Psalm 101–150

PSALM 101

Consider the Way of the Blameless

Of David. A Psalm.

¹I will ^asing of lovingkindness and ¹justice,

To You, O Yahweh, I will sing praises.

²I will ^1aconsider the way of the blameless.

When will You come to me?

I will walk within my house in the ^2bintegrity of my heart.

³I will set no ^avile thing before my eyes;

I hate the ¹work of those who ^bfall away;

It shall not cling to me.

⁴A ^acrooked heart shall depart from me;

I will know no evil.

⁵Whoever secretly ^aslanders his neighbor, him I will ¹destroy;

Whoever has a ^bhaughty look and an arrogant heart, I will not endure.

⁶My eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land, that they may abide with me;

He who walks in the ^away of the blameless is the one who will minister to me.

⁷He who ^apractices deceit shall not dwell within my house;

He who speaks lies ^bshall not be established before my eyes.

^8aEvery morning I will ^1bdestroy all the wicked of the land,

To ^ccut off from the ^dcity of Yahweh all the workers of iniquity.

PSALM 102

Do Not Hide Your Face from Me

A Prayer of the afflicted when he is faint and ^†pours out his complaint before Yahweh.

^1aO Yahweh, hear my prayer!

And let my cry for help ^bcome to You.

^2aDo not hide Your face from me in the day of my distress;

^bIncline Your ear to me;

In the day when I call ^canswer me quickly.

³For my days ^ahave ¹vanished in smoke,

And my ^bbones have been scorched like a hearth.

⁴My heart ^ahas been stricken like ¹grass and it has ^bdried up,

Indeed, I ^cforget to eat my bread.

⁵Because of the sound of my groaning

My ^abones ¹cling to my flesh.

⁶I resemble a ^apelican of the wilderness;

I have become like an owl of the waste places.

⁷I ^alie awake,

I have become like a lonely bird on a roof.

⁸My enemies ^ahave reproached me all day long;

Those who ^1bridicule me ^cswear against me.

⁹For I have eaten ashes like bread

And ^amixed my drinks with weeping

^10aBecause of Your indignation and Your wrath,

For You have ^blifted me up and cast me away.

¹¹My days are like an ^aoutstretched shadow,

And as for me, I ^bdry up like ¹grass.

¹²But You, O Yahweh, ^1aabide forever,

And the ^bremembrance of Your name ²from generation to generation.

¹³You will ^aarise and have ^bcompassion on Zion—

For ^cit is time to be gracious to it,

For the ^dappointed time has come.

¹⁴For Your slaves ¹find pleasure in its stones

And show grace to its dust—

¹⁵¹So the ^2anations will fear the name of Yahweh

And ^ball the kings of the earth Your glory.

¹⁶For Yahweh has ^abuilt up Zion;

He has ^bappeared in His glory.

¹⁷He has ^aturned toward the prayer of the ¹destitute

And has not despised their prayer.

¹⁸¹This will be ^awritten for the ^bgeneration to come,

And ^ca people yet to be created will praise Yah.

¹⁹For He ^alooked down from His holy height;

^bFrom heaven Yahweh gazed ¹upon the earth,

²⁰To hear the ^agroaning of the prisoner,

To ^bset free ¹those who were doomed to death,

²¹To ^arecount the name of Yahweh in Zion

And His praise in Jerusalem,

²²When ^athe peoples are gathered together,

And the kingdoms, to serve Yahweh.

²³He has afflicted my strength in the way;

He has ^ashortened my days.

²⁴I say, “O my God, ^ado not take me away in the ¹midst of my days,

Your ^byears are from generation to all generations.

²⁵“Of old You ^afounded the earth,

And the ^bheavens are the work of Your hands.

²⁶“¹Even they will ^aperish, 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 ^1athe same,

And Your years will not come to an end.

²⁸“The ^achildren of Your slaves will dwell securely,

And their ^bseed will be established before You.”

PSALM 103

Bless Yahweh, O My Soul

Of David.

^1aBless Yahweh, O my soul,

And all that is within me, bless His ^bholy name.

²Bless Yahweh, O my soul,

And ^aforget none of His benefits;

³Who ^apardons all your iniquities,

Who ^bheals all your diseases;

⁴Who ^aredeems your life from the pit,

Who ^bcrowns you with lovingkindness and compassion;

⁵Who ^asatisfies your ¹years with good things,

So that your youth is ^brenewed like the eagle.

⁶Yahweh ^aperforms righteous deeds

And judgments for all who are ^boppressed.

⁷He ^amade known His ways to Moses,

His ^bacts to the sons of Israel.

⁸Yahweh is ^acompassionate and gracious,

^bSlow to anger and abounding in lovingkindness.

⁹He ^awill not always contend with us,

And He will not ^bkeep His anger forever.

¹⁰He has ^anot dealt with us according to our sins,

And He has not rewarded us according to our iniquities.

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

So great is His lovingkindness toward those who ¹fear Him.

¹²As far as the east is from the west,

So far has He ^aremoved our transgressions from us.

^13aAs a father has compassion on his children,

So Yahweh has compassion on those who ¹fear Him.

¹⁴For ^aHe Himself knows ¹our form;

He ^bremembers that we are but ^cdust.

¹⁵As for man, his days are ^alike grass;

As a ^bflower of the field, so he flowers.

¹⁶When the ^awind has passed over it, it is no more,

And its ^bplace acknowledges it no longer.

¹⁷But the ^alovingkindness of Yahweh is from everlasting to everlasting on those who ¹fear Him,

And His ²righteousness ^bto children’s children,

¹⁸To ^athose who keep His covenant

And remember His precepts to do them.

¹⁹Yahweh has established His ^athrone in the heavens,

And His ^bkingdom rules over ¹all.

²⁰Bless Yahweh, you ^aHis angels,

^bMighty in strength, who ^cperform His word,

^dObeying the voice of His word!

²¹Bless Yahweh, all you ^aHis hosts,

You ^bwho serve Him, doing His will.

²²Bless Yahweh, ^aall you works of His,

In all places of His rule;

Bless Yahweh, O my soul!

PSALM 104

The Glory of Yahweh Endures Forever

^1aBless Yahweh, O my soul!

O Yahweh my God, You are very great;

You are ^bclothed with splendor and majesty,

²Wrapping Yourself with ^alight as with a cloak,

^bStretching out the heavens like a tent curtain.

³¹He ^alays the beams of His upper chambers in the waters;

²He sets up the ^bclouds to be His chariot;

³He walks upon the ^cwings of the wind;

⁴¹He makes His ²angels ^athe winds,

His ministers flaming ^bfire.

⁵He ^afounded the earth upon its place,

So that it will not ¹shake forever and ever.

⁶You ^acovered it with the deep as with a garment;

The waters were standing above the mountains.

⁷At Your ^arebuke they fled,

At the ^bsound of Your thunder they hurried away in alarm.

⁸The mountains went up; the valleys went down

To the ^aplace which You founded for them.

⁹You set a ^aboundary that they may not pass over,

So that they will not return to cover the earth.

¹⁰¹He sends forth ^asprings in the valleys;

They flow between the mountains;

¹¹They ^agive water to every beast of the field;

The ^bwild donkeys quench their thirst.

¹²Above them the birds of the heavens ^adwell;

They give forth their voices among the branches.

¹³¹He ^agives water to the mountains from His upper chambers;

^bThe earth is satisfied with the fruit of His works.

¹⁴¹He causes the ^agrass to grow for the ²cattle,

And ^bvegetation for man’s ³cultivation,

To bring forth ⁴food ^cfrom the earth,

¹⁵And ^awine which makes man’s heart glad,

^bTo make his face glisten more than oil,

And ¹food which ^csustains man’s heart.

¹⁶The trees of Yahweh are satisfied,

The cedars of Lebanon which He planted,

¹⁷Where the ^abirds build their nests,

The ^bstork’s home is in the ¹fir trees.

¹⁸The high mountains are for the ^awild goats;

The ^bcliffs are a refuge for the ^1cshephanim.

¹⁹He made the moon ^afor the seasons;

The ^bsun knows the place of its setting.

²⁰You ^aappoint darkness so that it becomes night,

In which all the ^bbeasts of the forest ^ccreep about.

²¹The ^ayoung lions roar to go after their prey

And to ^bseek their food from God.

²²When the sun rises they gather together

And lie down in their ^adens.

²³Man goes forth to ^ahis work

And to his labor until evening.

²⁴How ^anumerous are Your works, O Yahweh!

¹In ^bwisdom You have made them all;

The ^cearth is full of Your ²possessions.

²⁵This is the ^asea, great and ¹broad,

There the creeping things are without number,

Creatures both small and great.

²⁶There the ^aships move along,

And ^1bLeviathan, which You have formed to play in it.

²⁷They all ^await for You

To ^bgive them their food in ¹due season.

²⁸You give to them, they gather it up;

You ^aopen Your hand, they are satisfied with good.

²⁹You ^ahide Your face, they are dismayed;

You ^btake away their ¹spirit, they breathe their last

And ^creturn to their dust.

³⁰You send forth Your ^1aSpirit, they are created;

And You renew the face of the ground.

³¹Let the ^aglory of Yahweh endure forever;

Let Yahweh ^bbe glad in His works;

³²¹He ^alooks at the earth, and it ^btrembles;

He ^ctouches the mountains, and they smoke.

³³¹I will sing to Yahweh ^athroughout my life;

²I will ^bsing praise to my God ³while I have my being.

³⁴Let my ^amusing be pleasing to Him;

As for me, I shall ^bbe glad in Yahweh.

³⁵Let sinners be ^aconsumed from the earth

And let the ^bwicked be no more.

^cBless Yahweh, O my soul.

^1dPraise Yah!

PSALM 105

Remember His Wondrous Deeds

¹Oh ^agive thanks to Yahweh, ^bcall upon His name;

^cMake known His acts among the peoples.

²Sing to Him, ^asing praises to Him;

^bMuse on all His wondrous deeds.

³Boast in His holy name;

Let the ^aheart of those who seek Yahweh be glad.

⁴Inquire of Yahweh and ^aHis strength;

^bSeek His face continually.

⁵Remember His ^awondrous deeds which He has done,

His miracles and the ^bjudgments ¹uttered by His mouth,

⁶O seed of ^aAbraham, His servant,

O sons of ^bJacob, His ^cchosen ones!

⁷He is Yahweh our God;

His ^ajudgments are in all the earth.

⁸He has ^aremembered His covenant forever,

The word which He commanded for a ^bthousand generations,

^9aWhich He cut with Abraham,

And His ^boath to Isaac.

¹⁰Then He ^aconfirmed it to Jacob for a statute,

To Israel as an everlasting covenant,

¹¹Saying, “^aTo you I will give the land of Canaan

As the ^1bportion of your inheritance,”

¹²When they were only a ^afew men in number,

Of little account, and ^bsojourners in it.

¹³And they wandered about from nation to nation,

From one kingdom to another people.

¹⁴He ^apermitted no man to oppress them,

And He ^breproved kings…