1 I will extol You, my God, O King; and I will bless Your name forever and ever.

Praise by David. I exalt Thee, my God, O king, And bless Thy name to the age and for ever.

2 E very day will I bless You; yes, I will praise Your name forever and ever.

Every day do I bless Thee, And praise Thy name to the age and for ever.

3 G reat is the Lord and highly to be praised; and His greatness is unsearchable.

Great Jehovah, and praised greatly, And of His greatness there is no searching.

4 O ne generation shall laud Your works to another and shall declare Your mighty acts.

Generation to generation praiseth Thy works, And Thy mighty acts they declare.

5 O n the glorious splendor of Your majesty and on Your wondrous works I will meditate.

The honour -- the glory of Thy majesty, And the matters of Thy wonders I declare.

6 M en shall speak of the might of Your tremendous and terrible acts, and I will declare Your greatness.

And the strength of Thy fearful acts they tell, And Thy greatness I recount.

7 T hey shall pour forth the fame of Your great and abundant goodness and shall sing aloud of Your rightness and justice.

The memorial of the abundance of Thy goodness they send forth. And Thy righteousness they sing.

8 T he Lord is gracious and full of compassion, slow to anger and abounding in mercy and loving-kindness.

Gracious and merciful Jehovah, Slow to anger, and great in kindness.

9 T he Lord is good to all, and His tender mercies are over all His works.

Good Jehovah to all, And His mercies over all His works.

10 A ll Your works shall praise You, O Lord, and Your loving ones shall bless You!

Confess Thee O Jehovah, do all Thy works, And Thy saints do bless Thee.

11 T hey shall speak of the glory of Your kingdom and talk of Your power,

The honour of Thy kingdom they tell, And Thy might they speak,

12 T o make known to the sons of men God’s mighty deeds and the glorious majesty of His kingdom.

To make known to sons of men His mighty acts, The honour of the majesty of His kingdom.

13 Y our kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and Your dominion endures throughout all generations.

Thy kingdom a kingdom of all ages, And Thy dominion in all generations.

14 T he Lord upholds all those who are falling and raises up all those who are bowed down.

Jehovah is supporting all who are falling, And raising up all who are bowed down.

15 T he eyes of all wait for You and You give them their food in due season.

The eyes of all unto Thee do look, And Thou art giving to them their food in its season,

16 Y ou open Your hand and satisfy every living thing with favor.

Opening Thy hand, and satisfying The desire of every living thing.

17 T he Lord is righteous in all His ways and gracious and merciful in all His works.

Righteous Jehovah in all His ways, And kind in all His works.

18 T he Lord is near to all who call upon Him, to all who call upon Him sincerely and in truth.

Near Jehovah to all those calling Him, To all who call Him in truth.

19 H e will fulfill the desires of those who reverently and worshipfully fear Him; He also will hear their cry and will save them.

The desire of those fearing Him He doth, And their cry He heareth, and saveth them.

20 T he Lord preserves all those who love Him, but all the wicked will He destroy.

Jehovah preserveth all those loving Him, And all the wicked He destroyeth.

21 M y mouth shall speak the praise of the Lord; and let all flesh bless (affectionately and gratefully praise) His holy name forever and ever.

The praise of Jehovah my mouth speaketh, And all flesh doth bless His holy name, To the age and for ever!