Psalm 103-105

English Standard Version

⁶ The Lord works ^(J)righteousness
    and justice for all who are oppressed.
⁷ He made known his ^(K)ways to Moses,
    his ^(L)acts to the people of Israel.
⁸ The Lord is ^(M)merciful and gracious,
    slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.
^9 (N)He will not always chide,
    nor will he ^(O)keep his anger forever.
¹⁰ He does not deal with us ^(P)according to our sins,
    nor repay us according to our iniquities.
¹¹ For ^(Q)as high as the heavens are above the earth,
    so great is his ^(R)steadfast love toward ^(S)those who fear him;
¹² as far as the east is from the west,
    so far does he ^(T)remove our transgressions from us.
¹³ As ^(U)a father shows compassion to his children,
    so the Lord shows compassion ^(V)to those who fear him.
¹⁴ For he knows our frame;^[a]
    he ^(W)remembers that we are dust.

¹⁵ As for man, his days are like ^(X)grass;
    he flourishes like ^(Y)a flower of the field;
¹⁶ for ^(Z)the wind passes over it, and ^(AA)it is gone,
    and ^(AB)its place knows it no more.
¹⁷ But ^(AC)the steadfast love of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting on ^(AD)those who fear him,
    and his righteousness to ^(AE)children's children,
¹⁸ to those who ^(AF)keep his covenant
    and ^(AG)remember to do his commandments.
¹⁹ The Lord has ^(AH)established his throne in the heavens,
    and his ^(AI)kingdom rules over all.

²⁰ Bless the Lord, O you ^(AJ)his angels,
    you ^(AK)mighty ones who ^(AL)do his word,
    obeying the voice of his word!
²¹ Bless the Lord, all his ^(AM)hosts,
    his ^(AN)ministers, who do his will!
^22 (AO)Bless the Lord, all his works,
    in all places of his dominion.
^(AP)Bless the Lord, O my soul!

⁵ He ^(BC)set the earth on its foundations,
    so that it should never be moved.
⁶ You ^(BD)covered it with the deep as with a garment;
    the waters stood above the mountains.
⁷ At ^(BE)your rebuke they fled;
    at ^(BF)the sound of your thunder they ^(BG)took to flight.
⁸ The mountains rose, the valleys sank down
    to the place that you ^(BH)appointed for them.
⁹ You set ^(BI)a boundary that they may not pass,
    so that they ^(BJ)might not again cover the earth.

¹⁰ You make springs gush forth in the valleys;
    they flow between the hills;
¹¹ they ^(BK)give drink to every beast of the field;
    the wild donkeys quench their thirst.
¹² Beside them the birds of the heavens dwell;
    they sing among the branches.
^13 (BL)From your lofty abode you ^(BM)water the mountains;
    the earth is satisfied with the fruit of your work.

¹⁴ You cause ^(BN)the grass to grow for the livestock
    and ^(BO)plants for man to cultivate,
that he may bring forth ^(BP)food from the earth
¹⁵     and ^(BQ)wine to gladden the heart of man,
^(BR)oil to make his face shine
    and bread to ^(BS)strengthen man's heart.

¹⁶ The trees of the Lord are watered abundantly,
    ^(BT)the cedars of Lebanon ^(BU)that he planted.
¹⁷ In them the birds build their nests;
    the stork has her home in the fir trees.
¹⁸ The high mountains are for ^(BV)the wild goats;
    the rocks are a refuge for ^(BW)the rock badgers.

¹⁹ He made the moon to mark the ^(BX)seasons;^[b]
    the sun knows its time for setting.
^20 (BY)You make darkness, and it is night,
    when all the beasts of the forest creep about.
^21 (BZ)The young lions roar for their prey,
    seeking their food from God.
²² When the sun rises, they steal away
    and lie down in their ^(CA)dens.
^23 (CB)Man goes out to his work
    and to his labor until the evening.

²⁴ O Lord, how manifold are your works!
    In ^(CC)wisdom have you made them all;
    the earth is full of your creatures.
²⁵ Here is the sea, great and wide,
    ^(CD)which teems with creatures innumerable,
    living things both small and great.
²⁶ There go the ships,
    and ^(CE)Leviathan, which you formed to ^(CF)play in it.^[c]

²⁷ These ^(CG)all look to you,
    to ^(CH)give them their food in due season.
²⁸ When you give it to them, they gather it up;
    when you ^(CI)open your hand, they are filled with good things.
²⁹ When you ^(CJ)hide your face, they are ^(CK)dismayed;
    when you ^(CL)take away their breath, they die
    and ^(CM)return to their dust.
³⁰ When you ^(CN)send forth your Spirit,^[d] they are created,
    and you ^(CO)renew the face of the ground.

³¹ May the glory of the Lord ^(CP)endure forever;
    may the Lord ^(CQ)rejoice in his works,
³² who looks on the earth and it ^(CR)trembles,
    who ^(CS)touches the mountains and they smoke!
³³ I will sing to the Lord ^(CT)as long as I live;
    I will sing praise to my God while I have being.
³⁴ May my ^(CU)meditation be pleasing to him,
    for I rejoice in the Lord.
³⁵ Let ^(CV)sinners be consumed from the earth,
    and let the wicked be no more!
^(CW)Bless the Lord, O my soul!
^(CX)Praise the Lord!

⁷ He is the Lord our God;
    his ^(DI)judgments are in all the earth.
⁸ He ^(DJ)remembers his covenant forever,
    the word that he commanded, for ^(DK)a thousand generations,
^9 (DL)the covenant that he made with Abraham,
    his ^(DM)sworn promise to Isaac,
¹⁰ which he confirmed to ^(DN)Jacob as a statute,
    to Israel as an everlasting covenant,
¹¹ saying, ^(DO)“To you I will give the land of Canaan
    as ^(DP)your portion for an inheritance.”

¹² When they were ^(DQ)few in number,
    of little account, and ^(DR)sojourners in it,
¹³ wandering from nation to nation,
    from one kingdom to another people,
¹⁴ he ^(DS)allowed no one to oppress them;
    he ^(DT)rebuked kings on their account,
¹⁵ saying, ^(DU)“Touch not my anointed ones,
    do my prophets no harm!”

¹⁶ When he ^(DV)summoned a famine on the land
    and ^(DW)broke all supply^[e] of bread,
¹⁷ he had ^(DX)sent a man ahead of them,
    Joseph, who was ^(DY)sold as a slave.
¹⁸ His ^(DZ)feet were hurt with fetters;
    his neck was put in a collar of iron;
¹⁹ until ^(EA)what he had said came to pass,
    the word of the Lord ^(EB)tested him.
^20 (EC)The king sent and ^(ED)released him;
    the ruler of the peoples set him free;
²¹ he ^(EE)made him lord of his house
    and ruler of all his possessions,
²² to bind^[f] his princes at his pleasure
    and to teach his elders wisdom.

²³ Then ^(EF)Israel came to Egypt;
    Jacob ^(EG)sojourned in ^(EH)the land of Ham.
²⁴ And the Lord ^(EI)made his people very fruitful
    and made them stronger than their foes.
²⁵ He ^(EJ)turned their hearts to hate his people,
    to ^(EK)deal craftily with his servants.

²⁶ He ^(EL)sent Moses, his servant,
    and Aaron, ^(EM)whom he had chosen.
^27 (EN)They performed his signs among them
    and miracles in ^(EO)the land of Ham.
²⁸ He ^(EP)sent darkness, and made the land dark;
    they ^(EQ)did not rebel^[g] against his words.
²⁹ He turned their waters into blood
    and ^(ER)caused their fish to die.
³⁰ Their land swarmed with frogs,
    even in ^(ES)the chambers of their kings.
³¹ He spoke, and there came ^(ET)swarms of flies,
    ^(EU)and gnats throughout their country.
³² He gave them hail for rain,
    and fiery ^(EV)lightning bolts through their land.
³³ He struck down their vines and fig trees,
    and ^(EW)shattered the trees of their country.
³⁴ He spoke, and the ^(EX)locusts came,
    young locusts without number,
³⁵ which devoured all the vegetation in their land
    and ate up the fruit of their ground.
³⁶ He ^(EY)struck down all the firstborn in their land,
    ^(EZ)the firstfruits of all their strength.

³⁷ Then he brought out Israel with ^(FA)silver and gold,
    and there was none among his tribes who stumbled.
^38 (FB)Egypt was glad when they departed,
    for ^(FC)dread of them had fallen upon it.

³⁹ He ^(FD)spread a cloud for a covering,
    and fire to give light by night.
^40 (FE)They asked, and he ^(FF)brought quail,
    and gave them ^(FG)bread from heaven in abundance.
⁴¹ He opened the rock, and ^(FH)water gushed out;
    it flowed through ^(FI)the desert like a river.
⁴² For he ^(FJ)remembered his holy promise,
    and ^(FK)Abraham, his servant.

⁴³ So he brought his people out with joy,
    his ^(FL)chosen ones with ^(FM)singing.
⁴⁴ And he ^(FN)gave them the lands of the nations,
    and they took possession of the fruit of the peoples' toil,
⁴⁵ that they might ^(FO)keep his statutes
    and ^(FP)observe his laws.
^(FQ)Praise the Lord!