NAS - Psalms 107 to 109

BOOK 5

Psalm 107

The LORD Delivers Men from Manifold Troubles.

¹Oh give thanks to the LORD, for He is good, For His lovingkindness is everlasting. ² Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, Whom He has redeemed from the hand of the adversary ³ And gathered from the lands, From the east and from the west, From the north and from the south.

⁴They wandered in the wilderness in a desert region; They did not find a way to an inhabited city. ⁵ They were hungry and thirsty; Their soul fainted within them. ⁶ Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble; He delivered them out of their distresses. ⁷ He led them also by a straight way, To go to an inhabited city. ⁸ Let them give thanks to the LORD for His lovingkindness, And for His wonders to the sons of men! ⁹ For He has satisfied the thirsty soul, And the hungry soul He has filled with what is good.

¹⁰There were those who dwelt in darkness and in the shadow of death, Prisoners in misery and chains, ¹¹ Because they had rebelled against the words of God And spurned the counsel of the Most High. ¹² Therefore He humbled their heart with labor; They stumbled and there was none to help. ¹³ Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble; He saved them out of their distresses. ¹⁴ He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death And broke their bands apart. ¹⁵ Let them give thanks to the LORD for His lovingkindness, And for His wonders to the sons of men! ¹⁶ For He has shattered gates of bronze And cut bars of iron asunder.

¹⁷Fools, because of their rebellious way, And because of their iniquities, were afflicted. ¹⁸ Their soul abhorred all kinds of food, And they drew near to the gates of death. ¹⁹ Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble; He saved them out of their distresses. ²⁰ He sent His word and healed them, And delivered them from their destructions. ²¹ Let them give thanks to the LORD for His lovingkindness, And for His wonders to the sons of men! ²² Let them also offer sacrifices of thanksgiving, And tell of His works with joyful singing.

²³Those who go down to the sea in ships, Who do business on great waters; ²⁴They have seen the works of the LORD, And His wonders in the deep. ²⁵For He spoke and raised up a stormy wind, Which lifted up the waves of the sea. ²⁶ They rose up to the heavens, they went down to the depths; Their soul melted away in their misery. ²⁷ They reeled and staggered like a drunken man, And were at their wits' end. ²⁸ Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble, And He brought them out of their distresses. ²⁹ He caused the storm to be still, So that the waves of the sea were hushed. ³⁰ Then they were glad because they were quiet, So He guided them to their desired haven. ³¹ Let them give thanks to the LORD for His lovingkindness, And for His wonders to the sons of men! ³² Let them extol Him also in the congregation of the people, And praise Him at the seat of the elders.

³³He changes rivers into a wilderness And springs of water into a thirsty ground; ³⁴A fruitful land into a salt waste, Because of the wickedness of those who dwell in it. ³⁵ He changes a wilderness into a pool of water And a dry land into springs of water; ³⁶ And there He makes the hungry to dwell, So that they may establish an inhabited city, ³⁷ And sow fields and plant vineyards, And gather a fruitful harvest. ³⁸ Also He blesses them and they multiply greatly, And He does not let their cattle decrease.

³⁹When they are diminished and bowed down Through oppression, misery and sorrow, ⁴⁰He pours contempt upon princes And makes them wander in a pathless waste. ⁴¹ But He sets the needy securely on high away from affliction, And makes his families like a flock. ⁴² The upright see it and are glad; But all unrighteousness shuts its mouth. ⁴³ Who is wise? Let him give heed to these things, And consider the lovingkindnesses of the LORD.

Psalm 108

God Praised and Supplicated to Give Victory.

Song, a Psalm of David.

¹My heart is steadfast, O God; I will sing, I will sing praises, even with my soul. ² Awake, harp and lyre; I will awaken the dawn! ³I will give thanks to You, O LORD, among the peoples, And I will sing praises to You among the nations. ⁴ For Your lovingkindness is great above the heavens, And Your truth reaches to the skies. ⁵ Be exalted, O God, above the heavens, And Your glory above all the earth. ⁶ That Your beloved may be delivered, Save with Your right hand, and answer me!

⁷God has spoken in His holiness: "I will exult, I will portion out Shechem And measure out the valley of Succoth. ⁸"Gilead is Mine, Manasseh is Mine; Ephraim also is the helmet of My head; Judah is My scepter. ⁹ "Moab is My washbowl; Over Edom I shall throw My shoe; Over Philistia I will shout aloud."

¹⁰Who will bring me into the besieged city? Who will lead me to Edom? ¹¹Have not You Yourself, O God, rejected us? And will You not go forth with our armies, O God? ¹² Oh give us help against the adversary, For deliverance by man is in vain. ¹³ Through God we will do valiantly, And it is He who shall tread down our adversaries.

Psalm 109

Vengeance Invoked upon Adversaries.

For the choir director. A Psalm of David.

¹O God of my praise, Do not be silent! ² For they have opened the wicked and deceitful mouth against me; They have spoken against me with a lying tongue. ³ They have also surrounded me with words of hatred, And fought against me without cause. ⁴ In return for my love they act as my accusers; But I am in prayer. ⁵ Thus they have repaid me evil for good And hatred for my love.

⁶Appoint a wicked man over him, And let an accuser stand at his right hand. ⁷When he is judged, let him come forth guilty, And let his prayer become sin. ⁸ Let his days be few; Let another take his office. ⁹Let his children be fatherless And his wife a widow. ¹⁰ Let his children wander about and beg; And let them seek sustenance far from their ruined homes. ¹¹ Let the creditor seize all that he has, And let strangers plunder the product of his labor. ¹² Let there be none to extend lovingkindness to him, Nor any to be gracious to his fatherless children. ¹³ Let his posterity be cut off; In a following generation let their name be blotted out.

¹⁴Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the LORD, And do not let the sin of his mother be blotted out. ¹⁵ Let them be before the LORD continually, That He may cut off their memory from the earth; ¹⁶ Because he did not remember to show lovingkindness, But persecuted the afflicted and needy man, And the despondent in heart, to put them to death. ¹⁷ He also loved cursing, so it came to him; And he did not delight in blessing, so it was far from him. ¹⁸ But he clothed himself with cursing as with his garment, And it entered into his body like water And like oil into his bones. ¹⁹ Let it be to him as a garment with which he covers himself, And for a belt with which he constantly girds himself. ²⁰ Let this be the reward of my accusers from the LORD, And of those who speak evil against my soul.

²¹But You, O GOD, the Lord, deal kindly with me for Your name's sake; Because Your lovingkindness is good, deliver me; ²² For I am afflicted and needy, And my heart is wounded within me. ²³ I am passing like a shadow when it lengthens; I am shaken off like the locust. ²⁴ My knees are weak from fasting, And my flesh has grown lean, without fatness. ²⁵ I also have become a reproach to them; When they see me, they wag their head.

²⁶Help me, O LORD my God; Save me according to Your lovingkindness. ²⁷ And let them know that this is Your hand; You, LORD, have done it. ²⁸ Let them curse, but You bless; When they arise, they shall be ashamed, But Your servant shall be glad. ²⁹Let my accusers be clothed with dishonor, And let them cover themselves with their own shame as with a robe.

³⁰With my mouth I will give thanks abundantly to the LORD; And in the midst of many I will praise Him. ³¹ For He stands at the right hand of the needy, To save him from those who judge his soul.