Bible: Psalms 73-150

73:1 A psalm by Asaph.

Certainly God is good to Israel, ² 

and to those whose motives are pure! ³ 

73:2 But as for me, my feet almost slipped;

my feet almost slid out from under me. ⁴ 

73:3 For I envied those who are proud,

as I observed ⁵  the prosperity ⁶  of the wicked.

73:4 For they suffer no pain; ⁷ 

their bodies ⁸  are strong and well-fed. ⁹ 

73:5 They are immune to the trouble common to men;

they do not suffer as other men do. ¹⁰ 

73:6 Arrogance is their necklace, ¹¹ 

and violence their clothing. ¹² 

73:7 Their prosperity causes them to do wrong; ¹³ 

their thoughts are sinful. ¹⁴ 

73:8 They mock ¹⁵  and say evil things; ¹⁶ 

they proudly threaten violence. ¹⁷ 

73:9 They speak as if they rule in heaven,

and lay claim to the earth. ¹⁸ 

73:10 Therefore they have more than enough food to eat,

and even suck up the water of the sea. ¹⁹ 

73:11 They say, “How does God know what we do?

Is the sovereign one aware of what goes on?” ²⁰ 

73:12 Take a good look! This is what the wicked are like, ²¹ 

those who always have it so easy and get richer and richer. ²² 

73:13 I concluded, ²³  “Surely in vain I have kept my motives ²⁴  pure

and maintained a pure lifestyle. ²⁵ 

73:14 I suffer all day long,

and am punished every morning.”

73:15 If I had publicized these thoughts, ²⁶ 

I would have betrayed your loyal followers. ²⁷ 

73:16 When I tried to make sense of this,

it was troubling to me. ²⁸ 

73:17 Then I entered the precincts of God’s temple, ²⁹ 

and understood the destiny of the wicked. ³⁰ 

73:18 Surely ³¹  you put them in slippery places;

you bring them down ³²  to ruin.

73:19 How desolate they become in a mere moment!

Terrifying judgments make their demise complete! ³³ 

73:20 They are like a dream after one wakes up. ³⁴ 

O Lord, when you awake ³⁵  you will despise them. ³⁶ 

73:21 Yes, ³⁷  my spirit was bitter, ³⁸ 

and my insides felt sharp pain. ³⁹ 

73:22 I was ignorant ⁴⁰  and lacked insight; ⁴¹ 

I was as senseless as an animal before you. ⁴² 

73:23 But I am continually with you;

you hold my right hand.

73:24 You guide ⁴³  me by your wise advice,

and then you will lead me to a position of honor. ⁴⁴ 

73:25 Whom do I have in heaven but you?

I desire no one but you on earth. ⁴⁵ 

73:26 My flesh and my heart may grow weak, ⁴⁶ 

but God always ⁴⁷  protects my heart and gives me stability. ⁴⁸ 

73:27 Yes, ⁴⁹  look! Those far from you ⁵⁰  die;

you destroy everyone who is unfaithful to you. ⁵¹ 

73:28 But as for me, God’s presence is all I need. ⁵² 

I have made the sovereign Lord my shelter,

as ⁵³  I declare all the things you have done.

74:1 A well-written song ⁵⁵  by Asaph.

Why, O God, have you permanently rejected us? ⁵⁶ 

Why does your anger burn ⁵⁷  against the sheep of your pasture?

74:2 Remember your people ⁵⁸  whom you acquired in ancient times,

whom you rescued ⁵⁹  so they could be your very own nation, ⁶⁰ 

as well as Mount Zion, where you dwell!

74:3 Hurry and look ⁶¹  at the permanent ruins,

and all the damage the enemy has done to the temple! ⁶² 

74:4 Your enemies roar ⁶³  in the middle of your sanctuary; ⁶⁴ 

they set up their battle flags. ⁶⁵ 

74:5 They invade like lumberjacks

swinging their axes in a thick forest. ⁶⁶ 

74:6 And now ⁶⁷  they are tearing down ⁶⁸  all its engravings ⁶⁹ 

with axes ⁷⁰  and crowbars. ⁷¹ 

74:7 They set your sanctuary on fire;

they desecrate your dwelling place by knocking it to the ground. ⁷² 

74:8 They say to themselves, ⁷³ 

“We will oppress all of them.” ⁷⁴ 

They burn down all the places where people worship God in the land. ⁷⁵ 

74:9 We do not see any signs of God’s presence; ⁷⁶ 

there are no longer any prophets ⁷⁷ 

and we have no one to tell us how long this will last. ⁷⁸ 

74:10 How long, O God, will the adversary hurl insults?

Will the enemy blaspheme your name forever?

74:11 Why do you remain inactive?

Intervene and destroy him! ⁷⁹ 

74:12 But God has been my ⁸⁰  king from ancient times,

performing acts of deliverance on the earth. ⁸¹ 

74:13 You destroyed ⁸²  the sea by your strength;

you shattered the heads of the sea monster ⁸³  in the water.

74:14 You crushed the heads of Leviathan; ⁸⁴ 

you fed ⁸⁵  him to the people who live along the coast. ⁸⁶ 

74:15 You broke open the spring and the stream; ⁸⁷ 

you dried up perpetually flowing rivers. ⁸⁸ 

74:16 You established the cycle of day and night; ⁸⁹ 

you put the moon ⁹⁰  and sun in place. ⁹¹ 

74:17 You set up all the boundaries ⁹²  of the earth;

you created the cycle of summer and winter. ⁹³ 

74:18 Remember how ⁹⁴  the enemy hurls insults, O Lord, ⁹⁵ 

and how a foolish nation blasphemes your name!

74:19 Do not hand the life of your dove ⁹⁶  over to a wild animal!

Do not continue to disregard ⁹⁷  the lives of your oppressed people!

74:20 Remember your covenant promises, ⁹⁸ 

for the dark regions of the earth are full of places where violence rules. ⁹⁹ 

74:21 Do not let the afflicted be turned back in shame!

Let the oppressed and poor praise your name! ¹⁰⁰ 

74:22 Rise up, O God! Defend your honor! ¹⁰¹ 

Remember how fools insult you all day long! ¹⁰² 

74:23 Do not disregard ¹⁰³  what your enemies say, ¹⁰⁴ 

or the unceasing shouts of those who defy you. ¹⁰⁵ 

75:1 For the music director; according to the al-tashcheth style; ¹⁰⁷  a psalm of Asaph; a song.

We give thanks to you, O God! We give thanks!

You reveal your presence; ¹⁰⁸ 

people tell about your amazing deeds.

75:2 God says, ¹⁰⁹ 

“At the appointed times, ¹¹⁰ 

I judge ¹¹¹  fairly.

75:3 When the earth and all its inhabitants dissolve in fear, ¹¹² 

I make its pillars secure.” ¹¹³  (Selah)

75:4 ¹¹⁴ 

I say to the proud, “Do not be proud,”

and to the wicked, “Do not be so confident of victory! ¹¹⁵ 

75:5 Do not be so certain you have won! ¹¹⁶ 

Do not speak with your head held so high! ¹¹⁷ 

75:6 For victory does not come from the east or west,

or from the wilderness. ¹¹⁸ 

75:7 For God is the judge! ¹¹⁹ 

He brings one down and exalts another. ¹²⁰ 

75:8 For the Lord holds in his hand a cup full

of foaming wine mixed with spices, ¹²¹ 

and pours it out. ¹²² 

Surely all the wicked of the earth

will slurp it up and drink it to its very last drop.” ¹²³ 

75:9 As for me, I will continually tell what you have done; ¹²⁴ 

I will sing praises to the God of Jacob!

75:10 God says, ¹²⁵ 

“I will bring down all the power of the wicked;

the godly will be victorious.” ¹²⁶ 

76:1 For the music director; to be accompanied by stringed instruments; a psalm of Asaph, a song.

God has revealed himself in Judah; ¹²⁸ 

in Israel his reputation ¹²⁹  is great.

76:2 He lives in Salem; ¹³⁰ 

he dwells in Zion. ¹³¹ 

76:3 There he shattered the arrows, ¹³² 

the shield, the sword, and the rest of the weapons of war. ¹³³  (Selah)

76:4 You shine brightly and reveal your majesty,

as you descend from the hills where you killed your prey. ¹³⁴ 

76:5 The bravehearted ¹³⁵  were plundered; ¹³⁶ 

they “fell asleep.” ¹³⁷ 

All the warriors were helpless. ¹³⁸ 

76:6 At the sound of your battle cry, ¹³⁹  O God of Jacob,

both rider ¹⁴⁰  and horse “fell asleep.” ¹⁴¹ 

76:7 You are awesome! Yes, you!

Who can withstand your intense anger? ¹⁴² 

76:8 From heaven you announced what their punishment would be. ¹⁴³ 

The earth ¹⁴⁴  was afraid and silent

76:9 when God arose to execute judgment,

and to deliver all the oppressed of the earth. (Selah)

76:10 Certainly ¹⁴⁵  your angry judgment upon men will bring you praise; ¹⁴⁶ 

you reveal your anger in full measure. ¹⁴⁷ 

76:11 Make vows to the Lord your God and repay them!

Let all those who surround him ¹⁴⁸  bring tribute to the awesome one!

76:12 He humbles princes; ¹⁴⁹ 

the kings of the earth regard him as awesome. ¹⁵⁰ 

77:1 For the music director, Jeduthun; a psalm of Asaph.

I will cry out to God ¹⁵²  and call for help!

I will cry out to God and he will pay attention ¹⁵³  to me.

77:2 In my time of trouble I sought ¹⁵⁴  the Lord.

I kept my hand raised in prayer throughout the night. ¹⁵⁵ 

I ¹⁵⁶  refused to be comforted.

77:3 I said, “I will remember God while I groan;

I will think about him while my strength leaves me.” ¹⁵⁷  (Selah)

77:4 You held my eyelids open; ¹⁵⁸ 

I was troubled and could not speak. ¹⁵⁹ 

77:5 I thought about the days of old,

about ancient times. ¹⁶⁰ 

77:6 I said, “During the night I will remember the song I once sang;

I will think very carefully.”

I tried to make sense of what was happening. ¹⁶¹ 

77:7 I asked, ¹⁶²  “Will the Lord reject me forever?

Will he never again show me his favor?

77:8 Has his loyal love disappeared forever?

Has his promise ¹⁶³  failed forever?

77:9 Has God forgotten to be merciful?

Has his anger stifled his compassion?”

77:10 Then I said, “I am sickened by the thought

that the sovereign One ¹⁶⁴  might become inactive. ¹⁶⁵ 

77:11 I will remember the works of the Lord.

Yes, I will remember the amazing things you did long ago! ¹⁶⁶ 

77:12 I will think about all you have done;

I will reflect upon your deeds!”

77:13 ¹⁶⁷ 

O God, your deeds are extraordinary! ¹⁶⁸ 

What god can compare to our great God? ¹⁶⁹ 

77:14 You are the God who does amazing things;

you have revealed your strength among the nations.

77:15 You delivered ¹⁷⁰  your people by your strength ¹⁷¹  –

the children of Jacob and Joseph. (Selah)

77:16 The waters ¹⁷²  saw you, O God,

the waters saw you and trembled. ¹⁷³ 

Yes, the depths of the sea ¹⁷⁴  shook with fear. ¹⁷⁵ 

77:17 The clouds poured down rain; ¹⁷⁶ 

the skies thundered. ¹⁷⁷ 

Yes, your arrows ¹⁷⁸  flashed about.

77:18 Your thunderous voice was heard in the wind;

the lightning bolts lit up the world;

the earth trembled and shook. ¹⁷⁹ 

77:19 You walked through the sea; ¹⁸⁰ 

you passed through the surging waters, ¹⁸¹ 

but left no footprints. ¹⁸² 

77:20 You led your people like a flock of sheep,

by the hand of Moses and Aaron.

78:1 A well-written song ¹⁸⁴  by Asaph.

Pay attention, my people, to my instruction!

Listen to the words I speak! ¹⁸⁵ 

78:2 I will sing a song that imparts wisdom;

I will make insightful observations about the past. ¹⁸⁶ 

78:3 What we have heard and learned ¹⁸⁷  –

that which our ancestors ¹⁸⁸  have told us –

78:4 we will not hide from their ¹⁸⁹  descendants.

We will tell the next generation

about the Lord’s praiseworthy acts, ¹⁹⁰ 

about his strength and the amazing things he has done.

78:5 He established a rule ¹⁹¹  in Jacob;

he set up a law in Israel.

He commanded our ancestors

to make his deeds known to their descendants, ¹⁹² 

78:6 so that the next generation, children yet to be born,

might know about them.

They will grow up and tell their descendants about them. ¹⁹³ 

78:7 Then they will place their confidence in God.

They will not forget the works of God,

and they will obey ¹⁹⁴  his commands.

78:8 Then they will not be like their ancestors,

who were a stubborn and rebellious generation,

a generation that was not committed

and faithful to God. ¹⁹⁵ 

78:9 The Ephraimites ¹⁹⁶  were armed with bows, ¹⁹⁷ 

but they retreated in the day of battle. ¹⁹⁸ 

78:10 They did not keep their covenant with God, ¹⁹⁹ 

and they refused to obey ²⁰⁰  his law.

78:11 They forgot what he had done, ²⁰¹ 

the amazing things he had shown them.

78:12 He did amazing things in the sight of their ancestors,

in the land of Egypt, in the region of Zoan. ²⁰² 

78:13 He divided the sea and led them across it;

he made the water stand in a heap.

78:14 He led them with a cloud by day,

and with the light of a fire all night long.

78:15 He broke open rocks in the wilderness,

and gave them enough water to fill the depths of the sea. ²⁰³ 

78:16 He caused streams to flow from the rock,

and made the water flow like rivers.

78:17 Yet they continued to sin against him,

and rebelled against the sovereign One ²⁰⁴  in the desert.

78:18 They willfully challenged God ²⁰⁵ 

by asking for food to satisfy their appetite.

78:19 They insulted God, saying, ²⁰⁶ 

“Is God really able to give us food ²⁰⁷  in the wilderness?

78:20 Yes, ²⁰⁸  he struck a rock and water flowed out,

streams gushed forth.

But can he also give us food?

Will he provide meat for his people?”

78:21 When ²⁰⁹  the Lord heard this, he was furious.

A fire broke out against Jacob,

and his anger flared up ²¹⁰  against Israel,

78:22 because they did not have faith in God,

and did not trust his ability to deliver them. ²¹¹ 

78:23 He gave a command to the clouds above,

and opened the doors in the sky.

78:24 He rained down manna for them to eat;

he gave them the grain of heaven. ²¹² 

78:25 Man ate the food of the mighty ones. ²¹³ 

He sent them more than enough to eat. ²¹⁴ 

78:26 He brought the east wind through the sky,

and by his strength led forth the south wind.

78:27 He rained down meat on them like dust,

birds as numerous as the sand on the seashores. ²¹⁵ 

78:28 He caused them to fall right in the middle of their camp,

all around their homes.

78:29 They ate until they were stuffed; ²¹⁶ 

he gave them what they desired.

78:30 They were not yet filled up, ²¹⁷ 

their food was still in their mouths,

78:31 when the anger of God flared up against them.

He killed some of the strongest of them;

he brought the young men of Israel to their knees.

78:32 Despite all this, they continued to sin,

and did not trust him to do amazing things. ²¹⁸ 

78:33 So he caused them to die unsatisfied ²¹⁹ 

and filled with terror. ²²⁰ 

78:34 When he struck them down, ²²¹  they sought his favor; ²²² 

they turned back and longed for God.

78:35 They remembered that God was their protector, ²²³ 

and that the sovereign God was their deliverer. ²²⁴ 

78:36 But they deceived him with their words, ²²⁵ 

and lied to him. ²²⁶ 

78:37 They were not really committed to him, ²²⁷ 

and they were unfaithful to his covenant.

78:38 Yet he is compassionate.

He forgives sin and does not destroy.

He often holds back his anger,

and does not stir up his fury. ²²⁸ 

78:39 He remembered ²²⁹  that they were made of flesh,

and were like a wind that blows past and does not return. ²³⁰ 

78:40 How often they rebelled against him in the wilderness,

and insulted him ²³¹  in the desert!

78:41 They again challenged God, ²³² 

and offended ²³³  the Holy One of Israel. ²³⁴ 

78:42 They did not remember what he had done, ²³⁵ 

how he delivered them from the enemy, ²³⁶ 

78:43 when he performed his awesome deeds ²³⁷  in Egypt,

and his acts of judgment ²³⁸  in the region of Zoan.

78:44 He turned their rivers into blood,

and they could not drink from their streams.

78:45 He sent swarms of biting insects against them, ²³⁹ 

as well as frogs that overran their land. ²⁴⁰ 

78:46 He gave their crops to the grasshopper,

the fruit of their labor to the locust.

78:47 He destroyed their vines with hail,

and their sycamore-fig trees with driving rain.

78:48 He rained hail down on their cattle, ²⁴¹ 

and hurled lightning bolts down on their livestock. ²⁴² 

78:49 His raging anger lashed out against them, ²⁴³ 

He sent fury, rage, and trouble

as messengers who bring disaster. ²⁴⁴ 

78:50 He sent his anger in full force; ²⁴⁵ 

he did not spare them from death;

he handed their lives over to destruction. ²⁴⁶ 

78:51 He struck down all the firstborn in Egypt,

the firstfruits of their reproductive power ²⁴⁷  in the tents of Ham.

78:52 Yet he brought out his people like sheep;

he led them through the wilderness like a flock.

78:53 He guided them safely along,

while the sea covered their enemies.

78:54 He brought them to the border of his holy land,

to this mountainous land ²⁴⁸  which his right hand ²⁴⁹  acquired.

78:55 He drove the nations out from before them;

he assigned them their tribal allotments ²⁵⁰ 

and allowed the tribes of Israel to settle down. ²⁵¹ 

78:56 Yet they challenged and defied ²⁵²  the sovereign God, ²⁵³ 

and did not obey ²⁵⁴  his commands. ²⁵⁵ 

78:57 They were unfaithful ²⁵⁶  and acted as treacherously as ²⁵⁷  their ancestors;

they were as unreliable as a malfunctioning bow. ²⁵⁸ 

78:58 They made him angry with their pagan shrines, ²⁵⁹ 

and made him jealous with their idols.

78:59 God heard and was angry;

he completely rejected Israel.

78:60 He abandoned ²⁶⁰  the sanctuary at Shiloh,

the tent where he lived among men.

78:61 He allowed the symbol of his strong presence to be captured; ²⁶¹ 

he gave the symbol of his splendor ²⁶²  into the hand of the enemy. ²⁶³ 

78:62 He delivered his people over to the sword,

and was angry with his chosen nation. ²⁶⁴ 

78:63 Fire consumed their ²⁶⁵  young men,

and their ²⁶⁶  virgins remained unmarried. ²⁶⁷ 

78:64 Their ²⁶⁸  priests fell by the sword,

but their ²⁶⁹  widows did not weep. ²⁷⁰ 

78:65 But then the Lord awoke from his sleep; ²⁷¹ 

he was like a warrior in a drunken rage. ²⁷² 

78:66 He drove his enemies back;

he made them a permanent target for insults. ²⁷³ 

78:67 He rejected the tent of Joseph;

he did not choose the tribe of Ephraim.

78:68 He chose the tribe of Judah,

and Mount Zion, which he loves.

78:69 He made his sanctuary as enduring as the heavens above; ²⁷⁴ 

as secure as the earth, which he established permanently. ²⁷⁵ 

78:70 He chose David, his servant,

and took him from the sheepfolds.

78:71 He took him away from following the mother sheep, ²⁷⁶ 

and made him the shepherd of Jacob, his people,

and of Israel, his chosen nation. ²⁷⁷ 

78:72 David ²⁷⁸  cared for them with pure motives; ²⁷⁹ 

he led them with skill. ²⁸⁰ 

79:1 A psalm of Asaph.

O God, foreigners ²⁸²  have invaded your chosen land; ²⁸³ 

they have polluted your holy temple

and turned Jerusalem ²⁸⁴  into a heap of ruins.

79:2 They have given the corpses of your servants

to the birds of the sky; ²⁸⁵ 

the flesh of your loyal followers

to the beasts of the earth.

79:3 They have made their blood flow like water

all around Jerusalem, and there is no one to bury them. ²⁸⁶ 

79:4 We have become an object of disdain to our neighbors;

those who live on our borders taunt and insult us. ²⁸⁷ 

79:5 How long will this go on, O Lord? ²⁸⁸ 

Will you stay angry forever?

How long will your rage ²⁸⁹  burn like fire?

79:6 Pour out your anger on the nations that do not acknowledge you, ²⁹⁰ 

on the kingdoms that do not pray to you! ²⁹¹ 

79:7 For they have devoured Jacob

and destroyed his home.

79:8 Do not hold us accountable for the sins of earlier generations! ²⁹² 

Quickly send your compassion our way, ²⁹³ 

for we are in serious trouble! ²⁹⁴ 

79:9 Help us, O God, our deliverer!

For the sake of your glorious reputation, ²⁹⁵  rescue us!

Forgive our sins for the sake of your reputation! ²⁹⁶ 

79:10 Why should the nations say, “Where is their God?”

Before our very eyes may the shed blood of your servants

be avenged among the nations! ²⁹⁷ 

79:11 Listen to the painful cries of the prisoners! ²⁹⁸ 

Use your great strength to set free those condemned to die! ²⁹⁹ 

79:12 Pay back our neighbors in full! ³⁰⁰ 

May they be insulted the same way they insulted you, O Lord! ³⁰¹ 

79:13 Then we, your people, the sheep of your pasture,

will continually thank you. ³⁰² 

We will tell coming generations of your praiseworthy acts. ³⁰³ 

80:1 For the music director; according to the shushan-eduth style; ³⁰⁵  a psalm of Asaph.

O shepherd of Israel, pay attention,

you who lead Joseph like a flock of sheep!

You who sit enthroned above the winged angels, ³⁰⁶  reveal your splendor! ³⁰⁷ 

80:2 In the sight of Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasseh reveal ³⁰⁸  your power!

Come and deliver us! ³⁰⁹ 

80:3 O God, restore us!

Smile on us! ³¹⁰  Then we will be delivered! ³¹¹ 

80:4 O Lord God, invincible warrior! ³¹² 

How long will you remain angry at your people while they pray to you? ³¹³ 

80:5 You have given them tears as food; ³¹⁴ 

you have made them drink tears by the measure. ³¹⁵ 

80:6 You have made our neighbors dislike us, ³¹⁶ 

and our enemies insult us.

80:7 O God, invincible warrior, ³¹⁷  restore us!

Smile on us! ³¹⁸  Then we will be delivered! ³¹⁹ 

80:8 You uprooted a vine ³²⁰  from Egypt;

you drove out nations and transplanted it.

80:9 You cleared the ground for it; ³²¹ 

it took root, ³²² 

and filled the land.

80:10 The mountains were covered by its shadow,

the highest cedars ³²³  by its branches.

80:11 Its branches reached the Mediterranean Sea, ³²⁴ 

and its shoots the Euphrates River. ³²⁵ 

80:12 Why did you break down its walls, ³²⁶ 

so that all who pass by pluck its fruit? ³²⁷ 

80:13 The wild boars of the forest ruin it; ³²⁸ 

the insects ³²⁹  of the field feed on it.

80:14 O God, invincible warrior, ³³⁰  come back!

Look down from heaven and take notice!

Take care of this vine,

80:15 the root ³³¹  your right hand planted,

the shoot you made to grow! ³³² 

80:16 It is burned ³³³  and cut down.

They die because you are displeased with them. ³³⁴ 

80:17 May you give support to the one you have chosen, ³³⁵ 

to the one whom you raised up for yourself! ³³⁶ 

80:18 Then we will not turn away from you.

Revive us and we will pray to you! ³³⁷ 

80:19 O Lord God, invincible warrior, ³³⁸  restore us!

Smile on us! ³³⁹  Then we will be delivered! ³⁴⁰ 

81:1 For the music director; according to the gittith style; ³⁴²  by Asaph.

Shout for joy to God, our source of strength!

Shout out to the God of Jacob!

81:2 Sing ³⁴³  a song and play the tambourine,

the pleasant sounding harp, and the ten-stringed instrument!

81:3 Sound the ram’s horn on the day of the new moon, ³⁴⁴ 

and on the day of the full moon when our festival begins. ³⁴⁵ 

81:4 For observing the festival is a requirement for Israel; ³⁴⁶ 

it is an ordinance given by the God of Jacob.

81:5 He decreed it as a regulation in Joseph,

when he attacked the land of Egypt. ³⁴⁷ 

I heard a voice I did not recognize. ³⁴⁸ 

81:6 It said: ³⁴⁹  “I removed the burden from his shoulder;

his hands were released from holding the basket. ³⁵⁰ 

81:7 In your distress you called out and I rescued you.

I answered you from a dark thundercloud. ³⁵¹ 

I tested you at the waters of Meribah. ³⁵²  (Selah)

81:8 I said, ³⁵³  ‘Listen, my people!

I will warn ³⁵⁴  you!

O Israel, if only you would obey me! ³⁵⁵ 

81:9 There must be ³⁵⁶  no other ³⁵⁷  god among you.

You must not worship a foreign god.

81:10 I am the Lord, your God,

the one who brought you out of the land of Egypt.

Open your mouth wide and I will fill it!’

81:11 But my people did not obey me; ³⁵⁸ 

Israel did not submit to me. ³⁵⁹ 

81:12 I gave them over to their stubborn desires; ³⁶⁰ 

they did what seemed right to them. ³⁶¹ 

81:13 If only my people would obey me! ³⁶² 

If only Israel would keep my commands! ³⁶³ 

81:14 Then I would quickly subdue their enemies,

and attack ³⁶⁴  their adversaries.”

81:15 (May those who hate the Lord ³⁶⁵  cower in fear ³⁶⁶  before him!

May they be permanently humiliated!) ³⁶⁷ 

81:16 “I would feed Israel the best wheat, ³⁶⁸ 

and would satisfy your appetite ³⁶⁹  with honey from the rocky cliffs.” ³⁷⁰ 

82:1 A psalm of Asaph.

God stands in ³⁷²  the assembly of El; ³⁷³ 

in the midst of the gods ³⁷⁴  he renders judgment. ³⁷⁵ 

82:2 He says, ³⁷⁶  “How long will you make unjust legal decisions

and show favoritism to the wicked? ³⁷⁷  (Selah)

82:3 Defend the cause of the poor and the fatherless! ³⁷⁸ 

Vindicate the oppressed and suffering!

82:4 Rescue the poor and needy!

Deliver them from the power ³⁷⁹  of the wicked!

82:5 They ³⁸⁰  neither know nor understand.

They stumble ³⁸¹  around in the dark,

while all the foundations of the earth crumble. ³⁸² 

82:6 I thought, ³⁸³  ‘You are gods;

all of you are sons of the Most High.’ ³⁸⁴ 

82:7 Yet you will die like mortals; ³⁸⁵ 

you will fall like all the other rulers.” ³⁸⁶ 

82:8 Rise up, O God, and execute judgment on the earth!

For you own ³⁸⁷  all the nations.

83:1 A song, a psalm of Asaph.

O God, do not be silent!

Do not ignore us! ³⁸⁹  Do not be inactive, O God!

83:2 For look, your enemies are making a commotion;

those who hate you are hostile. ³⁹⁰ 

83:3 They carefully plot ³⁹¹  against your people,

and make plans to harm ³⁹²  the ones you cherish. ³⁹³ 

83:4 They say, “Come on, let’s annihilate them so they are no longer a nation! ³⁹⁴ 

Then the name of Israel will be remembered no more.”

83:5 Yes, ³⁹⁵  they devise a unified strategy; ³⁹⁶ 

they form an alliance ³⁹⁷  against you.

83:6 It includes ³⁹⁸  the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites,

Moab and the Hagrites, ³⁹⁹ 

83:7 Gebal, ⁴⁰⁰  Ammon, and Amalek,

Philistia and the inhabitants of Tyre. ⁴⁰¹ 

83:8 Even Assyria has allied with them,

lending its strength to the descendants of Lot. ⁴⁰²  (Selah)

83:9 Do to them as you did to Midian ⁴⁰³  –

as you did to Sisera and Jabin at the Kishon River! ⁴⁰⁴ 

83:10 They were destroyed at Endor; ⁴⁰⁵ 

their corpses were like manure ⁴⁰⁶  on the ground.

83:11 Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb, ⁴⁰⁷ 

and all their rulers like Zebah and Zalmunna, ⁴⁰⁸ 

83:12 who said, ⁴⁰⁹  “Let’s take over ⁴¹⁰  the pastures of God!”

83:13 O my God, make them like dead thistles, ⁴¹¹ 

like dead weeds blown away by ⁴¹²  the wind!

83:14 Like the fire that burns down the forest,

or the flames that consume the mountainsides, ⁴¹³ 

83:15 chase them with your gale winds,

and terrify ⁴¹⁴  them with your windstorm.

83:16 Cover ⁴¹⁵  their faces with shame,

so they might seek ⁴¹⁶  you, ⁴¹⁷  O Lord.

83:17 May they be humiliated and continually terrified! ⁴¹⁸ 

May they die in shame! ⁴¹⁹ 

83:18 Then they will know ⁴²⁰  that you alone are the Lord, ⁴²¹ 

the sovereign king ⁴²²  over all the earth.

84:1 For the music director; according to the gittith style; ⁴²⁴  written by the Korahites, a psalm.

How lovely is the place where you live, ⁴²⁵ 

O Lord who rules over all! ⁴²⁶ 

84:2 I desperately want to be ⁴²⁷ 

in the courts of the Lord’s temple. ⁴²⁸ 

My heart and my entire being ⁴²⁹  shout for joy

to the living God.

84:3 Even the birds find a home there,

and the swallow ⁴³⁰  builds a nest,

where she can protect her young ⁴³¹ 

near your altars, O Lord who rules over all,

my king and my God.

84:4 How blessed ⁴³²  are those who live in your temple

and praise you continually! (Selah)

84:5 How blessed are those who ⁴³³  find their strength in you,

and long to travel the roads that lead to your temple! ⁴³⁴ 

84:6 As they pass through the Baca Valley, ⁴³⁵ 

he provides a spring for them. ⁴³⁶ 

The rain ⁴³⁷  even covers it with pools of water. ⁴³⁸ 

84:7 They are sustained as they travel along; ⁴³⁹ 

each one appears ⁴⁴⁰  before God in Zion.

84:8 O Lord, sovereign God, ⁴⁴¹ 

hear my prayer!

Listen, O God of Jacob! (Selah)

84:9 O God, take notice of our shield! ⁴⁴² 

Show concern for your chosen king! ⁴⁴³ 

84:10 Certainly ⁴⁴⁴  spending just one day in your temple courts is better

than spending a thousand elsewhere. ⁴⁴⁵ 

I would rather stand at the entrance ⁴⁴⁶  to the temple of my God

than live ⁴⁴⁷  in the tents of the wicked.

84:11 For the Lord God is our sovereign protector. ⁴⁴⁸ 

The Lord bestows favor ⁴⁴⁹  and honor;

he withholds no good thing from those who have integrity. ⁴⁵⁰ 

84:12 O Lord who rules over all, ⁴⁵¹ 

how blessed are those who trust in you! ⁴⁵² 

85:1 For the music director; written by the Korahites, a psalm.

O Lord, you showed favor to your land;

you restored the well-being of Jacob. ⁴⁵⁴ 

85:2 You pardoned ⁴⁵⁵  the wrongdoing of your people;

you forgave ⁴⁵⁶  all their sin. (Selah)

85:3 You withdrew all your fury;

you turned back from your raging anger. ⁴⁵⁷ 

85:4 Restore us, O God our deliverer!

Do not be displeased with us! ⁴⁵⁸ 

85:5 Will you stay mad at us forever?

Will you remain angry throughout future generations? ⁴⁵⁹ 

85:6 Will you not revive us once more?

Then your people will rejoice in you!

85:7 O Lord, show us your loyal love!

Bestow on us your deliverance!

85:8 I will listen to what God the Lord says. ⁴⁶⁰ 

For he will make ⁴⁶¹  peace with his people, his faithful followers. ⁴⁶² 

Yet they must not ⁴⁶³  return to their foolish ways.

85:9 Certainly his loyal followers will soon experience his deliverance; ⁴⁶⁴ 

then his splendor will again appear in our land. ⁴⁶⁵ 

85:10 Loyal love and faithfulness meet; ⁴⁶⁶ 

deliverance and peace greet each other with a kiss. ⁴⁶⁷ 

85:11 Faithfulness grows from the ground,

and deliverance looks down from the sky. ⁴⁶⁸ 

85:12 Yes, the Lord will bestow his good blessings, ⁴⁶⁹ 

and our land will yield ⁴⁷⁰  its crops.

85:13 Deliverance goes ⁴⁷¹  before him,

and prepares ⁴⁷²  a pathway for him. ⁴⁷³ 

86:1 A prayer of David.

Listen ⁴⁷⁵  O Lord! Answer me!

For I am oppressed and needy.

86:2 Protect me, ⁴⁷⁶  for I am loyal!

O my God, deliver your servant, who trusts in you!

86:3 Have mercy on me, ⁴⁷⁷  O Lord,

for I cry out to you all day long!

86:4 Make your servant ⁴⁷⁸  glad,

for to you, O Lord, I pray! ⁴⁷⁹ 

86:5 Certainly ⁴⁸⁰  O Lord, you are kind ⁴⁸¹  and forgiving,

and show great faithfulness to all who cry out to you.

86:6 O Lord, hear my prayer!

Pay attention to my plea for mercy!

86:7 In my time of trouble I cry out to you,

for you will answer me.

86:8 None can compare to you among the gods, O Lord!

Your exploits are incomparable! ⁴⁸² 

86:9 All the nations, whom you created,

will come and worship you, ⁴⁸³  O Lord.

They will honor your name.

86:10 For you are great and do amazing things.

You alone are God.

86:11 O Lord, teach me how you want me to live! ⁴⁸⁴ 

Then I will obey your commands. ⁴⁸⁵ 

Make me wholeheartedly committed to you! ⁴⁸⁶ 

86:12 O Lord, my God, I will give you thanks with my whole heart!

I will honor your name continually! ⁴⁸⁷ 

86:13 For you will extend your great loyal love to me, ⁴⁸⁸ 

and will deliver my life ⁴⁸⁹  from the depths of Sheol. ⁴⁹⁰ 

86:14 O God, arrogant men attack me; ⁴⁹¹ 

a gang ⁴⁹²  of ruthless men, who do not respect you, seek my life. ⁴⁹³ 

86:15 But you, O Lord, are a compassionate and merciful God.

You are patient ⁴⁹⁴  and demonstrate great loyal love and faithfulness. ⁴⁹⁵ 

86:16 Turn toward me and have mercy on me!

Give your servant your strength!

Deliver your slave! ⁴⁹⁶ 

86:17 Show me evidence of your favor! ⁴⁹⁷ 

Then those who hate me will see it and be ashamed, ⁴⁹⁸ 

for you, O Lord, will help me and comfort me. ⁴⁹⁹ 

87:1 Written by the Korahites; a psalm, a song.

The Lord’s city is in the holy hills. ⁵⁰¹ 

87:2 The Lord loves the gates of Zion

more than all the dwelling places of Jacob.

87:3 People say wonderful things about you, ⁵⁰² 

O city of God. (Selah)

87:4 I mention Rahab ⁵⁰³  and Babylon to my followers. ⁵⁰⁴ 

Here are ⁵⁰⁵  Philistia and Tyre, ⁵⁰⁶  along with Ethiopia. ⁵⁰⁷ 

It is said of them, “This one was born there.” ⁵⁰⁸ 

87:5 But it is said of Zion’s residents, ⁵⁰⁹ 

“Each one of these ⁵¹⁰  was born in her,

and the sovereign One ⁵¹¹  makes her secure.” ⁵¹² 

87:6 The Lord writes in the census book of the nations, ⁵¹³ 

“This one was born there.” ⁵¹⁴  (Selah)

87:7 As for the singers, as well as the pipers –

all of them sing within your walls. ⁵¹⁵ 

88:1 A song, a psalm written by the Korahites; for the music director; according to the machalath-leannoth style; ⁵¹⁷  a well-written song ⁵¹⁸  by Heman the Ezrachite.

O Lord God who delivers me! ⁵¹⁹ 

By day I cry out

and at night I pray before you. ⁵²⁰ 

88:2 Listen to my prayer! ⁵²¹ 

Pay attention ⁵²²  to my cry for help!

88:3 For my life ⁵²³  is filled with troubles

and I am ready to enter Sheol. ⁵²⁴ 

88:4 They treat me like ⁵²⁵  those who descend into the grave. ⁵²⁶ 

I am like a helpless man, ⁵²⁷ 

88:5 adrift ⁵²⁸  among the dead,

like corpses lying in the grave,

whom you remember no more,

and who are cut off from your power. ⁵²⁹ 

88:6 You place me in the lowest regions of the pit, ⁵³⁰ 

in the dark places, in the watery depths.

88:7 Your anger bears down on me,

and you overwhelm me with all your waves. (Selah)

88:8 You cause those who know me to keep their distance;

you make me an appalling sight to them.

I am trapped and cannot get free. ⁵³¹ 

88:9 My eyes grow weak because of oppression.

I call out to you, O Lord, all day long;

I spread out my hands in prayer to you. ⁵³² 

88:10 Do you accomplish amazing things for the dead?

Do the departed spirits ⁵³³  rise up and give you thanks? (Selah)

88:11 Is your loyal love proclaimed in the grave,

or your faithfulness in the place of the dead? ⁵³⁴ 

88:12 Are your amazing deeds experienced ⁵³⁵  in the dark region, ⁵³⁶ 

or your deliverance in the land of oblivion? ⁵³⁷ 

88:13 As for me, I cry out to you, O Lord;

in the morning my prayer confronts you.

88:14 O Lord, why do you reject me,

and pay no attention to me? ⁵³⁸ 

88:15 I am oppressed and have been on the verge of death since my youth. ⁵³⁹ 

I have been subjected to your horrors and am numb with pain. ⁵⁴⁰ 

88:16 Your anger overwhelms me; ⁵⁴¹ 

your terrors destroy me.

88:17 They surround me like water all day long;

they join forces and encircle me. ⁵⁴² 

88:18 You cause my friends and neighbors to keep their distance; ⁵⁴³ 

those who know me leave me alone in the darkness. ⁵⁴⁴ 

89:1 A well-written song ⁵⁴⁶  by Ethan the Ezrachite.

I will sing continually ⁵⁴⁷  about the Lord’s faithful deeds;

to future generations I will proclaim your faithfulness. ⁵⁴⁸ 

89:2 For I say, “Loyal love is permanently established; ⁵⁴⁹ 

in the skies you set up your faithfulness.” ⁵⁵⁰ 

89:3 The Lord said, ⁵⁵¹ 

“I have made a covenant with my chosen one;

I have made a promise on oath to David, my servant:

89:4 ‘I will give you an eternal dynasty ⁵⁵² 

and establish your throne throughout future generations.’” ⁵⁵³  (Selah)

89:5 O Lord, the heavens ⁵⁵⁴  praise your amazing deeds,

as well as your faithfulness in the angelic assembly. ⁵⁵⁵ 

89:6 For who in the skies can compare to the Lord?

Who is like the Lord among the heavenly beings, ⁵⁵⁶ 

89:7 a God who is honored ⁵⁵⁷  in the great angelic assembly, ⁵⁵⁸ 

and more awesome than ⁵⁵⁹  all who surround him?

89:8 O Lord, sovereign God! ⁵⁶⁰ 

Who is strong like you, O Lord?

Your faithfulness surrounds you.

89:9 You rule over the proud sea. ⁵⁶¹ 

When its waves surge, ⁵⁶²  you calm them.

89:10 You crushed the Proud One ⁵⁶³  and killed it; ⁵⁶⁴ 

with your strong arm you scattered your enemies.

89:11 The heavens belong to you, as does the earth.

You made the world and all it contains. ⁵⁶⁵ 

89:12 You created the north and the south.

Tabor and Hermon ⁵⁶⁶  rejoice in your name.

89:13 Your arm is powerful,

your hand strong,

your right hand ⁵⁶⁷  victorious. ⁵⁶⁸ 

89:14 Equity and justice are the foundation of your throne. ⁵⁶⁹ 

Loyal love and faithfulness characterize your rule. ⁵⁷⁰ 

89:15 How blessed are the people who worship you! ⁵⁷¹ 

O Lord, they experience your favor. ⁵⁷² 

89:16 They rejoice in your name all day long,

and are vindicated ⁵⁷³  by your justice.

89:17 For you give them splendor and strength. ⁵⁷⁴ 

By your favor we are victorious. ⁵⁷⁵ 

89:18 For our shield ⁵⁷⁶  belongs to the Lord,

our king to the Holy One of Israel. ⁵⁷⁷ 

89:19 Then you ⁵⁷⁸  spoke through a vision to your faithful followers ⁵⁷⁹  and said:

“I have energized a warrior; ⁵⁸⁰ 

I have raised up a young man ⁵⁸¹  from the people.

89:20 I have discovered David, my servant.

With my holy oil I have anointed him as king. ⁵⁸² 

89:21 My hand will support him, ⁵⁸³ 

and my arm will strengthen him.

89:22 No enemy will be able to exact tribute ⁵⁸⁴  from him; ⁵⁸⁵ 

a violent oppressor will not be able to humiliate him. ⁵⁸⁶ 

89:23 I will crush his enemies before him;

I will strike down those who hate him.

89:24 He will experience my faithfulness and loyal love, ⁵⁸⁷ 

and by my name he will win victories. ⁵⁸⁸ 

89:25 I will place his hand over the sea,

his right hand over the rivers. ⁵⁸⁹ 

89:26 He will call out to me,

‘You are my father, ⁵⁹⁰  my God, and the protector who delivers me.’ ⁵⁹¹ 

89:27 I will appoint him to be my firstborn son, ⁵⁹² 

the most exalted of the earth’s kings.

89:28 I will always extend my loyal love to him,

and my covenant with him is secure. ⁵⁹³ 

89:29 I will give him an eternal dynasty, ⁵⁹⁴ 

and make his throne as enduring as the skies above. ⁵⁹⁵ 

89:30 If his sons reject my law

and disobey my regulations,

89:31 if they break ⁵⁹⁶  my rules

and do not keep my commandments,

89:32 I will punish their rebellion by beating them with a club, ⁵⁹⁷ 

their sin by inflicting them with bruises. ⁵⁹⁸ 

89:33 But I will not remove ⁵⁹⁹  my loyal love from him,

nor be unfaithful to my promise. ⁶⁰⁰ 

89:34 I will not break ⁶⁰¹  my covenant

or go back on what I promised. ⁶⁰² 

89:35 Once and for all I have vowed by my own holiness,

I will never deceive ⁶⁰³  David.

89:36 His dynasty will last forever. ⁶⁰⁴ 

His throne will endure before me, like the sun, ⁶⁰⁵ 

89:37 it will remain stable, like the moon, ⁶⁰⁶ 

his throne will endure like the skies.” ⁶⁰⁷  (Selah)

89:38 But you have spurned ⁶⁰⁸  and rejected him;

you are angry with your chosen king. ⁶⁰⁹ 

89:39 You have repudiated ⁶¹⁰  your covenant with your servant; ⁶¹¹ 

you have thrown his crown to the ground. ⁶¹² 

89:40 You have broken down all his ⁶¹³  walls;

you have made his strongholds a heap of ruins.

89:41 All who pass by ⁶¹⁴  have robbed him;

he has become an object of disdain to his neighbors.

89:42 You have allowed his adversaries to be victorious, ⁶¹⁵ 

and all his enemies to rejoice.

89:43 You turn back ⁶¹⁶  his sword from the adversary, ⁶¹⁷ 

and have not sustained him in battle. ⁶¹⁸ 

89:44 You have brought to an end his splendor, ⁶¹⁹ 

and have knocked ⁶²⁰  his throne to the ground.

89:45 You have cut short his youth, ⁶²¹ 

and have covered him with shame. (Selah)

89:46 How long, O Lord, will this last?

Will you remain hidden forever? ⁶²² 

Will your anger continue to burn like fire?

89:47 Take note of my brief lifespan! ⁶²³ 

Why do you make all people so mortal? ⁶²⁴ 

89:48 No man can live on without experiencing death,

or deliver his life from the power of Sheol. ⁶²⁵  (Selah)

89:49 Where are your earlier faithful deeds, ⁶²⁶  O Lord, ⁶²⁷ 

the ones performed in accordance with your reliable oath to David? ⁶²⁸ 

89:50 Take note, O Lord, ⁶²⁹  of the way your servants are taunted, ⁶³⁰ 

and of how I must bear so many insults from people! ⁶³¹ 

89:51 Your enemies, O Lord, hurl insults;

they insult your chosen king as they dog his footsteps. ⁶³² 

89:52 ⁶³³ 

The Lord deserves praise ⁶³⁴  forevermore!

We agree! We agree! ⁶³⁵ 

90:1 A prayer of Moses, the man of God.

O Lord, you have been our protector ⁶³⁷  through all generations!

90:2 Even before the mountains came into existence, ⁶³⁸ 

or you brought the world into being, ⁶³⁹ 

you were the eternal God. ⁶⁴⁰ 

90:3 You make mankind return ⁶⁴¹  to the dust, ⁶⁴² 

and say, “Return, O people!”

90:4 Yes, ⁶⁴³  in your eyes a thousand years

are like yesterday that quickly passes,

or like one of the divisions of the nighttime. ⁶⁴⁴ 

90:5 You bring their lives to an end and they “fall asleep.” ⁶⁴⁵ 

In the morning they are like the grass that sprouts up;

90:6 in the morning it glistens ⁶⁴⁶  and sprouts up;

at evening time it withers ⁶⁴⁷  and dries up.

90:7 Yes, ⁶⁴⁸  we are consumed by your anger;

we are terrified by your wrath.

90:8 You are aware of our sins; ⁶⁴⁹ 

you even know about our hidden sins. ⁶⁵⁰ 

90:9 Yes, ⁶⁵¹  throughout all our days we experience your raging fury; ⁶⁵² 

the years of our lives pass quickly, like a sigh. ⁶⁵³ 

90:10 The days of our lives add up to seventy years, ⁶⁵⁴ 

or eighty, if one is especially strong. ⁶⁵⁵ 

But even one’s best years are marred by trouble and oppression. ⁶⁵⁶ 

Yes, ⁶⁵⁷  they pass quickly ⁶⁵⁸  and we fly away. ⁶⁵⁹ 

90:11 Who can really fathom the intensity of your anger? ⁶⁶⁰ 

Your raging fury causes people to fear you. ⁶⁶¹ 

90:12 So teach us to consider our mortality, ⁶⁶² 

so that we might live wisely. ⁶⁶³ 

90:13 Turn back toward us, O Lord!

How long must this suffering last? ⁶⁶⁴ 

Have pity on your servants! ⁶⁶⁵ 

90:14 Satisfy us in the morning ⁶⁶⁶  with your loyal love!

Then we will shout for joy and be happy ⁶⁶⁷  all our days!

90:15 Make us happy in proportion to the days you have afflicted us,

in proportion to the years we have experienced ⁶⁶⁸  trouble!

90:16 May your servants see your work! ⁶⁶⁹ 

May their sons see your majesty! ⁶⁷⁰ 

90:17 May our sovereign God extend his favor to us! ⁶⁷¹ 

Make our endeavors successful!

Yes, make them successful! ⁶⁷² 

91:1 As for you, the one who lives ⁶⁷⁴  in the shelter of the sovereign One, ⁶⁷⁵ 

and resides in the protective shadow ⁶⁷⁶  of the mighty king ⁶⁷⁷  –

91:2 I say this about the Lord, my shelter and my stronghold,

my God in whom I trust –

91:3 he will certainly rescue you from the snare of the hunter ⁶⁷⁸ 

and from the destructive plague.

91:4 He will shelter you ⁶⁷⁹  with his wings; ⁶⁸⁰ 

you will find safety under his wings.

His faithfulness is like a shield or a protective wall. ⁶⁸¹ 

91:5 You need not fear the terrors of the night, ⁶⁸² 

the arrow that flies by day,

91:6 the plague that comes in the darkness,

or the disease that comes at noon. ⁶⁸³ 

91:7 Though a thousand may fall beside you,

and a multitude on your right side,

it ⁶⁸⁴  will not reach you.

91:8 Certainly you will see it with your very own eyes –

you will see the wicked paid back. ⁶⁸⁵ 

91:9 For you have taken refuge in the Lord,

my shelter, the sovereign One. ⁶⁸⁶ 

91:10 No harm will overtake ⁶⁸⁷  you;

no illness ⁶⁸⁸  will come near your home. ⁶⁸⁹ 

91:11 For he will order his angels ⁶⁹⁰ 

to protect you in all you do. ⁶⁹¹ 

91:12 They will lift you up in their hands,

so you will not slip and fall on a stone. ⁶⁹² 

91:13 You will subdue ⁶⁹³  a lion and a snake; ⁶⁹⁴ 

you will trample underfoot a young lion and a serpent.

91:14 The Lord says, ⁶⁹⁵ 

“Because he is devoted to me, I will deliver him;

I will protect him ⁶⁹⁶  because he is loyal to me. ⁶⁹⁷ 

91:15 When he calls out to me, I will answer him.

I will be with him when he is in trouble;

I will rescue him and bring him honor.

91:16 I will satisfy him with long life, ⁶⁹⁸ 

and will let him see my salvation.

92:1 A psalm; a song for the Sabbath day.

It is fitting ⁷⁰⁰  to thank the Lord,

and to sing praises to your name, O sovereign One! ⁷⁰¹ 

92:2 It is fitting ⁷⁰²  to proclaim your loyal love in the morning,

and your faithfulness during the night,

92:3 to the accompaniment of a ten-stringed instrument and a lyre,

to the accompaniment of the meditative tone of the harp.

92:4 For you, O Lord, have made me happy by your work.

I will sing for joy because of what you have done. ⁷⁰³ 

92:5 How great are your works, O Lord!

Your plans are very intricate! ⁷⁰⁴ 

92:6 The spiritually insensitive do not recognize this;

the fool does not understand this. ⁷⁰⁵ 

92:7 When the wicked sprout up like grass,

and all the evildoers glisten, ⁷⁰⁶ 

it is so that they may be annihilated. ⁷⁰⁷ 

92:8 But you, O Lord, reign ⁷⁰⁸  forever!

92:9 Indeed, ⁷⁰⁹  look at your enemies, O Lord!

Indeed, ⁷¹⁰  look at how your enemies perish!

All the evildoers are scattered!

92:10 You exalt my horn like that of a wild ox. ⁷¹¹ 

I am covered ⁷¹²  with fresh oil.

92:11 I gloat in triumph over those who tried to ambush me; ⁷¹³ 

I hear the defeated cries of the evil foes who attacked me. ⁷¹⁴ 

92:12 The godly ⁷¹⁵  grow like a palm tree;

they grow high like a cedar in Lebanon. ⁷¹⁶ 

92:13 Planted in the Lord’s house,

they grow in the courts of our God.

92:14 They bear fruit even when they are old;

they are filled with vitality and have many leaves. ⁷¹⁷ 

92:15 So they proclaim that the Lord, my protector,

is just and never unfair. ⁷¹⁸ 

93:1 The Lord reigns!

He is robed in majesty,

the Lord is robed,

he wears strength around his waist. ⁷²⁰ 

Indeed, the world is established, it cannot be moved.

93:2 Your throne has been secure from ancient times;

you have always been king. ⁷²¹ 

93:3 The waves ⁷²²  roar, O Lord,

the waves roar,

the waves roar and crash. ⁷²³ 

93:4 Above the sound of the surging water, ⁷²⁴ 

and the mighty waves of the sea,

the Lord sits enthroned in majesty. ⁷²⁵ 

93:5 The rules you set down ⁷²⁶  are completely reliable. ⁷²⁷ 

Holiness ⁷²⁸  aptly adorns your house, O Lord, forever. ⁷²⁹ 

94:1 O Lord, the God who avenges!

O God who avenges, reveal your splendor! ⁷³¹ 

94:2 Rise up, O judge of the earth!

Pay back the proud!

94:3 O Lord, how long will the wicked,

how long will the wicked celebrate? ⁷³² 

94:4 They spew out threats ⁷³³  and speak defiantly;

all the evildoers boast. ⁷³⁴ 

94:5 O Lord, they crush your people;

they oppress the nation that belongs to you. ⁷³⁵ 

94:6 They kill the widow and the one residing outside his native land,

and they murder the fatherless. ⁷³⁶ 

94:7 Then they say, “The Lord does not see this;

the God of Jacob does not take notice of it.” ⁷³⁷ 

94:8 Take notice of this, ⁷³⁸  you ignorant people! ⁷³⁹ 

You fools, when will you ever understand?

94:9 Does the one who makes the human ear not hear?

Does the one who forms the human eye not see? ⁷⁴⁰ 

94:10 Does the one who disciplines the nations not punish?

He is the one who imparts knowledge to human beings!

94:11 The Lord knows that

peoples’ thoughts are morally bankrupt. ⁷⁴¹ 

94:12 How blessed is the one ⁷⁴²  whom you instruct, O Lord,

the one whom you teach from your law,

94:13 in order to protect him from times of trouble, ⁷⁴³ 

until the wicked are destroyed. ⁷⁴⁴ 

94:14 Certainly ⁷⁴⁵  the Lord does not forsake his people;

he does not abandon the nation that belongs to him. ⁷⁴⁶ 

94:15 For justice will prevail, ⁷⁴⁷ 

and all the morally upright ⁷⁴⁸  will be vindicated. ⁷⁴⁹ 

94:16 Who will rise up to defend me ⁷⁵⁰  against the wicked?

Who will stand up for me against the evildoers? ⁷⁵¹ 

94:17 If the Lord had not helped me,

I would have laid down in the silence of death. ⁷⁵² 

94:18 If I say, “My foot is slipping,”

your loyal love, O Lord, supports me.

94:19 When worries threaten to overwhelm me, ⁷⁵³ 

your soothing touch makes me happy. ⁷⁵⁴ 

94:20 Cruel rulers ⁷⁵⁵  are not your allies,

those who make oppressive laws. ⁷⁵⁶ 

94:21 They conspire against ⁷⁵⁷  the blameless, ⁷⁵⁸ 

and condemn to death the innocent. ⁷⁵⁹ 

94:22 But the Lord will protect me, ⁷⁶⁰ 

and my God will shelter me. ⁷⁶¹ 

94:23 He will pay them back for their sin. ⁷⁶² 

He will destroy them because of ⁷⁶³  their evil;

the Lord our God will destroy them.

95:1 Come! Let’s sing for joy to the Lord!

Let’s shout out praises to our protector who delivers us! ⁷⁶⁵ 

95:2 Let’s enter his presence ⁷⁶⁶  with thanksgiving!

Let’s shout out to him in celebration! ⁷⁶⁷ 

95:3 For the Lord is a great God,

a great king who is superior to ⁷⁶⁸  all gods.

95:4 The depths of the earth are in his hand, ⁷⁶⁹ 

and the mountain peaks belong to him.

95:5 The sea is his, for he made it.

His hands formed the dry land.

95:6 Come! Let’s bow down and worship! ⁷⁷⁰ 

Let’s kneel before the Lord, our creator!

95:7 For he is our God;

we are the people of his pasture,

the sheep he owns. ⁷⁷¹ 

Today, if only you would obey him! ⁷⁷² 

95:8 He says, ⁷⁷³  “Do not be stubborn like they were at Meribah, ⁷⁷⁴ 

like they were that day at Massah ⁷⁷⁵  in the wilderness, ⁷⁷⁶ 

95:9 where your ancestors challenged my authority, ⁷⁷⁷ 

and tried my patience, even though they had seen my work.

95:10 For forty years I was continually disgusted ⁷⁷⁸  with that generation,

and I said, ‘These people desire to go astray; ⁷⁷⁹ 

they do not obey my commands.’ ⁷⁸⁰ 

95:11 So I made a vow in my anger,

‘They will never enter into the resting place I had set aside for them.’” ⁷⁸¹ 

96:1 Sing to the Lord a new song! ⁷⁸³ 

Sing to the Lord, all the earth!

96:2 Sing to the Lord! Praise his name!

Announce every day how he delivers! ⁷⁸⁴ 

96:3 Tell the nations about his splendor!

Tell ⁷⁸⁵  all the nations about his amazing deeds!

96:4 For the Lord is great and certainly worthy of praise;

he is more awesome than all gods. ⁷⁸⁶ 

96:5 For all the gods of the nations are worthless, ⁷⁸⁷ 

but the Lord made the sky.

96:6 Majestic splendor emanates from him; ⁷⁸⁸ 

his sanctuary is firmly established and beautiful. ⁷⁸⁹ 

96:7 Ascribe to the Lord, O families of the nations,

ascribe to the Lord splendor and strength!

96:8 Ascribe to the Lord the splendor he deserves! ⁷⁹⁰ 

Bring an offering and enter his courts!

96:9 Worship the Lord in holy attire! ⁷⁹¹ 

Tremble before him, all the earth!

96:10 Say among the nations, “The Lord reigns!

The world is established, it cannot be moved.

He judges the nations fairly.”

96:11 Let the sky rejoice, and the earth be happy!

Let the sea and everything in it shout!

96:12 Let the fields and everything in them celebrate!

Then let the trees of the forest shout with joy

96:13 before the Lord, for he comes!

For he comes to judge the earth!

He judges the world fairly, ⁷⁹² 

and the nations in accordance with his justice. ⁷⁹³ 

97:1 The Lord reigns!

Let the earth be happy!

Let the many coastlands rejoice!

97:2 Dark clouds surround him;

equity and justice are the foundation of his throne. ⁷⁹⁵ 

97:3 Fire goes before him;

on every side ⁷⁹⁶  it burns up his enemies.

97:4 His lightning bolts light up the world;

the earth sees and trembles.

97:5 The mountains melt like wax before the Lord,

before the Lord of the whole earth.

97:6 The sky declares his justice,

and all the nations see his splendor.

97:7 All who worship idols are ashamed,

those who boast about worthless idols.

All the gods bow down before him. ⁷⁹⁷ 

97:8 Zion hears and rejoices,

the towns ⁷⁹⁸  of Judah are happy,

because of your judgments, O Lord.

97:9 For you, O Lord, are the sovereign king ⁷⁹⁹  over the whole earth;

you are elevated high above all gods.

97:10 You who love the Lord, hate evil!

He protects ⁸⁰⁰  the lives of his faithful followers;

he delivers them from the power ⁸⁰¹  of the wicked.

97:11 The godly bask in the light;

the morally upright experience joy. ⁸⁰² 

97:12 You godly ones, rejoice in the Lord!

Give thanks to his holy name. ⁸⁰³ 

98:1 A psalm.

Sing to the Lord a new song, ⁸⁰⁵ 

for he performs ⁸⁰⁶  amazing deeds!

His right hand and his mighty arm

accomplish deliverance. ⁸⁰⁷ 

98:2 The Lord demonstrates his power to deliver; ⁸⁰⁸ 

in the sight of the nations he reveals his justice.

98:3 He remains loyal and faithful to the family of Israel. ⁸⁰⁹ 

All the ends of the earth see our God deliver us. ⁸¹⁰ 

98:4 Shout out praises to the Lord, all the earth!

Break out in a joyful shout and sing!

98:5 Sing to the Lord accompanied by a harp,

accompanied by a harp and the sound of music!

98:6 With trumpets and the blaring of the ram’s horn,

shout out praises before the king, the Lord!

98:7 Let the sea and everything in it shout,

along with the world and those who live in it!

98:8 Let the rivers clap their hands!

Let the mountains sing in unison

98:9 before the Lord!

For he comes to judge the earth!

He judges the world fairly, ⁸¹¹ 

and the nations in a just manner.

99:1 The Lord reigns!

The nations tremble. ⁸¹³ 

He sits enthroned above the winged angels; ⁸¹⁴ 

the earth shakes. ⁸¹⁵ 

99:2 The Lord is elevated ⁸¹⁶  in Zion;

he is exalted over all the nations.

99:3 Let them praise your great and awesome name!

He ⁸¹⁷  is holy!

99:4 The king is strong;

he loves justice. ⁸¹⁸ 

You ensure that legal decisions will be made fairly; ⁸¹⁹ 

you promote justice and equity in Jacob.

99:5 Praise ⁸²⁰  the Lord our God!

Worship ⁸²¹  before his footstool!

He is holy!

99:6 Moses and Aaron were among his priests;

Samuel was one of those who prayed to him. ⁸²² 

They ⁸²³  prayed to the Lord and he answered them.

99:7 He spoke to them from a pillar of cloud; ⁸²⁴ 

they obeyed his regulations and the ordinance he gave them.

99:8 O Lord our God, you answered them.

They found you to be a forgiving God,

but also one who punished their sinful deeds. ⁸²⁵ 

99:9 Praise ⁸²⁶  the Lord our God!

Worship on his holy hill,

for the Lord our God is holy!

100:1 A thanksgiving psalm.

Shout out praises to the Lord, all the earth!

100:2 Worship ⁸²⁸  the Lord with joy!

Enter his presence with joyful singing!

100:3 Acknowledge that the Lord is God!

He made us and we belong to him; ⁸²⁹ 

we are his people, the sheep of his pasture.

100:4 Enter his gates with thanksgiving,

and his courts with praise!

Give him thanks!

Praise his name!

100:5 For the Lord is good.

His loyal love endures, ⁸³⁰ 

and he is faithful through all generations. ⁸³¹ 

101:1 A psalm of David.

I will sing about loyalty and justice!

To you, O Lord, I will sing praises!

101:2 I will walk in ⁸³³  the way of integrity.

When will you come to me?

I will conduct my business with integrity in the midst of my palace. ⁸³⁴ 

101:3 I will not even consider doing what is dishonest. ⁸³⁵ 

I hate doing evil; ⁸³⁶ 

I will have no part of it. ⁸³⁷ 

101:4 I will have nothing to do with a perverse person; ⁸³⁸ 

I will not permit ⁸³⁹  evil.

101:5 I will destroy anyone who slanders his neighbor in secret.

I will not tolerate anyone who has a cocky demeanor and an arrogant attitude. ⁸⁴⁰ 

101:6 I will favor the honest people of the land, ⁸⁴¹ 

and allow them to live with me. ⁸⁴² 

Those who walk in the way of integrity will attend me. ⁸⁴³ 

101:7 Deceitful people will not live in my palace. ⁸⁴⁴ 

Liars will not be welcome in my presence. ⁸⁴⁵ 

101:8 Each morning I will destroy all the wicked people in the land,

and remove all evildoers from the city of the Lord.

102:1 The prayer of an oppressed man, as he grows faint and pours out his lament before the Lord.

O Lord, hear my prayer!

Pay attention to my cry for help! ⁸⁴⁷ 

102:2 Do not ignore me in my time of trouble! ⁸⁴⁸ 

Listen to me! ⁸⁴⁹ 

When I call out to you, quickly answer me!

102:3 For my days go up in smoke, ⁸⁵⁰ 

and my bones are charred like a fireplace. ⁸⁵¹ 

102:4 My heart is parched ⁸⁵²  and withered like grass,

for I am unable ⁸⁵³  to eat food. ⁸⁵⁴ 

102:5 Because of the anxiety that makes me groan,

my bones protrude from my skin. ⁸⁵⁵ 

102:6 I am like an owl ⁸⁵⁶  in the wilderness;

I am like a screech owl ⁸⁵⁷  among the ruins. ⁸⁵⁸ 

102:7 I stay awake; ⁸⁵⁹ 

I am like a solitary bird on a roof.

102:8 All day long my enemies taunt me;

those who mock me use my name in their curses. ⁸⁶⁰ 

102:9 For I eat ashes as if they were bread, ⁸⁶¹ 

and mix my drink with my tears, ⁸⁶² 

102:10 because of your anger and raging fury.

Indeed, ⁸⁶³  you pick me up and throw me away.

102:11 My days are coming to an end, ⁸⁶⁴ 

and I am withered like grass.

102:12 But you, O Lord, rule forever, ⁸⁶⁵ 

and your reputation endures. ⁸⁶⁶ 

102:13 You will rise up and have compassion on Zion. ⁸⁶⁷ 

For it is time to have mercy on her,

for the appointed time has come.

102:14 Indeed, ⁸⁶⁸  your servants take delight in her stones,

and feel compassion for ⁸⁶⁹  the dust of her ruins. ⁸⁷⁰ 

102:15 The nations will respect the reputation of the Lord, ⁸⁷¹ 

and all the kings of the earth will respect ⁸⁷²  his splendor,

102:16 when the Lord rebuilds Zion,

and reveals his splendor,

102:17 when he responds to the prayer of the destitute, ⁸⁷³ 

and does not reject ⁸⁷⁴  their request. ⁸⁷⁵ 

102:18 The account of his intervention ⁸⁷⁶  will be recorded for future generations;

people yet to be born will praise the Lord.

102:19 For he will look down from his sanctuary above; ⁸⁷⁷ 

from heaven the Lord will look toward earth, ⁸⁷⁸ 

102:20 in order to hear the painful cries of the prisoners,

and to set free those condemned to die, ⁸⁷⁹ 

102:21 so they may proclaim the name of the Lord in Zion,

and praise him ⁸⁸⁰  in Jerusalem, ⁸⁸¹ 

102:22 when the nations gather together,

and the kingdoms pay tribute to the Lord. ⁸⁸² 

102:23 He has taken away my strength in the middle of life; ⁸⁸³ 

he has cut short my days.

102:24 I say, “O my God, please do not take me away in the middle of my life! ⁸⁸⁴ 

You endure through all generations. ⁸⁸⁵ 

102:25 In earlier times you established the earth;

the skies are your handiwork.

102:26 They will perish,

but you will endure. ⁸⁸⁶ 

They will wear out like a garment;

like clothes you will remove them and they will disappear. ⁸⁸⁷ 

102:27 But you remain; ⁸⁸⁸ 

your years do not come to an end.

102:28 The children of your servants will settle down here,

and their descendants ⁸⁸⁹  will live securely in your presence.” ⁸⁹⁰ 

103:1 By David.

Praise the Lord, O my soul!

With all that is within me, praise ⁸⁹²  his holy name!

103:2 Praise the Lord, O my soul!

Do not forget all his kind deeds! ⁸⁹³ 

103:3 He is the one who forgives all your sins,

who heals all your diseases, ⁸⁹⁴ 

103:4 who delivers ⁸⁹⁵  your life from the Pit, ⁸⁹⁶ 

who crowns you with his loyal love and compassion,

103:5 who satisfies your life with good things, ⁸⁹⁷ 

so your youth is renewed like an eagle’s. ⁸⁹⁸ 

103:6 The Lord does what is fair,

and executes justice for all the oppressed. ⁸⁹⁹ 

103:7 The Lord revealed his faithful acts ⁹⁰⁰  to Moses,

his deeds to the Israelites.

103:8 The Lord is compassionate and merciful;

he is patient ⁹⁰¹  and demonstrates great loyal love. ⁹⁰² 

103:9 He does not always accuse,

and does not stay angry. ⁹⁰³ 

103:10 He does not deal with us as our sins deserve; ⁹⁰⁴ 

he does not repay us as our misdeeds deserve. ⁹⁰⁵ 

103:11 For as the skies are high above the earth,

so his loyal love towers ⁹⁰⁶  over his faithful followers. ⁹⁰⁷ 

103:12 As far as the eastern horizon ⁹⁰⁸  is from the west, ⁹⁰⁹ 

so he removes the guilt of our rebellious actions ⁹¹⁰  from us.

103:13 As a father has compassion on his children, ⁹¹¹ 

so the Lord has compassion on his faithful followers. ⁹¹² 

103:14 For he knows what we are made of; ⁹¹³ 

he realizes ⁹¹⁴  we are made of clay. ⁹¹⁵ 

103:15 A person’s life is like grass. ⁹¹⁶ 

Like a flower in the field it flourishes,

103:16 but when the hot wind ⁹¹⁷  blows by, it disappears,

and one can no longer even spot the place where it once grew.

103:17 But the Lord continually shows loyal love to his faithful followers, ⁹¹⁸ 

and is faithful to their descendants, ⁹¹⁹ 

103:18 to those who keep his covenant,

who are careful to obey his commands. ⁹²⁰ 

103:19 The Lord has established his throne in heaven;

his kingdom extends over everything. ⁹²¹ 

103:20 Praise the Lord, you angels of his,

you powerful warriors who carry out his decrees

and obey his orders! ⁹²² 

103:21 Praise the Lord, all you warriors of his, ⁹²³ 

you servants of his who carry out his desires! ⁹²⁴ 

103:22 Praise the Lord, all that he has made, ⁹²⁵ 

in all the regions ⁹²⁶  of his kingdom!

Praise the Lord, O my soul!

104:1 Praise the Lord, O my soul!

O Lord my God, you are magnificent. ⁹²⁸ 

You are robed in splendor and majesty.

104:2 He covers himself with light as if it were a garment.

He stretches out the skies like a tent curtain,

104:3 and lays the beams of the upper rooms of his palace on the rain clouds. ⁹²⁹ 

He makes the clouds his chariot,

and travels along on the wings of the wind. ⁹³⁰ 

104:4 He makes the winds his messengers,

and the flaming fire his attendant. ⁹³¹ 

104:5 He established the earth on its foundations;

it will never be upended.

104:6 The watery deep covered it ⁹³²  like a garment;

the waters reached ⁹³³  above the mountains. ⁹³⁴ 

104:7 Your shout made the waters retreat;

at the sound of your thunderous voice they hurried off –

104:8 as the mountains rose up,

and the valleys went down –

to the place you appointed for them. ⁹³⁵ 

104:9 You set up a boundary for them that they could not cross,

so that they would not cover the earth again. ⁹³⁶ 

104:10 He turns springs into streams; ⁹³⁷ 

they flow between the mountains.

104:11 They provide water for all the animals in the field;

the wild donkeys quench their thirst.

104:12 The birds of the sky live beside them;

they chirp among the bushes. ⁹³⁸ 

104:13 He waters the mountains from the upper rooms of his palace; ⁹³⁹ 

the earth is full of the fruit you cause to grow. ⁹⁴⁰ 

104:14 He provides grass ⁹⁴¹  for the cattle,

and crops for people to cultivate, ⁹⁴² 

so they can produce food from the ground, ⁹⁴³ 

104:15 as well as wine that makes people feel so good, ⁹⁴⁴ 

and so they can have oil to make their faces shine, ⁹⁴⁵ 

as well as food that sustains people’s lives. ⁹⁴⁶ 

104:16 The trees of the Lord ⁹⁴⁷  receive all the rain they need, ⁹⁴⁸ 

the cedars of Lebanon which he planted,

104:17 where the birds make nests,

near the evergreens in which the herons live. ⁹⁴⁹ 

104:18 The wild goats live in the high mountains; ⁹⁵⁰ 

the rock badgers find safety in the cliffs.

104:19 He made the moon to mark the months, ⁹⁵¹ 

and the sun sets according to a regular schedule. ⁹⁵² 

104:20 You make it dark and night comes, ⁹⁵³ 

during which all the beasts of the forest prowl around.

104:21 The lions roar for prey,

seeking their food from God. ⁹⁵⁴ 

104:22 When the sun rises, they withdraw

and sleep ⁹⁵⁵  in their dens.

104:23 Men then go out to do their work,

and labor away until evening. ⁹⁵⁶ 

104:24 How many living things you have made, O Lord! ⁹⁵⁷ 

You have exhibited great skill in making all of them; ⁹⁵⁸ 

the earth is full of the living things you have made.

104:25 Over here is the deep, wide sea, ⁹⁵⁹ 

which teems with innumerable swimming creatures, ⁹⁶⁰ 

living things both small and large.

104:26 The ships travel there,

and over here swims the whale ⁹⁶¹  you made to play in it.

104:27 All of your creatures ⁹⁶²  wait for you

to provide them with food on a regular basis. ⁹⁶³ 

104:28 You give food to them and they receive it;

you open your hand and they are filled with food. ⁹⁶⁴ 

104:29 When you ignore them, they panic. ⁹⁶⁵ 

When you take away their life’s breath, they die

and return to dust.

104:30 When you send your life-giving breath, they are created,

and you replenish the surface of the ground.

104:31 May the splendor of the Lord endure! ⁹⁶⁶ 

May the Lord find pleasure in the living things he has made! ⁹⁶⁷ 

104:32 He looks down on the earth and it shakes;

he touches the mountains and they start to smolder.

104:33 I will sing to the Lord as long as I live;

I will sing praise to my God as long as I exist! ⁹⁶⁸ 

104:34 May my thoughts ⁹⁶⁹  be pleasing to him!

I will rejoice in the Lord.

104:35 May sinners disappear ⁹⁷⁰  from the earth,

and the wicked vanish!

Praise the Lord, O my soul!

Praise the Lord!

105:1 Give thanks to the Lord!

Call on his name!

Make known his accomplishments among the nations!

105:2 Sing to him!

Make music to him!

Tell about all his miraculous deeds!

105:3 Boast about his holy name!

Let the hearts of those who seek the Lord rejoice!

105:4 Seek the Lord and the strength he gives!

Seek his presence continually!

105:5 Recall the miraculous deeds he performed,

his mighty acts and the judgments he decreed, ⁹⁷² 

105:6 O children ⁹⁷³  of Abraham, ⁹⁷⁴  God’s ⁹⁷⁵  servant,

you descendants ⁹⁷⁶  of Jacob, God’s ⁹⁷⁷  chosen ones!

105:7 He is the Lord our God;

he carries out judgment throughout the earth. ⁹⁷⁸ 

105:8 He always remembers his covenantal decree,

the promise he made ⁹⁷⁹  to a thousand generations –

105:9 the promise ⁹⁸⁰  he made to Abraham,

the promise he made by oath to Isaac!

105:10 He gave it to Jacob as a decree,

to Israel as a lasting promise, ⁹⁸¹ 

105:11 saying, “To you I will give the land of Canaan

as the portion of your inheritance.”

105:12 When they were few in number,

just a very few, and resident aliens within it,

105:13 they wandered from nation to nation,

and from one kingdom to another. ⁹⁸² 

105:14 He let no one oppress them;

he disciplined kings for their sake,

105:15 saying, ⁹⁸³  “Don’t touch my chosen ⁹⁸⁴  ones!

Don’t harm my prophets!”

105:16 He called down a famine upon the earth;

he cut off all the food supply. ⁹⁸⁵ 

105:17 He sent a man ahead of them ⁹⁸⁶  –

Joseph was sold as a servant.

105:18 The shackles hurt his feet; ⁹⁸⁷ 

his neck was placed in an iron collar, ⁹⁸⁸ 

105:19 until the time when his prediction ⁹⁸⁹  came true.

The Lord’s word ⁹⁹⁰  proved him right. ⁹⁹¹ 

105:20 The king authorized his release; ⁹⁹² 

the ruler of nations set him free.

105:21 He put him in charge of his palace, ⁹⁹³ 

and made him manager of all his property,

105:22 giving him authority to imprison his officials ⁹⁹⁴ 

and to teach his advisers. ⁹⁹⁵ 

105:23 Israel moved to ⁹⁹⁶  Egypt;

Jacob lived for a time ⁹⁹⁷  in the land of Ham.

105:24 The Lord ⁹⁹⁸  made his people very fruitful,

and made them ⁹⁹⁹  more numerous than their ¹⁰⁰⁰  enemies.

105:25 He caused them ¹⁰⁰¹  to hate his people,

and to mistreat ¹⁰⁰²  his servants.

105:26 He sent his servant Moses,

and Aaron, whom he had chosen.

105:27 They executed his miraculous signs among them, ¹⁰⁰³ 

and his amazing deeds in the land of Ham.

105:28 He made it dark; ¹⁰⁰⁴ 

they did not disobey his orders. ¹⁰⁰⁵ 

105:29 He turned their water into blood,

and killed their fish.

105:30 Their land was overrun by frogs,

which even got into the rooms of their kings.

105:31 He ordered flies to come; ¹⁰⁰⁶ 

gnats invaded their whole territory.

105:32 He sent hail along with the rain; ¹⁰⁰⁷ 

there was lightning in their land. ¹⁰⁰⁸ 

105:33 He destroyed their vines and fig trees,

and broke the trees throughout their territory.

105:34 He ordered locusts to come, ¹⁰⁰⁹ 

innumerable grasshoppers.

105:35 They ate all the vegetation in their land,

and devoured the crops of their fields. ¹⁰¹⁰ 

105:36 He struck down all the firstborn in their land,

the firstfruits of their reproductive power. ¹⁰¹¹ 

105:37 He brought his people ¹⁰¹²  out enriched ¹⁰¹³  with silver and gold;

none of his tribes stumbled.

105:38 Egypt was happy when they left,

for they were afraid of them. ¹⁰¹⁴ 

105:39 He spread out a cloud for a cover, ¹⁰¹⁵ 

and provided a fire to light up the night.

105:40 They asked for food, ¹⁰¹⁶  and he sent quails;

he satisfied them with food from the sky. ¹⁰¹⁷ 

105:41 He opened up a rock and water flowed out;

a river ran through dry regions.

105:42 Yes, ¹⁰¹⁸  he remembered the sacred promise ¹⁰¹⁹ 

he made to Abraham his servant.

105:43 When he led his people out, they rejoiced;

his chosen ones shouted with joy. ¹⁰²⁰ 

105:44 He handed the territory of nations over to them,

and they took possession of what other peoples had produced, ¹⁰²¹ 

105:45 so that they might keep his commands

and obey ¹⁰²²  his laws.

Praise the Lord!

106:1 Praise the Lord!

Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good,

and his loyal love endures! ¹⁰²⁴ 

106:2 Who can adequately recount the Lord’s mighty acts,

or relate all his praiseworthy deeds? ¹⁰²⁵ 

106:3 How blessed are those who promote justice,

and do what is right all the time!

106:4 Remember me, O Lord, when you show favor to your people!

Pay attention to me, when you deliver,

106:5 so I may see the prosperity ¹⁰²⁶  of your chosen ones,

rejoice along with your nation, ¹⁰²⁷ 

and boast along with the people who belong to you. ¹⁰²⁸ 

106:6 We have sinned like ¹⁰²⁹  our ancestors; ¹⁰³⁰ 

we have done wrong, we have done evil.

106:7 Our ancestors in Egypt failed to appreciate your miraculous deeds,

they failed to remember your many acts of loyal love,

and they rebelled at the sea, by the Red Sea. ¹⁰³¹ 

106:8 Yet he delivered them for the sake of his reputation, ¹⁰³² 

that he might reveal his power.

106:9 He shouted at ¹⁰³³  the Red Sea and it dried up;

he led them through the deep water as if it were a desert.

106:10 He delivered them from the power ¹⁰³⁴  of the one who hated them,

and rescued ¹⁰³⁵  them from the power ¹⁰³⁶  of the enemy.

106:11 The water covered their enemies;

not even one of them survived. ¹⁰³⁷ 

106:12 They believed his promises; ¹⁰³⁸ 

they sang praises to him.

106:13 They quickly forgot what he had done; ¹⁰³⁹ 

they did not wait for his instructions. ¹⁰⁴⁰ 

106:14 In the wilderness they had an insatiable craving ¹⁰⁴¹  for meat; ¹⁰⁴² 

they challenged God ¹⁰⁴³  in the desert.

106:15 He granted their request,

then struck them with a disease. ¹⁰⁴⁴ 

106:16 In the camp they resented ¹⁰⁴⁵  Moses,

and Aaron, the Lord’s holy priest. ¹⁰⁴⁶ 

106:17 The earth opened up and swallowed Dathan;

it engulfed ¹⁰⁴⁷  the group led by Abiram. ¹⁰⁴⁸ 

106:18 Fire burned their group;

the flames scorched the wicked. ¹⁰⁴⁹ 

106:19 They made an image of a calf at Horeb,

and worshiped a metal idol.

106:20 They traded their majestic God ¹⁰⁵⁰ 

for the image of an ox that eats grass.

106:21 They rejected ¹⁰⁵¹  the God who delivered them,

the one who performed great deeds in Egypt,

106:22 amazing feats in the land of Ham,

mighty ¹⁰⁵²  acts by the Red Sea.

106:23 He threatened ¹⁰⁵³  to destroy them,

but ¹⁰⁵⁴  Moses, his chosen one, interceded with him ¹⁰⁵⁵ 

and turned back his destructive anger. ¹⁰⁵⁶ 

106:24 They rejected the fruitful land; ¹⁰⁵⁷ 

they did not believe his promise. ¹⁰⁵⁸ 

106:25 They grumbled in their tents; ¹⁰⁵⁹ 

they did not obey ¹⁰⁶⁰  the Lord.

106:26 So he made a solemn vow ¹⁰⁶¹ 

that he would make them die ¹⁰⁶²  in the desert,

106:27 make their descendants ¹⁰⁶³  die ¹⁰⁶⁴  among the nations,

and scatter them among foreign lands. ¹⁰⁶⁵ 

106:28 They worshiped ¹⁰⁶⁶  Baal of Peor,

and ate sacrifices offered to the dead. ¹⁰⁶⁷ 

106:29 They made the Lord angry ¹⁰⁶⁸  by their actions,

and a plague broke out among them.

106:30 Phinehas took a stand and intervened, ¹⁰⁶⁹ 

and the plague subsided.

106:31 This brought him a reward,

an eternal gift. ¹⁰⁷⁰ 

106:32 They made him angry by the waters of Meribah,

and Moses suffered ¹⁰⁷¹  because of them,

106:33 for they aroused ¹⁰⁷²  his temper, ¹⁰⁷³ 

and he spoke rashly. ¹⁰⁷⁴ 

106:34 They did not destroy the nations, ¹⁰⁷⁵ 

as the Lord had commanded them to do.

106:35 They mixed in with the nations

and learned their ways. ¹⁰⁷⁶ 

106:36 They worshiped ¹⁰⁷⁷  their idols,

which became a snare to them. ¹⁰⁷⁸ 

106:37 They sacrificed their sons and daughters to demons. ¹⁰⁷⁹ 

106:38 They shed innocent blood –

the blood of their sons and daughters,

whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan.

The land was polluted by bloodshed. ¹⁰⁸⁰ 

106:39 They were defiled by their deeds,

and unfaithful in their actions. ¹⁰⁸¹ 

106:40 So the Lord was angry with his people ¹⁰⁸² 

and despised the people who belong to him. ¹⁰⁸³ 

106:41 He handed them over to ¹⁰⁸⁴  the nations,

and those who hated them ruled over them.

106:42 Their enemies oppressed them;

they were subject to their authority. ¹⁰⁸⁵ 

106:43 Many times he delivered ¹⁰⁸⁶  them,

but they had a rebellious attitude, ¹⁰⁸⁷ 

and degraded themselves ¹⁰⁸⁸  by their sin.

106:44 Yet he took notice of their distress,

when he heard their cry for help.

106:45 He remembered his covenant with them,

and relented ¹⁰⁸⁹  because of his great loyal love.

106:46 He caused all their conquerors ¹⁰⁹⁰ 

to have pity on them.

106:47 Deliver us, O Lord, our God!

Gather us from among the nations!

Then we will give thanks ¹⁰⁹¹  to your holy name,

and boast about your praiseworthy deeds. ¹⁰⁹² 

106:48 The Lord God of Israel deserves praise, ¹⁰⁹³ 

in the future and forevermore. ¹⁰⁹⁴ 

Let all the people say, “We agree! ¹⁰⁹⁵  Praise the Lord!” ¹⁰⁹⁶ 

107:1 Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good,

and his loyal love endures! ¹⁰⁹⁸ 

107:2 Let those delivered by the Lord speak out, ¹⁰⁹⁹ 

those whom he delivered ¹¹⁰⁰  from the power ¹¹⁰¹  of the enemy,

107:3 and gathered from foreign lands, ¹¹⁰² 

from east and west,

from north and south.

107:4 They wandered through the wilderness on a desert road;

they found no city in which to live.

107:5 They were hungry and thirsty;

they fainted from exhaustion. ¹¹⁰³ 

107:6 They cried out to the Lord in their distress;

he delivered them from their troubles.

107:7 He led them on a level road, ¹¹⁰⁴ 

that they might find a city in which to live.

107:8 Let them give thanks to the Lord for his loyal love,

and for the amazing things he has done for people! ¹¹⁰⁵ 

107:9 For he has satisfied those who thirst, ¹¹⁰⁶ 

and those who hunger he has filled with food. ¹¹⁰⁷ 

107:10 They sat in utter darkness, ¹¹⁰⁸ 

bound in painful iron chains, ¹¹⁰⁹ 

107:11 because they had rebelled against God’s commands, ¹¹¹⁰ 

and rejected the instructions of the sovereign king. ¹¹¹¹ 

107:12 So he used suffering to humble them; ¹¹¹² 

they stumbled and no one helped them up.

107:13 They cried out to the Lord in their distress;

he delivered them from their troubles.

107:14 He brought them out of the utter darkness, ¹¹¹³ 

and tore off their shackles.

107:15 Let them give thanks to the Lord for his loyal love,

and for the amazing things he has done for people! ¹¹¹⁴ 

107:16 For he shattered the bronze gates,

and hacked through the iron bars. ¹¹¹⁵ 

107:17 They acted like fools in their rebellious ways, ¹¹¹⁶ 

and suffered because of their sins.

107:18 They lost their appetite for all food, ¹¹¹⁷ 

and they drew near the gates of death.

107:19 They cried out to the Lord in their distress;

he delivered them from their troubles.

107:20 He sent them an assuring word ¹¹¹⁸  and healed them;

he rescued them from the pits where they were trapped. ¹¹¹⁹ 

107:21 Let them give thanks to the Lord for his loyal love,

and for the amazing things he has done for people! ¹¹²⁰ 

107:22 Let them present thank offerings,

and loudly proclaim what he has done! ¹¹²¹ 

107:23 ¹¹²² 

Some traveled on ¹¹²³  the sea in ships,

and carried cargo over the vast waters. ¹¹²⁴ 

107:24 They witnessed the acts of the Lord,

his amazing feats on the deep water.

107:25 He gave the order for a windstorm, ¹¹²⁵ 

and it stirred up the waves of the sea. ¹¹²⁶ 

107:26 They ¹¹²⁷  reached up to the sky,

then dropped into the depths.

The sailors’ strength ¹¹²⁸  left them ¹¹²⁹  because the danger was so great. ¹¹³⁰ 

107:27 They swayed ¹¹³¹  and staggered like a drunk,

and all their skill proved ineffective. ¹¹³² 

107:28 They cried out to the Lord in their distress;

he delivered them from their troubles.

107:29 He calmed the storm, ¹¹³³ 

and the waves ¹¹³⁴  grew silent.

107:30 The sailors ¹¹³⁵  rejoiced because the waves ¹¹³⁶  grew quiet,

and he led them to the harbor ¹¹³⁷  they desired.

107:31 Let them give thanks to the Lord for his loyal love,

and for the amazing things he has done for people! ¹¹³⁸ 

107:32 Let them exalt him in the assembly of the people!

Let them praise him in the place where the leaders preside! ¹¹³⁹ 

107:33 He turned ¹¹⁴⁰  streams into a desert,

springs of water into arid land,

107:34 and a fruitful land into a barren place, ¹¹⁴¹ 

because of the sin of its inhabitants.

107:35 As for his people, ¹¹⁴²  he turned ¹¹⁴³  a desert into a pool of water,

and a dry land into springs of water.

107:36 He allowed the hungry to settle there,

and they established a city in which to live.

107:37 They cultivated ¹¹⁴⁴  fields,

and planted vineyards,

which yielded a harvest of fruit. ¹¹⁴⁵ 

107:38 He blessed ¹¹⁴⁶  them so that they became very numerous.

He would not allow their cattle to decrease in number. ¹¹⁴⁷ 

107:39 As for their enemies, ¹¹⁴⁸  they decreased in number and were beaten down,

because of painful distress ¹¹⁴⁹  and suffering.

107:40 He would pour ¹¹⁵⁰  contempt upon princes,

and he made them wander in a wasteland with no road.

107:41 Yet he protected ¹¹⁵¹  the needy from oppression,

and cared for his families like a flock of sheep.

107:42 When the godly see this, they rejoice,

and every sinner ¹¹⁵²  shuts his mouth.

107:43 Whoever is wise, let him take note of these things!

Let them consider the Lord’s acts of loyal love!

108:1 A song, a psalm of David.

I am determined, ¹¹⁵⁴  O God!

I will sing and praise you with my whole heart. ¹¹⁵⁵ 

108:2 Awake, O stringed instrument and harp!

I will wake up at dawn! ¹¹⁵⁶ 

108:3 I will give you thanks before the nations, O Lord!

I will sing praises to you before foreigners! ¹¹⁵⁷ 

108:4 For your loyal love extends beyond the sky, ¹¹⁵⁸ 

and your faithfulness reaches the clouds.

108:5 Rise up ¹¹⁵⁹  above the sky, O God!

May your splendor cover the whole earth! ¹¹⁶⁰ 

108:6 Deliver by your power ¹¹⁶¹  and answer me,

so that the ones you love may be safe. ¹¹⁶² 

108:7 God has spoken in his sanctuary: ¹¹⁶³ 

“I will triumph! I will parcel out Shechem,

the valley of Succoth I will measure off. ¹¹⁶⁴ 

108:8 Gilead belongs to me,

as does Manasseh! ¹¹⁶⁵ 

Ephraim is my helmet, ¹¹⁶⁶ 

Judah my royal scepter. ¹¹⁶⁷ 

108:9 Moab is my wash basin. ¹¹⁶⁸ 

I will make Edom serve me. ¹¹⁶⁹ 

I will shout in triumph over Philistia.”

108:10 Who will lead me into the fortified city?

Who will bring me to Edom? ¹¹⁷⁰ 

108:11 Have you not rejected us, O God?

O God, you do not go into battle with our armies.

108:12 Give us help against the enemy,

for any help men might offer is futile. ¹¹⁷¹ 

108:13 By God’s power we will conquer; ¹¹⁷² 

he will trample down ¹¹⁷³  our enemies.

109:1 For the music director, a psalm of David.

O God whom I praise, do not ignore me! ¹¹⁷⁵ 

109:2 For they say cruel and deceptive things to me;

they lie to me. ¹¹⁷⁶ 

109:3 They surround me and say hateful things; ¹¹⁷⁷ 

they attack me for no reason.

109:4 They repay my love with accusations, ¹¹⁷⁸ 

but I continue to pray. ¹¹⁷⁹ 

109:5 They repay me evil for good, ¹¹⁸⁰ 

and hate for love.

109:6 ¹¹⁸¹ 

Appoint an evil man to testify against him! ¹¹⁸² 

May an accuser stand ¹¹⁸³  at his right side!

109:7 When he is judged, he will be found ¹¹⁸⁴  guilty! ¹¹⁸⁵ 

Then his prayer will be regarded as sinful.

109:8 May his days be few! ¹¹⁸⁶ 

May another take his job! ¹¹⁸⁷ 

109:9 May his children ¹¹⁸⁸  be fatherless,

and his wife a widow!

109:10 May his children ¹¹⁸⁹  roam around begging,

asking for handouts as they leave their ruined home! ¹¹⁹⁰ 

109:11 May the creditor seize ¹¹⁹¹  all he owns!

May strangers loot his property! ¹¹⁹² 

109:12 May no one show him kindness! ¹¹⁹³ 

May no one have compassion ¹¹⁹⁴  on his fatherless children!

109:13 May his descendants ¹¹⁹⁵  be cut off! ¹¹⁹⁶ 

May the memory of them be wiped out by the time the next generation arrives! ¹¹⁹⁷ 

109:14 May his ancestors’ ¹¹⁹⁸  sins be remembered by the Lord!

May his mother’s sin not be forgotten! ¹¹⁹⁹ 

109:15 May the Lord be constantly aware of them, ¹²⁰⁰ 

and cut off the memory of his children ¹²⁰¹  from the earth!

109:16 For he never bothered to show kindness; ¹²⁰² 

he harassed the oppressed and needy,

and killed the disheartened. ¹²⁰³ 

109:17 He loved to curse ¹²⁰⁴  others, so those curses have come upon him. ¹²⁰⁵ 

He had no desire to bless anyone, so he has experienced no blessings. ¹²⁰⁶ 

109:18 He made cursing a way of life, ¹²⁰⁷ 

so curses poured into his stomach like water

and seeped into his bones like oil. ¹²⁰⁸ 

109:19 May a curse attach itself to him, like a garment one puts on, ¹²⁰⁹ 

or a belt ¹²¹⁰  one wears continually!

109:20 May the Lord repay my accusers in this way, ¹²¹¹ 

those who say evil things about ¹²¹²  me! ¹²¹³ 

109:21 O sovereign Lord,

intervene on my behalf for the sake of your reputation! ¹²¹⁴ 

Because your loyal love is good, deliver me!

109:22 For I am oppressed and needy,

and my heart beats violently within me. ¹²¹⁵ 

109:23 I am fading away like a shadow at the end of the day; ¹²¹⁶ 

I am shaken off like a locust.

109:24 I am so starved my knees shake; ¹²¹⁷ 

I have turned into skin and bones. ¹²¹⁸ 

109:25 I am disdained by them. ¹²¹⁹ 

When they see me, they shake their heads. ¹²²⁰ 

109:26 Help me, O Lord my God!

Because you are faithful to me, deliver me! ¹²²¹ 

109:27 Then they will realize ¹²²²  this is your work, ¹²²³ 

and that you, Lord, have accomplished it.

109:28 They curse, but you will bless. ¹²²⁴ 

When they attack, they will be humiliated, ¹²²⁵ 

but your servant will rejoice.

109:29 My accusers will be covered ¹²²⁶  with shame,

and draped in humiliation as if it were a robe.

109:30 I will thank the Lord profusely, ¹²²⁷ 

in the middle of a crowd ¹²²⁸  I will praise him,

109:31 because he stands at the right hand of the needy,

to deliver him from those who threaten ¹²²⁹  his life.

110:1 A psalm of David.

Here is the Lord’s proclamation ¹²³¹  to my lord: ¹²³² 

“Sit down at my right hand ¹²³³  until I make your enemies your footstool!” ¹²³⁴ 

110:2 The Lord ¹²³⁵  extends ¹²³⁶  your dominion ¹²³⁷  from Zion.

Rule in the midst of your enemies!

110:3 Your people willingly follow you ¹²³⁸  when you go into battle. ¹²³⁹ 

On the holy hills ¹²⁴⁰  at sunrise ¹²⁴¹  the dew of your youth ¹²⁴²  belongs to you. ¹²⁴³ 

110:4 The Lord makes this promise on oath ¹²⁴⁴  and will not revoke it: ¹²⁴⁵ 

“You are an eternal priest ¹²⁴⁶  after the pattern of ¹²⁴⁷  Melchizedek.” ¹²⁴⁸ 

110:5 O sovereign Lord, ¹²⁴⁹  at your right hand

he strikes down ¹²⁵⁰  kings in the day he unleashes his anger. ¹²⁵¹ 

110:6 He executes judgment ¹²⁵²  against ¹²⁵³  the nations;

he fills the valleys with corpses; ¹²⁵⁴ 

he shatters their heads over the vast battlefield. ¹²⁵⁵ 

110:7 From the stream along the road he drinks;

then he lifts up his head. ¹²⁵⁶ 

111:1 Praise the Lord!

I will give thanks to the Lord with my whole heart,

in the assembly of the godly and the congregation.

111:2 The Lord’s deeds are great,

eagerly awaited ¹²⁵⁸  by all who desire them.

111:3 His work is majestic and glorious, ¹²⁵⁹ 

and his faithfulness endures ¹²⁶⁰  forever.

111:4 He does ¹²⁶¹  amazing things that will be remembered; ¹²⁶² 

the Lord is merciful and compassionate.

111:5 He gives ¹²⁶³  food to his faithful followers; ¹²⁶⁴ 

he always remembers his covenant. ¹²⁶⁵ 

111:6 He announced that he would do mighty deeds for his people,

giving them a land that belonged to other nations. ¹²⁶⁶ 

111:7 His acts are characterized by ¹²⁶⁷  faithfulness and justice;

all his precepts are reliable. ¹²⁶⁸ 

111:8 They are forever firm,

and should be faithfully and properly carried out. ¹²⁶⁹ 

111:9 He delivered his people; ¹²⁷⁰ 

he ordained that his covenant be observed forever. ¹²⁷¹ 

His name is holy and awesome.

111:10 To obey the Lord is the fundamental principle for wise living; ¹²⁷² 

all who carry out his precepts acquire good moral insight. ¹²⁷³ 

He will receive praise forever. ¹²⁷⁴ 

112:1 Praise the Lord!

How blessed is the one ¹²⁷⁶  who obeys ¹²⁷⁷  the Lord,

who takes great delight in keeping his commands. ¹²⁷⁸ 

112:2 His descendants ¹²⁷⁹  will be powerful on the earth;

the godly ¹²⁸⁰  will be blessed.

112:3 His house contains wealth and riches;

his integrity endures. ¹²⁸¹ 

112:4 In the darkness a light ¹²⁸²  shines for the godly,

for each one who is merciful, compassionate, and just. ¹²⁸³ 

112:5 It goes well for the one ¹²⁸⁴  who generously lends money,

and conducts his business honestly. ¹²⁸⁵ 

112:6 For he will never be upended;

others will always remember one who is just. ¹²⁸⁶ 

112:7 He does not fear bad news.

He ¹²⁸⁷  is confident; he trusts ¹²⁸⁸  in the Lord.

112:8 His resolve ¹²⁸⁹  is firm; he will not succumb to fear

before he looks in triumph on his enemies.

112:9 He generously gives ¹²⁹⁰  to the needy;

his integrity endures. ¹²⁹¹ 

He will be vindicated and honored. ¹²⁹² 

112:10 When the wicked ¹²⁹³  see this, they will worry;

they will grind their teeth in frustration ¹²⁹⁴  and melt away;

the desire of the wicked will perish. ¹²⁹⁵ 

113:1 Praise the Lord!

Praise, you servants of the Lord,

praise the name of the Lord!

113:2 May the Lord’s name be praised

now and forevermore!

113:3 From east to west ¹²⁹⁷ 

the Lord’s name is deserving of praise.

113:4 The Lord is exalted over all the nations;

his splendor reaches beyond the sky. ¹²⁹⁸ 

113:5 Who can compare to the Lord our God,

who sits on a high throne? ¹²⁹⁹ 

113:6 He bends down to look ¹³⁰⁰ 

at the sky and the earth.

113:7 He raises the poor from the dirt,

and lifts up the needy from the garbage pile, ¹³⁰¹ 

113:8 that he might seat him with princes,

with the princes of his people.

113:9 He makes the barren woman of the family ¹³⁰² 

a happy mother of children. ¹³⁰³ 

Praise the Lord!

114:1 When Israel left Egypt,

when the family of Jacob left a foreign nation behind, ¹³⁰⁵ 

114:2 Judah became his sanctuary,

Israel his kingdom.

114:3 The sea looked and fled; ¹³⁰⁶ 

the Jordan River ¹³⁰⁷  turned back. ¹³⁰⁸ 

114:4 The mountains skipped like rams,

the hills like lambs. ¹³⁰⁹ 

114:5 Why do you flee, O sea?

Why do you turn back, O Jordan River?

114:6 Why do you skip like rams, O mountains,

like lambs, O hills?

114:7 Tremble, O earth, before the Lord –

before the God of Jacob,

114:8 who turned a rock into a pool of water,

a hard rock into springs of water! ¹³¹⁰ 

115:1 Not to us, O Lord, not to us!

But to your name bring honor, ¹³¹² 

for the sake of your loyal love and faithfulness. ¹³¹³ 

115:2 Why should the nations say,

“Where is their God?”

115:3 Our God is in heaven!

He does whatever he pleases! ¹³¹⁴ 

115:4 Their ¹³¹⁵  idols are made of silver and gold –

they are man-made. ¹³¹⁶ 

115:5 They have mouths, but cannot speak,

eyes, but cannot see,

115:6 ears, but cannot hear,

noses, but cannot smell,

115:7 hands, but cannot touch,

feet, but cannot walk.

They cannot even clear their throats. ¹³¹⁷ 

115:8 Those who make them will end up ¹³¹⁸  like them,

as will everyone who trusts in them.

115:9 O Israel, trust in the Lord!

He is their deliverer ¹³¹⁹  and protector. ¹³²⁰ 

115:10 O family ¹³²¹  of Aaron, trust in the Lord!

He is their deliverer ¹³²²  and protector. ¹³²³ 

115:11 You loyal followers of the Lord, ¹³²⁴  trust in the Lord!

He is their deliverer ¹³²⁵  and protector. ¹³²⁶ 

115:12 The Lord takes notice of us, ¹³²⁷  he will bless ¹³²⁸  –

he will bless the family ¹³²⁹  of Israel,

he will bless the family of Aaron.

115:13 He will bless his loyal followers, ¹³³⁰ 

both young and old. ¹³³¹ 

115:14 May he increase your numbers,

yours and your children’s! ¹³³² 

115:15 May you be blessed by the Lord,

the creator ¹³³³  of heaven and earth!

115:16 The heavens belong to the Lord, ¹³³⁴ 

but the earth he has given to mankind. ¹³³⁵ 

115:17 The dead do not praise the Lord,

nor do any of those who descend into the silence of death. ¹³³⁶ 

115:18 But we will praise the Lord

now and forevermore.

Praise the Lord!

116:1 I love the Lord

because he heard my plea for mercy, ¹³³⁸ 

116:2 and listened to me. ¹³³⁹ 

As long as I live, I will call to him when I need help. ¹³⁴⁰ 

116:3 The ropes of death tightened around me, ¹³⁴¹ 

the snares ¹³⁴²  of Sheol confronted me.

I was confronted ¹³⁴³  with trouble and sorrow.

116:4 I called on the name of the Lord,

“Please Lord, rescue my life!”

116:5 The Lord is merciful and fair;

our God is compassionate.

116:6 The Lord protects ¹³⁴⁴  the untrained; ¹³⁴⁵ 

I was in serious trouble ¹³⁴⁶  and he delivered me.

116:7 Rest once more, my soul, ¹³⁴⁷ 

for the Lord has vindicated you. ¹³⁴⁸ 

116:8 Yes, ¹³⁴⁹  Lord, ¹³⁵⁰  you rescued my life from death,

and kept my feet from stumbling.

116:9 I will serve ¹³⁵¹  the Lord

in the land ¹³⁵²  of the living.

116:10 I had faith when I said,

“I am severely oppressed.”

116:11 I rashly declared, ¹³⁵³ 

“All men are liars.”

116:12 How can I repay the Lord

for all his acts of kindness to me?

116:13 I will celebrate my deliverance, ¹³⁵⁴ 

and call on the name of the Lord.

116:14 I will fulfill my vows to the Lord

before all his people.

116:15 The Lord values

the lives of his faithful followers. ¹³⁵⁵ 

116:16 Yes, Lord! I am indeed your servant;

I am your lowest slave. ¹³⁵⁶ 

You saved me from death. ¹³⁵⁷ 

116:17 I will present a thank offering to you,

and call on the name of the Lord.

116:18 I will fulfill my vows to the Lord

before all his people,

116:19 in the courts of the Lord’s temple,

in your midst, O Jerusalem.

Praise the Lord!

117:1 Praise the Lord, all you nations!

Applaud him, all you foreigners! ¹³⁵⁹ 

117:2 For his loyal love towers ¹³⁶⁰  over us,

and the Lord’s faithfulness endures.

Praise the Lord!

118:1 Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good

and his loyal love endures! ¹³⁶² 

118:2 Let Israel say,

“Yes, his loyal love endures!”

118:3 Let the family ¹³⁶³  of Aaron say,

“Yes, his loyal love endures!”

118:4 Let the loyal followers of the Lord ¹³⁶⁴  say,

“Yes, his loyal love endures!”

118:5 In my distress ¹³⁶⁵  I cried out to the Lord.

The Lord answered me and put me in a wide open place. ¹³⁶⁶ 

118:6 The Lord is on my side, ¹³⁶⁷  I am not afraid!

What can people do to me? ¹³⁶⁸ 

118:7 The Lord is on my side ¹³⁶⁹  as my helper. ¹³⁷⁰ 

I look in triumph on those who hate me.

118:8 It is better to take shelter ¹³⁷¹  in the Lord

than to trust in people.

118:9 It is better to take shelter in the Lord

than to trust in princes.

118:10 All the nations surrounded me. ¹³⁷² 

Indeed, in the name of the Lord ¹³⁷³  I pushed them away. ¹³⁷⁴ 

118:11 They surrounded me, yes, they surrounded me.

Indeed, in the name of the Lord I pushed them away.

118:12 They surrounded me like bees.

But they disappeared as quickly ¹³⁷⁵  as a fire among thorns. ¹³⁷⁶ 

Indeed, in the name of the Lord I pushed them away.

118:13 “You aggressively attacked me ¹³⁷⁷  and tried to knock me down, ¹³⁷⁸ 

but the Lord helped me.

118:14 The Lord gives me strength and protects me; ¹³⁷⁹ 

he has become my deliverer.” ¹³⁸⁰ 

118:15 They celebrate deliverance in the tents of the godly. ¹³⁸¹ 

The Lord’s right hand conquers, ¹³⁸² 

118:16 the Lord’s right hand gives victory, ¹³⁸³ 

the Lord’s right hand conquers.

118:17 I will not die, but live,

and I will proclaim what the Lord has done. ¹³⁸⁴ 

118:18 The Lord severely ¹³⁸⁵  punished me,

but he did not hand me over to death.

118:19 Open for me the gates of the just king’s temple! ¹³⁸⁶ 

I will enter through them and give thanks to the Lord.

118:20 This is the Lord’s gate –

the godly enter through it.

118:21 I will give you thanks, for you answered me,

and have become my deliverer.

118:22 The stone which the builders discarded ¹³⁸⁷ 

has become the cornerstone. ¹³⁸⁸ 

118:23 This is the Lord’s work.

We consider it amazing! ¹³⁸⁹ 

118:24 This is the day the Lord has brought about. ¹³⁹⁰ 

We will be happy and rejoice in it.

118:25 Please Lord, deliver!

Please Lord, grant us success! ¹³⁹¹ 

118:26 May the one who comes in the name of the Lord ¹³⁹²  be blessed!

We will pronounce blessings on you ¹³⁹³  in the Lord’s temple. ¹³⁹⁴ 

118:27 The Lord is God and he has delivered us. ¹³⁹⁵ 

Tie the offering ¹³⁹⁶  with ropes

to the horns of the altar! ¹³⁹⁷ 

118:28 You are my ¹³⁹⁸  God and I will give you thanks!

You are my God and I will praise you!

118:29 Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good

and his loyal love endures! ¹³⁹⁹ 

119:1 א (Alef)

How blessed are those whose actions are blameless, ¹⁴⁰¹ 

who obey ¹⁴⁰²  the law of the Lord.

119:2 How blessed are those who observe his rules,

and seek him with all their heart,

119:3 who, moreover, do no wrong,

but follow in his footsteps. ¹⁴⁰³ 

119:4 You demand that your precepts

be carefully kept. ¹⁴⁰⁴ 

119:5 If only I were predisposed ¹⁴⁰⁵ 

to keep your statutes!

119:6 Then I would not be ashamed,

if ¹⁴⁰⁶  I were focused on ¹⁴⁰⁷  all your commands.

119:7 I will give you sincere thanks, ¹⁴⁰⁸ 

when I learn your just regulations.

119:8 I will keep your statutes.

Do not completely abandon me! ¹⁴⁰⁹ 

119:9 ב (Bet)

How can a young person ¹⁴¹⁰  maintain a pure life? ¹⁴¹¹ 

By guarding it according to your instructions! ¹⁴¹² 

119:10 With all my heart I seek you.

Do not allow me to stray from your commands!

119:11 In my heart I store up ¹⁴¹³  your words, ¹⁴¹⁴ 

so I might not sin against you.

119:12 You deserve praise, ¹⁴¹⁵  O Lord!

Teach me your statutes!

119:13 With my lips I proclaim

all the regulations you have revealed. ¹⁴¹⁶ 

119:14 I rejoice in the lifestyle prescribed by your rules ¹⁴¹⁷ 

as if ¹⁴¹⁸  they were riches of all kinds. ¹⁴¹⁹ 

119:15 I will meditate on ¹⁴²⁰  your precepts

and focus ¹⁴²¹  on your behavior. ¹⁴²² 

119:16 I find delight ¹⁴²³  in your statutes;

I do not forget your instructions. ¹⁴²⁴ 

119:17 ג (Gimel)

Be kind to your servant!

Then I will live ¹⁴²⁵  and keep ¹⁴²⁶  your instructions. ¹⁴²⁷ 

119:18 Open ¹⁴²⁸  my eyes so I can truly see ¹⁴²⁹ 

the marvelous things in your law!

119:19 I am like a foreigner in this land. ¹⁴³⁰ 

Do not hide your commands from me!

119:20 I desperately long to know ¹⁴³¹ 

your regulations at all times.

119:21 You reprimand arrogant people.

Those who stray from your commands are doomed. ¹⁴³² 

119:22 Spare me ¹⁴³³  shame and humiliation,

for I observe your rules.

119:23 Though rulers plot and slander me, ¹⁴³⁴ 

your servant meditates on your statutes.

119:24 Yes, I find delight in your rules;

they give me guidance. ¹⁴³⁵ 

119:25 ד (Dalet)

I collapse in the dirt. ¹⁴³⁶ 

Revive me with your word! ¹⁴³⁷ 

119:26 I told you about my ways ¹⁴³⁸  and you answered me.

Teach me your statutes!

119:27 Help me to understand what your precepts mean! ¹⁴³⁹ 

Then I can meditate ¹⁴⁴⁰  on your marvelous teachings. ¹⁴⁴¹ 

119:28 I collapse ¹⁴⁴²  from grief.

Sustain me by your word! ¹⁴⁴³ 

119:29 Remove me from the path of deceit! ¹⁴⁴⁴ 

Graciously give me ¹⁴⁴⁵  your law!

119:30 I choose the path of faithfulness;

I am committed to ¹⁴⁴⁶  your regulations.

119:31 I hold fast ¹⁴⁴⁷  to your rules.

O Lord, do not let me be ashamed!

119:32 I run along the path of your commands,

for you enable me to do so. ¹⁴⁴⁸ 

119:33 ה (He)

Teach me, O Lord, the lifestyle prescribed by your statutes, ¹⁴⁴⁹ 

so that I might observe it continually. ¹⁴⁵⁰ 

119:34 Give me understanding so that I might observe your law,

and keep it with all my heart. ¹⁴⁵¹ 

119:35 Guide me ¹⁴⁵²  in the path of your commands,

for I delight to walk in it. ¹⁴⁵³ 

119:36 Give me a desire for your rules, ¹⁴⁵⁴ 

rather than for wealth gained unjustly. ¹⁴⁵⁵ 

119:37 Turn my eyes away from what is worthless! ¹⁴⁵⁶ 

Revive me with your word! ¹⁴⁵⁷ 

119:38 Confirm to your servant your promise, ¹⁴⁵⁸ 

which you made to the one who honors you. ¹⁴⁵⁹ 

119:39 Take away the insults that I dread! ¹⁴⁶⁰ 

Indeed, ¹⁴⁶¹  your regulations are good.

119:40 Look, I long for your precepts.

Revive me with your deliverance! ¹⁴⁶² 

119:41 ו (Vav)

May I experience your loyal love, ¹⁴⁶³  O Lord,

and your deliverance, ¹⁴⁶⁴  as you promised. ¹⁴⁶⁵ 

119:42 Then I will have a reply for the one who insults me, ¹⁴⁶⁶ 

for I trust in your word.

119:43 Do not completely deprive me of a truthful testimony, ¹⁴⁶⁷ 

for I await your justice.

119:44 Then I will keep ¹⁴⁶⁸  your law continually

now and for all time. ¹⁴⁶⁹ 

119:45 I will be secure, ¹⁴⁷⁰ 

for I seek your precepts.

119:46 I will speak ¹⁴⁷¹  about your regulations before kings

and not be ashamed.

119:47 I will find delight in your commands,

which I love.

119:48 I will lift my hands to ¹⁴⁷²  your commands,

which I love,

and I will meditate on your statutes.

119:49 ז (Zayin)

Remember your word to your servant,

for you have given me hope.

119:50 This ¹⁴⁷³  is what comforts me in my trouble,

for your promise revives me. ¹⁴⁷⁴ 

119:51 Arrogant people do nothing but scoff at me. ¹⁴⁷⁵ 

Yet I do not turn aside from your law.

119:52 I remember your ancient regulations, ¹⁴⁷⁶ 

O Lord, and console myself. ¹⁴⁷⁷ 

119:53 Rage takes hold of me because of the wicked,

those who reject your law.

119:54 Your statutes have been my songs ¹⁴⁷⁸ 

in the house where I live. ¹⁴⁷⁹ 

119:55 I remember your name during the night, O Lord,

and I will keep ¹⁴⁸⁰  your law.

119:56 This ¹⁴⁸¹  has been my practice,

for I observe your precepts.

119:57 ח (Khet)

The Lord is my source of security. ¹⁴⁸² 

I have determined ¹⁴⁸³  to follow your instructions. ¹⁴⁸⁴ 

119:58 I seek your favor ¹⁴⁸⁵  with all my heart.

Have mercy on me as you promised! ¹⁴⁸⁶ 

119:59 I consider my actions ¹⁴⁸⁷ 

and follow ¹⁴⁸⁸  your rules.

119:60 I keep your commands

eagerly and without delay. ¹⁴⁸⁹ 

119:61 The ropes of the wicked tighten around ¹⁴⁹⁰  me,

but I do not forget your law.

119:62 In the middle of the night I arise ¹⁴⁹¹  to thank you

for your just regulations.

119:63 I am a friend to all your loyal followers, ¹⁴⁹² 

and to those who keep your precepts.

119:64 O Lord, your loyal love fills the earth.

Teach me your statutes!

119:65 ט (Tet)

You are good ¹⁴⁹³  to your servant,

O Lord, just as you promised. ¹⁴⁹⁴ 

119:66 Teach me proper discernment ¹⁴⁹⁵  and understanding!

For I consider your commands to be reliable. ¹⁴⁹⁶ 

119:67 Before I was afflicted I used to stray off, ¹⁴⁹⁷ 

but now I keep your instructions. ¹⁴⁹⁸ 

119:68 You are good and you do good.

Teach me your statutes!

119:69 Arrogant people smear my reputation with lies, ¹⁴⁹⁹ 

but I observe your precepts with all my heart.

119:70 Their hearts are calloused, ¹⁵⁰⁰ 

but I find delight in your law.

119:71 It was good for me to suffer,

so that I might learn your statutes.

119:72 The law you have revealed is more important to me

than thousands of pieces of gold and silver. ¹⁵⁰¹ 

119:73 י (Yod)

Your hands made me and formed me. ¹⁵⁰² 

Give me understanding so that I might learn ¹⁵⁰³  your commands.

119:74 Your loyal followers will be glad when they see me, ¹⁵⁰⁴ 

for I find hope in your word.

119:75 I know, Lord, that your regulations ¹⁵⁰⁵  are just.

You disciplined me because of your faithful devotion to me. ¹⁵⁰⁶ 

119:76 May your loyal love console me,

as you promised your servant. ¹⁵⁰⁷ 

119:77 May I experience your compassion, ¹⁵⁰⁸  so I might live!

For I find delight in your law.

119:78 May the arrogant be humiliated, for they have slandered me! ¹⁵⁰⁹ 

But I meditate on your precepts.

119:79 May your loyal followers ¹⁵¹⁰  turn to me,

those who know your rules.

119:80 May I be fully committed to your statutes, ¹⁵¹¹ 

so that I might not be ashamed.

119:81 כ (Kaf)

I desperately long for ¹⁵¹²  your deliverance.

I find hope in your word.

119:82 My eyes grow tired as I wait for your promise to be fulfilled. ¹⁵¹³ 

I say, ¹⁵¹⁴  “When will you comfort me?”

119:83 For ¹⁵¹⁵  I am like a wineskin ¹⁵¹⁶  dried up in smoke. ¹⁵¹⁷ 

I do not forget your statutes.

119:84 How long must your servant endure this? ¹⁵¹⁸ 

When will you judge those who pursue me?

119:85 The arrogant dig pits to trap me, ¹⁵¹⁹ 

which violates your law. ¹⁵²⁰ 

119:86 All your commands are reliable.

I am pursued without reason. ¹⁵²¹  Help me!

119:87 They have almost destroyed me here on the earth,

but I do not reject your precepts.

119:88 Revive me with ¹⁵²²  your loyal love,

that I might keep ¹⁵²³  the rules you have revealed. ¹⁵²⁴ 

119:89 ל (Lamed)

O Lord, your instructions endure;

they stand secure in heaven. ¹⁵²⁵ 

119:90 You demonstrate your faithfulness to all generations. ¹⁵²⁶ 

You established the earth and it stood firm.

119:91 Today they stand firm by your decrees,

for all things are your servants.

119:92 If I had not found encouragement in your law, ¹⁵²⁷ 

I would have died in my sorrow. ¹⁵²⁸ 

119:93 I will never forget your precepts,

for by them you have revived me.

119:94 I belong to you. Deliver me!

For I seek your precepts.

119:95 The wicked prepare to kill me, ¹⁵²⁹ 

yet I concentrate on your rules.

119:96 I realize that everything has its limits,

but your commands are beyond full comprehension. ¹⁵³⁰ 

119:97 מ (Mem)

O how I love your law!

All day long I meditate on it.

119:98 Your commandments ¹⁵³¹  make me wiser than my enemies,

for I am always aware of them.

119:99 I have more insight than all my teachers,

for I meditate on your rules.

119:100 I am more discerning than those older than I,

for I observe your precepts.

119:101 I stay away ¹⁵³²  from the evil path,

so that I might keep your instructions. ¹⁵³³ 

119:102 I do not turn aside from your regulations,

for you teach me.

119:103 Your words are sweeter

in my mouth than honey! ¹⁵³⁴ 

119:104 Your precepts give me discernment.

Therefore I hate all deceitful actions. ¹⁵³⁵ 

119:105 נ (Nun)

Your word ¹⁵³⁶  is a lamp to walk by,

and a light to illumine my path. ¹⁵³⁷ 

119:106 I have vowed and solemnly sworn

to keep your just regulations.

119:107 I am suffering terribly.

O Lord, revive me with your word! ¹⁵³⁸ 

119:108 O Lord, please accept the freewill offerings of my praise! ¹⁵³⁹ 

Teach me your regulations!

119:109 My life is in continual danger, ¹⁵⁴⁰ 

but I do not forget your law.

119:110 The wicked lay a trap for me,

but I do not wander from your precepts.

119:111 I claim your rules as my permanent possession,

for they give me joy. ¹⁵⁴¹ 

119:112 I am determined to obey ¹⁵⁴²  your statutes

at all times, to the very end.

119:113 ס (Samek)

I hate people with divided loyalties, ¹⁵⁴³ 

but I love your law.

119:114 You are my hiding place and my shield.

I find hope in your word.

119:115 Turn away from me, you evil men,

so that I can observe ¹⁵⁴⁴  the commands of my God. ¹⁵⁴⁵ 

119:116 Sustain me as you promised, ¹⁵⁴⁶  so that I will live. ¹⁵⁴⁷ 

Do not disappoint me! ¹⁵⁴⁸ 

119:117 Support me, so that I will be delivered.

Then I will focus ¹⁵⁴⁹  on your statutes continually.

119:118 You despise ¹⁵⁵⁰  all who stray from your statutes,

for they are deceptive and unreliable. ¹⁵⁵¹ 

119:119 You remove all the wicked of the earth like slag. ¹⁵⁵² 

Therefore I love your rules. ¹⁵⁵³ 

119:120 My body ¹⁵⁵⁴  trembles ¹⁵⁵⁵  because I fear you; ¹⁵⁵⁶ 

I am afraid of your judgments.

119:121 ע (Ayin)

I do what is fair and right. ¹⁵⁵⁷ 

Do not abandon me to my oppressors!

119:122 Guarantee the welfare of your servant! ¹⁵⁵⁸ 

Do not let the arrogant oppress me!

119:123 My eyes grow tired as I wait for your deliverance, ¹⁵⁵⁹ 

for your reliable promise to be fulfilled. ¹⁵⁶⁰ 

119:124 Show your servant your loyal love! ¹⁵⁶¹ 

Teach me your statutes!

119:125 I am your servant. Give me insight,

so that I can understand ¹⁵⁶²  your rules.

119:126 It is time for the Lord to act –

they break your law!

119:127 For this reason ¹⁵⁶³  I love your commands

more than gold, even purest gold.

119:128 For this reason I carefully follow all your precepts. ¹⁵⁶⁴ 

I hate all deceitful actions. ¹⁵⁶⁵ 

119:129 פ (Pe)

Your rules are marvelous.

Therefore I observe them.

119:130 Your instructions are a doorway through which light shines. ¹⁵⁶⁶ 

They give ¹⁵⁶⁷  insight to the untrained. ¹⁵⁶⁸ 

119:131 I open my mouth and pant,

because I long ¹⁵⁶⁹  for your commands.

119:132 Turn toward me and extend mercy to me,

as you typically do to your loyal followers. ¹⁵⁷⁰ 

119:133 Direct my steps by your word! ¹⁵⁷¹ 

Do not let any sin dominate me!

119:134 Deliver me ¹⁵⁷²  from oppressive men,

so that I can keep ¹⁵⁷³  your precepts.

119:135 Smile ¹⁵⁷⁴  on your servant!

Teach me your statutes!

119:136 Tears stream down from my eyes, ¹⁵⁷⁵ 

because people ¹⁵⁷⁶  do not keep your law.

119:137 צ (Tsade)

You are just, O Lord,

and your judgments are fair.

119:138 The rules you impose are just, ¹⁵⁷⁷ 

and absolutely reliable.

119:139 My zeal ¹⁵⁷⁸  consumes ¹⁵⁷⁹  me,

for my enemies forget your instructions. ¹⁵⁸⁰ 

119:140 Your word is absolutely pure,

and your servant loves it!

119:141 I am insignificant and despised,

yet I do not forget your precepts.

119:142 Your justice endures, ¹⁵⁸¹ 

and your law is reliable. ¹⁵⁸² 

119:143 Distress and hardship confront ¹⁵⁸³  me,

yet I find delight in your commands.

119:144 Your rules remain just. ¹⁵⁸⁴ 

Give me insight so that I can live. ¹⁵⁸⁵ 

119:145 ק (Qof)

I cried out with all my heart, “Answer me, O Lord!

I will observe your statutes.”

119:146 I cried out to you, “Deliver me,

so that I can keep ¹⁵⁸⁶  your rules.”

119:147 I am up before dawn crying for help.

I find hope in your word.

119:148 My eyes anticipate the nighttime hours,

so that I can meditate on your word.

119:149 Listen to me ¹⁵⁸⁷  because of ¹⁵⁸⁸  your loyal love!

O Lord, revive me, as you typically do! ¹⁵⁸⁹ 

119:150 Those who are eager to do ¹⁵⁹⁰  wrong draw near;

they are far from your law.

119:151 You are near, O Lord,

and all your commands are reliable. ¹⁵⁹¹ 

119:152 I learned long ago that

you ordained your rules to last. ¹⁵⁹² 

119:153 ר (Resh)

See my pain and rescue me!

For I do not forget your law.

119:154 Fight for me ¹⁵⁹³  and defend me! ¹⁵⁹⁴ 

Revive me with your word!

119:155 The wicked have no chance for deliverance, ¹⁵⁹⁵ 

for they do not seek your statutes.

119:156 Your compassion is great, O Lord.

Revive me, as you typically do! ¹⁵⁹⁶ 

119:157 The enemies who chase me are numerous. ¹⁵⁹⁷ 

Yet I do not turn aside from your rules.

119:158 I take note of the treacherous and despise them,

because they do not keep your instructions. ¹⁵⁹⁸ 

119:159 See how I love your precepts!

O Lord, revive me with your loyal love!

119:160 Your instructions are totally reliable;

all your just regulations endure. ¹⁵⁹⁹ 

119:161 שׂ/שׁ (Sin/Shin)

Rulers pursue me for no reason,

yet I am more afraid of disobeying your instructions. ¹⁶⁰⁰ 

119:162 I rejoice in your instructions,

like one who finds much plunder. ¹⁶⁰¹ 

119:163 I hate and despise deceit;

I love your law.

119:164 Seven ¹⁶⁰²  times a day I praise you

because of your just regulations.

119:165 Those who love your law are completely secure; ¹⁶⁰³ 

nothing causes them to stumble. ¹⁶⁰⁴ 

119:166 I hope for your deliverance, O Lord,

and I obey ¹⁶⁰⁵  your commands.

119:167 I keep your rules;

I love them greatly.

119:168 I keep your precepts and rules,

for you are aware of everything I do. ¹⁶⁰⁶ 

119:169 ת (Tav)

Listen to my cry for help, ¹⁶⁰⁷  O Lord!

Give me insight by your word!

119:170 Listen to my appeal for mercy! ¹⁶⁰⁸ 

Deliver me, as you promised. ¹⁶⁰⁹ 

119:171 May praise flow freely from my lips,

for you teach me your statutes.

119:172 May my tongue sing about your instructions, ¹⁶¹⁰ 

for all your commands are just.

119:173 May your hand help me,

for I choose to obey ¹⁶¹¹  your precepts.

119:174 I long for your deliverance, O Lord;

I find delight in your law.

119:175 May I ¹⁶¹²  live and praise you!

May your regulations help me! ¹⁶¹³ 

119:176 I have wandered off like a lost sheep. ¹⁶¹⁴ 

Come looking for your servant,

for I do not forget your commands.

120:1 A song of ascents. ¹⁶¹⁶ 

In my distress I cried out

to the Lord and he answered me.

120:2 I said, ¹⁶¹⁷  “O Lord, rescue me ¹⁶¹⁸ 

from those who lie with their lips ¹⁶¹⁹ 

and those who deceive with their tongue. ¹⁶²⁰ 

120:3 How will he severely punish you,

you deceptive talker? ¹⁶²¹ 

120:4 Here’s how! ¹⁶²²  With the sharp arrows of warriors,

with arrowheads forged over the hot coals. ¹⁶²³ 

120:5 How miserable I am! ¹⁶²⁴ 

For I have lived temporarily ¹⁶²⁵  in Meshech;

I have resided among the tents of Kedar. ¹⁶²⁶ 

120:6 For too long I have had to reside

with those who hate ¹⁶²⁷  peace.

120:7 I am committed to peace, ¹⁶²⁸ 

but when I speak, they want to make war. ¹⁶²⁹ 

121:1 A song of ascents. ¹⁶³¹ 

I look up ¹⁶³²  toward the hills.

From where ¹⁶³³  does my help come?

121:2 My help comes from the Lord, ¹⁶³⁴ 

the Creator ¹⁶³⁵  of heaven and earth!

121:3 May he not allow your foot to slip!

May your protector ¹⁶³⁶  not sleep! ¹⁶³⁷ 

121:4 Look! Israel’s protector ¹⁶³⁸ 

does not sleep or slumber!

121:5 The Lord is your protector;

the Lord is the shade at your right hand.

121:6 The sun will not harm you by day,

or the moon by night. ¹⁶³⁹ 

121:7 The Lord will protect you from all harm;

he will protect your life.

121:8 The Lord will protect you in all you do, ¹⁶⁴⁰ 

now and forevermore.

122:1 A song of ascents, ¹⁶⁴²  by David.

I was glad because ¹⁶⁴³  they said to me,

“We will go to the Lord’s temple.”

122:2 Our feet are ¹⁶⁴⁴  standing

inside your gates, O Jerusalem.

122:3 Jerusalem ¹⁶⁴⁵  is a city designed

to accommodate an assembly. ¹⁶⁴⁶ 

122:4 The tribes go up ¹⁶⁴⁷  there, ¹⁶⁴⁸ 

the tribes of the Lord,

where it is required that Israel

give thanks to the name of the Lord. ¹⁶⁴⁹ 

122:5 Indeed, ¹⁶⁵⁰  the leaders sit ¹⁶⁵¹  there on thrones and make legal decisions,

on the thrones of the house of David. ¹⁶⁵² 

122:6 Pray ¹⁶⁵³  for the peace of Jerusalem!

May those who love her prosper! ¹⁶⁵⁴ 

122:7 May there be peace inside your defenses,

and prosperity ¹⁶⁵⁵  inside your fortresses! ¹⁶⁵⁶ 

122:8 For the sake of my brothers and my neighbors

I will say, “May there be peace in you!”

122:9 For the sake of the temple of the Lord our God

I will pray for you to prosper. ¹⁶⁵⁷ 

123:1 A song of ascents. ¹⁶⁵⁹ 

I look up ¹⁶⁶⁰  toward you,

the one enthroned ¹⁶⁶¹  in heaven.

123:2 Look, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master,

as the eyes of a female servant look to the hand of her mistress, ¹⁶⁶² 

so my eyes will look to the Lord, our God, until he shows us favor.

123:3 Show us favor, O Lord, show us favor!

For we have had our fill of humiliation, and then some. ¹⁶⁶³ 

123:4 We have had our fill ¹⁶⁶⁴ 

of the taunts of the self-assured,

of the contempt of the proud.

124:1 A song of ascents, ¹⁶⁶⁶  by David.

“If the Lord had not been on our side” –

let Israel say this! –

124:2 if the Lord had not been on our side,

when men attacked us, ¹⁶⁶⁷ 

124:3 they would have swallowed us alive,

when their anger raged against us.

124:4 The water would have overpowered us;

the current ¹⁶⁶⁸  would have overwhelmed ¹⁶⁶⁹  us. ¹⁶⁷⁰ 

124:5 The raging water

would have overwhelmed us. ¹⁶⁷¹ 

124:6 The Lord deserves praise, ¹⁶⁷² 

for ¹⁶⁷³  he did not hand us over as prey to their teeth.

124:7 We escaped with our lives, ¹⁶⁷⁴  like a bird from a hunter’s snare.

The snare broke, and we escaped.

124:8 Our deliverer is the Lord, ¹⁶⁷⁵ 

the Creator ¹⁶⁷⁶  of heaven and earth.

125:1 A song of ascents. ¹⁶⁷⁸ 

Those who trust in the Lord are like Mount Zion;

it cannot be upended and will endure forever.

125:2 As the mountains surround Jerusalem, ¹⁶⁷⁹ 

so the Lord surrounds his people,

now and forevermore.

125:3 Indeed, ¹⁶⁸⁰  the scepter of a wicked king ¹⁶⁸¹  will not settle ¹⁶⁸² 

upon the allotted land of the godly.

Otherwise the godly might

do what is wrong. ¹⁶⁸³ 

125:4 Do good, O Lord, to those who are good,

to the morally upright! ¹⁶⁸⁴ 

125:5 As for those who are bent on traveling a sinful path, ¹⁶⁸⁵ 

may the Lord remove them, ¹⁶⁸⁶  along with those who behave wickedly! ¹⁶⁸⁷ 

May Israel experience peace! ¹⁶⁸⁸ 

126:1 A song of ascents. ¹⁶⁹⁰ 

When the Lord restored the well-being of Zion, ¹⁶⁹¹ 

we thought we were dreaming. ¹⁶⁹² 

126:2 At that time we laughed loudly

and shouted for joy. ¹⁶⁹³ 

At that time the nations said, ¹⁶⁹⁴ 

“The Lord has accomplished great things for these people.”

126:3 The Lord did indeed accomplish great things for us.

We were happy.

126:4 O Lord, restore our well-being,

just as the streams in the arid south are replenished. ¹⁶⁹⁵ 

126:5 Those who shed tears as they plant

will shout for joy when they reap the harvest. ¹⁶⁹⁶ 

126:6 The one who weeps as he walks along, carrying his bag ¹⁶⁹⁷  of seed,

will certainly come in with a shout of joy, carrying his sheaves of grain. ¹⁶⁹⁸ 

127:1 A song of ascents, ¹⁷⁰⁰  by Solomon.

If the Lord does not build a house, ¹⁷⁰¹ 

then those who build it work in vain.

If the Lord does not guard a city, ¹⁷⁰² 

then the watchman stands guard in vain.

127:2 It is vain for you to rise early, come home late,

and work so hard for your food. ¹⁷⁰³ 

Yes, ¹⁷⁰⁴  he can provide for those whom he loves even when they sleep. ¹⁷⁰⁵ 

127:3 Yes, ¹⁷⁰⁶  sons ¹⁷⁰⁷  are a gift from the Lord,

the fruit of the womb is a reward.

127:4 Sons born during one’s youth

are like arrows in a warrior’s hand. ¹⁷⁰⁸ 

127:5 How blessed is the man who fills his quiver with them!

They will not be put to shame ¹⁷⁰⁹  when they confront ¹⁷¹⁰  enemies at the city gate.

128:1 A song of ascents. ¹⁷¹² 

How blessed is every one of the Lord’s loyal followers, ¹⁷¹³ 

each one who keeps his commands! ¹⁷¹⁴ 

128:2 You ¹⁷¹⁵  will eat what you worked so hard to grow. ¹⁷¹⁶ 

You will be blessed and secure. ¹⁷¹⁷ 

128:3 Your wife will be like a fruitful vine ¹⁷¹⁸ 

in the inner rooms of your house;

your children ¹⁷¹⁹  will be like olive branches,

as they sit all around your table.

128:4 Yes indeed, the man who fears the Lord

will be blessed in this way. ¹⁷²⁰ 

128:5 May the Lord bless you ¹⁷²¹  from Zion,

that you might see ¹⁷²²  Jerusalem ¹⁷²³  prosper

all the days of your life,

128:6 and that you might see ¹⁷²⁴  your grandchildren. ¹⁷²⁵ 

May Israel experience peace! ¹⁷²⁶ 

129:1 A song of ascents. ¹⁷²⁸ 

“Since my youth they have often attacked me,”

let Israel say.

129:2 “Since my youth they have often attacked me,

but they have not defeated me.

129:3 The plowers plowed my back;

they made their furrows long.

129:4 The Lord is just;

he cut the ropes of the wicked.” ¹⁷²⁹ 

129:5 May all who hate Zion

be humiliated and turned back!

129:6 May they be like the grass on the rooftops

which withers before one can even pull it up, ¹⁷³⁰ 

129:7 which cannot fill the reaper’s hand,

or the lap of the one who gathers the grain!

129:8 Those who pass by will not say, ¹⁷³¹ 

“May you experience the Lord’s blessing!

We pronounce a blessing on you in the name of the Lord.”

130:1 A song of ascents. ¹⁷³³ 

From the deep water ¹⁷³⁴  I cry out to you, O Lord.

130:2 O Lord, listen to me! ¹⁷³⁵ 

Pay attention to ¹⁷³⁶  my plea for mercy!

130:3 If you, O Lord, were to keep track of ¹⁷³⁷  sins,

O Lord, who could stand before you? ¹⁷³⁸ 

130:4 But ¹⁷³⁹  you are willing to forgive, ¹⁷⁴⁰ 

so that you might ¹⁷⁴¹  be honored. ¹⁷⁴² 

130:5 I rely on ¹⁷⁴³  the Lord,

I rely on him with my whole being; ¹⁷⁴⁴ 

I wait for his assuring word. ¹⁷⁴⁵ 

130:6 I yearn for the Lord, ¹⁷⁴⁶ 

more than watchmen do for the morning,

yes, more than watchmen do for the morning. ¹⁷⁴⁷ 

130:7 O Israel, hope in the Lord,

for the Lord exhibits loyal love, ¹⁷⁴⁸ 

and is more than willing to deliver. ¹⁷⁴⁹ 

130:8 He will deliver ¹⁷⁵⁰  Israel

from all the consequences of their sins. ¹⁷⁵¹ 

131:1 A song of ascents, ¹⁷⁵³  by David.

O Lord, my heart is not proud,

nor do I have a haughty look. ¹⁷⁵⁴ 

I do not have great aspirations,

or concern myself with things that are beyond me. ¹⁷⁵⁵ 

131:2 Indeed ¹⁷⁵⁶  I am composed and quiet, ¹⁷⁵⁷ 

like a young child carried by its mother; ¹⁷⁵⁸ 

I am content like the young child I carry. ¹⁷⁵⁹ 

131:3 O Israel, hope in the Lord

now and forevermore!

132:1 A song of ascents. ¹⁷⁶¹ 

O Lord, for David’s sake remember

all his strenuous effort, ¹⁷⁶² 

132:2 and how he made a vow to the Lord,

and swore an oath to the powerful ruler of Jacob. ¹⁷⁶³ 

132:3 He said, ¹⁷⁶⁴  “I will not enter my own home, ¹⁷⁶⁵ 

or get into my bed. ¹⁷⁶⁶ 

132:4 I will not allow my eyes to sleep,

or my eyelids to slumber,

132:5 until I find a place for the Lord,

a fine dwelling place ¹⁷⁶⁷  for the powerful ruler of Jacob.” ¹⁷⁶⁸ 

132:6 Look, we heard about it ¹⁷⁶⁹  in Ephrathah, ¹⁷⁷⁰ 

we found it in the territory of Jaar. ¹⁷⁷¹ 

132:7 Let us go to his dwelling place!

Let us worship ¹⁷⁷²  before his footstool!

132:8 Ascend, O Lord, to your resting place,

you and the ark of your strength!

132:9 May your priests be clothed with integrity! ¹⁷⁷³ 

May your loyal followers shout for joy!

132:10 For the sake of David, your servant,

do not reject your chosen king! ¹⁷⁷⁴ 

132:11 The Lord made a reliable promise to David; ¹⁷⁷⁵ 

he will not go back on his word. ¹⁷⁷⁶ 

He said, ¹⁷⁷⁷  “I will place one of your descendants ¹⁷⁷⁸  on your throne.

132:12 If your sons keep my covenant

and the rules I teach them,

their sons will also sit on your throne forever.”

132:13 Certainly ¹⁷⁷⁹  the Lord has chosen Zion;

he decided to make it his home. ¹⁷⁸⁰ 

132:14 He said, ¹⁷⁸¹  “This will be my resting place forever;

I will live here, for I have chosen it. ¹⁷⁸² 

132:15 I will abundantly supply what she needs; ¹⁷⁸³ 

I will give her poor all the food they need. ¹⁷⁸⁴ 

132:16 I will protect her priests, ¹⁷⁸⁵ 

and her godly people will shout exuberantly. ¹⁷⁸⁶ 

132:17 There I will make David strong; ¹⁷⁸⁷ 

I have determined that my chosen king’s dynasty will continue. ¹⁷⁸⁸ 

132:18 I will humiliate his enemies, ¹⁷⁸⁹ 

and his crown will shine.

133:1 A song of ascents, ¹⁷⁹¹  by David.

Look! How good and how pleasant it is

when brothers live together! ¹⁷⁹² 

133:2 It is like fine oil poured on the head

which flows down the beard ¹⁷⁹³  –

Aaron’s beard,

and then flows down his garments. ¹⁷⁹⁴ 

133:3 It is like the dew of Hermon, ¹⁷⁹⁵ 

which flows down upon the hills of Zion. ¹⁷⁹⁶ 

Indeed ¹⁷⁹⁷  that is where the Lord has decreed

a blessing will be available – eternal life. ¹⁷⁹⁸ 

134:1 A song of ascents. ¹⁸⁰⁰ 

Attention! ¹⁸⁰¹  Praise the Lord,

all you servants of the Lord,

who serve ¹⁸⁰²  in the Lord’s temple during the night.

134:2 Lift your hands toward the sanctuary

and praise the Lord!

134:3 May the Lord, the Creator of heaven and earth,

bless you ¹⁸⁰³  from Zion! ¹⁸⁰⁴ 

135:1 Praise the Lord!

Praise the name of the Lord!

Offer praise, you servants of the Lord,

135:2 who serve ¹⁸⁰⁶  in the Lord’s temple,

in the courts of the temple of our God.

135:3 Praise the Lord, for the Lord is good!

Sing praises to his name, for it is pleasant! ¹⁸⁰⁷ 

135:4 Indeed, ¹⁸⁰⁸  the Lord has chosen Jacob for himself,

Israel to be his special possession. ¹⁸⁰⁹ 

135:5 Yes, ¹⁸¹⁰  I know the Lord is great,

and our Lord is superior to all gods.

135:6 He does whatever he pleases

in heaven and on earth,

in the seas and all the ocean depths.

135:7 He causes the clouds to arise from the end of the earth,

makes lightning bolts accompany the rain,

and brings the wind out of his storehouses.

135:8 He struck down the firstborn of Egypt,

including both men and animals.

135:9 He performed awesome deeds ¹⁸¹¹  and acts of judgment ¹⁸¹² 

in your midst, O Egypt,

against Pharaoh and all his servants.

135:10 He defeated many nations,

and killed mighty kings –

135:11 Sihon, king of the Amorites,

and Og, king of Bashan,

and all the kingdoms of Canaan.

135:12 He gave their land as an inheritance,

as an inheritance to Israel his people.

135:13 O Lord, your name endures, ¹⁸¹³ 

your reputation, O Lord, lasts. ¹⁸¹⁴ 

135:14 For the Lord vindicates ¹⁸¹⁵  his people,

and has compassion on his servants. ¹⁸¹⁶ 

135:15 The nations’ idols are made of silver and gold,

they are man-made. ¹⁸¹⁷ 

135:16 They have mouths, but cannot speak,

eyes, but cannot see,

135:17 and ears, but cannot hear.

Indeed, they cannot breathe. ¹⁸¹⁸ 

135:18 Those who make them will end up ¹⁸¹⁹  like them,

as will everyone who trusts in them.

135:19 O family ¹⁸²⁰  of Israel, praise the Lord!

O family of Aaron, praise the Lord!

135:20 O family of Levi, praise the Lord!

You loyal followers ¹⁸²¹  of the Lord, praise the Lord!

135:21 The Lord deserves praise in Zion ¹⁸²²  –

he who dwells in Jerusalem. ¹⁸²³ 

Praise the Lord!

136:1 Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good,

for his loyal love endures. ¹⁸²⁵ 

136:2 Give thanks to the God of gods,

for his loyal love endures.

136:3 Give thanks to the Lord of lords,

for his loyal love endures,

136:4 to the one who performs magnificent, amazing deeds all by himself,

for his loyal love endures,

136:5 to the one who used wisdom to make the heavens,

for his loyal love endures,

136:6 to the one who spread out the earth over the water,

for his loyal love endures,

136:7 to the one who made the great lights,

for his loyal love endures,

136:8 the sun to rule by day,

for his loyal love endures,

136:9 the moon and stars to rule by night,

for his loyal love endures,

136:10 to the one who struck down the firstborn of Egypt,

for his loyal love endures,

136:11 and led Israel out from their midst,

for his loyal love endures,

136:12 with a strong hand and an outstretched arm,

for his loyal love endures,

136:13 to the one who divided ¹⁸²⁶  the Red Sea ¹⁸²⁷  in two, ¹⁸²⁸ 

for his loyal love endures,

136:14 and led Israel through its midst,

for his loyal love endures,

136:15 and tossed ¹⁸²⁹  Pharaoh and his army into the Red Sea,

for his loyal love endures,

136:16 to the one who led his people through the wilderness,

for his loyal love endures,

136:17 to the one who struck down great kings,

for his loyal love endures,

136:18 and killed powerful kings,

for his loyal love endures,

136:19 Sihon, king of the Amorites,

for his loyal love endures,

136:20 Og, king of Bashan,

for his loyal love endures,

136:21 and gave their land as an inheritance,

for his loyal love endures,

136:22 as an inheritance to Israel his servant,

for his loyal love endures,

136:23 to the one who remembered us when we were down, ¹⁸³⁰ 

for his loyal love endures,

136:24 and snatched us away from our enemies,

for his loyal love endures,

136:25 to the one who gives food to all living things, ¹⁸³¹ 

for his loyal love endures.

136:26 Give thanks to the God of heaven,

for his loyal love endures!

137:1 By the rivers of Babylon

we sit down and weep ¹⁸³³ 

when we remember Zion.

137:2 On the poplars in her midst

we hang our harps,

137:3 for there our captors ask us to compose songs; ¹⁸³⁴ 

those who mock us demand that we be happy, saying: ¹⁸³⁵ 

“Sing for us a song about Zion!” ¹⁸³⁶ 

137:4 How can we sing a song to the Lord

in a foreign land?

137:5 If I forget you, O Jerusalem,

may my right hand be crippled! ¹⁸³⁷ 

137:6 May my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth,

if I do not remember you,

and do not give Jerusalem priority

over whatever gives me the most joy. ¹⁸³⁸ 

137:7 Remember, O Lord, what the Edomites did

on the day Jerusalem fell. ¹⁸³⁹ 

They said, “Tear it down, tear it down, ¹⁸⁴⁰ 

right to its very foundation!”

137:8 O daughter Babylon, soon to be devastated! ¹⁸⁴¹ 

How blessed will be the one who repays you

for what you dished out to us! ¹⁸⁴² 

137:9 How blessed will be the one who grabs your babies

and smashes them on a rock! ¹⁸⁴³ 

138:1 By David.

I will give you thanks with all my heart;

before the heavenly assembly ¹⁸⁴⁵  I will sing praises to you.

138:2 I will bow down toward your holy temple,

and give thanks to your name,

because of your loyal love and faithfulness,

for you have exalted your promise above the entire sky. ¹⁸⁴⁶ 

138:3 When ¹⁸⁴⁷  I cried out for help, you answered me.

You made me bold and energized me. ¹⁸⁴⁸ 

138:4 Let all the kings of the earth give thanks ¹⁸⁴⁹  to you, O Lord,

when they hear the words you speak. ¹⁸⁵⁰ 

138:5 Let them sing about the Lord’s deeds, ¹⁸⁵¹ 

for the Lord’s splendor is magnificent. ¹⁸⁵² 

138:6 Though the Lord is exalted, he takes note of the lowly,

and recognizes the proud from far away.

138:7 Even when I must walk in the midst of danger, ¹⁸⁵³  you revive me.

You oppose my angry enemies, ¹⁸⁵⁴ 

and your right hand delivers me.

138:8 The Lord avenges me. ¹⁸⁵⁵ 

O Lord, your loyal love endures.

Do not abandon those whom you have made! ¹⁸⁵⁶ 

139:1 For the music director, a psalm of David.

O Lord, you examine me ¹⁸⁵⁸  and know.

139:2 You know when I sit down and when I get up;

even from far away you understand my motives.

139:3 You carefully observe me when I travel or when I lie down to rest; ¹⁸⁵⁹ 

you are aware of everything I do. ¹⁸⁶⁰ 

139:4 Certainly ¹⁸⁶¹  my tongue does not frame a word

without you, O Lord, being thoroughly aware of it. ¹⁸⁶² 

139:5 You squeeze me in from behind and in front;

you place your hand on me.

139:6 Your knowledge is beyond my comprehension;

it is so far beyond me, I am unable to fathom it. ¹⁸⁶³ 

139:7 Where can I go to escape your spirit?

Where can I flee to escape your presence? ¹⁸⁶⁴ 

139:8 If I were to ascend ¹⁸⁶⁵  to heaven, you would be there.

If I were to sprawl out in Sheol, there you would be. ¹⁸⁶⁶ 

139:9 If I were to fly away ¹⁸⁶⁷  on the wings of the dawn, ¹⁸⁶⁸ 

and settle down on the other side ¹⁸⁶⁹  of the sea,

139:10 even there your hand would guide me,

your right hand would grab hold of me.

139:11 If I were to say, “Certainly the darkness will cover me, ¹⁸⁷⁰ 

and the light will turn to night all around me,” ¹⁸⁷¹ 

139:12 even the darkness is not too dark for you to see, ¹⁸⁷² 

and the night is as bright as ¹⁸⁷³  day;

darkness and light are the same to you. ¹⁸⁷⁴ 

139:13 Certainly ¹⁸⁷⁵  you made my mind and heart; ¹⁸⁷⁶ 

you wove me together ¹⁸⁷⁷  in my mother’s womb.

139:14 I will give you thanks because your deeds are awesome and amazing. ¹⁸⁷⁸ 

You knew me thoroughly; ¹⁸⁷⁹ 

139:15 my bones were not hidden from you,

when ¹⁸⁸⁰  I was made in secret

and sewed together in the depths of the earth. ¹⁸⁸¹ 

139:16 Your eyes saw me when I was inside the womb. ¹⁸⁸² 

All the days ordained for me

were recorded in your scroll

before one of them came into existence. ¹⁸⁸³ 

139:17 How difficult it is for me to fathom your thoughts about me, O God! ¹⁸⁸⁴ 

How vast is their sum total! ¹⁸⁸⁵ 

139:18 If I tried to count them,

they would outnumber the grains of sand.

Even if I finished counting them,

I would still have to contend with you. ¹⁸⁸⁶ 

139:19 If only ¹⁸⁸⁷  you would kill the wicked, O God!

Get away from me, you violent men! ¹⁸⁸⁸ 

139:20 They ¹⁸⁸⁹  rebel against you ¹⁸⁹⁰  and act deceitfully; ¹⁸⁹¹ 

your enemies lie. ¹⁸⁹² 

139:21 O Lord, do I not hate those who hate you,

and despise those who oppose you? ¹⁸⁹³ 

139:22 I absolutely hate them, ¹⁸⁹⁴ 

they have become my enemies!

139:23 Examine me, and probe my thoughts! ¹⁸⁹⁵ 

Test me, and know my concerns! ¹⁸⁹⁶ 

139:24 See if there is any idolatrous tendency ¹⁸⁹⁷  in me,

and lead me in the reliable ancient