Psalm 106

1  Praise ye Jehovah. Oh give thanks unto Jehovah; for he is good; For his lovingkindness endureth forever.

2 Who can utter the mighty acts of Jehovah, Or show forth all his praise?

3 Blessed are they that keep justice, And he that doeth righteousness at all times.

4 Remember me, O Jehovah, with the favor that thou bearest unto thy people; Oh visit me with thy salvation,

5 That I may see the prosperity of thy chosen, That I may rejoice in the gladness of thy nation, That I may glory with thine inheritance.

6 We have sinned with our fathers, We have committed iniquity, we have done wickedly.

7 Our fathers understood not thy wonders in Egypt; They remembered not the multitude of thy lovingkindnesses, But were rebellious at the sea, even at the Red Sea.

8 Nevertheless he saved them for his name’s sake, That he might make his mighty power to be known.

9 He rebuked the Red Sea also, and it was dried up: So he led them through the depths, as through a wilderness.

10 And he saved them from the hand of him that hated them, And redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.

11 And the waters covered their adversaries; There was not one of them left.

12 Then believed they his words; They sang his praise.

13 They soon forgat his works; They waited not for his counsel,

14 But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, And tempted God in the desert.

15 And he gave them their request, But sent leanness into their soul.

16 They envied Moses also in the camp, And Aaron the saint of Jehovah.

17 The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, And covered the company of Abiram.

18 And a fire was kindled in their company; The flame burned up the wicked.

19 They made a calf in Horeb, And worshipped a molten image.

20 Thus they changed their glory For the likeness of an ox that eateth grass.

21 They forgat God their Saviour, Who had done great things in Egypt,

22 Wondrous works in the land of Ham, And terrible things by the Red Sea.

23 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.

24 Yea, they despised the pleasant land, They believed not his word,

25 But murmured in their tents, And hearkened not unto the voice of Jehovah.

26 Therefore he sware unto them, That he would overthrow them in the wilderness,

27 And that he would overthrow their seed among the nations, And scatter them in the lands.

28 They joined themselves also unto Baal-peor, And ate the sacrifices of the dead.

29 Thus they provoked him to anger with their doings; And the plague brake in upon them.

30 Then stood up Phinehas, and executed judgment; And so the plague was stayed.

31 And that was reckoned unto him for righteousness, Unto all generations for evermore.

32 They angered him also at the waters of Meribah, So that it went ill with Moses for their sakes;

33 Because they were rebellious against his spirit, And he spake unadvisedly with his lips.

34 They did not destroy the peoples, As Jehovah commanded them,

35 But mingled themselves with the nations, And learned their works,

36 And served their idols, Which became a snare unto them.

37 Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto demons,

38 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.

39 Thus were they defiled with their works, And played the harlot in their doings.

40 Therefore was the wrath of Jehovah kindled against his people, And he abhorred his inheritance.

41 And he gave them into the hand of the nations; And they that hated them ruled over them.

42 Their enemies also oppressed them, And they were brought into subjection under their hand.

43 Many times did he deliver them; But they were rebellious in their counsel, And were brought low in their iniquity.

44 Nevertheless he regarded their distress, When he heard their cry:

45 And he remembered for them his covenant, And repented according to the multitude of his lovingkindnesses.

46 He made them also to be pitied Of all those that carried them captive.

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

48 Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Israel, From everlasting even to everlasting. And let all the people say, Amen. Praise ye Jehovah. BOOK V

Psalm 107

1 O give thanks unto Jehovah; For he is good; For his lovingkindness endureth for ever.

2 Let the redeemed of Jehovah say so, Whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the adversary,

3 And gathered out of the lands, From the east and from the west, From the north and from the south.

4 They wandered in the wilderness in a desert way; They found no city of habitation.

5 Hungry and thirsty, Their soul fainted in them.

6 Then they cried unto Jehovah in their trouble, And he delivered them out of their distresses,

7 He led them also by a straight way, That they might go to a city of habitation.

8 Oh that men would praise Jehovah for his lovingkindness, And for his wonderful works to the children of men!

9 For he satisfieth the longing soul, And the hungry soul he filleth with good.

10 Such as sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, Being bound in affliction and iron,

11 Because they rebelled against the words of God, And contemned the counsel of the Most High:

12 Therefore he brought down their heart with labor; They fell down, and there was none to help.

13 Then they cried unto Jehovah in their trouble, And he saved them out of their distresses.

14 He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, And brake their bonds in sunder.

15 Oh that men would praise Jehovah for his lovingkindness, And for his wonderful works to the children of men!

16 For he hath broken the gates of brass, And cut the bars of iron in sunder.

17 Fools because of their transgression, And because of their iniquities, are afflicted.

18 Their soul abhorreth all manner of food; And they draw near unto the gates of death.

19 Then they cry unto Jehovah in their trouble, And he saveth them out of their distresses.

20 He sendeth his word, and healeth them, And delivereth them from their destructions.

21 Oh that men would praise Jehovah for his lovingkindness, And for his wonderful works to the children of men!

22 And let them offer the sacrifices of thanksgiving, And declare his works with singing.

23 They that go down to the sea in ships, That do business in great waters;

24 These see the works of Jehovah, And his wonders in the deep.

25 For he commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind, Which lifteth up the waves thereof.

26 They mount up to the heavens, they go down again to the depths: Their soul melteth away because of trouble.

27 They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, And are at their wits’ end.

28 Then they cry unto Jehovah in their trouble, And he bringeth them out of their distresses.

29 He maketh the storm a calm, So that the waves thereof are still.

30 Then are they glad because they are quiet; So he bringeth them unto their desired haven.

31 Oh that men would praise Jehovah for his lovingkindness, And for his wonderful works to the children of men!

32 Let them exalt him also in the assembly of the people, And praise him in the seat of the elders.

33 He turneth rivers into a wilderness, And watersprings into a thirsty ground;

34 A fruitful land into a salt desert, For the wickedness of them that dwell therein.

35 He turneth a wilderness into a pool of water, And a dry land into watersprings.

36 And there he maketh the hungry to dwell, That they may prepare a city of habitation,

37 And sow fields, and plant vineyards, And get them fruits of increase.

38 He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly; And he suffereth not their cattle to decrease.

39 Again, they are diminished and bowed down Through oppression, trouble, and sorrow.

40 He poureth contempt upon princes, And causeth them to wander in the waste, where there is no way.

41 Yet setteth he the needy on high from affliction, And maketh him families like a flock.

42 The upright shall see it, and be glad; And all iniquity shall stop her mouth.

43 Whoso is wise will give heed to these things; And they will consider the lovingkindnesses of Jehovah.

Psalm 108

1 My heart is fixed, O God; I will sing, yea, I will sing praises, even with my glory.

2 Awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake right early.

3 I will give thanks unto thee, O Jehovah, among the peoples; And I will sing praises unto thee among the nations.

4 For thy lovingkindness is great above the heavens; And thy truth reacheth unto the skies.

5 Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens, And thy glory above all the earth.

6 That thy beloved may be delivered, Save with thy right hand, and answer us.

7 God hath spoken in his holiness: I will exult; I will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth.

8 Gilead is mine; Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the defence of my head; Judah is my sceptre.

9 Moab is my washpot; Upon Edom will I cast my shoe; Over Philistia will I shout.

10 Who will bring me into the fortified city? Who hath led me unto Edom?

11  Hast not thou cast us off, O God? And thou goest not forth, O God, with our hosts.

12 Give us help against the adversary; For vain is the help of man.

13 Through God we shall do valiantly: For he it is that will tread down our adversaries.