Psalm 103

A Psalm of David.

1  aBless the Lord, O my soul:

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

2  aBless the Lord, O my soul,

And bforget not all his benefits:

3  Who cdforgiveth all thine iniquities;

Who dehealeth all thy diseases;

4  Who fredeemeth gthy life from hdestruction;

Who icrowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies;

5  Who satisfieth thy kmouth with good things;

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

6  The Lord mexecuteth righteousness

And mjudgment for all that are oppressed.

7  nHe made known his ways unto Moses,

His acts unto the children of Israel.

8  oThe Lord is merciful and gracious,

Slow to anger, and †plenteous in mercy.

9  pHe will not always chide:

Neither will he qkeep his anger for ever.

10  rHe hath not dealt with us after our sins;

Nor srewarded us according to our iniquities.

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

So ugreat is his mercy toward vthem that fear him.

12  As far as the east is from the west,

So far hath he wremoved our transgressions from us.

13  xLike as a father pitieth his children,

So the Lord pitieth vthem that fear him.

14  For he knoweth our yframe;

zHe remembereth that we are adust.

15  As for man, his days are as bgrass:

As a cflower of the field, so he bflourisheth.

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

And dthe place thereof shall know it no more.

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

And his righteousness funto children’s children;

18  To such as gkeep his covenant,

And to those that remember his hcommandments to do them.

19  The Lord hath prepared ihis throne in the heavens;

And khis kingdom ruleth over all.

20  Bless the Lord, ye lhis angels,

†That excel in strength, that mdo his commandments,

Hearkening unto the voice of his word.

21  Bless ye the Lord, all ye lnhis hosts;

Ye oministers of his, that do phis pleasure.

22  qBless the Lord, all his works

In all places of his dominion:

rBless the Lord, O my soul.

Psalm 104

1  aBless the Lord, O my soul.

O Lord my God, bthou art very great;

cThou art clothed with dhonour and majesty.

2  Who coverest thyself with elight as with a garment:

Who fstretchest out the heavens like ga curtain:

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

Who maketh kthe clouds his chariot:

Who walketh lupon the wings of the wind:

4  mWho 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.

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

The waters stood above the mountains.

7  sAt 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.

9  xThou 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.

11  They agive drink to every beast of the field:

The bwild asses †quench their thirst.

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

Which †sing among the branches.

13  He awatereth the hills from his ichambers:

dThe earth pis satisfied with ethe fruit of thy works.

14  fHe 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;

15  And kwine that lmaketh glad the heart of man,

And m†oil to make his face to shine,

And bread which nstrengtheneth man’s heart.

16  oThe trees of the Lord pare full of sap;

qThe cedars of Lebanon, rwhich he hath planted;

17  Where the birds make their nests:

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

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

And the rocks for the uconies.

19  He appointed the moon xfor seasons:

yThe sun knoweth his going down.

20  zThou makest darkness, and it is night:

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

21  The ayoung lions roar after their aprey,

And bseek their meat from God.

22  The sun ariseth, they gather themselves together,

And lay them down in their cdens.

23  dMan goeth forth unto ehis work

And to his labour until the evening.

24  O Lord, how manifold are thy works!

fIn wisdom hast thou made them all:

The earth is full of thy griches.

25  So is this great and hwide sea,

iWherein are things creeping innumerable,

Both small and great beasts.

26  There go the ships:

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

27  These mwait all upon thee;

That thou mayest mngive them their meat in due season.

28  That thou givest them they gather:

nnThou openest thine hand, they are filled with good.

29  oThou hidest thy face, they are troubled:

pThou takest away their breath, they die,

And pqreturn to their dust.

30  Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created:

And thou renewest the face of the earth.

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

rThe Lord shall rejoice in his works.

32  He looketh on the earth, and sit trembleth:

He ttoucheth the hills, and they smoke.

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

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

34  My xmeditation of him shall be sweet:

I will be glad in the Lord.

35  Let 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

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

bbMake known his deeds among the people.

2  Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him:

Talk ye of all his wondrous works.

3  Glory ye in his holy name:

Let the heart of them rejoice that seek the Lord.

4  Seek the Lord, and his cstrength:

Seek his face evermore.

5  Remember his dmarvellous works that he hath done;

His wonders, and the judgments of his mouth;

6  O ye seed of eAbraham his servant,

Ye children of Jacob ehis chosen.

7  He is the Lord our God:

His judgments are in all the earth.

8  He hath fremembered his covenant for ever,

The word which he commanded gto a thousand generations.

9  fWhich covenant he made with Abraham,

And his oath unto Isaac;

10  And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a law,

And to Israel for an everlasting covenant:

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

†The lot of your inheritance:

12  When ithey were but ja few men in number;

Yea, very few, and strangers in it.

13  When they went from one nation to another,

From one kingdom to another people;

14  He suffered no man to do them wrong:

Yea, he reproved kings for their sakes;

15  hSaying, kTouch not mine anointed,

And do my prophets no harm.

16  Moreover lhe called for a famine upon the land:

He mbrake the whole mstaff of bread.

17  nHe sent a man before them,

Even Joseph, who owas sold for a servant:

18  pWhose feet they hurt with qfetters:

†He was laid in iron:

19  Until the time that shis word came:

tThe word of the Lord utried him.

20  wThe king sent and xloosed him;

Even the ruler of the people, and let him go free.

21  yHe made him lord of his house,

And ruler of all his †substance:

22  zTo bind his princes aat his pleasure;

And teach his senators wisdom.

23  bIsrael also came into Egypt;

And Jacob sojourned cin the land of Ham.

24  And dhe increased his people greatly;

And made them stronger than their enemies.

25  eHe turned their heart to hate his people,

To fdeal subtilly with his servants.

26  gHe sent Moses his servant;

And gAaron hwhom he had chosen.

27  iThey shewed †his signs among them,

And jwonders cin the land of Ham.

28  kHe sent darkness, and lmade it dark;

And mthey rebelled not against his word.

29  nHe turned their waters into blood,

And slew their fish.

30  oTheir land pbrought forth frogs in abundance,

In the qchambers of their kings.

31  wHe spake, and there came rdivers sorts of flies,

And slice in all their coasts.

32  t†He gave them hail for rain,

And flaming ufire in their land.

33  tHe smote their vines also and their fig trees;

And brake the trees of their coasts.

34  wHe spake, and the xlocusts came,

And ycaterpillers, and that without number,

35  And did zeat up all the herbs in their land,

And zdevoured the fruit of their ground.

36  aHe smote also all the firstborn in their land,

aThe chief of all their strength.

37  He brought them forth also bwith silver and gold:

And there was not one cfeeble person among their tribes.

38  dEgypt was glad when they departed:

For ethe fear of them fell upon them.

39  fHe gspread a cloud for a covering;

And fire to give light in the night.

40  The people hasked, and ihe brought quails,

And satisfied them with kthe bread of heaven.

41  lHe opened the rock, and mthe waters gushed out;

They ran in the ndry places like a river.

42  For ohe remembered his holy promise,

And Abraham his servant.

43  And he brought forth his people with joy,

And phis chosen with †gladness:

44  And qgave them the lands of the heathen:

And they inherited qthe labour of the people;

45  rThat they might observe his statutes,

And skeep his laws.

†Praise ye the Lord.

Psalm 106

1  †Praise ye the Lord.

aO give thanks unto the Lord; bfor he is good:

cFor his mercy endureth for ever.

2  Who can utter the mighty acts of the Lord?

Who can shew forth all his praise?

3  Blessed are they that keep judgment,

And he that edoeth righteousness fat all times.

4  gRemember me, O Lord, with the favour that thou bearest unto thy people:

O visit me with thy salvation;

5  That I may see the good of hthy chosen,

That I may rejoice in the gladness of ithy nation,

That I may glory with thine inheritance.

6  We have ksinned lwith our fathers,

kmWe have committed iniquity, knwe have done wickedly.

7  Our fathers ounderstood not thy wonders in Egypt;

They premembered not the multitude of thy mercies;

But qprovoked him at the sea, even at rthe Red sea.

8  Nevertheless he saved them sfor his name’s sake,

That he tmight make his mighty power to be known.

9  uHe wrebuked the Red sea also, and it was xdried up:

So yhe led them through the depths, as through the wilderness.

10  And zhe saved them from the hand of him that hated them,

And aredeemed them from the hand of the enemy.

11  And bthe waters covered their enemies:

cThere was not one of them left.

12  Then dbelieved they his words;

They dsang his praise.

13  e†They soon forgat his works;

They fwaited not for his counsel:

14  gBut †lusted exceedingly in the wilderness,

And htempted God in ithe desert.

15  And jhe gave them their request;

But sent kleanness into their soul.

16  lThey envied Moses also in the camp,

And mAaron the saint of the Lord.

17  nThe earth opened and swallowed up Dathan,

And ocovered nthe company of Abiram.

18  And pa fire was kindled in their company;

qThe flame burned up rthe wicked.

19  sThey made a calf tin Horeb,

And worshipped the molten image.

20  Thus uthey changed their glory

Into xthe similitude of an ox that eateth grass.

21  They yforgat God their saviour,

Which had done zgreat things in Egypt;

22  Wondrous works in the land aof Ham,

And zterrible things by bthe Red sea.

23  cTherefore dhe said that he would destroy them,

Had not Moses ehis chosen stood before him fin the breach,

To turn away his wrath, glest he should destroy them.

24  Yea, hthey despised †the pleasant land,

They ibelieved not his word:

25  kBut lmurmured in their tents,

And hearkened not unto the voice of the Lord.

26  Therefore mhe lifted up his hand against them,

†To overthrow them in the wilderness:

27  †To overthrow their seed also among the nations,

And to nscatter them in the lands.

28  They ojoined themselves also unto pBaal-peor,

And qate the sacrifices of rthe dead.

29  Thus they provoked him to anger with stheir inventions:

And the plague brake in upon them.

30  Then tstood up Phinehas, and uexecuted judgment:

And so tthe plague was stayed.

31  And wthat was counted unto him for righteousness

Unto all generations for evermore.

32  xThey yangered him also at the waters of strife,

zSo that it went ill with Moses for their sakes:

33  Because they aprovoked his spirit,

bSo that he cspake unadvisedly with his lips.

34  dThey did not destroy the nations,

Concerning whom ethe Lord commanded them:

35  fBut were mingled among the heathen,

And learned their works.

36  And gthey served their idols:

hWhich were a snare unto them.

37  Yea, ithey sacrificed their sons

And their daughters unto kdevils,

38  And shed innocent blood,

Even the blood of their sons and of their daughters,

iWhom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan:

And lthe land was polluted with blood.

39  Thus were they mdefiled with their own works,

And mnwent a whoring with otheir own inventions.

40  Therefore pwas the wrath of the Lord kindled against qhis people,

Insomuch that he abhorred qhis own inheritance.

41  And phe gave them into rthe hand of the heathen;

And they that hated them ruled over them.

42  Their enemies also soppressed them,

And they were tbrought into subjection under their hand.

43  uMany times did he deliver them;

But they aprovoked him wwith their counsel,

And were ||brought low for their iniquity.

44  Nevertheless he regarded xtheir affliction,

When yhe heard their zcry:

45  And he aremembered for them his covenant,

And brepented caccording to the multitude of his mercies.

46  dHe made them also eto be pitied

Of all those that carried them captives.

47  fSave us, O Lord our God,

And ggather us from among the heathen,

To give thanks unto thy holy name,

And to triumph in thy praise.

48  hBlessed be the Lord God of Israel from everlasting to everlasting:

And let iall the people say, kAmen.

†Praise ye the Lord.

Psalm 107

1  aO give thanks unto the Lord, for he is good:

For his mercy endureth for ever.

2  Let bthe redeemed of the Lord say so,

cWhom he hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy;

3  And dgathered them out of ethe lands,

From the east, and from the west, from the north, and †from the south.

4  They fwandered in the wilderness in ga solitary way;

They found no ggcity to dwell in.

5  hHungry and thirsty,

Their soul ifainted in them.

6  jThen they cried unto the Lord kin their trouble,

And he delivered them out of their distresses.

7  And he led them forth by the lright way,

That they might go to gga city of habitation.

8  mOh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness,

And for his wonderful works to the children of men!

9  nFor he satisfieth the olonging soul,

And filleth the phungry soul with goodness.

10  Such as qsit in darkness and rin the shadow of death,

Being sbound in affliction and iron;

11  Because they trebelled against the words of God,

And ucontemned the wcounsel of the most High:

12  Therefore he brought down their heart with labour;

They fell down, and there was xnone to help.

13  yThen they cried unto the Lord in their trouble,

And he saved them out of their distresses.

14  zHe brought them out of adarkness and the shadow of death,

And bbrake their bands in sunder.

15  bbOh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness,

And for his wonderful works to the children of men!

16  For he hath cbroken the gates of brass,

And cut the bars of iron in sunder.

17  dFools because of their transgression,

And because of their iniquities, are afflicted.

18  eTheir soul abhorreth all manner of meat;

And fthey draw near unto gthe gates of death.

19  hThen they cry unto the Lord in their trouble,

And he saveth them out of their distresses.

20  He iksent khis word, and lhealed them,

And mdelivered them from their ndestructions.

21  oOh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness,

And for his wonderful works to the children of men!

22  And let them psacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving,

And qdeclare his works with †rejoicing.

23  rThey that go down to the sea in ships,

That do business in sgreat waters;

24  These see the works of the Lord,

And his wonders in the deep.

25  For the commandeth, and †raiseth the ustormy wind,

Which lifteth up the waves thereof.

26  They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths:

Their soul xis melted because of trouble.

27  They reel to and fro, and ystagger zlike a drunken man,

And †are at their wits’ end.

28  aThen they cry unto the Lord in their trouble,

And he bringeth them out of their distresses.

29  bHe maketh the storm a ccalm,

So that the waves thereof are still.

30  Then are they glad because they dbe quiet;

So he bringeth them unto their desired haven.

31  eOh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness,

And for his wonderful works to the children of men!

32  Let them fexalt him also gin the congregation of the people,

And gpraise him in the assembly of the elders.

33  He turneth rivers into a wilderness,

And the watersprings into hdry ground;

34  iA fruitful land into †barrenness,

For the wickedness of them that dwell therein.

35  kHe turneth the wilderness into kla standing water,

And mdry ground into watersprings.

36  And there he maketh the hungry to dwell,

That they may prepare na city for habitation;

37  And sow the fields, and plant vineyards,

Which may yield fruits of increase.

38  He blesseth them also, so that othey are multiplied greatly;

And suffereth not their cattle to decrease.

39  Again, they are minished and brought low

Through oppression, affliction, and sorrow.

40  pHe poureth contempt upon princes,

qAnd causeth them to wander in the ||wilderness, where there is no way.

41  Yet rsetteth he the poor on high ||from affliction,

And smaketh him families like a flock.

42  tThe righteous shall see it, and rejoice:

And all uiniquity shall stop her mouth.

43  xWhoso is wise, and will observe these things,

Even they shall understand the lovingkindness of the Lord.