Psalms

Chapter 146

  1. 1

    Praise the Lord; the Lord is gracious; sing to our God, a God who so claims our love; praise is his right.

  2. 2

    The Lord is rebuilding Jerusalem, is calling the banished sons of Israel home;

  3. 3

    he it is that heals the broken heart, and binds up its wounds.

  4. 4

    Does he not know the number of the stars, and call each by its name?

  5. 5

    How great a Lord is ours, how magnificent his strength, how inscrutable his wisdom!

  6. 6

    The Lord is the defender of the oppressed, and lays the wicked low in the dust.

  7. 7

    Strike up, then, in thanksgiving to the Lord, with the harp’s music praise our God;

  8. 8

    the God who curtains heaven with cloud, and lays up a store of rain for the earth, who clothes the mountain-sides with grass, with corn for man’s need,

  9. 9

    gives food to the cattle, food to the young ravens that cry out to him.

  10. 10

    Not the well-mounted warrior is his choice, not the swift runner wins his favour;

  11. 11

    the Lord’s favour is for those who fear him, and put their trust in his divine mercy.