Know and fully recognize with gratitude that the Lord Himself is God;
It is He who has made us, not we ourselves [and we are His].
We are His people and the sheep of His pasture.

For the Lord is good;
His mercy and lovingkindness are everlasting,
His faithfulness [endures] to all generations.

Whoever secretly slanders his neighbor, him I will silence;
The one who has a haughty look and a proud (arrogant) heart I will not tolerate.

I said, “O my God, do not take me away in the midst of my days;
Your years are [eternal] throughout all generations.

Who satisfies your years with good things,
So that your youth is renewed like the [soaring] eagle.

Bless and affectionately praise the Lord, O my soul!
O Lord my God, You are very great;
You are clothed with splendor and majesty,

The young lions roar after their prey
And seek their food from God.

You give it to them, they gather it up;
You open Your hand, they are filled and satisfied with good [things].

I will sing to the Lord as long as I live;
I will sing praise to my God while I have my being.

He is the Lord our God;
His judgments are in all the earth.

And He called for a famine upon the land [of Egypt];
He cut off every source of bread.

He sent [thick, oppressive] darkness and made the land dark;
And Moses and Aaron did not rebel against His words.

Praise the Lord! (Hallelujah!)
Oh give thanks to the Lord, for He is good;
For His mercy and lovingkindness endure forever!

Blessed are those who observe justice [by honoring God’s precepts],
Who practice righteousness at all times.

But lusted intensely in the wilderness
And tempted God [with their insistent desires] in the desert.

They forgot God their Savior,
Who had done such great things in Egypt,

And that was credited to him for righteousness,
To all generations forever.

Many times He rescued them;
But they were rebellious in their counsel,
And sank down in their wickedness.

Save us, O Lord our God,
And gather us from among the nations,
That we may give thanks to Your holy name
And glory in praising You.

Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel,
From everlasting even to everlasting.
And let all the people say, “Amen.”
Praise the Lord! (Hallelujah!)

O give thanks to the Lord, for He is good;
For His compassion and lovingkindness endure forever!

For He satisfies the parched throat,
And fills the hungry appetite with what is good.

Because they had rebelled against the precepts of God
And spurned the counsel of the Most High.

For He has shattered the gates of bronze
And cut the bars of iron apart.

O God, my heart is steadfast [with confident faith];
I will sing, I will sing praises, even with my soul.

Be exalted [in majesty], O God, above the heavens,
And Your glory above all the earth.

God has spoken in His holiness:
“I will rejoice, I will portion out Shechem [as I divide Canaan among My people],
And measure out the Valley of Succoth.

Have You not rejected us, O God?
And will You not go out, O God, with our armies?

With God we will do valiantly,
For it is He who will trample down our enemies.

O God of my praise!
Do not keep silent,

They have repaid me evil for good,
And hatred for my love.

Let his descendants be cut off,
And in the following generation let their name be blotted out.

Let them be before the Lord continually,
That He may cut off their memory from the earth;

But You, O God, the Lord, show kindness to me, for Your name’s sake;
Because Your lovingkindness (faithfulness, compassion) is good, O rescue me;

Help me, O Lord my God;
Save me according to Your lovingkindness—

The Lord (Father) says to my Lord (the Messiah, His Son),
“Sit at My right hand
Until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet [subjugating them into complete submission].”

The [reverent] fear of the Lord is the beginning (the prerequisite, the absolute essential, the alphabet) of wisdom;
A good understanding and a teachable heart are possessed by all those who do the will of the Lord;
His praise endures forever.

Light arises in the darkness for the upright;
He is gracious and compassionate and righteous (upright—in right standing with God).

He will never be shaken;
The righteous will be remembered forever.

He has given freely to the poor;
His righteousness endures forever;
His horn will be exalted in honor.

Who is like the Lord our God,
Who is enthroned on high,

Judah became His sanctuary,
And Israel His dominion.

Tremble, O earth, at the presence of the Lord,
At the presence of the God of Jacob (Israel),

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

But our God is in heaven;
He does whatever He pleases.

Gracious is the Lord, and [consistently] righteous;
Yes, our God is compassionate.

I believed [and clung to my God] when I said,
“I am greatly afflicted.”

O give thanks to the Lord, for He is good;
For His lovingkindness endures forever.

All nations encompassed me;
In the name of the Lord I will surely cut them off.

They encompassed me, yes, they surrounded me [on every side];
In the name of the Lord I will cut them off.

They swarmed around me like bees;
They flare up and are extinguished like a fire of thorns;
In the name of the Lord I will surely cut them off.

This is the gate of the Lord;
The righteous will enter through it.

The Lord is God, and He has given us light [illuminating us with His grace and freedom and joy].
Bind the festival sacrifices with cords to the horns of the altar.

You are my God, and I give thanks to You;
[You are] my God, I extol You.

O give thanks to the Lord, for He is good;
For His lovingkindness endures forever.

How blessed and favored by God are those whose way is blameless [those with personal integrity, the upright, the guileless],
Who walk in the law [and who are guided by the precepts and revealed will] of the Lord.

Turn away my reproach which I dread,
For Your ordinances are good.

Teach me good judgment (discernment) and knowledge,
For I have believed and trusted and relied on Your commandments.

You are good and do good;
Teach me Your statutes.

It is good for me that I have been afflicted,
That I may learn Your statutes.

From Your precepts I get understanding;
Therefore I hate every false way.

Leave me, you evildoers,
That I may keep the commandments of my God [honoring and obeying them].

Be the guarantee for Your servant for good [as Judah was the guarantee for Benjamin];
Do not let the arrogant oppress me.

My zeal has [completely] consumed me,
Because my enemies have forgotten Your words.

For the sake of the house of the Lord our God [which is Jerusalem],
I will seek your (the city’s) good.

Behold, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master,
And as the eyes of a maid to the hand of her mistress,
So our eyes look to the Lord our God,
Until He is gracious and favorable toward us.

Our soul is greatly filled
With the scoffing of those who are at ease,
And with the contempt of the proud [who disregard God’s law].

For the scepter of wickedness shall not rest on the land of the righteous,
So that the righteous will not reach out their hands to do wrong.

Do good, O Lord, to those who are good
And to those who are upright in their hearts.

But as for those who turn aside to their crooked ways [in unresponsiveness to God],
The Lord will lead them away with those who do evil.
Peace be upon Israel.

How blessed [happy and fortunate] is the man whose quiver is filled with them;
They will not be ashamed
When they speak with their enemies [in gatherings] at the [city] gate.

The Lord is righteous;
He has cut in two the [thick] cords of the wicked [which enslaved the people of Israel].

“I absolutely will not enter my house,
Nor get into my bed—

Let Your priests be clothed with righteousness (right living),
And let Your godly ones shout for joy.

Behold, how good and how pleasant it is
For brothers to dwell together in unity!

You who stand in the house of the Lord,
In the courts of the house of our God,

Praise the Lord, for the Lord is good;
Sing praises to His name, for it is gracious and lovely.

O house of Israel, bless and praise the Lord [with gratitude];
O house of Aaron, bless the Lord;

Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good;
For His lovingkindness (graciousness, mercy, compassion) endures forever.

Give thanks to the God of gods,
For His lovingkindness endures forever.

Give thanks to the God of heaven,
For His lovingkindness (graciousness, mercy, compassion) endures forever.

By the rivers of Babylon,
There we [captives] sat down and wept,
When we remembered Zion [the city God imprinted on our hearts].

I will give You thanks with all my heart;
I sing praises to You before the [pagan] gods.

How precious also are Your thoughts to me, O God!
How vast is the sum of them!

O that You would kill the wicked, O God;
Go away from me, therefore, men of bloodshed.

Search me [thoroughly], O God, and know my heart;
Test me and know my anxious thoughts;

I said to the Lord, “You are my God;
Listen to the voice of my supplications, O Lord.

“O God the Lord, the strength of my salvation,
You have covered my head in the day of battle.

For my eyes are toward You, O God, the Lord;
In You I take refuge; do not pour out my life nor leave me defenseless.

Teach me to do Your will [so that I may please You],
For You are my God;
Let Your good Spirit lead me on level ground.

In your lovingkindness, silence and destroy my enemies
And destroy all those who afflict my life,
For I am Your servant.

I will sing a new song to You, O God;
Upon a harp of ten strings I will sing praises to You,

How blessed and favored are the people in such circumstance;
How blessed [fortunate, prosperous, and favored] are the people whose God is the Lord!

I will exalt You, my God, O King,
And [with gratitude and submissive wonder] I will bless Your name forever and ever.

The Lord is good to all,
And His tender mercies are over all His works [the entirety of things created].

To make known to the sons of men Your mighty acts
And the glorious majesty of Your kingdom.

While I live I will praise the Lord;
I will sing praises to my God as long as I live.

How blessed and graciously favored is he whose help is the God of Jacob (Israel),
Whose hope is in the Lord his God,

The Lord shall reign forever,
Your God, O Zion, to all generations.
Praise the Lord! (Hallelujah!)

Praise the Lord!
For it is good to sing praises to our [gracious and majestic] God;
Praise is becoming and appropriate.