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Ecclesiastes 7

Wisdom

¹A good name is better than fine perfume,

and the day of death better than the day of birth.

²It is better to go to a house of mourning

than to go to a house of feasting,

for death is the destiny of everyone;

the living should take this to heart.

³Frustration is better than laughter,

because a sad face is good for the heart.

⁴The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning,

but the heart of fools is in the house of pleasure.

⁵It is better to heed the rebuke of a wise person

than to listen to the song of fools.

⁶Like the crackling of thorns under the pot,

so is the laughter of fools.

This too is meaningless.

⁷Extortion turns a wise person into a fool,

and a bribe corrupts the heart.

⁸The end of a matter is better than its beginning,

and patience is better than pride.

⁹Do not be quickly provoked in your spirit,

for anger resides in the lap of fools.

¹⁰Do not say, “Why were the old days better than these?”

For it is not wise to ask such questions.

¹¹Wisdom, like an inheritance, is a good thing

and benefits those who see the sun.

¹²Wisdom is a shelter

as money is a shelter,

but the advantage of knowledge is this:

Wisdom preserves those who have it.

¹³Consider what God has done:

Who can straighten

what he has made crooked?

¹⁴When times are good, be happy;

but when times are bad, consider this:

God has made the one

as well as the other.

Therefore, no one can discover

anything about their future.

¹⁵In this meaningless life of mine I have seen both of these:

the righteous perishing in their righteousness,

and the wicked living long in their wickedness.

¹⁶Do not be overrighteous,

neither be overwise—

why destroy yourself?

¹⁷Do not be overwicked,

and do not be a fool—

why die before your time?

¹⁸It is good to grasp the one

and not let go of the other.

Whoever fears God will avoid all extremes.

¹⁹Wisdom makes one wise person more powerful

than ten rulers in a city.

²⁰Indeed, there is no one on earth who is righteous,

no one who does what is right and never sins.

²¹Do not pay attention to every word people say,

or you may hear your servant cursing you—

²²for you know in your heart

that many times you yourself have cursed others.

²³All this I tested by wisdom and I said,

“I am determined to be wise”—

but this was beyond me.

²⁴Whatever exists is far off and most profound—

who can discover it?

²⁵So I turned my mind to understand,

to investigate and to search out wisdom and the scheme of things

and to understand the stupidity of wickedness

and the madness of folly.

²⁶I find more bitter than death

the woman who is a snare,

whose heart is a trap

and whose hands are chains.

The man who pleases God will escape her,

but the sinner she will ensnare.

²⁷“Look,” says the Teacher, “this is what I have discovered:

“Adding one thing to another to discover the scheme of things—

²⁸while I was still searching

but not finding—

I found one upright man among a thousand,

but not one upright woman among them all.

²⁹This only have I found:

God created mankind upright,

but they have gone in search of many schemes.”

THE HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION, NIV Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc. Used by Permission of Biblica, Inc. All rights reserved worldwide.

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²²This righteousness is given through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no difference between Jew and Gentile, ²³for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, (Romans 3:22-23)

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⁷mn];sw]:yip];km]etL,SU:pn]lgc]:ekL.l}:Kam],KI,nQk];tQk];tQc]w}.nn].eS'mqc],Kw]:nm].tac];kin]pn]ekL.tgc].m}:nn].eAL:"sw]:hw];pUt];pg},pn]kUn];tUk];Tgc],Kw]l}:lgt]:lqw];'⁸sw]:hw];pn]ekL.tL,mgt]:l}:hn]tL'sw]:hw];yuk].ygc]:pUk];pgc]pn]Kw]sUiw];kUm]:hUw]ngm];tUw]etL,hG]:l}:Kuin]:yG],'sw];hw];hk].lgc]:man],mqn]:suiw]:sG]:Suiw]:etL,eAL:"

⁹sw]:hw];pG].tUv];sgm];kUn];mUic];ngk]:Kw]eS'pn]tac];SL,sG]tI:ekL.Pan]AU:tc];Em:ma}:nn].'kUv];kL:mn];sw]:hQt];hG]:kUn];mUik]:kUt].kqk];ygk];Kw]sG]Sn],kGc]mw];Am],nim]Sw];l}:nn].yw]."

¹⁰sw]:hw];Aup].pUic],Pgc];cm];w}.tL,eS,TL,wrL.yw].'lg}s}<Agn]<AUiv];'sw]:TL,wrL.JPL;mG];n}.'Pgc];cm];w}.etL,sUw]:luk]:pan]lan]'pan]Suip],pan]SQc]:SQc]:eAL:"ygc]:eyL;sw]:hw];tL."

SL,lam],147

¹ygc]:eyL;sw]:hw];tL."An]hw];l}:hQt];kGam];ygc]:eyL;sw]:JPL;hw];n}.mn];lIepL;tan],lG]'An]ygc]:eyL;mn];sw]:n}.SL,yL,SUiw];sG]lInL,eSSc],etL,Et.Et.wL:wL:eAL:"

²sw]:hw];TL,wrL.JPL;pUk];pgc]pn]wQc];ey,ruSlqm],Kiun]:yG],'mn];sw]:hgc].Aw]kUn];KUiw];AiSer;sUiw];yan]mUic];w}.nn].mL;sutum]Kgn]:kn]eAL:"

³mn];sw]:yUt];yLpn]ekL.AUk];hk];sQp];sG]nn].'eSEl:pUk].pn]hg};sQp];Kw]eAL:"

⁴mn];sw]:tqp];tt];mk];mn]:tc];nm]law]tc];la}eStac],suiw]:Kw]w}.pn]sgm];luk]:lG]luk]:nn].yw]."

⁵sw]:hw];n}.yG],lUc]nL,'hqc];Puc];tn];KUw];AL,nL,mn];sw]:yG],nL,'tac];mn];sw]:hU.pgc],sqc]:lqc];sG]n}.Am],mI;tI:tUik]:Kat]:Kgp],mk];Kan];mn];w}.l}:lL;lL;"

⁶sw]:hw];km].w}.pn]ekL.hUw]sG]KYL;tm],hG]:mn]:kuim];eS'kUv];kL:mn];sw]:tqn],nak]:mc]ekL.mUik]:kUt].kqk];ygk];nn].lUm].tUk];lin]kGL,eAL:"

⁷hgc].hQt];kGam];mak],sw]:hw];lUv]:tac];sUm];tac],ekY;sU;ygc]:eyL;nn].tL.'lQt];tg},tic],tum]:hQt];SQc]h},tuic]:lITgm],ygc]:eyL;sw]:TL,wrL.JPL;hw];tL."

⁸mn];sw]:hQt];mgk],kum]:tc];la}eShUm],fL.kac]haw]w}.'mn];sw]:hQt];PUn]tUk];Tgk]:pam].km].kqm]pn]lin]mUic];'eSEl:hQt];hG]:yUiw]:yL:Kw]yG],mL:kL:Suc]mL;nUiw]kgc];nUiw]kuc];sUiw];nn].eAL:"

⁹mn];sw]:km].sg}:pn]Kw]:nm].tac];kin]pun]:tL,Puc]St];El:pun]:tL,kLlm]Agn],Kw]'mUiw]:Kw]hgc].ygn];kin]nn].eAL:"

¹⁰An]mn];sw]:sUm];SUiw];ekYL,sG]n}.Am],mI;w}.sgm];hqc];mL.nn].'kUv];eSAm],kL;Am],mI;w}.sgm];KLKqc]Suik];ht];han]nn]."

¹¹sw]:TL,wrL.JPL;hw];Tuk],sG]nUiw]Kw]kUn];sUiw];kUw]ym]mn];sw]:'sUiw];mI;tac];muc]:mgc];w}.tI:nG];tac];hk].Am],Sut]:Am],ygn],mn];sw]:nn].eAL:"

¹²ygc]:Aam];sw]:hw];tL.'wQc];ey,ruSlqm],AUiv];'ygc]:eyL;sw]:TL,wrL.JPL;mG];tL.'lg}s}<Agn]<AUiv];"

¹³mn];sw]:hQt];hG]:tqc]:lQk];Auit];kUin],tUSUnn].kqn],Kqc]hqc];KUic],w}.eS'pn]tac];lImac],klL,kUn];mUic];sUiw];mI;yU,nG];mG];w}.nn].eAL:"

¹⁴mn];sw]:AL,mKam],mk];ma}pn]lqn]lin]mUic];SUhG]:mI;cm];yQn]'eSEl:pn]SUl}:kin]Kw]:kYoc],Kqm].lIeKYL;lIAim],ep,sG]pQc];epL;sG]SUyU,yw]."

¹⁵mn];pUc]eKL:Sc],mn];sw]:SUc],hgt]:Tuic]nUiw]lin]mUic];lum]:fL.n}.eS'eKL:kGam];mn];sw]:n}.lqn]:Pa}PG];ln];kn];nL,eAL:"

¹⁶mn];sw]:hG]:mUv]EP,tUk];mL;epL;PUik],epL;Pqn]ca};mUin]KUn]SUw];'eSEl:sat],puin]nm].na};Ag}lUc];ca};mUin]Pgc]tw]:sUiw];nn].eAL:"

¹⁷mn];sw]:pg},PUn]mak],hQp];ca};mUin]kgn]:hin]lgm]:tgm];tgm];hat]:tUk];mL;"mI;PG]sac]:Kam],l}:An]PUn]nm].Kqc]mn];sw]:tqk],PUc].SG],nn].?"

¹⁸mn];sw]:SUc],eKL:kGam];mn];sw]:kGL,Aw]Kw]sUim]:pqt]:'mn];sw]:KUn];yUc];lUm];yQn]Agn],mn];sw]:Tgc];kGL,pw],kGL,'eSEl:hQt];hG]:nm].Kw]l}kGL,eAL:"

¹⁹mn];sw]:Kiun];puit],eKL:kGam];mn];sw]:Enpn]yL,kup]:'Kuin];puit],Enpk];pUic]El:eKL:pUc]tI,KrI<mn];sw]:sUiw];nn].pn]AiSer;Kw]eAL:"

²⁰An]mn];sw]:hQt];pn]sUic].n}n}.Am],sG]:tL,kUn];sUiw].KUiw];tac],KUiw];tac],mUic];nn].'Kw]n}.Am],hU.sk];pk];pUic]mn];sw]:"ygc]:eyL;sw]:hw];tL."

SL,lam],148

¹ygc]:eyL;sw]:hw];tL."ygc]:eyL;sw]:hw];TL,wrL.JPL;nG];mUic];kac]haw]tc];la}nn].'ygc]:eyL;mn];sw]:tI:pL:nUic]Suc]Suc]sUiw];nn].tL."

²ygc]:eyL;mn];sw]:El:'tman],kac]haw]mn];sw]:tc];SQc]:AUiv];'ygc]:eyL;mn];sw]:tL.'tp].mUic];kac]haw]tc];SQc]:AUiv];"

³lqt],El:lUin]AUiv];'ygc]:eyL;mn];sw]:tL."law]sUiw];hUiw]:lqc];w}.yU,nn].AUiv];'ygc]:eyL;mn];sw]:tL."

⁴ygc]:eyL;mn];sw]:tL.'SUsUiw];pQn]mUic];kac]haw]Suc]Sut];Sut];tc];la}'El:Aik],SUsUiw];pQn]nm].mI;pL:nUiw]fL.kac]haw]nn].AUiv];"

⁵pn]hG]:Kw]sUiw];nn].ygc]:eyL;suiw]:sw]:hw];tL.'pUiw]:wL:Kw]n}.l}:Pan],SGac];hQt];pQn]sgm];lUv]:eKL:pUc]Sc],mn];sw]:nn].'

⁶eSEl:'mn];sw]:pUk];tc]:pn]hG]:Kw]mI;w}.tL,eS,TL,wrL.yw]."mn];sw]:pUc]tm];eKL:pUc]tI,KrI<An]etAm],hgn],tgn].lulqw]ha}la}eSpgk]:nn].w}.yw].eAL:"

⁷ygc]:eyL;sw]:hw];tI:nUiw]lin]mUic];lum]:fL.n}.tL.'SUtUw]St];nG];nm].pac],la},lUc]Aik],nG];nm].Sm],muk]:JtL,luik].luik].sUiw];nn].tc];SQc]:AUiv];"

⁸sQm]sUiw];sL.An]pQn]fL.mqp]:El:PUn]mak],hQp];'mUv]El:mgk],kum]:tc];la}'lUm];lqc].lUc]An]pG].PUim].sgm];lgk];mn];w}.yU,nn].AUiv];"

⁹SUsUiw];pQn]lg}El:kgc];tc];kuc];SQc]:SQc]:'tUn]:mak],El:tUn]:m}.pqk],hgm]tc];SQc]:tc];mUt];AUiv];"

¹⁰St];tUw]TUin],tc];la}El:Puc]wUw];Puc]SUw];St];tc];SQc]:'St];tUw]lQk].El:nUk].tUw]min]tc];la}'

¹¹Kun]ehLKm];nUiw]lin]mUic];lum]:fL.tc];SQc]:Aik],kUn];mUic];kU:sUiw].kU:KUiw];tc];la}'SUsUiw];pQn]sw]fL.kqm]mUic];El:Kun]Aup].pUic],mUic];lum]:fL.tc];SQc]:'

¹²PU:sa};num],El:Em:yic];tc];la}'kUn];Tw]:Aik],luk]:Agn],tc];SQc]:Kw]n}."

¹³hG]:Kw]ygc]:eyL;suiw]:sw]:hw];tL.'pUiw]:wL:mI;suiw]:mn];sw]:pL;lQw]n}.kUv];l}:hp].tac];yuk].ygc]:'Puc];mun]mn];sw]:n}.hUiw]:hUic];hUc]hac];w}.nUiw]lin]mUic];El:nUiw]mUic];kac]haw]Kw]w}.yU,eAL:"

¹⁴El:Aik],mn];sw]:l}:lQc].yG],eSyuk].tac],Kuin]:

Kw]lqm](kGam];hI;RpO;tI:n}:pQn]An]mat]:ma}!AQn]hqc];@) w}.pn]kUn];mn];sw]:tc];la}yw].'pQn]tac];ygc]:eyL;KL:mI;Sqt]:sL,sUiw];hap],Tam];kan]mn];sw]:tc];mUt];'pQn]tac];ygc]:eyL;kUn];KUiw];AiSer;'sUiw];pQn]kUn];sm]sG]mn];sw]:nn].eAL:"ygc]:eyL;sw]:hw];tL."

SL,lam],149

¹ygc];eyL;sw]:TL,wrL.JPL;hw];tL."hQt];kGam];puk]:mG],mG],hgc].mak],sw]:hw];'An]pQn]PQc];kGam];ygc]:eyL;mn];sw]:'tI:nG];pac]sUiw];kUn];mI;Sqt]:sL,etL,mn];sw]:sutum]kum]kn]w}:SLnn].tL."

²hG]:AiSer;Kw]l}:sUm];SUiw];nG];sw]:ekL.An]hQt];pQn]Kw]w}.n}.tL.'hG]:kUn];yU,nUiw]lg}s}<Agn]<Kw]l}:ekYL,mUn]:tI:nG];Kun]ehLKm];Kw]eSkm];lUv]:"

³hG]:Kw]l}:kL:kzk];eSygc]:eyL;suiw]:mn];sw]:'eSEl:h},kgc]KQt],tc];tg},tic],tum]:hQt];SQc]h},tuic]:ygc]:eyL;mn];sw]:tL."

⁴pUiw]:wL:sw]:JPL;hw];Tuk],sG]SUiw];sG]sgm];kUn];mn];sw]:eAL:'mn];sw]:tuiw];pan];kum];Agc],ep.pn]ekL.w}.hUw]sG]KYL;tm],eAL:"

⁵hG]:kUn];sUiw];mI;Sqt]:sL,etL,mn];sw]:l}:sUm];SUiw];lUv]:nG];tac];yuk].ygc]:sUi]c].n}n}.eS'l}:hQt];kGam];SUiw];ekYL,nUiw]kU,tI:ngn];Kw]nn].eSkm];"

⁶hG]:lgc]:ygc]:eyL;sw]:TL,wrL.JPL;mI;w}.nG];SUp];Kw]eSEl:'lqw];Sgc]KUm];mI;w}.nG];muiw];Kw]eSkm];lUv]:"

⁷pQn]tL,pn]tam],tgp],tqn];haw]:hqc];tI:nUiw]kUn];mUic];kU:sUiw].kU:KUiw];Kw]'El:tL,pn]tam],nUiw]kUn];mUic];tc];la}Kw]nn]."

⁸tL,hG]:mt].Kun]ehLKm];Kw]SG],KUv],tin]lQk];w}.'Aw]tUc],KUv],tin]lQk];Sup];mt].kUn];KUiw];mYat]:Kw]w}.nn]."

⁹pQn]tL,hG]:hp].hQt];sgm];eKL:pUc]KYL.tam],An]pn]tam],Kw]w}.nn].yw].'n}.sm].pQn]Puc];yG],hUc]hac];sUiw];kUn];mn];sw]:yum],mat]:TUik]:lum];lum];(kUn];mI;Sqt]:sL,)mn];sw]:nn].eAL:"ygc]:eyL;sw]:hw];tL."

SL,lam],150

¹ygc]:eyL;sw]:hw];tL."ygc]:eyL;TL,wrL.JPL;sw]:nG];Agc]:tI:mUt];sac],mn];sw]:nn].tL."ygc]:eyL;mn];sw]:tI:nG];mUic];kac]haw]Puc];tn];KUw];AL,nL,yG],lUc]mn];sw]:nn].tL."

²ygc]:eyL;mn];sw]:pun]:tac];tUc].nuic]hQt];Sac]:hqc];AL,nL,yG],lUc]mn];sw]:nn].tL.'ygc]:eyL;mn];sw]:pun]:An]mn];sw]:yG],mYat]:Kqm].tgn];lUiw]nL,n}.tL."

³tuic]:pw],pI,KrL,emL;lc]ygc]:eyL;mn];sw]:tL.'tg},tic],tum]:lQt];tic],Sip];Sa}ygc]:eyL;mn];sw]:tL."

⁴h},kgc],KQt],eSkL:kzk];ygc]:eyL;mn];sw]:tL.'lQt];KUic]:h},tuic]:SG],Sa}tc];la}eSEl:tuic]:tgc]:lit];ygc]:eyL;mn];sw]:tL."

⁵sap],Sqc],tg},Sqc],SQc]lc]lc]ygc]:eyL;mn];sw]:tL.'ygc]:eyL;mn];sw]:lUv]:SQc]sap],Sqc],kgc],mgc];hUn]:emL;lc]ygn]:Kuin];w}.nn].tL."

⁶hG]:kU:mQw];kU:An]sUiw];TUv]:sG]nn].ygc]:eyL;sw]:TL,wrL.JPL;hw];eSkm];lUv]:"ygc]:eyL;sw]:hw];tL."

Psalm 145

A psalm of praise. Of David.

¹I will exalt you, my God the King;

I will praise your name for ever and ever.

²Every day I will praise you

and extol your name for ever and ever.

³Great is the Lord and most worthy of praise;

his greatness no one can fathom.

⁴One generation commends your works to another;

they tell of your mighty acts.

⁵They speak of the glorious splendor of your majesty—

and I will meditate on your wonderful works.

⁶They tell of the power of your awesome works—

and I will proclaim your great deeds.

⁷They celebrate your abundant goodness

and joyfully sing of your righteousness.

⁸The Lord is gracious and compassionate,

slow to anger and rich in love.

⁹The Lord is good to all;

he has compassion on all he has made.

¹⁰All your works praise you, Lord;

your faithful people extol you.

¹¹They tell of the glory of your kingdom

and speak of your might,

¹²so that all people may know of your mighty acts

and the glorious splendor of your kingdom.

¹³Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom,

and your dominion endures through all generations.

The Lord is trustworthy in all he promises

and faithful in all he does.

¹⁴The Lord upholds all who fall

and lifts up all who are bowed down.

¹⁵The eyes of all look to you,

and you give them their food at the proper time.

¹⁶You open your hand

and satisfy the desires of every living thing.

¹⁷The Lord is righteous in all his ways

and faithful in all he does.

¹⁸The Lord is near to all who call on him,

to all who call on him in truth.

¹⁹He fulfills the desires of those who fear him;

he hears their cry and saves them.

²⁰The Lord watches over all who love him,

but all the wicked he will destroy.

²¹My mouth will speak in praise of the Lord.

Let every creature praise his holy name

for ever and ever.

Psalm 146

¹Praise the Lord.

Praise the Lord, my soul.

²I will praise the Lord all my life;

I will sing praise to my God as long as I live.

³Do not put your trust in princes,

in human beings, who cannot save.

⁴When their spirit departs, they return to the ground;

on that very day their plans come to nothing.

⁵Blessed are those whose help is the God of Jacob,

whose hope is in the Lord their God.

⁶He is the Maker of heaven and earth,

the sea, and everything in them—

he remains faithful forever.

⁷He upholds the cause of the oppressed

and gives food to the hungry.

The Lord sets prisoners free,

⁸the Lord gives sight to the blind,

the Lord lifts up those who are bowed down,

the Lord loves the righteous.

⁹The Lord watches over the foreigner

and sustains the fatherless and the widow,

but he frustrates the ways of the wicked.

¹⁰The Lord reigns forever,

your God, O Zion, for all generations.

Praise the Lord.

Psalm 147

¹Praise the Lord.

How good it is to sing praises to our God,

how pleasant and fitting to praise him!

²The Lord builds up Jerusalem;

he gathers the exiles of Israel.

³He heals the brokenhearted

and binds up their wounds.

⁴He determines the number of the stars

and calls them each by name.

⁵Great is our Lord and mighty in power;

his understanding has no limit.

⁶The Lord sustains the humble

but casts the wicked to the ground.

⁷Sing to the Lord with grateful praise;

make music to our God on the harp.

⁸He covers the sky with clouds;

he supplies the earth with rain

and makes grass grow on the hills.

⁹He provides food for the cattle

and for the young ravens when they call.

¹⁰His pleasure is not in the strength of the horse,

nor his delight in the legs of the warrior;

¹¹the Lord delights in those who fear him,

who put their hope in his unfailing love.

¹²Extol the Lord, Jerusalem;

praise your God, Zion.

¹³He strengthens the bars of your gates

and blesses your people within you.

¹⁴He grants peace to your borders

and satisfies you with the finest of wheat.

¹⁵He sends his command to the earth;

his word runs swiftly.

¹⁶He spreads the snow like wool

and scatters the frost like ashes.

¹⁷He hurls down his hail like pebbles.

Who can withstand his icy blast?

¹⁸He sends his word and melts them;

he stirs up his breezes, and the waters flow.

¹⁹He has revealed his word to Jacob,

his laws and decrees to Israel.

²⁰He has done this for no other nation;

they do not know his laws.

Praise the Lord.

Psalm 148

¹Praise the Lord.

Praise the Lord from the heavens;

praise him in the heights above.

²Praise him, all his angels;

praise him, all his heavenly hosts.

³Praise him, sun and moon;

praise him, all you shining stars.

⁴Praise him, you highest heavens

and you waters above the skies.

⁵Let them praise the name of the Lord,

for at his command they were created,

⁶and he established them for ever and ever—

he issued a decree that will never pass away.

⁷Praise the Lord from the earth,

you great sea creatures and all ocean depths,

⁸lightning and hail, snow and clouds,

stormy winds that do his bidding,

⁹you mountains and all hills,

fruit trees and all cedars,

¹⁰wild animals and all cattle,

small creatures and flying birds,

¹¹kings of the earth and all nations,

you princes and all rulers on earth,

¹²young men and women,

old men and children.

¹³Let them praise the name of the Lord,

for his name alone is exalted;

his splendor is above the earth and the heavens.

¹⁴And he has raised up for his people a horn,

the praise of all his faithful servants,

of Israel, the people close to his heart.

Praise the Lord.

Psalm 149

¹Praise the Lord.

Sing to the Lord a new song,

his praise in the assembly of his faithful people.

²Let Israel rejoice in their Maker;

let the people of Zion be glad in their King.

³Let them praise his name with dancing

and make music to him with timbrel and harp.

⁴For the Lord takes delight in his people;

he crowns the humble with victory.

⁵Let his faithful people rejoice in this honor

and sing for joy on their beds.

⁶May the praise of God be in their mouths

and a double-edged sword in their hands,

⁷to inflict vengeance on the nations

and punishment on the peoples,

⁸to bind their kings with fetters,

their nobles with shackles of iron,

⁹to carry out the sentence written against them—

this is the glory of all his faithful people.

Praise the Lord.

Psalm 150

¹Praise the Lord.

Praise God in his sanctuary;

praise him in his mighty heavens.

²Praise him for his acts of power;

praise him for his surpassing greatness.

³Praise him with the sounding of the trumpet,

praise him with the harp and lyre,

⁴praise him with timbrel and dancing,

praise him with the strings and pipe,

⁵praise him with the clash of cymbals,

praise him with resounding cymbals.

⁶Let everything that has breath praise the Lord.

Praise the Lord.

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