1  ^tGive thanks to the Lord, for he is good,

for ^uhis steadfast love endures forever.

2  Give thanks to the ^vGod of gods,

for his steadfast love endures forever.

3  Give thanks to the ^wLord of lords,

for his steadfast love endures forever;

4  to him who alone does great wonders,

for his steadfast love endures forever;

5  to him who ^xby understanding ^ymade the heavens,

for his steadfast love endures forever;

6  to him who ^zspread out the earth above the waters,

for his steadfast love endures forever;

7  to him who ^amade the ^bgreat lights,

for his steadfast love endures forever;

8  the sun to rule over the day,

for his steadfast love endures forever;

9  the moon and stars to rule over the night,

for his steadfast love endures forever;

10  to him who ^cstruck down the firstborn of Egypt,

for his steadfast love endures forever;

11  and ^dbrought Israel out from among them,

for his steadfast love endures forever;

12  with a strong hand and an outstretched arm,

for his steadfast love endures forever;

13  to him who ^edivided the Red Sea in two,

for his steadfast love endures forever;

14  and made Israel pass through the midst of it,

for his steadfast love endures forever;

15  but ^foverthrew¹ Pharaoh and his host in the Red Sea,

for his steadfast love endures forever;

16  to him who ^gled his people through the wilderness,

for his steadfast love endures forever;

17  ^hto him who struck down great kings,

for his steadfast love endures forever;

18  and killed mighty kings,

for his steadfast love endures forever;

19  ⁱSihon, king of the Amorites,

for his steadfast love endures forever;

20  and ^jOg, king of Bashan,

for his steadfast love endures forever;

21  and gave their land as a heritage,

for his steadfast love endures forever;

22  a heritage to Israel his servant,

for his steadfast love endures forever.

23  It is he who remembered us in our low estate,

for his steadfast love endures forever;

24  and rescued us from our foes,

for his steadfast love endures forever;

25  he who ^kgives food to all flesh,

for his steadfast love endures forever.

26  Give thanks to the God of heaven,

for his steadfast love endures forever.

1  By the waters of ^lBabylon,

^mthere we sat down and wept,

when we remembered Zion.

2  On the willows¹ there

we hung up our lyres.

3  For there our captors

required of us songs,

and our tormentors, mirth, saying,

“Sing us one of the songs of Zion!”

4  How shall we sing the Lord’s song

in a foreign land?

5  If I ⁿforget you, O Jerusalem,

let my right hand forget its skill!

6  Let my ^otongue stick to the roof of my mouth,

if I do not remember you,

if I do not set Jerusalem

above my highest joy!

7  ^pRemember, O Lord, against the Edomites

^qthe day of Jerusalem,

how they said, “Lay it bare, lay it bare,

down to its foundations!”

8  O daughter of Babylon, doomed to be destroyed,

blessed shall he be who ^rrepays you

with what you have done to us!

9  Blessed shall he be who takes your little ones

and ^sdashes them against the rock!

1  Praise the Lord!

Praise the Lord, O my soul!

2  I will praise the Lord as long as I live;

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

3  ^vPut not your trust in princes,

in a son of man, ^win whom there is no salvation.

4  When his breath departs, he ^xreturns to the earth;

on that very day his plans perish.

5  ^yBlessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob,

whose ^zhope is in the Lord his God,

6  who made heaven and earth,

the sea, and all that is in them,

who keeps faith forever;

7  who executes ^ajustice for the oppressed,

who ^bgives food to the hungry.

^cThe Lord ^dsets the prisoners free;

8  the Lord opens the eyes of the blind.

The Lord ^elifts up those who are bowed down;

the Lord loves the righteous.

9  ^fThe Lord watches over the sojourners;

he upholds the widow and the fatherless,

but the way of the wicked he brings to ruin.

10  The Lord will reign ^gforever,

your God, O Zion, to all generations.

Praise the Lord!

1  Praise the Lord!

^hFor it is good to sing praises to our God;

ⁱfor it is pleasant,¹ and a song of ^jpraise is fitting.

2  ^kThe Lord builds up Jerusalem;

he ^lgathers the outcasts of Israel.

3  He ^mheals the ⁿbrokenhearted

and binds up their wounds.

4  ^oHe determines the number of the stars;

he gives to all of them their names.

5  Great is our Lord, and abundant in power;

his understanding is ^pbeyond measure.

6  ^qThe Lord lifts up the humble;²

he ^rcasts the wicked to the ground.

7  Sing to the Lord with thanksgiving;

^smake melody to our God on the lyre!

8  He covers the heavens with clouds;

^the prepares rain for the earth;

he makes grass grow on the hills.

9  ^uHe gives to the beasts their food,

and to the young ravens that cry.

10  His delight is not in the strength of the horse,

nor his pleasure in the legs of a man,

11  but the Lord ^vtakes pleasure in those who fear him,

in those who ^whope in his steadfast love.

12  Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem!

Praise your God, O Zion!

13  For he strengthens the bars of your gates;

he blesses your children within you.

14  He makes peace in your borders;

he fills you with the finest of the wheat.

15  He sends out his command to the earth;

his word runs swiftly.

16  He gives ^xsnow like wool;

he scatters ^yfrost like ashes.

17  He hurls down his crystals of ^zice like crumbs;

who can stand before his cold?

18  He sends out his word, and melts them;

^ahe makes his wind blow and the waters flow.

19  ^bHe declares his word to Jacob,

his ^cstatutes and rules³ to Israel.

20  ^dHe has not dealt thus with any other nation;

they do not know his rules.⁴

Praise the Lord!