5:1 Give ear to my words, O LORD;
  consider my groaning.
Give attention to the sound of my cry,
  my King and my God,
  for to you do I pray.
O LORD, in the morning you hear my voice;
  in the morning I prepare a sacrifice for you and watch.

For you are not a God who delights in wickedness;
  evil may not dwell with you.
The boastful shall not stand before your eyes;
  you hate all evildoers.
You destroy those who speak lies;
  the LORD abhors the bloodthirsty and deceitful man.

But I, through the abundance of your steadfast love,
  will enter your house.
I will bow down toward your holy temple
  in the fear of you.
Lead me, O LORD, in your righteousness
  because of my enemies;
  make your way straight before me.

For there is no truth in their mouth;
  their inmost self is destruction;
their throat is an open grave;
  they flatter with their tongue.
Make them bear their guilt, O God;
  let them fall by their own counsels;
because of the abundance of their transgressions cast them out,
  for they have rebelled against you.

But let all who take refuge in you rejoice;
  let them ever sing for joy,
and spread your protection over them,
  that those who love your name may exult in you.
For you bless the righteous, O LORD;
  you cover him with favor as with a shield.

6:1 O LORD, rebuke me not in your anger,
  nor discipline me in your wrath.
Be gracious to me, O LORD, for I am languishing;
  heal me, O LORD, for my bones are troubled.
My soul also is greatly troubled.
  But you, O LORD—how long?

Turn, O LORD, deliver my life;
  save me for the sake of your steadfast love.
For in death there is no remembrance of you;
  in Sheol who will give you praise?

I am weary with my moaning;
  every night I flood my bed with tears;
  I drench my couch with my weeping.
My eye wastes away because of grief;
  it grows weak because of all my foes.

Depart from me, all you workers of evil,
  for the LORD has heard the sound of my weeping.
The LORD has heard my plea;
  the LORD accepts my prayer.
All my enemies shall be ashamed and greatly troubled;
  they shall turn back and be put to shame in a moment.

10:1 Why, O LORD, do you stand far away?
  Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble?

In arrogance the wicked hotly pursue the poor;
  let them be caught in the schemes that they have devised.
For the wicked boasts of the desires of his soul,
  and the one greedy for gain curses and renounces the LORD.
In the pride of his face the wicked does not seek him;
  all his thoughts are, “There is no God.”
His ways prosper at all times;
  your judgments are on high, out of his sight;
  as for all his foes, he puffs at them.
He says in his heart, “I shall not be moved;
  throughout all generations I shall not meet adversity.”
His mouth is filled with cursing and deceit and oppression;
  under his tongue are mischief and iniquity.
He sits in ambush in the villages;
  in hiding places he murders the innocent.
His eyes stealthily watch for the helpless;
  he lurks in ambush like a lion in his thicket;
he lurks that he may seize the poor;
  he seizes the poor when he draws him into his net.
The helpless are crushed, sink down,
  and fall by his might.
He says in his heart, “God has forgotten,
  he has hidden his face, he will never see it.”

Arise, O LORD; O God, lift up your hand;
  forget not the afflicted.
Why does the wicked renounce God
  and say in his heart, “You will not call to account”?
But you do see, for you note mischief and vexation,
  that you may take it into your hands;
to you the helpless commits himself;
  you have been the helper of the fatherless.
Break the arm of the wicked and evildoer;
  call his wickedness to account till you find none.

The LORD is king forever and ever;
  the nations perish from his land.
O LORD, you hear the desire of the afflicted;
  you will strengthen their heart; you will incline your ear
to do justice to the fatherless and the oppressed,
  so that man who is of the earth may strike terror no more.

11:1 In the LORD I take refuge;
how can you say to my soul,
  “Flee like a bird to your mountain,
for behold, the wicked bend the bow;
  they have fitted their arrow to the string
  to shoot in the dark at the upright in heart;
if the foundations are destroyed,
  what can the righteous do?”

The LORD is in his holy temple;
  the LORD's throne is in heaven;
  his eyes see, his eyelids test the children of man.
The LORD tests the righteous,
  but his soul hates the wicked and the one who loves violence.
Let him rain coals on the wicked;
  fire and sulfur and a scorching wind shall be the portion of their cup.
For the LORD is righteous;
he loves righteous deeds;
  the upright shall behold his face.

“For your sake we are being killed all the day long;
  we are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered.”

1:1 Blessed is the man
  who walks not in the counsel of the wicked,
nor stands in the way of sinners,
  nor sits in the seat of scoffers;
but his delight is in the law of the LORD,
  and on his law he meditates day and night.

He is like a tree
  planted by streams of water
that yields its fruit in its season,
  and its leaf does not wither.
In all that he does, he prospers.
The wicked are not so,
  but are like chaff that the wind drives away.

Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment,
  nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous;
for the LORD knows the way of the righteous,
  but the way of the wicked will perish.

2:1 Why do the nations rage
  and the peoples plot in vain?
The kings of the earth set themselves,
  and the rulers take counsel together,
  against the LORD and against his Anointed, saying,
“Let us burst their bonds apart
  and cast away their cords from us.”

He who sits in the heavens laughs;
  the Lord holds them in derision.
Then he will speak to them in his wrath,
  and terrify them in his fury, saying,
“As for me, I have set my King
  on Zion, my holy hill.”

I will tell of the decree:
The LORD said to me, “You are my Son;
  today I have begotten you.
Ask of me, and I will make the nations your heritage,
  and the ends of the earth your possession.
You shall break them with a rod of iron
  and dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.”

Now therefore, O kings, be wise;
  be warned, O rulers of the earth.
Serve the LORD with fear,
  and rejoice with trembling.
Kiss the Son,
  lest he be angry, and you perish in the way,
  for his wrath is quickly kindled.
Blessed are all who take refuge in him.

3:1 O LORD, how many are my foes!
  Many are rising against me;
many are saying of my soul,
  there is no salvation for him in God.     Selah

But you, O LORD, are a shield about me,
  my glory, and the lifter of my head.
I cried aloud to the LORD,
  and he answered me from his holy hill.     Selah

I lay down and slept;
  I woke again, for the LORD sustained me.
I will not be afraid of many thousands of people
  who have set themselves against me all around.

Arise, O LORD!
  Save me, O my God!
For you strike all my enemies on the cheek;
  you break the teeth of the wicked.

Salvation belongs to the LORD;
  your blessing be on your people!     Selah

4:1 Answer me when I call, O God of my righteousness!
  You have given me relief when I was in distress.
  Be gracious to me and hear my prayer!

O men, how long shall my honor be turned into shame?
  How long will you love vain words and seek after lies?     Selah
But know that the LORD has set apart the godly for himself;
  the LORD hears when I call to him.

Be angry, and do not sin;
  ponder in your own hearts on your beds, and be silent.     Selah
Offer right sacrifices,
  and put your trust in the LORD.

There are many who say, “Who will show us some good?
  Lift up the light of your face upon us, O LORD!”
You have put more joy in my heart
  than they have when their grain and wine abound.

In peace I will both lie down and sleep;
  for you alone, O LORD, make me dwell in safety.

7:1 O LORD my God, in you do I take refuge;
  save me from all my pursuers and deliver me,
lest like a lion they tear my soul apart,
  rending it in pieces, with none to deliver.

O LORD my God, if I have done this,
  if there is wrong in my hands,
if I have repaid my friend with evil
  or plundered my enemy without cause,
let the enemy pursue my soul and overtake it,
  and let him trample my life to the ground
  and lay my glory in the dust.     Selah

Arise, O LORD, in your anger;
  lift yourself up against the fury of my enemies;
  awake for me; you have appointed a judgment.
Let the assembly of the peoples be gathered about you;
  over it return on high.

The LORD judges the peoples;
  judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness
  and according to the integrity that is in me.
Oh, let the evil of the wicked come to an end,
  and may you establish the righteous—
you who test the minds and hearts,
  O righteous God!
My shield is with God,
  who saves the upright in heart.
God is a righteous judge,
  and a God who feels indignation every day.

If a man does not repent, God will whet his sword;
  he has bent and readied his bow;
he has prepared for him his deadly weapons,
  making his arrows fiery shafts.
Behold, the wicked man conceives evil
  and is pregnant with mischief
  and gives birth to lies.
He makes a pit, digging it out,
  and falls into the hole that he has made.
His mischief returns upon his own head,
  and on his own skull his violence descends.

I will give to the LORD the thanks due to his righteousness,
  and I will sing praise to the name of the LORD, the Most High.

146:1 Praise the LORD!
Praise the LORD, O my soul!
I will praise the LORD as long as I live;
  I will sing praises to my God while I have my being.

Put not your trust in princes,
  in a son of man, in whom there is no salvation.
When his breath departs, he returns to the earth;
  on that very day his plans perish.

Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob,
  whose hope is in the LORD his God,
who made heaven and earth,
  the sea, and all that is in them,
who keeps faith forever;
  who executes justice for the oppressed,
  who gives food to the hungry.

The LORD sets the prisoners free;
  the LORD opens the eyes of the blind.
The LORD lifts up those who are bowed down;
  the LORD loves the righteous.
The LORD watches over the sojourners;
  he upholds the widow and the fatherless,
  but the way of the wicked he brings to ruin.

The LORD will reign forever,
  your God, O Zion, to all generations.
Praise the LORD!

147:1 Praise the LORD!
For it is good to sing praises to our God;
  for it is pleasant, and a song of praise is fitting.
The LORD builds up Jerusalem;
  he gathers the outcasts of Israel.
He heals the brokenhearted
  and binds up their wounds.
He determines the number of the stars;
  he gives to all of them their names.
Great is our Lord, and abundant in power;
  his understanding is beyond measure.
The LORD lifts up the humble;
  he casts the wicked to the ground.

Sing to the LORD with thanksgiving;
  make melody to our God on the lyre!
He covers the heavens with clouds;
  he prepares rain for the earth;
  he makes grass grow on the hills.
He gives to the beasts their food,
  and to the young ravens that cry.
His delight is not in the strength of the horse,
  nor his pleasure in the legs of a man,
but the LORD takes pleasure in those who fear him,
  in those who hope in his steadfast love.

Praise the LORD, O Jerusalem!
  Praise your God, O Zion!
For he strengthens the bars of your gates;
  he blesses your children within you.
He makes peace in your borders;
  he fills you with the finest of the wheat.
He sends out his command to the earth;
  his word runs swiftly.
He gives snow like wool;
  he scatters hoarfrost like ashes.
He hurls down his crystals of ice like crumbs;
  who can stand before his cold?
He sends out his word, and melts them;
  he makes his wind blow and the waters flow.
He declares his word to Jacob,
  his statutes and rules to Israel.
He has not dealt thus with any other nation;
  they do not know his rules.
Praise the LORD!

111:1  Praise the LORD!
I will give thanks to the LORD with my whole heart,
  in the company of the upright, in the congregation.
Great are the works of the LORD,
  studied by all who delight in them.
Full of splendor and majesty is his work,
  and his righteousness endures forever.
He has caused his wondrous works to be remembered;
  the LORD is gracious and merciful.
He provides food for those who fear him;
  he remembers his covenant forever.
He has shown his people the power of his works,
  in giving them the inheritance of the nations.
The works of his hands are faithful and just;
  all his precepts are trustworthy;
they are established forever and ever,
  to be performed with faithfulness and uprightness.
He sent redemption to his people;
  he has commanded his covenant forever.
  Holy and awesome is his name!
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom;
  all those who practice it have a good understanding.
  His praise endures forever!

112:1  Praise the LORD!
Blessed is the man who fears the LORD,
  who greatly delights in his commandments!
His offspring will be mighty in the land;
  the generation of the upright will be blessed.
Wealth and riches are in his house,
  and his righteousness endures forever.
Light dawns in the darkness for the upright;
  he is gracious, merciful, and righteous.
It is well with the man who deals generously and lends;
  who conducts his affairs with justice.
For the righteous will never be moved;
  he will be remembered forever.
He is not afraid of bad news;
  his heart is firm, trusting in the LORD.
His heart is steady; he will not be afraid,
  until he looks in triumph on his adversaries.
He has distributed freely; he has given to the poor;
  his righteousness endures forever;
  his horn is exalted in honor.
The wicked man sees it and is angry;
  he gnashes his teeth and melts away;
  the desire of the wicked will perish!

113:1 Praise the LORD!
Praise, O servants of the LORD,
  praise the name of the LORD!

Blessed be the name of the LORD
  from this time forth and forevermore!
From the rising of the sun to its setting,
  the name of the LORD is to be praised!

The LORD is high above all nations,
  and his glory above the heavens!
Who is like the LORD our God,
  who is seated on high,
who looks far down
  on the heavens and the earth?
He raises the poor from the dust
  and lifts the needy from the ash heap,
to make them sit with princes,
  with the princes of his people.
He gives the barren woman a home,
  making her the joyous mother of children.
Praise the LORD!

137:1 By the waters of Babylon,
  there we sat down and wept,
  when we remembered Zion.
On the willows there
  we hung up our lyres.
For there our captors
  required of us songs,
and our tormentors, mirth, saying,
  “Sing us one of the songs of Zion!”

How shall we sing the LORD's song
  in a foreign land?
If I forget you, O Jerusalem,
  let my right hand forget its skill!
Let my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth,
  if I do not remember you,
if I do not set Jerusalem
  above my highest joy!

Remember, O LORD, against the Edomites
  the day of Jerusalem,
how they said, “Lay it bare, lay it bare,
  down to its foundations!”
O daughter of Babylon, doomed to be destroyed,
  blessed shall he be who repays you
  with what you have done to us!
Blessed shall he be who takes your little ones
  and dashes them against the rock!

144:1 Blessed be the LORD, my rock,
  who trains my hands for war,
  and my fingers for battle;
he is my steadfast love and my fortress,
  my stronghold and my deliverer,
my shield and he in whom I take refuge,
  who subdues peoples under me.

O LORD, what is man that you regard him,
  or the son of man that you think of him?
Man is like a breath;
  his days are like a passing shadow.

Bow your heavens, O LORD, and come down!
  Touch the mountains so that they smoke!
Flash forth the lightning and scatter them;
  send out your arrows and rout them!
Stretch out your hand from on high;
  rescue me and deliver me from the many waters,
  from the hand of foreigners,
whose mouths speak lies
  and whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.

I will sing a new song to you, O God;
  upon a ten-stringed harp I will play to you,
who gives victory to kings,
  who rescues David his servant from the cruel sword.
Rescue me and deliver me
  from the hand of foreigners,
whose mouths speak lies
  and whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.

May our sons in their youth
  be like plants full grown,
our daughters like corner pillars
  cut for the structure of a palace;
may our granaries be full,
  providing all kinds of produce;
may our sheep bring forth thousands
  and ten thousands in our fields;
may our cattle be heavy with young,
  suffering no mishap or failure in bearing;
may there be no cry of distress in our streets!
Blessed are the people to whom such blessings fall!
  Blessed are the people whose God is the LORD!

104:1 Bless the LORD, O my soul!
  O LORD my God, you are very great!
You are clothed with splendor and majesty,
  covering yourself with light as with a garment,
  stretching out the heavens like a tent.
He lays the beams of his chambers on the waters;
he makes the clouds his chariot;
  he rides on the wings of the wind;
he makes his messengers winds,
  his ministers a flaming fire.

He set the earth on its foundations,
  so that it should never be moved.
You covered it with the deep as with a garment;
  the waters stood above the mountains.
At your rebuke they fled;
  at the sound of your thunder they took to flight.
The mountains rose, the valleys sank down
  to the place that you appointed for them.
You set a boundary that they may not pass,
  so that they might not again cover the earth.

You make springs gush forth in the valleys;
  they flow between the hills;
they give drink to every beast of the field;
  the wild donkeys quench their thirst.
Beside them the birds of the heavens dwell;
  they sing among the branches.
From your lofty abode you water the mountains;
  the earth is satisfied with the fruit of your work.

You cause the grass to grow for the livestock
  and plants for man to cultivate,
that he may bring forth food from the earth
  and wine to gladden the heart of man,
oil to make his face shine
  and bread to strengthen man's heart.

The trees of the LORD are watered abundantly,
  the cedars of Lebanon that he planted.
In them the birds build their nests;
  the stork has her home in the fir trees.
The high mountains are for the wild goats;
  the rocks are a refuge for the rock badgers.

He made the moon to mark the seasons;
  the sun knows its time for setting.
You make darkness, and it is night,
  when all the beasts of the forest creep about.
The young lions roar for their prey,
  seeking their food from God.
When the sun rises, they steal away
  and lie down in their dens.
Man goes out to his work
  and to his labor until the evening.

O LORD, how manifold are your works!
  In wisdom have you made them all;
  the earth is full of your creatures.
Here is the sea, great and wide,
  which teems with creatures innumerable,
  living things both small and great.
There go the ships,
  and Leviathan, which you formed to play in it.

These all look to you,
  to give them their food in due season.
When you give it to them, they gather it up;
  when you open your hand, they are filled with good things.
When you hide your face, they are dismayed;
  when you take away their breath, they die
  and return to their dust.
When you send forth your Spirit, they are created,
  and you renew the face of the ground.

May the glory of the LORD endure forever;
  may the LORD rejoice in his works,
who looks on the earth and it trembles,
  who touches the mountains and they smoke!
I will sing to the LORD as long as I live;
  I will sing praise to my God while I have being.
May my meditation be pleasing to him,
  for I rejoice in the LORD.
Let sinners be consumed from the earth,
  and let the wicked be no more!
Bless the LORD, O my soul!
Praise the LORD!

“The oracle of Balaam the son of Beor,
  the oracle of the man whose eye is opened,
the oracle of him who hears the words of God,
  and knows the knowledge of the Most High,
who sees the vision of the Almighty,
  falling down with his eyes uncovered:
I see him, but not now;
  I behold him, but not near:
a star shall come out of Jacob,
  and a scepter shall rise out of Israel;
it shall crush the forehead of Moab
  and break down all the sons of Sheth.
Edom shall be dispossessed;
  Seir also, his enemies, shall be dispossessed.
  Israel is doing valiantly.
And one from Jacob shall exercise dominion
  and destroy the survivors of cities!”

“Amalek was the first among the nations,
  but its end is utter destruction.”

“Enduring is your dwelling place,
  and your nest is set in the rock.
Nevertheless, Kain shall be burned
  when Asshur takes you away captive.”

“Alas, who shall live when God does this?
  But ships shall come from Kittim
and shall afflict Asshur and Eber;
  and he too shall come to utter destruction.”

140:1 Deliver me, O LORD, from evil men;
  preserve me from violent men,
who plan evil things in their heart
  and stir up wars continually.
They make their tongue sharp as a serpent's,
  and under their lips is the venom of asps.     Selah

Guard me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked;
  preserve me from violent men,
  who have planned to trip up my feet.
The arrogant have hidden a trap for me,
  and with cords they have spread a net;
  beside the way they have set snares for me.     Selah

I say to the LORD, You are my God;
  give ear to the voice of my pleas for mercy, O LORD!
O LORD, my Lord, the strength of my salvation,
  you have covered my head in the day of battle.
Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked;
  do not further their evil plot, or they will be exalted!     Selah

As for the head of those who surround me,
  let the mischief of their lips overwhelm them!
Let burning coals fall upon them!
  Let them be cast into fire,
  into miry pits, no more to rise!
Let not the slanderer be established in the land;
  let evil hunt down the violent man speedily!

I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted,
  and will execute justice for the needy.
Surely the righteous shall give thanks to your name;
  the upright shall dwell in your presence.

142:1 With my voice I cry out to the LORD;
  with my voice I plead for mercy to the LORD.
I pour out my complaint before him;
  I tell my trouble before him.

When my spirit faints within me,
  you know my way!
In the path where I walk
  they have hidden a trap for me.
Look to the right and see:
  there is none who takes notice of me;
no refuge remains to me;
  no one cares for my soul.

I cry to you, O LORD;
  I say, “You are my refuge,
  my portion in the land of the living.”
Attend to my cry,
  for I am brought very low!
Deliver me from my persecutors,
  for they are too strong for me!
Bring me out of prison,
  that I may give thanks to your name!
The righteous will surround me,
  for you will deal bountifully with me.

141:1 O LORD, I call upon you; hasten to me!
  Give ear to my voice when I call to you!
Let my prayer be counted as incense before you,
  and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice!

Set a guard, O LORD, over my mouth;
  keep watch over the door of my lips!
Do not let my heart incline to any evil,
  to busy myself with wicked deeds
in company with men who work iniquity,
  and let me not eat of their delicacies!

Let a righteous man strike me—it is a kindness;
  let him rebuke me—it is oil for my head;
  let my head not refuse it.
Yet my prayer is continually against their evil deeds.
When their judges are thrown over the cliff,
  then they shall hear my words, for they are pleasant.
As when one plows and breaks up the earth,
  so shall our bones be scattered at the mouth of Sheol.

But my eyes are toward you, O GOD, my Lord;
  in you I seek refuge; leave me not defenseless!
Keep me from the trap that they have laid for me
  and from the snares of evildoers!
Let the wicked fall into their own nets,
  while I pass by safely.

143:1 Hear my prayer, O LORD;
  give ear to my pleas for mercy!
  In your faithfulness answer me, in your righteousness!
Enter not into judgment with your servant,
  for no one living is righteous before you.

For the enemy has pursued my soul;
  he has crushed my life to the ground;
  he has made me sit in darkness like those long dead.
Therefore my spirit faints within me;
  my heart within me is appalled.

I remember the days of old;
  I meditate on all that you have done;
  I ponder the work of your hands.
I stretch out my hands to you;
  my soul thirsts for you like a parched land.     Selah

Answer me quickly, O LORD!
  My spirit fails!
Hide not your face from me,
  lest I be like those who go down to the pit.
Let me hear in the morning of your steadfast love,
  for in you I trust.
Make me know the way I should go,
  for to you I lift up my soul.

Deliver me from my enemies, O LORD!
  I have fled to you for refuge!
Teach me to do your will,
  for you are my God!
Let your good Spirit lead me
  on level ground!

For your name's sake, O LORD, preserve my life!
  In your righteousness bring my soul out of trouble!

And in your steadfast love you will cut off my enemies,
  and you will destroy all the adversaries of my soul,
  for I am your servant.

“The oracle of Balaam the son of Beor,
  the oracle of the man whose eye is opened,
the oracle of him who hears the words of God,
  who sees the vision of the Almighty,
  falling down with his eyes uncovered:
How lovely are your tents, O Jacob,
  your encampments, O Israel!
Like palm groves that stretch afar,
  like gardens beside a river,
like aloes that the LORD has planted,
  like cedar trees beside the waters.
Water shall flow from his buckets,
  and his seed shall be in many waters;
his king shall be higher than Agag,
  and his kingdom shall be exalted.
God brings him out of Egypt
  and is for him like the horns of the wild ox;
he shall eat up the nations, his adversaries,
  and shall break their bones in pieces
  and pierce them through with his arrows.
He crouched, he lay down like a lion
  and like a lioness; who will rouse him up?
Blessed are those who bless you,
  and cursed are those who curse you.”

131:1 O LORD, my heart is not lifted up;
  my eyes are not raised too high;
I do not occupy myself with things
  too great and too marvelous for me.
But I have calmed and quieted my soul,
  like a weaned child with its mother;
  like a weaned child is my soul within me.

O Israel, hope in the LORD
  from this time forth and forevermore.

132:1 Remember, O LORD, in David's favor,
  all the hardships he endured,
how he swore to the LORD
  and vowed to the Mighty One of Jacob,
“I will not enter my house
  or get into my bed,
I will not give sleep to my eyes
  or slumber to my eyelids,
until I find a place for the LORD,
  a dwelling place for the Mighty One of Jacob.”

Behold, we heard of it in Ephrathah;
  we found it in the fields of Jaar.
“Let us go to his dwelling place;
  let us worship at his footstool!”

Arise, O LORD, and go to your resting place,
  you and the ark of your might.
Let your priests be clothed with righteousness,
  and let your saints shout for joy.
For the sake of your servant David,
  do not turn away the face of your anointed one.

The LORD swore to David a sure oath
  from which he will not turn back:
“One of the sons of your body
  I will set on your throne.
If your sons keep my covenant
  and my testimonies that I shall teach them,
their sons also forever
  shall sit on your throne.”

For the LORD has chosen Zion;
  he has desired it for his dwelling place:
“This is my resting place forever;
  here I will dwell, for I have desired it.
I will abundantly bless her provisions;
  I will satisfy her poor with bread.
Her priests I will clothe with salvation,
  and her saints will shout for joy.
There I will make a horn to sprout for David;
  I have prepared a lamp for my anointed.
His enemies I will clothe with shame,
  but on him his crown will shine.”

133:1 Behold, how good and pleasant it is
  when brothers dwell in unity!
It is like the precious oil on the head,
  running down on the beard,
on the beard of Aaron,
  running down on the collar of his robes!
It is like the dew of Hermon,
  which falls on the mountains of Zion!
For there the LORD has commanded the blessing,
  life forevermore.

134:1 Come, bless the LORD, all you servants of the LORD,
  who stand by night in the house of the LORD!
Lift up your hands to the holy place
  and bless the LORD!

May the LORD bless you from Zion,
  he who made heaven and earth!

135:1 Praise the LORD!
Praise the name of the LORD,
  give praise, O servants of the LORD,
who stand in the house of the LORD,
  in the courts of the house of our God!
Praise the LORD, for the LORD is good;
  sing to his name, for it is pleasant!
For the LORD has chosen Jacob for himself,
  Israel as his own possession.

For I know that the LORD is great,
  and that our Lord is above all gods.
Whatever the LORD pleases, he does,
  in heaven and on earth,
  in the seas and all deeps.
He it is who makes the clouds rise at the end of the earth,
  who makes lightnings for the rain
  and brings forth the wind from his storehouses.

He it was who struck down the firstborn of Egypt,
  both of man and of beast;
who in your midst, O Egypt,
  sent signs and wonders
  against Pharaoh and all his servants;
who struck down many nations
  and killed mighty kings,
Sihon, king of the Amorites,
  and Og, king of Bashan,
  and all the kingdoms of Canaan,
and gave their land as a heritage,
  a heritage to his people Israel.

Your name, O LORD, endures forever,
  your renown, O LORD, throughout all ages.
For the LORD will vindicate his people
  and have compassion on his servants.

The idols of the nations are silver and gold,
  the work of human hands.
They have mouths, but do not speak;
  they have eyes, but do not see;
they have ears, but do not hear,
  nor is there any breath in their mouths.
Those who make them become like them,
  so do all who trust in them!

O house of Israel, bless the LORD!
  O house of Aaron, bless the LORD!
O house of Levi, bless the LORD!
  You who fear the LORD, bless the LORD!
Blessed be the LORD from Zion,
  he who dwells in Jerusalem!
Praise the LORD!

“Rise, Balak, and hear;
  give ear to me, O son of Zippor:
God is not man, that he should lie,
  or a son of man, that he should change his mind.
Has he said, and will he not do it?
  Or has he spoken, and will he not fulfill it?
Behold, I received a command to bless:
  he has blessed, and I cannot revoke it.
He has not beheld misfortune in Jacob,
  nor has he seen trouble in Israel.
The LORD their God is with them,
  and the shout of a king is among them.
God brings them out of Egypt
  and is for them like the horns of the wild ox.
For there is no enchantment against Jacob,
  no divination against Israel;
now it shall be said of Jacob and Israel,
  ‘What has God wrought!’
Behold, a people! As a lioness it rises up
  and as a lion it lifts itself;
it does not lie down until it has devoured the prey
  and drunk the blood of the slain.”