^90:1Lord, you have been our dwelling place for all generations. ^90:2Before the mountains were born, before you had formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, you are God. ^90:3You turn man to destruction, saying, “Return, you children of men.” ^90:4For a thousand years in your sight are just like yesterday when it is past, like a watch in the night. ^90:5You sweep them away as they sleep. In the morning they sprout like new grass. ^90:6In the morning it sprouts and springs up. By evening, it is withered and dry. ^90:7For we are consumed in your anger. We are troubled in your wrath. ^90:8You have set our iniquities before you, our secret sins in the light of your presence. ^90:9For all our days have passed away in your wrath. We bring our years to an end as a sigh. ^90:10The days of our years are seventy, or even by reason of strength eighty years; yet their pride is but labor and sorrow, for it passes quickly, and we fly away. ^90:11Who knows the power of your anger, your wrath according to the fear that is due to you? ^90:12So teach us to count our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom. ^90:13Relent, Yahweh! How long? Have compassion on your servants! ^90:14Satisfy us in the morning with your loving kindness, that we may rejoice and be glad all our days. ^90:15Make us glad for as many days as you have afflicted us, for as many years as we have seen evil. ^90:16Let your work appear to your servants; your glory to their children. ^90:17Let the favor of the Lord our God be on us; establish the work of our hands for us; yes, establish the work of our hands.

^91:1He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. ^91:2I will say of Yahweh, “He is my refuge and my fortress; my God, in whom I trust.” ^91:3For he will deliver you from the snare of the fowler, and from the deadly pestilence. ^91:4He will cover you with his feathers. Under his wings you will take refuge. His faithfulness is your shield and rampart. ^91:5You shall not be afraid of the terror by night, nor of the arrow that flies by day; ^91:6nor of the pestilence that walks in darkness, nor of the destruction that wastes at noonday. ^91:7A thousand may fall at your side, and ten thousand at your right hand; but it will not come near you. ^91:8You will only look with your eyes, and see the recompense of the wicked. ^91:9Because you have made Yahweh your refuge, and the Most High your dwelling place, ^91:10no evil shall happen to you, neither shall any plague come near your dwelling. ^91:11For he will put his angels in charge of you, to guard you in all your ways. ^91:12They will bear you up in their hands, so that you won’t dash your foot against a stone. ^91:13You will tread on the lion and cobra. You will trample the young lion and the serpent underfoot. ^91:14“Because he has set his love on me, therefore I will deliver him. I will set him on high, because he has known my name. ^91:15He will call on me, and I will answer him. I will be with him in trouble. I will deliver him, and honor him. ^91:16I will satisfy him with long life, and show him my salvation.”

^92:1It is a good thing to give thanks to Yahweh, to sing praises to your name, Most High; ^92:2to proclaim your loving kindness in the morning, and your faithfulness every night, ^92:3with the ten-stringed lute, with the harp, and with the melody of the lyre. ^92:4For you, Yahweh, have made me glad through your work. I will triumph in the works of your hands. ^92:5How great are your works, Yahweh! Your thoughts are very deep. ^92:6A senseless man doesn’t know, neither does a fool understand this: ^92:7though the wicked spring up as the grass, and all the evildoers flourish, they will be destroyed forever. ^92:8But you, Yahweh, are on high forever more. ^92:9For, behold, your enemies, Yahweh, for, behold, your enemies shall perish. All the evildoers will be scattered. ^92:10But you have exalted my horn like that of the wild ox. I am anointed with fresh oil. ^92:11My eye has also seen my enemies. My ears have heard of the wicked enemies who rise up against me. ^92:12The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree. He will grow like a cedar in Lebanon. ^92:13They are planted in Yahweh’s house. They will flourish in our God’s courts. ^92:14They will still produce fruit in old age. They will be full of sap and green, ^92:15to show that Yahweh is upright. He is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him.

^93:1Yahweh reigns! He is clothed with majesty! Yahweh is armed with strength. The world also is established. It can’t be moved. ^93:2Your throne is established from long ago. You are from everlasting. ^93:3The floods have lifted up, Yahweh, 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, Yahweh on high is mighty. ^93:5Your statutes stand firm. Holiness adorns your house, Yahweh, forever more.

^94:1Yahweh, you God to whom vengeance belongs, you God to whom vengeance belongs, shine out. ^94:2Rise up, you judge of the earth. Pay back the proud what they deserve. ^94:3Yahweh, how long will the wicked, how long will the wicked triumph? ^94:4They pour out arrogant words. All the evildoers boast. ^94:5They break your people in pieces, Yahweh, and afflict your heritage. ^94:6They kill the widow and the alien, and murder the fatherless. ^94:7They say, “Yah will not see, neither will Jacob’s God consider.” ^94:8Consider, you senseless among the people; you fools, when will you be wise? ^94:9He who implanted the ear, won’t he hear? He who formed the eye, won’t he see? ^94:10He who disciplines the nations, won’t he punish? He who teaches man knows. ^94:11Yahweh knows the thoughts of man, that they are futile. ^94:12Blessed is the man whom you discipline, Yah, and teach out of your law; ^94:13that you may give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit is dug for the wicked. ^94:14For Yahweh won’t reject his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance. ^94:15For judgment will return to righteousness. All the upright in heart shall follow it. ^94:16Who will rise up for me against the wicked? Who will stand up for me against the evildoers? ^94:17Unless Yahweh had been my help, my soul would have soon lived in silence. ^94:18When I said, “My foot is slipping!” Your loving kindness, Yahweh, held me up. ^94:19In the multitude of my thoughts within me, your comforts delight my soul. ^94:20Shall the throne of wickedness have fellowship with you, which brings about mischief by statute? ^94:21They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood. ^94:22But Yahweh has been my high tower, my God, the rock of my refuge. ^94:23He has brought on them their own iniquity, and will cut them off in their own wickedness. Yahweh, our God, will cut them off.

^95:1Oh come, let’s sing to Yahweh. Let’s shout aloud to the rock of our salvation! ^95:2Let’s come before his presence with thanksgiving. Let’s extol him with songs! ^95:3For Yahweh is a great God, a great King above all gods. ^95:4In his hand are the deep places of the earth. The heights of the mountains are also his. ^95:5The sea is his, and he made it. His hands formed the dry land. ^95:6Oh come, let’s worship and bow down. Let’s kneel before Yahweh, our Maker, ^95:7for he is our God. We are the people of his pasture, and the sheep in his care. Today, oh that you would hear his voice! ^95:8Don’t harden your heart, as at Meribah, as in the day of Massah in the wilderness, ^95:9when your fathers tempted me, tested me, and saw my work. ^95:10Forty long years I was grieved with that generation, and said, “It is a people that errs in their heart. They have not known my ways.” ^95:11Therefore I swore in my wrath, “They won’t enter into my rest.”

^96:1Sing to Yahweh a new song! Sing to Yahweh, all the earth. ^96:2Sing to Yahweh! Bless his name! Proclaim his salvation from day to day! ^96:3Declare his glory among the nations, his marvelous works among all the peoples. ^96:4For great is Yahweh, and greatly to be praised! He is to be feared above all gods. ^96:5For all the gods of the peoples are idols, but Yahweh made the heavens. ^96:6Honor and majesty are before him. Strength and beauty are in his sanctuary. ^96:7Ascribe to Yahweh, you families of nations, ascribe to Yahweh glory and strength. ^96:8Ascribe to Yahweh the glory due to his name. Bring an offering, and come into his courts. ^96:9Worship Yahweh in holy array. Tremble before him, all the earth. ^96:10Say among the nations, “Yahweh reigns.” The world is also established. It can’t 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 its fullness! ^96:12Let the field and all that is in it exult! Then all the trees of the woods shall sing for joy ^96:13before Yahweh; for he comes, for he comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness, the peoples with his truth.

^97:1Yahweh reigns! Let the earth rejoice! Let the multitude of islands be glad! ^97:2Clouds and darkness are around him. Righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne. ^97:3A fire goes before him, and burns up his adversaries on every side. ^97:4His lightning lights up the world. The earth sees, and trembles. ^97:5The mountains melt like wax at the presence of Yahweh, at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth. ^97:6The heavens declare his righteousness. All the peoples have seen his glory. ^97:7Let all them be shamed who serve engraved images, who boast in their idols. Worship him, all you gods! ^97:8Zion heard and was glad. The daughters of Judah rejoiced, because of your judgments, Yahweh. ^97:9For you, Yahweh, are most high above all the earth. You are exalted far above all gods. ^97:10You who love Yahweh, hate evil. He preserves the souls of his saints. He delivers 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 Yahweh, you righteous people! Give thanks to his holy Name.

^98:1Sing to Yahweh a new song, for he has done marvelous things! His right hand, and his holy arm, have worked salvation for him. ^98:2Yahweh has made known his salvation. He has openly shown his righteousness in the sight of the nations. ^98:3He has remembered his loving kindness 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 to Yahweh, all the earth! Burst out and sing for joy, yes, sing praises! ^98:5Sing praises to Yahweh with the harp, with the harp and the voice of melody. ^98:6With trumpets and sound of the ram’s horn, make a joyful noise before the King, Yahweh. ^98:7Let the sea roar with its fullness; the world, and those who dwell therein. ^98:8Let the rivers clap their hands. Let the mountains sing for joy together. ^98:9Let them sing before Yahweh, for he comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness, and the peoples with equity.

^99:1Yahweh reigns! Let the peoples tremble. He sits enthroned among the cherubim. Let the earth be moved. ^99:2Yahweh is great in Zion. He is high above all the peoples. ^99:3Let them praise your great and awesome name. He is Holy! ^99:4The King’s strength also loves justice. You do establish equity. You execute justice and righteousness in Jacob. ^99:5Exalt Yahweh our God. Worship at his footstool. He is Holy! ^99:6Moses and Aaron were among his priests, Samuel among those who call on his name; they called on Yahweh, and he answered them. ^99:7He spoke to them in the pillar of cloud. They kept his testimonies, the statute that he gave them. ^99:8You answered them, Yahweh our God. You are a God who forgave them, although you took vengeance for their doings. ^99:9Exalt Yahweh, our God. Worship at his holy hill, for Yahweh, our God, is holy!

^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.