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Ps 101:1 I WILL sing of mercy {and} loving-kindness and justice; to You, O Lord, will I sing. Ps 101:2 I will behave myself wisely {and} give heed to the blameless way--O when will You come to me? I will walk within my house in integrity {and} with a blameless heart. Ps 101:3 I will set no base {or} wicked thing before my eyes. I hate the work of them who turn aside [from the right path]; it shall not grasp hold of me. Ps 101:4 A perverse heart shall depart from me; I will know no evil person {or} thing. Ps 101:5 Whoso privily slanders his neighbor, him will I cut off [from me]; he who has a haughty look and a proud {and} arrogant heart I cannot {and} I will not tolerate. Ps 101:6 My eyes shall [look with favor] upon the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me; he who walks blamelessly, he shall minister to me. Ps 101:7 He who works deceit shall not dwell in my house; he who tells lies shall not continue in my presence. Ps 101:8 Morning after morning I will root up all the wicked in the land, that I may eliminate all the evildoers from the city of the Lord. Ps 102:1 HEAR MY prayer, O Lord, and let my cry come to You. Ps 102:2 Hide not Your face from me in the day when I am in distress! Incline Your ear to me; in the day when I call, answer me speedily. Ps 102:3 For my days consume away like smoke, and my bones burn like a firebrand {or} like a hearth. Ps 102:4 My heart is smitten like grass and withered, so that [in absorption] I forget to eat my food. Ps 102:5 By reason of my loud groaning [from suffering and trouble] my flesh cleaves to my bones. Ps 102:6 I am like a melancholy pelican {or} vulture of the wilderness; I am like a [desolate] owl of the waste places. Ps 102:7 I am sleepless {and} lie awake [mourning], like a bereaved sparrow alone on the housetop. Ps 102:8 My adversaries taunt {and} reproach me all the day; and they who are angry with me use my name as a curse. Ps 102:9 For I have eaten the ashes [in which I sat] as if they were bread and have mingled my drink with weeping Ps 102:10 Because of Your indignation and Your wrath, for You have taken me up and cast me away. Ps 102:11 My days are like an evening shadow that stretches out {and} declines [with the sun]; and I am withered like grass. Ps 102:12 But You, O Lord, are enthroned forever; and the fame of Your name endures to all generations. Ps 102:13 You will arise {and} have mercy {and} loving-kindness for Zion, for it is time to have pity {and} compassion for her; yes, the set time has come [the moment designated]. Ps 102:14 For Your servants take [melancholy] pleasure in the stones [of her ruins] and show pity for her dust. Ps 102:15 So the nations shall fear {and} worshipfully revere the name of the Lord, and all the kings of the earth Your glory. Ps 102:16 When the Lord builds up Zion, He will appear in His glory; Ps 102:17 He will regard the plea of the destitute and will not despise their prayer. Ps 102:18 Let this be recorded for the generation yet unborn, that a people yet to be created shall praise the Lord. Ps 102:19 For He looked down from the height of His sanctuary, from heaven did the Lord behold the earth, Ps 102:20 To hear the sighing {and} groaning of the prisoner, to loose those who are appointed to death, Ps 102:21 So that men may declare the name of the Lord in Zion and His praise in Jerusalem Ps 102:22 When peoples are gathered together, and the kingdoms, to worship {and} serve the Lord. Ps 102:23 He has afflicted {and} weakened my strength, humbling {and} bringing me low [with sorrow] in the way; He has shortened my days [aging me prematurely]. Ps 102:24 I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days, You Whose years continue throughout all generations. Ps 102:25 At the beginning You existed {and} laid the foundations of the earth; the heavens are the work of Your hands. Ps 102:26 They shall perish, but You shall remain {and} endure; yes, all of them shall wear out {and} become old like a garment. Like clothing You shall change them, and they shall be changed {and} pass away. Ps 102:27 But You remain the same, and Your years shall have no end. Ps 102:28 The children of Your servants shall dwell safely {and} continue, and their descendants shall be established before You. Ps 103:1 BLESS (AFFECTIONATELY, gratefully praise) the Lord, O my soul; and all that is [deepest] within me, bless His holy name! Ps 103:2 Bless (affectionately, gratefully praise) the Lord, O my soul, and forget not [one of] all His benefits-- Ps 103:3 Who forgives [every one of] all your iniquities, Who heals [each one of] all your diseases, Ps 103:4 Who redeems your life from the pit {and} corruption, Who beautifies, dignifies, {and} crowns you with loving-kindness and tender mercy; Ps 103:5 Who satisfies your mouth [your necessity and desire at your personal age and situation] with good so that your youth, renewed, is like the eagle's [strong, overcoming, soaring]! Ps 103:6 The Lord executes righteousness {and} justice [not for me only, but] for all who are oppressed. Ps 103:7 He made known His ways [of righteousness and justice] to Moses, His acts to the children of Israel. Ps 103:8 The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger and plenteous in mercy {and} loving-kindness. Ps 103:9 He will not always chide {or} be contending, neither will He keep His anger forever {or} hold a grudge. Ps 103:10 He has not dealt with us after our sins nor rewarded us according to our iniquities. Ps 103:11 For as the heavens are high above the earth, so great are His mercy {and} loving-kindness toward those who reverently {and} worshipfully fear Him. Ps 103:12 As far as the east is from the west, so far has He removed our transgressions from us. Ps 103:13 As a father loves {and} pities his children, so the Lord loves {and} pities those who fear Him [with reverence, worship, and awe]. Ps 103:14 For He knows our frame, He [earnestly] remembers {and} imprints [on His heart] that we are dust. Ps 103:15 As for man, his days are as grass; as a flower of the field, so he flourishes. Ps 103:16 For the wind passes over it and it is gone, and its place shall know it no more. Ps 103:17 But the mercy {and} loving-kindness of the Lord are from everlasting to everlasting upon those who reverently {and} worshipfully fear Him, and His righteousness is to children's children-- Ps 103:18 To such as keep His covenant [hearing, receiving, loving, and obeying it] and to those who [earnestly] remember His commandments to do them [imprinting them on their hearts]. Ps 103:19 The Lord has established His throne in the heavens, and His kingdom rules over all. Ps 103:20 Bless (affectionately, gratefully praise) the Lord, you His angels, you mighty ones who do His commandments, hearkening to the voice of His word. Ps 103:21 Bless (affectionately, gratefully praise) the Lord, all you His hosts, you His ministers who do His pleasure. Ps 103:22 Bless the Lord, all His works in all places of His dominion; bless (affectionately, gratefully praise) the Lord, O my soul! Ps 104:1 BLESS (AFFECTIONATELY, gratefully praise) the Lord, O my soul! O Lord my God, You are very great! You are clothed with honor and majesty-- Ps 104:2 [You are the One] Who covers Yourself with light as with a garment, Who stretches out the heavens like a curtain {or} a tent, Ps 104:3 Who lays the beams of the upper room of His abode in the waters [above the firmament], Who makes the clouds His chariot, Who walks on the wings of the wind, Ps 104:4 Who makes winds His messengers, flames of fire His ministers. Ps 104:5 You laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be moved forever. Ps 104:6 You covered it with the deep as with a garment; the waters stood above the mountains. Ps 104:7 At Your rebuke they fled; at the voice of Your thunder they hastened away. Ps 104:8 The mountains rose, the valleys sank down to the place which You appointed for them. Ps 104:9 You have set a boundary [for the waters] which they may not pass over, that they turn not again to deluge the earth. Ps 104:10 He sends forth springs into the valleys; their waters run among the mountains. Ps 104:11 They give drink to every [wild] beast of the field; the wild asses quench their thirst there. Ps 104:12 Beside them the birds of the heavens have their nests; they sing among the branches. Ps 104:13 He waters the mountains from His upper rooms; the earth is satisfied {and} abounds with the fruit of His works. Ps 104:14 He causes vegetation to grow for the cattle, and all that the earth produces for man to cultivate, that he may bring forth food out of the earth-- Ps 104:15 And wine that gladdens the heart of man, to make his face shine more than oil, and bread to support, refresh, {and} strengthen man's heart. Ps 104:16 The trees of the Lord are watered abundantly {and} are filled with sap, the cedars of Lebanon which He has planted, Ps 104:17 Where the birds make their nests; as for the stork, the fir trees are her house. Ps 104:18 The high mountains are for the wild goats; the rocks are a refuge for the conies {and} badgers. Ps 104:19 [The Lord] appointed the moon for the seasons; the sun knows [the exact time of] its setting. Ps 104:20 You [O Lord] make darkness and it becomes night, in which creeps forth every wild beast of the forest. Ps 104:21 The young lions roar after their prey and seek their food from God. Ps 104:22 When the sun arises, they withdraw themselves and lie down in their dens. Ps 104:23 Man goes forth to his work and remains at his task until evening. Ps 104:24 O Lord, how many {and} varied are Your works! In wisdom have You made them all; the earth is full of Your riches {and} Your creatures. Ps 104:25 Yonder is the sea, great and wide, in which are swarms of innumerable creeping things, creatures both small and great. Ps 104:26 There go the ships of the sea, and Leviathan (the sea monster), which You have formed to sport in it. Ps 104:27 These all wait {and} are dependent upon You, that You may give them their food in due season. Ps 104:28 When You give it to them, they gather it up; You open Your hand, and they are filled with good things. Ps 104:29 When You hide Your face, they are troubled {and} dismayed; when You take away their breath, they die and return to their dust. Ps 104:30 When You send forth Your Spirit {and} give them breath, they are created, and You replenish the face of the ground. Ps 104:31 May the glory of the Lord endure forever; may the Lord rejoice in His works-- Ps 104:32 Who looks on the earth, and it quakes {and} trembles, Who touches the mountains, and they smoke! Ps 104:33 I will sing to the Lord as long as I live; I will sing praise to my God while I have any being. Ps 104:34 May my meditation be sweet to Him; as for me, I will rejoice in the Lord. Ps 104:35 Let sinners be consumed from the earth, and let the wicked be no more. Bless (affectionately, gratefully praise) the Lord, O my soul! Praise the Lord! (Hallelujah!) Ps 105:1 O GIVE thanks unto the Lord, call upon His name, make known His doings among the peoples! Ps 105:2 Sing to Him, sing praises to Him; meditate on {and} talk of all His marvelous deeds {and} devoutly praise them. Ps 105:3 Glory in His holy name; let the hearts of those rejoice who seek {and} require the Lord [as their indispensable necessity]. Ps 105:4 Seek, inquire of {and} for the Lord, {and} crave Him and His strength (His might and inflexibility to temptation); seek {and} require His face {and} His presence [continually] evermore. Ps 105:5 [Earnestly] remember the marvelous deeds that He has done, His miracles {and} wonders, the judgments {and} sentences which He pronounced [upon His enemies, as in Egypt]. Ps 105:6 O you offspring of Abraham His servant, you children of Jacob, His chosen ones, Ps 105:7 He is the Lord our God; His judgments are in all the earth. Ps 105:8 He is [earnestly] mindful of His covenant {and} forever it is imprinted on His heart, the word which He commanded {and} established to a thousand generations, Ps 105:9 The covenant which He made with Abraham, and His sworn promise to Isaac, Ps 105:10 Which He confirmed to Jacob as a statute, to Israel as an everlasting covenant, Ps 105:11 Saying, Unto you will I give the land of Canaan as your measured portion, possession, {and} inheritance. Ps 105:12 When they were but a few men in number, in fact, very few, and were temporary residents {and} strangers in it, Ps 105:13 When they went from one nation to another, from one kingdom to another people, Ps 105:14 He allowed no man to do them wrong; in fact, He reproved kings for their sakes, Ps 105:15 Saying, Touch not My anointed, and do My prophets no harm. Ps 105:16 Moreover, He called for a famine upon the land [of Egypt]; He cut off every source of bread. Ps 105:17 He sent a man before them, even Joseph, who was sold as a servant. Ps 105:18 His feet they hurt with fetters; he was laid in chains of iron {and} his soul entered into the iron, Ps 105:19 Until his word [to his cruel brothers] came true, until the word of the Lord tried {and} tested him. Ps 105:20 The king sent and loosed him, even the ruler of the peoples, and let him go free. Ps 105:21 He made Joseph lord of his house and ruler of all his substance, Ps 105:22 To bind his princes at his pleasure and teach his elders wisdom. Ps 105:23 Israel also came into Egypt; and Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham. Ps 105:24 There [the Lord] greatly increased His people and made them stronger than their oppressors. Ps 105:25 He turned the hearts [of the Egyptians] to hate His people, to deal craftily with His servants. Ps 105:26 He sent Moses His servant, and Aaron, whom He had chosen. Ps 105:27 They showed His signs among them, wonders {and} miracles in the land of Ham (Egypt). Ps 105:28 He sent [thick] darkness and made the land dark, and they [God's two servants] rebelled not against His word. Ps 105:29 He turned [Egypt's] waters into blood and caused their fish to die. Ps 105:30 Their land brought forth frogs in abundance, even in the chambers of their kings. Ps 105:31 He spoke, and there came swarms of beetles {and} flies and mosquitoes {and} lice in all their borders. Ps 105:32 He gave them hail for rain, with lightning like flaming fire in their land. Ps 105:33 He smote their vines also and their fig trees and broke the [ice-laden] trees of their borders. Ps 105:34 He spoke, and the locusts came, and the grasshoppers, and that without number, Ps 105:35 And ate up all the vegetation in their land and devoured the fruit of their ground. Ps 105:36 He smote also all the firstborn in their land, the beginning {and} chief substance of all their strength. Ps 105:37 He brought [Israel] forth also with silver and gold, and there was not one feeble person among their tribes. Ps 105:38 Egypt was glad when they departed, for the fear of them had fallen upon the people. Ps 105:39 The Lord spread a cloud for a covering [by day], and a fire to give light in the night. Ps 105:40 [The Israelites] asked, and He brought quails and satisfied them with the bread of heaven. Ps 105:41 He opened the rock, and water gushed out; it ran in the dry places like a river. Ps 105:42 For He [earnestly] remembered His holy word {and} promise to Abraham His servant. Ps 105:43 And He brought forth His people with joy, and His chosen ones with gladness {and} singing, Ps 105:44 And gave them the lands of the nations [of Canaan], and they reaped the fruits of those peoples' labor, Ps 105:45 That they might observe His statutes and keep His laws [hearing, receiving, loving, and obeying them]. Praise the Lord! (Hallelujah!) Ps 106:1 PRAISE THE Lord! (Hallelujah!) O give thanks to the Lord, for He is good; for His mercy {and} loving-kindness endure forever! Ps 106:2 Who can put into words {and} tell the mighty deeds of the Lord? {Or} who can show forth all the praise [that is due Him]? Ps 106:3 Blessed (happy, fortunate, to be envied) are those who observe justice [treating others fairly] {and} who do right {and} are in right standing with God at all times. Ps 106:4 [Earnestly] remember me, O Lord, when You favor Your people! O visit me also when You deliver them, {and} grant me Your salvation!-- Ps 106:5 That I may see {and} share the welfare of Your chosen ones, that I may rejoice in the gladness of Your nation, that I may glory with Your heritage. Ps 106:6 We have sinned, as did also our fathers; we have committed iniquity, we have done wickedly. Ps 106:7 Our fathers in Egypt understood not nor appreciated Your miracles; they did not [earnestly] remember the multitude of Your mercies nor imprint Your loving-kindness [on their hearts], but they were rebellious {and} provoked the Lord at the sea, even at the Red Sea. Ps 106:8 Nevertheless He saved them for His name's sake [to prove the righteousness of the divine character], that He might make His mighty power known. Ps 106:9 He rebuked the Red Sea also, and it dried up; so He led them through the depths as through a pastureland. Ps 106:10 And He saved them from the hand of him that hated them, and redeemed them from the hand of the [Egyptian] enemy. Ps 106:11 And the waters covered their adversaries; not one of them was left. Ps 106:12 Then [Israel] believed His words [trusting in, relying on them]; they sang His praise. Ps 106:13 But they hastily forgot His works; they did not [earnestly] wait for His plans [to develop] regarding them, Ps 106:14 But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness and tempted {and} tried to restrain God [with their insistent desires] in the desert. Ps 106:15 And He gave them their request, but sent leanness into their souls {and} [thinned their numbers by] disease and death. Ps 106:16 They envied Moses also in the camp, and Aaron [the high priest], the holy one of the Lord. Ps 106:17 Therefore the earth opened and swallowed up Dathan and closed over the company of Abiram. Ps 106:18 And a fire broke out in their company; the flame burned up the wicked. Ps 106:19 They made a calf in Horeb and worshiped a molten image. Ps 106:20 Thus they exchanged Him Who was their Glory for the image of an ox that eats grass [they traded their Honor for the image of a calf]! Ps 106:21 They forgot God their Savior, Who had done such great things in Egypt, Ps 106:22 Wonders {and} miracles in the land of Ham, dreadful {and} awesome things at the Red Sea. Ps 106:23 Therefore He said He would destroy them. [And He would have done so] had not Moses, His chosen one, stepped into the breach before Him to turn away His threatening wrath. Ps 106:24 Then they spurned {and} despised the pleasant {and} desirable land [Canaan]; they believed not His word [neither trusting in, relying on, nor holding to it]; Ps 106:25 But they murmured in their tents {and} hearkened not to the voice of the Lord. Ps 106:26 Therefore He lifted up His hand [as if taking an oath] against them, that He would cause them to fall in the wilderness, Ps 106:27 Cast out their descendants among the nations, and scatter them in the lands [of the earth]. Ps 106:28 They joined themselves also to the [idol] Baal of Peor and ate sacrifices [offered] to the lifeless [gods]. Ps 106:29 Thus they provoked the Lord to anger with their practices, and a plague broke out among them. Ps 106:30 Then stood up Phinehas [the priest] and executed judgment, and so the plague was stayed. Ps 106:31 And that was credited to him for righteousness (right doing and right standing with God) to all generations forever. Ps 106:32 They angered the Lord also at the waters of Meribah, so that it went ill with Moses for their sakes; Ps 106:33 For they provoked [Moses'] spirit, so that he spoke unadvisedly with his lips. Ps 106:34 They did not destroy the [heathen] nations as the Lord commanded them, Ps 106:35 But mingled themselves with the [idolatrous] nations and learned their ways {and} works Ps 106:36 And served their idols, which were a snare to them. Ps 106:37 Yes, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons Ps 106:38 And shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan; and the land was polluted with their blood. Ps 106:39 Thus were they defiled by their own works, and they played the harlot {and} practiced idolatry with their own deeds [of idolatrous rites]. Ps 106:40 Therefore was the wrath of the Lord kindled against His people, insomuch that He abhorred {and} rejected His own heritage. Ps 106:41 And He gave them into the hands of the [heathen] nations, and they that hated them ruled over them. Ps 106:42 Their enemies also oppressed them, and they were brought into subjection under the hand of their foes. Ps 106:43 Many times did [God] deliver them, but they were rebellious in their counsel and sank low through their iniquity. Ps 106:44 Nevertheless He regarded their distress when He heard their cry; Ps 106:45 And He [earnestly] remembered for their sake His covenant and relented their sentence of evil [comforting and easing Himself] according to the abundance of His mercy {and} loving-kindness [when they cried out to Him]. Ps 106:46 He also caused [Israel] to find sympathy among those who had carried them away captive. Ps 106:47 Deliver us, O Lord our God, and gather us from among the nations, that we may give thanks to Your holy name {and} glory in praising You. Ps 106:48 Blessed (affectionately and gratefully praised) be the Lord, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting! And let all the people say, Amen! Praise the Lord! (Hallelujah!) Ps 107:1 O GIVE thanks to the Lord, for He is good; for His mercy {and} loving-kindness endure forever! Ps 107:2 Let the redeemed of the Lord say so, whom He has delivered from the hand of the adversary, Ps 107:3 And gathered them out of the lands, from the east and from the west, from the north and from the [Red] Sea in the south. Ps 107:4 Some wandered in the wilderness in a solitary desert track; they found no city for habitation. Ps 107:5 Hungry and thirsty, they fainted; their lives were near to being extinguished. Ps 107:6 Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble, and He delivered them out of their distresses. Ps 107:7 He led them forth by the straight {and} right way, that they might go to a city where they could establish their homes. Ps 107:8 Oh, that men would praise [and confess to] the Lord for His goodness {and} loving-kindness and His wonderful works to the children of men! Ps 107:9 For He satisfies the longing soul and fills the hungry soul with good. Ps 107:10 Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and in irons, Ps 107:11 Because they had rebelled against the words of God and spurned the counsel of the Most High. Ps 107:12 Therefore He bowed down their hearts with hard labor; they stumbled {and} fell down, and there was none to help. Ps 107:13 Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble, and He saved them out of their distresses. Ps 107:14 He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death and broke apart the bonds that held them. Ps 107:15 Oh, that men would praise [and confess to] the Lord for His goodness {and} loving-kindness and His wonderful works to the children of men! Ps 107:16 For He has broken the gates of bronze and cut the bars of iron apart. Ps 107:17 Some are fools [made ill] because of the way of their transgressions and are afflicted because of their iniquities. Ps 107:18 They loathe every kind of food, and they draw near to the gates of death. Ps 107:19 Then they cry to the Lord in their trouble, and He delivers them out of their distresses. Ps 107:20 He sends forth His word and heals them and rescues them from the pit {and} destruction. Ps 107:21 Oh, that men would praise [and confess to] the Lord for His goodness {and} loving-kindness and His wonderful works to the children of men! Ps 107:22 And let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving and rehearse His deeds with shouts of joy {and} singing! Ps 107:23 Some go down to the sea {and} travel over it in ships to do business in great waters; Ps 107:24 These see the works of the Lord and His wonders in the deep. Ps 107:25 For He commands and raises up the stormy wind, which lifts up the waves of the sea. Ps 107:26 [Those aboard] mount up to the heavens, they go down again to the deeps; their courage melts away because of their plight. Ps 107:27 They reel to and fro and stagger like a drunken man and are at their wits' end [all their wisdom has come to nothing]. Ps 107:28 Then they cry to the Lord in their trouble, and He brings them out of their distresses. Ps 107:29 He hushes the storm to a calm {and} to a gentle whisper, so that the waves of the sea are still. Ps 107:30 Then the men are glad because of the calm, and He brings them to their desired haven. Ps 107:31 Oh, that men would praise [and confess to] the Lord for His goodness {and} loving-kindness and His wonderful works to the children of men! Ps 107:32 Let them exalt Him also in the congregation of the people and praise Him in the company of the elders. Ps 107:33 He turns rivers into a wilderness, water springs into a thirsty ground, Ps 107:34 A fruitful land into a barren, salt waste, because of the wickedness of those who dwell in it. Ps 107:35 He turns a wilderness into a pool of water and a dry ground into water springs; Ps 107:36 And there He makes the hungry to dwell, that they may prepare a city for habitation, Ps 107:37 And sow fields, and plant vineyards which yield fruits of increase. Ps 107:38 He blesses them also, so that they are multiplied greatly, and allows not their cattle to decrease. Ps 107:39 When they are diminished and bowed down through oppression, trouble, and sorrow, Ps 107:40 He pours contempt upon princes and causes them to wander in waste places where there is no road. Ps 107:41 Yet He raises the poor {and} needy from affliction and makes their families like a flock. Ps 107:42 The upright shall see it and be glad, but all iniquity shall shut its mouth. Ps 107:43 Whoso is wise [if there be any truly wise] will observe {and} heed these things; and they will diligently consider the mercy {and} loving-kindness of the Lord. Ps 108:1 O GOD, my heart is fixed (steadfast, in the confidence of faith); I will sing, yes, I will sing praises, even with my glory [all the faculties and powers of one created in Your image]! Ps 108:2 Awake, harp and lyre; I myself will wake very early--I will waken the dawn! Ps 108:3 I will praise {and} give thanks to You, O Lord, among the peoples; and I will sing praises unto You among the nations. Ps 108:4 For Your mercy {and} loving-kindness are great {and} high as the heavens! Your truth {and} faithfulness reach to the skies! Ps 108:5 Be exalted, O God, above the heavens, and let Your glory be over all the earth. Ps 108:6 That Your beloved [followers] may be delivered, save with Your right hand and answer us! [or me]! Ps 108:7 God has promised in His holiness [regarding the establishment of David's dynasty]: I will rejoice, I will distribute [Canaan among My people], dividing Shechem and [the western region and allotting the eastern region which contains] the Valley of Succoth. Ps 108:8 Gilead is Mine, Manasseh is Mine; Ephraim also is My stronghold {and} the defense of My head; Judah is My scepter {and} lawgiver. Ps 108:9 Moab is My washbasin; upon Edom [My slave] My shoe I cast [to be cleaned]; over Philistia I shout [in triumph]. Ps 108:10 Who will bring me [David] into the strong, fortified city [of Petra]? Who will lead me into Edom? Ps 108:11 Have You not cast us off, O God? And will You not go forth, O God, with our armies? Ps 108:12 Give us help against the adversary, for vain is the help of man. Ps 108:13 Through {and} with God we shall do valiantly, for He it is Who shall tread down our adversaries. Ps 109:1 O GOD of my praise! Keep not silence, Ps 109:2 For the mouths of the wicked and the mouth of deceit are opened against me; they have spoken to me {and} against me with lying tongues. Ps 109:3 They have compassed me about also with words of hatred and have fought against me without a cause. Ps 109:4 In return for my love they are my adversaries, but I resort to prayer. Ps 109:5 And they have rewarded {and} laid upon me evil for good, and hatred for my love. Ps 109:6 Set a wicked man over him [as a judge], and let [a malicious] accuser stand at his right hand. Ps 109:7 When [the wicked] is judged, let him be condemned, and let his prayer [for leniency] be turned into a sin. Ps 109:8 Let his days be few; and let another take his office {and} charge. Ps 109:9 Let his children be fatherless and his wife a widow. Ps 109:10 Let his children be continual vagabonds [as was Cain] and beg; let them seek their bread {and} be driven far from their ruined homes. Ps 109:11 Let the creditor {and} extortioner seize all that he has; and let strangers (barbarians and foreigners) plunder the fruits of his labor. Ps 109:12 Let there be none to extend {or} continue mercy {and} kindness to him, neither let there be any to have pity on his fatherless children. Ps 109:13 Let his posterity be cut off, and in the generation following let their names be blotted out. Ps 109:14 Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered by the Lord; and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out. Ps 109:15 Let them be before the Lord continually, that He may cut off the memory of them from the earth!-- Ps 109:16 Because the man did not [earnestly] remember to show mercy, but pursued {and} persecuted the poor and needy man, and the broken in heart [he was ready] to slay. Ps 109:17 Yes, he loved cursing, and it came [back] upon him; he delighted not in blessing, and it was far from him. Ps 109:18 He clothed himself also with cursing as with his garment, and it seeped into his inward [life] like water, and like oil into his bones. Ps 109:19 Let it be to him as the raiment with which he covers himself and as the girdle with which he is girded continually. Ps 109:20 Let this be the reward of my adversaries from the Lord, and of those who speak evil against my life. Ps 109:21 But You deal with me {and} act for me, O God the Lord, for Your name's sake; because Your mercy {and} loving-kindness are good, O deliver me. Ps 109:22 For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded {and} stricken within me. Ps 109:23 I am gone like the shadow when it lengthens {and} declines; I toss up and down {and} am shaken off as the locust. Ps 109:24 My knees are weak {and} totter from fasting; and my body is gaunt {and} has no fatness. Ps 109:25 I have become also a reproach {and} a taunt to others; when they see me, they shake their heads. Ps 109:26 Help me, O Lord my God; O save me according to Your mercy {and} loving-kindness!-- Ps 109:27 That they may know that this is Your hand, that You, Lord, have done it. Ps 109:28 Let them curse, but do You bless. When adversaries arise, let them be put to shame, but let Your servant rejoice. Ps 109:29 Let my adversaries be clothed with shame {and} dishonor, and let them cover themselves with their own disgrace {and} confusion as with a robe. Ps 109:30 I will give great praise {and} thanks to the Lord with my mouth; yes, {and} I will praise Him among the multitude. Ps 109:31 For He will stand at the right hand of the poor {and} needy, to save him from those who condemn his life. Ps 110:1 THE LORD (God) says to my Lord (the Messiah), Sit at My right hand, until I make Your adversaries Your footstool. Ps 110:2 The Lord will send forth from Zion the scepter of Your strength; rule, then, in the midst of Your foes. Ps 110:3 Your people will offer themselves willingly in the day of Your power, in the beauty of holiness {and} in holy array out of the womb of the morning; to You [will spring forth] Your young men, who are as the dew. Ps 110:4 The Lord has sworn and will not revoke {or} change it: You are a priest forever, after the manner {and} order of Melchizedek. Ps 110:5 The Lord at Your right hand will shatter kings in the day of His indignation. Ps 110:6 He will execute judgment [in overwhelming punishment] upon the nations; He will fill the valleys with the dead bodies, He will crush the [chief] heads over lands many {and} far extended. Ps 110:7 He will drink of the brook by the way; therefore will He lift up His head [triumphantly]. Ps 111:1 PRAISE THE Lord! (Hallelujah!) I will praise {and} give thanks to the Lord with my whole heart in the council of the upright and in the congregation. Ps 111:2 The works of the Lord are great, sought out by all those who have delight in them. Ps 111:3 His work is honorable and glorious, and His righteousness endures forever. Ps 111:4 He has made His wonderful works to be remembered; the Lord is gracious, merciful, {and} full of loving compassion. Ps 111:5 He has given food {and} provision to those who reverently {and} worshipfully fear Him; He will remember His covenant forever {and} imprint it [on His mind]. Ps 111:6 He has declared {and} shown to His people the power of His works in giving them the heritage of the nations [of Canaan]. Ps 111:7 The works of His hands are [absolute] truth and justice [faithful and right]; and all His decrees {and} precepts are sure (fixed, established, and trustworthy). Ps 111:8 They stand fast {and} are established forever and ever and are done in [absolute] truth and uprightness. Ps 111:9 He has sent redemption to His people; He has commanded His covenant to be forever; holy is His name, inspiring awe, reverence, {and} godly fear. Ps 111:10 The reverent fear {and} worship of the Lord is the beginning of Wisdom {and} skill [the preceding and the first essential, the prerequisite and the alphabet]; a good understanding, wisdom, {and} meaning have all those who do [the will of the Lord]. Their praise of Him endures forever. [Job. 28:28; Prov. 1:7; Matt. 22:37, 38; Rev. 14:7.] Ps 112:1 PRAISE THE Lord! (Hallelujah!) Blessed (happy, fortunate, to be envied) is the man who fears (reveres and worships) the Lord, who delights greatly in His commandments. Ps 112:2 His [spiritual] offspring shall be mighty upon earth; the generation of the upright shall be blessed. Ps 112:3 Prosperity {and} welfare are in his house, and his righteousness endures forever. Ps 112:4 Light arises in the darkness for the upright, gracious, compassionate, {and} just [who are in right standing with God]. Ps 112:5 It is well with the man who deals generously and lends, who conducts his affairs with justice. Ps 112:6 He will not be moved forever; the [uncompromisingly] righteous (the upright, in right standing with God) shall be in everlasting remembrance. Ps 112:7 He shall not be afraid of evil tidings; his heart is firmly fixed, trusting (leaning on and being confident) in the Lord. Ps 112:8 His heart is established {and} steady, he will not be afraid while he waits to see his desire established upon his adversaries. Ps 112:9 He has distributed freely [he has given to the poor and needy]; his righteousness (uprightness and right standing with God) endures forever; his horn shall be exalted in honor. Ps 112:10 The wicked man will see it and be grieved {and} angered, he will gnash his teeth and disappear [in despair]; the desire of the wicked shall perish {and} come to nothing. Ps 113:1 PRAISE THE Lord! (Hallelujah!) Praise, O servants of the Lord, praise the name of the Lord! Ps 113:2 Blessed be the name of the Lord from this time forth and forever Ps 113:3 From the rising of the sun to the going down of it {and} from east to west, the name of the Lord is to be praised! Ps 113:4 The Lord is high above all nations, and His glory above the heavens! Ps 113:5 Who is like the Lord our God, Who has His seat on high, Ps 113:6 Who humbles Himself to regard the heavens and the earth! Ps 113:7 [The Lord] raises the poor out of the dust {and} lifts the needy from the ash heap {and} the dung hill, Ps 113:8 That He may seat them with princes, even with the princes of His people. Ps 113:9 He makes the barren woman to be a homemaker {and} a joyful mother of [spiritual] children. Praise the Lord! (Hallelujah!) Ps 114:1 WHEN ISRAEL came forth out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of strange language, Ps 114:2 Judah became [God's] sanctuary (the Holy Place of His habitation), and Israel His dominion. Ps 114:3 The [Red] Sea looked and fled; the Jordan [River] was turned back. Ps 114:4 The mountains skipped like rams, the little hills like lambs. Ps 114:5 What ails you, O [Red] Sea, that you flee? O Jordan, that you turn back? Ps 114:6 You mountains, that you skip like rams, and you little hills, like lambs? Ps 114:7 Tremble, O earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob, Ps 114:8 Who turned the rock into a pool of water, the flint into a fountain of waters. Ps 115:1 NOT TO us, O Lord, not to us but to Your name give glory, for Your mercy {and} loving-kindness and for the sake of Your truth {and} faithfulness! Ps 115:2 Why should the nations say, Where is now their God? Ps 115:3 But our God is in heaven; He does whatever He pleases. Ps 115:4 The idols of the nations are silver and gold, the work of men's hands. Ps 115:5 They have mouths, but they speak not; eyes have they, but they see not; Ps 115:6 They have ears, but they hear not; noses have they, but they smell not; Ps 115:7 They have hands, but they handle not; feet have they, but they walk not; neither can they make a sound with their throats. Ps 115:8 They who make idols are like them; so are all who trust in {and} lean on them. Ps 115:9 O Israel, trust {and} take refuge in the Lord! [Lean on, rely on, and be confident in Him!] He is their Help and their Shield. Ps 115:10 O house of Aaron [the priesthood], trust in {and} lean on the Lord! He is their Help and their Shield. Ps 115:11 You who [reverently] fear the Lord, trust in {and} lean on the Lord! He is their Help and their Shield. Ps 115:12 The Lord has been mindful of us, He will bless us: He will bless the house of Israel, He will bless the house of Aaron [the priesthood], Ps 115:13 He will bless those who reverently {and} worshipfully fear the Lord, both small and great. Ps 115:14 May the Lord give you increase more and more, you and your children. Ps 115:15 May you be blessed of the Lord, Who made heaven and earth! Ps 115:16 The heavens are the Lord's heavens, but the earth has He given to the children of men. Ps 115:17 The dead praise not the Lord, neither any who go down into silence. Ps 115:18 But we will bless (affectionately and gratefully praise) the Lord from this time forth and forever. Praise the Lord! (Hallelujah!) Ps 116:1 I LOVE the Lord, because He has heard [and now hears] my voice and my supplications. Ps 116:2 Because He has inclined His ear to me, therefore will I call upon Him as long as I live. Ps 116:3 The cords {and} sorrows of death were around me, and the terrors of Sheol (the place of the dead) had laid hold of me; I suffered anguish and grief (trouble and sorrow). Ps 116:4 Then called I upon the name of the Lord: O Lord, I beseech You, save my life {and} deliver me! Ps 116:5 Gracious is the Lord, and [rigidly] righteous; yes, our God is merciful. Ps 116:6 The Lord preserves the simple; I was brought low, and He helped {and} saved me. Ps 116:7 Return to your rest, O my soul, for the Lord has dealt bountifully with you. Ps 116:8 For You have delivered my life from death, my eyes from tears, and my feet from stumbling {and} falling. Ps 116:9 I will walk before the Lord in the land of the living. Ps 116:10 I believed (trusted in, relied on, and clung to my God), and therefore have I spoken [even when I said], I am greatly afflicted. Ps 116:11 I said in my haste, All men are deceitful {and} liars. Ps 116:12 What shall I render to the Lord for all His benefits toward me? [How can I repay Him for all His bountiful dealings?] Ps 116:13 I will lift up the cup of salvation {and} deliverance and call on the name of the Lord. Ps 116:14 I will pay my vows to the Lord, yes, in the presence of all His people. Ps 116:15 Precious (important and no light matter) in the sight of the Lord is the death of His saints (His loving ones). Ps 116:16 O Lord, truly I am Your servant; I am Your servant, the son of Your handmaid; You have loosed my bonds. Ps 116:17 I will offer to You the sacrifice of thanksgiving and will call on the name of the Lord. Ps 116:18 I will pay my vows to the Lord, yes, in the presence of all His people, Ps 116:19 In the courts of the Lord's house--in the midst of you, O Jerusalem. Praise the Lord! (Hallelujah!) Ps 117:1 O PRAISE the Lord, all you nations! Praise Him, all you people! Ps 117:2 For His mercy {and} loving-kindness are great toward us, and the truth {and} faithfulness of the Lord endure forever. Praise the Lord! (Hallelujah!) Ps 118:1 O GIVE thanks to the Lord, for He is good; for His mercy {and} loving-kindness endure forever! Ps 118:2 Let Israel now say that His mercy {and} loving-kindness endure forever. Ps 118:3 Let the house of Aaron [the priesthood] now say that His mercy {and} loving-kindness endure forever. Ps 118:4 Let those now who reverently {and} worshipfully fear the Lord say that His mercy {and} loving-kindness endure forever. Ps 118:5 Out of my distress I called upon the Lord; the Lord answered me and set me free {and} in a large place. Ps 118:6 The Lord is on my side; I will not fear. What can man do to me? Ps 118:7 The Lord is on my side {and} takes my part, He is among those who help me; therefore shall I see my desire established upon those who hate me. Ps 118:8 It is better to trust {and} take refuge in the Lord than to put confidence in man. Ps 118:9 It is better to trust {and} take refuge in the Lord than to put confidence in princes. Ps 118:10 All nations (the surrounding tribes) compassed me about, but in the name of the Lord I will cut them off! Ps 118:11 They compassed me about, yes, they surrounded me on every side; but in the name of the Lord I will cut them off! Ps 118:12 They swarmed about me like bees, they blaze up {and} are extinguished like a fire of thorns; in the name of the Lord I will cut them off! Ps 118:13 You [my adversary] thrust sorely at me that I might fall, but the Lord helped me. Ps 118:14 The Lord is my Strength and Song; and He has become my Salvation. Ps 118:15 The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the tents {and} private dwellings of the [uncompromisingly] righteous: the right hand of the Lord does valiantly {and} achieves strength! Ps 118:16 The right hand of the Lord is exalted; the right hand of the Lord does valiantly {and} achieves strength! Ps 118:17 I shall not die but live, and shall declare the works {and} recount the illustrious acts of the Lord. Ps 118:18 The Lord has chastened me sorely, but He has not given me over to death. Ps 118:19 Open to me the [temple] gates of righteousness; I will enter through them, and I will confess {and} praise the Lord. Ps 118:20 This is the gate of the Lord; the [uncompromisingly] righteous shall enter through it. Ps 118:21 I will confess, praise, {and} give thanks to You, for You have heard {and} answered me; and You have become my Salvation {and} Deliverer. Ps 118:22 The stone which the builders rejected has become the chief cornerstone. Ps 118:23 This is from the Lord {and} is His doing; it is marvelous in our eyes. Ps 118:24 This is the day which the Lord has brought about; we will rejoice and be glad in it. Ps 118:25 Save now, we beseech You, O Lord; send now prosperity, O Lord, we beseech You, {and} give to us success! Ps 118:26 Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord; we bless you from the house of the Lord [you who come into His sanctuary under His guardianship]. Ps 118:27 The Lord is God, Who has shown {and} given us light [He has illuminated us with grace, freedom, and joy]. Decorate the festival with leafy boughs {and} bind the sacrifices to be offered with thick cords [all over the priest's court, right up] to the horns of the altar. Ps 118:28 You are my God, and I will confess, praise, {and} give thanks to You; You are my God, I will extol You. Ps 118:29 O give thanks to the Lord, for He is good; for His mercy {and} loving-kindness endure forever. Ps 119:1 BLESSED (HAPPY, fortunate, to be envied) are the undefiled (the upright, truly sincere, and blameless) in the way [of the revealed will of God], who walk (order their conduct and conversation) in the law of the Lord (the whole of God's revealed will). Ps 119:2 Blessed (happy, fortunate, to be envied) are they who keep His testimonies, and who seek, inquire for {and} of Him {and} crave Him with the whole heart. Ps 119:3 Yes, they do no unrighteousness [no willful wandering from His precepts]; they walk in His ways. Ps 119:4 You have commanded us to keep Your precepts, that we should observe them diligently. Ps 119:5 Oh, that my ways were directed {and} established to observe Your statutes [hearing, receiving, loving, and obeying them]! Ps 119:6 Then shall I not be put to shame [by failing to inherit Your promises] when I have respect to all Your commandments. Ps 119:7 I will praise {and} give thanks to You with uprightness of heart when I learn [by sanctified experiences] Your righteous judgments [Your decisions against and punishments for particular lines of thought and conduct]. Ps 119:8 I will keep Your statutes; O forsake me not utterly. Ps 119:9 How shall a young man cleanse his way? By taking heed {and} keeping watch [on himself] according to Your word [conforming his life to it]. Ps 119:10 With my whole heart have I sought You, inquiring for {and} of You {and} yearning for You; Oh, let me not wander {or} step aside [either in ignorance or willfully] from Your commandments. Ps 119:11 Your word have I laid up in my heart, that I might not sin against You. Ps 119:12 Blessed are You, O Lord; teach me Your statutes. Ps 119:13 With my lips have I declared {and} recounted all the ordinances of Your mouth. Ps 119:14 I have rejoiced in the way of Your testimonies as much as in all riches. Ps 119:15 I will meditate on Your precepts and have respect to Your ways [the paths of life marked out by Your law]. Ps 119:16 I will delight myself in Your statutes; I will not forget Your word. Ps 119:17 Deal bountifully with Your servant, that I may live; and I will observe Your word [hearing, receiving, loving, and obeying it]. Ps 119:18 Open my eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of Your law. Ps 119:19 I am a stranger {and} a temporary resident on the earth; hide not Your commandments from me. Ps 119:20 My heart is breaking with the longing that it has for Your ordinances {and} judgments at all times. Ps 119:21 You rebuke the proud {and} arrogant, the accursed ones, who err {and} wander from Your commandments. Ps 119:22 Take away from me reproach and contempt, for I keep Your testimonies. Ps 119:23 Princes also sat {and} talked against me, but Your servant meditated on Your statutes. Ps 119:24 Your testimonies also are my delight and my counselors. Ps 119:25 My earthly life cleaves to the dust; revive {and} stimulate me according to Your word! Ps 119:26 I have declared my ways {and} opened my griefs to You, and You listened to me; teach me Your statutes. Ps 119:27 Make me understand the way of Your precepts; so shall I meditate on {and} talk of Your wondrous works. Ps 119:28 My life dissolves {and} weeps itself away for heaviness; raise me up {and} strengthen me according to [the promises of] Your word. Ps 119:29 Remove from me the way of falsehood {and} unfaithfulness [to You], and graciously impart Your law to me. Ps 119:30 I have chosen the way of truth {and} faithfulness; Your ordinances have I set before me. Ps 119:31 I cleave to Your testimonies; O Lord, put me not to shame! Ps 119:32 I will [not merely walk, but] run the way of Your commandments, when You give me a heart that is willing. Ps 119:33 Teach me, O Lord, the way of Your statutes, and I will keep it to the end [steadfastly]. Ps 119:34 Give me understanding, that I may keep Your law; yes, I will observe it with my whole heart. Ps 119:35 Make me go in the path of Your commandments, for in them do I delight. Ps 119:36 Incline my heart to Your testimonies and not to covetousness (robbery, sensuality, unworthy riches). Ps 119:37 Turn away my eyes from beholding vanity (idols and idolatry); and restore me to vigorous life {and} health in Your ways. Ps 119:38 Establish Your word {and} confirm Your promise to Your servant, which is for those who reverently fear {and} devotedly worship You. Ps 119:39 Turn away my reproach which I fear {and} dread, for Your ordinances are good. Ps 119:40 Behold, I long for Your precepts; in Your righteousness give me renewed life. Ps 119:41 Let Your mercy {and} loving-kindness come also to me, O Lord, even Your salvation according to Your promise; Ps 119:42 Then shall I have an answer for those who taunt {and} reproach me, for I lean on, rely on, {and} trust in Your word. Ps 119:43 And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth, for I hope in Your ordinances. Ps 119:44 I will keep Your law continually, forever and ever [hearing, receiving, loving, and obeying it]. Ps 119:45 And I will walk at liberty {and} at ease, for I have sought and inquired for [and desperately required] Your precepts. Ps 119:46 I will speak of Your testimonies also before kings and will not be put to shame. Ps 119:47 For I will delight myself in Your commandments, which I love. Ps 119:48 My hands also will I lift up [in fervent supplication] to Your commandments, which I love, and I will meditate on Your statutes. Ps 119:49 Remember [fervently] the word {and} promise to Your servant, in which You have caused me to hope. Ps 119:50 This is my comfort {and} consolation in my affliction: that Your word has revived me {and} given me life. Ps 119:51 The proud have had me greatly in derision, yet have I not declined in my interest in {or} turned aside from Your law. Ps 119:52 When I have [earnestly] recalled Your ordinances from of old, O Lord, I have taken comfort. Ps 119:53 Burning indignation, terror, {and} sadness seize upon me because of the wicked, who forsake Your law. Ps 119:54 Your statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage. Ps 119:55 I have [earnestly] remembered Your name, O Lord, in the night, and I have observed Your law. Ps 119:56 This I have had [as the gift of Your grace and as my reward]: that I have kept Your precepts [hearing, receiving, loving, and obeying them]. Ps 119:57 You are my portion, O Lord; I have promised to keep Your words. Ps 119:58 I entreated Your favor with my whole heart; be merciful {and} gracious to me according to Your promise. Ps 119:59 I considered my ways; I turned my feet to [obey] Your testimonies. Ps 119:60 I made haste and delayed not to keep Your commandments. Ps 119:61 Though the cords of the wicked have enclosed {and} ensnared me, I have not forgotten Your law. Ps 119:62 At midnight I will rise to give thanks to You because of Your righteous ordinances. Ps 119:63 I am a companion of all those who fear, revere, {and} worship You, and of those who observe {and} give heed to Your precepts. Ps 119:64 The earth, O Lord, is full of Your mercy {and} loving-kindness; teach me Your statutes. Ps 119:65 You have dealt well with Your servant, O Lord, according to Your promise. Ps 119:66 Teach me good judgment, wise {and} right discernment, and knowledge, for I have believed (trusted, relied on, and clung to) Your commandments. Ps 119:67 Before I was afflicted I went astray, but now Your word do I keep [hearing, receiving, loving, and obeying it]. Ps 119:68 You are good {and} kind and do good; teach me Your statutes. Ps 119:69 The arrogant {and} godless have put together a lie against me, but I will keep Your precepts with my whole heart. Ps 119:70 Their hearts are as fat as grease [their minds are dull and brutal], but I delight in Your law. Ps 119:71 It is good for me that I have been afflicted, that I might learn Your statutes. Ps 119:72 The law from Your mouth is better to me than thousands of gold and silver pieces. Ps 119:73 Your hands have made me, cunningly fashioned {and} established me; give me understanding, that I may learn Your commandments. Ps 119:74 Those who reverently {and} worshipfully fear You will see me and be glad, because I have hoped in Your word {and} tarried for it. Ps 119:75 I know, O Lord, that Your judgments are right {and} righteous, and that in faithfulness You have afflicted me. Ps 119:76 Let, I pray You, Your merciful kindness {and} steadfast love be for my comfort, according to Your promise to Your servant. Ps 119:77 Let Your tender mercy {and} loving-kindness come to me that I may live, for Your law is my delight! Ps 119:78 Let the proud be put to shame, for they dealt perversely with me without a cause; but I will meditate on Your precepts. Ps 119:79 Let those who reverently {and} worshipfully fear You turn to me, and those who have known Your testimonies. Ps 119:80 Let my heart be sound (sincere and wholehearted and blameless) in Your statutes, that I may not be put to shame. Ps 119:81 My soul languishes {and} grows faint for Your salvation, but I hope in Your word. Ps 119:82 My eyes fail, watching for [the fulfillment of] Your promise. I say, When will You comfort me? Ps 119:83 For I have become like a bottle [a wineskin blackened and shriveled] in the smoke [in which it hangs], yet do I not forget Your statutes. Ps 119:84 How many are the days of Your servant [which he must endure]? When will You judge those who pursue and persecute me? Ps 119:85 The godless {and} arrogant have dug pitfalls for me, men who do not conform to Your law. Ps 119:86 All Your commandments are faithful {and} sure. [The godless] pursue {and} persecute me with falsehood; help me [Lord]! Ps 119:87 They had almost consumed me upon earth, but I forsook not Your precepts. Ps 119:88 According to Your steadfast love give life to me; then I will keep the testimony of Your mouth [hearing, receiving, loving, and obeying it]. Ps 119:89 Forever, O Lord, Your word is settled in heaven [stands firm as the heavens]. Ps 119:90 Your faithfulness is from generation to generation; You have established the earth, and it stands fast. Ps 119:91 All [the whole universe] are Your servants; therefore they continue this day according to Your ordinances. Ps 119:92 Unless Your law had been my delight, I would have perished in my affliction. Ps 119:93 I will never forget Your precepts, [how can I?] for it is by them You have quickened me (granted me life). Ps 119:94 I am Yours, therefore save me [Your own]; for I have sought (inquired of and for) Your precepts {and} required them [as my urgent need]. Ps 119:95 The wicked wait for me to destroy me, but I will consider Your testimonies. Ps 119:96 I have seen that everything [human] has its limits {and} end [no matter how extensive, noble, and excellent]; but Your commandment is exceedingly broad {and} extends without limits [into eternity]. Ps 119:97 Oh, how love I Your law! It is my meditation all the day. Ps 119:98 You, through Your commandments, make me wiser than my enemies, for [Your words] are ever before me. Ps 119:99 I have better understanding {and} deeper insight than all my teachers, because Your testimonies are my meditation. Ps 119:100 I understand more than the aged, because I keep Your precepts [hearing, receiving, loving, and obeying them]. Ps 119:101 I have restrained my feet from every evil way, that I might keep Your word [hearing, receiving, loving, and obeying it]. Ps 119:102 I have not turned aside from Your ordinances, for You Yourself have taught me. Ps 119:103 How sweet are Your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth! Ps 119:104 Through Your precepts I get understanding; therefore I hate every false way. Ps 119:105 Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path. Ps 119:106 I have sworn [an oath] and have confirmed it, that I will keep Your righteous ordinances [hearing, receiving, loving, and obeying them]. Ps 119:107 I am sorely afflicted; renew {and} quicken me [give me life], O Lord, according to Your word! Ps 119:108 Accept, I beseech You, the freewill offerings of my mouth, O Lord, and teach me Your ordinances. Ps 119:109 My life is continually in my hand, yet I do not forget Your law. Ps 119:110 The wicked have laid a snare for me, yet I do not stray from Your precepts. Ps 119:111 Your testimonies have I taken as a heritage forever, for they are the rejoicing of my heart. Ps 119:112 I have inclined my heart to perform Your statutes forever, even to the end. Ps 119:113 I hate the thoughts of undecided [in religion], double-minded people, but Your law do I love. Ps 119:114 You are my hiding place and my shield; I hope in Your word. Ps 119:115 Depart from me, you evildoers, that I may keep the commandments of my God [hearing, receiving, loving, and obeying them]. Ps 119:116 Uphold me according to Your promise, that I may live; and let me not be put to shame in my hope! Ps 119:117 Hold me up, that I may be safe and have regard for Your statutes continually! Ps 119:118 You spurn {and} set at nought all those who stray from Your statutes, for their own lying deceives them {and} their tricks are in vain. Ps 119:119 You put away {and} count as dross all the wicked of the earth [for there is no true metal in them]; therefore I love Your testimonies. Ps 119:120 My flesh trembles {and} shudders for fear {and} reverential, worshipful awe of You, and I am afraid {and} in dread of Your judgments. Ps 119:121 I have done justice and righteousness; leave me not to those who would oppress me. Ps 119:122 Be surety for Your servant for good [as Judah was surety for the safety of Benjamin]; let not the proud oppress me. Ps 119:123 My eyes fail, watching for Your salvation and for the fulfillment of Your righteous promise. Ps 119:124 Deal with Your servant according to Your mercy {and} loving-kindness, and teach me Your statutes. Ps 119:125 I am Your servant; give me understanding (discernment and comprehension), that I may know (discern and be familiar with the character of) Your testimonies. Ps 119:126 It is time for the Lord to act; they have frustrated Your law. Ps 119:127 Therefore I love Your commandments more than [resplendent] gold, yes, more than [perfectly] refined gold. Ps 119:128 Therefore I esteem as right all, yes, all Your precepts; I hate every false way. Ps 119:129 Your testimonies are wonderful [far exceeding anything conceived by man]; therefore my [penitent] self keeps them [hearing, receiving, loving, and obeying them]. Ps 119:130 The entrance {and} unfolding of Your words give light; their unfolding gives understanding (discernment and comprehension) to the simple. Ps 119:131 I opened my mouth and panted [with eager desire], for I longed for Your commandments. Ps 119:132 Look upon me, be merciful unto me, {and} show me favor, as is Your way to those who love Your name. Ps 119:133 Establish my steps {and} direct them by [means of] Your word; let not any iniquity have dominion over me. Ps 119:134 Deliver me from the oppression of man; so will I keep Your precepts [hearing, receiving, loving, and obeying them]. Ps 119:135 Make Your face shine [with pleasure] upon Your servant, and teach me Your statutes. Ps 119:136 Streams of water run down my eyes, because men do not keep Your law [they hear it not, nor receive it, love it, or obey it]. Ps 119:137 [Rigidly] righteous are You, O Lord, and upright are Your judgments {and} all expressions of Your will. Ps 119:138 You have commanded {and} appointed Your testimonies in righteousness and in great faithfulness. Ps 119:139 My zeal has consumed me {and} cut me off, because my adversaries have forgotten Your words. Ps 119:140 Your word is very pure (tried and well refined); therefore Your servant loves it. Ps 119:141 I am small (insignificant) and despised, but I do not forget Your precepts. Ps 119:142 Your righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and Your law is truth. Ps 119:143 Trouble and anguish have found {and} taken hold on me, yet Your commandments are my delight. Ps 119:144 Your righteous testimonies are everlasting {and} Your decrees are binding to eternity; give me understanding and I shall live [give me discernment and comprehension and I shall not die]. Ps 119:145 I cried with my whole heart; hear me, O Lord; I will keep Your statutes [I will hear, receive, love, and obey them]. Ps 119:146 I cried to You; save me, that I may keep Your testimonies [hearing, receiving, loving, and obeying them]. Ps 119:147 I anticipated the dawning of the morning and cried [in childlike prayer]; I hoped in Your word. Ps 119:148 My eyes anticipate the night watches {and} I am awake before the cry of the watchman, that I may meditate on Your word. Ps 119:149 Hear my voice according to Your steadfast love; O Lord, quicken me {and} give me life according to Your [righteous] decrees. Ps 119:150 They draw near who follow after wrong thinking {and} persecute me with wickedness; they are far from Your law. Ps 119:151 You are near, O Lord [nearer to me than my foes], and all Your commandments are truth. Ps 119:152 Of old have I known Your testimonies, {and} for a long time, [therefore it is a thoroughly established conviction] that You have founded them forever. Ps 119:153 Consider my affliction and deliver me, for I do not forget Your law. Ps 119:154 Plead my cause and redeem me; revive me {and} give me life according to Your word. Ps 119:155 Salvation is far from the wicked, for they seek not {nor} hunger for Your statutes. Ps 119:156 Great are Your tender mercy {and} loving-kindness, O Lord; give me life according to Your ordinances. Ps 119:157 Many are my persecutors and my adversaries, yet I do not swerve from Your testimonies. Ps 119:158 I behold the treacherous and am grieved {and} loathe them, because they do not respect Your law [neither hearing, receiving, loving, nor obeying it]. Ps 119:159 Consider how I love Your precepts; revive me {and} give life to me, O Lord, according to Your loving-kindness! Ps 119:160 The sum of Your word is truth [the total of the full meaning of all Your individual precepts]; and every one of Your righteous decrees endures forever. Ps 119:161 Princes pursue {and} persecute me without cause, but my heart stands in awe of Your words [dreading violation of them far more than the force of prince or potentate]. Ps 119:162 I rejoice at Your word as one who finds great spoil. Ps 119:163 I hate and abhor falsehood, but Your law do I love. Ps 119:164 Seven times a day {and} all day long do I praise You because of Your righteous decrees. Ps 119:165 Great peace have they who love Your law; nothing shall offend them {or} make them stumble. Ps 119:166 I am hoping {and} waiting [eagerly] for Your salvation, O Lord, and I do Your commandments. Ps 119:167 Your testimonies have I kept [hearing, receiving, loving, and obeying them]; I love them exceedingly! Ps 119:168 I have observed Your precepts {and} Your testimonies, for all my ways are [fully known] before You. Ps 119:169 Let my mournful cry {and} supplication come [near] before You, O Lord; give me understanding (discernment and comprehension) according to Your word [of assurance and promise]. Ps 119:170 Let my supplication come before You; deliver me according to Your word! Ps 119:171 My lips shall pour forth praise [with thanksgiving and renewed trust] when You teach me Your statutes. Ps 119:172 My tongue shall sing [praise for the fulfillment] of Your word, for all Your commandments are righteous. Ps 119:173 Let Your hand be ready to help me, for I have chosen Your precepts. Ps 119:174 I have longed for Your salvation, O Lord, and Your law is my delight. Ps 119:175 Let me live that I may praise You, and let Your decrees help me. Ps 119:176 I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek, inquire for, {and} demand Your servant, for I do not forget Your commandments. Ps 120:1 IN MY distress I cried to the Lord, and He answered me. Ps 120:2 Deliver me, O Lord, from lying lips and from deceitful tongues. Ps 120:3 What shall be given to you? Or what more shall be done to you, you deceitful tongue?-- Ps 120:4 Sharp arrows of a [mighty] warrior, with [glowing] coals of the broom tree! Ps 120:5 Woe is me that I sojourn with Meshech, that I dwell beside the tents of Kedar [as if among notoriously barbarous people]! Ps 120:6 My life has too long had its dwelling with him who hates peace. Ps 120:7 I am for peace; but when I speak, they are for war. Ps 121:1 I WILL lift up my eyes to the hills [around Jerusalem, to sacred Mount Zion and Mount Moriah]--From whence shall my help come? Ps 121:2 My help comes from the Lord, Who made heaven and earth. Ps 121:3 He will not allow your foot to slip {or} to be moved; He Who keeps you will not slumber. Ps 121:4 Behold, He who keeps Israel will neither slumber nor sleep. Ps 121:5 The Lord is your keeper; the Lord is your shade on your right hand [the side not carrying a shield]. Ps 121:6 The sun shall not smite you by day, nor the moon by night. Ps 121:7 The Lord will keep you from all evil; He will keep your life. Ps 121:8 The Lord will keep your going out and your coming in from this time forth and forevermore. Ps 122:1 I WAS glad when they said to me, Let us go to the house of the Lord! Ps 122:2 Our feet are standing within your gates, O Jerusalem!-- Ps 122:3 Jerusalem, which is built as a city that is compacted together-- Ps 122:4 To which the tribes go up, even the tribes of the Lord, as was decreed {and} as a testimony for Israel, to give thanks to the name of the Lord. Ps 122:5 For there the thrones of judgment were set, the thrones of the house of David. Ps 122:6 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem! May they prosper who love you [the Holy City]! Ps 122:7 May peace be within your walls and prosperity within your palaces! Ps 122:8 For my brethren and companions' sake, I will now say, Peace be within you! Ps 122:9 For the sake of the house of the Lord our God, I will seek, inquire for, {and} require your good. Ps 123:1 UNTO YOU do I lift up my eyes, O You Who are enthroned in heaven. Ps 123:2 Behold, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master, and as the eyes of a maid to the hand of her mistress, so our eyes look to the Lord our God, until He has mercy {and} loving-kindness for us. Ps 123:3 Have mercy on us, O Lord, have mercy on {and} loving-kindness for us, for we are exceedingly satiated with contempt. Ps 123:4 Our life is exceedingly filled with the scorning {and} scoffing of those who are at ease and with the contempt of the proud (irresponsible tyrants who disregard God's law). Ps 124:1 IF IT had not been the Lord Who was on our side--now may Israel say-- Ps 124:2 If it had not been the Lord Who was on our side when men rose up against us, Ps 124:3 Then they would have quickly swallowed us up alive when their wrath was kindled against us; Ps 124:4 Then the waters would have overwhelmed us {and} swept us away, the torrent would have gone over us; Ps 124:5 Then the proud waters would have gone over us. Ps 124:6 Blessed be the Lord, Who has not given us as prey to their teeth! Ps 124:7 We are like a bird escaped from the snare of the fowlers; the snare is broken, and we have escaped! Ps 124:8 Our help is in the name of the Lord, Who made heaven and earth. Ps 125:1 THOSE WHO trust in, lean on, {and} confidently hope in the Lord are like Mount Zion, which cannot be moved but abides {and} stands fast forever. Ps 125:2 As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the Lord is round about His people from this time forth and forever. Ps 125:3 For the scepter of wickedness shall not rest upon the land of the [uncompromisingly] righteous, lest the righteous (God's people) stretch forth their hands to iniquity {and} apostasy. Ps 125:4 Do good, O Lord, to those who are good, and to those who are right [with You and all people] in their hearts. Ps 125:5 As for such as turn aside to their crooked ways [of indifference to God], the Lord will lead them forth with the workers of iniquity. Peace be upon Israel! Ps 126:1 WHEN THE Lord brought back the captives [who returned] to Zion, we were like those who dream [it seemed so unreal]. Ps 126:2 Then were our mouths filled with laughter, and our tongues with singing. Then they said among the nations, The Lord has done great things for them. Ps 126:3 The Lord has done great things for us! We are glad! Ps 126:4 Turn to freedom our captivity {and} restore our fortunes, O Lord, as the streams in the South (the Negeb) [are restored by the torrents]. Ps 126:5 They who sow in tears shall reap in joy {and} singing. Ps 126:6 He who goes forth bearing seed and weeping [at needing his precious supply of grain for sowing] shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him. Ps 127:1 EXCEPT THE Lord builds the house, they labor in vain who build it; except the Lord keeps the city, the watchman wakes but in vain. Ps 127:2 It is vain for you to rise up early, to take rest late, to eat the bread of [anxious] toil--for He gives [blessings] to His beloved in sleep. Ps 127:3 Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord, the fruit of the womb a reward. Ps 127:4 As arrows are in the hand of a warrior, so are the children of one's youth. Ps 127:5 Happy, blessed, {and} fortunate is the man whose quiver is filled with them! They will not be put to shame when they speak with their adversaries [in gatherings] at the [city's] gate. Ps 128:1 BLESSED (HAPPY, fortunate, to be envied) is everyone who fears, reveres, {and} worships the Lord, who walks in His ways {and} lives according to His commandments. Ps 128:2 For you shall eat [the fruit] of the labor of your hands; happy (blessed, fortunate, enviable) shall you be, and it shall be well with you. Ps 128:3 Your wife shall be like a fruitful vine in the innermost parts of your house; your children shall be like olive plants round about your table. Ps 128:4 Behold, thus shall the man be blessed who reverently {and} worshipfully fears the Lord. Ps 128:5 May the Lord bless you out of Zion [His sanctuary], and may you see the prosperity of Jerusalem all the days of your life; Ps 128:6 Yes, may you see your children's children. Peace be upon Israel! Ps 129:1 MANY A time {and} much have they afflicted me from my youth up--let Israel now say-- Ps 129:2 Many a time {and} much have they afflicted me from my youth up, yet they have not prevailed against me. Ps 129:3 The plowers plowed upon my back; they made long their furrows. Ps 129:4 The Lord is [uncompromisingly] righteous; He has cut asunder the thick cords by which the wicked [enslaved us]. Ps 129:5 Let them all be put to shame and turned backward who hate Zion. Ps 129:6 Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withers before it grows up, Ps 129:7 With which the mower fills not his hand, nor the binder of sheaves his bosom-- Ps 129:8 While those who go by do not say, The blessing of the Lord be upon you! We bless you in the name of the Lord! Ps 130:1 OUT OF the depths have I cried to You, O Lord. Ps 130:2 Lord, hear my voice; let Your ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications. Ps 130:3 If You, Lord, should keep account of {and} treat [us according to our] sins, O Lord, who could stand? Ps 130:4 But there is forgiveness with You [just what man needs], that You may be reverently feared {and} worshiped. Ps 130:5 I wait for the Lord, I expectantly wait, and in His word do I hope. Ps 130:6 I am looking {and} waiting for the Lord more than watchmen for the morning, I say, more than watchmen for the morning. Ps 130:7 O Israel, hope in the Lord! For with the Lord there is mercy {and} loving-kindness, and with Him is plenteous redemption. Ps 130:8 And He will redeem Israel from all their iniquities. Ps 131:1 LORD, MY heart is not haughty, nor my eyes lofty; neither do I exercise myself in matters too great or in things too wonderful for me. Ps 131:2 Surely I have calmed and quieted my soul; like a weaned child with his mother, like a weaned child is my soul within me [ceased from fretting]. Ps 131:3 O Israel, hope in the Lord from this time forth and forever. Ps 132:1 LORD, [earnestly] remember to David's credit all his humiliations {and} hardships {and} endurance-- Ps 132:2 How he swore to the Lord and vowed to the Mighty One of Jacob: Ps 132:3 Surely I will not enter my dwelling house or get into my bed-- Ps 132:4 I will not permit my eyes to sleep {or} my eyelids to slumber, Ps 132:5 Until I have found a place for the Lord, a habitation for the Mighty One of Jacob. Ps 132:6 Behold, at Ephratah we [first] heard of [the discovered ark]; we found it in the fields of the wood [at Kiriath-jearim]. Ps 132:7 Let us go into His tabernacle; let us worship at His footstool. Ps 132:8 Arise, O Lord, to Your resting-place, You and the ark [the symbol] of Your strength. Ps 132:9 Let Your priests be clothed with righteousness (right living and right standing with God); and let Your saints shout for joy! Ps 132:10 For Your servant David's sake, turn not away the face of Your anointed {and} reject not Your own king. Ps 132:11 The Lord swore to David in truth; He will not turn back from it: One of the fruit of your body I will set upon your throne. Ps 132:12 If your children will keep My covenant and My testimony that I shall teach them, their children also shall sit upon your throne forever. Ps 132:13 For the Lord has chosen Zion, He has desired it for His habitation: Ps 132:14 This is My resting-place forever [says the Lord]; here will I dwell, for I have desired it. Ps 132:15 I will surely {and} abundantly bless her provision; I will satisfy her poor with bread. Ps 132:16 Her priests also will I clothe with salvation, and her saints shall shout aloud for joy. Ps 132:17 There will I make a horn spring forth {and} bud for David; I have ordained {and} prepared a lamp for My anointed [fulfilling the promises of old]. Ps 132:18 His enemies will I clothe with shame, but upon himself shall his crown flourish. Ps 133:1 BEHOLD, HOW good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity! Ps 133:2 It is like the precious ointment poured on the head, that ran down on the beard, even the beard of Aaron [the first high priest], that came down upon the collar {and} skirts of his garments [consecrating the whole body]. Ps 133:3 It is like the dew of [lofty] Mount Hermon and the dew that comes on the hills of Zion; for there the Lord has commanded the blessing, even life forevermore [upon the high and the lowly]. Ps 134:1 BEHOLD, BLESS (affectionately and gratefully praise) the Lord, all you servants of the Lord, [singers] who by night stand in the house of the Lord. Ps 134:2 Lift up your hands in holiness {and} to the sanctuary and bless the Lord [affectionately and gratefully praise Him]! Ps 134:3 The Lord bless you out of Zion, even He Who made heaven and earth. Ps 135:1 PRAISE THE Lord! (Hallelujah!) Praise the name of the Lord; praise Him, O you servants of the Lord! Ps 135:2 You who stand in the house of the Lord, in the courts of the house of our God, Ps 135:3 Praise the Lord! For the Lord is good; sing praises to His name, for He is gracious {and} lovely! Ps 135:4 For the Lord has chosen [the descendants of] Jacob for Himself, Israel for His peculiar possession {and} treasure. Ps 135:5 For I know that the Lord is great and that our Lord is above all gods. Ps 135:6 Whatever the Lord pleases, that has He done in the heavens and on earth, in the seas and all deeps-- Ps 135:7 Who causes the vapors to arise from the ends of the earth, Who makes lightnings for the rain, Who brings the wind out of His storehouses; Ps 135:8 Who smote the firstborn of Egypt, both of man and beast; Ps 135:9 Who sent signs and wonders into the midst of you, O Egypt, upon Pharaoh and all his servants; Ps 135:10 Who smote nations many {and} great and slew mighty kings-- Ps 135:11 Sihon king of the Amorites, Og king of Bashan, and all the kingdoms of Canaan. Ps 135:12 [The Lord] gave their land as a heritage, a heritage to Israel His people. Ps 135:13 Your name, O Lord, endures forever, Your fame, O Lord, throughout all ages. Ps 135:14 For the Lord will judge {and} vindicate His people, and He will delay His judgments [manifesting His righteousness and mercy] {and} take into favor His servants [those who meet His terms of separation unto Him]. Ps 135:15 The idols of the nations are silver and gold, the work of men's hands. Ps 135:16 [Idols] have mouths, but they speak not; eyes have they, but they see not; Ps 135:17 They have ears, but they hear not, nor is there any breath in their mouths. Ps 135:18 Those who make [idols] are like them; so is everyone who trusts in {and} relies on them. Ps 135:19 Bless (affectionately and gratefully praise) the Lord, O house of Israel; bless the Lord, O house of Aaron [God's ministers]. Ps 135:20 Bless the Lord, O house of Levi [the dedicated tribe]; you who reverently {and} worshipfully fear the Lord, bless the Lord [affectionately and gratefully praise Him]! Ps 135:21 Blessed out of Zion be the Lord, Who dwells [with us] at Jerusalem! Praise the Lord! (Hallelujah!) Ps 136:1 O GIVE thanks to the Lord, for He is good; for His mercy {and} loving-kindness endure forever. Ps 136:2 O give thanks to the God of gods, for His mercy {and} loving-kindness endure forever. Ps 136:3 O give thanks to the Lord of lords, for His mercy {and} loving-kindness endure forever-- Ps 136:4 To Him Who alone does great wonders, for His mercy {and} loving-kindness endure forever; Ps 136:5 To Him Who by wisdom {and} understanding made the heavens, for His mercy {and} loving-kindness endure forever; Ps 136:6 To Him Who stretched out the earth upon the waters, for His mercy {and} loving-kindness endure forever; Ps 136:7 To Him Who made the great lights, for His mercy {and} loving-kindness endure forever-- Ps 136:8 The sun to rule over the day, for His mercy {and} loving-kindness endure forever; Ps 136:9 The moon and stars to rule by night, for His mercy {and} loving-kindness endure forever; Ps 136:10 To Him Who smote Egypt in their firstborn, for His mercy {and} loving-kindness endure forever; Ps 136:11 And brought out Israel from among them, for His mercy {and} loving-kindness endure forever; Ps 136:12 With a strong hand and with an outstretched arm, for His mercy {and} loving-kindness endure forever; Ps 136:13 To Him Who divided the Red Sea into parts, for His mercy {and} loving-kindness endure forever; Ps 136:14 And made Israel to pass through the midst of it, for His mercy {and} loving-kindness endure forever; Ps 136:15 But shook off {and} overthrew Pharaoh and his host into the Red Sea, for His mercy {and} loving-kindness endure forever; Ps 136:16 To Him Who led His people through the wilderness, for His mercy {and} loving-kindness endure forever; Ps 136:17 To Him Who smote great kings, for His mercy {and} loving-kindness endure forever; Ps 136:18 And slew famous kings, for His mercy {and} loving-kindness endure forever-- Ps 136:19 Sihon king of the Amorites, for His mercy {and} loving-kindness endure forever; Ps 136:20 And Og king of Bashan, for His mercy {and} loving-kindness endure forever; Ps 136:21 And gave their land as a heritage, for His mercy {and} loving-kindness endure forever; Ps 136:22 Even a heritage to Israel His servant, for His mercy {and} loving-kindness endure forever; Ps 136:23 To Him Who [earnestly] remembered us in our low estate {and} imprinted us [on His heart], for His mercy {and} loving-kindness endure forever; Ps 136:24 And rescued us from our enemies, for His mercy {and} loving-kindness endure forever; Ps 136:25 To Him Who gives food to all flesh, for His mercy {and} loving-kindness endure forever; Ps 136:26 O give thanks to the God of heaven, for His mercy {and} loving-kindness endure forever! Ps 137:1 BY THE rivers of Babylon, there we [captives] sat down, yes, we wept when we [earnestly] remembered Zion [the city of our God imprinted on our hearts]. Ps 137:2 On the willow trees in the midst of [Babylon] we hung our harps. Ps 137:3 For there they who led us captive required of us a song with words, and our tormentors {and} they who wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion. Ps 137:4 How shall we sing the Lord's song in a strange land? Ps 137:5 If I forget you, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget its skill [with the harp]. Ps 137:6 Let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth if I remember you not, if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy! Ps 137:7 Remember, O Lord, against the Edomites, that they said in the day of Jerusalem's fall, Down, down to the ground with her! Ps 137:8 O Daughter of Babylon [you devastator, you!], who [ought to be and] shall be destroyed, happy {and} blessed shall he be who requites you as you have served us. Ps 137:9 Happy {and} blessed shall he be who takes and dashes your little ones against the rock! Ps 138:1 I WILL confess {and} praise You [O God] with my whole heart; before the gods will I sing praises to You. Ps 138:2 I will worship toward Your holy temple and praise Your name for Your loving-kindness and for Your truth {and} faithfulness; for You have exalted above all else Your name and Your word {and} You have magnified Your word above all Your name! Ps 138:3 In the day when I called, You answered me; and You strengthened me with strength (might and inflexibility to temptation) in my inner self. Ps 138:4 All the kings of the land shall give You credit {and} praise You, O Lord, for they have heard of the promises of Your mouth [which were fulfilled]. Ps 138:5 Yes, they shall sing of the ways of the Lord {and} joyfully celebrate His mighty acts, for great is the glory of the Lord. Ps 138:6 For though the Lord is high, yet has He respect to the lowly [bringing them into fellowship with Him]; but the proud {and} haughty He knows {and} recognizes [only] at a distance. Ps 138:7 Though I walk in the midst of trouble, You will revive me; You will stretch forth Your hand against the wrath of my enemies, and Your right hand will save me. Ps 138:8 The Lord will perfect that which concerns me; Your mercy {and} loving-kindness, O Lord, endure forever--forsake not the works of Your own hands. Ps 139:1 O LORD, you have searched me [thoroughly] and have known me. Ps 139:2 You know my downsitting and my uprising; You understand my thought afar off. Ps 139:3 You sift {and} search out my path and my lying down, and You are acquainted with all my ways. Ps 139:4 For there is not a word in my tongue [still unuttered], but, behold, O Lord, You know it altogether. Ps 139:5 You have beset me {and} shut me in--behind and before, and You have laid Your hand upon me. Ps 139:6 Your [infinite] knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high above me, I cannot reach it. Ps 139:7 Where could I go from Your Spirit? Or where could I flee from Your presence? Ps 139:8 If I ascend up into heaven, You are there; if I make my bed in Sheol (the place of the dead), behold, You are there. Ps 139:9 If I take the wings of the morning or dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea, Ps 139:10 Even there shall Your hand lead me, and Your right hand shall hold me. Ps 139:11 If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me and the night shall be [the only] light about me, Ps 139:12 Even the darkness hides nothing from You, but the night shines as the day; the darkness and the light are both alike to You. Ps 139:13 For You did form my inward parts; You did knit me together in my mother's womb. Ps 139:14 I will confess {and} praise You {for You are fearful and wonderful and} for the awful wonder of my birth! Wonderful are Your works, and that my inner self knows right well. Ps 139:15 My frame was not hidden from You when I was being formed in secret [and] intricately {and} curiously wrought [as if embroidered with various colors] in the depths of the earth [a region of darkness and mystery]. Ps 139:16 Your eyes saw my unformed substance, and in Your book all the days [of my life] were written before ever they took shape, when as yet there was none of them. Ps 139:17 How precious {and} weighty also are Your thoughts to me, O God! How vast is the sum of them! Ps 139:18 If I could count them, they would be more in number than the sand. When I awoke, [could I count to the end] I would still be with You. Ps 139:19 If You would [only] slay the wicked, O God, and the men of blood depart from me-- Ps 139:20 Who speak against You wickedly, Your enemies who take Your name in vain! Ps 139:21 Do I not hate them, O Lord, who hate You? And am I not grieved {and} do I not loathe those who rise up against You? Ps 139:22 I hate them with perfect hatred; they have become my enemies. Ps 139:23 Search me [thoroughly], O God, and know my heart! Try me and know my thoughts! Ps 139:24 And see if there is any wicked {or} hurtful way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting. Ps 140:1 DELIVER ME, O Lord, from evil men; preserve me from violent men; Ps 140:2 They devise mischiefs in their heart; continually they gather together {and} stir up wars. Ps 140:3 They sharpen their tongues like a serpent's; adders' poison is under their lips. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]! Ps 140:4 Keep me, O Lord, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from the violent men who have purposed to thrust aside my steps. Ps 140:5 The proud have hidden a snare for me; they have spread cords as a net by the wayside, they have set traps for me. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]! Ps 140:6 I said to the Lord, You are my God; give ear to the voice of my supplications, O Lord. Ps 140:7 O God the Lord, the Strength of my salvation, You have covered my head in the day of battle. Ps 140:8 Grant not, O Lord, the desires of the wicked; further not their wicked plot {and} device, lest they exalt themselves. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]! Ps 140:9 Those who are fencing me in raise their heads; may the mischief of their own lips {and} the very things they desire for me come upon them. Ps 140:10 Let burning coals fall upon them; let them be cast into the fire, into floods of water {or} deep water pits, from which they shall not rise. Ps 140:11 Let not a man of slanderous tongue be established in the earth; let evil hunt the violent man to overthrow him [let calamity follow his evildoings]. Ps 140:12 I know {and} rest in confidence upon it that the Lord will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and will secure justice for the poor {and} needy [of His believing children]. Ps 140:13 Surely the [uncompromisingly] righteous shall give thanks to Your name; the upright shall dwell in Your presence (before Your very face). Ps 141:1 LORD, I call upon You; hasten to me. Give ear to my voice when I cry to You. Ps 141:2 Let my prayer be set forth as incense before You, the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice. Ps 141:3 Set a guard, O Lord, before my mouth; keep watch at the door of my lips. Ps 141:4 Incline my heart not to submit {or} consent to any evil thing or to be occupied in deeds of wickedness with men who work iniquity; and let me not eat of their dainties. Ps 141:5 Let the righteous man smite and correct me--it is a kindness. Oil so choice let not my head refuse {or} discourage; for even in their evils {or} calamities shall my prayer continue. Ps 141:6 When their rulers are overthrown in stony places, [their followers] shall hear my words, that they are sweet (pleasant, mild, and just). Ps 141:7 The unburied bones [of slaughtered rulers] shall lie scattered at the mouth of Sheol, [as unregarded] as the lumps of soil behind the plowman when he breaks open the ground. Ps 141:8 But my eyes are toward You, O God the Lord; in You do I trust {and} take refuge; pour not out my life {nor} leave it destitute {and} bare. Ps 141:9 Keep me from the trap which they have laid for me, and the snares of evildoers. Ps 141:10 Let the wicked fall together into their own nets, while I pass over them {and} escape. Ps 142:1 I CRY to the Lord with my voice; with my voice to the Lord do I make supplication. Ps 142:2 I pour out my complaint before Him; I tell before Him my trouble. Ps 142:3 When my spirit was overwhelmed {and} fainted [throwing all its weight] upon me, then You knew my path. In the way where I walk they have hidden a snare for me. Ps 142:4 Look on the right hand [the point of attack] and see; for there is no man who knows me [to appear for me]. Refuge has failed me {and} I have no way to flee; no man cares for my life {or} my welfare. Ps 142:5 I cried to You, O Lord; I said, You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living. Ps 142:6 Attend to my loud cry, for I am brought very low; deliver me from my persecutors, for they are stronger than I. Ps 142:7 Bring my life out of prison, that I may confess, praise, {and} give thanks to Your name; the righteous will surround me {and} crown themselves because of me, for You will deal bountifully with me. Ps 143:1 HEAR MY prayer, O Lord, give ear to my supplications! In Your faithfulness answer me, and in Your righteousness. Ps 143:2 And enter not into judgment with Your servant, for in Your sight no man living is [in himself] righteous {or} justified. Ps 143:3 For the enemy has pursued {and} persecuted my soul, he has crushed my life down to the ground; he has made me to dwell in dark places as those who have been long dead. Ps 143:4 Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed {and} faints within me [wrapped in gloom]; my heart within my bosom grows numb. Ps 143:5 I remember the days of old; I meditate on all Your doings; I ponder the work of Your hands. Ps 143:6 I spread forth my hands to You; my soul thirsts after You like a thirsty land [for water]. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]! Ps 143:7 Answer me speedily, O Lord, for my spirit fails; hide not Your face from me, lest I become like those who go down into the pit (the grave). Ps 143:8 Cause me to hear Your loving-kindness in the morning, for on You do I lean {and} in You do I trust. Cause me to know the way wherein I should walk, for I lift up my inner self to You. Ps 143:9 Deliver me, O Lord, from my enemies; I flee to You to hide me. Ps 143:10 Teach me to do Your will, for You are my God; let Your good Spirit lead me into a level country {and} into the land of uprightness. Ps 143:11 Save my life, O Lord, for Your name's sake; in Your righteousness, bring my life out of trouble {and} free me from distress. Ps 143:12 And in your mercy {and} loving-kindness, cut off my enemies and destroy all those who afflict my inner self, for I am Your servant. Ps 144:1 BLESSED BE the Lord, my Rock {and} my keen {and} firm Strength, Who teaches my hands to war and my fingers to fight-- Ps 144:2 My Steadfast Love and my Fortress, my High Tower and my Deliverer, my Shield and He in Whom I trust {and} take refuge, Who subdues my people under me. Ps 144:3 Lord, what is man that You take notice of him? Or [the] son of man that You take account of him? Ps 144:4 Man is like vanity {and} a breath; his days are as a shadow that passes away. Ps 144:5 Bow Your heavens, O Lord, and come down; touch the mountains, and they shall smoke. Ps 144:6 Cast forth lightning and scatter [my enemies]; send out Your arrows and embarrass {and} frustrate them. Ps 144:7 Stretch forth Your hand from above; rescue me and deliver me out of great waters, from the hands of hostile aliens (tribes around us) Ps 144:8 Whose mouths speak deceit and whose right hands are right hands [raised in taking] fraudulent oaths. Ps 144:9 I will sing a new song to You, O God; upon a harp, an instrument of ten strings, will I offer praises to You. Ps 144:10 You are He Who gives salvation to kings, Who rescues David His servant from the hurtful sword [of evil]. Ps 144:11 Rescue me and deliver me out of the power of [hostile] alien [tribes] whose mouths speak deceit and whose right hands are right hands [raised in taking] fraudulent oaths. Ps 144:12 When our sons shall be as plants grown large in their youth {and} our daughters as sculptured corner pillars hewn like those of a palace; Ps 144:13 When our garners are full, affording all manner of store, and our sheep bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our pastures; Ps 144:14 When our oxen are well loaded; when there is no invasion [of hostile armies] and no going forth [against besiegers--when there is no murder or manslaughter] and no outcry in our streets; Ps 144:15 Happy {and} blessed are the people who are in such a case; yes, happy (blessed, fortunate, prosperous, to be envied) are the people whose God is the Lord! Ps 145:1 I WILL extol You, my God, O King; and I will bless Your name forever and ever [with grateful, affectionate praise]. Ps 145:2 Every day [with its new reasons] will I bless You [affectionately and gratefully praise You]; yes, I will praise Your name forever and ever. Ps 145:3 Great is the Lord and highly to be praised; and His greatness is [so vast and deep as to be] unsearchable. Ps 145:4 One generation shall laud Your works to another and shall declare Your mighty acts. Ps 145:5 On the glorious splendor of Your majesty and on Your wondrous works I will meditate. Ps 145:6 Men shall speak of the might of Your tremendous {and} terrible acts, and I will declare Your greatness. Ps 145:7 They shall pour forth [like a fountain] the fame of Your great {and} abundant goodness and shall sing aloud of Your rightness {and} justice. Ps 145:8 The Lord is gracious and full of compassion, slow to anger and abounding in mercy {and} loving-kindness. Ps 145:9 The Lord is good to all, and His tender mercies are over all His works [the entirety of things created]. Ps 145:10 All Your works shall praise You, O Lord, and Your loving ones shall bless You [affectionately and gratefully shall Your saints confess and praise You]! Ps 145:11 They shall speak of the glory of Your kingdom and talk of Your power, Ps 145:12 To make known to the sons of men God's mighty deeds and the glorious majesty of His kingdom. Ps 145:13 Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and Your dominion endures throughout all generations. Ps 145:14 The Lord upholds all those [of His own] who are falling and raises up all those who are bowed down. Ps 145:15 The eyes of all wait for You [looking, watching, and expecting] and You give them their food in due season. Ps 145:16 You open Your hand and satisfy every living thing with favor. Ps 145:17 The Lord is [rigidly] righteous in all His ways and gracious {and} merciful in all His works. Ps 145:18 The Lord is near to all who call upon Him, to all who call upon Him sincerely {and} in truth. Ps 145:19 He will fulfill the desires of those who reverently {and} worshipfully fear Him; He also will hear their cry and will save them. Ps 145:20 The Lord preserves all those who love Him, but all the wicked will He destroy. Ps 145:21 My mouth shall speak the praise of the Lord; and let all flesh bless (affectionately and gratefully praise) His holy name forever and ever. Ps 146:1 PRAISE THE Lord! (Hallelujah!) Praise the Lord, O my soul! Ps 146:2 While I live will I praise the Lord; I will sing praises to my God while I have any being. Ps 146:3 Put not your trust in princes, in a son of man, in whom there is no help. Ps 146:4 When his breath leaves him, he returns to his earth; in that very day his [previous] thoughts, plans, {and} purposes perish. Ps 146:5 Happy (blessed, fortunate, enviable) is he who has the God of [special revelation to] Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the Lord his God, Ps 146:6 Who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, Who keeps truth {and} is faithful forever, Ps 146:7 Who executes justice for the oppressed, Who gives food to the hungry. The Lord sets free the prisoners, Ps 146:8 The Lord opens the eyes of the blind, the Lord lifts up those who are bowed down, the Lord loves the [uncompromisingly] righteous (those upright in heart and in right standing with Him). Ps 146:9 The Lord protects {and} preserves the strangers {and} temporary residents, He upholds the fatherless and the widow {and} sets them upright, but the way of the wicked He makes crooked (turns upside down and brings to ruin). Ps 146:10 The Lord shall reign forever, even Your God, O Zion, from generation to generation. Praise the Lord! (Hallelujah!) Ps 147:1 PRAISE THE Lord! For it is good to sing praises to our God, for He is gracious {and} lovely; praise is becoming {and} appropriate. Ps 147:2 The Lord is building up Jerusalem; He is gathering together the exiles of Israel. Ps 147:3 He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds [curing their pains and their sorrows]. Ps 147:4 He determines {and} counts the number of the stars; He calls them all by their names. Ps 147:5 Great is our Lord and of great power; His understanding is inexhaustible {and} boundless. Ps 147:6 The Lord lifts up the humble {and} downtrodden; He casts the wicked down to the ground. Ps 147:7 Sing to the Lord with thanksgiving; sing praises with the harp {or} the lyre to our God!-- Ps 147:8 Who covers the heavens with clouds, Who prepares rain for the earth, Who makes grass to grow on the mountains. Ps 147:9 He gives to the beast his food, and to the young ravens that for which they cry. Ps 147:10 He delights not in the strength of the horse, nor does He take pleasure in the legs of a man. Ps 147:11 The Lord takes pleasure in those who reverently {and} worshipfully fear Him, in those who hope in His mercy {and} loving-kindness. Ps 147:12 Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem! Praise your God, O Zion! Ps 147:13 For He has strengthened and made hard the bars of your gates, and He has blessed your children within you. Ps 147:14 He makes peace in your borders; He fills you with the finest of the wheat. Ps 147:15 He sends forth His commandment to the earth; His word runs very swiftly. Ps 147:16 He gives [to the earth] snow like [a blanket of] wool; He scatters the hoarfrost like ashes. Ps 147:17 He casts forth His ice like crumbs; who can stand before His cold? Ps 147:18 He sends out His word, and melts [ice and snow]; He causes His wind to blow, and the waters flow. Ps 147:19 He declares His word to Jacob, His statutes and His ordinances to Israel. Ps 147:20 He has not dealt so with any [other] nation; they have not known (understood, appreciated, given heed to, and cherished) His ordinances. Praise the Lord! (Hallelujah!) Ps 148:1 PRAISE THE Lord! Praise the Lord from the heavens, praise Him in the heights! Ps 148:2 Praise Him, all His angels, praise Him, all His hosts! Ps 148:3 Praise Him, sun and moon, praise Him, all you stars of light! Ps 148:4 Praise Him, you highest heavens and you waters above the heavens! Ps 148:5 Let them praise the name of the Lord, for He commanded and they were created. Ps 148:6 He also established them forever and ever; He made a decree which shall not pass away [He fixed their bounds which cannot be passed over]. Ps 148:7 Praise the Lord from the earth, you sea monsters and all deeps! Ps 148:8 You lightning, hail, fog, {and} frost, you stormy wind fulfilling His orders! Ps 148:9 Mountains and all hills, fruitful trees and all cedars! Ps 148:10 Beasts and all cattle, creeping things and flying birds! Ps 148:11 Kings of the earth and all peoples, princes and all rulers {and} judges of the earth! Ps 148:12 Both young men and maidens, old men and children! Ps 148:13 Let them praise {and} exalt the name of the Lord, for His name alone is exalted {and} supreme! His glory {and} majesty are above earth and heaven! Ps 148:14 He has lifted up a horn for His people [giving them power, prosperity, dignity, and preeminence], a song of praise for all His godly ones, for the people of Israel, who are near to Him. Praise the Lord! (Hallelujah!) Ps 149:1 PRAISE THE Lord! Sing to the Lord a new song, praise Him in the assembly of His saints! Ps 149:2 Let Israel rejoice in Him, their Maker; let Zion's children triumph {and} be joyful in their King! Ps 149:3 Let them praise His name in chorus {and} choir {and} with the [single or group] dance; let them sing praises to Him with the tambourine and lyre! Ps 149:4 For the Lord takes pleasure in His people; He will beautify the humble with salvation {and} adorn the wretched with victory. Ps 149:5 Let the saints be joyful in the glory {and} beauty [which God confers upon them]; let them sing for joy upon their beds. Ps 149:6 Let the high praises of God be in their throats and a two-edged sword in their hands, Ps 149:7 To wreak vengeance upon the nations and chastisement upon the peoples, Ps 149:8 To bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron, Ps 149:9 To execute upon them the judgment written. He [the Lord] is the honor of all His saints. Praise the Lord! (Hallelujah!) Ps 150:1 PRAISE THE Lord! Praise God in His sanctuary; praise Him in the heavens of His power! Ps 150:2 Praise Him for His mighty acts; praise Him according to the abundance of His greatness! Ps 150:3 Praise Him with trumpet sound; praise Him with lute and harp! Ps 150:4 Praise Him with tambourine and [single or group] dance; praise Him with stringed and wind instruments {or} flutes! Ps 150:5 Praise Him with resounding cymbals; praise Him with loud clashing cymbals! Ps 150:6 Let everything that has breath {and} every breath of life praise the Lord! Praise the Lord! (Hallelujah!) |