Psalm 136-142

New International Version

⁴ to him who alone does great wonders,^(H)
His love endures forever.
⁵ who by his understanding^(I) made the heavens,^(J)
His love endures forever.
⁶ who spread out the earth^(K) upon the waters,^(L)
His love endures forever.
⁷ who made the great lights^(M)—
His love endures forever.
⁸ the sun to govern^(N) the day,
His love endures forever.
⁹ the moon and stars to govern the night;
His love endures forever.

¹⁰ to him who struck down the firstborn^(O) of Egypt
His love endures forever.
¹¹ and brought Israel out^(P) from among them
His love endures forever.
¹² with a mighty hand^(Q) and outstretched arm;^(R)
His love endures forever.

¹³ to him who divided the Red Sea^[a](S) asunder
His love endures forever.
¹⁴ and brought Israel through^(T) the midst of it,
His love endures forever.
¹⁵ but swept Pharaoh and his army into the Red Sea;^(U)
His love endures forever.

¹⁶ to him who led his people through the wilderness;^(V)
His love endures forever.

¹⁷ to him who struck down great kings,^(W)
His love endures forever.
¹⁸ and killed mighty kings^(X)—
His love endures forever.
¹⁹ Sihon king of the Amorites^(Y)
His love endures forever.
²⁰ and Og king of Bashan^(Z)—
His love endures forever.
²¹ and gave their land^(AA) as an inheritance,^(AB)
His love endures forever.
²² an inheritance^(AC) to his servant Israel.^(AD)
His love endures forever.

²³ He remembered us^(AE) in our low estate
His love endures forever.
²⁴ and freed us^(AF) from our enemies.^(AG)
His love endures forever.
²⁵ He gives food^(AH) to every creature.
His love endures forever.

²⁶ Give thanks^(AI) to the God of heaven.^(AJ)
His love endures forever.^(AK)

⁴ How can we sing the songs of the Lord^(AT)
    while in a foreign land?
⁵ If I forget you,^(AU) Jerusalem,
    may my right hand forget its skill.
⁶ May my tongue cling to the roof^(AV) of my mouth
    if I do not remember^(AW) you,
if I do not consider Jerusalem^(AX)
    my highest joy.

⁷ Remember, Lord, what the Edomites^(AY) did
    on the day Jerusalem fell.^(AZ)
“Tear it down,” they cried,
    “tear it down to its foundations!”^(BA)
8 Daughter Babylon, doomed to destruction,^(BB)
    happy is the one who repays you
    according to what you have done to us.
⁹ Happy is the one who seizes your infants
    and dashes them^(BC) against the rocks.

⁴ May all the kings of the earth^(BM) praise you, Lord,
    when they hear what you have decreed.
⁵ May they sing^(BN) of the ways of the Lord,
    for the glory of the Lord^(BO) is great.

⁶ Though the Lord is exalted, he looks kindly on the lowly;^(BP)
    though lofty, he sees them^(BQ) from afar.
⁷ Though I walk^(BR) in the midst of trouble,
    you preserve my life.^(BS)
You stretch out your hand^(BT) against the anger of my foes;^(BU)
    with your right hand^(BV) you save me.^(BW)
8 The Lord will vindicate^(BX) me;
    your love, Lord, endures forever^(BY)—
    do not abandon^(BZ) the works of your hands.^(CA)

⁷ Where can I go from your Spirit?
    Where can I flee^(CL) from your presence?
⁸ If I go up to the heavens,^(CM) you are there;
    if I make my bed^(CN) in the depths, you are there.
⁹ If I rise on the wings of the dawn,
    if I settle on the far side of the sea,
¹⁰ even there your hand will guide me,^(CO)
    your right hand^(CP) will hold me fast.
¹¹ If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me
    and the light become night around me,”
¹² even the darkness will not be dark^(CQ) to you;
    the night will shine like the day,
    for darkness is as light to you.

¹³ For you created my inmost being;^(CR)
    you knit me together^(CS) in my mother’s womb.^(CT)
14 I praise you^(CU) because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
    your works are wonderful,^(CV)
    I know that full well.
¹⁵ My frame was not hidden from you
    when I was made^(CW) in the secret place,
    when I was woven together^(CX) in the depths of the earth.^(CY)
16 Your eyes saw my unformed body;
    all the days ordained^(CZ) for me were written in your book
    before one of them came to be.
¹⁷ How precious to me are your thoughts,^[b](DA) God!^(DB)
    How vast is the sum of them!
¹⁸ Were I to count them,^(DC)
    they would outnumber the grains of sand^(DD)—
    when I awake,^(DE) I am still with you.

¹⁹ If only you, God, would slay the wicked!^(DF)
    Away from me,^(DG) you who are bloodthirsty!^(DH)
20 They speak of you with evil intent;
    your adversaries^(DI) misuse your name.^(DJ)
21 Do I not hate those^(DK) who hate you, Lord,
    and abhor^(DL) those who are in rebellion against you?
²² I have nothing but hatred for them;
    I count them my enemies.^(DM)
23 Search me,^(DN) God, and know my heart;^(DO)
    test me and know my anxious thoughts.
²⁴ See if there is any offensive way^(DP) in me,
    and lead me^(DQ) in the way everlasting.

⁴ Keep me safe,^(DX) Lord, from the hands of the wicked;^(DY)
    protect me from the violent,
    who devise ways to trip my feet.
⁵ The arrogant have hidden a snare^(DZ) for me;
    they have spread out the cords of their net^(EA)
    and have set traps^(EB) for me along my path.

⁶ I say to the Lord, “You are my God.”^(EC)
    Hear, Lord, my cry for mercy.^(ED)
7 Sovereign Lord,^(EE) my strong deliverer,
    you shield my head in the day of battle.
⁸ Do not grant the wicked^(EF) their desires, Lord;
    do not let their plans succeed.

⁹ Those who surround me proudly rear their heads;
    may the mischief of their lips engulf them.^(EG)
10 May burning coals fall on them;
    may they be thrown into the fire,^(EH)
    into miry pits, never to rise.
¹¹ May slanderers not be established in the land;
    may disaster hunt down the violent.^(EI)

¹² I know that the Lord secures justice for the poor^(EJ)
    and upholds the cause^(EK) of the needy.^(EL)
13 Surely the righteous will praise your name,^(EM)
    and the upright will live^(EN) in your presence.^(EO)

³ Set a guard over my mouth,^(EU) Lord;
    keep watch over the door of my lips.^(EV)
4 Do not let my heart^(EW) be drawn to what is evil
    so that I take part in wicked deeds^(EX)
along with those who are evildoers;
    do not let me eat their delicacies.^(EY)

⁵ Let a righteous man strike me—that is a kindness;
    let him rebuke me^(EZ)—that is oil on my head.^(FA)
My head will not refuse it,
    for my prayer will still be against the deeds of evildoers.

⁶ Their rulers will be thrown down from the cliffs,^(FB)
    and the wicked will learn that my words were well spoken.
⁷ They will say, “As one plows^(FC) and breaks up the earth,^(FD)
    so our bones have been scattered at the mouth^(FE) of the grave.”

⁸ But my eyes are fixed^(FF) on you, Sovereign Lord;
    in you I take refuge^(FG)—do not give me over to death.
⁹ Keep me safe^(FH) from the traps set by evildoers,^(FI)
    from the snares^(FJ) they have laid for me.
¹⁰ Let the wicked fall^(FK) into their own nets,
    while I pass by in safety.^(FL)

³ When my spirit grows faint^(FR) within me,
    it is you who watch over my way.
In the path where I walk
    people have hidden a snare for me.
⁴ Look and see, there is no one at my right hand;
    no one is concerned for me.
I have no refuge;^(FS)
    no one cares^(FT) for my life.

⁵ I cry to you, Lord;
    I say, “You are my refuge,^(FU)
    my portion^(FV) in the land of the living.”^(FW)

⁶ Listen to my cry,^(FX)
    for I am in desperate need;^(FY)
rescue me^(FZ) from those who pursue me,
    for they are too strong^(GA) for me.
⁷ Set me free from my prison,^(GB)
    that I may praise your name.^(GC)
Then the righteous will gather about me
    because of your goodness to me.^(GD)