Psalm 107-111

New American Standard Bible

BOOK 5

The Lord Rescues People from Many Troubles.

107 ^(A)Give thanks to the Lord, for ^(B)He is good,
For His mercy is everlasting.
²^(C)The redeemed of the Lord shall say so,
Those whom He has ^(D)redeemed from the hand of the enemy
³And ^(E)gathered from the lands,
From the east and from the west,
From the north and from the ^[a]south.

⁴They ^(F)wandered in the wilderness in a ^[b]desert region;
They did not find a way to ^[c]an inhabited ^(G)city.
⁵They were hungry ^[d]and thirsty;
Their ^(H)souls felt weak within them.
⁶Then they ^(I)cried out to the Lord in their trouble;
He saved them from their distresses.
⁷He also had them walk on a ^[e]^(J)straight way,
To go to ^[f]^(K)an inhabited city.
⁸^(L)They shall give thanks to the Lord for His mercy,
And for His ^[g]wonders to the sons of mankind!
⁹For He has ^(M)satisfied the ^[h]thirsty soul,
And He has filled the ^(N)hungry soul with what is good.

¹⁰There were those who ^(O)lived in darkness and in ^[i]the shadow of death,
^(P)Prisoners in misery and ^[j]chains,
¹¹Because they had ^(Q)rebelled against the words of God
And ^(R)rejected the ^(S)plan of the Most High.
¹²Therefore He humbled their heart with labor;
They stumbled and there was ^(T)no one to help.
¹³Then they ^(U)cried out to the Lord in their trouble;
He saved them from their distresses.
¹⁴He ^(V)brought them out of darkness and ^[k]the shadow of death
And ^(W)broke their bands apart.
¹⁵^(X)They shall give thanks to the Lord for His mercy,
And for His ^[l]wonders to the sons of mankind!
¹⁶For He has ^(Y)shattered gates of bronze
And cut off bars of iron.

¹⁷Fools, because of ^[m]their rebellious way,
And ^(Z)because of their guilty deeds, were afflicted.
¹⁸Their ^(AA)souls loathed all kinds of food,
And they ^(AB)came close to the ^(AC)gates of death.
¹⁹Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble;
He saved them from their distresses.
²⁰He ^(AD)sent His word and ^(AE)healed them,
And ^(AF)saved them from their ^[n]destruction.
²¹^(AG)They shall give thanks to the Lord for His mercy,
And for His ^[o]wonders to the sons of mankind!
²²They shall also offer ^(AH)sacrifices of thanksgiving,
And ^(AI)tell of His works with joyful singing.

²³Those who ^(AJ)go down to the sea in ships,
Who do business on great waters;
²⁴They have seen the works of the Lord,
And His ^[p]wonders in the deep.
²⁵For He ^(AK)spoke and raised a ^(AL)stormy wind,
Which ^(AM)lifted the waves ^[q]of the sea.
²⁶They rose up to the heavens, they went down to the depths;
Their soul ^(AN)melted away in their misery.
²⁷They reeled and ^(AO)staggered like a drunken person,
And ^[r]were at their wits’ end.
²⁸Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble,
And He brought them out of their distresses.
²⁹He ^(AP)caused the storm to be still,
So that the waves ^[s]of the sea were hushed.
³⁰Then they were glad because they were quiet,
So He guided them to their desired harbor.
³¹^(AQ)They shall give thanks to the Lord for His mercy,
And for His ^[t]^(AR)wonders to the sons of mankind!
³²They shall also ^(AS)exalt Him ^(AT)in the congregation of the people,
And ^(AU)praise Him at the seat of the elders.

³³He ^(AV)turns rivers into a ^[u]wilderness,
And springs of water into a thirsty ground;
³⁴And a ^(AW)fruitful land into a ^(AX)salt waste,
Because of the wickedness of those who dwell in it.
³⁵He ^(AY)turns a ^[v]wilderness into a pool of water,
And a dry land into springs of water;
³⁶And He has the hungry live there,
So that they may establish ^[w]^(AZ)an inhabited city,
³⁷And sow fields and ^(BA)plant vineyards,
And ^[x]gather a fruitful harvest.
³⁸He also blesses them and they ^(BB)multiply greatly,
And He ^(BC)does not let their cattle decrease.

³⁹When they ^(BD)become few and ^(BE)lowly
Because of oppression, misery, and sorrow,
⁴⁰He ^(BF)pours contempt upon noblemen
And ^(BG)makes them wander ^(BH)in a pathless wasteland.
⁴¹But He ^(BI)sets the needy ^[y]securely on high, away from affliction,
And ^(BJ)makes his families like a flock.
⁴²The ^(BK)upright see it and are glad;
But all ^(BL)injustice shuts its mouth.
⁴³Who is ^(BM)wise? He is to pay attention to these things,
And consider the ^(BN)mercy of the Lord.

God Praised and Pleas to Give Victory.

A Song, a Psalm of David.

108 ^(BO)My heart is steadfast, God;
I will sing, I will sing praises also with my ^[z]soul.
²Awake, harp and lyre;
I will awaken the dawn!
³I will give thanks to You, Lord, among the peoples,
And I will sing praises to You among the nations.
⁴For Your ^(BP)mercy is great ^(BQ)above the heavens,
And Your truth reaches to the skies.
⁵^(BR)Be exalted above the heavens, God,
And may Your glory be above all the earth.
⁶^(BS)So that Your beloved may be rescued,
Save with Your right hand, and answer me!

⁷God has spoken in His ^[aa]holiness:
“I will triumph, I will divide up Shechem,
And measure out the Valley of Succoth.
⁸Gilead is Mine, Manasseh is Mine;
Ephraim also is the ^[ab]helmet of My head;
^(BT)Judah is My ^[ac]scepter.
⁹Moab is My washbowl;
I will throw My sandal over Edom;
I will shout aloud over Philistia.”

¹⁰^(BU)Who will bring me into the fortified city?
Who ^[ad]will lead me to Edom?
¹¹God, have You Yourself not ^(BV)rejected us?
And will You not go forth with our armies, God?
¹²Give us help against the enemy,
For ^(BW)deliverance ^[ae]by man is worthless.
¹³^[af]Through God we will do valiantly,
And ^(BX)it is He who will trample down our enemies.

Vengeance Invoked upon Adversaries.

For the music director. A Psalm of David.

109 ^(BY)God of my praise,
^(BZ)Do not be silent!
²For they have opened a ^[ag]wicked and ^(CA)deceitful mouth against me;
They have spoken ^[ah]against me with a ^(CB)lying tongue.
³They have also surrounded me with words of hatred,
And have fought against me ^(CC)without cause.
⁴In return ^(CD)for my love they act as my accusers;
But ^(CE)I am in prayer.
⁵So they have ^[ai]^(CF)repaid me evil for good,
And ^(CG)hatred for my love.

⁶Appoint a wicked person over him,
And may an ^[aj]^(CH)accuser stand at his right hand.
⁷When he is judged, may he ^(CI)come out guilty,
And may his ^(CJ)prayer become sin.
⁸May ^(CK)his days be few;
May ^(CL)another take his office.
⁹May his ^(CM)children be fatherless,
And his ^(CN)wife a widow.
¹⁰May his ^(CO)children wander about and beg;
And may they ^(CP)seek sustenance ^[ak]far from their ruined homes.
¹¹May ^(CQ)the creditor ^[al]seize everything that he has,
And may ^(CR)strangers plunder the product of his labor.
¹²May there be none to ^[am]^(CS)extend kindness to him,
Nor ^(CT)any to be gracious to his fatherless children.
¹³May his ^(CU)descendants be ^[an]eliminated;
May their ^(CV)name be wiped out in a following generation.

¹⁴May ^(CW)the guilt of his fathers be remembered ^[ao]before the Lord,
And do not let the sin of his mother be ^(CX)wiped out.
¹⁵May ^(CY)they be before the Lord continually,
So that He may ^(CZ)eliminate their memory from the earth;
¹⁶Because he did not remember to show mercy,
But persecuted the ^(DA)afflicted and needy person,
And the ^(DB)despondent in heart, to ^(DC)put them to death.
¹⁷He also loved cursing, so ^(DD)it came to him;
And he did not delight in blessing, so it was far from him.
¹⁸But he ^(DE)clothed himself with cursing as with his garment,
And it ^(DF)entered ^[ap]his body like water,
And like oil into his bones.
¹⁹May it be to him as ^(DG)a garment with which he covers himself,
And as a belt which he constantly ^(DH)wears around himself.
²⁰May this be the ^(DI)reward of my accusers from the Lord,
And of those who ^(DJ)speak evil against my soul.

²¹But You, ^[aq]God, the Lord, deal kindly with me ^(DK)for the sake of Your name;
Because ^(DL)Your mercy is good, rescue me;
²²For ^(DM)I am afflicted and needy,
And ^[ar]my heart is ^(DN)wounded within me.
²³I am passing ^(DO)like a shadow when it lengthens;
I am shaken off ^(DP)like the locust.
²⁴My ^(DQ)knees ^[as]are weak from ^(DR)fasting,
And my flesh has grown lean, without fatness.
²⁵I also have become a ^(DS)disgrace to them;
When they see me, they ^(DT)shake their head.

²⁶^(DU)Help me, Lord my God;
Save me according to Your mercy.
²⁷^[at]And may they ^(DV)know that this is Your hand;
You, Lord, have done it.
²⁸^(DW)They will curse, but You bless;
When they arise, they will be ashamed,
But Your ^(DX)servant will be glad.
²⁹^[au]May ^(DY)my accusers be clothed with dishonor,
And ^[av]may they ^(DZ)cover themselves with their own shame as with a robe.

³⁰With my mouth I will give thanks abundantly to the Lord;
And ^(EA)I will praise Him in the midst of many.
³¹For He stands ^(EB)at the right hand of the needy,
To save him from those who ^(EC)judge his soul.

The Lord Gives Dominion to the King.

A Psalm of David.

110 ^(ED)The Lord says to my Lord:
“^(EE)Sit at My right hand
Until I make ^(EF)Your enemies a footstool for Your feet.”
²The Lord will stretch out Your strong ^(EG)scepter from Zion, saying,
“^(EH)Rule in the midst of Your enemies.”
³Your ^(EI)people ^[aw]will volunteer freely on the day of Your ^[ax]power;
^(EJ)In ^[ay]holy splendor, from the womb of the dawn,
^[az]Your youth are to You as the ^(EK)dew.

⁴^(EL)The Lord has sworn and will ^(EM)not ^[ba]change His mind,
“You are a ^(EN)priest forever
According to the order of Melchizedek.”
⁵The Lord is ^(EO)at Your right hand;
He ^[bb]will ^(EP)shatter kings in the ^(EQ)day of His wrath.
⁶He will ^(ER)judge among the nations,
He ^[bc]will fill them with ^(ES)corpses,
He ^[bd]will ^(ET)shatter the ^[be]chief men over a broad country.
⁷He will ^(EU)drink from the brook by the wayside;
Therefore He will ^(EV)lift up His head.

The Lord Praised for His Goodness.

111 ^[bf]Praise ^[bg]the Lord!
I ^(EW)will give thanks to the Lord with all my heart,
In the ^(EX)company of the upright and in the assembly.
²^(EY)Great are the works of the Lord;
They are ^[bh]^(EZ)studied by all who delight in them.
³^[bi]^(FA)Splendid and majestic is His work,
And ^(FB)His righteousness endures forever.
⁴He has caused His ^[bj]wonders ^[bk]to be remembered;
The Lord is ^(FC)gracious and compassionate.
⁵He has ^(FD)given ^[bl]food to those who ^[bm]fear Him;
He will ^(FE)remember His covenant forever.
⁶He has made known to His people the power of His works,
In giving them the inheritance of the nations.

⁷The works of His hands are ^[bn]^(FF)truth and justice;
All His precepts ^(FG)are trustworthy.
⁸They are ^(FH)upheld forever and ever;
They are performed in ^[bo]^(FI)truth and uprightness.
⁹He has sent ^(FJ)redemption to His people;
He has ^[bp]ordained His covenant forever;
^(FK)Holy and ^[bq]awesome is His name.
¹⁰The ^[br]^(FL)fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom;
All those who ^[bs]follow ^(FM)His commandments have a good understanding;
His ^(FN)praise endures forever.