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Of David.</span></h4><div class="poetry"><p class="line"><span class="text"><span class="versenum">1</span>I will extol you, my God and King,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">and bless your name forever and ever.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">2</span>Every day I will bless you,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">and praise your name forever and ever.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">3</span>Great is the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span>, and greatly to be praised;</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">his greatness is unsearchable.</span></span></p></div> <div class="poetry top-1"><p class="line"><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">4</span>One generation shall laud your works to another,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">and shall declare your mighty acts.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">5</span>On the glorious splendor of your majesty,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">and on your wondrous works, I will meditate.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">6</span>The might of your awesome deeds shall be proclaimed,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">and I will declare your greatness.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">7</span>They shall celebrate the fame of your abundant goodness,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">and shall sing aloud of your righteousness.</span></span></p></div> <div class="poetry top-1"><p class="line"><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">8</span>The <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span> is gracious and merciful,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">9</span>The <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span> is good to all,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">and his compassion is over all that he has made.</span></span></p></div> <div class="poetry top-1"><p class="line"><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">10</span>All your works shall give thanks to you, O <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span>,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">and all your faithful shall bless you.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">11</span>They shall speak of the glory of your kingdom,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">and tell of your power,</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">12</span>to make known to all people your<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-18403a" title="See footnote a">a</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote a">a</a>]</span> mighty deeds,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">and the glorious splendor of your<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-18403b" title="See footnote b">b</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote b">b</a>]</span> kingdom.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">13</span>Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">and your dominion endures throughout all generations.</span></span></p></div><div class="poetry top-1"><p class="line"><span class="text">The <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span> is faithful in all his words,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">and gracious in all his deeds.<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-18404c" title="See footnote c">c</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote c">c</a>]</span></span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">14</span>The <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span> upholds all who are falling,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">and raises up all who are bowed down.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">15</span>The eyes of all look to you,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">and you give them their food in due season.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">16</span>You open your hand,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">satisfying the desire of every living thing.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">17</span>The <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span> is just in all his ways,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">and kind in all his doings.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">18</span>The <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span> is near to all who call on him,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">to all who call on him in truth.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">19</span>He fulfills the desire of all who fear him;</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">he also hears their cry, and saves them.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">20</span>The <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span> watches over all who love him,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">but all the wicked he will destroy.</span></span></p></div> <div class="poetry top-1"><p class="line"><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">21</span>My mouth will speak the praise of the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span>,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">and all flesh will bless his holy name forever and ever.</span></span></p></div> <A name="fen"></a><div class="footnotes"><h4>Footnotes</h4><ol><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Psalm 145:12">Psalm 145:12</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Gk Jerome Syr: Heb <i>his</i></span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Psalm 145:12">Psalm 145:12</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Heb <i>his</i></span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Psalm 145:13">Psalm 145:13</a> <span class='footnote-text'>These two lines supplied by Q Ms Gk Syr</span></li></ol></div> </div></div></div></div></div> </div> </div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Scripture quotations are from the New Revised Standard Version Bible: Catholic Edition, copyright © 1989, 1993 National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. 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