BOOK IV
Psalms 90—106
A prayer of Moses the man of God.
1Lord, you have been our dwelling placea
throughout all generations.
2Before the mountains were bornb
or you brought forth the whole world,
from everlasting to everlastingc you are God.d
3You turn people back to dust,
saying, “Return to dust, you mortals.”e
4A thousand years in your sight
are like a day that has just gone by,
or like a watch in the night.f
5Yet you sweep people awayg in the sleep of death—
they are like the new grass of the morning:
6In the morning it springs up new,
but by evening it is dry and withered.h
7We are consumed by your anger
and terrified by your indignation.
8You have set our iniquities before you,
our secret sinsi in the light of your presence.j
9All our days pass away under your wrath;
we finish our years with a moan.k
10Our days may come to seventy years,l
or eighty,m if our strength endures;
yet the best of them are but trouble and sorrow,n
for they quickly pass, and we fly away.o
11If only we knew the power of your anger!
Your wrathp is as great as the fear that is your due.q
12Teach us to number our days,r
that we may gain a heart of wisdom.s
13Relent, LORD! How longt will it be?
Have compassion on your servants.u
14Satisfyv us in the morning with your unfailing love,w
that we may sing for joyx and be glad all our days.y
15Make us glad for as many days as you have afflicted us,
for as many years as we have seen trouble.
16May your deeds be shown to your servants,
your splendor to their children.z
17May the favor1 of the Lord our God rest on us;
establish the work of our hands for us—
yes, establish the work of our hands.a
1Whoever dwells in the sheltera of the Most High
will rest in the shadowb of the Almighty.1
2I will say of the LORD, “He is my refugec and my fortress,d
my God, in whom I trust.”
3Surely he will save you
from the fowler’s snaree
and from the deadly pestilence.f
4He will cover you with his feathers,
and under his wings you will find refuge;g
his faithfulness will be your shieldh and rampart.
5You will not feari the terror of night,
nor the arrow that flies by day,
6nor the pestilence that stalks in the darkness,
nor the plague that destroys at midday.
7A thousand may fall at your side,
ten thousand at your right hand,
but it will not come near you.
8You will only observe with your eyes
and see the punishment of the wicked.j
9If you say, “The LORD is my refuge,”
and you make the Most High your dwelling,
10no harmk will overtake you,
no disaster will come near your tent.
11For he will command his angelsl concerning you
to guard you in all your ways;m
12they will lift you up in their hands,
so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.n
13You will tread on the lion and the cobra;
you will trample the great lion and the serpent.o
14“Because he2 loves me,” says the LORD, “I will rescue him;
I will protect him, for he acknowledges my name.
15He will call on me, and I will answer him;
I will be with him in trouble,
I will deliver him and honor him.p
16With long lifeq I will satisfy him
and show him my salvation.r”
A psalm. A song. For the Sabbath day.
1It is good to praise the LORD
and make musica to your name,b O Most High,c
2proclaiming your love in the morningd
and your faithfulness at night,
3to the music of the ten-stringed lyree
and the melody of the harp.f
4For you make me glad by your deeds, LORD;
I sing for joyg at what your hands have done.h
5How great are your works,i LORD,
how profound your thoughts!j
6Senseless peoplek do not know,
fools do not understand,
7that though the wicked spring up like grass
and all evildoers flourish,
they will be destroyed forever.l
8But you, LORD, are forever exalted.
9For surely your enemiesm, LORD,
surely your enemies will perish;
all evildoers will be scattered.n
10You have exalted my horn2,o like that of a wild ox;p
fine oilsq have been poured on me.
11My eyes have seen the defeat of my adversaries;
my ears have heard the rout of my wicked foes.r
12The righteous will flourishs like a palm tree,
they will grow like a cedar of Lebanon;t Image
13planted in the house of the LORD,
they will flourish in the courts of our God.u
14They will still bear fruitv in old age,
they will stay fresh and green,
15proclaiming, “The LORD is upright;
he is my Rock, and there is no wickedness in him.w”
1The LORD reigns,a he is robed in majesty;b
the LORD is robed in majesty and armed with strength;c
indeed, the world is established,d firm and secure.e
2Your throne was establishedf long ago;
you are from all eternity.g
3The seash have lifted up, LORD,
the seas have lifted up their voice;i
the seas have lifted up their pounding waves.j
4Mightier than the thunderk of the great waters,
mightier than the breakersl of the sea—
the LORD on high is mighty.m
5Your statutes, LORD, stand firm;
for endless days.
1The LORD is a God who avenges.a
O God who avenges, shine forth.b
2Rise up,c Judged of the earth;
pay backe to the proud what they deserve.
3How long, LORD, will the wicked,
how long will the wicked be jubilant?f
4They pour out arrogantg words;
all the evildoers are full of boasting.h
5They crush your people,i LORD;
they oppress your inheritance.j
6They slay the widowk and the foreigner;
they murder the fatherless.l
7They say, “The LORD does not see;m
the God of Jacobn takes no notice.”
8Take notice, you senseless oneso among the people;
you fools, when will you become wise?
9Does he who fashioned the ear not hear?
Does he who formed the eye not see?p
10Does he who disciplinesq nations not punish?
Does he who teachesr mankind lack knowledge?
11The LORD knows all human plans;s
he knows that they are futile.t
12Blessed is the one you discipline,u LORD,
the one you teachv from your law;
13you grant them relief from days of trouble,w
till a pitx is dug for the wicked.
14For the LORD will not reject his people;y
he will never forsake his inheritance.
15Judgment will again be founded on righteousness,z
and all the upright in hearta will follow it.
16Who will rise upb for me against the wicked?
Who will take a stand for me against evildoers?c
17Unless the LORD had given me help,d
I would soon have dwelt in the silence of death.e
18When I said, “My foot is slipping,f”
your unfailing love, LORD, supported me.
19When anxietyg was great within me,
your consolationh brought me joy.
20Can a corrupt thronei be allied with you—
a throne that brings on misery by its decrees?j
21The wicked band togetherk against the righteous
and condemn the innocentl to death.m
22But the LORD has become my fortress,
and my God the rockn in whom I take refuge.o
23He will repayp them for their sins
and destroyq them for their wickedness;
the LORD our God will destroy them.
1Come,a let us sing for joyb to the LORD;
let us shout aloudc to the Rockd of our salvation.
2Let us come before hime with thanksgivingf
and extol him with musicg and song.
3For the LORD is the great God,h
the great Kingi above all gods.j
4In his hand are the depths of the earth,k
and the mountain peaks belong to him.
5The sea is his, for he made it,
and his hands formed the dry land.l
6Come, let us bow downm in worship,n
let us kneelo before the LORD our Maker;p
7for he is our God
and we are the people of his pasture,q
the flock under his care.
Today, if only you would hear his voice,
8“Do not harden your heartsr as you did at Meribah,1,s
as you did that day at Massah2 in the wilderness,t
9where your ancestors testedu me;
they tried me, though they had seen what I did.
10For forty yearsv I was angry with that generation;
I said, ‘They are a people whose hearts go astray,w
and they have not known my ways.’x
11So I declared on oathy in my anger,
‘They shall never enter my rest.’ ”z
96:1-13pp — 1Ch 16:23–33
1Sing to the LORDa a new song;b
sing to the LORD, all the earth.
2Sing to the LORD, praise his name;c
proclaim his salvationd day after day.
3Declare his glorye among the nations,
his marvelous deedsf among all peoples.
4For great is the LORD and most worthy of praise;g
he is to be fearedh above all gods.i
5For all the gods of the nations are idols,j
but the LORD made the heavens.k
6Splendor and majestyl are before him;
strength and glorym are in his sanctuary.
7Ascribe to the LORD,n all you families of nations,o
ascribe to the LORD glory and strength.
8Ascribe to the LORD the glory due his name;
bring an offeringp and come into his courts.q
9Worship the LORDr in the splendor of his1 holiness;s
tremblet before him, all the earth.u
10Say among the nations, “The LORD reigns.v”
The world is firmly established,w it cannot be moved;x
he will judgey the peoples with equity.z
11Let the heavens rejoice,a let the earth be glad;b
let the sea resound, and all that is in it.
12Let the fields be jubilant, and everything in them;
let all the trees of the forestc sing for joy.d
13Let all creation rejoice before the LORD, for he comes,
he comes to judgee the earth.
He will judge the world in righteousnessf
and the peoples in his faithfulness.g
1The LORD reigns,a let the earth be glad;b
let the distant shoresc rejoice.
2Cloudsd and thick darknesse surround him;
righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne.f
and consumesi his foes on every side.
4His lightningj lights up the world;
the earthk sees and trembles.l
5The mountains meltm like waxn before the LORD,
before the Lord of all the earth.o
6The heavens proclaim his righteousness,p
and all peoples see his glory.q
7All who worship imagesr are put to shame,s
those who boast in idolst—
8Zion hears and rejoices
and the villages of Judah are gladw
because of your judgments,x LORD.
9For you, LORD, are the Most Highy over all the earth;z
you are exalteda far above all gods.
10Let those who love the LORD hate evil,b
for he guardsc the lives of his faithful onesd
and deliverse them from the hand of the wicked.f
11Light shines1,g on the righteoush
and joy on the upright in heart.i
12Rejoice in the LORD,j you who are righteous,
and praise his holy name.k
A psalm.
1Sing to the LORDa a new song,b
for he has done marvelous things;c
his right handd and his holy arme
have worked salvationf for him.
2The LORD has made his salvation knowng
and revealed his righteousnessh to the nations.i
3He has rememberedj his love
and his faithfulness to Israel;
all the ends of the earthk have seen
the salvation of our God.l
4Shout for joym to the LORD, all the earth,
burst into jubilant song with music;
5make music to the LORD with the harp,n
with the harp and the sound of singing,o
6with trumpetsp and the blast of the ram’s hornq—
shout for joyr before the LORD, the King.s
7Let the seat resound, and everything in it,
the world, and all who live in it.u
8Let the rivers clap their hands,v
let the mountainsw sing together for joy;
9let them sing before the LORD,
for he comes to judge the earth.
He will judge the world in righteousness
and the peoples with equity.x
let the nations tremble;b
he sits enthronedc between the cherubim,d
let the earth shake.
he is exaltedg over all the nations.
3Let them praiseh your great and awesome namei—
he is holy.j
4The Kingk is mighty, he loves justicel—
you have established equity;m
in Jacob you have done
what is just and right.n
and worship at his footstool;
he is holy.
6Mosesp and Aaronq were among his priests,
Samuelr was among those who called on his name;
they called on the LORD
and he answereds them.
7He spoke to them from the pillar of cloud;t
they kept his statutes and the decrees he gave them.
8LORD our God,
you answered them;
you were to Israel a forgiving God,u
though you punishedv their misdeeds.1
9Exalt the LORD our God
and worship at his holy mountain,
for the LORD our God is holy.
A psalm. For giving grateful praise.
1Shout for joya to the LORD, all the earth.
2Worship the LORDb with gladness;
come before himc with joyful songs.
It is he who made us,e and we are his1;
we are his people,f the sheep of his pasture.g
4Enter his gates with thanksgivingh
and his courtsi with praise;
give thanks to him and praise his name.j
5For the LORD is goodk and his love endures forever;l
his faithfulnessm continues through all generations.
Of David. A psalm.
1I will sing of your lovea and justice;
to you, LORD, I will sing praise.
2I will be careful to lead a blameless lifeb—
when will you come to me?
I will conduct the affairsc of my house
with a blameless heart.
3I will not look with approval
on anything that is vile.d
I hate what faithless people do;e
I will have no part in it.
4The perverse of heartf shall be far from me;
I will have nothing to do with what is evil.
5Whoever slanders their neighborg in secret,
I will put to silence;
whoever has haughty eyesh and a proud heart,
I will not tolerate.
6My eyes will be on the faithful in the land,
that they may dwell with me;
the one whose walk is blamelessi
will minister to me.
7No one who practices deceit
will dwell in my house;
no one who speaks falsely
will stand in my presence.
8Every morningj I will put to silence
all the wickedk in the land;
I will cut off every evildoerl
from the city of the LORD.m
A prayer of an afflicted person who has grown weak and pours out a lament before the LORD.
1Hear my prayer,a LORD;
let my cry for helpb come to you.
2Do not hide your facec from me
when I am in distress.
Turn your eard to me;
when I call, answer me quickly.
3For my days vanish like smoke;e
my bonesf burn like glowing embers.
4My heart is blighted and withered like grass;g
I forget to eat my food.h
5In my distress I groan aloudi
and am reduced to skin and bones.
6I am like a desert owl,j
like an owl among the ruins.
7I lie awake;k I have become
like a bird alonel on a roof.
8All day long my enemiesm taunt me;n
those who rail against me use my name as a curse.o
9For I eat ashesp as my food
and mingle my drink with tearsq
10because of your great wrath,r
for you have taken me up and thrown me aside.
11My days are like the evening shadow;s
I withert away like grass.
12But you, LORD, sit enthroned forever;u
your renown enduresv through all generations.w
13You will arisex and have compassiony on Zion,
for it is timez to show favora to her;
the appointed timeb has come.
14For her stones are dear to your servants;
her very dust moves them to pity.
15The nations will fearc the name of the LORD,
all the kingsd of the earth will revere your glory.
16For the LORD will rebuild Zione
and appear in his glory.f
17He will respond to the prayerg of the destitute;
he will not despise their plea.
18Let this be writtenh for a future generation,
that a people not yet createdi may praise the LORD:
19“The LORD looked downj from his sanctuary on high,
from heaven he viewed the earth,
20to hear the groans of the prisonersk
and release those condemned to death.”
21So the name of the LORD will be declaredl in Zion
and his praisem in Jerusalem
22when the peoples and the kingdoms
assemble to worshipn the LORD.
23In the course of my life2 he broke my strength;
he cut short my days.o
24So I said:
“Do not take me away, my God, in the midst of my days;
your years go onp through all generations.
25In the beginningq you laid the foundations of the earth,
and the heavensr are the work of your hands.s
26They will perish,t but you remain;
they will all wear out like a garment.
Like clothing you will change them
and they will be discarded.
27But you remain the same,u
and your years will never end.v
28The children of your servantsw will live in your presence;
their descendantsx will be established before you.”
Of David.
all my inmost being, praise his holy name.c
2Praise the LORD,d my soul,
and forget note all his benefits—
and healsg all your diseases,
4who redeems your lifeh from the pit
and crowns you with love and compassion,i
5who satisfiesj your desires with good things
so that your youth is renewedk like the eagle’s.l
6The LORD works righteousnessm
and justice for all the oppressed.n
7He made knowno his waysp to Moses,
his deedsq to the people of Israel:
8The LORD is compassionate and gracious,r
slow to anger, abounding in love.
9He will not always accuse,
nor will he harbor his anger forever;s
10he does not treat us as our sins deservet
or repay us according to our iniquities.
11For as high as the heavens are above the earth,
so great is his loveu for those who fear him;v
12as far as the east is from the west,
so far has he removed our transgressionsw from us.
13As a father has compassionx on his children,
so the LORD has compassion on those who fear him;
14for he knows how we are formed,y
he remembers that we are dust.z
15The life of mortals is like grass,a
they flourish like a flowerb of the field;
16the wind blowsc over it and it is gone,
and its placed remembers it no more.
17But from everlasting to everlasting
the LORD’s love is with those who fear him,
and his righteousness with their children’s childrene—
18with those who keep his covenantf
and rememberg to obey his precepts.h
19The LORD has established his thronei in heaven,
and his kingdom rulesj over all.
20Praise the LORD,k you his angels,l
you mighty onesm who do his bidding,n
who obey his word.
21Praise the LORD, all his heavenly hosts,o
you his servantsp who do his will.
22Praise the LORD, all his worksq
everywhere in his dominion.
Praise the LORD, my soul.r
1Praise the LORD, my soul.a
LORD my God, you are very great;
you are clothed with splendor and majesty.b The Great Hymn to Aten
2The LORD wrapsc himself in lightd as with a garment;
he stretchese out the heavensf like a tentg
3and lays the beamsh of his upper chambers on their waters.i
He makes the cloudsj his chariotk
and rides on the wings of the wind.l
4He makes winds his messengers,1,m
flames of firen his servants.
5He set the eartho on its foundations;p
it can never be moved.
6You covered itq with the watery depthsr as with a garment;
the waters stoods above the mountains.
7But at your rebuket the waters fled,
at the sound of your thunderu they took to flight;
8they flowed over the mountains,
they went down into the valleys,
to the place you assignedv for them.
9You set a boundaryw they cannot cross;
never again will they cover the earth.
10He makes springsx pour water into the ravines;
it flows between the mountains.
11They give watery to all the beasts of the field;
the wild donkeysz quench their thirst.
12The birds of the skya nest by the waters;
they sing among the branches.b
13He waters the mountainsc from his upper chambers;d
the land is satisfied by the fruit of his work.e
14He makes grass growf for the cattle,
and plants for people to cultivate—
bringing forth foodg from the earth:
15wineh that gladdens human hearts,
oili to make their faces shine,
and bread that sustainsj their hearts.
16The trees of the LORDk are well watered,
the cedars of Lebanonl that he planted.
17There the birdsm make their nests;
the stork has its home in the junipers.
18The high mountains belong to the wild goats;n
the crags are a refuge for the hyrax.o
19He made the moon to mark the seasons,p
and the sunq knows when to go down.
20You bring darkness,r it becomes night,s
and all the beasts of the forestt prowl.
21The lions roar for their preyu
and seek their food from God.v
22The sun rises, and they steal away;
they return and lie down in their dens.w
23Then people go out to their work,x
to their labor until evening.y
24How many are your works,z LORD!
In wisdom you madea them all;
the earth is full of your creatures.b
25There is the sea,c vast and spacious,
teeming with creatures beyond number—
living things both large and small.d
26There the shipse go to and fro,
and Leviathan,f which you formed to frolicg there.h
27All creatures look to you
to give them their foodi at the proper time.
28When you give it to them,
they gather it up;
when you open your hand,
they are satisfiedj with good things.
they are terrified;
when you take away their breath,
they die and return to the dust.l
30When you send your Spirit,m
they are created,
and you renew the face of the ground.
31May the glory of the LORDn endure forever;
may the LORD rejoice in his workso— Image
32he who looks at the earth, and it trembles,p
who touches the mountains,q and they smoke.r
33I will sings to the LORD all my life;
I will sing praise to my God as long as I live.
34May my meditation be pleasing to him,
as I rejoicet in the LORD.
35But may sinners vanishu from the earth
and the wicked be no more.v
Praise the LORD, my soul.
105:1-15pp — 1Ch 16:8–22
1Give praise to the LORD,a proclaim his name;b
make known among the nations what he has done.
2Sing to him,c sing praise to him;d
tell of all his wonderful acts.e
3Glory in his holy name;f
let the hearts of those who seek the LORD rejoice.
4Look to the LORD and his strength;
seek his faceg always.
5Remember the wondersh he has done,
his miracles, and the judgments he pronounced,i
6you his servants, the descendants of Abraham,j
his chosenk ones, the children of Jacob.
7He is the LORD our God;
his judgments are in all the earth.
8He remembers his covenantl forever,
the promise he made, for a thousand generations,
9the covenant he made with Abraham,m
the oath he swore to Isaac.
10He confirmed itn to Jacob as a decree,
to Israel as an everlasting covenant:o
11“To you I will give the land of Canaanp
as the portion you will inherit.”q
12When they were but few in number,r
few indeed, and strangers in it,s
13they wandered from nation to nation,t
from one kingdom to another.
14He allowed no one to oppressu them;
for their sake he rebuked kings:v
15“Do not touchw my anointed ones;
do my prophetsx no harm.”
16He called down faminey on the land
and destroyed all their supplies of food;
17and he sent a man before them—
Joseph, sold as a slave.z
18They bruised his feet with shackles,a
his neck was put in irons,
19till what he foretoldb came to pass,
till the wordc of the LORD proved him true.
20The king sent and released him,
the ruler of peoples set him free.d
21He made him master of his household,
ruler over all he possessed,
22to instruct his princese as he pleased
and teach his elders wisdom.f
Jacob residedh as a foreigner in the land of Ham.i
24The LORD made his people very fruitful;
he made them too numerousj for their foes,
25whose hearts he turnedk to hate his people,
to conspirel against his servants.
26He sent Mosesm his servant,
and Aaron,n whom he had chosen.o
27They performedp his signsq among them,
his wondersr in the land of Ham.
28He sent darknesss and made the land dark—
for had they not rebelled againstt his words?
29He turned their waters into blood,u
causing their fish to die.v
30Their land teemed with frogs,w
which went up into the bedrooms of their rulers.
31He spoke,x and there came swarms of flies,y
and gnatsz throughout their country.
32He turned their rain into hail,a
with lightning throughout their land;
33he struck down their vinesb and fig treesc
and shattered the trees of their country.
34He spoke,d and the locusts came,e
grasshoppersf without number;g
35they ate up every green thing in their land,
ate up the produce of their soil.
36Then he struck down all the firstbornh in their land,
the firstfruits of all their manhood.
37He brought out Israel, laden with silver and gold,i
and from among their tribes no one faltered.
38Egypt was glad when they left,
because dread of Israelj had fallen on them.
39He spread out a cloudk as a covering,
and a fire to give light at night.l
40They asked,m and he brought them quail;n
he fed them well with the bread of heaven.o
41He opened the rock,p and water gushed out;
it flowed like a river in the desert.
42For he remembered his holy promiseq
given to his servant Abraham.
43He brought out his people with rejoicing,r
his chosen ones with shouts of joy;
44he gave them the lands of the nations,s
and they fell heir to what others had toiledt for—
45that they might keep his precepts
and observe his laws.u
106:1, 47-48pp — 1Ch 16:34–36
Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good;b
his love endures forever.c
2Who can proclaim the mighty actsd of the LORD
or fully declare his praise?
3Blessed are those who act justly,e
who always do what is right.f
4Remember me,g LORD, when you show favorh to your people,
come to my aidi when you save them,
5that I may enjoy the prosperityj of your chosen ones,k
that I may share in the joyl of your nation
and join your inheritancem in giving praise.
6We have sinned,n even as our ancestorso did;
we have done wrong and acted wickedly.p
7When our ancestors were in Egypt,
they gave no thoughtq to your miracles;
they did not rememberr your many kindnesses,
and they rebelled by the sea,s the Red Sea.2
8Yet he saved themt for his name’s sake,u
to make his mighty powerv known.
9He rebukedw the Red Sea, and it dried up;x
he led them throughy the depths as through a desert.
10He saved themz from the hand of the foe;a
from the hand of the enemy he redeemed them.b
11The waters coveredc their adversaries;
not one of them survived.
12Then they believed his promises
and sang his praise.d
13But they soon forgote what he had done
and did not wait for his plan to unfold.f
14In the desertg they gave in to their craving;
in the wildernessh they put God to the test.i
15So he gave themj what they asked for,
but sent a wasting diseasek among them.
16In the camp they grew enviousl of Moses
and of Aaron, who was consecrated to the LORD.
17The earth openedm up and swallowed Dathan;n
it buried the company of Abiram.o
18Fire blazedp among their followers;
a flame consumed the wicked.
and worshiped an idol cast from metal.
20They exchanged their glorious Godr
for an image of a bull, which eats grass.
21They forgot the Gods who saved them,
who had done great thingst in Egypt,
22miracles in the land of Hamu
and awesome deedsv by the Red Sea.
23So he said he would destroyw them—
had not Moses, his chosen one,
stood in the breachx before him
to keep his wrath from destroying them.
24Then they despisedy the pleasant land;z
they did not believea his promise.
25They grumbledb in their tents
and did not obey the LORD.
26So he sworec to them with uplifted hand
that he would make them fall in the wilderness,d
27make their descendants fall among the nations
and scattere them throughout the lands.
28They yoked themselves to the Baal of Peorf
and ate sacrifices offered to lifeless gods;
29they aroused the LORD’s angerg by their wicked deeds,h
and a plaguei broke out among them.
30But Phinehasj stood up and intervened,
and the plague was checked.k
31This was credited to himl as righteousness
for endless generationsm to come.
32By the waters of Meribahn they angered the LORD,
and trouble came to Moses because of them;
33for they rebelledo against the Spiritp of God,
and rash words came from Moses’ lips.3,q
34They did not destroyr the peoples
as the LORD had commandeds them,
35but they mingledt with the nations
and adopted their customs.
36They worshiped their idols,u
which became a snarev to them.
and their daughters to false gods.x Demons in the Old Testament
38They shed innocent blood,
the blood of their sonsy and daughters,
whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan,
and the land was desecrated by their blood.
39They defiled themselvesz by what they did;
by their deeds they prostituteda themselves.
40Therefore the LORD was angryb with his people
and abhorred his inheritance.c
41He gave them into the handsd of the nations,
and their foes ruled over them.
42Their enemies oppressede them
and subjected them to their power.
43Many times he delivered them,f
but they were bent on rebelliong
and they wasted away in their sin.
44Yet he took note of their distress
when he heard their cry;h
45for their sake he remembered his covenanti
and out of his great lovej he relented.k
46He caused all who held them captive
to show them mercy.l
and gather usn from the nations,
that we may give thankso to your holy namep
and glory in your praise.
48Praise be to the LORD, the God of Israel,
from everlasting to everlasting.
Let all the people say, “Amen!”q
Praise the LORD.