heavens, on the earth, in the seas and in all the ocean depths.
LORD, your name will last forever; LORD, people will remember you in every generation.
For the LORD will take up the cause of his people and show pity to his servants.
People of Israel, bless the LORD! Family of Aaron, bless the LORD!
Family of Levi, bless the LORD! All who fear the LORD, bless the LORD!
May the LORD be blessed from Zion, he who lives in Jerusalem. Praise the LORD!
Give the LORD thanks, for he is good; his loyal love lasts forever.
How could we sing the LORD’s song in a land of strangers?
LORD, hold the day of Jerusalem’s fall against the Edomites, who shouted, “Strip it, strip it bare, right down to its foundations!”
LORD, every king on earth will give you thanks, because they have heard the words you spoke.
They will sing of the LORD’s ways, because the glory of the LORD is so great.
The LORD is high, yet he looks upon those who are low; the proud he knows from a distance.
The LORD will carry out his plan for me. LORD, your loyal love lasts forever; do not let go of what your hands have made.
For the music director. Of David. A psalm. LORD, you have looked deep into me, and you know me.
No word is yet on my tongue, and already, LORD, you know the whole of it.
LORD, how could I not hate those who hate you, or feel disgust for those who rise up against you?
LORD, rescue me from evil people; keep me safe from those who do violence,
LORD, guard me from the clutches of the wicked; shield me from violent people who are scheming to make me fall.
I have told the LORD, “You are my God.” Turn your ear, LORD, to the sound of my pleading.
LORD, do not give the wicked what they crave; do not let their scheme succeed, or they will grow proud. Selah
I know that the LORD will take up the case of the oppressed and see that the needy get justice.
A psalm of David. LORD, I am calling to you; come to me quickly. Hear my voice as I cry out to you.
LORD, station a guard at my mouth; keep a sentry at the doorway of my lips.
I call out loud to the LORD; I raise my voice to the LORD, pleading for mercy.
I cry out to you, LORD. I say, “You are my shelter, all I have in the land of the living.”
A psalm of David. LORD, hear my prayer; listen as I plead for mercy. Answer me in your faithfulness and in your righteousness.
LORD, hurry and answer me; my spirit is failing. Do not keep your face hidden from me, or I will become one of those who sink into the pit.
Snatch me from my enemies, LORD; I have taken cover with you.
LORD, for the honor of your name, keep me alive; in your righteousness lead me out of my distress.
Of David. Blessed be the LORD, my rock, the one who teaches my hands to fight and my fingers to make war.
LORD, what are human beings, that you take notice of them, mere mortals, that you give them a thought?
LORD, bow your heavens low and come down; touch the mountains and make them pour out smoke.
How blessed the people who live like this! How blessed the people who have the LORD as their God!
The LORD is great, worthy of the highest praise, and there is no searching out the depth of his greatness.
The LORD is full of grace and compassion, slow to anger and great in loyal love.
The LORD is good to everyone; his compassion covers all that he has made.
LORD, all your works will thank you, and your faithful people will bless you.
The LORD holds up everyone who stumbles and raises all who are bent low.
In all his ways the LORD is righteous; in all his deeds he is faithful.
The LORD is close to everyone who calls to him, to all who call to him sincerely.
The LORD guards everyone who loves him, but he will wipe out all the wicked.
With my own mouth I will speak praise to the LORD; may all creatures bless his holy name for all time to come.
Praise the LORD! My soul, praise the LORD!
All my life I will praise the LORD; as long as I exist I will make music for my God.
How blessed are those who have the God of Jacob to help them, whose hope rests on the LORD their God!
who brings justice to the oppressed and provides bread for the hungry. The LORD releases the prisoners;
The LORD makes the blind see; the LORD raises up those bent low; the LORD loves people who are righteous;
The LORD protects the foreigners living in the land; he upholds the orphan and the widow, but he overturns the way of the wicked.
The LORD will rule as King forever; Zion, your God will reign from one generation to the next. Praise the LORD!
The LORD is rebuilding Jerusalem; he is bringing together Israel’s scattered exiles.
The LORD lifts up the lowly and throws the wicked down to the earth.
Sing out to the LORD with thanks; make music for our God on the lyre,
What pleases the LORD is people who revere him and look with hope to his loyal love.
Jerusalem, glorify the LORD! Zion, praise your God!
Praise the LORD! Let the heavens praise the LORD; let the heights above give him praise!
May they praise the name of the LORD; at his command they came into being.
From the earth below, praise the LORD, sea monsters and all the watery deeps,
Let them all bring praise to the name of the LORD, since his name alone is lifted high; his splendor towers over earth and sky.
Praise the LORD! Sing a new song to the LORD; sing his praise where the faithful gather!
For the LORD is pleased with his people; he dresses the humble in the beauty of salvation.