Psalms 104 Cross References - ISV

¹ Davidic
Praise God, who Creates Bless the LORD, my soul; LORD, my God, you are very great. You are clothed in splendor and majesty; ² you are wrapped in light like a garment, stretching out the sky like a curtain. ³ He lays the beams of his roof loft on the water above, making clouds his chariot, walking on the wings of the wind. ⁴ He makes the winds his messengers, blazing fires his servants. ⁵ He established the earth on its foundations, so that it never falters. ⁶ You covered the primeval ocean like a garment; the water stood above the mountains. ⁷ They flee at your rebuke; they rush away at the sound of your thunders. ⁸ Mountains rise up and valleys sink to the place you have ordained for them. ⁹ You have set a boundary they cannot cross; they will never again cover the earth. ¹⁰ He causes springs to gush forth into rivers that flow between the mountains. ¹¹ They give water for animals of the field to drink; the wild donkeys quench their thirst. ¹² Birds of the sky live beside them and chirp a song among the foliage. ¹³ He waters the mountains from his heavenly rooms; the earth is satisfied from the fruit of your work. ¹⁴ He causes grass to sprout for the cattle and plants for people to cultivate, to produce food from the land, ¹⁵ like wine that makes the heart of people happy, oil that makes the face glow, and food that sustains people. ¹⁶ The loftiest trees are satisfied, the cedars of Lebanon that he planted, ¹⁷ the birds build their nests there, and the heron builds its nest among the evergreen. ¹⁸ The high mountains are for wild goats; the cliffs are a refuge for the rock badger. ¹⁹ He made the moon to mark time; the sun knows its setting time. ²⁰ You bring darkness and it becomes night; when every beast of the forest prowls. ²¹ Young lions roar for prey, seeking their food from God. ²² When the sun rises, they gather and lie down in their dens. ²³ People go out to their work and labor until evening. ²⁴ How numerous are your works, LORD! You have made them all wisely; the earth is filled with your creations. ²⁵ There is the deep and wide sea, teeming with numberless creatures, living things small and great. ²⁶ There, the ships pass through; Leviathan, which you created, frolics in it. ²⁷ All of them look to you to provide them their food at the proper time. ²⁸ They receive what you give them; when you open your hand, they are filled with good things. ²⁹ When you withdraw your favor, they are disappointed; Take away their breath, and they die and return to dust. ³⁰ When you send your spirit, they are created, and you replenish the surface of the earth. ³¹ May the glory of the LORD last forever; may the LORD rejoice in his works! ³² He looks at the earth and it shakes; he touches the mountains and they smoke. ³³ I will sing to the LORD with my whole being; I will sing to my God continually! ³⁴ May my thoughts be pleasing to him; indeed, I will rejoice in the LORD! ³⁵ May sinners disappear from the land and the wicked live no longer. Bless the LORD, my soul! Hallelujah!

¹ A Davidic psalm, which he sang to the LORD, because of the words of Cush the descendant of Benjamin.
A Prayer for Vindication LORD, my God, I seek refuge in you. Deliver me from those who persecute me! Rescue me!

¹ A Davidic Psalm.
Praise to the Majestic LORD Ascribe to the LORD, you heavenly beings; ascribe to the LORD glory and strength. ² Ascribe to the LORD the glory due his name; worship the LORD wearing holy attire. ³ The voice of the LORD was heard above the waters; the God of glory thundered; the LORD was heard over many waters. ⁴ The voice of the LORD is powerful; the voice of the LORD is majestic.

¹ God Reigns The LORD reigns! He is clothed in majesty; the LORD is clothed, and he is girded with strength. Indeed, the world is well established, and cannot be shaken.

⁶ Splendor and majesty are before him; might and beauty are in his sanctuary.

¹ Davidic
Praise God, who Forgives Bless the LORD, my soul, and all that is within me, bless his holy name. ² Bless the LORD, my soul, and never forget any of his benefits:

²² Bless the LORD, all his creation, in all the places of his dominion. Bless the LORD, my soul.

³⁵ May sinners disappear from the land and the wicked live no longer. Bless the LORD, my soul! Hallelujah!

³ The LORD is great, and to be praised highly, though his greatness is indescribable.

¹⁷ He put on righteousness like a breastplate, and a helmet of salvation on his head; he put on garments of vengeance for clothing, and wrapped himself in fury like a cloak.

²⁴ If a person hides himself in secret places, will I not see him?” declares the LORD. “I fill the heavens and the earth, do I not?” declares the LORD.

¹⁷ ‘LORD! Look, you made the heavens and the earth with your great power and your outstretched arm. Nothing is too difficult for you! ¹⁸ You, the great God, the mighty one, show gracious love to thousands and repay the parents’ iniquity to their children after them. The LORD of the Heavenly Armies is his name. ¹⁹ You are great in regards to your purposes and mighty in regards to your works. Your eyes are open to everything that people do, and will reward each one according to their ways and just as their actions deserve.

⁹ The Vision of the Ancient of Days“I kept on watching until the Ancient of Days was seated. His clothes were white, like snow, and the hair on his head was like pure wool. His throne burned with flaming fire, and its wheels burned with fire.

⁴ I prayed to the LORD my God, confessing and saying: ‘Lord! Great and awesome God, who keeps his covenant and gracious love for those who love him and obey his commandments,

¹² The Prophet’s Second Complaint“Haven’t you existed forever, LORD my God, my Holy One? We won’t die! LORD, you’ve prepared them for judgment; Rock, you’ve sentenced them to correction. ¹³ Among the lamp stands there was someone like the Son of Man. He was wearing a long robe with a gold sash around his chest. ¹⁴ His head and his hair were white like wool, in fact, as white as snow. His eyes were like flames of fire, ¹⁵ his feet were like glowing bronze refined in a furnace, and his voice was like the sound of raging waters. ¹⁶ In his right hand he held seven stars, and out of his mouth came a sharp, two-edged sword. His face was like the sun when it shines with full force.
¹⁷ When I saw him, I fell down at his feet like a dead man. But he placed his right hand on me and said, “Stop being afraid! I am the first and the last, ¹⁸ the living one. I was dead—but look!—I am alive forever and ever! I have the keys of Death and Hades. ¹⁹ Therefore, write down what you have seen, what is, and what is going to happen after this. ²⁰ The secret meaning of the seven stars that you saw in my right hand and the seven gold lamp stands is this: the seven stars are the messengers of the seven churches, and the seven lamp stands are the seven churches.”

²² He’s the one who sits above the disk of the earth, and its inhabitants are like grasshoppers. He’s the one who stretches out the heavens like a curtain, and spreads them like a tent to live in,

¹² I myself made the earth and personally created humankind upon it. My own hands stretched out the skies; I marshaled all their starry hosts.”

¹ The LORD will Deliver JerusalemA declaration: a message from the LORD to Israel. “The LORD, who stretches out the heavens, who lays the foundation of the earth, and who frames the spirit of man within himself, declares,

² His appearance was changed in front of them, his face shone like the sun, and his clothes became as white as light.

¹⁶ He alone has endless life and lives in inaccessible light. No one has ever seen him, nor can anyone see him. Honor and eternal power belong to him! Amen.

¹⁰ And, “In the beginning, Lord, you laid the foundation of the earth, and the heavens are the work of your hands. ¹¹ They will come to an end, but you will remain forever. They will all wear out like clothes. ¹² You will roll them up like a robe, and they will be changed like clothes. But you remain the same, and your life will never end.”

⁵ Living in the LightThis is the message that we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light, and in him there is no darkness—none at all!

¹¹ He rode on a cherub and flew, soaring on the wings of the wind!

¹⁰ He rode upon a cherub and flew; he soared upon the wings of the wind. ¹¹ He made darkness his hiding place, his canopy surrounding him was dark waters and thick clouds.

⁹ If I take wings with the dawn and settle down on the western horizon

¹ A Rebuke to EgyptA message about Egypt: “Watch out! The LORD rides on a swift cloud, and is coming to Egypt. The idols of Egypt tremble before him, and the hearts of the Egyptians melt within them.

⁶ who is building his stairway to heaven and setting its foundation on earth; who is calling for the waters of the sea and pouring them out over the surface of the land— the LORD is his name!

³ The LORD is slow to anger and powerful, and he will never let the guilty go unpunished. The LORD’s path is in the windstorm and hurricane; thunderclouds are dust beneath his feet.

⁶⁴ Jesus told him, “You have said so. Nevertheless I tell you, from now on you will see ‘the Son of Man seated at the right hand of Power’ and ‘coming on the clouds of heaven.’”

⁷ Look! He is coming in the clouds. Every eye will see him, even those who pierced him, and all the tribes of the earth will mourn because of him.So be it! Amen.

¹¹ As they continued on, talking as they went, suddenly chariots blazing with fire and pulled by fiery horses appeared, separated the two of them, and Elijah ascended in a wind storm to heaven!

¹⁷ Then Elisha prayed, asking the LORD, “Please make him able to really see!” And so when the LORD enabled the young man to see, he looked, and there was the mountain, filled with horses and fiery chariots surrounding Elisha!

⁸ fire, hail, snow, fog, and wind storm that carry out his command,

¹³ Now, in the midst of the living beings there was something that appeared to glow like coals kindled by a fire, like torches that moved back and forth between the living beings. The fire was dazzling, and lightning flashed from the fire.

⁸ because the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection and that there is no such thing as an angel or spirit, but the Pharisees believe in all those things.

⁷ Now about the angels he says, “He makes his angels winds,
and his servants flames of fire.”

¹⁴ All of them are spirits on a divine mission, sent to serve those who are about to inherit salvation, aren’t they?

⁷ He spreads out the north over empty space, suspending the earth over nothing.

⁴ On the Natural World“Where were you when I laid the foundation of my earth? Tell me, since you’re so informed! ⁵ Who set its measurement? Am I to assume you know? Who stretched a boundary line over it? ⁶ On what were its bases set? Who laid its corner stone ⁷ while the morning stars sang together and all the divine beings shouted joyfully?

² Indeed, he founded it upon the seas, he established it upon deep waters.

⁹ because he spoke and it came to be, because he commanded, it stood firm.

¹⁰ Declare among the nations, “The LORD reigns!” Indeed, he established the world so that it will not falter. He will judge people fairly.

⁶ to the one who spread out the earth over the waters, for his gracious love is everlasting—

⁴ The Predictability of LifeA generation goes, a generation comes, but the earth remains forever.

¹⁰ But the Day of the Lord will come like a thief. On that day the heavens will disappear with a roaring sound, the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and everything done on it will be exposed.

¹⁴ The sky vanished like a scroll being rolled up, and every mountain and island was moved from its place.

¹¹ The Vision of the White Throne JudgmentThen I saw a large, white throne and the one who was sitting on it. The earth and the heavens fled from his presence, and no place was found for them.

² When the earth was as yet unformed and desolate, with the surface of the ocean depths shrouded in darkness, and while the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters, ³ God said, “Let there be light!” So there was light.
⁴ God saw that the light was beautiful. He separated the light from the darkness, ⁵ calling the light “day,” and the darkness “night.” The twilight and the dawn were day one.
⁶ Then God said, “Let there be a canopy between bodies of water, separating bodies of water from bodies of water!” ⁷ So God made a canopy that separated the water beneath the canopy from the water above it. And that is what happened: ⁸ God called the canopy “sky.” The twilight and the dawn were the second day.
⁹ Then God said, “Let the water beneath the sky come together into one area, and let dry ground appear!” And that is what happened: ¹⁰ God called the dry ground “land,” and he called the water that had come together “oceans.” And God saw how good it was.

¹⁹ The flood water surged even higher throughout the earth, until all the highest mountains under the sky were covered.

⁵ But they deliberately ignore the fact that long ago the heavens existed and the earth was formed by God’s word out of water and with water,

¹ The Waters RecedeGod kept Noah in mind, along with all the wildlife and livestock that were with him in the ark. God’s Spirit moved throughout the earth, causing the flood waters to subside.

¹⁵ Then the channels of the sea could be seen, and the foundations of the earth were uncovered because of your rebuke, LORD, because of the blast from the breath of your nostrils.

¹⁸ Your thunderous sound was in a whirlwind; your lightning lights up the world; the earth becomes agitated and quakes.

⁹ He shouted at the Reed Sea and it dried up; and led them through the sea as though through a desert.

³ The sea saw this and fled, the Jordan River ran backwards, ⁴ the mountains skipped like rams, and the hills like lambs. ⁵ What happened to you, sea, that you fled? Jordan, that you ran backwards? ⁶ Mountains, that you skipped like rams? and you hills, that you skipped like lambs? ⁷ Tremble then, earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob,

²⁸ when he made the clouds from above, when the springs of the depths were established,

³⁹ Then he got up, rebuked the wind, and told the sea, “Calm down! Be still!” Then the wind stopped blowing, and there was a great calm.

⁵ The flood water continued to recede until the tenth month, when, on the first of that month, the tops of the mountains could be seen.

⁷ He gathered the oceans into a single place; he put the deep water into storehouses.

¹¹ I will establish my covenant with you: No living beings will ever be cut off again by flood waters, and there will never again be a flood that destroys the earth.”
¹² The Sign of God’s CovenantGod also said, “Here’s the symbol that represents the covenant that I’m making between me and you and every living being with you, for all future generations: ¹³ I’ve set my rainbow in the sky to symbolize the covenant between me and the earth. ¹⁴ Whenever I bring clouds over the earth and the rainbow becomes visible in the clouds, ¹⁵ I’ll remember my covenant between me and you and every living creature, so that water will never again become a flood to destroy all living beings.

¹⁰ He has delimited a boundary over the surface of the oceans as a limit between light and darkness.

¹⁰ when I proscribed a boundary for it, set in place bars and doors for it; ¹¹ and said, ‘You may come only this far and no more. Your majestic waves will stop here.’?

⁹ God’s Reconciliation with Israel“For this is like the waters of Noah to me, when I swore that the waters of Noah would never again spread over the earth; so have I sworn that I won’t be angry with you again and that I won’t rebuke you.

²² ‘You don’t fear me, do you?’ declares the LORD. ‘You don’t tremble before me, do you? I’m the one who put the sand as a boundary for the sea, a perpetual barrier that it cannot cross. Though the waves toss, they cannot prevail against it, though they roar, they cannot cross it.’

⁷ because the LORD your God is bringing you to a good land—a land with rivers and deep springs flowing to the valleys and hills.

³⁵ He turns a desert into a pool of water, dry land into springs of water.

⁷ the burning sands will become a pool, and the thirsty ground fountains of water. In the haunts of jackals there will be a verdant resting place with reeds and rushes.”

¹⁸ I’ll open up rivers on the barren heights, and fountains in the midst of the valleys. I’ll turn the desert into a pool of water, and the parched land into springs of water.

⁵ On Wild Animals“Who sets the wild donkey free? Who loosens the bonds of the wild donkey ⁶ to whom I’ve given the Arabah for a home; the salt plain for his dwelling place? ⁷ He despises city noises; he ignores the shouts of the driver. ⁸ He ranges the mountains that are his pasture to search for anything green.

¹³ He waters the mountains from his heavenly rooms; the earth is satisfied from the fruit of your work.

¹⁶ You open your hand and keep on satisfying the desire of every living thing.

¹¹ I know all the birds in the mountains; indeed, everything that moves in the field is mine.

³ Even the sparrow found a house for herself and the swallow a nest to lay her young at your altar, LORD of the Heavenly Armies, my king and God.

¹⁶ The loftiest trees are satisfied, the cedars of Lebanon that he planted, ¹⁷ the birds build their nests there, and the heron builds its nest among the evergreen.

⁹ He gives wild animals their food, including the young ravens when they cry.

¹⁰ living creatures and livestock, insects and flying birds,

²⁶ Look at the birds in the sky. They don’t plant or harvest or gather food into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. You are more valuable than they are, aren’t you?

²⁰ Jesus told him, “Foxes have holes and birds have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to rest.”

¹¹ Instead, the land that you are crossing over to inherit is a land of hills and valleys that drinks water supplied by rain from heaven,

²⁵ “Who cuts canals for storm floods, and paths for the lightning and thunder, ²⁶ to bring rain upon a land without inhabitants, a desert in which no human beings live, ²⁷ to satisfy a desolate and devastated desert, causing it to sprout vegetation? ²⁸ “Does the rain have a father? Who fathered the dew?

³⁷ Who has the wisdom to be able to count the clouds, or to empty the water jars of heaven,

⁹ You take care of the earth, you water it, and you enrich it greatly with the river of God that overflows with water. You provide grain for them, for you have ordained it this way. ¹⁰ You fill the furrows of the field with water so that their ridges overflow. You soften them with rain showers; their sprouts you have blessed. ¹¹ You crown the year with your goodness; your footsteps drop prosperity behind them. ¹² The wilderness pastures drip with dew, and the hills wrap themselves with joy. ¹³ The meadows are clothed with flocks of sheep, and the valleys are covered with grain. They shout for joy; yes, they burst out in song!

³ He lays the beams of his roof loft on the water above, making clouds his chariot, walking on the wings of the wind.

⁸ He shields the heavens with clouds, preparing rain for the earth and making grass grow on the hills.

¹³ When his voice sounds there is thunder from the waters of heaven, and he makes clouds rise up from the ends of the earth. He makes lightning for the rain and brings wind out of his storehouses.

²² Can any of the worthless gods of the nations make it rain? Can the heavens themselves bring forth showers? Aren’t you the one who does this, LORD our God? So we hope in you, for you are the one who does all these things.

⁴⁵ so that you will become children of your Father in heaven, because he makes his sun rise on both evil and good people, and he lets rain fall on the righteous and the unrighteous.

¹⁷ yet he has not abandoned his witness: he continues to do good, to give you rain from heaven, to give you fruitful seasons, and to fill you with food and your hearts with joy.”

¹¹ Then God said, “Let vegetation sprout all over the earth, including seed-bearing plants and fruit trees, each kind containing its own seed!” And that is what happened: ¹² Vegetation sprouted all over the earth, including seed-bearing plants and fruit trees, each kind containing its own seed. And God saw that it was good.

²⁹ God also told them, “Look! I have given you every seed-bearing plant that grows throughout the earth, along with every tree that grows seed-bearing fruit. They will produce your food. ³⁰ I have given all green plants as food for every wild animal of the earth, every bird that flies, and to every living thing that crawls on the earth.” And that is what happened.

⁵ no shrubs had yet grown in the meadows of the earth and no vegetation had sprouted, because the LORD God had not sent rain on the earth and there were no human beings to work the ground.

⁹ The LORD God caused every tree that is both beautiful and suitable for food to spring up out of the ground. The tree of life was also in the middle of the garden, along with the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

¹⁸ It will produce thorns and thistles for you, and you’ll eat the plants from the meadows.

¹² Whenever you work the ground, it will no longer yield its produce to you, and you’ll wander throughout the earth as a fugitive.”

³ “Every living, moving creature will be food for you. Just as I gave you green plants before, so now you have everything.

⁵ Ahab had instructed Obadiah, “Go throughout the land to all of the water springs and to all of the valleys. Maybe we’ll find some grass to keep the horses and mules alive. Also, maybe we won’t have to kill some of our cattle.”

⁵ “While the ground produces food, underneath it is torn up and burning hot,

²⁷ to satisfy a desolate and devastated desert, causing it to sprout vegetation?

²⁵ He gives food to all creatures, for his gracious love is everlasting.

¹⁵ Everyone’s eyes are on you, as you give them their food in due time. ¹⁶ You open your hand and keep on satisfying the desire of every living thing.

⁸ He shields the heavens with clouds, preparing rain for the earth and making grass grow on the hills. ⁹ He gives wild animals their food, including the young ravens when they cry.

⁵ Even the doe in the field gives birth and then abandons her young because there is no grass. ⁶ Wild donkeys stand on the barren hills. They pant for air like jackals. Their eyesight fails because there is no vegetation.”

²² Stop being afraid, beasts of the field, because the desert pastures will bloom, the trees will bear their fruit, and the fig tree and vine will deliver their wealth.

⁷ So neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is significant, but God, who keeps everything growing, is the one who matters.

⁵ I’ll bring some food for you, and after that you may continue your journey, since you have come to visit your servant.”
So they replied, “Okay! Do what you’ve proposed.”

²⁶ When I destroy the source of your bread, ten women will bake bread in one oven. Then they’ll return back your bread by weight. You’ll eat but won’t be satisfied.

³ He humbled you, causing you to be hungry, yet he fed you with manna that neither you nor your ancestors had known, in order to teach you that human beings are not to live by food alone—instead human beings are to live by every word that proceeds from the mouth of the LORD.

⁴⁰ You’ll have olive trees throughout your territory, but you won’t be able to anoint yourself with oil, because the olives will drop off the trees.

⁹ But the olive tree asked them, ‘Should I stop producing my rich oils by which both God and men are honored and go take dominion over trees?’

¹³ But the grape vine asked them, ‘Should I leave my new wine, which cheers God and man, and go take dominion over trees?’

⁵ You prepare a table before me, even in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.

¹⁰ You’ve grown my strength like the horn of a wild ox; I was anointed with fresh oil.

¹⁶ He declared a famine on the land; destroying the entire food supply.

⁶ Give liquor to someone who is perishing, and wine to someone who is deeply depressed.

¹ The Wise Use of Power Who is really wise? Who knows how to interpret this saying: “A person’s wisdom improves his appearance, softening a harsh countenance.”

⁷ The Fine Art of Enjoying LifeGo ahead and enjoy your meals as you eat. Drink your wine with a joyful attitude, because God already has approved your actions.

¹⁹ Festivals are for laughter, wine makes life pleasant, and money speaks to everything.

² The Loved OneLet him kiss me over and over again! Your love is better than wine. ³ The fragrance of your perfumed oil is wonderful. Your name is perfume poured out. Therefore the young women love you. ⁴ Take me with you! Let’s run away! Let the king bring me into his private chambers.
The Young Women The daughters of Jerusalem will rejoice and be happy for you. We will value your love more than wine. They love you appropriately.

¹ Judgment Comes to Judah’s Leaders “Note this! The Lord GOD of the Heavenly Armies is taking away from Jerusalem and Judah everything that your society needs— all food supplies and all water supplies,

¹² They’ll come and cry out with joy on the heights of Zion. They’ll be radiant over the LORD’s goodness, over the grain, the new wine, the fresh oil, and over the young of the flocks and herds. Their lives will be like a well-watered garden. They’ll never again grow faint.

¹⁶ He also told me, “Son of Man, look! I’m about to disrupt the source of bread in Jerusalem. As a result, they’ll ration bread by weight while their terror continues to grow and they’ll ration drinking water while their horror continues to mount!

¹⁶ I’ll send arrows of severe famine in their direction, meant for destruction, which I’ll shoot, intending to destroy them. I’ll make you have more and more famines that will attack you, and I’ll disrupt your source of food.

¹³ “Son of Man, when a nation sins against me by a treacherous act, I’ll reach out to oppose it, destroying its source of food, by sending famine against it, and by destroying both people and beast within it.

¹⁵ The LORD of the Heavenly Armies will defend them; they will devour and conquer those who sling stones. They will drink and be boisterous like those who are drunk. They will be filled to the brim with blood, like the corners of the altar. ¹⁶ The LORD their God will save them at that time as his very own flock of people, because they are his crown jewels, exalted throughout his land. ¹⁷ For how great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty! Grain will make the young men thrive, and new wine the virgins.

²³ Then he took a cup, gave thanks, and gave it to them, and they all drank from it.

⁴⁶ You didn’t anoint my head with oil, but this woman has anointed my feet with perfume.

¹⁸ Stop getting drunk with wine, which leads to wild living, but keep on being filled with the Spirit.

⁹ You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness. That is why God, your God, anointed you rather than your companions with the oil of gladness.”

²⁰ You have an anointing from the Holy One and know all things.

⁶ They’re spread out like valleys, like gardens along river banks, like aloe planted by the LORD, or like cedars beside water.

⁵ The voice of the LORD snaps the cedars; the LORD snaps the cedars of Lebanon.

² to proclaim your gracious love in the morning and your faithfulness at night,

²³ I’ll transplant it on Israel’s land, and it will grow branches, bear fruit, and become a majestic cedar. All sorts of birds will rest under it, and they’ll settle down in the shade of its branches.

¹⁹ storks, herons of every kind, the hoopoe, bata,

¹² Birds of the sky live beside them and chirp a song among the foliage.

⁷ Even the stork in the sky knows its seasons, and the dove, the swallow, and the crane observe the time for migration. But my people don’t know the requirements of the LORD.

²³ You who live in Lebanon, who build your nest in the cedars, how you will groan when pains come upon you, pain like that of a woman giving birth.

⁶ The birds in the sky made nests in its boughs; all the beasts of the field gave birth under its branches. All the great nations rested in its shade.

²¹ with beautiful leaves and abundant fruit—enough food for everyone—and under which wild animals of the field found shelter and the birds of the air had nests in its branches—

⁴ Though you soar high like the eagle and make your nest among the stars, I will bring you down even from there,” declares the LORD.
The Harvest from Edom’s Arrogance

³² Although it is the smallest of all seeds, when it is fully grown it is larger than the garden plants and becomes a tree, and the birds in the sky come and nest in its branches.”

⁵ the rock badger (because it chews its cud but its hooves aren’t divided, it is to be unclean for you),

⁷ However, you must not eat these animals that chew the cud or have a divided hoof: the camel, hare, and rock badger. Even though they chew the cud, their hooves are not divided. Therefore they are unclean for you.

² Saul took 3,000 of his best troops from all over Israel, and he went to look for David and his men in the direction of the Rocks of the Wild Goats.

¹ On the Birth of Young “Do you know when the mountain goat gives birth? Do you watch the doe as it calves its young?

²⁶ The rock badgers aren’t a strong species either, yet they build their dens in the rocks.

¹⁴ Then God said, “Let there be lights across the sky to distinguish day from night, to act as signs for seasons, days, and years, ¹⁵ to serve as lights in the sky, and to shine on the earth!” And that is what happened: ¹⁶ God fashioned two great lights—the larger light to shine during the day and the smaller light to shine during the night—as well as stars. ¹⁷ God placed them in space to shine on the earth, ¹⁸ to differentiate between day and night, and to distinguish light from darkness. And God saw how good it was.

¹⁹ Do not gaze toward the heavens and observe the sun, the moon, the stars—the entire array of the sky—with the intent to worship and serve what the LORD your God gave every nation.

²⁶ if I look at the sun when it shines or the moon as it rises in steady splendor, ²⁷ so that in the depths of my deceived heart I worshipped them with my mouth and hands, ²⁸ this is also a sin that deserves to be judged, since I would have tried to deceive God above.”

¹² “Have you ever commanded the morning at any time during your life? Do you know where the dawn lives,

³ When I look at the heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars that you established—

⁶ Its circuit is from one end of the sky to the other, and nothing is hidden from its heat.

⁷ to the one who made the great lights, for his gracious love is everlasting— ⁸ the sun to illumine the day, for his gracious love is everlasting— ⁹ and the moon and stars to illumine the night, for his gracious love is everlasting—

³⁵ This is what the LORD says, who gives the sun for light by day, the laws that govern the moon and stars for light by night, and who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar. The LORD of the Heavenly Armies is his name:

⁴ God saw that the light was beautiful. He separated the light from the darkness, ⁵ calling the light “day,” and the darkness “night.” The twilight and the dawn were day one.

²² “Never again, as long as the earth exists, will sowing and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, and day and night ever cease.”

¹⁰ Indeed, every animal of the forest is mine, even the cattle on a thousand hills.

¹⁶ Yours is the day, and yours is the night; you established the moon and the sun.

¹⁰ your hand will guide me there, too, while your right hand keeps a firm grip on me. ¹¹ If I say, “Darkness will surely conceal me, and the light around me will become night,” ¹² even darkness isn’t dark to you, darkness and light are the same to you.

⁷ God is Sovereign“I form light and create darkness, I make goodness and create disaster. I am the LORD, who does all these things.

¹³ A Warning to AmmonThis is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of the Ammonites —and now for a fourth— I will not turn away; because they ripped open the pregnant women of Gilead in order to enlarge their national borders.

³⁹ On the Animal World“Can you hunt prey for the lioness to satisfy young lions

⁴¹ Who prepares food for the raven, when its offspring cry out to God as they wander for lack of food?”

¹⁰ Young lions lack and go hungry, but those who seek the LORD will never lack any good thing.

¹⁵ Everyone’s eyes are on you, as you give them their food in due time.

⁴ The LORD will Defend JerusalemFor this is what the LORD told me: “Just as a lion or a young lion growls over his objects of prey,— even when a whole band of shepherds is called out against it, it is not alarmed at their shouting or disturbed by their clamor— so the LORD of the Heavenly Armies will come down to do battle on Mount Zion and on its hill.

² Tell them: ‘What a lioness your mother was among lions! She reared her cubs in the midst of fierce young males. ³ She raised one cub in particular, teaching that fierce lion to become a hunter-prowler— to eat human beings. ⁴ The nations heard about him. He had become caught in their trap. They brought him with hooks to the land of Egypt. ⁵ When she learned that her plans had been frustrated and that her hopes were dashed, she took another of her cubs and turned him into a fierce lion. ⁶ He prowled around among the lions, became a strong, young lion, and learned to become a hunter-prowler— to eat human beings. ⁷ He raped the women, devastating their towns. The land was made desolate, and all the while the land was filled with the sound of his roaring. ⁸ The surrounding nations attacked. They tossed their net over him, and he was caught in their trap. ⁹ They imprisoned him in a cage with hooks and brought him to the king of Babel. Then they placed him in their dungeon where his voice would no longer be heard on the mountains of Israel. ¹⁰ ‘Your mother was like a vine entwining a pomegranate, planted by water, full of fruit, and full of branches because it had been watered generously. ¹¹ Strong were its boughs, suitable for use in the scepter of a ruler. It reached to the clouds, noticeable because of its height and its abundant branches. ¹² Yet in anger it was uprooted and cast down to the earth. An east wind desiccated its fruit; its strong branches broke off and withered, and a fire consumed them. ¹³ Now it is planted in the desert, in a dry and thirsty land! ¹⁴ Fire had burned through its branches, consuming its shoots and fruits. No strong branches remain in it, and there is no scepter to rule!’
“This is a lamentation, and it is to be used in mourning.”

¹⁸ Oh, how the livestock groan! The herds of cattle wander about because they have no pasture. Even flocks of sheep suffer!

²⁰ The livestock also cries out to you, because their water sources have evaporated and because fire has consumed the open pastures.

⁴ Will a lion roar in the forest without having found its prey? Will a young lion cry from its den without having caught anything?

¹³ “Then there are those who rebel against the light; they are not acquainted with its ways; and they don’t stay on its course. ¹⁴ The murderer rises at dawn to kill the poor and needy; at night, he is like a thief. ¹⁵ The adulterer watches for twilight, saying, ‘No eye is watching me’ while he veils his face. ¹⁶ They break into houses in the dark; during the day they remained sealed in. They don’t know daylight. ¹⁷ As a group, deep darkness is their morning time; fear that lives in darkness is their friend.”

⁸ “Then a beast enters its lair and remains in its den.

¹⁷ Your imperial guards are like the swarming grasshopper; your marshals are like hordes of grasshoppers, settling in the stone walls on a chilly day. The sun rises, and they flee away; no one knows where they went.

²⁰ Everyone who practices wickedness hates the light and does not come to the light, so that his actions may not be exposed.

¹⁹ You will eat food by the sweat of your brow until you’re buried in the ground, because you were taken from it. You’re made from dust and you’ll return to dust.”

¹⁶ Just then, an old man was coming out of the fields that evening from work. The man was from the mountainous region of Ephraim and had been staying in Gibeah, even though the men of that place were descendants of Benjamin.

¹² Sweet is the sleep of a working man, whether he eats a little or a lot, but the excess wealth of the rich will not allow him to rest.

²⁸ The thief must no longer steal but must work hard and do what is good with his own hands, so that he might earn something to give to the needy.

⁸ We did not eat anyone’s food without paying for it. Instead, with toil and labor we worked night and day in order not to be a burden to any of you. ⁹ It is not as though we did not have that right, but we wanted to give you an example to follow. ¹⁰ While we were with you, we gave this order: “If anyone doesn’t want to work, he shouldn’t eat.”
¹¹ We hear that some of you are living in idleness. You are not busy working—you are busy interfering in other people’s lives! ¹² We order and encourage such people by the Lord Jesus, the Messiah, to do their work quietly and to earn their own living.

²⁴ Then God said, “Let the earth bring forth each kind of living creature, each kind of livestock and crawling thing, and each kind of earth’s animals!” And that is what happened: ²⁵ God made each kind of the earth’s animals, along with every kind of livestock and crawling thing. And God saw how good it was.

³¹ Now God saw all that he had made, and indeed, it was very good! The twilight and the dawn were the sixth day.

⁶ “You are the LORD; you alone crafted the heavens, the highest heavens with all of their armies; the earth, and everything in it; the seas, and everything in them; you keep giving all of them life, and the army of heaven continuously worships you.

⁹ He is always doing great things that cannot be explained, countless awesome deeds.

¹ A Davidic Psalm.
A Song for the King of Glory The earth and everything in it exists for the LORD— the world and those who live in it.

⁵ LORD, my God, You have done great things: marvelous works and your thoughts toward us. There is no one who compares to you! I will try to recite your actions, even though there are too many to number.

¹⁰ Indeed, every animal of the forest is mine, even the cattle on a thousand hills. ¹¹ I know all the birds in the mountains; indeed, everything that moves in the field is mine. ¹² “If I were hungry, I would not tell you; for the world is mine along with everything in it.

¹¹ You crown the year with your goodness; your footsteps drop prosperity behind them.

³¹ Let them give thanks to the LORD for his gracious love and for his awesome deeds on behalf of mankind.

⁵ to the one who by wisdom made the heavens, for his gracious love is everlasting—

¹⁹ By wisdom the LORD laid the earth’s foundations, and by understanding he set the heavens in place. ²⁰ By his knowledge the depths broke open, and the clouds drip with dew.

²² The Agelessness of Wisdom“The LORD made me as he began his planning, before his ancient activity commenced. ²³ From eternity I was appointed, from the beginning, from before there was land. ²⁴ When there were no ocean depths, I brought them to birth at a time when there were no springs. ²⁵ Before the mountains were shaped, before there were hills, I was bringing them to birth. ²⁶ Even though he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the world’s first grains of dust, ²⁷ when he crafted the heavens, I was there— when he marked out a circle on the face of the deep, ²⁸ when he made the clouds from above, when the springs of the depths were established, ²⁹ when he set a boundary for the sea so the waters would not exceed his limits, when he marked out the foundations of the earth. ³⁰ Then I was with him, his master craftsman— I was his delight daily, continuously rejoicing in his presence, ³¹ rejoicing in his inhabitable world and taking delight in mankind.”
³² The Exhortation of Wisdom“So listen to me, children! Blessed are those who obey me. ³³ Listen to instruction and be wise. Don’t ignore it. ³⁴ Blessed is the person who listens to me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at my doorways— ³⁵ because those who find me find life and gain favor from the LORD. ³⁶ But whoever sins against me destroys himself; everyone who hates me loves death.”

¹² A Hymn of Praise to GodThe LORD is the one who made the world by his power, who established the earth by his wisdom and stretched out the heavens by his understanding.

³³ In Praise of God’s WaysO how deep are God’s riches, and wisdom, and knowledge! How unfathomable are his decisions and unexplainable are his ways!

⁸ that he lavished on us, along with all wisdom and understanding,

¹⁰ He did this so that now, through the church, the wisdom of God in all its variety might be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly realm

¹⁷ Advice for the WealthyTell those who are rich in this age not to be arrogant and not to place their confidence in anything as uncertain as riches. Instead, let them place their confidence in God, who lavishly provides us with everything for our enjoyment.

²⁰ Then God said, “Let the oceans swarm with living creatures, and let flying creatures soar above the earth throughout the sky!” ²¹ So God created every kind of magnificent marine creature, every kind of living marine crawler with which the waters swarmed, and every kind of flying creature. And God saw how good it was. ²² God blessed them by saying, “Be fruitful, multiply, and fill the oceans. Let the birds multiply throughout the earth!”

²⁸ God blessed the humans by saying to them, “Be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth, and subdue it! Be masters over the fish in the ocean, the birds that fly, and every living thing that crawls on the earth!”

¹ The Temptation and FallNow the Shining One was more clever than any animal of the field that the LORD God had made. It asked the woman, “Did God actually say, ‘You are not to eat from any tree of the garden’?”

¹⁴ from the choicest products of the sun, the rich fruit of the harvest moon, ¹⁵ the choicest portion of the eternal mountains, and the best of the everlasting hills; ¹⁶ from the choicest of the earth and its fullness, and the favor of the one who lived in the burning bush. May blessing rest on Joseph’s head, and on the crown of the head of the one set apart from his brothers.

¹⁹ They will call the peoples to the mountain, and there they will offer righteous sacrifices, for they’ll draw from the abundance of the sea and from the hidden treasures of the sand.”

³⁴ Let the heavens and earth praise him, along with the sea and its swarming creatures.

⁴ He holds in his hand the lowest parts of the earth and the mountain peaks belong to him. ⁵ The sea that he made belongs to him, along with the dry land that his hands formed.

⁵ But he shook the snake into the fire and wasn’t harmed.

¹³ On the Future of Zebulun“Zebulun will settle down near the sea shore and become a safe haven for shipping, bordering Sidon.”

⁸ Let whoever curses days curse it— those who are ready to awaken monsters.

¹ On Leviathan “Can you draw Leviathan out of the water with a hook, or tie down his tongue with a rope? ² Can you attach a bridle to his snout, or pierce his jaw with a hook? ³ Will he make many supplications to you, or will he beg you for mercy? ⁴ Will he try to make a deal with you, so that you may take him in servitude forever? ⁵ “Will you play with him like a pet bird? Will you put a leash on him for your little girls? ⁶ Will your business be able to buy him, Will you divide him among your merchant friends? ⁷ Will you fill his flesh with harpoons, or his head with lances? ⁸ Lay your hand on him, and you’ll remember the struggle. You’ll never do that again! ⁹ “Look! Anyone’s hope to capture him will prove itself false; anyone would be terrified just by looking at him. ¹⁰ No one is fierce enough to dare to arouse him. “Who, then, can stand in my presence and face me? ¹¹ Who can take me to court and be reconciled to me? All of heaven is mine. ¹² “I won’t be silent concerning his limbs, his mighty strength, and orderly frame. ¹³ Who can strip off his outer armor? Who can approach him with a bridle? ¹⁴ Who dares to open his mouth, since it is ringed with his terrible teeth! ¹⁵ His protective scales are his pride, they lie sealed tightly together. ¹⁶ Each one is so close to the other that not even air comes in between them. ¹⁷ Each is attached to the other, grasping each other so they cannot be separated. ¹⁸ “His snorting releases flashes of light; his eyes are like the rays of the dawn. ¹⁹ Flames blaze from his mouth; streams of sparking fire fly out. ²⁰ Smoke billows from his nostrils; like a boiling pot or burning reeds. ²¹ His breath can ignite coal; and flames proceed from his mouth. ²² “His neck is so powerful that all who meet him are terrified. ²³ There is no flaw in his body’s armor; it is firmly fixed on him and unbreachable. ²⁴ His heart is as strong as stone, it is as hard as a lower millstone. ²⁵ When he rears up, the mighty are terrified; they are bewildered as he thrashes about. ²⁶ “Thrusting at him with a sword won’t be effective, nor will spears, darts, or javelins. ²⁷ He regards iron like straw, and hardened bronze like a dead tree. ²⁸ Arrows won’t make him flee; stones from a sling are only pebbles to him. ²⁹ Clubs are like twigs; he laughs at the whoosh of the javelin. ³⁰ “Beneath him he is armored as with sharp potsherds; he tears through muddy ground like a threshing sledge through grain. ³¹ He causes the deep to boil like water in a pot, and churns the sea like one stirs ointment. ³² The sea is luminescent behind him; his wake turns the sea white, like those with gray hair. ³³ “There’s nothing like him on earth; he was created without the ability to fear. ³⁴ He looks down on everything that is high; he rules over every kind of pride.”

¹⁴ You crushed the heads of Leviathan. You set it as food for desert creatures.

²³ Those who go down to the sea in ships, who work in the great waters,

¹ Israel’s DeliveranceAt that time, with his fierce, mighty, and powerful sword, the LORD will punish the gliding serpent Leviathan—the coiling serpent Leviathan—and he will kill the dragon that’s in the sea.

⁹ The wise men and elders from Gebal accompanied you, serving as ship’s carpenters. All the maritime navies and their seaman also accompanied you to assist you in doing business internationally.”

³¹ He uses them to judge some people and give food to many.

⁶ Your righteousness is like the mountains of God; your justice is like the great depths of the sea. You deliver both people and animals, LORD.

²⁴ Consider the crows. They don’t plant or harvest, they don’t even have a storeroom or barn, yet God feeds them. How much more valuable are you than birds! ²⁵ Can any of you add an hour to the length of your life by worrying? ²⁶ So if you can’t do a small thing like that, why worry about other things? ²⁷ Consider how the lilies grow. They don’t work or spin yarn, but I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was clothed like one of them. ²⁸ Now if that’s the way God clothes the grass in the field, which is alive today and thrown into an oven tomorrow, how much more will he clothe you—you who have little faith?

¹⁷ When that happens, my anger will burn against them, because they will have abandoned me. I’ll hide my face from them, they will be consumed, and many evils and distresses will find them. When this happens, they will say, ‘These troubles have happened to us because God isn’t among us.’

⁹ “‘Please remember that you’ve made me like clay and you’ll return me to dust.

²⁴ Why do you hide your face and regard me as your enemy?

¹⁴ If he were to decide to do so, that is, to take back to himself his spirit and breath of life, ¹⁵ every living thing would die all at once, and mankind would return to dust.”

²⁹ “If he remains silent, who will condemn him? If he conceals his face, who can see him? He watches over both nation and individual alike,

⁷ By your favor, LORD, you established me as a strong mountain; Then you hid your face, and I was dismayed.

³ You return people to dust merely by saying, “Return, you mortals!”

⁴ When they stop breathing, they return to the ground; on that very day their plans evaporate!

⁷ then man’s dust will go back to the earth, returning to what it was, and the spirit will return to the God who gave it.

²⁵ and he isn’t served by people as if he needed anything. He himself gives everyone life, breath, and everything else.

²⁰ because the creation has become subject to futility, though not by anything it did. The one who subjected it did so in the certainty ²¹ that the creation itself would also be set free from corrupting bondage in order to share the glorious freedom of God’s children. ²² For we know that all the rest of creation has been groaning with the pains of childbirth up to the present time.

¹³ he clears the skies with his wind; his hands have pierced the fleeing serpent.

⁴ “The spirit of God fashioned me; and the breath of the Almighty gives me life.

⁶ By the word of the LORD the heavens were made; all the heavenly bodies by the breath of his mouth.

¹⁴ “For the palace will be abandoned, the noisy city deserted; the citadel and watchtower will become barren wastes forever, the delight of wild donkeys, and a pasture for flocks, ¹⁵ until the Spirit from on high is poured upon us, and the desert becomes a fertile field, and the fertile field seems like a forest.”

¹⁷ A New UniverseTake notice! I’m about to create new heavens and a new earth; the former things won’t be remembered, nor will they come to mind.

²² “For as the new heavens and the new earth that I am about to make will endure before me,” says the LORD, “so will your descendants and your name endure.

⁹ Then he ordered me, “Prophesy to the Spirit, Son of Man. Tell the Spirit, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says: “Come from the four winds, you Spirit, and breathe into these people who have been killed, so they will live.”’”

¹ God Has Brought Us from Death to LifeYou used to be dead because of your offenses and sins

⁴ But God, who is rich in mercy, because of his great love for us ⁵ even when we were dead because of our offenses, made us alive together with the Messiah (by grace you have been saved),

⁵ ‘Twas not for deeds that we had done, but by his steadfast love alone, he saved us through a second birth, renewed us by the Spirit’s work,

⁵ The one sitting on the throne said, “See, I am making all things new!”
He said, “Write this: ‘These words are trustworthy and true.’”

¹⁷ It is a sign forever between me and the Israelis, because the LORD made the heavens and the earth in six days, but on the seventh day he rested and was refreshed.’”

¹⁶ When the LORD rebuilds Zion, he will appear in his glory.

⁵ “For just as a young man marries a maiden, so your sons will marry you; and just as a bridegroom rejoices over his bride, so your God will rejoice over you.

¹⁸ But be glad and rejoice forever in what I am creating, for I am about to create Jerusalem as a joy, and its people as a delight. ¹⁹ I’ll rejoice over Jerusalem, and take delight in my people; no longer will the sound of weeping be heard in it, nor the cry of distress.

⁴¹ I’ll rejoice over them to do good for them, and I’ll faithfully plant them in this land with all my heart and soul.’

¹⁷ The LORD your God among you is powerful— he will save and he will take joyful delight in you. In his love he will renew you with his love; he will celebrate with singing because of you.

⁵ When he finds it, he puts it on his shoulders and rejoices. ⁶ Then he goes home, calls his friends and neighbors together, and says to them, ‘Rejoice with me, because I’ve found my lost sheep!’

²² But the father told his servants, ‘Hurry! Bring out the best robe and put it on him, and put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet. ²³ Bring the fattened calf and kill it, and let’s eat and celebrate! ²⁴ Because my son was dead and has come back to life. He was lost and has been found.’ And they began to celebrate.

³⁶ For all things are from him, by him, and for him. Glory belongs to him forever! Amen.

⁵ To him be the glory forever and ever! Amen.

²¹ to him be glory in the church and in the Messiah Jesus to all generations, forever and ever! Amen.

¹⁸ The Lord will rescue me from every evil attack and will take me safely to his heavenly kingdom. Glory belongs to him forever and ever! Amen.

²¹ equip you with everything good to do his will, accomplishing in us what pleases him through Jesus, the Messiah. To him be glory forever and ever! Amen.

¹¹ Power belongs to him forever and ever! Amen.

¹⁸ Instead, continue to grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus, the Messiah. Glory belongs to him both now and on that eternal day! Amen.

¹² They sang with a loud voice, “Worthy is the lamb who was slaughtered to receive power, wealth, wisdom, strength, honor, glory, and praise!” ¹³ I heard every creature in heaven, on earth, under the earth, and on the sea, and everything that is in them, saying, “To the one who sits on the throne and to the lamb be praise, honor, glory, and power forever and ever!”

¹⁸ Mount Sinai was completely enveloped in smoke because the LORD had come down in fire on it. Smoke went up from it like smoke from a kiln, and the whole mountain shook violently.

³ Our God has appeared and he has not been silent; a devouring fire blazed before him, and a mighty storm swirled around him.

¹⁶ The waters saw you, God; the waters saw you and writhed. Indeed, the depths of the sea quaked.

⁴ His lightning bolts light the world; the earth sees and shakes. ⁵ Mountains melt like wax in the LORD’s presence— In the presence of the LORD of all the earth.

⁷ Tremble then, earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob,

⁵ Bow your heavens, LORD, and descend; touch the mountains, and they will smolder.

¹ A Prayer for God to Intervene If only you would tear open the heavens and come down, so that the mountains would quake at your presence— ² just as fire sets twigs ablaze and the fire causes water to boil— to make known your name to your enemies, yes, to your enemies before you, so that the nations might quake at your presence!

²³ A Vision of ChaosI looked at the earth, and it was formless and void, at the heavens, and there was no light there. ²⁴ I looked at the mountains; they were quaking, and all the hills moved back and forth. ²⁵ I looked, and no people were there. All the birds of the sky had gone. ²⁶ I looked, and the fruitful land had become a desert. All its towns were broken down because of the LORD, because of his burning anger.

⁸ Surely the land will tremble because of this, won’t it? And all who live in it will mourn, won’t they? The entire land will swell up like a flooded river. It will be stirred up and then will sink like the river of Egypt.

⁵ Mountains shake because of him, and the hills melt. The earth goes into upheaval at his presence, as does the world with all of its inhabitants. ⁶ Who can stand before his fury? And who can endure his fierce anger? His displeasure pours out like fire, and rocks are broken to pieces because of him.

⁵ Before him pestilence walks, and disease follows behind him. ⁶ He stood up and shook the land; with his stare he startled the nations. The age-old mountains were shattered, and the ancient hilltops bowed down. His ways are eternal.

¹⁰ When the mountains looked upon you, they trembled; the overflowing water passed by, the ocean shouted, and its waves surged upward.

³ A second time they said, “Hallelujah! The smoke goes up from her forever and ever.”

⁴ So I will bless you as long as I live; I will lift up my hands in your name.

¹ A Davidic Psalm
Praising God for His Works I will speak highly of you, my God and King, and I will bless your name forever and ever. ² I will bless you every day and I will praise your name forever and ever.

² I will praise the LORD as long as I live, singing praises to my God while I exist.

² But he delights in the LORD’s instruction, and meditates in his instruction day and night.

² I will be glad and exult in you; I will sing praises to your name, Most High!

¹¹ Righteous ones, be glad in the LORD and rejoice! Shout for joy, all of you who are upright in heart!

⁵ Just as I am satisfied with the choicest of foods, so my lips will praise you joyfully. ⁶ When I think of you in bed, I will meditate on you in the night watches.

¹² As I meditate on all your works, I will consider your awesome deeds.

¹⁵ I will meditate on your precepts, and I will respect your ways. ¹⁶ I am delighted with your statutes; I will not forget your word.

¹¹¹ I have inherited your decrees forever, because they are the joy of my heart.

¹²⁷ I truly love your commands more than gold, including fine gold. ¹²⁸ I truly consider all of your precepts—all of them—to be just, while I despise every false way.

¹⁶⁷ My soul treasures your decrees, and I love them deeply.

¹⁷ How deep are your thoughts, God! How great is their number! ¹⁸ Were I to count them, they would number more than the sand. When I awake, I will be with you.

¹⁴ Keep in mind that wisdom is like that for your soul; if you find it, there will be a future for you, and what you hope for won’t be cut short.

¹⁷ Even though the fig tree does not blossom, and there are no grapes on the vines; even if the olive harvest fails, and the fields produce nothing edible; even if the flock is snatched from the sheepfold, and there is no herd in the stalls— ¹⁸ as for me, I will rejoice in the LORD. I will find my joy in the God who delivers me.

⁴⁷ My spirit exults in God, my Savior,

⁴ Keep on rejoicing in the Lord at all times. I will say it again: Keep on rejoicing!

³¹ “May all of your enemies perish like this, LORD! But may those who love him be like the ascending sun in its strength!”
Then the land enjoyed quiet for 40 years.

⁴ But this is not the case with the wicked. They are like chaff that the wind blows away.

³⁸ Sinners will be destroyed together; the future of the wicked will be cut off.

¹³ Go ahead and destroy them in anger! Wipe them out, and they will know to the ends of the earth that God rules over Jacob. Interlude

¹ To the Director of music: A Psalm. A song.
A Song of Praise to God God arises, and his enemies are scattered. Those who hate him flee from his presence. ² As smoke is driven away, so you drive them away. As wax melts in the presence of fire, so the wicked die in the presence of God.

²⁷ Those far from you will perish; you will destroy those who are unfaithful to you.

⁸ Every morning I will destroy all the wicked of the land, eliminating everyone who practices iniquity from the LORD’s city.

²² Bless the LORD, all his creation, in all the places of his dominion. Bless the LORD, my soul.

⁴⁵ so they might keep his statutes and observe his laws. Hallelujah!

⁴⁸ Blessed are you, LORD God of Israel, from eternity to eternity; Let all the people say, “Amen!” Hallelujah!

²² But the wicked will be cut off from the land, and the treacherous will be uprooted from it.

¹ The Vision of WorshipAfter these things, I heard what sounded like the loud voice of a large crowd in heaven, saying, “Hallelujah! Salvation, glory, and power belong to our God. ² His judgments are true and just. He has condemned the notorious prostitute who corrupted the world with her immorality. He has taken revenge on her for the blood of his servants.”