Psalm 101–150

Psalm 101

A Psalm of David.

¹I will sing of mercy and judgment: unto thee, O Lord, will I sing.

²I will ^abehave myself wisely in a perfect way. O ^bwhen wilt thou come unto me?

I will ^cwalk within my house with ^cda perfect heart.

³I will set no ^†wicked thing before mine eyes:

^eI hate the work of ^fthem that turn aside; it shall not cleave to me.

^4gA froward heart shall depart from me: I will not ^hknow a wicked person.

⁵Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour, him will I ⁱcut off:

Him that hath ^kan high look and ^la proud heart ^mwill not I suffer.

⁶Mine eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me:

He that walketh ^||nin a perfect way, he shall serve me.

^7oHe that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house:

He that telleth lies ^†shall not tarry in my sight.

⁸I will ^pearly ⁱdestroy all the wicked of the land;

That I may cut off all ^qwicked doers from ^rthe city of the Lord.

Psalm 102

A ^*Prayer ^||of the afflicted, when he is ^†overwhelmed, and ^*poureth out his complaint before the Lord.

^1aHear my prayer, O Lord,

And let my ^bcry ^ccome unto thee.

^2dHide not thy face from me

In the day when ^eI am in trouble; ^fincline thine ear unto me:

^gIn the day when I call ^hanswer me speedily.

³ⁱFor my days are consumed ^||like smoke,

And ^kmy bones are burned as an hearth.

⁴My heart is smitten, and ^lwithered like grass;

^llSo that I forget to eat my bread.

⁵By reason of the voice of my groaning ^mmy bones cleave to my ^||skin.

⁶I am like a ⁿpelican of the wilderness:

I am like an ^oowl of the desert.

⁷I ^pwatch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the house top.

⁸Mine enemies reproach me all the day;

And they that are ^qmad against me are sworn ^ragainst me.

⁹For I have eaten ashes like bread,

And ^smingled my drink with weeping,

¹⁰Because of thine indignation and thy wrath:

For thou hast ^tlifted me up, and ^ucast me down.

¹¹My days are ^xlike a shadow ^ythat declineth;

And I am ^lwithered like grass.

¹²But ^zthou, O Lord, shalt endure for ever;

And ^athy remembrance ^bunto all generations.

¹³Thou shalt arise, and ^chave mercy upon Zion:

For the time to favour her, yea, the ^dset time, is come.

¹⁴For thy servants take pleasure in ^eher stones,

And favour ^fthe dust thereof.

¹⁵So the heathen shall ^gfear the name of the Lord,

And ^hall the kings of the earth thy glory.

¹⁶When ⁱthe Lord shall build up Zion,

He ^jshall appear in his glory.

^17kHe will regard the prayer of ^lthe destitute,

And not despise their prayer.

¹⁸This shall be ^mwritten ⁿfor the generation to come:

And ^othe people which shall be created shall praise ^pthe Lord.

¹⁹For he hath ^qlooked down from the height of his sanctuary;

^rFrom heaven did the Lord behold the earth;

²⁰To hear ^sthe groaning of the prisoner;

To loose ^†those that are appointed to death;

²¹To ^tdeclare the name of the Lord in Zion,

And his praise in Jerusalem;

²²When the people are gathered together,

And ^uthe kingdoms, to serve the Lord.

²³He ^†weakened my strength in the way;

^xHe shortened my days.

^24yI said, O my God, ^ztake me not away ^ain the midst of my days:

^bThy years are ^cthroughout all generations.

^25dOf old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth:

And the heavens are the work of thy hands.

^26eThey shall perish, but ^fthou shalt ^†endure:

Yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment;

As a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed:

²⁷But ^gthou art the same,

And thy years shall have no end.

^28hThe children of thy servants shall ⁱcontinue,

And ^jtheir seed shall ^kbe established before thee.

Psalm 103

A Psalm of David.

^1aBless the Lord, O my soul:

And all that is within me, bless his holy name.

^2aBless the Lord, O my soul,

And ^bforget not all his benefits:

³Who ^cdforgiveth all thine iniquities;

Who ^dehealeth all thy diseases;

⁴Who ^fredeemeth ^gthy life from ^hdestruction;

Who ⁱcrowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies;

⁵Who satisfieth thy ^kmouth with good things;

So that thy youth is renewed ^llike the eagle’s.

⁶The Lord ^mexecuteth righteousness

And ^mjudgment for all that are oppressed.

⁷ⁿHe made known his ways unto Moses,

His acts unto the children of Israel.

^8oThe Lord is merciful and gracious,

Slow to anger, and ^†plenteous in mercy.

^9pHe will not always chide:

Neither will he ^qkeep his anger for ever.

^10rHe hath not dealt with us after our sins;

Nor ^srewarded us according to our iniquities.

^11tFor ^†as the heaven is high above the earth,

So ^ugreat is his mercy toward ^vthem that fear him.

¹²As far as the east is from the west,

So far hath he ^wremoved our transgressions from us.

^13xLike as a father pitieth his children,

So the Lord pitieth ^vthem that fear him.

¹⁴For he knoweth our ^yframe;

^zHe remembereth that we are ^adust.

¹⁵As for man, his days are as ^bgrass:

As a ^cflower of the field, so he ^bflourisheth.

¹⁶For ^ccthe wind passeth over it, and ^†it is gone;

And ^dthe place thereof shall know it no more.

¹⁷But ^ethe mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting upon ^vthem that fear him,

And his righteousness ^funto children’s children;

¹⁸To such as ^gkeep his covenant,

And to those that remember his ^hcommandments to do them.

¹⁹The Lord hath prepared ⁱhis throne in the heavens;

And ^khis kingdom ruleth over all.

²⁰Bless the Lord, ye ^lhis angels,

^†That excel in strength, that ^mdo his commandments,

Hearkening unto the voice of his word.

²¹Bless ye the Lord, all ye ^lnhis hosts;

Ye ^oministers of his, that do ^phis pleasure.

^22qBless the Lord, all his works

In all places of his dominion:

^rBless the Lord, O my soul.

Psalm 104

^1aBless the Lord, O my soul.

O Lord my God, ^bthou art very great;

^cThou art clothed with ^dhonour and majesty.

²Who coverest thyself with ^elight as with a garment:

Who ^fstretchest out the heavens like ^ga curtain:

³Who ^hlayeth the beams of his ⁱchambers ^jin the waters:

Who maketh ^kthe clouds his chariot:

Who walketh ^lupon the wings of the wind:

^4mWho maketh his angels spirits;

ⁿHis ministers a flaming ^ofire:

^5†pWho laid the foundations of the earth,

That ^qit should not be removed for ever.

^6rThou coveredst it with the deep as with a garment:

The waters stood above the mountains.

^7sAt thy rebuke they fled;

At ^tthe voice of thy thunder they ^uhasted away.

^8||They go up by the mountains; they go down by the valleys

Unto ^xthe place which thou hast ^pfounded for them.

^9xThou hast set ^ya bound that they may not pass over;

^zThat they turn not again to cover the earth.

^10†He sendeth the springs into the valleys,

Which ^†run among the hills.

¹¹They ^agive drink to every beast of the field:

The ^bwild asses ^†quench their thirst.

¹²By them shall ^cthe fowls of the heaven have their habitation,

Which ^†sing among the branches.

¹³He ^awatereth the hills from his ⁱchambers:

^dThe earth ^pis satisfied with ^ethe fruit of thy works.

^14fHe causeth the ^ggrass to grow for the cattle,

And ^hherb for the service of man:

That he may bring forth ^fifood out of the earth;

¹⁵And ^kwine that ^lmaketh glad the heart of man,

And ^m†oil to make his face to shine,

And bread which ⁿstrengtheneth man’s heart.

^16oThe trees of the Lord ^pare full of sap;

^qThe cedars of Lebanon, ^rwhich he hath planted;

¹⁷Where the birds make their nests:

As for the ^sstork, the fir trees are her house.

¹⁸The high hills are a refuge for the ^twild goats;

And the rocks for the ^uconies.

¹⁹He appointed the moon ^xfor seasons:

^yThe sun knoweth his going down.

^20zThou makest darkness, and it is night:

Wherein ^†all the beasts of the forest do ⁱcreep forth.

²¹The ^ayoung lions roar after their ^aprey,

And ^bseek their meat from God.

²²The sun ariseth, they gather themselves together,

And lay them down in their ^cdens.

^23dMan goeth forth unto ^ehis work

And to his labour until the evening.

²⁴O Lord, how manifold are thy works!

^fIn wisdom hast thou made them all:

The earth is full of thy ^griches.

²⁵So is this great and ^hwide sea,

ⁱWherein are things creeping innumerable,

Both small and great beasts.

²⁶There go the ships:

There is that ^kleviathan, whom thou hast ^†made to ^lplay therein.

²⁷These ^mwait all upon thee;

That thou mayest ^mngive them their meat in due season.

²⁸That thou givest them they gather:

ⁿⁿThou openest thine hand, they are filled with good.

^29oThou hidest thy face, they are troubled:

^pThou takest away their breath, they die,

And ^pqreturn to their dust.

³⁰Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created:

And thou renewest the face of the earth.

³¹The glory of the Lord ^†shall endure for ever:

^rThe Lord shall rejoice in his works.

³²He looketh on the earth, and ^sit trembleth:

He ^ttoucheth the hills, and they smoke.

³³I will sing unto the Lord ^uas long as I live:

I will sing praise to my God ^uwhile I have my being.

³⁴My ^xmeditation of him shall be sweet:

I will be glad in the Lord.

³⁵Let ^ythe sinners be consumed out of the earth,

And let the wicked be no more.

^zBless thou the Lord, O my soul.

^aPraise ye the Lord.

Psalm 105

^1aO ^bgive thanks unto the Lord; call upon his name:

^bbMake known his deeds among the people.

²Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him:

Talk ye of all his wondrous works.

³Glory ye in his holy name:

Let the heart of them rejoice that seek the Lord.

⁴Seek the Lord, and his ^cstrength:

Seek his face evermore.

⁵Remember his ^dmarvellous works that he hath done;

His wonders, and the judgments of his mouth;

⁶O ye seed of ^eAbraham his servant,

Ye children of Jacob ^ehis chosen.

⁷He is the Lord our God:

His judgments are in all the earth.

⁸He hath ^fremembered his covenant for ever,

The word which he commanded ^gto a thousand generations.

^9fWhich covenant he made with Abraham,

And his oath unto Isaac;

¹⁰And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a law,

And to Israel for an everlasting covenant:

^11hSaying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan,

^†The lot of your inheritance:

¹²When ⁱthey were but ^ja few men in number;

Yea, very few, and strangers in it.

¹³When they went from one nation to another,

From one kingdom to another people;

¹⁴He suffered no man to do them wrong:

Yea, he reproved kings for their sakes;

^15hSaying, ^kTouch not mine anointed,

And do my prophets no harm.

¹⁶Moreover ^lhe called for a famine upon the land:

He ^mbrake the whole ^mstaff of bread.

¹⁷ⁿHe sent a man before them,

Even Joseph, who ^owas sold for a servant:

^18pWhose feet they hurt with ^q…