Psalm 104–107

Psalm 104

¹Praise the Lord, my soul.^v

Lord my God, you are very great;

you are clothed with splendor and majesty.^w

²The Lord wraps^x himself in light^y as with a garment;

he stretches^z out the heavens^a like a tent^b

³and lays the beams^c of his upper chambers on their waters.^d

He makes the clouds^e his chariot^f

and rides on the wings of the wind.^g

⁴He makes winds his messengers,^ah

flames of fireⁱ his servants.

⁵He set the earth^j on its foundations;^k

it can never be moved.

⁶You covered it^l with the watery depths^m as with a garment;

the waters stoodⁿ above the mountains.

⁷But at your rebuke^o the waters fled,

at the sound of your thunder^p they took to flight;

⁸they flowed over the mountains,

they went down into the valleys,

to the place you assigned^q for them.

⁹You set a boundary^r they cannot cross;

never again will they cover the earth.

¹⁰He makes springs^s pour water into the ravines;

it flows between the mountains.

¹¹They give water^t to all the beasts of the field;

the wild donkeys^u quench their thirst.

¹²The birds of the sky^v nest by the waters;

they sing among the branches.^w

¹³He waters the mountains^x from his upper chambers;^y

the land is satisfied by the fruit of his work.^z

¹⁴He makes grass grow^a for the cattle,

and plants for people to cultivate—

bringing forth food^b from the earth:

¹⁵wine^c that gladdens human hearts,

oil^d to make their faces shine,

and bread that sustains^e their hearts.

¹⁶The trees of the Lord^f are well watered,

the cedars of Lebanon^g that he planted.

¹⁷There the birds^h make their nests;

the stork has its home in the junipers.

¹⁸The high mountains belong to the wild goats;ⁱ

the crags are a refuge for the hyrax.^j

¹⁹He made the moon to mark the seasons,^k

and the sun^l knows when to go down.

²⁰You bring darkness,^m it becomes night,ⁿ

and all the beasts of the forest^o prowl.

²¹The lions roar for their prey^p

and seek their food from God.^q

²²The sun rises, and they steal away;

they return and lie down in their dens.^r

²³Then people go out to their work,^s

to their labor until evening.^t

²⁴How many are your works,^u Lord!

In wisdom you made^v them all;

the earth is full of your creatures.^w

²⁵There is the sea,^x vast and spacious,

teeming with creatures beyond number—

living things both large and small.^y

²⁶There the ships^z go to and fro,

and Leviathan,^a which you formed to frolic^b there.^c

²⁷All creatures look to you

to give them their food^d at the proper time.

²⁸When you give it to them,

they gather it up;

when you open your hand,

they are satisfied^e with good things.

²⁹When you hide your face,^f

they are terrified;

when you take away their breath,

they die and return to the dust.^g

³⁰When you send your Spirit,^h

they are created,

and you renew the face of the ground.

³¹May the glory of the Lordⁱ endure forever;

may the Lord rejoice in his works^j—

³²he who looks at the earth, and it trembles,^k

who touches the mountains,^l and they smoke.^m

³³I will singⁿ to the Lord all my life;

I will sing praise to my God as long as I live.

³⁴May my meditation be pleasing to him,

as I rejoice^o in the Lord.

³⁵But may sinners vanish^p from the earth

and the wicked be no more.^q

Praise the Lord, my soul.

Praise the Lord.^br

Psalm 105

105:1–15pp—1Ch 16:8–22

¹Give praise to the Lord,^s proclaim his name;^t

make known among the nations what he has done.

²Sing to him,^u sing praise to him;^v

tell of all his wonderful acts.^w

³Glory in his holy name;^x

let the hearts of those who seek the Lord rejoice.

⁴Look to the Lord and his strength;

seek his face^y always.

⁵Remember the wonders^z he has done,

his miracles, and the judgments he pronounced,^a

⁶you his servants, the descendants of Abraham,^b

his chosen^c ones, the children of Jacob.

⁷He is the Lord our God;

his judgments are in all the earth.

⁸He remembers his covenant^d forever,

the promise he made, for a thousand generations,

⁹the covenant he made with Abraham,^e

the oath he swore to Isaac.

¹⁰He confirmed it^f to Jacob as a decree,

to Israel as an everlasting covenant:^g

¹¹“To you I will give the land of Canaan^h

as the portion you will inherit.”ⁱ

¹²When they were but few in number,^j

few indeed, and strangers in it,^k

¹³they wandered from nation to nation,^l

from one kingdom to another.

¹⁴He allowed no one to oppress^m them;

for their sake he rebuked kings:ⁿ

¹⁵“Do not touch^o my anointed ones;

do my prophets^p no harm.”

¹⁶He called down famine^q on the land

and destroyed all their supplies of food;

¹⁷and he sent a man before them—

Joseph, sold as a slave.^r

¹⁸They bruised his feet with shackles,^s

his neck was put in irons,

¹⁹till what he foretold^t came to pass,

till the word^u of the Lord proved him true.

²⁰The king sent and released him,

the ruler of peoples set him free.^v

²¹He made him master of his household,

ruler over all he possessed,

²²to instruct his princes^w as he pleased

and teach his elders wisdom.^x

²³Then Israel entered Egypt;^y

Jacob resided^z as a foreigner in the land of Ham.^a

²⁴The Lord made his people very fruitful;

he made them too numerous^b for their foes,

²⁵whose hearts he turned^c to hate his people,

to conspire^d against his servants.

²⁶He sent Moses^e his servant,

and Aaron,^f whom he had chosen.^g

²⁷They performed^h his signsⁱ among them,

his wonders^j in the land of Ham.

²⁸He sent darkness^k and made the land dark—

for had they not rebelled against^l his words?

²⁹He turned their waters into blood,^m

causing their fish to die.ⁿ

³⁰Their land teemed with frogs,^o

which went up into the bedrooms of their rulers.

³¹He spoke,^p and there came swarms of flies,^q

and gnats^r throughout their country.

³²He turned their rain into hail,^s

with lightning throughout their land;

³³he struck down their vines^t and fig trees^u

and shattered the trees of their country.

³⁴He spoke,^v and the locusts came,^w

grasshoppers^x without number;^y

³⁵they ate up every green thing in their land,

ate up the produce of their soil.

³⁶Then he struck down all the firstborn^z in their land,

the firstfruits of all their manhood.

³⁷He brought out Israel, laden with silver and gold,^a

and from among their tribes no one faltered.

³⁸Egypt was glad when they left,

because dread of Israel^b had fallen on them.

³⁹He spread out a cloud^c as a covering,

and a fire to give light at night.^d

⁴⁰They asked,^e and he brought them quail;^f

he fed them well with the bread of heaven.^g

⁴¹He opened the rock,^h and water gushed out;

it flowed like a river in the desert.

⁴²For he remembered his holy promiseⁱ

given to his servant Abraham.

⁴³He brought out his people with rejoicing,^j

his chosen ones with shouts of joy;

⁴⁴he gave them the lands of the nations,^k

and they fell heir to what others had toiled^l for—

⁴⁵that they might keep his precepts

and observe his laws.^m

Praise the Lord.^an

Psalm 106

106:1,47–48pp—1Ch 16:34–36

¹Praise the Lord.^ao

Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good;^p

his love endures forever.^q

²Who can proclaim the mighty acts^r of the Lord

or fully declare his praise?

³Blessed are those who act justly,^s

who always do what is right.^t

⁴Remember me,^u Lord, when you show favor^v to your people,

come to my aid^w when you save them,

⁵that I may enjoy the prosperity^x of your chosen ones,^y

that I may share in the joy^z of your nation

and join your inheritance^a in giving praise.

⁶We have sinned,^b even as our ancestors^c did;

we have done wrong and acted wickedly.^d

⁷When our ancestors were in Egypt,

they gave no thought^e to your miracles;

they did not remember^f your many kindnesses,

and they rebelled by the sea,^g the Red Sea.^b

⁸Yet he saved them^h for his name’s sake,ⁱ

to make his mighty power^j known.

⁹He rebuked^k the Red Sea, and it dried up;^l

he led them through^m the depths as through a desert.

¹⁰He saved themⁿ from the hand of the foe;^o

from the hand of the enemy he redeemed them.^p

¹¹The waters covered^q their adversaries;

not one of them survived.

¹²Then they believed his promises

and sang his praise.^r

¹³But they soon forgot^s what he had done

and did not wait for his plan to unfold.^t

¹⁴In the desert^u they gave in to their craving;

in the wilderness^v they put God to the test.^w

¹⁵So he gave them^x what they asked for,

but sent a wasting disease^y among them.

¹⁶In the camp they grew envious^z of Moses

and of Aaron, who was consecrated to the Lord.

¹⁷The earth opened^a up and swallowed Dathan;^b

it buried the company of Abiram.^c

¹⁸Fire blazed^d among their followers;

a flame consumed the wicked.

¹⁹At Horeb they made a calf^e

and worshiped an idol cast from metal.

²⁰They exchanged their glorious God^f

for an image of a bull, which eats grass.

²¹They forgot the God^g who saved them,

who had done great things^h in Egypt,

²²miracles in the land of Hamⁱ

and awesome deeds^j by the Red Sea.

²³So he said he would destroy^k them—

had not Moses, his chosen one,

stood in the breach^l before him

to keep his wrath from destroying them.

²⁴Then they despised^m the pleasant land;ⁿ

they did not believe^o his promise.

²⁵They grumbled^p in their tents

and did not obey the Lord.

²⁶So he swore^q to them with uplifted hand

that he would make them fall in the wilderness,^r

²⁷make their descendants fall among the nations

and scatter^s them throughout the lands.

²⁸They yoked themselves to the Baal of Peor^t

and ate sacrifices offered to lifeless gods;

²⁹they aroused the Lord’s anger^u by their wicked deeds,^v

and a plague^w broke out among them.

³⁰But Phinehas^x stood up and intervened,

and the plague was checked.^y

³¹This was credited to him^z as righteousness

for endless generations^a to come.

³²By the waters of Meribah^b they angered the Lord,

and trouble came to Moses because of them;

³³for they rebelled^c against the Spirit^d of God,

and rash words came from Moses’ lips.^ce

³⁴They did not destroy^f the peoples

as the Lord had commanded^g them,

³⁵but they mingled^h with the nations

and adopted their customs.

³⁶They worshiped their idols,ⁱ

which became a snare^j to them.

³⁷They sacrificed their sons^k

and their daughters to false gods.^l

³⁸They shed innocent blood,

the blood of their sons^m and daughters,

whom they…