Psalm 101–150

¹A Psalm of David. Kindness and judgment I sing, To Thee, O Jehovah, I sing praise.

²I act wisely in a perfect way, When dost Thou come in unto me? I walk habitually in the integrity of my heart, In the midst of my house.

³I set not before mine eyes a worthless thing, The work of those turning aside I have hated, It adhereth not to me.

⁴A perverse heart turneth aside from me, Wickedness I know not.

⁵Whoso slandereth in secret his neighbour, Him I cut off, The high of eyes and proud of heart, him I endure not.

⁶Mine eyes are on the faithful of the land, To dwell with me, Whoso is walking in a perfect way, he serveth me.

⁷He dwelleth not in my house who is working deceit, Whoso is speaking lies Is not established before mine eyes.

⁸At morning I cut off all the wicked of the land, To cut off from the city of Jehovah All the workers of iniquity!

Psalm 102

¹A Prayer of the afflicted when he is feeble, and before Jehovah poureth out his plaint. O Jehovah, hear my prayer, yea, my cry to Thee cometh.

²Hide not Thou Thy face from me, In a day of mine adversity, Incline unto me Thine ear, In the day I call, haste, answer me.

³For consumed in smoke have been my days, And my bones as a fire-brand have burned.

⁴Smitten as the herb, and withered, is my heart, For I have forgotten to eat my bread.

⁵From the voice of my sighing Hath my bone cleaved to my flesh.

⁶I have been like to a pelican of the wilderness, I have been as an owl of the dry places.

⁷I have watched, and I am As a bird alone on the roof.

⁸All the day mine enemies reproached me, Those mad at me have sworn against me.

⁹Because ashes as bread I have eaten, And my drink with weeping have mingled,

¹⁰From Thine indignation and Thy wrath, For Thou hast lifted me up, And dost cast me down.

¹¹My days as a shadow are stretched out, And I—as the herb I am withered.

¹²And Thou, O Jehovah, to the age abidest, And Thy memorial to all generations.

¹³Thou—Thou risest—Thou pitiest Zion, For the time to favour her, For the appointed time hath come.

¹⁴For Thy servants have been pleased with her stones, And her dust they favour.

¹⁵And nations fear the name of Jehovah, And all kings of the earth Thine honour,

¹⁶For Jehovah hath builded Zion, He hath been seen in His honour,

¹⁷He turned unto the prayer of the destitute, And He hath not despised their prayer.

¹⁸This is written for a later generation, And the people created do praise Jah.

¹⁹For He hath looked From the high place of His sanctuary. Jehovah from heaven unto earth looked attentively,

²⁰To hear the groan of the prisoner, To loose sons of death,

²¹To declare in Zion the name of Jehovah, And His praise in Jerusalem,

²²In the peoples being gathered together, And the kingdoms—to serve Jehovah.

²³He hath humbled in the way my power, He hath shortened my days.

²⁴I say, ‘My God, take me not up in the midst of my days,’ Through all generations are Thine years.

²⁵Beforetime the earth Thou didst found, And the work of Thy hands are the heavens.

²⁶They—They perish, and Thou remainest, And all of them as a garment become old, As clothing Thou changest them, And they are changed.

²⁷And Thou art the same, and Thine years are not finished.

²⁸The sons of Thy servants do continue, And their seed before Thee is established!

Psalm 103

¹By David. Bless, O my soul, Jehovah, And all my inward parts—His Holy Name.

²Bless, O my soul, Jehovah, And forget not all His benefits,

³Who is forgiving all thine iniquities, Who is healing all thy diseases,

⁴Who is redeeming from destruction thy life, Who is crowning thee—kindness and mercies,

⁵Who is satisfying with good thy desire, Renew itself as an eagle doth thy youth.

⁶Jehovah is doing righteousness and judgments For all the oppressed.

⁷He maketh known His ways to Moses, To the sons of Israel His acts.

⁸Merciful and gracious is Jehovah, Slow to anger, and abundant in mercy.

⁹Not for ever doth He strive, Nor to the age doth He watch.

¹⁰Not according to our sins hath He done to us, Nor according to our iniquities Hath He conferred benefits upon us.

¹¹For, as the height of the heavens is above the earth, His kindness hath been mighty over those fearing Him.

¹²As the distance of east from west He hath put far from us our transgressions.

¹³As a father hath mercy on sons, Jehovah hath mercy on those fearing Him.

¹⁴For He hath known our frame, Remembering that we are dust.

¹⁵Mortal man! as grass are his days, As a flower of the field so he flourisheth;

¹⁶For a wind hath passed over it, and it is not, And its place doth not discern it any more.

¹⁷And the kindness of Jehovah Is from age even unto age on those fearing Him, And His righteousness to sons’ sons,

¹⁸To those keeping His covenant, And to those remembering His precepts to do them.

¹⁹Jehovah in the heavens Hath established His throne, And His kingdom over all hath ruled.

²⁰Bless Jehovah, ye His messengers, Mighty in power—doing His word, To hearken to the voice of His Word.

²¹Bless Jehovah, all ye His hosts, His ministers—doing His pleasure.

²²Bless Jehovah, all ye His works, In all places of His dominion. Bless, O my soul, Jehovah!

Psalm 104

¹Bless, O my soul, Jehovah! Jehovah, my God, Thou hast been very great, Honour and majesty Thou hast put on.

²Covering himself with light as a garment, Stretching out the heavens as a curtain,

³Who is laying the beam of His upper chambers in the waters, Who is making thick clouds His chariot, Who is walking on wings of wind,

⁴Making His messengers—the winds, His ministers—the flaming fire.

⁵He hath founded earth on its bases, It is not moved to the age and for ever.

⁶The abyss! as with clothing Thou hast covered it, Above hills do waters stand.

⁷From Thy rebuke they flee, From the voice of Thy thunder haste away.

⁸They go up hills—they go down valleys, Unto a place Thou hast founded for them.

⁹A border Thou hast set, they pass not over, They turn not back to cover the earth.

¹⁰Who is sending forth fountains in valleys, Between hills they go on.

¹¹They water every beast of the field, Wild asses break their thirst.

¹²By them the fowl of the heavens doth dwell, From between the branches They give forth the voice.

¹³Watering hills from His upper chambers, From the fruit of Thy works is the earth satisfied.

¹⁴Causing grass to spring up for cattle, And herb for the service of man, To bring forth bread from the earth,

¹⁵And wine—it rejoiceth the heart of man, To cause the face to shine from oil, And bread—the heart of man it supporteth.

¹⁶Satisfied are the trees of Jehovah, Cedars of Lebanon that He hath planted,

¹⁷Where birds do make nests, The stork—the firs are her house.

¹⁸The high hills are for wild goats, Rocks are a refuge for conies,

¹⁹He made the moon for seasons, The sun hath known his place of entrance.

²⁰Thou settest darkness, and it is night, In it doth every beast of the forest creep.

²¹The young lions are roaring for prey, And to seek from God their food.

²²The sun riseth, they are gathered, And in their dens they crouch.

²³Man goeth forth to his work, And to his service—till evening.

²⁴How many have been Thy works, O Jehovah, All of them in wisdom Thou hast made, Full is the earth of thy possessions.

²⁵This, the sea, great and broad of sides, There are moving things—innumerable, Living creatures—small with great.

²⁶There do ships go: leviathan, That Thou hast formed to play in it.

²⁷All of them unto Thee do look, To give their food in its season.

²⁸Thou dost give to them—they gather, Thou dost open Thy hand—they are satisfied with good.

²⁹Thou hidest Thy face—they are troubled, Thou gatherest their spirit—they expire, And unto their dust they turn back.

³⁰Thou sendest out Thy Spirit, they are created, And Thou renewest the face of the ground.

³¹The honour of Jehovah is to the age, Jehovah rejoiceth in His works,

³²Who is looking to earth, and it trembleth, He cometh against hills, and they smoke.

³³I sing to Jehovah during my life, I sing praise to my God while I exist.

³⁴Sweet is my meditation on Him, I—I do rejoice in Jehovah.

³⁵Consumed are sinners from the earth, And the wicked are no more. Bless, O my soul, Jehovah. Praise ye Jehovah!

Psalm 105

¹Give ye thanks to Jehovah—call ye in His name, Make known among the peoples His acts.

²Sing ye to Him—sing praise to Him, Meditate ye on all His wonders.

³Boast yourselves in His Holy Name, The heart of those seeking Jehovah rejoiceth.

⁴Seek ye Jehovah and His strength, Seek ye His face continually.

⁵Remember His wonders that He did, His signs and the judgments of His mouth.

⁶O seed of Abraham, His servant, O sons of Jacob, His chosen ones.

⁷He is Jehovah our God, In all the earth are His judgments.

⁸He hath remembered to the age His covenant, The word He commanded to a thousand generations,

⁹That He hath made with Abraham, And His oath to Isaac,

¹⁰And doth establish it to Jacob for a statute, To Israel—a covenant age-during,

¹¹Saying, ‘To thee I give the land of Canaan, The portion of your inheritance,’

¹²In their being few in number, But a few, and sojourners in it.

¹³And they go up and down, from nation unto nation, From a kingdom unto another people.

¹⁴He hath not suffered any to oppress them And He reproveth for their sakes kings.

¹⁵‘Strike not against Mine anointed, And to My prophets do not evil.’

¹⁶And He calleth a famine on the land, The whole staff of bread He hath broken.

¹⁷He hath sent before them a man, For a servant hath Joseph been sold.

¹⁸They have afflicted with fetters his feet, Iron hath entered his soul,

¹⁹Till the time of the coming of His word The saying of Jehovah hath tried him.

²⁰The king hath sent, and looseth him, The ruler of the peoples, and draweth him out.

²¹He hath made him lord of his house, And ruler over all his possessions.

²²To bind his chiefs at his pleasure, And his elders he maketh wise.

²³And Israel cometh in to Egypt, And Jacob hath sojourned in the land of Ham.

²⁴And He maketh His people very fruitful, And maketh it mightier than its adversaries.

²⁵He turned their heart to hate His people, To conspire against His servants.

²⁶He hath sent Moses His servant, Aaron whom He had fixed on.

²⁷They have set among them the matters of His…