Psalm 104-106

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition

⁵ You set the earth on its foundations,
    so that it shall never be shaken.^(E)
6 You cover it with the deep as with a garment;
    the waters stood above the mountains.^(F)
7 At your rebuke they flee;
    at the sound of your thunder they take to flight.
⁸ They rose up to the mountains, ran down to the valleys,
    to the place that you appointed for them.^(G)
9 You set a boundary that they may not pass,
    so that they might not again cover the earth.^(H)

¹⁰ You make springs gush forth in the valleys;
    they flow between the hills,^(I)
11 giving drink to every wild animal;
    the wild asses quench their thirst.^(J)
12 By the streams^[e] the birds of the air have their habitation;
    they sing among the branches.^(K)
13 From your lofty abode you water the mountains;
    the earth is satisfied with the fruit of your work.^(L)

¹⁴ You cause the grass to grow for the cattle
    and plants for people to cultivate,
to bring forth food from the earth^(M)
15     and wine to gladden the human heart,
oil to make the face shine
    and bread to strengthen the human heart.^(N)
16 The trees of the field^[f] are watered abundantly,
    the cedars of Lebanon that he planted.
¹⁷ In them the birds build their nests;
    the stork has its home in the fir trees.
¹⁸ The high mountains are for the wild goats;
    the rocks are a refuge for the coneys.^(O)
19 You have made the moon to mark the seasons;
    the sun knows its time for setting.^(P)
20 You make darkness, and it is night,
    when all the animals of the forest come creeping out.^(Q)
21 The young lions roar for their prey,
    seeking their food from God.^(R)
22 When the sun rises, they withdraw
    and lie down in their dens.
²³ People go out to their work
    and to their labor until the evening.^(S)

²⁴ O Lord, how manifold are your works!
    In wisdom you have made them all;
    the earth is full of your creatures.^(T)
25 There is the sea, great and wide;
    creeping things innumerable are there,
    living things both small and great.
²⁶ There go the ships
    and Leviathan that you formed to sport in it.^(U)

²⁷ These all look to you
    to give them their food in due season;^(V)
28 when you give to them, they gather it up;
    when you open your hand, they are filled with good things.
²⁹ When you hide your face, they are dismayed;
    when you take away their breath, they die
    and return to their dust.^(W)
30 When you send forth your spirit,^[g] they are created,
    and you renew the face of the ground.^(X)

³¹ May the glory of the Lord endure forever;
    may the Lord rejoice in his works—^(Y)
32 who looks on the earth and it trembles,
    who touches the mountains and they smoke.^(Z)
33 I will sing to the Lord as long as I live;
    I will sing praise to my God while I have being.^(AA)
34 May my meditation be pleasing to him,
    for I rejoice in the Lord.
³⁵ Let sinners be consumed from the earth,
    and let the wicked be no more.
Bless the Lord, O my soul.
Praise the Lord!^(AB)

⁷ He is the Lord our God;
    his judgments are in all the earth.^(AH)
8 He is mindful of his covenant forever,
    of the word that he commanded for a thousand generations,
⁹ the covenant that he made with Abraham,
    his sworn promise to Isaac,^(AI)
10 which he confirmed to Jacob as a statute,
    to Israel as an everlasting covenant,^(AJ)
11 saying, “To you I will give the land of Canaan
    as your portion for an inheritance.”^(AK)

¹² When they were few in number,
    of little account and strangers in it,^(AL)
13 wandering from nation to nation,
    from one kingdom to another people,
¹⁴ he allowed no one to oppress them;
    he rebuked kings on their account,^(AM)
15 saying, “Do not touch my anointed ones;
    do my prophets no harm.”

¹⁶ When he summoned famine against the land
    and cut off every supply of bread,^[i](AN)
17 he had sent a man ahead of them,
    Joseph, who had been sold as a slave.^(AO)
18 His feet were hurt with fetters;
    his neck was put in a collar of iron;^(AP)
19 until what he had said came to pass,
    the word of the Lord kept testing him.^(AQ)
20 The king sent and released him;
    the ruler of the peoples set him free.^(AR)
21 He made him lord of his house
    and ruler of all his possessions,^(AS)
22 to instruct^[j] his officials at his pleasure
    and to teach his elders wisdom.

²³ Then Israel came to Egypt;
    Jacob lived as an alien in the land of Ham.^(AT)
24 And the Lord made his people very fruitful
    and made them stronger than their foes,^(AU)
25 whose hearts he then turned to hate his people,
    to deal craftily with his servants.^(AV)

²⁶ He sent his servant Moses
    and Aaron, whom he had chosen.^(AW)
27 They performed his signs among them
    and miracles in the land of Ham.^(AX)
28 He sent darkness and made the land dark;
    they rebelled^[k] against his words.^(AY)
29 He turned their waters into blood
    and caused their fish to die.^(AZ)
30 Their land swarmed with frogs,
    even in the chambers of their kings.^(BA)
31 He spoke, and there came swarms of flies
    and gnats throughout their country.^(BB)
32 He gave them hail for rain
    and lightning that flashed through their land.^(BC)
33 He struck their vines and fig trees
    and shattered the trees of their country.
³⁴ He spoke, and the locusts came,
    and young locusts without number;^(BD)
35 they devoured all the vegetation in their land
    and ate up the fruit of their ground.
³⁶ He struck down all the firstborn in their land,
    the first issue of all their strength.^(BE)

³⁷ Then he brought Israel^[l] out with silver and gold,
    and there was no one among their tribes who stumbled.^(BF)
38 Egypt was glad when they departed,
    for dread of them had fallen upon it.^(BG)
39 He spread a cloud for a covering
    and fire to give light by night.^(BH)
40 They asked, and he brought quails
    and gave them food from heaven in abundance.^(BI)
41 He opened the rock, and water gushed out;
    it flowed through the desert like a river.^(BJ)
42 For he remembered his holy promise
    and Abraham, his servant.^(BK)

⁴³ So he brought his people out with joy,
    his chosen ones with singing.
⁴⁴ He gave them the lands of the nations,
    and they took possession of the wealth of the peoples,^(BL)
45 that they might keep his statutes
    and observe his laws.
Praise the Lord!^(BM)

⁴ Remember us,^[m] O Lord, when you show favor to your people;
    help us^[n] when you deliver them,^(BQ)
5 that we may see the prosperity of your chosen ones,
    that we may rejoice in the gladness of your nation,
    that we may glory in your heritage.^(BR)

⁶ Both we and our ancestors have sinned;
    we have committed iniquity, have done wickedly.^(BS)
7 Our ancestors, when they were in Egypt,
    did not consider your wonderful works;
they did not remember the abundance of your steadfast love
    but rebelled against the Most High^[o] at the Red Sea.^[p](BT)
8 Yet he saved them for his name’s sake,
    so that he might make known his mighty power.^(BU)
9 He rebuked the Red Sea,^[q] and it became dry;
    he led them through the deep as through a desert.^(BV)
10 So he saved them from the hand of the foe
    and delivered them from the hand of the enemy.^(BW)
11 The waters covered their adversaries;
    not one of them was left.^(BX)
12 Then they believed his words;
    they sang his praise.^(BY)

¹³ But they soon forgot his works;
    they did not wait for his counsel.^(BZ)
14 But they had a wanton craving in the wilderness
    and put God to the test in the desert;^(CA)
15 he gave them what they asked
    but sent a wasting disease among them.^(CB)

¹⁶ They were jealous of Moses in the camp
    and of Aaron, the holy one of the Lord.^(CC)
17 The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan
    and covered the faction of Abiram.^(CD)
18 Fire also broke out in their company;
    the flame burned up the wicked.^(CE)

¹⁹ They made a calf at Horeb
    and worshiped a cast image.^(CF)
20 They exchanged the glory of God^[r]
    for the image of an ox that eats grass.^(CG)
21 They forgot God, their Savior,
    who had done great things in Egypt,^(CH)
22 wondrous works in the land of Ham,
    and awesome deeds by the Red Sea.^[s](CI)
23 Therefore he said he would destroy them—
    had not Moses, his chosen one,
stood in the breach before him,
    to turn away his wrath from destroying them.^(CJ)

²⁴ Then they despised the pleasant land,
    having no faith in his promise.^(CK)
25 They grumbled in their tents
    and did not obey the voice of the Lord.^(CL)
26 Therefore he raised his hand and swore to them
    that he would make them fall in the wilderness^(CM)
27 and would disperse^[t] their descendants among the nations,
    scattering them over the lands.^(CN)

²⁸ Then they attached themselves to the Baal of Peor
    and ate sacrifices offered to the dead;^(CO)
29 they provoked the Lord to anger with their deeds,
    and a plague broke out among them.
³⁰ Then Phinehas stood up and interceded,
    and the plague was stopped.^(CP)
31 And that has been reckoned to him as righteousness
    from generation to generation forever.^(CQ)

³² They angered the Lord^[u] at the waters of Meribah,
    and it went ill with Moses on their account,^(CR)
33 for they made his spirit bitter,
    and he spoke words that were rash.^(CS)

³⁴ They did not destroy the peoples,
    as the Lord had commanded them,^(CT)
35 but they mingled with the nations
    and learned to do as they did.^(CU)
36 They served their idols,
    which became a snare to them.^(CV)
37 They sacrificed their sons
    and their daughters to the demons;^(CW)
38 they poured out innocent blood,
    the blood of their sons and daughters,
whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan,
    and the land was polluted with blood.^(CX)
39 Thus they became unclean by their acts
    and prostituted themselves in their doings.^(CY)

⁴⁰ Then the anger of the Lord was kindled against his people,
    and he abhorred his heritage;^(CZ)
41 he gave them into the hand of the nations,
    so that those who hated them ruled over them.^(DA)
42 Their enemies oppressed them,
    and they were brought into subjection under their power.
⁴³ Many times he delivered them,
    but they were rebellious in their purposes
    and were brought low through their iniquity.^(DB)
44 Nevertheless, he regarded their distress
    when he heard their cry.^(DC)
45 For their sake he remembered his covenant
    and showed compassion according to the abundance of his steadfast love.^(DD)
46 He caused them to be pitied
    by all who held them captive.^(DE)

⁴⁷ Save us, O Lord our God,
    and gather us from among the nations,
that we may give thanks to your holy name
    and glory in your praise.^(DF)

⁴⁸ Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel,
    from everlasting to everlasting.
And let all the people say, “Amen.”
    Praise the Lord!^(DG)