Chapter 103
Bless the Lord, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless His holy name. 2 Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all His benefits: 3 Who forgives all thine iniquities; who heals all thy diseases; 4 Who redeems thy life from destruction; who crowns thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies; 5 Who satisfies thy mouth with good things; so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle’s.
6 The Lord executes righteousness and judgment for all that are oppressed. 7 He made known His ways unto Moses, His acts unto the children of Israel. 8 The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy. 9 He will not always chide: neither will He keep His anger forever. 10 He has not dealt with us after our sins; nor rewarded us according to our iniquities. 11 For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is His mercy toward them that fear Him. 12 As far as the east is from the west, so far has He removed our transgressions from us. 13 Like as a father pities his children, so the Lord pities them that fear Him. 14 For He knows our frame; He remembers that we are dust.
15 As for man, his days are as grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourishes. 16 For the wind passes over it, and it is gone; and the place thereof shall know it no more. 17 But the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear Him, and His righteousness unto children’s children; 18 To such as keep His covenant, and to those that remember His commandments to do them. 19 The Lord has prepared His throne in the heavens; and His kingdom rules over all. 20 Bless the Lord, ye His angels, that excel in strength, that do His commandments, hearkening unto the voice of His word. 21 Bless ye the Lord, all ye His hosts; ye ministers of His, that do His pleasure. 22 Bless the Lord, all His works in all places of His dominion: bless the Lord, O my soul.
Chapter 104
Bless the Lord, O my soul. O Lord my God, Thou are very great; Thou are clothed with honor and majesty. 2 Who cover Thyself with light as with a garment: who stretch out the heavens like a curtain: 3 Who lays the beams of His chambers in the waters: who makes the clouds His chariot: who walks upon the wings of the wind: 4 Who makes His angels spirits; His ministers a flaming fire: 5 Who laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be removed for ever.
6 Thou covered it with the deep as with a garment: the waters stood above the mountains. 7 At Thy rebuke they fled; at the voice of Thy thunder they hasted away. 8 They go up by the mountains; they go down by the valleys unto the place which Thou have founded for them. 9 Thou have set a bound that they may not pass over; that they turn not again to cover the earth.
10 He sends the springs into the valleys, which run among the hills. 11 They give drink to every beast of the field: the wild asses quench their thirst. 12 By them shall the fowls of the heaven have their habitation, which sing among the branches. 13 He waters the hills from His chambers: the earth is satisfied with the fruit of Thy works. 14 He causes the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth; 15 And wine that makes glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face to shine, and bread which strengthens man’s heart.
16 The trees of the Lord are full of sap; the cedars of Lebanon, which He has planted; 17 Where the birds make their nests: as for the stork, the fir trees are her house. 18 The high hills are a refuge for the wild goats; and the rocks for the conies. 19 He appointed the moon for seasons: the sun knows his going down. 20 Thou make darkness, and it is night: wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep forth. 21 The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their meat from God. 22 The sun arises, they gather themselves together, and lay them down in their dens. 23 Man goes forth unto his work and to his labor until the evening.
24 O Lord, how manifold are Thy works! in wisdom have thou made them all: the earth is full of Thy riches. 25 So is this great and wide sea, wherein are things creeping innumerable, both small and great beasts. 26 There go the ships: there is that leviathan, whom Thou have made to play therein. 27 These wait all upon Thee; that Thou may give them their meat in due season. 28 That Thou give them they gather: Thou open Thine hand, they are filled with good. 29 Thou hide Thy face, they are troubled: Thou take away their breath, they die, and return to their dust. 30 Thou send forth Thy spirit, they are created: and Thou renew the face of the earth.
31 The glory of the Lord shall endure forever: the Lord shall rejoice in His works. 32 He looks on the earth, and it trembles: He touches the hills, and they smoke. 33 I will sing unto the Lord as long as I live: I will sing praise to my God while I have my being. 34 My meditation of Him shall be sweet: I will be glad in the Lord. 35 Let the sinners be consumed out of the earth, and let the wicked be no more. Bless Thou the Lord, O my soul. Praise ye the Lord.
Chapter 105
O give thanks unto the Lord; call upon His name: make known His deeds among the people. 2 Sing unto Him, sing psalms unto Him: talk ye of all His wondrous works. 3 Glory ye in His holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the Lord. 4 Seek the Lord, and His strength: seek His face evermore. 5 Remember His marvelous works that He has done; His wonders, and the Judgments of His mouth; 6 O ye seed of Abraham His servant, ye children of Jacob His chosen.
7 He is the Lord our God: His judgments are in all the earth. 8 He has remembered His covenant forever, the word which He commanded to a thousand generations. 9 Which covenant He made with Abraham, and His oath unto Isaac; 10 And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant: 11 Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance:
12 When they were but a few men in number; yea, very few, and strangers in it. 13 When they went from one nation to another, from one kingdom to another people; 14 He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, He reproved kings for their sakes; 15 Saying, Touch not Mine anointed, and do My prophets no harm. 16 Moreover He called for a famine upon the land: He broke the whole staff of bread. 17 He sent a man before them, even Joseph, who was sold for a servant: 18 Whose feet they hurt with fetters: he was laid in iron: 19 Until the time that his word came: the word of the Lord tried him. 20 The king sent and loosed him; even the ruler of the people, and let him go free. 21 He made him lord of his house, and ruler of all his substance: 22 To bind his princes at his pleasure; and teach his senators wisdom. 23 Israel also came into Egypt; and Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham. 24 And He increased His people greatly; and made them stronger than their enemies. 25 He turned their heart to hate His people, to deal subtly with His servants.
26 He sent Moses His servant; and Aaron whom He had chosen. 27 They showed His signs among them, and wonders in the land of Ham. 28 He sent darkness, and made it dark; and they rebelled not against His word. 29 He turned their waters into blood, and slew their fish. 30 Their land brought forth frogs in abundance, in the chambers of their kings. 31 He spake, and there came divers sorts of flies, and lice in all their coasts. 32 He gave them hail for rain, and flaming fire in their land. 33 He smote their vines also and their fig trees; and brake the trees of their coasts. 34 He spake, and the locusts came, and caterpillars, and that without number, 35 And did eat up all the herbs in their land, and devoured the fruit of their ground. 36 He smote also all the firstborn in their land, the chief of all their strength.
37 He brought them forth also with silver and gold: and there was not one feeble person among their tribes. 38 Egypt was glad when they departed: for the fear of them fell upon them. 39 He spread a cloud for a covering; and fire to give light in the night. 40 The people asked, and He brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread of heaven. 41 He opened the rock, and the waters gushed out; they ran in the dry places like a river. 42 For He remembered His holy promise, and Abraham His servant. 43 And He brought forth His people with joy, and His chosen with gladness: 44 And gave them the lands of the heathen: and they inherited the labor of the people; 45 That they might observe His statutes, and keep His laws. Praise ye the Lord.
