Psalms 106 – Psalms 110
Chapter 106
Chapter 107
Chapter 108
Chapter 109
Chapter 110
Chapter 111 – Chapter 115
Chapter 116 – Chapter 120
Chapter 121 – Chapter 125
Chapter 126 – Chapter 130
Chapter 131 – Chapter 135
Chapter 136 – Chapter 140
Chapter 141 – Chapter 145
Chapter 146 – Chapter 150
1Praise ye Jehovah.
Oh give thanks unto Jehovah; for he is good;
For his lovingkindness [endureth] forever.
2Who can utter the mighty acts of Jehovah,
Or show forth all his praise?
3Blessed are they that keep justice,
And he that doeth righteousness at all times.
4Remember me, O Jehovah, with the favor that thou bearest
unto thy people;
Oh visit me with thy salvation,
5That I may see the prosperity of thy chosen,
That I may rejoice in the gladness of thy nation,
That I may glory with thine inheritance.
6We have sinned with our fathers,
We have committed iniquity, we have done wickedly.
7Our fathers understood not thy wonders in Egypt;
They remembered not the multitude of thy lovingkindnesses,
But were rebellious at the sea, even at the Red Sea.
8Nevertheless he saved them for his name’s sake,
That he might make his mighty power to be known.
9He rebuked the Red Sea also, and it was dried up:
So he led them through the depths, as through a wilderness.
10And he saved them from the hand of him that hated them,
And redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.
11And the waters covered their adversaries;
There was not one of them left.
12Then believed they his words;
They sang his praise.
13They soon forgat his works;
They waited not for his counsel,
14But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness,
And tempted God in the desert.
15And he gave them their request,
But sent leanness into their soul.
16They envied Moses also in the camp,
[And] Aaron the saint of Jehovah.
17The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan,
And covered the company of Abiram.
18And a fire was kindled in their company;
The flame burned up the wicked.
19They made a calf in Horeb,
And worshipped a molten image.
20Thus they changed their glory
For the likeness of an ox that eateth grass.
21They forgat God their Saviour,
Who had done great things in Egypt,
22Wondrous works in the land of Ham,
[And] terrible things by the Red Sea.
23Therefore he said that he would destroy them,
Had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach,
To turn away his wrath, lest he should destroy [them].
24Yea, they despised the pleasant land,
They believed not his word,
25But murmured in their tents,
And hearkened not unto the voice of Jehovah.
26Therefore he sware unto them,
That he would overthrow them in the wilderness,
27And that he would overthrow their seed among the
nations,
And scatter them in the lands.
28They joined themselves also unto Baal-peor,
And ate the sacrifices of the dead.
29Thus they provoked him to anger with their doings;
And the plague brake in upon them.
30Then stood up Phinehas, and executed judgment;
And so the plague was stayed.
31And that was reckoned unto him for righteousness,
Unto all generations for evermore.
32They angered him also at the waters of Meribah,
So that it went ill with Moses for their sakes;
33Because they were rebellious against his spirit,
And he spake unadvisedly with his lips.
34They did not destroy the peoples,
As Jehovah commanded them,
35But mingled themselves with the nations,
And learned their works,
36And served their idols,
Which became a snare unto them.
37Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters
unto demons,
38And shed innocent blood,
Even the blood of their sons and of their daughters,
Whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan;
And the land was polluted with blood.
39Thus were they defiled with their works,
And played the harlot in their doings.
40Therefore was the wrath of Jehovah kindled against his
people,
And he abhorred his inheritance.
41And he gave them into the hand of the nations;
And they that hated them ruled over them.
42Their enemies also oppressed them,
And they were brought into subjection under their hand.
43Many times did he deliver them;
But they were rebellious in their counsel,
And were brought low in their iniquity.
44Nevertheless he regarded their distress,
When he heard their cry:
45And he remembered for them his covenant,
And repented according to the multitude of his lovingkindnesses.
46He made them also to be pitied
Of all those that carried them captive.
47Save us, O Jehovah our God,
And gather us from among the nations,
To give thanks unto thy holy name,
And to triumph in thy praise.
48Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Israel,
From everlasting even to everlasting.
And let all the people say, Amen.
Praise ye Jehovah.
BOOK V
1O give thanks unto Jehovah;
For he is good;
For his lovingkindness [endureth] for ever.
2Let the redeemed of Jehovah say [so],
Whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the adversary,
3And gathered out of the lands,
From the east and from the west,
From the north and from the south.
4They wandered in the wilderness in a desert way;
They found no city of habitation.
5Hungry and thirsty,
Their soul fainted in them.
6Then they cried unto Jehovah in their trouble,
And he delivered them out of their distresses,
7He led them also by a straight way,
That they might go to a city of habitation.
8Oh that men would praise Jehovah for his lovingkindness,
And for his wonderful works to the children of men!
9For he satisfieth the longing soul,
And the hungry soul he filleth with good.
10Such as sat in darkness and in the shadow of death,
Being bound in affliction and iron,
11Because they rebelled against the words of God,
And contemned the counsel of the Most High:
12Therefore he brought down their heart with labor;
They fell down, and there was none to help.
13Then they cried unto Jehovah in their trouble,
And he saved them out of their distresses.
14He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death,
And brake their bonds in sunder.
15Oh that men would praise Jehovah for his lovingkindness,
And for his wonderful works to the children of men!
16For he hath broken the gates of brass,
And cut the bars of iron in sunder.
17Fools because of their transgression,
And because of their iniquities, are afflicted.
18Their soul abhorreth all manner of food;
And they draw near unto the gates of death.
19Then they cry unto Jehovah in their trouble,
And he saveth them out of their distresses.
20He sendeth his word, and healeth them,
And delivereth [them] from their destructions.
21Oh that men would praise Jehovah for his lovingkindness,
And for his wonderful works to the children of men!
22And let them offer the sacrifices of thanksgiving,
And declare his works with singing.
23They that go down to the sea in ships,
That do business in great waters;
24These see the works of Jehovah,
And his wonders in the deep.
25For he commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind,
Which lifteth up the waves thereof.
26They mount up to the heavens, they go down again to the
depths:
Their soul melteth away because of trouble.
27They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man,
And are at their wits’ end.
28Then they cry unto Jehovah in their trouble,
And he bringeth them out of their distresses.
29He maketh the storm a calm,
So that the waves thereof are still.
30Then are they glad because they are quiet;
So he bringeth them unto their desired haven.
31Oh that men would praise Jehovah for his lovingkindness,
And for his wonderful works to the children of men!
32Let them exalt him also in the assembly of the people,
And praise him in the seat of the elders.
33He turneth rivers into a wilderness,
And watersprings into a thirsty ground;
34A fruitful land into a salt desert,
For the wickedness of them that dwell therein.
35He turneth a wilderness into a pool of water,
And a dry land into watersprings.
36And there he maketh the hungry to dwell,
That they may prepare a city of habitation,
37And sow fields, and plant vineyards,
And get them fruits of increase.
38He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied
greatly;
And he suffereth not their cattle to decrease.
39Again, they are diminished and bowed down
Through oppression, trouble, and sorrow.
40He poureth contempt upon princes,
And causeth them to wander in the waste, where there is no way.
41Yet setteth he the needy on high from affliction,
And maketh [him] families like a flock.
42The upright shall see it, and be glad;
And all iniquity shall stop her mouth.
43Whoso is wise will give heed to these things;
And they will consider the lovingkindnesses of Jehovah.
1My heart is fixed, O God; I will sing, yea,
I will sing praises, even with my glory.
2Awake, psaltery and harp:
I myself will awake right early.
3I will give thanks unto thee, O Jehovah, among the
peoples;
And I will sing praises unto thee among the nations.
4For thy lovingkindness is great above the heavens;
And thy truth [reacheth] unto the skies.
5Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens,
And thy glory above all the earth.
6That thy beloved may be delivered,
Save with thy right hand, and answer us.
7God hath spoken in his holiness: I will exult;
I will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth.
8Gilead is mine; Manasseh is mine;
Ephraim also is the defence of my head;
Judah is my sceptre.
9Moab is my washpot;
Upon Edom will I cast my shoe;
Over Philistia will I shout.
10Who will bring me into the fortified city?
Who hath led me unto Edom?
11Hast not thou cast us off, O God?
And thou goest not forth, O God, with our hosts.
12Give us help against the adversary;
For vain is the help of man.
13Through God we shall do valiantly:
For he it is that will tread down our adversaries.
1Hold not thy peace, O God of my praise;
2For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of deceit have
they opened against me:
They have spoken unto me with a lying tongue.
3They have compassed me about also with words of hatred,
And fought against me without a cause.
4For my love they are my adversaries:
But I [give myself unto] prayer.
5And they have rewarded me evil for good,
And hatred for my love.
6Set thou a wicked man over him;
And let an adversary stand at his right hand.
7When he is judged, let him come forth guilty;
And let his prayer be turned into sin.
8Let his days be few;
[And] let another take his office.
9Let his children be fatherless,
And his wife a widow.
10Let his children be vagabonds, and beg;
And let them seek [their bread] out of their desolate places.
11Let the extortioner catch all that he hath;
And let strangers make spoil of his labor.
12Let there be none to extend kindness unto him;
Neither let there be any to have pity on his fatherless children.
13Let his posterity be cut off;
In the generation following let their name be blotted out.
14Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered with
Jehovah;
And let not the sin of his mother be blotted out.
15Let them be before Jehovah continually,
That he may cut off the memory of them from the earth;
16Because he remembered not to show kindness,
But persecuted the poor and needy man,
And the broken in heart, to slay [them].
17Yea, he loved cursing, and it came unto him;
And he delighted not in blessing, and it was far from him.
18He clothed himself also with cursing as with his
garment,
And it came into his inward parts like water,
And like oil into his bones.
19Let it be unto him as the raiment wherewith he covereth
himself,
And for the girdle wherewith he is girded continually.
20This is the reward of mine adversaries from Jehovah,
And of them that speak evil against my soul.
21But deal thou with me, O Jehovah the Lord, for thy
name’s sake:
Because thy lovingkindness is good, deliver thou me;
22For I am poor and needy,
And my heart is wounded within me.
23I am gone like the shadow when it declineth:
I am tossed up and down as the locust.
24My knees are weak through fasting;
And my flesh faileth of fatness.
25I am become also a reproach unto them:
When they see me, they shake their head.
26Help me, O Jehovah my God;
Oh save me according to thy lovingkindness:
27That they may know that this is thy hand;
[That] thou, Jehovah, hast done it.
28Let them curse, but bless thou:
When they arise, they shall be put to shame,
But thy servant shall rejoice.
29Let mine adversaries be clothed with dishonor,
And let them cover themselves with their own shame as with a
robe.
30I will give great thanks unto Jehovah with my mouth;
Yea, I will praise him among the multitude.
31For he will stand at the right hand of the needy,
To save him from them that judge his soul.
1Jehovah saith unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand,
Until I make thine enemies thy footstool.
2Jehovah will send forth the rod of thy strength out of
Zion:
Rule thou in the midst of thine enemies.
3Thy people offer themselves willingly
In the day of thy power, in holy array:
Out of the womb of the morning
Thou hast the dew of thy youth.
4Jehovah hath sworn, and will not repent:
Thou art a priest for ever
After the order of Melchizedek.
5The Lord at thy right hand
Will strike through kings in the day of his wrath.
6He will judge among the nations,
He will fill [the places] with dead bodies;
He will strike through the head in many countries.
7He will drink of the brook in the way:
Therefore will he lift up the head.
December 5, 2015 at 7:10 am |
Oh how rich in words the psalmist is in his compositions for the Lord. Very eloquent was he and the words streamed down like water to the ocean. Indeed the Holy Spirit inspired the writer to come up with a seemingly endless flow of words that portray God’s character as he relates to His people. We really have all the reasons in the world to give thanks to Jehovah for He is good and His mercies endureth forever. Praise be the name of the Lord our God. in our weaknesses and sins He calls on us to repent and obey Him. He is willing to accept us again and bless us because He loves us.