Study Desk

Praise the Lord .^[b](a) Blessed are those^(b) who fear the Lord ,^(c) who find great delight^(d) in his commands.

Their children^(e) will be mighty in the land; the generation of the upright will be blessed.

Wealth and riches^(f) are in their houses, and their righteousness endures^(g) forever.

Even in darkness light dawns^(h) for the upright, for those who are gracious and compassionate and righteous.⁽ⁱ⁾

Good will come to those who are generous and lend freely,^(j) who conduct their affairs with justice.

Surely the righteous will never be shaken;^(k) they will be remembered^(l) forever.

They will have no fear of bad news; their hearts are steadfast,^(m) trusting in the Lord .⁽ⁿ⁾

Their hearts are secure, they will have no fear;^(o) in the end they will look in triumph on their foes.^(p)

They have freely scattered their gifts to the poor,^(q) their righteousness endures^(r) forever; their horn^[c] will be lifted^(s) high in honor.

The wicked will see^(t) and be vexed, they will gnash their teeth^(u) and waste away;^(v) the longings of the wicked will come to nothing.^(w)

Praise the Lord .^[a](a) Praise the Lord , you his servants;^(b) praise the name of the Lord .

Let the name of the Lord be praised,^(c) both now and forevermore.^(d)

From the rising of the sun^(e) to the place where it sets, the name of the Lord is to be praised.

The Lord is exalted^(f) over all the nations, his glory above the heavens.^(g)

Who is like the Lord our God,^(h) the One who sits enthroned⁽ⁱ⁾ on high,^(j)

who stoops down to look^(k) on the heavens and the earth?

He raises the poor^(l) from the dust and lifts the needy^(m) from the ash heap;

he seats them⁽ⁿ⁾ with princes, with the princes of his people.

He settles the childless^(o) woman in her home as a happy mother of children. Praise the Lord .

When Israel came out of Egypt,^(a) Jacob from a people of foreign tongue,

Judah^(b) became God's sanctuary,^(c) Israel his dominion.

The sea looked and fled,^(d) the Jordan turned back;^(e)

the mountains leaped^(f) like rams, the hills like lambs.

Why was it, sea, that you fled?^(g) Why, Jordan, did you turn back?

Why, mountains, did you leap like rams, you hills, like lambs?

Tremble, earth,^(h) at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob,

who turned the rock into a pool, the hard rock into springs of water.⁽ⁱ⁾