Psalms 107-110

Psalm 107

¹Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.

²Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, whom He has redeemed from the hand of the enemy

³and gathered from the lands, from east and west, from north and south.

⁴Some wandered in desert wastelands, finding no path to a city in which to dwell.

⁵They were hungry and thirsty; their soul fainted within them.

⁶Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He delivered them from their distress.

⁷He led them on a straight path to reach a city where they could live.

⁸Let them give thanks to the LORD for His loving devotion and His wonders to the sons of men.

⁹For He satisfies the thirsty and fills the hungry with good things.

¹⁰Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, prisoners in affliction and chains,

¹¹because they rebelled against the words of God and despised the counsel of the Most High.

¹²He humbled their hearts with hard labor; they stumbled, and there was no one to help.

¹³Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He saved them from their distress.

¹⁴He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death and broke away their chains.

¹⁵Let them give thanks to the LORD for His loving devotion and His wonders to the sons of men.

¹⁶For He has broken down the gates of bronze and cut through the bars of iron.

¹⁷Fools, in their rebellious ways, and through their iniquities, suffered affliction.

¹⁸They loathed all food and drew near to the gates of death.

¹⁹Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He saved them from their distress.

²⁰He sent forth His word and healed them; He rescued them from the Pit.

²¹Let them give thanks to the LORD for His loving devotion and His wonders to the sons of men.

²²Let them offer sacrifices of thanksgiving and declare His works with rejoicing.

²³Others went out to sea in ships, conducting trade on the mighty waters.

²⁴They saw the works of the LORD, and His wonders in the deep.

²⁵For He spoke and raised a tempest that lifted the waves of the sea.

²⁶They mounted up to the heavens, then sunk to the depths; their courage melted in their anguish.

²⁷They reeled and staggered like drunkards, and all their skill was useless.

²⁸Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He brought them out of their distress.

²⁹He calmed the storm to a whisper, and the waves of the sea were hushed.

³⁰They rejoiced in the silence, and He guided them to the harbor they desired.

³¹Let them give thanks to the LORD for His loving devotion and His wonders to the sons of men.

³²Let them exalt Him in the assembly of the people and praise Him in the council of the elders.

³³He turns rivers into deserts, springs of water into thirsty ground,

³⁴and fruitful land into fields of salt, because of the wickedness of its dwellers.

³⁵He turns a desert into pools of water and a dry land into flowing springs.

³⁶He causes the hungry to settle there, that they may establish a city in which to dwell.

³⁷They sow fields and plant vineyards that yield a fruitful harvest.

³⁸He blesses them, and they multiply greatly; He does not let their herds diminish.

³⁹When they are decreased and humbled by oppression, evil, and sorrow,

⁴⁰He pours out contempt on the nobles and makes them wander in a trackless wasteland.

⁴¹But He lifts the needy from affliction and increases their families like flocks.

⁴²The upright see and rejoice, and all iniquity shuts its mouth.

⁴³Let him who is wise pay heed to these things and consider the loving devotion of the LORD.

Psalm 108

¹A song. A Psalm of David. My heart is steadfast, O God; I will sing and make music with all my being.

²Awake, O harp and lyre! I will awaken the dawn.

³I will praise You, O LORD, among the nations; I will sing Your praises among the peoples.

⁴For Your loving devotion extends beyond the heavens, and Your faithfulness reaches to the clouds.

⁵Be exalted, O God, above the heavens; may Your glory cover all the earth.

⁶Respond and save us with Your right hand, that Your beloved may be delivered.

⁷God has spoken from His sanctuary: “I will triumph! I will parcel out Shechem and apportion the Valley of Succoth.

⁸Gilead is Mine, and Manasseh is Mine; Ephraim is My helmet, Judah is My scepter.

⁹Moab is My washbasin; upon Edom I toss My sandal; over Philistia I shout in triumph.”

¹⁰Who will bring me to the fortified city? Who will lead me to Edom?

¹¹Have You not rejected us, O God? Will You no longer march out, O God, with our armies?

¹²Give us aid against the enemy, for the help of man is worthless.

¹³With God we will perform with valor, and He will trample our enemies.

Psalm 109

¹For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. O God of my praise, be not silent.

²For wicked and deceitful mouths open against me; they speak against me with lying tongues.

³They surround me with hateful words and attack me without cause.

⁴In return for my love they accuse me, but I am a man of prayer.

⁵They repay me evil for good, and hatred for my love.

⁶Set over him a wicked man; let an accuser stand at his right hand.

⁷When he is tried, let him be found guilty, and may his prayer be regarded as sin.

⁸May his days be few; may another take his position.

⁹May his children be fatherless and his wife a widow.

¹⁰May his children wander as beggars, seeking sustenance far from their ruined homes.

¹¹May the creditor seize all he owns, and strangers plunder the fruits of his labor.

¹²May there be no one to extend kindness to him, and no one to favor his fatherless children.

¹³May his descendants be cut off; may their name be blotted out from the next generation.

¹⁴May the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the LORD, and the sin of his mother never be blotted out.

¹⁵May their sins always remain before the LORD, that He may cut off their memory from the earth.

¹⁶For he never thought to show kindness, but pursued the poor and needy and brokenhearted, even to their death.

¹⁷The cursing that he loved, may it fall on him; the blessing in which he refused to delight, may it be far from him.

¹⁸The cursing that he wore like a coat, may it soak into his body like water, and into his bones like oil.

¹⁹May it be like a robe wrapped about him, like a belt tied forever around him.

²⁰May this be the LORD’s reward to my accusers, to those who speak evil against me.

²¹But You, O GOD, the Lord, deal kindly with me for the sake of Your name; deliver me by the goodness of Your loving devotion.

²²For I am poor and needy; my heart is wounded within me.

²³I am fading away like a lengthening shadow; I am shaken off like a locust.

²⁴My knees are weak from fasting, and my body grows lean and gaunt.

²⁵I am an object of scorn to my accusers; when they see me, they shake their heads.

²⁶Help me, O LORD my God; save me according to Your loving devotion.

²⁷Let them know that this is Your hand, that You, O LORD, have done it.

²⁸Though they curse, You will bless. When they rise up, they will be put to shame, but Your servant will rejoice.

²⁹May my accusers be clothed with disgrace; may they wear their shame like a robe.

³⁰With my mouth I will thank the LORD profusely; I will praise Him in the presence of many.

³¹For He stands at the right hand of the needy one, to save him from the condemners of his soul.

Psalm 110

¹A Psalm of David. The LORD said to my Lord: “Sit at My right hand until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet.”

²The LORD extends Your mighty scepter from Zion: “Rule in the midst of Your enemies.”

³Your people shall be willing on Your day of battle. Arrayed in holy splendor, from the womb of the dawn, to You belongs the dew of Your youth.

⁴The LORD has sworn and will not change His mind: “You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.”

⁵The Lord is at Your right hand; He will crush kings in the day of His wrath.

⁶He will judge the nations, heaping up the dead; He will crush the leaders far and wide.

⁷He will drink from the brook by the road; therefore He will lift up His head.