Psalms 78; Psalms 81; Psalms 88; Psalms 92; Psalms 93; Psalms 103

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Psalms 78

1 Listen, O my people, to my instruction; Incline your ears to the words of my mouth.

2 I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter dark sayings of old,

3 Which we have heard and known, And our fathers have told us.

4 We will not conceal them from their children, But tell to the generation to come the praises of the LORD , And His strength and His wondrous works that He has done.

5 For He established a testimony in Jacob And appointed a law in Israel, Which He commanded our fathers That they should teach them to their children,

6 That the generation to come might know, even the children yet to be born, That they may arise and tell them to their children,

7 That they should put their confidence in God And not forget the works of God, But keep His commandments,

8 And not be like their fathers, A stubborn and rebellious generation, A generation that did not prepare its heart And whose spirit was not faithful to God.

9 The sons of Ephraim were archers equipped with bows, Yet they turned back in the day of battle.

10 They did not keep the covenant of God And refused to walk in His law;

11 They forgot His deeds And His miracles that He had shown them.

12 He wrought wonders before their fathers In the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.

13 He divided the sea and caused them to pass through, And He made the waters stand up like a heap.

14 Then He led them with the cloud by day And all the night with a light of fire.

15 He split the rocks in the wilderness And gave them abundant drink like the ocean depths.

16 He brought forth streams also from the rock And caused waters to run down like rivers.

17 Yet they still continued to sin against Him, To rebel against the Most High in the desert.

18 And in their heart they put God to the test By asking food according to their desire.

19 Then they spoke against God; They said, "Can God prepare a table in the wilderness?

20 "Behold, He struck the rock so that waters gushed out, And streams were overflowing; Can He give bread also? Will He provide meat for His people?"

21 Therefore the LORD heard and was full of wrath; And a fire was kindled against Jacob And anger also mounted against Israel,

22 Because they did not believe in God And did not trust in His salvation.

23 Yet He commanded the clouds above And opened the doors of heaven;

24 He rained down manna upon them to eat And gave them food from heaven.

25 Man did eat the bread of angels; He sent them food in abundance.

26 He caused the east wind to blow in the heavens And by His power He directed the south wind.

27 When He rained meat upon them like the dust, Even winged fowl like the sand of the seas,

28 Then He let them fall in the midst of their camp, Round about their dwellings.

29 So they ate and were well filled, And their desire He gave to them.

30 Before they had satisfied their desire, While their food was in their mouths,

31 The anger of God rose against them And killed some of their stoutest ones, And subdued the choice men of Israel.

32 In spite of all this they still sinned And did not believe in His wonderful works.

33 So He brought their days to an end in futility And their years in sudden terror.

34 When He killed them, then they sought Him, And returned and searched diligently for God;

35 And they remembered that God was their rock, And the Most High God their Redeemer.

36 But they deceived Him with their mouth And lied to Him with their tongue.

37 For their heart was not steadfast toward Him, Nor were they faithful in His covenant.

38 But He, being compassionate, forgave their iniquity and did not destroy them; And often He restrained His anger And did not arouse all His wrath.

39 Thus He remembered that they were but flesh, A wind that passes and does not return.

40 How often they rebelled against Him in the wilderness And grieved Him in the desert!

41 Again and again they tempted God, And pained the Holy One of Israel.

42 They did not remember His power, The day when He redeemed them from the adversary,

43 When He performed His signs in Egypt And His marvels in the field of Zoan,

44 And turned their rivers to blood, And their streams, they could not drink.

45 He sent among them swarms of flies which devoured them, And frogs which destroyed them.

46 He gave also their crops to the grasshopper And the product of their labor to the locust.

47 He destroyed their vines with hailstones And their sycamore trees with frost.

48 He gave over their cattle also to the hailstones And their herds to bolts of lightning.

49 He sent upon them His burning anger, Fury and indignation and trouble, A band of destroying angels.

50 He leveled a path for His anger; He did not spare their soul from death, But gave over their life to the plague,

51 And smote all the firstborn in Egypt, The first issue of their virility in the tents of Ham.

52 But He led forth His own people like sheep And guided them in the wilderness like a flock;

53 He led them safely, so that they did not fear; But the sea engulfed their enemies.

54 So He brought them to His holy land, To this hill country which His right hand had gained.

55 He also drove out the nations before them And apportioned them for an inheritance by measurement, And made the tribes of Israel dwell in their tents.

56 Yet they tempted and rebelled against the Most High God And did not keep His testimonies,

57 But turned back and acted treacherously like their fathers; They turned aside like a treacherous bow.

58 For they provoked Him with their high places And aroused His jealousy with their graven images.

59 When God heard, He was filled with wrath And greatly abhorred Israel;

60 So that He abandoned the dwelling place at Shiloh, The tent which He had pitched among men,

61 And gave up His strength to captivity And His glory into the hand of the adversary.

62 He also delivered His people to the sword, And was filled with wrath at His inheritance.

63 Fire devoured His young men, And His virgins had no wedding songs.

64 His priests fell by the sword, And His widows could not weep.

65 Then the Lord awoke as if from sleep, Like a warrior overcome by wine.

66 He drove His adversaries backward; He put on them an everlasting reproach.

67 He also rejected the tent of Joseph, And did not choose the tribe of Ephraim,

68 But chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion which He loved.

69 And He built His sanctuary like the heights, Like the earth which He has founded forever.

70 He also chose David His servant And took him from the sheepfolds ;

71 From the care of the ewes with suckling lambs He brought him To shepherd Jacob His people, And Israel His inheritance.

72 So he shepherded them according to the integrity of his heart, And guided them with his skillful hands.

Psalms 81

1 Sing for joy to God our strength; Shout joyfully to the God of Jacob.

2 Raise a song, strike the timbrel, The sweet sounding lyre with the harp.

3 Blow the trumpet at the new moon, At the full moon, on our feast day.

4 For it is a statute for Israel, An ordinance of the God of Jacob.

5 He established it for a testimony in Joseph When he went throughout the land of Egypt. I heard a language that I did not know:

6 "I relieved his shoulder of the burden, His hands were freed from the basket.

7 "You called in trouble and I rescued you; I answered you in the hiding place of thunder; I proved you at the waters of Meribah. Selah.

8 "Hear, O My people, and I will admonish you; O Israel, if you would listen to Me!

9 "Let there be no strange god among you; Nor shall you worship any foreign god.

10 "I, the LORD , am your God, Who brought you up from the land of Egypt; Open your mouth wide and I will fill it.

11 "But My people did not listen to My voice, And Israel did not obey Me.

12 "So I gave them over to the stubbornness of their heart, To walk in their own devices.

13 "Oh that My people would listen to Me, That Israel would walk in My ways!

14 "I would quickly subdue their enemies And turn My hand against their adversaries.

15 "Those who hate the LORD would pretend obedience to Him, And their time of punishment would be forever.

16 "But I would feed you with the finest of the wheat, And with honey from the rock I would satisfy you."

Psalms 88

1 O LORD , the God of my salvation, I have cried out by day and in the night before You.

2 Let my prayer come before You; Incline Your ear to my cry!

3 For my soul has had enough troubles, And my life has drawn near to Sheol.

4 I am reckoned among those who go down to the pit; I have become like a man without strength,

5 Forsaken among the dead, Like the slain who lie in the grave, Whom You remember no more, And they are cut off from Your hand.

6 You have put me in the lowest pit, In dark places, in the depths.

7 Your wrath has rested upon me, And You have afflicted me with all Your waves. Selah.

8 You have removed my acquaintances far from me; You have made me an object of loathing to them; I am shut up and cannot go out.

9 My eye has wasted away because of affliction; I have called upon You every day, O LORD ; I have spread out my hands to You.

10 Will You perform wonders for the dead? Will the departed spirits rise and praise You? Selah.

11 Will Your lovingkindness be declared in the grave, Your faithfulness in Abaddon?

12 Will Your wonders be made known in the darkness? And Your righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?

13 But I, O LORD , have cried out to You for help, And in the morning my prayer comes before You.

14 O LORD , why do You reject my soul? Why do You hide Your face from me?

15 I was afflicted and about to die from my youth on; I suffer Your terrors; I am overcome.

16 Your burning anger has passed over me; Your terrors have destroyed me.

17 They have surrounded me like water all day long; They have encompassed me altogether.

18 You have removed lover and friend far from me; My acquaintances are in darkness.

Psalms 92

1 It is good to give thanks to the LORD And to sing praises to Your name, O Most High;

2 To declare Your lovingkindness in the morning And Your faithfulness by night,

3 With the ten-stringed lute and with the harp, With resounding music upon the lyre.

4 For You, O LORD , have made me glad by what You have done, I will sing for joy at the works of Your hands.

5 How great are Your works, O LORD ! Your thoughts are very deep.

6 A senseless man has no knowledge, Nor does a stupid man understand this:

7 That when the wicked sprouted up like grass And all who did iniquity flourished, It was only that they might be destroyed forevermore .

8 But You, O LORD , are on high forever.

9 For, behold, Your enemies, O LORD , For, behold, Your enemies will perish; All who do iniquity will be scattered.

10 But You have exalted my horn like that of the wild ox; I have been anointed with fresh oil.

11 And my eye has looked exultantly upon my foes, My ears hear of the evildoers who rise up against me.

12 The righteous man will flourish like the palm tree, He will grow like a cedar in Lebanon.

13 Planted in the house of the LORD , They will flourish in the courts of our God.

14 They will still yield fruit in old age; They shall be full of sap and very green,

15 To declare that the LORD is upright; He is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in Him.

Psalms 93

1 The LORD reigns, He is clothed with majesty; The LORD has clothed and girded Himself with strength; Indeed, the world is firmly established, it will not be moved.

2 Your throne is established from of old; You are from everlasting.

3 The floods have lifted up, O LORD , The floods have lifted up their voice, The floods lift up their pounding waves.

4 More than the sounds of many waters, Than the mighty breakers of the sea, The LORD on high is mighty.

5 Your testimonies are fully confirmed; Holiness befits Your house, O LORD , forevermore .

Psalms 103

1 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 none of His benefits;

3 Who pardons all your iniquities, Who heals all your diseases;

4 Who redeems your life from the pit, Who crowns you with lovingkindness and compassion;

5 Who satisfies your years with good things, So that your youth is renewed like the eagle.

6 The LORD performs righteous deeds And judgments for all who are oppressed.

7 He made known His ways to Moses, His acts to the sons of Israel.

8 The LORD is compassionate and gracious, Slow to anger and abounding in lovingkindness.

9 He will not always strive with us, Nor will He keep His anger forever.

10 He has not dealt with us according to our sins, Nor rewarded us according to our iniquities.

11 For as high as the heavens are above the earth, So great is His lovingkindness toward those who fear Him.

12 As far as the east is from the west, So far has He removed our transgressions from us.

13 Just as a father has compassion on his children, So the LORD has compassion on those who fear Him.

14 For He Himself knows our frame; He is mindful that we are but dust.

15 As for man, his days are like grass; As a flower of the field, so he flourishes.

16 When the wind has passed over it, it is no more, And its place acknowledges it no longer.

17 But the lovingkindness of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting on those who fear Him, And His righteousness to children's children,

18 To those who keep His covenant And remember His precepts to do them.

19 The LORD has established His throne in the heavens, And His sovereignty rules over all.

20 Bless the LORD , you His angels, Mighty in strength, who perform His word, Obeying the voice of His word!

21 Bless the LORD , all you His hosts, You who serve Him, doing His will.

22 Bless the LORD , all you works of His, In all places of His dominion; Bless the LORD , O my soul!