⁸ My enemies reproach me all day. Those who are mad at me use my name as a curse.

⁹ For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mixed my drink with tears,

¹⁰ Because of your indignation and your wrath, for you have taken me up, and thrown me away.

¹¹ My days are like a long shadow. I have withered like grass.

¹² But you, Yahweh, will remain forever; your renown endures to all generations.

¹³ You will arise and have mercy on Zion; for it is time to have pity on her. Yes, the set time has come.

¹⁴ For your servants take pleasure in her stones, and have pity on her dust.

¹⁵ So the nations will fear the name of Yahweh; all the kings of the earth your glory.

¹⁶ For Yahweh has built up Zion. He has appeared in his glory.

¹⁷ He has responded to the prayer of the destitute, and has not despised their prayer.

¹⁸ This will be written for the generation to come. A people which will be created will praise Yah.

¹⁹ For he has looked down from the height of his sanctuary. From heaven, Yahweh saw the earth;

²⁰ to hear the groans of the prisoner; to free those who are condemned to death;

²¹ that men may declare the name of Yahweh in Zion, and his praise in Jerusalem;

²² when the peoples are gathered together, the kingdoms, to serve Yahweh.

²³ He weakened my strength along the course. He shortened my days.

²⁴ I said, "My God, don't take me away in the midst of my days. Your years are throughout all generations.

²⁵ Of old, you laid the foundation of the earth. The heavens are the work of your hands.

²⁶ They will perish, but you will endure. Yes, all of them will wear out like a garment. You will change them like a cloak, and they will be changed.

²⁷ But you are the same. Your years will have no end.

²⁸ The children of your servants will continue. Their seed will be established before you." By David.

¹ Praise Yahweh, my soul! All that is within me, Praise his holy name!

² Praise Yahweh, my soul, and don't forget all his benefits;

³ who forgives all your sins; who heals all your diseases;

⁴ who redeems your life from destruction; who crowns you with loving kindness and tender mercies;

⁵ who satisfies your desire with good things, so that your youth is renewed like the eagle's.

⁶ Yahweh executes righteous acts, and justice for all who are oppressed.

⁷ He made known his ways to Moses, his deeds to the children of Israel.

⁸ Yahweh is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness.

⁹ He will not always accuse; neither will he stay angry forever.

¹⁰ He has not dealt with us according to our sins, nor repaid us for our iniquities.

¹¹ For as the heavens are high above the earth, so great is his loving kindness toward those who fear him.

¹² As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us.

¹³ Like a father has compassion on his children, so Yahweh has compassion on those who fear him.

¹⁴ For he knows how we are made. He remembers that we are dust.

¹⁵ As for man, his days are like grass. As a flower of the field, so he flourishes.

¹⁶ For the wind passes over it, and it is gone. Its place remembers it no more.

¹⁷ But Yahweh's loving kindness is from everlasting to everlasting with those who fear him, his righteousness to children's children;

¹⁸ to those who keep his covenant, to those who remember to obey his precepts.

¹⁹ Yahweh has established his throne in the heavens. His kingdom rules over all.

²⁰ Praise Yahweh, you angels of his, who are mighty in strength, who fulfill his word, obeying the voice of his word.

²¹ Praise Yahweh, all you armies of his, you servants of his, who do his pleasure.

²² Praise Yahweh, all you works of his, in all places of his dominion. Praise Yahweh, my soul!

¹ Bless Yahweh, my soul. Yahweh, my God, you are very great. You are clothed with honor and majesty.

² He covers himself with light as with a garment. He stretches out the heavens like a curtain.

³ He lays the beams of his rooms in the waters. He makes the clouds his chariot. He walks on the wings of the wind.

⁴ He makes his messengers winds; his servants flames of fire.