Chronological
Do Not Hide Your Face from Me
A Prayer of the afflicted when he is faint and [a]pours out his complaint before Yahweh.
102 (A)O Yahweh, hear my prayer!
And let my cry for help (B)come to You.
2 (C)Do not hide Your face from me in the day of my distress;
(D)Incline Your ear to me;
In the day when I call (E)answer me quickly.
3 For my days (F)have [b]vanished in smoke,
And my (G)bones have been scorched like a hearth.
4 My heart (H)has been stricken like [c]grass and it has (I)dried up,
Indeed, I (J)forget to eat my bread.
5 Because of the sound of my groaning
My (K)bones [d]cling to my flesh.
6 I resemble a (L)pelican of the wilderness;
I have become like an owl of the waste places.
7 I (M)lie awake,
I have become like a lonely bird on a roof.
8 My enemies (N)have reproached me all day long;
Those who [e](O)ridicule me (P)swear against me.
9 For I have eaten ashes like bread
And (Q)mixed my drinks with weeping
10 (R)Because of Your indignation and Your wrath,
For You have (S)lifted me up and cast me away.
11 My days are like an (T)outstretched shadow,
And as for me, I (U)dry up like [f]grass.
12 But You, O Yahweh, [g](V)abide forever,
And the (W)remembrance of Your name [h]from generation to generation.
13 You will (X)arise and have (Y)compassion on Zion—
For (Z)it is time to be gracious to it,
For the (AA)appointed time has come.
14 For Your slaves [i]find pleasure in its stones
And show grace to its dust—
15 [j]So the [k](AB)nations will fear the name of Yahweh
And (AC)all the kings of the earth Your glory.
16 For Yahweh has (AD)built up Zion;
He has (AE)appeared in His glory.
17 He has (AF)turned toward the prayer of the [l]destitute
And has not despised their prayer.
18 [m]This will be (AG)written for the (AH)generation to come,
And (AI)a people yet to be created will praise Yah.
19 For He (AJ)looked down from His holy height;
(AK)From heaven Yahweh gazed [n]upon the earth,
20 To hear the (AL)groaning of the prisoner,
To (AM)set free [o]those who were doomed to death,
21 To (AN)recount the name of Yahweh in Zion
And His praise in Jerusalem,
22 When (AO)the peoples are gathered together,
And the kingdoms, to serve Yahweh.
23 He has afflicted my strength in the way;
He has (AP)shortened my days.
24 I say, “O my God, (AQ)do not take me away in the [p]midst of my days,
Your (AR)years are from generation to all generations.
25 Of old You (AS)founded the earth,
And the (AT)heavens are the work of Your hands.
26 [q]Even they will (AU)perish, but You will remain;
And all of them will wear out like a garment;
Like clothing You will change them and they will be changed.
27 But You are [r](AV)the same,
And Your years will not come to an end.
28 The (AW)children of Your slaves will dwell securely,
And their (AX)seed will be established before You.”
Bless Yahweh, O My Soul
Of David.
103 (AY)Bless Yahweh, O my soul,
And all that is within me, bless His (AZ)holy name.
2 Bless Yahweh, O my soul,
And (BA)forget none of His benefits;
3 Who (BB)pardons all your iniquities,
Who (BC)heals all your diseases;
4 Who (BD)redeems your life from the pit,
Who (BE)crowns you with lovingkindness and compassion;
5 Who (BF)satisfies your [s]years with good things,
So that your youth is (BG)renewed like the eagle.
6 Yahweh (BH)performs righteous deeds
And judgments for all who are (BI)oppressed.
7 He (BJ)made known His ways to Moses,
His (BK)acts to the sons of Israel.
8 Yahweh is (BL)compassionate and gracious,
(BM)Slow to anger and abounding in lovingkindness.
9 He (BN)will not always contend with us,
And He will not (BO)keep His anger forever.
10 He has (BP)not dealt with us according to our sins,
And He has not rewarded us according to our iniquities.
11 For as high (BQ)as the heavens are above the earth,
So great is His lovingkindness toward those who [t]fear Him.
12 As far as the east is from the west,
So far has He (BR)removed our transgressions from us.
13 (BS)As a father has compassion on his children,
So Yahweh has compassion on those who [u]fear Him.
14 For (BT)He Himself knows [v]our form;
He (BU)remembers that we are but (BV)dust.
15 As for man, his days are (BW)like grass;
As a (BX)flower of the field, so he flowers.
16 When the (BY)wind has passed over it, it is no more,
And its (BZ)place acknowledges it no longer.
17 But the (CA)lovingkindness of Yahweh is from everlasting to everlasting on those who [w]fear Him,
And His [x]righteousness (CB)to children’s children,
18 To (CC)those who keep His covenant
And remember His precepts to do them.
19 Yahweh has established His (CD)throne in the heavens,
And His (CE)kingdom rules over [y]all.
20 Bless Yahweh, you (CF)His angels,
(CG)Mighty in strength, who (CH)perform His word,
(CI)Obeying the voice of His word!
21 Bless Yahweh, all you (CJ)His hosts,
You (CK)who serve Him, doing His will.
22 Bless Yahweh, (CL)all you works of His,
In all places of His rule;
Bless Yahweh, O my soul!
The Glory of Yahweh Endures Forever
104 (CM)Bless Yahweh, O my soul!
O Yahweh my God, You are very great;
You are (CN)clothed with splendor and majesty,
2 Wrapping Yourself with (CO)light as with a cloak,
(CP)Stretching out the heavens like a tent curtain.
3 [z]He (CQ)lays the beams of His upper chambers in the waters;
[aa]He sets up the (CR)clouds to be His chariot;
[ab]He walks upon the (CS)wings of the wind;
4 [ac]He makes His [ad]angels (CT)the winds,
His ministers flaming (CU)fire.
5 He (CV)founded the earth upon its place,
So that it will not [ae]shake forever and ever.
6 You (CW)covered it with the deep as with a garment;
The waters were standing above the mountains.
7 At Your (CX)rebuke they fled,
At the (CY)sound of Your thunder they hurried away in alarm.
8 The mountains went up; the valleys went down
To the (CZ)place which You founded for them.
9 You set a (DA)boundary that they may not pass over,
So that they will not return to cover the earth.
10 [af]He sends forth (DB)springs in the valleys;
They flow between the mountains;
11 They (DC)give water to every beast of the field;
The (DD)wild donkeys quench their thirst.
12 Above them the birds of the heavens (DE)dwell;
They give forth their voices among the branches.
13 [ag]He (DF)gives water to the mountains from His upper chambers;
(DG)The earth is satisfied with the fruit of His works.
14 [ah]He causes the (DH)grass to grow for the [ai]cattle,
And (DI)vegetation for man’s [aj]cultivation,
To bring forth [ak]food (DJ)from the earth,
15 And (DK)wine which makes man’s heart glad,
(DL)To make his face glisten more than oil,
And [al]food which (DM)sustains man’s heart.
16 The trees of Yahweh are satisfied,
The cedars of Lebanon which He planted,
17 Where the (DN)birds build their nests,
The (DO)stork’s home is in the [am]fir trees.
18 The high mountains are for the (DP)wild goats;
The (DQ)cliffs are a refuge for the [an](DR)shephanim.
19 He made the moon (DS)for the seasons;
The (DT)sun knows the place of its setting.
20 You (DU)appoint darkness so that it becomes night,
In which all the (DV)beasts of the forest (DW)creep about.
21 The (DX)young lions roar to go after their prey
And to (DY)seek their food from God.
22 When the sun rises they gather together
And lie down in their (DZ)dens.
23 Man goes forth to (EA)his work
And to his labor until evening.
24 How (EB)numerous are Your works, O Yahweh!
[ao]In (EC)wisdom You have made them all;
The (ED)earth is full of Your [ap]possessions.
25 This is the (EE)sea, great and [aq]broad,
There the creeping things are without number,
Creatures both small and great.
26 There the (EF)ships move along,
And [ar](EG)Leviathan, which You have formed to play in it.
27 They all (EH)wait for You
To (EI)give them their food in [as]due season.
28 You give to them, they gather it up;
You (EJ)open Your hand, they are satisfied with good.
29 You (EK)hide Your face, they are dismayed;
You (EL)take away their [at]spirit, they breathe their last
And (EM)return to their dust.
30 You send forth Your [au](EN)Spirit, they are created;
And You renew the face of the ground.
31 Let the (EO)glory of Yahweh endure forever;
Let Yahweh (EP)be glad in His works;
32 [av]He (EQ)looks at the earth, and it (ER)trembles;
He (ES)touches the mountains, and they smoke.
33 [aw]I will sing to Yahweh (ET)throughout my life;
[ax]I will (EU)sing praise to my God [ay]while I have my being.
34 Let my (EV)musing be pleasing to Him;
As for me, I shall (EW)be glad in Yahweh.
35 Let sinners be (EX)consumed from the earth
And let the (EY)wicked be no more.
(EZ)Bless Yahweh, O my soul.
[az](FA)Praise Yah!
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