Tehillim

Book d

Psalm 90

A Prayer by Moshe, the man of G-d.

^90:1Lord, you have been our dwelling place for all generations.
^90:2Before the mountains were brought forth,
Or ever you had formed the earth and the world,
Even from everlasting to everlasting, you are G-d.

^90:3You turn man to destruction, saying,
"Return, you children of men."

^90:4For a thousand years in your sight
Are but as yesterday when it is past,
As a watch in the night.

^90:5You sweep them away as they sleep.
In the morning they sprout like new grass.

^90:6In the morning it sprouts and springs up.
By evening, it is withered and dry.

^90:7For we are consumed in your anger.
We are troubled in your wrath.

^90:8You have set our iniquities before you,
Our secret sins in the light of your presence.

^90:9For all our days have passed away in your wrath.
We bring our years to an end as a sigh.

^90:10The days of our years are seventy,
Or even by reason of strength eighty years;
Yet their pride is but labor and sorrow,
For it passes quickly, and we fly away.

^90:11Who knows the power of your anger,
Your wrath according to the fear that is due to you?

^90:12So teach us to number our days,
That we may gain a heart of wisdom.

^90:13Relent, LORD!
How long?
Have compassion on your servants!

^90:14Satisfy us in the morning with your loving kindness,
That we may rejoice and be glad all our days.

^90:15Make us glad for as many days as you have afflicted us,
For as many years as we have seen evil.

^90:16Let your work appear to your servants;
Your glory to their children.

^90:17Let the favor of the Lord our G-d be on us;
Establish the work of our hands for us;
Yes, establish the work of our hands.

Psalm 91

^91:1He who dwells in the secret place of Ha`Elyon
Will rest in the shadow of Shaddai.

^91:2I will say of the LORD, "He is my refuge and my fortress;
My G-d, in whom I trust."

^91:3For he will deliver you from the snare of the fowler,
And from the deadly pestilence.

^91:4He will cover you with his feathers.
Under his wings you will take refuge.
His faithfulness is your shield and rampart.

^91:5You shall not be afraid of the terror by night,
Nor of the arrow that flies by day;
^91:6Nor of the pestilence that walks in darkness,
Nor of the destruction that wastes at noonday.

^91:7A thousand may fall at your side,
And ten thousand at your right hand;
But it will not come near you.

^91:8You will only look with your eyes,
And see the recompense of the wicked.

^91:9Because you have made LORD your refuge,
And Ha`Elyon your dwelling place,

^91:10No evil shall happen to you,
Neither shall any plague come near your dwelling.

^91:11For he will give his angels charge over you,
To guard you in all your ways.

^91:12They will bear you up in their hands,
So that you won't dash your foot against a stone.

^91:13You will tread on the lion and cobra.
You will trample the young lion and the serpent underfoot.

^91:14"Because he has set his love on me, therefore I will deliver him.
I will set him on high, because he has known my name.

^91:15He will call on me, and I will answer him.
I will be with him in trouble.
I will deliver him, and honor him.

^91:16I will satisfy him with long life,
And show him my yeshu`ah."

Psalm 92

A Psalm. A song for the day of Shabbat.

^92:1It is a good thing to give thanks to the LORD,
To sing praises to your name, Elyon;

^92:2To proclaim your loving kindness in the morning,
And your faithfulness every night,

^92:3With the ten-stringed lute, with the harp,
And with the melody of the lyre.

^92:4For you, LORD, have made me glad through your work.
I will triumph in the works of your hands.

^92:5How great are your works, LORD!
Your thoughts are very deep.

^92:6A senseless man doesn't know,
Neither does a fool understand this:

^92:7Though the wicked spring up as the grass,
And all the evil-doers flourish,
They will be destroyed forever.

^92:8But you, LORD, are on high forevermore.

^92:9For, behold, your enemies, LORD,
For, behold, your enemies shall perish.
All the evil-doers will be scattered.

^92:10But you have exalted my horn like that of the wild ox.
I am anointed with fresh oil.

^92:11My eye has also seen my enemies.
My ears have heard of the wicked enemies who rise up against me.

^92:12The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree.
He will grow like a cedar in Levanon.

^92:13They are planted in the LORD's house.
They will flourish in our G-d's courts.

^92:14They will still bring forth fruit in old age.
They will be full of sap and green,
^92:15To show that the LORD is upright.

He is my rock,
And there is no unrighteousness in him.

Psalm 93

^93:1The LORD reigns!
He is clothed with majesty!
The LORD is armed with strength.

The world also is established.
It can't be moved.

^93:2Your throne is established from long ago.
You are from everlasting.

^93:3The floods have lifted up, LORD,
The floods have lifted up their voice.
The floods lift up their waves.

^93:4Above the voices of many waters,
The mighty breakers of the sea,
The LORD on high is mighty.

^93:5Your statutes stand firm.
Holiness adorns your house,
LORD, forevermore.

Psalm 94

^94:1LORD, you G-d to whom vengeance belongs,
You G-d to whom vengeance belongs, shine forth.

^94:2Rise up, you judge of the earth.
Pay back the proud what they deserve.

^94:3LORD, how long will the wicked,
How long will the wicked triumph?

^94:4They pour out arrogant words.
All the evil-doers boast.

^94:5They break your people in pieces, LORD,
And afflict your heritage.

^94:6They kill the widow and the alien,
And murder the fatherless.

^94:7They say, "The LORD will not see,
Neither will Ya`akov's G-d consider."

^94:8Consider, you senseless among the people;
You fools, when will you be wise?

^94:9He who implanted the ear, won't he hear?
He who formed the eye, won't he see?

^94:10He who disciplines the nations, won't he punish?
He who teaches man knows.

^94:11The LORD knows the thoughts of man,
That they are futile.

^94:12Blessed is the man whom you discipline, the LORD,
And teach out of your law;

^94:13That you may give him rest from the days of adversity,
Until the pit is dug for the wicked.

^94:14For the LORD won't reject his people,
Neither will he forsake his inheritance.

^94:15For judgment will return to righteousness.
All the upright in heart shall follow it.

^94:16Who will rise up for me against the wicked?
Who will stand up for me against the evil-doers?

^94:17Unless the LORD had been my help,
My soul would have soon lived in silence.

^94:18When I said, "My foot is slipping!"
Your loving kindness, LORD, held me up.

^94:19In the multitude of my thoughts within me,
Your comforts delight my soul.

^94:20Shall the throne of wickedness have fellowship with you,
Which brings about mischief by statute?

^94:21They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous,
And condemn the innocent blood.

^94:22But the LORD has been my high tower,
My G-d, the rock of my refuge.

^94:23He has brought on them their own iniquity,
And will cut them off in their own wickedness.
The LORD, our G-d, will cut them off.

Psalm 95

^95:1Oh come, let's sing to the LORD.
Let's shout aloud to the rock of our salvation!

^95:2Let's come before his presence with thanksgiving.
Let's extol him with songs!

^95:3For the LORD is a great G-d,
A great King above all gods.

^95:4In his hand are the deep places of the earth.
The heights of the mountains are also his.

^95:5The sea is his, and he made it.
His hands formed the dry land.

^95:6Oh come, let's worship and bow down.
Let's kneel before the LORD, our Maker,

^95:7For he is our G-d.
We are the people of his pasture,
And the sheep in his care.

Today, oh that you would hear his voice!
^95:8Don't harden your heart, as at Merivah,
As in the day of Massah in the wilderness,

^95:9When your fathers tempted me,
Tested me, and saw my work.

^95:10Forty long years I was grieved with that generation,
And said, "It is a people that errs in their heart.
They have not known my ways."

^95:11Therefore I swore in my wrath,
"They won't enter into my rest."

Psalm 96

^96:1Sing to the LORD a new song!
Sing to the LORD, all the earth.

^96:2Sing to the LORD!
Bless his name!
Proclaim his yeshu`ah from day to day!

^96:3Declare his glory among the nations,
His marvelous works among all the peoples.

^96:4For great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised!
He is to be feared above all gods.

^96:5For all the gods of the peoples are idols,
But the LORD made the heavens.

^96:6Honor and majesty are before him.
Strength and beauty are in his sanctuary.

^96:7Ascribe to the LORD, you families of nations,
Ascribe to the LORD glory and strength.

^96:8Ascribe to the LORD the glory due to his name.
Bring an offering, and come into his courts.

^96:9Worship the LORD in holy array.
Tremble before him, all the earth.

^96:10Say among the nations, "The LORD reigns."
The world is also established.
It can't be moved.
He will judge the peoples with equity.

^96:11Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice.
Let the sea roar, and it's fullness!
^96:12Let the field and all that is in it exult!
Then all the trees of the woods shall sing for joy
^96:13Before the LORD; for he comes,
For he comes to judge the earth.

He will judge the world with righteousness,
The peoples with his truth.

Psalm 97

^97:1The LORD reigns!
Let the earth rejoice!
Let the multitude of islands be glad!

^97:2Clouds and darkness are around him.
Righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne.

^97:3A fire goes before him,
And burns up his adversaries on every side.

^97:4His lightning lights up the world.
The earth sees, and trembles.

^97:5The mountains melt like wax at the presence of the LORD,
At the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.

^97:6The heavens declare his righteousness.
All the peoples have seen his glory.

^97:7Let all them be shamed who serve engraved images,
Who boast in their idols.
Worship him, all you gods!

^97:8Tziyon heard and was glad.
The daughters of Yehudah rejoiced,
Because of your judgments, LORD.

^97:9For you, LORD, are most high above all the earth.
You are exalted far above all gods.

^97:10You who love the LORD, hate evil.
He preserves the souls of his holy ones.
He delivers them out of the hand of the wicked.

^97:11Light is sown for the righteous,
And gladness for the upright in heart.

^97:12Be glad in the LORD, you righteous people!
Give thanks to his holy Name.

Psalm 98

A Psalm.

^98:1Sing to the LORD a new song,
For he has done marvelous things!
His right hand, and his holy arm, have worked salvation for him.

^98:2The LORD has made known his yeshu`ah.
He has openly shown his righteousness in the sight of the nations.

^98:3He has remembered his loving kindness and his faithfulness toward the house of Yisra'el.
All the ends of the earth have seen the yeshu`ah of our G-d.

^98:4Make a joyful noise to the LORD, all the earth!
Burst out and sing for joy, yes, sing praises!

^98:5Sing praises to the LORD with the harp,
With the harp and the voice of melody.

^98:6With trumpets and sound of the ram's horn,
Make a joyful noise before the King, the LORD.

^98:7Let the sea roar with its fullness;
The world, and those who dwell therein.

^98:8Let the rivers clap their hands.
Let the mountains sing for joy together.

^98:9Let them sing before the LORD,
For he comes to judge the earth.

He will judge the world with righteousness,
And the peoples with equity.

Psalm 99

^99:1The LORD reigns! Let the peoples tremble.
He sits enthroned among the Keruvim.
Let the earth be moved.

^99:2The LORD is great in Tziyon.
He is high above all the peoples.

^99:3Let them praise your great and awesome name.
He is Holy!

^99:4The King's strength also loves justice.
You do establish equity.
You execute justice and righteousness in Ya`akov.

^99:5Exalt the LORD our G-d.
Worship at his footstool.
He is Holy!

^99:6Moshe and Aharon were among his kohanim,
Shemu'el among those who call on his name;
They called on the LORD, and he answered them.

^99:7He spoke to them in the pillar of cloud.
They kept his testimonies,
The statute that he gave them.

^99:8You answered them, LORD our G-d.
You are a G-d who forgave them,
Although you took vengeance for their doings.

^99:9Exalt the LORD, our G-d.
Worship at his holy hill,
For the LORD, our G-d, is holy!

Psalm 100

A Psalm of thanksgiving.

^100:1Shout for joy to the LORD, all you lands!
^100:2Serve the LORD with gladness.
Come before his presence with singing.

^100:3Know that the LORD, he is G-d.
It is he who has made us, and we are his.
We are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.

^100:4Enter into his gates with thanksgiving,
Into his courts with praise.
Give thanks to him, and bless his name.

^100:5For the LORD is good.
His loving kindness endures forever,
His faithfulness to all generations.

Psalm 101

A Psalm by David.

^101:1I will sing of loving kindness and justice.
To you, LORD, I will sing praises.

^101:2I will be careful to live a blameless life.
When will you come to me?
I will walk within my house with a blameless heart.

^101:3I will set no vile thing before my eyes.
I hate the deeds of faithless men.
They will not cling to me.

^101:4A perverse heart will be far from me.
I will have nothing to do with evil.

^101:5I will silence whoever secretly slanders his neighbor.
I won't tolerate one who is haughty and conceited.

^101:6My eyes will be on the faithful of the land,
That they may dwell with me.

He who walks in a perfect way,
He will serve me.

^101:7He who practices deceit won't dwell within my house.
He who speaks falsehood won't be established before my eyes.

^101:8Morning by morning, I will destroy all the wicked of the land;
To cut off all the workers of iniquity from the LORD's city.

Psalm 102

A Prayer of the afflicted, when he is overwhelmed and pours out his complaint before the LORD.

^102:1Hear my prayer, LORD!
Let my cry come to you.

^102:2Don't hide your face from me in the day of my distress.
Turn your ear to me.
Answer me quickly in the day when I call.

^102:3For my days consume away like smoke.
My bones are burned as a firebrand.

^102:4My heart is blighted like grass, and withered,
For I forget to eat my bread.

^102:5By reason of the voice of my groaning,
My bones stick to my skin.

^102:6I am like a pelican of the wilderness.
I have become as an owl of the waste places.
^102:7I watch, and have become like a sparrow that is alone on the housetop.

^102:8My enemies reproach me all day.
Those who are mad at me use my name as a curse.

^102:9For I have eaten ashes like bread,
And mixed my drink with tears,

^102:10Because of your indignation and your wrath,
For you have taken me up, and thrown me away.

^102:11My days are like a long shadow.
I have withered like grass.

^102:12But you, LORD, will abide forever;
Your renown endures to all generations.

^102:13You will arise and have mercy on Tziyon;
For it is time to have pity on her.
Yes, the set time has come.

^102:14For your servants take pleasure in her stones,
And have pity on her dust.

^102:15So the nations will fear the name of the LORD;
All the kings of the earth your glory.

^102:16For the LORD has built up Tziyon.
He has appeared in his glory.

^102:17He has responded to the prayer of the destitute,
And has not despised their prayer.

^102:18This will be written for the generation to come.
A people which will be created will praise the LORD.

^102:19For he has looked down from the height of his sanctuary.
From heaven, the LORD saw the earth;

^102:20To hear the groans of the prisoner;
To free those who are condemned to death;

^102:21That men may declare the name of the LORD in Tziyon,
And his praise in Yerushalayim;

^102:22When the peoples are gathered together,
The kingdoms, to serve the LORD.

^102:23He weakened my strength along the course.
He shortened my days.

^102:24I said, "My G-d, don't take me away in the midst of my days.
Your years are throughout all generations.

^102:25Of old, you laid the foundation of the earth.
The heavens are the work of your hands.

^102:26They will perish, but you will endure.
Yes, all of them will wear out like a garment.
You will change them like a cloak, and they will be changed.

^102:27But you are the same.
Your years will have no end.

^102:28The children of your servants will continue.
Their seed will be established before you."

Psalm 103

By David.

^103:1Praise the LORD, my soul!
All that is within me, praise his holy name!

^103:2Praise the LORD, my soul,
And don't forget all his benefits;

^103:3Who forgives all your sins;
Who heals all your diseases;

^103:4Who redeems your life from destruction;
Who crowns you with loving kindness and tender mercies;

^103:5Who satisfies your desire with good things,
So that your youth is renewed like the eagle's.

^103:6The LORD executes righteous acts,
And justice for all who are oppressed.

^103:7He made known his ways to Moshe,
His deeds to the children of Yisra'el.

^103:8The LORD is merciful and gracious,
Slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness.

^103:9He will not always accuse;
Neither will he stay angry forever.

^103:10He has not dealt with us according to our sins,
Nor repaid us for our iniquities.

^103:11For as the heavens are high above the earth,
So great is his loving kindness toward those who fear him.

^103:12As far as the east is from the west,
So far has he removed our transgressions from us.

^103:13Like a father has compassion on his children,
So the LORD has compassion on those who fear him.

^103:14For he knows how we are made.
He remembers that we are dust.

^103:15As for man, his days are like grass.
As a flower of the field, so he flourishes.

^103:16For the wind passes over it, and it is gone.
Its place remembers it no more.

^103:17But the LORD's loving kindness is from everlasting to everlasting with those who fear him,
His righteousness to children's children;

^103:18To those who keep his covenant,
To those who remember to obey his precepts.

^103:19The LORD has established his throne in the heavens.
His kingdom rules over all.

^103:20Praise the LORD, you angels of his,
Who are mighty in strength, who fulfill his word,
Obeying the voice of his word.

^103:21Praise the LORD, all you armies of his,
You servants of his, who do his pleasure.

^103:22Praise the LORD, all you works of his,
In all places of his dominion.
Praise the LORD, my soul.

Psalm 104

^104:1Bless the LORD, my soul.
The LORD, my G-d, you are very great.
You are clothed with honor and majesty.

^104:2He covers himself with light as with a garment.
He stretches out the heavens like a curtain.

^104:3He lays the beams of his chambers in the waters.
He makes the clouds his chariot.
He walks on the wings of the wind.

^104:4He makes his messengers winds;
His servants flames of fire.

^104:5He laid the foundations of the earth,
That it should not be moved forever.

^104:6You covered it with the deep as with a cloak.
The waters stood above the mountains.

^104:7At your rebuke they fled.
At the voice of your thunder they hurried away.

^104:8The mountains rose,
The valleys sank down,
To the place which you had assigned to them.

^104:9You have set a boundary that they may not pass over;
That they don't turn again to cover the earth.

^104:10He sends forth springs into the valleys.
They run among the mountains.

^104:11They give drink to every animal of the field.
The wild donkeys quench their thirst.

^104:12The birds of the sky nest by them.
They sing among the branches.

^104:13He waters the mountains from his chambers.
The earth is filled with the fruit of your works.

^104:14He causes the grass to grow for the livestock,
And plants for man to cultivate,
That he may bring forth food out of the earth:

^104:15Wine that makes glad the heart of man,
Oil to make his face to shine,
And bread that strengthens man's heart.

^104:16The LORD's trees are well watered,
The cedars of Levanon, which he has planted;

^104:17Where the birds make their nests.
The stork makes its home in the fir trees.

^104:18The high mountains are for the wild goats.
The rocks are a refuge for the rock badgers.

^104:19He appointed the moon for seasons.
The sun knows when to set.

^104:20You make darkness, and it is night,
In which all the animals of the forest prowl.

^104:21The young lions roar after their prey,
And seek their food from G-d.

^104:22The sun rises, and they steal away,
And lay down in their dens.

^104:23Man goes forth to his work,
To his labor until the evening.

^104:24The LORD, how many are your works!
In wisdom have you made them all.
The earth is full of your riches.

^104:25There is the sea, great and wide,
In which are innumerable living things,
Both small and large animals.

^104:26There the ships go,
And livyatan, whom you formed to play there.

^104:27These all wait for you,
That you may give them their food in due season.

^104:28You give to them; they gather.
You open your hand; they are satisfied with good.

^104:29You hide your face: they are troubled;
You take away their breath: they die, and return to the dust.

^104:30You send forth your Spirit: they are created.
You renew the face of the ground.

^104:31Let the glory of the LORD endure forever.
Let the LORD rejoice in his works.

^104:32He looks at the earth, and it trembles.
He touches the mountains, and they smoke.

^104:33I will sing to the LORD as long as I live.
I will sing praise to my G-d while I have any being.

^104:34Let your meditation be sweet to him.
I will rejoice in the LORD.

^104:35Let sinners be consumed out of the earth.
Let the wicked be no more.
Bless the LORD, my soul.
Praise the LORD!

Psalm 105

^105:1Give thanks to the LORD! Call on his name!
Make his doings known among the peoples.

^105:2Sing to him, sing praises to him!
Tell of all his marvelous works.

^105:3Glory in his holy name.
Let the heart of those who seek the LORD rejoice.

^105:4Seek the LORD and his strength.
Seek his face forever more.

^105:5Remember his marvelous works that he has done;
His wonders, and the judgments of his mouth,

^105:6You seed of Avraham, his servant,
You children of Ya`akov, his chosen ones.

^105:7He is the LORD, our G-d.
His judgments are in all the earth.

^105:8He has remembered his covenant forever,
The word which he commanded to a thousand generations,

^105:9The covenant which he made with Avraham,
His oath to Yitzchak,

^105:10And confirmed the same to Ya`akov for a statute;
To Yisra'el for an everlasting covenant,

^105:11Saying, "To you I will give the land of Kena`an,
The lot of your inheritance;"

^105:12When they were but a few men in number,
Yes, very few, and foreigners in it.

^105:13They went about from nation to nation,
From one kingdom to another people.

^105:14He allowed no one to do them wrong.
Yes, he reproved kings for their sakes,

^105:15"Don't touch my anointed ones!
Do my prophets no harm!"

^105:16He called for a famine on the land.
He destroyed the food supplies.

^105:17He sent a man before them.
Yosef was sold for a slave.

^105:18They bruised his feet with shackles.
His neck was locked in irons,

^105:19Until the time that his word happened,
And the LORD's word proved him true.

^105:20The king sent and freed him;
Even the ruler of peoples, and let him go free.

^105:21He made him lord of his house,
And ruler of all of his possessions;

^105:22To discipline his princes at his pleasure,
And to teach his elders wisdom.

^105:23Yisra'el also came into Egypt.
Ya`akov sojourned in the land of Cham.

^105:24He increased his people greatly,
And made them stronger than their adversaries.

^105:25He turned their heart to hate his people,
To conspire against his servants.

^105:26He sent Moshe, his servant,
And Aharon, whom he had chosen.

^105:27They performed miracles among them,
And wonders in the land of Cham.

^105:28He sent darkness, and made it dark.
They didn't rebel against his words.

^105:29He turned their waters into blood,
And killed their fish.

^105:30Their land swarmed with frogs,
Even in the chambers of their kings.

^105:31He spoke, and swarms of flies came,
And lice in all their borders.

^105:32He gave them hail for rain,
With lightning in their land.

^105:33He struck their vines and also their fig trees,
And shattered the trees of their country.

^105:34He spoke, and the locusts came,
And the grasshoppers, without number,

^105:35Ate up every plant in their land;
And ate up the fruit of their ground.

^105:36He struck also all the firstborn in their land,
The first fruits of all their manhood.

^105:37He brought them forth with silver and gold.
There was not one feeble person among his tribes.

^105:38Egypt was glad when they departed,
For the fear of them had fallen on them.

^105:39He spread a cloud for a covering,
Fire to give light in the night.

^105:40They asked, and he brought quails,
And satisfied them with the bread of the sky.

^105:41He opened the rock, and waters gushed out.
They ran as a river in the dry places.

^105:42For he remembered his holy word,
And Avraham, his servant.

^105:43He brought forth his people with joy,
His chosen with singing.

^105:44He gave them the lands of the nations.
They took the labor of the peoples in possession,

^105:45That they might keep his statutes,
And observe his laws.
Praise the LORD!

Psalm 106

^106:1Praise the LORD!
Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good,
For his loving kindness endures forever.

^106:2Who can utter the mighty acts of the LORD,
Or fully declare all his praise?

^106:3Blessed are those who keep justice.
Blessed is one who does what is right at all times.

^106:4Remember me, LORD, with the favor that you show to your people.
Visit me with your yeshu`ah,

^106:5That I may see the prosperity of your chosen,
That I may rejoice in the gladness of your nation,
That I may glory with your inheritance.

^106:6We have sinned with our fathers.
We have committed iniquity.
We have done wickedly.

^106:7Our fathers didn't understand your wonders in Egypt.
They didn't remember the multitude of your loving kindnesses,
But were rebellious at the sea, even at the Sea of Suf.

^106:8Nevertheless he saved them for his name's sake,
That he might make his mighty power known.

^106:9He rebuked the Sea of Suf also, and it was dried up;
So he led them through the depths, as through a desert.

^106:10He saved them from the hand of him who hated them,
And redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.

^106:11The waters covered their adversaries.
There was not one of them left.

^106:12Then they believed his words.
They sang his praise.

^106:13They soon forgot his works.
They didn't wait for his counsel,
^106:14But gave in to craving in the desert,
And tested G-d in the wasteland.

^106:15He gave them their request,
But sent leanness into their soul.

^106:16They envied Moshe also in the camp,
And Aharon, the LORD's holy one.

^106:17The earth opened and swallowed up Datan,
And covered the company of Aviram.

^106:18A fire was kindled in their company.
The flame burned up the wicked.

^106:19They made a calf in Chorev,
And worshiped a molten image.

^106:20Thus they exchanged their glory
For an image of a bull that eats grass.

^106:21They forgot G-d, their Savior,
Who had done great things in Egypt,
^106:22Wondrous works in the land of Cham,
And awesome things by the Sea of Suf.

^106:23Therefore he said that he would destroy them,
Had Moshe, his chosen, not stood before him in the breach,
To turn away his wrath, so that he wouldn't destroy them.

^106:24Yes, they despised the pleasant land.
They didn't believe his word,
^106:25But murmured in their tents,
And didn't listen to the LORD's voice.

^106:26Therefore he swore to them
That he would overthrow them in the wilderness,
^106:27That he would overthrow their seed among the nations,
And scatter them in the lands.

^106:28They joined themselves also to Ba`al-Pe`or,
And ate the sacrifices of the dead.

^106:29Thus they provoked him to anger with their deeds.
The plague broke in on them.

^106:30Then Pinechas stood up, and executed judgment,
So the plague was stopped.

^106:31That was credited to him for righteousness,
For all generations to come.

^106:32They angered him also at the waters of Merivah,
So that Moshe was troubled for their sakes;

^106:33Because they were rebellious against his spirit,
He spoke rashly with his lips.

^106:34They didn't destroy the peoples,
As the LORD commanded them,
^106:35But mixed themselves with the nations,
And learned their works.

^106:36They served their idols,
Which became a snare to them.

^106:37Yes, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons.
^106:38They shed innocent blood,
Even the blood of their sons and of their daughters,
Whom they sacrificed to the idols of Kena`an.
The land was polluted with blood.

^106:39Thus were they defiled with their works,
And prostituted themselves in their deeds.

^106:40Therefore the LORD burned with anger against his people.
He abhorred his inheritance.

^106:41He gave them into the hand of the nations.
Those who hated them ruled over them.

^106:42Their enemies also oppressed them.
They were brought into subjection under their hand.

^106:43Many times he delivered them,
But they were rebellious in their counsel,
And were brought low in their iniquity.

^106:44Nevertheless he regarded their distress,
When he heard their cry.

^106:45He remembered for them his covenant,
And repented according to the multitude of his loving kindnesses.

^106:46He made them also to be pitied
By all those who carried them captive.

^106:47Save us, LORD, our G-d,
Gather us from among the nations,
To give thanks to your holy name,
To triumph in your praise!

^106:48Blessed be the LORD, the G-d of Yisra'el,
From everlasting even to everlasting!

Let all the people say, "Amein."

Praise the LORD!

Notes:

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[41] back to 91:16 salvation

[42] back to 92:1 Most High

[43] back to 96:2 salvation

[44] back to 98:2 salvation

[45] back to 98:3 salvation

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