Psalms 101-110

Psalm 101

A Psalm by David.

I will sing of loving kindness and justice.: To you, Yahweh, I will sing praises.
I will be careful to live a blameless life.: When will you come to me?; I will walk within my house with a blameless heart.
I will set no vile thing before my eyes.: I hate the deeds of faithless men.; They will not cling to me.
A perverse heart will be far from me.: I will have nothing to do with evil.
I will silence whoever secretly slanders his neighbor.: I won’t tolerate one who is haughty and conceited.
My eyes will be on the faithful of the land,: that they may dwell with me.
He who walks in a perfect way,: he will serve me.
He who practices deceit won’t dwell within my house.: He who speaks falsehood won’t be established before my eyes.
Morning by morning, I will destroy all the wicked of the land;: to cut off all the workers of iniquity from Yahweh’s city.

Psalm 102

A Prayer of the afflicted, when he is overwhelmed and pours out his complaint before Yahweh.

Hear my prayer, Yahweh!: Let my cry come to you.
Don’t hide your face from me in the day of my distress.: Turn your ear to me.; Answer me quickly in the day when I call.
For my days consume away like smoke.: My bones are burned as a torch.
My heart is blighted like grass, and withered,: for I forget to eat my bread.
By reason of the voice of my groaning,: my bones stick to my skin.
I am like a pelican of the wilderness.: I have become as an owl of the waste places.; I watch, and have become like a sparrow that is alone on the housetop.
My enemies reproach me all day.: Those who are mad at me use my name as a curse.
For I have eaten ashes like bread,: and mixed my drink with tears,
Because of your indignation and your wrath,: for you have taken me up, and thrown me away.
My days are like a long shadow.: I have withered like grass.

But you, Yahweh, will abide forever;: your renown endures to all generations.
You will arise and have mercy on Zion;: for it is time to have pity on her.; Yes, the set time has come.
For your servants take pleasure in her stones,: and have pity on her dust.
So the nations will fear the name of Yahweh;: all the kings of the earth your glory.
For Yahweh has built up Zion.: He has appeared in his glory.
He has responded to the prayer of the destitute,: and has not despised their prayer.
This will be written for the generation to come.: A people which will be created will praise Yah.
For he has looked down from the height of his sanctuary.: From heaven, Yahweh saw the earth;
to hear the groans of the prisoner;: to free those who are condemned to death;
that men may declare the name of Yahweh in Zion,: and his praise in Jerusalem;
when the peoples are gathered together,: the kingdoms, to serve Yahweh.

He weakened my strength along the course.: He shortened my days.
I said, “My God, don’t take me away in the midst of my days.: Your years are throughout all generations.
Of old, you laid the foundation of the earth.: The heavens are the work of your hands.
They will perish, but you will endure.: Yes, all of them will wear out like a garment.; You will change them like a cloak, and they will be changed.
But you are the same.: Your years will have no end.
The children of your servants will continue.: Their seed will be established before you.”

Psalm 103

By David.

Praise Yahweh, my soul!: All that is within me, praise his holy name!
Praise Yahweh, my soul,: and don’t forget all his benefits;
who forgives all your sins;: who heals all your diseases;
who redeems your life from destruction;: who crowns you with loving kindness and tender mercies;
who satisfies your desire with good things,: so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.
Yahweh executes righteous acts,: and justice for all who are oppressed.
He made known his ways to Moses,: his deeds to the children of Israel.
Yahweh is merciful and gracious,: slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness.
He will not always accuse;: neither will he stay angry forever.
He has not dealt with us according to our sins,: nor repaid us for our iniquities.
For as the heavens are high above the earth,: so great is his loving kindness toward those who fear him.
As far as the east is from the west,: so far has he removed our transgressions from us.
Like a father has compassion on his children,: so Yahweh has compassion on those who fear him.
For he knows how we are made.: He remembers that we are dust.
As for man, his days are like grass.: As a flower of the field, so he flourishes.
For the wind passes over it, and it is gone.: Its place remembers it no more.
But Yahweh’s loving kindness is from everlasting to everlasting with those who fear him,: his righteousness to children’s children;
to those who keep his covenant,: to those who remember to obey his precepts.
Yahweh has established his throne in the heavens.: His kingdom rules over all.
Praise Yahweh, you angels of his,: who are mighty in strength, who fulfill his word,; obeying the voice of his word.
Praise Yahweh, all you armies of his,: you servants of his, who do his pleasure.
Praise Yahweh, all you works of his,: in all places of his dominion.; Praise Yahweh, my soul!

Psalm 104

Bless Yahweh, my soul.: Yahweh, my God, you are very great.; You are clothed with honor and majesty.
He covers himself with light as with a garment.: He stretches out the heavens like a curtain.
He lays the beams of his rooms in the waters.: He makes the clouds his chariot.; He walks on the wings of the wind.
He makes his messengers winds;: his servants flames of fire.
He laid the foundations of the earth,: that it should not be moved forever.
You covered it with the deep as with a cloak.: The waters stood above the mountains.
At your rebuke they fled.: At the voice of your thunder they hurried away.
The mountains rose,: the valleys sank down,; to the place which you had assigned to them.
You have set a boundary that they may not pass over;: that they don’t turn again to cover the earth.
He sends forth springs into the valleys.: They run among the mountains.
They give drink to every animal of the field.: The wild donkeys quench their thirst.
The birds of the sky nest by them.: They sing among the branches.
He waters the mountains from his rooms.: The earth is filled with the fruit of your works.
He causes the grass to grow for the livestock,: and plants for man to cultivate,; that he may bring forth food out of the earth:
wine that makes glad the heart of man,: oil to make his face to shine,; and bread that strengthens man’s heart.
Yahweh’s trees are well watered,: the cedars of Lebanon, which he has planted;
where the birds make their nests.: The stork makes its home in the fir trees.
The high mountains are for the wild goats.: The rocks are a refuge for the rock badgers.
He appointed the moon for seasons.: The sun knows when to set.
You make darkness, and it is night,: in which all the animals of the forest prowl.
The young lions roar after their prey,: and seek their food from God.
The sun rises, and they steal away,: and lay down in their dens.
Man goes forth to his work,: to his labor until the evening.
Yahweh, how many are your works!: In wisdom have you made them all.; The earth is full of your riches.
There is the sea, great and wide,: in which are innumerable living things,; both small and large animals.
There the ships go,: and leviathan, whom you formed to play there.
These all wait for you,: that you may give them their food in due season.
You give to them; they gather.: You open your hand; they are satisfied with good.
You hide your face: they are troubled;: you take away their breath: they die, and return to the dust.
You send forth your Spirit: they are created.: You renew the face of the ground.
Let the glory of Yahweh endure forever.: Let Yahweh rejoice in his works.
He looks at the earth, and it trembles.: He touches the mountains, and they smoke.
I will sing to Yahweh as long as I live.: I will sing praise to my God while I have any being.
Let your meditation be sweet to him.: I will rejoice in Yahweh.
Let sinners be consumed out of the earth.: Let the wicked be no more.; Bless Yahweh, my soul.; Praise Yah!

Psalm 105

Give thanks to Yahweh! Call on his name!: Make his doings known among the peoples.
Sing to him, sing praises to him!: Tell of all his marvelous works.
Glory in his holy name.: Let the heart of those who seek Yahweh rejoice.
Seek Yahweh and his strength.: Seek his face forever more.
Remember his marvelous works that he has done;: his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth,
you seed of Abraham, his servant,: you children of Jacob, his chosen ones.
He is Yahweh, our God.: His judgments are in all the earth.
He has remembered his covenant forever,: the word which he commanded to a thousand generations,
the covenant which he made with Abraham,: his oath to Isaac,
and confirmed the same to Jacob for a statute;: to Israel for an everlasting covenant,
saying, “To you I will give the land of Canaan,: the lot of your inheritance;”
when they were but a few men in number,: yes, very few, and foreigners in it.
They went about from nation to nation,: from one kingdom to another people.
He allowed no one to do them wrong.: Yes, he reproved kings for their sakes,
“Don’t touch my anointed ones!: Do my prophets no harm!”
He called for a famine on the land.: He destroyed the food supplies.
He sent a man before them.: Joseph was sold for a slave.
They bruised his feet with shackles.: His neck was locked in irons,
until the time that his word happened,: and Yahweh’s word proved him true.
The king sent and freed him;: even the ruler of peoples, and let him go free.
He made him lord of his house,: and ruler of all of his possessions;
to discipline his princes at his pleasure,: and to teach his elders wisdom.
Israel also came into Egypt.: Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.
He increased his people greatly,: and made them stronger than their adversaries.
He turned their heart to hate his people,: to conspire against his servants.
He sent Moses, his servant,: and Aaron, whom he had chosen.
They performed miracles among them,: and wonders in the land of Ham.
He sent darkness, and made it dark.: They didn’t rebel against his words.
He turned their waters into blood,: and killed their fish.
Their land swarmed with frogs,: even in the rooms of their kings.
He spoke, and swarms of flies came,: and lice in all their borders.
He gave them hail for rain,: with lightning in their land.
He struck their vines and also their fig trees,: and shattered the trees of their country.
He spoke, and the locusts came,: and the grasshoppers, without number,
ate up every plant in their land;: and ate up the fruit of their ground.
He struck also all the firstborn in their land,: the first fruits of all their manhood.
He brought them forth with silver and gold.: There was not one feeble person among his tribes.
Egypt was glad when they departed,: for the fear of them had fallen on them.
He spread a cloud for a covering,: fire to give light in the night.
They asked, and he brought quails,: and satisfied them with the bread of the sky.
He opened the rock, and waters gushed out.: They ran as a river in the dry places.
For he remembered his holy word,: and Abraham, his servant.
He brought forth his people with joy,: his chosen with singing.
He gave them the lands of the nations.: They took the labor of the peoples in possession,
that they might keep his statutes,: and observe his laws.; Praise Yah!

Psalm 106

Praise Yahweh!: Give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good,; for his loving kindness endures forever.
Who can utter the mighty acts of Yahweh,: or fully declare all his praise?
Blessed are those who keep justice.: Blessed is one who does what is right at all times.
Remember me, Yahweh, with the favor that you show to your people.: Visit me with your salvation,
that I may see the prosperity of your chosen,: that I may rejoice in the gladness of your nation,; that I may glory with your inheritance.

We have sinned with our fathers.: We have committed iniquity.; We have done wickedly.
Our fathers didn’t understand your wonders in Egypt.: They didn’t remember the multitude of your loving kindnesses,; but were rebellious at the sea, even at the Red Sea.
Nevertheless he saved them for his name’s sake,: that he might make his mighty power known.
He rebuked the Red Sea also, and it was dried up;: so he led them through the depths, as through a desert.
He saved them from the hand of him who hated them,: and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.
The waters covered their adversaries.: There was not one of them left.
Then they believed his words.: They sang his praise.

They soon forgot his works.: They didn’t wait for his counsel,; but gave in to craving in the desert,; and tested God in the wasteland.
He gave them their request,: but sent leanness into their soul.
They envied Moses also in the camp,: and Aaron, Yahweh’s saint.
The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan,: and covered the company of Abiram.
A fire was kindled in their company.: The flame burned up the wicked.
They made a calf in Horeb,: and worshiped a molten image.
Thus they exchanged their glory: for an image of a bull that eats grass.
They forgot God, their Savior,: who had done great things in Egypt,; Wondrous works in the land of Ham,; and awesome things by the Red Sea.
Therefore he said that he would destroy them,: had Moses, his chosen, not stood before him in the breach,; to turn away his wrath, so that he wouldn’t destroy them.
Yes, they despised the pleasant land.: They didn’t believe his word,; but murmured in their tents,; and didn’t listen to Yahweh’s voice.
Therefore he swore to them: that he would overthrow them in the wilderness,; that he would overthrow their seed among the nations,; and scatter them in the lands.
They joined themselves also to Baal Peor,: and ate the sacrifices of the dead.
Thus they provoked him to anger with their deeds.: The plague broke in on them.
Then Phinehas stood up, and executed judgment,: so the plague was stopped.
That was credited to him for righteousness,: for all generations to come.
They angered him also at the waters of Meribah,: so that Moses was troubled for their sakes;
because they were rebellious against his spirit,: he spoke rashly with his lips.
They didn’t destroy the peoples,: as Yahweh commanded them,; but mixed themselves with the nations,; and learned their works.
They served their idols,: which became a snare to them.
Yes, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons.: They shed innocent blood,; even the blood of their sons and of their daughters,; whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan.; The land was polluted with blood.
Thus were they defiled with their works,: and prostituted themselves in their deeds.
Therefore Yahweh burned with anger against his people.: He abhorred his inheritance.
He gave them into the hand of the nations.: Those who hated them ruled over them.
Their enemies also oppressed them.: They were brought into subjection under their hand.
Many times he delivered them,: but they were rebellious in their counsel,; and were brought low in their iniquity.
Nevertheless he regarded their distress,: when he heard their cry.
He remembered for them his covenant,: and repented according to the multitude of his loving kindnesses.
He made them also to be pitied: by all those who carried them captive.

Save us, Yahweh, our God,: gather us from among the nations,; to give thanks to your holy name,; to triumph in your praise!

Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel,: from everlasting even to everlasting!
Let all the people say, “Amen.”
Praise Yah!

BOOK V

Psalm 107

Give thanks to Yahweh,: for he is good,
for his loving kindness endures forever.
Let the redeemed by Yahweh say so,: whom he has redeemed from the hand of the adversary,; And gathered out of the lands,; from the east and from the west,; from the north and from the south.
They wandered in the wilderness in a desert way.: They found no city to live in.
Hungry and thirsty,: their soul fainted in them.
Then they cried to Yahweh in their trouble,: and he delivered them out of their distresses,
he led them also by a straight way,: that they might go to a city to live in.
Let them praise Yahweh for his loving kindness,: for his wonderful works to the children of men!

For he satisfies the longing soul.: He fills the hungry soul with good.
Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death,: being bound in affliction and iron,; because they rebelled against the words of God,; and condemned the counsel of the Most High.
Therefore he brought down their heart with labor.: They fell down, and there was none to help.
Then they cried to Yahweh in their trouble,: and he saved them out of their distresses.
He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death,: and broke their bonds in sunder.
Let them praise Yahweh for his loving kindness,: for his wonderful works to the children of men!

For he has broken the gates of brass,: and cut through bars of iron.
Fools are afflicted because of their disobedience,: and because of their iniquities.
Their soul abhors all kinds of food.: They draw near to the gates of death.
Then they cry to Yahweh in their trouble,: he saves them out of their distresses.
He sends his word, and heals them,: and delivers them from their graves.
Let them praise Yahweh for his loving kindness,: for his wonderful works to the children of men!

Let them offer the sacrifices of thanksgiving,: and declare his works with singing.
Those who go down to the sea in ships,: who do business in great waters;; These see Yahweh’s works,; and his wonders in the deep.
For he commands, and raises the stormy wind,: which lifts up its waves.
They mount up to the sky; they go down again to the depths.: Their soul melts away because of trouble.
They reel back and forth, and stagger like a drunken man,: and are at their wits’ end.
Then they cry to Yahweh in their trouble,: and he brings them out of their distress.
He makes the storm a calm,: so that its waves are still.
Then they are glad because it is calm,: so he brings them to their desired haven.
Let them praise Yahweh for his loving kindness,: for his wonderful works for the children of men!

Let them exalt him also in the assembly of the people,: and praise him in the seat of the elders.
He turns rivers into a desert,: water springs into a thirsty ground,; and a fruitful land into a salt waste,; for the wickedness of those who dwell in it.
He turns a desert into a pool of water,: and a dry land into water springs.
There he makes the hungry live,: that they may prepare a city to live in,; sow fields, plant vineyards,; and reap the fruits of increase.
He blesses them also, so that they are multiplied greatly.: He doesn’t allow their livestock to decrease.
Again, they are diminished and bowed down: through oppression, trouble, and sorrow.
He pours contempt on princes,: and causes them to wander in a trackless waste.
Yet he lifts the needy out of their affliction,: and increases their families like a flock.
The upright will see it, and be glad.: All the wicked will shut their mouths.
Whoever is wise will pay attention to these things.: They will consider the loving kindnesses of Yahweh.

Psalm 108

A Song. A Psalm by David.

My heart is steadfast, God.: I will sing and I will make music with my soul.
Wake up, harp and lyre!: I will wake up the dawn.
I will give thanks to you, Yahweh, among the nations.: I will sing praises to you among the peoples.
For your loving kindness is great above the heavens.: Your faithfulness reaches to the skies.
Be exalted, God, above the heavens!: Let your glory be over all the earth.
That your beloved may be delivered,: save with your right hand, and answer us.
God has spoken from his sanctuary: “In triumph,: I will divide Shechem, and measure out the valley of Succoth.
Gilead is mine. Manasseh is mine.: Ephraim also is my helmet.; Judah is my scepter.
Moab is my wash pot.: I will toss my sandal on Edom.; I will shout over Philistia.”
Who will bring me into the fortified city?: Who has led me to Edom?
Haven’t you rejected us, God?: You don’t go forth, God, with our armies.
Give us help against the enemy,: for the help of man is vain.
Through God, we will do valiantly.: For it is he who will tread down our enemies.

Psalm 109

For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David.

God of my praise, don’t remain silent,: for they have opened the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of deceit against me.; They have spoken to me with a lying tongue.
They have also surrounded me with words of hatred,: and fought against me without a cause.
In return for my love, they are my adversaries;: but I am in prayer.
They have rewarded me evil for good,: and hatred for my love.
Set a wicked man over him.: Let an adversary stand at his right hand.
When he is judged, let him come forth guilty.: Let his prayer be turned into sin.
Let his days be few.: Let another take his office.
Let his children be fatherless,: and his wife a widow.
Let his children be wandering beggars.: Let them be sought from their ruins.
Let the creditor seize all that he has.: Let strangers plunder the fruit of his labor.
Let there be none to extend kindness to him,: neither let there be any to have pity on his fatherless children.
Let his posterity be cut off.: In the generation following let their name be blotted out.
Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered by Yahweh.: Don’t let the sin of his mother be blotted out.
Let them be before Yahweh continually,: that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth;
because he didn’t remember to show kindness,: but persecuted the poor and needy man,; the broken in heart, to kill them.
Yes, he loved cursing, and it came to him.: He didn’t delight in blessing, and it was far from him.
He clothed himself also with cursing as with his garment.: It came into his inward parts like water,; like oil into his bones.
Let it be to him as the clothing with which he covers himself,: for the belt that is always around him.
This is the reward of my adversaries from Yahweh,: of those who speak evil against my soul.

But deal with me, Yahweh the Lord, for your name’s sake,: because your loving kindness is good, deliver me;; for I am poor and needy.; My heart is wounded within me.
I fade away like an evening shadow.: I am shaken off like a locust.
My knees are weak through fasting.: My body is thin and lacks fat.
I have also become a reproach to them.: When they see me, they shake their head.
Help me, Yahweh, my God.: Save me according to your loving kindness;
that they may know that this is your hand;: that you, Yahweh, have done it.
They may curse, but you bless.: When they arise, they will be shamed,; but your servant shall rejoice.
Let my adversaries be clothed with dishonor.: Let them cover themselves with their own shame as with a robe.
I will give great thanks to Yahweh with my mouth.: Yes, I will praise him among the multitude.
For he will stand at the right hand of the needy,: to save him from those who judge his soul.

Psalm 110

A Psalm by David.

Yahweh says to my Lord, “Sit at my right hand,: until I make your enemies your footstool for your feet.”
Yahweh will send forth the rod of your strength out of Zion.: Rule in the midst of your enemies.
Your people offer themselves willingly in the day of your power, in holy array.: Out of the womb of the morning, you have the dew of your youth.
Yahweh has sworn, and will not change his mind:: “You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.”
The Lord is at your right hand.: He will crush kings in the day of his wrath.
He will judge among the nations.: He will heap up dead bodies.; He will crush the ruler of the whole earth.
He will drink of the brook in the way;
therefore he will lift up his head.
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