¹ Praise ye Jah! I thank Jehovah with the whole heart, In the secret meeting of the upright, And of the company.

¹ By David. I confess Thee, with all my heart, Before the gods I do praise Thee.

¹ Praise ye Jah! Sing ye to Jehovah a new song, His praise in an assembly of saints.

¹⁰ And David blesseth Jehovah before the eyes of all the assembly, and David saith, `Blessed `art' Thou, Jehovah, God of Israel our father, from age even unto age.

¹¹ To Thee, O Jehovah, `is' the greatness, and the might, and the beauty, and the victory, and the honour, because of all in the heavens and in the earth; to Thee, O Jehovah, `is' the kingdom, and he who is lifting up himself over all for head;

¹² and the riches, and the honour `are' from before Thee, and Thou art ruling over all, and in Thy hand `is' power and might, and in Thy hand, to make great, and to give strength to all.

¹³ `And now, our God, we are giving thanks to Thee, and giving praise to Thy beauteous name;

¹⁴ yea, because, who `am' I, and who `are' my people, that we retain power to offer thus willingly? but of Thee `is' the whole, and out of Thy hand we have given to Thee;

¹⁵ for sojourners we `are' before Thee, and settlers, like all our fathers; as a shadow `are' our days on the land, and there is none abiding.

¹⁶ `O Jehovah our God, all this store that we have prepared to build to Thee a house, for Thy holy name, `is' out of Thy hand, and of Thee `is' the whole.

¹⁷ `And I have known, my God, that Thou art trying the heart, and uprightness dost desire; I, in the uprightness of my heart, have willingly offered all these: and now, Thy people who are found here I have seen with joy to offer willingly to Thee.

¹⁸ `O Jehovah, God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, our fathers, keep this to the age for the imagination of the thoughts of the heart of Thy people, and prepare their heart unto Thee;

¹⁹ and to Solomon my son give a perfect heart, to keep Thy commands, Thy testimonies, and Thy statutes, and to do the whole, even to build the palace `for' which I have prepared.'

²⁰ And David saith to all the assembly, `Bless, I pray you, Jehovah your God;' and all the assembly bless Jehovah, God of their fathers, and bow and do obeisance to Jehovah, and to the king.

⁷ God is very terrible, In the secret counsel of His holy ones, And fearful over all surrounding Him.

¹⁸ I thank Thee in a great assembly, Among a mighty people I praise Thee.

³⁰ I thank Jehovah greatly with my mouth, And in the midst of many I praise Him,

³ I thank Thee among peoples, O Jehovah, And I praise Thee among the nations.

³² And they exalt Him in the assembly of the people, And in the seat of the elders praise Him.

⁴⁸ Blessed `is' Jehovah, God of Israel, From the age even unto the age. And all the people said, `Amen, praise Jah!'

¹ Praise ye Jah, give thanks to Jehovah, For good, for to the age, `is' His kindness.

¹ By David. Bless, O my soul, Jehovah, And all my inward parts -- His Holy Name.

⁵ and the heavens confess Thy wonders, O Jehovah, Thy faithfulness also `is' in an assembly of holy ones.

⁹ I have proclaimed tidings of righteousness In the great assembly, lo, my lips I restrain not, O Jehovah, Thou hast known.

¹⁰ Thy righteousness I have not concealed In the midst of my heart, Thy faithfulness and Thy salvation I have told, I have not hidden Thy kindness and Thy truth, To the great assembly.

²⁵ Of Thee my praise `is' in the great assembly. My vows I complete before His fearers.

¹ To the Overseer, `On the Death of Labben.' -- A Psalm of David. I confess, O Jehovah, with all my heart, I recount all Thy wonders,

²⁶ And on the fourth day they have been assembled at the valley of Blessing, for there they blessed Jehovah: therefore they have called the name of that place, `Valley of Blessing,' unto this day.

²⁷ And they turn back, every man of Judah and Jerusalem, and Jehoshaphat at their head, to go back unto Jerusalem with joy, for Jehovah hath made them rejoice over their enemies.

²⁸ And they come in to Jerusalem with psalteries, and with harps, and with trumpets, unto the house of Jehovah.

³ And the king turneth round his face, and blesseth the whole assembly of Israel, and the whole assembly of Israel is standing,

⁴ and he saith, `Blessed `is' Jehovah, God of Israel, who hath spoken with His mouth with David my father, and with His hands hath fulfilled `it', saying: