145
1 (Tehillah of Dovid)
[Alef] I will extol Thee, Elohai HaMelech;
and I will bless Thy Shem l'olam va'ed.
2 [Beis] Kol yom will I bless Thee;
and I will praise Thy Shem l'olam va'ed.
3 [Gimel] Gadol is Hashem, and me'od to be praised;
and His greatness is not cheker (searchable).
4 [Dalet] Dor l'dor (generation to generation) shall praise Thy ma'asim,
and shall declare Thy gevurot (mighty acts).
5 [Heh] I will speak of the hadar kavod of Thy hod,
and of Thy nifle'ot (wonderful works).
6 [Vav] And men shall speak of the power of Thy norot;
and I will declare Thy greatness.
7 [Zayin] They shall utter the zekher (memory, recollection) of Thy rav tov
and shall sing of Thy tzedakah.
8 [Chet] Channun (gracious) is Hashem, and full of compassion;
erech apayim (slow to anger), and of great chesed.
9 [Tet] Tov is Hashem to all;
and His rachamim is over all His ma'asim.
10 [Yod] All Thy ma'asim shall praise Thee, Hashem;
and Thy chasidim shall bless Thee.
11 [Khaf] They shall speak of the kavod of Thy Malchus,
and tell of Thy gevurah;
12 [Lamed] To make known to the Bnei HaAdam His gevurah,
and the kavod hadar of His Malchus.
13 [Mem] Thy Malchus is a Malchus kol olamim,
and Thy Memshelet for kol dor vador.
14 [Samekh]Hashem upholdeth all that fall,
and raiseth up all those that are bowed down.
15 [Ayin] The eyes of all look to Thee;
and Thou givest them their okhel (food) in its season.
16 [Peh] Thou openest Thine Yad,
and satisfiest the ratzon of kol chai.
17 [Tzadi] Tzaddik is Hashem in all His drakhim,
and chasid in all His ma'asim,
18 [Koph] Karov (near) is Hashem unto all them that call upon Him,
to all that call upon Him in emes.
19 [Resh] He will fulfil the ratzon of them that fear Him;
He also will hear their cry, and will save them.
20 [Shin] Shomer is Hashem over all them that love Him;
but kol haresha'im will He destroy.
21 [Tav] My mouth shall speak the tehillat Hashem;
and let kol basar bless His Shem Kodesh
l'olam va'ed.* Praise Hashem.
* 145:21 T.N. See Messianic Psalms which include Ps 2, 22, 45, 72, 110, 47, 93, 96-99, 89 and which indicate Moshiachʼs righteous character, experience, ideals, call, and reign.