Psalm 101
New King James Version
Promised Faithfulness to the Lord
A Psalm of David.
101 I will sing of mercy and justice;
To You, O Lord, I will sing praises.
2 I will behave wisely in a [a]perfect way.
Oh, when will You come to me?
I will (A)walk within my house with a perfect heart.
3 I will set nothing [b]wicked before my eyes;
(B)I hate the work of those (C)who fall away;
It shall not cling to me.
4 A perverse heart shall depart from me;
I will not (D)know wickedness.
5 Whoever secretly slanders his neighbor,
Him I will destroy;
(E)The one who has a haughty look and a proud heart,
Him I will not endure.
6 My eyes shall be on the faithful of the land,
That they may dwell with me;
He who walks in a [c]perfect way,
He shall serve me.
7 He who works deceit shall not dwell within my house;
He who tells lies shall not [d]continue in my presence.
8 (F)Early I will destroy all the wicked of the land,
That I may cut off all the evildoers (G)from the city of the Lord.
Footnotes
- Psalm 101:2 blameless
- Psalm 101:3 worthless
- Psalm 101:6 blameless
- Psalm 101:7 Lit. be established
Psalm 103
New King James Version
Praise for the Lord’s Mercies
A Psalm of David.
103 Bless (A)the Lord, O my soul;
And all that is within me, bless His holy name!
2 Bless the Lord, O my soul,
And forget not all His benefits:
3 (B)Who forgives all your iniquities,
Who (C)heals all your diseases,
4 Who redeems your life from destruction,
(D)Who crowns you with lovingkindness and tender mercies,
5 Who satisfies your mouth with good things,
So that (E)your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.
6 The Lord executes righteousness
And justice for all who are oppressed.
7 (F)He made known His ways to Moses,
His acts to the children of Israel.
8 (G)The Lord is merciful and gracious,
Slow to anger, and abounding in mercy.
9 (H)He will not always strive with us,
Nor will He keep His anger forever.
10 (I)He has not dealt with us according to our sins,
Nor punished us according to our iniquities.
11 For as the heavens are high above the earth,
So great is His mercy toward those who fear Him;
12 As far as the east is from the west,
So far has He (J)removed our transgressions from us.
13 (K)As a father pities his children,
So the Lord pities those who fear Him.
14 For He [a]knows our frame;
He remembers that we are dust.
15 As for man, (L)his days are like grass;
As a flower of the field, so he flourishes.
16 (M)For the wind passes over it, and it is [b]gone,
And (N)its place remembers it no more.
17 But the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting
On those who fear Him,
And His righteousness to children’s children,
18 (O)To such as keep His covenant,
And to those who remember His commandments to do them.
19 The Lord has established His throne in heaven,
And (P)His kingdom rules over all.
20 (Q)Bless the Lord, you His angels,
Who excel in strength, who (R)do His word,
Heeding the voice of His word.
21 Bless the Lord, all you His hosts,
(S)You [c]ministers of His, who do His pleasure.
22 Bless the Lord, all His works,
In all places of His dominion.
Bless the Lord, O my soul!
Footnotes
- Psalm 103:14 Understands our constitution
- Psalm 103:16 not
- Psalm 103:21 servants
Psalm 108-110
New King James Version
Assurance of God’s Victory over Enemies(A)
A Song. A Psalm of David.
108 O (B)God, my heart is steadfast;
I will sing and give praise, even with my glory.
2 (C)Awake, lute and harp!
I will awaken the dawn.
3 I will praise You, O Lord, among the peoples,
And I will sing praises to You among the nations.
4 For Your mercy is great above the [a]heavens,
And Your truth reaches to the clouds.
5 (D)Be exalted, O God, above the heavens,
And Your glory above all the earth;
6 (E)That Your beloved may be delivered,
Save with Your right hand, and [b]hear me.
7 God has spoken in His holiness:
“I will rejoice;
I will divide Shechem
And measure out the Valley of Succoth.
8 Gilead is Mine; Manasseh is Mine;
Ephraim also is the [c]helmet for My head;
(F)Judah is My lawgiver.
9 Moab is My washpot;
Over Edom I will cast My shoe;
Over Philistia I will triumph.”
10 (G)Who will bring me into the strong city?
Who will lead me to Edom?
11 Is it not You, O God, who cast us off?
And You, O God, who did not go out with our armies?
12 Give us help from trouble,
For the help of man is useless.
13 (H)Through God we will do valiantly,
For it is He who shall tread down our enemies.
Plea for Judgment of False Accusers
To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.
109 Do(I) not keep silent,
O God of my praise!
2 For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful
Have opened against me;
They have spoken against me with a (J)lying tongue.
3 They have also surrounded me with words of hatred,
And fought against me (K)without a cause.
4 In return for my love they are my accusers,
But I give myself to prayer.
5 Thus (L)they have rewarded me evil for good,
And hatred for my love.
6 Set a wicked man over him,
And let (M)an [d]accuser stand at his right hand.
7 When he is judged, let him be found guilty,
And (N)let his prayer become sin.
8 Let his days be (O)few,
And (P)let another take his office.
9 (Q)Let his children be fatherless,
And his wife a widow.
10 Let his children [e]continually be vagabonds, and beg;
Let them [f]seek their bread also from their desolate places.
11 (R)Let the creditor seize all that he has,
And let strangers plunder his labor.
12 Let there be none to extend mercy to him,
Nor let there be any to favor his fatherless children.
13 (S)Let his [g]posterity be cut off,
And in the generation following let their (T)name be blotted out.
14 (U)Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the Lord,
And let not the sin of his mother (V)be blotted out.
15 Let them be continually before the Lord,
That He may (W)cut off the memory of them from the earth;
16 Because he did not remember to show mercy,
But persecuted the poor and needy man,
That he might even slay the (X)broken in heart.
17 (Y)As he loved cursing, so let it come to him;
As he did not delight in blessing, so let it be far from him.
18 As he clothed himself with cursing as with his garment,
So let it (Z)enter his body like water,
And like oil into his bones.
19 Let it be to him like the garment which covers him,
And for a belt with which he girds himself continually.
20 Let this be the Lord’s reward to my accusers,
And to those who speak evil against my person.
21 But You, O God the Lord,
Deal with me for Your name’s sake;
Because Your mercy is good, deliver me.
22 For I am poor and needy,
And my heart is wounded within me.
23 I am gone (AA)like a shadow when it lengthens;
I am shaken off like a locust.
24 My (AB)knees are weak through fasting,
And my flesh is feeble from lack of fatness.
25 I also have become (AC)a reproach to them;
When they look at me, (AD)they shake their heads.
26 Help me, O Lord my God!
Oh, save me according to Your mercy,
27 (AE)That they may know that this is Your hand—
That You, Lord, have done it!
28 (AF)Let them curse, but You bless;
When they arise, let them be ashamed,
But let (AG)Your servant rejoice.
29 (AH)Let my accusers be clothed with shame,
And let them cover themselves with their own disgrace as with a mantle.
30 I will greatly praise the Lord with my mouth;
Yes, (AI)I will praise Him among the multitude.
31 For (AJ)He shall stand at the right hand of the poor,
To save him from those [h]who condemn him.
Announcement of the Messiah’s Reign(AK)
A Psalm of David.
110 The (AL)Lord said to my Lord,
“Sit at My right hand,
Till I make Your enemies Your (AM)footstool.”
2 The Lord shall send the rod of Your strength (AN)out of Zion.
(AO)Rule in the midst of Your enemies!
3 (AP)Your people shall be volunteers
In the day of Your power;
(AQ)In the beauties of holiness, from the womb of the morning,
You have the dew of Your youth.
4 The Lord has sworn
And (AR)will not relent,
“You are a (AS)priest forever
According to the order of (AT)Melchizedek.”
5 The Lord is (AU)at Your right hand;
He shall [i]execute kings (AV)in the day of His wrath.
6 He shall judge among the nations,
He shall fill the places with dead bodies,
(AW)He shall [j]execute the heads of many countries.
7 He shall drink of the brook by the wayside;
(AX)Therefore He shall lift up the head.
Footnotes
- Psalm 108:4 skies
- Psalm 108:6 Lit. answer
- Psalm 108:8 Lit. protection
- Psalm 109:6 Heb. satan
- Psalm 109:10 wander continuously
- Psalm 109:10 So with MT, Tg.; LXX, Vg. be cast out
- Psalm 109:13 descendants be destroyed
- Psalm 109:31 Lit. judging his soul
- Psalm 110:5 Lit. break kings in pieces
- Psalm 110:6 Lit. break in pieces
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