Day 24 of 30

Ps 109:1–115:18

109:1 God of my praise, do not remain silent,

109:2 for they have opened the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of deceit against me. They have spoken to me with a lying tongue.

109:3 They have also surrounded me with words of hatred, and fought against me without a cause.

109:4 In return for my love, they are my adversaries; but I am in prayer.

109:5 They have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.

109:6 Set a wicked man over him. Let an adversary stand at his right hand.

109:7 When he is judged, let him come forth guilty. Let his prayer be turned into sin.

109:8 Let his days be few. Let another take his office.

109:9 Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.

109:10 Let his children be wandering beggars. Let them be sought from their ruins.

109:11 Let the creditor seize all that he has. Let strangers plunder the fruit of his labor.

109:12 Let there be none to extend kindness to him, neither let there be any to have pity on his fatherless children.

109:13 Let his posterity be cut off. In the generation following let their name be blotted out.

109:14 Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered by the Lord. Do not let the sin of his mother be blotted out.

109:15 Let them be before the Lord continually, that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth;

109:16 because he did not remember to show kindness, but persecuted the poor and needy man, the broken in heart, to kill them.

109:17 Yes, he loved cursing, and it came to him. He did not delight in blessing, and it was far from him.

109:18 He clothed himself also with cursing as with his garment. It came into his inward parts like water, like oil into his bones.

109:19 Let it be to him as the clothing with which he covers himself, for the belt that is always around him.

109:20 This is the reward of my adversaries from the Lord, of those who speak evil against my soul.

109:21 But deal with me, the Lord the Lord, for your name's sake, because your loving kindness is good, deliver me;

109:22 for I am poor and needy. My heart is wounded within me.

109:23 I fade away like an evening shadow. I am shaken off like a locust.

109:24 My knees are weak through fasting. My body is thin and lacks fat.

109:25 I have also become a reproach to them. When they see me, they shake their head.

109:26 Help me, Lord, my God. Save me according to your loving kindness;

109:27 that they may know that this is your hand; that you, Lord, have done it.

109:28 They may curse, but you bless. When they arise, they will be shamed, but your servant shall rejoice.

109:29 Let my adversaries be clothed with dishonor. Let them cover themselves with their own shame as with a robe.

109:30 I will give great thanks to the Lord with my mouth. Yes, I will praise him among the multitude.

109:31 For he will stand at the right hand of the needy, to save him from those who judge his soul.

110:1 The Lord says to my Lord, "Sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies your footstool for your feet."

110:2 The Lord will send forth the rod of your strength out of Zion. Rule in the midst of your enemies.

110:3 Your people offer themselves willingly in the day of your power, in holy array. Out of the womb of the morning, you have the dew of your youth.

110:4 The Lord has sworn, and will not change his mind: "You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek."

110:5 The Lord is at your right hand. He will crush kings in the day of his wrath.

110:6 He will judge among the nations. He will heap up dead bodies. He will crush the ruler of the whole earth.

110:7 He will drink of the brook in the way; therefore he will lift up his head.

111:1 Praise Yah! I will give thanks to the Lord with my whole heart, in the council of the upright, and in the congregation.

111:2 The Lord's works are great, pondered by all those who delight in them.

111:3 His work is honor and majesty. His righteousness endures forever.

111:4 He has caused his wonderful works to be remembered. The Lord is gracious and merciful.

111:5 He has given food to those who fear him. He always remembers his covenant.

111:6 He has shown his people the power of his works, in giving them the heritage of the nations.

111:7 The works of his hands are truth and justice. All his precepts are sure.

111:8 They are established forever and ever. They are done in truth and uprightness.

111:9 He has sent redemption to his people. He has ordained his covenant forever. His name is holy and awesome!

111:10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. All those who do his work have a good understanding. His praise endures forever!

112:1 Praise Yah! Blessed is the man who fears the Lord, who delights greatly in his commandments.

112:2 His seed will be mighty in the land. The generation of the upright will be blessed.

112:3 Wealth and riches are in his house. His righteousness endures forever.

112:4 Light dawns in the darkness for the upright, gracious, merciful, and righteous.

112:5 It is well with the man who deals graciously and lends. He will maintain his cause in judgment.

112:6 For he will never be shaken. The righteous will be remembered forever.

112:7 He will not be afraid of evil news. His heart is steadfast, trusting in the Lord.

112:8 His heart is established, he will not be afraid until he gaze upon his adversaries.

112:9 He has dispersed, he has given to the poor. His righteousness endures forever. His horn will be exalted with honor.

112:10 The wicked will see it, and be grieved. He shall gnash with his teeth, and melt away. The desire of the wicked will perish.

113:1 Praise Yah! Praise, you servants of the Lord, praise the name of the Lord.

113:2 Blessed be the name of the Lord, from this time forth and forevermore.

113:3 From the rising of the sun to the going down of the same, The Lord's name is to be praised.

113:4 The Lord is high above all nations, his glory above the heavens.

113:5 Who is like the Lord, our God, who has his seat on high,

113:6 Who stoops down to see in heaven and in the earth?

113:7 He raises up the poor out of the dust. Lifts up the needy from the ash heap;

113:8 that he may set him with princes, even with the princes of his people.

113:9 He settles the barren woman in her home, as a joyful mother of children. Praise Yah!

114:1 When Israel went forth out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of foreign language;

114:2 Judah became his sanctuary, Israel his dominion.

114:3 The sea saw it, and fled. The Jordan was driven back.

114:4 The mountains skipped like rams, the little hills like lambs.

114:5 What was it, you sea, that you fled? You Jordan, that you turned back?

114:6 You mountains, that you skipped like rams; you little hills, like lambs?

114:7 Tremble, you earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob,

114:8 who turned the rock into a pool of water, the flint into a spring of waters.

115:1 Not to us, Lord, not to us, but to your name give glory, for your loving kindness, and for your truth's sake.

115:2 Why should the nations say, "Where is their God, now?"

115:3 But our God is in the heavens. He does whatever he pleases.

115:4 Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men's hands.

115:5 They have mouths, but they do not speak. They have eyes, but they do not see.

115:6 They have ears, but they do not hear. They have noses, but they do not smell.

115:7 They have hands, but they do not feel. They have feet, but they do not walk, neither do they speak through their throat.

115:8 Those who make them will be like them; yes, everyone who trusts in them.

115:9 Israel, trust in the Lord! He is their help and their shield.

115:10 House of Aaron, trust in the Lord! He is their help and their shield.

115:11 You who fear the Lord, trust in the Lord! He is their help and their shield.

115:12 The Lord remembers us. He will bless us. He will bless the house of Israel. He will bless the house of Aaron.

115:13 He will bless those who fear the Lord, both small and great.

115:14 May the Lord increase you more and more, you and your children.

115:15 Blessed are you by the Lord, who made heaven and earth.

115:16 The heavens are the heavens of the Lord; but the earth has he given to the children of men.

115:17 The dead do not praise Yah, neither any who go down into silence;

115:18 But we will bless Yah, from this time forth and forevermore. Praise the Lord!