Praise for the Lords Mercies.

A Psalm of David.

103 (A)Bless the Lord, my soul,
And all that is within me, bless His (B)holy name.
Bless the Lord, my soul,
And (C)do not forget any of His benefits;
Who (D)pardons all your guilt,
Who (E)heals all your diseases;
Who (F)redeems your life from the pit,
Who (G)crowns you with favor and compassion;
Who (H)satisfies your [a]years with good things,
So that your youth is (I)renewed like the eagle.

The Lord (J)performs [b]righteous deeds
And judgments for all who are (K)oppressed.
He (L)made known His ways to Moses,
His (M)deeds to the sons of Israel.
The Lord is (N)compassionate and gracious,
(O)Slow to anger and abounding in mercy.
He (P)will not always contend with us,
Nor will He (Q)keep His anger forever.
10 He has (R)not dealt with us according to our sins,
Nor rewarded us according to our guilty deeds.
11 For as high (S)as the heavens are above the earth,
So great is His mercy toward those who [c]fear Him.
12 As far as the east is from the west,
So far has He (T)removed our wrongdoings from us.
13 Just (U)as a father has compassion on his children,
So the Lord has compassion on those who [d]fear Him.
14 For (V)He Himself knows [e]our form;
He (W)is mindful that we are nothing but (X)dust.

15 As for man, his days are (Y)like grass;
Like a (Z)flower of the field, so he flourishes.
16 When the (AA)wind has passed over it, it is no more,
And its (AB)place no longer knows about it.
17 But the [f](AC)mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting for those who [g]fear Him,
And His justice (AD)to the children’s children,
18 To (AE)those who keep His covenant
And remember His precepts, so as to do them.

19 The Lord has established His (AF)throne in the heavens,
And His [h](AG)sovereignty rules over [i]all.
20 Bless the Lord, you (AH)His angels,
(AI)Mighty in strength, who (AJ)perform His word,
(AK)Obeying the voice of His word!
21 Bless the Lord, all you (AL)His [j]angels,
You (AM)who serve Him, doing His will.
22 Bless the Lord, (AN)all you works of His,
In all places of His dominion;
Bless the Lord, my soul!

The Lords Care over All His Works.

104 (AO)Bless the Lord, my soul!
Lord my God, You are very great;
You are (AP)clothed with splendor and majesty,
Covering Yourself with (AQ)light as with a cloak,
(AR)Stretching out heaven like a tent curtain.
[k]He (AS)lays the beams of His upper chambers in the waters;
[l]He makes the (AT)clouds His chariot;
[m]He walks on the (AU)wings of the wind;
[n]He makes [o](AV)the winds His messengers,
[p]Flaming (AW)fire His ministers.

He (AX)established the earth upon its foundations,
So that it will not [q]totter forever and ever.
You (AY)covered it with the deep sea as with a garment;
The waters were standing above the mountains.
They fled from Your (AZ)rebuke,
At the (BA)sound of Your thunder they hurried away.
The mountains rose; the valleys sank down
To the (BB)place which You established for them.
You set a (BC)boundary so that they will not pass over,
So that they will not return to cover the earth.

10 [r]He sends forth (BD)springs in the valleys;
They flow between the mountains;
11 They (BE)give drink to every animal of the field;
The (BF)wild donkeys quench their thirst.
12 The birds of the sky (BG)dwell [s]beside them;
They [t]lift up their voices from among the branches.
13 [u]He (BH)waters the mountains from His upper chambers;
(BI)The earth is satisfied with the fruit of His works.

14 [v]He causes the (BJ)grass to grow for the [w]cattle,
And (BK)vegetation for the labor of mankind,
So that [x]they may produce [y]food (BL)from the earth,
15 And (BM)wine, which makes a human heart cheerful,
(BN)So that he makes his face gleam with oil,
And [z]food, which (BO)sustains a human heart.
16 The trees of the Lord [aa]drink their fill,
The cedars of Lebanon which He planted,
17 Where the (BP)birds build their nests,
And the (BQ)stork, whose home is the juniper trees.

18 The high mountains are for the (BR)wild goats;
The (BS)cliffs are a refuge for the (BT)rock hyrax.
19 He made the moon (BU)for the seasons;
The (BV)sun knows the place of its setting.
20 You (BW)appoint darkness and it becomes night,
In which all the (BX)animals of the forest [ab]prowl about.
21 The (BY)young lions roar for their prey
[ac]And (BZ)seek their food from God.
22 When the sun rises they withdraw,
And they lie down in their (CA)dens.
23 A person goes out to (CB)his work
And to his labor until evening.

24 Lord, how (CC)many are Your works!
[ad]In (CD)wisdom You have made them all;
The (CE)earth is full of Your [ae]possessions.
25 [af]There is the (CF)sea, great and [ag]broad,
In which are swarms without number,
Animals both small and great.
26 The (CG)ships move along there,
And [ah](CH)Leviathan, which You have formed to have fun in it.

27 They all (CI)wait for You
To (CJ)give them their food in [ai]due season.
28 You give to them, they gather it up;
You (CK)open Your hand, they are satisfied with good.
29 You (CL)hide Your face, they are terrified;
You (CM)take away their breath, they perish
And (CN)return to their dust.
30 You send forth Your [aj](CO)Spirit, they are created;
And You renew the face of the ground.

31 May the (CP)glory of the Lord endure forever;
May the Lord (CQ)rejoice in His works;
32 [ak]He (CR)looks at the earth, and it (CS)trembles;
He (CT)touches the mountains, and they smoke.
33 [al]I will sing to the Lord [am](CU)as long as I live;
[an]I will (CV)sing praise to my God [ao]while I have my being.
34 May my (CW)praise be pleasing to Him;
As for me, I shall (CX)rejoice in the Lord.
35 May sinners be (CY)removed from the earth
And may the (CZ)wicked be no more.
(DA)Bless the Lord, my soul.
[ap](DB)Praise [aq]the Lord!

The Lords Wonderful Works in Behalf of Israel.

105 (DC)Give thanks to the Lord, (DD)call upon His name;
(DE)Make His deeds known among the peoples.
Sing to Him, (DF)sing praises to Him;
[ar](DG)Tell of all His [as]wonders.
Boast in His holy name;
May the (DH)heart of those who seek the Lord be joyful.
Seek the Lord and (DI)His strength;
(DJ)Seek His face continually.
Remember His [at](DK)wonders which He has done,
His marvels and the (DL)judgments [au]spoken by His mouth,
You [av]descendants of (DM)Abraham, His servant,
You sons of (DN)Jacob, His (DO)chosen ones!
He is the Lord our God;
His (DP)judgments are in all the earth.

He has (DQ)remembered His covenant forever,
The word which He commanded to a (DR)thousand generations,
The (DS)covenant which He made with Abraham,
And His (DT)oath to Isaac.
10 Then He (DU)confirmed it to Jacob as a statute,
To Israel as an everlasting covenant,
11 Saying, “(DV)To you I will give the land of Canaan
As the [aw](DW)portion of your inheritance,”
12 When they were only a (DX)few people in number,
Very few, and (DY)strangers in it.
13 And they wandered from nation to nation,
From one kingdom to another people,
14 He (DZ)allowed no one to oppress them,
And He [ax](EA)rebuked kings for their sakes, saying,
15 (EB)Do not touch My anointed ones,
And do not harm My prophets.”

16 And He (EC)called for a famine upon the land;
He (ED)broke the whole staff of bread.
17 He (EE)sent a man before them,
Joseph, who was (EF)sold as a slave.
18 They forced his (EG)feet into shackles,
[ay]He was put in irons;
19 Until the time that his (EH)word came to pass,
The word of the Lord (EI)refined him.
20 The (EJ)king sent and released him,
The ruler of peoples, and set him free.
21 He (EK)made him lord of his house,
And ruler over all his possessions,
22 To [az]imprison his high officials [ba](EL)at will,
That he might teach his elders wisdom.
23 (EM)Israel also came into Egypt;
So Jacob (EN)lived in the land of Ham.
24 And He (EO)made His people very fruitful,
And made them stronger than their enemies.

25 He (EP)turned their heart to hate His people,
To (EQ)deal cunningly with His servants.
26 He (ER)sent His servant Moses,
And (ES)Aaron, whom He had chosen.
27 They [bb](ET)performed His wondrous acts among them,
And miracles in the land of Ham.
28 He (EU)sent darkness and made it dark;
And they did not (EV)rebel against His words.
29 He (EW)turned their waters into blood,
And caused their fish to die.
30 Their land swarmed with (EX)frogs
Even in the (EY)chambers of their kings.
31 He spoke, and a (EZ)swarm of flies
And (FA)gnats invaded all their territory.
32 He [bc]gave them (FB)hail for rain,
And flaming fire in their land.
33 He also (FC)struck their vines and their fig trees,
And smashed the trees of their territory.
34 He spoke, and (FD)locusts came,
And creeping locusts, beyond number,
35 And they ate all the vegetation in their land,
And ate the fruit of their ground.
36 He also (FE)fatally struck all the firstborn in their land,
The (FF)first fruits of all their vigor.

37 Then He brought [bd]the Israelites out with (FG)silver and gold,
And among His tribes there was not one who stumbled.
38 Egypt was (FH)glad when they departed,
For the (FI)dread of them had fallen upon [be]the Egyptians.
39 He spread out a (FJ)cloud as a [bf]covering,
And (FK)fire to illumine by night.
40 [bg]They (FL)asked, and He brought (FM)quail,
And satisfied them with the [bh](FN)bread of heaven.
41 He opened the [bi]rock and (FO)water flowed out;
[bj]It ran in the dry places like a river.
42 For He (FP)remembered His holy word
With His servant Abraham;
43 And He led out His people with joy,
His chosen ones with a joyful (FQ)shout.
44 He also (FR)gave them the lands of the [bk]nations,
So that they (FS)might take possession of the fruit of the peoples’ labor,
45 And that they might (FT)keep His statutes
And comply with His laws;
[bl]Praise [bm]the Lord!

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 103:5 Or desire
  2. Psalm 103:6 Or deeds of vindication
  3. Psalm 103:11 Or revere
  4. Psalm 103:13 Or revere
  5. Psalm 103:14 I.e., what we are made of
  6. Psalm 103:17 Or faithfulness
  7. Psalm 103:17 Or revere
  8. Psalm 103:19 Or kingdom
  9. Psalm 103:19 I.e., the universe
  10. Psalm 103:21 Lit hosts
  11. Psalm 104:3 Lit The one who
  12. Psalm 104:3 Lit The one who
  13. Psalm 104:3 Lit The one who
  14. Psalm 104:4 Lit Who
  15. Psalm 104:4 Or His angels, spirits
  16. Psalm 104:4 Or His ministers flames of fire
  17. Psalm 104:5 Or move out of place
  18. Psalm 104:10 Lit The one who sends
  19. Psalm 104:12 Or over; or above
  20. Psalm 104:12 Lit give forth
  21. Psalm 104:13 Lit Who
  22. Psalm 104:14 Lit Who
  23. Psalm 104:14 Or animals
  24. Psalm 104:14 Or He
  25. Psalm 104:14 Lit bread
  26. Psalm 104:15 Lit bread
  27. Psalm 104:16 Lit are satisfied
  28. Psalm 104:20 Lit crawl
  29. Psalm 104:21 Lit And to seek
  30. Psalm 104:24 Or With
  31. Psalm 104:24 Or creatures
  32. Psalm 104:25 Or This
  33. Psalm 104:25 Or broad of dimensions; lit hands
  34. Psalm 104:26 Or a sea monster
  35. Psalm 104:27 Lit its appointed time
  36. Psalm 104:30 Or breath
  37. Psalm 104:32 Lit The one who
  38. Psalm 104:33 Or Let me sing
  39. Psalm 104:33 Lit in my lifetime
  40. Psalm 104:33 Or Let me sing
  41. Psalm 104:33 Lit while I still am
  42. Psalm 104:35 Or Hallelujah!
  43. Psalm 104:35 Heb Yah
  44. Psalm 105:2 Or Meditate on
  45. Psalm 105:2 I.e., wonderful acts
  46. Psalm 105:5 I.e., wonderful acts
  47. Psalm 105:5 Lit of His mouth
  48. Psalm 105:6 Lit seed
  49. Psalm 105:11 Lit measuring line
  50. Psalm 105:14 Or punished
  51. Psalm 105:18 Lit His soul came into
  52. Psalm 105:22 Lit bind
  53. Psalm 105:22 Lit at his
  54. Psalm 105:27 Lit set the words of His signs
  55. Psalm 105:32 Or made their rain hail
  56. Psalm 105:37 Lit them
  57. Psalm 105:38 Lit them
  58. Psalm 105:39 Or curtain
  59. Psalm 105:40 Or One
  60. Psalm 105:40 Or food
  61. Psalm 105:41 Or boulder
  62. Psalm 105:41 Lit They went
  63. Psalm 105:44 Or Gentiles
  64. Psalm 105:45 Or Hallelujah!
  65. Psalm 105:45 Heb Yah

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