Psalms 89:1-119:176 (Psalm of Ethan the Ezrahite) I will sing of the loving kindness of Jehovah forever. With my mouth I will make known your faithfulness to all generations.

NSB⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹ ([Psalm of Ethan the Ezrahite]) I will sing of the loving kindness of Jehovah forever. With my mouth I will make known your faithfulness to all generations. ² For I have said: »Loving-kindness will be built up forever. You will establish your faithfulness in the heavens.« ³ »I made a covenant with my chosen; I swore to David my servant: ⁴ ‘I will establish your seed forever and build up your throne to all generations.’ ⁵ The heavens will praise your wonders, O Jehovah, Your faithfulness also in the assembly of the holy ones. ⁶ For who in the heavens is comparable to Jehovah? Who among the sons of the mighty is like Jehovah? ⁷ He is a God greatly reverenced in the council of the holy ones. He is awesome above all those who are around Him? ⁸ O Jehovah God of hosts, who is like You, O mighty Jehovah? Your faithfulness also surrounds you. ⁹ You rule the raging of the sea; when its waves rise, you still them. ¹⁰ You crushed Rahab like one who is slain. You scattered your enemies with your mighty arm (power). ¹¹ The heavens and the earth are yours. You have founded the world and all it contains. ¹² The north and the south, you have created them; Tabor and Hermon shout for joy at your name. ¹³ You have a strong arm! Your hand is mighty (power by Holy Spirit); your right hand is exalted. ¹⁴ Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne. Loving kindness and truth go before you. ¹⁵ How blessed are the people who know the joyful sound! O Jehovah, they walk in the light of your countenance. ¹⁶ They rejoice in your name all the day. They are exalted in your righteousness. ¹⁷ For you are the glory of their strength and by your favor our horn (strength) is exalted (increased). ¹⁸ For our shield belongs to Jehovah, and our king to the Holy One of Israel. ¹⁹ Once you spoke in vision to your godly ones. You said: »I have given help to one who is mighty. I have exalted one chosen from the people.« ²⁰ I have found David my servant. I anointed him with my holy oil. ²¹ With him my hand will be established; my arm also will strengthen him. ²² No enemy will tax him. No wicked man will oppress him. ²³ I will beat down his adversaries before him. I will strike those who hate him. ²⁴ But my faithfulness and my loving kindness will be with him. In my name, his horn (power) (strength) will be exalted (increased). ²⁵ I will set his hand also on the sea, and his right hand on the rivers. ²⁶ He will call to me: »You are my Father, My God, and the rock of my salvation!« ²⁷ I will also appoint him my firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth. ²⁸ I will keep my loving kindness for him forevermore. My covenant will stand firm with him. ²⁹ I will make his descendants endure forever and his throne like the days of heaven. ³⁰ If his descendants abandon my law and do not live by my rules, ³¹ if they violate my statutes and do not obey my commandments, ³² then with a rod I will punish their transgression and their crimes with beatings. ³³ But I will not take my loving kindness away from him or allow my truth to become perverted. ³⁴ I will not dishonor my promise or alter my own agreement. ³⁵ On my holiness I have taken an oath: I will not lie to David. ³⁶ His descendants will last forever. His throne will be in my presence like the sun. ³⁷ It shall be established forever like the moon. It will be like a faithful witness in heaven. ³⁸ But you have despised, rejected, and become angry with your anointed one. ³⁹ You have refused to recognize the covenant to your servant and have thrown his crown into the dirt. ⁴⁰ You have broken through all his walls and have laid his fortified cities in ruins. ⁴¹ Everyone who passed by robbed him. He has become the object of his neighbors' scorn. ⁴² You lifted up the right hand of his enemies and made all of his adversaries rejoice. ⁴³ You even took his sword out of his hand and failed to support him in battle. ⁴⁴ You put an end to his splendor and hurled his throne to the ground. ⁴⁵ You cut short the days of his youth and covered him with shame. ⁴⁶ How long, O Jehovah? Will you hide yourself forever? How long will your anger continue to burn like fire? ⁴⁷ Remember how short my life span is! Have you created the sons of men for no reason? ⁴⁸ Can man go on living and never see death? Who can set himself free from the power of the grave? ⁴⁹ Where is the evidence of your mercy, Lord? You swore an oath to David on the basis of your faithfulness. ⁵⁰ Jehovah, remember the reproach of your servant. Remember how I have carried in my heart the insults from so many people. ⁵¹ Your enemies insulted me. They insulted your anointed every step he took. ⁵² Blessed be Jehovah forevermore! Amen and Amen. ⁹⁰ ¹ ([Prayer of Moses]) O Jehovah, you have been our refuge throughout every generation. ² Before the mountains were born, before you gave birth to the earth and its inhabitants, you are God from everlasting to everlasting. ³ You turn men back into dust and say: »Return, O sons of men!« ⁴ In your sight a thousand years are like a single day, like yesterday, already past like an hour in the night. ⁵ You sweep mortals away in the sleep of death. They sprout again in the morning like grass. ⁶ In the morning they blossom and sprout. In the evening they fade and wither away. ⁷ Your anger consumes us. We are troubled by your rage. ⁸ You set our sins in front of you. You put our secret sins in the light of your presence. ⁹ Indeed, all our days slip away because of your fury. We live out our years like one long sigh. ¹⁰ The days of our lives are seventy or eighty years if we are in good health. But the best of them bring trouble and misery. Indeed, they are soon gone, and we fly away. ¹¹ Who understands the power of your anger, and your fury according to the reverence that is due you? ¹² Teach us to number each of our days so that we may present to you a heart of wisdom. ¹³ Return, O Jehovah! How long? Change your plans about us, your servants. ¹⁴ Satisfy us every morning with your loving kindness so that we may sing for joy and rejoice all our days. ¹⁵ Make us rejoice for as many days as you have made us suffer, for as many years as we have experienced evil. ¹⁶ Let your servants see what you can do. Let our children see your majesty. ¹⁷ Let the kindness of Jehovah our God be with us. Confirm for us the work of our hands. Yes, confirm the work of our hands. ⁹¹ ¹ He who lives under the shelter of the Most High will remain in the shadow of the Almighty. ² I will say to Jehovah: »You are my refuge and my fortress, my God in whom I trust.« ³ He is the one who will rescue you from the bird hunter’s trap (fowler’s snare) and from deadly plagues. ⁴ He will cover you with his pinions, and under his wings you will find refuge. His truth is your shield and armor. ⁵ You will not be afraid of the terror of the night and arrows that fly during the day, ⁶ plagues that roam the dark, epidemics that strike at noon. ⁷ They will not come near you, even though a thousand may fall dead beside you or ten thousand at your right side. ⁸ You only have to look with your eyes to see the punishment of wicked people. ⁹ »You, O Jehovah, are my refuge!« You have made the Most High your home. ¹⁰ No harm will come to you. No sickness will come near your house. ¹¹ He will put his angels in charge of you to protect you in all your ways. ¹² They will carry you in their hands so that you never strike your foot against a rock. ¹³ You will step on lions and cobras. You will trample underfoot young lions and snakes. ¹⁴ Because you love me, I will rescue you. I will protect you because you know my name. ¹⁵ When you call to me, I will answer you. I will be with you when you are in trouble. I will deliver you and honor you. ¹⁶ I will satisfy you with a long life. I will show you my salvation. ⁹² ¹ It is good to give thanks to Jehovah, to sing praises to your name, O Most High. ² It is good to declare your loving kindness in the morning and your faithfulness at night. ³ To do this on a ten-stringed instrument with a melody on a harp. ⁴ You made me find joy in what you have done, O Jehovah. I will sing joyfully about the works of your hands. ⁵ How great (spectacular) (excellent) are your works, O Jehovah! How very deep are your thoughts! ⁶ A stupid (senseless) person cannot know and a fool cannot understand. ⁷ Wicked people sprout like grass and all troublemakers flourish. Yet they will be destroyed forever. ⁸ But you, O Jehovah, are highly honored forever. ⁹ Now look at your enemies, O Jehovah. They disappear and all troublemakers are scattered. ¹⁰ But you exalt my horn (make me as strong) as a wild bull. I have been anointed with soothing lotion. ¹¹ My eyes gloat over those who spy on me. My ears hear the evildoers attacking me. ¹² Righteous people flourish like palm trees and grow tall like the cedars in Lebanon. ¹³ They are planted in Jehovah’s house. They blossom in our God's courtyards. ¹⁴ Even when they are old, they still bear fruit. They are always healthy and fresh. ¹⁵ They make it known that Jehovah is upright. He is my rock. He is never unrighteous. ⁹³ ¹ Jehovah reigns and he is clothed with majesty. Jehovah has girded himself with strength. The world also is established, that it cannot be moved. ² Your throne is established from of old. You are from everlasting. ³ The floods have lifted up, O Jehovah, the floods have lifted up their voice; the floods lift up their pounding waves. ⁴ Jehovah on high is mightier than the noise of many waters. Yes he is mightier than the mighty waves of the sea. ⁵ Your testimonies are very sure: holiness adorns your house, O Jehovah, forever. ⁹⁴ ¹ O Jehovah, God of vengeance, God of vengeance, shine forth! ² Rise up, O Judge of the earth, Render recompense to the proud. ³ O Jehovah, how long shall the wicked exult? ⁴ They utter speech. They speak arrogantly. All troublemakers brag about themselves. ⁵ They crush your people, O Jehovah. They make those who belong to you suffer. ⁶ They kill widows and foreigners, and they murder orphans. ⁷ They say: Jehovah does not see it. The God of Jacob does not even pay attention to it. ⁸ Pay attention, you stupid (senseless) people! When will you become wise, you fools? ⁹ God created ears. Do you think he cannot hear? He formed eyes. Do you think he cannot see? ¹⁰ He disciplines nations. Do you think he cannot punish? He teaches people. Do you think he does not know anything? ¹¹ Jehovah knows the thoughts of man. He knows that they a mere vanity. ¹² Jehovah, how happy are those you instruct, the ones to whom you teach your law! ¹³ You give them rest from days of trouble until a pit is dug to trap the wicked. ¹⁴ Jehovah will not abandon his people. He will not desert those who belong to him. ¹⁵ For judgment will again be righteous. The upright in heart will follow it. ¹⁶ Who will stand up for me against evildoers? Who will take his stand for me against those who do wickedness? ¹⁷ If Jehovah had not been my help, I would have been silent in death. ¹⁸ If I should say: My foot has slipped, your loving kindness, O Jehovah, will hold me up. ¹⁹ When I worried about many things, your assuring words comforted me. ²⁰ Can wicked rulers be allied with you? They frame mischief by decree (the law). ²¹ They join forces to take the lives of righteous people. They condemn innocent people to death. ²² Jehovah has become my stronghold. My God has become my rock of refuge. ²³ He has turned their wickedness against them. He will destroy them because of their sins. Jehovah our God will destroy them. ⁹⁵ ¹ Oh come, let us sing to Jehovah. Let us make a joyful noise to the Rock of our salvation. ² Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise to him with psalms. ³ For Jehovah is a great God, and a great King above all gods. ⁴ Deep places of the earth are in his hand. The strength of the mountains is also His. ⁵ The sea is his. He made it and his hands formed the dry land. ⁶ Come, let us worship and bow down. Let us kneel before Jehovah our maker. ⁷ For he is our God, and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. Today hear His voice! ⁸ Do not harden your hearts, as in the day of strife, as in the day of testing in the wilderness. ⁹ Your fathers tempted me, tested me, and saw my work. ¹⁰ For forty years I was grieved with this generation. I said: »It is a people who go astray in their hearts, and they have not known my ways.« ¹¹ I swore to them in my anger that they should not enter into my rest. ⁹⁶ ¹ Sing to Jehovah a new song. Sing to Jehovah, all the earth. ² Sing to Jehovah, bless his name! Declare the good news of his salvation from day to day. ³ Proclaim his glory among the nations, his wonders among all people. ⁴ For Jehovah is great, and greatly to be praised! He should be reverenced above all gods. ⁵ For all the gods of the nations are idols; but Jehovah made the heavens. ⁶ Honor and majesty are before him. Strength and beauty are in his sanctuary. ⁷ Give to Jehovah, you families of the people. Give to Jehovah glory and strength. ⁸ Give to Jehovah the glory due to his name. Bring an offering and come into his courts. ⁹ Worship Jehovah in the beauty of holiness; tremble before him, all the earth. ¹⁰ Say among the nations, Jehovah reigns; and the world shall be established; it shall not be moved; He shall judge the peoples in uprightness. ¹¹ Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad; let the sea roar, and the fullness of it. ¹² Let the field be joyful, and all that is in it! Then all the trees of the forest will rejoice. ¹³ He comes before Jehovah! Yes, he comes to judge the earth! He will judge the world with righteousness, and the people with His truth (fidelity) (faithfulness). ⁹⁷ ¹ Jehovah reigns! Let the earth rejoice and let the multitude of islands be glad. ² Clouds, gloom and darkness are all around Him. Righteousness and judgment are the foundation of his throne. ³ A fire goes before him and burns up his enemies round about. ⁴ His lightning lights up the world. The earth sees and trembles. ⁵ The mountains melted like wax at the presence of Jehovah, at the presence of Jehovah of the whole earth. ⁶ The heavens declare his righteousness, and all the people see his glory. ⁷ All those who serve graven images are put to shame. Those who boast themselves in idols and all God-like ones bow down before Him. ⁸ Zion heard and was glad. The daughters of Judah rejoiced because of your judgments, O Jehovah. ⁹ For You, Jehovah, are high above all the earth. You are lifted on high far above all God-like ones. ¹⁰ You who love Jehovah hate evil! He preserves his anointed ones. He delivers them out of the hand of the wicked. ¹¹ Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart. ¹² Rejoice in Jehovah, you righteous ones; and give thanks at the memory of his holy name. ⁹⁸ ¹ Sing a new song to Jehovah for he has done miraculous things. His right hand and his holy arm have gained victory for him. ² Jehovah has made his salvation known. He has uncovered his righteousness for the nations to see. ³ He remembered his loving kindness and faithfulness to Israel's descendants. All the ends of the earth have seen how our God saves them. ⁴ Shout joyfully to Jehovah all the earth. Break out into joyful singing, and make music. ⁵ Make music to Jehovah with a lyre and with the melody of a psalm. ⁶ Make music with trumpets and the playing of a ram's horn. Shout happily in the presence of the king, Jehovah. ⁷ Let the sea and everything in it, the world and those who live in it roar like thunder. ⁸ Let the rivers clap their hands and the mountains sing joyfully. ⁹ This is in Jehovah’s presence because he is coming to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness and its people with fairness. ⁹⁹ ¹ Jehovah reigns! Let the peoples tremble. He is enthroned above the cherubim. Let the earth shake! ² Jehovah is great in Zion! He is exalted above all the peoples. ³ Let them praise your great and awesome name! He is holy. ⁴ The strength of the King loves justice. You have established equity. You have executed justice and righteousness in Jacob. ⁵ Exalt Jehovah our God and worship at his footstool! (Isaiah 66:1) He is holy. ⁶ Moses and Aaron were among his priests. Samuel was among those who called on his name. They called upon Jehovah and he answered them. ⁷ He spoke to them in the pillar of cloud. They kept His testimonies and the commandment that he gave them. ⁸ O Jehovah our God, you answered them. You were a forgiving God to them, and an avenger of their evil deeds. ⁹ Exalt Jehovah our God and worship at his holy mountain, for Jehovah our God is holy. ¹⁰⁰ ¹ Make a joyful noise (sound) (shout) to Jehovah, all you lands! ² Serve Jehovah with gladness and come before his presence with a joyful song. ³ Know that Jehovah is God. He has made us, and not we ourselves. We are his people, and the sheep of his pasture. ⁴ Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, into his courtyard with praise: thank him and bless his name. ⁵ For Jehovah is good. His loving kindness is everlasting and his truth endures to all generations. ¹⁰¹ ¹ ([Psalm of David]) I will sing of loving kindness and judgment. I will sing to you O Jehovah. ² I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way. O when will you come to me? I will walk within my house with a perfect heart. ³ I will set no wicked thing before my eyes. I hate the work of unfaithful people. I want no part of it. ⁴ A perverse heart shall depart from me. I will not know a wicked person. ⁵ I will destroy anyone who secretly slanders his neighbor. I will not tolerate anyone with a conceited look or arrogant heart. ⁶ My eyes will be watching the faithful people in the land so that they may live with me. The person who lives with integrity will serve me. ⁷ The one who does deceitful things will not stay in my home. The one who tells lies will not remain in my presence. ⁸ Every morning I will destroy all the wicked people in the land to rid Jehovah’s city of all troublemakers. ¹⁰² ¹ Hear my prayer, O Jehovah! And let my cry for help come to you. ² Do not hide your face from me in the day of my distress. Incline your ear to me. In the day when I call answer me quickly. ³ My days have been consumed in smoke, and my bones have been scorched like a hearth. ⁴ My heart has been stricken like grass and has withered away. In fact I forget to eat my bread. ⁵ Because of the loudness of my groaning my bones cling to my flesh. ⁶ I resemble a pelican of the wilderness. I have become like an owl of the waste places. ⁷ I lie awake, I have become like a lonely bird on a housetop. ⁸ All day long my enemies have reproached me. Those who deride me used my name as a curse. ⁹ For I have eaten ashes like bread and mingled my drink with weeping. ¹⁰ This is because of your indignation and your anger. You have lifted me up and cast me away. ¹¹ My days are like a lengthened shadow and I wither away like grass. ¹² But You, O Jehovah, remain forever. Your name is for all generations. ¹³ You will arise and have compassion on Zion. It is time to be gracious to her for the appointed time has come. ¹⁴ Your servants find pleasure in her stones and feel pity for her dust. ¹⁵ So the nations will respect the name of Jehovah and all the kings of the earth will honor you. ¹⁶ For Jehovah has built up Zion. He has appeared in His glory. ¹⁷ He has respected the prayer of the destitute and has not despised their prayer. ¹⁸ This will be written for the generation to come: That a people yet to be created may praise Jehovah. ¹⁹ He looked down from his holy height. Jehovah gazed upon the earth from heaven. ²⁰ He heard the groaning of the prisoner, to set free those who were doomed to death. ²¹ Let men tell of the Jehovah’s name in Zion and his praise in Jerusalem, ²² When the peoples and kingdoms are gathered together to serve Jehovah. ²³ He has weakened my strength in the way and has shortened my days. ²⁴ I say: »O my God, do not take me away in the middle of my days, your years are throughout all generations. ²⁵ »You founded the earth of old. The heavens are the work of your hands. ²⁶ »They will perish, but you endure. All of them will wear out like a garment; like clothing you will renew them and they will be renewed. ²⁷ »But you are the same. Your years will not come to an end. ²⁸ »The children of your servants will continue, and their descendants will be established before you.« ¹⁰³ ¹ ([Psalm of David]) Bless Jehovah with all my being. With all that I am I praise his holy name! ² With all my heart I praise Jehovah! Do not forget how kind he has been. ³ He forgives all your iniquities and heals all your diseases. ⁴ He redeems your life from ruin and crowns you with loving-kindness and tender mercies. ⁵ He satisfies you with good; your youth is renewed like the eagles. ⁶ Jehovah works righteousness and judgment for all who are oppressed. ⁷ He made known his ways to Moses, His deeds to the sons of Israel. ⁸ Jehovah is merciful and gracious. He is slow to anger, and rich in loving-kindness. ⁹ He will not always chasten, nor will he keep his anger forever. ¹⁰ He has not dealt with us according to our sins. He has not requited us according to our iniquities. ¹¹ For as the heavens are high above the earth, so is his mercy toward those who reverence him. ¹² As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us. (as far as the sunrise is from the sunset) (farther then one could ever travel) ¹³ Jehovah has compassion for those who reverence him just as a father has compassion for his children. ¹⁴ For he knows our conception and he remembers that we are dust. ¹⁵ Man’s days are as grass; as a flower of the field, so he flourishes. ¹⁶ The wind passes over it, and it is gone; and its place shall know it no more. ¹⁷ But the loving kindness of Jehovah is from everlasting to everlasting on those who reverence him, and his righteousness is to the sons of sons. ¹⁸ It is to those who keep his covenant, and to those who remember to do his commandments. ¹⁹ Jehovah has prepared his throne in the heavens. His kingdom rules over all. ²⁰ Bless Jehovah you angels of his, you who excel in strength, who obey his command, and listen to the voice of his Word. ²¹ Bless Jehovah all his hosts. Bless Jehovah you ministers of his who do his will. ²² Bless Jehovah, all his works in all places he rules. Bless Jehovah with all my being. ¹⁰⁴ ¹ Bless Jehovah with all my being! O Jehovah my God, You are very great! You are clothed with splendor and majesty. ² You cover yourself with light as with a cloak. You stretch out clouds in the sky like a curtain. ³ You lay the beams of your upper chambers in the waters. You make the clouds your chariot. You walk upon the wings of the wind. ⁴ You make the winds your messengers, the flaming fire your ministers. ⁵ You established the earth upon its foundations, so that it will not be unstable forever. ⁶ You covered it with the deep like a garment. The waters stood above the mountains. ⁷ They fled at your rebuke. At the sound of your thunder they hurried away. ⁸ The mountains rose and the valleys sank down to the place you appointed for them. ⁹ You set a boundary that they may not go beyond. They will not return to cover the earth. ¹⁰ You send watering springs to the valleys. They flow between the mountains. ¹¹ They give drink to every beast of the field. The wild donkeys quench their thirst. ¹² Beside them the birds of the heavens dwell. They lift up voices among the branches. ¹³ You water the mountains from your upper chambers. The earth is satisfied with the fruit of your works. ¹⁴ You cause the grass to grow for the cattle and vegetation for the labor of man. That he may bring forth food from the earth, ¹⁵ And wine which makes man's heart glad. That he may make his face shine with oil, and food, which sustains man's heart. ¹⁶ Jehovah’s trees drink their fill, the cedars of Lebanon which he planted, ¹⁷ Where the birds build their nests, the stork, whose home is the fir tree. ¹⁸ The high mountains are for the wild goats. The cliffs are a refuge for the rock badgers. ¹⁹ You made the moon for the seasons. The sun knows the place of its setting. ²⁰ You appoint darkness and it becomes night, when all the forest animals prowl about. ²¹ The young lions roar after their prey and seek their food from God. ²² They withdraw at sunrise and lie down in their dens. ²³ Man goes to his work and to his labor until evening. ²⁴ O Jehovah, how many are your works! In wisdom you have made them all. The earth is full of your possessions. ²⁵ The sea is so big and wide with many creatures, living things both large and small. ²⁶ Ships sail on it, and Leviathan (great sea animal), which you made, plays in it. ²⁷ All of them wait for you to give them their food at the proper time. ²⁸ You give it to them, and they gather it up. You open your hand, and they are satisfied with many blessings. ²⁹ You hide your face, and they are frightened. You take away their breath, and they die and return to dust. ³⁰ You send out your Spirit, and they are created. You renew the face of the earth. ³¹ Let the glory of Jehovah endure forever. May Jehovah find joy in his works. ³² He looks at the earth, and it trembles. He touches the mountains, and they smoke. ³³ I will sing to Jehovah throughout my life. I will make music to praise my God as long as I live. ³⁴ May my thoughts be pleasing to him. I will find joy in Jehovah. ³⁵ Let sinners be consumed from the world. Let the wicked no longer exist. Bless Jehovah with all my being! Praise Jehovah! ¹⁰⁵ ¹ O give thanks to Jehovah! Call upon his name. Make his work known among the people. ² Sing to him, give praise to him! Declare all his wondrous works. ³ Praise his holy name! Let the heart of those rejoice who seek Jehovah. ⁴ Seek Jehovah and seek his strength. Seek his presence constantly! ⁵ Remember the marvelous works that he has done, his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth. ⁶ You seed of Abraham his servant, you children of Jacob his chosen ones. ⁷ He is Jehovah our God: his judgments are in all the earth. ⁸ He has remembered his covenant forever! It is the word he commanded to a thousand generations. ⁹ He made this covenant with Abraham and gave his oath to Isaac. ¹⁰ He confirmed the same to Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant. ¹¹ He said: »I will give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance to you.« ¹² They were a few men in number, very few, and strangers in it. ¹³ They went from one nation to another, from one kingdom to another people. ¹⁴ He permitted no man to do them wrong and he reproved kings for their sakes. ¹⁵ He said: »Do not touch my anointed, and do my prophets no harm.« ¹⁶ Furthermore, he called for a famine on the land: he broke the whole staff of bread. ¹⁷ He sent a man before them, Joseph, who was sold for a servant. ¹⁸ Whose feet they hurt with fetters: he was laid in iron: ¹⁹ Jehovah’s presence tested him through fiery trials until the time that his word came. ²⁰ The king sent someone to release him. The ruler of nations set him free. ²¹ He made Joseph the master of his palace and the ruler of all his possessions. ²² Joseph trained the king's officers the way he wanted and taught his respected leaders wisdom. ²³ Then Israel came to Egypt. Jacob lived as a foreigner in the land of Ham. ²⁴ Jehovah made his people grow rapidly in number and stronger than their enemies. ²⁵ He changed their minds so that they hated his people, and they dealt treacherously with his servants. ²⁶ He sent his servant Moses, and he sent Aaron, whom he had chosen. ²⁷ They displayed his miraculous signs among them and did amazing things in the land of Ham. ²⁸ He sent darkness and made their land dark. They did not rebel against his orders. ²⁹ He turned their water into blood and caused their fish to die. ³⁰ He made their land swarm with frogs, even in the kings' bedrooms. ³¹ He spoke, and swarms of flies and gnats infested their entire territory. ³² He gave them hail and lightning instead of rain throughout their land. ³³ He struck their grapevines and fig trees and smashed the trees in their territory. ³⁴ He spoke, and countless locusts and grasshoppers came. ³⁵ They devoured all the plants in the land. They devoured the crops in the fields. ³⁶ He killed all the firstborn sons, the first ones born in the land when their fathers were young. ³⁷ He brought Israel out with silver and gold, and no one among his tribes stumbled. ³⁸ The Egyptians were terrified of Israel, so they were glad when Israel left. ³⁹ He spread out a cloud as a protective covering and a fire to light up the night. ⁴⁰ The Israelites asked, and he brought them quail and filled them with bread from heaven. ⁴¹ He opened a rock, and water flowed like a river through the dry places. ⁴² He remembered his holy word to his servant Abraham. ⁴³ He brought his people out with joy, his chosen ones with a song of joy. ⁴⁴ He gave them the lands of other nations. They inherited what others had worked for. ⁴⁵ Then they would obey his laws and follow his teachings. Praise Jehovah! ¹⁰⁶ ¹ Praise Jehovah! Oh give thanks to Jehovah, for he is good and His loving-kindness endures forever. ² Who can speak of the mighty acts (deeds) of Jehovah? Who can proclaim and perceive all his praise? ³ How blessed are those who pay attention to justice, who practice righteousness at all times! ⁴ Remember me, O Jehovah, with favor toward your people. Visit me with your salvation. ⁵ Help me see the prosperity of your chosen ones that I may rejoice in the gladness of your nation, that I may glory with your inheritance. ⁶ We have sinned like our fathers! We have committed iniquity and have behaved wickedly. ⁷ Our fathers in Egypt did not understand your wonders. They did not remember your abundant kindnesses. But they rebelled by the Red Sea. ⁸ Nevertheless he saved them for the sake of his name that he might make his power known. ⁹ So he rebuked the Red Sea and it dried up, and he led them through the deeps, as through the wilderness. ¹⁰ He saved them from the hand of the one who hated them and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy. ¹¹ The waters covered their adversaries and not one of them was left. ¹² Then they believed his words. They sang His praise. ¹³ They quickly forgot his works and they did not wait for his counsel. ¹⁴ They had an unreasonable desire for food in the wilderness. In the desert they tested God. ¹⁵ He gave them what they asked for. He also gave them a degenerative disease. ¹⁶ In the camp certain men became envious of Moses. They also became envious of Aaron, Jehovah’s holy one. ¹⁷ The ground split open and swallowed Dathan. It buried Abiram's followers. ¹⁸ A fire broke out among their followers. Flames burned up wicked people. ¹⁹ At Mount Horeb they made a statue of a calf. They worshiped an idol made of metal. ²⁰ They traded their glorious God for the statue of a bull that eats grass. ²¹ They forgot the God of their salvation, the one who did spectacular things in Egypt, ²² miracles in the land of Ham, and terrifying things at the Red Sea. ²³ God said he was going to destroy them, but Moses, his chosen one, stood in his way to prevent him from exterminating them. ²⁴ They refused to enter the pleasant land. They did not believe what he said. ²⁵ They complained in their tents. They did not obey Jehovah. ²⁶ Raising his hand, he swore that he would kill them in the wilderness, ²⁷ kill their descendants among the nations, and scatter them throughout various lands. ²⁸ They joined in worshiping the god Baal while they were at Peor. They ate what was sacrificed to the dead. ²⁹ They infuriated God by what they did, and a plague broke out among them. ³⁰ Phinehas stood between God and the people, and the plague was stopped. ³¹ Because of this, Phinehas was considered righteous forever, throughout every generation. ³² They made God angry by the water at Meribah. Things turned out badly for Moses because of what they did. ³³ They made him bitter so that he spoke recklessly. ³⁴ They did not destroy the people as Jehovah had told them. ³⁵ Instead, they intermarried with other nations. They learned to do what other nations did. ³⁶ They worshiped their idols, which became a trap for them. ³⁷ They sacrificed their sons and daughters to demons. ³⁸ They shed innocent blood, the blood of their own sons and daughters whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan. The land became polluted with blood. ³⁹ They became filthy because of what they did. They behaved like prostitutes. ⁴⁰ Jehovah burned with anger against his own people. He was disgusted with those who belonged to him. ⁴¹ He handed them over to other nations, and those who hated them ruled them. ⁴² Their enemies oppressed them and made them subject to their power. ⁴³ He rescued them many times, but they continued to plot rebellion against him and to sink deeper because of their sin. ⁴⁴ He saw that they were suffering when he heard their cry for help. ⁴⁵ He remembered his promise to them. In keeping with his rich mercy, he changed his plans. ⁴⁶ He let them find compassion from all those who held them captive. ⁴⁷ Rescue us, O Jehovah our God, and gather us from the nations so that we may give thanks to your holy name and make your praise our glory. ⁴⁸ Thanks be to Jehovah the God of Israel from everlasting to everlasting. Let all the people say amen. Praise Jehovah! ¹⁰⁷ ¹ Give thanks to Jehovah, for he is good. His loving kindness endures forever. ² Let the redeemed by Jehovah say so, whom he has redeemed from the hand of the adversary, ³ And gathered out of the lands, from the east (sunrise) and from the west (sunset), from the north and from the south. ⁴ They wandered in the wilderness in a desolate way. They found no city to live in. ⁵ Hungry and thirsty, they fainted within. ⁶ Then they cried to Jehovah in their trouble. He delivered them out of their distress. ⁷ He led them also by a straight way that they might go to a city to live in. ⁸ Let them praise Jehovah for his loving kindness, for his wonderful works to the children of men! ⁹ For he satisfies the thirsty and the hungry person. ¹⁰ Those who lived in the dark, in death's shadow were prisoners in misery. They were held in iron chains ¹¹ They had rebelled against God's words and had despised the advice given by the Most High. ¹² He humbled them with hard work. They fell down, but no one was there to help them. ¹³ In their distress they cried out to Jehovah. He saved them from their troubles. ¹⁴ He brought them out of the dark, out of death's shadow. He broke apart their chains. ¹⁵ Let them give thanks to Jehovah because of his goodness. He performed his miracles for the sons of men. ¹⁶ He shattered bronze gates and cut iron bars in two. ¹⁷ Fools suffered because of their disobedience and because of their crimes. ¹⁸ All food was disgusting to them, and they came near death's gates. ¹⁹ In their distress they cried out to Jehovah. He saved them from their troubles. ²⁰ He sent his message and healed them. He rescued them from the grave. ²¹ Let them give thanks to Jehovah because of his goodness. He performed his miracles for the sons of men. ²² Let them bring songs of thanksgiving as their sacrifice. Let them tell in joyful songs what he has done. ²³ Those who sail on the sea in ships, who do business on the high seas, ²⁴ have seen what Jehovah can do, the miracles he performed in the depths of the sea. ²⁵ He spoke, and a storm began to blow, and it made the waves rise high. ²⁶ The sailors aboard ship rose toward the sky. They plunged into the depths. Their courage failed in the face of disaster. ²⁷ They reeled and staggered like drunks, and all their skills as sailors became useless. ²⁸ In their distress they cried out to Jehovah. He led them from their troubles. ²⁹ He made the storm calm down, and the waves became still. ³⁰ The sailors were glad that the storm was quiet. He guided them to the harbor they had longed for. ³¹ Let them give thanks to Jehovah because of his goodness. He performed his miracles for the sons of men. ³² Let them glorify him when the people are gathered for worship. Let them praise him in the company of respected leaders. ³³ He changes rivers into a desert, springs into thirsty ground, ³⁴ and fertile ground into a layer of salt because of the wickedness of the people living there. ³⁵ He changes deserts into lakes (marshland) and dry ground into springs. ³⁶ There he settles those who are hungry, and they build cities to live in. ³⁷ They plant in fields and vineyards that produce crops. ³⁸ He blesses them, and their numbers multiply, and he does not allow a shortage of cattle. ³⁹ They became few in number and were humiliated because of oppression, disaster, and sorrow. ⁴⁰ He poured contempt on their influential people and made them stumble around in a pathless desert. ⁴¹ He lifts needy people high above suffering and makes their families like flocks. ⁴² The righteous will see this and rejoice, but all the wicked will shut their mouths. ⁴³ Let those who think they are wise pay attention to these things so they will understand the loving kindness of Jehovah. ¹⁰⁸ ¹ ([Psalm of David]) O God, my heart is faithful (stable) (fixed). I will sing and give praise with my entire being. ² Awake, lute and harp for I will awake early. ³ I will praise you, O Jehovah, among the people. I will sing praises to you among the nations. ⁴ Your loving kindness is higher then the heavens. Your truth reaches unto the clouds. ⁵ Be exalted, O God, above the heavens: and your glory above all the earth. ⁶ Save us with your powerful hand (great power), and answer us so that those who are dear to you may be rescued. ⁷ God has spoken in his holiness: I will rejoice, I will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth. ⁸ Gilead is mine; Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the strength of my head; Judah is my lawgiver; ⁹ Moab is my wash pot; over Edom will I cast out my shoe; over Philistia will I triumph. ¹⁰ Who will bring me into the strong city? Who will lead me into Edom? ¹¹ Will you O God, who cast us off? Will you O God, go forth with our hosts? ¹² Give us help against the enemy, for man’s help is in vain. ¹³ Through God we shall have great strength: for he shall tread down our enemies. ¹⁰⁹ ¹ ([Psalm of David]) O God, whom I praise, do not be silent. ² Wicked and deceitful people have opened their mouths against me. They speak against me with lying tongues. ³ They surround me with hateful words. They fight against me without reason. ⁴ In return for my love, they accuse me, but I pray for them. ⁵ They reward me with evil instead of good and with hatred instead of love. ⁶ Appoint the evil one to oppose him. Let an accuser stand at his right hand. ⁷ When he stands trial, let him be found guilty. Let his prayer be considered sinful. ⁸ Let his days be few in number. Let someone else take his place. ⁹ Let his children become fatherless and his wife a widow. ¹⁰ Let his children wander around and beg. Let them seek help far from their ruined homes. ¹¹ Let a creditor take everything he owns. Let strangers steal what he has worked for. ¹² Let no one be kind to him anymore. Let no one show any pity to his fatherless children. ¹³ Let his descendants be cut off and their family name be wiped out by the next generation. ¹⁴ Let Jehovah remember the guilt of his ancestors and not wipe out his mother's sin. ¹⁵ Let their guilt and sin always remain on record in front of Jehovah. Let Jehovah remove every memory of him from the earth, ¹⁶ for he did not remember to be kind. He drove oppressed, needy, and brokenhearted people to their graves. ¹⁷ He loved to put curses on others, so he, too, was cursed. He did not like to bless others, so he never received a blessing. ¹⁸ He wore cursing as though it were clothing; so cursing entered his body like water and his bones like oil. ¹⁹ Let cursing be his clothing, a belt he always wears. ²⁰ This is how Jehovah rewards those who accuse me, those who say evil things against me. ²¹ O Lord Jehovah, deal with me out of the goodness of your name. Rescue me because of your loving kindness. ²² I am oppressed and needy. I feel pain in my heart. ²³ I fade away like a lengthening shadow. I have been shaken off like a grasshopper. ²⁴ My knees give way because I have been fasting. My body has become lean, without any fat. ²⁵ I have become the victim of my enemies' insults. They look at me and shake their heads. ²⁶ Help me, O Jehovah my God. Save me because of your loving kindness. ²⁷ Then they will know that this is your doing, that you, O Jehovah, are the one who saved me. ²⁸ They may curse, but you will bless. Let those who attack me be ashamed, but let your servant rejoice. ²⁹ Let those who accuse me wear disgrace as though it were clothing. Let them be wrapped in their shame as though it were a robe. ³⁰ With my mouth I will give many thanks to Jehovah. I will praise him among many people. ³¹ He stands at the right hand of the needy people to save them from those who would condemn them to death. ¹¹⁰ ¹ ([Psalm of David]) Jehovah said to my Lord: »Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet.« ² Jehovah will extend your powerful scepter from Zion. He will say: »Rule in the midst of your enemies.« ³ Your people will volunteer in the day of your power. Your young people will come to you in holy splendor like dew from the womb of the dawn (in the early morning). ⁴ Jehovah has taken an oath and will not change his mind: »You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.« ⁵ Jehovah is at your right hand. He will crush kings in the day of his anger. ⁶ He will pass judgment on the nations and fill them with dead bodies. Throughout the earth he will execute their rulers. ⁷ He will drink from the brook along the road. He will hold his head high. ¹¹¹ ¹ Praise Jehovah! I will praise Jehovah with all my heart in the company of the upright and in the congregation. ² Jehovah’s deeds are spectacular. They are studied by all who enjoy them. ³ His work is glorious and majestic. His righteousness endures (continues) forever. ⁴ He has made his miracles unforgettable. Jehovah is gracious and compassionate. ⁵ He provides food for those who reverence him. He always remembers his covenant. ⁶ He has revealed the power of his works to his people by giving them the lands of other nations as an inheritance. ⁷ His works are done with truth and justice. All his guiding principles are trustworthy. ⁸ They last (are upheld) forever and ever. They are carried out with truth and decency. ⁹ He has sent deliverance to his people. He has ordered that his covenant should continue forever. His name is holy and awesome. ¹⁰ The respect and reverence for Jehovah is the beginning of wisdom. All who obey his commandments show good sense (insight) and understanding. His praise endures (continues) forever. ¹¹² ¹ Praise Jehovah! Blessed is the person who respects Jehovah and is happy to obey his commandments. ² His descendants will grow strong on the earth. The family of the upright will be blessed. ³ Wealth and riches will be in his home. His righteousness continues forever. ⁴ Light shines in the darkness for the upright. He is gracious, compassionate, and fair. ⁵ All goes well for the person who is generous and lends willingly. He earns an honest living. ⁶ He will never be shaken. The righteous will be remembered. ⁷ He is not afraid of bad news. His heart remains secure, full of confidence in Jehovah. ⁸ His heart is steady, and he is not afraid. In the end he will look triumphantly at his enemies. ¹¹⁸ ¹⁰ Many enemies were around me; but I destroyed them by the power of Jehovah! ¹¹ They were around me on every side; but I destroyed them by the power of Jehovah! ¹² They swarmed around me like bees, but they burned out as quickly as a brush fire; by the power of Jehovah I destroyed them. ¹³ I was fiercely attacked and was being defeated, but Jehovah helped me. ¹⁴ Jehovah makes me powerful and strong; he has saved me. ¹⁵ Listen to the glad shouts of victory in the tents of God's people: Jehovah’s mighty power has done it! ¹⁶ His power has brought us victory, his mighty power in battle! ¹⁷ I will not die; instead, I will live and proclaim the works of Jehovah. ¹⁸ Jehovah has punished me severely, but he has not let me die. ¹⁹ Open the temple gate of righteousness to me and I will go in and give thanks to Jehovah! ²⁰ This is the gate of Jehovah; only the righteous can come in. ²¹ I praise you, Jehovah, because you heard me, because you have become my salvation. ²² The stone that the builders rejected as worthless turned out to be the most important of all. ²³ Jehovah did this and what a wonderful sight it is! ²⁴ This is the day Jehovah has made let us rejoice and be glad in it! ²⁵ Save us, O Jehovah, save us! Give us success, O Jehovah! ²⁶ Blessed is he who comes in the name of Jehovah! We have blessed you from the house of Jehovah. ²⁷ Jehovah is God and he has given us light. Bind the festival sacrifice with cords to the horns of the altar. ²⁸ You are my God, and I give you thanks. I will proclaim your greatness. ²⁹ Give thanks to Jehovah, for he is good, and his loving kindness is eternal. ¹¹⁹ ¹ Blessed are those whose way is blameless. They walk in the law of Jehovah. ² Blessed are those who obey his written word. They seek him with all their heart. ³ They also do no unrighteousness. They walk in his ways. ⁴ You have ordained your precepts that we should keep them diligently. ⁵ Oh that my ways may be established to keep your statutes! ⁶ I will not be ashamed when I look upon all your commandments. ⁷ I will give thanks to you with uprightness of heart, when I learn your righteous judgments. ⁸ I will obey your laws. Do not forsake me completely! ⁹ How can a young man keep his way pure? By keeping it according to your word. ¹⁰ With all my heart I have sought you. Do not let me wander from your commandments. ¹¹ Your word I have treasured in my heart that I may not sin against you. ¹² You are blessed O Jehovah. Teach me your statutes. ¹³ With my lips I have told of all the ordinances of your mouth. ¹⁴ I have rejoiced in the way of your written word, as much as in all riches. ¹⁵ I will meditate on your precepts and regard your ways. ¹⁶ I shall delight in your statutes. I shall 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 observe wonderful things from your law. ¹⁹ I am a stranger in the earth. Do not hide your commandments from me. ²⁰ I am crushed and long for your ordinances at all times. ²¹ You rebuke the arrogant, the cursed, and all who wander from your commandments. ²² Take away reproach and shame from me, for I have obeyed your laws. ²³ Even though princes sit and talk against me, your servant meditates on your statutes. ²⁴ Your laws are my delight and counsel. ²⁵ I cleave to the dust. Revive me according to your word (as you promised). ²⁶ I have told of my ways, and you have answered me. Teach me your statutes. ²⁷ Make me understand the way of your precepts that I may meditate on your miracles. ²⁸ I weep because of grief; strengthen me according to your word (as you promised). ²⁹ Remove the false way from me, and graciously grant me your law. ³⁰ I have chosen the faithful way! I have placed your ordinances before me. ³¹ I cling to your law; O Jehovah, do not put me to shame! ³² I shall run the way of your commandments, for you will enlarge my heart (increase my understanding) (set me free from sin). ³³ Teach me, O Jehovah, the way of your statutes, and I shall observe it to the end. ³⁴ Give me understanding, that I may observe your law and keep it with all my heart. ³⁵ Make me walk in the path of your commandments, for I delight in it. ³⁶ Incline my heart to your laws and not to dishonest gain. ³⁷ Turn away my eyes from looking at vanity, and revive me in your ways. ³⁸ Establish your word to your servant, as that which produces reverence for you. ³⁹ Turn away my reproach that I dread. Your ordinances are good. ⁴⁰ Behold, I long for your precepts! Revive me through your righteousness. ⁴¹ May your loving kindnesses also come to me, O Jehovah, your salvation according to your promise. ⁴² I will have an answer for him who reproaches me, for I trust in your word. ⁴³ Do not take the word of truth completely out of my mouth, for I wait for your ordinances. ⁴⁴ So I will keep your law continually, forever and ever. ⁴⁵ And I will walk at liberty, for I seek your precepts. ⁴⁶ I will also speak of your laws before kings and will not be ashamed. ⁴⁷ I do love your commandments and will delight in them. ¹¹⁵ Depart from me, evildoers, that I may observe the commandments of my God. ¹¹⁶ Sustain me according to your word that I may live. Do not let me be ashamed of my hope. ¹¹⁷ Uphold me that I may be safe, that I may continually have regard for your statutes. ¹¹⁸ You have rejected all those who wander from your statutes. This is because their deceitfulness is useless. ¹¹⁹ You have removed all the wicked of the earth like dross; Therefore I love your law. ¹²⁰ My flesh trembles out of respect for you. I truly reverence (respect) your judgments. ¹²¹ I have done justice and righteousness. Do not leave me to my oppressors. ¹²² Be surety for your servant for good and do not let the arrogant oppress me. ¹²³ My eyes fail, for I long for your salvation and your righteous word. ¹²⁴ Deal with your servant with your loving kindness and teach me your statutes. ¹²⁵ I am your servant! Give me understanding that I may know your law. ¹²⁶ It is time for Jehovah to act. They have broken your law. ¹²⁷ Therefore I love your commandments more than gold, yes, more then fine gold. ¹²⁸ That is why I esteem right all your precepts and I hate every false way. ¹²⁹ Your laws are wonderful. Therefore I obey them! ¹³⁰ The unfolding of your words gives light. It gives understanding to the simple. ¹³¹ I opened my mouth wide and panted, for I longed for your commandments. ¹³² Turn to me and be gracious to me, after your manner with those who love your name. ¹³³ Establish my footsteps in your word, and do not let any iniquity have dominion 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 water, because they do not keep your law. ¹³⁷ You are righteous, O Jehovah. Your judgments are upright. ¹³⁸ You have commanded your laws in righteousness and in exceeding faithfulness. ¹³⁹ My zeal has consumed me, for the reason that my adversaries have forgotten your words. ¹⁴⁰ Your word is very pure. Your servant loves it. ¹⁴¹ I am small and despised. Even so I do not forget your precepts. ¹⁴² Your righteousness is an everlasting righteousness. Your law is truth. ¹⁴³ Trouble and anguish have come upon me. Even so I am fond of your commandments. ¹⁴⁴ Your laws are righteous forever. Give me understanding that I may live. ¹⁴⁵ I cried with all my heart. Answer me, O Jehovah! I will observe your statutes. ¹⁴⁶ I cried to you. Save me and I shall keep your laws. ¹⁴⁷ I rise before dawn and cry for help. I wait for your words. ¹⁴⁸ My eyes anticipate the night watches that I may meditate on your word. ¹⁴⁹ Hear my voice according to your loving kindness. Revive me, O Jehovah, according to your ordinances. ¹⁵⁰ Those who follow after wickedness draw near. They are far from your law. ¹⁵¹ You are near, O Jehovah. All your commandments are truth! ¹⁵² Of old I have known from your laws that you have founded them forever. ¹⁵³ Look upon my affliction and rescue me, for I do not forget your law. ¹⁵⁴ Plead my cause and redeem me! Revive me according to your word. ¹⁵⁵ Salvation is far from the wicked for they do not seek your statutes. ¹⁵⁶ Great are your mercies, O Jehovah. Revive me according to your ordinances. ¹⁵⁷ Many are my persecutors and my adversaries. Even so I do not turn aside from your law. ¹⁵⁸ I behold the treacherous and loathe because they do not keep your word. ¹⁵⁹ Consider how I love your precepts. Revive me, O Jehovah, according to your loving kindness. ¹⁶⁰ Your word is truth from the very beginning! Every one of your righteous ordinances endures forever. ¹⁶¹ Powerful people persecute me without cause. Yet my heart stands in awe of your words. ¹⁶² I rejoice at your word as one who finds great treasure. ¹⁶³ I hate and despise falsehood and I love your law. ¹⁶⁴ Seven times a day I praise you! This is because of your righteous ordinances. ¹⁶⁵ Those who love your law have abundant peace. Nothing causes them to stumble. ¹⁶⁶ I hope for your salvation, O Jehovah. I obey your commandments. ¹⁶⁷ I obey your laws and love them exceedingly. ¹⁶⁸ I keep your precepts and your laws. All my ways are before you. ¹⁶⁹ Let my cry come before you, O Jehovah. Give me understanding according to your word. ¹⁷⁰ Let my supplication come before you and deliver me as you promised in your word. ¹⁷¹ Let my lips utter praise, for you teach me your statutes. ¹⁷² Let my tongue sing of your word. For all your commandments are righteousness. ¹⁷³ Let Your hand be ready to help me. For I have chosen your precepts. ¹⁷⁴ I long for your salvation, O Jehovah. Your law is my delight. ¹⁷⁵ Let me live that it may praise you. May your ordinances help me. ¹⁷⁶ I have gone astray like a lost sheep. Look for your servant for I have not forgotten your commandments. ¹¹² ⁹ He gives freely to poor. His righteousness continues forever. His head is raised in honor. ¹⁰ The wicked sees this and becomes angry. He angrily grits his teeth and disappears. The hope of the wicked will perish (be destroyed). ¹¹³ ¹ Praise Jehovah! You servants of Jehovah, praise him. Praise the name of Jehovah. ² Blessed is the name of Jehovah from now and forever. ³ From sunrise to sunset, the name of Jehovah should be praised. (Everywhere and all the time, Jehovah’s name should be praised.) ⁴ Jehovah is high above all the nations. His glory is above the heavens. ⁵ Who is like Jehovah our God? He is seated on his high throne. ⁶ He bends down (humbles himself) to look at heaven and earth. ⁷ He lifts the poor from the dust. He lifts the needy from a garbage heap. ⁸ He seats them with important people, with the leaders (princes) of his people. ⁹ He makes a childless woman a joyful mother. Praise Jehovah! ¹¹⁴ ¹ When Israel left Egypt, when Jacob's family left people who spoke a foreign language, ² Judah became his holy place and Israel became his government. ³ The Red Sea looked at this and ran away. The Jordan River turned back. ⁴ The mountains jumped like rams. The hills jumped like lambs. ⁵ Red Sea, why did you run away? Jordan River, what made you turn back? ⁶ Mountains, what made you jump like rams? Hills, what made you jump like lambs? ⁷ Earth, tremble and shake in the presence of Jehovah, in the presence of the God of Jacob. ⁸ He turns a rock into a pool filled with water and turns flint into a spring flowing with water. ¹¹⁵ ¹ Do not give glory to us, O Jehovah. Do not give glory to us. Give glory to your name because of your loving kindness and faithfulness. ² Why should other nations say: »Where is their God?« ³ Our God is in heaven. He does whatever he pleases. ⁴ Their idols are made of silver and gold. Human hands made them. ⁵ They have mouths, but they cannot speak. They have eyes, but they cannot see. ⁶ They have ears, but they cannot hear. They have noses, but they cannot smell. ⁷ They have hands, but they cannot feel. They have feet, but they cannot walk. They cannot even make a sound with their throats. ⁸ Those who make idols end up like them. So does everyone who trusts them. ⁹ O Israel, trust Jehovah. He is your helper and your shield. ¹⁰ O Descendants of Aaron, trust Jehovah. He is your helper and your shield. ¹¹ If you reverence and respect Jehovah, trust Jehovah. He is your helper and your shield. ¹² Jehovah is always thinking about us. He will bless us. He will bless the descendants of Israel. He will bless the descendants of Aaron. ¹³ He will bless those who reverence and respect Jehovah, from the least important to the most important. ¹⁴ May Jehovah continue to bless you and your children. ¹⁵ Jehovah, the maker of heaven and earth, will bless you. ¹⁶ The highest heaven belongs to Jehovah, but he has given the earth to the sons of men. ¹⁷ Those who are dead do not praise Jehovah, nor do those who go into the silence of the grave. ¹⁸ We will bless Jehovah now and forever. Praise Jehovah! ¹¹⁶ ¹ I love Jehovah because he hears my voice when I pray. ² I will call on him as long as I live because he turns his ear toward me (listens to me). ³ The ropes of death became tangled around me. The fear of the grave took hold of me. I experienced pain and agony. ⁴ But I called on the name of Jehovah: »Please, Jehovah, deliver (rescue) me!« ⁵ Jehovah is gracious and righteous. Our God is compassionate (merciful). ⁶ Jehovah protects defenseless people (simple ones). When I was weak, he saved me. ⁷ I will be at peace again because Jehovah has been good to you. ⁸ You saved me from death. You saved my eyes from tears and my feet from stumbling. ⁹ I will walk in Jehovah’s presence in the land of the living. ¹⁰ I kept my faith even when I said: I am suffering terribly. ¹¹ I also said when I was panic-stricken: »All men are liars.« ¹² How can I repay Jehovah for all the good that he has done for me? ¹³ I will take the cup of salvation and call on the name of Jehovah. ¹⁴ I will keep my vows to Jehovah in the presence of all his people. ¹⁵ Precious in the sight of Jehovah is the death of his godly (holy) ones. ¹⁶ O Jehovah, I am indeed your servant. I am your servant, the son of your handmaid. You have freed me from my chains. ¹⁷ I will bring a song of thanksgiving to you as a sacrifice. I will call on the name of Jehovah. ¹⁸ I will keep my vows to Jehovah in the presence of all his people, ¹⁹ in the courtyards of Jehovah’s house, in the middle of Jerusalem. Praise Jehovah! ¹¹⁷ ¹ Praise Jehovah, all you nations! Praise him, all you people of the world! ² His loving kindness toward us is powerful. Jehovah’s truth endures forever. Praise Jehovah! ¹¹⁸ ¹ O Give thanks to Jehovah because he is good and his loving kindness is eternal. ² Let the people of Israel say: »His loving kindness is eternal.« ³ Let the priests of God say: »His loving kindness is eternal.« ⁴ Let all who worship him say: »His loving kindness is eternal.« ⁵ In my distress I called to Jehovah; he answered me and set me free. ⁶ Jehovah is with me, I will not be afraid; what can man do to me? ⁷ It is Jehovah who helps me, and I will see my enemies defeated. ⁸ It is better to trust in Jehovah than to depend on people. ⁹ It is better to trust in Jehovah than to depend on human leaders. ¹¹⁹ ⁴⁸ And I shall lift up my hands to (praise) your commandments. I will love and meditate on your statutes. ⁴⁹ Remember the word to your servant, in which you have made me hope. ⁵⁰ This is my comfort in my affliction: That your word has revived me. ⁵¹ The arrogant utterly deride me, yet I do not turn aside from your law. ⁵² I have remembered your ordinances from of old, O Jehovah, and comfort myself. ⁵³ Righteous indignation controls me because of the wicked. They forsake your law! ⁵⁴ Your statutes are my songs in the house of my pilgrimage. ⁵⁵ O Jehovah, I remember your name in the night, and keep your law. ⁵⁶ This has become mine, that I observe your precepts. ⁵⁷ Jehovah is my portion; I have promised to keep your words. ⁵⁸ I sought your favor with all my heart. Be gracious to me as you promise in your word. ⁵⁹ I considered my ways and turned my feet to your laws. ⁶⁰ I hurried and did not delay to keep your commandments. ⁶¹ The cords of the wicked have encircled me. But I have not forgotten your law. ⁶² At midnight I shall rise to give thanks to you for your righteous ordinances. ⁶³ I am a companion of all those who reverence you and keep your precepts. ⁶⁴ The earth is full of your loving kindness! O Jehovah teach me your statutes. ⁶⁵ You have dealt well with your servant, O Jehovah, according to your word. ⁶⁶ Teach me goodness, discernment 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 do good. Teach me your statutes. ⁶⁹ The arrogant have forged a lie against me. With all my heart I will observe your precepts. ⁷⁰ Their heart is like fat (callous and without feeling), But I delight in your law. ⁷¹ It is good for me that I was afflicted, that I may learn your statutes. ⁷² The law of your mouth is better to me than thousands of gold and silver pieces. ⁷³ Your hands made me and fashioned me. Give me understanding, that I may learn your commandments. ⁷⁴ May those who fear you see me and be glad, for I wait for your word. ⁷⁵ I know, O Jehovah, that your judgments are righteous, and that in faithfulness you have afflicted me. ⁷⁶ O may your loving kindness comfort me as you promise in your word. ⁷⁷ Let your compassion come to me that I may live, for your law is my delight. ⁷⁸ Let the arrogant be ashamed, for they subvert me with a lie. I shall meditate on your precepts. ⁷⁹ Let those who respect you turn to me, even those who know your laws. ⁸⁰ May my heart be blameless in your statutes so that I will not be ashamed. ⁸¹ I long for your salvation. I wait for your word. ⁸² My eyes fail with longing for your word, while I say: When will you comfort me? ⁸³ Though I have become like a wineskin in the smoke, I do not forget your statutes. ⁸⁴ How many are the days of your servant? When will you execute judgment on those who persecute me? ⁸⁵ The arrogant have dug pits for me. They are not in agreement with your law. ⁸⁶ All your commandments are faithful. They have persecuted me with a lie; help me! ⁸⁷ They almost destroyed me on earth, but I did not forsake your precepts. ⁸⁸ Revive me according to your loving kindness, so I may keep the law of your mouth (you have spoken). ⁸⁹ Forever, O Jehovah, your word is settled in heaven. ⁹⁰ Your faithfulness is throughout all generations. You established the earth, and it stands. ⁹¹ They stand this day according to your ordinances, for all things are your servants. ⁹² If your law had not been my delight I would have perished in my affliction. ⁹³ I will never forget your precepts. By them you have revived me. ⁹⁴ I am yours, save me for I have sought your precepts. ⁹⁵ The wicked wait for me to destroy me. I shall diligently consider your laws. ⁹⁶ I have seen a limit to all perfection. Your commandment is exceedingly broad. ⁹⁷ O How I love your law! It is my meditation all day long. ⁹⁸ Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies, for they are ever mine. ⁹⁹ I have more insight than all my teachers, for your laws are my meditation. ¹⁰⁰ I understand more than the aged, since I have observed your precepts. ¹⁰¹ I have restrained my feet from every evil way, that I may keep your word. ¹⁰² I have not turned aside from your ordinances just as you have instructed me. ¹⁰³ How sweet are your words to my taste! Sweeter than honey to my mouth! ¹⁰⁴ I get 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 I will confirm it: I will keep your righteous ordinances. ¹⁰⁷ I am exceedingly afflicted. Revive me, O Jehovah, according to your word. ¹⁰⁸ O accept the freewill offerings of my mouth, O Jehovah, and teach me your ordinances. ¹⁰⁹ My life is continually in my hand, yet I do not forget your law. ¹¹⁰ The wicked have laid a snare for me, yet I have not gone astray from your precepts. ¹¹¹ I have inherited your laws forever, for they are the joy of my heart. ¹¹² I have inclined my heart to perform your statutes forever, to the end. ¹¹³ I hate those who are double-minded, but I love your law. ¹¹⁴ You are my hiding place and my shield! I wait for your word.