Bible in 90 Days

¹⁴ Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne;^(A)
    love and faithfulness go before you.^(B)
15 Blessed are those who have learned to acclaim you,
    who walk^(C) in the light^(D) of your presence, Lord.
¹⁶ They rejoice in your name^(E) all day long;
    they celebrate your righteousness.
¹⁷ For you are their glory and strength,^(F)
    and by your favor you exalt our horn.^[a](G)
18 Indeed, our shield^[b](H) belongs to the Lord,
    our king^(I) to the Holy One of Israel.

¹⁹ Once you spoke in a vision,
    to your faithful people you said:
“I have bestowed strength on a warrior;
    I have raised up a young man from among the people.
²⁰ I have found David^(J) my servant;^(K)
    with my sacred oil^(L) I have anointed^(M) him.
²¹ My hand will sustain him;
    surely my arm will strengthen him.^(N)
22 The enemy will not get the better of him;^(O)
    the wicked will not oppress^(P) him.
²³ I will crush his foes before him^(Q)
    and strike down his adversaries.^(R)
24 My faithful love will be with him,^(S)
    and through my name his horn^[c] will be exalted.
²⁵ I will set his hand over the sea,
    his right hand over the rivers.^(T)
26 He will call out to me, ‘You are my Father,^(U)
    my God, the Rock^(V) my Savior.’^(W)
27 And I will appoint him to be my firstborn,^(X)
    the most exalted^(Y) of the kings^(Z) of the earth.
²⁸ I will maintain my love to him forever,
    and my covenant with him will never fail.^(AA)
29 I will establish his line forever,
    his throne as long as the heavens endure.^(AB)

³⁰ “If his sons forsake my law
    and do not follow my statutes,
³¹ if they violate my decrees
    and fail to keep my commands,
³² I will punish their sin with the rod,
    their iniquity with flogging;^(AC)
33 but I will not take my love from him,^(AD)
    nor will I ever betray my faithfulness.
³⁴ I will not violate my covenant
    or alter what my lips have uttered.^(AE)
35 Once for all, I have sworn by my holiness—
    and I will not lie to David—
³⁶ that his line will continue forever
    and his throne endure before me like the sun;^(AF)
37 it will be established forever like the moon,
    the faithful witness in the sky.”^(AG)

³⁸ But you have rejected,^(AH) you have spurned,
    you have been very angry with your anointed one.
³⁹ You have renounced the covenant with your servant
    and have defiled his crown in the dust.^(AI)
40 You have broken through all his walls^(AJ)
    and reduced his strongholds^(AK) to ruins.
⁴¹ All who pass by have plundered^(AL) him;
    he has become the scorn of his neighbors.^(AM)
42 You have exalted the right hand of his foes;
    you have made all his enemies rejoice.^(AN)
43 Indeed, you have turned back the edge of his sword
    and have not supported him in battle.^(AO)
44 You have put an end to his splendor
    and cast his throne to the ground.
⁴⁵ You have cut short^(AP) the days of his youth;
    you have covered him with a mantle of shame.^(AQ)

⁴⁶ How long, Lord? Will you hide yourself forever?
    How long will your wrath burn like fire?^(AR)
47 Remember how fleeting is my life.^(AS)
    For what futility you have created all humanity!
⁴⁸ Who can live and not see death,
    or who can escape the power of the grave?^(AT)
49 Lord, where is your former great love,
    which in your faithfulness you swore to David?
⁵⁰ Remember, Lord, how your servant has^[d] been mocked,^(AU)
    how I bear in my heart the taunts of all the nations,
⁵¹ the taunts with which your enemies, Lord, have mocked,
    with which they have mocked every step of your anointed one.^(AV)

⁵² Praise be to the Lord forever!
Amen and Amen.^(AW)

³ You turn people back to dust,
    saying, “Return to dust, you mortals.”^(BB)
4 A thousand years in your sight
    are like a day that has just gone by,
    or like a watch in the night.^(BC)
5 Yet you sweep people away^(BD) in the sleep of death—
    they are like the new grass of the morning:
⁶ In the morning it springs up new,
    but by evening it is dry and withered.^(BE)

⁷ We are consumed by your anger
    and terrified by your indignation.
⁸ You have set our iniquities before you,
    our secret sins^(BF) in the light of your presence.^(BG)
9 All our days pass away under your wrath;
    we finish our years with a moan.^(BH)
10 Our days may come to seventy years,^(BI)
    or eighty,^(BJ) if our strength endures;
yet the best of them are but trouble and sorrow,^(BK)
    for they quickly pass, and we fly away.^(BL)
11 If only we knew the power of your anger!
    Your wrath^(BM) is as great as the fear that is your due.^(BN)
12 Teach us to number our days,^(BO)
    that we may gain a heart of wisdom.^(BP)

¹³ Relent, Lord! How long^(BQ) will it be?
    Have compassion on your servants.^(BR)
14 Satisfy^(BS) us in the morning with your unfailing love,^(BT)
    that we may sing for joy^(BU) and be glad all our days.^(BV)
15 Make us glad for as many days as you have afflicted us,
    for as many years as we have seen trouble.
¹⁶ May your deeds be shown to your servants,
    your splendor to their children.^(BW)

¹⁷ May the favor^[e] of the Lord our God rest on us;
    establish the work of our hands for us—
    yes, establish the work of our hands.^(BX)

³ Surely he will save you
    from the fowler’s snare^(CC)
    and from the deadly pestilence.^(CD)
4 He will cover you with his feathers,
    and under his wings you will find refuge;^(CE)
    his faithfulness will be your shield^(CF) and rampart.
⁵ You will not fear^(CG) the terror of night,
    nor the arrow that flies by day,
⁶ nor the pestilence that stalks in the darkness,
    nor the plague that destroys at midday.
⁷ A thousand may fall at your side,
    ten thousand at your right hand,
    but it will not come near you.
⁸ You will only observe with your eyes
    and see the punishment of the wicked.^(CH)

⁹ If you say, “The Lord is my refuge,”
    and you make the Most High your dwelling,
¹⁰ no harm^(CI) will overtake you,
    no disaster will come near your tent.
¹¹ For he will command his angels^(CJ) concerning you
    to guard you in all your ways;^(CK)
12 they will lift you up in their hands,
    so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.^(CL)
13 You will tread on the lion and the cobra;
    you will trample the great lion and the serpent.^(CM)

¹⁴ “Because he^[g] loves me,” says the Lord, “I will rescue him;
    I will protect him, for he acknowledges my name.
¹⁵ He will call on me, and I will answer him;
    I will be with him in trouble,
    I will deliver him and honor him.^(CN)
16 With long life^(CO) I will satisfy him
    and show him my salvation.^(CP)”

⁴ For you make me glad by your deeds, Lord;
    I sing for joy^(CW) at what your hands have done.^(CX)
5 How great are your works,^(CY) Lord,
    how profound your thoughts!^(CZ)
6 Senseless people^(DA) do not know,
    fools do not understand,
⁷ that though the wicked spring up like grass
    and all evildoers flourish,
    they will be destroyed forever.^(DB)

⁸ But you, Lord, are forever exalted.

⁹ For surely your enemies^(DC), Lord,
    surely your enemies will perish;
    all evildoers will be scattered.^(DD)
10 You have exalted my horn^[i](DE) like that of a wild ox;^(DF)
    fine oils^(DG) have been poured on me.
¹¹ My eyes have seen the defeat of my adversaries;
    my ears have heard the rout of my wicked foes.^(DH)

¹² The righteous will flourish^(DI) like a palm tree,
    they will grow like a cedar of Lebanon;^(DJ)
13 planted in the house of the Lord,
    they will flourish in the courts of our God.^(DK)
14 They will still bear fruit^(DL) in old age,
    they will stay fresh and green,
¹⁵ proclaiming, “The Lord is upright;
    he is my Rock, and there is no wickedness in him.^(DM)”

³ The seas^(DU) have lifted up, Lord,
    the seas have lifted up their voice;^(DV)
    the seas have lifted up their pounding waves.^(DW)
4 Mightier than the thunder^(DX) of the great waters,
    mightier than the breakers^(DY) of the sea—
    the Lord on high is mighty.^(DZ)

⁵ Your statutes, Lord, stand firm;
    holiness^(EA) adorns your house^(EB)
    for endless days.

⁴ They pour out arrogant^(EI) words;
    all the evildoers are full of boasting.^(EJ)
5 They crush your people,^(EK) Lord;
    they oppress your inheritance.^(EL)
6 They slay the widow^(EM) and the foreigner;
    they murder the fatherless.^(EN)
7 They say, “The Lord does not see;^(EO)
    the God of Jacob^(EP) takes no notice.”

⁸ Take notice, you senseless ones^(EQ) among the people;
    you fools, when will you become wise?
⁹ Does he who fashioned the ear not hear?
    Does he who formed the eye not see?^(ER)
10 Does he who disciplines^(ES) nations not punish?
    Does he who teaches^(ET) mankind lack knowledge?
¹¹ The Lord knows all human plans;^(EU)
    he knows that they are futile.^(EV)

¹² Blessed is the one you discipline,^(EW) Lord,
    the one you teach^(EX) from your law;
¹³ you grant them relief from days of trouble,^(EY)
    till a pit^(EZ) is dug for the wicked.
¹⁴ For the Lord will not reject his people;^(FA)
    he will never forsake his inheritance.
¹⁵ Judgment will again be founded on righteousness,^(FB)
    and all the upright in heart^(FC) will follow it.

¹⁶ Who will rise up^(FD) for me against the wicked?
    Who will take a stand for me against evildoers?^(FE)
17 Unless the Lord had given me help,^(FF)
    I would soon have dwelt in the silence of death.^(FG)
18 When I said, “My foot is slipping,^(FH)”
    your unfailing love, Lord, supported me.
¹⁹ When anxiety^(FI) was great within me,
    your consolation^(FJ) brought me joy.

²⁰ Can a corrupt throne^(FK) be allied with you—
    a throne that brings on misery by its decrees?^(FL)
21 The wicked band together^(FM) against the righteous
    and condemn the innocent^(FN) to death.^(FO)
22 But the Lord has become my fortress,
    and my God the rock^(FP) in whom I take refuge.^(FQ)
23 He will repay^(FR) them for their sins
    and destroy^(FS) them for their wickedness;
    the Lord our God will destroy them.

³ For the Lord is the great God,^(GA)
    the great King^(GB) above all gods.^(GC)
4 In his hand are the depths of the earth,^(GD)
    and the mountain peaks belong to him.
⁵ The sea is his, for he made it,
    and his hands formed the dry land.^(GE)

⁶ Come, let us bow down^(GF) in worship,^(GG)
    let us kneel^(GH) before the Lord our Maker;^(GI)
7 for he is our God
    and we are the people of his pasture,^(GJ)
    the flock under his care.

Today, if only you would hear his voice,
⁸ “Do not harden your hearts^(GK) as you did at Meribah,^[j](GL)
    as you did that day at Massah^[k] in the wilderness,^(GM)
9 where your ancestors tested^(GN) me;
    they tried me, though they had seen what I did.
¹⁰ For forty years^(GO) I was angry with that generation;
    I said, ‘They are a people whose hearts go astray,^(GP)
    and they have not known my ways.’^(GQ)
11 So I declared on oath^(GR) in my anger,
    ‘They shall never enter my rest.’”^(GS)

⁴ For great is the Lord and most worthy of praise;^(HA)
    he is to be feared^(HB) above all gods.^(HC)
5 For all the gods of the nations are idols,^(HD)
    but the Lord made the heavens.^(HE)
6 Splendor and majesty^(HF) are before him;
    strength and glory^(HG) are in his sanctuary.

⁷ Ascribe to the Lord,^(HH) all you families of nations,^(HI)
    ascribe to the Lord glory and strength.
⁸ Ascribe to the Lord the glory due his name;
    bring an offering^(HJ) and come into his courts.^(HK)
9 Worship the Lord^(HL) in the splendor of his^[l] holiness;^(HM)
    tremble^(HN) before him, all the earth.^(HO)
10 Say among the nations, “The Lord reigns.^(HP)”
    The world is firmly established,^(HQ) it cannot be moved;^(HR)
    he will judge^(HS) the peoples with equity.^(HT)

¹¹ Let the heavens rejoice,^(HU) let the earth be glad;^(HV)
    let the sea resound, and all that is in it.
¹² Let the fields be jubilant, and everything in them;
    let all the trees of the forest^(HW) sing for joy.^(HX)
13 Let all creation rejoice before the Lord, for he comes,
    he comes to judge^(HY) the earth.
He will judge the world in righteousness^(HZ)
    and the peoples in his faithfulness.^(IA)

⁷ All who worship images^(IS) are put to shame,^(IT)
    those who boast in idols^(IU)—
    worship him,^(IV) all you gods!^(IW)

⁸ Zion hears and rejoices
    and the villages of Judah are glad^(IX)
    because of your judgments,^(IY) Lord.
⁹ For you, Lord, are the Most High^(IZ) over all the earth;^(JA)
    you are exalted^(JB) far above all gods.
¹⁰ Let those who love the Lord hate evil,^(JC)
    for he guards^(JD) the lives of his faithful ones^(JE)
    and delivers^(JF) them from the hand of the wicked.^(JG)
11 Light shines^[m](JH) on the righteous^(JI)
    and joy on the upright in heart.^(JJ)
12 Rejoice in the Lord,^(JK) you who are righteous,
    and praise his holy name.^(JL)

⁴ Shout for joy^(JY) to the Lord, all the earth,
    burst into jubilant song with music;
⁵ make music to the Lord with the harp,^(JZ)
    with the harp and the sound of singing,^(KA)
6 with trumpets^(KB) and the blast of the ram’s horn^(KC)—
    shout for joy^(KD) before the Lord, the King.^(KE)

⁷ Let the sea^(KF) resound, and everything in it,
    the world, and all who live in it.^(KG)
8 Let the rivers clap their hands,^(KH)
    let the mountains^(KI) sing together for joy;
⁹ let them sing before the Lord,
    for he comes to judge the earth.
He will judge the world in righteousness
    and the peoples with equity.^(KJ)

⁴ The King^(KU) is mighty, he loves justice^(KV)—
    you have established equity;^(KW)
in Jacob you have done
    what is just and right.^(KX)
5 Exalt^(KY) the Lord our God
    and worship at his footstool;
    he is holy.

⁶ Moses^(KZ) and Aaron^(LA) were among his priests,
    Samuel^(LB) was among those who called on his name;
they called on the Lord
    and he answered^(LC) them.
⁷ He spoke to them from the pillar of cloud;^(LD)
    they kept his statutes and the decrees he gave them.

⁸ Lord our God,
    you answered them;
you were to Israel a forgiving God,^(LE)
    though you punished^(LF) their misdeeds.^[n]
9 Exalt the Lord our God
    and worship at his holy mountain,
    for the Lord our God is holy.

⁴ Enter his gates with thanksgiving^(LN)
    and his courts^(LO) with praise;
    give thanks to him and praise his name.^(LP)
5 For the Lord is good^(LQ) and his love endures forever;^(LR)
    his faithfulness^(LS) continues through all generations.

I will conduct the affairs^(LV) of my house
    with a blameless heart.
³ I will not look with approval
    on anything that is vile.^(LW)

I hate what faithless people do;^(LX)
    I will have no part in it.
⁴ The perverse of heart^(LY) shall be far from me;
    I will have nothing to do with what is evil.

⁵ Whoever slanders their neighbor^(LZ) in secret,
    I will put to silence;
whoever has haughty eyes^(MA) and a proud heart,
    I will not tolerate.

⁶ My eyes will be on the faithful in the land,
    that they may dwell with me;
the one whose walk is blameless^(MB)
    will minister to me.

⁷ No one who practices deceit
    will dwell in my house;
no one who speaks falsely
    will stand in my presence.

⁸ Every morning^(MC) I will put to silence
    all the wicked^(MD) in the land;
I will cut off every evildoer^(ME)
    from the city of the Lord.^(MF)

³ For my days vanish like smoke;^(MK)
    my bones^(ML) burn like glowing embers.
⁴ My heart is blighted and withered like grass;^(MM)
    I forget to eat my food.^(MN)
5 In my distress I groan aloud^(MO)
    and am reduced to skin and bones.
⁶ I am like a desert owl,^(MP)
    like an owl among the ruins.
⁷ I lie awake;^(MQ) I have become
    like a bird alone^(MR) on a roof.
⁸ All day long my enemies^(MS) taunt me;^(MT)
    those who rail against me use my name as a curse.^(MU)
9 For I eat ashes^(MV) as my food
    and mingle my drink with tears^(MW)
10 because of your great wrath,^(MX)
    for you have taken me up and thrown me aside.
¹¹ My days are like the evening shadow;^(MY)
    I wither^(MZ) away like grass.

¹² But you, Lord, sit enthroned forever;^(NA)
    your renown endures^(NB) through all generations.^(NC)
13 You will arise^(ND) and have compassion^(NE) on Zion,
    for it is time^(NF) to show favor^(NG) to her;
    the appointed time^(NH) has come.
¹⁴ For her stones are dear to your servants;
    her very dust moves them to pity.
¹⁵ The nations will fear^(NI) the name of the Lord,
    all the kings^(NJ) of the earth will revere your glory.
¹⁶ For the Lord will rebuild Zion^(NK)
    and appear in his glory.^(NL)
17 He will respond to the prayer^(NM) of the destitute;
    he will not despise their plea.

¹⁸ Let this be written^(NN) for a future generation,
    that a people not yet created^(NO) may praise the Lord:
¹⁹ “The Lord looked down^(NP) from his sanctuary on high,
    from heaven he viewed the earth,
²⁰ to hear the groans of the prisoners^(NQ)
    and release those condemned to death.”
²¹ So the name of the Lord will be declared^(NR) in Zion
    and his praise^(NS) in Jerusalem
²² when the peoples and the kingdoms
    assemble to worship^(NT) the Lord.

²³ In the course of my life^[q] he broke my strength;
    he cut short my days.^(NU)
24 So I said:
“Do not take me away, my God, in the midst of my days;
    your years go on^(NV) through all generations.
²⁵ In the beginning^(NW) you laid the foundations of the earth,
    and the heavens^(NX) are the work of your hands.^(NY)
26 They will perish,^(NZ) but you remain;
    they will all wear out like a garment.
Like clothing you will change them
    and they will be discarded.
²⁷ But you remain the same,^(OA)
    and your years will never end.^(OB)
28 The children of your servants^(OC) will live in your presence;
    their descendants^(OD) will be established before you.”

⁶ The Lord works righteousness^(OQ)
    and justice for all the oppressed.^(OR)

⁷ He made known^(OS) his ways^(OT) to Moses,
    his deeds^(OU) to the people of Israel:
⁸ The Lord is compassionate and gracious,^(OV)
    slow to anger, abounding in love.
⁹ He will not always accuse,
    nor will he harbor his anger forever;^(OW)
10 he does not treat us as our sins deserve^(OX)
    or repay us according to our iniquities.
¹¹ For as high as the heavens are above the earth,
    so great is his love^(OY) for those who fear him;^(OZ)
12 as far as the east is from the west,
    so far has he removed our transgressions^(PA) from us.

¹³ As a father has compassion^(PB) on his children,
    so the Lord has compassion on those who fear him;
¹⁴ for he knows how we are formed,^(PC)
    he remembers that we are dust.^(PD)
15 The life of mortals is like grass,^(PE)
    they flourish like a flower^(PF) of the field;
¹⁶ the wind blows^(PG) over it and it is gone,
    and its place^(PH) remembers it no more.
¹⁷ But from everlasting to everlasting
    the Lord’s love is with those who fear him,
    and his righteousness with their children’s children^(PI)—
¹⁸ with those who keep his covenant^(PJ)
    and remember^(PK) to obey his precepts.^(PL)

¹⁹ The Lord has established his throne^(PM) in heaven,
    and his kingdom rules^(PN) over all.

²⁰ Praise the Lord,^(PO) you his angels,^(PP)
    you mighty ones^(PQ) who do his bidding,^(PR)
    who obey his word.
²¹ Praise the Lord, all his heavenly hosts,^(PS)
    you his servants^(PT) who do his will.
²² Praise the Lord, all his works^(PU)
    everywhere in his dominion.

Praise the Lord, my soul.^(PV)

Lord my God, you are very great;
    you are clothed with splendor and majesty.^(PX)

² The Lord wraps^(PY) himself in light^(PZ) as with a garment;
    he stretches^(QA) out the heavens^(QB) like a tent^(QC)
3     and lays the beams^(QD) of his upper chambers on their waters.^(QE)
He makes the clouds^(QF) his chariot^(QG)
    and rides on the wings of the wind.^(QH)
4 He makes winds his messengers,^[r](QI)
    flames of fire^(QJ) his servants.

⁵ He set the earth^(QK) on its foundations;^(QL)
    it can never be moved.
⁶ You covered it^(QM) with the watery depths^(QN) as with a garment;
    the waters stood^(QO) above the mountains.
⁷ But at your rebuke^(QP) the waters fled,
    at the sound of your thunder^(QQ) they took to flight;
⁸ they flowed over the mountains,
    they went down into the valleys,
    to the place you assigned^(QR) for them.
⁹ You set a boundary^(QS) they cannot cross;
    never again will they cover the earth.

¹⁰ He makes springs^(QT) pour water into the ravines;
    it flows between the mountains.
¹¹ They give water^(QU) to all the beasts of the field;
    the wild donkeys^(QV) quench their thirst.
¹² The birds of the sky^(QW) nest by the waters;
    they sing among the branches.^(QX)
13 He waters the mountains^(QY) from his upper chambers;^(QZ)
    the land is satisfied by the fruit of his work.^(RA)
14 He makes grass grow^(RB) for the cattle,
    and plants for people to cultivate—
    bringing forth food^(RC) from the earth:
¹⁵ wine^(RD) that gladdens human hearts,
    oil^(RE) to make their faces shine,
    and bread that sustains^(RF) their hearts.
¹⁶ The trees of the Lord^(RG) are well watered,
    the cedars of Lebanon^(RH) that he planted.
¹⁷ There the birds^(RI) make their nests;
    the stork has its home in the junipers.
¹⁸ The high mountains belong to the wild goats;^(RJ)
    the crags are a refuge for the hyrax.^(RK)

¹⁹ He made the moon to mark the seasons,^(RL)
    and the sun^(RM) knows when to go down.
²⁰ You bring darkness,^(RN) it becomes night,^(RO)
    and all the beasts of the forest^(RP) prowl.
²¹ The lions roar for their prey^(RQ)
    and seek their food from God.^(RR)
22 The sun rises, and they steal away;
    they return and lie down in their dens.^(RS)
23 Then people go out to their work,^(RT)
    to their labor until evening.^(RU)

²⁴ How many are your works,^(RV) Lord!
    In wisdom you made^(RW) them all;
    the earth is full of your creatures.^(RX)
25 There is the sea,^(RY) vast and spacious,
    teeming with creatures beyond number—
    living things both large and small.^(RZ)
26 There the ships^(SA) go to and fro,
    and Leviathan,^(SB) which you formed to frolic^(SC) there.^(SD)

²⁷ All creatures look to you
    to give them their food^(SE) at the proper time.
²⁸ When you give it to them,
    they gather it up;
when you open your hand,
    they are satisfied^(SF) with good things.
²⁹ When you hide your face,^(SG)
    they are terrified;
when you take away their breath,
    they die and return to the dust.^(SH)
30 When you send your Spirit,^(SI)
    they are created,
    and you renew the face of the ground.

³¹ May the glory of the Lord^(SJ) endure forever;
    may the Lord rejoice in his works^(SK)—
³² he who looks at the earth, and it trembles,^(SL)
    who touches the mountains,^(SM) and they smoke.^(SN)

³³ I will sing^(SO) to the Lord all my life;
    I will sing praise to my God as long as I live.
³⁴ May my meditation be pleasing to him,
    as I rejoice^(SP) in the Lord.
³⁵ But may sinners vanish^(SQ) from the earth
    and the wicked be no more.^(SR)

Praise the Lord, my soul.

Praise the Lord.^[s](SS)

⁵ Remember the wonders^(TB) he has done,
    his miracles, and the judgments he pronounced,^(TC)
6 you his servants, the descendants of Abraham,^(TD)
    his chosen^(TE) ones, the children of Jacob.
⁷ He is the Lord our God;
    his judgments are in all the earth.

⁸ He remembers his covenant^(TF) forever,
    the promise he made, for a thousand generations,
⁹ the covenant he made with Abraham,^(TG)
    the oath he swore to Isaac.
¹⁰ He confirmed it^(TH) to Jacob as a decree,
    to Israel as an everlasting covenant:^(TI)
11 “To you I will give the land of Canaan^(TJ)
    as the portion you will inherit.”^(TK)

¹² When they were but few in number,^(TL)
    few indeed, and strangers in it,^(TM)
13 they wandered from nation to nation,^(TN)
    from one kingdom to another.
¹⁴ He allowed no one to oppress^(TO) them;
    for their sake he rebuked kings:^(TP)
15 “Do not touch^(TQ) my anointed ones;
    do my prophets^(TR) no harm.”

¹⁶ He called down famine^(TS) on the land
    and destroyed all their supplies of food;
¹⁷ and he sent a man before them—
    Joseph, sold as a slave.^(TT)
18 They bruised his feet with shackles,^(TU)
    his neck was put in irons,
¹⁹ till what he foretold^(TV) came to pass,
    till the word^(TW) of the Lord proved him true.
²⁰ The king sent and released him,
    the ruler of peoples set him free.^(TX)
21 He made him master of his household,
    ruler over all he possessed,
²² to instruct his princes^(TY) as he pleased
    and teach his elders wisdom.^(TZ)

²³ Then Israel entered Egypt;^(UA)
    Jacob resided^(UB) as a foreigner in the land of Ham.^(UC)
24 The Lord made his people very fruitful;
    he made them too numerous^(UD) for their foes,
²⁵ whose hearts he turned^(UE) to hate his people,
    to conspire^(UF) against his servants.
²⁶ He sent Moses^(UG) his servant,
    and Aaron,^(UH) whom he had chosen.^(UI)
27 They performed^(UJ) his signs^(UK) among them,
    his wonders^(UL) in the land of Ham.
²⁸ He sent darkness^(UM) and made the land dark—
    for had they not rebelled against^(UN) his words?
²⁹ He turned their waters into blood,^(UO)
    causing their fish to die.^(UP)
30 Their land teemed with frogs,^(UQ)
    which went up into the bedrooms of their rulers.
³¹ He spoke,^(UR) and there came swarms of flies,^(US)
    and gnats^(UT) throughout their country.
³² He turned their rain into hail,^(UU)
    with lightning throughout their land;
³³ he struck down their vines^(UV) and fig trees^(UW)
    and shattered the trees of their country.
³⁴ He spoke,^(UX) and the locusts came,^(UY)
    grasshoppers^(UZ) without number;^(VA)
35 they ate up every green thing in their land,
    ate up the produce of their soil.
³⁶ Then he struck down all the firstborn^(VB) in their land,
    the firstfruits of all their manhood.
³⁷ He brought out Israel, laden with silver and gold,^(VC)
    and from among their tribes no one faltered.
³⁸ Egypt was glad when they left,
    because dread of Israel^(VD) had fallen on them.

³⁹ He spread out a cloud^(VE) as a covering,
    and a fire to give light at night.^(VF)
40 They asked,^(VG) and he brought them quail;^(VH)
    he fed them well with the bread of heaven.^(VI)
41 He opened the rock,^(VJ) and water gushed out;
    it flowed like a river in the desert.

⁴² For he remembered his holy promise^(VK)
    given to his servant Abraham.
⁴³ He brought out his people with rejoicing,^(VL)
    his chosen ones with shouts of joy;
⁴⁴ he gave them the lands of the nations,^(VM)
    and they fell heir to what others had toiled^(VN) for—
⁴⁵ that they might keep his precepts
    and observe his laws.^(VO)

Praise the Lord.^[t](VP)

Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good;^(VS)
    his love endures forever.^(VT)

² Who can proclaim the mighty acts^(VU) of the Lord
    or fully declare his praise?
³ Blessed are those who act justly,^(VV)
    who always do what is right.^(VW)

⁴ Remember me,^(VX) Lord, when you show favor^(VY) to your people,
    come to my aid^(VZ) when you save them,
⁵ that I may enjoy the prosperity^(WA) of your chosen ones,^(WB)
    that I may share in the joy^(WC) of your nation
    and join your inheritance^(WD) in giving praise.

⁶ We have sinned,^(WE) even as our ancestors^(WF) did;
    we have done wrong and acted wickedly.^(WG)
7 When our ancestors were in Egypt,
    they gave no thought^(WH) to your miracles;
they did not remember^(WI) your many kindnesses,
    and they rebelled by the sea,^(WJ) the Red Sea.^[v]
8 Yet he saved them^(WK) for his name’s sake,^(WL)
    to make his mighty power^(WM) known.
⁹ He rebuked^(WN) the Red Sea, and it dried up;^(WO)
    he led them through^(WP) the depths as through a desert.
¹⁰ He saved them^(WQ) from the hand of the foe;^(WR)
    from the hand of the enemy he redeemed them.^(WS)
11 The waters covered^(WT) their adversaries;
    not one of them survived.
¹² Then they believed his promises
    and sang his praise.^(WU)

¹³ But they soon forgot^(WV) what he had done
    and did not wait for his plan to unfold.^(WW)
14 In the desert^(WX) they gave in to their craving;
    in the wilderness^(WY) they put God to the test.^(WZ)
15 So he gave them^(XA) what they asked for,
    but sent a wasting disease^(XB) among them.

¹⁶ In the camp they grew envious^(XC) of Moses
    and of Aaron, who was consecrated to the Lord.
¹⁷ The earth opened^(XD) up and swallowed Dathan;^(XE)
    it buried the company of Abiram.^(XF)
18 Fire blazed^(XG) among their followers;
    a flame consumed the wicked.
¹⁹ At Horeb they made a calf^(XH)
    and worshiped an idol cast from metal.
²⁰ They exchanged their glorious God^(XI)
    for an image of a bull, which eats grass.
²¹ They forgot the God^(XJ) who saved them,
    who had done great things^(XK) in Egypt,
²² miracles in the land of Ham^(XL)
    and awesome deeds^(XM) by the Red Sea.
²³ So he said he would destroy^(XN) them—
    had not Moses, his chosen one,
stood in the breach^(XO) before him
    to keep his wrath from destroying them.

²⁴ Then they despised^(XP) the pleasant land;^(XQ)
    they did not believe^(XR) his promise.
²⁵ They grumbled^(XS) in their tents
    and did not obey the Lord.
²⁶ So he swore^(XT) to them with uplifted hand
    that he would make them fall in the wilderness,^(XU)
27 make their descendants fall among the nations
    and scatter^(XV) them throughout the lands.

²⁸ They yoked themselves to the Baal of Peor^(XW)
    and ate sacrifices offered to lifeless gods;
²⁹ they aroused the Lord’s anger^(XX) by their wicked deeds,^(XY)
    and a plague^(XZ) broke out among them.
³⁰ But Phinehas^(YA) stood up and intervened,
    and the plague was checked.^(YB)
31 This was credited to him^(YC) as righteousness
    for endless generations^(YD) to come.
³² By the waters of Meribah^(YE) they angered the Lord,
    and trouble came to Moses because of them;
³³ for they rebelled^(YF) against the Spirit^(YG) of God,
    and rash words came from Moses’ lips.^[w](YH)

³⁴ They did not destroy^(YI) the peoples
    as the Lord had commanded^(YJ) them,
³⁵ but they mingled^(YK) with the nations
    and adopted their customs.
³⁶ They worshiped their idols,^(YL)
    which became a snare^(YM) to them.
³⁷ They sacrificed their sons^(YN)
    and their daughters to false gods.^(YO)
38 They shed innocent blood,
    the blood of their sons^(YP) and daughters,
whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan,
    and the land was desecrated by their blood.
³⁹ They defiled themselves^(YQ) by what they did;
    by their deeds they prostituted^(YR) themselves.

⁴⁰ Therefore the Lord was angry^(YS) with his people
    and abhorred his inheritance.^(YT)
41 He gave them into the hands^(YU) of the nations,
    and their foes ruled over them.
⁴² Their enemies oppressed^(YV) them
    and subjected them to their power.
⁴³ Many times he delivered them,^(YW)
    but they were bent on rebellion^(YX)
    and they wasted away in their sin.
⁴⁴ Yet he took note of their distress
    when he heard their cry;^(YY)
45 for their sake he remembered his covenant^(YZ)
    and out of his great love^(ZA) he relented.^(ZB)
46 He caused all who held them captive
    to show them mercy.^(ZC)

⁴⁷ Save us,^(ZD) Lord our God,
    and gather us^(ZE) from the nations,
that we may give thanks^(ZF) to your holy name^(ZG)
    and glory in your praise.

⁴⁸ Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel,
    from everlasting to everlasting.

Let all the people say, “Amen!”^(ZH)

Praise the Lord.

² Let the redeemed^(ZK) of the Lord tell their story—
    those he redeemed from the hand of the foe,
³ those he gathered^(ZL) from the lands,
    from east and west, from north and south.^[x]

⁴ Some wandered in desert^(ZM) wastelands,
    finding no way to a city^(ZN) where they could settle.
⁵ They were hungry^(ZO) and thirsty,^(ZP)
    and their lives ebbed away.
⁶ Then they cried out^(ZQ) to the Lord in their trouble,
    and he delivered them from their distress.
⁷ He led them by a straight way^(ZR)
    to a city^(ZS) where they could settle.
⁸ Let them give thanks^(ZT) to the Lord for his unfailing love^(ZU)
    and his wonderful deeds^(ZV) for mankind,
⁹ for he satisfies^(ZW) the thirsty
    and fills the hungry with good things.^(ZX)

¹⁰ Some sat in darkness,^(ZY) in utter darkness,
    prisoners suffering^(ZZ) in iron chains,^(AAA)
11 because they rebelled^(AAB) against God’s commands
    and despised^(AAC) the plans^(AAD) of the Most High.
¹² So he subjected them to bitter labor;
    they stumbled, and there was no one to help.^(AAE)
13 Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble,
    and he saved them^(AAF) from their distress.
¹⁴ He brought them out of darkness,^(AAG) the utter darkness,^(AAH)
    and broke away their chains.^(AAI)
15 Let them give thanks^(AAJ) to the Lord for his unfailing love^(AAK)
    and his wonderful deeds^(AAL) for mankind,
¹⁶ for he breaks down gates of bronze
    and cuts through bars of iron.

¹⁷ Some became fools^(AAM) through their rebellious ways^(AAN)
    and suffered affliction^(AAO) because of their iniquities.
¹⁸ They loathed all food^(AAP)
    and drew near the gates of death.^(AAQ)
19 Then they cried^(AAR) to the Lord in their trouble,
    and he saved them^(AAS) from their distress.
²⁰ He sent out his word^(AAT) and healed them;^(AAU)
    he rescued^(AAV) them from the grave.^(AAW)
21 Let them give thanks^(AAX) to the Lord for his unfailing love^(AAY)
    and his wonderful deeds^(AAZ) for mankind.
²² Let them sacrifice thank offerings^(ABA)
    and tell of his works^(ABB) with songs of joy.^(ABC)

²³ Some went out on the sea^(ABD) in ships;^(ABE)
    they were merchants on the mighty waters.
²⁴ They saw the works of the Lord,^(ABF)
    his wonderful deeds in the deep.
²⁵ For he spoke^(ABG) and stirred up a tempest^(ABH)
    that lifted high the waves.^(ABI)
26 They mounted up to the heavens and went down to the depths;
    in their peril^(ABJ) their courage melted^(ABK) away.
²⁷ They reeled^(ABL) and staggered like drunkards;
    they were at their wits’ end.
²⁸ Then they cried^(ABM) out to the Lord in their trouble,
    and he brought them out of their distress.^(ABN)
29 He stilled the storm^(ABO) to a whisper;
    the waves^(ABP) of the sea^[y] were hushed.^(ABQ)
30 They were glad when it grew calm,
    and he guided them^(ABR) to their desired haven.
³¹ Let them give thanks^(ABS) to the Lord for his unfailing love^(ABT)
    and his wonderful deeds^(ABU) for mankind.
³² Let them exalt^(ABV) him in the assembly^(ABW) of the people
    and praise him in the council of the elders.

³³ He turned rivers into a desert,^(ABX)
    flowing springs^(ABY) into thirsty ground,
³⁴ and fruitful land into a salt waste,^(ABZ)
    because of the wickedness of those who lived there.
³⁵ He turned the desert into pools of water^(ACA)
    and the parched ground into flowing springs;^(ACB)
36 there he brought the hungry to live,
    and they founded a city where they could settle.
³⁷ They sowed fields and planted vineyards^(ACC)
    that yielded a fruitful harvest;
³⁸ he blessed them, and their numbers greatly increased,^(ACD)
    and he did not let their herds diminish.^(ACE)

³⁹ Then their numbers decreased,^(ACF) and they were humbled^(ACG)
    by oppression, calamity and sorrow;
⁴⁰ he who pours contempt on nobles^(ACH)
    made them wander in a trackless waste.^(ACI)
41 But he lifted the needy^(ACJ) out of their affliction
    and increased their families like flocks.^(ACK)
42 The upright see and rejoice,^(ACL)
    but all the wicked shut their mouths.^(ACM)

⁴³ Let the one who is wise^(ACN) heed these things
    and ponder the loving deeds^(ACO) of the Lord.

⁶ Save us and help us with your right hand,^(ACZ)
    that those you love may be delivered.
⁷ God has spoken^(ADA) from his sanctuary:^(ADB)
    “In triumph I will parcel out Shechem^(ADC)
    and measure off the Valley of Sukkoth.^(ADD)
8 Gilead is mine, Manasseh is mine;
    Ephraim is my helmet,
    Judah^(ADE) is my scepter.
⁹ Moab^(ADF) is my washbasin,
    on Edom^(ADG) I toss my sandal;
    over Philistia^(ADH) I shout in triumph.”

¹⁰ Who will bring me to the fortified city?
    Who will lead me to Edom?
¹¹ Is it not you, God, you who have rejected us
    and no longer go out with our armies?^(ADI)
12 Give us aid against the enemy,
    for human help is worthless.^(ADJ)
13 With God we will gain the victory,
    and he will trample down^(ADK) our enemies.