Psalm 107–109

BOOK 5

PSALM 107

Yahweh Saves in Times of Trouble

¹Oh ^agive thanks to Yahweh, for ^bHe is good,

For His lovingkindness endures forever.

²Let ^athe redeemed of Yahweh say so,

Whom He has ^bredeemed from the hand of the adversary

³And ^agathered from the lands,

From the east and from the west,

From the north and from the ¹south.

⁴They ^awandered in the wilderness along the way of the wasteland;

They did not find an inhabited ^bcity.

⁵Hungry ¹and thirsty,

Their ^asoul fainted within them.

⁶Then they ^acried out to Yahweh in their trouble;

He delivered them out of their distresses.

⁷He led them by a ^1astraight way,

To go to ^ban inhabited city.

^8aLet them give thanks to Yahweh for His lovingkindness,

And for His wondrous deeds to the sons of men!

⁹For He has ^asatisfied the ¹thirsty soul,

And the ^bhungry soul He has filled with what is good.

¹⁰There were those who ^ainhabited darkness and the shadow of death,

^bPrisoners in affliction and irons,

¹¹Because they had ^arebelled against the words of God

And ^bspurned the ^ccounsel of the Most High.

¹²So He subdued their heart with labor;

They stumbled and there was ^anone to help.

¹³Then they ^acried out to Yahweh in their trouble;

He saved them out of their distresses.

¹⁴He ^abrought them out of darkness and the shadow of death

And ^bbroke their bands apart.

^15aLet them give thanks to Yahweh for His lovingkindness,

And for His wondrous deeds to the sons of men!

¹⁶For He has ^ashattered the doors of bronze

And cut through the bars of iron.

¹⁷¹Ignorant fools, because of their way of transgression,

And ^abecause of their iniquities, were afflicted.

¹⁸Their ^asoul abhorred all kinds of food,

And they ^breached the ^cgates of death.

¹⁹Then they cried out to Yahweh in their trouble;

He saved them out of their distresses.

²⁰He ^asent His word and ^bhealed them,

And ^cprovided them escape from their ¹destructions.

^21aLet them give thanks to Yahweh for His lovingkindness,

And for His wondrous deeds to the sons of men!

²²Let them also offer ^asacrifices of thanksgiving,

And ^brecount His works with joyful singing.

²³Those who ^ago down to the sea in ships,

Who do business on many waters;

²⁴They have seen the works of Yahweh,

And His wondrous deeds in the deep.

²⁵He ^aspoke and set up a ^bstormy wind,

Which ^craised up the waves ¹of the sea.

²⁶They went up to the heavens, they went down to the depths;

Their soul ^amelted away in the ¹calamity.

²⁷They staggered and ^aswayed like a drunken man,

And all their wisdom was swallowed up.

²⁸Then they cried to Yahweh in their trouble,

And He brought them out of their distresses.

²⁹He ^acaused the storm to stand still,

So that its waves were hushed.

³⁰Then they were glad because they were quiet,

So He led them to their desired haven.

^31aLet them give thanks to Yahweh for His lovingkindness,

And for His ^bwondrous deeds to the sons of men!

³²Let them ^aexalt Him also ^bin the assembly of the people,

And ^cpraise Him at the seat of the elders.

³³He ^1amakes rivers into a ²wilderness

And springs of water into a thirsty ground;

³⁴A ^afruitful land into a ^bsalt waste,

Because of the evil of those who inhabited it.

³⁵He ^amakes a wilderness into a pool of water

And a dry land into springs of water;

³⁶And there He causes the hungry to inhabit,

So that they may establish ^aan inhabited city,

³⁷And sow fields and ^aplant vineyards,

And produce a fruitful harvest.

³⁸Also He blesses them and they ^amultiply greatly,

And He ^bdoes not let their cattle decrease.

³⁹But when they ^adecrease and are ^bbowed down

Through oppression, evil, and sorrow,

⁴⁰He ^apours contempt upon nobles

And ^bmakes them wander ^cin a pathless void.

⁴¹But He ^asets the needy ¹securely on high away from affliction,

And ^bmakes his families like a flock.

⁴²The ^aupright see it and are glad;

But all ^bunrighteousness shuts its mouth.

⁴³Who is ^awise? Let him keep these things,

And carefully consider the ^blovingkindnesses of Yahweh.

PSALM 108

He Will Tread Down Our Adversaries

A Song. A Psalm of David.

^1aMy heart is set, O God;

I will sing, I will sing praises, even with my glory.

²Awake, harp and lyre;

I will awaken the dawn!

³I will give thanks to You, O Yahweh, among the peoples,

And I will sing praises to You among the nations.

⁴For Your ^alovingkindness is great ^babove the heavens,

And Your truth reaches to the skies.

^5aBe exalted above the heavens, O God,

And Your glory above all the earth.

^6aThat Your beloved may be rescued,

Save with Your right hand, and answer me!

⁷God has spoken in His ¹holiness:

“I will exult, I will portion out Shechem

And measure out the valley of Succoth.

⁸“Gilead is Mine, Manasseh is Mine;

Ephraim also is the ¹helmet of My head;

^aJudah is My ²scepter.

⁹“Moab is My washbowl;

Over Edom I shall throw My shoe;

Over Philistia I will make a loud shout.”

^10aWho will bring me into the well-defended city?

Who ¹will lead me to Edom?

¹¹Have You, O God, not ^arejected us?

And will You, O God, not go forth with our armies?

¹²Oh give us help against the adversary,

For ^asalvation ¹by man is worthless.

¹³¹Through God we shall do valiantly,

And ^ait is He who will tread down our adversaries.

PSALM 109

O God, Do Not Be Silent

For the choir director. Of David. A Psalm.

¹O ^aGod of my praise,

^bDo not be silent!

²For they have opened a wicked mouth and a ^adeceitful mouth against me;

They have spoken to me with a ^blying tongue.

³They have also surrounded me with words of hatred,

And fought against me ^awithout cause.

⁴In return ^afor my love they accuse me;

But ^bI am in prayer.

⁵Thus they have ^aset upon me evil for good

And ^bhatred for my love.

⁶Appoint a wicked man over him,

And let an ^1aaccuser stand at his right hand.

⁷When he is judged, let him ^acome forth a wicked man,

And let his ^bprayer become sin.

⁸Let ^ahis days be few;

Let ^banother take his office.

⁹Let his ^asons be orphans

And his ^bwife a widow.

¹⁰Let his ^asons wander aimlessly and beg;

And let them ^bsearch for food ¹from their ruined homes.

¹¹Let ^athe creditor ¹seize all that he has,

And let ^bstrangers plunder the fruit of his labor.

¹²Let there be none to ^1aextend lovingkindness to him,

And ^blet there be none to be gracious to his orphans.

¹³Let those who ^afollow him be ¹cut off;

In a following generation let their ^bname be blotted out.

¹⁴Let ^athe iniquity of his fathers be remembered ¹before Yahweh,

And let not the sin of his mother be ^bblotted out.

¹⁵Let ^athem be before Yahweh continually,

That He may ^bcut off their memory from the earth;

¹⁶Because he did not remember to show lovingkindness,

But persecuted the ^aafflicted, the needy man,

And the ^bdisheartened to ^cput them to death.

¹⁷He also loved cursing, so ^ait came to him;

And he did not delight in blessing, so it was far from him.

¹⁸But he ^aclothed himself with cursing as his garment,

And it ^bcame into his inward parts like water

And like oil into his bones.

¹⁹Let it be to him as ^aa garment with which he wraps himself,

And for a belt with which he constantly ^bgirds himself.

²⁰This is the ^areward of my accusers from Yahweh,

And of those who ^bspeak evil against my soul.

²¹But as for You, O Yahweh, O Lord, deal with me ^afor Your name’s sake;

Because ^bYour lovingkindness is good, deliver me;

²²For ^aI am afflicted and needy,

And ¹my heart is ^bpierced within me.

²³I am passing ^alike a shadow when it is stretched out;

I am shaken off ^blike the locust.

²⁴My ^aknees are feeble from ^bfasting,

And my flesh has grown lean, without fatness.

²⁵As for me, I have become a ^areproach to them;

They see me, they ^bwag their head.

^26aHelp me, O Yahweh my God;

Save me according to Your lovingkindness.

²⁷¹And let them ^aknow that this is Your hand;

You, O Yahweh, have done it.

^28aLet them curse, but You bless;

They arise and will be put to shame,

But Your ^bslave shall be glad.

²⁹¹Let ^amy accusers be clothed with dishonor,

And ²let them ^bwrap themselves with their own shame as with a robe.

³⁰With my mouth I will give thanks abundantly to Yahweh;

And in the midst of many ^aI will praise Him.

³¹For He stands ^aat the right hand of the needy,

To save him from those who ^bjudge his soul.