¹ David's Psalm of praise. *

-- [Praise] --

[Aleph]

I will extol thee,
my God, O king;
and I will bless thy name for ever and ever.

[Beth]

² Every day will I bless thee;
and I will praise thy name for ever and ever.

-- [Proclamation of the LORD's Greatness] --

[Gimel]

³ Great is the LORD,
and greatly to be praised;
and his greatness is unsearchable [has nothing of finding].

-- [Praise] --

[Daleth]

⁴ One generation shall praise thy works to another,
and shall declare thy mighty acts.

[He]

⁵ I will speak of the glorious honour of thy majesty,
and of thy wondrous works.

[Vau]

⁶ And men shall speak of the might of thy terrible acts:
and I will declare thy greatness.

[Zain]

⁷ They shall abundantly utter the memory of thy great goodness,
and shall sing of thy righteousness.

-- [Proclamation of the LORD's Grace] --

[Cheth]

⁸ The LORD is gracious,
and full of compassion;
slow to anger,
and of great mercy.

[Teth]

⁹ The LORD is good to all:
and his tender mercies are over all his works.

-- [Praise] --

[Jod]

¹⁰ All thy works shall praise thee, O LORD;
and thy saints shall bless thee.

[Caph]

¹¹ They shall speak of the glory of thy kingdom,
and talk of thy power;

[Lamed]

¹² To make known to the sons of men his mighty acts,
and the glorious majesty of his kingdom.

-- [Proclamation of the LORD's Kingdom] --

[Mem] - [Nun, Omitted]

¹³ Thy kingdom is an everlasting [all eons] kingdom,
and thy dominion endureth throughout all generations [generation and generation].

[Samech]

¹⁴ The LORD upholdeth all that fall,
and raiseth up all those that be bowed down.

[Ain]

¹⁵ The eyes of all wait upon thee;
and thou givest them their meat in due season.

[Pe]

¹⁶ Thou openest thine hand,
and satisfiest the desire of every living thing.

[Tzaddi]

¹⁷ The LORD is righteous in all his ways,
and holy in all his works.

[Koph]

¹⁸ The LORD is nigh unto all them that call upon him,
to all that call upon him in truth.

[Resh]

¹⁹ He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him:
he also will hear their cry,
and will save them.

[Schin]

²⁰ The LORD preserveth all them that love him:
but all the wicked will he destroy.

-- [Praise] --

[Tau]

²¹ My mouth shall speak the praise of the LORD:
and let all flesh bless his holy name for ever and ever.

* NOTE: On Opening and Closing Comments in the Psalms.
[Some commentators take the Psalm in Habakkuk 3 to be a standard model for the Psalms.
Habakkuk's Psalm begins with the name of the composer (Habakkuk) and a musical notation ("upon Shigionoth").
It closes with a dedication or a "send to" notice ("To the chief singer on my stringed instruments").
I have arranged similar material, where it is found in the Psalter, in accord with the model in Habakkuk.]