Bible in 90 Days

^19 (K)Of old you spoke in a vision to your godly one,^[a] and said:
    “I have ^(L)granted help to one who is ^(M)mighty;
    I have exalted one ^(N)chosen from the people.
^20 (O)I have found David, my servant;
    with my holy oil I have ^(P)anointed him,
²¹ so that my ^(Q)hand shall be established with him;
    my arm also shall strengthen him.
²² The enemy shall not outwit him;
    ^(R)the wicked shall not humble him.
²³ I will ^(S)crush his foes before him
    and strike down those who hate him.
²⁴ My ^(T)faithfulness and my ^(U)steadfast love shall be with him,
    and in my name shall his ^(V)horn be exalted.
²⁵ I will set his hand on ^(W)the sea
    and his right hand on ^(X)the rivers.
²⁶ He shall cry to me, ‘You are my ^(Y)Father,
    my God, and ^(Z)the Rock of my salvation.’
²⁷ And I will make him the ^(AA)firstborn,
    ^(AB)the highest of the kings of the earth.
²⁸ My steadfast love I will keep for him forever,
    and my ^(AC)covenant will stand firm^[b] for him.
²⁹ I will establish his ^(AD)offspring forever
    and his ^(AE)throne as ^(AF)the days of the heavens.
^30 (AG)If his children forsake my law
    and do not walk according to my rules,^[c]
31 if they violate my statutes
    and do not keep my commandments,
³² then I will punish their transgression with ^(AH)the rod
    and their iniquity with stripes,
³³ but I will not remove from him my steadfast love
    or be false to my faithfulness.
³⁴ I will not violate my ^(AI)covenant
    or alter the word that went forth from my lips.
³⁵ Once for all I have sworn ^(AJ)by my holiness;
    I will not ^(AK)lie to David.
³⁶ His ^(AL)offspring shall endure forever,
    ^(AM)his ^(AN)throne as long as ^(AO)the sun before me.
³⁷ Like ^(AP)the moon it shall be established forever,
    ^(AQ)a faithful witness in the skies.” Selah

³⁸ But now you have ^(AR)cast off and rejected;
    you are full of wrath against your ^(AS)anointed.
³⁹ You have ^(AT)renounced ^(AU)the covenant with your servant;
    you have ^(AV)defiled his ^(AW)crown in the dust.
⁴⁰ You have ^(AX)breached all his walls;
    you have laid his strongholds in ruins.
^41 (AY)All who pass by plunder him;
    he has become ^(AZ)the scorn of his neighbors.
⁴² You have exalted the right hand of his foes;
    you have made all his enemies rejoice.
⁴³ You have also turned back the edge of his sword,
    and you have not made him stand in battle.
⁴⁴ You have made his splendor to cease
    and cast his throne to the ground.
⁴⁵ You have cut short ^(BA)the days of his youth;
    you have ^(BB)covered him with shame. Selah

^46 (BC)How long, O Lord? Will you hide yourself forever?
    How long will your wrath ^(BD)burn like fire?
^47 (BE)Remember ^(BF)how short my ^(BG)time is!
    For what vanity you have created all the children of man!
^48 (BH)What man can live and never ^(BI)see death?
    Who can deliver his soul from the power of ^(BJ)Sheol? Selah

⁴⁹ Lord, where is your ^(BK)steadfast love of old,
    which by your ^(BL)faithfulness you swore to David?
^50 (BM)Remember, O Lord, how your servants are mocked,
    and how I bear in my ^(BN)heart the insults^[d] of all the many nations,
⁵¹ with which your enemies mock, O Lord,
    with which they mock ^(BO)the footsteps of your ^(BP)anointed.

^52 (BQ)Blessed be the Lord forever!
Amen and Amen.

³ You return man to dust
    and say, ^(BX)“Return, ^(BY)O children of man!”^[f]
4 For ^(BZ)a thousand years in your sight
    are but as ^(CA)yesterday when it is past,
    or as ^(CB)a watch in the night.

⁵ You ^(CC)sweep them away as with a flood; they are like ^(CD)a dream,
    like ^(CE)grass that is renewed in the morning:
⁶ in ^(CF)the morning it flourishes and is renewed;
    in the evening it ^(CG)fades and ^(CH)withers.

⁷ For we are brought to an end by your anger;
    by your wrath we are dismayed.
⁸ You have ^(CI)set our iniquities before you,
    our ^(CJ)secret sins in the light of your presence.

⁹ For all our days pass away under your wrath;
    we bring our years to an end like a sigh.
¹⁰ The years of our life are seventy,
    or even by reason of strength eighty;
yet their span^[g] is but toil and trouble;
    they are soon gone, and we fly away.
¹¹ Who considers the power of your anger,
    and your wrath according to the fear of you?

^12 (CK)So teach us to number our days
    that we may get a heart of wisdom.
^13 (CL)Return, O Lord! ^(CM)How long?
    Have ^(CN)pity on your servants!
¹⁴ Satisfy us in the ^(CO)morning with your steadfast love,
    that we may ^(CP)rejoice and be glad all our days.
¹⁵ Make us glad for as many days as you have ^(CQ)afflicted us,
    and for as many years as we have seen evil.
¹⁶ Let your ^(CR)work be shown to your servants,
    and your glorious power to their children.
¹⁷ Let the ^(CS)favor^[h] of the Lord our God be upon us,
    and establish ^(CT)the work of our hands upon us;
    yes, establish the work of our hands!

³ For he will deliver you from ^(CZ)the snare of the fowler
    and from the deadly pestilence.
⁴ He will ^(DA)cover you with his pinions,
    and under his ^(DB)wings you will ^(DC)find refuge;
    his ^(DD)faithfulness is ^(DE)a shield and buckler.
^5 (DF)You will not fear ^(DG)the terror of the night,
    nor the arrow that flies by day,
⁶ nor the pestilence that stalks in darkness,
    nor the destruction that wastes at noonday.

⁷ A thousand may fall at your side,
    ten thousand at your right hand,
    but it will not come near you.
⁸ You will only look with your eyes
    and ^(DH)see the recompense of the wicked.

⁹ Because you have made the Lord your ^(DI)dwelling place—
    the Most High, who is my ^(DJ)refuge^[j]—
^10 (DK)no evil shall be allowed to befall you,
    ^(DL)no plague come near your tent.

^11 (DM)For he will command his ^(DN)angels concerning you
    to ^(DO)guard you in all your ways.
¹² On their hands they will bear you up,
    lest you ^(DP)strike your foot against a stone.
¹³ You will tread on ^(DQ)the lion and the ^(DR)adder;
    the young lion and ^(DS)the serpent you will ^(DT)trample underfoot.

¹⁴ “Because he ^(DU)holds fast to me in love, I will deliver him;
    I will protect him, because he ^(DV)knows my name.
¹⁵ When he ^(DW)calls to me, I will answer him;
    I will be with him in trouble;
    I will rescue him and ^(DX)honor him.
¹⁶ With ^(DY)long life I will satisfy him
    and ^(DZ)show him my salvation.”

⁵ How ^(EL)great are your works, O Lord!
    Your ^(EM)thoughts are very ^(EN)deep!
⁶ The stupid man cannot know;
    the fool cannot understand this:
⁷ that though ^(EO)the wicked sprout like grass
    and all ^(EP)evildoers flourish,
they are doomed to destruction forever;
⁸     but you, O Lord, are ^(EQ)on high forever.
⁹ For behold, your enemies, O Lord,
    for behold, your enemies shall perish;
    all evildoers shall be ^(ER)scattered.

¹⁰ But you have exalted my ^(ES)horn like that of ^(ET)the wild ox;
    you have ^(EU)poured over me^[k] fresh oil.
¹¹ My ^(EV)eyes have seen the downfall of my enemies;
    my ears have heard the doom of my evil assailants.

^12 (EW)The righteous flourish like the palm tree
    and grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
¹³ They are planted in the house of the Lord;
    they flourish in ^(EX)the courts of our God.
¹⁴ They still bear fruit in old age;
    they are ever full of sap and green,
^15 (EY)to declare that the Lord is upright;
    he is my ^(EZ)rock, and there is ^(FA)no unrighteousness in him.

^3 (FJ)The floods have lifted up, O Lord,
    the floods have lifted up their voice;
    the floods lift up their roaring.
⁴ Mightier than the thunders of many waters,
    mightier than the waves of the sea,
    ^(FK)the Lord ^(FL)on high is mighty!

⁵ Your ^(FM)decrees are very trustworthy;
    ^(FN)holiness befits your house,
    O Lord, forevermore.

^8 (GB)Understand, O dullest of the people!
    Fools, when will you be wise?
^9 (GC)He who planted the ear, does he not hear?
He who formed the eye, does he not see?
¹⁰ He who ^(GD)disciplines the nations, does he not rebuke?
He who ^(GE)teaches man knowledge—
^{11     (GF)}the Lord—knows the thoughts of man,
    that they are ^(GG)but a breath.^[l]

^12 (GH)Blessed is the man whom you ^(GI)discipline, O Lord,
    and whom you teach out of your law,
¹³ to give him ^(GJ)rest from ^(GK)days of trouble,
    until ^(GL)a pit is dug for the wicked.
^14 (GM)For the Lord will not forsake his ^(GN)people;
    he will not abandon his ^(GO)heritage;
¹⁵ for ^(GP)justice will return to the righteous,
    and all the upright in heart will ^(GQ)follow it.

^16 (GR)Who rises up for me against the wicked?
    Who stands up for me against evildoers?
^17 (GS)If the Lord had not been my help,
    my soul would soon have lived in the land of ^(GT)silence.
¹⁸ When I thought, ^(GU)“My foot slips,”
    your steadfast love, O Lord, ^(GV)held me up.
¹⁹ When the cares of my heart are many,
    your consolations cheer my soul.
²⁰ Can ^(GW)wicked rulers be allied with you,
    those who frame^[m] injustice by ^(GX)statute?
²¹ They ^(GY)band together against the life of the righteous
    and condemn ^(GZ)the innocent to death.^[n]
22 But the Lord has become my ^(HA)stronghold,
    and my God ^(HB)the rock of my ^(HC)refuge.
²³ He will bring back on them ^(HD)their iniquity
    and ^(HE)wipe them out for their wickedness;
    the Lord our God will wipe them out.

⁶ Oh come, let us worship and bow down;
    let us ^(HN)kneel before the Lord, our ^(HO)Maker!
⁷ For he is our ^(HP)God,
    and we are the people of his ^(HQ)pasture,
    and the sheep of his hand.
^(HR)Today, if you ^(HS)hear his voice,
^{8     (HT)}do not harden your hearts, as at ^(HU)Meribah,
    as on the day at ^(HV)Massah in the wilderness,
⁹ when your fathers put me to the ^(HW)test
    and put me to the proof, though they had seen my ^(HX)work.
^10 (HY)For forty years I loathed that generation
    and said, “They are a people who go astray in their heart,
    and they have not known ^(HZ)my ways.”
¹¹ Therefore I ^(IA)swore in my wrath,
    “They shall not enter ^(IB)my rest.”

⁷ Ascribe to the Lord, O ^(IK)families of the peoples,
    ^(IL)ascribe to the Lord glory and strength!
⁸ Ascribe to the Lord ^(IM)the glory due his name;
    bring ^(IN)an offering, and ^(IO)come into his courts!
⁹ Worship the Lord in ^(IP)the splendor of holiness;^{[o]
    (IQ)}tremble before him, all the earth!

¹⁰ Say among the nations, ^(IR)“The Lord reigns!
    Yes, the world is established; it shall never be moved;
    he will ^(IS)judge the peoples with equity.”

¹¹ Let ^(IT)the heavens be glad, and let ^(IU)the earth rejoice;
    let ^(IV)the sea roar, and all that fills it;
¹²     let ^(IW)the field exult, and everything in it!
Then shall all ^(IX)the trees of the forest sing for joy
¹³     before the Lord, for he comes,
    for he comes ^(IY)to judge the earth.
He will judge the world in righteousness,
    and the peoples in his faithfulness.

^6 (JK)The heavens proclaim his righteousness,
    and all ^(JL)the peoples see his glory.
⁷ All worshipers of images are ^(JM)put to shame,
    who make their boast in ^(JN)worthless idols;
    ^(JO)worship him, all you gods!

⁸ Zion hears and ^(JP)is glad,
    and the daughters of Judah rejoice,
    because of your judgments, O Lord.
⁹ For you, O Lord, are ^(JQ)most high over all the earth;
    you are exalted far above ^(JR)all gods.

¹⁰ O you who love the Lord, ^(JS)hate evil!
    He ^(JT)preserves the lives of his ^(JU)saints;
    he ^(JV)delivers them from the hand of the wicked.
^11 (JW)Light ^(JX)is sown^[p] for the righteous,
    and joy for the upright in heart.
^12 (JY)Rejoice in the Lord, O you righteous,
    and ^(JZ)give thanks to his holy name!

^4 (KK)Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth;
    ^(KL)break forth into joyous song and sing praises!
⁵ Sing praises to the Lord with the lyre,
    with the lyre and the ^(KM)sound of melody!
⁶ With ^(KN)trumpets and the sound of ^(KO)the horn
    ^(KP)make a joyful noise before the King, the Lord!

^7 (KQ)Let the sea roar, and ^(KR)all that fills it;
    ^(KS)the world and those who dwell in it!
⁸ Let the rivers ^(KT)clap their hands;
    let ^(KU)the hills sing for joy together
⁹ before the Lord, for he comes
    to ^(KV)judge the earth.
He will judge the world with righteousness,
    and the peoples with equity.

^6 (LK)Moses and Aaron were among his ^(LL)priests,
    Samuel also was among those who ^(LM)called upon his name.
    They ^(LN)called to the Lord, and he answered them.
⁷ In ^(LO)the pillar of the cloud he spoke to them;
    they ^(LP)kept his testimonies
    and the statute that he gave them.

⁸ O Lord our God, you answered them;
    you were ^(LQ)a forgiving God to them,
    but ^(LR)an avenger of their wrongdoings.
⁹ Exalt the Lord our God,
    and worship at his ^(LS)holy mountain;
    for the Lord our God is holy!

³ Know that ^(LX)the Lord, he is God!
    It is he who ^(LY)made us, and ^(LZ)we are his;^[r]
    we are his ^(MA)people, and ^(MB)the sheep of his pasture.

^4 (MC)Enter his gates with thanksgiving,
    and his ^(MD)courts with praise!
    Give thanks to him; ^(ME)bless his name!

^5 (MF)For the Lord is good;
    his steadfast love endures forever,
    and his ^(MG)faithfulness to all generations.

⁵ Whoever slanders his neighbor ^(MR)secretly
    I will ^(MS)destroy.
Whoever has a ^(MT)haughty look and an ^(MU)arrogant heart
    I will not endure.

⁶ I will look with favor on the faithful in the land,
    that they may dwell with me;
he who walks in ^(MV)the way that is blameless
    shall minister to me.

⁷ No one who ^(MW)practices deceit
    shall dwell in my house;
no one who utters lies
    shall ^(MX)continue before my eyes.

^8 (MY)Morning by morning I will destroy
    all the wicked in the land,
^(MZ)cutting off all ^(NA)the evildoers
    from ^(NB)the city of the Lord.

³ For my days ^(NL)pass away like smoke,
    and my ^(NM)bones burn like a furnace.
⁴ My heart is ^(NN)struck down like grass and ^(NO)has withered;
    I ^(NP)forget to eat my bread.
⁵ Because of my loud groaning
    my ^(NQ)bones cling to my flesh.
⁶ I am like ^(NR)a desert owl of the wilderness,
    like an owl^[s] of the waste places;
⁷ I ^(NS)lie awake;
    I am like a lonely sparrow on the housetop.
⁸ All the day my enemies taunt me;
    those who ^(NT)deride me ^(NU)use my name for a curse.
⁹ For I eat ashes like bread
    and ^(NV)mingle tears with my drink,
¹⁰ because of your indignation and anger;
    for you have ^(NW)taken me up and ^(NX)thrown me down.
¹¹ My days are like ^(NY)an evening shadow;
    I ^(NZ)wither away like grass.

¹² But you, O Lord, are ^(OA)enthroned forever;
    you ^(OB)are remembered throughout all generations.
¹³ You will ^(OC)arise and have ^(OD)pity on Zion;
    it is the time to favor her;
    ^(OE)the appointed time has come.
¹⁴ For your servants hold her ^(OF)stones dear
    and have pity on her dust.
¹⁵ Nations will ^(OG)fear the name of the Lord,
    and all ^(OH)the kings of the earth will fear your glory.
¹⁶ For the Lord ^(OI)builds up Zion;
    he ^(OJ)appears in his glory;
¹⁷ he ^(OK)regards the prayer of the destitute
    and does not despise their prayer.

¹⁸ Let this be ^(OL)recorded for ^(OM)a generation to come,
    so that ^(ON)a people yet to be created may praise the Lord:
¹⁹ that he ^(OO)looked down from his holy height;
    from heaven the Lord looked at the earth,
²⁰ to hear ^(OP)the groans of the prisoners,
    to set free ^(OQ)those who were doomed to die,
²¹ that they may ^(OR)declare in Zion the name of the Lord,
    and in Jerusalem his praise,
²² when ^(OS)peoples gather together,
    and kingdoms, to worship the Lord.

²³ He has broken my strength in midcourse;
    he ^(OT)has shortened my days.
²⁴ “O my God,” ^(OU)I say, “take me not away
    in the midst of my days—
^(OV)you whose years endure
    throughout all generations!”

^25 (OW)Of old you laid the foundation of the earth,
    and ^(OX)the heavens are the work of your hands.
^26 (OY)They will perish, but ^(OZ)you will remain;
    they will all wear out like a garment.
You will change them like a robe, and they will pass away,
²⁷     but ^(PA)you are the same, and your years have no end.
^28 (PB)The children of your servants ^(PC)shall dwell secure;
    ^(PD)their offspring shall be established before you.

⁶ The Lord works ^(PN)righteousness
    and justice for all who are oppressed.
⁷ He made known his ^(PO)ways to Moses,
    his ^(PP)acts to the people of Israel.
⁸ The Lord is ^(PQ)merciful and gracious,
    slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.
^9 (PR)He will not always chide,
    nor will he ^(PS)keep his anger forever.
¹⁰ He does not deal with us ^(PT)according to our sins,
    nor repay us according to our iniquities.
¹¹ For ^(PU)as high as the heavens are above the earth,
    so great is his ^(PV)steadfast love toward ^(PW)those who fear him;
¹² as far as the east is from the west,
    so far does he ^(PX)remove our transgressions from us.
¹³ As ^(PY)a father shows compassion to his children,
    so the Lord shows compassion ^(PZ)to those who fear him.
¹⁴ For he knows our frame;^[t]
    he ^(QA)remembers that we are dust.

¹⁵ As for man, his days are like ^(QB)grass;
    he flourishes like ^(QC)a flower of the field;
¹⁶ for ^(QD)the wind passes over it, and ^(QE)it is gone,
    and ^(QF)its place knows it no more.
¹⁷ But ^(QG)the steadfast love of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting on ^(QH)those who fear him,
    and his righteousness to ^(QI)children's children,
¹⁸ to those who ^(QJ)keep his covenant
    and ^(QK)remember to do his commandments.
¹⁹ The Lord has ^(QL)established his throne in the heavens,
    and his ^(QM)kingdom rules over all.

²⁰ Bless the Lord, O you ^(QN)his angels,
    you ^(QO)mighty ones who ^(QP)do his word,
    obeying the voice of his word!
²¹ Bless the Lord, all his ^(QQ)hosts,
    his ^(QR)ministers, who do his will!
^22 (QS)Bless the Lord, all his works,
    in all places of his dominion.
^(QT)Bless the Lord, O my soul!

⁵ He ^(RG)set the earth on its foundations,
    so that it should never be moved.
⁶ You ^(RH)covered it with the deep as with a garment;
    the waters stood above the mountains.
⁷ At ^(RI)your rebuke they fled;
    at ^(RJ)the sound of your thunder they ^(RK)took to flight.
⁸ The mountains rose, the valleys sank down
    to the place that you ^(RL)appointed for them.
⁹ You set ^(RM)a boundary that they may not pass,
    so that they ^(RN)might not again cover the earth.

¹⁰ You make springs gush forth in the valleys;
    they flow between the hills;
¹¹ they ^(RO)give drink to every beast of the field;
    the wild donkeys quench their thirst.
¹² Beside them the birds of the heavens dwell;
    they sing among the branches.
^13 (RP)From your lofty abode you ^(RQ)water the mountains;
    the earth is satisfied with the fruit of your work.

¹⁴ You cause ^(RR)the grass to grow for the livestock
    and ^(RS)plants for man to cultivate,
that he may bring forth ^(RT)food from the earth
¹⁵     and ^(RU)wine to gladden the heart of man,
^(RV)oil to make his face shine
    and bread to ^(RW)strengthen man's heart.

¹⁶ The trees of the Lord are watered abundantly,
    ^(RX)the cedars of Lebanon ^(RY)that he planted.
¹⁷ In them the birds build their nests;
    the stork has her home in the fir trees.
¹⁸ The high mountains are for ^(RZ)the wild goats;
    the rocks are a refuge for ^(SA)the rock badgers.

¹⁹ He made the moon to mark the ^(SB)seasons;^[u]
    the sun knows its time for setting.
^20 (SC)You make darkness, and it is night,
    when all the beasts of the forest creep about.
^21 (SD)The young lions roar for their prey,
    seeking their food from God.
²² When the sun rises, they steal away
    and lie down in their ^(SE)dens.
^23 (SF)Man goes out to his work
    and to his labor until the evening.

²⁴ O Lord, how manifold are your works!
    In ^(SG)wisdom have you made them all;
    the earth is full of your creatures.
²⁵ Here is the sea, great and wide,
    ^(SH)which teems with creatures innumerable,
    living things both small and great.
²⁶ There go the ships,
    and ^(SI)Leviathan, which you formed to ^(SJ)play in it.^[v]

²⁷ These ^(SK)all look to you,
    to ^(SL)give them their food in due season.
²⁸ When you give it to them, they gather it up;
    when you ^(SM)open your hand, they are filled with good things.
²⁹ When you ^(SN)hide your face, they are ^(SO)dismayed;
    when you ^(SP)take away their breath, they die
    and ^(SQ)return to their dust.
³⁰ When you ^(SR)send forth your Spirit,^[w] they are created,
    and you ^(SS)renew the face of the ground.

³¹ May the glory of the Lord ^(ST)endure forever;
    may the Lord ^(SU)rejoice in his works,
³² who looks on the earth and it ^(SV)trembles,
    who ^(SW)touches the mountains and they smoke!
³³ I will sing to the Lord ^(SX)as long as I live;
    I will sing praise to my God while I have being.
³⁴ May my ^(SY)meditation be pleasing to him,
    for I rejoice in the Lord.
³⁵ Let ^(SZ)sinners be consumed from the earth,
    and let the wicked be no more!
^(TA)Bless the Lord, O my soul!
^(TB)Praise the Lord!

⁷ He is the Lord our God;
    his ^(TM)judgments are in all the earth.
⁸ He ^(TN)remembers his covenant forever,
    the word that he commanded, for ^(TO)a thousand generations,
^9 (TP)the covenant that he made with Abraham,
    his ^(TQ)sworn promise to Isaac,
¹⁰ which he confirmed to ^(TR)Jacob as a statute,
    to Israel as an everlasting covenant,
¹¹ saying, ^(TS)“To you I will give the land of Canaan
    as ^(TT)your portion for an inheritance.”

¹² When they were ^(TU)few in number,
    of little account, and ^(TV)sojourners in it,
¹³ wandering from nation to nation,
    from one kingdom to another people,
¹⁴ he ^(TW)allowed no one to oppress them;
    he ^(TX)rebuked kings on their account,
¹⁵ saying, ^(TY)“Touch not my anointed ones,
    do my prophets no harm!”

¹⁶ When he ^(TZ)summoned a famine on the land
    and ^(UA)broke all supply^[x] of bread,
¹⁷ he had ^(UB)sent a man ahead of them,
    Joseph, who was ^(UC)sold as a slave.
¹⁸ His ^(UD)feet were hurt with fetters;
    his neck was put in a collar of iron;
¹⁹ until ^(UE)what he had said came to pass,
    the word of the Lord ^(UF)tested him.
^20 (UG)The king sent and ^(UH)released him;
    the ruler of the peoples set him free;
²¹ he ^(UI)made him lord of his house
    and ruler of all his possessions,
²² to bind^[y] his princes at his pleasure
    and to teach his elders wisdom.

²³ Then ^(UJ)Israel came to Egypt;
    Jacob ^(UK)sojourned in ^(UL)the land of Ham.
²⁴ And the Lord ^(UM)made his people very fruitful
    and made them stronger than their foes.
²⁵ He ^(UN)turned their hearts to hate his people,
    to ^(UO)deal craftily with his servants.

²⁶ He ^(UP)sent Moses, his servant,
    and Aaron, ^(UQ)whom he had chosen.
^27 (UR)They performed his signs among them
    and miracles in ^(US)the land of Ham.
²⁸ He ^(UT)sent darkness, and made the land dark;
    they ^(UU)did not rebel^[z] against his words.
²⁹ He turned their waters into blood
    and ^(UV)caused their fish to die.
³⁰ Their land swarmed with frogs,
    even in ^(UW)the chambers of their kings.
³¹ He spoke, and there came ^(UX)swarms of flies,
    ^(UY)and gnats throughout their country.
³² He gave them hail for rain,
    and fiery ^(UZ)lightning bolts through their land.
³³ He struck down their vines and fig trees,
    and ^(VA)shattered the trees of their country.
³⁴ He spoke, and the ^(VB)locusts came,
    young locusts without number,
³⁵ which devoured all the vegetation in their land
    and ate up the fruit of their ground.
³⁶ He ^(VC)struck down all the firstborn in their land,
    ^(VD)the firstfruits of all their strength.

³⁷ Then he brought out Israel with ^(VE)silver and gold,
    and there was none among his tribes who stumbled.
^38 (VF)Egypt was glad when they departed,
    for ^(VG)dread of them had fallen upon it.

³⁹ He ^(VH)spread a cloud for a covering,
    and fire to give light by night.
^40 (VI)They asked, and he ^(VJ)brought quail,
    and gave them ^(VK)bread from heaven in abundance.
⁴¹ He opened the rock, and ^(VL)water gushed out;
    it flowed through ^(VM)the desert like a river.
⁴² For he ^(VN)remembered his holy promise,
    and ^(VO)Abraham, his servant.

⁴³ So he brought his people out with joy,
    his ^(VP)chosen ones with ^(VQ)singing.
⁴⁴ And he ^(VR)gave them the lands of the nations,
    and they took possession of the fruit of the peoples' toil,
⁴⁵ that they might ^(VS)keep his statutes
    and ^(VT)observe his laws.
^(VU)Praise the Lord!

^4 (WA)Remember me, O Lord, when you show favor to your people;
    help me when you save them,^[aa]
5 that I may look upon the prosperity of your ^(WB)chosen ones,
    that I may rejoice in the gladness of your nation,
    that I may glory with your inheritance.

^6 (WC)Both we and ^(WD)our fathers have sinned;
    we have committed iniquity; we have done wickedness.
⁷ Our fathers, when they were in Egypt,
    did not consider your wondrous works;
they ^(WE)did not remember the abundance of your steadfast love,
    but ^(WF)rebelled by the sea, at the Red Sea.
⁸ Yet he saved them ^(WG)for his name's sake,
    ^(WH)that he might make known his mighty power.
⁹ He ^(WI)rebuked the Red Sea, and it ^(WJ)became dry,
    and he ^(WK)led them through the deep as through a desert.
¹⁰ So he ^(WL)saved them from the hand of the foe
    and ^(WM)redeemed them from the power of the enemy.
¹¹ And ^(WN)the waters covered their adversaries;
    not one of them was left.
¹² Then ^(WO)they believed his words;
    they ^(WP)sang his praise.

¹³ But they soon ^(WQ)forgot his works;
    they did not wait for ^(WR)his counsel.
¹⁴ But they had ^(WS)a wanton craving in the wilderness,
    and ^(WT)put God to the test in the desert;
¹⁵ he ^(WU)gave them what they asked,
    but sent ^(WV)a wasting disease among them.

¹⁶ When men in the camp ^(WW)were jealous of Moses
    and Aaron, ^(WX)the holy one of the Lord,
^17 (WY)the earth opened and swallowed up Dathan,
    and covered the company of Abiram.
^18 (WZ)Fire also broke out in their company;
    the flame burned up the wicked.

¹⁹ They ^(XA)made a calf in Horeb
    and worshiped a metal image.
²⁰ They ^(XB)exchanged the glory of God^[ab]
    for the image of an ox that eats grass.
²¹ They ^(XC)forgot God, their Savior,
    who had done great things in Egypt,
²² wondrous works in ^(XD)the land of Ham,
    and awesome deeds by the Red Sea.
²³ Therefore ^(XE)he said he would destroy them—
    had not Moses, his ^(XF)chosen one,
^(XG)stood in the breach before him,
    to turn away his wrath from destroying them.

²⁴ Then they ^(XH)despised ^(XI)the pleasant land,
    having ^(XJ)no faith in his promise.
²⁵ They ^(XK)murmured in their tents,
    and did not obey the voice of the Lord.
²⁶ Therefore he ^(XL)raised his hand and swore to them
    that he would make them fall in the wilderness,
²⁷ and would make their offspring fall among the nations,
    ^(XM)scattering them among the lands.

²⁸ Then they ^(XN)yoked themselves to the ^(XO)Baal of Peor,
    and ate sacrifices offered to ^(XP)the dead;
²⁹ they provoked the Lord to anger with their deeds,
    and a plague broke out among them.
³⁰ Then ^(XQ)Phinehas stood up and intervened,
    and the plague was stayed.
³¹ And that was ^(XR)counted to him as righteousness
    from generation to generation forever.

³² They ^(XS)angered him at the waters of Meribah,
    and it went ill with Moses on their account,
³³ for they ^(XT)made his spirit bitter,^[ac]
    and he ^(XU)spoke rashly with his lips.

³⁴ They did not ^(XV)destroy the peoples,
    ^(XW)as the Lord commanded them,
³⁵ but they ^(XX)mixed with the nations
    and learned to do as they did.
³⁶ They served their idols,
    which became ^(XY)a snare to them.
³⁷ They ^(XZ)sacrificed their sons
    and their daughters to ^(YA)the demons;
³⁸ they poured out innocent blood,
    the blood of their sons and daughters,
whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan,
    and the land was ^(YB)polluted with blood.
³⁹ Thus they ^(YC)became unclean by their acts,
    and ^(YD)played the whore in their deeds.

⁴⁰ Then ^(YE)the anger of the Lord was kindled against ^(YF)his people,
    and he abhorred his ^(YG)heritage;
⁴¹ he ^(YH)gave them into the hand of the nations,
    so that those who hated them ruled over them.
⁴² Their enemies ^(YI)oppressed them,
    and they were brought into subjection under their power.
^43 (YJ)Many times he delivered them,
    but they were rebellious in their ^(YK)purposes
    and were ^(YL)brought low through their iniquity.

⁴⁴ Nevertheless, he looked upon their distress,
    when he ^(YM)heard their cry.
⁴⁵ For their sake he ^(YN)remembered his covenant,
    and ^(YO)relented according to ^(YP)the abundance of his steadfast love.
⁴⁶ He caused them to be ^(YQ)pitied
    by all those who held them captive.

^47 (YR)Save us, O Lord our God,
    and ^(YS)gather us from among the nations,
that we may give thanks to your holy name
    and glory in your praise.

^48 (YT)Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel,
    from everlasting to everlasting!
^(YU)And let all the people say, “Amen!”
    ^(YV)Praise the Lord!

⁴ Some ^(ZB)wandered in desert wastes,
    finding no way ^(ZC)to a city to dwell in;
⁵ hungry and thirsty,
    their soul ^(ZD)fainted within them.
⁶ Then they ^(ZE)cried to the Lord in their trouble,
    and he delivered them from their distress.
⁷ He led them by ^(ZF)a straight way
    till they reached ^(ZG)a city to dwell in.
^8 (ZH)Let them thank the Lord for his steadfast love,
    for his wondrous works to the children of man!
⁹ For he ^(ZI)satisfies the longing soul,
    ^(ZJ)and the hungry soul he fills with good things.

^10 (ZK)Some sat in darkness and in ^(ZL)the shadow of death,
    prisoners in ^(ZM)affliction and in irons,
¹¹ for they ^(ZN)had rebelled against the words of God,
    and ^(ZO)spurned the counsel of the Most High.
¹² So he bowed their hearts down with hard labor;
    they fell down, ^(ZP)with none to help.
^13 (ZQ)Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble,
    and he delivered them from their distress.
¹⁴ He brought them out of ^(ZR)darkness and the shadow of death,
    and ^(ZS)burst their bonds apart.
^15 (ZT)Let them thank the Lord for his steadfast love,
    for his wondrous works to the children of man!
¹⁶ For he ^(ZU)shatters the doors of bronze
    and cuts in two the bars of iron.

¹⁷ Some were ^(ZV)fools through their sinful ways,
    and because of their iniquities suffered affliction;
^18 (ZW)they loathed any kind of food,
    and they ^(ZX)drew near to ^(ZY)the gates of death.
^19 (ZZ)Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble,
    and he delivered them from their distress.
²⁰ He ^(AAA)sent out his word and ^(AAB)healed them,
    and ^(AAC)delivered them from their destruction.
^21 (AAD)Let them thank the Lord for his steadfast love,
    for his wondrous works to the children of man!
²² And let them ^(AAE)offer sacrifices of thanksgiving,
    and ^(AAF)tell of his deeds in ^(AAG)songs of joy!

²³ Some ^(AAH)went down to the sea in ships,
    doing business on the great waters;
²⁴ they saw the deeds of the Lord,
    his wondrous works in the deep.
²⁵ For he ^(AAI)commanded and ^(AAJ)raised the stormy wind,
    which lifted up the waves of the sea.
²⁶ They mounted up to heaven; they went down to the depths;
    their courage ^(AAK)melted away in their evil plight;
²⁷ they reeled and ^(AAL)staggered like drunken men
    and ^(AAM)were at their wits' end.^{[ae]
28 (AAN)}Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble,
    and he delivered them from their distress.
²⁹ He ^(AAO)made the storm be still,
    and the waves of the sea were hushed.
³⁰ Then they were glad that the waters^[af] were quiet,
    and he brought them to their desired haven.
^31 (AAP)Let them thank the Lord for his steadfast love,
    for his wondrous works to the children of man!
³² Let them ^(AAQ)extol him in ^(AAR)the congregation of the people,
    and praise him in the assembly of the elders.

³³ He ^(AAS)turns rivers into a desert,
    springs of water into thirsty ground,
^34 (AAT)a fruitful land into a salty waste,
    because of the evil of its inhabitants.
³⁵ He ^(AAU)turns a desert into pools of water,
    ^(AAV)a parched land into springs of water.
³⁶ And there he lets the hungry dwell,
    and they establish ^(AAW)a city to live in;
³⁷ they sow fields and plant vineyards
    and get a fruitful yield.
^38 (AAX)By his blessing they multiply greatly,
    and he does not let their livestock diminish.

³⁹ When they are diminished and brought low
    through oppression, evil, and sorrow,
^40 (AAY)he pours contempt on princes
    and ^(AAZ)makes them wander ^(ABA)in trackless wastes;
⁴¹ but ^(ABB)he raises up the needy out of affliction
    and ^(ABC)makes their families like flocks.
^42 (ABD)The upright see it and are glad,
    and ^(ABE)all wickedness shuts its mouth.

^43 (ABF)Whoever is wise, let him attend to these things;
    let them consider the steadfast love of the Lord.

⁵ Be exalted, O God, above the heavens!
    Let your glory be over all the earth!
^6 (ABI)That your beloved ones may be delivered,
    give salvation by your right hand and answer me!

⁷ God has promised in his holiness:^[ah]
    “With exultation I will divide up Shechem
    and portion out 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 cast my shoe;
    ^(ABJ)over Philistia I shout in triumph.”

¹⁰ Who will bring me to the fortified city?
    Who will lead me to Edom?
¹¹ Have you not rejected us, O God?
    You do not go out, O God, with our armies.
¹² Oh grant us help against the foe,
    for vain is the salvation of man!
¹³ With God we shall do valiantly;
    it is he who will tread down our foes.