rsv Psalms:102-104
rsv@Psalms:102:1 @ A prayer of one afflicted, when he is faint and pours out his complaint before the LORD.
rsv@Psalms:102:2 @ Hear my prayer, O LORD; let my cry come to thee!
rsv@Psalms:102:3 @ Do not hide thy face from me in the day of my distress! Incline thy ear to me; answer me speedily in the day when I call!
rsv@Psalms:102:4 @ For my days pass away like smoke, and my bones burn like a furnace.
rsv@Psalms:102:5 @ My heart is smitten like grass, and withered; I forget to eat my bread.
rsv@Psalms:102:6 @ Because of my loud groaning my bones cleave to my flesh.
rsv@Psalms:102:7 @ I am like a vulture of the wilderness, like an owl of the waste places;
rsv@Psalms:102:8 @ I lie awake, I am like a lonely bird on the housetop.
rsv@Psalms:102:9 @ All the day my enemies taunt me, those who deride me use my name for a curse.
rsv@Psalms:102:10 @ For I eat ashes like bread, and mingle tears with my drink,
rsv@Psalms:102:11 @ because of thy indignation and anger; for thou hast taken me up and thrown me away.
rsv@Psalms:102:12 @ My days are like an evening shadow; I wither away like grass.
rsv@Psalms:102:13 @ But thou, O LORD, art enthroned for ever; thy name endures to all generations.
rsv@Psalms:102:14 @ Thou wilt arise and have pity on Zion; it is the time to favor her; the appointed time has come.
rsv@Psalms:102:15 @ For thy servants hold her stones dear, and have pity on her dust.
rsv@Psalms:102:16 @ The nations will fear the name of the LORD, and all the kings of the earth thy glory.
rsv@Psalms:102:17 @ For the LORD will build up Zion, he will appear in his glory;
rsv@Psalms:102:18 @ he will regard the prayer of the destitute, and will not despise their supplication.
rsv@Psalms:102:19 @ Let this be recorded for a generation to come, so that a people yet unborn may praise the LORD:
rsv@Psalms:102:20 @ that he looked down from his holy height, from heaven the LORD looked at the earth,
rsv@Psalms:102:21 @ to hear the groans of the prisoners, to set free those who were doomed to die;
rsv@Psalms:102:22 @ that men may declare in Zion the name of the LORD, and in Jerusalem his praise,
rsv@Psalms:102:23 @ when peoples gather together, and kingdoms, to worship the LORD.
rsv@Psalms:102:24 @ He has broken my strength in mid-course; he has shortened my days.
rsv@Psalms:102:25 @ "O my God," I say, "take me not hence in the midst of my days, thou whose years endure throughout all generations!"
rsv@Psalms:102:26 @ Of old thou didst lay the foundation of the earth, and the heavens are the work of thy hands.
rsv@Psalms:102:27 @ They will perish, but thou dost endure; they will all wear out like a garment. Thou changest them like raiment, and they pass away;
rsv@Psalms:102:28 @ but thou art the same, and thy years have no end. [ (Psalms strkjv@102:29) The children of thy servants shall dwell secure; their posterity shall be established before thee. ]
rsv@Psalms:103:1 @ A Psalm of David.
rsv@Psalms:103:2 @ Bless the LORD, O my soul; and all that is within me, bless his holy name!
rsv@Psalms:103:3 @ Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits,
rsv@Psalms:103:4 @ who forgives all your iniquity, who heals all your diseases,
rsv@Psalms:103:5 @ who redeems your life from the Pit, who crowns you with steadfast love and mercy,
rsv@Psalms:103:6 @ who satisfies you with good as long as you live so that your youth is renewed like the eagle's.
rsv@Psalms:103:7 @ The LORD works vindication and justice for all who are oppressed.
rsv@Psalms:103:8 @ He made known his ways to Moses, his acts to the people of Israel.
rsv@Psalms:103:9 @ The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.
rsv@Psalms:103:10 @ He will not always chide, nor will he keep his anger for ever.
rsv@Psalms:103:11 @ He does not deal with us according to our sins, nor requite us according to our iniquities.
rsv@Psalms:103:12 @ For as the heavens are high above the earth, so great is his steadfast love toward those who fear him;
rsv@Psalms:103:13 @ as far as the east is from the west, so far does he remove our transgressions from us.
rsv@Psalms:103:14 @ As a father pities his children, so the LORD pities those who fear him.
rsv@Psalms:103:15 @ For he knows our frame; he remembers that we are dust.
rsv@Psalms:103:16 @ As for man, his days are like grass; he flourishes like a flower of the field;
rsv@Psalms:103:17 @ for the wind passes over it, and it is gone, and its place knows it no more.
rsv@Psalms:103:18 @ But the steadfast love of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting upon those who fear him, and his righteousness to children's children,
rsv@Psalms:103:19 @ to those who keep his covenant and remember to do his commandments.
rsv@Psalms:103:20 @ The LORD has established his throne in the heavens, and his kingdom rules over all.
rsv@Psalms:103:21 @ Bless the LORD, O you his angels, you mighty ones who do his word, hearkening to the voice of his word!
rsv@Psalms:103:22 @ Bless the LORD, all his hosts, his ministers that do his will! [ (Psalms strkjv@103:23) Bless the LORD, all his works, in all places of his dominion. Bless the LORD, O my soul! ]
rsv@Psalms:104:1 @ Bless the LORD, O my soul! O LORD my God, thou art very great! Thou art clothed with honor and majesty,
rsv@Psalms:104:2 @ who coverest thyself with light as with a garment, who hast stretched out the heavens like a tent,
rsv@Psalms:104:3 @ who hast laid the beams of thy chambers on the waters, who makest the clouds thy chariot, who ridest on the wings of the wind,
rsv@Psalms:104:4 @ who makest the winds thy messengers, fire and flame thy ministers.
rsv@Psalms:104:5 @ Thou didst set the earth on its foundations, so that it should never be shaken.
rsv@Psalms:104:6 @ Thou didst cover it with the deep as with a garment; the waters stood above the mountains.
rsv@Psalms:104:7 @ At thy rebuke they fled; at the sound of thy thunder they took to flight.
rsv@Psalms:104:8 @ The mountains rose, the valleys sank down to the place which thou didst appoint for them.
rsv@Psalms:104:9 @ Thou didst set a bound which they should not pass, so that they might not again cover the earth.
rsv@Psalms:104:10 @ Thou makest springs gush forth in the valleys; they flow between the hills,
rsv@Psalms:104:11 @ they give drink to every beast of the field; the wild asses quench their thirst.
rsv@Psalms:104:12 @ By them the birds of the air have their habitation; they sing among the branches.
rsv@Psalms:104:13 @ From thy lofty abode thou waterest the mountains; the earth is satisfied with the fruit of thy work.
rsv@Psalms:104:14 @ Thou dost cause the grass to grow for the cattle, and plants for man to cultivate, that he may bring forth food from the earth,
rsv@Psalms:104:15 @ and wine to gladden the heart of man, oil to make his face shine, and bread to strengthen man's heart.
rsv@Psalms:104:16 @ The trees of the LORD are watered abundantly, the cedars of Lebanon which he planted.
rsv@Psalms:104:17 @ In them the birds build their nests; the stork has her home in the fir trees.
rsv@Psalms:104:18 @ The high mountains are for the wild goats; the rocks are a refuge for the badgers.
rsv@Psalms:104:19 @ Thou hast made the moon to mark the seasons; the sun knows its time for setting.
rsv@Psalms:104:20 @ Thou makest darkness, and it is night, when all the beasts of the forest creep forth.
rsv@Psalms:104:21 @ The young lions roar for their prey, seeking their food from God.
rsv@Psalms:104:22 @ When the sun rises, they get them away and lie down in their dens.
rsv@Psalms:104:23 @ Man goes forth to his work and to his labor until the evening.
rsv@Psalms:104:24 @ O LORD, how manifold are thy works! In wisdom hast thou made them all; the earth is full of thy creatures.
rsv@Psalms:104:25 @ Yonder is the sea, great and wide, which teems with things innumerable, living things both small and great.
rsv@Psalms:104:26 @ There go the ships, and Leviathan which thou didst form to sport in it.
rsv@Psalms:104:27 @ These all look to thee, to give them their food in due season.
rsv@Psalms:104:28 @ When thou givest to them, they gather it up; when thou openest thy hand, they are filled with good things.
rsv@Psalms:104:29 @ When thou hidest thy face, they are dismayed; when thou takest away their breath, they die and return to their dust.
rsv@Psalms:104:30 @ When thou sendest forth thy Spirit, they are created; and thou renewest the face of the ground.
rsv@Psalms:104:31 @ May the glory of the LORD endure for ever, may the LORD rejoice in his works,
rsv@Psalms:104:32 @ who looks on the earth and it trembles, who touches the mountains and they smoke!
rsv@Psalms:104:33 @ I will sing to the LORD as long as I live; I will sing praise to my God while I have being.
rsv@Psalms:104:34 @ May my meditation be pleasing to him, for I rejoice in the LORD.
rsv@Psalms:104:35 @ Let sinners be consumed from the earth, and let the wicked be no more! Bless the LORD, O my soul! Praise the LORD!
rsv@Psalms:105:1 @ O give thanks to the LORD, call on his name, make known his deeds among the peoples!