Psalm 106
Praise ye the Lord.
O give thanks unto the Lord; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.
Who can utter the mighty acts of the Lord?
who can shew forth all his praise?
Blessed are they that keep judgment, and he that doeth righteousness at all times.
Remember me, O Lord, with the favour that thou bearest unto thy people:
O visit me with thy salvation;
That I may see the good of thy chosen, that I may rejoice in the
gladness of thy nation, that I may glory with thine inheritance.
We have sinned with our fathers, we have committed iniquity, we have done wickedly.
Our fathers understood not thy wonders in Egypt; they remembered not the
multitude of thy mercies; but provoked him at the sea, even at the Red sea.
Nevertheless he saved them for his name's sake, that he might
make his mighty power to be known.
He rebuked the Red sea also, and it was dried up: so he led them through
the depths, as through the wilderness.
And he saved them from the hand of him that hated them, and redeemed
them from the hand of the enemy.
And the waters covered their enemies: there was not one of them left.
Then believed they his words; they sang his praise.
They soon forgat his works; they waited not for his counsel:
But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the desert.
And he gave them their request; but sent leanness into their soul.
They envied Moses also in the camp, and Aaron the saint of the Lord.
The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan and covered the company of Abiram.
And a fire was kindled in their company; the flame burned up the wicked.
They made a calf in Horeb, and worshipped the molten image.
Thus they changed their glory into the similitude of an ox that eateth grass.
They forgat God their saviour, which had done great things in Egypt;
in the land of Ham, and terrible things by the Red sea.
Therefore he said that he would destroy them, had not Moses his chosen stood
before him in the breach, to turn away his wrath, lest he should destroy them.
Yea, they despised the pleasant land, they believed not his word:
But murmured in their tents, and hearkened not unto the voice of the Lord.
Therefore he lifted up his hand against them, to overthrow them in the wilderness:
To overthrow their seed also among the nations, and to scatter them in the lands.
They joined themselves also unto Baalpeor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead.
Thus they provoked him to anger with their inventions: and
the plague brake in upon them.
Then stood up Phinehas, and executed judgment: and so the plague was stayed.
And that was counted unto him for righteousness unto
all generations for evermore.
They angered him also at the waters of strife, so that it went
ill with Moses for their sakes:
Because they provoked his spirit, so that he spake unadvisedly with his lips.
They did not destroy the nations, concerning whom the Lord commanded them:
But were mingled among the heathen, and learned their works.
And they served their idols: which were a snare unto them.
Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto devils,
And shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom
they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan: and the land was polluted with blood.
Thus were they defiled with their own works, and went a whoring
with their own inventions.
Lord kindled against his people, insomuch that he abhorred his own inheritance.
And he gave them into the hand of the heathen; and they that
hated them ruled over them.
Their enemies also oppressed them, and they were brought into
subjection under their hand.
Many times did he deliver them; but they provoked him with their counsel, and
were brought low for their iniquity.
Nevertheless he regarded their affliction, when he heard their cry:
And he remembered for them his covenant, and repented according
to the multitude of his mercies.
He made them also to be pitied of all those that carried them captives.
Save us, O Lord our God, and gather us from among the heathen, to
give thanks unto thy holy name, and to triumph in thy praise.
Blessed be the Lord God of Israel from everlasting to everlasting:
and let all the people say, Amen.
Praise ye the Lord.
Psalm 107
O give thanks unto the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.
Let the redeemed of the Lord say so, whom he hath redeemed
from the hand of the enemy;
And gathered them out of the lands, from the east, and from the west,
from the north, and from the south.
They wandered in the wilderness in a solitary way; they
found no city to dwell in.
Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them.
Then they cried unto the Lord in their trouble, and he delivered
them out of their distresses.
And he led them forth by the right way, that they might
go to a city of habitation.
Oh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness, and for his wonderful
works to the children of men!
For he satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness.
Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being
bound in affliction and iron;
Because they rebelled against the words of God, and contemned
the counsel of the most High:
Therefore he brought down their heart with labour; they fell
down, and there was none to help.
Then they cried unto the Lord in their trouble, and he saved
them out of their distresses.
He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and
brake their bands in sunder.
Oh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness, and for his wonderful
works to the children of men!
For he hath broken the gates of brass, and cut the bars of iron in sunder.
Fools because of their transgression, and because of
their iniquities, are afflicted.
Their soul abhorreth all manner of meat; and they draw
near unto the gates of death.
Then they cry unto the Lord in their trouble, and he saveth
them out of their distresses.
He sent his word, and healed them, from their destructions.
Oh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness, and for his wonderful
works to the children of men!
And let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and
declare his works with rejoicing.
They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters;
These see the works of the Lord, and his wonders in the deep.
For he commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind, up the waves thereof.
They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths: their
soul is melted because of trouble.
They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wit's end.
Then they cry unto the Lord in their trouble, and he bringeth
them out of their distresses.
He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still.
Then are they glad because they be quiet; so he bringeth
them unto their desired haven.
Oh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness, and for his wonderful
works to the children of men!
Let them exalt him also in the congregation of the people, and praise
him in the assembly of the elders.
He turneth rivers into a wilderness, and the watersprings into dry ground;
A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein.
He turneth the wilderness into a standing water, and dry ground into watersprings.
And there he maketh the hungry to dwell, that they may
prepare a city for habitation;
And sow the fields, and plant vineyards, which may yield fruits of increase.
He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly; and suffereth
not their cattle to decrease.
Again, they are minished and brought low through oppression,
affliction, and sorrow.
He poureth contempt upon princes, and causeth them to wander in the
wilderness, where there is no way.
Yet setteth he the poor on high from affliction, and maketh
him families like a flock.
The righteous shall see it, and rejoice: and all iniquity shall stop her mouth.
Whoso is wise, and will observe these things, even they shall understand
the lovingkindness of the Lord.
Psalm 108
- A Psalm of David
O God, my heart is fixed; I will sing and give praise, even with my glory.
Awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake early.
I will praise thee, O Lord, among the people: and I will sing praises
unto thee among the nations.
For thy mercy is great above the heavens: and thy truth reacheth unto the clouds.
Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens: and thy glory above all the
earth; That thy beloved may be delivered: save with thy right hand, and answer me.
God hath spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, I will divide Shechem,
and mete out the valley of Succoth.
Gilead is mine; Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the strength of
mine head; Judah is my lawgiver;
Moab is my washpot; over Edom will I cast out my shoe;
over Philistia will I triumph.
Who will bring me into the strong city?
who will lead me into Edom?
Wilt not thou, O God, who hast cast us off?
and wilt not thou, O God, go forth with our hosts?
Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man.
Through God we shall do valiantly: for he it is that shall tread down our enemies.
Psalm 109 - To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.
Hold not thy peace, O God of my praise;
For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are
opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue.
They compassed me about also with words of hatred; and fought
against me without a cause.
For my love they are my adversaries: but I give myself unto prayer.
And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.
Set thou a wicked man over him: and let Satan stand at his right hand.
When he shall be judged, let him be condemned: and let his prayer become sin.
Let his days be few; and let another take his office.
Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.
Let his children be continually vagabonds, and beg: let them seek their bread
also out of their desolate places.
Let the extortioner catch all that he hath; and let the
strangers spoil his labour.
Let there be none to extend mercy unto him: neither let there be any
to favour his fatherless children.
Let his posterity be cut off; and in the generation following
let their name be blotted out.
Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered with the Lord; and let not
the sin of his mother be blotted out.
Let them be before the Lord continually, that he may cut off
the memory of them from the earth.
Because that he remembered not to shew mercy, but persecuted the
poor and needy man, that he might even slay the broken in heart.
As he loved cursing, so let it come unto him: as he delighted not in
blessing, so let it be far from him.
As he clothed himself with cursing like as with his garment, so
let it come into his bowels like water, and like oil into his bones.
Let it be unto him as the garment which covereth him, and for a girdle
wherewith he is girded continually.
Let this be the reward of mine adversaries from the Lord, and of
them that speak evil against my soul.
But do thou for me, O God the Lord, for thy name's sake: because thy
mercy is good, deliver thou me.
For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.
I am gone like the shadow when it declineth: I am tossed
up and down as the locust.
My knees are weak through fasting; and my flesh faileth of fatness.
I became also a reproach unto them: when they looked upon
me they shaked their heads.
Help me, O Lord my God: O save me according to thy mercy:
That they may know that this is thy hand; that thou, Lord, hast done it.
Let them curse, but bless thou: when they arise, let them be ashamed;
but let thy servant rejoice.
Let mine adversaries be clothed with shame, and let them cover themselves with
their own confusion, as with a mantle.
I will greatly praise the Lord with my mouth; yea, I will
praise him among the multitude.
For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save him
from those that condemn his soul.
Psalm 110 - A Psalm of David
The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy
The Lord shall send the rod of thy strength out of Zion: rule thou
in the midst of thine enemies.
Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power, in the beauties of
holiness from the womb of the morning: thou hast the dew of thy youth.
The Lord hath sworn, and will not repent,
The Lord at thy right hand shall strike through kings in the day of his wrath.
He shall judge among the heathen, he shall fill the places with the dead bodies; he
shall wound the heads over many countries.
He shall drink of the brook in the way: therefore shall he lift up the head.