Psalms
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English: New American Standard Bible |
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Psalms 102 [Commentary] [Map]
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A Prayer of the Afflicted when he is faint and pours out his complaint before the LORD. Hear my prayer, O LORD ! And let my cry for help come to You.
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Do not hide Your face from me in the day of my distress; Incline Your ear to me; In the day when I call answer me quickly.
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For my days have been consumed in smoke, And my bones have been scorched like a hearth.
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My heart has been smitten like grass and has withered away, Indeed, I forget to eat my bread.
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Because of the loudness of my groaning My bones cling to my flesh.
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I resemble a pelican of the wilderness; I have become like an owl of the waste places.
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I lie awake, I have become like a lonely bird on a housetop.
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My enemies have reproached me all day long; Those who deride me have used my name as a curse.
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For I have eaten ashes like bread And mingled my drink with weeping
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Because of Your indignation and Your wrath, For You have lifted me up and cast me away.
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My days are like a lengthened shadow, And I wither away like grass.
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But You, O LORD, abide forever, And Your name to all generations.
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You will arise and have compassion on Zion; For it is time to be gracious to her, For the appointed time has come.
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Surely Your servants find pleasure in her stones And feel pity for her dust.
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So the nations will fear the name of the LORD And all the kings of the earth Your glory.
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For the LORD has built up Zion; He has appeared in His glory.
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He has regarded the prayer of the destitute And has not despised their prayer.
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This will be written for the generation to come, That a people yet to be created may praise the LORD.
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For He looked down from His holy height; From heaven the LORD gazed upon the earth,
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To hear the groaning of the prisoner, To set free those who were doomed to death,
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That men may tell of the name of the LORD in Zion And His praise in Jerusalem,
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When the peoples are gathered together, And the kingdoms, to serve the LORD.
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He has weakened my strength in the way; He has shortened my days.
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I say, "O my God, do not take me away in the midst of my days, Your years are throughout all generations.
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"Of old You founded the earth, And the heavens are the work of Your hands.
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"Even they will perish, but You endure; And all of them will wear out like a garment; Like clothing You will change them and they will be changed.
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"But You are the same, And Your years will not come to an end.
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"The children of Your servants will continue, And their descendants will be established before You."
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Psalms 103 [Commentary]
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A Psalm of David. Bless the LORD, O my soul, And all that is within me, bless His holy name.
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Bless the LORD, O my soul, And forget none of His benefits;
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Who pardons all your iniquities, Who heals all your diseases;
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Who redeems your life from the pit, Who crowns you with lovingkindness and compassion;
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Who satisfies your years with good things, So that your youth is renewed like the eagle.
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The LORD performs righteous deeds And judgments for all who are oppressed.
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He made known His ways to Moses, His acts to the sons of Israel.
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The LORD is compassionate and gracious, Slow to anger and abounding in lovingkindness.
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He will not always strive with us, Nor will He keep His anger forever.
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He has not dealt with us according to our sins, Nor rewarded us according to our iniquities.
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For as high as the heavens are above the earth, So great is His lovingkindness toward those who fear Him.
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As far as the east is from the west, So far has He removed our transgressions from us.
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Just as a father has compassion on his children, So the LORD has compassion on those who fear Him.
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For He Himself knows our frame; He is mindful that we are but dust.
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As for man, his days are like grass; As a flower of the field, so he flourishes.
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When the wind has passed over it, it is no more, And its place acknowledges it no longer.
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But the lovingkindness of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting on those who fear Him, And His righteousness to children's children,
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To those who keep His covenant And remember His precepts to do them.
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The LORD has established His throne in the heavens, And His sovereignty rules over all.
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Bless the LORD, you His angels, Mighty in strength, who perform His word, Obeying the voice of His word!
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Bless the LORD, all you His hosts, You who serve Him, doing His will.
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Bless the LORD, all you works of His, In all places of His dominion; Bless the LORD, O my soul!
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Psalms 104 [Commentary] [Map]
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Bless the LORD, O my soul! O LORD my God, You are very great; You are clothed with splendor and majesty,
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Covering Yourself with light as with a cloak, Stretching out heaven like a tent curtain.
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He lays the beams of His upper chambers in the waters; He makes the clouds His chariot; He walks upon the wings of the wind;
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He makes the winds His messengers, Flaming fire His ministers.
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He established the earth upon its foundations, So that it will not totter forever and ever.
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You covered it with the deep as with a garment; The waters were standing above the mountains.
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At Your rebuke they fled, At the sound of Your thunder they hurried away.
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The mountains rose; the valleys sank down To the place which You established for them.
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You set a boundary that they may not pass over, So that they will not return to cover the earth.
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He sends forth springs in the valleys; They flow between the mountains;
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They give drink to every beast of the field; The wild donkeys quench their thirst.
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Beside them the birds of the heavens dwell; They lift up their voices among the branches.
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He waters the mountains from His upper chambers; The earth is satisfied with the fruit of His works.
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He causes the grass to grow for the cattle, And vegetation for the labor of man, So that he may bring forth food from the earth,
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And wine which makes man's heart glad, So that he may make his face glisten with oil, And food which sustains man's heart.
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The trees of the LORD drink their fill, The cedars of Lebanon which He planted,
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Where the birds build their nests, And the stork, whose home is the fir trees.
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The high mountains are for the wild goats; The cliffs are a refuge for the shephanim.
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He made the moon for the seasons; The sun knows the place of its setting.
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You appoint darkness and it becomes night, In which all the beasts of the forest prowl about.
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The young lions roar after their prey And seek their food from God.
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When the sun rises they withdraw And lie down in their dens.
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Man goes forth to his work And to his labor until evening.
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O LORD, how many are Your works! In wisdom You have made them all; The earth is full of Your possessions.
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There is the sea, great and broad, In which are swarms without number, Animals both small and great.
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There the ships move along, And Leviathan, which You have formed to sport in it.
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They all wait for You To give them their food in due season.
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You give to them, they gather it up; You open Your hand, they are satisfied with good.
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You hide Your face, they are dismayed; You take away their spirit, they expire And return to their dust.
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You send forth Your Spirit, they are created; And You renew the face of the ground.
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Let the glory of the LORD endure forever; Let the LORD be glad in His works;
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He looks at the earth, and it trembles; He touches the mountains, and they smoke.
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I will sing to the LORD as long as I live; I will sing praise to my God while I have my being.
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Let my meditation be pleasing to Him; As for me, I shall be glad in the LORD.
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Let sinners be consumed from the earth And let the wicked be no more. Bless the LORD, O my soul. Praise the LORD !
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