Psalm 102
A Prayer for the Poor; when he is deeply afflicted, and pours out his supplication before the Lord.
[1] Hear my prayer, O Lord, and let my cry come to thee. [2] Turn not away thy face from me: in the day when I am afflicted, incline thine ear to me: in the day when I shall call upon thee, speedily hear me.
[3] For my days have vanished like smoke, and my bones have been parched like a stick. [4] I am blighted like grass, and my heart is dried up; for I have forgotten to eat my bread. [5] By reason of the voice of my groaning, my bone has cleaved to my flesh. [6] I have become like a pelican of the wilderness; [7] I have become like an owl in a ruined house. I have watched, and am become as a sparrow dwelling alone on a roof. [8] All the day long mine enemies have reproached me; and they that praised me have sworn against me. [9] For I have eaten ashes as it were bread, and mingled my drink with weeping; [10] because of thine anger and thy wrath: for thou hast lifted me up, and dashed me down.
[11] My days have declined like a shadow; and I am withered like grass. [12] But thou, Lord, endurest for ever, and thy memorial to generation and generation. [13] Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Sion: for it is time to have mercy upon her, for the set time is come. [14] For thy servants have taken pleasure in her stones, and they shall pity her dust. [15] So the nations shall fear thy name, O Lord, and all kings thy glory.
[16] For the Lord shall build up Sion, and shall appear in his glory. [17] He has had regard to the prayer of the lowly, and has not despised their petition. [18] Let this be written for another generation; and the people that shall be created shall praise the Lord. [19] For he has looked out from the height of his sanctuary; the Lord looked upon the earth from heaven; [20] to hear the groaning of the fettered ones, to loosen the sons of the slain; [21] to proclaim the name of the Lord in Sion, and his praise in Jerusalem; [22] when the people are gathered together, and the kings, to serve the Lord.
[23] He answered him in the way of his strength: tell me the fewness of my days. [24] Take me not away in the midst of my days: thy years are through all generations. [25] In the beginning thou, O Lord, didst lay the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of thine hands. [26] They shall perish, but thou remainest: and they all shall wax old as a garment; and as a vesture shalt thou fold them, and they shall be changed. [27] But thou art the same, and thy years shall not fail. [28] The children of thy servants shall dwell securely, and their seed shall prosper for ever.
Psalm 103
A Psalm of David.
[1] Bless the Lord, O my soul; and all that is within me, bless his holy name. [2] Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his praises: [3] who forgives all thy transgressions, who heals all thy diseases; [4] who redeems thy life from corruption; who crowns thee with mercy and compassion; [5] who satisfies thy desire with good things: so that thy youth shall be renewed like that of the eagle.
[6] The Lord executes mercy and judgment for all that are injured. [7] He made known his ways to Moses, his will to the children of Israel. [8] The Lord is compassionate and pitiful, long-suffering, and full of mercy. [9] He will not be always angry; neither will he be wrathful for ever. [10] He has not dealt with us according to our sins, nor recompensed us according to our iniquities. [11] For as the heaven is high above the earth, the Lord has so increased his mercy toward them that fear him. [12] As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us. [13] As a father pities his children, the Lord pities them that fear him. [14] For he knows our frame: remember that we are dust.
[15] As for man, his days are as grass; as a flower of the field, so shall he flourish. [16] For the wind passes over it, and it shall not be; and it shall know its place no more. [17] But the mercy of the Lord is from generation to generation upon them that fear him, and his righteousness to children’s children; [18] to them that keep his covenant, and remember his commandments to do them.
[19] The Lord has prepared his throne in the heaven; and his kingdom rules over all. [20] Bless the Lord, all ye his angels, mighty in strength, who perform his bidding, ready to hearken to the voice of his words. [21] Bless the Lord, all ye his hosts; ye ministers of his that do his will. [22] Bless the Lord, all his works, in every place of his dominion: bless the Lord, O my soul.
Psalm 104
A Psalm of David.
[1] Bless the Lord, O my soul. O Lord my God, thou art very great; thou hast clothed thyself with praise and honour: [2] who dost robe thyself with light as with a garment; spreading out the heaven as a curtain. [3] Who covers his chambers with waters; who makes the clouds his chariot; who walks on the wings of the wind. [4] Who makes his angels spirits, and his ministers a flaming fire.
[5] Who establishes the earth on her sure foundation: it shall not be moved for ever. [6] The deep, as it were a garment, is his covering: the waters shall stand on the hills. [7] At thy rebuke they shall flee; at the voice of thy thunder they shall be alarmed. [8] They go up to the mountains, and down to the plains, to the place which thou hast founded for them. [9] Thou hast set a bound which they shall not pass, neither shall they turn again to cover the earth.
[10] He sends forth his fountains among the valleys: the waters shall run between the mountains. [11] They shall give drink to all the wild beasts of the field: the wild asses shall take of them to quench their thirst. [12] By them shall the birds of the sky lodge: they shall utter a voice out of the midst of the rocks. [13] He waters the mountains from his chambers: the earth shall be satisfied with the fruit of thy works.
[14] He makes grass to grow for the cattle, and green herb for the service of men, to bring bread out of the earth; [15] and wine makes glad the heart of man, to make his face cheerful with oil: and bread strengthens man’s heart. [16] The trees of the plain shall be full of sap; even the cedars of Libanus which he has planted. [17] There the sparrows will build their nests; and the house of the heron takes the lead among them. [18] The high mountains are a refuge for the stags, and the rock for the rabbits.
[19] He appointed the moon for seasons: the sun knows his going down. [20] Thou didst make darkness, and it was night; in it all the wild beasts of the forest will be abroad: [21] even young lions roaring for prey, and to seek meat for themselves from God. [22] The sun arises, and they shall be gathered together, and shall lie down in their dens. [23] Man shall go forth to his work, and to his labour till evening.
[24] How great are thy works, O Lord! in wisdom hast thou wrought them all: the earth is filled with thy creation. [25] So is this great and wide sea: there are things creeping innumerable, small animals and great. [26] There go the ships; and this dragon whom thou hast made to play in it. [27] All wait upon thee, to give them their food in due season. [28] When thou hast given it them, they will gather it; and when thou hast opened thine hand, they shall all be filled with good. [29] But when thou hast turned away thy face, they shall be troubled: thou wilt take away their breath, and they shall fail, and return to their dust. [30] Thou shalt send forth thy Spirit, and they shall be created; and thou shalt renew the face of the earth.
[31] Let the glory of the Lord be for ever: the Lord shall rejoice in his works; [32] who looks upon the earth, and makes it tremble; who touches the mountains, and they smoke. [33] I will sing to the Lord while I live; I will sing praise to my God while I exist. [34] Let my meditation be sweet to him: and I will rejoice in the Lord. [35] Let the sinners fail from off the earth, and transgressors, so that they shall be no more. Bless the Lord, O my soul.
Psalm 105
Alleluia.
[1] Give thanks to the Lord, and call upon his name; declare his works among the heathen. [2] Sing to him, yea, sing praises to him: tell forth all his wonderful works. [3] Glory in his holy name: let the heart of them that seek the Lord rejoice. [4] Seek ye the Lord, and be strengthened; seek his face continually. [5] Remember his wonderful works that he has done; his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth; [6] ye seed of Abraam, his servants, ye children of
Jacob, his chosen ones.
[7] He is the Lord our God; his judgments are in all the earth. [8] He has remembered his covenant for ever, the word which he commanded for a thousand generation: [9] which he established as a covenant to Abraam, and he remembered his oath to Isaac. [10] And he established it to Jacob for an ordinance, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant; [11] saying To thee will I give the land of Chanaan, the line of your inheritance: [12] when they were few in number, very few, and sojourners in it. [13] And they went from nation to nation, and from one kingdom to another people. [14] He suffered no man to wrong them; and he rebuked kings for their sakes: [15] saying, Touch not my anointed ones; and do my prophets no harm. [16] Moreover he called for a famine upon the land; he broke the whole support of bread.
[17] He sent a man before them; Joseph was sold for a slave. [18] They hurt his feet with fetters; his soul passed into iron, [19] until the time that his cause came on; the word of the Lord tried him as fire. [20] The king sent and loosed him; even the prince of the people, and let him go free. [21] He made him Lord over his house, and ruler of all his substance; [22] to chastise his rulers at his pleasure, and to teach his elders wisdom.
[23] Israel also came into Egypt, and Jacob sojourned in the land of Cham. [24] And he increased his people greatly, and made them stronger than their enemies. [25] And he turned their heart to hate his people, to deal craftily with his servants. [26] He sent fort Moses his servant, and Aaron whom he had chosen.
[27] He established among them his signs, and his wonders in the land of Cham. [28] He sent forth darkness, and made it dark; yet they rebelled against his words. [29] He turned their waters into blood, and slew their fish. [30] Their land produced frogs abundantly, in the chambers of their kings. [31] He spoke, and the dog-fly came, and lice in all their coasts. [32] He turned their rain into hail, and sent flaming fire in their land. [33] And he smote their vines and their fig trees; and broke every tree of their coast. [34] He spoke, and the locust came, and caterpillars innumerable, [35] and devoured all the grass in their land, and devoured the fruit of the ground. [36] He smote also every first-born of their land, the first-fruits of all their labour. [37] And he brought them out with silver and gold; and there was not a feeble one among their tribes. [38] Egypt rejoiced at their departing; for the fear of them fell upon them. [39] He spread out a cloud for a covering to them, and fire to give them light by night. [40] They asked, and the quail came, and he satisfied them with the bread of heaven. [41] He clave the rock, and the waters flowed, rivers ran in dry places.
[42] For he remembered his holy word, which he promised to Abraam his servant. [43] And he brought out his people with exultation, and his chosen with joy; [44] and gave them the lands of the heathen; and they inherited the labours of the people; [45] that they might keep his ordinances, and diligently seek his law.
Psalm 106
Alleluia.
[1] Give thanks to the Lord; for he is good: for his mercy endures for ever. [2] Who shall tell the mighty acts of the Lord? who shall cause all his praises to be heard? [3] Blessed are they that keep judgment, and do righteousness at all times.
[4] Remember us, O Lord, with the favour thou hast to thy people: visit us with thy salvation; [5] that we may behold the good of thine elect, that we may rejoice in the gladness of thy nation, that we may glory with thine inheritance.
[6] We have sinned with our fathers, we have transgressed, we have done unrighteously. [7] Our fathers in Egypt understood not thy wonders, and remembered not the multitude of thy mercy; but provoked him as they went up by the Red Sea. [8] Yet he saved them for his name’s sake, that he might cause his mighty power to be known. [9] And he rebuked the Red Sea, and it was dried up: so he led them through the deep as through the wilderness. [10] And he saved them out of the hand of them that hated them, and redeemed them out of the hand of the enemy. [11] The water covered those that oppressed them: there was not one of them left. [12] Then they believed his words, and celebrated his praise. [13] They made haste, they forgot his works; they waited not for his counsel. [14] And they lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the dry land. [15] And he gave them their request, and sent fullness into their souls.
[16] They provoked Moses also in the camp, and Aaron the holy one of the Lord. [17] The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and closed upon the congregation of Abiron. [18] And a fire was kindled in their congregation, and a flame burnt up the sinners.
[19] And they made a calf in Choreb, and worshipped the graven image, [20] and they changed their glory into the similitude of a calf that feeds on grass. [21] They forgot God that saved them, who had wrought great deeds in Egypt; [22] wondrous works in the land of Cham, and terrible things at the Red Sea. [23] So he said that he would have destroyed them, had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach, to turn him away from the fierceness of his anger, so that he should not destroy them.
[24] Moreover they set at nought the desirable land, and believed not his word. [25] And they murmured in their tents: they hearkened not to the voice of the Lord. [26] So he lifted up his hand against them, to cast them down in the wilderness; [27] and to cast down their seed among the nations, and to scatter them in the countries.
[28] They were joined also to Beelphegor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead. And they provoked him with their devices; [29] and destruction, was multiplied among them. [30] Then Phinees stood up, and made atonement: and the plague ceased. [31] And it was counted to him for righteousness, to all generations for ever.
[32] They provoked him also at the water of Strife, and Moses was hurt for their sakes; [33] for they provoked his spirit, and he spoke unadvisedly with his lips.
[34] They destroyed not the nations which the Lord told them to destroy; [35] but were mingled with the heathen, and learned their works. [36] And they served their graven images; and it became an offence to them. [37] And they sacrificed their sons and their daughters to devils, [38] and shed innocent blood, the blood of their sons and daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Chanaan; and the land was defiled with blood. [39] and was polluted with their works; and they went a whoring with their own devices.
[40] So the Lord was very angry with his people, and he abhorred his inheritance. [41] And he delivered them into the hands of their enemies; and they that hated them ruled over them. [42] Ands their enemies oppressed them, and they were brought down under their hands. [43] Many a time he delivered them; but they provoked him by their counsel, and they were brought low by their iniquities. [44] Ye the Lord looked upon their affliction, when he heard their petition. [45] And he remembered his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his mercy. [46] And he caused them to be pitied in the sight of all who carried them captive.
[47] Save us, O Lord our God, and gather us from among the heathen, that we may give thanks to thy holy name, that we may glory in thy praise. [48] Blessed be the Lord God of Israel from everlasting and to everlasting; and all the people shall say, Amen, Amen.
Psalm 107
Alleluia.
[1] Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; for his mercy endures for ever. [2] Let them say so who have been redeemed by the Lord, whom he has redeemed from the hand of the enemy; [3] and gathered them out of the countries, from the east, and west, and north, and south.
[4] They wandered in the wilderness in a dry land; they found no way to a city of habitation. [5] Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them. [6] Then they cried to the Lord in their affliction, and he delivered them out of their distresses. [7] And he guided them into a straight path, that they might go to a city of habitation.
[8] Let them acknowledge to the Lord his mercies, and his wonderful works to the children of men. [9] For he satisfies the empty soul, and fills the hungry soul with good things, [10] even them that sit in darkness and the shadow of death, fettered in poverty and iron; [11] because they rebelled against the words of God, and provoked the counsel of the Most High. [12] So their heart w
as brought low with troubles; they were weak, and there was no helper. [13] Then they cried to the Lord in their affliction, and he saved them out of their distresses. [14] And he brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and broke their bonds asunder.
[15] Let them acknowledge to the Lord his mercies, and his wonders to the children of men. [16] For he broke to pieces the brazen gates, and crushed the iron bars.
[17] He helped them out of the way of their iniquity; for they were brought low because of their iniquities. [18] Their soul abhorred all meat; and they drew near to the gates of death. [19] Then they cried to the Lord in their affliction, and he saved them out of their distresses. [20] He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered them out of their destructions.
[21] Let them acknowledge to the Lord his mercies, and his wonderful works to the children of men. [22] And let them offer to him the sacrifice of praise, and proclaim this works with exultation.
[23] They that go down to the sea in ships, doing business in many waters; [24] these men have seen the works of the Lord, and his wonders in the deep. [25] He speaks, and the stormy wind arises, and its waves are lifted up. [26] They go up to the heavens, and go down to the depths; their soul melts because of troubles. [27] They are troubled, they stagger as a drunkard, and all their wisdom is swallowed up. [28] Then they cry to the Lord in their affliction, and he brings them out of their distresses. [29] And he commands the storm, and it is calmed into a gentle breeze, and its waves are still. [30] And they are glad, because they are quiet; and he guides them to their desire haven.
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