Psalms 102: 1 - 104: 35
| A Prayer of the afflicted, when he is overwhelmed and pours out his complaint before the LORD. |
| 1Hear my prayer, LORD! |
| Let my cry come to you. |
| 2Don’t hide your face from me in the day of my distress. |
| Turn your ear to me. |
| Answer me quickly in the day when I call. |
| 3For my days consume away like smoke. |
| My bones are burnt as a torch. |
| 4My heart is blighted like grass, and withered, |
| for I forget to eat my bread. |
| 5By reason of the voice of my groaning, |
| my bones stick to my skin. |
| 6I am like a pelican of the wilderness. |
| I have become as an owl of the waste places. |
| 7I watch, and have become like a sparrow that is alone on the housetop. |
| 8My enemies reproach me all day. |
| Those who are mad at me use my name as a curse. |
| 9For I have eaten ashes like bread, |
| and mixed my drink with tears, |
| 10because of your indignation and your wrath; |
| for you have taken me up and thrown me away. |
| 11My days are like a long shadow. |
| I have withered like grass. |
| 12But you, LORD, will remain forever; |
| your renown endures to all generations. |
| 13You will arise and have mercy on Zion; |
| for it is time to have pity on her. |
| Yes, the set time has come. |
| 14For your servants take pleasure in her stones, |
| and have pity on her dust. |
| 15So the nations will fear the LORD’s name, |
| all the kings of the earth your glory. |
| 16For the LORD has built up Zion. |
| He has appeared in his glory. |
| 17He has responded to the prayer of the destitute, |
| and has not despised their prayer. |
| 18This will be written for the generation to come. |
| A people which will be created will praise the LORD, |
| 19for he has looked down from the height of his sanctuary. |
| From heaven, the LORD saw the earth, |
| 20to hear the groans of the prisoner, |
| to free those who are condemned to death, |
| 21that men may declare the LORD’s name in Zion, |
| and his praise in Jerusalem, |
| 22when the peoples are gathered together, |
| the kingdoms, to serve the LORD. |
| 23He weakened my strength along the course. |
| He shortened my days. |
| 24I said, “My God, don’t take me away in the middle of my days. |
| Your years are throughout all generations. |
| 25Of old, you laid the foundation of the earth. |
| The heavens are the work of your hands. |
| 26They will perish, but you will endure. |
| Yes, all of them will wear out like a garment. |
| You will change them like a cloak, and they will be changed. |
| 27But you are the same. |
| Your years will have no end. |
| 28The children of your servants will continue. |
| Their offspring will be established before you.” |
| By David. |
| 1Praise the LORD, my soul! |
| All that is within me, praise his holy name! |
| 2Praise the LORD, my soul, |
| and don’t forget all his benefits, |
| 3who forgives all your sins, |
| who heals all your diseases, |
| 4who redeems your life from destruction, |
| who crowns you with loving kindness and tender mercies, |
| 5who satisfies your desire with good things, |
| so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s. |
| 6The LORD executes righteous acts, |
| and justice for all who are oppressed. |
| 7He made known his ways to Moses, |
| his deeds to the children of Israel. |
| 8The LORD is merciful and gracious, |
| slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness. |
| 9He will not always accuse; |
| neither will he stay angry forever. |
| 10He has not dealt with us according to our sins, |
| nor repaid us for our iniquities. |
| 11For as the heavens are high above the earth, |
| so great is his loving kindness towards those who fear him. |
| 12As far as the east is from the west, |
| so far has he removed our transgressions from us. |
| 13Like a father has compassion on his children, |
| so the LORD has compassion on those who fear him. |
| 14For he knows how we are made. |
| He remembers that we are dust. |
| 15As for man, his days are like grass. |
| As a flower of the field, so he flourishes. |
| 16For the wind passes over it, and it is gone. |
| Its place remembers it no more. |
| 17But the LORD’s loving kindness is from everlasting to everlasting with those who fear him, |
| his righteousness to children’s children, |
| 18to those who keep his covenant, |
| to those who remember to obey his precepts. |
| 19The LORD has established his throne in the heavens. |
| His kingdom rules over all. |
| 20Praise the LORD, you angels of his, |
| who are mighty in strength, who fulfil his word, |
| obeying the voice of his word. |
| 21Praise the LORD, all you armies of his, |
| you servants of his, who do his pleasure. |
| 22Praise the LORD, all you works of his, |
| in all places of his dominion. |
| Praise the LORD, my soul! |
| 1Bless the LORD, my soul. |
| The LORD, my God, you are very great. |
| You are clothed with honour and majesty. |
| 2He covers himself with light as with a garment. |
| He stretches out the heavens like a curtain. |
| 3He lays the beams of his rooms in the waters. |
| He makes the clouds his chariot. |
| He walks on the wings of the wind. |
| 4He makes his messengers winds, |
| and his servants flames of fire. |
| 5He laid the foundations of the earth, |
| that it should not be moved forever. |
| 6You covered it with the deep as with a cloak. |
| The waters stood above the mountains. |
| 7At your rebuke they fled. |
| At the voice of your thunder they hurried away. |
| 8The mountains rose, |
| the valleys sank down, |
| to the place which you had assigned to them. |
| 9You have set a boundary that they may not pass over, |
| that they don’t turn again to cover the earth. |
| 10He sends springs into the valleys. |
| They run amongst the mountains. |
| 11They give drink to every animal of the field. |
| The wild donkeys quench their thirst. |
| 12The birds of the sky nest by them. |
| They sing amongst the branches. |
| 13He waters the mountains from his rooms. |
| The earth is filled with the fruit of your works. |
| 14He causes the grass to grow for the livestock, |
| and plants for man to cultivate, |
| that he may produce food out of the earth: |
| 15wine that makes the heart of man glad, |
| oil to make his face to shine, |
| and bread that strengthens man’s heart. |
| 16The LORD’s trees are well watered, |
| the cedars of Lebanon, which he has planted, |
| 17where the birds make their nests. |
| The stork makes its home in the cypress trees. |
| 18The high mountains are for the wild goats. |
| The rocks are a refuge for the rock badgers. |
| 19He appointed the moon for seasons. |
| The sun knows when to set. |
| 20You make darkness, and it is night, |
| in which all the animals of the forest prowl. |
| 21The young lions roar after their prey, |
| and seek their food from God. |
| 22The sun rises, and they steal away, |
| and lie down in their dens. |
| 23Man goes out to his work, |
| to his labour until the evening. |
| 24The LORD, how many are your works! |
| In wisdom, you have made them all. |
| The earth is full of your riches. |
| 25There is the sea, great and wide, |
| in which are innumerable living things, |
| both small and large animals. |
| 26There the ships go, |
| and leviathan, whom you formed to play there. |
| 27These all wait for you, |
| that you may give them their food in due season. |
| 28You give to them; they gather. |
| You open your hand; they are satisfied with good. |
| 29You hide your face; they are troubled. |
| You take away their breath; they die and return to the dust. |
| 30You send out your Spirit and they are created. |
| You renew the face of the ground. |
| 31Let the LORD’s glory endure forever. |
| Let the LORD rejoice in his works. |
| 32He looks at the earth, and it trembles. |
| He touches the mountains, and they smoke. |
| 33I will sing to the LORD as long as I live. |
| I will sing praise to my God while I have any being. |
| 34Let my meditation be sweet to him. |
| I will rejoice in the LORD. |
| 35Let sinners be consumed out of the earth. |
| Let the wicked be no more. |
| Bless the LORD, my soul. |
| Praise the LORD! |
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