Psalm 104:1-106:48

Psalm 104 1Praise the LORD, my soul. LORD my God, you are very great; you are clothed with splendor and majesty.

2The LORD wraps himself in light as with a garment; he stretches out the heavens like a tent

3and lays the beams of his upper chambers on their waters. He makes the clouds his chariot and rides on the wings of the wind.

4He makes winds his messengers, Or angels flames of fire his servants.

5He set the earth on its foundations; it can never be moved.

6You covered it with the watery depths as with a garment; the waters stood above the mountains.

7But at your rebuke the waters fled, at the sound of your thunder they took to flight;

8they flowed over the mountains, they went down into the valleys, to the place you assigned for them.

9You set a boundary they cannot cross; never again will they cover the earth.

10He makes springs pour water into the ravines; it flows between the mountains.

11They give water to all the beasts of the field; the wild donkeys quench their thirst.

12The birds of the sky nest by the waters; they sing among the branches.

13He waters the mountains from his upper chambers; the land is satisfied by the fruit of his work.

14He makes grass grow for the cattle, and plants for people to cultivate— bringing forth food from the earth:

15wine that gladdens human hearts, oil to make their faces shine, and bread that sustains their hearts.

16The trees of the LORD are well watered, the cedars of Lebanon that he planted.

17There the birds make their nests; the stork has its home in the junipers.

18The high mountains belong to the wild goats; the crags are a refuge for the hyrax.

19He made the moon to mark the seasons, and the sun knows when to go down.

20You bring darkness, it becomes night, and all the beasts of the forest prowl.

21The lions roar for their prey and seek their food from God.

22The sun rises, and they steal away; they return and lie down in their dens.

23Then people go out to their work, to their labor until evening.

24How many are your works, LORD ! In wisdom you made them all; the earth is full of your creatures.

25There is the sea, vast and spacious, teeming with creatures beyond number— living things both large and small.

26There the ships go to and fro, and Leviathan, which you formed to frolic there.

27All creatures look to you to give them their food at the proper time.

28When you give it to them, they gather it up; when you open your hand, they are satisfied with good things.

29When you hide your face, they are terrified; when you take away their breath, they die and return to the dust.

30When you send your Spirit, they are created, and you renew the face of the ground.

31May the glory of the LORD endure forever; may the LORD rejoice in his works—

32he who looks at the earth, and it trembles, who touches the mountains, and they smoke.

33I will sing 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 in the LORD . 35But may sinners vanish from the earth and the wicked be no more. Praise the LORD, my soul. Praise the LORD . Hebrew Hallelu Yah; in the Septuagint this line stands at the beginning of Psalm 105.

Psalm 105 1Give praise to the LORD, proclaim his name; make known among the nations what he has done.

2Sing to him, sing praise to him; tell of all his wonderful acts.

3Glory in his holy name; let the hearts of those who seek the LORD rejoice.

4Look to the LORD and his strength; seek his face always.

5Remember the wonders he has done, his miracles, and the judgments he pronounced,

6you his servants, the descendants of Abraham, his chosen ones, the children of Jacob.

7He is the LORD our God; his judgments are in all the earth.

8He remembers his covenant forever, the promise he made, for a thousand generations,

9the covenant he made with Abraham, the oath he swore to Isaac.

10He confirmed it to Jacob as a decree, to Israel as an everlasting covenant:

11“To you I will give the land of Canaan as the portion you will inherit.”

12When they were but few in number, few indeed, and strangers in it,

13they wandered from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another.

14He allowed no one to oppress them; for their sake he rebuked kings:

15“Do not touch my anointed ones; do my prophets no harm.”

16He called down famine on the land and destroyed all their supplies of food;

17and he sent a man before them— Joseph, sold as a slave.

18They bruised his feet with shackles, his neck was put in irons,

19till what he foretold came to pass, till the word of the LORD proved him true.

20The king sent and released him, the ruler of peoples set him free.

21He made him master of his household, ruler over all he possessed,

22to instruct his princes as he pleased and teach his elders wisdom.

23Then Israel entered Egypt; Jacob resided as a foreigner in the land of Ham.

24The LORD made his people very fruitful; he made them too numerous for their foes,

25whose hearts he turned to hate his people, to conspire against his servants.

26He sent Moses his servant, and Aaron, whom he had chosen.

27They performed his signs among them, his wonders in the land of Ham.

28He sent darkness and made the land dark— for had they not rebelled against his words?

29He turned their waters into blood, causing their fish to die.

30Their land teemed with frogs, which went up into the bedrooms of their rulers.

31He spoke, and there came swarms of flies, and gnats throughout their country.

32He turned their rain into hail, with lightning throughout their land;

33he struck down their vines and fig trees and shattered the trees of their country.

34He spoke, and the locusts came, grasshoppers without number;

35they ate up every green thing in their land, ate up the produce of their soil.

36Then he struck down all the firstborn in their land, the firstfruits of all their manhood.

37He brought out Israel, laden with silver and gold, and from among their tribes no one faltered.

38Egypt was glad when they left, because dread of Israel had fallen on them.

39He spread out a cloud as a covering, and a fire to give light at night.

40They asked, and he brought them quail; he fed them well with the bread of heaven.

41He opened the rock, and water gushed out; it flowed like a river in the desert.

42For he remembered his holy promise given to his servant Abraham.

43He brought out his people with rejoicing, his chosen ones with shouts of joy;

44he gave them the lands of the nations, and they fell heir to what others had toiled for— 45that they might keep his precepts and observe his laws. Praise the LORD . Hebrew Hallelu Yah

Psalm 106 1Praise the LORD . Hebrew Hallelu Yah; also in verse 48 Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his love endures forever.

2Who can proclaim the mighty acts of the LORD or fully declare his praise?

3Blessed are those who act justly, who always do what is right.

4Remember me, LORD, when you show favor to your people, come to my aid when you save them,

5that I may enjoy the prosperity of your chosen ones, that I may share in the joy of your nation and join your inheritance in giving praise.

6We have sinned, even as our ancestors did; we have done wrong and acted wickedly.

7When our ancestors were in Egypt, they gave no thought to your miracles; they did not remember your many kindnesses, and they rebelled by the sea, the Red Sea. Or the Sea of Reeds; also in verses 9 and 22

8Yet he saved them for his name’s sake, to make his mighty power known.

9He rebuked the Red Sea, and it dried up; he led them through the depths as through a desert.

10He saved them from the hand of the foe; from the hand of the enemy he redeemed them.

11The waters covered their adversaries; not one of them survived.

12Then they believed his promises and sang his praise.

13But they soon forgot what he had done and did not wait for his plan to unfold.

14In the desert they gave in to their craving; in the wilderness they put God to the test.

15So he gave them what they asked for, but sent a wasting disease among them.

16In the camp they grew envious of Moses and of Aaron, who was consecrated to the LORD .

17The earth opened up and swallowed Dathan; it buried the company of Abiram.

18Fire blazed among their followers; a flame consumed the wicked.

19At Horeb they made a calf and worshiped an idol cast from metal.

20They exchanged their glorious God for an image of a bull, which eats grass.

21They forgot the God who saved them, who had done great things in Egypt,

22miracles in the land of Ham and awesome deeds by the Red Sea.

23So he said he would destroy them— had not Moses, his chosen one, stood in the breach before him to keep his wrath from destroying them.

24Then they despised the pleasant land; they did not believe his promise.

25They grumbled in their tents and did not obey the LORD .

26So he swore to them with uplifted hand that he would make them fall in the wilderness,

27make their descendants fall among the nations and scatter them throughout the lands.

28They yoked themselves to the Baal of Peor and ate sacrifices offered to lifeless gods;

29they aroused the LORD ’s anger by their wicked deeds, and a plague broke out among them.

30But Phinehas stood up and intervened, and the plague was checked.

31This was credited to him as righteousness for endless generations to come.

32By the waters of Meribah they angered the LORD, and trouble came to Moses because of them;

33for they rebelled against the Spirit of God, and rash words came from Moses’ lips. Or against his spirit, / and rash words came from his lips

34They did not destroy the peoples as the LORD had commanded them,

35but they mingled with the nations and adopted their customs.

36They worshiped their idols, which became a snare to them.

37They sacrificed their sons and their daughters to false gods.

38They shed innocent blood, the blood of their sons and daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan, and the land was desecrated by their blood.

39They defiled themselves by what they did; by their deeds they prostituted themselves.

40Therefore the LORD was angry with his people and abhorred his inheritance.

41He gave them into the hands of the nations, and their foes ruled over them.

42Their enemies oppressed them and subjected them to their power.

43Many times he delivered them, but they were bent on rebellion and they wasted away in their sin.

44Yet he took note of their distress when he heard their cry;

45for their sake he remembered his covenant and out of his great love he relented.

46He caused all who held them captive to show them mercy.

47Save us, LORD our God, and gather us from the nations, that we may give thanks to your holy name and glory in your praise. 48Praise be to the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting. Let all the people say, “Amen!” Praise the LORD .