1  ^aBlessed is the man¹

who walks not in the ^bcounsel of the wicked,

nor stands in the way of sinners,

nor sits in the seat of scoffers;

2  but his ^cdelight is in the law² of the Lord,

and on his law he ^dmeditates day and night.

3  ^eHe is like a tree

planted by streams of water

that ^fyields its fruit in its season,

and its leaf does not wither.

In all that he does, he ^gprospers.

4  The wicked are not so,

but are like chaff that the wind drives away.

5  Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment,

nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous;

6  for ^hthe Lord knows the way of the righteous,

but the way of the wicked will perish.

1  ⁱWhy do the nations rage³

and the peoples plot in vain?

2  The kings of the earth set themselves,

and the rulers take counsel together,

against the Lord and against his ^jAnointed, saying,

3  “Let us burst their bonds apart

and cast away their cords from us.”

4  He who sits in the heavens ^klaughs;

the Lord holds them in derision.

5  Then he will speak to them in his wrath,

and terrify them in his fury, saying,

6  “As for me, I have set my King

on Zion, my holy hill.”

7  I will tell of the decree:

^lThe Lord said to me, ^m“You are my ⁿSon;

today I have begotten you.

8  Ask of me, and I will make the nations your heritage,

and the ^oends of the earth your possession.

9  ^pYou shall break⁴ them with a ^qrod of iron

and dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.”

10  Now therefore, O kings, be wise;

be warned, O rulers of the earth.

11  Serve the Lord with fear,

and rejoice with trembling.

12  ^rKiss the Son,

lest he be angry, and you perish in the way,

for his wrath is quickly kindled.

^sBlessed are all who take refuge in him.

1  Praise the Lord!

^zPraise, O servants of the Lord,

praise the name of the Lord!

2  ^aBlessed be the name of the Lord

^bfrom this time forth and forevermore!

3  ^cFrom the rising of the sun to its setting,

the name of the Lord is to be praised!

4  The Lord is high ^dabove all nations,

and ^ehis glory above the heavens!

5  ^fWho is like the Lord our God,

who is seated on high,

6  who looks far down

on the heavens and the earth?

7  ^gHe raises the poor from the dust

and lifts the needy from the ash heap,

8  to make them sit with princes,

with the princes of his people.

9  ^hHe gives the barren woman a home,

ⁱmaking her the joyous mother of children.

Praise the Lord!

1  ^jWhen Israel went out from Egypt,

the house of Jacob from a people of strange language,

2  ^kJudah became his sanctuary,

Israel his dominion.

3  ^lThe sea looked and fled;

^mJordan turned back.

4  The mountains ⁿskipped like rams,

the hills like lambs.

5  What ails you, O sea, that you flee?

O Jordan, that you turn back?

6  O mountains, that you skip like rams?

O hills, like lambs?

7  ^oTremble, O earth, at the presence of the Lord,

at the presence of the God of Jacob,

8  ^pwho turns the rock into a pool of water,

the ^qflint into a spring of water.

1  ^rNot to us, O Lord, not to us, but to your name give glory,

^sfor the sake of your steadfast love and your faithfulness!

2  Why should the nations say,

^t“Where is their God?”

3  Our God is in the heavens;

^uhe does all that he pleases.

4  ^vTheir idols are silver and gold,

the work of human hands.

5  ^wThey have mouths, but do not speak;

eyes, but do not see.

6  They have ears, but do not hear;

noses, but do not smell.

7  They have hands, but do not feel;

feet, but do not walk;

and they do not make a sound in their throat.

8  ^xThose who make them become like them;

so do all who trust in them.

9  O Israel,^{1 y}trust ^zin the Lord!

He is their help and their ^ashield.

10  O house of Aaron, trust in the Lord!

He is their help and their shield.

11  You who fear the Lord, trust in the Lord!

He is their help and their shield.

12  The Lord has remembered us; he will bless us;

he will bless the house of Israel;

he will bless the house of Aaron;

13  he will ^bbless those who fear the Lord,

^cboth the small and the great.

14  May the Lord ^dgive you increase,

you and your children!

15  May you be blessed by the Lord,

who made heaven and earth!

16  The heavens are the Lord’s heavens,

but the earth he has given to the children of man.

17  ^eThe dead do not praise the Lord,

nor do any who go down into silence.

18  But we will bless the Lord

^ffrom this time forth and forevermore.

Praise the Lord!

1  I love the Lord, because he has heard

my voice and my pleas for mercy.

2  Because he inclined his ear to me,

therefore I will call on him as long as I live.

3  The ^gsnares of death encompassed me;

the pangs of Sheol laid hold on me;

I suffered distress and anguish.

4  Then I ^hcalled on the name of the Lord:

“O Lord, I pray, deliver my soul!”

5  Gracious is the Lord, and righteous;

our God is merciful.

6  The Lord preserves the simple;

when I was brought low, he saved me.

7  Return, O my soul, to your ⁱrest;

for the Lord has dealt bountifully with you.

8  For you have ^jdelivered my soul from death,

my eyes from tears,

my feet from stumbling;

9  I will ^kwalk before the Lord

in the land of the living.

10  ^lI believed, even when² I spoke:

“I am greatly afflicted”;

11  ^mI said in my alarm,

“All mankind are liars.”

12  What shall I render to the Lord

for all his benefits to me?

13  I will lift up the cup of salvation

and call on the name of the Lord,

14  I will pay my vows to the Lord

in the presence of all his people.

15  ⁿPrecious in the sight of the Lord

is the death of his saints.

16  O Lord, I am your servant;

I am ^oyour servant, the son of your maidservant.

You have loosed my bonds.

17  I will offer to you the ^psacrifice of thanksgiving

and call on the name of the Lord.

18  I will pay my vows to the Lord

in the presence of all his people,

19  in the courts of the house of the Lord,

in your midst, O Jerusalem.

Praise the Lord!

1  ^qPraise the Lord, all nations!

Extol him, ^rall peoples!

2  For ^sgreat is his steadfast love toward us,

and the faithfulness of the Lord endures forever.

Praise the Lord!

1  Oh ^tgive thanks to the Lord, for he is good;

for his steadfast love endures forever!

2  ^uLet Israel say,

“His steadfast love endures forever.”

3  Let the house of Aaron say,

“His steadfast love endures forever.”

4  Let those who fear the Lord say,

“His steadfast love endures forever.”

5  ^vOut of my distress I called on the Lord;

the Lord answered me and set me free.

6  ^wThe Lord is ^xon my side; ^yI will not fear.

What can man do to me?

7  The Lord is on my side as my helper;

I shall ^zlook in triumph on those who hate me.

8  It is better to take refuge in the Lord

than to trust in man.

9  It is better to take refuge in the Lord

^athan to trust in princes.

10  All nations surrounded me;

in the name of the Lord I cut them off!

11  They surrounded me, surrounded me on every side;

in the name of the Lord I cut them off!

12  They surrounded me ^blike bees;

they went out like a fire among thorns;

in the name of the Lord I cut them off!

13  I was pushed hard,³ so that I was falling,

but the Lord helped me.

14  ^cThe Lord is my strength and my song;

he has become my salvation.

15  Glad songs of salvation

are in the tents of the righteous:

“The right hand of the Lord does valiantly,

16  the right hand of the Lord exalts,

the right hand of the Lord does valiantly!”

17  ^dI shall not die, but I shall live,

and ^erecount the deeds of the Lord.

18  The Lord has ^fdisciplined me severely,

but he has not given me over to death.

19  Open to me the gates of righteousness,

that I may enter through them

and ^ggive thanks to the Lord.

20  This is the gate of the Lord;

the righteous shall enter through it.

21  ^hI thank you that you have answered me

and have become my salvation.

22  ⁱThe stone that the builders rejected

has become the cornerstone.⁴

23  This is the Lord’s doing;

it is marvelous in our eyes.

24  This is the day that the Lord has made;

let us rejoice and be glad in it.

25  ^jSave us, we pray, O Lord!

O Lord, we pray, give us success!

26  ^kBlessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!

We bless you from the house of the Lord.

27  The Lord is God,

and he has ^lmade his light to shine upon us.

Bind the festal sacrifice with cords,

up to the horns of the altar!

28  You are my God, and ^mI will give thanks to you;

ⁿyou are my God; I will extol you.

29  Oh give thanks to the Lord, for he is good;

for his steadfast love endures forever!