The Holy Bible

[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.

[115:1] To you alone, O Lord, to you alone, and not to us, must glory be given because of your constant love and faithfulness.

[115:2] Why should the nations ask us, “Where is your God?”

[115:3] Our God is in heaven; he does whatever he wishes.

[115:4] Their gods are made of silver and gold, formed by human hands.

[115:5] They have mouths, but cannot speak, and eyes, but cannot see.

[115:6] They have ears, but cannot hear, and noses, but cannot smell.

[115:7] They have hands, but cannot feel, and feet, but cannot walk; they cannot make a sound.

[115:8] May all who made them and who trust in them become like the idols they have made.

[115:9] Trust in the Lord, you people of Israel. He helps you and protects you.

[115:10] Trust in the Lord, you priests of God. He helps you and protects you.

[115:11] Trust in the Lord, all you that worship him. He helps you and protects you.

[115:12] The Lord remembers us and will bless us; he will bless the people of Israel and all the priests of God.

[115:13] He will bless everyone who honors him, the great and the small alike.

[115:14] May the Lord give you children— you and your descendants!

[115:15] May you be blessed by the Lord, who made heaven and earth!

[115:16] Heaven belongs to the Lord alone, but he gave the earth to us humans.

[115:17] The Lord is not praised by the dead, by any who go down to the land of silence.

[115:18] But we, the living, will give thanks to him now and forever. Praise the Lord!

[116:1] I love the Lord, because he hears me; he listens to my prayers.

[116:2] He listens to me every time I call to him.

[116:3] The danger of death was all around me; the horrors of the grave closed in on me; I was filled with fear and anxiety.

[116:4] Then I called to the Lord, “I beg you, Lord, save me!”

[116:5] The Lord is merciful and good; our God is compassionate.

[116:6] The Lord protects the helpless; when I was in danger, he saved me.

[116:7] Be confident, my heart, because the Lord has been good to me.

[116:8] The Lord saved me from death; he stopped my tears and kept me from defeat.

[116:9] And so I walk in the presence of the Lord in the world of the living.

[116:10] I kept on believing, even when I said, “I am completely crushed,”

[116:11] even when I was afraid and said, “No one can be trusted.”

[116:12] What can I offer the Lord for all his goodness to me?

[116:13] I will bring a wine offering to the Lord, to thank him for saving me.

[116:14] In the assembly of all his people I will give him what I have promised.

[116:15] How painful it is to the Lord when one of his people dies!

[116:16] I am your servant, Lord; I serve you just as my mother did. You have saved me from death.

[116:17] I will give you a sacrifice of thanksgiving and offer my prayer to you. in the sanctuary of your Temple in Jerusalem, I will give you what I have promised. Praise the Lord!

[117:1] Praise the Lord, all nations! Praise him, all peoples!

[117:2] His love for us is strong, and his faithfulness is eternal. Praise the Lord!

[118:1] Give thanks to the Lord, because he is good, and his love is eternal.

[118:2] Let the people of Israel say, “His love is eternal.”

[118:3] Let the priests of God say, “His love is eternal.”

[118:4] Let all who worship him say, “His love is eternal.”

[118:5] In my distress I called to the Lord; he answered me and set me free.

[118:6] The Lord is with me, I will not be afraid; what can anyone do to me?

[118:7] It is the Lord who helps me, and I will see my enemies defeated.

[118:8] It is better to trust in the Lord than to depend on people.

[118:9] It is better to trust in the Lord than to depend on human leaders.

[118:10] Many enemies were around me; but I destroyed them by the power of the Lord!

[118:11] They were around me on every side; but I destroyed them by the power of the Lord!

[118:12] They swarmed around me like bees, but they burned out as quickly as a brush fire; by the power of the Lord I destroyed them.

[118:13] I was fiercely attacked and was being defeated, but the Lord helped me.

[118:14] The Lord makes me powerful and strong; he has saved me.

[118:15] Listen to the glad shouts of victory in the tents of God's people: “The Lord's mighty power has done it!

[118:16] His power has brought us victory— his mighty power in battle!”

[118:17] I will not die; instead, I will live and proclaim what the Lord has done.

[118:18] He has punished me severely, but he has not let me die.

[118:19] Open to me the gates of the Temple; I will go in and give thanks to the Lord!

[118:20] This is the gate of the Lord; only the righteous can come in.

[118:21] I praise you, Lord, because you heard me, because you have given me victory.

[118:22] The stone which the builders rejected as worthless turned out to be the most important of all.

[118:23] This was done by the Lord; what a wonderful sight it is!

[118:24] This is the day of the Lord's victory; let us be happy, let us celebrate!

[118:25] Save us, Lord, save us! Give us success, O Lord!

[118:26] May God bless the one who comes in the name of the Lord! From the Temple of the Lord we bless you.

[118:27] The Lord is God; he has been good to us. With branches in your hands, start the festival and march around the altar.

[118:28] You are my God, and I give you thanks; I will proclaim your greatness.

[118:29] Give thanks to the Lord, because he is good, and his love is eternal.