¹ <Of David.> Give praise to the Lord, O my soul; let everything in me give praise to his holy name.

²⁸ And have no fear of those who put to death the body, but are not able to put to death the soul. But have fear of him who has power to give soul and body to destruction in hell.

²³ Joy will be on my lips when I make melody to you; and in my soul, to which you have given salvation.

¹ <To the chief music-maker. After Jeduthun. A Psalm. Of David.> My soul, put all your faith in God; for from him comes my salvation.

² O Lord, be the saviour of my soul from false lips, and from the tongue of deceit.

¹ <A Psalm. Of David. When he was in the waste land of Judah.> O God, you are my God; early will I make my search for you: my soul is dry for need of you, my flesh is wasted with desire for you, as a dry and burning land where no water is;

⁷ The law of the Lord is good, giving new life to the soul: the witness of the Lord is certain, giving wisdom to the foolish.

² My loved one, it is my prayer that you may do well in all things, and be healthy in body, even as your soul does well.

¹⁶ This is what the Lord has said: Take your place looking out on the ways; make search for the old roads, saying, Where is the good way? and go in it that you may have rest for your souls. But they said, We will not go in it.

²⁴ Pleasing words are like honey, sweet to the soul and new life to the bones.

¹³ My flesh was made by you, and my parts joined together in my mother's body.

¹⁴ I will give you praise, for I am strangely and delicately formed; your works are great wonders, and of this my soul is fully conscious.

¹⁵ My frame was not unseen by you when I was made secretly, and strangely formed in the lowest parts of the earth.

²⁶ For what profit has a man, if he gets all the world with the loss of his life? or what will a man give in exchange for his life?

¹³ And you will be searching for me and I will be there, when you have gone after me with all your heart.

⁵ I am waiting for the Lord, my soul is waiting for him, and my hope is in his word.

¹¹ Why are you crushed down, O my soul? and why are you troubled in me? put your hope in God; for I will again give him praise who is my help and my God.

³⁷ And he said to him, Have love for the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.