Psalms:104-107

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* Bless the LORD , O my soul . O LORD my God , thou art very great ; thou art clothed with honour and majesty . * Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment : who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain : * Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters : who maketh the clouds his chariot : who walketh upon the wings of the wind : * Who maketh his angels spirits ; his ministers a flaming fire : * Who laid the foundations of the earth , that it should not be removed for ever . * Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a garment : the waters stood above the mountains . * At thy rebuke they fled ; at the voice of thy thunder they hasted away . * They go up by the mountains ; they go down by the valleys unto the place which thou hast founded for them . * Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over ; that they turn not again to cover the earth . * He sendeth the springs into the valleys , which run among the hills . * They give drink to every beast of the field : the wild asses quench their thirst . * By them shall the fowls of the heaven have their habitation , which sing among the branches . * He watereth the hills from his chambers : the earth is satisfied with the fruit of thy works . * He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle , and herb for the service of man : that he may bring forth food out of the earth ; * And wine that maketh glad the heart of man , and oil to make his face to shine , and bread which strengtheneth man 's heart . * The trees of the LORD are full of sap ; the cedars of Lebanon , which he hath planted ; * Where the birds make their nests : as for the stork , the fir trees are her house . * The high hills are a refuge for the wild goats ; and the rocks for the conies . * He appointed the moon for seasons : the sun knoweth his going down . * Thou makest darkness , and it is night : wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep forth . * The young lions roar after their prey , and seek their meat from God . * The sun ariseth , they gather themselves together , and lay them down in their dens . * Man goeth forth unto his work and to his labour until the evening . * O LORD , how manifold are thy works ! in wisdom hast thou made them all : the earth is full of thy riches . * So is this great and wide sea , wherein are things creeping innumerable , both small and great beasts . * There go the ships : there is that leviathan , whom thou hast made to play therein . * These wait all upon thee ; that thou mayest give them their meat in due season . * That thou givest them they gather : thou openest thine hand , they are filled with good . * Thou hidest thy face , they are troubled : thou takest away their breath , they die , and return to their dust . * Thou sendest forth thy spirit , they are created : and thou renewest the face of the earth . * The glory of the LORD shall endure for ever : the LORD shall rejoice in his works . * He looketh on the earth , and it trembleth : he toucheth the hills , and they smoke . * I will sing unto the LORD as long as I live : I will sing praise to my God while I have my being . * My meditation of him shall be sweet : I will be glad in the LORD . * Let the sinners be consumed out of the earth , and let the wicked be no more . Bless thou the LORD , O my soul . Praise ye the LORD . * O give thanks unto the LORD ; call upon his name : make known his deeds among the people . * Sing unto him , sing psalms unto him : talk ye of all his wondrous works . * Glory ye in his holy name : let the heart of them rejoice that seek the LORD . * Seek the LORD , and his strength : seek his face evermore . * Remember his marvellous works that he hath done ; his wonders , and the judgments of his mouth ; * O ye seed of Abraham his servant , ye children of Jacob his chosen . * He is the LORD our God : his judgments are in all the earth . * He hath remembered his covenant for ever , the word which he commanded to a thousand generations . * Which covenant he made with Abraham , and his oath unto Isaac ; * And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a law , and to Israel for an everlasting covenant : * Saying , Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan , the lot of your inheritance : * When they were but a few men in number ; yea , very few , and strangers in it . * When they went from one nation to another , from one kingdom to another people ; * He suffered no man to do them wrong : yea , he reproved kings for their sakes ; * Saying , Touch not mine anointed , and do my prophets no harm . * Moreover he called for a famine upon the land : he brake the whole staff of bread . * He sent a man before them , even Joseph , who was sold for a servant : * Whose feet they hurt with fetters : he was laid in iron : * Until the time that his word came : the word of the LORD tried him . * The king sent and loosed him ; even the ruler of the people , and let him go free . * He made him lord of his house , and ruler of all his substance : * To bind his princes at his pleasure ; and teach his senators wisdom . * Israel also came into Egypt ; and Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham . * And he increased his people greatly ; and made them stronger than their enemies . * He turned their heart to hate his people , to deal subtilly with his servants . * He sent Moses his servant ; and Aaron whom he had chosen . * They shewed his signs among them , and wonders in the land of Ham . * He sent darkness , and made it dark ; and they rebelled not against his word . * He turned their waters into blood , and slew their fish . * Their land brought forth frogs in abundance , in the chambers of their kings . * He spake , and there came divers sorts of flies , and lice in all their coasts . * He gave them hail for rain , and flaming fire in their land . * He smote their vines also and their fig trees ; and brake the trees of their coasts . * He spake , and the locusts came , and caterpillers , and that without number , * And did eat up all the herbs in their land , and devoured the fruit of their ground . * He smote also all the firstborn in their land , the chief of all their strength . * He brought them forth also with silver and gold : and there was not one feeble person among their tribes . * Egypt was glad when they departed : for the fear of them fell upon them . * He spread a cloud for a covering ; and fire to give light in the night . * The people asked , and he brought quails , and satisfied them with the bread of heaven . * He opened the rock , and the waters gushed out ; they ran in the dry places like a river . * For he remembered his holy promise , and Abraham his servant . * And he brought forth his people with joy , and his chosen with gladness : * And gave them the lands of the heathen : and they inherited the labour of the people ; * That they might observe his statutes , and keep his laws . Praise ye the LORD . * Praise ye the LORD . O give thanks unto the LORD ; for he is good : for his mercy endureth for ever . * Who can utter the mighty acts of the LORD ? who can shew forth all his praise ? * Blessed are they that keep judgment , and he that doeth righteousness at all times . * Remember me , O LORD , with the favour that thou bearest unto thy people : O visit me with thy salvation ; * That I may see the good of thy chosen , that I may rejoice in the gladness of thy nation , that I may glory with thine inheritance . * We have sinned with our fathers , we have committed iniquity , we have done wickedly . * Our fathers understood not thy wonders in Egypt ; they remembered not the multitude of thy mercies ; but provoked him at the sea , even at the Red sea . * Nevertheless he saved them for his name 's sake , that he might make his mighty power to be known . * He rebuked the Red sea also , and it was dried up : so he led them through the depths , as through the wilderness . * And he saved them from the hand of him that hated them , and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy . * And the waters covered their enemies : there was not one of them left . * Then believed they his words ; they sang his praise . * They soon forgat his works ; they waited not for his counsel : * But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness , and tempted God in the desert . * And he gave them their request ; but sent leanness into their soul . * They envied Moses also in the camp , and Aaron the saint of the LORD . * The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan , and covered the company of Abiram . * And a fire was kindled in their company ; the flame burned up the wicked . * They made a calf in Horeb , and worshipped the molten image . * Thus they changed their glory into the similitude of an ox that eateth grass . * They forgat God their saviour , which had done great things in Egypt ; * Wondrous works in the land of Ham , and terrible things by the Red sea . * Therefore he said that he would destroy them , had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach , to turn away his wrath , lest he should destroy them . * Yea , they despised the pleasant land , they believed not his word : * But murmured in their tents , and hearkened not unto the voice of the LORD . * Therefore he lifted up his hand against them , to overthrow them in the wilderness : * To overthrow their seed also among the nations , and to scatter them in the lands . * They joined themselves also unto Baalpeor , and ate the sacrifices of the dead . * Thus they provoked him to anger with their inventions : and the plague brake in upon them . * Then stood up Phinehas , and executed judgment : and so the plague was stayed . * And that was counted unto him for righteousness unto all generations for evermore . * They angered him also at the waters of strife , so that it went ill with Moses for their sakes : * Because they provoked his spirit , so that he spake unadvisedly with his lips . * They did not destroy the nations , concerning whom the LORD commanded them : * But were mingled among the heathen , and learned their works . * And they served their idols : which were a snare unto them . * Yea , they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto devils , * And shed innocent blood , even the blood of their sons and of their daughters , whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan : and the land was polluted with blood . * Thus were they defiled with their own works , and went a whoring with their own inventions . * Therefore was the wrath of the LORD kindled against his people , insomuch that he abhorred his own inheritance . * And he gave them into the hand of the heathen ; and they that hated them ruled over them . * Their enemies also oppressed them , and they were brought into subjection under their hand . * Many times did he deliver them ; but they provoked him with their counsel , and were brought low for their iniquity . * Nevertheless he regarded their affliction , when he heard their cry : * And he remembered for them his covenant , and repented according to the multitude of his mercies . * He made them also to be pitied of all those that carried them captives . * Save us , O LORD our God , and gather us from among the heathen , to give thanks unto thy holy name , and to triumph in thy praise . * Blessed be the LORD God of Israel from everlasting to everlasting : and let all the people say , Amen . Praise ye the LORD . * O give thanks unto the LORD , for he is good : for his mercy endureth for ever . * Let the redeemed of the LORD say so , whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy ; * And gathered them out of the lands , from the east , and from the west , from the north , and from the south . * They wandered in the wilderness in a solitary way ; they found no city to dwell in . * Hungry and thirsty , their soul fainted in them . * Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble , and he delivered them out of their distresses . * And he led them forth by the right way , that they might go to a city of habitation . * Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness , and for his wonderful works to the children of men ! * For he satisfieth the longing soul , and filleth the hungry soul with goodness . * Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death , being bound in affliction and iron ; * Because they rebelled against the words of God , and contemned the counsel of the most High : * Therefore he brought down their heart with labour ; they fell down , and there was none to help . * Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble , and he saved them out of their distresses . * He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death , and brake their bands in sunder . * Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness , and for his wonderful works to the children of men ! * For he hath broken the gates of brass , and cut the bars of iron in sunder . * Fools because of their transgression , and because of their iniquities , are afflicted . * Their soul abhorreth all manner of meat ; and they draw near unto the gates of death . * Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble , and he saveth them out of their distresses . * He sent his word , and healed them , and delivered them from their destructions . * Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness , and for his wonderful works to the children of men ! * And let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving , and declare his works with rejoicing . * They that go down to the sea in ships , that do business in great waters ; * These see the works of the LORD , and his wonders in the deep . * For he commandeth , and raiseth the stormy wind , which lifteth up the waves thereof . * They mount up to the heaven , they go down again to the depths : their soul is melted because of trouble . * They reel to and fro , and stagger like a drunken man , and are at their wits ' end . * Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble , and he bringeth them out of their distresses . * He maketh the storm a calm , so that the waves thereof are still . * Then are they glad because they be quiet ; so he bringeth them unto their desired haven . * Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness , and for his wonderful works to the children of men ! * Let them exalt him also in the congregation of the people , and praise him in the assembly of the elders . * He turneth rivers into a wilderness , and the watersprings into dry ground ; * A fruitful land into barrenness , for the wickedness of them that dwell therein . * He turneth the wilderness into a standing water , and dry ground into watersprings . * And there he maketh the hungry to dwell , that they may prepare a city for habitation ; * And sow the fields , and plant vineyards , which may yield fruits of increase . * He blesseth them also , so that they are multiplied greatly ; and suffereth not their cattle to decrease . * Again , they are minished and brought low through oppression , affliction , and sorrow . * He poureth contempt upon princes , and causeth them to wander in the wilderness , where there is no way . * Yet setteth he the poor on high from affliction , and maketh him families like a flock . * The righteous shall see it , and rejoice : and all iniquity shall stop her mouth . * Whoso is wise , and will observe these things , even they shall understand the lovingkindness of the LORD . * O God , my heart is fixed ; I will sing and give praise , even with my glory .

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