Psalms 107-110

Psalm 107

¹Give ye thanks unto Jehovah; for he is good; for his loving-kindness endureth for ever.

²Let the redeemed of Jehovah say so, whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the oppressor,

³And gathered out of the countries, from the east and from the west, from the north and from the sea.

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

⁵Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them:

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

⁷And he led them forth by a right way, that they might go to a city of habitation.

⁸Let them give thanks unto Jehovah for his loving-kindness, and for his wondrous works to the children of men;

⁹For he hath satisfied the longing soul and filled the hungry soul with good.

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

¹¹Because they had rebelled against the words of God, and had despised the counsel of the Most High; ...

¹²And he bowed down their heart with labour; they stumbled, and there was none to help:

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

¹⁴He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and broke their bands in sunder.

¹⁵Let them give thanks unto Jehovah for his loving-kindness, and for his wondrous works to the children of men;

¹⁶For he hath broken the gates of bronze, and cut asunder the bars of iron.

¹⁷Fools, because of their way of transgression, and because of their iniquities, are afflicted;

¹⁸Their soul abhorreth all manner of food, and they draw near unto the gates of death:

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

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

²¹Let them give thanks unto Jehovah for his loving-kindness, and for his wondrous works to the children of men,

²²And let them offer the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare his works in joyful song.

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

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

²⁵For he speaketh, and raiseth the stormy wind, which lifteth up the waves thereof:

²⁶They mount up to the heavens, they go down to the depths; their soul is melted because of trouble;

²⁷They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and they are at their wits' end:

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

²⁹He maketh the storm a calm, and the waves thereof are still:

³⁰And they rejoice because they are quiet; and he bringeth them unto their desired haven.

³¹Let them give thanks unto Jehovah for his loving-kindness, and for his wondrous works to the children of men;

³²Let them exalt him also in the congregation of the people, and praise him in the session of the elders.

³³He maketh rivers into a wilderness, and water-springs into dry ground;

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

³⁵He maketh the wilderness into a pool of water, and the dry land into water-springs;

³⁶And there he maketh the hungry to dwell, and they establish a city of habitation;

³⁷And sow fields, and plant vineyards, which yield fruits of increase;

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

³⁹And they are diminished and brought low, through oppression, adversity, and sorrow:

⁴⁰He poureth contempt upon nobles, and causeth them to wander in a pathless waste;

⁴¹But he secureth the needy one on high from affliction, and maketh him families like flocks.

⁴²The upright shall see it, and rejoice; and all unrighteousness shall stop its mouth.

⁴³Whoso is wise, let him observe these things, and let them understand the loving-kindnesses of Jehovah.

Psalm 108

¹A Song, a Psalm of David. My heart is fixed, O God: I will sing, yea, I will sing psalms, even with my glory.

²Awake, lute and harp: I will wake the dawn.

³I will give thee thanks among the peoples, O Jehovah; of thee will I sing psalms among the nations:

⁴For thy loving-kindness is great above the heavens, and thy truth is unto the clouds.

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

⁶That thy beloved ones may be delivered: save with thy right hand, and answer me.

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

⁸Gilead is mine, Manasseh is mine, and Ephraim is the strength of my head; Judah is my law-giver;

⁹Moab is my wash-pot; upon Edom will I cast my sandal; over Philistia will I shout aloud.

¹⁰Who will bring me into the strong city? who will lead me unto Edom?

¹¹Wilt not thou, O God, who didst cast us off? and didst not go forth, O God, with our armies?

¹²Give us help from trouble; for vain is man's deliverance.

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

Psalm 109

¹To the chief Musician. Of David. A Psalm. O God of my praise, be not silent:

²For the mouth of the wicked man and the mouth of deceit are opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue,

³And with words of hatred have they encompassed me; and they fight against me without a cause.

⁴For my love they are mine adversaries; but I give myself unto prayer.

⁵And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.

⁶Set a wicked man over him, and let the adversary stand at his right hand;

⁷When he shall be judged, let him go out guilty, and let his prayer become sin;

⁸Let his days be few, let another take his office;

⁹Let his sons be fatherless, and his wife a widow;

¹⁰Let his sons be vagabonds and beg, and let them seek their bread far from their desolate places;

¹¹Let the usurer cast the net over all that he hath, and let strangers despoil his labour;

¹²Let there be none to extend kindness unto him, neither let there be any to favour his fatherless children;

¹³Let his posterity be cut off; in the generation following let their name be blotted out:

¹⁴Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered with Jehovah, and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out;

¹⁵Let them be before Jehovah continually, that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth:

¹⁶Because he remembered not to shew kindness, but persecuted the afflicted and needy man, and the broken in heart, to slay him.

¹⁷And he loved cursing; so let it come unto him. And he delighted not in blessing; and let it be far from him.

¹⁸And he clothed himself with cursing like his vestment; so let it come into his bowels like water, and like oil into his bones;

¹⁹Let it be unto him as a garment with which he covereth himself, and for a girdle wherewith he is constantly girded.

²⁰Let this be the reward of mine adversaries from Jehovah, and of them that speak evil against my soul.

²¹But do *thou* for me, Jehovah, Lord, for thy name's sake; because thy loving-kindness is good, deliver me:

²²For I am afflicted and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.

²³I am gone like a shadow when it lengtheneth; I am tossed about like the locust;

²⁴My knees are failing through fasting, and my flesh hath lost its fatness;

²⁵And I am become a reproach unto them; when they look upon me they shake their heads.

²⁶Help me, Jehovah my God; save me according to thy loving-kindness:

²⁷That they may know that this is thy hand; that *thou*, Jehovah, hast done it.

²⁸Let *them* curse, but bless *thou*; when they rise up, let them be ashamed, and let thy servant rejoice.

²⁹Let mine adversaries be clothed with confusion, and let them cover themselves with their shame as with a mantle.

³⁰I will greatly celebrate Jehovah with my mouth; yea, I will praise him among the multitude.

³¹For he standeth at the right hand of the needy, to save him from those that judge his soul.

Psalm 110

¹Psalm of David. Jehovah said unto my Lord, Sit at my right hand, until I put thine enemies as footstool of thy feet.

²Jehovah shall send the sceptre of thy might out of Zion: rule in the midst of thine enemies.

³Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power, in holy splendour: from the womb of the morning shall come to thee the dew of thy youth.

⁴Jehovah hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou art priest for ever after the order of Melchisedek.

⁵The Lord at thy right hand will smite through kings in the day of his anger.

⁶He shall judge among the nations; he shall fill all places with dead bodies; he shall smite through the head over a great country.

⁷He shall drink of the brook in the way; therefore shall he lift up the head.