Psalm 145
A praise psalm by David.1
¹ I will exalt you, my God, the King. I will praise your name forever and ever.
² Every day I will praise you. I will extol your name forever and ever.
³ Great is Yahweh, and greatly to be praised! His greatness is unsearchable.
⁴ One generation will commend your works to another, and will declare your mighty acts.
⁵ I will meditate on the glorious majesty of your honor, on your wondrous works.
⁶ Men will speak of the might of your awesome acts. I will declare your greatness.
⁷ They will utter the memory of your great goodness, and will sing of your righteousness.
⁸ Yahweh is gracious, merciful, slow to anger, and of great loving kindness.
⁹ Yahweh is good to all. His tender mercies are over all his works.
¹⁰ All your works will give thanks to you, Yahweh. Your saints will extol you.
¹¹ They will speak of the glory of your kingdom, and talk about your power,
¹² to make known to the sons of men his mighty acts, the glory of the majesty of his kingdom.
¹³ Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom. Your dominion endures throughout all generations. Yahweh is faithful in all his words, and loving in all his deeds.2
¹⁴ Yahweh upholds all who fall, and raises up all those who are bowed down.
¹⁵ The eyes of all wait for you. You give them their food in due season.
¹⁶ You open your hand, and satisfy the desire of every living thing.
¹⁷ Yahweh is righteous in all his ways, and gracious in all his works.
¹⁸ Yahweh is near to all those who call on him, to all who call on him in truth.
¹⁹ He will fulfill the desire of those who fear him. He also will hear their cry, and will save them.
²⁰ Yahweh preserves all those who love him, but he will destroy all the wicked.
²¹ My mouth will speak the praise of Yahweh. Let all flesh bless his holy name forever and ever.