^87:1His foundation is in the holy mountains. ^87:2Jehovah loveth the gates of Zion More than all the dwellings of Jacob. ^87:3Glorious things are spoken of thee, O city of God. Selah ^87:4I will make mention of Rahab and Babylon as among them that know me: Behold, Philistia, and Tyre, with Ethiopia: This one was born there. ^87:5Yea, of Zion it shall be said, This one and that one was born in her; And the Most High himself will establish her. ^87:6Jehovah will count, when he writeth up the peoples, This one was born there. Selah ^87:7They that sing as well as they that dance [shall say], All my fountains are in thee. Psalm 88 A Song, a Psalm of the sons of Korah; for the Chief Musician; set to Mahalath Leannoth. Maschil of Heman the Ezrahite.

^88:1O Jehovah, the God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before thee. ^88:2Let my prayer enter into thy presence; Incline thine ear unto my cry. ^88:3For my soul is full of troubles, And my life draweth nigh unto Sheol. ^88:4I am reckoned with them that go down into the pit; I am as a man that hath no help, ^88:5Cast off among the dead, Like the slain that lie in the grave, Whom thou rememberest no more, And they are cut off from thy hand. ^88:6Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, In dark places, in the deeps. ^88:7Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, And thou hast afflicted me with all thy waves. Selah ^88:8Thou hast put mine acquaintance far from me; Thou hast made me an abomination unto them: I am shut up, and I cannot come forth. ^88:9Mine eye wasteth away by reason of affliction: I have called daily upon thee, O Jehovah; I have spread forth my hands unto thee. ^88:10Wilt thou show wonders to the dead? Shall they that are decreased arise and praise thee? Selah ^88:11Shall thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave? Or thy faithfulness in Destruction? ^88:12Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? And thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness? ^88:13But unto thee, O Jehovah, have I cried; And in the morning shall my prayer come before thee. ^88:14Jehovah, why castest thou off my soul? Why hidest thou thy face from me? ^88:15I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: While I suffer thy terrors I am distracted. ^88:16Thy fierce wrath is gone over me; Thy terrors have cut me off. ^88:17They came round about me like water all the day long; They compassed me about together. ^88:18Lover and friend hast thou put far from me, And mine acquaintance into darkness. Psalm 89 Maschil of Ethan the Ezrahite.

^89:1I will sing of the lovingkindness of Jehovah for ever: With my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations. ^89:2For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever; Thy faithfulness wilt thou establish in the very heavens. ^89:3I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant: ^89:4Thy seed will I establish for ever, And build up thy throne to all generations. Selah ^89:5And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O Jehovah; Thy faithfulness also in the assembly of the holy ones. ^89:6For who in the skies can be compared unto Jehovah? Who among the sons of the mighty is like unto Jehovah, ^89:7A God very terrible in the council of the holy ones, And to be feared above all them that are round about him? ^89:8O Jehovah God of hosts, Who is a mighty one, like unto thee, O Jehovah? And thy faithfulness is round about thee. ^89:9Thou rulest the pride of the sea: When the waves thereof arise, thou stillest them. ^89:10Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; Thou hast scattered thine enemies with the arm of thy strength. ^89:11The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: The world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them. ^89:12The north and the south, thou hast created them: Tabor and Hermon rejoice in thy name. ^89:13Thou hast a mighty arm; Strong is thy hand, and high is thy right hand. ^89:14Righteousness and justice are the foundation of thy throne: Lovingkindness and truth go before thy face. ^89:15Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: They walk, O Jehovah, in the light of thy countenance. ^89:16In thy name do they rejoice all the day; And in thy righteousness are they exalted. ^89:17For thou art the glory of their strength; And in thy favor our horn shall be exalted. ^89:18For our shield belongeth unto Jehovah; And our king to the Holy One of Israel. ^89:19Then thou spakest in vision to thy saints, And saidst, I have laid help upon one that is mighty; I have exalted one chosen out of the people. ^89:20I have found David my servant; With my holy oil have I anointed him: ^89:21With whom my hand shall be established; Mine arm also shall strengthen him. ^89:22The enemy shall not exact from him, Nor the son of wickedness afflict him. ^89:23And I will beat down his adversaries before him, And smite them that hate him. ^89:24But my faithfulness and my lovingkindness shall be with him; And in my name shall his horn be exalted. ^89:25I will set his hand also on the sea, And his right hand on the rivers. ^89:26He shall cry unto me, Thou art my Father, My God, and the rock of my salvation. ^89:27I also will make him [my] first-born, The highest of the kings of the earth. ^89:28My lovingkindness will I keep for him for evermore; And my covenant shall stand fast with him. ^89:29His seed also will I make to endure for ever, And his throne as the days of heaven. ^89:30If his children forsake my law, And walk not in mine ordinances; ^89:31If they break my statutes, And keep not my commandments; ^89:32Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, And their iniquity with stripes. ^89:33But my lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him, Nor suffer my faithfulness to fail. ^89:34My covenant will I not break, Nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips. ^89:35Once have I sworn by my holiness: I will not lie unto David: ^89:36His seed shall endure for ever, And his throne as the sun before me. ^89:37It shall be established for ever as the moon, And [as] the faithful witness in the sky. Selah ^89:38But thou hast cast off and rejected, Thou hast been wroth with thine anointed. ^89:39Thou hast abhorred the covenant of thy servant: Thou hast profaned his crown [by casting it] to the ground. ^89:40Thou hast broken down all his hedges; Thou hast brought his strongholds to ruin. ^89:41All that pass by the way rob him: He is become a reproach to his neighbors. ^89:42Thou hast exalted the right hand of his adversaries; Thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice. ^89:43Yea, thou turnest back the edge of his sword, And hast not made him to stand in the battle. ^89:44Thou hast made his brightness to cease, And cast his throne down to the ground. ^89:45The days of his youth hast thou shortened: Thou hast covered him with shame. Selah ^89:46How long, O Jehovah? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? [How long] shall thy wrath burn like fire? ^89:47Oh remember how short my time is: For what vanity hast thou created all the children of men! ^89:48What man is he that shall live and not see death, That shall deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah ^89:49Lord, where are thy former lovingkindnesses, Which thou swarest unto David in thy faithfulness? ^89:50Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants; How I do bear in my bosom [the reproach of] all the mighty peoples, ^89:51Wherewith thine enemies have reproached, O Jehovah, Wherewith they have reproached the footsteps of thine anointed. ^89:52Blessed be Jehovah for evermore. Amen, and Amen. BOOK IV Psalm 90 A Prayer of Moses the man of God.

^90:1Lord, thou hast been our dwelling-place In all generations. ^90:2Before the mountains were brought forth, Or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, Even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God. ^90:3Thou turnest man to destruction, And sayest, Return, ye children of men. ^90:4For a thousand years in thy sight Are but as yesterday when it is past, And as a watch in the night. ^90:5Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: In the morning they are like grass which groweth up. ^90:6In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up; In the evening it is cut down, and withereth. ^90:7For we are consumed in thine anger, And in thy wrath are we troubled. ^90:8Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, Our secret sins in the light of thy countenance. ^90:9For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: We bring our years to an end as a sigh. ^90:10The days of our years are threescore years and ten, Or even by reason of strength fourscore years; Yet is their pride but labor and sorrow; For it is soon gone, and we fly away. ^90:11Who knoweth the power of thine anger, And thy wrath according to the fear that is due unto thee? ^90:12So teach us to number our days, That we may get us a heart of wisdom. ^90:13Return, O Jehovah; how long? And let it repent thee concerning thy servants. ^90:14Oh satisfy us in the morning with thy lovingkindness, That we may rejoice and be glad all our days. ^90:15Make us glad according to the days wherein thou hast afflicted us, And the years wherein we have seen evil. ^90:16Let thy work appear unto thy servants, And thy glory upon their children. ^90:17And let the favor of the Lord our God be upon us; And establish thou the work of our hands upon us; Yea, the work of our hands establish thou it. Psalm 91

^91:1He that dwelleth in the secret place of the Most High Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. ^91:2I will say of Jehovah, He is my refuge and my fortress; My God, in whom I trust. ^91:3For he will deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, And from the deadly pestilence. ^91:4He will cover thee with his pinions, And under his wings shalt thou take refuge: His truth is a shield and a buckler. ^91:5Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night, Nor for the arrow that flieth by day; ^91:6For the pestilence that walketh in darkness, Nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday. ^91:7A thousand shall fall at thy side, And ten thousand at thy right hand; [But] it shall not come nigh thee. ^91:8Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold, And see the reward of the wicked. ^91:9For thou, O Jehovah, art my refuge! Thou hast made the Most High thy habitation; ^91:10There shall no evil befall thee, Neither shall any plague come nigh thy tent. ^91:11For he will give his angels charge over thee, To keep thee in all thy ways. ^91:12They shall bear thee up in their hands, Lest thou dash thy foot against a stone. ^91:13Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: The young lion and the serpent shalt thou trample under foot. ^91:14Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name. ^91:15He shall call upon me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble: I will deliver him, and honor him. ^91:16With long life will I satisfy him, And show him my salvation. Psalm 92 A Psalm, a Song for the sabbath day.

^92:1It is a good thing to give thanks unto Jehovah, And to sing praises unto thy name, O Most High; ^92:2To show forth thy lovingkindness in the morning, And thy faithfulness every night, ^92:3With an instrument of ten strings, and with the psaltery; With a solemn sound upon the harp. ^92:4For thou, Jehovah, hast made me glad through thy work: I will triumph in the works of thy hands. ^92:5How great are thy works, O Jehovah! Thy thoughts are very deep. ^92:6A brutish man knoweth not; Neither doth a fool understand this: ^92:7When the wicked spring as the grass, And when all the workers of iniquity do flourish; It is that they shall be destroyed for ever. ^92:8But thou, O Jehovah, art on high for evermore. ^92:9For, lo, thine enemies, O Jehovah, For, lo, thine enemies shall perish; All the workers of iniquity shall be scattered. ^92:10But my horn hast thou exalted like [the horn of] the wild-ox: I am anointed with fresh oil. ^92:11Mine eye also hath seen [my desire] on mine enemies, Mine ears have heard [my desire] of the evil-doers that rise up against me. ^92:12The righteous shall flourish like the palm-tree: He shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon. ^92:13They are planted in the house of Jehovah; They shall flourish in the courts of our God. ^92:14They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; They shall be full of sap and green: ^92:15To show that Jehovah is upright; He is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him. Psalm 93

^93:1Jehovah reigneth; he is clothed with majesty; Jehovah is clothed with strength; he hath girded himself therewith: The world also is established, that it cannot be moved. ^93:2Thy throne is established of old: Thou art from everlasting. ^93:3The floods have lifted up, O Jehovah, The floods have lifted up their voice; The floods lift up their waves. ^93:4Above the voices of many waters, The mighty breakers of the sea, Jehovah on high is mighty. ^93:5Thy testimonies are very sure: Holiness becometh thy house, O Jehovah, for evermore. Psalm 94

^94:1O Jehovah, thou God to whom vengeance belongeth, Thou God to whom vengeance belongeth, shine forth. ^94:2Lift up thyself, thou judge of the earth: Render to the proud [their] desert. ^94:3Jehovah, how long shall the wicked, How long shall the wicked triumph? ^94:4They prate, they speak arrogantly: All the workers of iniquity boast themselves. ^94:5They break in pieces thy people, O Jehovah, And afflict thy heritage. ^94:6They slay the widow and the sojourner, And murder the fatherless. ^94:7And they say, Jehovah will not see, Neither will the God of Jacob consider. ^94:8Consider, ye brutish among the people; And ye fools, when will ye be wise? ^94:9He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? He that formed the eye, shall he not see? ^94:10He that chastiseth the nations, shall not he correct, [Even] he that teacheth man knowledge? ^94:11Jehovah knoweth the thoughts of man, That they are vanity. ^94:12Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O Jehovah, And teachest out of thy law; ^94:13That thou mayest give him rest from the days of adversity, Until the pit be digged for the wicked. ^94:14For Jehovah will not cast off his people, Neither will he forsake his inheritance. ^94:15For judgment shall return unto righteousness; And all the upright in heart shall follow it. ^94:16Who will rise up for me against the evil-doers? Who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity? ^94:17Unless Jehovah had been my help, My soul had soon dwelt in silence. ^94:18When I said, My foot slippeth; Thy lovingkindness, O Jehovah, held me up. ^94:19In the multitude of my thoughts within me Thy comforts delight my soul. ^94:20Shall the throne of wickedness have fellowship with thee, Which frameth mischief by statute? ^94:21They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, And condemn the innocent blood. ^94:22But Jehovah hath been my high tower, And my God the rock of my refuge. ^94:23And he hath brought upon them their own iniquity, And will cut them off in their own wickedness; Jehovah our God will cut them off. Psalm 95

^95:1Oh come, let us sing unto Jehovah; Let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation. ^95:2Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving; Let us make a joyful noise unto him with psalms. ^95:3For Jehovah is a great God, And a great King above all gods. ^95:4In his hand are the deep places of the earth; The heights of the mountains are his also. ^95:5The sea is his, and he made it; And his hands formed the dry land. ^95:6Oh come, let us worship and bow down; Let us kneel before Jehovah our Maker: ^95:7For he is our God, And we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. To-day, oh that ye would hear his voice! ^95:8Harden not your heart, as at Meribah, As in the day of Massah in the wilderness; ^95:9When your fathers tempted me, Proved me, and saw my work. ^95:10Forty years long was I grieved with [that] generation, And said, It is a people that do err in their heart, And they have not known my ways: ^95:11Wherefore I sware in my wrath, That they should not enter into my rest. Psalm 96

^96:1Oh sing unto Jehovah a new song: Sing unto Jehovah, all the earth. ^96:2Sing unto Jehovah, bless his name; Show forth his salvation from day to day. ^96:3Declare his glory among the nations, His marvellous works among all the peoples. ^96:4For great is Jehovah, and greatly to be praised: He is to be feared above all gods. ^96:5For all the gods of the peoples are idols; But Jehovah made the heavens. ^96:6Honor and majesty are before him: Strength and beauty are in his sanctuary. ^96:7Ascribe unto Jehovah, ye kindreds of the peoples, Ascribe unto Jehovah glory and strength. ^96:8Ascribe unto Jehovah the glory due unto his name: Bring an offering, and come into his courts. ^96:9Oh worship Jehovah in holy array: Tremble before him, all the earth. ^96:10Say among the nations, Jehovah reigneth: The world also is established that it cannot be moved: He will judge the peoples with equity. ^96:11Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice; Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof; ^96:12Let the field exult, and all that is therein; Then shall all the trees of the wood sing for joy ^96:13Before Jehovah; for he cometh, For he cometh to judge the earth: He will judge the world with righteousness, And the peoples with his truth. Psalm 97

^97:1Jehovah reigneth; let the earth rejoice; Let the multitude of isles be glad. ^97:2Clouds and darkness are round about him: Righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne. ^97:3A fire goeth before him, And burneth up his adversaries round about. ^97:4His lightnings lightened the world: The earth saw, and trembled. ^97:5The mountains melted like wax at the presence of Jehovah, At the presence of the Lord of the whole earth. ^97:6The heavens declare his righteousness, And all the peoples have seen his glory. ^97:7Let all them be put to shame that serve graven images, That boast themselves of idols: Worship him, all ye gods. ^97:8Zion heard and was glad, And the daughters of Judah rejoiced, Because of thy judgments, O Jehovah. ^97:9For thou, Jehovah, art most high above all the earth: Thou art exalted far above all gods. ^97:10O ye that love Jehovah, hate evil: He preserveth the souls of his saints; He delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked. ^97:11Light is sown for the righteous, And gladness for the upright in heart. ^97:12Be glad in Jehovah, ye righteous; And give thanks to his holy memorial [name]. Psalm 98 A Psalm.

^98:1Oh sing unto Jehovah a new song; For he hath done marvellous things: His right hand, and his holy arm, hath wrought salvation for him. ^98:2Jehovah hath made known his salvation: His righteousness hath he openly showed in the sight of the nations. ^98:3He hath remembered his lovingkindness and his faithfulness toward the house of Israel: All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God. ^98:4Make a joyful noise unto Jehovah, all the earth: Break forth and sing for joy, yea, sing praises. ^98:5Sing praises unto Jehovah with the harp; With the harp and the voice of melody. ^98:6With trumpets and sound of cornet Make a joyful noise before the King, Jehovah. ^98:7Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof; The world, and they that dwell therein; ^98:8Let the floods clap their hands; Let the hills sing for joy together ^98:9Before Jehovah; for he cometh to judge the earth: He will judge the world with righteousness, And the peoples with equity. Psalm 99

^99:1Jehovah reigneth; let the peoples tremble: He sitteth [above] the cherubim; let the earth be moved. ^99:2Jehovah is great in Zion; And he is high above all the peoples. ^99:3Let them praise thy great and terrible name: Holy is he. ^99:4The king`s strength also loveth justice; Thou dost establish equity; Thou executest justice and righteousness in Jacob. ^99:5Exalt ye Jehovah our God, And worship at his footstool: Holy is he. ^99:6Moses and Aaron among his priests, And Samuel among them that call upon his name; They called upon Jehovah, and he answered them. ^99:7He spake unto them in the pillar of cloud: They kept his testimonies, And the statute that he gave them. ^99:8Thou answeredst them, O Jehovah our God: Thou wast a God that forgavest them, Though thou tookest vengeance of their doings. ^99:9Exalt ye Jehovah our God, And worship at his holy hill; For Jehovah our God is holy. Psalm 100 A Psalm of thanksgiving.

^100:1Make a joyful noise unto Jehovah, all ye lands. ^100:2Serve Jehovah with gladness: Come before his presence with singing. ^100:3Know ye that Jehovah, he is God: It is he that hath made us, and we are his; We are his people, and the sheep of his pasture. ^100:4Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, And into his courts with praise: Give thanks unto him, and bless his name. ^100:5For Jehovah is good; his lovingkindness [endureth] for ever, And his faithfulness unto all generations. Psalm 101 A Psalm of David.

^101:1I will sing of lovingkindness and justice: Unto thee, O Jehovah, will I sing praises. ^101:2I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way: Oh when wilt thou come unto me? I will walk within my house with a perfect heart. ^101:3I will set no base thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; It shall not cleave unto me. ^101:4A perverse heart shall depart from me: I will know no evil thing. ^101:5Whoso privily slandereth his neighbor, him will I destroy: Him that hath a high look and a proud heart will I not suffer. ^101:6Mine eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me: He that walketh in a perfect way, he shall minister unto me. ^101:7He that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house: He that speaketh falsehood shall not be established before mine eyes. ^101:8Morning by morning will I destroy all the wicked of the land; To cut off all the workers of iniquity from the city of Jehovah. Psalm 102 A Prayer of the afflicted, when he is overwhelmed, and poureth out his complaint before Jehovah.

^102:1Hear my prayer, O Jehovah, And let my cry come unto thee. ^102:2Hide not thy face from me in the day of my distress: Incline thine ear unto me; In the day when I call answer me speedily. ^102:3For my days consume away like smoke, And my bones are burned as a firebrand. ^102:4My heart is smitten like grass, and withered; For I forget to eat my bread. ^102:5By reason of the voice of my groaning My bones cleave to my flesh. ^102:6I am like a pelican of the wilderness; I am become as an owl of the waste places. ^102:7I watch, and am become like a sparrow That is alone upon the house-top. ^102:8Mine enemies reproach me all the day; They that are mad against me do curse by me. ^102:9For I have eaten ashes like bread, And mingled my drink with weeping, ^102:10Because of thine indignation and thy wrath: For thou hast taken me up, and cast me away. ^102:11My days are like a shadow that declineth; And I am withered like grass. ^102:12But thou, O Jehovah, wilt abide for ever; And thy memorial [name] unto all generations. ^102:13Thou wilt arise, and have mercy upon Zion; For it is time to have pity upon her, Yea, the set time is come. ^102:14For thy servants take pleasure in her stones, And have pity upon her dust. ^102:15So the nations shall fear the name of Jehovah, And all the kings of the earth thy glory. ^102:16For Jehovah hath built up Zion; He hath appeared in his glory. ^102:17He hath regarded the prayer of the destitute, And hath not despised their prayer. ^102:18This shall be written for the generation to come; And a people which shall be created shall praise Jehovah. ^102:19For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary; From heaven did Jehovah behold the earth; ^102:20To hear the sighing of the prisoner; To loose those that are appointed to death; ^102:21That men may declare the name of Jehovah in Zion, And his praise in Jerusalem; ^102:22When the peoples are gathered together, And the kingdoms, to serve Jehovah. ^102:23He weakened my strength in the way; He shortened my days. ^102:24I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days: Thy years are throughout all generations. ^102:25Of old didst thou lay the foundation of the earth; And the heavens are the work of thy hands. ^102:26They shall perish, but thou shalt endure; Yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; As a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed: ^102:27But thou art the same, And thy years shall have no end. ^102:28The children of thy servants shall continue, And their seed shall be established before thee. Psalm 103 [A Psalm] of David.

^103:1Bless Jehovah, O my soul; And all that is within me, [bless] his holy name. ^103:2Bless Jehovah, O my soul, And forget not all his benefits: ^103:3Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; Who healeth all thy diseases; ^103:4Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; Who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies; ^103:5Who satisfieth thy desire with good things, [So that] thy youth is renewed like the eagle. ^103:6Jehovah executeth righteous acts, And judgments for all that are oppressed. ^103:7He made known his ways unto Moses, His doings unto the children of Israel. ^103:8Jehovah is merciful and gracious, Slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness. ^103:9He will not always chide; Neither will he keep [his anger] for ever. ^103:10He hath not dealt with us after our sins, Nor rewarded us after our iniquities. ^103:11For as the heavens are high above the earth, So great is his lovingkindness toward them that fear him. ^103:12As far as the east is from the west, So far hath he removed our transgressions from us. ^103:13Like as a father pitieth his children, So Jehovah pitieth them that fear him. ^103:14For he knoweth our frame; He remembereth that we are dust. ^103:15As for man, his days are as grass; As a flower of the field, so he flourisheth. ^103:16For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; And the place thereof shall know it no more. ^103:17But the lovingkindness of Jehovah is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, And his righteousness unto children`s children; ^103:18To such as keep his covenant, And to those that remember his precepts to do them. ^103:19Jehovah hath established his throne in the heavens; And his kingdom ruleth over all. ^103:20Bless Jehovah, ye his angels, That are mighty in strength, that fulfil his word, Hearkening unto the voice of his word. ^103:21Bless Jehovah, all ye his hosts, Ye ministers of his, that do his pleasure. ^103:22Bless Jehovah, all ye his works, In all places of his dominion: Bless Jehovah, O my soul. Psalm 104

^104:1Bless Jehovah, O my soul. O Jehovah my God, thou art very great; Thou art clothed with honor and majesty: ^104:2Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment; Who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain; ^104:3Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters; Who maketh the clouds his chariot; Who walketh upon the wings of the wind; ^104:4Who maketh winds his messengers; Flames of fire his ministers; ^104:5Who laid the foundations of the earth, That it should not be moved for ever. ^104:6Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a vesture; The waters stood above the mountains. ^104:7At thy rebuke they fled; At the voice of thy thunder they hasted away ^104:8(The mountains rose, the valleys sank down) Unto the place which thou hadst founded for them. ^104:9Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over; That they turn not again to cover the earth. ^104:10He sendeth forth springs into the valleys; They run among the mountains; ^104:11They give drink to every beast of the field; The wild asses quench their thirst. ^104:12By them the birds of the heavens have their habitation; They sing among the branches. ^104:13He watereth the mountains from his chambers: The earth is filled with the fruit of thy works. ^104:14He 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, ^104:15And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, [And] oil to make his face to shine, And bread that strengtheneth man`s heart. ^104:16The trees of Jehovah are filled [with moisture], The cedars of Lebanon, which he hath planted; ^104:17Where the birds make their nests: As for the stork, the fir-trees are her house. ^104:18The high mountains are for the wild goats; The rocks are a refuge for the conies. ^104:19He appointed the moon for seasons: The sun knoweth his going down. ^104:20Thou makest darkness, and it is night, Wherein all the beasts of the forest creep forth. ^104:21The young lions roar after their prey, And seek their food from God. ^104:22The sun ariseth, they get them away, And lay them down in their dens. ^104:23Man goeth forth unto his work And to his labor until the evening. ^104:24O Jehovah, how manifold are thy works! In wisdom hast thou made them all: The earth is full of thy riches. ^104:25Yonder is the sea, great and wide, Wherein are things creeping innumerable, Both small and great beasts. ^104:26There go the ships; There is leviathan, whom thou hast formed to play therein. ^104:27These wait all for thee, That thou mayest give them their food in due season. ^104:28Thou givest unto them, they gather; Thou openest thy hand, they are satisfied with good. ^104:29Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled; Thou takest away their breath, they die, And return to their dust. ^104:30Thou sendest forth thy Spirit, they are created; And thou renewest the face of the ground. ^104:31Let the glory of Jehovah endure for ever; Let Jehovah rejoice in his works: ^104:32Who looketh on the earth, and it trembleth; He toucheth the mountains, and they smoke. ^104:33I will sing unto Jehovah as long as I live: I will sing praise to my God while I have any being. ^104:34Let thy meditation be sweet unto him: I will rejoice in Jehovah. ^104:35Let sinners be consumed out of the earth. And let the wicked be no more. Bless Jehovah, O my soul. Praise ye Jehovah. Psalm 105

^105:1Oh give thanks unto Jehovah, call upon his name; Make known among the peoples his doings. ^105:2Sing unto him, sing praises unto him; Talk ye of all his marvelous works. ^105:3Glory ye in his holy name: Let the heart of them rejoice that seek Jehovah. ^105:4Seek ye Jehovah and his strength; Seek his face evermore. ^105:5Remember his marvellous works that he hath done, His wonders, and the judgments of his mouth, ^105:6O ye seed of Abraham his servant, Ye children of Jacob, his chosen ones. ^105:7He is Jehovah our God: His judgments are in all the earth. ^105:8He hath remembered his covenant for ever, The word which he commanded to a thousand generations, ^105:9[The covenant] which he made with Abraham, And his oath unto Isaac, ^105:10And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a statute, To Israel for an everlasting covenant, ^105:11Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, The lot of your inheritance; ^105:12When they were but a few men in number, Yea, very few, and sojourners in it. ^105:13And they went about from nation to nation, From one kingdom to another people. ^105:14He suffered no man to do them wrong; Yea, he reproved kings for their sakes, ^105:15[Saying], Touch not mine anointed ones, And do my prophets no harm. ^105:16And he called for a famine upon the land; He brake the whole staff of bread. ^105:17He sent a man before them; Joseph was sold for a servant: ^105:18His feet they hurt with fetters: He was laid in [chains of] iron, ^105:19Until the time that his word came to pass, The word of Jehovah tried him. ^105:20The king sent and loosed him; Even the ruler of peoples, and let him go free. ^105:21He made him lord of his house, And ruler of all his substance; ^105:22To bind his princes at his pleasure, And teach his elders wisdom. ^105:23Israel also came into Egypt; And Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham. ^105:24And he increased his people greatly, And made them stronger than their adversaries. ^105:25He turned their heart to hate his people, To deal subtly with his servants. ^105:26He sent Moses his servant, [And] Aaron whom he had chosen. ^105:27They set among them his signs, And wonders in the land of Ham. ^105:28He sent darkness, and made it dark; And they rebelled not against his words. ^105:29He turned their waters into blood, And slew their fish. ^105:30Their land swarmed with frogs In the chambers of their kings. ^105:31He spake, and there came swarms of flies, And lice in all their borders. ^105:32He gave them hail for rain, [And] flaming fire in their land. ^105:33He smote their vines also and their fig-trees, And brake the trees of their borders. ^105:34He spake, and the locust came, And the grasshopper, and that without number, ^105:35And did eat up every herb in their land, And did eat up the fruit of their ground. ^105:36He smote also all the first-born in their land, The chief of all their strength. ^105:37And he brought them forth with silver and gold; And there was not one feeble person among his tribes. ^105:38Egypt was glad when they departed; For the fear of them had fallen upon them. ^105:39He spread a cloud for a covering, And fire to give light in the night. ^105:40They asked, and he brought quails, And satisfied them with the bread of heaven. ^105:41He opened the rock, and waters gushed out; They ran in the dry places [like] a river. ^105:42For he remembered his holy word, [And] Abraham his servant. ^105:43And he brought forth his people with joy, [And] his chosen with singing. ^105:44And he gave them the lands of the nations; And they took the labor of the peoples in possession: ^105:45That they might keep his statutes, And observe his laws. Praise ye Jehovah. Psalm 106

^106:1Praise ye Jehovah. Oh give thanks unto Jehovah; for he is good; For his lovingkindness [endureth] forever. ^106:2Who can utter the mighty acts of Jehovah, Or show forth all his praise? ^106:3Blessed are they that keep justice, And he that doeth righteousness at all times. ^106:4Remember me, O Jehovah, with the favor that thou bearest unto thy people; Oh visit me with thy salvation, ^106:5That I may see the prosperity of thy chosen, That I may rejoice in the gladness of thy nation, That I may glory with thine inheritance. ^106:6We have sinned with our fathers, We have committed iniquity, we have done wickedly. ^106:7Our fathers understood not thy wonders in Egypt; They remembered not the multitude of thy lovingkindnesses, But were rebellious at the sea, even at the Red Sea. ^106:8Nevertheless he saved them for his name`s sake, That he might make his mighty power to be known. ^106:9He rebuked the Red Sea also, and it was dried up: So he led them through the depths, as through a wilderness. ^106:10And he saved them from the hand of him that hated them, And redeemed them from the hand of the enemy. ^106:11And the waters covered their adversaries; There was not one of them left. ^106:12Then believed they his words; They sang his praise. ^106:13They soon forgat his works; They waited not for his counsel, ^106:14But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, And tempted God in the desert. ^106:15And he gave them their request, But sent leanness into their soul. ^106:16They envied Moses also in the camp, [And] Aaron the saint of Jehovah. ^106:17The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, And covered the company of Abiram. ^106:18And a fire was kindled in their company; The flame burned up the wicked. ^106:19They made a calf in Horeb, And worshipped a molten image. ^106:20Thus they changed their glory For the likeness of an ox that eateth grass. ^106:21They forgat God their Saviour, Who had done great things in Egypt, ^106:22Wondrous works in the land of Ham, [And] terrible things by the Red Sea. ^106:23Therefore 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]. ^106:24Yea, they despised the pleasant land, They believed not his word, ^106:25But murmured in their tents, And hearkened not unto the voice of Jehovah. ^106:26Therefore he sware unto them, That he would overthrow them in the wilderness, ^106:27And that he would overthrow their seed among the nations, And scatter them in the lands. ^106:28They joined themselves also unto Baal-peor, And ate the sacrifices of the dead. ^106:29Thus they provoked him to anger with their doings; And the plague brake in upon them. ^106:30Then stood up Phinehas, and executed judgment; And so the plague was stayed. ^106:31And that was reckoned unto him for righteousness, Unto all generations for evermore. ^106:32They angered him also at the waters of Meribah, So that it went ill with Moses for their sakes; ^106:33Because they were rebellious against his spirit, And he spake unadvisedly with his lips. ^106:34They did not destroy the peoples, As Jehovah commanded them, ^106:35But mingled themselves with the nations, And learned their works, ^106:36And served their idols, Which became a snare unto them. ^106:37Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto demons, ^106:38And 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. ^106:39Thus were they defiled with their works, And played the harlot in their doings. ^106:40Therefore was the wrath of Jehovah kindled against his people, And he abhorred his inheritance. ^106:41And he gave them into the hand of the nations; And they that hated them ruled over them. ^106:42Their enemies also oppressed them, And they were brought into subjection under their hand. ^106:43Many times did he deliver them; But they were rebellious in their counsel, And were brought low in their iniquity. ^106:44Nevertheless he regarded their distress, When he heard their cry: ^106:45And he remembered for them his covenant, And repented according to the multitude of his lovingkindnesses. ^106:46He made them also to be pitied Of all those that carried them captive. ^106:47Save us, O Jehovah our God, And gather us from among the nations, To give thanks unto thy holy name, And to triumph in thy praise. ^106:48Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Israel, From everlasting even to everlasting. And let all the people say, Amen. Praise ye Jehovah. BOOK V Psalm 107