Psalm 145:1-21
A praise,* of David.
א [ʼAʹleph]
145 I will exalt you, O my God the King,+And I will bless your name to time indefinite, even forever.+
ב [Behth]
2 All day long I will bless you,+And I will praise your name to time indefinite, even forever.+
ג [Giʹmel]
3 Jehovah is great and very much to be praised,+And his greatness is unsearchable.+
ד [Daʹleth]
4 Generation after generation will commend your works,+And about your mighty acts they will tell.+
ה [Heʼ]
5 The glorious splendor of your dignity+And the matters of your wonderful works I will make my concern.+
ו [Waw]
6 And they will talk about the strength of your own fear-inspiring things;+And as for your greatness, I will declare it.+
ז [Zaʹyin]
7 With the mention of the abundance of your goodness they will bubble over,+And [because of] your righteousness they will cry out joyfully.+
ח [Chehth]
8 Jehovah is gracious and merciful,+Slow to anger and great in loving-kindness.+
ט [Tehth]
9 Jehovah is good to all,+And his mercies are over all his works.+
י [Yohdh]
10 All your works will laud you, O Jehovah,+And your loyal ones will bless you.+
כ [Kaph]
11 About the glory of your kingship they will talk,+And about your mightiness they will speak,+
ל [Laʹmedh]
12 To make known to the sons of men* his mighty acts+And the glory of the splendor of his kingship.+
מ [Mem]
13 Your kingship is a kingship for all times indefinite,+And your dominion is throughout all successive generations.+
ס [Saʹmekh]*
14 Jehovah is giving support to all who are falling,+And is raising up all who are bowed down.+
ע [ʽAʹyin]
15 To you the eyes of all look hopefully,+And you are giving them their food in its season.+
פ [Peʼ]
16 You are opening your hand+And satisfying the desire of every living thing.+
צ [Tsa·dhehʹ]
17 Jehovah is righteous in all his ways+And loyal in all his works.+
ק [Qohph]
18 Jehovah is near to all those calling upon him,+To all those who call upon him in trueness.*+
ר [Rehsh]
19 The desire of those fearing him he will perform,+And their cry for help he will hear, and he will save them.+
ש [Shin]
20 Jehovah is guarding all those loving him,+But all the wicked ones he will annihilate.+
ת [Taw]
21 The praise of Jehovah my mouth will speak;+And let all flesh bless his holy name to time indefinite, even forever.+
Footnotes
^ “A praise.” Heb., tehil·lahʹ. This is an acrostic psalm with vss in Heb. alphabetic order.
^ Or, “mankind.” Heb., ha·ʼa·dhamʹ.
^ M omits a vs beginning with the Heb. letter Nun. In some Heb. mss, in agreement with LXXSyVg, the vs beginning with Nun reads: “Jehovah is faithful in all his words, and lovingly kind in all his works.”
^ Or, “truth; truthfulness.”
