 Psalm 61 through 70 of the Book of the Psalms, from the Young's literal translation of the Bible, translated by Robert Young. This liprivox recording is in the public domain. Recording by Mark Penfold. Psalm 61, To the Overseer on Stringed Instruments, by David Here, O God, my loud cry, attend to my prayer, From the end of the land unto thee I call, In the feebleness of my heart, into a rock higher than thy, thou dost lead me. For thou hast been a refuge for me, A tower of strength because of the enemy, I sojourn in thy tent to the ages, I trust in the secret place of thy wings. Say, La. For thou, O God, hast hearkened to my vows, Thou hast appointed the inheritance of those fearing thy name. Days to the days of the king, thou addest, His years as generation and generation. He dwelleth to the age before God, Kindness and truth appoint, they keep him. So do I praise thy name forever, When I pay my vows day by day. Psalm 62, To the Overseer, for Jet-Euthan, a psalm of David Only, toward God is my soul silent, From him is my salvation. Only he is my rock and my salvation, My tower I am not much moved. Till when do ye devise mischief against a man? Ye are destroyed, all of you, As a wall inclined, a hedge that is cast down. Only from his excellency they have consulted to drive away, They enjoy a lie, With their mouth they bless, And with their heart revile. Say, La. Only for God be silent, O my soul, For from him is my hope. Only he is my rock and my salvation, My tower I am not moved. On God is my salvation, And my honor, the rock of my strength, My refuge is in God. Trust in him at all times, O people, Pour forth before him your heart. God is a refuge for us. Say, La. Only vanity are the low, A lie the high. In balances to go up they, Then vanity are lighter. Trust not in oppression, And in robbery become not vain. Wealth, when it increases, Set not the heart. Once hath God spoken, Twice I heard this, That strength is with God, And with thee, O Lord, is kindness, For thou dost recompense To each according to his work. Psalm 63 A Psalm of David In his being in the wilderness of Judah. O God, thou art my God, Earnestly do I seek thee, Thirsted for thee hath my soul, Longed for thee hath my flesh, In a land dry and weary, Without waters. So in the sanctuary I have seen thee, To behold thy strength and thine honor, Because better is thy kindness than life, My lips do praise thee, So I bless thee in my life. In thy name I lift up my hands, As with milk and fatness is my soul satisfied, And with singing lips doth my mouth praise, If I have remembered thee on my couch, In the watches I meditate on thee, For thou hast been a help to me, And in the shadow of thy wings I sing, Cleaved hath my soul after thee, On me hath thy right hand taken hold, And they who for desolation seek my soul, Go into the lower parts of the earth. They cause him to run on the edge of the sword, A portion for foxes they are, And the king doth rejoice in God, Boast himself doth everyone swearing by him, But stopped is the mouth of those speaking lies. Psalm 64 To the Overseer, a Psalm of David. Here O God, my voice in my meditation, From the fear of an enemy thou keepest my life, Hidest me from the secret counsel of evildoers, From the tumult of workers of iniquity, Who sharpened as a sword their tongue, They directed their arrow a bitter word, To shoot in secret places the perfect, Suddenly they shoot him, and fear not, They strengthen for themselves an evil thing, They recount of the hiding of snares, They have said, who doth look at it? They search out perverse things, We perfected a searching search, And the inward part of man and the heart are deep, And God doth shoot them with an arrow, Sudden have been their wounds, And they cause him to stumble against them as their own tongue, Every looker on them flee of the way, And all men fear and declare the work of God, And his deed they have considered wisely, The righteous doth rejoice in Jehovah, And hath trusted in him, And boast themselves do all the upright of heart. To thee's silence, praise, O God, is in Zion, And to thee is a vow completed, Hearer of prayer, to thee all flesh cometh, Matters of iniquities were mightier than I, Our transgressions thou dost cover them, O the happiness of him who thou choosest And driest near, he inhabiteth thy courts, We are satisfied with the goodness of thy house, thy holy temple. By fearful things in righteousness thou answerest us, O God of our salvation, The confidence of all far off ends of earth and sea, Establishing mountains by his power he hath been girded with might, Restraining the noise of seas, the noise of their bellows, And the multitude of the peoples, And the inhabitants of the uttermost parts From thy signs are afraid, the outgoings of morning and evening Thou causest to sing, thou hast inspected the earth and waterest it, Thou makest it very rich, the rivulet of God is full of water, Thou preparest their corn, when thus thou dost prepare it, Its ridges have been filled, deepened have been its furrow, With showers thou dost soften it, its springing up thou blessest, Thou hast crowned the year of thy goodness, And thy paths dropped fatness, Up do the pastures of the wilderness, And joy of the heights thou girdest on, Clothed have lambs the flock, And valleys are covered with corn, They shout, yea they sing! Psalm 66 To the overseer, a song, a psalm, Shout ye to God all the earth, Praise ye the honor of his name, Make ye honorable his praise, Say to God, How fearful are thy works, By the abundance of thy strength, Thine enemies feign obedience to thee, All the earth do bow to thee, They sing praise to thee, They praise thy name, Silla! Come ye and see the works of God, Fearful acts toward the sons of men, He hath turned a sea to dry land, Through a river they pass over on foot, There do we rejoice in him, Ruling by his might to the age, His eyes among the nations do watch, The refractory exalt not themselves. Silla! Bless ye, peoples, our God, And sound the voice of his praise, Who hath placed our soul in life, And suffered not our feet to be moved, For thou hast tried us, O God, Thou hast refined us as the refining of silver, Thou hast brought us into a net, Thou hast placed pressure on our loins, Thou hast caused man to ride at our head, We have entered into fire and into water, And thou bringest us out to a watered place. I enter thy house with burnt offerings, I complete to thee my vows, For opened were my lips, And my mouth spake in my distress. Burnt offerings of fatlings I offer to thee, With perfume of rams, I prepare a bollock with he goats. Silla! Come here, all ye who fear God, And I recount what he did for my soul, Unto him with my mouth I have called, And exaltation is under my tongue. Iniquity, if I have seen in my heart, The Lord doth not hear. But God hath heard, He hath attended to the voice of my prayer. Blessed is God who hath not turned aside my prayer, And his loving kindness from me. Psalm 67 To the Overseer with stringed instruments A song, a song. God doth favor us and bless us, Doth cause his face to shine with us. Silla! For the knowledge in earth of thy way, Among all nations of thy salvation, Praise thee, do peoples, O God, Praise thee, do peoples, all of them, Rejoice and sing, do nations, For thou judgest peoples uprightly, And peoples on earth comfortest. Silla! Praise thee, do peoples, O God, Confess thee, do peoples, all of them, Earth hath given her increase, God doth bless us, our God, God doth bless us, And all ends of earth fear him. Psalm 68 To the Overseer, a song, A song of David. Rise, doth God, Scattered are his enemies, And those hating him flee from his face, The driving away of smoke thou drivest away, As the melting of wax before fire, The wicked perish at the presence of God, And the righteous rejoice, They exult before God, And they joy with gladness. Seeing ye to God, Praise his name, Raise up a highway for him who is riding in deserts, In jaw is his name, And exult before him. Father of the fatherless and judge of the widows, Is God in his holy habitation. God causing the lonely to dwell at home, Bringing out bound ones into prosperity, Only the refractory have inhabited a dry place. O God, in thy going forth before thy people, In thy stepping through the wilderness. Silla! The earth hath shaken, yea, The heavens have dropped before God, This Sinai, before God, the God of Israel. A shower of freewill gifts thou shakest out, O God, Thine inheritance when it hath been weary, Thou hast established it. Thy company have dwelt in it, Thou preparest in thy goodness for the poor, O God. The Lord doth give the saying, The female proclaimers are a numerous host. Kings of hosts flee utterly away, And a female inhabitant of the house of Portioneth spoil. Though ye do lie between two boundaries, Wings of a dove covered with silver, And her pinions with yellow gold. When the mighty spreadeth kings in it, It doth snow in Salmon. A hill of God is the hill of Bashan. A hill of heights is the hill of Bashan. Why do ye envy oh high hills, The hill God hath desired for his seat? Jehovah also doth tapernacle forever. The chariots of God are myriads, Thousands of changes. The Lord is among them, In Sinai, in the sanctuary. Thou hast descended on high, Thou hast taken captive captivity, Thou hast taken gifts for men, That even the refractory may rest, O God. Blessed is the Lord. Day by day he layeth on us. God himself is our salvation, Sila. God himself is to us a God for deliverances, And Jehovah Lord hath the outgoings of death. Only God doth smite the head of his enemies, The hairy crown of a habitual walker in his guilt. The Lord said, From Bashan I bring back, I bring back from the depths of the sea, So that thou dashest thy foot in blood, In the blood of enemies, the tongue of thy dogs. They have seen thy goings, O God, Goings of my God, my king, in the sanctuary. Singers have been before, Behind our players on instruments, in the midst virgins playing with timbrels. In assemblies bless ye, God, the Lord, From the fountain of Israel. There is little Benjamin their ruler, Heads of Judah their defense, Heads of Zebulun, Heads of Naftali. Thy God hath commanded thy strength, Be strong, O God, this thou hast wrought for us. Because of thy temple at Jerusalem, To thee do kings bring a present. Rebuke a beast of the reeds, A company of bulls, with calves of the peoples, Each humbling himself with pieces of silver, Scatter thou peoples delighting in conflicts. Come do fat ones out of Egypt, Cush causeth her hands to run to God. Kingdoms of the earth, Sing ye to God, praise ye the Lord. To him who is writing on the heavens of the heavens of old, Lo, he giveth with his voice a strong voice, Ascribe ye strength to God, over Israel is his excellency, and his strength in the clouds. Fearful, O God, out of thy sanctuaries, The God of Israel himself, giving strength and might to the people, Blessed is God. Psalm 69 To the Overseer, On the Lilies, by David Save me, O God, for come hath waters unto the soul. I have sunk in deep mire, And there is no standing. I have come into the depths of the waters, And a flood hath overflown me. I have been wearied with my calling, Burnt hath been my throat, consumed hath been my eyes, Waiting for my God. Those hating me without cause Have been more than the hairs of my head. Mighty have been my destroyers, My lying enemies, that which I took not away. I bring back. O God, Thou, Thou hast known concerning my overturn, And my desolations from thee have not been hid. Let not those waiting on thee be ashamed Because of me, O Lord, Jehovah of hosts. Let not those seeking thee blush Because of me, O God of Israel. For because of thee I have borne reproach, Shame hath covered my face. A stranger I have been to my brother, And a foreigner to sons of my mother. For zeal for thy house hath consumed me, And the reproaches of thy reproachers have fallen upon me. And I weep in the fasting of my soul, And it is for a reproach to me. And I make my clothing sackcloth, And I am to them for a simile. Those sitting at the gate Meditate concerning me, And those drinking strong drink play on instruments. And I, my prayer is to thee, O Jehovah, A time of good pleasure, O God, In the abundance of thy kindness Answer me in the truth of thy salvation. Deliver me from the mire, And let me not sink, Let me be delivered from those hating me, And from deep places of waters. Let not a flood of waters overflow me, Nor let the deep swallow me up, Nor let the pit shut her mouth upon me. Answer me, O Jehovah, for good is thy kindness, According to the abundance of thy mercies, Turn thou unto me, And hide not thy face from thy servant, For I am in distress. Haste, answer me, Be near unto my soul, Redeem it, because of mine enemies, Ransom me. Thou hast known my reproach, And my shame, And my blushing, Before thee are all mine adversaries. Such hath broken my heart, And I am sick, And I look for a be-moner, And there is none, And for comforters, And I have found none, And they give for my food gall, And for my thirst cause me to drink vinegar. Their table before them is for a snare, And for a recompense for a trap. Darkened are their eyes from seeing, And their loins continually shake thou. Pour upon them thine indignation, And the fierceness of thine anger doth seize them. Power is desolated, In their tents there is no dweller, For they have pursued him, Thou hast smitten, And recount of the pain of thy pierced ones. Give punishment for their iniquity, And they enter not into thy righteousness. They are blotted out of the Book of Life, And with the righteous are not written. And I am afflicted in pain, Thy salvation, O God doth set me on high. I praise the name of God with a song, And I magnify him with thanksgiving, And it is better to Jehovah than an ox, A bollock, horned, hoofed. The humble have seen, They rejoice, ye who seek God, And your heart liveth, For Jehovah harkeneth unto the needy, And his bound ones he hath not despised. The heavens and earth do praise him, Seize and every moving thing in them, For God doth save Zion, And doth build the cities of Judah, And they have dwelt there and possess it, And the seed of his servants inherit it, And those loving his name dwell in it. Psalm 70 To the Overseer by David, To cause to remember, O God, to deliver me, O Jehovah, for my help haste, Let them be ashamed and confounded Who are seeking my soul, Let them be turned backward and blush Who are desiring my evil, Let them turn back because of their shame, Who are saying, Aha, aha, let all those seeking the joy, And be glad in thee, And let those loving thy salvation Say continually, God is magnified, And I am poor and needy, O God, Haste to me, my help and my deliverer art thou, O Jehovah, tarry thou not. The end of Psalms 61 through 70 Recording by Mark Penfold. In thee, O Jehovah, I have trusted, Let me not be ashamed to the age. In thy righteousness, thou dost deliver me, And dost cause me to escape, Incline unto me thine ear, And save me. Be to me for a rock, a habitation, To go incontinually, Thou hast given command to save me, For my rock and my bulwark art thou. Oh my God, cause me to escape From the hand of the wicked, From the hand of the perverse and violent, For thou art my hope, O Lord Jehovah, My trust from my youth. By thee I have been supported from the womb, From my mother's bowels thou dost cut me out, In thee is my praise continually. As a wonder I have been to many, And thou art my strong refuge, Filled is my mouth with thy praise, All the day with thy beauty. Cast me not off at the time of old age, According to the consumption of my power, For sake me not. For mine enemies have spoken against me, And those watching my soul have taken counsel Together, saying, God hath forsaken him, Pursue and catch him, For there is no deliverer. Oh God, be not far from me, Oh my God, for my help make haste. They are ashamed, they are consumed, Who are opposing my soul, They are covered with reproach and blushing, Who are seeking my evil, I continually do wait with hope, And have added unto all thy praise. My mouth recounteth thy righteousness, All the day thy salvation, For I have not known the numbers. I come in the might of the Lord Jehovah, I mention thy righteousness, Thine only. God, thou hast taught me from my youth, And hitherto I declare thy wonders. And also unto old age and gray hairs, O God, forsake me not, For I declare thy strength to a generation, To everyone that cometh thy might. And thy righteousness, O God, is unto the heights, Because thou hast done great things. O God, who is like thee? Because thou hast showed me many and sad distresses, Thou turnest back, Thou revivest me, and from the depths of the soul, Thou turnest back, thou bringest me up, Thou dost increase my greatness, And thou surroundest, thou comfortest me. I also thank thee with a vessel of sultry, Thy truth, O my God, I sing to thee with a harp, O holy one of Israel. My lips cry aloud when I sing praise to thee, And my soul that thou hast redeemed. My tongue also, all the day, uttereth thy righteousness, Because ashamed, because confounded, Have been those seeking my evil. Psalm 72 by Solomon. O God, thy judgments to the king give, And thy righteousness to the king's son. He judgeseth thy people with righteousness, And thy poor with judgment. The mountains bear peace to the people, And the heights by righteousness. He judgeseth the poor of the people, Giveth deliverance to the sons of the needy, And bruiseth the oppressor. They fear thee with the sun, And before the moon, generation, generations. He cometh down as rain on mown grass, As showers sprinkling the earth. Flourish in his days, doth the righteous, And abundance of peace till the moon is not, And he ruleth from sea unto sea, And from the river unto the ends of earth. Before him bow do the inhabitants of the dry places, And his enemies lick the dust. Kings of Tarshish and of the Isles send back a present. Kings of Sheba and Sheba a reward bring near. And all kings do bow themselves to him, All nations do serve him, For he delivereth the needy who cryeth, And the poor when he hath no helper. He hath pity on the poor in needy, And the souls of the needy he saveth. From fraud and from violence he redeemeth their soul, And precious is their blood in his eyes. And he liveth and giveth to him of the gold of Sheba, And prayeth for him continually, All the day he doth bless him. There is a handful of corn in the earth, On the top of mountains. Shake like Lebanon doth its fruit, And they flourish out of the city as the herb Of the earth. His name is to the age, Before the sun is his name continued, And they bless themselves in him, All nations do pronounce him happy. Blessed is Jehovah God, God of Israel. He alone is doing wonders, And blessed is the name of his honor to the age, And the whole earth is filled with his honor. Amen, and amen! The prayers of David, son of Jesse, Have been ended. Psalm 73, a psalm of Asaph. Only good to Israel is God, To the clean of heart, And I, as a little thing, My feet have been turned aside, As nothing have my steps slipped, For I have been envious of the boastful, The peace of the wicked I see, That there are no bans at their death, And their might is firm, In the misery of mortals they are not, And with common men they are not plagued, Therefore have pride encircled them, Violence covereth them as a dress, Their eye have come out from fat, The imaginations of the heart transgressed, They do corruptly, And they speak in the wickedness of oppression, From on high they speak, They have set in the heavens their mouth, And their tongue walketh in the earth, Therefore do his people return thither, And waters of fullness are wrung out to them, And they have said, How hath God known, And is their knowledge in the most high? Lo, these are the wicked and easy ones of the age, They have increased strength. Only a vain thing I have purified my heart, And I wash in innocence in my hands, And I am plagued all the day, And my reproof is every morning. If I have said, I recount thus, Lo, a generation of thy sons I have deceived, And I think to know this, Perverseness it is in my eyes, Till I come in to the sanctuaries of God, I attend to their latter end. Only in slippery places thou dost set them, Thou hast caused them to fall to desolations. How have they become a desolation, As in a moment they have been ended, Consumed from terrors, As a dream from awakening, O Lord, Inawaking their image thou despisest, For my heart doth show itself violent, And my reigns prick themselves, And I am brutish, and do not know, A beast I have been with thee, And I am continually with thee, Thou hast laid hold on my right hand, With thy counsel thou dost lead me, And after honor dost receive me, Whom have I in the heavens? And with thee none I have desired in earth, Consumed have been my flesh and my heart, The rock of my heart, And my portion is God to the age. For, Lo, those far from thee do perish, Thou hast cut off every one who is going ahorring from thee, And I, nearness of God to me, is good. I have placed in the Lord Jehovah my refuge, To recount all thy works. Psalm 74 An Instruction of Asaph Why, O God, hast thou cast off forever, Thine anger smoketh against the flock of thy pasture? Remember thy company, Thou didst purchase of old, Thou didst redeem the rod of thy inheritance, This Mount Zion, Thou didst dwell in it. Lift up thy steps to the perpetual desolations, Everything the enemy did wickedly in the sanctuary. Roard have thine adversaries, In the midst of thy meeting places they have set their ensigns as ensigns. He is known as one bringing in on high Against a thicket of wood, axes. And now its carvings together with ax and hatchet they break down. They have sent into fire thy sanctuary, To the earth they polluted the tabernacle of thy name. They said in their hearts, Let us oppress them together. They did burn all the meeting places of God in the land. Our ensigns we have not seen. There is no more a prophet, Nor with us is one knowing how long. Till when, O God, doth an adversary reproach, Doth an enemy despise thy name forever? Why dost thou turn back thy hand, Even thy right hand? From the midst of thy bosom remove it? God is my king of old, Working salvation in the midst of the earth. Thou hast broken by thy strength a sea monster, Thou hast shivered heads of dragons by the waters. Thou hast broken the heads of Leviathan, Thou makest him food for the people of the dry places. Thou hast cleaved a fountain and a stream, Thou hast dried up perennial flowings. Thine is the day, also thine is the night. Thou hast prepared a light giver, the sun. Thou hast set up all the borders of earth, Summer and winter Thou hast formed them. Remember this, an enemy reproached Jehovah, And a foolish people have despised thy name. Give not up to a company the soul of thy turtle dove, The company of thy poor ones forget not forever. Look attentively to the covenant, For the dark places of earth have been full Of habitations of violence. Forget not the oppressed turned back ashamed, Let the poor and needy praise thy name. Arise, O God, plead thy plea. Remember thy reproach from a fool all the day. Forget not the voice of thine adversaries, The noise of thy withstanders is going up continually. Psalm 75 To the Overseer, destroy not A psalm of Asaph, a song. We have given thanks to thee, O God. We have given thanks, and near is thy name. They have recounted thy wonders. When I receive an appointment, I, I do judge uprightly. Melted is the earth and all its inhabitants, I, I have pondered its pillars. Sila, I have said to the boastful, Be not boastful, and to the wicked, Raise not up a horn. Raise not up on high your horn, Ye speak with a stiff neck. For not from the east or from the west, Nor from the wilderness is elevation. But God is judge, this he maketh low, And this he lifteth up. For a cup is in the hand of Jehovah, And the wine hath foamed. It is full of mixture, and he poureth out of it. Only its drags ring out, And drink do all the wicked of the earth. And I, I declare it to the age. I sing praise to the God of Jacob, And all horns of the wicked I cut off. Exalted are the horns of the righteous. Psalm 76. To the overseer with stringed instruments. A psalm of Asaph. A song. In Judah is God known. In Israel his name is great, And his tabernacle is in Salem, And his habitation in Zion. And there he hath shivered arrows of a bow, Shield, and sword, and battle. Silah. Bright art thou, honorable above hills of prey, Spoiled themselves have the mighty of heart, They have slept their sleep, And none of the men of might found their hands. From thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, Both rider and horse have been fast asleep. Thou fearful art thou, And who doth stand before thee since thou hast been angry? From heaven thou hast sounded judgment, Earth hath feared and hath been still, In the rising of God to judgment, To save all the humble of earth. Silah. For the fierceness of man praiseth thee, The remnant of fierceness thou girdest on. Thou and complete to Jehovah your God, All ye surrounding him, They bring presence to the fearful one. He doth gather the spirit of leaders, Fearful to the kings of earth. Psalm 77. To the overseer for Judeuthan. A Psalm of Asaph. My voice is to God, And I cry. My voice is to God, And he hath given ear unto me. In a day of my distress the Lord I sought. My hand by night hath been spread out, And it doth not cease. My soul hath refused to be comforted. I remember God, And make a noise. I meditate, And feeble is my spirit. Silah. Thou hast taken hold of the watches of mine eyes. I have been moved, And I speak not. I have reckoned the days of old, The years of the ages. I remember my music in the night, With my heart I meditate, And my spirit doth search diligently. To the ages doth the Lord cast off, Doth he add to be pleased no more. Hath his kindness ceased forever? The same failed to all generations? Hath God forgotten his favours? Hath he shut up in anger his mercies? Silah. And I say, My weakness is the changes of the right hand Of the most high. I mention the doings of Jah, For I remember of all thy wonders, And I have meditated on all thy working, And I talk concerning thy doings. O God, in holiness is thy way! Who is a great God, like God? Thou art the God doing wonders, Thou hast made known among the peoples Thy strength, Thou hast redeemed with strength thy people, The sons of Jacob and Joseph. Silah. The waters have seen thee, O God, The waters have seen thee, They are afraid, also depths are troubled, Poured out waters have thick clouds, The skies have given forth a noise, Also thine arrows go up and down. The voice of thy thunder is in the spheres, Lightnings have lightened the world, The earth hath trembled, yea, it shakeeth. In the sea is thy way, And thy paths are in many waters, And thy tracks have not been known, Thou hast led as a flock thy people By the hand of Moses and Aaron. Psalm 78. An Instruction of Asaph. Give ear, O my people, to my law, Incline your ear to sayings of my mouth. I open with a simile my mouth, I bring forth hidden things of old, That we have heard and do know, And our fathers have recounted to us. We do not hide from their sons To a later generation recounting praises Of Jehovah and his strength and his wonders that he hath done, And he raises up a testimony in Jacob, And a law hath placed in Israel, That he commanded our fathers to make them known to their sons, So that a later generation doth know, Sons who are born to rise and recount to their sons, And place in God their confidence, And forget not the doings of God, But keep his commands. And they are not like their fathers, A generation of postate and rebellious, A generation it hath not prepared its heart, Nor steadfast with God is its spirit. Sons of Ephraim, armed bearers of bow, Have turned in a day of conflict, They have not kept the covenant of God, And in his law they have refused to walk, And they forget his doings, And his wonders that he shooed them. For their fathers he hath done wonders In the land of Egypt, the field of Zohan. He cleft a sea and causeth them to pass over, Yea, he causeth waters to stand as a heap, And leadeth them with a cloud by day, And awe the night with a light of fire. He cleaveth rocks in a wilderness, And giveth drink as the great deep, And bringeth out streams from a rock, And causeth waters to come down as rivers, And they add still to sin against him, To provoke the most high in the dry place, And they try God in their heart To ask food for their lust, And they speak against God, They said, Is God able to array a table in a wilderness? Lo, he hath smitten a rock and waters flow, Yea, streams overflow. Also bread is he able to give, Doth he prepare flesh for his people? Nor hath Jehovah heard, And he sheweth himself rough, And fire hath been kindled against Jacob, And anger also hath gone up against Israel, For they have not believed in God, Nor have they trusted in his salvation. And he commandeth clouds from above, Yea, doors of the heavens he hath opened, And he reigneth on them manna to eat, Yea, corn of heaven he hath given to them. Food of the mighty hath each eaten, Venison he sent to them to satiety. He causeth an east wind to journey in the heavens, And leadeth by his strength a south wind. And he reigneth on them flesh as dust, And as sand of the seas winged foul, And causeth it to fall in the midst of his camp round about his tabernacles. And they eat and are greatly satisfied, And their desire he bringeth to them. They have not been estranged from their desire, Yet is their food in their mouth, And the anger of God hath gone up against them, And he slayeth among their fat ones, And youths of Israel he caus'd to bend, With all this they have sinned again, And have not believed in his wonders, And he consumeth in vanity their days, And their years in trouble. If he slew them, then they sought him, And turned back and sought God earnestly, And they remember that God is their rock, And God most high their redeemer. And they deceive him with their mouth, And with their tongue do lie to him, And their heart hath not been right with him, And they have not been steadfast in his covenant. And he, the merciful one, pardoneth iniquity, And destroyeth not, and hath often turned back his anger, And wakeeth not up all his fury. And he remembereth that they are flesh, A wind going on, and it returneth not. How often do they provoke him in the wilderness, Grieve him in the desolate place? Yea, they turn back and try God, And the Holy One of Israel hath limited. They have not remembered his hand, The day he ransomed them from the adversary. When he set his sights in Egypt, And his wonders in the field of Zohan, And he turneth to blood their streams, And their floods they drink not. He sendeth among them the beetle, And it consumeth them, and the frog, And it destroyeth them, And giveth to the caterpillar their increase, And their labor to the locust. He destroyeth with hail their vine, And their sycamores with frost, And delivereth up to the hail their beasts, And their cattle to the burning flames. He sendeth on them the fury of his anger, Wrath and indignation and distress, A discharge of evil messengers. He pondereth a path for his anger, He kept not back their soul from death. Yea, their life to the pestilence he delivered up. And he smighteth every firstborn in Egypt, The first fruit of the strong intents of Ham, And causeth his people to journey as a flock, And guideeth them as a drove in a wilderness. And he leadeth them confidently, And they have not been afraid, And their enemies hath the sea covered. And he bringeth them in unto the border of his sanctuary, This mountain his right hand had got, And casteth out nations from before them, And causeth them to fall in the line of inheritance, And causeth the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents. And they tempt and provoke God most high, And his testimonies have not kept, And they turn back and deal treacherously like their fathers. They have been turned like a deceitful bow, And make him angry with their high places, And with their graven images make him zealous. God hath heard, and sheweth himself raw, And kicketh exceedingly against Israel. And he leveth the tabernacle of Shiloh, The tent he had placed among men. And he giveth his strength to captivity, And his beauty into the hand of an adversary, And delivereth up to the sword his people, And with his inheritance shoot himself angry. His young men hath fire consumed, And his virgins have not been praised, His priests by the sword have fallen, And their widows weep not. And the Lord wakeeth as a sleeper, As a mighty one crying aloud from wine, And he smighteth his adversaries backward, A reproach aged during he hath put on them. And he kicketh against the tent of Joseph, And on the tribe of Ephraim hath not fixed, And he chooseth the tribe of Judah, With Mount Zion that he loved, And buildeth his sanctuary as a high place, Like the earth he founded it to the age. And he fixeth on David his servant, And taketh him from the folds of a flock, And behind suckly ones he hath brought him in To rule over Jacob his people, And over Israel his inheritance, And he ruleeth them according to the integrity Of his heart, And by the skilfulness of his hands leadeth them. Psalm 79 A Psalm of Asaph Oh, God, nations have come into thy inheritance! They have defiled thy holy temple, They made Jerusalem become heaps! They gave the dead bodies of thy servants Food for the fowls of the heavens, The flesh of thy saints for the wild beast of the earth. They have shed their blood As water round about Jerusalem, And there is none burying. We have been a reproach to our neighbors, A scorn and a derision to our surrounding. Till when, O Jehovah, art thou angry forever? Thy jealousy doth burn as fire, Pour thy fury on the nations who have not Known thee, and on kingdoms that have not called in thy name, For one hath devoured Jacob, And his habitation they have made desolate. Remember not for us the iniquities Of forefathers, haste, let thy mercies go before us, For we have been very weak. Help us, O God, of our salvation, Because of the honor of thy name, And deliver us and cover over our sins For thy name's sake. Why do the nations say, Where is their God? Let be known among the nations before our eyes The vengeance of the blood of thy servants That is shed. Let the groaning of the prisoner Come in before thee, according to the greatness Of thine arm, Leave thou the sons of death, And turn thou back to our neighbors Sevenfold unto their bosom their reproach, Wherewith they reproached thee, O Lord, And we, thy people, and the flock Of thy pasture, We give thanks to thee, to the age, To all generations we recount thy praise. Psalm 80 To the overseer, on the lilies, A testimony of Asaph, a psalm. Shepherd of Israel, give ear, Leading Joseph as a flock, Inhabiting the cherubs, shine forth, Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh, Wake up thy might and come for our salvation. O God, cause us to turn back, And cause thy face to shine, And we are saved. Jehovah, God of hosts, till when? Thou hast burned against the prayer of thy people. Thou hast caused them to eat bread of tears, And caused them to drink with tears a third time. Thou makest us a strife to our neighbors, And our enemies mock at it. God of hosts, turn us back, And cause thy face to shine, And we are saved. A vine out of Egypt thou dost bring, Thou dost cast out nations, And plantest it. Thou hast looked before it, and dost root it, And it filleth the land. Covered have been hills with its shadow, And its boughs are cedars of God. It sendeth forth its branches unto the sea, And unto the river its succlings. Why hast thou broken down its hedges? And all passing by the way have plucked it, A bore out of the forest doth waste it, And a wild beast of the fields consumes it? God of hosts, turn back we beast thee, Look from heaven and sea and inspect this vine, And the root that thy right hand planted, And the branch thou madeest strong for thee. Burnt with fire, cut down From the rebuke of thy face they perish. Let thy hand be on the man of thy right hand, On the Son of man thou hast strengthened for thyself, And we do not go back from thee. Thou dost revive us, and in thy name we call. O Jehovah God of hosts, turn us back, Cause thy face to shine, and we are saved. The end of Psalms 71 through 80 Recording by Mark Penfold. From 81 to the Overseer on the Gittith by Asaph. Cry aloud to God our strength, Shout to the God of Jacob. Lift up a song and give out a timbrel, A pleasant harp with sultry. Blow in the month of trumpet, In the new moon, at the day of our festival, For a statue to Israel it is, An ordinance of the God of Jacob. A testimony on Joseph he hath placed it, In his going forth over the land of Egypt. A lip I have not known, I hear. From the burden his shoulder I turned aside, His hands from the basket pass over. In distress thou hast called, And I deliver thee. I answer thee in the secret place of thunder, I try thee by the waters of Mirabah. Sailor. Here, O my people, and I testify to thee, O Israel, if thou dost hearken to me, There is not in thee a strange God, And thou bowest not thyself to a strange God. I am Jehovah thy God, Who bringeth thee up out of the land of Egypt, Enlarge thy mouth, and I fill it. But my people hearkened not to my voice, And Israel hath not consented to me, And I send them away in the enmity of their heart. They walk in their own counsels. Oh, that my people were hearkening to me, Israel in my ways would walk. As a little thing their enemies I caused to bow, And against their adversaries I turned back my hand. Those hating Jehovah feign obedience to him, But their time is to the age. He causeth him to eat of the fat of wheat, And with honey from a rock I satisfy thee. Psalm 82 A Psalm of Asaph God hath stood in the company of God In the midst God doth judge. To when do ye judge perversely, And the face of the wicked lift up? Say, la, judge ye the weak and fatherless, The afflicted and the poor declare righteous. Let the weak and needy escape From the hand of the wicked deliver them. They knew not, nor do they understand. In darkness they walk habitually, Moved are all the foundations of earth. I, I have said, Gods are ye, And sons of the most high, all of you. But as man ye die, And as one of the heads ye fall, Rise, O God, judge the earth, For thou hast inheritance among all the nations. Psalm 83 A Psalm of Asaph O God, let there be no silence To thee, be not silent, nor be quiet, O God. For lo, thine enemies do roar, And those hating thee have lifted up the head. Against thy people they take crafty counsel, And consult against thy hidden ones. They have said, Come, and we cut them off from being a nation, But the name of Israel is not remembered any more. For they consulted and hearted together Against thee a covenant they make. Tents of Edom, and Ishmaelites, Moab, and the Hagarines, Gebal, and Amon, and Amalek, Philistia with inhabitants of Tyre, Asher also is joined with them. They have been an arm to sons of Lot, say, la. Due to them, as to Midian, as to Cicera, As to Jabin, at the stream Kaishan. They were destroyed at Endor, they were dung for the ground, Make their nobles as Aureb and as Zeeb, And as Zeeba and Zalmuna, all their princes, Who have said, Let us occupy for ourselves the comely places of God. O my God, make them as a rolling thing, As stubble before wind, As a fire doth burn a forest, And as a flame seteth hills on fire. So dost thou pursue them with thy whirlwind, And with thy hurricane troublest them. Fill their faces with shame, And they seek thy name, O Jehovah. They are ashamed and troubled for ever, Yea, they are confounded and lost, And they know that thou, thy name is Jehovah by thyself, Art the most high over all the earth. Psalm 84 To the Overseer, on the Gittith, by sons of Korah. A Psalm. How beloved thy Tabernacles, Jehovah of hosts! My soul desired, yea, it hath also been consumed, For the courts of Jehovah, my heart and my flesh, Cry aloud unto the living God! Even a sparrow hath found a house, And a swallow a nest for herself, where she hath placed her brood. Thine alters, O Jehovah of hosts, My king and my God! O, the happiness of those inhabiting thy house, Yet do they praise thee! Silah! O, the happiness of a man whose strength is in thee, Highways are in their heart. Those passing through a valley of weeping, A fountain do make it, blessings also cover the director. They go from strength unto strength, He appeareth unto God in Zion. O, Jehovah God of hosts, hear my prayer, Give ear, O God of Jacob! Silah! Our shield, see, O God, And behold, the face of thine anointed, For good is a day in thy courts, O teacher, I have chosen rather to be at the threshold In the house of my God, Than to dwell in tents of wickedness. For a son and a shield is Jehovah God, Grace and honor doth Jehovah give, He withholdeth not good to those walking at a brightness. Jehovah of hosts, O, the happiness of a man trusting in thee! Psalm 85 To the Overseer, by sons of Korah, Asaam, Thou hast accepted, O Jehovah, thy land, Thou hast turned to the captivity of Jacob, Thou hast borne away the iniquity of thy people, Thou hast covered all their sin. Silah! Thou hast gathered up all thy wrath, Thou hast turned back from the fierceness of thine anger. Turn back to us, O God, of our salvation, And make void thine anger with us. To the age art thou angry against us, Dost thou draw out thine anger to generation and generation, Dost thou not turn back? Thou revive us thus, and thy people do rejoice in thee. Show us, O Jehovah, thy kindness, And thy salvation thou dost give to us. I hear what God Jehovah speaketh, For he speaketh peace unto his people, And unto his saints, And they turn not back to folly. Only near to those fearing him is his salvation, That honor may dwell in our land. Kindness and truth have met, Righteousness and peace have kissed. Truth from the earth springeth up, And righteousness from heaven looketh out. Jehovah also giveth that which is good, And our land doth give its increase. Righteousness before him goeth, And maketh his footsteps for a way. Psalm 86 A Prayer of David Incline, O Jehovah, thine ear, Answer me, for I am poor and needy. Keep my soul, for I am pious, Save thy servant, who is trusting to thee, O thou my God. Favor me, O Lord, for to thee I call all the day. Rejoice the soul of thy servant, For unto thee, O Lord, my soul, I lift up. For thou, Lord, art good and forgiving, And abundant in kindness to all calling thee. Hear, O Jehovah, my prayer, And attend to the voice of my supplications. In a day of my distress, I call thee, For thou dost answer me. There is none like thee among the gods, O Lord, And like thy works there are none. All nations that thou hast made, Come and bow themselves before thee, O Lord, And give honor to thy name, For great art thou, and doing wonders, Thou art God thyself alone. Show me, O Jehovah, thy way, I walk in thy truth, My heart doth rejoice to fear thy name. I confess thee, O Lord, my God, with all my heart, And I honor thy name to the age, For thy kindness is great toward me, And thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest shield. O God, the proud have risen up against me, And a company of the terrible socked my soul, And have not placed thee before them. And thou, O Lord, art God, merciful and gracious, Slow to anger and abundant in kindness and truth. Look unto me and favor me, Give thy strength to thy servant, And give salvation to a son of thine handmaid. Do with me a sign for good, And those hating me see and are ashamed, For thou, O Jehovah, hast helped me, Ye, thou hast comforted me. The gates of Zion above all the tabernacles of Jacob, Honorable things are spoken in thee, O city of God. Selah. I mention Rahab and Babel to those knowing me, Lo, Philistia and Tyre with Kosh, This one was born there, And of Zion it is said, Each one was born in her, And he, the Most High, doth establish her. Jehovah doth recount in the describing of the peoples, This one was born there. Selah. Singers also as players on instruments, All thy fountains are in thee. Psalm 88. A song, a psalm, by sons of Korah, to the overseer, Concerning the sickness of afflictions, An instruction by Heman, the Ezraite. O Jehovah, God of my salvation, Daily I have cried, Nightly before thee. My prayer comeeth in before thee, Incline thine ear to my loud cry, For my soul hath been full of evils, And my life hath come to sheol. I have been reckoned with those Going down to the pit, I have been as a man without strength. Among the dead, free as pierced ones lying in the grave, Whom thou hast not remembered any more, Yea, they by thy hand hath been cut off, Thou hast put me in the lowest pit, In dark places, in depths. Upon me hath thy fury lain, And with all thy breakers thou hast afflicted. Selah. Thou hast put mine acquaintance far from me, Thou hast made me an abomination to them. Shut up, I go not forth. Mine I hath grieved because of affliction. I call thee, O Jehovah, all the day. I have spread out unto thee my hands. To the dead dost thou do wonders? Do refiim rise? Do they thank thee? Selah. Is thy kindness recounted in the grave, Thy faithfulness in destruction? Are thy wonders known in the darkness, And thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness? And I unto thee, O Jehovah, I hath cried, And in the morning doth my prayer come before thee. Why, O Jehovah, castest thou off my soul, Thou hideest thy face from me? I am afflicted and expiring from youth. I have borne thy terrors. I pine away. Over me hath thy wrath passed. Thy terrors have cut me off. They have surrounded me as waters all the day. They have gone round against me together. Thou hast put far from me lover and friend. Mine acquaintance is the place of darkness. Psalm 89 An Instruction by Ethan the Ezra-Height Of the kind acts of Jehovah, To the age I sing, To all generations I make known thy faithfulness With my mouth, for I said, To the age is kindness built, the heavens, Thou dost establish thy faithfulness in them. I have made a covenant for my chosen. I have sworn to David my servant. Even to the age do I establish thy seed, And have built to generation and generation thy throne. Sila And the heavens confess thy wonders, O Jehovah, Thy faithfulness also is in an assembly of holy ones, For who in the sky compareth himself to Jehovah, Is like to Jehovah among sons of the mighty. God is very terrible in the secret counsel of his holy ones, And fearful over all surrounding him. O Jehovah, God of hosts, Who is like thee, a strong jaw, And thy faithfulness is round about thee. Thou art ruler over the pride of the sea, In the lifting up of its billows, Thou dost restrain them. Thou hast bruised Rahab as one wounded. With the arm of thy strength, Thou hast scattered thine enemies. Thine are the heavens. The earth also is thine. The habitable world and its fullness, Thou hast founded them. North and south, Thou hast appointed them. Tabor and Hermon in thy name do sing. Thou hast an arm with might, Strong as thy hand, High thy right hand. Righteousness and judgment are the fixed place of thy throne, Kindness and truth go before thy face. O the happiness of the people, Knowing the shout, O Jehovah, In the light of thy face they walk habitually. In thy name they rejoice all the day, And in thy righteousness they are exalted, For the beauty of their strength art thou, And in thy good will is our horn exalted, For of Jehovah is our shield, And of the holy one of Israel our king. Then thou hast spoken in vision, To thy saint, yea, thou sayest, I have placed help upon a mighty one, Exalted a chosen one out of the people. I have found David my servant, With my holy oil I have anointed him, With whom my hand is established, My arm also doth strengthen him. An enemy exacteth not upon him, And a son of perverseness afflicteth him not. And I have beaten down before him his adversaries, And those hating him I plague. And my faithfulness and kindness are with him, And in my name is his horn exalted. And I have set on the sea his hand, And on the rivers his right hand. He proclaimeth me, Thou art my Father, my God, And the rock of my salvation. I also firstborn do appoint him, Highest of the kings of the earth. To the age I keep for him my kindness, And my covenant is steadfast with him, And I have set his seed for ever, And his throne as the days of the heavens. If his sons forsake my law, And in my judgments do not walk, If my statutes they pollute, And my commands do not keep, I have looked after with a rod their transgression, And with strokes their iniquity, And my kindness I break not from him, Nor do I deal falsely in my faithfulness. I profane not my covenant, And that which is going forth from my lips I change not. Once I have sworn by my holiness, I lie not to David. His seed is to the age, And his throne is as the sun before me, As the moon it is established to the age, And the witness in the sky is steadfast. Sila. And thou, thou hast cut off and dost reject, Thou hast shown thyself wroth with thine anointed, Hast rejected the covenant of thy servant, Thou hast polluted to the earth his crown, Thou hast broken down all his hedges, Thou hast made his fencid places a ruin, Spoiled him have all passing by the way, He hath been a reproach to his neighbors, Thou hast exalted the right hand of his adversaries, Thou hast caused all his enemies to rejoice. Also, thou turnest back the sharpness of his sword, And hast not established him in battle, Hast caused him to cease from his brightness, And his throne to the earth hast cast down, Thou hast shortened the days of his youth, Hast covered him over with shame. Sila. Till when, O Jehovah, art thou hidden, For ever doth thy fury burn as fire? Remember, I pray thee, what is lifetime. Wherefore in vain hast thou created all the sons of men? Who is the man that liveth and doth not see death? He delivereth his soul from the hand of Sila. Sila. Where are thy former kindnesses, O Lord, Thou hast sworn to David in thy faithfulness? Remember, O Lord, the reproach of thy servants, I have borne in my bosom all the strivings of the peoples, Wherewith thine enemies reproached, O Jehovah, Wherewith they have reproached the steps of thine anointed, Blessed is Jehovah to the age. Amen and amen. Psalm 90 A Prayer of Moses, The Man of God Lord, a habitation thou, Thou hast been to us in generation and generation, Before mountains were brought forth, And thou dost form the earth and the world, Even from age unto age thou art God. Thou turnest man unto a bruised thing, And sayest, Turn back ye sons of men, For a thousand years in thine eyes Are as yesterday, for it passeth on, Yea, a watch by night. Thou hast inundated them, They are asleep in the morning as grass he changeth. In the morning it flourisheth, And hath changed, at evening it is cut down, And hath withered. For we were consumed in thine anger, And in thy fury we have been troubled. Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, Our hidden things at the light of thy face, For all our days pined away in thy wrath, We consumed our years as a meditation. Days of our years in them are seventy years, And if by reason of might eighty years, Yet is their enlargement labor and vanity, For it hath been cut off hastily, And we fly away. Who knoweth the power of thine anger, And according to thy fear, thy wrath? To number our days aright, let us know, And we bring the heart to wisdom. Turn back, O Jehovah, till when? And repent concerning thy servants, Satisfy us at mourn with thy kindness, And we sing and rejoice all our days. Cause us to rejoice according to the days Wherein thou hast afflicted us, The years we have seen evil. Let thy work appear unto thy servants, And thine honor on their sons, And let the pleasantness of Jehovah our God be upon us, And the work of our hands establish on us, Yea, the work of our hands establish it. Psalm 91 He who is dwelling in the secret place of the Most High, In the shade of the mighty Logeth habitually, He is saying of Jehovah, My refuge and my bulwark, my God, I trust in him, For he delivereth thee from the snare of a fowler, From a calamitous pestilence, With his pinion he covereth thee over, And under his wings thou dost trust, A shield and buckler is his truth, Thou art not afraid of fear by night, Of arrow that flyeth by day, Of pestilence and thick darkness that walketh, Of destruction that destroyeth at noon, Therefall at thy sight a thousand, And a myriad at thy right hand, Unto thee it cometh not nigh. But with thine eyes thou lookest, And the reward of the wicked thou seest, For thou, O Jehovah, art my refuge, The Most High thou madeest thy habitation, Evil happeneth not unto thee, And a plague cometh not near thy tent, For his messengers he chargeeth for thee, To keep thee in all thy ways, On the hands they bear thee up, Lest thou smite against a stone thy foot, On lion and asp thou treadst, Thou trebbest young lion and dragon, Because in me he hath delighted, I also deliver him, I set him on high, Because he hath known my name. He doth call me and I answer him, I am with him in distress, I deliver him and honor him, With length of days I satisfy him, And I cause him to look on my salvation. Psalm 92 A Psalm, a song for the Sabbath day Good to give thanks to Jehovah, And to sing praises to thy name, O Most High, To declare in the morning thy kindness, And thy faithfulness in the nights, On ten strings and on sultry, On Hegaion with harp, For thou hast caused me to rejoice, O Jehovah, in thy work, Concerning the works of thy hands I sing. How great have been thy works, O Jehovah, Very deep have been thy thoughts, A brutish man doth not know, And a fool understandeth not this, When the wicked flourish as a herb, And blossom do all workers of iniquity, For they are being destroyed forever and ever, And thou art high to the age, O Jehovah, For lo, thine enemies, O Jehovah, For lo, thine enemies do perish, Separate themselves do all workers of iniquity, And thou exaltest as a ream, my horn, I have been anointed with fresh oil, And mine I look upon mine enemies, Of those rising up against me, The evil doers do mine ears here, The righteous as a palm tree flourisheth, As a cedar in Lebanon he groweth, Those planted in the house of Jehovah, In the courts of our God do flourish, Still they bring forth in old age, Fat and flourishing are they, To declare that upright is Jehovah my rock, And there is no perverseness in him. Psalm 93 Jehovah hath reigned, Excellency he hath put on, Jehovah put on strength, He girded himself, Also established is the world, Unmoved, established is thy throne, Since then, from the age thou art, Floods have lifted up, O Jehovah, Floods have lifted up their voice, Floods lift up their breakers, Then the voices of many mighty waters, Breakers of a sea, Mighty on high is Jehovah, Thy testimonies have been very steadfast, To thy house, Comely is holiness, O Jehovah, For length of days. Psalm 94 God of vengeance, Jehovah, God of vengeance shine forth, Be lifted up, O judge of the earth, Send back a recompense on the proud, Till when do the wicked, O Jehovah, Till when do the wicked exult? They utter, they speak an old saw, All working iniquity do boast themselves, Thy people, O Jehovah, They bruise and thine inheritance, They afflict widow and sojourner, They slay and fatherless ones, They murder and they say, Jehovah, doth not see, And the God of Jacob doth not consider, Consider ye brutish among the people, And ye foolish, When do ye act wisely? He who planteth the ear doth he not hear, He who formeth the eye doth he not see, He who is instructing nations doth he not reprove, He who is teaching man knowledge is Jehovah, He knoweth the thoughts of man, That they are vanity. O the happiness of the man, Whom thou instructest, O Jehovah, And out of thy law teaches him, To give rest to him from days of evil, While a pit is digged for the wicked, For Jehovah leaveeth not his people, And his inheritance forsakeeth not, For to righteousness judgment turneth back, And after it all the upright of heart, Who riseth up for me with evildoers, Who stationeth himself for me with workers of iniquity? Unless Jehovah were a help to me, My soul had almost inhabited silence, If I have said, My foot hath slipped, Thy kindness, O Jehovah, Supporteth me in the abundance of my thoughts within me, Thy comforts delight my soul. Is a throne of mischief joined with thee, A framer of perverseness by statute? They decree against the soul of the righteous, An innocent blood declare wicked, And Jehovah is for a high place to me, And my God is for a rock my refuge, And turneth back on them their iniquity, And in their wickedness cuteth them off. Jehovah our God doth cut them off. Psalm 95 Come, we sing to Jehovah, We shout to the rock of our salvation, We come before his face with thanksgiving, With psalms we shout to him. For a great God is Jehovah, And a great king over all gods, In whose hand are the deep places of earth, And the strong places of hills are his, Whose is the sea, And he made it, and his hands formed the dry land. Come in, we bow ourselves, And we bend, we kneel before Jehovah our maker, For he is our God, And we the people of his pasture, And the flock of his hand. Today, if to his voice ye harken, Harden not your heart as in Meribah, As in the day of Massa in the wilderness, Where your fathers have tried me, Have proved me, yea, have seen my work. Forty years I am weary of the generation, And I say, a people airing in heart, They, and they have not known my ways, Where I swear in mine anger, If they come into my rest. Psalm 96 Sing to Jehovah a new song, Sing to Jehovah all the earth, Sing to Jehovah bless his name, Proclaim from day to day his salvation, Declare among nations his honor, Among all the peoples his wonders, For great is Jehovah and praised greatly, Fearful he is over all gods. For all the gods of the peoples are not, And Jehovah made the heavens. Honor and majesty are before him, Strength and beauty in his sanctuary. Ascribe to Jehovah, O families of the peoples, Ascribe to Jehovah honor and strength, Ascribe to Jehovah the honor of his name, Lift up a present and come into his courts, Bow yourselves to Jehovah in the honor of holiness, Be afraid of his presence all the earth. Say among nations Jehovah hath reigned, Also established is the world, Unmoved he judges the peoples in uprightness, The heavens joy and the earth is joyful, The sea and its fullness roar, The field exulteth and all that is in it, Then seeing do all trees of the forest, Before Jehovah for he hath come, For he hath come to judge the earth, He judgeeth the world in righteousness, And the peoples in his faithfulness. Psalm 97 Jehovah hath reigned, The earth is joyful, Many aisles rejoice, Cloud and darkness are round about him, Righteousness and judgment the basis of his throne, Fire before him goeth, And burneth round about his adversaries, Lightened have his lightnings the world, The earth hath seen and is pained, Hills like wax melted before Jehovah, Before the Lord of all the earth. The heavens declared his righteousness, And all the peoples have seen his honor, Ashamed are all servants of a graven image, Those boasting themselves in idols, Bow yourselves to him all ye gods. Zion hath heard and rejoiceth, And daughters of Judah are joyful, Because of thy judgments, O Jehovah, For thou Jehovah art most high over all the earth, Greatly thou hast been exalted over all gods. Ye who love Jehovah hate evil, He is keeping the souls of his saints, From the hand of the wicked he delivereth them. Light is sown for the righteous, And for the upright of heart joy. Rejoice ye righteous in Jehovah, And give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness. Psalm 98 Sing ye to Jehovah a new song, For wonders he hath done, Given salvation to him hath his right hand, And his holy arm. Jehovah hath made known his salvation, Before the eyes of the nations he hath revealed his righteousness, He hath remembered his kindness, And his faithfulness to the house of Israel. All ends of earth have seen the salvation of our God. Shout to Jehovah all the earth, Break forth and cry aloud and sing. Sing to Jehovah with harp, With harp and voice of praise, With trumpets and voice of a cornet, Shout ye before the king Jehovah. Roar doth the sea and its fullness, The world and the inhabitants in it. Floods clap hand, Together hills cry aloud, Before Jehovah, for he hath come to judge the earth. He judgeth the world in righteousness, And the people in uprightness. Psalm 99 Jehovah hath reigned, Peoples tremble, The inhabitant of the cherubs, The earth shaketh. Jehovah in Zion is great, And high he is over all the peoples. They praise thy name, Great and fearful, Holy it is! And the strength of the king hath loved judgment. Thou hast established uprightness, Judgment and righteousness in Jacob. Thou hast done. Exalt ye Jehovah our God, And bow yourselves at his footstool. Holy is he! Moses and Aaron among his priests, And Samuel among those proclaiming his name. They are calling unto Jehovah, And he doth answer them. In a pillar of cloud he speaketh unto them. They have kept his testimonies, And the statute he hath given to them. O Jehovah our God, Thou hast afflicted them, A God forgiving Thou hast been to them, And taking vengeance on their actions. Exalt ye Jehovah our God, And bow yourselves at his holy hill, For holy is Jehovah our God! Psalm 100 A Psalm of Thanksgiving Shout to Jehovah all the earth, Serve Jehovah with joy, Come before him with singing! Know that Jehovah he is God, He made us and we are his, His people and the flock of his pasture. Enter ye his gates with Thanksgiving, His courts with praise, Give ye thanks to him, Bless ye his name, For good is Jehovah, To the age his kindness, And to generation and generation, His faithfulness. The end of Psalms 91-100 Recording by Mark Penfold Psalms 101-110 Of the Book of the Psalms, From the Young's literal translation of the Bible, Translated by Robert Young. This LibriVox recording is in the public domain. Recording by Mark Penfold Psalm 101 A Psalm of David Kindness and judgment I sing, To thee, O Jehovah, I sing praise! I act wisely in a perfect way, When dost thou come in unto me? I walk habitually in the integrity of my heart, In the midst of my house. I set not before my eyes a worthless thing, The work of those turning aside I have hated, It adhareth not to me. A perverse heart turneth aside from me, Wickedness I know not. Whoso slandereth in secret his neighbor, Him I cut off. The high of eyes and proud of heart, Him I endure not. My eyes are on the faithful of the land, To dwell with me. Whoso is walking in a perfect way, He serveth me. He dwelleth not in my house, Who is working deceit. Whoso is speaking lies, Is not established before my eyes. At morning I cut off all the wicked of the land, To cut off from the city of Jehovah, All the workers of iniquity. Psalm 102 A prayer of the afflicted when he is feeble, And before Jehovah poureth out his plain. O Jehovah hear my prayer, Yea, my cry to thee cometh, Hide not thou thy face from me, In a day of mine adversity, Incline unto me thine ear in the day I call. Haste, answer me, For consumed in smoke have been my days, And my bones as a fire-prand have burned, Smitten as the herb, And withered is my heart, For I have forgotten to eat my bread, From the voice of my sighing hath my bone cleaved To my flesh. I have been like a pelican of the wilderness, I have been as an owl of the dry places, I have watched, And I am as a bird alone on the roof, All the day my enemies reproached me, Those mad at me have sworn against me, Because ashes as bread I have eaten, And my drink with weeping have mingled, From thine indignation and thy wrath, For thou hast lifted me up, And dost cast me down. My days as a shadow are stretched out, And I, as the herb, I am withered, And thou, O Jehovah, to the age abidest, And thy memorial to all generations, Thou, thou risest, Thou pitiest Zion, For the time to favor her, For the appointed time hath come, For thy servants have been pleased With her stones, and her dust they favor, And nations fear the name of Jehovah, And all kings of the earth thine honor, For Jehovah hath builded Zion, He hath been seen in his honor, He turned unto the prayer of the destitute, And he hath not despised their prayer. This is written for a later generation, And the people created do praise jaw, For he hath looked from the high place Of his sanctuary, Jehovah from heaven unto earth looked Atentively to hear the groan of the prisoner, To loose sons of death, To declare in Zion the name of Jehovah, And his praise in Jerusalem, In the peoples being gathered together, And the kingdoms to serve Jehovah, He hath humbled in the way my power, He hath shortened my days, I say, my God, Take me not up in the midst of my days, Through all generations are thine ears, Before time the earth thou ditst found, And the work of thy hands are the heavens, They, they perish, And thou remainest, And all of them as a garment become old, As clothing thou changest them, And they are changed, And thou art the same, And thine ears are not finished, The sons of thy servants do continue, And their seed before thee is established. Psalm 103 By David Bless on my soul Jehovah, And all my inward parts his holy name, Bless on my soul Jehovah, And forget not all his benefits, Who is forgiving all thine iniquities, Who is healing all thy diseases, Who is redeeming from destruction thy life, Who is crowning thee kindness and mercies, Who is satisfying with good thy desire, Renew itself as an eagle doth thy youth. Jehovah is doing righteousness and judgments For all the oppressed, He maketh known his ways to Moses, To the sons of Israel his acts, Merciful and gracious is Jehovah, Slow to anger and abundant in mercy, Not for ever doth he strive, Nor to the age doth he watch, Not according to our sins hath he done to us, Nor according to our iniquities hath he conferred benefits upon us. For as the height of the heavens is above the earth, His kindness hath been mighty over those fearing him. As the distance of east from west, He hath put far from us our transgressions. As a father hath mercy on sons, Jehovah hath mercy on those fearing him. For he hath known our frame, Remembering that we are dust. Mortal man, as grass are his days, As a flower of the field so he flourisheth. For a wind hath passed over it, And it is not, and its place doth not discern it any more. And the kindness of Jehovah is from age Even unto age on those fearing him. And his righteousness to sons, sons. To those keeping his covenant, And to those remembering his precepts to do them. Jehovah in the heavens hath established his throne, And his kingdom over all hath ruled. Bless Jehovah ye his messengers, Mighty in power, doing his word, To hearken to the voice of his word. Bless Jehovah all ye his hosts, His ministers doing his pleasure. Bless Jehovah all ye his works, In all places of his dominion. Bless oh my soul Jehovah. Psalm 104 Bless oh my soul Jehovah. Jehovah my God, Thou hast been very great, Honor and majesty Thou hast put on. Covering himself with light as a garment, Stretching out the heavens as a curtain, Who is laying the beam of his upper chambers in the waters, Who is making thick clouds his chariot, Who is walking on wings of wind, Making his messengers the winds, His ministers the flaming fire, He hath founded earth on its bases, It is not moved to the age and forever. The abyss, as with clothing Thou hast covered it, Above hills do waters stand. From thy rebuke they flee, From the voice of thy thunder haste away. They go up hills, they go down valleys, Unto a place Thou hast founded for them. A border Thou hast set, they pass not over, They turn not back to cover the earth. Who is sending forth fountains and valleys, Between hills they go on. They water every beast of the field, Wild asses break their thirst. By them the fowl of the heavens doth dwell, From between the branches they give forth the voice. Watering hills from his upper chambers, From the fruit of thy works is the earth satisfied. Causing grass to spring up for cattle, And herb for the service of man, To bring forth bread from the earth and wine, It rejoiceth the heart of man, To cause the face to shine from oil, And bread the heart of man it's supportive. Satisfied are the trees of Jehovah, Cedars of Lebanon that he hath planted, Where birds do make nests, the stork, The furs are her house. The high hills are for wild goats, Rocks are a refuge for conies. He made the moon for seasons, The sun hath known his place of entrance. Thou settest darkness and it is night, In it doth every beast of the forest creep. The young lions are roaring for prey, And to seek from God their food. The sun riseth they are gathered, And in their dens they crouch. Man goeth forth to his work, And to his service till evening. How many have been by works, O Jehovah, All of them in wisdom thou hast made, Full is the earth of thy possessions. This, the sea, great and broad of sides, There are moving things, Innumerable living creatures, Small with great, there do ships go, The viathan that thou hast formed to play in it, All of them unto thee do look, To give their food in its season. Thou dost give to them, they gather, Thou dost open thy hand, they are satisfied with good. Thou hideest thy face, they are troubled, Thou gatherest their spirit, they expire, And unto their dust they turn back. Thou sendest out thy spirit, they are created, And thou renewest the face of the ground. The honour of Jehovah is to the age, Jehovah rejoiceth in his works, Who is looking to earth, and it trembleth. He cometh against hills, and they smoke. I sing to Jehovah during my life, I sing praise to my God while I exist. Sweet is my meditation on him. I, I do rejoice in Jehovah, Consumed are sinners from the earth, And the wicked are no more. Bless, O my soul, Jehovah, praise ye, Jehovah. Psalm 105 Give ye thanks to Jehovah, call ye in his name, Make known among the peoples his acts, Sing ye to him, sing praise to him, Meditate ye on all his wonders. Post yourselves in his holy name, The heart of those seeking Jehovah rejoiceth. Seek ye Jehovah and his strength, Seek ye his face continually. Remember his wonders that he did, His signs and the judgments of his mouth, O seed of Abraham his servant, O sons of Jacob his chosen ones, He is Jehovah our God, In all the earth are his judgments. He hath remembered to the age his covenant, The word he commanded to a thousand generations, That he hath made with Abraham and his oath to Isaac, And doth establish it to Jacob for a statute, To Israel a covenant age during, Saying, To thee I give the land of Canaan, The portion of your inheritance, In there being few a number, But a few and sojourners in it, And they go up and down, From nation unto nation, From a kingdom unto other people. He hath not suffered any to oppress them, And he reproiveth for their sakes kings. Strike not against mine anointed, And to my prophets do no evil. And he calleth a famine on the land, The whole staff of bread he hath broken. He hath sent before them a man, For a servant hath Joseph been sold. They have afflicted with fetters his feet, Iron hath entered his soul, Till the time of the coming of his word, The saying of Jehovah hath tried him. The king hath sent and looseth him, The ruler of the peoples, and draweth him out. He hath made him lord of his house, And ruler over all his possessions, To bind his chiefs at his pleasure, And his elders he maketh wise. And Israel cometh into Egypt, And Jacob hath sojourned in the land of Ham. And he maketh his people very fruitful, And maketh it mightier than its adversaries. He turned their heart to hate his people, To conspire against his servants. He hath sent Moses his servant, Aaron whom he had fixed on. They have set among them the matters of his signs, And wonders in the land of Ham. He hath sent darkness, and it is dark, And they have not provoked his word. He hath turned their waters to blood, And putteth to death their fish, Teamed hath their land with frogs, In the inner chambers of their kings. He hath said, and the beetle cometh, Lice into all their border. He hath made their showers hail, A flaming fire is in their land, And he smighteth their vine and their fig, And shivreth the trees of their border. He hath said, and the locust cometh, And the kanger worm innumerable, And it consumes every herb in their land, And it consumes the fruit of their ground. And he smighteth every first born in their land, The first fruit of all their strength, And bringeth them out with silver and gold, And there is not in its tribes a feeble one. Rejoiced hath Egypt in their going forth, For their fear had fallen upon them. He hath spread a cloud for a covering, And fire to enlighten the night. They have asked, and he bringeth quails, And with bread of heaven satisfyeth them. He hath opened a rock and waters issue, They have gone on in dry places a river. For he hath remembered his holy word, With Abraham his servant, And he bringeth forth his people with joy, With singing his chosen ones, And he giveth to them the lands of nations, And the labor of peoples they possess, That they may observe his statutes, And his laws may keep. Praise ye, Jehovah! Psalm 106 Praise ye, Jah! Give thanks to Jehovah, For good, for to the age is his kindness. Hudoth uttered the mighty acts of Jehovah, Soundeth all his praise. Oh, the happiness of those keeping judgment, Doing righteousness at all times! Remember me, O Jehovah, With the favor of thy people, Look after me in thy salvation. To look on the good of thy chosen ones, To rejoice in the joy of thy nation, To boast myself with thine inheritance. We have sinned with our fathers, We have done perversely, We have done wickedly. Our fathers in Egypt Have not considered wisely thy wonders, They have not remembered the abundance of thy kind acts, And provoked by the sea at the sea of Suf. And he saveth them for his namesake, To make known his might, And rebukeeth the sea of Suf, And it is dried up, And causeth them to go through depths as a wilderness. And he saveth them from the hand of him who is hating, And redeemeth them from the hand of the enemy. And waters cover their adversaries, One of them have not been left. And they believe in his words, They sing his praise, They have hasted, Forgotten his works, They have not waited for his counsel, And they lust greatly in a wilderness, And try God in a desert. And he giveth to them their request, And sendeth leanness into their soul. And they are envious of Moses in the camp, Of Aaron Jehovah's Holy One. Earth openeth and swalloweth up Daethon, And covereth over the company of Abiram. And fire burneth among their company, A flame seteth on fire the wicked. They make a calf in Horeb, And bow themselves to a molten image, And change their honor into the form of an ox, Eating herbs. They have forgotten God their Savior, The doer of great things in Egypt, Of wonderful things in the land of Ham, Of fearful things by the sea of Suf. And he saveth to destroy them, Unless Moses his chosen one Had stood in the breach before him, To turn back his wrath from destroying. And they kick against the desirable land, They have not given credence to his word, And they murmur in their tents, They have not hearkened to the voice of Jehovah. And he lifteth up his hand to them, To cause them to fall in a wilderness, And to cause their seed to fall among nations, And to scatter them through lands. And they are coupled to Baal Pior, And eat the sacrifices of the dead, And they provoke to anger by their actions, And a plague breaketh forth upon them, And Finney has standeth and executed judgment, And the plague is restrained, And it is reckoned to him to righteousness, To all generations unto the age. And they cause wrath by the waters of Mirabah, And it is evil to Moses for their sakes, For they have provoked his spirit, And he speaketh wrongfully with his lips. They have not destroyed the peoples, As Jehovah had said to them, And mixed themselves among nations, And learned their works, And served their idols, And they are to them for a snare. And they sacrifice their sons And their daughters to destroyers, And they shed innocent blood, Blood of their sons and of their daughters, Whom they have sacrificed to idols of Canaan, And the land is profaned with blood, And they are defiled with their works, And commit hordom in their habitual doings. And the anger of Jehovah is kindled against his people, And he doth abominate his inheritance, And giveth them into the hand of nations, And those hating them rule over them, And their enemies oppress them, And they are humbled under their hand. Many times he doth deliver them, And they rebel in their counsel, And they are brought low in their iniquity, And he looketh on their distress When he heareth their cry, And remembereth for them his covenant, And is comforted according to the abundance of his kindness, And he appointed them for mercies before all their captors. Save us, O Jehovah, our God, And gather us from the nations, To give thanks to thy holy name, To glory in thy praise. Blessed is Jehovah, God of Israel, From the age even unto the age, And all the people said, Amen, praise, Jah! Psalm 107 Give ye thanks to Jehovah for good, For to the ages his kindness. Let the redeemed of Jehovah say, Whom he redeemed from the hand of an adversary, And from the lands hath gathered them, From east and from west, From north and from the sea. They wandered in a wilderness, In a desert, by the way, A city of habitation they have not found. Hungry, yea, thirsty their soul, And them becomeeth feeble, And they cry unto Jehovah in their adversity, From their distress he delivereth them, And causeth them to tread in a right way, To go unto a city of habitation. They confess to Jehovah his kindness, And his wonders to the sons of men. For he hath satisfied a longing soul, And a hungry soul hath filled with goodness. Inhabitants of dark places and deathshade, Prisoners of affliction and of iron, Because they changed the saying of God, And the counsel of the Most High despised. And he humbleth with labour their heart, They have been feeble and there is no helper, And they cry unto Jehovah in their adversity, From their distress he saveeth them. He bringeth them out from the dark place, And deathshade and their bands he draweth away. They confess to Jehovah his kindness, And his wonders to the sons of men. For he hath broken doors of brass, And bars of iron he hath cut. Fools by means of their transgression, And by their iniquities afflict themselves. All food doth their soul abominate, And they come nigh unto the gates of death, And cry unto Jehovah in their adversity, From their distress he saveeth them. He sendeth his word and healeth them, And delivereth from their destructions. They confess to Jehovah his kindness, And his wonders to the sons of men. And they sacrifice sacrifices of thanksgiving, And recount his works with singing. Those going down to the sea in ships, Doing business in many waters, They have seen the works of Jehovah, And his wonders in the deep. And he sayeth and appointeth a tempest, And it lifteth up its billows. They go up to the heavens, They go down to the depths, Their soul in evil is melted. They reel to and fro, And move as a drunkard, And all their wisdom is swallowed up. And they cry to Jehovah in their adversity, And from their distress he bringeth them out. He establisheth a whirlwind to a calm, And hushed are their billows. And they rejoice because they are quiet, And he leadeth them to the haven of their desire. They confess to Jehovah his kindness, And his wonders to the sons of men. And they exalt him in the assembly of the people, And in the seat of the elders praise him. He maketh rivers become a wilderness, And fountains of waters become dry land. A fruitful land becomeeth a barren place, For the wickedness of its inhabitants. He maketh a wilderness become a pool of water, And a dry land become fountains of waters. And he causeth the hungry to dwell there, And they prepare a city of habitation. And they sow fields and plant vineyards, And they make fruits of increase. And he blesseth them, And they multiply exceedingly, And their cattle he doth not diminish. And they are diminished and bowed down By restraint evil and sorrow. He is pouring contempt upon nobles, And causeth them to wander in vacancy, no way. And seteth on high the needy from affliction, And placeth families as a flock. The upright do see and rejoice, And all perversity hath shut her mouth. Who is wise and observeth these? They understand the kind acts of Jehovah. Psalm 108 A Song A Psalm of David Prepared is my heart, oh God, I sing, yea, I sing praise, also my honor. Awake, Saltery and Harp, I awake the dawn, I thank thee among peoples, oh Jehovah, And I praise thee among the nations, For great above the heavens is thy kindness, And unto the clouds thy truth. Be thou exalted above the heavens, oh God, And above all the earth thy honor, That thy beloved ones may be delivered, Save with thy right hand, and answer us. God hath spoken in his holiness, I exult, I apportioned Shechem, and the valley of Sookov I measure. Mine is Geliad, mine is Manasseh, And Ephraim is the strength of my head. Judah is my lawgiver, Moab is a pot for my washing. Upon Edom I cast my shoe, Over Philistia I shout habitually. Houdoth bring me in to the fenced city, Who hath led me unto Edom. Hast thou not, oh God, cast us off? And thou goest not out, oh God, with our hosts? Give to us help from adversity, And vain is the salvation of man. In God we do mightily, And heed off tread down our adversaries. Psalm 109 To the Overseer, a Psalm of David. Oh God of my praise, be not silent, For 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, They have compassed me about, And they fight me without cause For my love they oppose me, and I, prayer. And they set against me evil for good And hatred for my love. Appoint thou over him the wicked And an adversary standeth at his right hand. In his being judged he goeth forth wicked, And his prayer is for sin. His days are few, his oversight another taketh, His sons are fatherless, and his wife a widow, And wander continually do his sons, Yea, they have begged and have sought out of their dry places. An exacter layeth a snare for all that he hath, And strangers spoil his labour. He hath none to extend kindness, Nor is there one showing favour to his orphans. His posterity is for cutting off, In another generation is their name blotted out. The iniquity of his fathers is remembered unto Jehovah, And the sin of his mother is not blotted out. They are before Jehovah continually, And he cuteth off from earth their memorial, Because that he hath not remembered to do kindness, And pursueeth the poor man in needy, And the smitten of heart to slay. And he loveth reviling, and it meateth him, And he hath not delighted in blessing, And it is far from him. And he puteth on reviling as his robe, And it cometh in as water into his midst, And as oil into his bones. It is to him as apparel he covereth himself, And for a continual girdle he girdeth it on. This is the wage of mine accusers from Jehovah, And of those speaking evil against my soul. And thou, O Jehovah Lord, Deal with me for thy namesake, Because thy kindness is good deliver me, For I am poor and needy, And my heart hath been pierced in my midst, As a shadow when it is stretched out I have gone, I have been driven away as a locust, My knees have been feeble from fasting, And my flesh hath failed of fatness, And I, I have been a reproach to them, They see me, they shake their head. Help me, O Jehovah, my God, Save me according to thy kindness, And they know that this is thy hand, Thou, O Jehovah, thou hast done it, They revile and thou dost bless, They have risen and are ashamed, And thy servant doth rejoice. Mine accusers put on blushing, And are covered as an upper robe is their shame. I thank Jehovah greatly with my mouth, And in the midst of many I praise him, For he standeth at the right hand of the needy, To save from those judging his soul. Psalm 110, A Psalm of David The affirmation of Jehovah to my Lord, Sit at my right hand till I make thine enemies thy footstool, The rod of thy strength doth Jehovah send from Zion, Rule in the midst of thine enemies, Thy people are free will-gifts in the day of thy strength, In the honors of holiness, From the womb, from the mourning, Thou hast the dew of thy youth, Jehovah hath sworn and doth not repent, Thou art a priest to the age, According to the order of Melchizedek, The Lord on thy right hand smote kings In the day of his anger, He doth judge among the nations, He hath completed the carcasses, Hath smitten the head over the mighty earth, From a brook in the way he drinketh, Therefore he doth lift up the head.