89:1<Maschil. Of Ethan the Ezrahite.> My song will be of the mercies of the Lord for ever: with my mouth will I make his faith clear to all generations. 89:2For you have said, Mercy will be made strong for ever; my faith will be unchanging in the heavens. 89:3I have made an agreement with the man of my selection, I have made an oath to David my servant; 89:4I will make your seed go on for ever, your kingdom will be strong through all generations. (Selah.) 89:5In heaven let them give praise for your wonders, O Lord; and your unchanging faith among the saints. 89:6For who is there in the heavens in comparison with the Lord? who is like the Lord among the sons of the gods? 89:7God is greatly to be feared among the saints, and to be honoured over all those who are about him. 89:8O Lord God of armies, who is strong like you, O Jah? and your unchanging faith is round about you. 89:9You have rule over the sea in storm; when its waves are troubled, you make them calm. 89:10Rahab was crushed by you like one wounded to death; with your strong arm you put to flight all your haters. 89:11Yours are the heavens, and the earth is yours; you have made the world, and everything which is in it. 89:12You have made the north and the south; Tabor and Hermon are sounding with joy at your name. 89:13Yours is an arm of power; strong is your hand and high your right hand. 89:14The seat of your kingdom is resting on righteousness and right judging: mercy and good faith come before your face. 89:15Happy are the people who have knowledge of the holy cry: the light of your face, O Lord, will be shining on their way. 89:16In your name will they have joy all the day: in your righteousness will they be lifted up. 89:17For you are the glory of their strength; in your pleasure will our horn be lifted up. 89:18For our breastplate is the Lord; and our king is the Holy One of Israel's. 89:19Then your voice came to your holy one in a vision, saying, I have put the crown on a strong one, lifting up one taken from among the people. 89:20I have made discovery of David my servant; I have put my holy oil on his head. 89:21My hand will be his support; my arm will give him strength. 89:22The deceit of those who are against him will not overcome him; he will not be troubled by the sons of evil. 89:23I will have those who are against him broken before his face, and his haters will be crushed under my blows. 89:24But my faith and my mercy will be with him; and in my name will his horn be lifted up. 89:25I will put his hand in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers. 89:26He will say to me, You are my father, my God, and the Rock of my salvation. 89:27And I will make him the first of my sons, most high over the kings of the earth. 89:28I will keep my mercy for him for ever; my agreement with him will not be changed. 89:29His seed will keep their place for ever; his kingdom will be eternal, like the heavens. 89:30If his children give up my law, and are not ruled by my decisions; 89:31If my rules are broken, and my orders are not kept; 89:32Then I will send punishment on them for their sin; my rod will be the reward of their evil-doing. 89:33But I will not take away my mercy from him, and will not be false to my faith. 89:34I will be true to my agreement; the things which have gone out of my lips will not be changed. 89:35I have made an oath once by my holy name, that I will not be false to David. 89:36His seed will not come to an end for ever; the seat of his kingdom will be like the sun before me. 89:37It will be fixed for ever like the moon; and the witness in heaven is true. (Selah.) 89:38But you have put him away in disgust; you have been angry with the king of your selection. 89:39You have made your agreement with your servant of no effect: you have had no respect for his crown, it has come down even to the earth. 89:40All his walls are broken down; you have given his strong towers to destruction. 89:41All those who come by take away his goods; he is laughed at by his neighbours. 89:42You have given power to the right hand of his haters; you have made glad all those who are against him. 89:43His sword is turned back; you have not been his support in the fight. 89:44You have put an end to his glory: the seat of his kingdom has been levelled to the earth. 89:45You have made him old before his time; he is covered with shame. (Selah.) 89:46How long, O Lord, will you Keep yourself for ever from our eyes? how long will your wrath be burning like fire? 89:47See how short my time is; why have you made all men for no purpose? 89:48What man now living will not see death? will he be able to keep back his soul from the underworld? (Selah.) 89:49Lord, where are your earlier mercies? where is the oath which you made to David in unchanging faith? 89:50Keep in mind, O Lord, the shame of your servants, and how the bitter words of all the people have come into my heart; 89:51The bitter words of your haters, O Lord, shaming the footsteps of your king. 89:52Let the Lord be praised for ever. So be it, So be it.
90:1<A Prayer of Moses, the man of God.> Lord, you have been our resting-place in all generations. 90:2Before the mountains were made, before you had given birth to the earth and the world, before time was, and for ever, you are God. 90:3You send man back to his dust; and say, Go back, you children of men. 90:4For to you a thousand years are no more than yesterday when it is past, and like a watch in the night. 90:5... 90:6In the morning it is green; in the evening it is cut down, and becomes dry. 90:7We are burned up by the heat of your passion, and troubled by your wrath. 90:8You have put our evil doings before you, our secret sins in the light of your face. 90:9For all our days have gone by in your wrath; our years come to an end like a breath. 90:10The measure of our life is seventy years; and if through strength it may be eighty years, its pride is only trouble and sorrow, for it comes to an end and we are quickly gone. 90:11Who has knowledge of the power of your wrath, or who takes note of the weight of your passion? 90:12So give us knowledge of the number of our days, that we may get a heart of wisdom. 90:13Come back, O Lord; how long? let your purpose for your servants be changed. 90:14In the morning give us your mercy in full measure; so that we may have joy and delight all our days. 90:15Make us glad in reward for the days of our sorrow, and for the years in which we have seen evil. 90:16Make your work clear to your servants, and your glory to their children. 90:17Let the pleasure of the Lord our God be on us: O Lord, give strength to the work of our hands.
91:1Happy is he whose resting-place is in the secret of the Lord, and under the shade of the wings of the Most High; 91:2Who says of the Lord, He is my safe place and my tower of strength: he is my God, in whom is my hope. 91:3He will take you out of the bird-net, and keep you safe from wasting disease. 91:4You will be covered by his feathers; under his wings you will be safe: his good faith will be your salvation. 91:5You will have no fear of the evil things of the night, or of the arrow in flight by day, 91:6Or of the disease which takes men in the dark, or of the destruction which makes waste when the sun is high. 91:7You will see a thousand falling by your side, and ten thousand at your right hand; but it will not come near you. 91:8Only with your eyes will you see the reward of the evil-doers. 91:9Because you have said, I am in the hands of the Lord, the Most High is my safe resting-place; 91:10No evil will come on you, and no disease will come near your tent. 91:11For he will give you into the care of his angels to keep you wherever you go. 91:12In their hands they will keep you up, so that your foot may not be crushed against a stone. 91:13You will put your foot on the lion and the snake; the young lion and the great snake will be crushed under your feet. 91:14Because he has given me his love, I will take him out of danger: I will put him in a place of honour, because he has kept my name in his heart. 91:15When his cry comes up to me, I will give him an answer: I will be with him in trouble; I will make him free from danger and give him honour. 91:16With long life will he be rewarded; and I will let him see my salvation.
92:1<A Psalm. A Song for the Sabbath.> It is a good thing to give praise to the Lord, and to make melody to your name, O Most High; 92:2To make clear your mercy in the morning, and your unchanging faith every night; 92:3On a ten-corded instrument, and on an instrument of music with a quiet sound. 92:4For you, O Lord, have made me glad through your work; I will have joy in the works of your hands. 92:5O Lord, how great are your works! and your thoughts are very deep. 92:6A man without sense has no knowledge of this; and a foolish man may not take it in. 92:7When the sinners come up like the grass, and all the workers of evil do well for themselves, it is so that their end may be eternal destruction. 92:8But you, O Lord, are on high for ever. 92:9For see! your haters, O Lord, will be put to death; all the workers of evil will be put to flight; 92:10But my horn is lifted up like the horn of the ox: the best oil is flowing on my head. 92:11My eyes have seen trouble come on my haters; my ears have news of the fate of the evil-doers who have come up against me. 92:12The good man will be like a tall tree in his strength; his growth will be as the wide-stretching trees of Lebanon. 92:13Those who are planted in the house of the Lord will come up tall and strong in his gardens. 92:14They will give fruit even when they are old; they will be fertile and full of growth; 92:15For a sign that the Lord is upright; he is my Rock, there is no deceit in him.
93:1The Lord is King; he is clothed with glory; the Lord is clothed with strength; power is the cord of his robe; the world is fixed, so that it may not be moved. 93:2The seat of your power has been from the past; you are eternal. 93:3The rivers send up, O Lord, the rivers send up their voices; they send them up with a loud cry. 93:4The Lord in heaven is stronger than the noise of great waters, yes, he is stronger than the great waves of the sea. 93:5Your witness is most certain; it is right for your house to be holy, O Lord, for ever.
94:1O God, in whose hands is punishment, O God of punishment, let your shining face be seen. 94:2Be lifted up, O judge of the earth; let their reward come to the men of pride. 94:3How long will sinners, O Lord, how long will sinners have joy over us? 94:4Words of pride come from their lips; all the workers of evil say great things of themselves. 94:5Your people are crushed by them, O Lord, your heritage is troubled, 94:6They put to death the widow and the guest, they take the lives of children who have no father; 94:7And they say, Jah will not see it, the God of Jacob will not give thought to it. 94:8Give your mind to my words, you who are without wisdom among the people; you foolish men, when will you be wise? 94:9Has he by whom your ears were planted no hearing? or is he blind by whom your eyes were formed? 94:10He who is the judge of the nations, will he not give men the reward of their acts, even he who gives knowledge to man? 94:11The Lord has knowledge of the thoughts of man, for they are only a breath. 94:12Happy is the man who is guided by you, O Jah, and to whom you give teaching out of your law; 94:13So that you may give him rest from the days of evil, till a hole is made ready for the destruction of the sinners. 94:14The Lord will not give up his people, or take away his support from his heritage; 94:15But decisions will again be made in righteousness; and they will be kept by all whose hearts are true. 94:16Who will give me help against the sinners? and who will be my support against the workers of evil? 94:17If the Lord had not been my helper, my soul would quickly have gone down into death. 94:18If I say, My foot is slipping; your mercy, O Lord, is my support. 94:19Among all my troubled thoughts, your comforts are the delight of my soul. 94:20What part with you has the seat of sin, which makes evil into a law? 94:21They are banded together against the soul of the upright, to give decisions against those who have done no wrong. 94:22But the Lord is my safe resting-place; my God is the Rock where I am safe. 94:23And he has made their evil designs come back on themselves, cutting them off in their sin; the Lord our God will put an end to them.
95:1O come, let us make songs to the Lord; sending up glad voices to the Rock of our salvation. 95:2Let us come before his face with praises; and make melody with holy songs. 95:3For the Lord is a great God, and a great King over all gods. 95:4The deep places of the earth are in his hand; and the tops of the mountains are his. 95:5The sea is his, and he made it; and the dry land was formed by his hands. 95:6O come, let us give worship, falling down on our knees before the Lord our Maker. 95:7For he is our God; and we are the people to whom he gives food, and the sheep of his flock. Today, if you would only give ear to his voice! 95:8Let not your hearts be hard, as at Meribah, as in the day of Massah in the waste land; 95:9When your fathers put me to the test and saw my power and my work. 95:10For forty years I was angry with this generation, and said, They are a people whose hearts are turned away from me, for they have no knowledge of my ways; 95:11And I made an oath in my wrath, that they might not come into my place of rest.
96:1O make a new song to the Lord; let all the earth make melody to the Lord. 96:2Make songs to the Lord, blessing his name; give the good news of his salvation day by day. 96:3Make clear his glory to the nations, and his wonders to all the peoples. 96:4For the Lord is great, and greatly to be praised; he is more to be feared than all other gods. 96:5For all the gods of the nations are false gods; but the Lord made the heavens. 96:6Honour and glory are before him: strong and fair is his holy place. 96:7Give to the Lord, O you families of the peoples, give to the Lord glory and strength. 96:8Give to the Lord the glory of his name; take with you an offering and come into his house. 96:9O give worship to the Lord in holy robes; be in fear before him, all the earth. 96:10Say among the nations, The Lord is King; yes, the world is ordered so that it may not be moved; he will be an upright judge of the peoples. 96:11Let the heavens have joy and the earth be glad; let the sea be thundering with all its waters; 96:12Let the field be glad, and everything which is in it; yes, let all the trees of the wood be sounding with joy, 96:13Before the Lord, for he is come; he is come to be the judge of the earth; the earth will be judged in righteousness, and the peoples with unchanging faith.
97:1The Lord is King, let the earth have joy; let all the sea-lands be glad. 97:2Dark clouds are round him; his kingdom is based on righteousness and right judging. 97:3Fire goes before him, burning up all those who are against him round about. 97:4His bright flames give light to the world; the earth saw it with fear. 97:5The mountains became like wax at the coming of the Lord, at the coming of the Lord of all the earth. 97:6The heavens gave out the news of his righteousness, and all the people saw his glory. 97:7Shamed be all those who give worship to images, and take pride in false gods; give him worship, all you gods. 97:8Zion gave ear and was glad; and the daughters of Judah were full of joy, because of your decisions, O Lord. 97:9For you, Lord, are most high over the earth; you are lifted up over all other gods. 97:10You who are lovers of the Lord, be haters of evil; he keeps the souls of his saints; he takes them out of the hand of sinners. 97:11Light is shining on the lovers of righteousness, and for the upright in heart there is joy. 97:12Be glad in the Lord, you upright men; praising the memory of his holy name.
98:1<A Psalm.> O make a new song to the Lord, because he has done works of wonder; with his right hand, and with his holy arm, he has overcome. 98:2The Lord has given to all the knowledge of his salvation; he has made clear his righteousness in the eyes of the nations. 98:3He has kept in mind his mercy and his unchanging faith to the house of Israel; all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God. 98:4Let all the earth send out a glad cry to the Lord; sounding with a loud voice, and praising him with songs of joy. 98:5Make melody to the Lord with instruments of music; with a corded instrument and the voice of song. 98:6With wind instruments and the sound of the horn, make a glad cry before the Lord, the King. 98:7Let the sea be thundering, with all its waters; the world, and all who are living in it; 98:8Let the streams make sounds of joy with their hands; let the mountains be glad together, 98:9Before the Lord, for he has come as judge of the earth; judging the world in righteousness, and giving true decisions for the peoples.
99:1The Lord is King; let the peoples be in fear: his seat is on the winged ones; let the earth be moved. 99:2The Lord is great in Zion; he is high over all the nations. 99:3Let them give praise to your name, for it is great and to be feared; holy is he. 99:4The king's power is used for righteousness; you give true decisions, judging rightly in the land of Jacob. 99:5Give high honour to the Lord our God, worshipping at his feet; holy is he. 99:6Moses and Aaron among his priests, and Samuel among those who gave honour to his name; they made prayers to the Lord, and he gave answers to them. 99:7His voice came to them from the pillar of cloud; they kept his witness, and the law which he gave them. 99:8You gave them an answer, O Lord our God; you took away their sin, though you gave them punishment for their wrongdoing. 99:9Give high honour to the Lord our God, worshipping with your faces turned to his holy hill; for the Lord our God is holy.
100:1<A Psalm of Praise.> Make a glad sound to the Lord, all the earth. 100:2Give worship to the Lord with joy; come before him with a song. 100:3Be certain that the Lord is God; it is he who has made us, and we are his; we are his people, and the sheep to whom he gives food. 100:4Come into his doors with joy, and into his house with praise; give him honour, blessing his name. 100:5For the Lord is good, and his mercy is never-ending; his faith is unchanging through all generations.
101:1<A Psalm. Of David.> I will make a song of mercy and righteousness; to you, O Lord, will I make melody. 101:2I will do wisely in the way of righteousness: O when will you come to me? I will be walking in my house with a true heart. 101:3I will not put any evil thing before my eyes; I am against all turning to one side; I will not have it near me. 101:4The false heart I will send away from me: I will not have an evil-doer for a friend. 101:5I will put to death anyone who says evil of his neighbour secretly; the man with a high look and a heart of pride is disgusting to me. 101:6My eyes will be on those of good faith in the land, so that they may be living in my house; he who is walking in the right way will be my servant. 101:7The worker of deceit will not come into my house; the false man will have no place before my eyes. 101:8Morning by morning will I put to death all the sinners in the land, so that all evil-doers may be cut off from Jerusalem.
102:1<A Prayer of the man who is in trouble, when he is overcome, and puts his grief before the Lord.> Give ear to my prayer, O Lord, and let my cry come to you. 102:2Let not your face be veiled from me in the day of my trouble; give ear to me, and let my cry be answered quickly. 102:3My days are wasted like smoke, and my bones are burned up as in a fire. 102:4My heart is broken; it has become dry and dead like grass, so that I give no thought to food. 102:5Because of the voice of my sorrow, my flesh is wasted to the bone. 102:6I am like a bird living by itself in the waste places; like the night-bird in a waste of sand. 102:7I keep watch like a bird by itself on the house-top. 102:8My haters say evil of me all day; those who are violent against me make use of my name as a curse. 102:9I have had dust for bread and my drink has been mixed with weeping: 102:10Because of your passion and your wrath, for I have been lifted up and then made low by you. 102:11My days are like a shade which is stretched out; I am dry like the grass. 102:12But you, O Lord, are eternal; and your name will never come to an end. 102:13You will again get up and have mercy on Zion: for the time has come for her to be comforted. 102:14For your servants take pleasure in her stones, looking with love on her dust. 102:15So the nations will give honour to the name of the Lord, and all the kings of the earth will be in fear of his glory: 102:16When the Lord has put up the walls of Zion, and has been been in his glory; 102:17When he has given ear to the prayer of the poor, and has not put his request on one side. 102:18This will be put in writing for the coming generation, and the people of the future will give praise to the Lord. 102:19For from his holy place the Lord has seen, looking down on the earth from heaven; 102:20Hearing the cry of the prisoner, making free those for whom death is ordered; 102:21So that they may give out the name of the Lord in Zion, and his praise in Jerusalem; 102:22When the peoples are come together, and the kingdoms, to give worship to the Lord. 102:23He has taken my strength from me in the way; he has made short my days. 102:24I will say, O my God, take me not away before my time; your years go on through all generations: 102:25In the past you put the earth on its base, and the heavens are the work of your hands. 102:26They will come to an end, but you will still go on; they all will become old like a coat, and like a robe they will be changed: 102:27But you are the unchanging One, and your years will have no end. 102:28The children of your servants will have a safe resting-place, and their seed will be ever before you.
103:1<Of David.> Give praise to the Lord, O my soul; let everything in me give praise to his holy name. 103:2Give praise to the Lord, O my soul; let not all his blessings go from your memory. 103:3He has forgiveness for all your sins; he takes away all your diseases; 103:4He keeps back your life from destruction, crowning you with mercy and grace. 103:5He makes your mouth full of good things, so that your strength is made new again like the eagle's. 103:6The Lord gives decisions in righteousness for all who are in trouble. 103:7He gave knowledge of his way to Moses, and made his acts clear to the children of Israel. 103:8The Lord is kind and full of pity, not quickly made angry, but ever ready to have mercy. 103:9His feeling will no longer be bitter; he will not keep his wrath for ever. 103:10He has not given us the punishment for our sins, or the reward of our wrongdoing. 103:11For as the heaven is high over the earth, so great is his mercy to his worshippers. 103:12As far as the east is from the west, so far has he put our sins from us. 103:13As a father has pity on his children, so the Lord has pity on his worshippers. 103:14For he has knowledge of our feeble frame; he sees that we are only dust. 103:15As for man, his days are as grass: his beautiful growth is like the flower of the field. 103:16The wind goes over it and it is gone; and its place sees it no longer. 103:17But the mercy of the Lord is eternal for his worshippers, and their children's children will see his righteousness; 103:18If they keep his agreement, and have his laws in mind to do them. 103:19The Lord has made ready his high seat in the heavens; his kingdom is ruling over all. 103:20Give praise to the Lord, you his angels, who are great in strength, doing his orders, and waiting for his voice. 103:21Give praise to the Lord, all you his armies; and you his servants who do his pleasure. 103:22Give praise to the Lord, all his works, in all places under his rule: give praise to the Lord, O my soul.
104:1Give praise to the Lord, O my soul. O Lord my God, you are very great; you are robed with honour and power. 104:2You are clothed with light as with a robe; stretching out the heavens like a curtain: 104:3The arch of your house is based on the waters; you make the clouds your carriage; you go on the wings of the wind: 104:4He makes winds his angels, and flames of fire his servants. 104:5He has made the earth strong on its bases, so that it may not be moved for ever and ever; 104:6Covering it with the sea as with a robe: the waters were high over the mountains; 104:7At the voice of your word they went in flight; at the sound of your thunder they went away in fear; 104:8The mountains came up and the valleys went down into the place which you had made ready for them. 104:9You made a limit over which they might not go, so that the earth would never again be covered by them. 104:10You sent the springs into the valleys; they are flowing between the hills. 104:11They give drink to every beast of the field; the mountain asses come to them for water. 104:12The birds of the air have their resting-places by them, and make their song among the branches. 104:13He sends down rain from his store-houses on the hills: the earth is full of the fruit of his works. 104:14He makes the grass come up for the cattle, and plants for the use of man; so that bread may come out of the earth; 104:15And wine to make glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face shining, and bread giving strength to his heart. 104:16The trees of the Lord are full of growth, the cedars of Lebanon of his planting; 104:17Where the birds have their resting-places; as for the stork, the tall trees are her house. 104:18The high hills are a safe place for the mountain goats, and the rocks for the small beasts. 104:19He made the moon for a sign of the divisions of the year; teaching the sun the time of its going down. 104:20When you make it dark, it is night, when all the beasts of the woods come quietly out of their secret places. 104:21The young lions go thundering after their food; searching for their meat from God. 104:22The sun comes up, and they come together, and go back to their secret places to take their rest. 104:23Man goes out to his work, and to his business, till the evening. 104:24O Lord, how great is the number of your works! in wisdom you have made them all; the earth is full of the things you have made. 104:25There is the great, wide sea, where there are living things, great and small, more than may be numbered. 104:26There go the ships; there is that great beast, which you have made as a plaything. 104:27All of them are waiting for you, to give them their food in its time. 104:28They take what you give them; they are full of the good things which come from your open hand. 104:29If your face is veiled, they are troubled; when you take away their breath, they come to an end, and go back to the dust. 104:30If you send out your spirit, they are given life; you make new the face of the earth. 104:31Let the glory of the Lord be for ever; let the Lord have joy in his works: 104:32At whose look the earth is shaking; at whose touch the mountains send out smoke. 104:33I will make songs to the Lord all my life; I will make melody to my God while I have my being. 104:34Let my thoughts be sweet to him: I will be glad in the Lord. 104:35Let sinners be cut off from the earth, and let all evil-doers come to an end. Give praise to the Lord, O my soul. Give praise to the Lord.
105:1O give praise to the Lord; give honour to his name, talking of his doings among the peoples. 105:2Let your voice be sounding in songs and melody; let all your thoughts be of the wonder of his works. 105:3Have glory in his holy name; let the hearts of those who are searching after the Lord be glad. 105:4Let your search be for the Lord and for his strength; let your hearts ever be turned to him. 105:5Keep in mind the great works which he has done; his wonders, and the decisions of his mouth; 105:6O you seed of Abraham, his servant, you children of Jacob, his loved ones. 105:7He is the Lord our God: he is judge of all the earth. 105:8He has kept his agreement in mind for ever, the word which he gave for a thousand generations; 105:9The agreement which he made with Abraham, and his oath to Isaac; 105:10And he gave it to Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an eternal agreement; 105:11Saying, To you will I give the land of Canaan, the measured line of your heritage: 105:12When they were still small in number, and strange in the land; 105:13When they went about from one nation to another, and from one kingdom to another people. 105:14He would not let anyone do them wrong; he even kept back kings because of them, 105:15Saying, Put not your hand on those who have been marked with my holy oil, and do my prophets no wrong. 105:16And he took away all food from the land, so that the people were without bread. 105:17He sent a man before them, even Joseph, who was given as a servant for a price: 105:18His feet were fixed in chains; his neck was put in iron bands; 105:19Till the time when his word came true; he was tested by the word of the Lord. 105:20The king sent men to take off his chains; even the ruler of the people, who let him go free. 105:21He made him lord of his house, and ruler over everything he had; 105:22To give his chiefs teaching at his pleasure, and so that his law-givers might get wisdom from him. 105:23Then Israel came into Egypt, and Jacob was living in the land of Ham. 105:24And his people were greatly increased, and became stronger than those who were against them. 105:25Their hearts were turned to hate against his people, so that they made secret designs against them. 105:26He sent Moses, his servant, and Aaron, the man of his selection. 105:27He let his signs be seen among the people, and his wonders in the land of Ham. 105:28He sent black night and made it dark; and they did not go against his word. 105:29At his word their waters were turned to blood, and he sent death on all their fish. 105:30Their land was full of frogs, even in the rooms of the king. 105:31He gave the word, and there came the dog-fly, and insects over all the land. 105:32He gave them ice for rain, and flaming fire in their land. 105:33He gave their vines and their fig-trees to destruction, and the trees of their land were broken down. 105:34At his word the locusts came, and young locusts more than might be numbered, 105:35And put an end to all the plants of their land, taking all the fruit of the earth for food. 105:36He put to death the first child of every family in the land, the first-fruits of their strength. 105:37He took his people out with silver and gold: there was not one feeble person among them. 105:38Egypt was glad when they went; for the fear of them had come down on them. 105:39A cloud was stretched over them for a cover; and he sent fire to give light in the night. 105:40At the people's request he sent birds, and gave them the bread of heaven for food. 105:41His hand made the rock open, and the waters came streaming out; they went down through the dry places like a river. 105:42For he kept in mind his holy word, and Abraham, his servant. 105:43And he took his people out with joy, the men of his selection with glad cries: 105:44And gave them the lands of the nations; and they took the work of the peoples for a heritage; 105:45So that they might keep his orders, and be true to his laws. Give praise to the Lord.
106:1Let the Lord be praised. O give praise to the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy is unchanging for ever. 106:2Who is able to give an account of the great acts of the Lord, or to make clear all his praise? 106:3Happy are they whose decisions are upright, and he who does righteousness at all times. 106:4Keep me in mind, O Lord, when you are good to your people; O let your salvation come to me; 106:5So that I may see the well-being of the people of your selection, and have a part in the joy of your nation, and take pride in your heritage. 106:6We are sinners like our fathers, we have done wrong, our acts are evil. 106:7Our fathers did not give thought to your wonders in Egypt; they did not keep in memory the great number of your mercies, but gave you cause for wrath at the sea, even at the Red Sea. 106:8But he was their saviour because of his name, so that men might see his great power. 106:9By his word the Red Sea was made dry: and he took them through the deep waters as through the waste land. 106:10And he took them safely out of the hands of their haters, and kept them from the attacks of those who were against them. 106:11And the waters went over their haters; all of them came to an end. 106:12Then they had faith in his words; they gave him songs of praise. 106:13But their memory of his works was short; not waiting to be guided by him, 106:14They gave way to their evil desires in the waste land, and put God to the test in the dry places. 106:15And he gave them their request, but sent a wasting disease into their souls. 106:16They were full of envy against Moses among the tents, and against Aaron, the holy one of the Lord. 106:17The earth opening put an end to Dathan, covering up Abiram and his band. 106:18And a fire was lighted among their tents; the sinners were burned up by the flames. 106:19They made a young ox in Horeb, and gave worship to an image of gold. 106:20And their glory was changed into the image of an ox, whose food is grass. 106:21They had no memory of God their saviour, who had done great things in Egypt; 106:22Works of wonder in the land of Ham, and things of fear by the Red Sea. 106:23And he was purposing to put an end to them if Moses, his special servant, had not gone up before him, between him and his people, turning back his wrath, to keep them from destruction. 106:24They were disgusted with the good land; they had no belief in his word; 106:25Talking against him secretly in their tents, they did not give ear to the voice of the Lord. 106:26So he made an oath against them, to put an end to them in the waste land: 106:27That their children might be mixed among the nations, and sent away into other lands. 106:28And they were joined to Baal-peor, and took part in the offerings to the dead. 106:29So they made him angry by their behaviour; and he sent disease on them. 106:30Then Phinehas got up, and made prayer for them; and the disease went no farther. 106:31And all the generations coming after him kept the memory of his righteousness for ever. 106:32They made God angry again at the waters of Meribah, so that Moses was troubled because of them; 106:33For they made his spirit bitter, and he said unwise things. 106:34They did not put an end to the peoples, as the Lord had said; 106:35But they were joined to the nations, learning their works. 106:36And they gave worship to images; which were a danger to them: 106:37They even made offerings of their sons and their daughters to evil spirits, 106:38And gave the blood of their sons and their daughters who had done no wrong, offering them to the images of Canaan; and the land was made unclean with blood. 106:39So they became unclean through their works, going after their evil desires. 106:40Then the wrath of the Lord was burning against his people, and he was angry with his heritage. 106:41And he gave them into the hands of the nations; and they were ruled by their haters. 106:42By them they were crushed, and made low under their hands. 106:43Again and again he made them free; but their hearts were turned against his purpose, and they were overcome by their sins. 106:44But when their cry came to his ears, he had pity on their trouble: 106:45And kept in mind his agreement with them, and in his great mercy gave them forgiveness. 106:46He put pity into the hearts of those who made them prisoners. 106:47Be our saviour, O Lord our God, and let us come back together from among the nations, so that we may give honour to your holy name, and have glory in your praise. 106:48Praise be to the Lord God of Israel for ever and for ever; and let all the people say, So be it. Give praise to the Lord.
107:1O give praise to the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy is unchanging for ever. 107:2Let those whose cause the Lord has taken up say so, his people whom he has taken out of the hands of their haters; 107:3Making them come together out of all the lands, from the east and from the west, from the north and from the south. 107:4They were wandering in the waste places; they saw no way to a resting-place. 107:5Their souls became feeble for need of food and drink. 107:6Then they sent up their cry to the Lord in their sorrow, and he gave them salvation out of all their troubles; 107:7Guiding them in the right way, so that they might come into the town of their resting-place. 107:8Let men give praise to the Lord for his mercy, and for the wonders which he does for the children of men! 107:9He gives its desire to the unresting soul, so that it is full of good things. 107:10Those who were in the dark, in the black night, in chains of sorrow and iron; 107:11Because they went against the words of God, and gave no thought to the laws of the Most High: 107:12So that he made their hearts weighted down with grief; they were falling, and had no helper. 107:13Then they sent up their cry to the Lord in their sorrow, and he gave them salvation out of all their troubles. 107:14He took them out of the dark and the black night, and all their chains were broken. 107:15Let men give praise to the Lord for his mercy, and for the wonders which he does for the children of men! 107:16The doors of brass are broken by his arm, and the bands of iron are cut in two. 107:17Foolish men, because of their sins, and because of their wrongdoing, are troubled; 107:18They are disgusted by all food, and they come near to the doors of death. 107:19Then they send up their cry to the Lord in their sorrow, and he gives them salvation out of all their troubles. 107:20He sent his word and made them well, and kept them safe from the underworld. 107:21Let men give praise to the Lord for his mercy, and for the wonders which he does for the children of men! 107:22Let them make offerings of praise, giving news of his works with cries of joy. 107:23Those who go down to the sea in ships, who do business in the great waters; 107:24They see the works of the Lord, and his wonders in the deep. 107:25For at his word comes up the storm-wind, lifting high the waves. 107:26The sailors go up to heaven, and down into the deep; their souls are wasted because of their trouble. 107:27They are turned here and there, rolling like a man who is full of wine; and all their wisdom comes to nothing. 107:28Then they send up their cry to the Lord in their sorrow, and he gives them salvation out of all their troubles. 107:29He makes the storm into a calm, so that the waves are at peace. 107:30Then they are glad, because the sea is quiet, and he takes them to the harbour of their desire. 107:31Let men give praise to the Lord for his mercy, and for the wonders which he does for the children of men! 107:32Let them give glory to him in the meeting of the people, and praise among the chiefs. 107:33He makes rivers into waste places, and springs of water into a dry land; 107:34He makes a fertile country into a salt waste, because of the sins of those who are living there. 107:35He makes a waste land into a place of water, and a dry land into water-springs. 107:36And there he gives the poor a resting-place, so that they may make themselves a town; 107:37And put seed in the fields and make vine-gardens, to give them fruit. 107:38He gives them his blessing so that they are increased greatly, and their cattle do not become less. 107:39And when they are made low, and crushed by trouble and sorrow, 107:40He puts an end to the pride of kings, and sends them wandering in the waste lands where there is no way. 107:41But he puts the poor man on high from his troubles, and gives him families like a flock. 107:42The upright see it and are glad: the mouth of the sinner is stopped. 107:43Let the wise give thought to these things, and see the mercies of the Lord.
108:1<A Song. A Psalm. Of David.> O God, my heart is fixed; I will make songs and melody, even with my glory. 108:2Give out your sounds, O corded instruments: the dawn will be awaking with my song. 108:3I will give you praise, O Lord, among the peoples; I will make melody to you among the nations. 108:4For your mercy is higher than the heavens: and your unchanging faith than the clouds. 108:5Be lifted up, O God, higher than the heavens; let your glory be over all the earth. 108:6Let your right hand be stretched out for salvation, and give me an answer, so that your loved ones may be safe from danger. 108:7This is the word of the holy God: I will be glad; I will make Shechem a heritage, measuring out the valley of Succoth. 108:8Gilead is mine; Manasseh is mine; Ephraim is the strength of my head; Judah is my law-giver; 108:9Moab is my washpot; on Edom is the resting-place of my shoe; over Philistia will I send out a glad cry. 108:10Who will take me into the strong town? who will be my guide into Edom? 108:11Have you not sent us away from you, O God? and you go not out with our armies. 108:12Give us help in our trouble; for there is no help in man. 108:13With God we will do great things; for by him will our haters be crushed underfoot.