Old/New Testament
Bless Yahweh, O My Soul
Of David.
103 (A)Bless Yahweh, O my soul,
And all that is within me, bless His (B)holy name.
2 Bless Yahweh, O my soul,
And (C)forget none of His benefits;
3 Who (D)pardons all your iniquities,
Who (E)heals all your diseases;
4 Who (F)redeems your life from the pit,
Who (G)crowns you with lovingkindness and compassion;
5 Who (H)satisfies your [a]years with good things,
So that your youth is (I)renewed like the eagle.
6 Yahweh (J)performs righteous deeds
And judgments for all who are (K)oppressed.
7 He (L)made known His ways to Moses,
His (M)acts to the sons of Israel.
8 Yahweh is (N)compassionate and gracious,
(O)Slow to anger and abounding in lovingkindness.
9 He (P)will not always contend with us,
And He will not (Q)keep His anger forever.
10 He has (R)not dealt with us according to our sins,
And He has not rewarded us according to our iniquities.
11 For as high (S)as the heavens are above the earth,
So great is His lovingkindness toward those who [b]fear Him.
12 As far as the east is from the west,
So far has He (T)removed our transgressions from us.
13 (U)As a father has compassion on his children,
So Yahweh has compassion on those who [c]fear Him.
14 For (V)He Himself knows [d]our form;
He (W)remembers that we are but (X)dust.
15 As for man, his days are (Y)like grass;
As a (Z)flower of the field, so he flowers.
16 When the (AA)wind has passed over it, it is no more,
And its (AB)place acknowledges it no longer.
17 But the (AC)lovingkindness of Yahweh is from everlasting to everlasting on those who [e]fear Him,
And His [f]righteousness (AD)to children’s children,
18 To (AE)those who keep His covenant
And remember His precepts to do them.
19 Yahweh has established His (AF)throne in the heavens,
And His (AG)kingdom rules over [g]all.
20 Bless Yahweh, you (AH)His angels,
(AI)Mighty in strength, who (AJ)perform His word,
(AK)Obeying the voice of His word!
21 Bless Yahweh, all you (AL)His hosts,
You (AM)who serve Him, doing His will.
22 Bless Yahweh, (AN)all you works of His,
In all places of His rule;
Bless Yahweh, O my soul!
The Glory of Yahweh Endures Forever
104 (AO)Bless Yahweh, O my soul!
O Yahweh my God, You are very great;
You are (AP)clothed with splendor and majesty,
2 Wrapping Yourself with (AQ)light as with a cloak,
(AR)Stretching out the heavens like a tent curtain.
3 [h]He (AS)lays the beams of His upper chambers in the waters;
[i]He sets up the (AT)clouds to be His chariot;
[j]He walks upon the (AU)wings of the wind;
4 [k]He makes His [l]angels (AV)the winds,
His ministers flaming (AW)fire.
5 He (AX)founded the earth upon its place,
So that it will not [m]shake forever and ever.
6 You (AY)covered it with the deep as with a garment;
The waters were standing above the mountains.
7 At Your (AZ)rebuke they fled,
At the (BA)sound of Your thunder they hurried away in alarm.
8 The mountains went up; the valleys went down
To the (BB)place which You founded for them.
9 You set a (BC)boundary that they may not pass over,
So that they will not return to cover the earth.
10 [n]He sends forth (BD)springs in the valleys;
They flow between the mountains;
11 They (BE)give water to every beast of the field;
The (BF)wild donkeys quench their thirst.
12 Above them the birds of the heavens (BG)dwell;
They give forth their voices among the branches.
13 [o]He (BH)gives water to the mountains from His upper chambers;
(BI)The earth is satisfied with the fruit of His works.
14 [p]He causes the (BJ)grass to grow for the [q]cattle,
And (BK)vegetation for man’s [r]cultivation,
To bring forth [s]food (BL)from the earth,
15 And (BM)wine which makes man’s heart glad,
(BN)To make his face glisten more than oil,
And [t]food which (BO)sustains man’s heart.
16 The trees of Yahweh are satisfied,
The cedars of Lebanon which He planted,
17 Where the (BP)birds build their nests,
The (BQ)stork’s home is in the [u]fir trees.
18 The high mountains are for the (BR)wild goats;
The (BS)cliffs are a refuge for the [v](BT)shephanim.
19 He made the moon (BU)for the seasons;
The (BV)sun knows the place of its setting.
20 You (BW)appoint darkness so that it becomes night,
In which all the (BX)beasts of the forest (BY)creep about.
21 The (BZ)young lions roar to go after their prey
And to (CA)seek their food from God.
22 When the sun rises they gather together
And lie down in their (CB)dens.
23 Man goes forth to (CC)his work
And to his labor until evening.
24 How (CD)numerous are Your works, O Yahweh!
[w]In (CE)wisdom You have made them all;
The (CF)earth is full of Your [x]possessions.
25 This is the (CG)sea, great and [y]broad,
There the creeping things are without number,
Creatures both small and great.
26 There the (CH)ships move along,
And [z](CI)Leviathan, which You have formed to play in it.
27 They all (CJ)wait for You
To (CK)give them their food in [aa]due season.
28 You give to them, they gather it up;
You (CL)open Your hand, they are satisfied with good.
29 You (CM)hide Your face, they are dismayed;
You (CN)take away their [ab]spirit, they breathe their last
And (CO)return to their dust.
30 You send forth Your [ac](CP)Spirit, they are created;
And You renew the face of the ground.
31 Let the (CQ)glory of Yahweh endure forever;
Let Yahweh (CR)be glad in His works;
32 [ad]He (CS)looks at the earth, and it (CT)trembles;
He (CU)touches the mountains, and they smoke.
33 [ae]I will sing to Yahweh (CV)throughout my life;
[af]I will (CW)sing praise to my God [ag]while I have my being.
34 Let my (CX)musing be pleasing to Him;
As for me, I shall (CY)be glad in Yahweh.
35 Let sinners be (CZ)consumed from the earth
And let the (DA)wicked be no more.
(DB)Bless Yahweh, O my soul.
[ah](DC)Praise Yah!
Paul’s Reliance upon the Spirit
2 And when I came to you, brothers, I (A)did not come with superiority of word or of wisdom, proclaiming to you (B)the [a]witness of God. 2 For I determined to know nothing among you except (C)Jesus Christ, and Him crucified. 3 And I was with you in (D)weakness and in (E)fear and in much trembling, 4 and my word and my preaching were (F)not in persuasive words of wisdom, but in demonstration of (G)the Spirit and of power, 5 so that your faith would not be in the wisdom of men, but in (H)the power of God.
6 Yet we do speak wisdom among those who are (I)mature, a wisdom, however, not of (J)this age nor of the rulers of (K)this age, who are (L)being abolished. 7 But we speak God’s wisdom in a (M)mystery, the wisdom which has been hidden, which God (N)predestined before the (O)ages to our glory, 8 (P)which none of the rulers of (Q)this age has understood; for if they had understood it, they would not have crucified (R)the Lord of glory. 9 But just as it is written,
“(S)Things which eye has not seen and ear has not heard,
And which have not entered the heart of man,
All that God has prepared for those who love Him.”
10 [b](T)But to us God revealed them (U)through the Spirit, for the Spirit searches all things, even the (V)depths of God. 11 For who among men knows the depths of a man except the (W)spirit of the man which is in him? Even so the depths of God no one knows except the Spirit of God. 12 Now we (X)have received, not the spirit of (Y)the world, but the Spirit who is from God, so that we may know the depths graciously given to us by God, 13 of which depths we also speak, (Z)not in words taught by human wisdom, but in those taught by the Spirit, [c]combining spiritual depths with spiritual words.
14 But [d]a (AA)natural man (AB)does not accept the depths of the Spirit of God, for they are (AC)foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because (AD)they are spiritually examined. 15 But he who is (AE)spiritual examines all things, yet he himself is examined by no one. 16 For (AF)who has known the mind of the [e]Lord, that he will direct Him? But (AG)we have the mind of Christ.
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