Psalm 111

Praise be to Jehovah! --- Heartily will I give him thanks
Whenever good men gather, in private or in public.
Wondrous and awesome are Jehovah's many works and deeds,
A source of much delight to those who will examine them,
For there is glory in them and majesty and beauty.
His justice is everlasting; his mercy, eternal.
His miracles are memorials; he has made them so,
To remind us of his grace, his mercy, and compassion.
Food and sustenance he provides to those who revere him.
For all time will he remember the contract he has made.
To his chosen people he proved his power and his might
By turning over to them the lands of other peoples.
His handiwork is sound and true, his precepts are certain,
Made with integrity, enacted with fidelity,
Devised to last ages, destined to endure forever.
He redeemed his people by freeing them from their bondage
And assuring them his promise would be forever kept.
How his reputation commands our reverence and awe!

Respect for the divine is the well-spring of all wisdom.
By following divine law one gains understanding.

May the praise of Jehovah last forever and ever!

Psalm 110

A Psalm of David

Jehovah bid my master, “Sit at my right hand,
Until I will make your enemies your footstool.”
Jehovah will extend your scepter from Zion,
And you will rule in the midst of your enemies.
Your troops will be ready on the day of battle.
Arrayed in the magnificence of holiness,
From the womb of dawn, they are like the morning     dew.
Jehovah has sworn and will not go back on his word,
“Forever you are a priest, like Melchizedek.”

God the Master will stand at your right hand.
He will strike down kings on the day of his wrath.
He will pass judgment on the heathen nations,
Filling their lands with bodies of the dead
And crushing rulers throughout the whole earth.
He will take a drink from the wayside brook,
And, because of it, hold his head up high.