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Psalm 90-106
New King James Version
Psalm 90-106
New King James Version
BOOK FOUR
Psalms 90–106
The Eternity of God, and Man’s Frailty
A Prayer (A)of Moses the man of God.
90 Lord, (B)You have been our [a]dwelling place in all generations.
2 (C)Before the mountains were brought forth,
Or ever You [b]had formed the earth and the world,
Even from everlasting to everlasting, You are God.
3 You turn man to destruction,
And say, (D)“Return, O children of men.”
4 (E)For a thousand years in Your sight
Are like yesterday when it is past,
And like a watch in the night.
5 You carry them away like a flood;
(F)They are like a sleep.
In the morning (G)they are like grass which grows up:
6 In the morning it flourishes and grows up;
In the evening it is cut down and withers.
7 For we have been consumed by Your anger,
And by Your wrath we are terrified.
8 (H)You have set our iniquities before You,
Our (I)secret sins in the light of Your countenance.
9 For all our days have passed away in Your wrath;
We finish our years like a sigh.
10 The days of our lives are seventy years;
And if by reason of strength they are eighty years,
Yet their boast is only labor and sorrow;
For it is soon cut off, and we fly away.
11 Who knows the power of Your anger?
For as the fear of You, so is Your wrath.
12 (J)So teach us to number our days,
That we may gain a heart of wisdom.
13 Return, O Lord!
How long?
And (K)have compassion on Your servants.
14 Oh, satisfy us early with Your mercy,
(L)That we may rejoice and be glad all our days!
15 Make us glad according to the days in which You have afflicted us,
The years in which we have seen evil.
16 Let (M)Your work appear to Your servants,
And Your glory to their children.
17 (N)And let the beauty of the Lord our God be upon us,
And (O)establish the work of our hands for us;
Yes, establish the work of our hands.
Safety of Abiding in the Presence of God
91 He (P)who dwells in the secret place of the Most High
Shall abide (Q)under the shadow of the Almighty.
2 (R)I will say of the Lord, “He is my refuge and my fortress;
My God, in Him I will trust.”
3 Surely (S)He shall deliver you from the snare of the [c]fowler
And from the perilous pestilence.
4 (T)He shall cover you with His feathers,
And under His wings you shall take refuge;
His truth shall be your shield and [d]buckler.
5 (U)You shall not be afraid of the terror by night,
Nor of the arrow that flies by day,
6 Nor of the pestilence that walks in darkness,
Nor of the destruction that lays waste at noonday.
7 A thousand may fall at your side,
And ten thousand at your right hand;
But it shall not come near you.
8 Only (V)with your eyes shall you look,
And see the reward of the wicked.
9 Because you have made the Lord, who is (W)my refuge,
Even the Most High, (X)your dwelling place,
10 (Y)No evil shall befall you,
Nor shall any plague come near your dwelling;
11 (Z)For He shall give His angels charge over you,
To keep you in all your ways.
12 In their hands they shall [e]bear you up,
(AA)Lest you [f]dash your foot against a stone.
13 You shall tread upon the lion and the cobra,
The young lion and the serpent you shall trample underfoot.
14 “Because he has set his love upon Me, therefore I will deliver him;
I will [g]set him on high, because he has (AB)known My name.
15 He shall (AC)call upon Me, and I will answer him;
I will be (AD)with him in trouble;
I will deliver him and honor him.
16 With [h]long life I will satisfy him,
And show him My salvation.”
Praise to the Lord for His Love and Faithfulness
A Psalm. A Song for the Sabbath day.
92 It is (AE)good to give thanks to the Lord,
And to sing praises to Your name, O Most High;
2 To (AF)declare Your lovingkindness in the morning,
And Your faithfulness every night,
3 (AG)On an instrument of ten strings,
On the lute,
And on the harp,
With harmonious sound.
4 For You, Lord, have made me glad through Your work;
I will triumph in the works of Your hands.
5 (AH)O Lord, how great are Your works!
(AI)Your thoughts are very deep.
6 (AJ)A senseless man does not know,
Nor does a fool understand this.
7 When (AK)the wicked [i]spring up like grass,
And when all the workers of iniquity flourish,
It is that they may be destroyed forever.
8 (AL)But You, Lord, are on high forevermore.
9 For behold, Your enemies, O Lord,
For behold, Your enemies shall perish;
All the workers of iniquity shall (AM)be scattered.
10 But (AN)my [j]horn You have exalted like a wild ox;
I have been (AO)anointed with fresh oil.
11 (AP)My eye also has seen my desire on my enemies;
My ears hear my desire on the wicked
Who rise up against me.
12 (AQ)The righteous shall flourish like a palm tree,
He shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
13 Those who are planted in the house of the Lord
Shall flourish in the courts of our God.
14 They shall still bear fruit in old age;
They shall be [k]fresh and [l]flourishing,
15 To declare that the Lord is upright;
(AR)He is my rock, and (AS)there is no unrighteousness in Him.
The Eternal Reign of the Lord
93 The (AT)Lord reigns, He is clothed with majesty;
The Lord is clothed,
(AU)He has girded Himself with strength.
Surely the world is established, so that it cannot be [m]moved.
2 (AV)Your throne is established from of old;
You are from everlasting.
3 The floods have [n]lifted up, O Lord,
The floods have lifted up their voice;
The floods lift up their waves.
4 (AW)The Lord on high is mightier
Than the noise of many waters,
Than the mighty waves of the sea.
5 Your testimonies are very sure;
Holiness adorns Your house,
O Lord, [o]forever.
God the Refuge of the Righteous
94 O Lord God, (AX)to whom vengeance belongs—
O God, to whom vengeance belongs, shine forth!
2 Rise up, O (AY)Judge of the earth;
[p]Render punishment to the proud.
3 Lord, (AZ)how long will the wicked,
How long will the wicked triumph?
4 They (BA)utter speech, and speak insolent things;
All the workers of iniquity boast in themselves.
5 They break in pieces Your people, O Lord,
And afflict Your heritage.
6 They slay the widow and the stranger,
And murder the fatherless.
7 (BB)Yet they say, “The Lord does not see,
Nor does the God of Jacob [q]understand.”
8 Understand, you senseless among the people;
And you fools, when will you be wise?
9 (BC)He who planted the ear, shall He not hear?
He who formed the eye, shall He not see?
10 He who [r]instructs the [s]nations, shall He not correct,
He who teaches man knowledge?
11 The Lord (BD)knows the thoughts of man,
That they are futile.
12 Blessed is the man whom You (BE)instruct, O Lord,
And teach out of Your law,
13 That You may give him [t]rest from the days of adversity,
Until the pit is dug for the wicked.
14 For the Lord will not [u]cast off His people,
Nor will He forsake His inheritance.
15 But judgment will return to righteousness,
And all the upright in heart will follow it.
16 Who will rise up for me against the evildoers?
Who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity?
17 Unless the Lord had been my help,
My soul would soon have settled in silence.
18 If I say, “My foot slips,”
Your mercy, O Lord, will hold me up.
19 In the multitude of my anxieties within me,
Your comforts delight my soul.
20 Shall (BF)the throne of iniquity, which devises evil by law,
Have fellowship with You?
21 They gather together against the life of the righteous,
And condemn (BG)innocent blood.
22 But the Lord has been my defense,
And my God the rock of my refuge.
23 He has brought on them their own iniquity,
And shall [v]cut them off in their own wickedness;
The Lord our God shall cut them off.
A Call to Worship and Obedience
95 Oh come, let us sing to the Lord!
Let us shout joyfully to the Rock of our salvation.
2 Let us come before His presence with thanksgiving;
Let us shout joyfully to Him with (BH)psalms.
3 For (BI)the Lord is the great God,
And the great King above all gods.
4 [w]In His hand are the deep places of the earth;
The heights of the hills are His also.
5 (BJ)The sea is His, for He made it;
And His hands formed the dry land.
6 Oh come, let us worship and bow down;
Let (BK)us kneel before the Lord our Maker.
7 For He is our God,
And (BL)we are the people of His pasture,
And the sheep [x]of His hand.
(BM)Today, if you will hear His voice:
8 “Do not harden your hearts, as in the [y]rebellion,
(BN)As in the day of [z]trial in the wilderness,
9 When (BO)your fathers tested Me;
They tried Me, though they (BP)saw My work.
10 For (BQ)forty years I was [aa]grieved with that generation,
And said, ‘It is a people who go astray in their hearts,
And they do not know My ways.’
11 So (BR)I swore in My wrath,
‘They shall not enter My rest.’ ”
A Song of Praise to God Coming in Judgment(BS)
96 Oh, (BT)sing to the Lord a new song!
Sing to the Lord, all the earth.
2 Sing to the Lord, bless His name;
Proclaim the good news of His salvation from day to day.
3 Declare His glory among the [ab]nations,
His wonders among all peoples.
4 For (BU)the Lord is great and (BV)greatly to be praised;
(BW)He is to be feared above all gods.
5 For (BX)all the gods of the peoples are idols,
(BY)But the Lord made the heavens.
6 Honor and majesty are before Him;
Strength and (BZ)beauty are in His sanctuary.
7 (CA)Give[ac] to the Lord, O families of the peoples,
Give to the Lord glory and strength.
8 [ad]Give to the Lord the glory due His name;
Bring an offering, and come into His courts.
9 Oh, worship the Lord (CB)in the beauty of holiness!
Tremble before Him, all the earth.
10 Say among the [ae]nations, (CC)“The Lord reigns;
The world also is firmly established,
It shall not be [af]moved;
(CD)He shall judge the peoples righteously.”
11 (CE)Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad;
(CF)Let the sea roar, and [ag]all its fullness;
12 Let the field be joyful, and all that is in it.
Then all the trees of the woods will rejoice
13 before the Lord.
For He is coming, for He is coming to judge the earth.
(CG)He shall judge the world with righteousness,
And the peoples with His truth.
A Song of Praise to the Sovereign Lord
2 (CI)Clouds and darkness surround Him;
(CJ)Righteousness and justice are the foundation of His throne.
3 (CK)A fire goes before Him,
And burns up His enemies round about.
4 (CL)His lightnings light the world;
The earth sees and trembles.
5 (CM)The mountains melt like wax at the presence of the Lord,
At the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.
6 (CN)The heavens declare His righteousness,
And all the peoples see His glory.
7 (CO)Let all be put to shame who serve carved images,
Who boast of idols.
(CP)Worship Him, all you gods.
8 Zion hears and is glad,
And the daughters of Judah rejoice
Because of Your judgments, O Lord.
9 For You, Lord, are (CQ)most high above all the earth;
(CR)You are exalted far above all gods.
10 You who love the Lord, (CS)hate evil!
(CT)He preserves the souls of His saints;
(CU)He delivers them out of the hand of the wicked.
11 (CV)Light is sown for the righteous,
And gladness for the upright in heart.
12 (CW)Rejoice in the Lord, you righteous,
(CX)And give thanks [ai]at the remembrance of [aj]His holy name.
A Song of Praise to the Lord for His Salvation and Judgment
A Psalm.
98 Oh, (CY)sing to the Lord a new song!
For He has (CZ)done marvelous things;
His right hand and His holy arm have gained Him the victory.
2 (DA)The Lord has made known His salvation;
(DB)His righteousness He has revealed in the sight of the [ak]nations.
3 He has remembered His mercy and His faithfulness to the house of Israel;
(DC)All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.
4 Shout joyfully to the Lord, all the earth;
Break forth in song, rejoice, and sing praises.
5 Sing to the Lord with the harp,
With the harp and the sound of a psalm,
6 With trumpets and the sound of a horn;
Shout joyfully before the Lord, the King.
7 Let the sea roar, and all its fullness,
The world and those who dwell in it;
8 Let the rivers clap their hands;
Let the hills be joyful together
9 before the Lord,
(DD)For He is coming to judge the earth.
With righteousness He shall judge the world,
And the peoples with [al]equity.
Praise to the Lord for His Holiness
99 The Lord reigns;
Let the peoples tremble!
(DE)He dwells between the cherubim;
Let the earth be [am]moved!
2 The Lord is great in Zion,
And He is high above all the peoples.
3 Let them praise Your great and awesome name—
[an]He is holy.
4 The King’s strength also loves justice;
You have established equity;
You have executed justice and righteousness in Jacob.
5 Exalt the Lord our God,
And worship at His footstool—
He is holy.
6 Moses and Aaron were among His priests,
And Samuel was among those who (DF)called upon His name;
They called upon the Lord, and He answered them.
7 He spoke to them in the cloudy pillar;
They kept His testimonies and the [ao]ordinance He gave them.
8 You answered them, O Lord our God;
You were to them God-Who-Forgives,
Though You took vengeance on their deeds.
9 Exalt the Lord our God,
And worship at His holy hill;
For the Lord our God is holy.
A Song of Praise for the Lord’s Faithfulness to His People
(DG)A Psalm of Thanksgiving.
100 Make (DH)a joyful shout to the Lord, [ap]all you lands!
2 Serve the Lord with gladness;
Come before His presence with singing.
3 Know that the Lord, He is God;
(DI)It is He who has made us, and [aq]not we ourselves;
(DJ)We are His people and the sheep of His pasture.
4 (DK)Enter into His gates with thanksgiving,
And into His courts with praise.
Be thankful to Him, and bless His name.
5 For the Lord is good;
(DL)His mercy is everlasting,
And His truth endures to all generations.
Promised Faithfulness to the Lord
A Psalm of David.
101 I will sing of mercy and justice;
To You, O Lord, I will sing praises.
2 I will behave wisely in a [ar]perfect way.
Oh, when will You come to me?
I will (DM)walk within my house with a perfect heart.
3 I will set nothing [as]wicked before my eyes;
(DN)I hate the work of those (DO)who fall away;
It shall not cling to me.
4 A perverse heart shall depart from me;
I will not (DP)know wickedness.
5 Whoever secretly slanders his neighbor,
Him I will destroy;
(DQ)The one who has a haughty look and a proud heart,
Him I will not endure.
6 My eyes shall be on the faithful of the land,
That they may dwell with me;
He who walks in a [at]perfect way,
He shall serve me.
7 He who works deceit shall not dwell within my house;
He who tells lies shall not [au]continue in my presence.
8 (DR)Early I will destroy all the wicked of the land,
That I may cut off all the evildoers (DS)from the city of the Lord.
The Lord’s Eternal Love
A Prayer of the afflicted, (DT)when he is overwhelmed and pours out his complaint before the Lord.
102 Hear my prayer, O Lord,
And let my cry come to You.
2 (DU)Do not hide Your face from me in the day of my trouble;
Incline Your ear to me;
In the day that I call, answer me speedily.
3 For my days [av]are (DV)consumed like smoke,
And my bones are burned like a hearth.
4 My heart is stricken and withered like grass,
So that I forget to eat my bread.
5 Because of the sound of my groaning
My bones cling to my [aw]skin.
6 I am like a pelican of the wilderness;
I am like an owl of the desert.
7 I lie awake,
And am like a sparrow alone on the housetop.
8 My enemies reproach me all day long;
Those who deride me swear an oath against me.
9 For I have eaten ashes like bread,
And mingled my drink with weeping,
10 Because of Your indignation and Your wrath;
For You have lifted me up and cast me away.
11 My days are like a shadow that lengthens,
And I wither away like grass.
12 But You, O Lord, shall endure forever,
And the remembrance of Your name to all generations.
13 You will arise and have mercy on Zion;
For the time to favor her,
Yes, the set time, has come.
14 For Your servants take pleasure in her stones,
And show favor to her dust.
15 So the [ax]nations shall (DW)fear the name of the Lord,
And all the kings of the earth Your glory.
16 For the Lord shall build up Zion;
(DX)He shall appear in His glory.
17 (DY)He shall regard the prayer of the destitute,
And shall not despise their prayer.
18 This will be (DZ)written for the generation to come,
That (EA)a people yet to be created may praise the Lord.
19 For He (EB)looked down from the height of His sanctuary;
From heaven the Lord viewed the earth,
20 (EC)To hear the groaning of the prisoner,
To release those appointed to death,
21 To (ED)declare the name of the Lord in Zion,
And His praise in Jerusalem,
22 (EE)When the peoples are gathered together,
And the kingdoms, to serve the Lord.
23 He weakened my strength in the way;
He (EF)shortened my days.
24 (EG)I said, “O my God,
Do not take me away in the midst of my days;
(EH)Your years are throughout all generations.
25 (EI)Of old You laid the foundation of the earth,
And the heavens are the work of Your hands.
26 (EJ)They will perish, but You will [ay]endure;
Yes, they will all grow old like a garment;
Like a cloak You will change them,
And they will be changed.
27 But (EK)You are the same,
And Your years will have no end.
28 (EL)The children of Your servants will continue,
And their descendants will be established before You.”
Praise for the Lord’s Mercies
A Psalm of David.
103 Bless (EM)the Lord, O my soul;
And all that is within me, bless His holy name!
2 Bless the Lord, O my soul,
And forget not all His benefits:
3 (EN)Who forgives all your iniquities,
Who (EO)heals all your diseases,
4 Who redeems your life from destruction,
(EP)Who crowns you with lovingkindness and tender mercies,
5 Who satisfies your mouth with good things,
So that (EQ)your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.
6 The Lord executes righteousness
And justice for all who are oppressed.
7 (ER)He made known His ways to Moses,
His acts to the children of Israel.
8 (ES)The Lord is merciful and gracious,
Slow to anger, and abounding in mercy.
9 (ET)He will not always strive with us,
Nor will He keep His anger forever.
10 (EU)He has not dealt with us according to our sins,
Nor punished us according to our iniquities.
11 For as the heavens are high above the earth,
So great is His mercy toward those who fear Him;
12 As far as the east is from the west,
So far has He (EV)removed our transgressions from us.
13 (EW)As a father pities his children,
So the Lord pities those who fear Him.
14 For He [az]knows our frame;
He remembers that we are dust.
15 As for man, (EX)his days are like grass;
As a flower of the field, so he flourishes.
16 (EY)For the wind passes over it, and it is [ba]gone,
And (EZ)its place remembers it no more.
17 But the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting
On those who fear Him,
And His righteousness to children’s children,
18 (FA)To such as keep His covenant,
And to those who remember His commandments to do them.
19 The Lord has established His throne in heaven,
And (FB)His kingdom rules over all.
20 (FC)Bless the Lord, you His angels,
Who excel in strength, who (FD)do His word,
Heeding the voice of His word.
21 Bless the Lord, all you His hosts,
(FE)You [bb]ministers of His, who do His pleasure.
22 Bless the Lord, all His works,
In all places of His dominion.
Bless the Lord, O my soul!
Praise to the Sovereign Lord for His Creation and Providence(FF)
104 Bless (FG)the Lord, O my soul!
O Lord my God, You are very great:
You are clothed with honor and majesty,
2 Who cover Yourself with light as with a garment,
Who stretch out the heavens like a curtain.
3 (FH)He lays the beams of His upper chambers in the waters,
Who makes the clouds His chariot,
Who walks on the wings of the wind,
4 Who makes His angels spirits,
His [bc]ministers a flame of fire.
5 You who [bd]laid the foundations of the earth,
So that it should not be moved forever,
6 You (FI)covered it with the deep as with a garment;
The waters stood above the mountains.
7 At Your rebuke they fled;
At the voice of Your thunder they hastened away.
8 [be]They went up over the mountains;
They went down into the valleys,
To the place which You founded for them.
9 You have (FJ)set a boundary that they may not pass over,
(FK)That they may not return to cover the earth.
10 He sends the springs into the valleys;
They flow among the hills.
11 They give drink to every beast of the field;
The wild donkeys quench their thirst.
12 By them the birds of the heavens have their home;
They sing among the branches.
13 (FL)He waters the hills from His upper chambers;
The earth is satisfied with (FM)the fruit of Your works.
14 (FN)He causes the grass to grow for the cattle,
And vegetation for the service of man,
That he may bring forth (FO)food from the earth,
15 And (FP)wine that makes glad the heart of man,
Oil to make his face shine,
And bread which strengthens man’s heart.
16 The trees of the Lord are full of sap,
The cedars of Lebanon which He planted,
17 Where the birds make their nests;
The stork has her home in the fir trees.
18 The high hills are for the wild goats;
The cliffs are a refuge for the (FQ)rock[bf] badgers.
19 (FR)He appointed the moon for seasons;
The (FS)sun knows its going down.
20 (FT)You make darkness, and it is night,
In which all the beasts of the forest creep about.
21 (FU)The young lions roar after their prey,
And seek their food from God.
22 When the sun rises, they gather together
And lie down in their dens.
23 Man goes out to (FV)his work
And to his labor until the evening.
24 (FW)O Lord, how manifold are Your works!
In wisdom You have made them all.
The earth is full of Your (FX)possessions—
25 This great and wide sea,
In which are innumerable teeming things,
Living things both small and great.
26 There the ships sail about;
There is that (FY)Leviathan[bg]
Which You have [bh]made to play there.
27 (FZ)These all wait for You,
That You may give them their food in due season.
28 What You give them they gather in;
You open Your hand, they are filled with good.
29 You hide Your face, they are troubled;
(GA)You take away their breath, they die and return to their dust.
30 (GB)You send forth Your Spirit, they are created;
And You renew the face of the earth.
31 May the glory of the Lord endure forever;
May the Lord (GC)rejoice in His works.
32 He looks on the earth, and it (GD)trembles;
(GE)He touches the hills, and they smoke.
33 (GF)I will sing to the Lord as long as I live;
I will sing praise to my God while I have my being.
34 May my (GG)meditation be sweet to Him;
I will be glad in the Lord.
35 May (GH)sinners be consumed from the earth,
And the wicked be no more.
Bless the Lord, O my soul!
[bi]Praise the Lord!
The Eternal Faithfulness of the Lord(GI)
105 Oh, (GJ)give thanks to the Lord!
Call upon His name;
(GK)Make known His deeds among the peoples!
2 Sing to Him, sing psalms to Him;
(GL)Talk of all His wondrous works!
3 Glory in His holy name;
Let the hearts of those rejoice who seek the Lord!
4 Seek the Lord and His strength;
(GM)Seek His face evermore!
5 (GN)Remember His marvelous works which He has done,
His wonders, and the judgments of His mouth,
6 O seed of Abraham His servant,
You children of Jacob, His chosen ones!
7 He is the Lord our God;
(GO)His judgments are in all the earth.
8 He (GP)remembers His covenant forever,
The word which He commanded, for a thousand generations,
9 (GQ)The covenant which He made with Abraham,
And His oath to Isaac,
10 And confirmed it to Jacob for a statute,
To Israel as an everlasting covenant,
11 Saying, (GR)“To you I will give the land of Canaan
As the allotment of your inheritance,”
12 (GS)When they were few in number,
Indeed very few, (GT)and strangers in it.
13 When they went from one nation to another,
From one kingdom to another people,
14 (GU)He permitted no one to do them wrong;
Yes, (GV)He rebuked kings for their sakes,
15 Saying, “Do not touch My anointed ones,
And do My prophets no harm.”
16 Moreover (GW)He called for a famine in the land;
He destroyed all the (GX)provision of bread.
17 (GY)He sent a man before them—
Joseph—who (GZ)was sold as a slave.
18 (HA)They hurt his feet with fetters,
[bj]He was laid in irons.
19 Until the time that his word came to pass,
(HB)The word of the Lord tested him.
20 (HC)The king sent and released him,
The ruler of the people let him go free.
21 (HD)He made him lord of his house,
And ruler of all his possessions,
22 To [bk]bind his princes at his pleasure,
And teach his elders wisdom.
23 (HE)Israel also came into Egypt,
And Jacob dwelt (HF)in the land of Ham.
24 (HG)He increased His people greatly,
And made them stronger than their enemies.
25 (HH)He turned their heart to hate His people,
To deal craftily with His servants.
26 (HI)He sent Moses His servant,
And Aaron whom He had chosen.
27 They (HJ)performed His signs among them,
And wonders in the land of Ham.
28 He sent darkness, and made it dark;
And they did not rebel against His word.
29 (HK)He turned their waters into blood,
And killed their fish.
30 (HL)Their land abounded with frogs,
Even in the chambers of their kings.
31 (HM)He spoke, and there came swarms of flies,
And lice in all their territory.
32 (HN)He gave them hail for rain,
And flaming fire in their land.
33 (HO)He struck their vines also, and their fig trees,
And splintered the trees of their territory.
34 (HP)He spoke, and locusts came,
Young locusts without number,
35 And ate up all the vegetation in their land,
And devoured the fruit of their ground.
36 (HQ)He also [bl]destroyed all the firstborn in their land,
(HR)The first of all their strength.
37 (HS)He also brought them out with silver and gold,
And there was none feeble among His tribes.
38 (HT)Egypt was glad when they departed,
For the fear of them had fallen upon them.
39 (HU)He spread a cloud for a covering,
And fire to give light in the night.
40 (HV)The people asked, and He brought quail,
And (HW)satisfied them with the bread of heaven.
41 (HX)He opened the rock, and water gushed out;
It ran in the dry places like a river.
42 For He remembered (HY)His holy promise,
And Abraham His servant.
43 He brought out His people with joy,
His chosen ones with [bm]gladness.
44 (HZ)He gave them the lands of the [bn]Gentiles,
And they inherited the labor of the nations,
45 (IA)That they might observe His statutes
And keep His laws.
[bo]Praise the Lord!
Joy in Forgiveness of Israel’s Sins
106 Praise[bp] the Lord!
(IB)Oh, give thanks to the Lord, for He is good!
For His mercy endures forever.
2 Who can [bq]utter the mighty acts of the Lord?
Who can declare all His praise?
3 Blessed are those who keep justice,
And [br]he who (IC)does righteousness at (ID)all times!
4 (IE)Remember me, O Lord, with the favor You have toward Your people.
Oh, visit me with Your salvation,
5 That I may see the benefit of Your chosen ones,
That I may rejoice in the gladness of Your nation,
That I may glory with [bs]Your inheritance.
6 (IF)We have sinned with our fathers,
We have committed iniquity,
We have done wickedly.
7 Our fathers in Egypt did not understand Your wonders;
They did not remember the multitude of Your mercies,
(IG)But rebelled by the sea—the Red Sea.
8 Nevertheless He saved them for His name’s sake,
(IH)That He might make His mighty power known.
9 (II)He rebuked the Red Sea also, and it dried up;
So (IJ)He led them through the depths,
As through the wilderness.
10 He (IK)saved them from the hand of him who hated them,
And redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.
11 (IL)The waters covered their enemies;
There was not one of them left.
12 (IM)Then they believed His words;
They sang His praise.
13 (IN)They soon forgot His works;
They did not wait for His counsel,
14 (IO)But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness,
And tested God in the desert.
15 (IP)And He gave them their request,
But (IQ)sent leanness into their soul.
16 When (IR)they envied Moses in the camp,
And Aaron the saint of the Lord,
17 (IS)The earth opened up and swallowed Dathan,
And covered the faction of Abiram.
18 (IT)A fire was kindled in their company;
The flame burned up the wicked.
19 (IU)They made a calf in Horeb,
And worshiped the molded image.
20 Thus (IV)they changed their glory
Into the image of an ox that eats grass.
21 They forgot God their Savior,
Who had done great things in Egypt,
22 Wondrous works in the land of Ham,
Awesome things by the Red Sea.
23 (IW)Therefore He said that He would destroy them,
Had not Moses His chosen one (IX)stood before Him in the breach,
To turn away His wrath, lest He destroy them.
24 Then they despised (IY)the pleasant land;
They (IZ)did not believe His word,
25 (JA)But complained in their tents,
And did not heed the voice of the Lord.
26 (JB)Therefore He raised His hand in an oath against them,
(JC)To [bt]overthrow them in the wilderness,
27 (JD)To [bu]overthrow their descendants among the [bv]nations,
And to scatter them in the lands.
28 (JE)They joined themselves also to Baal of Peor,
And ate sacrifices [bw]made to the dead.
29 Thus they provoked Him to anger with their deeds,
And the plague broke out among them.
30 (JF)Then Phinehas stood up and intervened,
And the plague was stopped.
31 And that was accounted to him (JG)for righteousness
To all generations forevermore.
32 (JH)They angered Him also at the waters of [bx]strife,
(JI)So that it went ill with Moses on account of them;
33 (JJ)Because they rebelled against His Spirit,
So that he spoke rashly with his lips.
34 (JK)They did not destroy the peoples,
(JL)Concerning whom the Lord had commanded them,
35 (JM)But they mingled with the Gentiles
And learned their works;
36 (JN)They served their idols,
(JO)Which became a snare to them.
37 (JP)They even sacrificed their sons
And their daughters to (JQ)demons,
38 And shed innocent blood,
The blood of their sons and daughters,
Whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan;
And (JR)the land was polluted with blood.
39 Thus they [by]were (JS)defiled by their own works,
And (JT)played[bz] the harlot by their own deeds.
40 Therefore (JU)the wrath of the Lord was kindled against His people,
So that He abhorred (JV)His own inheritance.
41 And (JW)He gave them into the hand of the Gentiles,
And those who hated them ruled over them.
42 Their enemies also oppressed them,
And they were brought into subjection under their hand.
43 (JX)Many times He delivered them;
But they rebelled in their counsel,
And were brought low for their iniquity.
44 Nevertheless He regarded their affliction,
When (JY)He heard their cry;
45 (JZ)And for their sake He remembered His covenant,
And (KA)relented (KB)according to the multitude of His mercies.
46 (KC)He also made them to be pitied
By all those who carried them away captive.
47 (KD)Save us, O Lord our God,
And gather us from among the Gentiles,
To give thanks to Your holy name,
To triumph in Your praise.
48 (KE)Blessed be the Lord God of Israel
From everlasting to everlasting!
And let all the people say, “Amen!”
[ca]Praise the Lord!
Footnotes
- Psalm 90:1 LXX, Tg., Vg. refuge
- Psalm 90:2 Lit. gave birth to
- Psalm 91:3 One who catches birds in a trap or snare
- Psalm 91:4 A small shield
- Psalm 91:12 lift
- Psalm 91:12 strike
- Psalm 91:14 exalt him
- Psalm 91:16 Lit. length of days
- Psalm 92:7 sprout
- Psalm 92:10 Strength
- Psalm 92:14 Full of oil or sap, lit. fat
- Psalm 92:14 green
- Psalm 93:1 shaken
- Psalm 93:3 raised up
- Psalm 93:5 Lit. for length of days
- Psalm 94:2 Repay with
- Psalm 94:7 pay attention
- Psalm 94:10 disciplines
- Psalm 94:10 Gentiles
- Psalm 94:13 relief
- Psalm 94:14 abandon
- Psalm 94:23 destroy them
- Psalm 95:4 In His possession
- Psalm 95:7 Under His care
- Psalm 95:8 Or Meribah, lit. Strife, Contention
- Psalm 95:8 Or Massah, lit. Trial, Testing
- Psalm 95:10 disgusted
- Psalm 96:3 Gentiles
- Psalm 96:7 Ascribe
- Psalm 96:8 Ascribe
- Psalm 96:10 Gentiles
- Psalm 96:10 shaken
- Psalm 96:11 all that is in it
- Psalm 97:1 Or coastlands
- Psalm 97:12 Or for the memory
- Psalm 97:12 Or His holiness
- Psalm 98:2 Gentiles
- Psalm 98:9 uprightness
- Psalm 99:1 shaken
- Psalm 99:3 Or It
- Psalm 99:7 statute
- Psalm 100:1 Lit. all the earth
- Psalm 100:3 So with Kt., LXX, Vg.; Qr., many Heb. mss., Tg. we are His
- Psalm 101:2 blameless
- Psalm 101:3 worthless
- Psalm 101:6 blameless
- Psalm 101:7 Lit. be established
- Psalm 102:3 Lit. end in
- Psalm 102:5 flesh
- Psalm 102:15 Gentiles
- Psalm 102:26 continue
- Psalm 103:14 Understands our constitution
- Psalm 103:16 not
- Psalm 103:21 servants
- Psalm 104:4 servants
- Psalm 104:5 Lit. founded the earth upon her bases
- Psalm 104:8 Or The mountains rose up; The valleys sank down
- Psalm 104:18 rock hyraxes
- Psalm 104:26 A large sea creature of unknown identity
- Psalm 104:26 Lit. formed
- Psalm 104:35 Heb. Hallelujah
- Psalm 105:18 His soul came into iron
- Psalm 105:22 Bind as prisoners
- Psalm 105:36 Lit. struck down
- Psalm 105:43 a joyful shout
- Psalm 105:44 nations
- Psalm 105:45 Heb. Hallelujah
- Psalm 106:1 Heb. Hallelujah
- Psalm 106:2 express
- Psalm 106:3 LXX, Syr., Tg., Vg. those who do
- Psalm 106:5 The people of Your inheritance
- Psalm 106:26 make them fall
- Psalm 106:27 make their descendants fall also
- Psalm 106:27 Gentiles
- Psalm 106:28 offered
- Psalm 106:32 Or Meribah
- Psalm 106:39 became unclean
- Psalm 106:39 Were unfaithful
- Psalm 106:48 Heb. Hallelujah
Psalm 90-105
New International Version
Psalm 90-105
New International Version
BOOK IV
Psalms 90–106
Psalm 90
A prayer of Moses the man of God.
1 Lord, you have been our dwelling place(A)
throughout all generations.
2 Before the mountains were born(B)
or you brought forth the whole world,
from everlasting to everlasting(C) you are God.(D)
3 You turn people back to dust,
saying, “Return to dust, you mortals.”(E)
4 A thousand years in your sight
are like a day that has just gone by,
or like a watch in the night.(F)
5 Yet you sweep people away(G) in the sleep of death—
they are like the new grass of the morning:
6 In the morning it springs up new,
but by evening it is dry and withered.(H)
7 We are consumed by your anger
and terrified by your indignation.
8 You have set our iniquities before you,
our secret sins(I) in the light of your presence.(J)
9 All our days pass away under your wrath;
we finish our years with a moan.(K)
10 Our days may come to seventy years,(L)
or eighty,(M) if our strength endures;
yet the best of them are but trouble and sorrow,(N)
for they quickly pass, and we fly away.(O)
11 If only we knew the power of your anger!
Your wrath(P) is as great as the fear that is your due.(Q)
12 Teach us to number our days,(R)
that we may gain a heart of wisdom.(S)
13 Relent, Lord! How long(T) will it be?
Have compassion on your servants.(U)
14 Satisfy(V) us in the morning with your unfailing love,(W)
that we may sing for joy(X) and be glad all our days.(Y)
15 Make us glad for as many days as you have afflicted us,
for as many years as we have seen trouble.
16 May your deeds be shown to your servants,
your splendor to their children.(Z)
17 May the favor[a] of the Lord our God rest on us;
establish the work of our hands for us—
yes, establish the work of our hands.(AA)
Psalm 91
1 Whoever dwells in the shelter(AB) of the Most High
will rest in the shadow(AC) of the Almighty.[b]
2 I will say of the Lord, “He is my refuge(AD) and my fortress,(AE)
my God, in whom I trust.”
3 Surely he will save you
from the fowler’s snare(AF)
and from the deadly pestilence.(AG)
4 He will cover you with his feathers,
and under his wings you will find refuge;(AH)
his faithfulness will be your shield(AI) and rampart.
5 You will not fear(AJ) the terror of night,
nor the arrow that flies by day,
6 nor the pestilence that stalks in the darkness,
nor the plague that destroys at midday.
7 A thousand may fall at your side,
ten thousand at your right hand,
but it will not come near you.
8 You will only observe with your eyes
and see the punishment of the wicked.(AK)
9 If you say, “The Lord is my refuge,”
and you make the Most High your dwelling,
10 no harm(AL) will overtake you,
no disaster will come near your tent.
11 For he will command his angels(AM) concerning you
to guard you in all your ways;(AN)
12 they will lift you up in their hands,
so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.(AO)
13 You will tread on the lion and the cobra;
you will trample the great lion and the serpent.(AP)
14 “Because he[c] loves me,” says the Lord, “I will rescue him;
I will protect him, for he acknowledges my name.
15 He will call on me, and I will answer him;
I will be with him in trouble,
I will deliver him and honor him.(AQ)
16 With long life(AR) I will satisfy him
and show him my salvation.(AS)”
Psalm 92[d]
A psalm. A song. For the Sabbath day.
1 It is good to praise the Lord
and make music(AT) to your name,(AU) O Most High,(AV)
2 proclaiming your love in the morning(AW)
and your faithfulness at night,
3 to the music of the ten-stringed lyre(AX)
and the melody of the harp.(AY)
4 For you make me glad by your deeds, Lord;
I sing for joy(AZ) at what your hands have done.(BA)
5 How great are your works,(BB) Lord,
how profound your thoughts!(BC)
6 Senseless people(BD) do not know,
fools do not understand,
7 that though the wicked spring up like grass
and all evildoers flourish,
they will be destroyed forever.(BE)
8 But you, Lord, are forever exalted.
9 For surely your enemies(BF), Lord,
surely your enemies will perish;
all evildoers will be scattered.(BG)
10 You have exalted my horn[e](BH) like that of a wild ox;(BI)
fine oils(BJ) have been poured on me.
11 My eyes have seen the defeat of my adversaries;
my ears have heard the rout of my wicked foes.(BK)
12 The righteous will flourish(BL) like a palm tree,
they will grow like a cedar of Lebanon;(BM)
13 planted in the house of the Lord,
they will flourish in the courts of our God.(BN)
14 They will still bear fruit(BO) in old age,
they will stay fresh and green,
15 proclaiming, “The Lord is upright;
he is my Rock, and there is no wickedness in him.(BP)”
Psalm 93
1 The Lord reigns,(BQ) he is robed in majesty;(BR)
the Lord is robed in majesty and armed with strength;(BS)
indeed, the world is established,(BT) firm and secure.(BU)
2 Your throne was established(BV) long ago;
you are from all eternity.(BW)
3 The seas(BX) have lifted up, Lord,
the seas have lifted up their voice;(BY)
the seas have lifted up their pounding waves.(BZ)
4 Mightier than the thunder(CA) of the great waters,
mightier than the breakers(CB) of the sea—
the Lord on high is mighty.(CC)
Psalm 94
1 The Lord is a God who avenges.(CF)
O God who avenges, shine forth.(CG)
2 Rise up,(CH) Judge(CI) of the earth;
pay back(CJ) to the proud what they deserve.
3 How long, Lord, will the wicked,
how long will the wicked be jubilant?(CK)
4 They pour out arrogant(CL) words;
all the evildoers are full of boasting.(CM)
5 They crush your people,(CN) Lord;
they oppress your inheritance.(CO)
6 They slay the widow(CP) and the foreigner;
they murder the fatherless.(CQ)
7 They say, “The Lord does not see;(CR)
the God of Jacob(CS) takes no notice.”
8 Take notice, you senseless ones(CT) among the people;
you fools, when will you become wise?
9 Does he who fashioned the ear not hear?
Does he who formed the eye not see?(CU)
10 Does he who disciplines(CV) nations not punish?
Does he who teaches(CW) mankind lack knowledge?
11 The Lord knows all human plans;(CX)
he knows that they are futile.(CY)
12 Blessed is the one you discipline,(CZ) Lord,
the one you teach(DA) from your law;
13 you grant them relief from days of trouble,(DB)
till a pit(DC) is dug for the wicked.
14 For the Lord will not reject his people;(DD)
he will never forsake his inheritance.
15 Judgment will again be founded on righteousness,(DE)
and all the upright in heart(DF) will follow it.
16 Who will rise up(DG) for me against the wicked?
Who will take a stand for me against evildoers?(DH)
17 Unless the Lord had given me help,(DI)
I would soon have dwelt in the silence of death.(DJ)
18 When I said, “My foot is slipping,(DK)”
your unfailing love, Lord, supported me.
19 When anxiety(DL) was great within me,
your consolation(DM) brought me joy.
20 Can a corrupt throne(DN) be allied with you—
a throne that brings on misery by its decrees?(DO)
21 The wicked band together(DP) against the righteous
and condemn the innocent(DQ) to death.(DR)
22 But the Lord has become my fortress,
and my God the rock(DS) in whom I take refuge.(DT)
23 He will repay(DU) them for their sins
and destroy(DV) them for their wickedness;
the Lord our God will destroy them.
Psalm 95
1 Come,(DW) let us sing for joy(DX) to the Lord;
let us shout aloud(DY) to the Rock(DZ) of our salvation.
2 Let us come before him(EA) with thanksgiving(EB)
and extol him with music(EC) and song.
3 For the Lord is the great God,(ED)
the great King(EE) above all gods.(EF)
4 In his hand are the depths of the earth,(EG)
and the mountain peaks belong to him.
5 The sea is his, for he made it,
and his hands formed the dry land.(EH)
6 Come, let us bow down(EI) in worship,(EJ)
let us kneel(EK) before the Lord our Maker;(EL)
7 for he is our God
and we are the people of his pasture,(EM)
the flock under his care.
Today, if only you would hear his voice,
8 “Do not harden your hearts(EN) as you did at Meribah,[f](EO)
as you did that day at Massah[g] in the wilderness,(EP)
9 where your ancestors tested(EQ) me;
they tried me, though they had seen what I did.
10 For forty years(ER) I was angry with that generation;
I said, ‘They are a people whose hearts go astray,(ES)
and they have not known my ways.’(ET)
11 So I declared on oath(EU) in my anger,
‘They shall never enter my rest.’”(EV)
Psalm 96(EW)
1 Sing to the Lord(EX) a new song;(EY)
sing to the Lord, all the earth.
2 Sing to the Lord, praise his name;(EZ)
proclaim his salvation(FA) day after day.
3 Declare his glory(FB) among the nations,
his marvelous deeds(FC) among all peoples.
4 For great is the Lord and most worthy of praise;(FD)
he is to be feared(FE) above all gods.(FF)
5 For all the gods of the nations are idols,(FG)
but the Lord made the heavens.(FH)
6 Splendor and majesty(FI) are before him;
strength and glory(FJ) are in his sanctuary.
7 Ascribe to the Lord,(FK) all you families of nations,(FL)
ascribe to the Lord glory and strength.
8 Ascribe to the Lord the glory due his name;
bring an offering(FM) and come into his courts.(FN)
9 Worship the Lord(FO) in the splendor of his[h] holiness;(FP)
tremble(FQ) before him, all the earth.(FR)
10 Say among the nations, “The Lord reigns.(FS)”
The world is firmly established,(FT) it cannot be moved;(FU)
he will judge(FV) the peoples with equity.(FW)
11 Let the heavens rejoice,(FX) let the earth be glad;(FY)
let the sea resound, and all that is in it.
12 Let the fields be jubilant, and everything in them;
let all the trees of the forest(FZ) sing for joy.(GA)
13 Let all creation rejoice before the Lord, for he comes,
he comes to judge(GB) the earth.
He will judge the world in righteousness(GC)
and the peoples in his faithfulness.(GD)
Psalm 97
1 The Lord reigns,(GE) let the earth be glad;(GF)
let the distant shores(GG) rejoice.
2 Clouds(GH) and thick darkness(GI) surround him;
righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne.(GJ)
3 Fire(GK) goes before(GL) him
and consumes(GM) his foes on every side.
4 His lightning(GN) lights up the world;
the earth(GO) sees and trembles.(GP)
5 The mountains melt(GQ) like wax(GR) before the Lord,
before the Lord of all the earth.(GS)
6 The heavens proclaim his righteousness,(GT)
and all peoples see his glory.(GU)
7 All who worship images(GV) are put to shame,(GW)
those who boast in idols(GX)—
worship him,(GY) all you gods!(GZ)
8 Zion hears and rejoices
and the villages of Judah are glad(HA)
because of your judgments,(HB) Lord.
9 For you, Lord, are the Most High(HC) over all the earth;(HD)
you are exalted(HE) far above all gods.
10 Let those who love the Lord hate evil,(HF)
for he guards(HG) the lives of his faithful ones(HH)
and delivers(HI) them from the hand of the wicked.(HJ)
11 Light shines[i](HK) on the righteous(HL)
and joy on the upright in heart.(HM)
12 Rejoice in the Lord,(HN) you who are righteous,
and praise his holy name.(HO)
Psalm 98
A psalm.
1 Sing to the Lord(HP) a new song,(HQ)
for he has done marvelous things;(HR)
his right hand(HS) and his holy arm(HT)
have worked salvation(HU) for him.
2 The Lord has made his salvation known(HV)
and revealed his righteousness(HW) to the nations.(HX)
3 He has remembered(HY) his love
and his faithfulness to Israel;
all the ends of the earth(HZ) have seen
the salvation of our God.(IA)
4 Shout for joy(IB) to the Lord, all the earth,
burst into jubilant song with music;
5 make music to the Lord with the harp,(IC)
with the harp and the sound of singing,(ID)
6 with trumpets(IE) and the blast of the ram’s horn(IF)—
shout for joy(IG) before the Lord, the King.(IH)
7 Let the sea(II) resound, and everything in it,
the world, and all who live in it.(IJ)
8 Let the rivers clap their hands,(IK)
let the mountains(IL) sing together for joy;
9 let them sing before the Lord,
for he comes to judge the earth.
He will judge the world in righteousness
and the peoples with equity.(IM)
Psalm 99
1 The Lord reigns,(IN)
let the nations tremble;(IO)
he sits enthroned(IP) between the cherubim,(IQ)
let the earth shake.
2 Great is the Lord(IR) in Zion;(IS)
he is exalted(IT) over all the nations.
3 Let them praise(IU) your great and awesome name(IV)—
he is holy.(IW)
4 The King(IX) is mighty, he loves justice(IY)—
you have established equity;(IZ)
in Jacob you have done
what is just and right.(JA)
5 Exalt(JB) the Lord our God
and worship at his footstool;
he is holy.
6 Moses(JC) and Aaron(JD) were among his priests,
Samuel(JE) was among those who called on his name;
they called on the Lord
and he answered(JF) them.
7 He spoke to them from the pillar of cloud;(JG)
they kept his statutes and the decrees he gave them.
8 Lord our God,
you answered them;
you were to Israel a forgiving God,(JH)
though you punished(JI) their misdeeds.[j]
9 Exalt the Lord our God
and worship at his holy mountain,
for the Lord our God is holy.
Psalm 100
A psalm. For giving grateful praise.
1 Shout for joy(JJ) to the Lord, all the earth.
2 Worship the Lord(JK) with gladness;
come before him(JL) with joyful songs.
3 Know that the Lord is God.(JM)
It is he who made us,(JN) and we are his[k];
we are his people,(JO) the sheep of his pasture.(JP)
4 Enter his gates with thanksgiving(JQ)
and his courts(JR) with praise;
give thanks to him and praise his name.(JS)
5 For the Lord is good(JT) and his love endures forever;(JU)
his faithfulness(JV) continues through all generations.
Psalm 101
Of David. A psalm.
1 I will sing of your love(JW) and justice;
to you, Lord, I will sing praise.
2 I will be careful to lead a blameless life(JX)—
when will you come to me?
I will conduct the affairs(JY) of my house
with a blameless heart.
3 I will not look with approval
on anything that is vile.(JZ)
I hate what faithless people do;(KA)
I will have no part in it.
4 The perverse of heart(KB) shall be far from me;
I will have nothing to do with what is evil.
5 Whoever slanders their neighbor(KC) in secret,
I will put to silence;
whoever has haughty eyes(KD) and a proud heart,
I will not tolerate.
6 My eyes will be on the faithful in the land,
that they may dwell with me;
the one whose walk is blameless(KE)
will minister to me.
7 No one who practices deceit
will dwell in my house;
no one who speaks falsely
will stand in my presence.
8 Every morning(KF) I will put to silence
all the wicked(KG) in the land;
I will cut off every evildoer(KH)
from the city of the Lord.(KI)
Psalm 102[l]
A prayer of an afflicted person who has grown weak and pours out a lament before the Lord.
1 Hear my prayer,(KJ) Lord;
let my cry for help(KK) come to you.
2 Do not hide your face(KL) from me
when I am in distress.
Turn your ear(KM) to me;
when I call, answer me quickly.
3 For my days vanish like smoke;(KN)
my bones(KO) burn like glowing embers.
4 My heart is blighted and withered like grass;(KP)
I forget to eat my food.(KQ)
5 In my distress I groan aloud(KR)
and am reduced to skin and bones.
6 I am like a desert owl,(KS)
like an owl among the ruins.
7 I lie awake;(KT) I have become
like a bird alone(KU) on a roof.
8 All day long my enemies(KV) taunt me;(KW)
those who rail against me use my name as a curse.(KX)
9 For I eat ashes(KY) as my food
and mingle my drink with tears(KZ)
10 because of your great wrath,(LA)
for you have taken me up and thrown me aside.
11 My days are like the evening shadow;(LB)
I wither(LC) away like grass.
12 But you, Lord, sit enthroned forever;(LD)
your renown endures(LE) through all generations.(LF)
13 You will arise(LG) and have compassion(LH) on Zion,
for it is time(LI) to show favor(LJ) to her;
the appointed time(LK) has come.
14 For her stones are dear to your servants;
her very dust moves them to pity.
15 The nations will fear(LL) the name of the Lord,
all the kings(LM) of the earth will revere your glory.
16 For the Lord will rebuild Zion(LN)
and appear in his glory.(LO)
17 He will respond to the prayer(LP) of the destitute;
he will not despise their plea.
18 Let this be written(LQ) for a future generation,
that a people not yet created(LR) may praise the Lord:
19 “The Lord looked down(LS) from his sanctuary on high,
from heaven he viewed the earth,
20 to hear the groans of the prisoners(LT)
and release those condemned to death.”
21 So the name of the Lord will be declared(LU) in Zion
and his praise(LV) in Jerusalem
22 when the peoples and the kingdoms
assemble to worship(LW) the Lord.
23 In the course of my life[m] he broke my strength;
he cut short my days.(LX)
24 So I said:
“Do not take me away, my God, in the midst of my days;
your years go on(LY) through all generations.
25 In the beginning(LZ) you laid the foundations of the earth,
and the heavens(MA) are the work of your hands.(MB)
26 They will perish,(MC) but you remain;
they will all wear out like a garment.
Like clothing you will change them
and they will be discarded.
27 But you remain the same,(MD)
and your years will never end.(ME)
28 The children of your servants(MF) will live in your presence;
their descendants(MG) will be established before you.”
Psalm 103
Of David.
1 Praise the Lord,(MH) my soul;(MI)
all my inmost being, praise his holy name.(MJ)
2 Praise the Lord,(MK) my soul,
and forget not(ML) all his benefits—
3 who forgives all your sins(MM)
and heals(MN) all your diseases,
4 who redeems your life(MO) from the pit
and crowns you with love and compassion,(MP)
5 who satisfies(MQ) your desires with good things
so that your youth is renewed(MR) like the eagle’s.(MS)
7 He made known(MV) his ways(MW) to Moses,
his deeds(MX) to the people of Israel:
8 The Lord is compassionate and gracious,(MY)
slow to anger, abounding in love.
9 He will not always accuse,
nor will he harbor his anger forever;(MZ)
10 he does not treat us as our sins deserve(NA)
or repay us according to our iniquities.
11 For as high as the heavens are above the earth,
so great is his love(NB) for those who fear him;(NC)
12 as far as the east is from the west,
so far has he removed our transgressions(ND) from us.
13 As a father has compassion(NE) on his children,
so the Lord has compassion on those who fear him;
14 for he knows how we are formed,(NF)
he remembers that we are dust.(NG)
15 The life of mortals is like grass,(NH)
they flourish like a flower(NI) of the field;
16 the wind blows(NJ) over it and it is gone,
and its place(NK) remembers it no more.
17 But from everlasting to everlasting
the Lord’s love is with those who fear him,
and his righteousness with their children’s children(NL)—
18 with those who keep his covenant(NM)
and remember(NN) to obey his precepts.(NO)
20 Praise the Lord,(NR) you his angels,(NS)
you mighty ones(NT) who do his bidding,(NU)
who obey his word.
21 Praise the Lord, all his heavenly hosts,(NV)
you his servants(NW) who do his will.
22 Praise the Lord, all his works(NX)
everywhere in his dominion.
Praise the Lord, my soul.(NY)
Psalm 104
1 Praise the Lord, my soul.(NZ)
Lord my God, you are very great;
you are clothed with splendor and majesty.(OA)
2 The Lord wraps(OB) himself in light(OC) as with a garment;
he stretches(OD) out the heavens(OE) like a tent(OF)
3 and lays the beams(OG) of his upper chambers on their waters.(OH)
He makes the clouds(OI) his chariot(OJ)
and rides on the wings of the wind.(OK)
4 He makes winds his messengers,[n](OL)
flames of fire(OM) his servants.
5 He set the earth(ON) on its foundations;(OO)
it can never be moved.
6 You covered it(OP) with the watery depths(OQ) as with a garment;
the waters stood(OR) above the mountains.
7 But at your rebuke(OS) the waters fled,
at the sound of your thunder(OT) they took to flight;
8 they flowed over the mountains,
they went down into the valleys,
to the place you assigned(OU) for them.
9 You set a boundary(OV) they cannot cross;
never again will they cover the earth.
10 He makes springs(OW) pour water into the ravines;
it flows between the mountains.
11 They give water(OX) to all the beasts of the field;
the wild donkeys(OY) quench their thirst.
12 The birds of the sky(OZ) nest by the waters;
they sing among the branches.(PA)
13 He waters the mountains(PB) from his upper chambers;(PC)
the land is satisfied by the fruit of his work.(PD)
14 He makes grass grow(PE) for the cattle,
and plants for people to cultivate—
bringing forth food(PF) from the earth:
15 wine(PG) that gladdens human hearts,
oil(PH) to make their faces shine,
and bread that sustains(PI) their hearts.
16 The trees of the Lord(PJ) are well watered,
the cedars of Lebanon(PK) that he planted.
17 There the birds(PL) make their nests;
the stork has its home in the junipers.
18 The high mountains belong to the wild goats;(PM)
the crags are a refuge for the hyrax.(PN)
19 He made the moon to mark the seasons,(PO)
and the sun(PP) knows when to go down.
20 You bring darkness,(PQ) it becomes night,(PR)
and all the beasts of the forest(PS) prowl.
21 The lions roar for their prey(PT)
and seek their food from God.(PU)
22 The sun rises, and they steal away;
they return and lie down in their dens.(PV)
23 Then people go out to their work,(PW)
to their labor until evening.(PX)
24 How many are your works,(PY) Lord!
In wisdom you made(PZ) them all;
the earth is full of your creatures.(QA)
25 There is the sea,(QB) vast and spacious,
teeming with creatures beyond number—
living things both large and small.(QC)
26 There the ships(QD) go to and fro,
and Leviathan,(QE) which you formed to frolic(QF) there.(QG)
27 All creatures look to you
to give them their food(QH) at the proper time.
28 When you give it to them,
they gather it up;
when you open your hand,
they are satisfied(QI) with good things.
29 When you hide your face,(QJ)
they are terrified;
when you take away their breath,
they die and return to the dust.(QK)
30 When you send your Spirit,(QL)
they are created,
and you renew the face of the ground.
31 May the glory of the Lord(QM) endure forever;
may the Lord rejoice in his works(QN)—
32 he who looks at the earth, and it trembles,(QO)
who touches the mountains,(QP) and they smoke.(QQ)
33 I will sing(QR) to the Lord all my life;
I will sing praise to my God as long as I live.
34 May my meditation be pleasing to him,
as I rejoice(QS) in the Lord.
35 But may sinners vanish(QT) from the earth
and the wicked be no more.(QU)
Praise the Lord, my soul.
Psalm 105(QW)
1 Give praise to the Lord,(QX) proclaim his name;(QY)
make known among the nations what he has done.
2 Sing to him,(QZ) sing praise to him;(RA)
tell of all his wonderful acts.(RB)
3 Glory in his holy name;(RC)
let the hearts of those who seek the Lord rejoice.
4 Look to the Lord and his strength;
seek his face(RD) always.
5 Remember the wonders(RE) he has done,
his miracles, and the judgments he pronounced,(RF)
6 you his servants, the descendants of Abraham,(RG)
his chosen(RH) ones, the children of Jacob.
7 He is the Lord our God;
his judgments are in all the earth.
8 He remembers his covenant(RI) forever,
the promise he made, for a thousand generations,
9 the covenant he made with Abraham,(RJ)
the oath he swore to Isaac.
10 He confirmed it(RK) to Jacob as a decree,
to Israel as an everlasting covenant:(RL)
11 “To you I will give the land of Canaan(RM)
as the portion you will inherit.”(RN)
12 When they were but few in number,(RO)
few indeed, and strangers in it,(RP)
13 they wandered from nation to nation,(RQ)
from one kingdom to another.
14 He allowed no one to oppress(RR) them;
for their sake he rebuked kings:(RS)
15 “Do not touch(RT) my anointed ones;
do my prophets(RU) no harm.”
16 He called down famine(RV) on the land
and destroyed all their supplies of food;
17 and he sent a man before them—
Joseph, sold as a slave.(RW)
18 They bruised his feet with shackles,(RX)
his neck was put in irons,
19 till what he foretold(RY) came to pass,
till the word(RZ) of the Lord proved him true.
20 The king sent and released him,
the ruler of peoples set him free.(SA)
21 He made him master of his household,
ruler over all he possessed,
22 to instruct his princes(SB) as he pleased
and teach his elders wisdom.(SC)
Footnotes
- Psalm 90:17 Or beauty
- Psalm 91:1 Hebrew Shaddai
- Psalm 91:14 That is, probably the king
- Psalm 92:1 In Hebrew texts 92:1-15 is numbered 92:2-16.
- Psalm 92:10 Horn here symbolizes strength.
- Psalm 95:8 Meribah means quarreling.
- Psalm 95:8 Massah means testing.
- Psalm 96:9 Or Lord with the splendor of
- Psalm 97:11 One Hebrew manuscript and ancient versions (see also 112:4); most Hebrew manuscripts Light is sown
- Psalm 99:8 Or God, / an avenger of the wrongs done to them
- Psalm 100:3 Or and not we ourselves
- Psalm 102:1 In Hebrew texts 102:1-28 is numbered 102:2-29.
- Psalm 102:23 Or By his power
- Psalm 104:4 Or angels
- Psalm 104:35 Hebrew Hallelu Yah; in the Septuagint this line stands at the beginning of Psalm 105.
Psalm 90-106
King James Version
Psalm 90-106
King James Version
90 Lord, thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations.
2 Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.
3 Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest, Return, ye children of men.
4 For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night.
5 Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: in the morning they are like grass which groweth up.
6 In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up; in the evening it is cut down, and withereth.
7 For we are consumed by thine anger, and by thy wrath are we troubled.
8 Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret sins in the light of thy countenance.
9 For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: we spend our years as a tale that is told.
10 The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.
11 Who knoweth the power of thine anger? even according to thy fear, so is thy wrath.
12 So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.
13 Return, O Lord, how long? and let it repent thee concerning thy servants.
14 O satisfy us early with thy mercy; that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.
15 Make us glad according to the days wherein thou hast afflicted us, and the years wherein we have seen evil.
16 Let thy work appear unto thy servants, and thy glory unto their children.
17 And let the beauty of the Lord our God be upon us: and establish thou the work of our hands upon us; yea, the work of our hands establish thou it.
91 He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
2 I will say of the Lord, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust.
3 Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence.
4 He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler.
5 Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that flieth by day;
6 Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday.
7 A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; but it shall not come nigh thee.
8 Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the wicked.
9 Because thou hast made the Lord, which is my refuge, even the most High, thy habitation;
10 There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling.
11 For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways.
12 They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.
13 Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet.
14 Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name.
15 He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him.
16 With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation.
92 It is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord, and to sing praises unto thy name, O Most High:
2 To shew forth thy lovingkindness in the morning, and thy faithfulness every night,
3 Upon an instrument of ten strings, and upon the psaltery; upon the harp with a solemn sound.
4 For thou, Lord, hast made me glad through thy work: I will triumph in the works of thy hands.
5 O Lord, how great are thy works! and thy thoughts are very deep.
6 A brutish man knoweth not; neither doth a fool understand this.
7 When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity do flourish; it is that they shall be destroyed for ever:
8 But thou, Lord, art most high for evermore.
9 For, lo, thine enemies, O Lord, for, lo, thine enemies shall perish; all the workers of iniquity shall be scattered.
10 But my horn shalt thou exalt like the horn of an unicorn: I shall be anointed with fresh oil.
11 Mine eye also shall see my desire on mine enemies, and mine ears shall hear my desire of the wicked that rise up against me.
12 The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
13 Those that be planted in the house of the Lord shall flourish in the courts of our God.
14 They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and flourishing;
15 To shew that the Lord is upright: he is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him.
93 The Lord reigneth, he is clothed with majesty; the Lord is clothed with strength, wherewith he hath girded himself: the world also is stablished, that it cannot be moved.
2 Thy throne is established of old: thou art from everlasting.
3 The floods have lifted up, O Lord, the floods have lifted up their voice; the floods lift up their waves.
4 The Lord on high is mightier than the noise of many waters, yea, than the mighty waves of the sea.
5 Thy testimonies are very sure: holiness becometh thine house, O Lord, for ever.
94 O Lord God, to whom vengeance belongeth; O God, to whom vengeance belongeth, shew thyself.
2 Lift up thyself, thou judge of the earth: render a reward to the proud.
3 Lord, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph?
4 How long shall they utter and speak hard things? and all the workers of iniquity boast themselves?
5 They break in pieces thy people, O Lord, and afflict thine heritage.
6 They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless.
7 Yet they say, The Lord shall not see, neither shall the God of Jacob regard it.
8 Understand, ye brutish among the people: and ye fools, when will ye be wise?
9 He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? he that formed the eye, shall he not see?
10 He that chastiseth the heathen, shall not he correct? he that teacheth man knowledge, shall not he know?
11 The Lord knoweth the thoughts of man, that they are vanity.
12 Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O Lord, and teachest him out of thy law;
13 That thou mayest give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit be digged for the wicked.
14 For the Lord will not cast off his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance.
15 But judgment shall return unto righteousness: and all the upright in heart shall follow it.
16 Who will rise up for me against the evildoers? or who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity?
17 Unless the Lord had been my help, my soul had almost dwelt in silence.
18 When I said, My foot slippeth; thy mercy, O Lord, held me up.
19 In the multitude of my thoughts within me thy comforts delight my soul.
20 Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by a law?
21 They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood.
22 But the Lord is my defence; and my God is the rock of my refuge.
23 And he shall bring upon them their own iniquity, and shall cut them off in their own wickedness; yea, the Lord our God shall cut them off.
95 O come, let us sing unto the Lord: let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation.
2 Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise unto him with psalms.
3 For the Lord is a great God, and a great King above all gods.
4 In his hand are the deep places of the earth: the strength of the hills is his also.
5 The sea is his, and he made it: and his hands formed the dry land.
6 O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the Lord our maker.
7 For he is our God; and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. To day if ye will hear his voice,
8 Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness:
9 When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my work.
10 Forty years long was I grieved with this generation, and said, It is a people that do err in their heart, and they have not known my ways:
11 Unto whom I sware in my wrath that they should not enter into my rest.
96 O sing unto the Lord a new song: sing unto the Lord, all the earth.
2 Sing unto the Lord, bless his name; shew forth his salvation from day to day.
3 Declare his glory among the heathen, his wonders among all people.
4 For the Lord is great, and greatly to be praised: he is to be feared above all gods.
5 For all the gods of the nations are idols: but the Lord made the heavens.
6 Honour and majesty are before him: strength and beauty are in his sanctuary.
7 Give unto the Lord, O ye kindreds of the people, give unto the Lord glory and strength.
8 Give unto the Lord the glory due unto his name: bring an offering, and come into his courts.
9 O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness: fear before him, all the earth.
10 Say among the heathen that the Lord reigneth: the world also shall be established that it shall not be moved: he shall judge the people righteously.
11 Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad; let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof.
12 Let the field be joyful, and all that is therein: then shall all the trees of the wood rejoice
13 Before the Lord: for he cometh, for he cometh to judge the earth: he shall judge the world with righteousness, and the people with his truth.
97 The Lord reigneth; let the earth rejoice; let the multitude of isles be glad thereof.
2 Clouds and darkness are round about him: righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his throne.
3 A fire goeth before him, and burneth up his enemies round about.
4 His lightnings enlightened the world: the earth saw, and trembled.
5 The hills melted like wax at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.
6 The heavens declare his righteousness, and all the people see his glory.
7 Confounded be all they that serve graven images, that boast themselves of idols: worship him, all ye gods.
8 Zion heard, and was glad; and the daughters of Judah rejoiced because of thy judgments, O Lord.
9 For thou, Lord, art high above all the earth: thou art exalted far above all gods.
10 Ye that love the Lord, hate evil: he preserveth the souls of his saints; he delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked.
11 Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart.
12 Rejoice in the Lord, ye righteous; and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness.
98 O sing unto the Lord a new song; for he hath done marvellous things: his right hand, and his holy arm, hath gotten him the victory.
2 The Lord hath made known his salvation: his righteousness hath he openly shewed in the sight of the heathen.
3 He hath remembered his mercy and his truth toward the house of Israel: all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.
4 Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all the earth: make a loud noise, and rejoice, and sing praise.
5 Sing unto the Lord with the harp; with the harp, and the voice of a psalm.
6 With trumpets and sound of cornet make a joyful noise before the Lord, the King.
7 Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.
8 Let the floods clap their hands: let the hills be joyful together
9 Before the Lord; for he cometh to judge the earth: with righteousness shall he judge the world, and the people with equity.
99 The Lord reigneth; let the people tremble: he sitteth between the cherubims; let the earth be moved.
2 The Lord is great in Zion; and he is high above all the people.
3 Let them praise thy great and terrible name; for it is holy.
4 The king's strength also loveth judgment; thou dost establish equity, thou executest judgment and righteousness in Jacob.
5 Exalt ye the Lord our God, and worship at his footstool; for he is holy.
6 Moses and Aaron among his priests, and Samuel among them that call upon his name; they called upon the Lord, and he answered them.
7 He spake unto them in the cloudy pillar: they kept his testimonies, and the ordinance that he gave them.
8 Thou answeredst them, O Lord our God: thou wast a God that forgavest them, though thou tookest vengeance of their inventions.
9 Exalt the Lord our God, and worship at his holy hill; for the Lord our God is holy.
100 Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all ye lands.
2 Serve the Lord with gladness: come before his presence with singing.
3 Know ye that the Lord he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.
4 Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name.
5 For the Lord is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endureth to all generations.
101 I will sing of mercy and judgment: unto thee, O Lord, will I sing.
2 I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way. O when wilt thou come unto me? I will walk within my house with a perfect heart.
3 I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; it shall not cleave to me.
4 A froward heart shall depart from me: I will not know a wicked person.
5 Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour, him will I cut off: him that hath an high look and a proud heart will not I suffer.
6 Mine eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me: he that walketh in a perfect way, he shall serve me.
7 He that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house: he that telleth lies shall not tarry in my sight.
8 I will early destroy all the wicked of the land; that I may cut off all wicked doers from the city of the Lord.
102 Hear my prayer, O Lord, and let my cry come unto thee.
2 Hide not thy face from me in the day when I am in trouble; incline thine ear unto me: in the day when I call answer me speedily.
3 For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an hearth.
4 My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget to eat my bread.
5 By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my skin.
6 I am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the desert.
7 I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the house top.
8 Mine enemies reproach me all the day; and they that are mad against me are sworn against me.
9 For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping.
10 Because of thine indignation and thy wrath: for thou hast lifted me up, and cast me down.
11 My days are like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered like grass.
12 But thou, O Lord, shall endure for ever; and thy remembrance unto all generations.
13 Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favour her, yea, the set time, is come.
14 For thy servants take pleasure in her stones, and favour the dust thereof.
15 So the heathen shall fear the name of the Lord, and all the kings of the earth thy glory.
16 When the Lord shall build up Zion, he shall appear in his glory.
17 He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer.
18 This shall be written for the generation to come: and the people which shall be created shall praise the Lord.
19 For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary; from heaven did the Lord behold the earth;
20 To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are appointed to death;
21 To declare the name of the Lord in Zion, and his praise in Jerusalem;
22 When the people are gathered together, and the kingdoms, to serve the Lord.
23 He weakened my strength in the way; he shortened my days.
24 I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days: thy years are throughout all generations.
25 Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens are the work of thy hands.
26 They shall perish, but thou shalt endure: yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed:
27 But thou art the same, and thy years shall have no end.
28 The children of thy servants shall continue, and their seed shall be established before thee.
103 Bless the Lord, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name.
2 Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits:
3 Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases;
4 Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies;
5 Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things; so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle's.
6 The Lord executeth righteousness and judgment for all that are oppressed.
7 He made known his ways unto Moses, his acts unto the children of Israel.
8 The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy.
9 He will not always chide: neither will he keep his anger for ever.
10 He hath not dealt with us after our sins; nor rewarded us according to our iniquities.
11 For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy toward them that fear him.
12 As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us.
13 Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him.
14 For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust.
15 As for man, his days are as grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth.
16 For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and the place thereof shall know it no more.
17 But the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children's children;
18 To such as keep his covenant, and to those that remember his commandments to do them.
19 The Lord hath prepared his throne in the heavens; and his kingdom ruleth over all.
20 Bless the Lord, ye his angels, that excel in strength, that do his commandments, hearkening unto the voice of his word.
21 Bless ye the Lord, all ye his hosts; ye ministers of his, that do his pleasure.
22 Bless the Lord, all his works in all places of his dominion: bless the Lord, O my soul.
104 Bless the Lord, O my soul. O Lord my God, thou art very great; thou art clothed with honour and majesty.
2 Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment: who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain:
3 Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters: who maketh the clouds his chariot: who walketh upon the wings of the wind:
4 Who maketh his angels spirits; his ministers a flaming fire:
5 Who laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be removed for ever.
6 Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a garment: the waters stood above the mountains.
7 At thy rebuke they fled; at the voice of thy thunder they hasted away.
8 They go up by the mountains; they go down by the valleys unto the place which thou hast founded for them.
9 Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over; that they turn not again to cover the earth.
10 He sendeth the springs into the valleys, which run among the hills.
11 They give drink to every beast of the field: the wild asses quench their thirst.
12 By them shall the fowls of the heaven have their habitation, which sing among the branches.
13 He watereth the hills from his chambers: the earth is satisfied with the fruit of thy works.
14 He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth;
15 And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face to shine, and bread which strengtheneth man's heart.
16 The trees of the Lord are full of sap; the cedars of Lebanon, which he hath planted;
17 Where the birds make their nests: as for the stork, the fir trees are her house.
18 The high hills are a refuge for the wild goats; and the rocks for the conies.
19 He appointed the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth his going down.
20 Thou makest darkness, and it is night: wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep forth.
21 The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their meat from God.
22 The sun ariseth, they gather themselves together, and lay them down in their dens.
23 Man goeth forth unto his work and to his labour until the evening.
24 O Lord, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches.
25 So is this great and wide sea, wherein are things creeping innumerable, both small and great beasts.
26 There go the ships: there is that leviathan, whom thou hast made to play therein.
27 These wait all upon thee; that thou mayest give them their meat in due season.
28 That thou givest them they gather: thou openest thine hand, they are filled with good.
29 Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust.
30 Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created: and thou renewest the face of the earth.
31 The glory of the Lord shall endure for ever: the Lord shall rejoice in his works.
32 He looketh on the earth, and it trembleth: he toucheth the hills, and they smoke.
33 I will sing unto the Lord as long as I live: I will sing praise to my God while I have my being.
34 My meditation of him shall be sweet: I will be glad in the Lord.
35 Let the sinners be consumed out of the earth, and let the wicked be no more. Bless thou the Lord, O my soul. Praise ye the Lord.
105 O give thanks unto the Lord; call upon his name: make known his deeds among the people.
2 Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him: talk ye of all his wondrous works.
3 Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the Lord.
4 Seek the Lord, and his strength: seek his face evermore.
5 Remember his marvellous works that he hath done; his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth;
6 O ye seed of Abraham his servant, ye children of Jacob his chosen.
7 He is the Lord our God: his judgments are in all the earth.
8 He hath remembered his covenant for ever, the word which he commanded to a thousand generations.
9 Which covenant he made with Abraham, and his oath unto Isaac;
10 And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant:
11 Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance:
12 When they were but a few men in number; yea, very few, and strangers in it.
13 When they went from one nation to another, from one kingdom to another people;
14 He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings for their sakes;
15 Saying, Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm.
16 Moreover he called for a famine upon the land: he brake the whole staff of bread.
17 He sent a man before them, even Joseph, who was sold for a servant:
18 Whose feet they hurt with fetters: he was laid in iron:
19 Until the time that his word came: the word of the Lord tried him.
20 The king sent and loosed him; even the ruler of the people, and let him go free.
21 He made him lord of his house, and ruler of all his substance:
22 To bind his princes at his pleasure; and teach his senators wisdom.
23 Israel also came into Egypt; and Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.
24 And he increased his people greatly; and made them stronger than their enemies.
25 He turned their heart to hate his people, to deal subtilly with his servants.
26 He sent Moses his servant; and Aaron whom he had chosen.
27 They shewed his signs among them, and wonders in the land of Ham.
28 He sent darkness, and made it dark; and they rebelled not against his word.
29 He turned their waters into blood, and slew their fish.
30 Their land brought forth frogs in abundance, in the chambers of their kings.
31 He spake, and there came divers sorts of flies, and lice in all their coasts.
32 He gave them hail for rain, and flaming fire in their land.
33 He smote their vines also and their fig trees; and brake the trees of their coasts.
34 He spake, and the locusts came, and caterpillers, and that without number,
35 And did eat up all the herbs in their land, and devoured the fruit of their ground.
36 He smote also all the firstborn in their land, the chief of all their strength.
37 He brought them forth also with silver and gold: and there was not one feeble person among their tribes.
38 Egypt was glad when they departed: for the fear of them fell upon them.
39 He spread a cloud for a covering; and fire to give light in the night.
40 The people asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.
41 He opened the rock, and the waters gushed out; they ran in the dry places like a river.
42 For he remembered his holy promise, and Abraham his servant.
43 And he brought forth his people with joy, and his chosen with gladness:
44 And gave them the lands of the heathen: and they inherited the labour of the people;
45 That they might observe his statutes, and keep his laws. Praise ye the Lord.
106 Praise ye the Lord. O give thanks unto the Lord; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.
2 Who can utter the mighty acts of the Lord? who can shew forth all his praise?
3 Blessed are they that keep judgment, and he that doeth righteousness at all times.
4 Remember me, O Lord, with the favour that thou bearest unto thy people: O visit me with thy salvation;
5 That I may see the good of thy chosen, that I may rejoice in the gladness of thy nation, that I may glory with thine inheritance.
6 We have sinned with our fathers, we have committed iniquity, we have done wickedly.
7 Our fathers understood not thy wonders in Egypt; they remembered not the multitude of thy mercies; but provoked him at the sea, even at the Red sea.
8 Nevertheless he saved them for his name's sake, that he might make his mighty power to be known.
9 He rebuked the Red sea also, and it was dried up: so he led them through the depths, as through the wilderness.
10 And he saved them from the hand of him that hated them, and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.
11 And the waters covered their enemies: there was not one of them left.
12 Then believed they his words; they sang his praise.
13 They soon forgat his works; they waited not for his counsel:
14 But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the desert.
15 And he gave them their request; but sent leanness into their soul.
16 They envied Moses also in the camp, and Aaron the saint of the Lord.
17 The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan and covered the company of Abiram.
18 And a fire was kindled in their company; the flame burned up the wicked.
19 They made a calf in Horeb, and worshipped the molten image.
20 Thus they changed their glory into the similitude of an ox that eateth grass.
21 They forgat God their saviour, which had done great things in Egypt;
22 Wondrous works in the land of Ham, and terrible things by the Red sea.
23 Therefore he said that he would destroy them, had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach, to turn away his wrath, lest he should destroy them.
24 Yea, they despised the pleasant land, they believed not his word:
25 But murmured in their tents, and hearkened not unto the voice of the Lord.
26 Therefore he lifted up his hand against them, to overthrow them in the wilderness:
27 To overthrow their seed also among the nations, and to scatter them in the lands.
28 They joined themselves also unto Baalpeor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead.
29 Thus they provoked him to anger with their inventions: and the plague brake in upon them.
30 Then stood up Phinehas, and executed judgment: and so the plague was stayed.
31 And that was counted unto him for righteousness unto all generations for evermore.
32 They angered him also at the waters of strife, so that it went ill with Moses for their sakes:
33 Because they provoked his spirit, so that he spake unadvisedly with his lips.
34 They did not destroy the nations, concerning whom the Lord commanded them:
35 But were mingled among the heathen, and learned their works.
36 And they served their idols: which were a snare unto them.
37 Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto devils,
38 And shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan: and the land was polluted with blood.
39 Thus were they defiled with their own works, and went a whoring with their own inventions.
40 Therefore was the wrath of the Lord kindled against his people, insomuch that he abhorred his own inheritance.
41 And he gave them into the hand of the heathen; and they that hated them ruled over them.
42 Their enemies also oppressed them, and they were brought into subjection under their hand.
43 Many times did he deliver them; but they provoked him with their counsel, and were brought low for their iniquity.
44 Nevertheless he regarded their affliction, when he heard their cry:
45 And he remembered for them his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his mercies.
46 He made them also to be pitied of all those that carried them captives.
47 Save us, O Lord our God, and gather us from among the heathen, to give thanks unto thy holy name, and to triumph in thy praise.
48 Blessed be the Lord God of Israel from everlasting to everlasting: and let all the people say, Amen. Praise ye the Lord.
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