Psalm 145 (acrostic)                                                                           Friday Evening 4. Sunday Readings 3

א I will exalt you, my God and King! * I will bless your name, O Eternal and Everlasting!

    ב Every day I will bless you, * and praise your name to everlasting eternity.

    ג Great is Yahweh, praiseworthy his Eminence, * for his greatness has no limit.

    ד Each generation will praise your works to the next, * and proclaim your mighty acts.

        ה O Majesty, they will describe your glorious splendor; * I will compose songs about your wonders.

        ו O Strength, they will tell of your awesome acts, * and I will recount your great deeds.

        ז They will recite the record of your goodness, Master, * and ring out your justice.

           ח Merciful and compassionate is Yahweh, * slow to anger and abounding in kindness.

           ט Yahweh's goodness is for all, * and his compassion is upon all his works.

               י All your works shall praise you, Yahweh, * and your worshipers shall bless you.

               כ They shall announce your glorious kingship, * and tell of your power,

               ל making known to the sons of men his mighty acts, * and the glorious splendor of his kingship.

               מ Your kingdom is an eternal kingdom, * and your dominion endures through all generations.

           נ Yahweh is faithful in his words, * and gracious in all his deeds.

           ס Yahweh is the sustainer of all who fall, * the uplifter of all bent down.

        ע The eyes of all wait for you, * for it is you who give them * their food in its season,

        פ you who open your hand, * and satisfy every living thing with your favor.

        צ Yahweh is just in all his ways, * and kind in all his works.

    ק Yahweh is near to all who call him, * to all who call him in truth.

    ר He performs the will of those who fear him; * he hears their cry and saves them.

    ש Yahweh is the protector of all who love him, * but all the wicked he will destroy.

ת The praise of Yahweh my mouth shall speak, * and all flesh shall bless his holy name, * for everlasting eternity.

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