Happy are the people whose God is Yahweh. {} 145:001 <<A praise psalm by David.This is an acrostic psalm, with every verse (including the second half of verse 13) starting with a consecutive letter of the Hebrew alphabet.>> I will exalt you, my God, the King. I will praise your name forever and ever. 145:002 Every day I will praise you. I will extol your name forever and ever. 145:003 Great is Yahweh, and greatly to be praised! His greatness is unsearchable. 145:004 One generation will commend your works to another, and will declare your mighty acts. 145:005 Of the glorious majesty of your honor, of your wondrous works, I will meditate. 145:006 Men will speak of the might of your awesome acts. I will declare your greatness. 145:007 They will utter the memory of your great goodness, and will sing of your righteousness. 145:008 Yahweh is gracious, merciful, slow to anger, and of great loving kindness. 145:009 Yahweh is good to all. His tender mercies are over all his works. 145:010 All your works will give thanks to you, Yahweh. Your saints will extol you. 145:011 They will speak of the glory of your kingdom, and talk about your power; 145:012 to make known to the sons of men his mighty acts, the glory of the majesty of his kingdom. 145:013 Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom. Your dominion endures throughout all generations. Yahweh is faithful in all his words, and loving in all his deeds.{Some manuscripts omit these last two lines.} 145:014 Yahweh upholds all who fall, and raises up all those who are bowed down. 145:015 The eyes of all wait for you. You give them their food in due season. 145:016 You open your hand, and satisfy the desire of every living thing. 145:017 Yahweh is righteous in all his ways, and gracious in all his works. 145:018 Yahweh is near to all those who call on him, to all who call on him in truth. 145:019 He will fulfill the desire of those who fear him. He also will hear their cry, and will save them. 145:020 Yahweh preserves all those who love him, but all the wicked he will destroy. 145:021 My mouth will speak the praise of Yahweh. Let all flesh bless his holy name forever and ever. 146:001 Praise Yah! Praise Yahweh, my soul. 146:002 While I live, I will praise Yahweh. I will sing praises to my God as long as I exist. 146:003 Don't put your trust in princes, each a son of man in whom there is no help. 146:004 His spirit departs, and he returns to the earth. In that very day, his thoughts perish. 146:005 Happy is he who has the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in Yahweh, his God: 146:006 who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them; who keeps truth forever; 146:007 who executes justice for the oppressed; who gives food to the hungry.