Psalms 99:1-119:176

LEB(i) 1 Yahweh is king; let the peoples tremble. He sits enthroned* between the cherubim. Let the earth shake. 2 Yahweh is great in Zion, and he is exalted over all the peoples. 3 Let them praise your great and fearful name. He is holy. 4 And the strength of the king loves justice.* You have established equity; you have executed justice and righteousness in Jacob. 5 Exalt Yahweh our God, and worship at his footstool. He is holy. 6 Moses and Aaron were among his priests; Samuel also was among those who called on his name. They called to Yahweh, and he answered them. 7 He spoke to them in the pillar of cloud. They kept his testimonies and the statute he gave to them. 8 O Yahweh our God, you answered them. You were a forgiving God to them, but an avenger of their wrong deeds. 9 Exalt Yahweh our God, and worship at his holy mountain, for Yahweh our God is holy. 100 1 A psalm of thanksgiving.*
Shout in triumph to Yahweh, all the earth. 2 Serve* Yahweh with joy; come into his presence with exultation. 3 Know that Yahweh, he is God; he made us and we are his.* We are his people and the sheep of his pasture. 4 Enter his gates with thanksgiving, his courts with praise. Give thanks to him; bless his name. 5 For Yahweh is good; his loyal love is forever, and his faithfulness is from generation to generation.* 101 1 Of David. A psalm.*
I will sing of loyal love and justice; I will sing praises to you, O Yahweh. 2 I will give attention to the way of integrity. When will you come to me? I will walk in the integrity of my heart in the midst of my house. 3 I will not set before my eyes any wicked thing. I hate the work of those who fall away;* it will not cling to me. 4 A perverse heart will depart from me; I will not know evil. 5 One who slanders his neighbor in secret, him I will destroy. One haughty of eyes and arrogant* of heart, him I will not endure. 6 My eyes will be on the faithful of the land, that they may live with me. He who walks in the way of integrity, he shall minister to me. 7 There will not live in the midst of my house a worker of deceit. One who speaks lies will not remain* before my eyes. 8 Each morning,* I will destroy all the wicked of the land, cutting off from the city of Yahweh all evildoers. 102 1 A prayer of one afflicted, when he grows faint and pours out his lament before Yahweh.*
O Yahweh, hear my prayer, and let my cry for help come to you. 2 Do not hide your face from me in the day of my trouble. Incline your ear to me. In the day I call, answer me quickly, 3 for my days vanish in smoke, and my bones are charred like a hearth. 4 My heart is struck like grass and withers. Indeed, I forget to eat* my bread. 5 Because of the sound of my groaning my bones* cling to my skin.* 6 I am like an owl* of the wilderness; I am like a little owl of the ruins. 7 I lie awake and I am like a lone bird on a roof. 8 All the day my enemies reproach me; those who mock me swear oaths against me. 9 Indeed, I eat ashes like bread and mix my drink with tears* 10 because of your indignation and anger, for you have picked me up and thrown me away. 11 My days are like a lengthened shadow, and I wither like grass. 12 But you, O Yahweh, abide* forever, and your remembrance* from generation to generation.* 13 You rise up and take pity on Zion, because it is time to favor it, for the appointed time has come. 14 Your servants take pleasure in her stones, and show favor to its dust. 15 Then the nations will fear the name of Yahweh, and all the kings of the earth your glory. 16 For Yahweh will rebuild Zion; he will appear in his glory. 17 He will turn his attention to the prayer of the destitute and will not despise their prayer. 18 Let this be written for the next generation, so that a people yet to be created may praise Yah,* 19 that he looked down from his holy height. Yahweh looked from heaven over the earth 20 to hear the groaning of the prisoner, to liberate those destined to die,* 21 so that they* may make known in Zion the name of Yahweh, and his praise in Jerusalem, 22 when the peoples assemble, together with* kingdoms, to serve Yahweh. 23 He has broken my strength along the way; he has cut short my days. 24 I say, "My God, do not carry me off from my life in the middle of my days." Your years continue throughout all generations. 25 Long ago you laid the foundation of the earth, and the heavens are the work of your hands. 26 They will perish, but you will endure. And like a garment they will all wear out, you will replace them like clothing, and they will be set aside. 27 But you are the same, and your years do not end. 28 The children of your servants will continue, and their descendants* will be established before you. 103 1 Of David.*
Bless Yahweh, O my soul, and all within me, bless his holy name. 2 Bless Yahweh, O my soul, and do not forget all his benefits: 3 who forgives all your iniquity, who heals all your diseases, 4 who redeems your life from the pit, who crowns you with loyal love and mercies, 5 who satisfies your life with good so that your youth is renewed like the eagle's. 6 Yahweh does deeds of justice and judgments for all who are oppressed, 7 who made known his ways to Moses, his deeds to the people* of Israel. 8 Yahweh is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger* and abundant in loyal love. 9 He does not dispute continually, nor keep his anger forever. 10 He has not dealt with us according to our sins, nor repaid us according to our iniquities. 11 For as the heavens are high above the earth, so his loyal love prevails over those who fear him. 12 As far as east is from west, so he has removed far from us the guilt of our transgressions. 13 As a father pities* his children, so Yahweh pities* those who fear him. 14 For he knows our frame.* He remembers that we are dust. 15 As for man, his days are like the grass. As the flower of the field, so he blossoms. 16 When the wind passes over it, it is no more, and its place knows it no longer. 17 But the loyal love of Yahweh is from everlasting to everlasting on those who fear him, and his righteousness to their children's children, 18 to those who keep his covenant and remember to do his precepts. 19 Yahweh has established his throne in the heavens, and his kingdom rules over all. 20 Bless Yahweh, you his angels, you mighty heroes who do his word by obeying* the sound of his word. 21 Bless Yahweh, all you his hosts, you his attendants who do his will. 22 Bless Yahweh, all his works,* in all the places of his dominion. Bless Yahweh, O my soul. 104 1 Bless Yahweh, O my soul. O Yahweh my God, you are very great. You clothe yourself with splendor and majesty, 2 you who cover yourself with light as with a garment, who stretch out the heavens like a tent curtain, 3 the one who sets beams in the waters for his upper chambers, who makes clouds his chariot, who rides* on the wings of the wind, 4 who makes his messengers the winds, his attendants a flame of fire. 5 He established the earth on her foundations, so that it will not be moved forever and ever. 6 You covered it with the deep as with a garment. The waters stood above the mountains. 7 At your rebuke they fled; at the sound of your thunder they ran off. 8 They ascended the mountains and drained though the valleys to the place that you established* for them. 9 You set a boundary that they may not cross over, so that they would not return to cover the earth. 10 You are the one who sends forth springs into the valleys; they flow between the mountains. 11 They give drink for every beast of the field. The wild donkeys quench* their thirst. 12 Along them the birds of the heavens abide. From among the branches they sing.* 13 You are the one who waters* the mountains from his upper chambers. The earth is full* with the fruit of your labors: 14 who causes grass to grow for the cattle and herbs for the service of humankind, to bring forth food from the earth, 15 and wine that makes glad the heart of man, so that their faces shine from oil, and bread that strengthens the heart of man. 16 The trees of Yahweh drink their fill, the cedars of Lebanon that he planted, 17 where birds make their nest. The stork has its home in the fir trees. 18 The high mountains are for the wild goats; the cliffs are a refuge for the rock badgers. 19 He made the moon for appointed times; the sun knows its time for setting. 20 You make darkness, and it is night, when* all the animals of the forest creep about. 21 The young lions are roaring for the prey and seeking their food from God. 22 When the sun rises, they gather together and lie down in their dens. 23 Humankind goes out to its work, and to its labor until evening. 24 How many are your works, O Yahweh; all of them you have done in wisdom. The earth is full of your creatures. 25 This is the great and wide* sea, in which are moving animals without number, living things small and great. 26 There the ships sail. Leviathan is there that you formed to play with.* 27 They all wait for you to give them their food at the proper time.* 28 You give to them; they gather it. You open your hand, they are filled with what is good. 29 You hide your face, they are terrified. You take away their breath, they die and return to their dust. 30 You send forth your Spirit,* they are created, and you renew the face of the ground. 31 May the glory of Yahweh endure forever. May Yahweh be glad in his works, 32 the one who looks at the earth and it quakes, and touches the mountains and they smoke. 33 I will sing to Yahweh throughout my life; I will sing praise to my God while I remain alive.* 34 May my meditation be pleasing to him. I will be glad in Yahweh. 35 Let sinners perish completely from the earth, and the wicked not remain alive.* Bless Yahweh, O my soul. Praise Yah.* 105 1 Give thanks to Yahweh; proclaim his name; make known his deeds among the peoples. 2 Sing to him; sing praises concerning him; tell of all his wonderful works. 3 Boast about his holy name. Let the heart of those who seek Yahweh rejoice. 4 Make supplication to Yahweh and his might; seek his face continually. 5 Remember his wonders that he has done, his signs and the judgments of his mouth, 6 O offspring of Abraham his servant, you descendants* of Jacob, his chosen ones. 7 He is Yahweh our God; his judgments are in all the earth. 8 He remembers his covenant forever, the word that he commanded for a thousand generations, 9 that he made with Abraham, and by his oath swore to Isaac. 10 He then confirmed it to Jacob as a statute, to Israel as an everlasting covenant, 11 saying, "To you I will give the land of Canaan as the allotment that is your* inheritance." 12 When they were few in number*— a trifle—and were sojourners in it, 13 and they wandered about among the nations,* from one kingdom to another people, 14 he allowed no one to oppress them, and he rebuked kings on account of them, 15 "Do not touch my anointed ones, nor harm my prophets." 16 Then he called for a famine upon the land; he broke every supply* of bread. 17 He sent a man on ahead of them; Joseph was sold as a slave. 18 They clamped* his feet in fetters.* His neck* went into irons.* 19 Until the time his word came about, the word of Yahweh tested* him. 20 The king sent and he freed him; the ruler of the peoples sent and let him loose. 21 He made him lord of his house and ruler of all his possessions, 22 to obligate* his officials as he saw fit* and teach his elders wisdom. 23 Then Israel came to Egypt, and Jacob was a sojourner in the land of Ham. 24 And he* made his people very fruitful. He also made them* stronger than their* enemies. 25 He turned their heart to hate his people, to deal deceitfully against his servants. 26 He sent his servant Moses, together with Aaron whom he had chosen. 27 They set before them the words concerning his signs and portents in the land of Ham. 28 He sent darkness and made it dark, and they did not rebel against his words. 29 He turned their waters into blood and it killed their fish. 30 Their land swarmed with frogs, even in the chambers of their kings. 31 He spoke, and there came flies and gnats throughout all their territory.* 32 He gave hail for their rains and the fire of lightning in their land. 33 And he struck their vines and fig trees, and shattered the trees of their territory. 34 He spoke and there came locusts and young locusts without number. 35 And they ate up all the vegetation in their land, and they ate up the fruit of their ground. 36 And he struck down all the firstborn in their land, the first of all their virility. 37 Then he brought them out with silver and gold, and there was none among his tribes who stumbled. 38 Egypt was glad when they departed, because the fear of them* had fallen upon them. 39 He spread out a cloud for a covering, and fire to give light at night. 40 They* asked, and he brought quail, and satisfied them with the bread of heaven. 41 He opened the rock and waters flowed; they coursed* through the dry places like a river. 42 For he remembered his holy promise;* he remembered Abraham his servant. 43 And so he brought out his people with joy, his chosen ones with rejoicing. 44 And he gave to them the lands of the nations, and they inherited the labor of the peoples, 45 so that they might observe his statutes, and keep his laws. Praise Yah.* 106 1 Praise Yah.* Give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good, for his loyal love is forever. 2 Who can utter the mighty deeds of Yahweh, or proclaim all his praise? 3 Blessed are those who observe justice, he who does righteousness at all times. 4 Remember me, O Yahweh, when you show favor to your people. Look after me when you deliver, 5 that I may see the good done your chosen ones, to be glad in the joy of your nation, to glory together with your inheritance. 6 We have sinned along with our ancestors.* We have committed iniquity; we have incurred guilt. 7 Our ancestors* in Egypt did not understand your wonderful works. They did not remember your many acts of loyal love, and so they rebelled by the sea at the Red Sea.* 8 Yet he saved them for the sake of his name, to make known his might. 9 So he rebuked the Red Sea,* and it dried up, and he led them through the deep as through a desert. 10 Thus he saved them from the hand of the hater and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy. 11 But waters covered their adversaries; not one of them survived. 12 Then they believed his words; they sang his praise. 13 They quickly forgot his works; they did not wait for his counsel. 14 And they craved intensely* in the wilderness, and tested God in the desert. 15 So he gave to them their request, but he sent leanness into their souls.* 16 And they were jealous of Moses in the camp, and of Aaron, the holy one of Yahweh. 17 The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and it covered over the gang of Abiram. 18 Also fire burned in their assembly; the flame devoured the wicked. 19 They made a calf at Horeb and bowed down to a cast image. 20 And so they exchanged their glory for an image of an ox that eats grass. 21 They forgot God their Savior, who had done great things in Egypt, 22 wonders in the land of Ham, awesome deeds by the Red Sea.* 23 So he said he would exterminate them, had not Moses, his chosen one, stood in the breach before him, to reverse his wrath from destroying them. 24 Then they refused the desirable land; they did not believe his word, 25 but grumbled in their tents. They did not obey the voice of Yahweh. 26 So he made an oath* against them, to make them drop in the wilderness, 27 and to disperse* their descendants* among the nations and to scatter them among the lands. 28 They also attached themselves to Baal of Peor, and they ate sacrifices offered to the dead.* 29 Thus they provoked to anger by their deeds, and a plague broke out among them. 30 Then Phinehas stood up and intervened, and so the plague was stopped, 31 and it was reckoned to him as righteousness throughout all generations.* 32 They also angered God at the waters of Meribah, and it went badly for Moses on account of them, 33 because they rebelled against his Spirit,* and he spoke thoughtlessly with his lips. 34 They did not exterminate the peoples, as Yahweh had commanded them, * 35 but they mingled with the nations and learned their works, 36 and served their idols, which became* a snare to them. 37 They even sacrificed their sons and daughters to the demons, 38 and they poured out innocent blood, the blood of their sons and daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan, and so the land was defiled with the blood.* 39 And they became unclean by their works, and were unfaithful in their deeds. 40 So Yahweh's anger burned against his people, and he abhorred his inheritance. 41 Then he gave them into the hand of the nations, and those who hated them ruled over them. 42 And their enemies oppressed them, and they were subdued under their hand. 43 Many times he delivered them, but they rebelled in their counsel, and were brought low by their iniquity. 44 Yet he looked upon their distress when he heard their cry. 45 And he remembered his covenant with them, and relented based on the abundance of his loyal love. 46 And he let them find compassion* before all their captors. 47 Save us, O Yahweh our God, and gather us from the nations, so that we may give thanks to your holy name and boast in your praise. 48 Blessed is Yahweh, the God of Israel, from everlasting and to everlasting. And let all the people say, "Amen!" Praise Yah.* 107 1 Give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good, for his loyal love is forever. 2 Let the redeemed of Yahweh declare* it, those whom he has redeemed from the hand of the enemy 3 and gathered from the lands, from east and from west, from north and from south.* 4 They wandered in the wilderness, in a desert. They could find no way* to a city to inhabit. 5 Hungry and thirsty, their soul grew faint within them. 6 Then they cried out to Yahweh in their trouble. He delivered them from their distresses 7 and led them by a straight way to get to a city to inhabit. 8 Let them give thanks to Yahweh for his loyal love, and his wonderful deeds for the children of humankind, 9 for he satisfies the longing soul,* and the hungry soul he fills with good. 10 Those who sat in darkness and gloom, prisoners of misery and iron— 11 because they rebelled against the words of God and spurned the counsel of the Most High, 12 he therefore humbled their heart with trouble. They stumbled and there was no helper. 13 Then they called to Yahweh for help in their trouble; he saved them from their distresses. 14 He brought them out of darkness and gloom, and tore off their bonds. 15 Let them give thanks to Yahweh for his loyal love and his wonderful deeds for the children of humankind, 16 for he shatters the doors of bronze, and cuts through the bars of iron. 17 Fools, because of their rebellious way and their iniquities, were afflicted. 18 Their soul abhorred all food, and they approached the gates of death. 19 Then they called to Yahweh for help in their trouble. He saved them from their distresses. 20 He sent his word and healed them, and he delivered them from their pits.* 21 Let them give thanks to Yahweh for his loyal love, and his wonderful deeds for the children of humankind, 22 and let them offer sacrifices of thanksgiving, and tell of his works with rejoicing. 23 Those who went down to the sea into ships, doing business on the high seas,* 24 they saw the works of Yahweh, and his wonderful deeds in the deep. 25 For he spoke and raised up a stormy wind, and it whipped up its waves. 26 They rose to the heavens; they plunged to the depths. Their soul melted in their calamity. 27 They reeled and staggered like a drunkard, and they were at their wits' end.* 28 Then they cried out to Yahweh in their trouble, and he brought them out of their distresses. 29 He made the storm be still and their waves became calm. 30 Then they were glad because they grew silent, so he guided them to their desired harbor. 31 Let them give thanks to Yahweh for his loyal love and his wonderful deeds for the children of humankind, 32 and let them exalt him in the congregation of the people, and praise him in the assembly of the elders. 33 He turns rivers into a wilderness and springs of water into thirsty ground, 34 a fruitful land into a salty place, because of the evil of its inhabitants. 35 He turns a wilderness into a pool of water and a dry land into springs of water. 36 And he settles the hungry there, so that they may establish a city to inhabit, 37 and sow fields and plant vineyards, that they may yield fruit at harvest.* 38 And he blesses them and they multiply greatly, and he does not let their cattle become few. 39 When they become few and they are bent down from the oppression of calamity and grief, 40 he pours contempt on princes and causes them to wander in a trackless waste. 41 But he protects* the needy from misery, and he makes their families like a flock. 42 The upright see it and are glad, and all wickedness shuts its mouth. 43 Whoever is wise, then let him observe these things, and let them consider Yahweh's acts of loyal love. 108 1 A song. A psalm of David.*
My heart is steadfast, O God. I will sing and give praise, even with my glory. 2 Awake, harp and lyre. I will awake the dawn.* 3 I will give you thanks among the peoples, O Yahweh; I will give you praise among the nations, 4 because your loyal love is great above the heavens, and your faithfulness reaches to the clouds. 5 Be exalted above the heavens, O God, and let your glory be above all the earth, 6 so that your beloved ones may be rescued. Save by your right hand and answer me. 7 God has spoken in his holiness, "I will exult, I will divide up Shechem, and portion out the valley of Succoth. 8 Gilead is mine. Manasseh is mine. And Ephraim is the helmet for* my head. Judah is my scepter;* 9 Moab is my washing pot. Over Edom I will cast my sandal; Over Philistia I will 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, and not gone out with our armies, O God? 12 Give us help against the enemy, for the help of humankind is futile. 13 Through God we will do valiantly,* and it is he who will tread down our enemies. 109 1 For the music director. A psalm of David.*
O God of my praise, do not keep silent, 2 for wicked and deceitful mouths* have opened against me. They speak to me with a lying tongue. 3 They also surround me with words of hate, and fight me without cause. 4 In return for my love they accuse me, though I am in prayer.* 5 So they inflicted evil against me in return for good and hatred in return for my love. 6 Appoint over him a wicked man, and let an accuser stand at his right hand. 7 When he is judged, let him come out guilty, and let his prayer* become as sin. 8 Let his days be few; let another take his office. 9 Let his children be orphans, and his wife a widow, 10 and let his children wander aimlessly and beg, and let them plead from their ruins. 11 Let the creditor seize all that is his, and let strangers plunder his property. 12 Let there be none who extend to him loyal love, nor any who pities his orphans. 13 Let his descendants* be cut off. Let their name be blotted out in the next generation. 14 Let the iniquity of his ancestors* be remembered before Yahweh, and let the sin of his mother not be blotted out. 15 Let them be before Yahweh continually, that he may cut off their* memory from the earth, 16 because he did not remember to show loyal love, but he pursued anyone,* poor or needy or brokenhearted, to slay them. 17 Because he loved cursing, let it come upon him. Because he did not delight in blessing, let it be far from him. 18 Because he wore a curse as his robe, let it enter his body* like water, and into his bones like oil. 19 May it be for him like a garment in which he wraps, and a belt he continually wears.* 20 Let this be the punishment for my accusers from Yahweh, even those who speak evil against my life. 21 But you, O Yahweh my Lord, deal with me for your name's sake. Because your loyal love is good, deliver me, 22 for I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me. 23 Like a lengthening shadow I am passing away; I am shaken off like a locust. 24 My knees buckle* from fasting, and my body grows lean without fat. 25 And so I am a disgrace to them; when they see me, they shake their heads.* 26 Help me, O Yahweh my God; save me according to your loyal love, 27 that they may know that this is your hand, that you, O Yahweh, you have done it. 28 Let them curse, but you bless. When they arise, let them be put to shame, that your servant may be glad. 29 Let my accusers put on disgrace, and let them cover themselves with their shame as with a robe. 30 I will give thanks to Yahweh exceedingly with my mouth, and in the midst of many I will praise him, 31 for he stands at the right hand of the needy, to save him from those judging his life.* 110 1 Of David. A psalm.*
A declaration of Yahweh to my lord, "Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies your footstool." 2 Yahweh will send out your mighty scepter from Zion; rule in the midst of your enemies. 3 Your people will volunteer* in the day of your power.* In holy splendor, from the womb of the dawn, you will have the dew of your youth.* 4 Yahweh has sworn and he will not change his mind, "You are a priest forever according to the manner of Melchizedek." 5 O Lord, at your right hand he will shatter kings in the day of his anger. 6 He will judge among the nations; he will fill them with corpses. He will shatter the rulers* of many countries. 7 He will drink from the stream by the road; therefore he will lift up his head. 111 1 Praise Yah!* I will give thanks to Yahweh with all my heart, in the assembly of the upright and the congregation. 2 The works of Yahweh are great, studied* by all who delight in them. 3 Full of splendor and majesty is his work, and his righteousness endures forever. 4 He has made his wonders to be remembered;* Yahweh is gracious and compassionate. 5 He gives food to those who fear him; he remembers his covenant forever. 6 He has declared the power of his works for his people, by giving to them the inheritance of the nations. 7 The works of his hands are faithfulness and justice; all his precepts are reliable. 8 They are sustained forever and ever, done with faithfulness and uprightness. 9 He has sent redemption to his people; he has commanded his covenant forever; holy and fearful is his name. 10 The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of wisdom; all who do them* have a good understanding. His praise endures forever. 112 1 Praise Yah!* Blessed is the man who fears Yahweh; he takes great delight in his commands. 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 His light rises in the darkness for the upright; he is gracious and compassionate and righteous. 5 It goes well for a man who is gracious and lends, who conducts his business properly.* 6 For he will not be shaken forever; the righteous will be remembered forever.* 7 He is not afraid of bad news; his heart is steadfast, secure* in Yahweh. 8 His heart is sustained; he will not be afraid, until he looks in triumph on his enemies. 9 He gives lavishly* to the needy; his righteousness endures forever. His horn rises high in honor. 10 The wicked* sees it and is vexed. He gnashes his teeth and becomes weak.* The desire of the wicked* perishes. 113 1 Praise Yah!* Praise, O servants of Yahweh, praise the name of Yahweh. 2 Let the name of Yahweh be blessed, from now until forever. 3 From the rising of the sun to its setting, let the name of Yahweh be blessed. 4 Yahweh is high above all nations; his glory is above the heavens. 5 Who is like Yahweh our God, who is enthroned on high,* 6 who condescends to look at* what is in the heavens and in the earth? 7 He raises the helpless from the dust; he lifts the needy from the ash heap, 8 to seat them with princes, with the princes of his people. 9 He causes the barren woman of the house to dwell as the happy mother of children. Praise Yah!* 114 1 When Israel went out from Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of a strange language, 2 Judah became his sanctuary, Israel his dominion. 3 The sea looked and fled; the Jordan turned back. 4 The mountains skipped like rams, the hills like lambs.* 5 What's with you, O sea, that you fled? O Jordan, that you turned back? 6 O mountains, that you skipped like rams? O hills, like lambs? 7 At the presence of the Lord writhe, O earth,* at the presence of the God of Jacob, 8 who turned the rock into a pool of water, flinty stone into a spring of water. 115 1 Not to us, O Yahweh, not to us, but to your name give glory, because of your loyal love, because of your faithfulness. 2 Why should the nations say, "Where, pray tell,* is their God?" 3 But our God is in the heavens; all that he desires, he does. 4 Their idols are silver and gold, the work of human hands. 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 their hands, but they cannot feel, their feet, but they cannot walk; they cannot utter a sound in their throats. 8 Those who make them become like them, as does everyone who trusts in them. 9 O Israel, trust Yahweh; he is their help and their shield. 10 O house of Aaron, trust in Yahweh; he is their help and their shield. 11 You who fear Yahweh, trust in Yahweh; he is their help and their shield. 12 Yahweh remembers 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 Yahweh, the small with the great. 14 May Yahweh give you increase, you and your children. 15 May you be blessed by Yahweh, who made heaven and earth. 16 The heavens are Yahweh's heavens, but the earth he has given to the children of humankind. 17 The dead do not praise Yah,* nor any descending into silence. 18 It is we, we will bless Yah* from now until forever. Praise Yah!* 116 1 I love him, because Yahweh has heard the voice of my supplications.* 2 Because he has inclined his ear to me, I will call all my days.* 3 The ropes of death encircled me, and the distresses of Sheol found me. I found trouble and grief. 4 Then I called on the name of Yahweh: "O Yahweh, please save my life!" 5 Gracious is Yahweh and righteous, and our God is merciful. 6 Yahweh watches over the simple. I was brought low, but he gave me victory. 7 Return, O my soul, to your repose, for Yahweh has dealt bountifully with you. 8 For you have rescued me* from death, my eyes* from tears, my feet from stumbling. 9 I will walk before Yahweh in the land* of the living. 10 I believed when I spoke, "I am afflicted greatly." 11 I said in my haste, "Everyone* is a liar." 12 What shall I give back to Yahweh for all his benefits to me? 13 I will lift up the cup of salvation and proclaim the name of Yahweh. 14 I will pay my vows made to Yahweh in the presence of all his people. 15 Costly in Yahweh's view* is the death of his faithful ones. 16 Ah, Yahweh, I am indeed your servant; I am your servant, the child of your maidservant. You have loosed my bonds. 17 I will offer to you a sacrifice of thanksgiving, and proclaim the name of Yahweh. 18 I will pay my vows made to Yahweh in the presence of all his people, 19 in the courts of the house* of Yahweh, in the midst of you, O Jerusalem. Praise Yah!* 117 1 Praise Yahweh, all you nations; extol him, all you peoples. 2 For his loyal love is mighty on our behalf, and the faithfulness of Yahweh is forever. Praise Yah!* 118 1 Give thanks to Yahweh for he is good, for his loyal love is forever. 2 Let Israel say, "His loyal love is forever." 3 Let the house of Aaron say, "His loyal love is forever." 4 Let those who fear Yahweh say, "His loyal love is forever." 5 Out of my distress I called to Yah.* Yah answered me, setting me in a broad place. 6 Yahweh is for me; I do not fear. What can mere humans* do to me? 7 Yahweh is for me as my helper, and so I will look in triumph on those who hate me. 8 It is better to take refuge in Yahweh than to trust in humans.* 9 It is better to take refuge in Yahweh than to trust princes. 10 All nations surrounded me. In the name of Yahweh I opposed them indeed. 11 They surrounded me; yes, they surrounded me. In the name of Yahweh I opposed them indeed. 12 They surrounded me like bees; they were extinguished like a fire of thorns. In the name of Yahweh I opposed them indeed. 13 You pushed me hard* to make me fall, but Yahweh helped me. 14 Yah* is my strength and my song,* and he has become my salvation.* 15 The sound of rejoicing and salvation* is in the tents of the righteous; the right hand of Yahweh has done valiantly. 16 The right hand of Yahweh has exalted; the right hand of Yahweh has done valiantly. 17 I will not die but live, and tell of the works of Yah.* 18 Yah has disciplined me severely, but he did not consign* me to death. 19 Open to me the gates of righteousness, that I may enter through them and give thanks to Yah.* 20 This is the gate of Yahweh, through which the righteous will enter. 21 I will give thanks to you for you have answered me, and you have become my salvation.* 22 The stone the builders rejected has become the chief cornerstone. 23 This is from Yahweh; it is wonderful in our eyes. 24 This is the day Yahweh has worked;* let us rejoice and be glad in him.* 25 O Yahweh, please save; O Yahweh, please grant success. 26 Blessed is he who comes in the name of Yahweh. We bless you* from the house* of Yahweh. 27 Yahweh is God, and he has given us light.* Bind the festal sacrifice* with cords* to the horns* of the altar. 28 You are my God, and I will give thanks to you. You are my God; I will exalt you. 29 Give thanks to Yahweh for he is good, for his loyal love is forever. 119 1 Blessed are those whose way is blameless, who walk in the law of Yahweh. 2 Blessed are those who keep his testimonies; they seek him with a whole heart. 3 They also do no wrong; they walk in his ways. 4 You have commanded* your precepts, that we should keep them diligently. 5 Oh that my ways were steadfast, to keep your statutes! 6 Then I would not be ashamed when I look to all your commands. 7 I will give you thanks with an upright heart, when I learn your righteous laws. 8 I will heed your statutes; do not utterly forsake me. 9 How can a young man keep his way pure? By taking heed according to your word. 10 With my whole heart I have sought you; do not let me stray from your commands. 11 In my heart I have hidden your word,* so that I may not sin against you. 12 Blessed are you, O Yahweh. Teach me your statutes. 13 With my lips I have told of all the ordinances of your mouth. 14 In the way of your testimonies I have rejoiced as I would over all riches. 15 I will meditate on your precepts and look at* your ways. 16 I will take delight in your statutes; I will not forget your word. 17 Deal bountifully with your servant, that I may live and heed your word. 18 Uncover my eyes, that I may look at* wonderful things from your law. 19 I am a sojourner on the earth;* do not hide your commands from me. 20 My soul is crushed with longing for your ordinances at all times. 21 You rebuke the arrogant, the accursed, who stray from your commands. 22 Remove from* me scorn and contempt, for I have kept your testimonies. 23 Even though princes sit and speak against me, your servant meditates on your statutes. 24 Your testimonies are my delight, my counselors.* 25 My soul clings to the dust; revive me according to your word. 26 I told of my ways, and you answered me; teach me your statutes. 27 Make me understand the way of your precepts, that I may meditate on your wonderful things. 28 My soul weeps* because of grief; strengthen me according to your word. 29 Remove from me the deceptive way, and graciously give me your law. 30 I have chosen the faithful way; I have set your ordinances before me. 31 I cling to your testimonies; O Yahweh, do not let me be put to shame. 32 I will run the way of your commands, for you will enlarge my heart.* 33 Teach me, O Yahweh, the way of your statutes, and I will keep it to the end. 34 Give me understanding, that I may keep your law and heed it with my whole heart. 35 Cause me to walk in the path of your commands, for I delight in it. 36 Incline my heart to your testimonies, and not to dishonest gain. 37 Turn away my eyes from looking at what is worthless; revive me in your ways. 38 Fulfill your word* to your servant, which is to bring about a reverence for you. 39 Turn away my disgrace that I dread, for your ordinances are good. 40 Look, I have longed for your precepts; revive me in your righteousness. 41 Let your acts of loyal love also come to me, O Yahweh, your salvation according to your word.* 42 Then I will have an answer for the one who taunts me, for I trust your word. 43 And do not snatch the word of truth utterly from my mouth, for I hope in your ordinances. 44 So I will heed your law continually, forever and ever. 45 And I will go about freely,* for I have sought your precepts. 46 And I will speak of your testimonies before kings, and will not be ashamed. 47 And I will take delight in your commands, which I love. 48 And I will lift up my hands* to your commands, which I love, and I will meditate on your statutes. 49 Remember your word to your servant, upon which you have caused me to hope. 50 This is my comfort in my misery: that your word* preserves my life. 51 The arrogant utterly deride me; I have not turned aside from your law. 52 I remember your ordinances of old, O Yahweh, and I take comfort. 53 Rage seizes me because of the wicked, those who forsake your law. 54 Your statutes have been my songs in the house of my sojourning. 55 I remember your name in the night, O Yahweh, and I heed your law. 56 This has been mine, that I have kept your precepts. 57 Yahweh is my portion; I intend to heed your words. 58 I seek your favor* with my whole heart; be gracious to me according to your word.* 59 I think about my ways, and turn my feet to your testimonies. 60 I hurry and do not delay to heed your commands. 61 The cords of the wicked surround me, but I do not forget your law. 62 In the middle of the night I rise to give you thanks, because of your righteous ordinances. 63 I am a companion of all who fear you and heed your precepts. 64 The earth, O Yahweh, is full of your loyal love. Teach me your statutes. 65 You have dealt well with your servant, O Yahweh, according to your word. 66 Teach me good discernment and knowledge, for I believe your commands. 67 Before I was afflicted, I was going astray, but now I heed your word. 68 You are good and do good; teach me your statutes. 69 The arrogant smear me with lies;* I keep your precepts with my whole heart. 70 Their heart is insensitive like fat;* As for me, I take delight in your law. 71 It is good for me that I was afflicted, so that I might learn your statutes. 72 The law of your mouth is better to me than thousands of gold and silver coins. 73 Your hands have made me and established me; give me understanding that I may learn your commands. 74 Those who fear you will see me and be glad, because I hope in your word. 75 I know, O Yahweh, that your judgments are right, and that in faithfulness you afflicted me. 76 Please let your loyal love comfort me, according to your word* to your servant. 77 Let your mercies come to me, that I may live, for your law is my delight. 78 Let the arrogant be put to shame, because they have wronged me with lies.* As for me, I will meditate on your precepts. 79 Let those who fear you turn to me, even those who know* your testimonies. 80 May my heart be blameless in your statutes, so that I may not be ashamed. 81 My soul languishes for your salvation; I hope in your word. 82 My eyes long for* your word,* saying, "When will you comfort me?" 83 For I have become like a wineskin in the smoke, yet I have not forgotten your statutes. 84 How many are the days of your servant? When will you execute justice against those who persecute me? 85 The arrogant have dug pits* for me, which is not according to* your law. 86 All your commands are faithful. They persecute me deceitfully; help me! 87 They have almost destroyed me on the earth, but I have not forsaken your precepts. 88 According to your loyal love preserve me alive, so that I may heed the testimony from your mouth. 89 Forever, O Yahweh, your word is settled* in heaven. 90 Your faithfulness endures throughout all generations.* You have established the earth and it stands. 91 By your ordinances they stand today, for all are your servants. 92 Unless your law had been my delight, then I would have perished in my misery. 93 I will not ever forget your precepts, for by them you revive me.* 94 I am yours. Save me, for I have sought your precepts. 95 For me the wicked lie in wait to destroy me. I give attention to your testimonies. 96 I have seen a limit to every perfection;* your command is very broad. 97 How I love your law! The whole day it is my meditation. 98 Your commands make me wiser than my enemies, because they* are ever with me. 99 I have more insight than all my teachers, for your testimonies are my meditation. 100 I understand more than the elders, for I keep your precepts. 101 I have restrained my feet from every evil way, so that I may heed your word. 102 I have not turned aside from your ordinances, for you have taught me. 103 How smooth* are your words* to my palate, more than honey in my mouth. 104 From your precepts I get understanding, 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 an oath and confirmed it, to heed your righteous ordinances.* 107 I am very much afflicted; O Yahweh, revive me according to your word. 108 Please accept the freewill offerings of my mouth, O Yahweh, and teach me your ordinances. 109 My life is in danger* continually, yet I do not forget your law. 110 The wicked have laid a snare for me, yet I do not wander from your precepts. 111 I have taken as my own your testimonies forever, for they are the joy of my heart. 112 I have inclined my heart to do your statutes forever, to the end. 113 I hate the double-minded,* but I love your law. 114 You are my hiding place and my shield; I hope in your word. 115 Turn aside from me, you evildoers, for I will keep the commands of my God. 116 Sustain me according to your word,* that I may live, and do not let me be ashamed of my hope. 117 Uphold me, that I may be delivered, and have regard for your statutes continually. 118 You reject all who stray from your statutes, for their deceit is a breach of faith. 119 You remove all the wicked of the earth like dross, therefore I love your testimonies. 120 My flesh trembles for fear of you, and I am afraid of your judgments. 121 I have done justice and righteousness;* do not leave me to my oppressors. 122 Pledge good for your servant; do not let the arrogant oppress me. 123 My eyes long for* your salvation, and your righteous word.* 124 Deal with your servant according to your loyal love, and teach me your statutes. 125 I am your servant; give me understanding, that I may know your statutes. 126 It is time for Yahweh to act,* for they have broken your law. 127 Therefore I love your commands more than gold, even fine gold. 128 Therefore all your precepts of everything I regard as right; I hate every false way. 129 Your testimonies are miracles, therefore my soul keeps them. 130 The unfolding of your words gives light, giving understanding to the simple. 131 I open my mouth and pant, because I long for your commands. 132 Turn to me and be gracious to me, as is proper for those who love your name. 133 Direct my steps in your word,* and do not let any iniquity gain power over me. 134 Redeem me from the oppression of humankind, that I may heed your precepts. 135 Shine your face on your servant, and teach me your statutes. 136 Streams of water flow down from my eyes, because people do not heed your law. 137 You are righteous, O Yahweh, and your ordinances are upright. 138 You have ordained your testimonies in righteousness, and in exceeding faithfulness. 139 My zeal consumes me, because my enemies have forgotten your words. 140 Your word is very pure, and your servant loves it. 141 I am small and despised, yet I do not forget your precepts. 142 Your righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and your law is truth. 143 Trouble and anguish have found me; your commands delight me. 144 The righteousness of your testimonies is forever; give me understanding that I may live. 145 I call with my whole heart; answer me, O Yahweh. I will keep your statutes. 146 I call to you. Save me, and I will heed your testimonies. 147 I rise early in the dawn and cry for help; I hope in your word.* 148 My eyes anticipate the night watches, that I may meditate on your word. 149 Hear my voice according to your loyal love; O Yahweh, preserve my life according to your justice. 150 Those who pursue a wicked purpose draw near; they are far from your law. 151 You are near, O Yahweh, and all your commands are truth. 152 Concerning your testimonies, I knew long ago that you have established them forever. 153 See my misery and rescue me, for I do not forget your law. 154 Plead my cause and redeem me; preserve my life according to your word.* 155 Salvation is far from the wicked, for they do not seek your statutes. 156 Your mercies are great, O Yahweh; preserve my life according to your ordinances. 157 My persecutors and enemies are many, yet I do not turn aside from your testimonies. 158 I see the treacherous and I feel disgust, because they do not heed your word. 159 Consider* that I love your precepts; O Yahweh, according to your loyal love preserve my life. 160 The whole* of your word is truth, and your every righteous judgment endures forever. 161 Princes persecute me without cause, but my heart trembles because of your word.* 162 I am rejoicing over your word, like one who finds great spoil. 163 I hate and abhor falsehood; I love your law. 164 I praise you seven times in the day for your righteous ordinances. 165 Great peace is for those who love your law, and they do not have a cause for stumbling. 166 I hope for your salvation, O Yahweh, and do your commands. 167 My soul heeds your testimonies, and I love them exceedingly. 168 I heed your precepts and testimonies, because all my ways are before you. 169 Let my cry come before you, O Yahweh; give me understanding according to your word. 170 Let my plea come before you; Deliver me according to your word.* 171 Let my lips pour out praise, because you teach me your statutes. 172 Let my tongue sing of your word,* because all your commands are right. 173 Let your hand be my help,* because I have chosen your precepts. 174 I long for your salvation, O Yahweh, and your law is my delight. 175 Let my soul* live that it may praise you, and let your ordinances help me. 176 I have wandered like a lost sheep; seek your servant, because I do not forget your commands.