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Praise ye the LORD. Praise, O ye servants of the LORD, praise the name of the LORD.
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Praise ye the LORD. Praise, O ye servants of the LORD, praise the name of the LORD.
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Blessed be the name of the LORD from this time forth and for evermore.
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From the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same the LORD'S name is to be praised.
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The LORD is high above all nations, and his glory above the heavens.
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Who is like unto the LORD our God, who dwelleth on high,
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Who humbleth himself to behold the things that are in heaven, and in the earth!
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He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth the needy out of the dunghill;
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That he may set him with princes, even with the princes of his people.
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He maketh the barren woman to keep house, and to be a joyful mother of children. Praise ye the LORD.
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When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of strange language;
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Judah was his sanctuary, and Israel his dominion.
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The sea saw it, and fled: Jordan was driven back.
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The mountains skipped like rams, and the little hills like lambs.
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What ailed thee, O thou sea, that thou fleddest? thou Jordan, that thou wast driven back?
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Ye mountains, that ye skipped like rams; and ye little hills, like lambs?
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Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob;
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Which turned the rock into a standing water, the flint into a fountain of waters.
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Not unto us, O LORD, not unto us, but unto thy name give glory, for thy mercy, and for thy truth's sake.
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Wherefore should the heathen say, Where is now their God?
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But our God is in the heavens: he hath done whatsoever he hath pleased.
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Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men's hands.
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They have mouths, but they speak not: eyes have they, but they see not:
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They have ears, but they hear not: noses have they, but they smell not:
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They have hands, but they handle not: feet have they, but they walk not: neither speak they through their throat.
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They that make them are like unto them; so is every one that trusteth in them.
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O Israel, trust thou in the LORD: he is their help and their shield.
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O house of Aaron, trust in the LORD: he is their help and their shield.
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Ye that fear the LORD, trust in the LORD: he is their help and their shield.
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The LORD hath been mindful of us: he will bless us; he will bless the house of Israel; he will bless the house of Aaron.
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He will bless them that fear the LORD, both small and great.
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The LORD shall increase you more and more, you and your children.
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Ye are blessed of the LORD which made heaven and earth.
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The heaven, even the heavens, are the LORD'S: but the earth hath he given to the children of men.
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The dead praise not the LORD, neither any that go down into silence.
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But we will bless the LORD from this time forth and for evermore. Praise the LORD.
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I love the LORD, because he hath heard my voice and my supplications.
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Because he hath inclined his ear unto me, therefore will I call upon him as long as I live.
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The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.
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Then called I upon the name of the LORD; O LORD, I beseech thee, deliver my soul.
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Gracious is the LORD, and righteous; yea, our God is merciful.
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The LORD preserveth the simple: I was brought low, and he helped me.
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Return unto thy rest, O my soul; for the LORD hath dealt bountifully with thee.
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For thou hast delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from tears, and my feet from falling.
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I will walk before the LORD in the land of the living.
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I believed, therefore have I spoken: I was greatly afflicted:
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I said in my haste, All men are liars.
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What shall I render unto the LORD for all his benefits toward me?
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I will take the cup of salvation, and call upon the name of the LORD.
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I will pay my vows unto the LORD now in the presence of all his people.
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Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his saints.
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O LORD, truly I am thy servant; I am thy servant, and the son of thine handmaid: thou hast loosed my bonds.
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I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will call upon the name of the LORD.
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I will pay my vows unto the LORD now in the presence of all his people,
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In the courts of the LORD'S house, in the midst of thee, O Jerusalem. Praise ye the LORD.
