Category: Psalm

[105:1] Give thanks to the Lord, proclaim his greatness; tell the nations what he has done.

[105:2] Sing praise to the Lord; tell the wonderful things he has done.

[105:3] Be glad that we belong to him; let all who worship him rejoice.

[105:4] Go to the Lord for help; and worship him continually. you descendants of Jacob, the man he chose: remember the miracles that God performed and the judgments that he gave.

[105:7] The Lord is our God; his commands are for all the world.

[105:8] He will keep his covenant forever, his promises for a thousand generations.

[105:9] He will keep the agreement he made with Abraham and his promise to Isaac.

[105:10] The Lord made a covenant with Jacob, one that will last forever.

[105:11] “I will give you the land of Canaan,” he said. “It will be your own possession.”

[105:12] God's people were few in number, strangers in the land of Canaan.

[105:13] They wandered from country to country, from one kingdom to another.

[105:14] But God let no one oppress them; to protect them, he warned the kings:

[105:15] “Don't harm my chosen servants; do not touch my prophets.”

[105:16] The Lord sent famine to their country and took away all their food.

[105:17] But he sent a man ahead of them, Joseph, who had been sold as a slave.

[105:18] His feet were kept in chains, and an iron collar was around his neck,

[105:19] until what he had predicted came true. The word of the Lord proved him right.

[105:20] Then the king of Egypt had him released; the ruler of nations set him free.

[105:21] He put him in charge of his government and made him ruler over all the land,

[105:22] with power over the king's officials and authority to instruct his advisers.

[105:23] Then Jacob went to Egypt and settled in that country.

[105:24] The Lord gave many children to his people and made them stronger than their enemies.

[105:25] He made the Egyptians hate his people and treat his servants with deceit.

[105:26] Then he sent his servant Moses, and Aaron, whom he had chosen.

[105:27] They did God's mighty acts and performed miracles in Egypt.

[105:28] God sent darkness on the country, but the Egyptians did not obey his command.

[105:29] He turned their rivers into blood and killed all their fish.

[105:30] Their country was overrun with frogs; even the palace was filled with them.

[105:31] God commanded, and flies and gnats swarmed throughout the whole country.

[105:32] He sent hail and lightning on their land instead of rain;

[105:33] he destroyed their grapevines and fig trees and broke down all the trees.

[105:34] He commanded, and the locusts came, countless millions of them;

[105:35] they ate all the plants in the land; they ate all the crops.

[105:36] He killed the first-born sons of all the families of Egypt.

[105:37] Then he led the Israelites out; they carried silver and gold, and all of them were healthy and strong.

[105:38] The Egyptians were afraid of them and were glad when they left.

[105:39] God put a cloud over his people and a fire at night to give them light.

[105:40] They asked, and he sent quails; he gave them food from heaven to satisfy them.

[105:41] He opened a rock, and water gushed out, flowing through the desert like a river.

[105:42] He remembered his sacred promise to Abraham his servant.

[105:43] So he led his chosen people out, and they sang and shouted for joy.

[105:44] He gave them the lands of other peoples and let them take over their fields,

[105:45] so that his people would obey his laws and keep all his commands. Praise the Lord!

[106:1] Praise the Lord! Give thanks to the Lord, because he is good; his love is eternal.

[106:2] Who can tell all the great things he has done? Who can praise him enough?

[106:3] Happy are those who obey his commands, who always do what is right.

[106:4] Remember me, Lord, when you help your people; include me when you save them.

[106:5] Let me see the prosperity of your people and share in the happiness of your nation, in the glad pride of those who belong to you.

[106:6] We have sinned as our ancestors did; we have been wicked and evil.

[106:7] Our ancestors in Egypt did not understand God's wonderful acts; they forgot the many times he showed them his love, and they rebelled against the Almighty at the Red Sea.

[106:8] But he saved them, as he had promised, in order to show his great power.

[106:9] He gave a command to the Red Sea, and it dried up; he led his people across on dry land.

[106:10] He saved them from those who hated them; he rescued them from their enemies.

[106:11] But the water drowned their enemies; not one of them was left.

[106:12] Then his people believed his promises and sang praises to him.

[106:13] But they quickly forgot what he had done and acted without waiting for his advice.

[106:14] They were filled with craving in the desert and put God to the test;

[106:15] so he gave them what they asked for, but also sent a terrible disease among them.

[106:16] There in the desert they were jealous of Moses and of Aaron, the Lord's holy servant.

[106:17] Then the earth opened up and swallowed Dathan and buried Abiram and his family;

[106:18] fire came down on their followers and burned up those wicked people.

[106:19] They made a gold bull-calf at Sinai and worshiped that idol;

[106:20] they exchanged the glory of God for the image of an animal that eats grass.

[106:21] They forgot the God who had saved them by his mighty acts in Egypt.

[106:22] What wonderful things he did there! What amazing things at the Red Sea!

[106:23] When God said that he would destroy his people, his chosen servant, Moses, stood up against God and kept his anger from destroying them.

[106:24] Then they rejected the pleasant land, because they did not believe God's promise.

[106:25] They stayed in their tents and grumbled and would not listen to the Lord.

[106:26] So he gave them a solemn warning that he would make them die in the desert

[106:27] and scatter their descendants among the heathen, letting them die in foreign countries.

[106:28] Then at Peor, God's people joined in the worship of Baal and ate sacrifices offered to dead gods.

[106:29] They stirred up the Lord's anger by their actions, and a terrible disease broke out among them.

[106:30] But Phinehas stood up and punished the guilty, and the plague was stopped.

[106:31] This has been remembered in his favor ever since and will be for all time to come.

[106:32] At the springs of Meribah the people made the Lord angry, and Moses was in trouble on their account.

[106:33] They made him so bitter that he spoke without stopping to think.

[106:34] They did not kill the heathen, as the Lord had commanded them to do,

[106:35] but they intermarried with them and adopted their pagan ways.

[106:36] God's people worshiped idols, and this caused their destruction.

[106:37] They offered their own sons and daughters as sacrifices to the idols of Canaan.

[106:38] They killed those innocent children, and the land was defiled by those murders.

[106:39] They made themselves impure by their actions and were unfaithful to God.

[106:40] So the Lord was angry with his people; he was disgusted with them.

[106:41] He abandoned them to the power of the heathen, and their enemies ruled over them.

[106:42] They were oppressed by their enemies and were in complete subjection to them.

[106:43] Many times the Lord rescued his people, but they chose to rebel against him and sank deeper into sin.

[106:44] Yet the Lord heard them when they cried out, and he took notice of their distress.

[106:45] For their sake he remembered his covenant, and because of his great love he relented.

[106:46] He made all their oppressors feel sorry for them.

[106:47] Save us, O Lord our God, and bring us back from among the nations, so that we may be thankful and praise your holy name.

[106:48] Praise the Lord, the God of Israel; praise him now and forever! Let everyone say, “Amen!”

[107:1] “Give thanks to the Lord, because he is good; his love is eternal!”

[107:2] Repeat these words in praise to the Lord, all you whom he has saved. He has rescued you from your enemies

[107:3] and has brought you back from foreign countries, from east and west, from north and south.

[107:4] Some wandered in the trackless desert and could not find their way to a city to live in.

[107:5] They were hungry and thirsty and had given up all hope.

[107:6] Then in their trouble they called to the Lord, and he saved them from their distress.

[107:7] He led them by a straight road to a city where they could live.

[107:8] They must thank the Lord for his constant love, for the wonderful things he did for them.

[107:9] He satisfies those who are thirsty and fills the hungry with good things.

[107:10] Some were living in gloom and darkness, prisoners suffering in chains,

[107:11] because they had rebelled against the commands of Almighty God and had rejected his instructions.

[107:12] They were worn out from hard work; they would fall down, and no one would help.

[107:13] Then in their trouble they called to the Lord, and he saved them from their distress.

[107:14] He brought them out of their gloom and darkness and broke their chains in pieces.

[107:15] They must thank the Lord for his constant love, for the wonderful things he did for them.

[107:16] He breaks down doors of bronze and smashes iron bars.

[107:17] Some were fools, suffering because of their sins and because of their evil;

[107:18] they couldn't stand the sight of food and were close to death.

[107:19] Then in their trouble they called to the Lord, and he saved them from their distress.

[107:20] He healed them with his command and saved them from the grave.

[107:21] They must thank the Lord for his constant love, for the wonderful things he did for them.

[107:22] They must thank him with sacrifices, and with songs of joy must tell all that he has done.

[107:23] Some sailed over the ocean in ships, earning their living on the seas.

[107:24] They saw what the Lord can do, his wonderful acts on the seas.

[107:25] He commanded, and a mighty wind began to blow and stirred up the waves.

[107:26] The ships were lifted high in the air and plunged down into the depths. In such danger the sailors lost their courage;

[107:27] they stumbled and staggered like drunks— all their skill was useless.

[107:28] Then in their trouble they called to the Lord, and he saved them from their distress.

[107:29] He calmed the raging storm, and the waves became quiet.

[107:30] They were glad because of the calm, and he brought them safe to the port they wanted.

[107:31] They must thank the Lord for his constant love, for the wonderful things he did for them.

[107:32] They must proclaim his greatness in the assembly of the people and praise him before the council of the leaders.

[107:33] The Lord made rivers dry up completely and stopped springs from flowing.

[107:34] He made rich soil become a salty wasteland because of the wickedness of those who lived there.

[107:35] He changed deserts into pools of water and dry land into flowing springs.

[107:36] He let hungry people settle there, and they built a city to live in.

[107:37] They sowed the fields and planted grapevines and reaped an abundant harvest.

[107:38] He blessed his people, and they had many children; he kept their herds of cattle from decreasing.

[107:39] When God's people were defeated and humiliated by cruel oppression and suffering,

[107:40] he showed contempt for their oppressors and made them wander in trackless deserts.

[107:41] But he rescued the needy from their misery and made their families increase like flocks.

[107:42] The righteous see this and are glad, but all the wicked are put to silence.

[107:43] May those who are wise think about these things; may they consider the Lord's constant love.

[108:1] I have complete confidence, O God! I will sing and praise you! Wake up, my soul!

[108:2] Wake up, my harp and lyre! I will wake up the sun.

[108:3] I will thank you, O Lord, among the nations. I will praise you among the peoples.

[108:4] Your constant love reaches above the heavens; your faithfulness touches the skies.

[108:5] Show your greatness in the sky, O God, and your glory over all the earth.

[108:6] Save us by your might; answer my prayer, so that the people you love may be rescued.

[108:7] From his sanctuary God has said, “In triumph I will divide Shechem and distribute Sukkoth Valley to my people.

[108:8] Gilead is mine, and Manasseh too; Ephraim is my helmet and Judah my royal scepter.

[108:9] But I will use Moab as my washbowl, and I will throw my sandals on Edom, as a sign that I own it. I will shout in triumph over the Philistines.”

[108:10] Who, O God, will take me into the fortified city? Who will lead me to Edom?

[108:11] Have you really rejected us? Aren't you going to march out with our armies?

[108:12] Help us against the enemy; human help is worthless.

[108:13] With God on our side we will win; he will defeat our enemies.

[109:1] I praise you, God; don't remain silent!

[109:2] Wicked people and liars have attacked me. They tell lies about me,

[109:3] and they say evil things about me, attacking me for no reason.

[109:4] They oppose me, even though I love them and have prayed for them.

[109:5] They pay me back evil for good and hatred for love.

[109:6] Choose some corrupt judge to try my enemy, and let one of his own enemies accuse him.

[109:7] May he be tried and found guilty; may even his prayer be considered a crime!

[109:8] May his life soon be ended; may someone else take his job!

[109:9] May his children become orphans, and his wife a widow!

[109:10] May his children be homeless beggars; may they be driven from the ruins they live in!

[109:11] May his creditors take away all his property, and may strangers get everything he worked for.

[109:12] May no one ever be kind to him or care for the orphans he leaves behind.

[109:13] May all his descendants die, and may his name be forgotten in the next generation.

[109:14] May the Lord remember the evil of his ancestors and never forgive his mother's sins.

[109:15] May the Lord always remember their sins, but may they themselves be completely forgotten!

[109:16] That man never thought of being kind; he persecuted and killed the poor, the needy, and the helpless.

[109:17] He loved to curse—may he be cursed! He hated to give blessings—may no one bless him!

[109:18] He cursed as naturally as he dressed himself; may his own curses soak into his body like water and into his bones like oil!

[109:19] May they cover him like clothes and always be around him like a belt!

[109:20] Lord, punish my enemies in that way— those who say such evil things against me!

[109:21] But my Sovereign Lord, help me as you have promised, and rescue me because of the goodness of your love.

[109:22] I am poor and needy; I am hurt to the depths of my heart.

[109:23] Like an evening shadow I am about to vanish; I am blown away like an insect.

[109:24] My knees are weak from lack of food; I am nothing but skin and bones.

[109:25] When people see me, they laugh at me; they shake their heads in scorn.

[109:26] Help me, O Lord my God; because of your constant love, save me!

[109:27] Make my enemies know that you are the one who saves me.

[109:28] They may curse me, but you will bless me. May my persecutors be defeated, and may I, your servant, be glad.

[109:29] May my enemies be covered with disgrace; may they wear their shame like a robe.

[109:30] I will give loud thanks to the Lord; I will praise him in the assembly of the people,

[109:31] because he defends the poor and saves them from those who condemn them to death.

[110:1] The Lord said to my lord, “Sit here at my right side until I put your enemies under your feet.”

[110:2] From Zion the Lord will extend your royal power. “Rule over your enemies,” he says.

[110:3] On the day you fight your enemies, your people will volunteer. Like the dew of early morning your young men will come to you on the sacred hills.

[110:4] The Lord made a solemn promise and will not take it back: “You will be a priest forever in the priestly order of Melchizedek.”

[110:5] The Lord is at your right side; when he becomes angry, he will defeat kings.

[110:6] He will pass judgment on the nations and fill the battlefield with corpses; he will defeat kings all over the earth.

[110:7] The king will drink from the stream by the road, and strengthened, he will stand victorious.

[111:1] Praise the Lord! With all my heart I will thank the Lord in the assembly of his people.

[111:2] How wonderful are the things the Lord does! All who are delighted with them want to understand them.

[111:3] All he does is full of honor and majesty; his righteousness is eternal.

[111:4] The Lord does not let us forget his wonderful actions; he is kind and merciful.

[111:5] He provides food for those who honor him; he never forgets his covenant.

[111:6] He has shown his power to his people by giving them the lands of foreigners.

[111:7] In all he does he is faithful and just; all his commands are dependable.

[111:8] They last for all time; they were given in truth and righteousness.

[111:9] He set his people free and made an eternal covenant with them. Holy and mighty is he!

[111:10] The way to become wise is to honor the Lord; he gives sound judgment to all who obey his commands. He is to be praised forever.

[112:1] Praise the Lord! Happy is the person who honors the Lord, who takes pleasure in obeying his commands.

[112:2] The good man's children will be powerful in the land; his descendants will be blessed.

[112:3] His family will be wealthy and rich, and he will be prosperous forever.

[112:4] Light shines in the darkness for good people, for those who are merciful, kind, and just.

[112:5] Happy is the person who is generous with his loans, who runs his business honestly.

[112:6] A good person will never fail; he will always be remembered.

[112:7] He is not afraid of receiving bad news; his faith is strong, and he trusts in the Lord.

[112:8] He is not worried or afraid; he is certain to see his enemies defeated.

[112:9] He gives generously to the needy, and his kindness never fails; he will be powerful and respected.

[112:10] The wicked see this and are angry; they glare in hate and disappear; their hopes are gone forever.

[113:1] Praise the Lord! You servants of the Lord, praise his name!

[113:2] May his name be praised, now and forever.

[113:3] From the east to the west praise the name of the Lord!

[113:4] The Lord rules over all nations; his glory is above the heavens.

[113:5] There is no one like the Lord our God. He lives in the heights above,

[113:6] but he bends down to see the heavens and the earth.

[113:7] He raises the poor from the dust; he lifts the needy from their misery

[113:8] and makes them companions of princes, the princes of his people.

[113:9] He honors the childless wife in her home; he makes her happy by giving her children. Praise the Lord!

[114:1] When the people of Israel left Egypt, when Jacob's descendants left that foreign land,

[114:2] Judah became the Lord's holy people, Israel became his own possession.

[114:3] The Red Sea looked and ran away; the Jordan River stopped flowing.

[114:4] The mountains skipped like goats; the hills jumped around like lambs.

[114:5] What happened, Sea, to make you run away? And you, O Jordan, why did you stop flowing?

[114:6] You mountains, why did you skip like goats? You hills, why did you jump around like lambs?

[114:7] Tremble, earth, at the Lord's coming, at the presence of the God of Jacob,

[114:8] who changes rocks into pools of water and solid cliffs into flowing springs.