<p class="poetry">O family<n id="1" /> of Israel, praise the <sc>Lordsc>!p> <p class="poetry">O family of Aaron, praise the <sc>Lordsc>!p>

<p class="poetry">O family of Levi, praise the <sc>Lordsc>!p> <p class="poetry">You loyal followers<n id="1" /> of the <sc>Lordsc>, praise the <sc>Lordsc>!p>

<p class="poetry">Praise<n id="1" /> our God, you nations!p> <p class="poetry">Loudly proclaim his praise!<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">&#8220;When the leaders took the lead<n id="1" /> in Israel,p> <p class="poetry">When the people answered the call to war &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">Praise the <sc>Lordsc>!p>

<p class="poetry">My heart went out<n id="1" /> to Israel&#8217;s leaders,p> <p class="poetry">to the people who answered the call to war.p> <p class="poetry">Praise the <sc>Lordsc>!p>

<p class="poetry">In your large assemblies praise God,p> <p class="poetry">the <sc>Lordsc>, in the assemblies of Israel!<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">Sing to the <sc>Lordsc>! Praise his name!p> <p class="poetry">Announce every day how he delivers!<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">Praise the <sc>Lordsc>, all you warriors of his,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">you servants of his who carry out his desires!<n id="2" />p>

the sixth Ammiel, the seventh Issachar, and the eighth Peullethai. (Indeed, God blessed Obed-Edom.)p>

<p class="poetry">Enter his gates with thanksgiving,p> <p class="poetry">and his courts with praise!p> <p class="poetry">Give him thanks!p> <p class="poetry">Praise his name!p>

<p class="poetry">Praise the <sc>Lordsc>, you angels of his,p> <p class="poetry">you powerful warriors who carry out his decreesp> <p class="poetry">and obey his orders!<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">Praise the <sc>Lordsc>, all that he has made,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">in all the regions<n id="2" /> of his kingdom!p> <p class="poetry">Praise the <sc>Lordsc>, O my soul!p>

So Jacob<n id="1" /> went over and kissed him. When Isaac caught the scent<n id="2" /> of his clothing, he blessed him, saying,p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;Yes,<n id="3" /> my son smellsp> <p class="poetry">like the scent of an open fieldp> <p class="poetry">which the <sc>Lordsc> has blessed.p>

So Ahab went on up to eat and drink, while Elijah climbed to the top of Carmel. He bent down toward the ground and put his face between his knees.

<t /><p class="psasuper">A song of ascents.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Attention!<n id="3" /> Praise the <sc>Lordsc>,p> <p class="poetry">all you servants of the <sc>Lordsc>,p> <p class="poetry">who serve<n id="4" /> in the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s temple during the night.p>

The <sc>Lordsc> who commands armies will pronounce a blessing over the earth, saying,<n id="1" /> &#8220;Blessed be my people, Egypt, and the work of my hands, Assyria, and my special possession,<n id="2" /> Israel!&#8221;p>

<p class="bodytext">So Esau hated<n id="1" /> Jacob because of the blessing his father had given to his brother.<n id="2" /> Esau said privately,<n id="3" /> &#8220;The time<n id="4" /> of mourning for my father is near; then I will kill<n id="5" /> my brother Jacob!&#8221;p>

<p class="bodytext">David told the entire assembly: &#8220;Praise the <sc>Lordsc> your God!&#8221; So the entire assembly praised the <sc>Lordsc> God of their ancestors; they bowed down and stretched out flat on the ground before the <sc>Lordsc> and the king.p>

<p class="bodytext">On the fourth day they assembled in the Valley of Berachah, where<n id="1" /> they praised the <sc>Lordsc>. So that place is called the Valley of Berachah<n id="2" /> to this very day.

The Levites &#8211; Jeshua, Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah &#8211; said, &#8220;Stand up and bless the <sc>LORDsc> your God!&#8221;p> <p class="bodytext">&#8220;May you be blessed, O <sc>LORDsc> our God, from age to age.<n id="1" /> May your glorious name<n id="2" /> be blessed; may it be lifted up above all blessing and praise.