{file "Psalm 6" "Psalm6.xml"}

{poetry}
/6:1 A David Song 
(Note to the Conductor -- play this melody on the eight stringer)
/6:2 Yah! Please don't chide me 
in Your anger. 
Don't scold me in Your wrath.
/6:3 I need You to show me kindness. 
I am so miserable. 
Heal me, Yah! My bones ache so.
/6:4 My inner self is very troubled. 
I ask You, Yah! 
How long must I still endure?
/6:5 Relent, Yah, 
And for mercy's sake 
Pull me out and spare me.
/6:6 How can I remember You 
If I am dead in the pits? 
Who will thank You?
/6:7 I groan and am all worn out. 
I sob on my bed; 
My tears drench my mattress.
/6:8 My eyes are stinging 
From frustration, 
As if all my troubles 
Wept them out.

/6:9 Away with you, 
All you traffickers of sin!
/6:10 Yah has heard my wailing. 
Yah has listened to my pleading. 
Yah will fulfill my prayer.
/6:11 Confusion and embarrassment 
On you, you fiends! 
This very moment, Let shame 
Bring you to your senses.
{prose}


{file "Psalm 15" "Psalm15.xml"}

{poetry}
/15:1 David's song: 

Yah! 
Who may be at home in Your tent? 
Who may find sanctuary 
On Your Sacred mountain?

/15:2 One who strides with wholeness, 
Acts with fairness, 
Whose heart and words 
Speak with honesty, 
/15:3 Not given to gossip, 
Not hurting others, 
Not shifting blame on others.
/15:4 Wary of his own motives, 

He honors those 
Who are respectful of God. 
She will not stoop to lie 
When she swears, 
Even if it causes her loss.
/15:5 He lends his money, interest free, 
Won't accept a bribe, 
To convict the innocent.
One who acts in this way, 
Will never waver.
{prose}



{file "Psalm 24" "Psalm24.xml"}

/24:1 David's song (for opening himself to Spirit).

{fn. a This psalm was the Sunday song of the Levites in the Holy Temple.}

{poetry}
Earth and her fullness 
Are Yours, Yah, 
The cosmos and its beings.
/24:2 You founded Earth 
On the endless seas of space.
You set her by the streams 
Of the great Flow.

/24:3 Who can rise 
To Your summit, Yah? 
Who can stand 
In Your place of holiness?
/24:4 One who has hands 
that are clean, 
A heart that is pure, 
Who has no false oath 
On her conscience, 
Who swore not to larceny.
/24:5 Such a one 
Will raise a blessing from You, Yah, 
Kind generosity from You, 
Her helpful God.

/24:6 Such people are of a generation 
That seeks You. 
Like Jacob seeking to face You, 
Selah!

/24:7 Open your minds' imagination! 
Let the Gates to eternity 
Come into view!
Then the King of Glory 
Will appear.
/24:8 Who is this, 
the King of Glory?
Yah – Tzebaot, 
She is the Queen of Glory. 
Yah! Powerful and strong. 
Yah, the ever victorious!

/24:9 Open your minds' imagination! 
Let the Gates to eternity 
Come into view, 
And then the King of Glory 
Will appear.
/24:10 Who is this, the King of Glory?
Yah – Tzebaot, 
She is the Queen of Glory. 
Selah!
{prose}


{file "Psalm 25" "Psalm25.xml"}

{poetry}
{he א} /25:1 (An Aleph-Bet song) Of David. 
Yah! To You I raise my soul.
{he ב} /25:2 My God, I trust You. 
Let me not be shamed. 
Let not my detractors mock me.

{he ג} /25:3 All who place their hope in You 
Will not be disgraced, 
But shame will cling to those 
who riot without cause.

{he ד} /25:4 Get me to know your ways. 
Teach me your way.

{he ה} /25:5 Guide me in Your Truth. 
Teach me to know 
That You are the God of my salvation.
All day long I set my trust on You.
{he ו} ---
{he ז} /25:6 Recall Your compassion, Yah 
And Your kindness, 
They precede all Creation.

{he ח} /25:7 To the failings of my youth 
And my rebellions, don't pay heed.
Remember Your good will for me, Yah! 
for Your goodness' sake.

{he ט} /25:8 Because You are good and fair, 
You can gently show the way 
to the neglectful.

{he י} /25:9 You guide the modest 
in their judgments, 
Teaching the unassuming Your way.

{he כ} /25:10 Those who respect Your covenant 
And witness You, 
Find that Your ways, Yah, 
Are kind and real.
{he ל} /25:11 For Your sake, Yah, 
Pardon my flaw –- though it is great.

{he מ} /25:12 When a person so minds You, Yah, 
You will teach him the path to choose.

{he נ} /25:13 Such one can sleep easy at night, 
Knowing that her children 
will inherit the Earth.

{he ס} /25:14 You, Yah, impart Your secrets 
To Your awakened ones. 
Your mysteries You share with them.

{he ע} /25:15 My eyes are focused on You, Yah. 
You untangle my feet from the trap.

{he פ} /25:16 Turn to me with kindness, 
For I am lonely and wretched.

{he צ} /25:17 My troubles have opened my heart
And made space in it for others. 
Do extricate me from my despair.

{he ק} /25:18 See my struggle, 
my heavy burden. 
Forgive then all my failings.

{he ר} /25:19 See how much I suffer, 
How I am hated for no reason.

{he ש} /25:20 Keep my soul safe and free me. 
Let me not be reviled 
for my trust in You.

{he ת} /25:21 Because I trust You-- 
Let simple directness protect me.
/25:22 God! Free all of Israel 
from all their distress.
{prose}


{file "Psalm 27" "Psalm27.xml"}

{poetry}
/27:1 Yah, you are my Light, my Savior, 
Whom need I dread?
Yah, With You as my strong Protector 
Who can make me panic?
/27:2 When hateful bullies gang up on me, 
Wanting to harass me, 
To oppress and terrorize me, 
They are the ones who stumble and fall.
/27:3 Even if a gang surrounds me 
My heart is not weakened.
If a battle is joined around me 
My trust in You is firm.
/27:4 Only one thing do I ask of You, Yah, 
Just this alone do I seek: 
I want to be at home with You, Yah, 
All the days of my life.
I want to delight in seeing You, 
When I come to visit You in Your Temple.
/27:5 You hide me in Your Succah on an foul day.
You conceal me unseen in Your tent 
And also raise me beyond anyone's reach.
/27:6 And now, as You have held my head high, 
Despite the presence of my powerful foes, 
I prepare to celebrate and thrill, 
Singing and making music to You, Yah!
/27:7 Listen, Yah, to the sound of my cry 
And, being kind, answer me.
/27:8 My heart has said: `I turn to seek You, 
Your Presence is what I beg for.'
/27:9 Don't hide Your Face from me. 
Don't just put me down, 
You, who have been my helper 
Don't abandon me, don't forsake me, 
God, my support.
/27:10 Though father and mother have left me 
You, Yah, will hold me securely.
/27:11 Please teach me Your way 
And guide me on the straight path. 
Discourage those who defame me.
/27:12 False witnesses stood up against me, 
Belching out violence. 
Don't let me become the victim of my foes.
/27:13 (I would not have survived)
If I had not hoped that I would yet see 
Yah's goodness fully alive on Earth.
/27:14 So friend, you too, hope to Yah. 
Be sturdy! 
And make strong your heart! 
And most of all ---keep hoping to Yah.
{prose}


{file "Psalm 30" "Psalm30.xml"}
{poetry}
/30:1 A Psalm for A Housewarming, 
Composed by David

/30:2 I acclaim You, my God. 
You set me free 
So that my foes 
Could not gloat at my troubles.
/30:3 Yah, my God, I pleaded with You. 
You healed me.
/30:4 Yah, you lifted me from the pit; 
From the brink of the grave 
You brought me back to Life.

/30:5 Fellow devotees! 
Join me in my song. 
Remembering what is sacred, 
Let's give thanks.

/30:6 For a moment, I felt You angry, 
Then I felt Life and acceptance.
Though weeping as I fell asleep, 
I woke up singing.
/30:8 You, Yah, made my mountain firm, 
I thought I was safe; 
That I won't ever stumble.
But when You hid 
your Face from me, 
I panicked.
/30:9 I call to You, Yah! 
I plead with You, Adonai!
/30:10 What use is there in my death 
To go down to ruin?
Can dust appreciate You? 
Can it discern Your Truth?
/30:11 Listen, Yah! 
Be kind to me! 
Yah, Please help me.

/30:12 You turned my grieving 
Into a dance of reconciliation. 
You took off my rags 
And wrapped me in joy.
/30:13 Now, Your Glory is my song. 
I won't hold back.
Yah, my God, 
I will ever be grateful!
{prose}


{file "Psalm 48" "Psalm48.xml"}

{fn. b This psalm was the Monday song of the Levites in the Holy Temple.}

{poetry}
/48:1 Song and music from the Korachites
/48:2 Here in God's city, 
On this holy mountain, 
God is vast and His fame is glorious.
/48:3 This beautiful landscape, 
The joy place of Earth, 
Mount Zion 
at Jerusalem's North side, 
The great royal capital.

/48:4 In her palaces, 
God is known in exaltation.
/48:5 Here, kings gathered. 
They came together.
/48:6(If they came as enemies...) 
They saw and were overwhelmed 
With awe. 
They were shaken and took flight.
/48:7 Trembling, they shook, 
Shaking like a woman in labor.

/48:8 A storm You raised from the East, 
Shattering Tarshish cruisers.
/48:9 All this we heard.
We even saw it all, 
In God's city, 
The Seat of Yah-Tzebaot.
May God keep it flourishing forever. 
Selah!

/48:10 In the midst of Your Temple, 
We looked for Your Grace, O God.
/48:11 Your reputation is well deserved. 
So, we praise You 
To the ends of the Earth.
Fairness and kindness 
Issue from Your right hand.
/48:12 Zion's mountain rejoices. 
Judah daughters are gleeful. 
All because of how You act justly.

/48:13 Go round Zion, enfold her. 
Take note of her towers.
/48:14 Set your heart on her strengths. 
Raise her mansions high. 
Then, you will tell about it 
To generations yet to come:

/48:15 This is God, our God! 
Forever and ever. 
He will guide us past death.
{prose}


{file "Psalm 67" "Psalm67.xml"}

{poetry}
/67:1 A Psalm for all the peoples 
of the planet

/67:2 God, bless us with grace! 
Let Your loving Face shine on us!
/67:3 We want to get to know Your way 
Here on Earth, 
Seeing how Your help is given 
To every group of people.
/67:4 Oh, how the various peoples 
Will thank You, 
All of them will sing 
And be grateful.
/67:5 Many people will be joyous 
And sing 
When You, Will set them right 
With forthrightness. 
And the peoples, 
As You direct them, 
Will cheer You.
/67:6 Oh, how the various peoples 
Will thank You. 
All of them will sing, be grateful.
/67:7 The Earth will give her harvest. 
Such blessings come from God. 
Yes, from our God!
/67:8 Bless us God, 
All the ends of the Earth 
Will esteem You!
{prose}


{file "Psalm 81" "Psalm81.xml"}

{fn. c This psalm was the Thursday song of the Levites in the Holy Temple.}

/81:1 (Accompany this Assaph song with the guitar)
/81:2 Make music to God, 
The Source of our strength.
/81:3 Trumpet a fanfare to Jacob's God: 
Louder, Drum rolls, 
Sweet sounding violins 
And pipes.
/81:4 Greet the New Moon 
With the Shofar, The time 
When the moon is hidden, 
And still we celebrate.

/81:5 This is the imperative for Israel. 
To become prepared, 
For being judged by Jacob's God.
/81:6 (Like that day when...) 
Joseph was empowered 
To go out and rule Egypt, 
Able to understand a language 
He never learned.
/81:7 (This caused that, in the end.) 
The heavy load 
was taken from his back 
No longer 
having to knead the clay.
/81:8 You called when oppressed, 
And I (said God) freed you.

In the thunder 
You heard my secret message. 
Later, I tested you 
at Meribah's springs. 
Selah!

/81:9 Listen my people! 
I witness this to you! 
Israel, if only 
you would listen to Me.

/81:10 Don't cling to a strange god. 
Don't worship an alien deity.

/81:11 It is I, Yah, 
Who took you up from Egypt.
I fed you 
and you were sated to fullness.
/81:12 But My people did not obey me. 
Israel did not desire Me close.
/81:13 I let them have their hearts' way, 
To pursue their own devices.

/81:14 Oy! 
If only my people would obey Me, 
Israel would walk in My ways.
/81:15 In a moment, 
I would subdue their foes. 
I would, with My own hands, 
repay them.
/81:16 Those who loathe Yah, but deny it, 
Will have their rebuke forever.
/81:17 (But you who obey...) 
I will feed with the fat of grain. 
And satisfy 
With honey from the rock.
{prose}


{file "Psalm 82" "Psalm82.xml"}

{fn. d This psalm was the Tuesday song of the Levites in the Holy Temple.}

/82:1 Assaph sings: 
God is present 
to the godly gathering. 
He presides among those 
Who administer judgment, 
(and warns them), 
/82:2 `How much longer will you twist 
Your verdicts 
and favor the wicked?' 
Selah!
/82:3 In your judging, 
Consider the modest, 
the orphan. 
Find justice for the destitute 
And the oppressed.
/82:4 Assist the poor, the down and out. 
Save them from the bullies' hands.

/82:5 Not knowing, unawares you are, 
You walk in the dark, 
While the foundations of earth 
Are toppling.

/82:6 I set you to be judges, 
To be like angels 
of the Most High.
/82:7 But you will die like anyone else, 
Topple like demoted princes.
/82:8 Arise, O God! 
Bring justice to the world! 

You can bring order 
to all the nations.
{prose}


{file "Psalm 93" "Psalm93.xml"}

{fn. e This psalm was the Friday song of the Levites in the Holy Temple.}

{poetry}
/93:1 Yah, You ruled, robed in dignity.
Donning intensity, 
Girded with strength, 
Even the cosmos you arrayed 
That it not falter.
/93:2 Your Throne 
Is prepared from the farthest past. 
You have been before 
There was a world.

/93:3 The currents raise their roar, 
The rivers raise the spumes, 
The mighty torrents' thunder.
/93:4 The thunder of the ocean's breakers: All exclaim, 
`Most powerful are You, Yah!' 
Oh, Yah! /93:5  Your creation 
witnesses You well. 
Of sacred beauty is Your house-- 
Through all of time.
{prose}


{file "Psalm 94" "Psalm94.xml"}

{fn. f This psalm was the Wednesday song of the Levites in the Holy Temple.}

{poetry}
/94:1 God who settles scores! 
Appear in Divine vengeance!
/94:2 Make Yourself known, 
As The Judge of the World. 

Let the arrogant suffer 
Your retribution.

/94:3 How long yet YHVH 
will the wicked -- 
How long yet 
will the evil ones prosper?
/94:4 Boasting their malice, 
They talk each other into greater evil.
/94:5 YHVH! 
They oppress Your people. 
They demean Your legacy.
/94:6 They murder widows 
and strangers. 
They kill orphans!

/94:7 Deluded are they, 
Thinking that Yah cannot see, 
The God of Jacob is not aware.
/94:8 Boorish trash! 
Try to make sense! 
Fools, will you ever get wise?
/94:9 The One who plants ears -- 
Can He not hear? 
Who shapes eyes -- 
Can She not see?
/94:10 He who reproaches nations -- 
Does She not call them to task? 

He, Who teaches people 
to be aware, Is She not aware?

/94:11 YHVH, 
Knows our human thoughts. 
They are all worthless.
/94:12 Blissful is the one 
whom You, Yah, 
Take to task and teach him 
Of Your Torah, 
/94:13 To keep him secure 
during evil days, 
Tiding him over until ruin 
Overtakes the wicked.
/94:14 Because YHVH, 
Will not forsake His people. 
She will not abandon Her heritage.
/94:15 Justice will return to the courts, 
Vindicating those of upright heart.
/94:16 Will anyone 
Stand with me against the wicked? 
Who will stand up for me 
Against the bullies?

/94:17 Had YHVH not helped me, 
I would not have escaped 
The silent tomb.
/94:18 When my knees buckled, 
Your Grace, YHVH, 
Held me up.
/94:19 When overwhelmed 
By disturbing thoughts--like... 
`How could You assist malice?' 
I found comfort 
As You delighted my soul.
/94:20 Those who scoff 
all laws and justice, 
/94:21 Who band together 
Against righteous souls, 
And shed pure blood in meanness, 
/94:23 You paid them back 
for their crimes.
YHVH, God, 
You suppressed them for their evil.
/94:22 YHVH, Is at all times 
my tower of strength, 
My God, The rock of my safe place.
{prose}


{file "Psalm 100" "Psalm100.xml"}

{poetry}
/100:1 This is how you sing to God 
A Thank You song. 
You join the symphony 
Of the whole Earth.
/100:2 In your gratefulness, 
You meet Him. 
Voices echo joy in God's halls.

/100:3 In giving thanks, 
We engage Her blessings. 
We meet His goodness, 
Here and now; 
Her encouragement 
From generation to generation. 

You are filled with joy 
Serving God's purpose. 
You sound your own song 
As you do it. 
Certain that God is Be-ing, 
We know that we are 
Brought forth from Her, 
--Both God's companions 
And His flock.
/100:4 Enter into God's Presence 
Singing your own song, 
In grateful appreciation. 

Thank You God, You are all Blessing.
/100:5 In this world, You are goodness. 
Yes, Grace, itself. 
This is the trust we bequeath 
The next generation.
{prose}


{file "Psalm 104" "Psalm104.xml"}

{poetry}
/104:1 Bless YAH, breath of mine. 
YAH, my God, You are so vast and great, 
All veiled in pride and glory!

/104:2 You are wrapped in Light. 
The sky, You spread like a sheet.

/104:3 Your upper chambers are water roofed, 
As You bestride clouds. 
You waft on the wings of wind.

/104:4 The breezes, You send 
are Your aides, 
Your helpers, blazing flames.

/104:5 You founded Earth, so sound, 
To outlast time itself.

/104:6 The abyss, You covered like a mantle 
Water! On mountains rests.

/104:7 You sound a roar and they flee. 
Your thunder makes them shake.

/104:8 Mountains high and valleys low... 
Their places they assume.

/104:9 You set them limits they cannot pass. 
Never again to flood the land.

/104:10 Springs flow into brooks 
And snake between the mountains.

/104:11 All the wild of field drink there. 
The beasts slake there their thirst.

/104:12 By their shores dwell birds that soar, 
Sounding calls through leaves and reeds.

/104:13 You drench the hills 
From Your Upper Chambers. 

From your hands' produce 
The Earth is filled.

/104:14 You grow fodder for the tamed beasts, 
And herbs with human labor, 

To bring forth bread from Earth.
/104:15 And wine to delight the sad ones, 

And oil... that softens skin, 
And bread... that sustains the weak.

/104:16 Even the trees you sate with sap. 
The cedars You planted on the Lebanon.

/104:17 There, birds find their nesting. 
There, storks find homes to rest.

/104:18 Antelopes bound on the heights. 
Marmots hide behind rocks.

/104:19 The Moon pulls tides and seasons. 
The sun knows where to set.

/104:20 You darken dusk to night. 
The forest's night life stirs.

/104:21 The big cats cry for prey, 
Praying God for their food.

/104:22 They return at the rising of the sun, 
To crouch once more in lairs.

/104:23 While humans go out to work, 
To their toil, up to night.

/104:24 How many things You do! 
So wisely are they made. 
All Earth, at Your command.

/104:25 This vast sea beyond all grasp. 
Countless are the creatures in her, 
Tiny ones and giant whales.

/104:26 There go stately ships. 
This Leviathan You shaped 
To play and romp therein.

/104:27 They all rely on Your care, 
To feed them well each time.

/104:28 You give to them and they take it. 
Your hand's gifts sate them well.

/104:29 You hide your face, they panic. 
You recall their breaths, they die. 
They return to their dust.

/104:30 You send your spirit, 
And they are re-created. 
So too, You renew life on Earth.

/104:31 Let Your glory, Yah, fill time and space. 
Take Joy, O Yah, in what You do!

/104:32 You look at Earth and she trembles, 
Hills You touch, and they smoke.

/104:33 I live Your song, my Yah, 
My Yah, I am Your tune.

/104:34 Let my talking give You joy. 
I am so happy, my Yah!

/104:35 I wish no sin exist on Earth. 
All wickedness were gone. 

Bless that Yah, my soul, my breath.

HALLELU-YAH!
{prose}


{file "Psalm 139" "Psalm139.xml"}

{poetry}
/139:1 Conductor - David's prayer set to music.
Yah! You have scanned me 
And discerned me.
/139:2 You know when I am relaxed 
or agitated. 
From afar 
You comprehend my fantasies.
/139:3 You design my conduct and my repose. 
You direct my paths so I can manage.

/139:4 Before my mouth opens 
You know what I am about to say.
/139:5 You have shaped my past and my future. 
Your hand, gently on my shoulder.

/139:6 All this awes my awareness. 
It is beyond my skills to fathom.

/139:7 Whereto can I withdraw from Your spirit? 
Flee from facing You?

/139:8 If I would mount up to Heaven 
There are You. 
If I make my bed in Hell 
You are there too.

/139:9 Soaring on the wings of the dawn, 
To find shelter in the setting sun, 
/139:10 It would be Your hand, 
that would carry me, 
Your right hand, holding me safe.

/139:11 If I want to find oblivion in darkness, 
Trading light for darkness, 
/139:12 To You, it would still not be dark.
Night is as bright as day for You. 
Dark and light - the same in Your sight.
/139:13 You have designed my innards, 
shaped me in the my mother's womb.
/139:14 I am overcome with thanks 
At Your awesome wonders, 
Your astonishing works, 
Of which my soul is aware.
/139:15 My essence is not hidden from You, 
Who have made me in concealment, 
Who has knitted me beneath the surface.

/139:16 Your eyes have seen me as embryo. 
My days--are all inscribed 
in Your ledger-- 
Days not yet shaped -
each one of them counted.

/139:17 How precious are Your stirrings 
in me Oh God! 
How powerful their impact!
/139:18 I can't number them -- 
beyond all sand grains. 
When I emerge from my reflection 
I am still with You.

/139:19 If You, God, would only rid us 
from our evil! 
If only the cruelty would disappear!
/139:20 And defiance of You vanish, 
Forgiveness overtaking enmity!

/139:21 I detest hatred of You - Yah! 
Quarrelsomeness repels me.
/139:22 I loathe hostility to the utmost.

/139:23 God! I open myself to Your scrutiny. 
Know what is in my heart. 
Examine and know my longings.
/139:24 See and remove any defiance from me 
And guide me in the way 
that serves Your intent for our Earth.
{prose}



{file "Psalm 145" "Psalm145.xml"}

{poetry}
/145:1 David's Aleph Bet Praise

I hold You in the highest esteem, 
My God, My King. 
In all I do, 
I will offer praise to You.

/145:2 Every day, 
I will offer You my appreciation 
And I will cheer You, 
In all that I do.

/145:3 Magnificent are You, Yah, 
And much appreciated. 
But, Your true greatness 
Is beyond knowing.

/145:4 One generation 
Transmits its excitement 
To the next 
Over Your amazing actions, 
Telling them of Your might.
/145:5 Splendid and glorious 
Is Your fame. 

In all that I do, 
I delight to tell of Your marvels.

/145:6 While others may speak 
Of Your awesome power, 
I stress Your great kindness.

/145:7 Many will recall 
Your great goodness, 
And sing of Your fairness.

/145:8 You, Yah, are gentle 
And compassionate, 
Most patient 
And caring.

/145:9 You, Yah, are good to all of us. 
All that You have made, 
You hold in Your tenderness.

/145:10 We, who are fashioned by You, 
Acclaim You. 
In fervent devoutness, 
We bless You.

/145:11 We talk of the honor 
Of Your realm, 
And draw our energy 
From Your power.

/145:12 Thus, we announce to others 
How powerful You are, 
And how distinguished 
Your Majesty is.

/145:13 Your domain embraces universes. 
Your authority is recognized 
Throughout all generations.

/145:14 You, Yah, 
Keep us from faltering, 
And help us up, when we stumble.

/145:15 We all look up to You with hope. 
And trust that You will provide us, 
At the right moment, 
With what we need.

/145:16 You open Your hand, 
And each one of us receives, 
What we desire.

/145:17 You are a Tzaddik, 
In all Your ways; 
A Chassid, 
In all that You do.

/145:18 You are close by 
When we call on You; 
Especially, when we fully mean it.

/145:19 You shape the will of those 
Who respect You; 
You hear their pleading, 
And, You help.

/145:20 You, Yah, protect those 
Who love You. 
Those who do evil, 
You eliminate.

/145:21 I offer my mouth to God's praise. 
Let all who are 
in bodies of flesh, 
Bless Your holy Name at all times, 
And we will bless You, Yah, 
From now on, and for as long 
As there is life, on this world.
{prose}


{file "Psalm 146" "Psalm146.xml"}

{poetry}
/146:1 Halleluyah!
Spirit of mine, praise Yah!
/146:2 I will indeed praise Yah, 
With my life. 
I will sing to God, 
With all my being.
/146:3 I will not put my reliance in big shots. 
What can people do, 
Who can't even help themselves?
/146:4 When their spirits leave them, 
They return to their dust. 
All their schemes have vanished.
/146:5 Happy is one, 
Who is helped by Jacob's God; 
Whose hope is entrusted in Yah, His God--The One, 
/146:6 Who makes heaven and earth, 
The ocean and all that lives there.
He is also the One, who is forever. 
The standard of truth and sincerity.
/146:7 He seeks justice for the oppressed, 
And gives food to the starved. 
Yah, is the One, 
Who frees the imprisoned.
/146:8 Yah, gives sight to the blind. 
Yah, upholds the stooping. 
Yah, loves the Tzaddikim.
/146:9 Yah, protects the converts, 
consoles the orphaned 
and the widowed, 
Confounds the way 
Of the malicious.

/146:10 Please, Yah! Zion's God! 
Manifest Your rule in the world! 
For us, and for our children.
Halleluyah
{prose}


{file "Psalm 147" "Psalm147.xml"}

{poetry}
/147:1 Halleluyah!
It is so good to sing to our God 
Make good music 
to accompany the words 
/147:2 Yah, Builds Jerusalem 
by gathering 
Her scattered Godwrestlers.
/147:3 He makes the broken hearted well, 
And soothes the hurt 
Of their bruises.
/147:4 Counting the stars 
And naming them, 
He creates them each to be.
/147:5 Great, is our Master, 
And powerful beyond measure. 
No one can describe 
His way of comprehension.

/147:6 Yah, encourages the downtrodden, 
But the insolent, He brings low.

/147:7 Offer gratitude to Yah! 
To the harp, 
Sing songs of celebration 
To our God 
/147:8 He covers the sky 
With billowing clouds: 
Thus arranging rain for the ground, 
Making the hills sprout forth grass.

/147:9 Giving the beasts the food 
They need; 
Even to the young ravens, 
Who cry to be fed.
/147:10 He is not impressed 
By a stallion's feistiness; 
Nor, by the muscles 
Of a man's thighs.
/147:11 Yah, welcomes those 
Who respect Him; 
Who long for His grace.
/147:12 Jerusalem! Zion! 
Give praise to Yah. 
Celebrate that He is your God!

/147:13 Because He strengthened 
The bars of your gates, 
And blessed your children 
/147:14 In your midst, 
Your borders He set to hold peace 
And satisfies you 
With good nourishment.
/147:15 When He decrees 
Something for Earth, 
His command is swiftly fulfilled.

/147:16 Snow, like white wool, 
He sends down. 
Frost, He scatters like sand.
/147:17 He sends hail, like crumbs. 
No one can stand it when 
He brings on the cold.
/147:18 Sending His word, He melts them, 
Blowing warm wind 
And the waters flow.

/147:19 He imparts His words to Jacob; 
His statutes and judgments 
To Israel. 

Alas!
/147:20 He did not do the same 
For other nations. His judgments, 
He did not share with them.
Halleluyah!
{prose}


{file "Psalm 148" "Psalm148.xml"}

{poetry}
/148:1 Halleluyah!
Applaud and cheer Yah, 
From the heavens.

/148:2 Praise Him, the most sublime! 
Angel assembly, sing Hallel! 
Heaven hosts, sing Hallel!
/148:3 Hallel, too, sun and moon. 
Hallel, also, stars of light!
/148:4 Jubilation 
From the heavens of heavens. 
From the streams of endless space, 
He has decreed your existence.
/148:5 Praise God and be grateful for life.
/148:6 He fortified you to last long; 
Set a directive, 
That cannot be disobeyed.
/148:7 Hallel, too, from earth, 
From dragons and deep canyons.
/148:8 Fire, hail, snow and fog, 
Tempests and storms 
Obeying His word.
/148:9 Mountains, Hallel! 
And hills echo. 
Fruit trees and cedars 
Sway their praise.
/148:10 Wild and tame creatures, 
Creepers and winged birds.
/148:11 Hallel, too, from you -- 
Rulers of lands and nations, 
Officials and judges of the land.

/148:12 Lads and also lasses, Hallel! 
Elders together with youths.

/148:13 All of you, praise Yah's Name. 
His very Name, is so transcendent.

His glory is reflected 
By Heaven and Earth.
/148:14 Grand is the fate of His people. 
His devout ones, 
In constant adoration.
Halleluyah those intimate and close to Him, 
You Children of Israel, Halleluyah.
{prose}


{file "Psalm 149" "Psalm149.xml"}

{poetry}
/149:1 Halleluyah!
Sing a brand new song to Yah. 
This, is how He is celebrated 
Among the Chassidim.
/149:2 Yisrael, is happy 
Knowing his Maker. 
Zion's children, 
Delight in their King.
/149:3 Dancing, they chant His Name, 
Making rhythm, 
With drums and strings.
/149:4 Yah, loves His people. 
The self-effacing, 
Can count on Him for help.
/149:5 Chassidim, savor 
His awesome Presence. 
Even on their bed, They hum His praises.
/149:6 They exalt God, in inner speech. 
Such praise is a potent weapon, 
/149:7 Repelling antagonists, 
Scolding bigots, 
/149:8 To immobilize their commanders, 
And arrest their agitators.

/149:9 Rebuke them, as they deserve! 

All this, because God's Chassidim 
Gives honor to Him in splendor.
Halleluyah!
{prose}


{file "Psalm 150" "Psalm150.xml"}

{poetry}
/150:1 Halleluyah. Attune to God in holiness: 
be in awe of God who is mighty 
in the heavens.
/150:2 mark God for His potent acts: 
praise God for Her generosity.
/150:3 Salute God with trumpet sound: 
hail God with the strings and harp.
/150:4 Worship God with drum and dance: 
Intone to God with organ and flute.

/150:5 Make rhythm to God with crashing cymbals: 
praise God with cymbals that ring out.
/150:6 Let all who breathe chant Yah.
Halleluyah.
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