Psalm 104-106

Christian Standard Bible

⁵ He established the earth on its foundations;
it will never be shaken.^(G)
6 You covered it with the deep
as if it were a garment;
the water stood above the mountains.^(H)
7 At your rebuke the water fled;
at the sound of your thunder they hurried away^(I)—
⁸ mountains rose and valleys sank^[b]—
to the place you established for them.^(J)
9 You set a boundary they cannot cross;
they will never cover the earth again.^(K)

¹⁰ He causes the springs to gush into the valleys;
they flow between the mountains.^(L)
11 They supply water for every wild beast;
the wild donkeys quench their thirst.^(M)
12 The birds of the sky live beside the springs;
they make their voices heard among the foliage.^(N)
13 He waters the mountains from his palace;
the earth is satisfied by the fruit of your labor.^(O)

¹⁴ He causes grass to grow for the livestock
and provides crops for man to cultivate,
producing food from the earth,^(P)
15 wine that makes human hearts glad—
making his face shine with oil—
and bread that sustains human hearts.^(Q)

¹⁶ The trees of the Lord flourish,^[c]
the cedars of Lebanon that he planted.^(R)
17 There the birds make their nests;
storks make their homes in the pine trees.^(S)
18 The high mountains are for the wild goats;
the cliffs are a refuge for hyraxes.^(T)

¹⁹ He made the moon to mark the^[d] festivals;^[e]
the sun knows when to set.^(U)
20 You bring darkness, and it becomes night,
when all the forest animals stir.^(V)
21 The young lions roar for their prey
and seek their food from God.^(W)
22 The sun rises; they go back
and lie down in their dens.^(X)
23 Man goes out to his work
and to his labor until evening.^(Y)

²⁴ How countless are your works, Lord!
In wisdom you have made them all;
the earth is full of your creatures.^[f](Z)
25 Here is the sea, vast and wide,
teeming with creatures beyond number—
living things both large and small.^(AA)
26 There the ships move about,
and Leviathan, which you formed to play there.^(AB)

²⁷ All of them wait for you
to give them their food at the right time.^(AC)
28 When you give it to them,
they gather it;
when you open your hand,
they are satisfied with good things.^(AD)
29 When you hide your face,
they are terrified;
when you take away their breath,
they die and return to the dust.^(AE)
30 When you send your breath,^[g]
they are created,^(AF)
and you renew the surface of the ground.^(AG)

³¹ May the glory of the Lord endure forever;
may the Lord rejoice in his works.^(AH)
32 He looks at the earth, and it trembles;
he touches the mountains,
and they pour out smoke.^(AI)
33 I will sing to the Lord all my life;
I will sing praise to my God while I live.^(AJ)
34 May my meditation be pleasing to him;
I will rejoice in the Lord.^(AK)
35 May sinners vanish from the earth
and wicked people be no more.^(AL)
My soul, bless the Lord!
Hallelujah!

⁷ He is the Lord our God;
his judgments govern the whole earth.^(AS)
8 He remembers his covenant forever,
the promise he ordained
for a thousand generations^(AT)—
⁹ the covenant he made with Abraham,
swore^[i] to Isaac,^(AU)
10 and confirmed to Jacob as a decree
and to Israel as a permanent covenant:^(AV)
11 “I will give the land of Canaan to you
as your inherited portion.”^(AW)

¹² When they were few in number,
very few indeed,
and resident aliens in Canaan,^(AX)
13 wandering from nation to nation
and from one kingdom to another,^(AY)
14 he allowed no one to oppress them;
he rebuked kings on their behalf:^(AZ)
15 “Do not touch my anointed ones,^(BA)
or harm my prophets.”^(BB)

¹⁶ He called down famine against the land
and destroyed the entire food supply.^(BC)
17 He had sent a man ahead of them—
Joseph, who was sold as a slave.^(BD)
18 They hurt his feet with shackles;
his neck was put in an iron collar.^(BE)
19 Until the time his prediction came true,
the word of the Lord tested him.^(BF)
20 The king sent for him and released him;
the ruler of peoples set him free.^(BG)
21 He made him master of his household,
ruler over all his possessions^(BH)—
²² binding^[j] his officials at will
and instructing his elders.^(BI)

²³ Then Israel went to Egypt;
Jacob lived as an alien in the land of Ham.^[k](BJ)
24 The Lord^[l] made his people very fruitful;
he made them more numerous than their foes,^(BK)
25 whose hearts he turned to hate his people
and to deal deceptively with his servants.^(BL)
26 He sent Moses his servant,
and Aaron, whom he had chosen.^(BM)
27 They performed his miraculous signs among them
and wonders in the land of Ham.^(BN)
28 He sent darkness, and it became dark—
for did they not defy his commands?^(BO)
29 He turned their water into blood
and caused their fish to die.^(BP)
30 Their land was overrun with frogs,
even in their royal chambers.^(BQ)
31 He spoke, and insects came^(BR)—
gnats throughout their country.^(BS)
32 He gave them hail for rain,
and lightning throughout their land.^(BT)
33 He struck their vines and fig trees
and shattered the trees of their territory.^(BU)
34 He spoke, and locusts came—
young locusts without number.
³⁵ They devoured all the vegetation in their land
and consumed the produce of their land.^(BV)
36 He struck all the firstborn in their land,
all their first progeny.^(BW)

³⁷ Then he brought Israel out with silver and gold,
and no one among his tribes stumbled.^(BX)
38 Egypt was glad when they left,
for the dread of Israel^[m] had fallen on them.^(BY)
39 He spread a cloud as a covering
and gave a fire to light up the night.^(BZ)
40 They asked, and he brought quail
and satisfied them with bread from heaven.^(CA)
41 He opened a rock, and water gushed out;
it flowed like a stream in the desert.^(CB)
42 For he remembered his holy promise
to Abraham his servant.^(CC)
43 He brought his people out with rejoicing,
his chosen ones with shouts of joy.^(CD)
44 He gave them the lands of the nations,
and they inherited
what other peoples had worked for.^(CE)

⁴⁵ All this happened
so that they might keep his statutes
and obey his instructions.^(CF)
Hallelujah!

⁴ Remember me, Lord,
when you show favor to your people.^(CJ)
Come to me with your salvation
⁵ so that I may enjoy the prosperity
of your chosen ones,
rejoice in the joy of your nation,
and boast about your heritage.^(CK)

⁶ Both we and our ancestors have sinned;
we have done wrong and have acted wickedly.^(CL)
7 Our ancestors in Egypt did not grasp
the significance of your wondrous works
or remember your many acts of faithful love;
instead, they rebelled by the sea—the Red Sea.^(CM)
8 Yet he saved them for his name’s sake,
to make his power known.^(CN)
9 He rebuked the Red Sea, and it dried up;
he led them through the depths as through a desert.^(CO)
10 He saved them from the power of the adversary;
he redeemed them from the power of the enemy.^(CP)
11 Water covered their foes;
not one of them remained.^(CQ)
12 Then they believed his promises
and sang his praise.^(CR)

¹³ They soon forgot his works
and would not wait for his counsel.^(CS)
14 They were seized with craving in the wilderness
and tested God in the desert.^(CT)
15 He gave them what they asked for,
but sent a wasting disease among them.^(CU)

¹⁶ In the camp they were envious of Moses
and of Aaron, the Lord’s holy one.^(CV)
17 The earth opened up and swallowed Dathan;
it covered the assembly of Abiram.^(CW)
18 Fire blazed throughout their assembly;
flames consumed the wicked.^(CX)

¹⁹ At Horeb they made a calf
and worshiped the cast metal image.^(CY)
20 They exchanged their glory^[n][o]
for the image of a grass-eating ox.^(CZ)
21 They forgot God their Savior,
who did great things in Egypt,^(DA)
22 wondrous works in the land of Ham,^[p]
awe-inspiring acts at the Red Sea.^(DB)
23 So he said he would have destroyed them—
if Moses his chosen one
had not stood before him in the breach
to turn his wrath away from destroying them.^(DC)

²⁴ They despised the pleasant land
and did not believe his promise.^(DD)
25 They grumbled in their tents
and did not listen to the Lord.^(DE)
26 So he raised his hand against them with an oath
that he would make them fall in the desert^(DF)
27 and would disperse their descendants^[q]
among the nations,
scattering them throughout the lands.^(DG)

²⁸ They aligned themselves with Baal of Peor
and ate sacrifices offered to lifeless gods.^[r](DH)
29 They angered the Lord with their deeds,
and a plague broke out against them.^(DI)
30 But Phinehas stood up and intervened,
and the plague was stopped.^(DJ)
31 It was credited to him as righteousness
throughout all generations to come.^(DK)

³² They angered the Lord at the Waters of Meribah,
and Moses suffered^[s] because of them,^(DL)
33 for they embittered his spirit,^[t]
and he spoke rashly with his lips.^(DM)

³⁴ They did not destroy the peoples
as the Lord had commanded them^(DN)
35 but mingled with the nations
and adopted their ways.^(DO)
36 They served their idols,
which became a snare to them.^(DP)
37 They sacrificed their sons and daughters to demons.^(DQ)
38 They shed innocent blood—
the blood of their sons and daughters
whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan;
so the land became polluted with blood.^(DR)
39 They defiled themselves by their actions
and prostituted themselves by their deeds.^(DS)

⁴⁰ Therefore the Lord’s anger burned against his people,
and he abhorred his own inheritance.^(DT)
41 He handed them over to the nations;
those who hated them ruled over them.^(DU)
42 Their enemies oppressed them,
and they were subdued under their power.^(DV)
43 He rescued them many times,
but they continued to rebel deliberately
and were beaten down by their iniquity.^(DW)

⁴⁴ When he heard their cry,
he took note of their distress,^(DX)
45 remembered his covenant with them,
and relented according to the abundance
of his faithful love.^(DY)
46 He caused them to be pitied
before all their captors.^(DZ)

⁴⁷ Save us, Lord our God,
and gather us from the nations,
so that we may give thanks to your holy name
and rejoice in your praise.^(EA)

⁴⁸ Blessed be the Lord God of Israel,
from everlasting to everlasting.^(EB)
Let all the people say, “Amen!”
Hallelujah!^(EC)