Psalm 104–106
1 Praise the Lord, my soul.v
Lord my God, you are very great;
you are clothed with splendor and majesty.w
2 The Lord wrapsx himself in lighty as with a garment;
he stretchesz out the heavensa like a tentb
3 and lays the beamsc of his upper chambers on their waters.d
He makes the cloudse his chariotf
and rides on the wings of the wind.g
4 He makes winds his messengers,a h
flames of firei his servants.
5 He set the earthj on its foundations;k
it can never be moved.
6 You covered itl with the watery depthsm as with a garment;
the waters stoodn above the mountains.
7 But at your rebukeo the waters fled,
at the sound of your thunderp they took to flight;
8 they flowed over the mountains,
they went down into the valleys,
to the place you assignedq for them.
9 You set a boundaryr they cannot cross;
never again will they cover the earth.
10 He makes springss pour water into the ravines;
it flows between the mountains.
11 They give watert to all the beasts of the field;
the wild donkeysu quench their thirst.
12 The birds of the skyv nest by the waters;
they sing among the branches.w
13 He waters the mountainsx from his upper chambers;y
the land is satisfied by the fruit of his work.z
14 He makes grass growa for the cattle,
and plants for people to cultivate—
bringing forth foodb from the earth:
15 winec that gladdens human hearts,
oild to make their faces shine,
and bread that sustainse their hearts.
16 The trees of the Lordf are well watered,
the cedars of Lebanong that he planted.
17 There the birdsh make their nests;
the stork has its home in the junipers.
18 The high mountains belong to the wild goats;i
the crags are a refuge for the hyrax.j
19 He made the moon to mark the seasons,k
and the sunl knows when to go down.
20 You bring darkness,m it becomes night,n
and all the beasts of the foresto prowl.
21 The lions roar for their preyp
and seek their food from God.q
22 The sun rises, and they steal away;
they return and lie down in their dens.r
23 Then people go out to their work,s
to their labor until evening.t
24 How many are your works,u Lord!
In wisdom you madev them all;
the earth is full of your creatures.w
25 There is the sea,x vast and spacious,
teeming with creatures beyond number—
living things both large and small.y
26 There the shipsz go to and fro,
and Leviathan,a which you formed to frolicb there.c
to give them their foodd at the proper time.
they gather it up;
when you open your hand,
they are satisfiede with good things.
29 When you hide your face,f
they are terrified;
when you take away their breath,
they die and return to the dust.g
30 When you send your Spirit,h
they are created,
and you renew the face of the ground.
31 May the glory of the Lordi endure forever;
may the Lord rejoice in his worksj—
32 he who looks at the earth, and it trembles,k
who touches the mountains,l and they smoke.m
33 I will singn to the Lord all my life;
I will sing praise to my God as long as I live.
34 May my meditation be pleasing to him,
as I rejoiceo in the Lord.
35 But may sinners vanishp from the earth
and the wicked be no more.q
Praise the Lord, my soul.
1 Give praise to the Lord,s proclaim his name;t
make known among the nations what he has done.
2 Sing to him,u sing praise to him;v
tell of all his wonderful acts.w
3 Glory in his holy name;x
let the hearts of those who seek the Lord rejoice.
4 Look to the Lord and his strength;
seek his facey always.
5 Remember the wondersz he has done,
his miracles, and the judgments he pronounced,a
6 you his servants, the descendants of Abraham,b
his chosenc ones, the children of Jacob.
his judgments are in all the earth.
8 He remembers his covenantd forever,
the promise he made, for a thousand generations,
9 the covenant he made with Abraham,e
the oath he swore to Isaac.
10 He confirmed itf to Jacob as a decree,
to Israel as an everlasting covenant:g
11 “To you I will give the land of Canaanh
as the portion you will inherit.”i
12 When they were but few in number,j
few indeed, and strangers in it,k
13 they wandered from nation to nation,l
from one kingdom to another.
14 He allowed no one to oppressm them;
for their sake he rebuked kings:n
15 “Do not toucho my anointed ones;
do my prophetsp no harm.”
16 He called down famineq on the land
and destroyed all their supplies of food;
17 and he sent a man before them—
Joseph, sold as a slave.r
18 They bruised his feet with shackles,s
his neck was put in irons,
19 till what he foretoldt came to pass,
till the wordu of the Lord proved him true.
20 The king sent and released him,
the ruler of peoples set him free.v
21 He made him master of his household,
ruler over all he possessed,
22 to instruct his princesw as he pleased
and teach his elders wisdom.x
23 Then Israel entered Egypt;y
Jacob residedz as a foreigner in the land of Ham.a
24 The Lord made his people very fruitful;
he made them too numerousb for their foes,
25 whose hearts he turnedc to hate his people,
to conspired against his servants.
26 He sent Mosese his servant,
and Aaron,f whom he had chosen.g
27 They performedh his signsi among them,
his wondersj in the land of Ham.
28 He sent darknessk and made the land dark—
for had they not rebelled againstl his words?
29 He turned their waters into blood,m
causing their fish to die.n
30 Their land teemed with frogs,o
which went up into the bedrooms of their rulers.
31 He spoke,p and there came swarms of flies,q
and gnatsr throughout their country.
32 He turned their rain into hail,s
with lightning throughout their land;
33 he struck down their vinest and fig treesu
and shattered the trees of their country.
34 He spoke,v and the locusts came,w
grasshoppersx without number;y
35 they ate up every green thing in their land,
ate up the produce of their soil.
36 Then he struck down all the firstbornz in their land,
the firstfruits of all their manhood.
37 He brought out Israel, laden with silver and gold,a
and from among their tribes no one faltered.
38 Egypt was glad when they left,
because dread of Israelb had fallen on them.
39 He spread out a cloudc as a covering,
and a fire to give light at night.d
40 They asked,e and he brought them quail;f
he fed them well with the bread of heaven.g
41 He opened the rock,h and water gushed out;
it flowed like a river in the desert.
42 For he remembered his holy promisei
given to his servant Abraham.
43 He brought out his people with rejoicing,j
his chosen ones with shouts of joy;
44 he gave them the lands of the nations,k
and they fell heir to what others had toiledl for—
45 that they might keep his precepts
and observe his laws.m
Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good;p
his love endures forever.q
2 Who can proclaim the mighty actsr of the Lord
or fully declare his praise?
3 Blessed are those who act justly,s
who always do what is right.t
4 Remember me,u Lord, when you show favorv to your people,
come to my aidw when you save them,
5 that I may enjoy the prosperityx of your chosen ones,y
that I may share in the joyz of your nation
and join your inheritancea in giving praise.
6 We have sinned,b even as our ancestorsc did;
we have done wrong and acted wickedly.d
7 When our ancestors were in Egypt,
they gave no thoughte to your miracles;
they did not rememberf your many kindnesses,
and they rebelled by the sea,g the Red Sea.b
8 Yet he saved themh for his name’s sake,i
to make his mighty powerj known.
9 He rebukedk the Red Sea, and it dried up;l
he led them throughm the depths as through a desert.
10 He saved themn from the hand of the foe;o
from the hand of the enemy he redeemed them.p
11 The waters coveredq their adversaries;
not one of them survived.
12 Then they believed his promises
and sang his praise.r
13 But they soon forgots what he had done
and did not wait for his plan to unfold.t
14 In the desertu they gave in to their craving;
in the wildernessv they put God to the test.w
15 So he gave themx what they asked for,
but sent a wasting diseasey among them.
16 In the camp they grew enviousz of Moses
and of Aaron, who was consecrated to the Lord.
17 The earth openeda up and swallowed Dathan;b
it buried the company of Abiram.c
18 Fire blazedd among their followers;
a flame consumed the wicked.
19 At Horeb they made a calfe
and worshiped an idol cast from metal.
20 They exchanged their glorious Godf
for an image of a bull, which eats grass.
21 They forgot the Godg who saved them,
who had done great thingsh in Egypt,
22 miracles in the land of Hami
and awesome deedsj by the Red Sea.
23 So he said he would destroyk them—
had not Moses, his chosen one,
stood in the breachl before him
to keep his wrath from destroying them.
24 Then they despisedm the pleasant land;n
they did not believeo his promise.
25 They grumbledp in their tents
and did not obey the Lord.
26 So he sworeq to them with uplifted hand
that he would make them fall in the wilderness,r
27 make their descendants fall among the nations
and scatters them throughout the lands.
28 They yoked themselves to the Baal of Peort
and ate sacrifices offered to lifeless gods;
29 they aroused the Lord’s angeru by their wicked deeds,v
and a plaguew broke out among them.
30 But Phinehasx stood up and intervened,
and the plague was checked.y
31 This was credited to himz as righteousness
for endless generationsa to come.
32 By the waters of Meribahb they angered the Lord,
and trouble came to Moses because of them;
33 for they rebelledc against the Spiritd of God,
and rash words came from Moses’ lips.c e
34 They did not destroyf the peoples
as the Lord had commandedg them,
35 but they mingledh with the nations
and adopted their customs.
36 They worshiped their idols,i
which became a snarej to them.
37 They sacrificed their sonsk
and their daughters to false gods.l
the blood of their sonsm and daughters,
whom they