^100:1Shout for joy to Yahweh, all you lands! ^100:2Serve Yahweh with gladness. Come before his presence with singing. ^100:3Know that Yahweh, he is God. It is he who has made us, and we are his. We are his people, and the sheep of his pasture. ^100:4Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, into his courts with praise. Give thanks to him, and bless his name. ^100:5For Yahweh is good. His loving kindness endures forever, his faithfulness to all generations.

^101:1I will sing of loving kindness and justice. To you, Yahweh, I will sing praises. ^101:2I will be careful to live a blameless life. When will you come to me? I will walk within my house with a blameless heart. ^101:3I will set no vile thing before my eyes. I hate the deeds of faithless men. They will not cling to me. ^101:4A perverse heart will be far from me. I will have nothing to do with evil. ^101:5I will silence whoever secretly slanders his neighbor. I won’t tolerate one who is haughty and conceited. ^101:6My eyes will be on the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me. He who walks in a perfect way, he will serve me. ^101:7He who practices deceit won’t dwell within my house. He who speaks falsehood won’t be established before my eyes. ^101:8Morning by morning, I will destroy all the wicked of the land; to cut off all the workers of iniquity from Yahweh’s city.

^102:1Hear my prayer, Yahweh! Let my cry come to you. ^102:2Don’t hide your face from me in the day of my distress. Turn your ear to me. Answer me quickly in the day when I call. ^102:3For my days consume away like smoke. My bones are burned as a torch. ^102:4My heart is blighted like grass, and withered, for I forget to eat my bread. ^102:5By reason of the voice of my groaning, my bones stick to my skin. ^102:6I am like a pelican of the wilderness. I have become as an owl of the waste places. ^102:7I watch, and have become like a sparrow that is alone on the housetop. ^102:8My enemies reproach me all day. Those who are mad at me use my name as a curse. ^102:9For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mixed my drink with tears, ^102:10Because of your indignation and your wrath, for you have taken me up, and thrown me away. ^102:11My days are like a long shadow. I have withered like grass. ^102:12But you, Yahweh, will remain forever; your renown endures to all generations. ^102:13You will arise and have mercy on Zion; for it is time to have pity on her. Yes, the set time has come. ^102:14For your servants take pleasure in her stones, and have pity on her dust. ^102:15So the nations will fear Yahweh’s name; all the kings of the earth your glory. ^102:16For Yahweh has built up Zion. He has appeared in his glory. ^102:17He has responded to the prayer of the destitute, and has not despised their prayer. ^102:18This will be written for the generation to come. A people which will be created will praise Yah. ^102:19For he has looked down from the height of his sanctuary. From heaven, Yahweh saw the earth; ^102:20to hear the groans of the prisoner; to free those who are condemned to death; ^102:21that men may declare Yahweh’s name in Zion, and his praise in Jerusalem; ^102:22when the peoples are gathered together, the kingdoms, to serve Yahweh. ^102:23He weakened my strength along the course. He shortened my days. ^102:24I said, “My God, don’t take me away in the middle of my days. Your years are throughout all generations. ^102:25Of old, you laid the foundation of the earth. The heavens are the work of your hands. ^102:26They will perish, but you will endure. Yes, all of them will wear out like a garment. You will change them like a cloak, and they will be changed. ^102:27But you are the same. Your years will have no end. ^102:28The children of your servants will continue. Their offspring will be established before you.”

^103:1Praise Yahweh, my soul! All that is within me, praise his holy name! ^103:2Praise Yahweh, my soul, and don’t forget all his benefits; ^103:3who forgives all your sins; who heals all your diseases; ^103:4who redeems your life from destruction; who crowns you with loving kindness and tender mercies; ^103:5who satisfies your desire with good things, so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s. ^103:6Yahweh executes righteous acts, and justice for all who are oppressed. ^103:7He made known his ways to Moses, his deeds to the children of Israel. ^103:8Yahweh is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness. ^103:9He will not always accuse; neither will he stay angry forever. ^103:10He has not dealt with us according to our sins, nor repaid us for our iniquities. ^103:11For as the heavens are high above the earth, so great is his loving kindness toward those who fear him. ^103:12As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us. ^103:13Like a father has compassion on his children, so Yahweh has compassion on those who fear him. ^103:14For he knows how we are made. He remembers that we are dust. ^103:15As for man, his days are like grass. As a flower of the field, so he flourishes. ^103:16For the wind passes over it, and it is gone. Its place remembers it no more. ^103:17But Yahweh’s loving kindness is from everlasting to everlasting with those who fear him, his righteousness to children’s children; ^103:18to those who keep his covenant, to those who remember to obey his precepts. ^103:19Yahweh has established his throne in the heavens. His kingdom rules over all. ^103:20Praise Yahweh, you angels of his, who are mighty in strength, who fulfill his word, obeying the voice of his word. ^103:21Praise Yahweh, all you armies of his, you servants of his, who do his pleasure. ^103:22Praise Yahweh, all you works of his, in all places of his dominion. Praise Yahweh, my soul!

^104:1Bless Yahweh, my soul. Yahweh, my God, you are very great. You are clothed with honor and majesty. ^104:2He covers himself with light as with a garment. He stretches out the heavens like a curtain. ^104:3He lays the beams of his rooms in the waters. He makes the clouds his chariot. He walks on the wings of the wind. ^104:4He makes his messengers winds; his servants flames of fire. ^104:5He laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be moved forever. ^104:6You covered it with the deep as with a cloak. The waters stood above the mountains. ^104:7At your rebuke they fled. At the voice of your thunder they hurried away. ^104:8The mountains rose, the valleys sank down, to the place which you had assigned to them. ^104:9You have set a boundary that they may not pass over; that they don’t turn again to cover the earth. ^104:10He sends springs into the valleys. They run among the mountains. ^104:11They give drink to every animal of the field. The wild donkeys quench their thirst. ^104:12The birds of the sky nest by them. They sing among the branches. ^104:13He waters the mountains from his rooms. The earth is filled with the fruit of your works. ^104:14He causes the grass to grow for the livestock, and plants for man to cultivate, that he may produce food out of the earth: ^104:15wine that makes glad the heart of man, oil to make his face to shine, and bread that strengthens man’s heart. ^104:16Yahweh’s trees are well watered, the cedars of Lebanon, which he has planted; ^104:17where the birds make their nests. The stork makes its home in the cypress trees. ^104:18The high mountains are for the wild goats. The rocks are a refuge for the rock badgers. ^104:19He appointed the moon for seasons. The sun knows when to set. ^104:20You make darkness, and it is night, in which all the animals of the forest prowl. ^104:21The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their food from God. ^104:22The sun rises, and they steal away, and lay down in their dens. ^104:23Man goes out to his work, to his labor until the evening. ^104:24Yahweh, how many are your works! In wisdom have you made them all. The earth is full of your riches. ^104:25There is the sea, great and wide, in which are innumerable living things, both small and large animals. ^104:26There the ships go, and leviathan, whom you formed to play there. ^104:27These all wait for you, that you may give them their food in due season. ^104:28You give to them; they gather. You open your hand; they are satisfied with good. ^104:29You hide your face: they are troubled; you take away their breath: they die, and return to the dust. ^104:30You send out your Spirit and they are created. You renew the face of the ground. ^104:31Let Yahweh’s glory endure forever. Let Yahweh rejoice in his works. ^104:32He looks at the earth, and it trembles. He touches the mountains, and they smoke. ^104:33I will sing to Yahweh as long as I live. I will sing praise to my God while I have any being. ^104:34Let my meditation be sweet to him. I will rejoice in Yahweh. ^104:35Let sinners be consumed out of the earth. Let the wicked be no more. Bless Yahweh, my soul. Praise Yah!

^105:1Give thanks to Yahweh! Call on his name! Make his doings known among the peoples. ^105:2Sing to him, sing praises to him! Tell of all his marvelous works. ^105:3Glory in his holy name. Let the heart of those who seek Yahweh rejoice. ^105:4Seek Yahweh and his strength. Seek his face forever more. ^105:5Remember his marvelous works that he has done; his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth, ^105:6you offspring of Abraham, his servant, you children of Jacob, his chosen ones. ^105:7He is Yahweh, our God. His judgments are in all the earth. ^105:8He has remembered his covenant forever, the word which he commanded to a thousand generations, ^105:9the covenant which he made with Abraham, his oath to Isaac, ^105:10and confirmed the same to Jacob for a statute; to Israel for an everlasting covenant, ^105:11saying, “To you I will give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance”; ^105:12when they were but a few men in number, yes, very few, and foreigners in it. ^105:13They went about from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another people. ^105:14He 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!” ^105:16He called for a famine on the land. He destroyed the food supplies. ^105:17He sent a man before them. Joseph was sold for a slave. ^105:18They bruised his feet with shackles. His neck was locked in irons, ^105:19until the time that his word happened, and Yahweh’s word proved him true. ^105:20The king sent and freed him; even the ruler of peoples, and let him go free. ^105:21He made him lord of his house, and ruler of all of his possessions; ^105:22to discipline his princes at his pleasure, and to teach his elders wisdom. ^105:23Israel also came into Egypt. Jacob lived in the land of Ham. ^105:24He increased his people greatly, and made them stronger than their adversaries. ^105:25He turned their heart to hate his people, to conspire against his servants. ^105:26He sent Moses, his servant, and Aaron, whom he had chosen. ^105:27They performed miracles among them, and wonders in the land of Ham. ^105:28He sent darkness, and made it dark. They didn’t rebel against his words. ^105:29He turned their waters into blood, and killed their fish. ^105:30Their land swarmed with frogs, even in the rooms of their kings. ^105:31He spoke, and swarms of flies came, and lice in all their borders. ^105:32He gave them hail for rain, with lightning in their land. ^105:33He struck their vines and also their fig trees, and shattered the trees of their country. ^105:34He spoke, and the locusts came, and the grasshoppers, without number, ^105:35ate up every plant in their land; and ate up the fruit of their ground. ^105:36He struck also all the firstborn in their land, the first fruits of all their manhood. ^105:37He brought them out with silver and gold. There was not one feeble person among his tribes. ^105:38Egypt was glad when they departed, for the fear of them had fallen on them. ^105:39He spread a cloud for a covering, fire to give light in the night. ^105:40They asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread of the sky. ^105:41He opened the rock, and waters gushed out. They ran as a river in the dry places. ^105:42For he remembered his holy word, and Abraham, his servant. ^105:43He brought his people out with joy, his chosen with singing. ^105:44He gave them the lands of the nations. They took the labor of the peoples in possession, ^105:45that they might keep his statutes, and observe his laws. Praise Yah!

^106:1Praise Yahweh! Give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever. ^106:2Who can utter the mighty acts of Yahweh, or fully declare all his praise? ^106:3Blessed are those who keep justice. Blessed is one who does what is right at all times. ^106:4Remember me, Yahweh, with the favor that you show to your people. Visit me with your salvation, ^106:5that 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. ^106:6We have sinned with our fathers. We have committed iniquity. We have done wickedly. ^106:7Our 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. ^106:8Nevertheless he saved them for his name’s sake, that he might make his mighty power known. ^106:9He rebuked the Red Sea also, and it was dried up; so he led them through the depths, as through a desert. ^106:10He saved them from the hand of him who hated them, and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy. ^106:11The waters covered their adversaries. There was not one of them left. ^106:12Then they believed his words. They sang his praise. ^106:13They soon forgot his works. They didn’t wait for his counsel, ^106:14but gave in to craving in the desert, and tested God in the wasteland. ^106:15He gave them their request, but sent leanness into their soul. ^106:16They envied Moses also in the camp, and Aaron, Yahweh’s saint. ^106:17The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company of Abiram. ^106:18A fire was kindled in their company. The flame burned up the wicked. ^106:19They made a calf in Horeb, and worshiped a molten image. ^106:20Thus they exchanged their glory for an image of a bull that eats grass. ^106:21They forgot God, their Savior, who had done great things in Egypt, ^106:22Wondrous works in the land of Ham, and awesome things by the Red Sea. ^106:23Therefore 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. ^106:24Yes, they despised the pleasant land. They didn’t believe his word, ^106:25but murmured in their tents, and didn’t listen to Yahweh’s voice. ^106:26Therefore he swore to them that he would overthrow them in the wilderness, ^106:27that he would overthrow their offspring among the nations, and scatter them in the lands. ^106:28They joined themselves also to Baal Peor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead. ^106:29Thus they provoked him to anger with their deeds. The plague broke in on them. ^106:30Then Phinehas stood up, and executed judgment, so the plague was stopped. ^106:31That was credited to him for righteousness, for all generations to come. ^106:32They angered him also at the waters of Meribah, so that Moses was troubled for their sakes; ^106:33because they were rebellious against his spirit, he spoke rashly with his lips. ^106:34They didn’t destroy the peoples, as Yahweh commanded them, ^106:35but mixed themselves with the nations, and learned their works. ^106:36They served their idols, which became a snare to them. ^106:37Yes, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons. ^106:38They 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. ^106:39Thus were they defiled with their works, and prostituted themselves in their deeds. ^106:40Therefore Yahweh burned with anger against his people. He abhorred his inheritance. ^106:41He gave them into the hand of the nations. Those who hated them ruled over them. ^106:42Their enemies also oppressed them. They were brought into subjection under their hand. ^106:43He rescued them many times, 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. ^106:45He remembered for them his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his loving kindnesses. ^106:46He made them also to be pitied by all those who carried them captive. ^106:47Save us, Yahweh, our God, gather us from among the nations, to give thanks to your holy name, to triumph in your praise! ^106:48Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel, from everlasting even to everlasting! Let all the people say, “Amen.” Praise Yah!

^107:1Give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever. ^107:2Let the redeemed by Yahweh say so, whom he has redeemed from the hand of the adversary, ^107:3And gathered out of the lands, from the east and from the west, from the north and from the south. ^107:4They wandered in the wilderness in a desert way. They found no city to live in. ^107:5Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them. ^107:6Then they cried to Yahweh in their trouble, and he delivered them out of their distresses, ^107:7he led them also by a straight way, that they might go to a city to live in. ^107:8Let them praise Yahweh for his loving kindness, for his wonderful deeds to the children of men! ^107:9For he satisfies the longing soul. He fills the hungry soul with good. ^107:10Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron, ^107:11because they rebelled against the words of God, and condemned the counsel of the Most High. ^107:12Therefore he brought down their heart with labor. They fell down, and there was no one to help. ^107:13Then they cried to Yahweh in their trouble, and he saved them out of their distresses. ^107:14He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and broke away their chains. ^107:15Let them praise Yahweh for his loving kindness, for his wonderful deeds to the children of men! ^107:16For he has broken the gates of brass, and cut through bars of iron. ^107:17Fools are afflicted because of their disobedience, and because of their iniquities. ^107:18Their soul abhors all kinds of food. They draw near to the gates of death. ^107:19Then they cry to Yahweh in their trouble, he saves them out of their distresses. ^107:20He sends his word, and heals them, and delivers them from their graves. ^107:21Let them praise Yahweh for his loving kindness, for his wonderful deeds to the children of men! ^107:22Let them offer the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare his deeds with singing. ^107:23Those who go down to the sea in ships, who do business in great waters; ^107:24These see Yahweh’s deeds, and his wonders in the deep. ^107:25For he commands, and raises the stormy wind, which lifts up its waves. ^107:26They mount up to the sky; they go down again to the depths. Their soul melts away because of trouble. ^107:27They reel back and forth, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wits’ end. ^107:28Then they cry to Yahweh in their trouble, and he brings them out of their distress. ^107:29He makes the storm a calm, so that its waves are still. ^107:30Then they are glad because it is calm, so he brings them to their desired haven. ^107:31Let them praise Yahweh for his loving kindness, for his wonderful deeds for the children of men! ^107:32Let them exalt him also in the assembly of the people, and praise him in the seat of the elders. ^107:33He turns rivers into a desert, water springs into a thirsty ground, ^107:34and a fruitful land into a salt waste, for the wickedness of those who dwell in it. ^107:35He turns a desert into a pool of water, and a dry land into water springs. ^107:36There he makes the hungry live, that they may prepare a city to live in, ^107:37sow fields, plant vineyards, and reap the fruits of increase. ^107:38He blesses them also, so that they are multiplied greatly. He doesn’t allow their livestock to decrease. ^107:39Again, they are diminished and bowed down through oppression, trouble, and sorrow. ^107:40He pours contempt on princes, and causes them to wander in a trackless waste. ^107:41Yet he lifts the needy out of their affliction, and increases their families like a flock. ^107:42The upright will see it, and be glad. All the wicked will shut their mouths. ^107:43Whoever is wise will pay attention to these things. They will consider the loving kindnesses of Yahweh.

^108:1My heart is steadfast, God. I will sing and I will make music with my soul. ^108:2Wake up, harp and lyre! I will wake up the dawn. ^108:3I will give thanks to you, Yahweh, among the nations. I will sing praises to you among the peoples. ^108:4For your loving kindness is great above the heavens. Your faithfulness reaches to the skies. ^108:5Be exalted, God, above the heavens! Let your glory be over all the earth. ^108:6That your beloved may be delivered, save with your right hand, and answer us. ^108:7God has spoken from his sanctuary: “In triumph, I will divide Shechem, and measure out the valley of Succoth. ^108:8Gilead is mine. Manasseh is mine. Ephraim also is my helmet. Judah is my scepter. ^108:9Moab is my wash pot. I will toss my sandal on Edom. I will shout over Philistia.” ^108:10Who will bring me into the fortified city? Who has led me to Edom? ^108:11Haven’t you rejected us, God? You don’t go out, God, with our armies. ^108:12Give us help against the enemy, for the help of man is vain. ^108:13Through God, we will do valiantly. For it is he who will tread down our enemies.

^109:1God of my praise, don’t remain silent, ^109:2for they have opened the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of deceit against me. They have spoken to me with a lying tongue. ^109:3They have also surrounded me with words of hatred, and fought against me without a cause. ^109:4In return for my love, they are my adversaries; but I am in prayer. ^109:5They have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love. ^109:6Set a wicked man over him. Let an adversary stand at his right hand. ^109:7When he is judged, let him come out guilty. Let his prayer be turned into sin. ^109:8Let his days be few. Let another take his office. ^109:9Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow. ^109:10Let his children be wandering beggars. Let them be sought from their ruins. ^109:11Let the creditor seize all that he has. Let strangers plunder the fruit of his labor. ^109:12Let there be no one to extend kindness to him, neither let there be anyone to have pity on his fatherless children. ^109:13Let his posterity be cut off. In the generation following let their name be blotted out. ^109:14Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered by Yahweh. Don’t let the sin of his mother be blotted out. ^109:15Let them be before Yahweh continually, that he may cut off their memory from the earth; ^109:16because he didn’t remember to show kindness, but persecuted the poor and needy man, the broken in heart, to kill them. ^109:17Yes, he loved cursing, and it came to him. He didn’t delight in blessing, and it was far from him. ^109:18He clothed himself also with cursing as with his garment. It came into his inward parts like water, like oil into his bones. ^109:19Let it be to him as the clothing with which he covers himself, for the belt that is always around him. ^109:20This is the reward of my adversaries from Yahweh, of those who speak evil against my soul. ^109:21But deal with me, Yahweh the Lord, for your name’s sake, because your loving kindness is good, deliver me; ^109:22for I am poor and needy. My heart is wounded within me. ^109:23I fade away like an evening shadow. I am shaken off like a locust. ^109:24My knees are weak through fasting. My body is thin and lacks fat. ^109:25I have also become a reproach to them. When they see me, they shake their head. ^109:26Help me, Yahweh, my God. Save me according to your loving kindness; ^109:27that they may know that this is your hand; that you, Yahweh, have done it. ^109:28They may curse, but you bless. When they arise, they will be shamed, but your servant shall rejoice. ^109:29Let my adversaries be clothed with dishonor. Let them cover themselves with their own shame as with a robe. ^109:30I will give great thanks to Yahweh with my mouth. Yes, I will praise him among the multitude. ^109:31For he will stand at the right hand of the needy, to save him from those who judge his soul.

^110:1Yahweh says to my Lord, “Sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies your footstool for your feet.” ^110:2Yahweh will send out the rod of your strength out of Zion. Rule among your enemies. ^110:3Your people offer themselves willingly in the day of your power, in holy array. Out of the womb of the morning, you have the dew of your youth. ^110:4Yahweh has sworn, and will not change his mind: “You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.” ^110:5The Lord is at your right hand. He will crush kings in the day of his wrath. ^110:6He will judge among the nations. He will heap up dead bodies. He will crush the ruler of the whole earth. ^110:7He will drink of the brook on the way; therefore he will lift up his head.

^111:1Praise Yah! I will give thanks to Yahweh with my whole heart, in the council of the upright, and in the congregation. ^111:2Yahweh’s works are great, pondered by all those who delight in them. ^111:3His work is honor and majesty. His righteousness endures forever. ^111:4He has caused his wonderful works to be remembered. Yahweh is gracious and merciful. ^111:5He has given food to those who fear him. He always remembers his covenant. ^111:6He has shown his people the power of his works, in giving them the heritage of the nations. ^111:7The works of his hands are truth and justice. All his precepts are sure. ^111:8They are established forever and ever. They are done in truth and uprightness. ^111:9He has sent redemption to his people. He has ordained his covenant forever. His name is holy and awesome! ^111:10The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of wisdom. All those who do his work have a good understanding. His praise endures forever!

^112:1Praise Yah! Blessed is the man who fears Yahweh, who delights greatly in his commandments. ^112:2His offspring will be mighty in the land. The generation of the upright will be blessed. ^112:3Wealth and riches are in his house. His righteousness endures forever. ^112:4Light dawns in the darkness for the upright, gracious, merciful, and righteous. ^112:5It is well with the man who deals graciously and lends. He will maintain his cause in judgment. ^112:6For he will never be shaken. The righteous will be remembered forever. ^112:7He will not be afraid of evil news. His heart is steadfast, trusting in Yahweh. ^112:8His heart is established. He will not be afraid in the end when he sees his adversaries. ^112:9He has dispersed, he has given to the poor. His righteousness endures forever. His horn will be exalted with honor. ^112:10The wicked will see it, and be grieved. He shall gnash with his teeth, and melt away. The desire of the wicked will perish.

^113:1Praise Yah! Praise, you servants of Yahweh, praise Yahweh’s name. ^113:2Blessed be Yahweh’s name, from this time forward and forever more. ^113:3From the rising of the sun to the going down of the same, Yahweh’s name is to be praised. ^113:4Yahweh is high above all nations, his glory above the heavens. ^113:5Who is like Yahweh, our God, who has his seat on high, ^113:6Who stoops down to see in heaven and in the earth? ^113:7He raises up the poor out of the dust. Lifts up the needy from the ash heap; ^113:8that he may set him with princes, even with the princes of his people. ^113:9He settles the barren woman in her home, as a joyful mother of children. Praise Yah!

^114:1When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of foreign language; ^114:2Judah became his sanctuary, Israel his dominion. ^114:3The sea saw it, and fled. The Jordan was driven back. ^114:4The mountains skipped like rams, the little hills like lambs. ^114:5What was it, you sea, that you fled? You Jordan, that you turned back? ^114:6You mountains, that you skipped like rams; you little hills, like lambs? ^114:7Tremble, you earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob, ^114:8who turned the rock into a pool of water, the flint into a spring of waters.

^115:1Not to us, Yahweh, not to us, but to your name give glory, for your loving kindness, and for your truth’s sake. ^115:2Why should the nations say, “Where is their God, now?” ^115:3But our God is in the heavens. He does whatever he pleases. ^115:4Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men’s hands. ^115:5They have mouths, but they don’t speak. They have eyes, but they don’t see. ^115:6They have ears, but they don’t hear. They have noses, but they don’t smell. ^115:7They have hands, but they don’t feel. They have feet, but they don’t walk, neither do they speak through their throat. ^115:8Those who make them will be like them; yes, everyone who trusts in them. ^115:9Israel, trust in Yahweh! He is their help and their shield. ^115:10House of Aaron, trust in Yahweh! He is their help and their shield. ^115:11You who fear Yahweh, trust in Yahweh! He is their help and their shield. ^115:12Yahweh remembers us. He will bless us. He will bless the house of Israel. He will bless the house of Aaron. ^115:13He will bless those who fear Yahweh, both small and great. ^115:14May Yahweh increase you more and more, you and your children. ^115:15Blessed are you by Yahweh, who made heaven and earth. ^115:16The heavens are the heavens of Yahweh; but the earth has he given to the children of men. ^115:17The dead don’t praise Yah, neither any who go down into silence; ^115:18But we will bless Yah, from this time forward and forever more. Praise Yah!

^116:1I love Yahweh, because he listens to my voice, and my cries for mercy. ^116:2Because he has turned his ear to me, therefore I will call on him as long as I live. ^116:3The cords of death surrounded me, the pains of Sheol got a hold of me. I found trouble and sorrow. ^116:4Then I called on Yahweh’s name: “Yahweh, I beg you, deliver my soul.” ^116:5Yahweh is Gracious and righteous. Yes, our God is merciful. ^116:6Yahweh preserves the simple. I was brought low, and he saved me. ^116:7Return to your rest, my soul, for Yahweh has dealt bountifully with you. ^116:8For you have delivered my soul from death, my eyes from tears, and my feet from falling. ^116:9I will walk before Yahweh in the land of the living. ^116:10I believed, therefore I said, “I was greatly afflicted.” ^116:11I said in my haste, “All men are liars.” ^116:12What will I give to Yahweh for all his benefits toward me? ^116:13I will take the cup of salvation, and call on Yahweh’s name. ^116:14I will pay my vows to Yahweh, yes, in the presence of all his people. ^116:15Precious in Yahweh’s sight is the death of his saints. ^116:16Yahweh, truly I am your servant. I am your servant, the son of your servant. You have freed me from my chains. ^116:17I will offer to you the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will call on Yahweh’s name. ^116:18I will pay my vows to Yahweh, yes, in the presence of all his people, ^116:19in the courts of Yahweh’s house, in the middle of you, Jerusalem. Praise Yah!

^117:1Praise Yahweh, all you nations! Extol him, all you peoples! ^117:2For his loving kindness is great toward us. Yahweh’s faithfulness endures forever. Praise Yah!

^118:1Give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever. ^118:2Let Israel now say that his loving kindness endures forever. ^118:3Let the house of Aaron now say that his loving kindness endures forever. ^118:4Now let those who fear Yahweh say that his loving kindness endures forever. ^118:5Out of my distress, I called on Yah. Yah answered me with freedom. ^118:6Yahweh is on my side. I will not be afraid. What can man do to me? ^118:7Yahweh is on my side among those who help me. Therefore I will look in triumph at those who hate me. ^118:8It is better to take refuge in Yahweh, than to put confidence in man. ^118:9It is better to take refuge in Yahweh, than to put confidence in princes. ^118:10All the nations surrounded me, but in Yahweh’s name, I cut them off. ^118:11They surrounded me, yes, they surrounded me. In Yahweh’s name I indeed cut them off. ^118:12They surrounded me like bees. They are quenched like the burning thorns. In Yahweh’s name I cut them off. ^118:13You pushed me back hard, to make me fall, but Yahweh helped me. ^118:14Yah is my strength and song. He has become my salvation. ^118:15The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the tents of the righteous. “The right hand of Yahweh does valiantly. ^118:16The right hand of Yahweh is exalted! The right hand of Yahweh does valiantly!” ^118:17I will not die, but live, and declare Yah’s works. ^118:18Yah has punished me severely, but he has not given me over to death. ^118:19Open to me the gates of righteousness. I will enter into them. I will give thanks to Yah. ^118:20This is the gate of Yahweh; the righteous will enter into it. ^118:21I will give thanks to you, for you have answered me, and have become my salvation. ^118:22The stone which the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. ^118:23This is Yahweh’s doing. It is marvelous in our eyes. ^118:24This is the day that Yahweh has made. We will rejoice and be glad in it! ^118:25Save us now, we beg you, Yahweh! Yahweh, we beg you, send prosperity now. ^118:26Blessed is he who comes in Yahweh’s name! We have blessed you out of Yahweh’s house. ^118:27Yahweh is God, and he has given us light. Bind the sacrifice with cords, even to the horns of the altar. ^118:28You are my God, and I will give thanks to you. You are my God, I will exalt you. ^118:29Oh give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever.

^119:1Blessed are those whose ways are blameless, who walk according to Yahweh’s law. ^119:2Blessed are those who keep his statutes, who seek him with their whole heart. ^119:3Yes, they do nothing wrong. They walk in his ways. ^119:4You have commanded your precepts, that we should fully obey them. ^119:5Oh that my ways were steadfast to obey your statutes! ^119:6Then I wouldn’t be disappointed, when I consider all of your commandments. ^119:7I will give thanks to you with uprightness of heart, when I learn your righteous judgments. ^119:8I will observe your statutes. Don’t utterly forsake me. ^119:9How can a young man keep his way pure? By living according to your word. ^119:10With my whole heart, I have sought you. Don’t let me wander from your commandments. ^119:11I have hidden your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you. ^119:12Blessed are you, Yahweh. Teach me your statutes. ^119:13With my lips, I have declared all the ordinances of your mouth. ^119:14I have rejoiced in the way of your testimonies, as much as in all riches. ^119:15I will meditate on your precepts, and consider your ways. ^119:16I will delight myself in your statutes. I will not forget your word. ^119:17Do good to your servant. I will live and I will obey your word. ^119:18Open my eyes, that I may see wondrous things out of your law. ^119:19I am a stranger on the earth. Don’t hide your commandments from me. ^119:20My soul is consumed with longing for your ordinances at all times. ^119:21You have rebuked the proud who are cursed, who wander from your commandments. ^119:22Take reproach and contempt away from me, for I have kept your statutes. ^119:23Though princes sit and slander me, your servant will meditate on your statutes. ^119:24Indeed your statutes are my delight, and my counselors. ^119:25My soul is laid low in the dust. Revive me according to your word! ^119:26I declared my ways, and you answered me. Teach me your statutes. ^119:27Let me understand the teaching of your precepts! Then I will meditate on your wondrous works. ^119:28My soul is weary with sorrow: strengthen me according to your word. ^119:29Keep me from the way of deceit. Grant me your law graciously! ^119:30I have chosen the way of truth. I have set your ordinances before me. ^119:31I cling to your statutes, Yahweh. Don’t let me be disappointed. ^119:32I run in the path of your commandments, for you have set my heart free. ^119:33Teach me, Yahweh, the way of your statutes. I will keep them to the end. ^119:34Give me understanding, and I will keep your law. Yes, I will obey it with my whole heart. ^119:35Direct me in the path of your commandments, for I delight in them. ^119:36Turn my heart toward your statutes, not toward selfish gain. ^119:37Turn my eyes away from looking at worthless things. Revive me in your ways. ^119:38Fulfill your promise to your servant, that you may be feared. ^119:39Take away my disgrace that I dread, for your ordinances are good. ^119:40Behold, I long for your precepts! Revive me in your righteousness. ^119:41Let your loving kindness also come to me, Yahweh, your salvation, according to your word. ^119:42So I will have an answer for him who reproaches me, for I trust in your word. ^119:43Don’t snatch the word of truth out of my mouth, for I put my hope in your ordinances. ^119:44So I will obey your law continually, forever and ever. ^119:45I will walk in liberty, for I have sought your precepts. ^119:46I will also speak of your statutes before kings, and will not be disappointed. ^119:47I will delight myself in your commandments, because I love them. ^119:48I reach out my hands for your commandments, which I love. I will meditate on your statutes. ^119:49Remember your word to your servant, because you gave me hope. ^119:50This is my comfort in my affliction, for your word has revived me. ^119:51The arrogant mock me excessively, but I don’t swerve from your law. ^119:52I remember your ordinances of old, Yahweh, and have comforted myself. ^119:53Indignation has taken hold on me, because of the wicked who forsake your law. ^119:54Your statutes have been my songs, in the house where I live. ^119:55I have remembered your name, Yahweh, in the night, and I obey your law. ^119:56This is my way, that I keep your precepts. ^119:57Yahweh is my portion. I promised to obey your words. ^119:58I sought your favor with my whole heart. Be merciful to me according to your word. ^119:59I considered my ways, and turned my steps to your statutes. ^119:60I will hurry, and not delay, to obey your commandments. ^119:61The ropes of the wicked bind me, but I won’t forget your law. ^119:62At midnight I will rise to give thanks to you, because of your righteous ordinances. ^119:63I am a friend of all those who fear you, of those who observe your precepts. ^119:64The earth is full of your loving kindness, Yahweh. Teach me your statutes. ^119:65Do good to your servant, according to your word, Yahweh. ^119:66Teach me good judgment and knowledge, for I believe in your commandments. ^119:67Before I was afflicted, I went astray; but now I observe your word. ^119:68You are good, and do good. Teach me your statutes. ^119:69The proud have smeared a lie upon me. With my whole heart, I will keep your precepts. ^119:70Their heart is as callous as the fat, but I delight in your law. ^119:71It is good for me that I have been afflicted, that I may learn your statutes. ^119:72The law of your mouth is better to me than thousands of pieces of gold and silver. ^119:73Your hands have made me and formed me. Give me understanding, that I may learn your commandments. ^119:74Those who fear you will see me and be glad, because I have put my hope in your word. ^119:75Yahweh, I know that your judgments are righteous, that in faithfulness you have afflicted me. ^119:76Please let your loving kindness be for my comfort, according to your word to your servant. ^119:77Let your tender mercies come to me, that I may live; for your law is my delight. ^119:78Let the proud be disappointed, for they have overthrown me wrongfully. I will meditate on your precepts. ^119:79Let those who fear you turn to me. They will know your statutes. ^119:80Let my heart be blameless toward your decrees, that I may not be disappointed. ^119:81My soul faints for your salvation. I hope in your word. ^119:82My eyes fail for your word. I say, “When will you comfort me?” ^119:83For I have become like a wineskin in the smoke. I don’t forget your statutes. ^119:84How many are the days of your servant? When will you execute judgment on those who persecute me? ^119:85The proud have dug pits for me, contrary to your law. ^119:86All of your commandments are faithful. They persecute me wrongfully. Help me! ^119:87They had almost wiped me from the earth, but I didn’t forsake your precepts. ^119:88Preserve my life according to your loving kindness, so I will obey the statutes of your mouth. ^119:89Yahweh, your word is settled in heaven forever. ^119:90Your faithfulness is to all generations. You have established the earth, and it remains. ^119:91Your laws remain to this day, for all things serve you. ^119:92Unless your law had been my delight, I would have perished in my affliction. ^119:93I will never forget your precepts, for with them, you have revived me. ^119:94I am yours. Save me, for I have sought your precepts. ^119:95The wicked have waited for me, to destroy me. I will consider your statutes. ^119:96I have seen a limit to all perfection, but your commands are boundless. ^119:97How I love your law! It is my meditation all day. ^119:98Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies, for your commandments are always with me. ^119:99I have more understanding than all my teachers, for your testimonies are my meditation. ^119:100I understand more than the aged, because I have kept your precepts. ^119:101I have kept my feet from every evil way, that I might observe your word. ^119:102I have not turned away from your ordinances, for you have taught me. ^119:103How sweet are your promises to my taste, more than honey to my mouth! ^119:104Through your precepts, I get understanding; therefore I hate every false way. ^119:105Your word is a lamp to my feet, and a light for my path. ^119:106I have sworn, and have confirmed it, that I will obey your righteous ordinances. ^119:107I am afflicted very much. Revive me, Yahweh, according to your word. ^119:108Accept, I beg you, the willing offerings of my mouth. Yahweh, teach me your ordinances. ^119:109My soul is continually in my hand, yet I won’t forget your law. ^119:110The wicked have laid a snare for me, yet I haven’t gone astray from your precepts. ^119:111I have taken your testimonies as a heritage forever, for they are the joy of my heart. ^119:112I have set my heart to perform your statutes forever, even to the end. ^119:113I hate double-minded men, but I love your law. ^119:114You are my hiding place and my shield. I hope in your word. ^119:115Depart from me, you evildoers, that I may keep the commandments of my God. ^119:116Uphold me according to your word, that I may live. Let me not be ashamed of my hope. ^119:117Hold me up, and I will be safe, and will have respect for your statutes continually. ^119:118You reject all those who stray from your statutes, for their deceit is in vain. ^119:119You put away all the wicked of the earth like dross. Therefore I love your testimonies. ^119:120My flesh trembles for fear of you. I am afraid of your judgments. ^119:121I have done what is just and righteous. Don’t leave me to my oppressors. ^119:122Ensure your servant’s well-being. Don’t let the proud oppress me. ^119:123My eyes fail looking for your salvation, for your righteous word. ^119:124Deal with your servant according to your loving kindness. Teach me your statutes. ^119:125I am your servant. Give me understanding, that I may know your testimonies. ^119:126It is time to act, Yahweh, for they break your law. ^119:127Therefore I love your commandments more than gold, yes, more than pure gold. ^119:128Therefore I consider all of your precepts to be right. I hate every false way. ^119:129Your testimonies are wonderful, therefore my soul keeps them. ^119:130The entrance of your words gives light. It gives understanding to the simple. ^119:131I opened my mouth wide and panted, for I longed for your commandments. ^119:132Turn to me, and have mercy on me, as you always do to those who love your name. ^119:133Establish my footsteps in your word. Don’t let any iniquity have dominion over me. ^119:134Redeem me from the oppression of man, so I will observe your precepts. ^119:135Make your face shine on your servant. Teach me your statutes. ^119:136Streams of tears run down my eyes, because they don’t observe your law. ^119:137You are righteous, Yahweh. Your judgments are upright. ^119:138You have commanded your statutes in righteousness. They are fully trustworthy. ^119:139My zeal wears me out, because my enemies ignore your words. ^119:140Your promises have been thoroughly tested, and your servant loves them. ^119:141I am small and despised. I don’t forget your precepts. ^119:142Your righteousness is an everlasting righteousness. Your law is truth. ^119:143Trouble and anguish have taken hold of me. Your commandments are my delight. ^119:144Your testimonies are righteous forever. Give me understanding, that I may live. ^119:145I have called with my whole heart. Answer me, Yahweh! I will keep your statutes. ^119:146I have called to you. Save me! I will obey your statutes. ^119:147I rise before dawn and cry for help. I put my hope in your words. ^119:148My eyes stay open through the night watches, that I might meditate on your word. ^119:149Hear my voice according to your loving kindness. Revive me, Yahweh, according to your ordinances. ^119:150They draw near who follow after wickedness. They are far from your law. ^119:151You are near, Yahweh. All your commandments are truth. ^119:152Of old I have known from your testimonies, that you have founded them forever. ^119:153Consider my affliction, and deliver me, for I don’t forget your law. ^119:154Plead my cause, and redeem me! Revive me according to your promise. ^119:155Salvation is far from the wicked, for they don’t seek your statutes. ^119:156Great are your tender mercies, Yahweh. Revive me according to your ordinances. ^119:157Many are my persecutors and my adversaries. I haven’t swerved from your testimonies. ^119:158I look at the faithless with loathing, because they don’t observe your word. ^119:159Consider how I love your precepts. Revive me, Yahweh, according to your loving kindness. ^119:160All of your words are truth. Every one of your righteous ordinances endures forever. ^119:161Princes have persecuted me without a cause, but my heart stands in awe of your words. ^119:162I rejoice at your word, as one who finds great plunder. ^119:163I hate and abhor falsehood. I love your law. ^119:164Seven times a day, I praise you, because of your righteous ordinances. ^119:165Those who love your law have great peace. Nothing causes them to stumble. ^119:166I have hoped for your salvation, Yahweh. I have done your commandments. ^119:167My soul has observed your testimonies. I love them exceedingly. ^119:168I have obeyed your precepts and your testimonies, for all my ways are before you. ^119:169Let my cry come before you, Yahweh. Give me understanding according to your word. ^119:170Let my supplication come before you. Deliver me according to your word. ^119:171Let my lips utter praise, for you teach me your statutes. ^119:172Let my tongue sing of your word, for all your commandments are righteousness. ^119:173Let your hand be ready to help me, for I have chosen your precepts. ^119:174I have longed for your salvation, Yahweh. Your law is my delight. ^119:175Let my soul live, that I may praise you. Let your ordinances help me. ^119:176I have gone astray like a lost sheep. Seek your servant, for I don’t forget your commandments.