Psalm 103-105

New International Version

⁶ The Lord works righteousness^(M)
    and justice for all the oppressed.^(N)

⁷ He made known^(O) his ways^(P) to Moses,
    his deeds^(Q) to the people of Israel:
⁸ The Lord is compassionate and gracious,^(R)
    slow to anger, abounding in love.
⁹ He will not always accuse,
    nor will he harbor his anger forever;^(S)
10 he does not treat us as our sins deserve^(T)
    or repay us according to our iniquities.
¹¹ For as high as the heavens are above the earth,
    so great is his love^(U) for those who fear him;^(V)
12 as far as the east is from the west,
    so far has he removed our transgressions^(W) from us.

¹³ As a father has compassion^(X) on his children,
    so the Lord has compassion on those who fear him;
¹⁴ for he knows how we are formed,^(Y)
    he remembers that we are dust.^(Z)
15 The life of mortals is like grass,^(AA)
    they flourish like a flower^(AB) of the field;
¹⁶ the wind blows^(AC) over it and it is gone,
    and its place^(AD) 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^(AE)—
¹⁸ with those who keep his covenant^(AF)
    and remember^(AG) to obey his precepts.^(AH)

¹⁹ The Lord has established his throne^(AI) in heaven,
    and his kingdom rules^(AJ) over all.

²⁰ Praise the Lord,^(AK) you his angels,^(AL)
    you mighty ones^(AM) who do his bidding,^(AN)
    who obey his word.
²¹ Praise the Lord, all his heavenly hosts,^(AO)
    you his servants^(AP) who do his will.
²² Praise the Lord, all his works^(AQ)
    everywhere in his dominion.

Praise the Lord, my soul.^(AR)

Lord my God, you are very great;
    you are clothed with splendor and majesty.^(AT)

² The Lord wraps^(AU) himself in light^(AV) as with a garment;
    he stretches^(AW) out the heavens^(AX) like a tent^(AY)
3     and lays the beams^(AZ) of his upper chambers on their waters.^(BA)
He makes the clouds^(BB) his chariot^(BC)
    and rides on the wings of the wind.^(BD)
4 He makes winds his messengers,^[a](BE)
    flames of fire^(BF) his servants.

⁵ He set the earth^(BG) on its foundations;^(BH)
    it can never be moved.
⁶ You covered it^(BI) with the watery depths^(BJ) as with a garment;
    the waters stood^(BK) above the mountains.
⁷ But at your rebuke^(BL) the waters fled,
    at the sound of your thunder^(BM) they took to flight;
⁸ they flowed over the mountains,
    they went down into the valleys,
    to the place you assigned^(BN) for them.
⁹ You set a boundary^(BO) they cannot cross;
    never again will they cover the earth.

¹⁰ He makes springs^(BP) pour water into the ravines;
    it flows between the mountains.
¹¹ They give water^(BQ) to all the beasts of the field;
    the wild donkeys^(BR) quench their thirst.
¹² The birds of the sky^(BS) nest by the waters;
    they sing among the branches.^(BT)
13 He waters the mountains^(BU) from his upper chambers;^(BV)
    the land is satisfied by the fruit of his work.^(BW)
14 He makes grass grow^(BX) for the cattle,
    and plants for people to cultivate—
    bringing forth food^(BY) from the earth:
¹⁵ wine^(BZ) that gladdens human hearts,
    oil^(CA) to make their faces shine,
    and bread that sustains^(CB) their hearts.
¹⁶ The trees of the Lord^(CC) are well watered,
    the cedars of Lebanon^(CD) that he planted.
¹⁷ There the birds^(CE) make their nests;
    the stork has its home in the junipers.
¹⁸ The high mountains belong to the wild goats;^(CF)
    the crags are a refuge for the hyrax.^(CG)

¹⁹ He made the moon to mark the seasons,^(CH)
    and the sun^(CI) knows when to go down.
²⁰ You bring darkness,^(CJ) it becomes night,^(CK)
    and all the beasts of the forest^(CL) prowl.
²¹ The lions roar for their prey^(CM)
    and seek their food from God.^(CN)
22 The sun rises, and they steal away;
    they return and lie down in their dens.^(CO)
23 Then people go out to their work,^(CP)
    to their labor until evening.^(CQ)

²⁴ How many are your works,^(CR) Lord!
    In wisdom you made^(CS) them all;
    the earth is full of your creatures.^(CT)
25 There is the sea,^(CU) vast and spacious,
    teeming with creatures beyond number—
    living things both large and small.^(CV)
26 There the ships^(CW) go to and fro,
    and Leviathan,^(CX) which you formed to frolic^(CY) there.^(CZ)

²⁷ All creatures look to you
    to give them their food^(DA) at the proper time.
²⁸ When you give it to them,
    they gather it up;
when you open your hand,
    they are satisfied^(DB) with good things.
²⁹ When you hide your face,^(DC)
    they are terrified;
when you take away their breath,
    they die and return to the dust.^(DD)
30 When you send your Spirit,^(DE)
    they are created,
    and you renew the face of the ground.

³¹ May the glory of the Lord^(DF) endure forever;
    may the Lord rejoice in his works^(DG)—
³² he who looks at the earth, and it trembles,^(DH)
    who touches the mountains,^(DI) and they smoke.^(DJ)

³³ I will sing^(DK) 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^(DL) in the Lord.
³⁵ But may sinners vanish^(DM) from the earth
    and the wicked be no more.^(DN)

Praise the Lord, my soul.

Praise the Lord.^[b](DO)

⁵ Remember the wonders^(DX) he has done,
    his miracles, and the judgments he pronounced,^(DY)
6 you his servants, the descendants of Abraham,^(DZ)
    his chosen^(EA) ones, the children of Jacob.
⁷ He is the Lord our God;
    his judgments are in all the earth.

⁸ He remembers his covenant^(EB) forever,
    the promise he made, for a thousand generations,
⁹ the covenant he made with Abraham,^(EC)
    the oath he swore to Isaac.
¹⁰ He confirmed it^(ED) to Jacob as a decree,
    to Israel as an everlasting covenant:^(EE)
11 “To you I will give the land of Canaan^(EF)
    as the portion you will inherit.”^(EG)

¹² When they were but few in number,^(EH)
    few indeed, and strangers in it,^(EI)
13 they wandered from nation to nation,^(EJ)
    from one kingdom to another.
¹⁴ He allowed no one to oppress^(EK) them;
    for their sake he rebuked kings:^(EL)
15 “Do not touch^(EM) my anointed ones;
    do my prophets^(EN) no harm.”

¹⁶ He called down famine^(EO) on the land
    and destroyed all their supplies of food;
¹⁷ and he sent a man before them—
    Joseph, sold as a slave.^(EP)
18 They bruised his feet with shackles,^(EQ)
    his neck was put in irons,
¹⁹ till what he foretold^(ER) came to pass,
    till the word^(ES) of the Lord proved him true.
²⁰ The king sent and released him,
    the ruler of peoples set him free.^(ET)
21 He made him master of his household,
    ruler over all he possessed,
²² to instruct his princes^(EU) as he pleased
    and teach his elders wisdom.^(EV)

²³ Then Israel entered Egypt;^(EW)
    Jacob resided^(EX) as a foreigner in the land of Ham.^(EY)
24 The Lord made his people very fruitful;
    he made them too numerous^(EZ) for their foes,
²⁵ whose hearts he turned^(FA) to hate his people,
    to conspire^(FB) against his servants.
²⁶ He sent Moses^(FC) his servant,
    and Aaron,^(FD) whom he had chosen.^(FE)
27 They performed^(FF) his signs^(FG) among them,
    his wonders^(FH) in the land of Ham.
²⁸ He sent darkness^(FI) and made the land dark—
    for had they not rebelled against^(FJ) his words?
²⁹ He turned their waters into blood,^(FK)
    causing their fish to die.^(FL)
30 Their land teemed with frogs,^(FM)
    which went up into the bedrooms of their rulers.
³¹ He spoke,^(FN) and there came swarms of flies,^(FO)
    and gnats^(FP) throughout their country.
³² He turned their rain into hail,^(FQ)
    with lightning throughout their land;
³³ he struck down their vines^(FR) and fig trees^(FS)
    and shattered the trees of their country.
³⁴ He spoke,^(FT) and the locusts came,^(FU)
    grasshoppers^(FV) without number;^(FW)
35 they ate up every green thing in their land,
    ate up the produce of their soil.
³⁶ Then he struck down all the firstborn^(FX) in their land,
    the firstfruits of all their manhood.
³⁷ He brought out Israel, laden with silver and gold,^(FY)
    and from among their tribes no one faltered.
³⁸ Egypt was glad when they left,
    because dread of Israel^(FZ) had fallen on them.

³⁹ He spread out a cloud^(GA) as a covering,
    and a fire to give light at night.^(GB)
40 They asked,^(GC) and he brought them quail;^(GD)
    he fed them well with the bread of heaven.^(GE)
41 He opened the rock,^(GF) and water gushed out;
    it flowed like a river in the desert.

⁴² For he remembered his holy promise^(GG)
    given to his servant Abraham.
⁴³ He brought out his people with rejoicing,^(GH)
    his chosen ones with shouts of joy;
⁴⁴ he gave them the lands of the nations,^(GI)
    and they fell heir to what others had toiled^(GJ) for—
⁴⁵ that they might keep his precepts
    and observe his laws.^(GK)

Praise the Lord.^[c](GL)