Psalms 107-110

Psalm 107

¹‘Give ye thanks to Jehovah, For good, for to the age is His kindness:'

²Let the redeemed of Jehovah say, Whom He redeemed from the hand of an adversary.

³And from the lands hath gathered them, From east and from west, From north, and from the sea.

⁴They wandered in a wilderness, in a desert by the way, A city of habitation they have not found.

⁵Hungry -- yea -- thirsty, Their soul in them becometh feeble,

⁶And they cry unto Jehovah in their adversity, From their distress He delivereth them,

⁷And causeth them to tread in a right way, To go unto a city of habitation.

⁸They confess to Jehovah His kindness, And His wonders to the sons of men.

⁹For He hath satisfied a longing soul, And a hungry soul hath filled with goodness.

¹⁰Inhabitants of dark places and death-shade, Prisoners of affliction and of iron,

¹¹Because they changed the saying of God, And the counsel of the Most High despised.

¹²And He humbleth with labour their heart, They have been feeble, and there is no helper.

¹³And they cry unto Jehovah in their adversity, From their distresses He saveth them.

¹⁴He bringeth them out from the dark place, And death-shade, And their bands He draweth away.

¹⁵They confess to Jehovah His kindness, And His wonders to the sons of men.

¹⁶For He hath broken doors of brass, And bars of iron He hath cut.

¹⁷Fools, by means of their transgression, And by their iniquities, afflict themselves.

¹⁸All food doth their soul abominate, And they come nigh unto the gates of death,

¹⁹And cry unto Jehovah in their adversity, From their distresses He saveth them,

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

²¹They confess to Jehovah His kindness, And His wonders to the sons of men,

²²And they sacrifice sacrifices of thanksgiving, And recount His works with singing.

²³Those going down to the sea in ships, Doing business in many waters,

²⁴They have seen the works of Jehovah, And His wonders in the deep.

²⁵And He saith, and appointeth a tempest, And it lifteth up its billows,

²⁶They go up to the heavens, they go down to the depths, Their soul in evil is melted.

²⁷They reel to and fro, and move as a drunkard, And all their wisdom is swallowed up.

²⁸And they cry to Jehovah in their adversity, And from their distresses He bringeth them out.

²⁹He establisheth a whirlwind to a calm, And hushed are their billows.

³⁰And they rejoice because they are quiet, And He leadeth them to the haven of their desire.

³¹They confess to Jehovah His kindness, And His wonders to the sons of men,

³²And they exalt Him in the assembly of the people, And in the seat of the elders praise Him.

³³He maketh rivers become a wilderness, And fountains of waters become dry land.

³⁴A fruitful land becometh a barren place, For the wickedness of its inhabitants.

³⁵He maketh a wilderness become a pool of water, And a dry land become fountains of waters.

³⁶And He causeth the hungry to dwell there, And they prepare a city of habitation.

³⁷And they sow fields, and plant vineyards, And they make fruits of increase.

³⁸And He blesseth them, and they multiply exceedingly, And their cattle He doth not diminish.

³⁹And they are diminished, and bow down, By restraint, evil, and sorrow.

⁴⁰He is pouring contempt upon nobles, And causeth them to wander in vacancy -- no way.

⁴¹And setteth on high the needy from affliction, And placeth families as a flock.

⁴²The upright do see and rejoice, And all perversity hath shut her mouth.

⁴³Who is wise, and observeth these? They understand the kind acts of Jehovah!

Psalm 108

¹A Song, a Psalm of David. Prepared is my heart, O God, I sing, yea, I sing praise, also my honour.

²Awake, psaltery and harp, I awake the dawn.

³I thank Thee among peoples, O Jehovah, And I praise Thee among the nations.

⁴For great above the heavens is Thy kindness, And unto the clouds Thy truth.

⁵Be Thou exalted above the heavens, O God, And above all the earth Thy honour.

⁶That Thy beloved ones may be delivered, Save with Thy right hand, and answer us.

⁷God hath spoken in His holiness: I exult, I apportion Shechem, And the valley of Succoth I measure,

⁸Mine is Gilead, mine is Manasseh, And Ephraim is the strength of my head, Judah is my lawgiver,

⁹Moab is a pot for my washing, Upon Edom I cast my shoe, Over Philistia I shout habitually.

¹⁰Who doth bring me in to the fenced city? Who hath led me unto Edom?

¹¹Hast not Thou, O God, cast us off? And Thou goest not out, O God, with our hosts!

¹²Give to us help from adversity, And vain is the salvation of man.

¹³In God we do mightily, And He doth tread down our adversaries!

Psalm 109

¹To the Overseer. -- A Psalm of David. O God of my praise, be not silent,

²For the mouth of wickedness, and the mouth of deceit, Against me they have opened, They have spoken with me -- A tongue of falsehood, and words of hatred!

³They have compassed me about, And they fight me without cause.

⁴For my love they oppose me, and I -- prayer!

⁵And they set against me evil for good, And hatred for my love.

⁶Appoint Thou over him the wicked, And an adversary standeth at his right hand.

⁷In his being judged, he goeth forth wicked, And his prayer is for sin.

⁸His days are few, his oversight another taketh,

⁹His sons are fatherless, and his wife a widow.

¹⁰And wander continually do his sons, Yea, they have begged, And have sought out of their dry places.

¹¹An exactor layeth a snare for all that he hath, And strangers spoil his labour.

¹²He hath none to extend kindness, Nor is there one showing favour to his orphans.

¹³His posterity is for cutting off, In another generation is their name blotted out.

¹⁴The iniquity of his fathers Is remembered unto Jehovah, And the sin of his mother is not blotted out.

¹⁵They are before Jehovah continually, And He cutteth off from earth their memorial.

¹⁶Because that he hath not remembered to do kindness, And pursueth the poor man and needy, And the smitten of heart -- to slay,

¹⁷And he loveth reviling, and it meeteth him, And he hath not delighted in blessing, And it is far from him.

¹⁸And he putteth on reviling as his robe, And it cometh in as water into his midst, And as oil into his bones.

¹⁹It is to him as apparel -- he covereth himself, And for a continual girdle he girdeth it on.

²⁰This is the wage of mine accusers from Jehovah, And of those speaking evil against my soul.

²¹And Thou, O Jehovah Lord, Deal with me for Thy name's sake, Because Thy kindness is good, deliver me.

²²For I am poor and needy, And my heart hath been pierced in my midst.

²³As a shadow when it is stretched out I have gone, I have been driven away as a locust.

²⁴My knees have been feeble from fasting, And my flesh hath failed of fatness.

²⁵And I -- I have been a reproach to them, They see me, they shake their head.

²⁶Help me, O Jehovah my God, Save me, according to Thy kindness.

²⁷And they know that this is Thy hand, Thou, O Jehovah, Thou hast done it.

²⁸They revile, and Thou dost bless, They have risen, and are ashamed, And Thy servant doth rejoice.

²⁹Mine accusers put on blushing, and are covered, As an upper robe is their shame.

³⁰I thank Jehovah greatly with my mouth, And in the midst of many I praise Him,

³¹For He standeth at the right hand of the needy, To save from those judging his soul.

Psalm 110

¹A Psalm of David. The affirmation of Jehovah to my Lord: ‘Sit at My right hand, Till I make thine enemies thy footstool.'

²The rod of thy strength doth Jehovah send from Zion, Rule in the midst of thine enemies.

³Thy people are free-will gifts in the day of Thy strength, in the honours of holiness, From the womb, from the morning, Thou hast the dew of thy youth.

⁴Jehovah hath sworn, and doth not repent, ‘Thou art a priest to the age, According to the order of Melchizedek.'

⁵The Lord on thy right hand smote kings In the day of His anger.

⁶He doth judge among the nations, He hath completed the carcases, Hath smitten the head over the mighty earth.

⁷From a brook in the way he drinketh, Therefore he doth lift up the head!