To the one who alone does great and wondrous things, for his gracious love is everlasting

to the one who by wisdom made the heavens, for his gracious love is everlasting

to the one who spread out the earth over the waters, for his gracious love is everlasting

to the one who made the great lights, for his gracious love is everlasting

the sun to illumine the day, for his gracious love is everlasting

and the moon and stars to illumine the night, for his gracious love is everlasting

to the one who struck the firstborn of Egypt, for his gracious love is everlasting

and brought Israel out from among them, for his gracious love is everlasting

with a strong hand and an active arm, for his gracious love is everlasting.

To the one who split the Reed Sea in two for his gracious love is everlasting

and made Israel pass through the middle of it, for his gracious love is everlasting

and cast Pharaoh and his armies into the Reed Sea, for his gracious love is everlasting.

To the one who led his people into the wilderness, for his gracious love is everlasting

to the one who struck down great kings, for his gracious love is everlasting

and killed famous kings, for his gracious love is everlasting

including Sihon king of the Amorites, for his gracious love is everlasting

and Og king of Bashan, for his gracious love is everlasting

and gave their land as an inheritance, for his gracious love is everlasting

to Israel his servant as a possession, for his gracious love is everlasting

He it is who remembered us in our lowly circumstances, for his gracious love is everlasting

and rescued us from our enemies, for his gracious love is everlasting.

He gives food to all creatures, for his gracious love is everlasting.

Give thanks to the God of Heaven, for his gracious love is everlasting.

There we sat down and cried by the rivers of Babylon as we remembered Zion.

for it was there that our captors asked us for songs and our torturers demanded joy from us, "Sing us one of the songs about Zion!"

Daughter of Babylon! You devastator! How blessed will be the one who pays you back for what you have done to us.

They will sing about the ways of the LORD, for great is the glory of the LORD!

Though the LORD is highly exalted, yet he pays attention to those who are lowly regarded, but he is aware of the arrogant from afar.

The LORD will complete what his purpose is for me. LORD, your gracious love is eternal; do not abandon your personal work in me. To the Music Director: A Davidic Song

Knowledge like this is too amazing for me. It is beyond my reach, and I cannot fathom it.

I praise you, because you are fearful and wondrous! Your work is wonderful, and I am fully aware of it.

How deep are your thoughts, God! How great is their number!

See if there is any offensive tendency in me, and lead me in the eternal way. To the Music Director: A Davidic Song

They sharpen their tongues like a serpent; the venom of vipers is on their lips. Interlude

So I say to the LORD, "You are my God; listen to my voice as I plead for mercy, LORD.

Let one who is righteous strike me; It is an act of gracious love. Let him rebuke me, because it is oil for my head; do not let my head refuse it. My prayers continuously will be against their wicked activities.

Just as one plows and breaks up the earth, our bones are scattered near the entrance to the place of the dead.

Nevertheless, my eyes are on you, Lord GOD, as I seek protection in you. Don't leave me defenseless!

I look to my right and observe no one is concerned about me. There is nowhere I can go for refuge, and no one cares for me.

Do not enter into judgment with your servant, for no living person is righteous in your sight.

As a result, my spirit is desolate within me, and my mind within me is appalled.

Answer me quickly, LORD; my spirit is failing. Do not hide your face from me; otherwise, I will become like those who descend to the Pit,

he is my gracious love and my fortress, my strong tower and my deliverer, my shield and the one in whom I find refuge, who subdues nations under me.

The human person is a mere empty breath; his days are like a fading shadow.

Rescue me and deliver me from the control of foreigners, whose mouths speak lies, and whose right hand deceives.

Happy are the people to whom these things come; happy are the people whose God is the LORD. A Davidic Psalm

The LORD is great, and to be praised highly, though his greatness is indescribable.

I will speak about the glorious splendor of your majesty as well as your awesome actions.

Gracious and merciful is the LORD, slow to become angry, and overflowing with gracious love.

The LORD is good to everyone and his mercies extend to everything he does.

in order to make known your mighty acts to mankind as well as the majestic splendor of your kingdom.

Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and your authority endures from one generation to another. God is faithful about everything he says and merciful in everything he does.

Everyone's eyes are on you, as you give them their food in due time.

The LORD is righteous in all of his ways and graciously loving in all of his activities.

I will praise the LORD as long as I live, singing praises to my God while I exist.

Happy is the one whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the LORD his God,

Hallelujah! It is good to sing praise to our God, and it is fitting to sing glorious praise.

Our Lord is great, and rich in power; his understanding has no limitation.

But the LORD is pleased with those who fear him, with those who depend on his gracious love.

He casts down his ice crystals like bread fragments. Who can endure his freezing cold?

Let them praise the name of the LORD, for his name alone is lifted up; his majesty transcends earth and heaven.

He has raised up a source of strength for his people, an object of praise for all of his holy ones, that is, for the people of Israel who are near him. Hallelujah!

For the LORD is pleased with his people; he beautifies the afflicted with salvation.

as they bring retribution to nations and punishment to nations,

and executing the judgment written against them. This is honor for all the ones he loves. Hallelujah!

for acquiring the discipline that produces wise behavior, righteousness, justice, and upright living;

Let the wise listen and increase their learning; let the person of understanding receive guidance

in understanding proverbs, clever sayings, words of the wise, and their riddles.

The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline.

If they say, "Come with us! Let's lie in wait for blood; let's ambush some innocent person for no reason at all.

Throw your lot in with us, and all of us will have one purse."

Look, it is useless to spread a net in full view of all the birds,

Such is the way of all those who seek illicit gain it takes away the lives of those who possess it.

He stores up sound wisdom for the upright and is a shield to those who walk in integrity

Then you will understand what is right, just, and upright every good path.

whose paths are crooked and who are devious in their ways,

This is how you will walk in the way of good men and will keep to the paths of the righteous.

Do not be wise in your own opinion. Fear the LORD and turn away from evil.

because the LORD corrects the person he loves, just as a father corrects the son he delights in.

How joyful is the man who finds wisdom, and the man who gains understanding,

because her profit is better than the profit of silver, and her yield than fine gold.

She is more precious than rubies, and nothing you desire compares with her.

Long life is in her right hand, and in her left are riches and honor.

She is a tree of life for those who embrace her, and whoever clutches her tightly will be joyful.

Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in your power to act.

Do not plan to harm your neighbor, when he is living peacefully beside you.

Indeed, a perverse man is utterly disgusting to the LORD, but he takes the upright into his confidence.

The LORD's curse is on the house of the wicked, but he blesses the dwelling of the righteous.

The wise will inherit honor, but he holds fools up for ridicule.

Wisdom is of utmost importance, therefore get wisdom, and with all your effort work to acquire understanding.

Hold on to instruction, do not let it go! Guard wisdom, because she is your life!

The path of the righteous is like the light of dawn that grows brighter until the full light of day.

But the way of the wicked is like deep darkness, and they do not know what they are stumbling over.

Never talk deceptively and don't keep company with people whose speech is corrupt.

For the lips of an adulteress drip honey, and her speech is smoother than oil.

But in the end she is as bitter as wormwood, and as sharp as a double-edged sword.

You aren't thinking about where her life is headed; her steps wander, but you do not realize it.

Indeed, what a man does is always in the LORD's presence, and he weighs all his paths.

Go to the ant, you lazy man! Observe its ways and become wise.

Because the command is a lamp and the Law a light, rebukes that discipline are a way of life