Psalms 89:5-119:176 The heavens praise Your wonders, O LORD—Your faithfulness as well

BSB⁽ⁱ⁾ ⁵ The heavens praise Your wonders, O LORD—Your faithfulness as well—in the assembly of the holy ones. ⁶ For who in the skies can compare with the LORD? Who among the heavenly beings is like the LORD? ⁷ In the council of the holy ones, God is greatly feared, and awesome above all who surround Him. ⁸ O LORD God of Hosts, who is like You? O mighty LORD, Your faithfulness surrounds You. ⁹ You rule the raging sea; when its waves mount up, You still them. ¹⁰ You crushed Rahab like a carcass; You scattered Your enemies with Your mighty arm. ¹¹ The heavens are Yours, and also the earth. The earth and its fullness You founded. ¹² North and south You created; Tabor and Hermon shout for joy at Your name. ¹³ Mighty is Your arm; strong is Your hand. Your right hand is exalted. ¹⁴ Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne; loving devotion and faithfulness go before You. ¹⁵ Blessed are those who know the joyful sound, who walk, O LORD, in the light of Your presence. ¹⁶ They rejoice in Your name all day long, and in Your righteousness they exult. ¹⁷ For You are the glory of their strength, and by Your favor our horn is exalted. ¹⁸ Surely our shield belongs to the LORD, and our king to the Holy One of Israel. ¹⁹ You once spoke in a vision; to Your godly ones You said, “I have bestowed help on a warrior; I have exalted one chosen from the people. ²⁰ I have found My servant David; with My sacred oil I have anointed him. ²¹ My hand will sustain him; surely My arm will strengthen him. ²² No enemy will exact tribute; no wicked man will oppress him. ²³ I will crush his foes before him and strike down those who hate him. ²⁴ My faithfulness and loving devotion will be with him, and through My name his horn will be exalted. ²⁵ I will set his hand over the sea, and his right hand upon the rivers. ²⁶ He will call to Me, ‘You are my Father, my God, the Rock of my salvation.’ ²⁷ I will indeed appoint him as My firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth. ²⁸ I will forever preserve My loving devotion for him, and My covenant with him will stand fast. ²⁹ I will establish his line forever, his throne as long as the heavens endure. ³⁰ If his sons forsake My law and do not walk in My judgments, ³¹ if they violate My statutes and fail to keep My commandments, ³² I will attend to their transgression with the rod, and to their iniquity with stripes. ³³ But I will not withdraw My loving devotion from him, nor ever betray My faithfulness. ³⁴ I will not violate My covenant or alter the utterance of My lips. ³⁵ Once and for all I have sworn by My holiness—I will not lie to David— ³⁶ his offspring shall endure forever, and his throne before Me like the sun, ³⁷ like the moon, established forever, a faithful witness in the sky.” Selah ³⁸ Now, however, You have spurned and rejected him; You are enraged by Your anointed one. ³⁹ You have renounced the covenant with Your servant and sullied his crown in the dust. ⁴⁰ You have broken down all his walls; You have reduced his strongholds to rubble. ⁴¹ All who pass by plunder him; he has become a reproach to his neighbors. ⁴² You have exalted the right hand of his foes; You have made all his enemies rejoice. ⁴³ You have bent the edge of his sword and have not sustained him in battle. ⁴⁴ You have ended his splendor and cast his throne to the ground. ⁴⁵ You have cut short the days of his youth; You have covered him with shame. Selah ⁴⁶ How long, O LORD? Will You hide Yourself forever? Will Your wrath keep burning like fire? ⁴⁷ Remember the briefness of my lifespan! For what futility You have created all men! ⁴⁸ What man can live and never see death? Can he deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah ⁴⁹ Where, O Lord, is Your loving devotion of old, which You faithfully swore to David? ⁵⁰ Remember, O Lord, the reproach of Your servants, which I bear in my heart from so many people— ⁵¹ how Your enemies have taunted, O LORD, and have mocked every step of Your anointed one! ⁵² Blessed be the LORD forever! Amen and amen. ⁹⁰ ¹ A prayer of Moses the man of God. Lord, You have been our dwelling place through all generations. ² Before the mountains were born or You brought forth the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting You are God. ³ You return man to dust, saying, “Return, O sons of mortals.” ⁴ For in Your sight a thousand years are but a day that passes, or a watch of the night. ⁵ You whisk them away in their sleep; they are like the new grass of the morning— ⁶ in the morning it springs up new, but by evening it fades and withers. ⁷ For we are consumed by Your anger and terrified by Your wrath. ⁸ You have set our iniquities before You, our secret sins in the light of Your presence. ⁹ For all our days decline in Your fury; we finish our years with a sigh. ¹⁰ The length of our days is seventy years—or eighty if we are strong—yet their pride is but labor and sorrow, for they quickly pass, and we fly away. ¹¹ Who knows the power of Your anger? Your wrath matches the fear You are due. ¹² So teach us to number our days, that we may present a heart of wisdom. ¹³ Return, O LORD! How long will it be? Have compassion on Your servants. ¹⁴ Satisfy us in the morning with Your loving devotion, that we may sing for joy and be glad all our days. ¹⁵ Make us glad for as many days as You have afflicted us, for as many years as we have seen evil. ¹⁶ May Your work be shown to Your servants, and Your splendor to their children. ¹⁷ May the favor of the Lord our God rest upon us; establish for us the work of our hands—yes, establish the work of our hands! ⁹¹ ¹ He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty. ² I will say to the LORD, “You are my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.” ³ Surely He will deliver you from the snare of the fowler, and from the deadly plague. ⁴ He will cover you with His feathers; under His wings you will find refuge; His faithfulness is a shield and rampart. ⁵ You will not fear the terror of the night, nor the arrow that flies by day, ⁶ nor the pestilence that stalks in the darkness, nor the calamity that destroys at noon. ⁷ Though a thousand may fall at your side, and ten thousand at your right hand, no harm will come near you. ⁸ You will only see it with your eyes and witness the punishment of the wicked. ⁹ Because you have made the LORD your dwelling—my refuge, the Most High— ¹⁰ no evil will befall you, no plague will approach your tent. ¹¹ For He will command His angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways. ¹² They will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone. ¹³ You will tread on the lion and cobra; you will trample the young lion and serpent. ¹⁴ “Because he loves Me, I will deliver him; because he knows My name, I will protect him. ¹⁵ When he calls out to Me, I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble. I will deliver him and honor him. ¹⁶ With long life I will satisfy him and show him My salvation.” ⁹² ¹ A Psalm. A song for the Sabbath day. It is good to praise the LORD, and to sing praises to Your name, O Most High, ² to proclaim Your loving devotion in the morning and Your faithfulness at night ³ with the ten-stringed harp and the melody of the lyre. ⁴ For You, O LORD, have made me glad by Your deeds; I sing for joy at the works of Your hands. ⁵ How great are Your works, O LORD, how deep are Your thoughts! ⁶ A senseless man does not know, and a fool does not understand, ⁷ that though the wicked sprout like grass, and all evildoers flourish, they will be forever destroyed. ⁸ But You, O LORD, are exalted forever! ⁹ For surely Your enemies, O LORD, surely Your enemies will perish; all evildoers will be scattered. ¹⁰ But You have exalted my horn like that of a wild ox; with fine oil I have been anointed. ¹¹ My eyes see the downfall of my enemies; my ears hear the wailing of my wicked foes. ¹² The righteous will flourish like a palm tree, and grow like a cedar in Lebanon. ¹³ Planted in the house of the LORD, they will flourish in the courts of our God. ¹⁴ In old age they will still bear fruit; healthy and green they will remain, ¹⁵ to proclaim, “The LORD is upright; He is my Rock, and in Him there is no unrighteousness.” ⁹³ ¹ The LORD reigns! He is robed in majesty; the LORD has clothed and armed Himself with strength. The world indeed is firmly established; it cannot be moved. ² Your throne was established long ago; You are from all eternity. ³ The floodwaters have risen, O LORD; the rivers have raised their voice; the seas lift up their pounding waves. ⁴ Above the roar of many waters—the mighty breakers of the sea—the LORD on high is majestic. ⁵ Your testimonies are fully confirmed; holiness adorns Your house, O LORD, for all the days to come. ⁹⁴ ¹ O LORD, God of vengeance, O God of vengeance, shine forth. ² Rise up, O Judge of the earth; render a reward to the proud. ³ How long will the wicked, O LORD, how long will the wicked exult? ⁴ They pour out arrogant words; all workers of iniquity boast. ⁵ They crush Your people, O LORD; they oppress Your heritage. ⁶ They kill the widow and the foreigner; they murder the fatherless. ⁷ They say, “The LORD does not see; the God of Jacob pays no heed.” ⁸ Take notice, O senseless among the people! O fools, when will you be wise? ⁹ He who affixed the ear, can He not hear? He who formed the eye, can He not see? ¹⁰ He who admonishes the nations, does He not discipline? He who teaches man, does He lack knowledge? ¹¹ The LORD knows the thoughts of man, that they are futile. ¹² Blessed is the man You discipline, O LORD, and teach from Your law, ¹³ to grant him relief from days of trouble, until a pit is dug for the wicked. ¹⁴ For the LORD will not forsake His people; He will never abandon His heritage. ¹⁵ Surely judgment will again be righteous, and all the upright in heart will follow it. ¹⁶ Who will rise up for me against the wicked? Who will stand for me against the workers of iniquity? ¹⁷ Unless the LORD had been my helper, I would soon have dwelt in the abode of silence. ¹⁸ If I say, “My foot is slipping,” Your loving devotion, O LORD, supports me. ¹⁹ When anxiety overwhelms me, Your consolation delights my soul. ²⁰ Can a corrupt throne be Your ally—one devising mischief by decree? ²¹ They band together against the righteous and condemn the innocent to death. ²² But the LORD has been my stronghold, and my God is my rock of refuge. ²³ He will bring upon them their own iniquity and destroy them for their wickedness. The LORD our God will destroy them. ⁹⁵ ¹ Come, let us sing for joy to the LORD; let us shout to the Rock of our salvation! ² Let us enter His presence with thanksgiving; let us make a joyful noise to Him in song. ³ For the LORD is a great God, a great King above all gods. ⁴ In His hand are the depths of the earth, and the mountain peaks belong to Him. ⁵ The sea is His, for He made it, and His hands formed the dry land. ⁶ O come, let us worship and bow down; let us kneel before the LORD our Maker. ⁷ For He is our God, and we are the people of His pasture, the sheep under His care. Today, if you hear His voice, ⁸ do not harden your hearts as you did at Meribah, in the day at Massah in the wilderness, ⁹ where your fathers tested and tried Me, though they had seen My work. ¹⁰ For forty years I was angry with that generation, and I said, “They are a people whose hearts go astray, and they have not known My ways.” ¹¹ So I swore on oath in My anger, “They shall never enter My rest.” ⁹⁶ ¹ Sing to the LORD a new song; sing to the LORD, all the earth. ² Sing to the LORD, bless His name; proclaim His salvation day after day. ³ Declare His glory among the nations, His wonderful deeds among all peoples. ⁴ For great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; He is to be feared above all gods. ⁵ For all the gods of the nations are idols, but it is the LORD who made the heavens. ⁶ Splendor and majesty are before Him; strength and beauty fill His sanctuary. ⁷ Ascribe to the LORD, O families of the nations, ascribe to the LORD glory and strength. ⁸ Ascribe to the LORD the glory due His name; bring an offering and enter His courts. ⁹ Worship the LORD in the splendor of His holiness; tremble before Him, all the earth. ¹⁰ Declare among the nations: “The LORD reigns!” The world is firmly established; it cannot be moved; He will judge the peoples with equity. ¹¹ Let the heavens be glad and the earth rejoice; let the sea resound, and all that fills it. ¹² Let the fields exult, and all that is in them. Then all the trees of the forest will sing for joy ¹³ before the LORD, for He is coming—He is coming to judge the earth. He will judge the world in righteousness and the peoples in His faithfulness. ⁹⁷ ¹ The LORD reigns, let the earth rejoice; let the distant shores be glad. ² Clouds and darkness surround Him; righteousness and justice are His throne’s foundation. ³ Fire goes before Him and consumes His foes on every side. ⁴ His lightning illuminates the world; the earth sees and trembles. ⁵ The mountains melt like wax at the presence of the LORD, before the Lord of all the earth. ⁶ The heavens proclaim His righteousness; all the peoples see His glory. ⁷ All worshipers of images are put to shame—those who boast in idols. Worship Him, all you gods! ⁸ Zion hears and rejoices, and the towns of Judah exult because of Your judgments, O LORD. ⁹ For You, O LORD, are Most High over all the earth; You are exalted far above all gods. ¹⁰ Hate evil, O you who love the LORD! He preserves the souls of His saints; He delivers them from the hand of the wicked. ¹¹ Light shines on the righteous, gladness on the upright in heart. ¹² Rejoice in the LORD, you righteous ones, and praise His holy name. ⁹⁸ ¹ A Psalm. Sing to the LORD a new song, for He has done wonders; His right hand and holy arm have gained Him the victory. ² The LORD has proclaimed His salvation and revealed His righteousness to the nations. ³ He has remembered His love and faithfulness to the house of Israel; all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God. ⁴ Make a joyful noise to the LORD, all the earth; break forth—let your cry ring out, and sing praises! ⁵ Sing praises to the LORD with the lyre, in melodious song with the harp. ⁶ With trumpets and the blast of the ram’s horn shout for joy before the LORD, the King. ⁷ Let the sea resound, and all that fills it, the world, and all who dwell in it. ⁸ Let the rivers clap their hands, let the mountains sing together for joy ⁹ before the LORD, for He comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness and the peoples with equity. ⁹⁹ ¹ The LORD reigns; let the nations tremble! He is enthroned above the cherubim; let the earth quake! ² Great is the LORD in Zion; He is exalted above all the peoples. ³ Let them praise Your great and awesome name—He is holy! ⁴ The mighty King loves justice. You have established equity; You have exercised justice and righteousness in Jacob. ⁵ Exalt the LORD our God, and worship at His footstool; He is holy! ⁶ Moses and Aaron were among His priests; Samuel was among those who called on His name. They called to the LORD and He answered. ⁷ He spoke to them from the pillar of cloud; they kept His decrees and the statutes He gave them. ⁸ O LORD our God, You answered them. You were a forgiving God to them, yet an avenger of their misdeeds. ⁹ Exalt the LORD our God and worship at His holy mountain, for the LORD our God is holy. ¹⁰⁰ ¹ A Psalm of thanksgiving. Make a joyful noise to the LORD, all the earth. ² Serve the LORD with gladness; come into His presence with joyful songs. ³ Know that the LORD is God. It is He who made us, and we are His; we are His people, and the sheep of His pasture. ⁴ Enter His gates with thanksgiving and His courts with praise; give thanks to Him and bless His name. ⁵ For the LORD is good, and His loving devotion endures forever; His faithfulness continues to all generations. ¹⁰¹ ¹ A Psalm of David. I will sing of Your loving devotion and justice; to You, O LORD, I will sing praises. ² I will ponder the way that is blameless—when will You come to me? I will walk in my house with integrity of heart. ³ I will set no worthless thing before my eyes. I hate the work of those who fall away; it shall not cling to me. ⁴ A perverse heart shall depart from me; I will know nothing of evil. ⁵ Whoever slanders his neighbor in secret, I will put to silence; the one with haughty eyes and a proud heart, I will not endure. ⁶ My eyes favor the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me; he who walks in the way of integrity shall minister to me. ⁷ No one who practices deceit shall dwell in my house; no one who tells lies shall stand in my presence. ⁸ Every morning I will remove all the wicked of the land, that I may cut off every evildoer from the city of the LORD. ¹⁰² ¹ A prayer of one who is afflicted, when he grows faint and pours out his lament before the LORD. Hear my prayer, O LORD; let my cry for help come before You. ² Do not hide Your face from me in my day of distress. Incline Your ear to me; answer me quickly when I call. ³ For my days vanish like smoke, and my bones burn like glowing embers. ⁴ My heart is afflicted, and withered like grass; I even forget to eat my bread. ⁵ Through my loud groaning my flesh clings to my bones. ⁶ I am like a desert owl, like an owl among the ruins. ⁷ I lie awake; I am like a lone bird on a housetop. ⁸ All day long my enemies taunt me; they ridicule me and curse me. ⁹ For I have eaten ashes like bread and mixed my drink with tears ¹⁰ because of Your indignation and wrath, for You have picked me up and cast me aside. ¹¹ My days are like lengthening shadows, and I wither away like grass. ¹² But You, O LORD, sit enthroned forever; Your renown endures to all generations. ¹³ You will rise up and have compassion on Zion, for it is time to show her favor—the appointed time has come. ¹⁴ For Your servants delight in her stones and take pity on her dust. ¹⁵ So the nations will fear the name of the LORD, and all the kings of the earth will fear Your glory. ¹⁶ For the LORD will rebuild Zion; He has appeared in His glory. ¹⁷ He will turn toward the prayer of the destitute; He will not despise their prayer. ¹⁸ Let this be written for the generation to come, so that a people not yet created may praise the LORD. ¹⁹ For He looked down from the heights of His sanctuary; the LORD gazed out from heaven to earth ²⁰ to hear a prisoner’s groaning, to release those condemned to death, ²¹ that they may proclaim the name of the LORD in Zion and praise Him in Jerusalem, ²² when peoples and kingdoms assemble to serve the LORD. ²³ He has broken my strength on the way; He has cut short my days. ²⁴ I say: “O my God, do not take me in the midst of my days! Your years go on through all generations. ²⁵ In the beginning You laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of Your hands. ²⁶ They will perish, but You remain; they will all wear out like a garment. Like clothing You will change them, and they will be passed on. ²⁷ But You remain the same, and Your years will never end. ²⁸ The children of Your servants will dwell securely, and their descendants will be established before You.” ¹⁰³ ¹ Of David. Bless the LORD, O my soul; all that is within me, bless His holy name. ² Bless the LORD, O my soul, and do not forget all His kind deeds— ³ He who forgives all your iniquities and heals all your diseases, ⁴ who redeems your life from the Pit and crowns you with loving devotion and compassion, ⁵ who satisfies you with good things, so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s. ⁶ The LORD executes righteousness and justice for all the oppressed. ⁷ He made known His ways to Moses, His deeds to the people of Israel. ⁸ The LORD is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion. ⁹ He will not always accuse us, nor harbor His anger forever. ¹⁰ He has not dealt with us according to our sins or repaid us according to our iniquities. ¹¹ For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is His loving devotion for those who fear Him. ¹² As far as the east is from the west, so far has He removed our transgressions from us. ¹³ As a father has compassion on his children, so the LORD has compassion on those who fear Him. ¹⁴ For He knows our frame; He is mindful that we are dust. ¹⁵ As for man, his days are like grass—he blooms like a flower of the field; ¹⁶ when the wind passes over, it vanishes, and its place remembers it no more. ¹⁷ But from everlasting to everlasting the loving devotion of the LORD extends to those who fear Him, and His righteousness to their children’s children— ¹⁸ to those who keep His covenant and remember to obey His precepts. ¹⁹ The LORD has established His throne in heaven, and His kingdom rules over all. ²⁰ Bless the LORD, all His angels mighty in strength who carry out His word, who hearken to the voice of His command. ²¹ Bless the LORD, all His hosts, you servants who do His will. ²² Bless the LORD, all His works in all places of His dominion. Bless the LORD, O my soul! ¹⁰⁴ ¹ Bless the LORD, O my soul! O LORD my God, You are very great; You are clothed with splendor and majesty. ² He wraps Himself in light as with a garment; He stretches out the heavens like a tent, ³ laying the beams of His chambers in the waters above, making the clouds His chariot, walking on the wings of the wind. ⁴ He makes the winds His messengers, flames of fire His servants. ⁵ He set the earth on its foundations, never to be moved. ⁶ You covered it with the deep like a garment; the waters stood above the mountains. ⁷ At Your rebuke the waters fled; at the sound of Your thunder they hurried away— ⁸ the mountains rose and the valleys sank to the place You assigned for them— ⁹ You set a boundary they cannot cross, that they may never again cover the earth. ¹⁰ He sends forth springs in the valleys; they flow between the mountains. ¹¹ They give drink to every beast of the field; the wild donkeys quench their thirst. ¹² The birds of the air nest beside the springs; they sing among the branches. ¹³ He waters the mountains from His chambers; the earth is satisfied by the fruit of His works. ¹⁴ He makes the grass grow for the livestock and provides crops for man to cultivate, bringing forth food from the earth: ¹⁵ wine that gladdens the heart of man, oil that makes his face to shine, and bread that sustains his heart. ¹⁶ The trees of the LORD have their fill, the cedars of Lebanon that He planted, ¹⁷ where the birds build their nests; the stork makes her home in the cypresses. ¹⁸ The high mountains are for the wild goats, the cliffs a refuge for the rock badgers. ¹⁹ He made the moon to mark the seasons; the sun knows when to set. ²⁰ You bring darkness, and it becomes night, when all the beasts of the forest prowl. ²¹ The young lions roar for their prey and seek their food from God. ²² The sun rises, and they withdraw; they lie down in their dens. ²³ Man goes forth to his work and to his labor until evening. ²⁴ How many are Your works, O LORD! In wisdom You have made them all; the earth is full of Your creatures. ²⁵ Here is the sea, vast and wide, teeming with creatures beyond number, living things both great and small. ²⁶ There the ships pass, and Leviathan, which You formed to frolic there. ²⁷ All creatures look to You to give them their food in due season. ²⁸ When You give it to them, they gather it up; when You open Your hand, they are satisfied with good things. ²⁹ When You hide Your face, they are terrified; when You take away their breath, they die and return to dust. ³⁰ When You send Your Spirit, they are created, and You renew the face of the earth. ³¹ May the glory of the LORD endure forever; may the LORD rejoice in His works. ³² He looks on the earth, and it trembles; He touches the mountains, and they smolder. ³³ I will sing to the LORD all my life; I will sing praise to my God while I have my being. ³⁴ May my meditation be pleasing to Him, for I rejoice in the LORD. ³⁵ May sinners vanish from the earth and the wicked be no more. Bless the LORD, O my soul. Hallelujah! ¹⁰⁵ ¹ Give thanks to the LORD, call upon His name; make known His deeds among the nations. ² Sing to Him, sing praises to Him; tell of all His wonders. ³ Glory in His holy name; let the hearts of those who seek the LORD rejoice. ⁴ Seek out the LORD and His strength; seek His face always. ⁵ Remember the wonders He has done, His marvels, and the judgments He has pronounced, ⁶ O offspring of His servant Abraham, O sons of Jacob, His chosen ones. ⁷ He is the LORD our God; His judgments carry throughout the earth. ⁸ He remembers His covenant forever, the word He ordained for a thousand generations— ⁹ the covenant He made with Abraham, and the oath He swore to Isaac. ¹⁰ He confirmed it to Jacob as a decree, to Israel as an everlasting covenant: ¹¹ “I will give you the land of Canaan as the portion of your inheritance.” ¹² When they were few in number, few indeed, and strangers in the land, ¹³ they wandered from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another. ¹⁴ He let no man oppress them; He rebuked kings on their behalf: ¹⁵ “Do not touch My anointed ones! Do no harm to My prophets!” ¹⁶ He called down famine on the land and cut off all their supplies of food. ¹⁷ He sent a man before them—Joseph, sold as a slave. ¹⁸ They bruised his feet with shackles and placed his neck in irons, ¹⁹ until his prediction came true and the word of the LORD proved him right. ²⁰ The king sent and released him; the ruler of peoples set him free. ²¹ He made him master of his household, ruler over all his substance, ²² to instruct his princes as he pleased and teach his elders wisdom. ²³ Then Israel entered Egypt; Jacob dwelt in the land of Ham. ²⁴ And the LORD made His people very fruitful, more numerous than their foes, ²⁵ whose hearts He turned to hate His people, to conspire against His servants. ²⁶ He sent Moses His servant, and Aaron, whom He had chosen. ²⁷ They performed His miraculous signs among them, and wonders in the land of Ham. ²⁸ He sent darkness, and it became dark—yet they defied His words. ²⁹ He turned their waters to blood and caused their fish to die. ³⁰ Their land teemed with frogs, even in their royal chambers. ³¹ He spoke, and insects swarmed—gnats throughout their country. ³² He gave them hail for rain, with lightning throughout their land. ³³ He struck their vines and fig trees and shattered the trees of their country. ³⁴ He spoke, and the locusts came—young locusts without number. ³⁵ They devoured every plant in their land and consumed the produce of their soil. ³⁶ Then He struck all the firstborn in their land, the firstfruits of all their vigor. ³⁷ He brought Israel out with silver and gold, and none among His tribes stumbled. ³⁸ Egypt was glad when they departed, for the dread of Israel had fallen on them. ³⁹ He spread a cloud as a covering and a fire to light up the night. ⁴⁰ They asked, and He brought quail and satisfied them with the bread of heaven. ⁴¹ He opened a rock, and water gushed out; it flowed like a river in the desert. ⁴² For He remembered His holy promise to Abraham His servant. ⁴³ He brought forth His people with rejoicing, His chosen with shouts of joy. ⁴⁴ He gave them the lands of the nations, that they might inherit the fruit of others’ labor, ⁴⁵ that they might keep His statutes and obey His laws. Hallelujah! ¹⁰⁶ ¹ Hallelujah! Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; His loving devotion endures forever. ² Who can describe the mighty acts of the LORD or fully proclaim His praise? ³ Blessed are those who uphold justice, who practice righteousness at all times. ⁴ Remember me, O LORD, in Your favor to Your people; visit me with Your salvation, ⁵ that I may see the prosperity of Your chosen ones, and rejoice in the gladness of Your nation, and give glory with Your inheritance. ⁶ We have sinned like our fathers; we have done wrong and acted wickedly. ⁷ Our fathers in Egypt did not grasp Your wonders or remember Your abundant kindness; but they rebelled by the sea, there at the Red Sea. ⁸ Yet He saved them for the sake of His name, to make His power known. ⁹ He rebuked the Red Sea, and it dried up; He led them through the depths as through a desert. ¹⁰ He saved them from the hand that hated them; He redeemed them from the hand of the enemy. ¹¹ The waters covered their foes; not one of them remained. ¹² Then they believed His promises and sang His praise. ¹³ Yet they soon forgot His works and failed to wait for His counsel. ¹⁴ They craved intensely in the wilderness and tested God in the desert. ¹⁵ So He granted their request, but sent a wasting disease upon them. ¹⁶ In the camp they envied Moses, as well as Aaron, the holy one of the LORD. ¹⁷ The earth opened up and swallowed Dathan; it covered the assembly of Abiram. ¹⁸ Then fire blazed through their company; flames consumed the wicked. ¹⁹ At Horeb they made a calf and worshiped a molten image. ²⁰ They exchanged their Glory for the image of a grass-eating ox. ²¹ They forgot God their Savior, who did great things in Egypt, ²² wondrous works in the land of Ham, and awesome deeds by the Red Sea. ²³ So He said He would destroy them—had not Moses His chosen one stood before Him in the breach to divert His wrath from destroying them. ²⁴ They despised the pleasant land; they did not believe His promise. ²⁵ They grumbled in their tents and did not listen to the voice of the LORD. ²⁶ So He raised His hand and swore to cast them down in the wilderness, ²⁷ to disperse their offspring among the nations and scatter them throughout the lands. ²⁸ They yoked themselves to Baal of Peor and ate sacrifices offered to lifeless gods. ²⁹ So they provoked the LORD to anger with their deeds, and a plague broke out among them. ³⁰ But Phinehas stood and intervened, and the plague was restrained. ³¹ It was credited to him as righteousness for endless generations to come. ³² At the waters of Meribah they angered the LORD, and trouble came to Moses because of them. ³³ For they rebelled against His Spirit, and Moses spoke rashly with his lips. ³⁴ They did not destroy the peoples as the LORD had commanded them, ³⁵ but they mingled with the nations and adopted their customs. ³⁶ They worshiped their idols, which became a snare to them. ³⁷ They sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons. ³⁸ They shed innocent blood—the blood of their sons and daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan, and the land was polluted with blood. ³⁹ They defiled themselves by their actions and prostituted themselves by their deeds. ⁴⁰ So the anger of the LORD burned against His people, and He abhorred His own inheritance. ⁴¹ He delivered them into the hand of the nations, and those who hated them ruled over them. ⁴² Their enemies oppressed them, and subdued them under their hand. ⁴³ Many times He rescued them, but they were bent on rebellion and sank down in their iniquity. ⁴⁴ Nevertheless He heard their cry; He took note of their distress. ⁴⁵ And He remembered His covenant with them, and relented by the abundance of His loving devotion. ⁴⁶ He made them objects of compassion to all who held them captive. ⁴⁷ Save us, O LORD our God, and gather us from the nations, that we may give thanks to Your holy name, that we may glory in Your praise. ⁴⁸ Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting. Let all the people say, “Amen!” Hallelujah! ¹⁰⁷ ¹ Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; His loving devotion endures forever. ² Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, whom He has redeemed from the hand of the enemy ³ and gathered from the lands, from east and west, from north and south. ⁴ Some wandered in desert wastelands, finding no path to a city in which to dwell. ⁵ They were hungry and thirsty; their soul fainted within them. ⁶ Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He delivered them from their distress. ⁷ He led them on a straight path to reach a city where they could live. ⁸ Let them give thanks to the LORD for His loving devotion and His wonders to the sons of men. ⁹ For He satisfies the thirsty and fills the hungry with good things. ¹⁰ Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, prisoners in affliction and chains, ¹¹ because they rebelled against the words of God and despised the counsel of the Most High. ¹² He humbled their hearts with hard labor; they stumbled, and there was no one to help. ¹³ Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He saved them from their distress. ¹⁴ He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death and broke away their chains. ¹⁵ Let them give thanks to the LORD for His loving devotion and His wonders to the sons of men. ¹⁶ For He has broken down the gates of bronze and cut through the bars of iron. ¹⁷ Fools, in their rebellious ways, and through their iniquities, suffered affliction. ¹⁸ They loathed all food and drew near to the gates of death. ¹⁹ Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He saved them from their distress. ²⁰ He sent forth His word and healed them; He rescued them from the Pit. ²¹ Let them give thanks to the LORD for His loving devotion and His wonders to the sons of men. ²² Let them offer sacrifices of thanksgiving and declare His works with rejoicing. ²³ Others went out to sea in ships, conducting trade on the mighty waters. ²⁴ They saw the works of the LORD, and His wonders in the deep. ²⁵ For He spoke and raised a tempest that lifted the waves of the sea. ²⁶ They mounted up to the heavens, then sunk to the depths; their courage melted in their anguish. ²⁷ They reeled and staggered like drunkards, and all their skill was useless. ²⁸ Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He brought them out of their distress. ²⁹ He calmed the storm to a whisper, and the waves of the sea were hushed. ³⁰ They rejoiced in the silence, and He guided them to the harbor they desired. ³¹ Let them give thanks to the LORD for His loving devotion and His wonders to the sons of men. ³² Let them exalt Him in the assembly of the people and praise Him in the council of the elders. ³³ He turns rivers into deserts, springs of water into thirsty ground, ³⁴ and fruitful land into fields of salt, because of the wickedness of its dwellers. ³⁵ He turns a desert into pools of water and a dry land into flowing springs. ³⁶ He causes the hungry to settle there, that they may establish a city in which to dwell. ³⁷ They sow fields and plant vineyards that yield a fruitful harvest. ³⁸ He blesses them, and they multiply greatly; He does not let their herds diminish. ³⁹ When they are decreased and humbled by oppression, evil, and sorrow, ⁴⁰ He pours out contempt on the nobles and makes them wander in a trackless wasteland. ⁴¹ But He lifts the needy from affliction and increases their families like flocks. ⁴² The upright see and rejoice, and all iniquity shuts its mouth. ⁴³ Let him who is wise pay heed to these things and consider the loving devotion of the LORD. ¹⁰⁸ ¹ A song. A Psalm of David. My heart is steadfast, O God; I will sing and make music with all my being. ² Awake, O harp and lyre! I will awaken the dawn. ³ I will praise You, O LORD, among the nations; I will sing Your praises among the peoples. ⁴ For Your loving devotion extends beyond the heavens, and Your faithfulness reaches to the clouds. ⁵ Be exalted, O God, above the heavens; may Your glory cover all the earth. ⁶ Respond and save us with Your right hand, that Your beloved may be delivered. ⁷ God has spoken from His sanctuary: “I will triumph! I will parcel out Shechem and apportion the Valley of Succoth. ⁸ Gilead is Mine, and Manasseh is Mine; Ephraim is My helmet, Judah is My scepter. ⁹ Moab is My washbasin; upon Edom I toss My sandal; over Philistia I shout in triumph.” ¹⁰ Who will bring me to the fortified city? Who will lead me to Edom? ¹¹ Have You not rejected us, O God? Will You no longer march out, O God, with our armies? ¹² Give us aid against the enemy, for the help of man is worthless. ¹³ With God we will perform with valor, and He will trample our enemies. ¹⁰⁹ ¹ For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. O God of my praise, be not silent. ² For wicked and deceitful mouths open against me; they speak against me with lying tongues. ³ They surround me with hateful words and attack me without cause. ⁴ In return for my love they accuse me, but I am a man of prayer. ⁵ They repay me evil for good, and hatred for my love. ⁶ Set over him a wicked man; let an accuser stand at his right hand. ⁷ When he is tried, let him be found guilty, and may his prayer be regarded as sin. ⁸ May his days be few; may another take his position. ⁹ May his children be fatherless and his wife a widow. ¹⁰ May his children wander as beggars, seeking sustenance far from their ruined homes. ¹¹ May the creditor seize all he owns, and strangers plunder the fruits of his labor. ¹² May there be no one to extend kindness to him, and no one to favor his fatherless children. ¹³ May his descendants be cut off; may their name be blotted out from the next generation. ¹⁴ May the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the LORD, and the sin of his mother never be blotted out. ¹⁵ May their sins always remain before the LORD, that He may cut off their memory from the earth. ¹⁶ For he never thought to show kindness, but pursued the poor and needy and brokenhearted, even to their death. ¹⁷ The cursing that he loved, may it fall on him; the blessing in which he refused to delight, may it be far from him. ¹⁸ The cursing that he wore like a coat, may it soak into his body like water, and into his bones like oil. ¹⁹ May it be like a robe wrapped about him, like a belt tied forever around him. ²⁰ May this be the LORD’s reward to my accusers, to those who speak evil against me. ²¹ But You, O GOD, the Lord, deal kindly with me for the sake of Your name; deliver me by the goodness of Your loving devotion. ²² For I am poor and needy; my heart is wounded within me. ²³ I am fading away like a lengthening shadow; I am shaken off like a locust. ²⁴ My knees are weak from fasting, and my body grows lean and gaunt. ²⁵ I am an object of scorn to my accusers; when they see me, they shake their heads. ²⁶ Help me, O LORD my God; save me according to Your loving devotion. ²⁷ Let them know that this is Your hand, that You, O LORD, have done it. ²⁸ Though they curse, You will bless. When they rise up, they will be put to shame, but Your servant will rejoice. ²⁹ May my accusers be clothed with disgrace; may they wear their shame like a robe. ³⁰ With my mouth I will thank the LORD profusely; I will praise Him in the presence of many. ³¹ For He stands at the right hand of the needy one, to save him from the condemners of his soul. ¹¹⁰ ¹ A Psalm of David. The LORD said to my Lord: “Sit at My right hand until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet.” ² The LORD extends Your mighty scepter from Zion: “Rule in the midst of Your enemies.” ³ Your people shall be willing on Your day of battle. Arrayed in holy splendor, from the womb of the dawn, to You belongs the dew of Your youth. ⁴ The LORD has sworn and will not change His mind: “You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.” ⁵ The Lord is at Your right hand; He will crush kings in the day of His wrath. ⁶ He will judge the nations, heaping up the dead; He will crush the leaders far and wide. ⁷ He will drink from the brook by the road; therefore He will lift up His head. ¹¹¹ ¹ Hallelujah! I will give thanks to the LORD with all my heart in the council of the upright and in the assembly. ² Great are the works of the LORD; they are pondered by all who delight in them. ³ Splendid and majestic is His work; His righteousness endures forever. ⁴ He has caused His wonders to be remembered; the LORD is gracious and compassionate. ⁵ He provides food for those who fear Him; He remembers His covenant forever. ⁶ He has shown His people the power of His works by giving them the inheritance of the nations. ⁷ The works of His hands are truth and justice; all His precepts are trustworthy. ⁸ They are upheld forever and ever, enacted in truth and uprightness. ⁹ He has sent redemption to His people; He has ordained His covenant forever; holy and awesome is His name. ¹⁰ The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom; all who follow His precepts gain rich understanding. His praise endures forever! ¹¹² ¹ Hallelujah! Blessed is the man who fears the LORD, who greatly delights in His commandments. ² His descendants will be mighty in the land; the generation of the upright will be blessed. ³ Wealth and riches are in his house, and his righteousness endures forever. ⁴ Light dawns in the darkness for the upright—for the gracious, compassionate, and righteous. ⁵ It is well with the man who is generous and lends freely, whose affairs are guided by justice. ⁶ Surely he will never be shaken; the righteous man will be remembered forever. ⁷ He does not fear bad news; his heart is steadfast, trusting in the LORD. ⁸ His heart is assured; he does not fear, until he looks in triumph on his foes. ⁹ He has scattered abroad his gifts to the poor; his righteousness endures forever; his horn will be lifted high in honor. ¹⁰ The wicked man will see and be grieved; he will gnash his teeth and waste away; the desires of the wicked will perish. ¹¹³ ¹ Hallelujah! Give praise, O servants of the LORD; praise the name of the LORD. ² Blessed be the name of the LORD both now and forevermore. ³ From where the sun rises to where it sets, the name of the LORD is praised. ⁴ The LORD is exalted over all the nations, His glory above the heavens. ⁵ Who is like the LORD our God, the One enthroned on high? ⁶ He humbles Himself to behold the heavens and the earth. ⁷ He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the dump ⁸ to seat them with nobles, with the princes of His people. ⁹ He settles the barren woman in her home as a joyful mother to her children. Hallelujah! ¹¹⁴ ¹ When Israel departed from Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of foreign tongue, ² Judah became God’s sanctuary, and Israel His dominion. ³ The sea observed and fled; the Jordan turned back; ⁴ the mountains skipped like rams, the hills like lambs. ⁵ Why was it, O sea, that you fled, O Jordan, that you turned back, ⁶ O mountains, that you skipped like rams, O hills, like lambs? ⁷ Tremble, O earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob, ⁸ who turned the rock into a pool, the flint into a fountain of water! ¹¹⁵ ¹ Not to us, O LORD, not to us, but to Your name be the glory, because of Your loving devotion, because of Your faithfulness. ² Why should the nations say, “Where is their God?” ³ Our God is in heaven; He does as He pleases. ⁴ Their idols are silver and gold, made by the hands of men. ⁵ They have mouths, but cannot speak; they have eyes, but cannot see; ⁶ they have ears, but cannot hear; they have noses, but cannot smell; ⁷ they have hands, but cannot feel; they have feet, but cannot walk; they cannot even clear their throats. ⁸ Those who make them become like them, as do all who trust in them. ⁹ O Israel, trust in the LORD! He is their help and shield. ¹⁰ O house of Aaron, trust in the LORD! He is their help and shield. ¹¹ You who fear the LORD, trust in the LORD! He is their help and shield. ¹² The LORD is mindful of us; He will bless us. He will bless the house of Israel; He will bless the house of Aaron; ¹³ He will bless those who fear the LORD—small and great alike. ¹⁴ May the LORD give you increase, both you and your children. ¹⁵ May you be blessed by the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth. ¹⁶ The highest heavens belong to the LORD, but the earth He has given to mankind. ¹⁷ It is not the dead who praise the LORD, nor any who descend into silence. ¹⁸ But it is we who will bless the LORD, both now and forevermore. Hallelujah! ¹¹⁶ ¹ I love the LORD, for He has heard my voice—my appeal for mercy. ² Because He has inclined His ear to me, I will call on Him as long as I live. ³ The ropes of death entangled me; the anguish of Sheol overcame me; I was confronted by trouble and sorrow. ⁴ Then I called on the name of the LORD: “O LORD, deliver my soul!” ⁵ The LORD is gracious and righteous; our God is full of compassion. ⁶ The LORD preserves the simplehearted; I was helpless, and He saved me. ⁷ Return to your rest, O my soul, for the LORD has been good to you. ⁸ For You have delivered my soul from death, my eyes from tears, my feet from stumbling. ⁹ I will walk before the LORD in the land of the living. ¹⁰ I believed, therefore I said, “I am greatly afflicted.” ¹¹ In my alarm I said, “All men are liars!” ¹² How can I repay the LORD for all His goodness to me? ¹³ I will lift the cup of salvation and call on the name of the LORD. ¹⁴ I will fulfill my vows to the LORD in the presence of all His people. ¹⁵ Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of His saints. ¹⁶ Truly, O LORD, I am Your servant; I am Your servant, the son of Your maidservant; You have broken my bonds. ¹⁷ I will offer to You a sacrifice of thanksgiving and call on the name of the LORD. ¹⁸ I will fulfill my vows to the LORD in the presence of all His people, ¹⁹ in the courts of the LORD’s house, in your midst, O Jerusalem. Hallelujah! ¹¹⁷ ¹ Praise the LORD, all you nations! Extol Him, all you peoples! ² For great is His loving devotion toward us, and the faithfulness of the LORD endures forever. Hallelujah! ¹¹⁸ ¹ Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; His loving devotion endures forever. ² Let Israel say, “His loving devotion endures forever.” ³ Let the house of Aaron say, “His loving devotion endures forever.” ⁴ Let those who fear the LORD say, “His loving devotion endures forever.” ⁵ In my distress I called to the LORD, and He answered and set me free. ⁶ The LORD is on my side; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me? ⁷ The LORD is on my side; He is my helper. Therefore I will look in triumph on those who hate me. ⁸ It is better to take refuge in the LORD than to trust in man. ⁹ It is better to take refuge in the LORD than to trust in princes. ¹⁰ All the nations surrounded me, but in the name of the LORD I cut them off. ¹¹ They surrounded me on every side, but in the name of the LORD I cut them off. ¹² They swarmed around me like bees, but they were extinguished like burning thorns; in the name of the LORD I cut them off. ¹³ I was pushed so hard I was falling, but the LORD helped me. ¹⁴ The LORD is my strength and my song, and He has become my salvation. ¹⁵ Shouts of joy and salvation resound in the tents of the righteous: “The right hand of the LORD performs with valor! ¹⁶ The right hand of the LORD is exalted! The right hand of the LORD performs with valor!” ¹⁷ I will not die, but I will live and proclaim what the LORD has done. ¹⁸ The LORD disciplined me severely, but He has not given me over to death. ¹⁹ Open to me the gates of righteousness, that I may enter and give thanks to the LORD. ²⁰ This is the gate of the LORD; the righteous shall enter through it. ²¹ I will give You thanks, for You have answered me, and You have become my salvation. ²² The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. ²³ This is from the LORD, and it is marvelous in our eyes. ²⁴ This is the day that the LORD has made; we will rejoice and be glad in it. ²⁵ O LORD, save us, we pray. We beseech You, O LORD, cause us to prosper! ²⁶ Blessed is he who comes in the name of the LORD. From the house of the LORD we bless you. ²⁷ The LORD is God; He has made His light to shine upon us. Bind the festal sacrifice with cords to the horns of the altar. ²⁸ You are my God, and I will give You thanks. You are my God, and I will exalt You. ²⁹ Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; His loving devotion endures forever. ¹¹⁹ ¹ Blessed are those whose way is blameless, who walk in the Law of the LORD. ² Blessed are those who keep His testimonies and seek Him with all their heart. ³ They do no iniquity; they walk in His ways. ⁴ You have ordained Your precepts, that we should keep them diligently. ⁵ Oh, that my ways were committed to keeping Your statutes! ⁶ Then I would not be ashamed when I consider all Your commandments. ⁷ I will praise You with an upright heart when I learn Your righteous judgments. ⁸ I will keep Your statutes; do not utterly forsake me. ⁹ How can a young man keep his way pure? By guarding it according to Your word. ¹⁰ With all my heart I have sought You; do not let me stray from Your commandments. ¹¹ I have hidden Your word in my heart that I might not sin against You. ¹² Blessed are You, O LORD; teach me Your statutes. ¹³ With my lips I proclaim all the judgments of Your mouth. ¹⁴ I rejoice in the way of Your testimonies as much as in all riches. ¹⁵ I will meditate on Your precepts and regard Your ways. ¹⁶ I will delight in Your statutes; I will not forget Your word. ¹⁷ Deal bountifully with Your servant, that I may live and keep Your word. ¹⁸ Open my eyes that I may see wondrous things from Your law. ¹⁹ I am a stranger on the earth; do not hide Your commandments from me. ²⁰ My soul is consumed with longing for Your judgments at all times. ²¹ You rebuke the arrogant—the cursed who stray from Your commandments. ²² Remove my scorn and contempt, for I have kept Your testimonies. ²³ Though rulers sit and slander me, Your servant meditates on Your statutes. ²⁴ Your testimonies are indeed my delight; they are my counselors. ²⁵ My soul cleaves to the dust; revive me according to Your word. ²⁶ I recounted my ways, and You answered me; teach me Your statutes. ²⁷ Make clear to me the way of Your precepts; then I will meditate on Your wonders. ²⁸ My soul melts with sorrow; strengthen me according to Your word. ²⁹ Remove me from the path of deceit and graciously grant me Your law. ³⁰ I have chosen the way of truth; I have set Your ordinances before me. ³¹ I cling to Your testimonies, O LORD; let me not be put to shame. ³² I run in the path of Your commandments, for You will enlarge my heart. ³³ Teach me, O LORD, the way of Your statutes, and I will keep them to the end. ³⁴ Give me understanding that I may obey Your law, and follow it with all my heart. ³⁵ Direct me in the path of Your commandments, for there I find delight. ³⁶ Turn my heart to Your testimonies and not to covetous gain. ³⁷ Turn my eyes away from worthless things; revive me with Your word. ³⁸ Establish Your word to Your servant, to produce reverence for You. ³⁹ Turn away the disgrace I dread, for Your judgments are good. ⁴⁰ How I long for Your precepts! Revive me in Your righteousness. ⁴¹ May Your loving devotion come to me, O LORD, Your salvation, according to Your promise. ⁴² Then I can answer him who taunts, for I trust in Your word. ⁴³ Never take Your word of truth from my mouth, for I hope in Your judgments. ⁴⁴ I will always obey Your law, forever and ever. ⁴⁵ And I will walk in freedom, for I have sought Your precepts. ⁴⁶ I will speak of Your testimonies before kings, and I will not be ashamed. ⁴⁷ I delight in Your commandments because I love them. ⁴⁸ I lift up my hands to Your commandments, which I love, and I meditate on Your statutes. ⁴⁹ Remember Your word to Your servant, upon which You have given me hope. ⁵⁰ This is my comfort in affliction, that Your promise has given me life. ⁵¹ The arrogant utterly deride me, but I do not turn from Your law. ⁵² I remember Your judgments of old, O LORD, and in them I find comfort. ⁵³ Rage has taken hold of me because of the wicked who reject Your law. ⁵⁴ Your statutes are songs to me in the house of my pilgrimage. ⁵⁵ In the night, O LORD, I remember Your name, that I may keep Your law. ⁵⁶ This is my practice, for I obey Your precepts. ⁵⁷ The LORD is my portion; I have promised to keep Your words. ⁵⁸ I have sought Your face with all my heart; be gracious to me according to Your promise. ⁵⁹ I considered my ways and turned my steps to Your testimonies. ⁶⁰ I hurried without hesitating to keep Your commandments. ⁶¹ Though the ropes of the wicked bind me, I do not forget Your law. ⁶² At midnight I rise to give You thanks for Your righteous judgments. ⁶³ I am a friend to all who fear You, and to those who keep Your precepts. ⁶⁴ The earth is filled with Your loving devotion, O LORD; teach me Your statutes. ⁶⁵ You are good to Your servant, O LORD, according to Your word. ⁶⁶ Teach me good judgment and knowledge, for I believe in Your commandments. ⁶⁷ Before I was afflicted, I went astray; but now I keep Your word. ⁶⁸ You are good, and You do what is good; teach me Your statutes. ⁶⁹ Though the arrogant have smeared me with lies, I keep Your precepts with all my heart. ⁷⁰ Their hearts are hard and callous, but I delight in Your law. ⁷¹ It was good for me to be afflicted, that I might learn Your statutes. ⁷² The law from Your mouth is more precious to me than thousands of pieces of gold and silver. ⁷³ Your hands have made me and fashioned me; give me understanding to learn Your commandments. ⁷⁴ May those who fear You see me and rejoice, for I have hoped in Your word. ⁷⁵ I know, O LORD, that Your judgments are righteous, and that in faithfulness You have afflicted me. ⁷⁶ May Your loving devotion comfort me, I pray, according to Your promise to Your servant. ⁷⁷ May Your compassion come to me, that I may live, for Your law is my delight. ⁷⁸ May the arrogant be put to shame for subverting me with a lie; I will meditate on Your precepts. ⁷⁹ May those who fear You turn to me, those who know Your testimonies. ⁸⁰ May my heart be blameless in Your statutes, that I may not be put to shame. ⁸¹ My soul faints for Your salvation; I wait for Your word. ⁸² My eyes fail, looking for Your promise; I ask, “When will You comfort me?” ⁸³ Though I am like a wineskin dried up by smoke, I do not forget Your statutes. ⁸⁴ How many days must Your servant wait? When will You execute judgment on my persecutors? ⁸⁵ The arrogant have dug pits for me in violation of Your law. ⁸⁶ All Your commandments are faithful; I am persecuted without cause—help me! ⁸⁷ They almost wiped me from the earth, but I have not forsaken Your precepts. ⁸⁸ Revive me according to Your loving devotion, that I may obey the testimony of Your mouth. ⁸⁹ Your word, O LORD, is everlasting; it is firmly fixed in the heavens. ⁹⁰ Your faithfulness continues through all generations; You established the earth, and it endures. ⁹¹ Your ordinances stand to this day, for all things are servants to You. ⁹² If Your law had not been my delight, then I would have perished in my affliction. ⁹³ I will never forget Your precepts, for by them You have revived me. ⁹⁴ I am Yours; save me, for I have sought Your precepts. ⁹⁵ The wicked wait to destroy me, but I will ponder Your testimonies. ⁹⁶ I have seen a limit to all perfection, but Your commandment is without limit. ⁹⁷ Oh, how I love Your law! All day long it is my meditation. ⁹⁸ Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies, for they are always with me. ⁹⁹ I have more insight than all my teachers, for Your testimonies are my meditation. ¹⁰⁰ I discern more than the elders, for I obey Your precepts. ¹⁰¹ I have kept my feet from every evil path, that I may keep Your word. ¹⁰² I have not departed from Your ordinances, for You Yourself have taught me. ¹⁰³ How sweet are Your words to my taste—sweeter than honey in my mouth! ¹⁰⁴ I gain understanding from Your precepts; therefore I hate every false way. ¹⁰⁵ Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path. ¹⁰⁶ I have sworn and confirmed that I will keep Your righteous judgments. ¹⁰⁷ I am severely afflicted, O LORD; revive me through Your word. ¹⁰⁸ Accept the freewill offerings of my mouth, O LORD, and teach me Your judgments. ¹⁰⁹ I constantly take my life in my hands, yet I do not forget Your law. ¹¹⁰ The wicked have set a snare for me, but I have not strayed from Your precepts. ¹¹¹ Your testimonies are my heritage forever, for they are the joy of my heart. ¹¹² I have inclined my heart to perform Your statutes, even to the very end. ¹¹³ The double-minded I despise, but Your law I love. ¹¹⁴ You are my hiding place and my shield; I put my hope in Your word. ¹¹⁵ Depart from me, you evildoers, that I may obey the commandments of my God. ¹¹⁶ Sustain me as You promised, that I may live; let me not be ashamed of my hope. ¹¹⁷ Uphold me, and I will be saved, that I may always regard Your statutes. ¹¹⁸ You reject all who stray from Your statutes, for their deceitfulness is in vain. ¹¹⁹ All the wicked on earth You discard like dross; therefore I love Your testimonies. ¹²⁰ My flesh trembles in awe of You; I stand in fear of Your judgments. ¹²¹ I have done what is just and right; do not leave me to my oppressors. ¹²² Ensure Your servant’s well-being; do not let the arrogant oppress me. ¹²³ My eyes fail, looking for Your salvation, and for Your righteous promise. ¹²⁴ Deal with Your servant according to Your loving devotion, and teach me Your statutes. ¹²⁵ I am Your servant; give me understanding, that I may know Your testimonies. ¹²⁶ It is time for the LORD to act, for they have broken Your law. ¹²⁷ Therefore I love Your commandments more than gold, even the purest gold. ¹²⁸ Therefore I admire all Your precepts and hate every false way. ¹²⁹ Wonderful are Your testimonies; therefore I obey them. ¹³⁰ The unfolding of Your words gives light; it informs the simple. ¹³¹ I open my mouth and pant, longing for Your commandments. ¹³² Turn to me and show me mercy, as You do to those who love Your name. ¹³³ Order my steps in Your word; let no sin rule over me. ¹³⁴ Redeem me from the oppression of man, that I may keep Your precepts. ¹³⁵ Make Your face shine upon Your servant, and teach me Your statutes. ¹³⁶ My eyes shed streams of tears because Your law is not obeyed. ¹³⁷ Righteous are You, O LORD, and upright are Your judgments. ¹³⁸ The testimonies You have laid down are righteous and altogether faithful. ¹³⁹ My zeal has consumed me because my foes forget Your words. ¹⁴⁰ Your promise is completely pure; therefore Your servant loves it. ¹⁴¹ I am lowly and despised, but I do not forget Your precepts. ¹⁴² Your righteousness is everlasting and Your law is true. ¹⁴³ Trouble and distress have found me, but Your commandments are my delight. ¹⁴⁴ Your testimonies are righteous forever. Give me understanding, that I may live. ¹⁴⁵ I call with all my heart; answer me, O LORD! I will obey Your statutes. ¹⁴⁶ I call to You; save me, that I may keep Your testimonies. ¹⁴⁷ I rise before dawn and cry for help; in Your word I have put my hope. ¹⁴⁸ My eyes anticipate the watches of night, that I may meditate on Your word. ¹⁴⁹ Hear my voice, O LORD, according to Your loving devotion; give me life according to Your justice. ¹⁵⁰ Those who follow after wickedness draw near; they are far from Your law. ¹⁵¹ You are near, O LORD, and all Your commandments are true. ¹⁵² Long ago I learned from Your testimonies that You have established them forever. ¹⁵³ Look upon my affliction and rescue me, for I have not forgotten Your law. ¹⁵⁴ Defend my cause and redeem me; revive me according to Your word. ¹⁵⁵ Salvation is far from the wicked because they do not seek Your statutes. ¹⁵⁶ Great are Your mercies, O LORD; revive me according to Your ordinances. ¹⁵⁷ Though my persecutors and foes are many, I have not turned from Your testimonies. ¹⁵⁸ I look on the faithless with loathing because they do not keep Your word. ¹⁵⁹ Consider how I love Your precepts, O LORD; give me life according to Your loving devotion. ¹⁶⁰ The entirety of Your word is truth, and all Your righteous judgments endure forever. ¹⁶¹ Rulers persecute me without cause, but my heart fears only Your word. ¹⁶² I rejoice in Your promise like one who finds great spoil. ¹⁶³ I hate and abhor falsehood, but Your law I love. ¹⁶⁴ Seven times a day I praise You for Your righteous judgments. ¹⁶⁵ Abundant peace belongs to those who love Your law; nothing can make them stumble. ¹⁶⁶ I wait for Your salvation, O LORD, and I carry out Your commandments. ¹⁶⁷ I obey Your testimonies and love them greatly. ¹⁶⁸ I obey Your precepts and Your testimonies, for all my ways are before You. ¹⁶⁹ May my cry come before You, O LORD; give me understanding according to Your word. ¹⁷⁰ May my plea come before You; rescue me according to Your promise. ¹⁷¹ My lips pour forth praise, for You teach me Your statutes. ¹⁷² My tongue sings of Your word, for all Your commandments are righteous. ¹⁷³ May Your hand be ready to help me, for I have chosen Your precepts. ¹⁷⁴ I long for Your salvation, O LORD, and Your law is my delight. ¹⁷⁵ Let me live to praise You; may Your judgments sustain me. ¹⁷⁶ I have strayed like a lost sheep; seek Your servant, for I have not forgotten Your commandments.