Psalm 101–150

Psalm 101

A Vow of Integrity

A Davidic psalm.

¹I will sing of faithful love and justice;

I will sing praise to You, Lord. ^c

²I will pay attention to the way of integrity.

When will You come to me?

I will live with a heart of integrity in my house. ^d

³I will not set anything worthless before my eyes.

I hate the practice of transgression;

it will not cling to me. ^e

⁴A devious heart will be far from me;

I will not be involved with ^fevil. ^g

⁵I will destroy anyone

who secretly slanders his neighbor; ^h

I cannot tolerate anyone

with haughty eyes or an arrogant heart. ⁱ

⁶My eyes favor the faithful of the land

so that they may sit down with me.

The one who follows the way of integrity

may serve me. ^j

⁷No one who acts deceitfully

will live in my palace;

no one who tells lies

will remain in my presence. ^kl

⁸Every morning I will destroy

all the wicked of the land,

eliminating all evildoers from the Lord’s city. ^m

Psalm 102

Affliction in Light of Eternity

A prayer of an afflicted person who is weak and pours out his lament before the Lord. ⁿ

¹Lord, hear my prayer;

let my cry for help come before You. ^o

²Do not hide Your face from me in my day of trouble.

Listen closely to me;

answer me quickly when I call. ^p

³For my days vanish like smoke,

and my bones burn like a furnace. ^q

⁴My heart is afflicted, withered like grass; ^r

I even forget to eat my food. ^s

⁵Because of the sound of my groaning,

my flesh sticks to my bones. ^t

⁶I am like a desert owl, ^u

like an owl among the ruins. ^v

⁷I stay awake; ^w

I am like a solitary bird on a roof.

⁸My enemies taunt me all day long;

they ridicule and curse me. ^x

⁹I eat ashes like bread

and mingle my drinks with tears ^y

¹⁰because of Your indignation and wrath;

for You have picked me up and thrown me aside. ^z

¹¹My days are like a lengthening shadow,

and I wither away like grass. ^a

¹²But You, Lord, are enthroned forever; ^b

Your fame endures to all generations. ^c

¹³You will rise up and have compassion on Zion,

for it is time to show favor to her—

the appointed time has come. ^d

¹⁴For Your servants take delight in its stones

and favor its dust. ^e

¹⁵Then the nations will fear the name of Yahweh,

and all the kings of the earth Your glory, ^f

¹⁶for the Lord will rebuild Zion;

He will appear in His glory. ^g

¹⁷He will pay attention to the prayer of the destitute

and will not despise their prayer. ^h

¹⁸This will be written for a later generation,

and a newly created people will praise the Lord: ⁱ

¹⁹He looked down from His holy heights—

the Lord gazed out from heaven to earth ^j—

²⁰to hear a prisoner’s groaning,

to set free those condemned to die, ^kl

²¹so that they might declare

the name of Yahweh in Zion

and His praise in Jerusalem, ^m

²²when peoples and kingdoms are assembled

to serve the Lord. ⁿ

²³He has broken my ^ostrength in midcourse;

He has shortened my days. ^p

²⁴I say: “My God, do not take me

in the middle of my life! ^q

Your years continue through all generations. ^r

²⁵Long ago You established the earth,

and the heavens are the work of Your hands. ^s

²⁶They will perish, but You will endure;

all of them will wear out like clothing.

You will change them like a garment,

and they will pass away. ^t

²⁷But You are the same,

and Your years will never end. ^u

²⁸Your servants’ children will dwell securely,

and their offspring will be established before You.” ^v

Psalm 103

The Forgiving God

Davidic.

¹My soul, praise Yahweh,

and all that is within me, praise His holy name. ^w

²My soul, praise the Lord,

and do not forget all His benefits. ^x

³He forgives all your sin; ^y

He heals all your diseases. ^z

⁴He redeems your life from the Pit; ^a

He crowns you with faithful love and compassion. ^b

⁵He satisfies you ^cwith goodness; ^d

your youth is renewed like the eagle. ^e

⁶The Lord executes acts of righteousness

and justice for all the oppressed. ^f

⁷He revealed His ways to Moses, ^g

His deeds to the people of Israel. ^h

⁸The Lord is compassionate and gracious,

slow to anger and rich in faithful love. ⁱ

⁹He will not always accuse us

or be angry forever. ^j

¹⁰He has not dealt with us as our sins deserve

or repaid us according to our offenses. ^k

¹¹For as high as the heavens are above the earth,

so great is His faithful love

toward those who fear Him. ^l

¹²As far as the east is from the west,

so far has He removed

our transgressions from us. ^m

¹³As a father has compassion on his children,

so the Lord has compassion on those who fear Him. ⁿ

¹⁴For He knows what we are made of,

remembering that we are dust. ^o

¹⁵As for man, his days are like grass—

he blooms like a flower of the field; ^p

¹⁶when the wind passes over it, it vanishes,

and its place is no longer known. ^qr

¹⁷But from eternity to eternity

the Lord’s faithful love is toward those who fear Him,

and His righteousness toward the grandchildren ^s

¹⁸of those who keep His covenant,

who remember to observe His precepts. ^t

¹⁹The Lord has established His throne in heaven,

and His kingdom rules over all. ^u

²⁰Praise the Lord,

all His angels of great strength,

who do His word,

obedient to His command. ^v

²¹Praise the Lord, all His armies,

His servants who do His will. ^w

²²Praise the Lord, all His works

in all the places where He rules. ^x

My soul, praise Yahweh!

Psalm 104

God the Creator

¹My soul, praise Yahweh!

Lord my God, You are very great;

You are clothed with majesty and splendor. ^y

²He wraps Himself in light as if it were a robe,

spreading out the sky like a canopy, ^z

³laying the beams of His palace

on the waters above, ^a

making the clouds His chariot, ^b

walking on the wings of the wind, ^c

⁴and making the winds His messengers, ^d

flames of fire His servants. ^e

⁵He established the earth on its foundations;

it will never be shaken. ^f

⁶You covered it with the deep

as if it were a garment;

the waters stood above the mountains. ^g

⁷At Your rebuke the waters fled;

at the sound of Your thunder they hurried away ^h—

⁸mountains rose and valleys sank ⁱ—

to the place You established for them. ^j

⁹You set a boundary they cannot cross;

they will never cover the earth again. ^k

¹⁰He causes the springs to gush into the valleys;

they flow between the mountains. ^l

¹¹They supply water for every wild beast;

the wild donkeys quench their thirst. ^m

¹²The birds of the sky live beside the springs;

they sing among the foliage. ⁿ

¹³He waters the mountains from His palace;

the earth is satisfied by the fruit of Your labor. ^o

¹⁴He causes grass to grow for the livestock

and provides crops for man to cultivate,

producing food from the earth, ^p

¹⁵wine that makes man’s heart glad—

making his face shine with oil—

and bread that sustains man’s heart. ^q

¹⁶The trees of the Lord flourish, ^r

the cedars of Lebanon that He planted. ^s

¹⁷There the birds make their nests;

the stork makes its home in the pine trees. ^t

¹⁸The high mountains are for the wild goats;

the cliffs are a refuge for hyraxes. ^u

¹⁹He made the moon to mark the ^vfestivals; ^w

the sun knows when to set. ^x

²⁰You bring darkness, and it becomes night,

when all the forest animals stir. ^y

²¹The young lions roar for their prey

and seek their food from God. ^z

²²The sun rises; they go back

and lie down in their dens. ^a

²³Man goes out to his work

and to his labor until evening. ^b

²⁴How countless are Your works, Lord!

In wisdom You have made them all;

the earth is full of Your creatures. ^cd

²⁵Here is the sea, vast and wide,

teeming with creatures beyond number—

living things both large and small. ^e

²⁶There the ships move about,

and Leviathan, which You formed to play there. ^f

²⁷All of them wait for You

to give them their food at the right time. ^g

²⁸When You give it to them,

they gather it;

when You open Your hand,

they are satisfied with good things. ^h

²⁹When You hide Your face,

they are terrified;

when You take away their breath,

they die and return to the dust. ⁱ

³⁰When You send Your breath, ^j

they are created,

and You renew the face of the earth. ^k

³¹May the glory of the Lord endure forever;

may the Lord rejoice in His works. ^l

³²He looks at the earth, and it trembles;

He touches the mountains,

and they pour out smoke. ^m

³³I will sing to the Lord all my life;

I will sing praise to my God while I live. ⁿ

³⁴May my meditation be pleasing to Him;

I will rejoice in the Lord. ^o

³⁵May sinners vanish from the earth

and wicked people be no more. ^p

My soul, praise Yahweh!

Hallelujah!

Psalm 105

God’s Faithfulness to His People

¹Give thanks to Yahweh, call on His name;

proclaim His deeds among the peoples. ^q

²Sing to Him, sing praise to Him;

tell about all His wonderful works! ^r

³Honor His holy name;

let the hearts of those who seek Yahweh rejoice. ^s

⁴Search for the Lord and for His strength;

seek His face always. ^t

⁵Remember the wonderful works He has done,

His wonders, and the judgments He has pronounced, ^uv

⁶you offspring of Abraham His servant,

Jacob’s descendants—His chosen ones. ^w

⁷He is the Lord our God;

His judgments govern the whole earth. ^x

⁸He remembers His covenant forever,

the promise He ordained

for a thousand generations ^y—

⁹the covenant He made with Abraham,

swore ^zto Isaac, ^a

¹⁰and confirmed to Jacob as a decree

and to Israel as an everlasting covenant: ^b

¹¹“I will give the land of Canaan to you

as your inherited portion.” ^c

¹²When they were few in number,

very few indeed,

and temporary residents in Canaan, ^d

¹³wandering from nation to nation

and from one kingdom to another, ^e

¹⁴He allowed no one to oppress them;

He rebuked kings on their behalf: ^f

¹⁵“Do not touch My anointed ones, ^g

or harm My prophets.” ^h

¹⁶He called down famine against the land

and destroyed the entire food supply. ⁱ

¹⁷He had sent a man ahead of them—

Joseph, who was sold as a slave. ^j

¹⁸They hurt his feet with shackles;

his neck was put in an iron collar. ^k

¹⁹Until the time his prediction came true,

the word of the Lord tested him. ^l

²⁰The king sent for him and released him;

the ruler of peoples set him free. ^m

²¹He made him master of his household,

ruler over all his possessions ⁿ—

²²binding ^ohis officials at will

and instructing his elders. ^p

²³Then Israel went to Egypt;

Jacob lived as a foreigner in the land of Ham. ^qr…