It Is Good to Sing Praises

¹Hallelujah!How good it is to sing praises to our God,how pleasant and lovely to praise Him!

²The LORD builds up Jerusalem;He gathers the exiles of Israel.

³He heals the brokenheartedand binds up their wounds.

⁴He determines the number of the stars;He calls them each by name.

⁵Great is our Lord, and mighty in power;His understanding has no limit.

⁶The LORD sustains the humble,but casts the wicked to the ground.

⁷Sing to the LORD with thanksgiving;make music on the harp to our God,

⁸who covers the sky with clouds,who prepares rain for the earth,who makes grass to grow on the hills.

⁹He provides food for the animals,and for the young ravens when they call.

¹⁰He does not delight in the strength of the horse;He takes no pleasure in the legs of a man.

¹¹The LORD is pleased with those who fear Him,who hope in His loving devotion.

¹²Exalt the LORD, O Jerusalem;praise your God, O Zion!

¹³For He strengthens the bars of your gatesand blesses the children within you.

¹⁴He makes peace at your borders;He fills you with the finest wheat.

¹⁵He sends forth His command to the earth;His word runs swiftly.

¹⁶He spreads the snow like wool;He scatters the frost like ashes;

¹⁷He casts forth His hail like pebbles.Who can withstand His icy blast?

¹⁸He sends forth His word and melts them;He unleashes His winds, and the waters flow.

¹⁹He declares His word to Jacob,His statutes and judgments to Israel.

²⁰He has done this for no other nation;they do not know His judgments.Hallelujah!

Give Praise, O Servants of the LORD

¹Hallelujah!Praise the name of the LORD.Give praise, O servants of the LORD,

²who stand in the house of the LORD,in the courts of the house of our God.

³Hallelujah, for the LORD is good;sing praises to His name, for it is lovely.

⁴For the LORD has chosen Jacob as His own,Israel as His treasured possession.

⁵For I know that the LORD is great;our Lord is above all gods.

⁶The LORD does all that pleases Himin the heavens and on the earth,in the seas and in all their depths.

⁷He causes the clouds to risefrom the ends of the earth.He generates the lightning with the rainand brings forth the wind from His storehouses.

⁸He struck down the firstborn of Egypt,of both man and beast.

⁹He sent signs and wonders into your midst, O Egypt,against Pharaoh and all his servants.

¹⁰He struck down many nationsand slaughtered mighty kings:

¹¹Sihon king of the Amorites,Og king of Bashan,and all the kings of Canaan.

¹²He gave their land as an inheritance,as a heritage to His people Israel.

¹³Your name, O LORD, endures forever,Your renown, O LORD, through all generations.

¹⁴For the LORD will vindicate His peopleand will have compassion on His servants.

¹⁵The idols of the nations are silver and gold,made by the hands of men.

¹⁶They have mouths, but cannot speak;they have eyes, but cannot see;

¹⁷they have ears, but cannot hear;nor is there breath in their mouths.

¹⁸Those who make them become like them,as do all who trust in them.

¹⁹O house of Israel, bless the LORD;O house of Aaron, bless the LORD;

²⁰O house of Levi, bless the LORD;you who fear the LORD, bless the LORD!

²¹Blessed be the LORD from Zion—He who dwells in Jerusalem.Hallelujah!

To Your Name Be the Glory

¹Not to us, O LORD, not to us,but to Your name be the glory,because of Your loving devotion,because of Your faithfulness.

²Why should the nations say,“Where is their God?”

³Our God is in heaven;He does as He pleases.

⁴Their idols are silver and gold,made by the hands of men.

⁵They have mouths, but cannot speak;they have eyes, but cannot see;

⁶they have ears, but cannot hear;they have noses, but cannot smell;

⁷they have hands, but cannot feel;they have feet, but cannot walk;they cannot even clear their throats.

⁸Those who make them become like them,as do all who trust in 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.

¹¹You 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 give you increase,both you and your children.

¹⁵May you be blessed by the LORD,the Maker of heaven and earth.

¹⁶The highest heavens belong to the LORD,but the earth He has given to mankind.

¹⁷It is not the dead who praise the LORD,nor any who descend into silence.

¹⁸But it is we who will bless the LORD,both now and forevermore.Hallelujah!

Praise to the Creator

¹Rejoice in the LORD, O righteous ones;it is fitting for the upright to praise Him.

²Praise the LORD with the harp;make music to Him with ten strings.

³Sing to Him a new song;play skillfully with a shout of joy.

⁴For the word of the LORD is upright,and all His work is trustworthy.

⁵The LORD loves righteousness and justice;the earth is full of His loving devotion.

⁶By the word of the LORD the heavens were made,and all the stars by the breath of His mouth.

⁷He piles up the waters of the sea;He puts the depths into storehouses.

⁸Let all the earth fear the LORD;let all the people of the world revere Him.

⁹For He spoke, and it came to be;He commanded, and it stood firm.

¹⁰The LORD frustrates the plans of the nations;He thwarts the devices of the peoples.

¹¹The counsel of the LORD stands forever,the purposes of His heart to all generations.

¹²Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD,the people He has chosen as His inheritance!

¹³The LORD looks down from heaven;He sees all the sons of men.

¹⁴From His dwelling place He gazeson all who inhabit the earth.

¹⁵He shapes the hearts of each;He considers all their works.

¹⁶No king is saved by his vast army;no warrior is delivered by his great strength.

¹⁷A horse is a vain hope for salvation;even its great strength cannot save.

¹⁸Surely the eyes of the LORD are on those who fear Him,on those whose hope is in His loving devotion

¹⁹to deliver them from deathand keep them alive in famine.

²⁰Our soul waits for the LORD;He is our help and our shield.

²¹For our hearts rejoice in Him,since we trust in His holy name.

²²May Your loving devotion rest on us, O LORD,as we put our hope in You.