Psalms 103; Psalms 104; Psalms 105

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Psalms 103

1 Praise the Lord, my soul! All my being, praise his holy name!
2 Praise the Lord, my soul, and do not forget how kind he is.
3 He forgives all my sins and heals all my diseases.
4 He keeps me from the grave and blesses me with love and mercy.
5 He fills my life with good things, so that I stay young and strong like an eagle.
6 The Lord judges in favor of the oppressed and gives them their rights.
7 He revealed his plans to Moses and let the people of Israel see his mighty deeds.
8 The Lord is merciful and loving, slow to become angry and full of constant love.
9 He does not keep on rebuking; he is not angry forever.
10 He does not punish us as we deserve or repay us according to our sins and wrongs.
11 As high as the sky is above the earth, so great is his love for those who honor him.
12 As far as the east is from the west, so far does he remove our sins from us.
13 As a father is kind to his children, so the Lord is kind to those who honor him.
14 He knows what we are made of; he remembers that we are dust.
15 As for us, our life is like grass. We grow and flourish like a wild flower;
16 then the wind blows on it, and it is gone - no one sees it again.
17 But for those who honor the Lord, his love lasts forever, and his goodness endures for all generations
18 of those who are true to his covenant and who faithfully obey his commands.
19 The Lord placed his throne in heaven; he is king over all.
20 Praise the Lord, you strong and mighty angels, who obey his commands, who listen to what he says.
21 Praise the Lord, all you heavenly powers, you servants of his, who do his will!
22 Praise the Lord, all his creatures in all the places he rules. Praise the Lord, my soul!
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.

Psalms 104

1 Praise the Lord, my soul! O Lord, my God, how great you are! You are clothed with majesty and glory;
2 you cover yourself with light. You have spread out the heavens like a tent
3 and built your home on the waters above. You use the clouds as your chariot and ride on the wings of the wind.
4 You use the winds as your messengers and flashes of lightning as your servants.
5 You have set the earth firmly on its foundations, and it will never be moved.
6 You placed the ocean over it like a robe, and the water covered the mountains.
7 When you rebuked the waters, they fled; they rushed away when they heard your shout of command.
8 They flowed over the mountains and into the valleys, to the place you had made for them.
9 You set a boundary they can never pass, to keep them from covering the earth again.
10 You make springs flow in the valleys, and rivers run between the hills.
11 They provide water for the wild animals; there the wild donkeys quench their thirst.
12 In the trees near by, the birds make their nests and sing.
13 From the sky you send rain on the hills, and the earth is filled with your blessings.
14 You make grass grow for the cattle and plants for us to use, so that we can grow our crops
15 and produce wine to make us happy, olive oil to make us cheerful, and bread to give us strength.
16 The cedars of Lebanon get plenty of rain - the Lord's own trees, which he planted.
17 There the birds build their nests; the storks nest in the fir trees.
18 The wild goats live in the high mountains, and the rock badgers hide in the cliffs.
19 You created the moon to mark the months; the sun knows the time to set.
20 You made the night, and in the darkness all the wild animals come out.
21 The young lions roar while they hunt, looking for the food that God provides.
22 When the sun rises, they go back and lie down in their dens.
23 Then people go out to do their work and keep working until evening.
24 Lord, you have made so many things! How wisely you made them all! The earth is filled with your creatures.
25 There is the ocean, large and wide, where countless creatures live, large and small alike.
26 The ships sail on it, and in it plays Leviathan, that sea monster which you made.
27 All of them depend on you to give them food when they need it.
28 You give it to them, and they eat it; you provide food, and they are satisfied.
29 When you turn away, they are afraid; when you take away your breath, they die and go back to the dust from which they came.
30 But when you give them breath, they are created; you give new life to the earth.
31 May the glory of the Lord last forever! May the Lord be happy with what he has made!
32 He looks at the earth, and it trembles; he touches the mountains, and they pour out smoke.
33 I will sing to the Lord all my life; as long as I live I will sing praises to my God.
34 May he be pleased with my song, for my gladness comes from him.
35 May sinners be destroyed from the earth; may the wicked be no more. Praise the Lord, my soul! Praise the Lord!
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.

Psalms 105

1 Give thanks to the Lord, proclaim his greatness; tell the nations what he has done.
2 Sing praise to the Lord; tell the wonderful things he has done.
3 Be glad that we belong to him; let all who worship him rejoice.
4 Go to the Lord for help; and worship him continually.
5 You descendants of Abraham, his servant; you descendants of Jacob, the man he chose: remember the miracles that God performed and the judgments that he gave.
7 The Lord is our God; his commands are for all the world.
8 He will keep his covenant forever, his promises for a thousand generations.
9 He will keep the agreement he made with Abraham and his promise to Isaac.
10 The Lord made a covenant with Jacob, one that will last forever.
11 "I will give you the land of Canaan," he said. "It will be your own possession."
12 God's people were few in number, strangers in the land of Canaan.
13 They wandered from country to country, from one kingdom to another.
14 But God let no one oppress them; to protect them, he warned the kings:
15 "Don't harm my chosen servants; do not touch my prophets."
16 The Lord sent famine to their country and took away all their food.
17 But he sent a man ahead of them, Joseph, who had been sold as a slave.
18 His feet were kept in chains, and an iron collar was around his neck,
19 until what he had predicted came true. The word of the Lord proved him right.
20 Then the king of Egypt had him released; the ruler of nations set him free.
21 He put him in charge of his government and made him ruler over all the land,
22 with power over the king's officials and authority to instruct his advisers.
23 Then Jacob went to Egypt and settled in that country.
24 The Lord gave many children to his people and made them stronger than their enemies.
25 He made the Egyptians hate his people and treat his servants with deceit.
26 Then he sent his servant Moses, and Aaron, whom he had chosen.
27 They did God's mighty acts and performed miracles in Egypt.
28 God sent darkness on the country, but the Egyptians did not obey his command.
29 He turned their rivers into blood and killed all their fish.
30 Their country was overrun with frogs; even the palace was filled with them.
31 God commanded, and flies and gnats swarmed throughout the whole country.
32 He sent hail and lightning on their land instead of rain;
33 he destroyed their grapevines and fig trees and broke down all the trees.
34 He commanded, and the locusts came, countless millions of them;
35 they ate all the plants in the land; they ate all the crops.
36 He killed the first-born sons of all the families of Egypt.
37 Then he led the Israelites out; they carried silver and gold, and all of them were healthy and strong.
38 The Egyptians were afraid of them and were glad when they left.
39 God put a cloud over his people and a fire at night to give them light.
40 They asked, and he sent quails; he gave them food from heaven to satisfy them.
41 He opened a rock, and water gushed out, flowing through the desert like a river.
42 He remembered his sacred promise to Abraham his servant.
43 So he led his chosen people out, and they sang and shouted for joy.
44 He gave them the lands of other peoples and let them take over their fields,
45 so that his people would obey his laws and keep all his commands. Praise the Lord!
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.