105:018 They bruised his feet with shackles. His neck was locked in irons,
105:019 until the time that his word happened, and Yahweh's word
proved him true.
105:020 The king sent and freed him; even the ruler of peoples,
and let him go free.
105:021 He made him lord of his house, and ruler of all of his possessions;
105:022 to discipline his princes at his pleasure, and to teach
his elders wisdom.
105:023 Israel also came into Egypt. Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.
105:024 He increased his people greatly, and made them stronger
than their adversaries.
105:025 He turned their heart to hate his people, to conspire
against his servants.
105:026 He sent Moses, his servant, and Aaron, whom he had chosen.
105:027 They performed miracles among them, and wonders in the land of Ham.
105:028 He sent darkness, and made it dark. They didn't rebel
against his words.
105:029 He turned their waters into blood, and killed their fish.
105:030 Their land swarmed with frogs, even in the chambers of their kings.
105:031 He spoke, and swarms of flies came, and lice in all their borders.
105:032 He gave them hail for rain, with lightning in their land.
105:033 He struck their vines and also their fig trees, and shattered
the trees of their country.
105:034 He spoke, and the locusts came, and the grasshoppers, without number,
105:035 ate up every plant in their land; and ate up the fruit
of their ground.
105:036 He struck also all the firstborn in their land, the first fruits
of all their manhood.
105:037 He brought them forth with silver and gold. There was not
one feeble person among his tribes.
105:038 Egypt was glad when they departed, for the fear of them had
fallen on them.
105:039 He spread a cloud for a covering, fire to give light in the night.
105:040 They asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with
the bread of the sky.
105:041 He opened the rock, and waters gushed out. They ran as a river
in the dry places.
105:042 For he remembered his holy word, and Abraham, his servant.
105:043 He brought forth his people with joy, his chosen with singing.
105:044 He gave them the lands of the nations. They took the labor
of the peoples in possession,
105:045 that they might keep his statutes, and observe his laws.
Praise Yah!
106:001 Praise Yahweh! Give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good,
for his loving kindness endures forever.
106:002 Who can utter the mighty acts of Yahweh, or fully declare
all his praise?
106:003 Blessed are those who keep justice. Blessed is one who does
what is right at all times.
106:004 Remember me, Yahweh, with the favor that you show to your people.
Visit me with your salvation,
106:005 that I may see the prosperity of your chosen, that I may
rejoice in the gladness of your nation, that I may glory
with your inheritance.
106:006 We have sinned with our fathers. We have committed iniquity.
We have done wickedly.
106:007 Our fathers didn't understand your wonders in Egypt. They didn't
remember the multitude of your loving kindnesses, but were
rebellious at the sea, even at the Red Sea{or, Sea of Reeds}.
106:008 Nevertheless he saved them for his name's sake, that he might
make his mighty power known.
106:009 He rebuked the Red Sea{or, Sea of Reeds} also, and it was dried up;
so he led them through the depths, as through a desert.
106:010 He saved them from the hand of him who hated them, and redeemed
them from the hand of the enemy.
106:011 The waters covered their adversaries. There was not one
of them left.
106:012 Then they believed his words. They sang his praise.
106:013 They soon forgot his works. They didn't wait for his counsel,
106:014 but gave in to craving in the desert, and tested God
in the wasteland.
106:015 He gave them their request, but sent leanness into their soul.
106:016 They envied Moses also in the camp, and Aaron, Yahweh's saint.
106:017 The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered
the company of Abiram.
106:018 A fire was kindled in their company. The flame burned
up the wicked.
106:019 They made a calf in Horeb, and worshiped a molten image.
106:020 Thus they exchanged their glory for an image of a bull
that eats grass.
106:021 They forgot God, their Savior, who had done great things in Egypt,
106:022 Wondrous works in the land of Ham, and awesome things by
the Red Sea{or, Sea of Reeds}.
106:023 Therefore he said that he would destroy them, had Moses,
his chosen, not stood before him in the breach, to turn away
his wrath, so that he wouldn't destroy them.
106:024 Yes, they despised the pleasant land. They didn't believe his word,
106:025 but murmured in their tents, and didn't listen to Yahweh's voice.
106:026 Therefore he swore to them that he would overthrow them
in the wilderness,
106:027 that he would overthrow their seed among the nations,
and scatter them in the lands.
106:028 They joined themselves also to Baal Peor, and ate the sacrifices
of the dead.
106:029 Thus they provoked him to anger with their deeds.
The plague broke in on them.
106:030 Then Phinehas stood up, and executed judgment, so the
plague was stopped.
106:031 That was credited to him for righteousness, for all
generations to come.
106:032 They angered him also at the waters of Meribah, so that Moses
was troubled for their sakes;
106:033 because they were rebellious against his spirit, he spoke
rashly with his lips.
106:034 They didn't destroy the peoples, as Yahweh commanded them,
106:035 but mixed themselves with the nations, and learned their works.
106:036 They served their idols, which became a snare to them.
106:037 Yes, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons.
106:038 They shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of
their daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan.
The land was polluted with blood.
106:039 Thus were they defiled with their works, and prostituted
themselves in their deeds.
106:040 Therefore Yahweh burned with anger against his people.
He abhorred his inheritance.
106:041 He gave them into the hand of the nations. Those who hated
them ruled over them.
106:042 Their enemies also oppressed them. They were brought into
subjection under their hand.
106:043 Many times he delivered them, but they were rebellious
in their counsel, and were brought low in their iniquity.
106:044 Nevertheless he regarded their distress, when he heard their cry.
106:045 He remembered for them his covenant, and repented according
to the multitude of his loving kindnesses.
106:046 He made them also to be pitied by all those who carried them captive.
106:047 Save us, Yahweh, our God, gather us from among the nations,
to give thanks to your holy name, to triumph in your praise!
106:048 Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel, from everlasting even
to everlasting! Let all the people say, "Amen." Praise Yah!
107:001 Give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good, for his loving
kindness endures forever.
107:002 Let the redeemed by Yahweh say so, whom he has redeemed from
the hand of the adversary,
107:003 And gathered out of the lands, from the east and from the west,
from the north and from the south.
107:004 They wandered in the wilderness in a desert way.
They found no city to live in.
107:005 Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them.
107:006 Then they cried to Yahweh in their trouble, and he delivered
them out of their distresses,
107:007 he led them also by a straight way, that they might go to a city
to live in.
107:008 Let them praise Yahweh for his loving kindness, for his wonderful
works to the children of men!
107:009 For he satisfies the longing soul. He fills the hungry
soul with good.
107:010 Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound
in affliction and iron,
107:011 because they rebelled against the words of God, and condemned
the counsel of the Most High.
107:012 Therefore he brought down their heart with labor.
They fell down, and there was none to help.
107:013 Then they cried to Yahweh in their trouble, and he saved them
out of their distresses.
107:014 He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death,
and broke their bonds in sunder.
107:015 Let them praise Yahweh for his loving kindness, for his wonderful
works to the children of men!
107:016 For he has broken the gates of brass, and cut through bars of iron.
107:017 Fools are afflicted because of their disobedience, and because
of their iniquities.
107:018 Their soul abhors all kinds of food. They draw near to
the gates of death.
107:019 Then they cry to Yahweh in their trouble, he saves them out
of their distresses.
107:020 He sends his word, and heals them, and delivers them
from their graves.
107:021 Let them praise Yahweh for his loving kindness, for his wonderful
works to the children of men!
107:022 Let them offer the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare
his works with singing.
107:023 Those who go down to the sea in ships, who do business
in great waters;
107:024 These see Yahweh's works, and his wonders in the deep.
107:025 For he commands, and raises the stormy wind, which lifts
up its waves.
107:026 They mount up to the sky; they go down again to the depths.
Their soul melts away because of trouble.
107:027 They reel back and forth, and stagger like a drunken man,
and are at their wits' end.
107:028 Then they cry to Yahweh in their trouble, and he brings them
out of their distress.
107:029 He makes the storm a calm, so that its waves are still.
107:030 Then they are glad because it is calm, so he brings them
to their desired haven.
107:031 Let them praise Yahweh for his loving kindness, for his wonderful
works for the children of men!
107:032 Let them exalt him also in the assembly of the people,
and praise him in the seat of the elders.
107:033 He turns rivers into a desert, water springs into a thirsty ground,
107:034 and a fruitful land into a salt waste, for the wickedness
of those who dwell in it.
107:035 He turns a desert into a pool of water, and a dry land
into water springs.
107:036 There he makes the hungry live, that they may prepare a city
to live in,
107:037 sow fields, plant vineyards, and reap the fruits of increase.
107:038 He blesses them also, so that they are multiplied greatly.
He doesn't allow their livestock to decrease.
107:039 Again, they are diminished and bowed down through oppression,
trouble, and sorrow.
107:040 He pours contempt on princes, and causes them to wander
in a trackless waste.
107:041 Yet he lifts the needy out of their affliction, and increases
their families like a flock.
107:042 The upright will see it, and be glad. All the wicked will
shut their mouths.
107:043 Whoever is wise will pay attention to these things.
They will consider the loving kindnesses of Yahweh.
108:001 <<A Song. A Psalm by David.>> My heart is steadfast, God.
I will sing and I will make music with my soul.
108:002 Wake up, harp and lyre! I will wake up the dawn.
108:003 I will give thanks to you, Yahweh, among the nations.
I will sing praises to you among the peoples.
108:004 For your loving kindness is great above the heavens.
Your faithfulness reaches to the skies.
108:005 Be exalted, God, above the heavens! Let your glory be over
all the earth.
108:006 That your beloved may be delivered, save with your right hand,
and answer us.
108:007 God has spoken from his sanctuary: "In triumph, I will
divide Shechem, and measure out the valley of Succoth.
108:008 Gilead is mine. Manasseh is mine. Ephraim also is my helmet.
Judah is my scepter.
108:009 Moab is my wash pot. I will toss my sandal on Edom.
I will shout over Philistia."
108:010 Who will bring me into the fortified city? Who has led
me to Edom?
108:011 Haven't you rejected us, God? You don't go forth, God,
with our armies.
108:012 Give us help against the enemy, for the help of man is vain.
108:013 Through God, we will do valiantly. For it is he who will tread
down our enemies.
109:001 <<For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David.>> God of my praise,
don't remain silent,
109:002 for they have opened the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of
deceit against me. They have spoken to me with a lying tongue.
109:003 They have also surrounded me with words of hatred, and fought
against me without a cause.
109:004 In return for my love, they are my adversaries; but I
am in prayer.
109:005 They have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.
109:006 Set a wicked man over him. Let an adversary stand at
his right hand.
109:007 When he is judged, let him come forth guilty. Let his prayer
be turned into sin.
109:008 Let his days be few. Let another take his office.
109:009 Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.
109:010 Let his children be wandering beggars. Let them be sought
from their ruins.
109:011 Let the creditor seize all that he has. Let strangers plunder
the fruit of his labor.
109:012 Let there be none to extend kindness to him, neither let there
be any to have pity on his fatherless children.
109:013 Let his posterity be cut off. In the generation following
let their name be blotted out.
109:014 Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered by Yahweh.
Don't let the sin of his mother be blotted out.
109:015 Let them be before Yahweh continually, that he may cut off
the memory of them from the earth;
109:016 because he didn't remember to show kindness, but persecuted
the poor and needy man, the broken in heart, to kill them.
109:017 Yes, he loved cursing, and it came to him. He didn't delight
in blessing, and it was far from him.
109:018 He clothed himself also with cursing as with his garment.
It came into his inward parts like water, like oil into his bones.
109:019 Let it be to him as the clothing with which he covers himself,
for the belt that is always around him.
109:020 This is the reward of my adversaries from Yahweh, of those
who speak evil against my soul.
109:021 But deal with me, Yahweh the Lord, for your name's sake,
because your loving kindness is good, deliver me;
109:022 for I am poor and needy. My heart is wounded within me.
109:023 I fade away like an evening shadow. I am shaken off like a locust.
109:024 My knees are weak through fasting. My body is thin and lacks fat.
109:025 I have also become a reproach to them. When they see me,
they shake their head.
109:026 Help me, Yahweh, my God. Save me according to your loving kindness;
109:027 that they may know that this is your hand; that you, Yahweh,
have done it.
109:028 They may curse, but you bless. When they arise, they will
be shamed, but your servant shall rejoice.
109:029 Let my adversaries be clothed with dishonor. Let them cover
themselves with their own shame as with a robe.
109:030 I will give great thanks to Yahweh with my mouth. Yes, I will
praise him among the multitude.
109:031 For he will stand at the right hand of the needy, to save him
from those who judge his soul.
110:001 <<A Psalm by David.>> Yahweh says to my Lord, "Sit at my right hand,
until I make your enemies your footstool for your feet."
110:002 Yahweh will send forth the rod of your strength out of Zion.
Rule in the midst of your enemies.
110:003 Your people offer themselves willingly in the day of your power,
in holy array. Out of the womb of the morning, you have
the dew of your youth.
110:004 Yahweh has sworn, and will not change his mind:
"You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek."
110:005 The Lord is at your right hand. He will crush kings in the day
of his wrath.
110:006 He will judge among the nations. He will heap up dead bodies.
He will crush the ruler of the whole earth.
110:007 He will drink of the brook in the way; therefore he will lift
up his head.
111:001 Praise Yah!{Psalm 111 is an acrostic poem, with each verse
after the initial "Praise Yah!" starting with a letter of
the alphabet (ordered from Alef to Tav).} I will give thanks
to Yahweh with my whole heart, in the council of the upright,
and in the congregation.
111:002 Yahweh's works are great, pondered by all those who delight in them.
111:003 His work is honor and majesty. His righteousness endures forever.
111:004 He has caused his wonderful works to be remembered.
Yahweh is gracious and merciful.
111:005 He has given food to those who fear him. He always
remembers his covenant.
111:006 He has shown his people the power of his works, in giving them
the heritage of the nations.
111:007 The works of his hands are truth and justice.
All his precepts are sure.
111:008 They are established forever and ever. They are done in
truth and uprightness.
111:009 He has sent redemption to his people. He has ordained his
covenant forever. His name is holy and awesome!
111:010 The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of wisdom.
All those who do his work have a good understanding.
His praise endures forever!
112:001 Praise Yah!{Psalm 112 is an acrostic poem, with each verse after
the initial "Praise Yah!" starting with a letter of the alphabet
(ordered from Alef to Tav).} Blessed is the man who fears Yahweh,
who delights greatly in his commandments.
112:002 His seed will be mighty in the land. The generation of the upright
will be blessed.
112:003 Wealth and riches are in his house. His righteousness
endures forever.
112:004 Light dawns in the darkness for the upright, gracious,
merciful, and righteous.
112:005 It is well with the man who deals graciously and lends.
He will maintain his cause in judgment.
112:006 For he will never be shaken. The righteous will
be remembered forever.
112:007 He will not be afraid of evil news. His heart is steadfast,
trusting in Yahweh.
112:008 His heart is established. He will not be afraid in the end
when he sees his adversaries.
112:009 He has dispersed, he has given to the poor. His righteousness
endures forever. His horn will be exalted with honor.
112:010 The wicked will see it, and be grieved. He shall gnash with
his teeth, and melt away. The desire of the wicked will perish.
113:001 Praise Yah! Praise, you servants of Yahweh, praise the
name of Yahweh.
113:002 Blessed be the name of Yahweh, from this time forth and forevermore.
113:003 From the rising of the sun to the going down of the same,
Yahweh's name is to be praised.
113:004 Yahweh is high above all nations, his glory above the heavens.
113:005 Who is like Yahweh, our God, who has his seat on high,
113:006 Who stoops down to see in heaven and in the earth?
113:007 He raises up the poor out of the dust. Lifts up the needy
from the ash heap;
113:008 that he may set him with princes, even with the princes
of his people.
113:009 He settles the barren woman in her home, as a joyful mother
of children. Praise Yah!
114:001 When Israel went forth out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from
a people of foreign language;
114:002 Judah became his sanctuary, Israel his dominion.
114:003 The sea saw it, and fled. The Jordan was driven back.
114:004 The mountains skipped like rams, the little hills like lambs.
114:005 What was it, you sea, that you fled? You Jordan,
that you turned back?
114:006 You mountains, that you skipped like rams; you little hills,
like lambs?
114:007 Tremble, you earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence
of the God of Jacob,
114:008 who turned the rock into a pool of water, the flint into
a spring of waters.
115:001 Not to us, Yahweh, not to us, but to your name give glory,
for your loving kindness, and for your truth's sake.
115:002 Why should the nations say, "Where is their God, now?"
115:003 But our God is in the heavens. He does whatever he pleases.
115:004 Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men's hands.
115:005 They have mouths, but they don't speak. They have eyes,
but they don't see.
115:006 They have ears, but they don't hear. They have noses,
but they don't smell.
115:007 They have hands, but they don't feel. They have feet, but they
don't walk, neither do they speak through their throat.
115:008 Those who make them will be like them; yes, everyone who
trusts in them.
115:009 Israel, trust in Yahweh! He is their help and their shield.
115:010 House of Aaron, trust in Yahweh! He is their help and their shield.
115:011 You who fear Yahweh, trust in Yahweh! He is their help
and their shield.
115:012 Yahweh remembers us. He will bless us. He will bless the house
of Israel. He will bless the house of Aaron.
115:013 He will bless those who fear Yahweh, both small and great.
115:014 May Yahweh increase you more and more, you and your children.
115:015 Blessed are you by Yahweh, who made heaven and earth.
115:016 The heavens are the heavens of Yahweh; but the earth has
he given to the children of men.
115:017 The dead don't praise Yah, neither any who go down into silence;
115:018 But we will bless Yah, from this time forth and forevermore.
Praise Yah!
116:001 I love Yahweh, because he listens to my voice, and my
cries for mercy.
116:002 Because he has turned his ear to me, therefore I will call
on him as long as I live.
116:003 The cords of death surrounded me, the pains of Sheol got a hold
of me. I found trouble and sorrow.
116:004 Then called I on the name of Yahweh: "Yahweh, I beg you,
deliver my soul."
116:005 Gracious is Yahweh, and righteous; yes, our God is merciful.
116:006 Yahweh preserves the simple. I was brought low, and he saved me.
116:007 Return to your rest, my soul, for Yahweh has dealt
bountifully with you.
116:008 For you have delivered my soul from death, my eyes from tears,
and my feet from falling.
116:009 I will walk before Yahweh in the land of the living.
116:010 I believed, therefore I said, "I was greatly afflicted."
116:011 I said in my haste, "All men are liars."
116:012 What will I give to Yahweh for all his benefits toward me?
116:013 I will take the cup of salvation, and call on the name of Yahweh.
116:014 I will pay my vows to Yahweh, yes, in the presence of
all his people.
116:015 Precious in the sight of Yahweh is the death of his saints.
116:016 Yahweh, truly I am your servant. I am your servant, the son
of your handmaid. You have freed me from my chains.
116:017 I will offer to you the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will
call on the name of Yahweh.
116:018 I will pay my vows to Yahweh, yes, in the presence of
all his people,
116:019 in the courts of Yahweh's house, in the midst of you, Jerusalem.
Praise Yah!
117:001 Praise Yahweh, all you nations! Extol him, all you peoples!
117:002 For his loving kindness is great toward us. Yahweh's faithfulness
endures forever. Praise Yah!
118:001 Give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good, for his loving
kindness endures forever.
118:002 Let Israel now say that his loving kindness endures forever.
118:003 Let the house of Aaron now say that his loving kindness
endures forever.
118:004 Now let those who fear Yahweh say that his loving
kindness endures forever.
118:005 Out of my distress, I called on Yah. Yah answered me with freedom.
118:006 Yahweh is on my side. I will not be afraid. What can man
do to me?
118:007 Yahweh is on my side among those who help me. Therefore I
will look in triumph at those who hate me.
118:008 It is better to take refuge in Yahweh, than to put confidence in man.
118:009 It is better to take refuge in Yahweh, than to put
confidence in princes.
118:010 All the nations surrounded me, but in the name of Yahweh, I
cut them off.
118:011 They surrounded me, yes, they surrounded me. In the name
of Yahweh I indeed cut them off.
118:012 They surrounded me like bees. They are quenched like the
burning thorns. In the name of Yahweh I cut them off.
118:013 You pushed me back hard, to make me fall, but Yahweh helped me.
118:014 Yah is my strength and song. He has become my salvation.
118:015 The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the tents of
the righteous. "The right hand of Yahweh does valiantly.
118:016 The right hand of Yahweh is exalted! The right hand of
Yahweh does valiantly!"
118:017 I will not die, but live, and declare Yah's works.
118:018 Yah has punished me severely, but he has not given me
over to death.
118:019 Open to me the gates of righteousness. I will enter into them.
I will give thanks to Yah.
118:020 This is the gate of Yahweh; the righteous will enter into it.
118:021 I will give thanks to you, for you have answered me, and have
become my salvation.
118:022 The stone which the builders rejected has become the head
of the corner.
118:023 This is Yahweh's doing. It is marvelous in our eyes.
118:024 This is the day that Yahweh has made. We will rejoice and be
glad in it!
118:025 Save us now, we beg you, Yahweh! Yahweh, we beg you,