DAY 157

Psalms 144-147

Psalms 144:1 Blessed be the LORD my strength which teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight:

Psalms 144:2 My goodness, and my fortress; my high tower, and my deliverer; my shield, and he in whom I trust; who subdueth my people under me.

Psalms 144:3 LORD, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him! or the son of man, that thou makest account of him!

Psalms 144:4 Man is like to vanity: his days are as a shadow that passeth away.

Psalms 144:5 Bow thy heavens, O LORD, and come down: touch the mountains, and they shall smoke.

Psalms 144:6 Cast forth lightning, and scatter them: shoot out thine arrows, and destroy them.

Psalms 144:7 Send thine hand from above; rid me, and deliver me out of great waters, from the hand of strange children;

Psalms 144:8 Whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood.

Psalms 144:9 I will sing a new song unto thee, O God: upon a psaltery and an instrument of ten strings will I sing praises unto thee.

Psalms 144:10 It is he that giveth salvation unto kings: who delivereth David his servant from the hurtful sword.

Psalms 144:11 Rid me, and deliver me from the hand of strange children, whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood:

Psalms 144:12 That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth; that our daughters may be as corner stones, polished after the similitude of a palace:

Psalms 144:13 That our garners may be full, affording all manner of store: that our sheep may bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our streets:

Psalms 144:14 That our oxen may be strong to labour; that there be no breaking in, nor going out; that there be no complaining in our streets.

Psalms 144:15 Happy is that people, that is in such a case: yea, happy is that people, whose God is the LORD.

Psalms 145:1 I will extol thee, my God, O king; and I will bless thy name for ever and ever.

Psalms 145:2 Every day will I bless thee; and I will praise thy name for ever and ever.

Psalms 145:3 Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; and his greatness is unsearchable.

Psalms 145:4 One generation shall praise thy works to another, and shall declare thy mighty acts.

Psalms 145:5 I will speak of the glorious honour of thy majesty, and of thy wondrous works.

Psalms 145:6 And men shall speak of the might of thy terrible acts: and I will declare thy greatness.

Psalms 145:7 They shall abundantly utter the memory of thy great goodness, and shall sing of thy righteousness.

Psalms 145:8 The LORD is gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of great mercy.

Psalms 145:9 The LORD is good to all: and his tender mercies are over all his works.

Psalms 145:10 All thy works shall praise thee, O LORD; and thy saints shall bless thee.

Psalms 145:11 They shall speak of the glory of thy kingdom, and talk of thy power;

Psalms 145:12 To make known to the sons of men his mighty acts, and the glorious majesty of his kingdom.

Psalms 145:13 Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and thy dominion endureth throughout all generations.

Psalms 145:14 The LORD upholdeth all that fall, and raiseth up all those that be bowed down.

Psalms 145:15 The eyes of all wait upon thee; and thou givest them their meat in due season.

Psalms 145:16 Thou openest thine hand, and satisfiest the desire of every living thing.

Psalms 145:17 The LORD is righteous in all his ways, and holy in all his works.

Psalms 145:18 The LORD is nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth.

Psalms 145:19 He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him: he also will hear their cry, and will save them.

Psalms 145:20 The LORD preserveth all them that love him: but all the wicked will he destroy.

Psalms 145:21 My mouth shall speak the praise of the LORD: and let all flesh bless his holy name for ever and ever.

Psalms 146:1 Praise ye the LORD. Praise the LORD, O my soul.

Psalms 146:2 While I live will I praise the LORD: I will sing praises unto my God while I have any being.

Psalms 146:3 Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help.

Psalms 146:4 His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.

Psalms 146:5 Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the LORD his God:

Psalms 146:6 Which made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that therein is: which keepeth truth for ever:

Psalms 146:7 Which executeth judgment for the oppressed: which giveth food to the hungry. The LORD looseth the prisoners:

Psalms 146:8 The LORD openeth the eyes of the blind: the LORD raiseth them that are bowed down: the LORD loveth the righteous:

Psalms 146:9 The LORD preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.

Psalms 146:10 The LORD shall reign for ever, even thy God, O Zion, unto all generations. Praise ye the LORD.

Psalms 147:1 Praise ye the LORD: for it is good to sing praises unto our God; for it is pleasant; and praise is comely.

Psalms 147:2 The LORD doth build up Jerusalem: he gathereth together the outcasts of Israel.

Psalms 147:3 He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.

Psalms 147:4 He telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them all by their names.

Psalms 147:5 Great is our Lord, and of great power: his understanding is infinite.

Psalms 147:6 The LORD lifteth up the meek: he casteth the wicked down to the ground.

Psalms 147:7 Sing unto the LORD with thanksgiving; sing praise upon the harp unto our God:

Psalms 147:8 Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains.

Psalms 147:9 He giveth to the beast his food, and to the young ravens which cry.

Psalms 147:10 He delighteth not in the strength of the horse: he taketh not pleasure in the legs of a man.

Psalms 147:11 The LORD taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy.

Psalms 147:12 Praise the LORD, O Jerusalem; praise thy God, O Zion.

Psalms 147:13 For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; he hath blessed thy children within thee.

Psalms 147:14 He maketh peace in thy borders, and filleth thee with the finest of the wheat.

Psalms 147:15 He sendeth forth his commandment upon earth: his word runneth very swiftly.

Psalms 147:16 He giveth snow like wool: he scattereth the hoarfrost like ashes.

Psalms 147:17 He casteth forth his ice like morsels: who can stand before his cold?

Psalms 147:18 He sendeth out his word, and melteth them: he causeth his wind to blow, and the waters flow.

Psalms 147:19 He sheweth his word unto Jacob, his statutes and his judgments unto Israel.

Psalms 147:20 He hath not dealt so with any nation: and as for his judgments, they have not known them. Praise ye the LORD.