all who desire them.-a
3His deeds are splendid and glorious;
His beneficence is everlasting;
4He has won renown for His wonders.
The LORD is gracious and compassionate;
5He gives food to those who fear Him;
He is ever mindful of His covenant.
6He revealed to His people His powerful works,
in giving them the heritage of nations.
7His handiwork is truth and justice;
all His precepts are enduring,
8well-founded for all eternity,
wrought of truth and equity.
9He sent redemption to His people;
He ordained His covenant for all time;
His name is holy and awesome.
10The beginningb of wisdom is the fear of the LORD;
all who practice it gain sound understanding.
Praise of Him is everlasting.
112 Hallelujah.
Happy is the man who fears the LORD,
who is ardently devoted to His commandments.
2His descendants will be mighty in the land,
a blessed generation of upright men.
3Wealth and riches are in his house,
and his beneficence lasts forever.
4a-A light shines-a for the upright in the darkness;
he is gracious, compassionate, and beneficent.
5All goes well with the man who lends generously,
who conducts his affairs with equity.
6He shall never be shaken;
the beneficent man will be remembered forever.
7He is not afraid of evil tidings;
his heart is firm, he trusts in the LORD.
8His heart is resolute, he is unafraid;
in the end he will see the fall of his foes.
9He gives freely to the poor;
his beneficence lasts forever;
his horn is exalted in honor.
10The wicked man shall see it and be vexed;
he shall gnash his teeth; his courage shall fail.
The desire of the wicked shall come to nothing.
113 Hallelujah.
O servants of the LORD, give praise;
praise the name of the LORD.
2Let the name of the LORD be blessed
now and forever.
3From east to west
the name of the LORD is praised.
4The LORD is exalted above all nations;
His glory is above the heavens.
5Who is like the LORD our God,
who, enthroned on high,
6sees what is below,
in heaven and on earth?
7He raises the poor from the dust,
lifts up the needy from the refuse heap
8to set them with the great,
with the great men of His people.
9He sets the childless woman among her household
as a happy mother of children.
Hallelujah.
114 When Israel went forth from Egypt,
the house of Jacob from a people of strange speech,
2Judah became His a-holy one,-a
Israel, His dominion.
3The sea saw them and fled,
Jordan ran backward,
4mountains skipped like rams,
hills like sheep.
5What alarmed you, O sea, that you fled,
Jordan, that you ran backward,
6mountains, that you skipped like rams,
hills, like sheep?
7Tremble, O earth, at the presence of the LORD,
at the presence of the God of Jacob,
8who turned the rock into a pool of water,
the flinty rock into a fountain.
115 Not to us, O LORD, not to us
but to Your name bring glory
for the sake of Your love and Your faithfulness.
2Let the nations not say,
“Where, now, is their God?”
3when our God is in heaven
and all that He wills He accomplishes.
4aTheir idols are silver and gold,
the work of men’s hands.
5They have mouths, but cannot speak,
eyes, but cannot see;
6they have ears, but cannot hear,
noses, but cannot smell;
7they have hands, but cannot touch,
feet, but cannot walk;
they can make no sound in their throats.
8Those who fashion them,
all who trust in them,
shall become like them.
9O Israel, trust in the LORD!
He is their help and shield.
10O house of Aaron, trust in the LORD!
He is their help and shield.
11O you who fear the LORD, trust in the LORD!
He is their help and shield.
12The LORD is mindful of us.
He will bless us;
He will bless the house of Israel;
He will bless the house of Aaron;
13He will bless those who fear the LORD,
small and great alike.
14May the LORD increase your numbers,
yours and your children’s also.
15May you be blessed by the LORD,
Maker of heaven and earth.
16The heavens belong to the LORD,
but the earth He gave over to man.
17The dead cannot praise the LORD,
nor any who go down into silence.
18But we will bless the LORD
now and forever.
Hallelujah.
116 a-I love the LORD
for He hears-a my voice, my pleas;
2for He turns His ear to me
whenever I call.
3The bonds of death encompassed me;
the torments of Sheol overtook me.
I came upon trouble and sorrow
4and I invoked the name of the LORD,
“O LORD, save my life!”
5The LORD is gracious and beneficent;
our God is compassionate.
6The LORD protects the simple;
I was brought low and He saved me.
7Be at rest, once again, O my soul,
for the LORD has been good to you.
8Youb have delivered me from death,
my eyes from tears,
my feet from stumbling.
9I shall walk before the LORD
in the lands of the living.
10c-I trust [in the LORD];
out of great suffering I spoke-c
11and said rashly,
“All men are false.”
12How can I repay the LORD
for all His bounties to me?
13I raise the cup of deliverance
and invoke the name of the LORD.
14I will pay my vows to the LORD
in the presence of all His people.
15The death of His faithful ones
is grievous in the LORD’s sight.
16O LORD,
I am Your servant,
Your servant, the son of Your maidservant;
You have undone the cords that bound me.
17I will sacrifice a thank offering to You
and invoke the name of the LORD.
18I will pay my vows to the LORD
in the presence of all His people,
19in the courts of the house of the LORD,
in the midst ofd Jerusalem.
Hallelujah.
117 Praise the LORD, all you nations;
extol Him, all you peoples,
2for great is His steadfast love toward us;
the faithfulness of the LORD endures forever.
Hallelujah.
118 Praise the LORD, for He is good,
His steadfast love is eternal.
2Let Israel declare,
“His steadfast love is eternal.”
3Let the house of Aaron declare,
“His steadfast love is eternal.”
4Let those who fear the LORD declare,
“His steadfast love is eternal.”
5In distress I called on the LORD;
the Lord answered me and brought me relief.
6The LORD is on my side,
I have no fear;
what can man do to me?
7With the LORD on my side as my helper,
I will see the downfall of my foes.
8It is better to take refuge in the LORD
than to trust in mortals;
9it is better to take refuge in the LORD
than to trust in the great.
10All nations have beset me;
by the name of the LORD I will surely a-cut them down.-a
11They beset me, they surround me;
by the name of the LORD I will surely cut them down.
12They have beset me like bees;
they shall be extinguished like burning thorns;
by the name of the LORD I will surely cut them down.
13Youb pressed me hard,
I nearly fell;
but the LORD helped me.
14The LORD is my strength and might;c
He has become my deliverance.
15The tents of the victoriousd resound with joyous shouts of
deliverance,
“The right hand of the LORD is triumphant!
16The right hand of the LORD is exalted!
The right hand of the LORD is triumphant!”
17I shall not die but live
and proclaim the works of the LORD.
18The LORD punished me severely,
but did not hand me over to death.
19Open the gates of victorye for me
that I may enter them and praise the LORD.
20This is the gateway to the LORD—
the victoriousd shall enter through it.
21I praise You, for You have answered me,
and have become my deliverance.
22The stone that the builders rejected
has become the chief cornerstone.
23This is the LORD’s doing;
it is marvelous in our sight.
24This is the day that the LORD has made—
let us exult and rejoice on it.
25O LORD, deliver us!
O LORD, let us prosper!
26May he who enters be blessed in the name of the LORD;
we bless you from the House of the LORD.
27The LORD is God;
He has given us light;
f-bind the festal offering to the horns of the altar with cords.-f
28You are my God and I will praise You;
You are my God and I will extol You.
29Praise the LORD for He is good,
His steadfast love is eternal.
119 Happy are those whose way is blameless,
who follow the teaching of the LORD.
2Happy are those who observe His decrees,
who turn to Him wholeheartedly.
3They have done no wrong,
but have followed His ways.
4You have commanded that Your precepts
be kept diligently.
5Would that my ways were firm
in keeping Your laws;
6then I would not be ashamed
when I regard all Your commandments.
7I will praise You with a sincere heart
as I learn Your just rules.
8I will keep Your laws;
do not utterly forsake me.
9How can a young man keep his way pure?—
by holding to Your word.
10I have turned to You with all my heart;
do not let me stray from Your commandments.
11In my heart I treasure Your promise;
therefore I do not sin against You.
12Blessed are You, O LORD;
train me in Your laws.
13With my lips I rehearse
all the rules You proclaimed.
14I rejoice over the way of Your decrees
as over all riches.
15I study Your precepts;
I regard Your ways;
16I take delight in Your laws;
I will not neglect Your word.
17Deal kindly with Your servant,
that I may live to keep Your word.
18Open my eyes, that I may perceive
the wonders of Your teaching.
19I am only a sojourner in the land;
do not hide Your commandments from me.
20My soul is consumed with longing
for Your rules at all times.
21You blast the accursed insolent ones
who stray from Your commandments.
22Take away from me taunt and abuse,
because I observe Your decrees.
23Though princes meet and speak against me,
Your servant studies Your laws.
24For Your decrees are my delight,
my intimate companions.
25My soul clings to the dust;
revive me in accordance with Your word.
26I have declared my way, and You have answered me;
train me in Your laws.
27Make me understand the way of Your precepts,
that I may study Your wondrous acts.
28I am racked with grief;
sustain me in accordance with Your word.
29Remove all false ways from me;
favor me with Your teaching.
30I have chosen the way of faithfulness;
I have set Your rules before me.
31I cling to Your decrees;
O LORD, do not put me to shame.
32I eagerly pursue Your commandments,
for You broaden my understanding.
33Teach me, O LORD, the way of Your laws;
I will observe them a-to the utmost.-a
34Give me understanding, that I may observe Your teaching
and keep it wholeheartedly.
35Lead me in the path of Your commandments,
for that is my concern.
36Turn my heart to Your decrees
and not to love of gain.
37Avert my eyes from seeing falsehood;
by Your ways preserve me.
38Fulfill Your promise to Your servant,
which is for