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¹Hallelujah! Happy is the person who fears the LORD, taking great delight in his commands.

²His descendants will be powerful in the land; the generation of the upright will be blessed.

³Wealth and riches are in his house, and his righteousness endures forever.

⁴Light shines in the darkness for the upright. He is gracious, compassionate, and righteous.

⁵Good will come to the one who lends generously and conducts his business fairly.

⁶He will never be shaken. The righteous one will be remembered forever.

⁷He will not fear bad news; his heart is confident, trusting in the LORD.

⁸His heart is assured; he will not fear. In the end he will look in triumph on his foes.

⁹He distributes freely to the poor; his righteousness endures forever. His horn will be exalted in honor.

¹⁰The wicked one will see it and be angry; he will gnash his teeth in despair. The desire of the wicked leads to ruin.

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

²Let the name of the LORD be blessed both now and forever.

³From the rising of the sun to its setting, let the name of the LORD be praised.

⁴The LORD is exalted above all the nations, his glory above the heavens.

⁵Who is like the LORD our God — the one enthroned on high,

⁶who stoops down to look on the heavens and the earth?

⁷He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the trash heap

⁸in order to seat them with nobles — with the nobles of his people.

⁹He gives the childless woman a household, making her the joyful mother of children. Hallelujah!

¹When Israel came out of Egypt — the house of Jacob from a people who spoke a foreign language  —

²Judah became his sanctuary, Israel, his dominion.

³The sea looked and fled; the Jordan turned back.

⁴The mountains skipped like rams, the hills, like lambs.

⁵Why was it, sea, that you fled? Jordan, that you turned back?

⁶Mountains, that you skipped like rams? Hills, like lambs?

⁷Tremble, earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob,

⁸who turned the rock into a pool, the flint into a spring.

¹Not to us, LORD, not to us, but to your name give glory because of your faithful love, because of your truth.

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

³Our God is in heaven and does whatever he pleases.

⁴Their idols are silver and gold, made by human hands.

⁵They have mouths but cannot speak, eyes, but cannot see.

⁶They have ears but cannot hear, noses, but cannot smell.

⁷They have hands but cannot feel, feet, but cannot walk. They cannot make a sound with their throats.

⁸Those who make them are just like them, as are all who trust in them.

⁹Israel, trust in the LORD! He is their help and shield.

¹⁰House 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 remembers us and 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 add to your numbers, both yours and your children’s.

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

¹⁶The heavens are the LORD’s, but the earth he has given to the human race.

¹⁷It is not the dead who praise the LORD, nor any of those descending into the silence of death.

¹⁸But we will bless the LORD, both now and forever. Hallelujah!

¹I love the LORD because he has heard my appeal for mercy.

²Because he has turned his ear to me, I will call out to him as long as I live.

³The ropes of death were wrapped around me, and the torments of Sheol overcame me; I encountered trouble and sorrow.

⁴Then I called on the name of the LORD: “LORD, save me!”

⁵The LORD is gracious and righteous; our God is compassionate.

⁶The LORD guards the inexperienced; I was helpless, and he saved me.

⁷Return to your rest, my soul, for the LORD has been good to you.

⁸For you, LORD, rescued me from death, my eyes from tears, my feet from stumbling.

⁹I will walk before the LORD in the land of the living.

¹⁰I believed, even when I said, “I am severely oppressed.”

¹¹In my alarm I said, “Everyone is a liar.”

¹²How can I repay the LORD for all the good he has done for me?

¹³I will take the cup of salvation and call on the name of the LORD.

¹⁴I will fulfill my vows to the LORD in the presence of all his people.

¹⁵The death of his faithful ones is valuable in the LORD’s sight.

¹⁶LORD, I am indeed your servant; I am your servant, the son of your female servant. You have loosened my bonds.

¹⁷I will offer you a sacrifice of thanksgiving and call on the name of the LORD.

¹⁸I will fulfill my vows to the LORD in the presence of all his people,

¹⁹in the courts of the LORD’s house — within you, Jerusalem. Hallelujah!

¹Praise the LORD, all nations! Glorify him, all peoples!

²For his faithful love to us is great; the LORD’s faithfulness endures forever. Hallelujah!

¹Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his faithful love endures forever.

²Let Israel say, “His faithful love endures forever.”

³Let the house of Aaron say, “His faithful love endures forever.”

⁴Let those who fear the LORD say, “His faithful love endures forever.”

⁵I called to the LORD in distress; the LORD answered me and put me in a spacious place.

⁶The LORD is for me; I will not be afraid. What can a mere mortal do to me?

⁷The LORD is my helper, Therefore, I will look in triumph on those who hate me.

⁸It is better to take refuge in the LORD than to trust in humanity.

⁹It is better to take refuge in the LORD than to trust in nobles.

¹⁰All the nations surrounded me; in the name of the LORD I destroyed them.

¹¹They surrounded me, yes, they surrounded me; in the name of the LORD I destroyed them.

¹²They surrounded me like bees; they were extinguished like a fire among thorns; in the name of the LORD I destroyed them.

¹³They pushed me hard to make me fall, but the LORD helped me.

¹⁴The LORD is my strength and my song; he has become my salvation.

¹⁵There are shouts of joy and victory in the tents of the righteous: “The LORD’s right hand performs valiantly!

¹⁶The LORD’s right hand is raised. The LORD’s right hand performs valiantly!”

¹⁷I will not die, but I will live and proclaim what the LORD has done.

¹⁸The LORD disciplined me severely but did not give me over to death.

¹⁹Open the gates of righteousness for me; I will enter through them and give thanks to the LORD.

²⁰This is the LORD’s gate; the righteous will enter through it.

²¹I will give thanks to you because you have answered me and have become my salvation.

²²The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.

²³This came from the LORD; it is wondrous in our sight.

²⁴This is the day the LORD has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.

²⁵LORD, save us! LORD, please grant us success!

²⁶He who comes in the name of the LORD is blessed. From the house of the LORD we bless you.

²⁷The LORD is God and has given us light. Bind the festival sacrifice with cords to the horns of the altar.

²⁸You are my God, and I will give you thanks. You are my God; I will exalt you.

²⁹Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his faithful love endures forever.