Psalms 104-106

Psalm 104

¹Bless the LORD O my soul, O LORD my God, thou art very great; thou art clothed with honour and majesty.

²Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment; who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain:

³Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters; who maketh the clouds his chariot; who walketh upon the wings of the wind:

⁴Who maketh winds his messengers; his ministers a flaming fire:

⁵Who laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be moved for ever.

⁶Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a vesture; the waters stood above the mountains.

⁷At thy rebuke they fled; at the voice of thy thunder they hasted away;

⁸They went up by the mountains, they went down by the valleys, unto the place which thou hadst founded for them.

⁹Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over; that they turn not again to cover the earth.

¹⁰He sendeth forth springs into the valleys; they run among the mountains:

¹¹They give drink to every beast of the field; the wild asses quench their thirst.

¹²By them the fowl of the heaven have their habitation, they sing among the branches.

¹³He watereth the mountains from his chambers: the earth is satisfied with the fruit of thy works.

¹⁴He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man; that he may bring forth food out of the earth:

¹⁵And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face to shine, and bread that strengtheneth man’s heart.

¹⁶The trees of the LORD are satisfied; the cedars of Lebanon, which he hath planted;

¹⁷Where the birds make their nests: as for the stork, the fir trees are her house.

¹⁸The high mountains are for the wild goats; the rocks are a refuge for the conies.

¹⁹He appointed the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth his going down.

²⁰Thou makest darkness, and it is night; Wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep forth.

²¹The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their meat from God.

²²The sun ariseth, they get them away, and lay them down in their dens.

²³Man goeth forth unto his work and to his labour until the evening.

²⁴O LORD, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches.

²⁵Yonder is the sea, great and wide, wherein are things creeping innumerable, both small and great beasts.

²⁶There go the ships; there is leviathan, whom thou hast formed to take his pastime therein.

²⁷These wait all upon thee, that thou mayest give them their meat in due season.

²⁸That thou givest unto them they gather; thou openest thine hand, they are satisfied with good.

²⁹Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled; thou takest away their breath they die, and return to their dust.

³⁰Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created; and thou renewest the face of the ground.

³¹Let the glory of the LORD endure for ever; let the LORD rejoice in his works:

³²Who looketh on the earth, and it trembleth; he toucheth the mountains, and they smoke.

³³I will sing unto the LORD as long as I live: I will sing praise to my God while I have any being.

³⁴Let my meditation be sweet unto him: I will rejoice in the LORD.

³⁵Let sinners be consumed out of the earth, and let the wicked be no more. Bless the LORD, O my soul. Praise ye the LORD.

Psalm 105

¹Give thanks unto the LORD, call upon his name; make known his doings among the peoples.

²Sing unto him, sing praises unto him; talk ye of all his marvelous works.

³Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the LORD.

⁴Seek ye the LORD and his strength; seek his face evermore.

⁵Remember his marvelous works that he hath done; his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth;

⁶O ye seed of Abraham his servant, ye children of Jacob, his chosen ones.

⁷He is the LORD our God: his judgments are in all the earth.

⁸He hath remembered his covenant for ever, the word which he commanded to a thousand generations;

⁹The covenant which he made with Abraham, and his oath unto Isaac;

¹⁰And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a statute, to Israel for an everlasting covenant:

¹¹Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance:

¹²When they were but a few men in number; yea, very few, and sojourners in it;

¹³And they went about from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another people.

¹⁴He suffered no man to do them wrong; yea, he reproved kings for their sakes;

¹⁵Saying, Touch not mine anointed ones, and do my prophets no harm.

¹⁶And he called for a famine upon the land; he brake the whole staff of bread.

¹⁷He sent a man before them; Joseph was sold for a servant:

¹⁸His feet they hurt with fetters; he was laid in chains of iron:

¹⁹Until the time that his word came to pass; the word of the LORD tried him.

²⁰The king sent and loosed him; even the ruler of peoples, and let him go free.

²¹He made him lord of his house, and ruler of all his substance:

²²To bind his princes at his pleasure, and teach his senators wisdom.

²³Israel also came into Egypt; and Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.

²⁴And he increased his people greatly, and made them stronger than their adversaries.

²⁵He turned their heart to hate his people, to deal subtilly with his servants.

²⁶He sent Moses his servant, and Aaron whom he had chosen.

²⁷They set among them his signs, and wonders in the land of Ham.

²⁸He sent darkness, and made it dark; and they rebelled not against his words.

²⁹He turned their waters into blood, and slew their fish.

³⁰Their land swarmed with frogs, in the chambers of their kings.

³¹He spake, and there came swarms of flies, and lice in all their borders.

³²He gave them hail for rain, and flaming fire in their land.

³³He smote their vines also and their fig trees; and brake the trees of their borders.

³⁴He spake, and the locust came, and the cankerworm, and that without number,

³⁵And did eat up every herb in their land, and did eat up the fruit of their ground.

³⁶He smote also all the firstborn in their land, the chief of all their strength.

³⁷And he brought them forth with silver and gold: and there was not one feeble person among his tribes.

³⁸Egypt was glad when they departed; for the fear of them had fallen upon them.

³⁹He spread a cloud for a covering; and fire to give light in the night.

⁴⁰They asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.

⁴¹He opened the rock, and waters gushed out; they ran in the dry places like a river.

⁴²For he remembered his holy word, and Abraham his servant.

⁴³And he brought forth his people with joy, and his chosen with singing.

⁴⁴And he gave them the lands of the nations; and they took the labour of the peoples in possession:

⁴⁵That they might keep his statutes, and observe his laws. Praise ye the LORD.

Psalm 106

¹Praise ye the LORD. O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.

²Who can utter the mighty acts of the LORD, or shew forth all his praise?

³Blessed are they that keep judgment, and he that doeth righteousness at all times.

⁴Remember me, O LORD, with the favour that thou bearest unto thy people; O 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 mercies; 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 the LORD.

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, which 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 the LORD.

²⁶Therefore he lifted up his hand 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 counted 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 the LORD commanded them;

³⁵But mingled themselves with the nations, and learned their works:

³⁶And they 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 went a whoring in their doings.

⁴⁰Therefore was the wrath of the LORD 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 mercies.

⁴⁶He made them also to be pitied of all those that carried them captives.

⁴⁷Save us, O LORD our God, and gather us from among the nations, to give thanks unto thy holy name, and to triumph in thy praise.

⁴⁸Blessed be the LORD, the God or Israel, from everlasting even to everlasting. And let all the people say, Amen. Praise ye the LORD.