Psalm 103-107

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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)

Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good;^(GO)
    his love endures forever.^(GP)

² Who can proclaim the mighty acts^(GQ) of the Lord
    or fully declare his praise?
³ Blessed are those who act justly,^(GR)
    who always do what is right.^(GS)

⁴ Remember me,^(GT) Lord, when you show favor^(GU) to your people,
    come to my aid^(GV) when you save them,
⁵ that I may enjoy the prosperity^(GW) of your chosen ones,^(GX)
    that I may share in the joy^(GY) of your nation
    and join your inheritance^(GZ) in giving praise.

⁶ We have sinned,^(HA) even as our ancestors^(HB) did;
    we have done wrong and acted wickedly.^(HC)
7 When our ancestors were in Egypt,
    they gave no thought^(HD) to your miracles;
they did not remember^(HE) your many kindnesses,
    and they rebelled by the sea,^(HF) the Red Sea.^[e]
8 Yet he saved them^(HG) for his name’s sake,^(HH)
    to make his mighty power^(HI) known.
⁹ He rebuked^(HJ) the Red Sea, and it dried up;^(HK)
    he led them through^(HL) the depths as through a desert.
¹⁰ He saved them^(HM) from the hand of the foe;^(HN)
    from the hand of the enemy he redeemed them.^(HO)
11 The waters covered^(HP) their adversaries;
    not one of them survived.
¹² Then they believed his promises
    and sang his praise.^(HQ)

¹³ But they soon forgot^(HR) what he had done
    and did not wait for his plan to unfold.^(HS)
14 In the desert^(HT) they gave in to their craving;
    in the wilderness^(HU) they put God to the test.^(HV)
15 So he gave them^(HW) what they asked for,
    but sent a wasting disease^(HX) among them.

¹⁶ In the camp they grew envious^(HY) of Moses
    and of Aaron, who was consecrated to the Lord.
¹⁷ The earth opened^(HZ) up and swallowed Dathan;^(IA)
    it buried the company of Abiram.^(IB)
18 Fire blazed^(IC) among their followers;
    a flame consumed the wicked.
¹⁹ At Horeb they made a calf^(ID)
    and worshiped an idol cast from metal.
²⁰ They exchanged their glorious God^(IE)
    for an image of a bull, which eats grass.
²¹ They forgot the God^(IF) who saved them,
    who had done great things^(IG) in Egypt,
²² miracles in the land of Ham^(IH)
    and awesome deeds^(II) by the Red Sea.
²³ So he said he would destroy^(IJ) them—
    had not Moses, his chosen one,
stood in the breach^(IK) before him
    to keep his wrath from destroying them.

²⁴ Then they despised^(IL) the pleasant land;^(IM)
    they did not believe^(IN) his promise.
²⁵ They grumbled^(IO) in their tents
    and did not obey the Lord.
²⁶ So he swore^(IP) to them with uplifted hand
    that he would make them fall in the wilderness,^(IQ)
27 make their descendants fall among the nations
    and scatter^(IR) them throughout the lands.

²⁸ They yoked themselves to the Baal of Peor^(IS)
    and ate sacrifices offered to lifeless gods;
²⁹ they aroused the Lord’s anger^(IT) by their wicked deeds,^(IU)
    and a plague^(IV) broke out among them.
³⁰ But Phinehas^(IW) stood up and intervened,
    and the plague was checked.^(IX)
31 This was credited to him^(IY) as righteousness
    for endless generations^(IZ) to come.
³² By the waters of Meribah^(JA) they angered the Lord,
    and trouble came to Moses because of them;
³³ for they rebelled^(JB) against the Spirit^(JC) of God,
    and rash words came from Moses’ lips.^[f](JD)

³⁴ They did not destroy^(JE) the peoples
    as the Lord had commanded^(JF) them,
³⁵ but they mingled^(JG) with the nations
    and adopted their customs.
³⁶ They worshiped their idols,^(JH)
    which became a snare^(JI) to them.
³⁷ They sacrificed their sons^(JJ)
    and their daughters to false gods.^(JK)
38 They shed innocent blood,
    the blood of their sons^(JL) and daughters,
whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan,
    and the land was desecrated by their blood.
³⁹ They defiled themselves^(JM) by what they did;
    by their deeds they prostituted^(JN) themselves.

⁴⁰ Therefore the Lord was angry^(JO) with his people
    and abhorred his inheritance.^(JP)
41 He gave them into the hands^(JQ) of the nations,
    and their foes ruled over them.
⁴² Their enemies oppressed^(JR) them
    and subjected them to their power.
⁴³ Many times he delivered them,^(JS)
    but they were bent on rebellion^(JT)
    and they wasted away in their sin.
⁴⁴ Yet he took note of their distress
    when he heard their cry;^(JU)
45 for their sake he remembered his covenant^(JV)
    and out of his great love^(JW) he relented.^(JX)
46 He caused all who held them captive
    to show them mercy.^(JY)

⁴⁷ Save us,^(JZ) Lord our God,
    and gather us^(KA) from the nations,
that we may give thanks^(KB) to your holy name^(KC)
    and glory in your praise.

⁴⁸ Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel,
    from everlasting to everlasting.

Let all the people say, “Amen!”^(KD)

Praise the Lord.

² Let the redeemed^(KG) of the Lord tell their story—
    those he redeemed from the hand of the foe,
³ those he gathered^(KH) from the lands,
    from east and west, from north and south.^[g]

⁴ Some wandered in desert^(KI) wastelands,
    finding no way to a city^(KJ) where they could settle.
⁵ They were hungry^(KK) and thirsty,^(KL)
    and their lives ebbed away.
⁶ Then they cried out^(KM) to the Lord in their trouble,
    and he delivered them from their distress.
⁷ He led them by a straight way^(KN)
    to a city^(KO) where they could settle.
⁸ Let them give thanks^(KP) to the Lord for his unfailing love^(KQ)
    and his wonderful deeds^(KR) for mankind,
⁹ for he satisfies^(KS) the thirsty
    and fills the hungry with good things.^(KT)

¹⁰ Some sat in darkness,^(KU) in utter darkness,
    prisoners suffering^(KV) in iron chains,^(KW)
11 because they rebelled^(KX) against God’s commands
    and despised^(KY) the plans^(KZ) of the Most High.
¹² So he subjected them to bitter labor;
    they stumbled, and there was no one to help.^(LA)
13 Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble,
    and he saved them^(LB) from their distress.
¹⁴ He brought them out of darkness,^(LC) the utter darkness,^(LD)
    and broke away their chains.^(LE)
15 Let them give thanks^(LF) to the Lord for his unfailing love^(LG)
    and his wonderful deeds^(LH) for mankind,
¹⁶ for he breaks down gates of bronze
    and cuts through bars of iron.

¹⁷ Some became fools^(LI) through their rebellious ways^(LJ)
    and suffered affliction^(LK) because of their iniquities.
¹⁸ They loathed all food^(LL)
    and drew near the gates of death.^(LM)
19 Then they cried^(LN) to the Lord in their trouble,
    and he saved them^(LO) from their distress.
²⁰ He sent out his word^(LP) and healed them;^(LQ)
    he rescued^(LR) them from the grave.^(LS)
21 Let them give thanks^(LT) to the Lord for his unfailing love^(LU)
    and his wonderful deeds^(LV) for mankind.
²² Let them sacrifice thank offerings^(LW)
    and tell of his works^(LX) with songs of joy.^(LY)

²³ Some went out on the sea^(LZ) in ships;^(MA)
    they were merchants on the mighty waters.
²⁴ They saw the works of the Lord,^(MB)
    his wonderful deeds in the deep.
²⁵ For he spoke^(MC) and stirred up a tempest^(MD)
    that lifted high the waves.^(ME)
26 They mounted up to the heavens and went down to the depths;
    in their peril^(MF) their courage melted^(MG) away.
²⁷ They reeled^(MH) and staggered like drunkards;
    they were at their wits’ end.
²⁸ Then they cried^(MI) out to the Lord in their trouble,
    and he brought them out of their distress.^(MJ)
29 He stilled the storm^(MK) to a whisper;
    the waves^(ML) of the sea^[h] were hushed.^(MM)
30 They were glad when it grew calm,
    and he guided them^(MN) to their desired haven.
³¹ Let them give thanks^(MO) to the Lord for his unfailing love^(MP)
    and his wonderful deeds^(MQ) for mankind.
³² Let them exalt^(MR) him in the assembly^(MS) of the people
    and praise him in the council of the elders.

³³ He turned rivers into a desert,^(MT)
    flowing springs^(MU) into thirsty ground,
³⁴ and fruitful land into a salt waste,^(MV)
    because of the wickedness of those who lived there.
³⁵ He turned the desert into pools of water^(MW)
    and the parched ground into flowing springs;^(MX)
36 there he brought the hungry to live,
    and they founded a city where they could settle.
³⁷ They sowed fields and planted vineyards^(MY)
    that yielded a fruitful harvest;
³⁸ he blessed them, and their numbers greatly increased,^(MZ)
    and he did not let their herds diminish.^(NA)

³⁹ Then their numbers decreased,^(NB) and they were humbled^(NC)
    by oppression, calamity and sorrow;
⁴⁰ he who pours contempt on nobles^(ND)
    made them wander in a trackless waste.^(NE)
41 But he lifted the needy^(NF) out of their affliction
    and increased their families like flocks.^(NG)
42 The upright see and rejoice,^(NH)
    but all the wicked shut their mouths.^(NI)

⁴³ Let the one who is wise^(NJ) heed these things
    and ponder the loving deeds^(NK) of the Lord.