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Psalm 103-107
GOD’S WORD Translation
Psalm 103-107
GOD’S WORD Translation
By David.
103 Praise the Lord, my soul!
Praise his holy name, all that is within me.
2 Praise the Lord, my soul,
and never forget all the good he has done:
3 He is the one who forgives all your sins,
the one who heals all your diseases,
4 the one who rescues your life from the pit,
the one who crowns you with mercy and compassion,
5 the one who fills your life with blessings
so that you become young again like an eagle.
6 The Lord does what is right and fair
for all who are oppressed.
7 He let Moses know his ways.
He let the Israelites know the things he had done.
8 The Lord is compassionate, merciful, patient,
and always ready to forgive.
9 He will not always accuse us of wrong
or be angry ⌞with us⌟ forever.
10 He has not treated us as we deserve for our sins
or paid us back for our wrongs.
11 As high as the heavens are above the earth—
that is how vast his mercy is toward those who fear him.
12 As far as the east is from the west—
that is how far he has removed our rebellious acts from himself.
13 As a father has compassion for his children,
so the Lord has compassion for those who fear him.
14 He certainly knows what we are made of.
He bears in mind that we are dust.
15 Human life is as short-lived as grass.
It blossoms like a flower in the field.
16 When the wind blows over the flower, it disappears,
and there is no longer any sign of it.
17 But from everlasting to everlasting,
the Lord’s mercy is on those who fear him.
His righteousness belongs
to their children and grandchildren,
18 to those who are faithful to his promise,[a]
to those who remember to follow his guiding principles.
19 The Lord has set his throne in heaven.
His kingdom rules everything.
20 Praise the Lord, all his angels,
you mighty beings who carry out his orders
and are ready to obey his spoken orders.
21 Praise the Lord, all his armies,
his servants who carry out his will.
22 Praise the Lord, all his creatures
in all the places of his empire.
Praise the Lord, my soul!
104 Praise the Lord, my soul!
O Lord my God, you are very great.
You are clothed with splendor and majesty.
2 You cover yourself with light as though it were a robe.
You stretch out the heavens as though they were curtains.
3 You lay the beams of your home in the water.
You use the clouds for your chariot.
You move on the wings of the wind.
4 You make your angels winds
and your servants flames of fire.
5 You set the earth on its foundations
so that it can never be shaken.
6 You covered the earth with an ocean as though it were a robe.
Water stood above the mountains
7 and fled because of your threat.
Water ran away at the sound of your thunder.
8 The mountains rose and the valleys sank
to the place you appointed for them.
9 Water cannot cross the boundary you set
and cannot come back to cover the earth.
10 You make water gush from springs into valleys.
It flows between the mountains.
11 Every wild animal drinks ⌞from them⌟.
Wild donkeys quench their thirst.
12 The birds live by the streams.
They sing among the branches.
13 You water the mountains from your home above.
You fill the earth with the fruits of your labors.
14 You make grass grow for cattle
and make vegetables for humans to use
in order to get food from the ground.
15 You make wine to cheer human hearts,
olive oil to make faces shine,
and bread to strengthen human hearts.
16 The Lord’s trees, the cedars in Lebanon which he planted,
drink their fill.
17 Birds build their nests in them.
Storks make their homes in fir trees.
18 The high mountains are for wild goats.
The rocks are a refuge for badgers.
19 He created the moon, which marks the seasons,
and the sun, which knows when to set.
20 He brings darkness, and it is nighttime,
when all the wild animals in the forest come out.
21 The young lions roar for their prey
and seek their food from God.
22 When the sun rises,
they gather and lie down in their dens.
23 Then people go to do their work,
to do their tasks until evening.
24 What a large number of things you have made, O Lord!
You made them all by wisdom.
The earth is filled with your creatures.
25 The sea is so big and wide with countless creatures,
living things both large and small.
26 Ships sail on it,
and Leviathan, which you made, plays in it.
27 All of them look to you to give them their food at the right time.
28 You give it to them, and they gather it up.
You open your hand, and they are filled with blessings.
29 You hide your face, and they are terrified.
You take away their breath, and they die and return to dust.
30 You send out your Spirit, and they are created.
You renew the face of the earth.
31 May the glory of the Lord endure forever.
May the Lord find joy in what he has made.
32 He looks at the earth, and it trembles.
He touches the mountains, and they smoke.
33 I will sing to the Lord throughout my life.
I will make music to praise my God as long as I live.
34 May my thoughts be pleasing to him.
I will find joy in the Lord.
35 May sinners vanish from the world.
May there no longer be any wicked people.
Praise the Lord, my soul!
Hallelujah!
105 Give thanks to the Lord.
Call on him.
Make known among the nations what he has done.
2 Sing to him.
Make music to praise him.
Meditate on all the miracles he has performed.
3 Brag about his holy name.
Let the hearts of those who seek the Lord rejoice.
4 Search for the Lord and his strength.
Always seek his presence.
5 Remember the miracles he performed,
the amazing things he did, and the judgments he pronounced,
6 you descendants of his servant Abraham,
you descendants of Jacob, his chosen ones.
7 He is the Lord our God.
His judgments are pronounced throughout the earth.
8 He always remembers his promise,[b]
the word that he commanded for a thousand generations,
9 the promise that he made to Abraham,
and his sworn oath to Isaac.
10 He confirmed it as a law for Jacob,
as an everlasting promise to Israel,
11 by saying, “I will give you the land of Canaan.
It is your share of the inheritance.”
12 While the people of Israel were few in number,
a small group of foreigners living in that land,
13 they wandered from nation to nation,
from one kingdom to another.
14 He didn’t permit anyone to oppress them.
He warned kings about them:
15 “Do not touch my anointed ones
or harm my prophets.”
16 He brought famine to the land.
He took away their food supply.
17 He sent a man ahead of them.
He sent Joseph, who was sold as a slave.
18 They hurt his feet with shackles,
and cut into his neck with an iron collar.
19 The Lord’s promise tested him through fiery trials
until his prediction came true.
20 The king sent someone to release him.
The ruler of nations set him free.
21 He made Joseph the master of his palace
and the ruler of all his possessions.
22 Joseph trained the king’s officers the way he wanted
and taught his respected leaders wisdom.
23 Then Israel came to Egypt.
Jacob lived as a foreigner in the land of Ham.
24 The Lord made his people grow rapidly in number
and stronger than their enemies.
25 He changed their minds so that they hated his people,
and they dealt treacherously with his servants.
26 He sent his servant Moses, and he sent Aaron, whom he had chosen.
27 They displayed his miraculous signs among them
and did amazing things in the land of Ham.
28 He sent darkness and made ⌞their land⌟ dark.
They did not rebel against his orders.
29 He turned their water into blood
and caused their fish to die.
30 He made their land swarm with frogs,
even in the kings’ bedrooms.
31 He spoke, and swarms of flies and gnats
infested their whole territory.
32 He gave them hail and lightning
instead of rain throughout their land.
33 He struck their grapevines and fig trees
and smashed the trees in their territory.
34 He spoke, and countless locusts and grasshoppers came.
35 They devoured all the plants in the land.
They devoured the crops in the fields.
36 He killed all the firstborn sons,
the first ones born in the land when their fathers were young.
37 He brought Israel out with silver and gold,
and no one among his tribes stumbled.
38 The Egyptians were terrified of Israel,
so they were glad when Israel left.
39 He spread out a cloud as a protective covering
and a fire to light up the night.
40 The Israelites asked, and he brought them quail
and filled them with bread from heaven.
41 He opened a rock, and water gushed
and flowed like a river through the dry places.
42 He remembered his holy promise to his servant Abraham.
43 He brought his people out with joy,
his chosen ones with a song of joy.
44 He gave them the lands of ⌞other⌟ nations,
and they inherited what others had worked for
45 so that they would obey his laws
and follow his teachings.
Hallelujah!
106 Hallelujah!
Give thanks to the Lord because he is good,
because his mercy endures forever.
2 Who can speak about all the mighty things the Lord has done?
Who can announce all the things for which he is worthy of praise?
3 Blessed are those who defend justice
and do what is right at all times.
4 Remember me, O Lord, when you show favor to your people.
Come to help me with your salvation
5 so that I may see the prosperity of your chosen ones,
find joy in our people’s happiness,
and brag with the people who belong to you.
6 We have sinned, and so did our ancestors.
We have done wrong.
We are guilty.
7 When our ancestors were in Egypt,
they gave no thought to your miracles.
They did not remember your numerous acts of mercy,
so they rebelled at the sea, the Red Sea.
8 He saved them because of his reputation
so that he could make his mighty power known.
9 He angrily commanded the Red Sea, and it dried up.
He led them through deep water as though it were a desert.
10 He rescued them from the power of the one who hated them.
He rescued them from the enemy.
11 Water covered their adversaries.
Not one Egyptian survived.
12 Then our ancestors believed what he said.
They sang his praise.
13 They quickly forgot what he did.
They did not wait for his advice.
14 They had an unreasonable desire ⌞for food⌟ in the wilderness.
In the desert they tested God.
15 He gave them what they asked for.
He ⌞also⌟ gave them a degenerative disease.
16 In the camp certain men became envious of Moses.
They also became envious of Aaron, the Lord’s holy one.
17 The ground split open and swallowed Dathan.
It buried Abiram’s followers.
18 A fire broke out among their followers.
Flames burned up wicked people.
19 At Mount Horeb they made ⌞a statue of⌟ a calf.
They worshiped an idol made of metal.
20 They traded their glorious God [c]
for the statue of a bull that eats grass.
21 They forgot God, their savior,
the one who did spectacular things in Egypt,
22 miracles in the land of Ham,
and terrifying things at the Red Sea.
23 God said he was going to destroy them,
but Moses, his chosen one, stood in his way
to prevent him from exterminating them.
24 They refused ⌞to enter⌟ the pleasant land.
They did not believe what he said.
25 They complained in their tents.
They did not obey the Lord.
26 Raising his hand, he swore
that he would kill them in the wilderness,
27 kill their descendants among the nations,
and scatter them throughout various lands.
28 They joined in worshiping the god Baal while they were at Peor,
and they ate what was sacrificed to the dead.
29 They infuriated God by what they did,
and a plague broke out among them.
30 Then Phinehas stood between God and the people,
and the plague was stopped.
31 Because of this, Phinehas was considered righteous forever,
throughout every generation.
32 They made God angry by the water at Meribah.
Things turned out badly for Moses because of what they did,
33 since they made him bitter so that he spoke recklessly.
34 They did not destroy the people as the Lord had told them.
35 Instead, they intermarried with other nations.
They learned to do what other nations did,
36 and they worshiped their idols,
which became a trap for them.
37 They sacrificed their sons and daughters to demons.
38 They shed innocent blood,
the blood of their own sons and daughters
whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan.
The land became polluted with blood.
39 They became filthy because of what they did.
They behaved like prostitutes.
40 The Lord burned with anger against his own people.
He was disgusted with those who belonged to him.
41 He handed them over to other nations,
and those who hated them ruled them.
42 Their enemies oppressed them
and made them subject to their power.
43 He rescued them many times,
but they continued to plot rebellion against him
and to sink deeper because of their sin.
44 He saw that they were suffering
when he heard their cry for help.
45 He remembered his promise [d] to them.
In keeping with his rich mercy, he changed his plans.
46 He let them find compassion
from all those who held them captive.
47 Rescue us, O Lord our God, and gather us from the nations
so that we may give thanks to your holy name
and make your praise our glory.
48 Thanks be to the Lord God of Israel
from everlasting to everlasting.
Let all the people say amen.
Hallelujah!
BOOK FIVE
(Psalms 107–150)
107 Give thanks to the Lord because he is good,
because his mercy endures forever.
2 Let the people the Lord defended repeat these words.
They are the people he defended from the power of their enemies
3 and gathered from other countries,
from the east and from the west,
from the north and from the south.
4 They wandered around the desert on a deserted road
without finding an inhabited city.
5 They were hungry and thirsty.
They began to lose hope.
6 In their distress they cried out to the Lord.
He rescued them from their troubles.
7 He led them on a road that went straight to an inhabited city.
8 Let them give thanks to the Lord because of his mercy.
He performed his miracles for Adam’s descendants.
9 He gave plenty to drink to those who were thirsty.
He filled those who were hungry with good food.
10 Those who lived in the dark, in death’s shadow
were prisoners in misery.
They were held in iron chains
11 because they had rebelled against God’s words and had despised the advice given by the Most High.
12 So he humbled them with hard work.
They fell down, but no one was there to help them.
13 In their distress they cried out to the Lord.
He saved them from their troubles.
14 He brought them out of the dark, out of death’s shadow.
He broke apart their chains.
15 Let them give thanks to the Lord because of his mercy.
He performed his miracles for Adam’s descendants.
16 He shattered bronze gates
and cut iron bars in two.
17 Fools suffered because of their disobedience
and because of their crimes.
18 All food was disgusting to them,
and they came near death’s gates.
19 In their distress they cried out to the Lord.
He saved them from their troubles.
20 He sent his message and healed them.
He rescued them from the grave.
21 Let them give thanks to the Lord because of his mercy.
He performed his miracles for Adam’s descendants.
22 Let them bring songs of thanksgiving as their sacrifice.
Let them tell in joyful songs what he has done.
23 Those who sail on the sea in ships,
who do business on the high seas,
24 have seen what the Lord can do,
the miracles he performed in the depths of the sea.
25 He spoke, and a storm began to blow,
and it made the waves rise high.
26 The sailors aboard ship rose toward the sky.
They plunged into the depths.
Their courage melted in ⌞the face of⌟ disaster.
27 They reeled and staggered like drunks,
and all their skills as sailors became useless.
28 In their distress they cried out to the Lord.
He led them from their troubles.
29 He made the storm calm down,
and the waves became still.
30 The sailors were glad that the storm was quiet.
He guided them to the harbor they had longed for.
31 Let them give thanks to the Lord because of his mercy.
He performed his miracles for Adam’s descendants.
32 Let them glorify him when the people are gathered for worship.
Let them praise him in the company of respected leaders.
33 He changes rivers into a desert,
springs into thirsty ground,
34 and fertile ground into a layer of salt
because of the wickedness of the people living there.
35 He changes deserts into lakes
and dry ground into springs.
36 There he settles those who are hungry,
and they build cities to live in.
37 They plant in fields and vineyards
that produce crops.
38 He blesses them, and their numbers multiply,
and he does not allow a shortage of cattle.
39 They became few in number and were humiliated
because of oppression, disaster, and sorrow.
40 He poured contempt on their influential people
and made them stumble around in a pathless desert.
41 But now he lifts needy people high above suffering
and makes their families like flocks.
42 Decent people will see this and rejoice,
but all the wicked people will shut their mouths.
43 Let those who ⌞think⌟ they are wise
pay attention to these things
so that they may understand the Lord’s blessings.
Psalm 103-107
New International Version
Psalm 103-107
New International Version
Psalm 103
Of David.
1 Praise the Lord,(A) my soul;(B)
all my inmost being, praise his holy name.(C)
2 Praise the Lord,(D) my soul,
and forget not(E) all his benefits—
3 who forgives all your sins(F)
and heals(G) all your diseases,
4 who redeems your life(H) from the pit
and crowns you with love and compassion,(I)
5 who satisfies(J) your desires with good things
so that your youth is renewed(K) like the eagle’s.(L)
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)
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)
Psalm 104
1 Praise the Lord, my soul.(AS)
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.
Psalm 105(DP)
1 Give praise to the Lord,(DQ) proclaim his name;(DR)
make known among the nations what he has done.
2 Sing to him,(DS) sing praise to him;(DT)
tell of all his wonderful acts.(DU)
3 Glory in his holy name;(DV)
let the hearts of those who seek the Lord rejoice.
4 Look to the Lord and his strength;
seek his face(DW) always.
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)
Psalm 106(GM)
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.
BOOK V
Psalms 107–150
Psalm 107
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)
Footnotes
- Psalm 104:4 Or angels
- Psalm 104:35 Hebrew Hallelu Yah; in the Septuagint this line stands at the beginning of Psalm 105.
- Psalm 105:45 Hebrew Hallelu Yah
- Psalm 106:1 Hebrew Hallelu Yah; also in verse 48
- Psalm 106:7 Or the Sea of Reeds; also in verses 9 and 22
- Psalm 106:33 Or against his spirit, / and rash words came from his lips
- Psalm 107:3 Hebrew north and the sea
- Psalm 107:29 Dead Sea Scrolls; Masoretic Text / their waves
Psalm 103-107
King James Version
Psalm 103-107
King James Version
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.
107 O give thanks unto the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.
2 Let the redeemed of the Lord say so, whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy;
3 And gathered them out of the lands, from the east, and from the west, from the north, and from the south.
4 They wandered in the wilderness in a solitary way; they found no city to dwell in.
5 Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them.
6 Then they cried unto the Lord in their trouble, and he delivered them out of their distresses.
7 And he led them forth by the right way, that they might go to a city of habitation.
8 Oh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!
9 For he satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness.
10 Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron;
11 Because they rebelled against the words of God, and contemned the counsel of the most High:
12 Therefore he brought down their heart with labour; they fell down, and there was none to help.
13 Then they cried unto the Lord in their trouble, and he saved them out of their distresses.
14 He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and brake their bands in sunder.
15 Oh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!
16 For he hath broken the gates of brass, and cut the bars of iron in sunder.
17 Fools because of their transgression, and because of their iniquities, are afflicted.
18 Their soul abhorreth all manner of meat; and they draw near unto the gates of death.
19 Then they cry unto the Lord in their trouble, and he saveth them out of their distresses.
20 He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions.
21 Oh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!
22 And let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare his works with rejoicing.
23 They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters;
24 These see the works of the Lord, and his wonders in the deep.
25 For he commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind, which lifteth up the waves thereof.
26 They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths: their soul is melted because of trouble.
27 They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wit's end.
28 Then they cry unto the Lord in their trouble, and he bringeth them out of their distresses.
29 He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still.
30 Then are they glad because they be quiet; so he bringeth them unto their desired haven.
31 Oh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!
32 Let them exalt him also in the congregation of the people, and praise him in the assembly of the elders.
33 He turneth rivers into a wilderness, and the watersprings into dry ground;
34 A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein.
35 He turneth the wilderness into a standing water, and dry ground into watersprings.
36 And there he maketh the hungry to dwell, that they may prepare a city for habitation;
37 And sow the fields, and plant vineyards, which may yield fruits of increase.
38 He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly; and suffereth not their cattle to decrease.
39 Again, they are minished and brought low through oppression, affliction, and sorrow.
40 He poureth contempt upon princes, and causeth them to wander in the wilderness, where there is no way.
41 Yet setteth he the poor on high from affliction, and maketh him families like a flock.
42 The righteous shall see it, and rejoice: and all iniquity shall stop her mouth.
43 Whoso is wise, and will observe these things, even they shall understand the lovingkindness of the Lord.
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