Book | Chapter | Verse | Text |
Psalms |
96 |
1 |
Sing a new song to the LORD! Let the whole earth sing to the LORD! |
Psalms |
96 |
2 |
Sing to the LORD; bless his name. Each day proclaim the good news that he saves. |
Psalms |
96 |
3 |
Publish his glorious deeds among the nations. Tell everyone about the amazing things he does. |
Psalms |
96 |
4 |
Great is the LORD! He is most worthy of praise! He is to be revered above all the gods. |
Psalms |
96 |
5 |
The gods of other nations are merely idols, but the LORD made the heavens! |
Psalms |
96 |
6 |
Honor and majesty surround him; strength and beauty are in his sanctuary. |
Psalms |
96 |
7 |
O nations of the world, recognize the LORD; recognize that the LORD is glorious and strong. |
Psalms |
96 |
8 |
Give to the LORD the glory he deserves! Bring your offering and come to worship him. |
Psalms |
96 |
9 |
Worship the LORD in all his holy splendor. Let all the earth tremble before him. |
Psalms |
96 |
10 |
Tell all the nations that the LORD is king. The world is firmly established and cannot be shaken. He will judge all peoples fairly. |
Psalms |
96 |
11 |
Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice! Let the sea and everything in it shout his praise! |
Psalms |
96 |
12 |
Let the fields and their crops burst forth with joy! Let the trees of the forest rustle with praise |
Psalms |
96 |
13 |
before the LORD! For the LORD is coming! He is coming to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness and all the nations with his truth. |
Psalms |
105 |
1 |
Give thanks to the LORD and proclaim his greatness. Let the whole world know what he has done. |
Psalms |
105 |
2 |
Sing to him; yes, sing his praises. Tell everyone about his miracles. |
Psalms |
105 |
3 |
Exult in his holy name; O worshipers of the LORD, rejoice! |
Psalms |
105 |
4 |
Search for the LORD and for his strength, and keep on searching. |
Psalms |
105 |
5 |
Think of the wonderful works he has done, the miracles and the judgments he handed down, |
Psalms |
105 |
6 |
O children of Abraham, God's servant, O descendants of Jacob, God's chosen one. |
Psalms |
105 |
7 |
He is the LORD our God. His rule is seen throughout the land. |
Psalms |
105 |
8 |
He always stands by his covenant--the commitment he made to a thousand generations. |
Psalms |
105 |
9 |
This is the covenant he made with Abraham and the oath he swore to Isaac. |
Psalms |
105 |
10 |
He confirmed it to Jacob as a decree, to the people of Israel as a never-ending treaty: |
Psalms |
105 |
11 |
"I will give you the land of Canaan as your special possession." |
Psalms |
105 |
12 |
He said this when they were few in number, a tiny group of strangers in Canaan. |
Psalms |
105 |
13 |
They wandered back and forth between nations, from one kingdom to another. |
Psalms |
105 |
14 |
Yet he did not let anyone oppress them. He warned kings on their behalf: |
Psalms |
105 |
15 |
"Do not touch these people I have chosen, and do not hurt my prophets." |
Psalms |
105 |
16 |
He called for a famine on the land of Canaan, cutting off its food supply. |
Psalms |
105 |
17 |
Then he sent someone to Egypt ahead of them--Joseph, who was sold as a slave. |
Psalms |
105 |
18 |
There in prison, they bruised his feet with fetters and placed his neck in an iron collar. |
Psalms |
105 |
19 |
Until the time came to fulfill his word, the LORD tested Joseph's character. |
Psalms |
105 |
20 |
Then Pharaoh sent for him and set him free; the ruler of the nation opened his prison door. |
Psalms |
105 |
21 |
Joseph was put in charge of all the king's household; he became ruler over all the king's possessions. |
Psalms |
105 |
22 |
He could instruct the king's aides as he pleased and teach the king's advisers. |
Psalms |
105 |
23 |
Then Israel arrived in Egypt; Jacob lived as a foreigner in the land of Ham. |
Psalms |
105 |
24 |
And the LORD multiplied the people of Israel until they became too mighty for their enemies. |
Psalms |
105 |
25 |
Then he turned the Egyptians against the Israelites, and they plotted against the LORD's servants. |
Psalms |
105 |
26 |
But the LORD sent Moses his servant, along with Aaron, whom he had chosen. |
Psalms |
105 |
27 |
They performed miraculous signs among the Egyptians, and miracles in the land of Ham. |
Psalms |
105 |
28 |
The LORD blanketed Egypt in darkness, for they had defied his commands to let his people go. |
Psalms |
105 |
29 |
He turned the nation's water into blood, poisoning all the fish. |
Psalms |
105 |
30 |
Then frogs overran the land; they were found even in the king's private rooms. |
Psalms |
105 |
31 |
When he spoke, flies descended on the Egyptians, and gnats swarmed across Egypt. |
Psalms |
105 |
32 |
Instead of rain, he sent murderous hail, and flashes of lightning overwhelmed the land. |
Psalms |
105 |
33 |
He ruined their grapevines and fig trees and shattered all the trees. |
Psalms |
105 |
34 |
He spoke, and hordes of locusts came--locusts beyond number. |
Psalms |
105 |
35 |
They ate up everything green in the land, destroying all the crops. |
Psalms |
105 |
36 |
Then he killed the oldest child in each Egyptian home, the pride and joy of each family. |
Psalms |
105 |
37 |
But he brought his people safely out of Egypt, loaded with silver and gold; there were no sick or feeble people among them. |
Psalms |
105 |
38 |
Egypt was glad when they were gone, for the dread of them was great. |
Psalms |
105 |
39 |
The LORD spread out a cloud above them as a covering and gave them a great fire to light the darkness. |
Psalms |
105 |
40 |
They asked for meat, and he sent them quail; he gave them manna--bread from heaven. |
Psalms |
105 |
41 |
He opened up a rock, and water gushed out to form a river through the dry and barren land. |
Psalms |
105 |
42 |
For he remembered his sacred promise to Abraham his servant. |
Psalms |
105 |
43 |
So he brought his people out of Egypt with joy, his chosen ones with rejoicing. |
Psalms |
105 |
44 |
He gave his people the lands of pagan nations, and they harvested crops that others had planted. |
Psalms |
105 |
45 |
All this happened so they would follow his principles and obey his laws. Praise the LORD! |
Psalms |
106 |
1 |
Praise the LORD! Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good! His faithful love endures forever. |
Psalms |
106 |
2 |
Who can list the glorious miracles of the LORD? Who can ever praise him half enough? |
Psalms |
106 |
3 |
Happy are those who deal justly with others and always do what is right. |
Psalms |
106 |
4 |
Remember me, too, LORD, when you show favor to your people; come to me with your salvation. |
Psalms |
106 |
5 |
Let me share in the prosperity of your chosen ones. Let me rejoice in the joy of your people; let me praise you with those who are your heritage. |
Psalms |
106 |
6 |
Both we and our ancestors have sinned. We have done wrong! We have acted wickedly! |
Psalms |
106 |
7 |
Our ancestors in Egypt were not impressed by the LORD's miracles. They soon forgot his many acts of kindness to them. Instead, they rebelled against him at the Red Sea. |
Psalms |
106 |
8 |
Even so, he saved them--to defend the honor of his name and to demonstrate his mighty power. |
Psalms |
106 |
9 |
He commanded the Red Sea to divide, and a dry path appeared. He led Israel across the sea bottom that was as dry as a desert. |
Psalms |
106 |
10 |
So he rescued them from their enemies and redeemed them from their foes. |
Psalms |
106 |
11 |
Then the water returned and covered their enemies; not one of them survived. |
Psalms |
106 |
12 |
Then at last his people believed his promises. Then they finally sang his praise. |
Psalms |
106 |
13 |
Yet how quickly they forgot what he had done! They wouldn't wait for his counsel! |
Psalms |
106 |
14 |
In the wilderness, their desires ran wild, testing God's patience in that dry land. |
Psalms |
106 |
15 |
So he gave them what they asked for, but he sent a plague along with it. |
Psalms |
106 |
16 |
The people in the camp were jealous of Moses and envious of Aaron, the LORD's holy priest. |
Psalms |
106 |
17 |
Because of this, the earth opened up; it swallowed Dathan and buried Abiram and the other rebels. |
Psalms |
106 |
18 |
Fire fell upon their followers; a flame consumed the wicked. |
Psalms |
106 |
19 |
The people made a calf at Mount Sinai; they bowed before an image made of gold. |
Psalms |
106 |
20 |
They traded their glorious God for a statue of a grass-eating ox! |
Psalms |
106 |
21 |
They forgot God, their savior, who had done such great things in Egypt-- |
Psalms |
106 |
22 |
such wonderful things in that land, such awesome deeds at the Red Sea. |
Psalms |
106 |
23 |
So he declared he would destroy them. But Moses, his chosen one, stepped between the LORD and the people. He begged him to turn from his anger and not destroy them. |
Psalms |
106 |
24 |
The people refused to enter the pleasant land, for they wouldn't believe his promise to care for them. |
Psalms |
106 |
25 |
Instead, they grumbled in their tents and refused to obey the LORD. |
Psalms |
106 |
26 |
Therefore, he swore that he would kill them in the wilderness, |
Psalms |
106 |
27 |
that he would scatter their descendants among the nations, exiling them to distant lands. |
Psalms |
106 |
28 |
Then our ancestors joined in the worship of Baal at Peor; they even ate sacrifices offered to the dead! |
Psalms |
106 |
29 |
They angered the LORD with all these things, so a plague broke out among them. |
Psalms |
106 |
30 |
But Phinehas had the courage to step in, and the plague was stopped. |
Psalms |
106 |
31 |
So he has been regarded as a righteous man ever since that time. |
Psalms |
106 |
32 |
At Meribah, too, they angered the LORD, causing Moses serious trouble. |
Psalms |
106 |
33 |
They made Moses angry, and he spoke foolishly. |
Psalms |
106 |
34 |
Israel failed to destroy the nations in the land, as the LORD had told them to. |
Psalms |
106 |
35 |
Instead, they mingled among the pagans and adopted their evil customs. |
Psalms |
106 |
36 |
They worshiped their idols, and this led to their downfall. |
Psalms |
106 |
37 |
They even sacrificed their sons and their daughters to the demons. |
Psalms |
106 |
38 |
They shed innocent blood, the blood of their sons and daughters. By sacrificing them to the idols of Canaan, they polluted the land with murder. |
Psalms |
106 |
39 |
They defiled themselves by their evil deeds, and their love of idols was adultery in the LORD's sight. |
Psalms |
106 |
40 |
That is why the LORD's anger burned against his people, and he abhorred his own special possession. |
Psalms |
106 |
41 |
He handed them over to pagan nations, and those who hated them ruled over them. |
Psalms |
106 |
42 |
Their enemies crushed them and brought them under their cruel power. |
Psalms |
106 |
43 |
Again and again he delivered them, but they continued to rebel against him, and they were finally destroyed by their sin. |
Psalms |
106 |
44 |
Even so, he pitied them in their distress and listened to their cries. |
Psalms |
106 |
45 |
He remembered his covenant with them and relented because of his unfailing love. |
Psalms |
106 |
46 |
He even caused their captors to treat them with kindness. |
Psalms |
106 |
47 |
O LORD our God, save us! Gather us back from among the nations, so we can thank your holy name and rejoice and praise you. |
Psalms |
106 |
48 |
Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting! Let all the people say, "Amen!" Praise the LORD! |