Let your hand be near for my help; for I have given my heart to your orders.

Give life to my soul so that it may give you praise; and let your decisions be my support.

In my trouble my cry went up to the Lord, and he gave me an answer.

My eyes are lifted up to the hills: O where will my help come from?

I was glad because they said to me, We will go into the house of the Lord.

To you my eyes are lifted up, even to you whose seat is in the heavens.

If the Lord is not helping the builders, then the building of a house is to no purpose: if the Lord does not keep the town, the watchman keeps his watch for nothing.

Out of the deep have I sent up my cry to you, O Lord.

Lord, give thought to David, and to all his troubles;

See how good and how pleasing it is for brothers to be living together in harmony!

Give praise to the Lord, all you servants of the Lord, who take your places in the house of the Lord by night.

Let the Lord be praised. O you servants of the Lord, give praise to the name of the Lord.

Give praise to Jah, for he is good: make melody to his name, for it is pleasing.

The Lord has done whatever was pleasing to him, in heaven, and on the earth, in the seas and in all the deep waters.

He put to death the first-fruits of Egypt, of man and of beast.

He overcame great nations, and put strong kings to death;

And gave their land for a heritage, even for a heritage to Israel his people.

For the Lord will be judge of his people's cause; his feelings will be changed to his servants.

They have mouths, but no voice, they have eyes, but they do not see;

Give praise to the Lord, O children of Israel: give praise to the Lord, O sons of Aaron:

Give praise to the Lord, O sons of Levi: let all the worshippers of the Lord give him praise.

Praise be to the Lord out of Zion, even to the Lord whose house is in Jerusalem, Let the Lord be praised.

O give praise to the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.

O give praise to the God of gods: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.

O give praise to the Lord of lords: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.

To him who only does great wonders: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.

To him who by wisdom made the heavens: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.

To him by whom the earth was stretched out over the waters: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.

To him who made great lights: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.

The sun to have rule by day: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.

The moon and the stars to have rule by night: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.

To him who put to death the first-fruits of Egypt: for his mercy is unchanging for ever:

To him who made a way through the Red Sea: for his mercy is unchanging for ever:

To him who took his people through the waste land: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.

To him who overcame great kings: for his mercy is unchanging for ever:

And put noble kings to death: for his mercy is unchanging for ever:

And gave their land to his people for a heritage: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.

Who gives food to all flesh: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.

O give praise to the God of heaven: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.

For there those who had taken us prisoners made request for a song; and those who had taken away all we had gave us orders to be glad, saying, Give us one of the songs of Zion.

If I let you go out of my thoughts, and if I do not put Jerusalem before my greatest joy, let my tongue be fixed to the roof of my mouth.

O Lord, keep in mind against the children of Edom the day of Jerusalem; how they said, Let it be uncovered, uncovered even to its base.

O daughter of Babylon, whose fate is destruction; happy is the man who does to you what you have done to us.

I will give you praise with all my heart: I will make melody to you before the gods.

When my cry came to your ears you gave me an answer, and made me great with strength in my soul.

All the kings of the earth will give you praise, O Lord, when the words of your mouth come to their ears.

The Lord will make all things complete for me: O Lord, your mercy is eternal; do not give up the works of your hands.

For there is not a word on my tongue which is not clear to you, O Lord.

If I go up to heaven, you are there: or if I make my bed in the underworld, you are there.

If I take the wings of the morning, and go to the farthest parts of the sea;

Even the dark is not dark to you; the night is as bright as the day: for dark and light are the same to you.

How dear are your thoughts to me, O God! how great is the number of them!

If only you would put the sinners to death, O God; go far from me, you men of blood.

Are not your haters hated by me, O Lord? are not those who are lifted up against you a cause of grief to me?

I have said to the Lord, You are my God: give ear, O Lord, to the voice of my prayer.

O Lord God, the strength of my salvation, you have been a cover over my head in the day of the fight.

Truly, the upright will give praise to your name: the holy will have a place in your house.

Lord, I have made my cry to you; come to me quickly; give ear to my voice, when it goes up to you.

The sound of my cry went up to the Lord; with my voice I made my prayer for grace to the Lord.

I put all my sorrows before him; and made clear to him all my trouble.

Looking to my right side, I saw no man who was my friend: I had no safe place; no one had any care for my soul.

I have made my cry to you, O Lord; I have said, You are my safe place, and my heritage in the land of the living.

Give ear to my cry, for I am made very low: take me out of the hands of my haters, for they are stronger than I.

Take my soul out of prison, so that I may give praise to your name: the upright will give praise because of me; for you have given me a full reward.

Let my prayer come to you, O Lord; give ear to my requests for your grace; keep faith with me, and give me an answer in your righteousness;

Praise be to the God of my strength, teaching my hands the use of the sword, and my fingers the art of fighting:

Let me give glory to you, O God, my King; and blessing to your name for ever and ever.

Let the Lord be praised. Give praise to the Lord, O my soul.

While I have breath I will give praise to the Lord: I will make melody to my God while I have my being.

Man's breath goes out, he is turned back again to dust; in that day all his purposes come to an end.

Who gives their rights to those who are crushed down; and gives food to those who are in need of it: the Lord makes the prisoners free;

The Lord takes care of those who are in a strange land; he gives help to the widow and to the child who has no father; but he sends destruction on the way of sinners.

The Lord will be King for ever; your God, O Zion, will be King through all generations. Praise be to the Lord.

Give praise to the Lord; for it is good to make melody to our God; praise is pleasing and beautiful.

Great is our Lord, and great his power; there is no limit to his wisdom.

The Lord gives help to the poor in spirit; but he sends sinners down in shame.

Make songs of praise to the Lord; make melody to our God with instruments of music.

He gives food to every beast, and to the young ravens in answer to their cry.

Give praise to the Lord, O Jerusalem; give praise to your God, O Zion.

He sends out his orders to the earth; his word goes out quickly.

At the outgoing of his word, the ice is turned to water; when he sends out his wind, there is a flowing of waters.

He makes his word clear to Jacob, teaching Israel his laws and his decisions.

Give praise to the Lord. Let the Lord be praised from the heavens: give him praise in the skies.

Give praise to him, all you his angels: give praise to him, all his armies.

Give praise to him, you sun and moon: give praise to him, all you stars of light.

Give praise to him, you highest heavens, and you waters which are over the heavens.

Let them give praise to the name of the Lord: for he gave the order, and they were made.

Give praise to the Lord from the earth, you great sea-beasts, and deep places:

Let them give glory to the name of the Lord: for his name only is to be praised: his kingdom is over the earth and the heaven.

He has put on high the horn of his people, for the praise of all his saints; even the children of Israel, a people which is near to him. Let the Lord be praised.

Let the Lord be praised. Make a new song to the Lord, let his praise be in the meeting of his saints.

Let them give praise to his name in the dance: let them make melody to him with instruments of brass and corded instruments of music.

Let the high praises of God be in their mouths, and a two-edged sword in their hands;

To give the nations the reward of their sins, and the peoples their punishment;

To put their kings in chains, and their rulers in bands of iron;

To give them the punishment which is in the holy writings: this honour is given to all his saints. Praise be to the Lord.

Let the Lord be praised. Give praise to God in his holy place: give him praise in the heaven of his power.

Let everything which has breath give praise to the Lord. Let the Lord be praised.

To have knowledge of wise teaching; to be clear about the words of reason:

To be trained in the ways of wisdom, in righteousness and judging truly and straight behaviour: