Psalm 103
By David.
[103:1] Praise Yahweh, my soul! All that is within me, praise his holy name! [103:2] Praise Yahweh, my soul, and don't forget all his benefits; [103:3] who forgives all your sins; who heals all your diseases; [103:4] who redeems your life from destruction; who crowns you with loving kindness and tender mercies; [103:5] who satisfies your desire with good things, so that your youth is renewed like the eagle's. [103:6] Yahweh executes righteous acts, and justice for all who are oppressed. [103:7] He made known his ways to Moses, his deeds to the children of Israel. [103:8] Yahweh is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness. [103:9] He will not always accuse; neither will he stay angry forever. [103:10] He has not dealt with us according to our sins, nor repaid us for our iniquities. [103:11] For as the heavens are high above the earth, so great is his loving kindness toward those who fear him. [103:12] As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us. [103:13] Like a father has compassion on his children, so Yahweh has compassion on those who fear him. [103:14] For he knows how we are made. He remembers that we are dust. [103:15] As for man, his days are like grass. As a flower of the field, so he flourishes. [103:16] For the wind passes over it, and it is gone. Its place remembers it no more. [103:17] But Yahweh's loving kindness is from everlasting to everlasting with those who fear him, his righteousness to children's children; [103:18] to those who keep his covenant, to those who remember to obey his precepts. [103:19] Yahweh has established his throne in the heavens. His kingdom rules over all. [103:20] Praise Yahweh, you angels of his, who are mighty in strength, who fulfill his word, obeying the voice of his word. [103:21] Praise Yahweh, all you armies of his, you servants of his, who do his pleasure. [103:22] Praise Yahweh, all you works of his, in all places of his dominion. Praise Yahweh, my soul!
Psalm 104
[104:1] Bless Yahweh, my soul. Yahweh, my God, you are very great. You are clothed with honor and majesty. [104:2] He covers himself with light as with a garment. He stretches out the heavens like a curtain. [104:3] He lays the beams of his chambers in the waters. He makes the clouds his chariot. He walks on the wings of the wind. [104:4] He makes his [messengers] winds; his servants flames of fire. [104:5] He laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be moved forever. [104:6] You covered it with the deep as with a cloak. The waters stood above the mountains. [104:7] At your rebuke they fled. At the voice of your thunder they hurried away. [104:8] The mountains rose, the valleys sank down, to the place which you had assigned to them. [104:9] You have set a boundary that they may not pass over; that they don't turn again to cover the earth. [104:10] He sends forth springs into the valleys. They run among the mountains. [104:11] They give drink to every animal of the field. The wild donkeys quench their thirst. [104:12] The birds of the sky nest by them. They sing among the branches. [104:13] He waters the mountains from his chambers. The earth is filled with the fruit of your works. [104:14] 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: [104:15] wine that makes glad the heart of man, oil to make his face to shine, and bread that strengthens man's heart. [104:16] Yahweh's trees are well watered, the cedars of Lebanon, which he has planted; [104:17] where the birds make their nests. The stork makes its home in the fir trees. [104:18] The high mountains are for the wild goats. The rocks are a refuge for the rock badgers. [104:19] He appointed the moon for seasons. The sun knows when to set. [104:20] You make darkness, and it is night, in which all the animals of the forest prowl. [104:21] The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their food from God. [104:22] The sun rises, and they steal away, and lay down in their dens. [104:23] Man goes forth to his work, to his labor until the evening. [104:24] Yahweh, how many are your works! In wisdom have you made them all. The earth is full of your riches. [104:25] There is the sea, great and wide, in which are innumerable living things, both small and large animals. [104:26] There the ships go, and leviathan, whom you formed to play there. [104:27] These all wait for you, that you may give them their food in due season. [104:28] You give to them; they gather. You open your hand; they are satisfied with good. [104:29] You hide your face: they are troubled; you take away their breath: they die, and return to the dust. [104:30] You send forth your Spirit: they are created. You renew the face of the ground. [104:31] Let the glory of Yahweh endure forever. Let Yahweh rejoice in his works. [104:32] He looks at the earth, and it trembles. He touches the mountains, and they smoke. [104:33] I will sing to Yahweh as long as I live. I will sing praise to my God while I have any being. [104:34] Let your meditation be sweet to him. I will rejoice in Yahweh. [104:35] Let sinners be consumed out of the earth. Let the wicked be no more. Bless Yahweh, my soul. Praise Yah!
Psalm 105
[105:1] Give thanks to Yahweh! Call on his name! Make his doings known among the peoples. [105:2] Sing to him, sing praises to him! Tell of all his marvelous works. [105:3] Glory in his holy name. Let the heart of those who seek Yahweh rejoice. [105:4] Seek Yahweh and his strength. Seek his face forever more. [105:5] Remember his marvelous works that he has done; his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth, [105:6] you seed of Abraham, his servant, you children of Jacob, his chosen ones. [105:7] He is Yahweh, our God. His judgments are in all the earth. [105:8] He has remembered his covenant forever, the word which he commanded to a thousand generations, [105:9] the covenant which he made with Abraham, his oath to Isaac, [105:10] and confirmed the same to Jacob for a statute; to Israel for an everlasting covenant, [105:11] saying, "To you I will give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance;" [105:12] when they were but a few men in number, yes, very few, and foreigners in it. [105:13] They went about from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another people. [105:14] He allowed no one to do them wrong. Yes, he reproved kings for their sakes, [105:15] "Don't touch my anointed ones! Do my prophets no harm!" [105:16] He called for a famine on the land. He destroyed the food supplies. [105:17] He sent a man before them. Joseph was sold for a slave. [105:18] They bruised his feet with shackles. His neck was locked in irons, [105:19] until the time that his word happened, and Yahweh's word proved him true. [105:20] The king sent and freed him; even the ruler of peoples, and let him go free. [105:21] He made him lord of his house, and ruler of all of his possessions; [105:22] to discipline his princes at his pleasure, and to teach his elders wisdom. [105:23] Israel also came into Egypt. Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham. [105:24] He increased his people greatly, and made them stronger than their adversaries. [105:25] He turned their heart to hate his people, to conspire against his servants. [105:26] He sent Moses, his servant, and Aaron, whom he had chosen. [105:27] They performed miracles among them, and wonders in the land of Ham. [105:28] He sent darkness, and made it dark. They didn't rebel against his words. [105:29] He turned their waters into blood, and killed their fish. [105:30] Their land swarmed with frogs, even in the chambers of their kings. [105:31] He spoke, and swarms of flies came, and lice in all their borders. [105:32] He gave them hail for rain, with lightning in their land. [105:33] He struck their vines and also their fig trees, and shattered the trees of their country. [105:34] He spoke, and the locusts came, and the grasshoppers, without number, [105:35] ate up every plant in their land; and ate up the fruit of their ground. [105:36] He struck also all the firstborn in their land, the first fruits of all their manhood. [105:37] He brought them forth with silver and gold. There was not one feeble person among his tribes. [105:38] Egypt was glad when they departed, for the fear of them had fallen on them. [105:39] He spread a cloud for a covering, fire to give light in the night. [105:40] They asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread of the sky. [105:41] He opened the rock, and waters gushed out. They ran as a river in the dry places. [105:42] For he remembered his holy word, and Abraham, his servant. [105:43] He brought forth his people with joy, his chosen with singing. [105:44] He gave them the lands of the nations. They took the labor of the peoples in possession, [105:45] that they might keep his statutes, and observe his laws. Praise Yah!
Psalm 106
[106:1] Praise Yahweh! Give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever. [106:2] Who can utter the mighty acts of Yahweh, or fully declare all his praise? [106:3] Blessed are those who keep justice. Blessed is one who does what is right at all times. [106:4] Remember me, Yahweh, with the favor that you show to your people. Visit me with your salvation, [106:5] 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. [106:6] We have sinned with our fathers. We have committed iniquity. We have done wickedly. [106:7] 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]. [106:8] Nevertheless he saved them for his name's sake, that he might make his mighty power known. [106:9] He rebuked the [Red Sea] also, and it was dried up; so he led them through the depths, as through a desert. [106:10] He saved them from the hand of him who hated them, and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy. [106:11] The waters covered their adversaries. There was not one of them left. [106:12] Then they believed his words. They sang his praise. [106:13] They soon forgot his works. They didn't wait for his counsel, [106:14] but gave in to craving in the desert, and tested God in the wasteland. [106:15] He gave them their request, but sent leanness into their soul. [106:16] They envied Moses also in the camp, and Aaron, Yahweh's saint. [106:17] The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company of Abiram. [106:18] A fire was kindled in their company. The flame burned up the wicked. [106:19] They made a calf in Horeb, and worshiped a molten image. [106:20] Thus they exchanged their glory for an image of a bull that eats grass. [106:21] They forgot God, their Savior, who had done great things in Egypt, [106:22] Wondrous works in the land of Ham, and awesome things by the [Red Sea]. [106:23] 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. [106:24] Yes, they despised the pleasant land. They didn't believe his word, [106:25] but murmured in their tents, and didn't listen to Yahweh's voice. [106:26] Therefore he swore to them that he would overthrow them in the wilderness, [106:27] that he would overthrow their seed among the nations, and scatter them in the lands. [106:28] They joined themselves also to Baal Peor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead. [106:29] Thus they provoked him to anger with their deeds. The plague broke in on them. [106:30] Then Phinehas stood up, and executed judgment, so the plague was stopped. [106:31] That was credited to him for righteousness, for all generations to come. [106:32] They angered him also at the waters of Meribah, so that Moses was troubled for their sakes; [106:33] because they were rebellious against his spirit, he spoke rashly with his lips. [106:34] They didn't destroy the peoples, as Yahweh commanded them, [106:35] but mixed themselves with the nations, and learned their works. [106:36] They served their idols, which became a snare to them. [106:37] Yes, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons. [106:38] 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. [106:39] Thus were they defiled with their works, and prostituted themselves in their deeds. [106:40] Therefore Yahweh burned with anger against his people. He abhorred his inheritance. [106:41] He gave them into the hand of the nations. Those who hated them ruled over them. [106:42] Their enemies also oppressed them. They were brought into subjection under their hand. [106:43] Many times he delivered them, but they were rebellious in their counsel, and were brought low in their iniquity. [106:44] Nevertheless he regarded their distress, when he heard their cry. [106:45] He remembered for them his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his loving kindnesses. [106:46] He made them also to be pitied by all those who carried them captive. [106:47] Save us, Yahweh, our God, gather us from among the nations, to give thanks to your holy name, to triumph in your praise! [106:48] Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel, from everlasting even to everlasting! Let all the people say, "Amen." Praise Yah!
BOOK V