Psalms 103–106

1Praise Yahweh, my soul! All that is within me, praise his holy name!

2Praise Yahweh, my soul, and don’t forget all his benefits,

3who forgives all your sins, who heals all your diseases,

4who redeems your life from destruction, who crowns you with loving kindness and tender mercies,

5who satisfies your desire with good things, so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.

6Yahweh executes righteous acts, and justice for all who are oppressed.

7He made known his ways to Moses, his deeds to the children of Israel.

8Yahweh is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness.

9He will not always accuse; neither will he stay angry forever.

10He has not dealt with us according to our sins, nor repaid us for our iniquities.

11For as the heavens are high above the earth, so great is his loving kindness toward those who fear him.

12As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us.

13Like a father has compassion on his children, so Yahweh has compassion on those who fear him.

14For he knows how we are made. He remembers that we are dust.

15As for man, his days are like grass. As a flower of the field, so he flourishes.

16For the wind passes over it, and it is gone. Its place remembers it no more.

17But Yahweh’s loving kindness is from everlasting to everlasting with those who fear him, his righteousness to children’s children,

18to those who keep his covenant, to those who remember to obey his precepts.

19Yahweh has established his throne in the heavens. His kingdom rules over all.

20Praise Yahweh, you angels of his, who are mighty in strength, who fulfill his word, obeying the voice of his word.

21Praise Yahweh, all you armies of his, you servants of his, who do his pleasure.

22Praise Yahweh, all you works of his, in all places of his dominion. Praise Yahweh, my soul!

1Bless Yahweh, my soul. Yahweh, my God, you are very great. You are clothed with honor and majesty.

2He covers himself with light as with a garment. He stretches out the heavens like a curtain.

3He lays the beams of his rooms in the waters. He makes the clouds his chariot. He walks on the wings of the wind.

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

5He laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be moved forever.

6You covered it with the deep as with a cloak. The waters stood above the mountains.

7At your rebuke they fled. At the voice of your thunder they hurried away.

8The mountains rose, the valleys sank down, to the place which you had assigned to them.

9You have set a boundary that they may not pass over, that they don’t turn again to cover the earth.

10He sends springs into the valleys. They run among the mountains.

11They give drink to every animal of the field. The wild donkeys quench their thirst.

12The birds of the sky nest by them. They sing among the branches.

13He waters the mountains from his rooms. The earth is filled with the fruit of your works.

14He causes the grass to grow for the livestock, and plants for man to cultivate, that he may produce food out of the earth:

15wine that makes the heart of man glad, oil to make his face to shine, and bread that strengthens man’s heart.

16Yahweh’s trees are well watered, the cedars of Lebanon, which he has planted,

17where the birds make their nests. The stork makes its home in the cypress trees.

18The high mountains are for the wild goats. The rocks are a refuge for the rock badgers.

19He appointed the moon for seasons. The sun knows when to set.

20You make darkness, and it is night, in which all the animals of the forest prowl.

21The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their food from God.

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

23Man goes out to his work, to his labor until the evening.

24Yahweh, how many are your works! In wisdom, you have made them all. The earth is full of your riches.

25There is the sea, great and wide, in which are innumerable living things, both small and large animals.

26There the ships go, and leviathan, whom you formed to play there.

27These all wait for you, that you may give them their food in due season.

28You give to them; they gather. You open your hand; they are satisfied with good.

29You hide your face; they are troubled. You take away their breath; they die and return to the dust.

30You send out your Spirit and they are created. You renew the face of the ground.

31Let Yahweh’s glory endure forever. Let Yahweh rejoice in his works.

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

33I will sing to Yahweh as long as I live. I will sing praise to my God while I have any being.

34Let my meditation be sweet to him. I will rejoice in Yahweh.

35Let sinners be consumed out of the earth. Let the wicked be no more. Bless Yahweh, my soul. Praise Yah!

1Give thanks to Yahweh! Call on his name! Make his doings known among the peoples.

2Sing to him, sing praises to him! Tell of all his marvelous works.

3Glory in his holy name. Let the heart of those who seek Yahweh rejoice.

4Seek Yahweh and his strength. Seek his face forever more.

5Remember his marvelous works that he has done: his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth,

6you offspring of Abraham, his servant, you children of Jacob, his chosen ones.

7He is Yahweh, our God. His judgments are in all the earth.

8He has remembered his covenant forever, the word which he commanded to a thousand generations,

9the covenant which he made with Abraham, his oath to Isaac,

10and confirmed it to Jacob for a statute; to Israel for an everlasting covenant,

11saying, “To you I will give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance,”

12when they were but a few men in number, yes, very few, and foreigners in it.

13They went about from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another people.

14He allowed no one to do them wrong. Yes, he reproved kings for their sakes,

15“Don’t touch my anointed ones! Do my prophets no harm!”

16He called for a famine on the land. He destroyed the food supplies.

17He sent a man before them. Joseph was sold for a slave.

18They bruised his feet with shackles. His neck was locked in irons,

19until the time that his word happened, and Yahweh’s word proved him true.

20The king sent and freed him, even the ruler of peoples, and let him go free.

21He made him lord of his house, and ruler of all of his possessions,

22to discipline his princes at his pleasure, and to teach his elders wisdom.

23Israel also came into Egypt. Jacob lived in the land of Ham.

24He increased his people greatly, and made them stronger than their adversaries.

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

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

27They performed miracles among them, and wonders in the land of Ham.

28He sent darkness, and made it dark. They didn’t rebel against his words.

29He turned their waters into blood, and killed their fish.

30Their land swarmed with frogs, even in the rooms of their kings.

31He spoke, and swarms of flies came, and lice in all their borders.

32He gave them hail for rain, with lightning in their land.

33He struck their vines and also their fig trees, and shattered the trees of their country.

34He spoke, and the locusts came with the grasshoppers, without number.

35They ate up every plant in their land, and ate up the fruit of their ground.

36He struck also all the firstborn in their land, the first fruits of all their manhood.

37He brought them out with silver and gold. There was not one feeble person among his tribes.

38Egypt was glad when they departed, for the fear of them had fallen on them.

39He spread a cloud for a covering, fire to give light in the night.

40They asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread of the sky.

41He opened the rock, and waters gushed out. They ran as a river in the dry places.

42For he remembered his holy word, and Abraham, his servant.

43He brought his people out with joy, his chosen with singing.

44He gave them the lands of the nations. They took the labor of the peoples in possession,

45that they might keep his statutes, and observe his laws. Praise Yah!

1Praise Yahweh! Give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever.

2Who can utter the mighty acts of Yahweh, or fully declare all his praise?

3Blessed are those who keep justice. Blessed is one who does what is right at all times.

4Remember me, Yahweh, with the favor that you show to your people. Visit me with your salvation,

5that I may see the prosperity of your chosen, that I may rejoice in the gladness of your nation, that I may glory with your inheritance.

6We have sinned with our fathers. We have committed iniquity. We have done wickedly.

7Our fathers didn’t understand your wonders in Egypt. They didn’t remember the multitude of your loving kindnesses, but were rebellious at the sea, even at the Red Sea.

8Nevertheless he saved them for his name’s sake, that he might make his mighty power known.

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

10He saved them from the hand of him who hated them, and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.

11The waters covered their adversaries. There was not one of them left.

12Then they believed his words. They sang his praise.

13They soon forgot his works. They didn’t wait for his counsel,

14but gave in to craving in the desert, and tested God in the wasteland.

15He gave them their request, but sent leanness into their soul.

16They envied Moses also in the camp, and Aaron, Yahweh’s saint.

17The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company of Abiram.

18A fire was kindled in their company. The flame burned up the wicked.

19They made a calf in Horeb, and worshiped a molten image.

20Thus they exchanged their glory for an image of a bull that eats grass.

21They forgot God, their Savior, who had done great things in Egypt,

22wondrous works in the land of Ham, and awesome things by the Red Sea.

23Therefore he said that he would destroy them, had Moses, his chosen, not stood before him in the breach, to turn away his wrath, so that he wouldn’t destroy them.

24Yes, they despised the pleasant land. They didn’t believe his word,

25but murmured in their tents, and didn’t listen to Yahweh’s voice.

26Therefore he swore to them that he would overthrow them in the wilderness,

27that he would overthrow their offspring among the nations, and scatter them in the lands.

28They joined themselves also to Baal Peor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead.

29Thus they provoked him to anger with their deeds. The plague broke in on them.

30Then Phinehas stood up and executed judgment, so the plague was stopped.

31That was credited to him for righteousness, for all generations to come.

32They angered him also at the waters of Meribah, so that Moses was troubled for their sakes;

33because they were rebellious against his spirit, he spoke rashly with his lips.

34They didn’t destroy the peoples, as Yahweh commanded them,

35but mixed themselves with the nations, and learned their works.

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

37Yes, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons.

38They shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan. The land was polluted with blood.

39Thus they were defiled with their works, and prostituted themselves in their deeds.

40Therefore Yahweh burned with anger against his people. He abhorred his inheritance.

41He gave them into the hand of the nations. Those who hated them ruled over them.

42Their enemies also oppressed them. They were brought into subjection under their hand.

43He rescued them many times, but they were rebellious in their counsel, and were brought low in their iniquity.

44Nevertheless he regarded their distress, when he heard their cry.

45He remembered for them his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his loving kindnesses.

46He made them also to be pitied by all those who carried them captive.

47Save us, Yahweh, our God, gather us from among the nations, to give thanks to your holy name, to triumph in your praise!

48Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel, from everlasting even to everlasting! Let all the people say, “Amen.” Praise Yah!