Tehillim 145

1 [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 .