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Psalm 103-106
New American Standard Bible
Psalm 103-106
New American Standard Bible
Praise for the Lord’s Mercies.
A Psalm of David.
103 (A)Bless the Lord, my soul,
And all that is within me, bless His (B)holy name.
2 Bless the Lord, my soul,
And (C)do not forget any of His benefits;
3 Who (D)pardons all your guilt,
Who (E)heals all your diseases;
4 Who (F)redeems your life from the pit,
Who (G)crowns you with favor and compassion;
5 Who (H)satisfies your [a]years with good things,
So that your youth is (I)renewed like the eagle.
6 The Lord (J)performs [b]righteous deeds
And judgments for all who are (K)oppressed.
7 He (L)made known His ways to Moses,
His (M)deeds to the sons of Israel.
8 The Lord is (N)compassionate and gracious,
(O)Slow to anger and abounding in mercy.
9 He (P)will not always contend with us,
Nor will He (Q)keep His anger forever.
10 He has (R)not dealt with us according to our sins,
Nor rewarded us according to our guilty deeds.
11 For as high (S)as the heavens are above the earth,
So great is His mercy toward those who [c]fear Him.
12 As far as the east is from the west,
So far has He (T)removed our wrongdoings from us.
13 Just (U)as a father has compassion on his children,
So the Lord has compassion on those who [d]fear Him.
14 For (V)He Himself knows [e]our form;
He (W)is mindful that we are nothing but (X)dust.
15 As for man, his days are (Y)like grass;
Like a (Z)flower of the field, so he flourishes.
16 When the (AA)wind has passed over it, it is no more,
And its (AB)place no longer knows about it.
17 But the [f](AC)mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting for those who [g]fear Him,
And His justice (AD)to the children’s children,
18 To (AE)those who keep His covenant
And remember His precepts, so as to do them.
19 The Lord has established His (AF)throne in the heavens,
And His [h](AG)sovereignty rules over [i]all.
20 Bless the Lord, you (AH)His angels,
(AI)Mighty in strength, who (AJ)perform His word,
(AK)Obeying the voice of His word!
21 Bless the Lord, all you (AL)His [j]angels,
You (AM)who serve Him, doing His will.
22 Bless the Lord, (AN)all you works of His,
In all places of His dominion;
Bless the Lord, my soul!
The Lord’s Care over All His Works.
104 (AO)Bless the Lord, my soul!
Lord my God, You are very great;
You are (AP)clothed with splendor and majesty,
2 Covering Yourself with (AQ)light as with a cloak,
(AR)Stretching out heaven like a tent curtain.
3 [k]He (AS)lays the beams of His upper chambers in the waters;
[l]He makes the (AT)clouds His chariot;
[m]He walks on the (AU)wings of the wind;
4 [n]He makes [o](AV)the winds His messengers,
[p]Flaming (AW)fire His ministers.
5 He (AX)established the earth upon its foundations,
So that it will not [q]totter forever and ever.
6 You (AY)covered it with the deep sea as with a garment;
The waters were standing above the mountains.
7 They fled from Your (AZ)rebuke,
At the (BA)sound of Your thunder they hurried away.
8 The mountains rose; the valleys sank down
To the (BB)place which You established for them.
9 You set a (BC)boundary so that they will not pass over,
So that they will not return to cover the earth.
10 [r]He sends forth (BD)springs in the valleys;
They flow between the mountains;
11 They (BE)give drink to every animal of the field;
The (BF)wild donkeys quench their thirst.
12 The birds of the sky (BG)dwell [s]beside them;
They [t]lift up their voices from among the branches.
13 [u]He (BH)waters the mountains from His upper chambers;
(BI)The earth is satisfied with the fruit of His works.
14 [v]He causes the (BJ)grass to grow for the [w]cattle,
And (BK)vegetation for the labor of mankind,
So that [x]they may produce [y]food (BL)from the earth,
15 And (BM)wine, which makes a human heart cheerful,
(BN)So that he makes his face gleam with oil,
And [z]food, which (BO)sustains a human heart.
16 The trees of the Lord [aa]drink their fill,
The cedars of Lebanon which He planted,
17 Where the (BP)birds build their nests,
And the (BQ)stork, whose home is the juniper trees.
18 The high mountains are for the (BR)wild goats;
The (BS)cliffs are a refuge for the (BT)rock hyrax.
19 He made the moon (BU)for the seasons;
The (BV)sun knows the place of its setting.
20 You (BW)appoint darkness and it becomes night,
In which all the (BX)animals of the forest [ab]prowl about.
21 The (BY)young lions roar for their prey
[ac]And (BZ)seek their food from God.
22 When the sun rises they withdraw,
And they lie down in their (CA)dens.
23 A person goes out to (CB)his work
And to his labor until evening.
24 Lord, how (CC)many are Your works!
[ad]In (CD)wisdom You have made them all;
The (CE)earth is full of Your [ae]possessions.
25 [af]There is the (CF)sea, great and [ag]broad,
In which are swarms without number,
Animals both small and great.
26 The (CG)ships move along there,
And [ah](CH)Leviathan, which You have formed to have fun in it.
27 They all (CI)wait for You
To (CJ)give them their food in [ai]due season.
28 You give to them, they gather it up;
You (CK)open Your hand, they are satisfied with good.
29 You (CL)hide Your face, they are terrified;
You (CM)take away their breath, they perish
And (CN)return to their dust.
30 You send forth Your [aj](CO)Spirit, they are created;
And You renew the face of the ground.
31 May the (CP)glory of the Lord endure forever;
May the Lord (CQ)rejoice in His works;
32 [ak]He (CR)looks at the earth, and it (CS)trembles;
He (CT)touches the mountains, and they smoke.
33 [al]I will sing to the Lord [am](CU)as long as I live;
[an]I will (CV)sing praise to my God [ao]while I have my being.
34 May my (CW)praise be pleasing to Him;
As for me, I shall (CX)rejoice in the Lord.
35 May sinners be (CY)removed from the earth
And may the (CZ)wicked be no more.
(DA)Bless the Lord, my soul.
[ap](DB)Praise [aq]the Lord!
The Lord’s Wonderful Works in Behalf of Israel.
105 (DC)Give thanks to the Lord, (DD)call upon His name;
(DE)Make His deeds known among the peoples.
2 Sing to Him, (DF)sing praises to Him;
[ar](DG)Tell of all His [as]wonders.
3 Boast in His holy name;
May the (DH)heart of those who seek the Lord be joyful.
4 Seek the Lord and (DI)His strength;
(DJ)Seek His face continually.
5 Remember His [at](DK)wonders which He has done,
His marvels and the (DL)judgments [au]spoken by His mouth,
6 You [av]descendants of (DM)Abraham, His servant,
You sons of (DN)Jacob, His (DO)chosen ones!
7 He is the Lord our God;
His (DP)judgments are in all the earth.
8 He has (DQ)remembered His covenant forever,
The word which He commanded to a (DR)thousand generations,
9 The (DS)covenant which He made with Abraham,
And His (DT)oath to Isaac.
10 Then He (DU)confirmed it to Jacob as a statute,
To Israel as an everlasting covenant,
11 Saying, “(DV)To you I will give the land of Canaan
As the [aw](DW)portion of your inheritance,”
12 When they were only a (DX)few people in number,
Very few, and (DY)strangers in it.
13 And they wandered from nation to nation,
From one kingdom to another people,
14 He (DZ)allowed no one to oppress them,
And He [ax](EA)rebuked kings for their sakes, saying,
15 “(EB)Do not touch My anointed ones,
And do not harm My prophets.”
16 And He (EC)called for a famine upon the land;
He (ED)broke the whole staff of bread.
17 He (EE)sent a man before them,
Joseph, who was (EF)sold as a slave.
18 They forced his (EG)feet into shackles,
[ay]He was put in irons;
19 Until the time that his (EH)word came to pass,
The word of the Lord (EI)refined him.
20 The (EJ)king sent and released him,
The ruler of peoples, and set him free.
21 He (EK)made him lord of his house,
And ruler over all his possessions,
22 To [az]imprison his high officials [ba](EL)at will,
That he might teach his elders wisdom.
23 (EM)Israel also came into Egypt;
So Jacob (EN)lived in the land of Ham.
24 And He (EO)made His people very fruitful,
And made them stronger than their enemies.
25 He (EP)turned their heart to hate His people,
To (EQ)deal cunningly with His servants.
26 He (ER)sent His servant Moses,
And (ES)Aaron, whom He had chosen.
27 They [bb](ET)performed His wondrous acts among them,
And miracles in the land of Ham.
28 He (EU)sent darkness and made it dark;
And they did not (EV)rebel against His words.
29 He (EW)turned their waters into blood,
And caused their fish to die.
30 Their land swarmed with (EX)frogs
Even in the (EY)chambers of their kings.
31 He spoke, and a (EZ)swarm of flies
And (FA)gnats invaded all their territory.
32 He [bc]gave them (FB)hail for rain,
And flaming fire in their land.
33 He also (FC)struck their vines and their fig trees,
And smashed the trees of their territory.
34 He spoke, and (FD)locusts came,
And creeping locusts, beyond number,
35 And they ate all the vegetation in their land,
And ate the fruit of their ground.
36 He also (FE)fatally struck all the firstborn in their land,
The (FF)first fruits of all their vigor.
37 Then He brought [bd]the Israelites out with (FG)silver and gold,
And among His tribes there was not one who stumbled.
38 Egypt was (FH)glad when they departed,
For the (FI)dread of them had fallen upon [be]the Egyptians.
39 He spread out a (FJ)cloud as a [bf]covering,
And (FK)fire to illumine by night.
40 [bg]They (FL)asked, and He brought (FM)quail,
And satisfied them with the [bh](FN)bread of heaven.
41 He opened the [bi]rock and (FO)water flowed out;
[bj]It ran in the dry places like a river.
42 For He (FP)remembered His holy word
With His servant Abraham;
43 And He led out His people with joy,
His chosen ones with a joyful (FQ)shout.
44 He also (FR)gave them the lands of the [bk]nations,
So that they (FS)might take possession of the fruit of the peoples’ labor,
45 And that they might (FT)keep His statutes
And comply with His laws;
[bl]Praise [bm]the Lord!
Israel’s Rebelliousness and the Lord’s Help.
106 [bn]Praise [bo]the Lord!
Oh (FU)give thanks to the Lord, for He (FV)is good;
For (FW)His mercy is everlasting.
2 Who can speak of the (FX)mighty deeds of the Lord,
Or can proclaim all His praise?
3 How blessed are those who maintain [bp]justice,
[bq]Who (FY)practice righteousness at all times!
4 Remember me, Lord, in Your (FZ)favor [br]toward Your people.
Visit me with Your salvation,
5 So that I may see the (GA)prosperity of Your chosen ones,
That I may (GB)rejoice in the joy of Your nation,
That I may (GC)boast with Your [bs]inheritance.
6 (GD)We have sinned [bt](GE)like our fathers,
We have gone astray, we have behaved wickedly.
7 Our fathers in Egypt did not understand Your [bu]wonders;
They (GF)did not remember [bv]Your abundant kindnesses,
But (GG)rebelled by the sea, at the [bw]Red Sea.
8 Nevertheless He saved them (GH)for the sake of His name,
So that He might (GI)make His power known.
9 So He (GJ)rebuked the [bx]Red Sea and it (GK)dried up,
And He (GL)led them through the mighty waters, as through the wilderness.
10 So He (GM)saved them from the [by]hand of one who hated them,
And (GN)redeemed them from the [bz]hand of the enemy.
11 (GO)The waters covered their adversaries;
Not one of them was left.
12 Then they (GP)believed His words;
They (GQ)sang His praise.
13 They quickly (GR)forgot His works;
They (GS)did not wait for His plan,
14 But (GT)became lustfully greedy in the wilderness,
And (GU)put God to the test in the desert.
15 So He (GV)gave them their request,
But (GW)sent a [ca]wasting disease among them.
16 When they became (GX)envious of Moses in the camp,
And of Aaron, the holy one of the Lord,
17 The (GY)earth opened and swallowed up Dathan,
And engulfed the [cb]company of Abiram.
18 And a (GZ)fire blazed up in their [cc]company;
The flame consumed the wicked.
19 They (HA)made a calf in Horeb,
And worshiped a cast metal image.
20 So they (HB)exchanged their glory
For the image of an ox that eats grass.
21 They (HC)forgot God their Savior,
Who had done (HD)great things in Egypt,
22 [cd](HE)Wonders in the land of Ham,
And awesome things by the [ce]Red Sea.
23 Therefore (HF)He said that He would destroy them,
If (HG)Moses, His chosen one, had not stood in the gap before Him,
To turn away His wrath from destroying them.
24 Then they (HH)rejected the (HI)pleasant land;
They (HJ)did not believe His word,
25 But (HK)grumbled in their tents;
They did not listen to the voice of the Lord.
26 Therefore He [cf](HL)swore to them
That He would have them fall in the wilderness,
27 And that He would (HM)bring down their [cg]descendants among the nations,
And (HN)scatter them in the lands.
28 They also (HO)followed [ch]Baal-peor,
And ate (HP)sacrifices offered to the dead.
29 So they (HQ)provoked Him to anger with their deeds,
And a plague broke out among them.
30 Then Phinehas (HR)stood up and [ci]intervened,
And so the (HS)plague was brought to a halt.
31 And it was (HT)credited to him as righteousness,
To all generations forever.
32 They also (HU)provoked Him to wrath at the waters of [cj]Meribah,
So that it (HV)went badly for Moses on their account.
33 Because they (HW)were rebellious against [ck]His Spirit,
He spoke rashly with his lips.
34 They (HX)did not destroy the peoples,
As (HY)the Lord had commanded them,
35 But (HZ)they got involved with the nations
And learned their [cl]practices,
36 And (IA)served their idols,
(IB)Which became a snare to them.
37 They even (IC)sacrificed their sons and their daughters to the (ID)demons,
38 And shed (IE)innocent blood,
The blood of their (IF)sons and their daughters
Whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan;
And the land was (IG)defiled with the blood.
39 So they became (IH)unclean in their [cm]practices,
And [cn](II)were unfaithful in their deeds.
40 Therefore the (IJ)anger of the Lord was kindled against His people,
And He (IK)loathed His [co](IL)inheritance.
41 So (IM)He handed them over to the [cp]nations,
And those who hated them ruled over them.
42 Their enemies also (IN)oppressed them,
And they were subdued under their [cq]power.
43 Many times He would (IO)rescue them;
They, however, were rebellious in their (IP)plan,
And they (IQ)sank down into their guilt.
44 Nevertheless He looked at their distress
When He (IR)heard their cry;
45 And He (IS)remembered His covenant for their sake,
And [cr](IT)relented (IU)according to the greatness of His mercy.
46 He also made them (IV)objects of compassion
In the presence of all their captors.
47 (IW)Save us, Lord our God,
And (IX)gather us from the nations,
To give thanks to Your holy name
And (IY)glory in Your praise.
48 (IZ)Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel,
From everlasting to everlasting.
And all the people shall say, “Amen.”
[cs]Praise [ct]the Lord!
Footnotes
- Psalm 103:5 Or desire
- Psalm 103:6 Or deeds of vindication
- Psalm 103:11 Or revere
- Psalm 103:13 Or revere
- Psalm 103:14 I.e., what we are made of
- Psalm 103:17 Or faithfulness
- Psalm 103:17 Or revere
- Psalm 103:19 Or kingdom
- Psalm 103:19 I.e., the universe
- Psalm 103:21 Lit hosts
- Psalm 104:3 Lit The one who
- Psalm 104:3 Lit The one who
- Psalm 104:3 Lit The one who
- Psalm 104:4 Lit Who
- Psalm 104:4 Or His angels, spirits
- Psalm 104:4 Or His ministers flames of fire
- Psalm 104:5 Or move out of place
- Psalm 104:10 Lit The one who sends
- Psalm 104:12 Or over; or above
- Psalm 104:12 Lit give forth
- Psalm 104:13 Lit Who
- Psalm 104:14 Lit Who
- Psalm 104:14 Or animals
- Psalm 104:14 Or He
- Psalm 104:14 Lit bread
- Psalm 104:15 Lit bread
- Psalm 104:16 Lit are satisfied
- Psalm 104:20 Lit crawl
- Psalm 104:21 Lit And to seek
- Psalm 104:24 Or With
- Psalm 104:24 Or creatures
- Psalm 104:25 Or This
- Psalm 104:25 Or broad of dimensions; lit hands
- Psalm 104:26 Or a sea monster
- Psalm 104:27 Lit its appointed time
- Psalm 104:30 Or breath
- Psalm 104:32 Lit The one who
- Psalm 104:33 Or Let me sing
- Psalm 104:33 Lit in my lifetime
- Psalm 104:33 Or Let me sing
- Psalm 104:33 Lit while I still am
- Psalm 104:35 Or Hallelujah!
- Psalm 104:35 Heb Yah
- Psalm 105:2 Or Meditate on
- Psalm 105:2 I.e., wonderful acts
- Psalm 105:5 I.e., wonderful acts
- Psalm 105:5 Lit of His mouth
- Psalm 105:6 Lit seed
- Psalm 105:11 Lit measuring line
- Psalm 105:14 Or punished
- Psalm 105:18 Lit His soul came into
- Psalm 105:22 Lit bind
- Psalm 105:22 Lit at his
- Psalm 105:27 Lit set the words of His signs
- Psalm 105:32 Or made their rain hail
- Psalm 105:37 Lit them
- Psalm 105:38 Lit them
- Psalm 105:39 Or curtain
- Psalm 105:40 Or One
- Psalm 105:40 Or food
- Psalm 105:41 Or boulder
- Psalm 105:41 Lit They went
- Psalm 105:44 Or Gentiles
- Psalm 105:45 Or Hallelujah!
- Psalm 105:45 Heb Yah
- Psalm 106:1 Or Hallelujah!
- Psalm 106:1 Heb Yah
- Psalm 106:3 Or judgment
- Psalm 106:3 Many Heb mss The one who performs
- Psalm 106:4 Lit of
- Psalm 106:5 I.e., people
- Psalm 106:6 Lit with
- Psalm 106:7 I.e., wonderful acts
- Psalm 106:7 Lit the multitude of Your kindnesses
- Psalm 106:7 Lit Sea of Reeds
- Psalm 106:9 Lit Sea of Reeds
- Psalm 106:10 Or power
- Psalm 106:10 Or power
- Psalm 106:15 Or leanness into their soul
- Psalm 106:17 Or assembly, band
- Psalm 106:18 Or assembly, band
- Psalm 106:22 I.e., Wonderful acts
- Psalm 106:22 Lit Sea of Reeds
- Psalm 106:26 Lit lifted up His hand
- Psalm 106:27 Lit seed
- Psalm 106:28 Or Baal of Peor
- Psalm 106:30 Or pronounced judgment
- Psalm 106:32 Lit strife
- Psalm 106:33 Or his spirit
- Psalm 106:35 Lit works
- Psalm 106:39 Lit works
- Psalm 106:39 Or prostituted themselves
- Psalm 106:40 I.e., people
- Psalm 106:41 Or Gentiles
- Psalm 106:42 Lit hand
- Psalm 106:45 Lit was sorry
- Psalm 106:48 Or Hallelujah!
- Psalm 106:48 Heb Yah
Psalm 103-106
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Psalm 103-106
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Psalm 103
Of David.
1 Praise the Lord,(A) my soul;(B)
all my inmost being, praise his holy name.(C)
2 Praise the Lord,(D) my soul,
and forget not(E) all his benefits—
3 who forgives all your sins(F)
and heals(G) all your diseases,
4 who redeems your life(H) from the pit
and crowns you with love and compassion,(I)
5 who satisfies(J) your desires with good things
so that your youth is renewed(K) like the eagle’s.(L)
7 He made known(O) his ways(P) to Moses,
his deeds(Q) to the people of Israel:
8 The Lord is compassionate and gracious,(R)
slow to anger, abounding in love.
9 He will not always accuse,
nor will he harbor his anger forever;(S)
10 he does not treat us as our sins deserve(T)
or repay us according to our iniquities.
11 For as high as the heavens are above the earth,
so great is his love(U) for those who fear him;(V)
12 as far as the east is from the west,
so far has he removed our transgressions(W) from us.
13 As a father has compassion(X) on his children,
so the Lord has compassion on those who fear him;
14 for he knows how we are formed,(Y)
he remembers that we are dust.(Z)
15 The life of mortals is like grass,(AA)
they flourish like a flower(AB) of the field;
16 the wind blows(AC) over it and it is gone,
and its place(AD) remembers it no more.
17 But from everlasting to everlasting
the Lord’s love is with those who fear him,
and his righteousness with their children’s children(AE)—
18 with those who keep his covenant(AF)
and remember(AG) to obey his precepts.(AH)
20 Praise the Lord,(AK) you his angels,(AL)
you mighty ones(AM) who do his bidding,(AN)
who obey his word.
21 Praise the Lord, all his heavenly hosts,(AO)
you his servants(AP) who do his will.
22 Praise the Lord, all his works(AQ)
everywhere in his dominion.
Praise the Lord, my soul.(AR)
Psalm 104
1 Praise the Lord, my soul.(AS)
Lord my God, you are very great;
you are clothed with splendor and majesty.(AT)
2 The Lord wraps(AU) himself in light(AV) as with a garment;
he stretches(AW) out the heavens(AX) like a tent(AY)
3 and lays the beams(AZ) of his upper chambers on their waters.(BA)
He makes the clouds(BB) his chariot(BC)
and rides on the wings of the wind.(BD)
4 He makes winds his messengers,[a](BE)
flames of fire(BF) his servants.
5 He set the earth(BG) on its foundations;(BH)
it can never be moved.
6 You covered it(BI) with the watery depths(BJ) as with a garment;
the waters stood(BK) above the mountains.
7 But at your rebuke(BL) the waters fled,
at the sound of your thunder(BM) they took to flight;
8 they flowed over the mountains,
they went down into the valleys,
to the place you assigned(BN) for them.
9 You set a boundary(BO) they cannot cross;
never again will they cover the earth.
10 He makes springs(BP) pour water into the ravines;
it flows between the mountains.
11 They give water(BQ) to all the beasts of the field;
the wild donkeys(BR) quench their thirst.
12 The birds of the sky(BS) nest by the waters;
they sing among the branches.(BT)
13 He waters the mountains(BU) from his upper chambers;(BV)
the land is satisfied by the fruit of his work.(BW)
14 He makes grass grow(BX) for the cattle,
and plants for people to cultivate—
bringing forth food(BY) from the earth:
15 wine(BZ) that gladdens human hearts,
oil(CA) to make their faces shine,
and bread that sustains(CB) their hearts.
16 The trees of the Lord(CC) are well watered,
the cedars of Lebanon(CD) that he planted.
17 There the birds(CE) make their nests;
the stork has its home in the junipers.
18 The high mountains belong to the wild goats;(CF)
the crags are a refuge for the hyrax.(CG)
19 He made the moon to mark the seasons,(CH)
and the sun(CI) knows when to go down.
20 You bring darkness,(CJ) it becomes night,(CK)
and all the beasts of the forest(CL) prowl.
21 The lions roar for their prey(CM)
and seek their food from God.(CN)
22 The sun rises, and they steal away;
they return and lie down in their dens.(CO)
23 Then people go out to their work,(CP)
to their labor until evening.(CQ)
24 How many are your works,(CR) Lord!
In wisdom you made(CS) them all;
the earth is full of your creatures.(CT)
25 There is the sea,(CU) vast and spacious,
teeming with creatures beyond number—
living things both large and small.(CV)
26 There the ships(CW) go to and fro,
and Leviathan,(CX) which you formed to frolic(CY) there.(CZ)
27 All creatures look to you
to give them their food(DA) at the proper time.
28 When you give it to them,
they gather it up;
when you open your hand,
they are satisfied(DB) with good things.
29 When you hide your face,(DC)
they are terrified;
when you take away their breath,
they die and return to the dust.(DD)
30 When you send your Spirit,(DE)
they are created,
and you renew the face of the ground.
31 May the glory of the Lord(DF) endure forever;
may the Lord rejoice in his works(DG)—
32 he who looks at the earth, and it trembles,(DH)
who touches the mountains,(DI) and they smoke.(DJ)
33 I will sing(DK) to the Lord all my life;
I will sing praise to my God as long as I live.
34 May my meditation be pleasing to him,
as I rejoice(DL) in the Lord.
35 But may sinners vanish(DM) from the earth
and the wicked be no more.(DN)
Praise the Lord, my soul.
Psalm 105(DP)
1 Give praise to the Lord,(DQ) proclaim his name;(DR)
make known among the nations what he has done.
2 Sing to him,(DS) sing praise to him;(DT)
tell of all his wonderful acts.(DU)
3 Glory in his holy name;(DV)
let the hearts of those who seek the Lord rejoice.
4 Look to the Lord and his strength;
seek his face(DW) always.
5 Remember the wonders(DX) he has done,
his miracles, and the judgments he pronounced,(DY)
6 you his servants, the descendants of Abraham,(DZ)
his chosen(EA) ones, the children of Jacob.
7 He is the Lord our God;
his judgments are in all the earth.
8 He remembers his covenant(EB) forever,
the promise he made, for a thousand generations,
9 the covenant he made with Abraham,(EC)
the oath he swore to Isaac.
10 He confirmed it(ED) to Jacob as a decree,
to Israel as an everlasting covenant:(EE)
11 “To you I will give the land of Canaan(EF)
as the portion you will inherit.”(EG)
12 When they were but few in number,(EH)
few indeed, and strangers in it,(EI)
13 they wandered from nation to nation,(EJ)
from one kingdom to another.
14 He allowed no one to oppress(EK) them;
for their sake he rebuked kings:(EL)
15 “Do not touch(EM) my anointed ones;
do my prophets(EN) no harm.”
16 He called down famine(EO) on the land
and destroyed all their supplies of food;
17 and he sent a man before them—
Joseph, sold as a slave.(EP)
18 They bruised his feet with shackles,(EQ)
his neck was put in irons,
19 till what he foretold(ER) came to pass,
till the word(ES) of the Lord proved him true.
20 The king sent and released him,
the ruler of peoples set him free.(ET)
21 He made him master of his household,
ruler over all he possessed,
22 to instruct his princes(EU) as he pleased
and teach his elders wisdom.(EV)
23 Then Israel entered Egypt;(EW)
Jacob resided(EX) as a foreigner in the land of Ham.(EY)
24 The Lord made his people very fruitful;
he made them too numerous(EZ) for their foes,
25 whose hearts he turned(FA) to hate his people,
to conspire(FB) against his servants.
26 He sent Moses(FC) his servant,
and Aaron,(FD) whom he had chosen.(FE)
27 They performed(FF) his signs(FG) among them,
his wonders(FH) in the land of Ham.
28 He sent darkness(FI) and made the land dark—
for had they not rebelled against(FJ) his words?
29 He turned their waters into blood,(FK)
causing their fish to die.(FL)
30 Their land teemed with frogs,(FM)
which went up into the bedrooms of their rulers.
31 He spoke,(FN) and there came swarms of flies,(FO)
and gnats(FP) throughout their country.
32 He turned their rain into hail,(FQ)
with lightning throughout their land;
33 he struck down their vines(FR) and fig trees(FS)
and shattered the trees of their country.
34 He spoke,(FT) and the locusts came,(FU)
grasshoppers(FV) without number;(FW)
35 they ate up every green thing in their land,
ate up the produce of their soil.
36 Then he struck down all the firstborn(FX) in their land,
the firstfruits of all their manhood.
37 He brought out Israel, laden with silver and gold,(FY)
and from among their tribes no one faltered.
38 Egypt was glad when they left,
because dread of Israel(FZ) had fallen on them.
39 He spread out a cloud(GA) as a covering,
and a fire to give light at night.(GB)
40 They asked,(GC) and he brought them quail;(GD)
he fed them well with the bread of heaven.(GE)
41 He opened the rock,(GF) and water gushed out;
it flowed like a river in the desert.
42 For he remembered his holy promise(GG)
given to his servant Abraham.
43 He brought out his people with rejoicing,(GH)
his chosen ones with shouts of joy;
44 he gave them the lands of the nations,(GI)
and they fell heir to what others had toiled(GJ) for—
45 that they might keep his precepts
and observe his laws.(GK)
Psalm 106(GM)
2 Who can proclaim the mighty acts(GQ) of the Lord
or fully declare his praise?
3 Blessed are those who act justly,(GR)
who always do what is right.(GS)
4 Remember me,(GT) Lord, when you show favor(GU) to your people,
come to my aid(GV) when you save them,
5 that I may enjoy the prosperity(GW) of your chosen ones,(GX)
that I may share in the joy(GY) of your nation
and join your inheritance(GZ) in giving praise.
6 We have sinned,(HA) even as our ancestors(HB) did;
we have done wrong and acted wickedly.(HC)
7 When our ancestors were in Egypt,
they gave no thought(HD) to your miracles;
they did not remember(HE) your many kindnesses,
and they rebelled by the sea,(HF) the Red Sea.[e]
8 Yet he saved them(HG) for his name’s sake,(HH)
to make his mighty power(HI) known.
9 He rebuked(HJ) the Red Sea, and it dried up;(HK)
he led them through(HL) the depths as through a desert.
10 He saved them(HM) from the hand of the foe;(HN)
from the hand of the enemy he redeemed them.(HO)
11 The waters covered(HP) their adversaries;
not one of them survived.
12 Then they believed his promises
and sang his praise.(HQ)
13 But they soon forgot(HR) what he had done
and did not wait for his plan to unfold.(HS)
14 In the desert(HT) they gave in to their craving;
in the wilderness(HU) they put God to the test.(HV)
15 So he gave them(HW) what they asked for,
but sent a wasting disease(HX) among them.
16 In the camp they grew envious(HY) of Moses
and of Aaron, who was consecrated to the Lord.
17 The earth opened(HZ) up and swallowed Dathan;(IA)
it buried the company of Abiram.(IB)
18 Fire blazed(IC) among their followers;
a flame consumed the wicked.
19 At Horeb they made a calf(ID)
and worshiped an idol cast from metal.
20 They exchanged their glorious God(IE)
for an image of a bull, which eats grass.
21 They forgot the God(IF) who saved them,
who had done great things(IG) in Egypt,
22 miracles in the land of Ham(IH)
and awesome deeds(II) by the Red Sea.
23 So he said he would destroy(IJ) them—
had not Moses, his chosen one,
stood in the breach(IK) before him
to keep his wrath from destroying them.
24 Then they despised(IL) the pleasant land;(IM)
they did not believe(IN) his promise.
25 They grumbled(IO) in their tents
and did not obey the Lord.
26 So he swore(IP) to them with uplifted hand
that he would make them fall in the wilderness,(IQ)
27 make their descendants fall among the nations
and scatter(IR) them throughout the lands.
28 They yoked themselves to the Baal of Peor(IS)
and ate sacrifices offered to lifeless gods;
29 they aroused the Lord’s anger(IT) by their wicked deeds,(IU)
and a plague(IV) broke out among them.
30 But Phinehas(IW) stood up and intervened,
and the plague was checked.(IX)
31 This was credited to him(IY) as righteousness
for endless generations(IZ) to come.
32 By the waters of Meribah(JA) they angered the Lord,
and trouble came to Moses because of them;
33 for they rebelled(JB) against the Spirit(JC) of God,
and rash words came from Moses’ lips.[f](JD)
34 They did not destroy(JE) the peoples
as the Lord had commanded(JF) them,
35 but they mingled(JG) with the nations
and adopted their customs.
36 They worshiped their idols,(JH)
which became a snare(JI) to them.
37 They sacrificed their sons(JJ)
and their daughters to false gods.(JK)
38 They shed innocent blood,
the blood of their sons(JL) and daughters,
whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan,
and the land was desecrated by their blood.
39 They defiled themselves(JM) by what they did;
by their deeds they prostituted(JN) themselves.
40 Therefore the Lord was angry(JO) with his people
and abhorred his inheritance.(JP)
41 He gave them into the hands(JQ) of the nations,
and their foes ruled over them.
42 Their enemies oppressed(JR) them
and subjected them to their power.
43 Many times he delivered them,(JS)
but they were bent on rebellion(JT)
and they wasted away in their sin.
44 Yet he took note of their distress
when he heard their cry;(JU)
45 for their sake he remembered his covenant(JV)
and out of his great love(JW) he relented.(JX)
46 He caused all who held them captive
to show them mercy.(JY)
47 Save us,(JZ) Lord our God,
and gather us(KA) from the nations,
that we may give thanks(KB) to your holy name(KC)
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!”(KD)
Praise the Lord.
Footnotes
- Psalm 104:4 Or angels
- Psalm 104:35 Hebrew Hallelu Yah; in the Septuagint this line stands at the beginning of Psalm 105.
- Psalm 105:45 Hebrew Hallelu Yah
- Psalm 106:1 Hebrew Hallelu Yah; also in verse 48
- Psalm 106:7 Or the Sea of Reeds; also in verses 9 and 22
- Psalm 106:33 Or against his spirit, / and rash words came from his lips
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