The 150 Psalms

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[b]Psalms 145:[/b]

1  I will extol thee, O God my king: and I will bless thy name for ever; yea, for ever and ever.
2  Every day I will bless thee: and I will praise thy name for ever; yea, for ever and ever.
3  Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised: and of his greatness there is no end.
4  Generation and generation shall praise thy works: and they shall declare thy power.
5  They shall speak of the magnificence of the glory of thy holiness: and shall tell thy wondrous works.
6  And they shall speak of the might of thy terrible acts: and shall declare thy greatness.
7  They shall publish the memory of the abundance of thy sweetness: and shall rejoice in thy justice.
8  The Lord is gracious and merciful: patient and plenteous in mercy.
9  The Lord is sweet to all: and his tender mercies are over all his works.
10  Let all thy works, O lord, praise thee: and let thy saints bless thee.
11  They shall speak of the glory of thy kingdom: and shall tell of thy power:
12  To make thy might known to the sons of men: and the glory of the magnificence of thy kingdom.
13  Thy kingdom is a kingdom of all ages: and thy dominion endureth throughout all generations.
14  The Lord lifteth up all that fall: and setteth up all that are cast down.
15  The eyes of all hope in thee, O Lord: and thou givest them meat in due season.
16  Thou openest thy hand, and fillest with blessing every living creature.
17  The Lord is just in all his ways: and holy in all his works.
18  The Lord is nigh unto all them that call upon him: to all that call upon him in truth.
19  He will do the will of them that fear him: and he will hear their prayer, and save them.
20  The Lord keepeth all them that love him; but all the wicked he will destroy.
21  My mouth shall speak the praise of the Lord: and let all flesh bless thy holy name for ever; yea, for ever and ever.

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[b]Psalms 146:[/b]

1  Alleluia, of Aggeus and Zacharias.
2  Praise the Lord, O my soul, in my life I will praise the Lord: I will sing to my God as long as I shall be. Put not your trust in princes:
3  in the children of men, in whom there is no salvation.
4  His spirit shall go forth, and he shall return into his earth: in that day all their thoughts shall perish.
5  Blessed is he who hath the God of Jacob for his helper, whose hope is in the Lord his God:
6  who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all things that are in them.
7  Who keepeth truth for ever: who executeth judgment for them that suffer wrong: who giveth food to the hungry. The Lord looseth them that are fettered:
8  the Lord enlighteneth the blind. The Lord lifteth up them that are cast down: the Lord loveth the just.
9  The Lord keepeth the strangers, he will support the fatherless and the widow: and the ways of sinners he will destroy.
10  The Lord shall reign for ever: thy God, O Sion, unto generation and generation.

Edited February 17, 2008 by Rod

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Psalm 146 DOUAY-RHEIMS

Laudate Dominum. An exhortation to praise God for his benefits.

1 Alleluia.

Praise ye the Lord, because psalm is good: to our God be joyful and comely praise.
2 The Lord buildeth up Jerusalem: he will gather together the dispersed of Israel.
3 Who healeth the broken of heart, and bindeth up their bruises.
4 Who telleth the number of the stars: and calleth them all by their names.
5 Great is our Lord, and great is his power: and of his wisdom there is no number.
6 The Lord lifteth up the meek, and bringeth the wicked down even to the ground.
7 Sing ye to the Lord with praise: sing to our God upon the harp.
8 Who covereth the heaven with clouds, and prepareth rain for the earth. Who maketh grass to grow on the mountains, and herbs for the service of men.
9 Who giveth to beasts their food: and to the young ravens that call upon him.
10 He shall not delight in the strength of the horse: nor take pleasure in the legs of a man.
11 The Lord taketh pleasure in them that fear him: and in them that hope in his mercy.




Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. As it was in the beginning is now and ever shall be, world without end.
Amen.

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Psalm 146 DOUAY-RHEIMS

Laudate Dominum. An exhortation to praise God for his benefits.

1 Alleluia.

Praise ye the Lord, because psalm is good: to our God be joyful and comely praise.
2 The Lord buildeth up Jerusalem: he will gather together the dispersed of Israel.
3 Who healeth the broken of heart, and bindeth up their bruises.
4 Who telleth the number of the stars: and calleth them all by their names.
5 Great is our Lord, and great is his power: and of his wisdom there is no number.
6 The Lord lifteth up the meek, and bringeth the wicked down even to the ground.
7 Sing ye to the Lord with praise: sing to our God upon the harp.
8 Who covereth the heaven with clouds, and prepareth rain for the earth. Who maketh grass to grow on the mountains, and herbs for the service of men.
9 Who giveth to beasts their food: and to the young ravens that call upon him.
10 He shall not delight in the strength of the horse: nor take pleasure in the legs of a man.
11 The Lord taketh pleasure in them that fear him: and in them that hope in his mercy.




Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. As it was in the beginning is now and ever shall be, world without end.
Amen.

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[b]Psalms 147:[/b]

1  Praise ye the Lord, because psalm is good: to our God be joyful and comely praise.
2  The Lord buildeth up Jerusalem: he will gather together the dispersed of Israel.
3  Who healeth the broken of heart, and bindeth up their bruises.
4  Who telleth the number of the stars: and calleth them all by their names.
5  Great is our Lord, and great is his power: and of his wisdom there is no number.
6  The Lord lifteth up the meek, and bringeth the wicked down even to the ground.
7  Sing ye to the Lord with praise: sing to our God upon the harp.
8  Who covereth the heaven with clouds, and prepareth rain for the earth. Who maketh grass to grow on the mountains, and herbs for the service of men.
9  Who giveth to beasts their food: and to the young ravens that call upon him.
10  He shall not delight in the strength of the horse: nor take pleasure in the legs of a man.
11  The Lord taketh pleasure in them that fear him: and in them that hope in his mercy.
12  Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem: praise thy God, O Sion.
13  Because he hath strengthened the bolts of thy gates, he hath blessed thy children within thee.
14  Who hath placed peace in thy borders: and filleth thee with the fat of corn.
15  Who sendeth forth his speech to the earth: his word runneth swiftly.
16  Who giveth snow like wool: scattereth mists like ashes.
17  He sendeth his crystal like morsels: who shall stand before the face of his cold?
18  He shall send out his word, and shall melt them: his wind shall blow, and the waters shall run.
19  Who declareth his word to Jacob: his justices and his judgments to Israel.
20  He hath not done in like manner to every nation: and his judgments he hath not made manifest to them. Alleluia.

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[b]Psalms 148:[/b]


1  Praise ye the Lord from the heavens: praise ye him in the high places.
2  Praise ye him, all his angels: praise ye him, all his hosts.
3  Praise ye him, O sun and moon: praise him, all ye stars and light.
4  Praise him, ye heavens of heavens: and let all the waters that are above the heavens
5  praise the name of the Lord. For he spoke, and they were made: he commanded, and they were created.
6  He hath established them for ever, and for ages of ages: he hath made a decree, and it shall not pass away.
7  Praise the Lord from the earth, ye dragons, and all ye deeps:
8  Fire, hail, snow, ice, stormy winds which fulfil his word:
9  Mountains and all hills, fruitful trees and all cedars:
10  Beasts and all cattle: serpents and feathered fowls:
11  Kings of the earth and all people: princes and all judges of the earth:
12  Young men and maidens: let the old with the younger, praise the name of the Lord:
13  for his name alone is exalted.
14  The praise of him is above heaven and earth: and he hath exalted the horn of his people. A hymn to all his saints: to the children of Israel, a people approaching to him. Alleluia.

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[b]Psalms 149:[/b]

1  Sing ye to the Lord a new canticle: let his praise be in the church of the saints.
2  Let Israel rejoice in him that made him: and let the children of Sion be joyful in their king.
3  Let them praise his name in choir: let them sing to him with the timbrel and the psaltery.
4  For the Lord is well pleased with his people: and he will exalt the meek unto salvation.
5  The saints shall rejoice in glory: they shall be joyful in their beds.
6  The high praise of God shall be in their mouth: and two-edged swords in their hands:
7  To execute vengeance upon the nations, chastisements among the people:
8  To bind their kings with fetters, and their nobles with manacles of iron.
9  To execute upon them the judgment that is written: this glory is to all his saints. Alleluia.

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[b]Psalms 150:[/b]

1  Praise ye the Lord in his holy places: praise ye him in the firmament of his power.
2  Praise ye him for his mighty acts: praise ye him according to the multitude of his greatness.
3  Praise him with sound of trumpet: praise him with psaltery and harp.
4  Praise him with timbrel and choir: praise him with strings and organs.
5  Praise him on high sounding cymbals: praise him on cymbals of joy: let every spirit praise the Lord. Alleluia.

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[i][size=5][color="#FF0000"]Let us start again as we do the Rosary and Divine Mercy etc. Let us sing the Psalms for our Holy Father - I for one have enjoyed participating and readng the different versions of the same psalms. [/color][/size][/i]

Edited February 19, 2008 by Rod

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[b]Psalms 1:[/b]


1  Blessed is the man who hath not walked in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stood in the way of sinners, nor sat in the chair of pestilence.
2  But his will is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he shall meditate day and night.
3  And he shall be like a tree which is planted near the running waters, which shall bring forth its fruit, in due season. And his leaf shall not fall off: and all whosoever he shall do shall prosper.
4  Not so the wicked, not so: but like the dust, which the wind driveth from the face of the earth.
5  Therefore the wicked shall not rise again in judgment: nor sinners in the council of the just.
6  For the Lord knoweth the way of the just: and the way of the wicked shall perish.

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[b]Psalms 1:[/b]


1  Blessed is the man who hath not walked in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stood in the way of sinners, nor sat in the chair of pestilence.
2  But his will is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he shall meditate day and night.
3  And he shall be like a tree which is planted near the running waters, which shall bring forth its fruit, in due season. And his leaf shall not fall off: and all whosoever he shall do shall prosper.
4  Not so the wicked, not so: but like the dust, which the wind driveth from the face of the earth.
5  Therefore the wicked shall not rise again in judgment: nor sinners in the council of the just.
6  For the Lord knoweth the way of the just: and the way of the wicked shall perish.

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[b]Psalms 2:[/b]

1  Why have the Gentiles raged, and the people devised vain things?
2  The kings of the earth stood up, and the princes met together, against the Lord and against his Christ.
3  Let us break their bonds asunder: and let us cast away their yoke from us.
4  He that dwelleth in heaven shall laugh at them: and the Lord shall deride them.
5  Then shall he speak to them in his anger, and trouble them in his rage.
6  But I am appointed king by him over Sion his holy mountain, preaching his commandment.
7  The Lord hath said to me: Thou art my son, this day have I begotten thee.
8  Ask of me, and I will give thee the Gentiles for thy inheritance, and the utmost parts of the earth for thy possession.
9  Thou shalt rule them with a rod of iron, and shalt break them in pieces like a potter's vessel.
10  And now, O ye kings, understand: receive instruction, you that judge the earth.
11  Serve ye the Lord with fear: and rejoice unto him with trembling.
12  Embrace discipline, lest at any time the Lord be angry, and you perish from the just way.
13  When his wrath shall be kindled in a short time, blessed are all they that trust in him.

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[b]Psalms 3:[/b]

1  The psalm of David when he fled from the face of his son Absalom.
2  Why, O Lord, are they multiplied that afflict me? many are they who rise up against me.
3  Many say to my soul: There is no salvation for him in his God.
4  But thou, O Lord art my protector, my glory, and the lifter up of my head.
5  I have cried to the Lord with my voice: and he hath heard me from his holy hill.
6  I have slept and taken my rest: and I have risen up, because the Lord hath protected me.
7  I will not fear thousands of the people, surrounding me: arise, O Lord; save me, O my God.
8  For thou hast struck all them who are my adversaries without cause: thou hast broken the teeth of sinners.
9  Salvation is of the Lord: and thy blessing is upon thy people.

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[b]Psalms 4:[/b]

1  Unto the end, in verses. A psalm of David.
2  When I called upon him, the God of my justice heard me: when I was in distress, thou hast enlarged me. Have mercy on me: and hear my prayer.
3  O ye sons of men, how long will you be dull of heart? why do you love vanity, and seek after lying?
4  Know ye also that the Lord hath made his holy one wonderful: the Lord will hear me when I shall cry unto him.
5  Be angry, and sin not: the things you say in your hearts, be sorry for them upon your beds.
6  Offer up the sacrifice of justice, and trust in the Lord: many say, Who sheweth us good things?
7  The light of thy countenance O Lord, is signed upon us: thou hast given gladness in my heart.
8  By the fruit of their corn, their wine and oil, they are multiplied.
9  In peace in the selfsame I will sleep, and I will rest:
10  for thou, O Lord, singularly hast settled me in hope.

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[b]Psalms 5:[/b]

1  Unto the end, for her that obtaineth the inheritance. A psalm of David.
2  Give ear, O Lord, to my words, understand my cry.
3  Hearken to the voice of my prayer, O my King and my God.
4  For to thee will I pray: O Lord, in the morning thou shalt hear my voice.
5  In the morning I will stand before thee, and will see: because thou art not a God that willest iniquity.
6  Neither shall the wicked dwell near thee: nor shall the unjust abide before thy eyes.
7  Thou hatest all the workers of iniquity: Thou wilt destroy all that speak a lie. The bloody and the deceitful man the Lord will abhor.
8  But as for me in the multitude of thy mercy, I will come into thy house; I will worship towards thy holy temple, in thy fear.
9  Conduct me, O Lord, in thy justice: because of my enemies, direct my way in thy sight.
10  for there is no truth in their mouth; their heart is vain.
11  Their throat is an open sepulchre: they dealt deceitfully with their tongues: judge them, O God. Let them fall from their devices: according to the multitude of their wickedness cast them out: for they have provoked thee, O Lord.
12  But let all them be glad that hope in thee: they shall rejoice for ever, and thou shalt dwell in them. And all they that love thy name shall glory in thee:
13  For thou wilt bless the just. O Lord, thou hast crowned us, as with a shield of thy good will.