Chapter 101

1 I will sing ^R3129 of lovingkindness and justice, ^F1068 To You, O LORD, I will sing praises. 2 I will give ^{R3130 F1069} heed to the blameless ^F1070 way. When will You come to me? I will walk within my house in the integrity ^{R3131 F1071} of my heart. 3 I will set no worthless ^R3132 thing before my eyes; I hate the work ^F1072 of those who fall ^R3133 away; It shall not fasten its grip on me. 4 A perverse ^R3134 heart shall depart from me; I will know no evil. 5 Whoever secretly slanders ^R3135 his neighbor, him I will destroy; ^F1073 No one who has a haughty ^R3136 look and an arrogant heart will I endure. 6 My eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me; He who walks in a blameless ^{R3137 F1074} way is the one who will minister to me. 7 He who practices ^R3138 deceit shall not dwell within my house; He who speaks falsehood shall ^R3139 not maintain ^F1075 his position before me. 8 Every ^R3140 morning I will destroy ^{R3141 F1076} all the wicked of the land, So as to cut ^R3142 off from the city ^R3143 of the LORD all those who do iniquity.

Chapter 102

1 Hear ^R3144 my prayer, O LORD! And let my cry for help come ^R3145 to You. 2 Do ^R3146 not hide Your face from me in the day of my distress; Incline ^R3147 Your ear to me; In the day when I call answer ^R3146 me quickly. 3 For my days have ^R3148 been consumed ^F1077 in smoke, And my bones ^R3149 have been scorched like a hearth. 4 My heart has ^R3150 been smitten like grass ^F1078 and has withered ^R3151 away, Indeed, I forget ^R3152 to eat my bread. 5 Because of the loudness ^F1079 of my groaning My bones ^R3153 cling ^F1080 to my flesh. 6 I resemble ^F1081 a pelican ^R3154 of the wilderness; I have become like an owl of the waste places. 7 I lie ^R3155 awake, I have become like a lonely bird on a housetop. 8 My enemies have ^R3156 reproached me all day long; Those who deride ^{R3157 F1082} me have ^F1083 used my name as a curse. ^R3158 9 For I have eaten ashes like bread And mingled ^R3159 my drink with weeping 10 Because ^R3160 of Your indignation and Your wrath, For You have lifted ^R3161 me up and cast me away. 11 My days are like a lengthened ^{R3162 F1084} shadow, And I ^F1085 wither ^R3163 away like grass. ^F1086

12 But You, O LORD, abide ^{R3164 F1087} forever, And Your name ^{R3165 F1088} to all generations. 13 You will arise ^R3166 and have compassion ^R3167 on Zion; For it ^R3168 is time to be gracious to her, For the appointed ^R3169 time has come. 14 Surely Your servants find ^F1089 pleasure in her stones And feel pity for her dust. 15 So ^F1090 the nations ^{R3170 F1091} will fear the name of the LORD And all ^R3171 the kings of the earth Your glory. 16 For the LORD has built ^R3172 up Zion; He has appeared ^R3173 in His glory. 17 He has regarded ^R3174 the prayer of the destitute ^F1092 And has not despised their prayer. 18 This ^F1093 will be written ^R3175 for the generation ^R3176 to come, That ^F1094 a ^R3177 people yet to be created may ^F1095 praise the ^F1096 LORD. 19 For He looked ^R3178 down from His holy height; From ^R3179 heaven the LORD gazed upon ^F1097 the earth, 20 To hear the groaning ^R3180 of the prisoner, To set ^R3181 free those ^F1098 who were doomed to death, 21 That men may tell ^R3182 of the name of the LORD in Zion And His praise in Jerusalem, 22 When the ^R3183 peoples are gathered together, And the kingdoms, to serve the LORD.

23 He has weakened my strength in the way; He has shortened ^R3184 my days. 24 I say, "O my God, do ^R3185 not take me away in the midst ^F1099 of my days, Your years ^R3186 are throughout all generations. 25 "Of old You founded ^R3187 the earth, And the heavens ^R3188 are the work of Your hands. 26 "Even ^F1100 they will perish, ^R3189 but You endure; And all of them will wear out like a garment; Like clothing You will change them and they will be changed. 27 "But You are the ^{R3190 F1101} same, And Your years will not come to an end. 28 "The children ^R3191 of Your servants will continue, And their descendants ^{R3192 F1102} will be established before You."

Chapter 103

1 Bless ^R3193 the LORD, O my soul, And all that is within me, bless His holy ^R3194 name. 2 Bless the LORD, O my soul, And forget ^R3195 none of His benefits; 3 Who pardons ^R3196 all your iniquities, Who heals ^R3197 all your diseases; 4 Who redeems ^R3198 your life from the pit, Who crowns ^R3199 you with lovingkindness and compassion; 5 Who satisfies ^R3200 your years ^F1103 with good things, So that your youth is renewed ^R3201 like the eagle.

6 The LORD performs ^R3202 righteous ^F1104 deeds And judgments for all who are oppressed. ^R3203 7 He made ^R3204 known His ways to Moses, His acts ^R3205 to the sons of Israel. 8 The LORD is compassionate ^R3206 and gracious, Slow ^R3207 to anger and abounding in lovingkindness. 9 He will ^R3208 not always strive with us, Nor will He keep ^R3209 His anger forever. 10 He has not ^R3210 dealt with us according to our sins, Nor rewarded us according to our iniquities. 11 For as high as ^R3211 the heavens are above the earth, So great is His lovingkindness toward those who fear ^F1105 Him. 12 As far as the east is from the west, So far has He removed ^R3212 our transgressions from us. 13 Just as ^R3213 a father has compassion on his children, So the LORD has compassion on those who fear ^F1106 Him. 14 For He ^R3214 Himself knows our ^F1107 frame; He is ^R3215 mindful that we are but dust. ^R3216 15 As for man, his days are like ^R3217 grass; As a flower ^R3218 of the field, so he flourishes. 16 When the wind ^R3219 has passed over it, it is no more, And its place ^R3220 acknowledges it no longer. 17 But the lovingkindness ^R3221 of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting on those who fear ^F1108 Him, And His righteousness ^F1109 to ^R3222 children's children, 18 To those ^R3223 who keep His covenant And remember His precepts to do them.

19 The LORD has established His throne ^R3224 in the heavens, And His sovereignty ^{R3225 F1110} rules over all. ^F1111 20 Bless the LORD, you His ^R3226 angels, Mighty ^R3227 in strength, who perform ^R3228 His word, Obeying ^R3229 the voice of His word! 21 Bless the LORD, all you His ^R3230 hosts, You who ^R3231 serve Him, doing His will. 22 Bless the LORD, all ^R3232 you works of His, In all places of His dominion; Bless the LORD, O my soul!

Chapter 104

1 Bless ^R3233 the LORD, O my soul! O LORD my God, You are very great; You are clothed ^R3234 with splendor and majesty, 2 Covering Yourself with light ^R3235 as with a cloak, Stretching ^R3236 out heaven like a tent curtain. 3 He ^F1112 lays ^R3237 the beams of His upper chambers in the waters; He ^F1112 makes the clouds ^R3238 His chariot; He ^F1112 walks upon the wings ^R3239 of the wind; 4 He ^F1113 makes the ^{R3240 F1114} winds His messengers, Flaming ^F1115 fire ^R3241 His ministers. 5 He established ^R3242 the earth upon its foundations, So that it will not totter ^F1116 forever and ever. 6 You covered ^R3243 it with the deep as with a garment; The waters were standing above the mountains. 7 At Your rebuke ^R3244 they fled, At the sound ^R3245 of Your thunder they hurried away. 8 The mountains rose; the valleys sank down To the place ^R3246 which You established for them. 9 You set a boundary ^R3247 that they may not pass over, So that they will not return to cover the earth.

10 He ^F1117 sends forth springs ^R3248 in the valleys; They flow between the mountains; 11 They give ^R3249 drink to every beast of the field; The wild ^R3250 donkeys quench their thirst. 12 Beside ^F1118 them the birds of the heavens dwell; ^R3251 They lift ^F1119 up their voices among the branches. 13 He ^F1120 waters ^R3252 the mountains from His upper chambers; The ^R3253 earth is satisfied with the fruit of His works. 14 He ^F1121 causes the grass ^R3254 to grow for the cattle, ^F1122 And vegetation ^R3255 for the labor ^F1123 of man, So that he ^F1124 may bring forth food ^F1125 from ^R3256 the earth, 15 And wine ^R3257 which makes man's heart glad, So ^R3258 that he may make his face glisten with oil, And food ^F1126 which sustains ^R3259 man's heart. 16 The trees of the LORD drink ^F1127 their fill, The cedars of Lebanon which He planted, 17 Where the birds ^R3260 build their nests, And the stork, ^R3261 whose home is the fir ^F1128 trees. 18 The high mountains are for the wild ^R3262 goats; The cliffs ^R3263 are a refuge for the shephanim. ^{R3264 F1129}

19 He made the moon for ^R3265 the seasons; The sun ^R3266 knows the place of its setting. 20 You appoint ^R3267 darkness and it becomes night, In which all the beasts ^R3268 of the forest prowl ^F1130 about. 21 The young ^R3269 lions roar after their prey And ^F1131 seek ^R3270 their food from God. 22 When the sun rises they withdraw And lie down in their dens. ^R3271 23 Man goes forth to his ^R3272 work And to his labor until evening. 24 O LORD, how many ^R3273 are Your works! In ^F1132 wisdom ^R3274 You have made them all; The earth ^R3275 is full of Your possessions. ^F1133 25 There ^F1134 is the sea, ^R3276 great and broad, ^F1135 In which are swarms without number, Animals both small and great. 26 There the ships ^R3277 move along, And Leviathan, ^{R3278 F1136} which You have formed to sport in it. 27 They all wait ^R3279 for You To give ^R3280 them their food in due ^F1137 season. 28 You give to them, they gather it up; You open ^R3281 Your hand, they are satisfied with good. 29 You hide ^R3282 Your face, they are dismayed; You take ^R3283 away their spirit, ^F1138 they expire And return ^R3284 to their dust. 30 You send forth Your Spirit, ^{R3285 F1139} they are created; And You renew the face of the ground.

31 Let the glory ^R3286 of the LORD endure forever; Let the LORD be ^R3287 glad in His works; 32 He ^F1140 looks ^R3288 at the earth, and it trembles; ^R3289 He touches ^R3290 the mountains, and they smoke. 33 I ^F1141 will sing to the LORD as ^{R3291 F1142} long as I live; I ^F1141 will sing ^R3292 praise to my God while ^F1143 I have my being. 34 Let my meditation ^R3293 be pleasing to Him; As for me, I shall be ^R3294 glad in the LORD. 35 Let sinners be consumed ^R3295 from the earth And let the wicked ^R3296 be no more. Bless ^R3297 the LORD, O my soul. Praise ^{R3298 F1144} the ^F1145 LORD!

Chapter 105

1 Oh give ^R3299 thanks to the LORD, call ^R3300 upon His name; Make ^R3301 known His deeds among the peoples. 2 Sing to Him, sing ^R3302 praises to Him; Speak ^{R3303 F1146} of all His wonders. ^F1147 3 Glory ^F1148 in His holy name; Let the heart ^R3304 of those who seek the LORD be glad. 4 Seek the LORD and His ^R3305 strength; Seek ^R3306 His face continually. 5 Remember His wonders ^{R3307 F1149} which He has done, His marvels and the judgments ^R3308 uttered ^F1150 by His mouth, 6 O seed of Abraham, ^R3309 His servant, O sons of Jacob, ^R3310 His chosen ^R3311 ones! 7 He is the LORD our God; His judgments ^R3312 are in all the earth.

8 He has remembered ^R3313 His covenant forever, The word which He commanded to a thousand ^R3314 generations, 9 The covenant ^R3315 which He made with Abraham, And His oath ^R3316 to Isaac. 10 Then He confirmed ^R3317 it to Jacob for a statute, To Israel as an everlasting covenant, 11 Saying, "To ^R3318 you I will give the land of Canaan As the portion ^{R3319 F1151} of your inheritance," 12 When they were only a few ^R3320 men in number, Very few, and strangers ^R3321 in it. 13 And they wandered about from nation to nation, From one kingdom to another people. 14 He permitted ^R3322 no man to oppress them, And He reproved ^R3323 kings for their sakes: 15 "Do ^R3324 not touch My anointed ones, And do My prophets no harm." 16 And He called ^R3325 for a famine upon the land; He broke ^R3326 the whole staff of bread. 17 He sent ^R3327 a man before them, Joseph, who was sold ^R3328 as a slave. 18 They afflicted his feet ^R3329 with fetters, He ^F1152 himself was laid in irons; 19 Until the time that his word ^R3330 came to pass, The word of the LORD tested ^{R3331 F1153} him. 20 The king ^R3332 sent and released him, The ruler of peoples, and set him free. 21 He made ^R3333 him lord of his house And ruler over all his possessions, 22 To imprison ^F1154 his princes at ^{R3334 F1155} will, That he might teach his elders wisdom. 23 Israel ^R3335 also came into Egypt; Thus Jacob sojourned ^R3336 in the land of Ham. 24 And He caused ^R3337 His people to be very fruitful, And made them stronger than their adversaries.

25 He turned ^R3338 their heart to hate His people, To deal ^R3339 craftily with His servants. 26 He sent ^R3340 Moses His servant, And Aaron, ^R3341 whom He had chosen. 27 They performed ^{R3342 F1156} His wondrous acts among them, And miracles in the land of Ham. 28 He sent ^R3343 darkness and made it dark; And they did not rebel ^R3344 against His words. 29 He turned ^R3345 their waters into blood And caused their fish to die. 30 Their land swarmed with frogs ^R3346 Even in the chambers ^R3347 of their kings. 31 He spoke, and there came a swarm ^R3348 of flies And gnats ^R3349 in all their territory. 32 He gave ^F1157 them hail ^R3350 for rain, And flaming fire in their land. 33 He struck ^R3351 down their vines also and their fig trees, And shattered the trees of their territory. 34 He spoke, and locusts ^R3352 came, And young locusts, even without number, 35 And ate up all vegetation in their land, And ate up the fruit of their ground. 36 He also struck ^R3353 down all the firstborn in their land, The first ^R3354 fruits of all their vigor. 37 Then He brought them out with silver ^R3355 and gold, And among His tribes there was not one who stumbled. 38 Egypt was glad ^R3356 when they departed, For the dread ^R3357 of them had fallen upon them. 39 He spread a cloud ^R3358 for a covering, ^F1158 And fire ^R3359 to illumine by night. 40 They ^F1159 asked, ^R3360 and He brought quail, ^R3361 And satisfied them with the bread ^{R3362 F1160} of heaven. 41 He opened the rock ^F1161 and water ^R3363 flowed out; It ^F1162 ran in the dry places like a river. 42 For He remembered ^R3364 His holy word With Abraham His servant; 43 And He brought forth His people with joy, His chosen ones with a joyful shout. ^R3365 44 He gave ^R3366 them also the lands of the nations, ^F1163 That they might ^R3367 take possession of the fruit of the peoples' labor, 45 So that they might keep ^R3368 His statutes And observe His laws, Praise ^F1164 the ^F1165 LORD!