Jun 22 - Psalms 147-150
Psalms
1Alleluia. Praise the Lord, because the psalm is good. Delightful and beautiful praise shall be for our God2The Lord builds up Jerusalem. He will gather together the dispersed of Israel3He heals the contrite of heart, and he binds up their sorrows4He numbers the multitude of the stars, and he calls them all by their names5Great is our Lord, and great is his virtue. And of his wisdom, there is no number6The Lord lifts up the meek, but he brings down the sinner, even to the ground7Sing before the Lord with confession. Play psalms to our God on a stringed instrument8He covers heaven with clouds, and he prepares rain for the earth. He produces grass on the mountains and herbs for the service of men9He gives their food to beasts of burden and to young ravens that call upon him10He will not have good will for the strength of the horse, nor will he be well pleased with the legs of a man11The Lord is well pleased with those who fear him and with those who hope in his mercy12Alleluia. Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem. Praise your God, O Zion13For he has reinforced the bars of your gates. He has blessed your sons within you14He has stationed peace at your borders, and he has satisfied you with the fat of the grain15He sends forth his eloquence to the earth. His word runs swiftly16He provides snow like wool. He strews clouds like ashes17He sends his ice crystals like morsels. Who can stand firm before the face of his cold18He will send forth his word, and it will melt them. His Spirit will breathe out, and the waters will flow19He announces his word to Jacob, his justices and his judgments to Israel20He has not done so much for every nation, and he has not made his judgments manifest to them. Alleluia
1Alleluia. Praise the Lord from the heavens. Praise him on the heights2Praise him, all his Angels. Praise him, all his hosts3Praise him, sun and moon. Praise him, all stars and light4Praise him, heavens of the heavens. And let all the waters that are above the heaven5praise the name of the Lord. For he spoke, and they became. He commanded, and they were created6He has stationed them in eternity, and for age after age. He has established a precept, and it will not pass away7Praise the Lord from the earth: you dragons and all deep places8fire, hail, snow, ice, windstorms, which do his word9mountains and all hills, fruitful trees and all cedars10wild beasts and all cattle, serpents and feathered flying things11kings of the earth and all peoples, leaders and all judges of the earth12young men and virgins. Let the older men with the younger men, praise the name of the Lord13For his name alone is exalted14Confession of him is beyond heaven and earth, and he has exalted the horn of his people. A hymn to all his holy ones, to the sons of Israel, to a people close to him. Alleluia
1Alleluia. Sing to the Lord a new song. His praise is in the Church of the saints2Let Israel rejoice in him who made them, and let the sons of Zion exult in their king3Let them praise his name in chorus. Let them sing psalms to him with the timbrel and the psaltery4For the Lord is well pleased with his people, and he will exalt the meek unto salvation5The saints will exult in glory. They will rejoice upon their couches6The exultations of God will be in their throat, and two-edged swords will be in their hands7to obtain vindication among the nations, chastisements among the peoples8to bind their kings with shackles and their nobles with manacles of iron9to obtain judgment over them, as it has been written. This is glory for all his saints. Alleluia
1Alleluia. Praise the Lord in his holy places. Praise him in the firmament of his power2Praise him for his virtues. Praise him according to the multitude of his greatness3Praise him with the sound of the trumpet. Praise him with psaltery and stringed instrument4Praise him with timbrel and choir. Praise him with strings and organ5Praise him with sweet-sounding cymbals. Praise him with cymbals of jubilation6Let every spirit praise the Lord. Alleluia