Psalms 102 - 104 — Legacy Standard Bible

Do Not Hide Your Face from Me

102

A Prayer of the afflicted when he is faint and ¹pours out his complaint before Yahweh.

^aO Yahweh, hear my prayer!And let my cry for help ^bcome to You.²^aDo not hide Your face from me in the day of my distress;^bIncline Your ear to me;In the day when I call ^canswer me quickly.³For my days ^ahave ¹vanished in smoke,And my ^bbones have been scorched like a hearth.⁴My heart ^ahas been stricken like ¹grass and it has ^bdried up,Indeed, I ^cforget to eat my bread.⁵Because of the sound of my groaningMy ^abones ¹cling to my flesh.⁶I resemble a ^apelican of the wilderness;I have become like an owl of the waste places.⁷I ^alie awake,I have become like a lonely bird on a roof.⁸My enemies ^ahave reproached me all day long;Those who ¹^,^bridicule me ^cswear against me.⁹For I have eaten ashes like breadAnd ^amixed my drinks with weeping¹⁰^aBecause of Your indignation and Your wrath,For You have ^blifted me up and cast me away.¹¹My days are like an ^aoutstretched shadow,And as for me, I ^bdry up like ¹grass.¹²But You, O Yahweh, ¹^,^aabide forever,And the ^bremembrance of Your name ²from generation to generation.¹³You will ^aarise and have ^bcompassion on Zion—For ^cit is time to be gracious to it,For the ^dappointed time has come.¹⁴For Your slaves ¹find pleasure in its stonesAnd show grace to its dust—¹⁵¹So the ²^,^anations will fear the name of YahwehAnd ^ball the kings of the earth Your glory.¹⁶For Yahweh has ^abuilt up Zion;He has ^bappeared in His glory.¹⁷He has ^aturned toward the prayer of the ¹destituteAnd has not despised their prayer.¹⁸¹This will be ^awritten for the ^bgeneration to come,And ^ca people yet to be created will praise Yah.¹⁹For He ^alooked down from His holy height;^bFrom heaven Yahweh gazed ¹upon the earth,²⁰To hear the ^agroaning of the prisoner,To ^bset free ¹those who were doomed to death,²¹To ^arecount the name of Yahweh in ZionAnd His praise in Jerusalem,²²When ^athe peoples are gathered together,And the kingdoms, to serve Yahweh.²³He has afflicted my strength in the way;He has ^ashortened my days.²⁴I say, “O my God, ^ado not take me away in the ¹midst of my days,Your ^byears are from generation to all generations.²⁵“Of old You ^afounded the earth,And the ^bheavens are the work of Your hands.²⁶“¹Even they will ^aperish, but You will remain;And all of them will wear out like a garment;Like clothing You will change them and they will be changed.²⁷“But You are ¹^,^athe same,And Your years will not come to an end.²⁸“The ^achildren of Your slaves will dwell securely,And their ^bseed will be established before You.”

Bless Yahweh, O My Soul

103

Of David.

^aBless Yahweh, O my soul,And all that is within me, bless His ^bholy name.²Bless Yahweh, O my soul,And ^aforget none of His benefits;³Who ^apardons all your iniquities,Who ^bheals all your diseases;⁴Who ^aredeems your life from the pit,Who ^bcrowns you with lovingkindness and compassion;⁵Who ^asatisfies your ¹years with good things,So that your youth is ^brenewed like the eagle.⁶Yahweh ^aperforms righteous deedsAnd judgments for all who are ^boppressed.⁷He ^amade known His ways to Moses,His ^bacts to the sons of Israel.⁸Yahweh is ^acompassionate and gracious,^bSlow to anger and abounding in lovingkindness.⁹He ^awill not always contend with us,And He will not ^bkeep His anger forever.¹⁰He has ^anot dealt with us according to our sins,And He has not rewarded us according to our iniquities.¹¹For as high ^aas the heavens are above the earth,So great is His lovingkindness toward those who ¹fear Him.¹²As far as the east is from the west,So far has He ^aremoved our transgressions from us.¹³^aAs a father has compassion on his children,So Yahweh has compassion on those who ¹fear Him.¹⁴For ^aHe Himself knows ¹our form;He ^bremembers that we are but ^cdust.¹⁵As for man, his days are ^alike grass;As a ^bflower of the field, so he flowers.¹⁶When the ^awind has passed over it, it is no more,And its ^bplace acknowledges it no longer.¹⁷But the ^alovingkindness of Yahweh is from everlasting to everlasting on those who ¹fear Him,And His ²righteousness ^bto children’s children,¹⁸To ^athose who keep His covenantAnd remember His precepts to do them.¹⁹Yahweh has established His ^athrone in the heavens,And His ^bkingdom rules over ¹all.²⁰Bless Yahweh, you ^aHis angels,^bMighty in strength, who ^cperform His word,^dObeying the voice of His word!²¹Bless Yahweh, all you ^aHis hosts,You ^bwho serve Him, doing His will.²²Bless Yahweh, ^aall you works of His,In all places of His rule;Bless Yahweh, O my soul!

The Glory of Yahweh Endures Forever

104^aBless Yahweh, O my soul!O Yahweh my God, You are very great;You are ^bclothed with splendor and majesty,²Wrapping Yourself with ^alight as with a cloak,^bStretching out the heavens like a tent curtain.³¹He ^alays the beams of His upper chambers in the waters;²He sets up the ^bclouds to be His chariot;³He walks upon the ^cwings of the wind;⁴¹He makes His ²angels ^athe winds,His ministers flaming ^bfire.⁵He ^afounded the earth upon its place,So that it will not ¹shake forever and ever.⁶You ^acovered it with the deep as with a garment;The waters were standing above the mountains.⁷At Your ^arebuke they fled,At the ^bsound of Your thunder they hurried away in alarm.⁸The mountains went up; the valleys went downTo the ^aplace which You founded for them.⁹You set a ^aboundary that they may not pass over,So that they will not return to cover the earth.¹⁰¹He sends forth ^asprings in the valleys;They flow between the mountains;¹¹They ^agive water to every beast of the field;The ^bwild donkeys quench their thirst.¹²Above them the birds of the heavens ^adwell;They give forth their voices among the branches.¹³¹He ^agives water to the mountains from His upper chambers;^bThe earth is satisfied with the fruit of His works.¹⁴¹He causes the ^agrass to grow for the ²cattle,And ^bvegetation for man’s ³cultivation,To bring forth ⁴food ^cfrom the earth,¹⁵And ^awine which makes man’s heart glad,^bTo make his face glisten more than oil,And ¹food which ^csustains man’s heart.¹⁶The trees of Yahweh are satisfied,The cedars of Lebanon which He planted,¹⁷Where the ^abirds build their nests,The ^bstork’s home is in the ¹fir trees.¹⁸The high mountains are for the ^awild goats;The ^bcliffs are a refuge for the ¹^,^cshephanim.¹⁹He made the moon ^afor the seasons;The ^bsun knows the place of its setting.²⁰You ^aappoint darkness so that it becomes night,In which all the ^bbeasts of the forest ^ccreep about.²¹The ^ayoung lions roar to go after their preyAnd to ^bseek their food from God.²²When the sun rises they gather togetherAnd lie down in their ^adens.²³Man goes forth to ^ahis workAnd to his labor until evening.²⁴How ^anumerous are Your works, O Yahweh!¹In ^bwisdom You have made them all;The ^cearth is full of Your ²possessions.²⁵This is the ^asea, great and ¹broad,There the creeping things are without number,Creatures both small and great.²⁶There the ^aships move along,And ¹^,^bLeviathan, which You have formed to play in it.²⁷They all ^await for YouTo ^bgive them their food in ¹due season.²⁸You give to them, they gather it up;You ^aopen Your hand, they are satisfied with good.²⁹You ^ahide Your face, they are dismayed;You ^btake away their ¹spirit, they breathe their lastAnd ^creturn to their dust.³⁰You send forth Your ¹^,^aSpirit, they are created;And You renew the face of the ground.³¹Let the ^aglory of Yahweh endure forever;Let Yahweh ^bbe glad in His works;³²¹He ^alooks at the earth, and it ^btrembles;He ^ctouches the mountains, and they smoke.³³¹I will sing to Yahweh ^athroughout my life;²I will ^bsing praise to my God ³while I have my being.³⁴Let my ^amusing be pleasing to Him;As for me, I shall ^bbe glad in Yahweh.³⁵Let sinners be ^aconsumed from the earthAnd let the ^bwicked be no more.^cBless Yahweh, O my soul.¹^,^dPraise Yah!