David W. Zavitz (2 Jan 2006)
"Psalms for 2006/2007 ... Psalms 106/107 ..."
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1 Praise ye the LORD. O give thanks unto the LORD;
for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.
2 Who can utter the mighty acts of the LORD? who can
shew forth all his praise?
3 Blessed are they that keep judgment, and he that
doeth righteousness at all times.
4 Remember me, O LORD, with the favour that thou
bearest unto thy people: O visit me with thy
salvation;
5 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.
6 We have sinned with our fathers, we have committed
iniquity, we have done wickedly.
7 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.
8 Nevertheless he saved them for his name's sake,
that he might make his mighty power to be known.
9 He rebuked the Red sea also, and it was dried up:
so he led them through the depths, as through the
wilderness.
10 And he saved them from the hand of him that hated
them, and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.
11 And the waters covered their enemies: there was
not one of them left.
12 Then believed they his words; they sang his
praise.13 They soon forgat his works; they waited not for
his counsel:
14 But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and
tempted God in the desert.
15 And he gave them their request; but sent leanness
into their soul.
16 They envied Moses also in the camp, and Aaron the
saint of the LORD.
17 The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and
covered the company of Abiram.
18 And a fire was kindled in their company; the flame
burned up the wicked.
19 They made a calf in Horeb, and worshipped the
molten image.
20 Thus they changed their glory into the similitude
of an ox that eateth grass.
21 They forgat God their saviour, which had done
great things in Egypt;
22 Wondrous works in the land of Ham, and terrible
things by the Red sea.
23 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.
24 Yea, they despised the pleasant land, they
believed not his word:
25 But murmured in their tents, and hearkened not
unto the voice of the LORD.
26 Therefore he lifted up his hand against them, to
overthrow them in the wilderness:
27 To overthrow their seed also among the nations,
and to scatter them in the lands.
28 They joined themselves also unto Baalpeor, and ate
the sacrifices of the dead.
29 Thus they provoked him to anger with their
inventions: and the plague brake in upon them.
30 Then stood up Phinehas, and executed judgment: and
so the plague was stayed.
31 And that was counted unto him for righteousness
unto all generations for evermore.
32 They angered him also at the waters of strife, so
that it went ill with Moses for their sakes:
33 Because they provoked his spirit, so that he spake
unadvisedly with his lips.34 They did not destroy the nations, concerning whom
the LORD commanded them:
35 But were mingled among the heathen, and learned
their works.
36 And they served their idols: which were a snare
unto them.
37 Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their
daughters unto devils,
38 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.
39 Thus were they defiled with their own works, and
went a whoring with their own inventions.
40 Therefore was the wrath of the LORD kindled
against his people, insomuch that he abhorred his own
inheritance.
41 And he gave them into the hand of the heathen; and
they that hated them ruled over them.
42 Their enemies also oppressed them, and they were
brought into subjection under their hand.
43 Many times did he deliver them; but they provoked
him with their counsel, and were brought low for their
iniquity.
44 Nevertheless he regarded their affliction, when he
heard their cry:
45 And he remembered for them his covenant, and
repented according to the multitude of his mercies.
46 He made them also to be pitied of all those that
carried them captives.
47 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.
48 Blessed be the LORD God of Israel from everlasting
to everlasting: and let all the people say, Amen.
Praise ye the LORD.
1 O give thanks unto the LORD, for he is good: for
his mercy endureth for ever.
2 Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, whom he hath
redeemed from the hand of the enemy;
3 And gathered them out of the lands, from the east,
and from the west, from the north, and from the south.
4 They wandered in the wilderness in a solitary way;
they found no city to dwell in.
5 Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them.
6 Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and
he delivered them out of their distresses.
7 And he led them forth by the right way, that they
might go to a city of habitation.
8 Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness,
and for his wonderful works to the children of men!
9 For he satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the
hungry soul with goodness.10 Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of
death, being bound in affliction and iron;
11 Because they rebelled against the words of God,
and contemned the counsel of the most High:
12 Therefore he brought down their heart with labour;
they fell down, and there was none to help.
13 Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble,
and he saved them out of their distresses.
14 He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of
death, and brake their bands in sunder.
15 Oh that men would praise the LORD for his
goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children
of men!
16 For he hath broken the gates of brass, and cut the
bars of iron in sunder.17 Fools because of their transgression, and because
of their iniquities, are afflicted.
18 Their soul abhorreth all manner of meat; and they
draw near unto the gates of death.
19 Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, and
he saveth them out of their distresses.
20 HE SENT HIS WORD, AND healed them, AND delivered
them from their destructions.
21 Oh that men would praise the LORD for his
goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children
of men!
22 And let them sacrifice the sacrifices of
thanksgiving, and declare his works with rejoicing.23 They that go down to the sea in ships, that do
business in great waters;
24 These see the works of the LORD, and his wonders
in the deep.
25 For he commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind,
which lifteth up the waves thereof.
26 They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to
the depths: their soul is melted because of trouble.
27 They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken
man, and are at their wits' end.
28 Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, and
he bringeth them out of their distresses.
29 He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves
thereof are still.
30 Then are they glad because they be quiet; so he
bringeth them unto their desired haven.
31 Oh that men would praise the LORD for his
goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children
of men!
32 Let them exalt him also in the congregation of the
people, and praise him in the assembly of the elders.33 He turneth rivers into a wilderness, and the
watersprings into dry ground;
34 A fruitful land into barrenness, for the
wickedness of them that dwell therein.
35 He turneth the wilderness into a standing water,
and dry ground into watersprings.
36 And there he maketh the hungry to dwell, that they
may prepare a city for habitation;
37 And sow the fields, and plant vineyards, which may
yield fruits of increase.
38 He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied
greatly; and suffereth not their cattle to decrease.
39 Again, they are minished and brought low through
oppression, affliction, and sorrow.
40 He poureth contempt upon princes, and causeth them
to wander in the wilderness, where there is no way.
41 Yet setteth he the poor on high from affliction,
and maketh him families like a flock.
42 The righteous shall see it, and rejoice: and all
iniquity shall stop her mouth.
43 Whoso is wise, and will observe these things, even
they shall understand the lovingkindness of the LORD.