Psalm 106-110 (New International Version)

Psalm 106

 ¹ Praise the LORD. ^[a]
       Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good;
       his love endures forever.

 ² Who can proclaim the mighty acts of the LORD
       or fully declare his praise?

 ³ Blessed are they who maintain justice,
       who constantly do what is right.

 ⁴ Remember me, O LORD, when you show favor to your people,
       come to my aid when you save them,

 ⁵ that I may enjoy the prosperity of your chosen ones,
       that I may share in the joy of your nation
       and join your inheritance in giving praise.

 ⁶ We have sinned, even as our fathers did;
       we have done wrong and acted wickedly.

 ⁷ When our fathers were in Egypt,
       they gave no thought to your miracles;
       they did not remember your many kindnesses,
       and they rebelled by the sea, the Red Sea. ^[b]

 ⁸ Yet he saved them for his name's sake,
       to make his mighty power known.

 ⁹ He rebuked the Red Sea, and it dried up;
       he led them through the depths as through a desert.

 ¹⁰ He saved them from the hand of the foe;
       from the hand of the enemy he redeemed them.

 ¹¹ The waters covered their adversaries;
       not one of them survived.

 ¹² Then they believed his promises
       and sang his praise.

 ¹³ But they soon forgot what he had done
       and did not wait for his counsel.

 ¹⁴ In the desert they gave in to their craving;
       in the wasteland they put God to the test.

 ¹⁵ So he gave them what they asked for,
       but sent a wasting disease upon them.

 ¹⁶ In the camp they grew envious of Moses
       and of Aaron, who was consecrated to the LORD.

 ¹⁷ The earth opened up and swallowed Dathan;
       it buried the company of Abiram.

 ¹⁸ Fire blazed among their followers;
       a flame consumed the wicked.

 ¹⁹ At Horeb they made a calf
       and worshiped an idol cast from metal.

 ²⁰ They exchanged their Glory
       for an image of a bull, which eats grass.

 ²¹ They forgot the God who saved them,
       who had done great things in Egypt,

 ²² miracles in the land of Ham
       and awesome deeds by the Red Sea.

 ²³ So he said he would destroy them—
       had not Moses, his chosen one,
       stood in the breach before him
       to keep his wrath from destroying them.

 ²⁴ Then they despised the pleasant land;
       they did not believe his promise.

 ²⁵ They grumbled in their tents
       and did not obey the LORD.

 ²⁶ So he swore to them with uplifted hand
       that he would make them fall in the desert,

 ²⁷ make their descendants fall among the nations
       and scatter them throughout the lands.

 ²⁸ They yoked themselves to the Baal of Peor
       and ate sacrifices offered to lifeless gods;

 ²⁹ they provoked the LORD to anger by their wicked deeds,
       and a plague broke out among them.

 ³⁰ But Phinehas stood up and intervened,
       and the plague was checked.

 ³¹ This was credited to him as righteousness
       for endless generations to come.

 ³² By the waters of Meribah they angered the LORD,
       and trouble came to Moses because of them;

 ³³ for they rebelled against the Spirit of God,
       and rash words came from Moses' lips. ^[c]

 ³⁴ They did not destroy the peoples
       as the LORD had commanded them,

 ³⁵ but they mingled with the nations
       and adopted their customs.

 ³⁶ They worshiped their idols,
       which became a snare to them.

 ³⁷ They sacrificed their sons
       and their daughters to demons.

 ³⁸ They shed innocent blood,
       the blood of their sons and daughters,
       whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan,
       and the land was desecrated by their blood.

 ³⁹ They defiled themselves by what they did;
       by their deeds they prostituted themselves.

 ⁴⁰ Therefore the LORD was angry with his people
       and abhorred his inheritance.

 ⁴¹ He handed them over to the nations,
       and their foes ruled over them.

 ⁴² Their enemies oppressed them
       and subjected them to their power.

 ⁴³ Many times he delivered them,
       but they were bent on rebellion
       and they wasted away in their sin.

 ⁴⁴ But he took note of their distress
       when he heard their cry;

 ⁴⁵ for their sake he remembered his covenant
       and out of his great love he relented.

 ⁴⁶ He caused them to be pitied
       by all who held them captive.

 ⁴⁷ Save us, O LORD our God,
       and gather us from the nations,
       that we may give thanks to your holy name
       and glory in your praise.

 ⁴⁸ Praise be to the LORD, the God of Israel,
       from everlasting to everlasting.
       Let all the people say, "Amen!"
       Praise the LORD.

Psalm 107

BOOK V : Psalms 107-150

 ¹ Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good;
       his love endures forever.

 ² Let the redeemed of the LORD say this—
       those he redeemed from the hand of the foe,

 ³ those he gathered from the lands,
       from east and west, from north and south. ^[d]

 ⁴ Some wandered in desert wastelands,
       finding no way to a city where they could settle.

 ⁵ They were hungry and thirsty,
       and their lives ebbed away.

 ⁶ Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble,
       and he delivered them from their distress.

 ⁷ He led them by a straight way
       to a city where they could settle.

 ⁸ Let them give thanks to the LORD for his unfailing love
       and his wonderful deeds for men,

 ⁹ for he satisfies the thirsty
       and fills the hungry with good things.

 ¹⁰ Some sat in darkness and the deepest gloom,
       prisoners suffering in iron chains,

 ¹¹ for they had rebelled against the words of God
       and despised the counsel of the Most High.

 ¹² So he subjected them to bitter labor;
       they stumbled, and there was no one to help.

 ¹³ Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble,
       and he saved them from their distress.

 ¹⁴ He brought them out of darkness and the deepest gloom
       and broke away their chains.

 ¹⁵ Let them give thanks to the LORD for his unfailing love
       and his wonderful deeds for men,

 ¹⁶ for he breaks down gates of bronze
       and cuts through bars of iron.

 ¹⁷ Some became fools through their rebellious ways
       and suffered affliction because of their iniquities.

 ¹⁸ They loathed all food
       and drew near the gates of death.

 ¹⁹ Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble,
       and he saved them from their distress.

 ²⁰ He sent forth his word and healed them;
       he rescued them from the grave.

 ²¹ Let them give thanks to the LORD for his unfailing love
       and his wonderful deeds for men.

 ²² Let them sacrifice thank offerings
       and tell of his works with songs of joy.

 ²³ Others went out on the sea in ships;
       they were merchants on the mighty waters.

 ²⁴ They saw the works of the LORD,
       his wonderful deeds in the deep.

 ²⁵ For he spoke and stirred up a tempest
       that lifted high the waves.

 ²⁶ They mounted up to the heavens and went down to the depths;
       in their peril their courage melted away.

 ²⁷ They reeled and staggered like drunken men;
       they were at their wits' end.

 ²⁸ Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble,
       and he brought them out of their distress.

 ²⁹ He stilled the storm to a whisper;
       the waves of the sea were hushed.

 ³⁰ They were glad when it grew calm,
       and he guided them to their desired haven.

 ³¹ Let them give thanks to the LORD for his unfailing love
       and his wonderful deeds for men.

 ³² Let them exalt him in the assembly of the people
       and praise him in the council of the elders.

 ³³ He turned rivers into a desert,
       flowing springs into thirsty ground,

 ³⁴ and fruitful land into a salt waste,
       because of the wickedness of those who lived there.

 ³⁵ He turned the desert into pools of water
       and the parched ground into flowing springs;

 ³⁶ there he brought the hungry to live,
       and they founded a city where they could settle.

 ³⁷ They sowed fields and planted vineyards
       that yielded a fruitful harvest;

 ³⁸ he blessed them, and their numbers greatly increased,
       and he did not let their herds diminish.

 ³⁹ Then their numbers decreased, and they were humbled
       by oppression, calamity and sorrow;

 ⁴⁰ he who pours contempt on nobles
       made them wander in a trackless waste.

 ⁴¹ But he lifted the needy out of their affliction
       and increased their families like flocks.

 ⁴² The upright see and rejoice,
       but all the wicked shut their mouths.

 ⁴³ Whoever is wise, let him heed these things
       and consider the great love of the LORD.

Psalm 108

A song. A psalm of David.

 ¹ My heart is steadfast, O God;
       I will sing and make music with all my soul.

 ² Awake, harp and lyre!
       I will awaken the dawn.

 ³ I will praise you, O LORD, among the nations;
       I will sing of you among the peoples.

 ⁴ For great is your love, higher than the heavens;
       your faithfulness reaches to the skies.

 ⁵ Be exalted, O God, above the heavens,
       and let your glory be over all the earth.

 ⁶ Save us and help us with your right hand,
       that those you love may be delivered.

 ⁷ God has spoken from his sanctuary:
       "In triumph I will parcel out Shechem
       and measure off the Valley of Succoth.

 ⁸ Gilead is mine, Manasseh is mine;
       Ephraim is my helmet,
       Judah my scepter.

 ⁹ Moab is my washbasin,
       upon Edom I toss my sandal;
       over Philistia I shout in triumph."

 ¹⁰ Who will bring me to the fortified city?
       Who will lead me to Edom?

 ¹¹ Is it not you, O God, you who have rejected us
       and no longer go out with our armies?

 ¹² Give us aid against the enemy,
       for the help of man is worthless.

 ¹³ With God we will gain the victory,
       and he will trample down our enemies.

Psalm 109

For the director of music. Of David. A psalm.

 ¹ O God, whom I praise,
       do not remain silent,

 ² for wicked and deceitful men
       have opened their mouths against me;
       they have spoken against me with lying tongues.

 ³ With words of hatred they surround me;
       they attack me without cause.

 ⁴ In return for my friendship they accuse me,
       but I am a man of prayer.

 ⁵ They repay me evil for good,
       and hatred for my friendship.

 ⁶ Appoint ^[e] an evil man ^[f] to oppose him;
       let an accuser ^[g] stand at his right hand.

 ⁷ When he is tried, let him be found guilty,
       and may his prayers condemn him.

 ⁸ May his days be few;
       may another take his place of leadership.

 ⁹ May his children be fatherless
       and his wife a widow.

 ¹⁰ May his children be wandering beggars;
       may they be driven ^[h] from their ruined homes.

 ¹¹ May a creditor seize all he has;
       may strangers plunder the fruits of his labor.

 ¹² May no one extend kindness to him
       or take pity on his fatherless children.

 ¹³ May his descendants be cut off,
       their names blotted out from the next generation.

 ¹⁴ May the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the LORD;
       may the sin of his mother never be blotted out.

 ¹⁵ May their sins always remain before the LORD,
       that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth.

 ¹⁶ For he never thought of doing a kindness,
       but hounded to death the poor
       and the needy and the brokenhearted.

 ¹⁷ He loved to pronounce a curse—
       may it ^[i] come on him;
       he found no pleasure in blessing—
       may it be ^[j] far from him.

 ¹⁸ He wore cursing as his garment;
       it entered into his body like water,
       into his bones like oil.

 ¹⁹ May it be like a cloak wrapped about him,
       like a belt tied forever around him.

 ²⁰ May this be the LORD's payment to my accusers,
       to those who speak evil of me.

 ²¹ But you, O Sovereign LORD,
       deal well with me for your name's sake;
       out of the goodness of your love, deliver me.

 ²² For I am poor and needy,
       and my heart is wounded within me.

 ²³ I fade away like an evening shadow;
       I am shaken off like a locust.

 ²⁴ My knees give way from fasting;
       my body is thin and gaunt.

 ²⁵ I am an object of scorn to my accusers;
       when they see me, they shake their heads.

 ²⁶ Help me, O LORD my God;
       save me in accordance with your love.

 ²⁷ Let them know that it is your hand,
       that you, O LORD, have done it.

 ²⁸ They may curse, but you will bless;
       when they attack they will be put to shame,
       but your servant will rejoice.

 ²⁹ My accusers will be clothed with disgrace
       and wrapped in shame as in a cloak.

 ³⁰ With my mouth I will greatly extol the LORD;
       in the great throng I will praise him.

 ³¹ For he stands at the right hand of the needy one,
       to save his life from those who condemn him.

Psalm 110

Of David. A psalm.

 ¹ The LORD says to my Lord:
       "Sit at my right hand
       until I make your enemies
       a footstool for your feet."

 ² The LORD will extend your mighty scepter from Zion;
       you will rule in the midst of your enemies.

 ³ Your troops will be willing
       on your day of battle.
       Arrayed in holy majesty,
       from the womb of the dawn
       you will receive the dew of your youth. ^[k]

 ⁴ The LORD has sworn
       and will not change his mind:
       "You are a priest forever,
       in the order of Melchizedek."

 ⁵ The Lord is at your right hand;
       he will crush kings on the day of his wrath.

 ⁶ He will judge the nations, heaping up the dead
       and crushing the rulers of the whole earth.

 ⁷ He will drink from a brook beside the way ^[l] ;
       therefore he will lift up his head.