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Psalm 148

¹Praise ye the Lord. Praise ye the Lord from the heavens: praise him in the heights.
²Praise ye him, all his angels: praise ye him, all his hosts.
³Praise ye him, sun and moon: praise him, all ye stars of light.
⁴Praise him, ye heavens of heavens, and ye waters that be above the heavens.
⁵Let them praise the name of the Lord: for he commanded, and they were created.
⁶He hath also stablished them for ever and ever: he hath made a decree which shall not pass.
⁷Praise the Lord from the earth, ye dragons, and all deeps:
⁸Fire, and hail; snow, and vapours; stormy wind fulfilling his word:
⁹Mountains, and all hills; fruitful trees, and all cedars:
¹⁰Beasts, and all cattle; creeping things, and flying fowl:
¹¹Kings of the earth, and all people; princes, and all judges of the earth:
¹²Both young men, and maidens; old men, and children:
¹³Let them praise the name of the Lord: for his name alone is excellent; his glory is above the earth and heaven.
¹⁴He also exalteth the horn of his people, the praise of all his saints; even of the children of Israel, a people near unto him. Praise ye the Lord.

Psalm 150

¹Praise ye the Lord. Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him in the firmament of his power.
²Praise him for his mighty acts: praise him according to his excellent greatness.
³Praise him with the sound of the trumpet: praise him with the psaltery and harp.
⁴Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed instruments and organs.
⁵Praise him upon the loud cymbals: praise him upon the high sounding cymbals.
⁶Let every thing that hath breath praise the Lord. Praise ye the Lord.

2My son, if thou come to serve the Lord, prepare thy soul for temptation.
²Set thy heart aright, and constantly endure, and make not haste in time of trouble.
³Cleave unto him, and depart not away, that thou mayest be increased at thy last end.
⁴Whatsoever is brought upon thee take cheerfully, and be patient when thou art changed to a low estate.
⁵For gold is tried in the fire, and acceptable men in the furnace of adversity.
⁶Believe in him, and he will help thee; order thy way aright, and trust in him.
⁷Ye that fear the Lord, wait for his mercy; and go not aside, lest ye fall.
⁸Ye that fear the Lord, believe him; and your reward shall not fail.
⁹Ye that fear the Lord, hope for good, and for everlasting joy and mercy.
¹⁰Look at the generations of old, and see; did ever any trust in the Lord, and was confounded? or did any abide in his fear, and was forsaken? or whom did he ever despise, that called upon him?
¹¹For the Lord is full of compassion and mercy, longsuffering, and very pitiful, and forgiveth sins, and saveth in time of affliction.
¹²Woe be to fearful hearts, and faint hands, and the sinner that goeth two ways!
¹³Woe unto him that is fainthearted! for he believeth not; therefore shall he not be defended.
¹⁴Woe unto you that have lost patience! and what will ye do when the Lord shall visit you?
¹⁵They that fear the Lord will not disobey his Word; and they that love him will keep his ways.
¹⁶They that fear the Lord will seek that which is well-pleasing unto him; and they that love him shall be filled with the law.
¹⁷They that fear the Lord will prepare their hearts, and humble their souls in his sight,
¹⁸Saying, We will fall into the hands of the Lord, and not into the hands of men: for as his majesty is, so is his mercy.

¹⁷I have therefore whereof I may glory through Jesus Christ in those things which pertain to God.
¹⁸For I will not dare to speak of any of those things which Christ hath not wrought by me, to make the Gentiles obedient, by word and deed,
¹⁹Through mighty signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God; so that from Jerusalem, and round about unto Illyricum, I have fully preached the gospel of Christ.
²⁰Yea, so have I strived to preach the gospel, not where Christ was named, lest I should build upon another man’s foundation:
²¹But as it is written, To whom he was not spoken of, they shall see: and they that have not heard shall understand.
²²For which cause also I have been much hindered from coming to you.
²³But now having no more place in these parts, and having a great desire these many years to come unto you;
²⁴Whensoever I take my journey into Spain, I will come to you: for I trust to see you in my journey, and to be brought on my way thitherward by you, if first I be somewhat filled with your company.
²⁵But now I go unto Jerusalem to minister unto the saints.
²⁶For it hath pleased them of Macedonia and Achaia to make a certain contribution for the poor saints which are at Jerusalem.
²⁷It hath pleased them verily; and their debtors they are. For if the Gentiles have been made partakers of their spiritual things, their duty is also to minister unto them in carnal things.
²⁸When therefore I have performed this, and have sealed to them this fruit, I will come by you into Spain.
²⁹And I am sure that, when I come unto you, I shall come in the fulness of the blessing of the gospel of Christ.
³⁰Now I beseech you, brethren, for the Lord Jesus Christ’s sake, and for the love of the Spirit, that ye strive together with me in your prayers to God for me;
³¹That I may be delivered from them that do not believe in Judaea; and that my service which I have for Jerusalem may be accepted of the saints;
³²That I may come unto you with joy by the will of God, and may with you be refreshed.
³³Now the God of peace be with you all. Amen.