Holman Christian Standard Bible (181 page)
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23
Others went to sea in ships,
conducting trade on the vast waters.
24
They saw the
Lord
's works,
His wonderful works in the deep.
25
He spoke and raised a tempest
that stirred up the waves of the sea.
26
Rising up to the sky, sinking down to the depths,
their courage melting away in anguish,
27
they reeled and staggered like drunken men,
and all their skill was useless.
28
Then they cried out to the
Lord
in their trouble,
and He brought them out of their distress.
29
He stilled the storm to a murmur,
and the waves of the sea were hushed.
30
They rejoiced when the waves grew quiet.
Then He guided them to the harbor they longed for.
31
Let them give thanks to the
Lord
for His faithful love
and His wonderful works for all humanity.
32
Let them exalt Him in the assembly of the people
and praise Him in the council of the elders.
Others went to sea in ships,
conducting trade on the vast waters.
24
They saw the
Lord
's works,
His wonderful works in the deep.
25
He spoke and raised a tempest
that stirred up the waves of the sea.
26
Rising up to the sky, sinking down to the depths,
their courage melting away in anguish,
27
they reeled and staggered like drunken men,
and all their skill was useless.
28
Then they cried out to the
Lord
in their trouble,
and He brought them out of their distress.
29
He stilled the storm to a murmur,
and the waves of the sea were hushed.
30
They rejoiced when the waves grew quiet.
Then He guided them to the harbor they longed for.
31
Let them give thanks to the
Lord
for His faithful love
and His wonderful works for all humanity.
32
Let them exalt Him in the assembly of the people
and praise Him in the council of the elders.
33
He turns rivers into desert,
springs of water into thirsty ground,
34
and fruitful land into salty wasteland,
because of the wickedness of its inhabitants.
35
He turns a desert into a pool of water,
dry land into springs of water.
36
He causes the hungry to settle there,
and they establish a city where they can live.
37
They sow fields and plant vineyards
that yield a fruitful harvest.
38
He blesses them, and they multiply greatly;
He does not let their livestock decrease.
He turns rivers into desert,
springs of water into thirsty ground,
34
and fruitful land into salty wasteland,
because of the wickedness of its inhabitants.
35
He turns a desert into a pool of water,
dry land into springs of water.
36
He causes the hungry to settle there,
and they establish a city where they can live.
37
They sow fields and plant vineyards
that yield a fruitful harvest.
38
He blesses them, and they multiply greatly;
He does not let their livestock decrease.
39
When they are diminished and are humbled
by cruel oppression and sorrow,
40
He pours contempt on nobles
and makes them wander in a trackless wasteland.
41
But He lifts the needy out of their suffering
and makes their families multiply like flocks.
42
The upright see it and rejoice,
and all injustice shuts its mouth.
When they are diminished and are humbled
by cruel oppression and sorrow,
40
He pours contempt on nobles
and makes them wander in a trackless wasteland.
41
But He lifts the needy out of their suffering
and makes their families multiply like flocks.
42
The upright see it and rejoice,
and all injustice shuts its mouth.
43
Let whoever is wise pay attention to these things
and consider the
Lord
's acts of faithful love.
Let whoever is wise pay attention to these things
and consider the
Lord
's acts of faithful love.
Psalms
A Plea for Victory
A song. A Davidic psalm.
108
My heart is confident, God;
I will sing; I will sing praises
with the whole of my being.
2
Wake up, harp and lyre!
I will wake up the dawn.
3
I will praise You,
Lord
, among the peoples;
I will sing praises to You among the nations.
4
For Your faithful love is higher than the heavens,
and Your faithfulness reaches to the clouds.
5
God, be exalted above the heavens,
and let Your glory be over the whole earth.
6
Save with Your right hand and answer me
so that those You love may be rescued.
My heart is confident, God;
I will sing; I will sing praises
with the whole of my being.
2
Wake up, harp and lyre!
I will wake up the dawn.
3
I will praise You,
Lord
, among the peoples;
I will sing praises to You among the nations.
4
For Your faithful love is higher than the heavens,
and Your faithfulness reaches to the clouds.
5
God, be exalted above the heavens,
and let Your glory be over the whole earth.
6
Save with Your right hand and answer me
so that those You love may be rescued.
7
God has spoken in His sanctuary:
“I will triumph!
I will divide up Shechem.
I will apportion the Valley of Succoth.
8
Gilead is Mine, Manasseh is Mine,
and Ephraim is My helmet;
Judah is My scepter.
9
Moab is My washbasin;
I throw My sandal on Edom.
I shout in triumph over Philistia.”
God has spoken in His sanctuary:
“I will triumph!
I will divide up Shechem.
I will apportion the Valley of Succoth.
8
Gilead is Mine, Manasseh is Mine,
and Ephraim is My helmet;
Judah is My scepter.
9
Moab is My washbasin;
I throw My sandal on Edom.
I shout in triumph over Philistia.”
10
Who will bring me to the fortified city?
Who will lead me to Edom?
11
God, haven't You rejected us?
God, You do not march out with our armies.
12
Give us aid against the foe,
for human help is worthless.
13
With God we will perform valiantly;
He will trample our foes.
Who will bring me to the fortified city?
Who will lead me to Edom?
11
God, haven't You rejected us?
God, You do not march out with our armies.
12
Give us aid against the foe,
for human help is worthless.
13
With God we will perform valiantly;
He will trample our foes.
Psalms
Prayer against an Enemy
For the choir director. A Davidic psalm.
109
God of my praise, do not be silent.
God of my praise, do not be silent.
2
For wicked and deceitful mouths open against me;
they speak against me with lying tongues.
3
They surround me with hateful words
and attack me without cause.
4
In return for my love they accuse me,
but I continue to pray.
5
They repay me evil for good,
and hatred for my love.
For wicked and deceitful mouths open against me;
they speak against me with lying tongues.
3
They surround me with hateful words
and attack me without cause.
4
In return for my love they accuse me,
but I continue to pray.
5
They repay me evil for good,
and hatred for my love.
6
Set a wicked person over him;
let an accuser stand at his right hand.
7
When he is judged, let him be found
•guilty
,
and let his prayer be counted as sin.
8
Let his days be few;
let another take over his position.
9
Let his children be fatherless
and his wife a widow.
10
Let his children wander as beggars,
searching for food far from their demolished homes.
11
Let a creditor seize all he has;
let strangers plunder what he has worked for.
12
Let no one show him kindness,
and let no one be gracious to his fatherless children.
13
Let the line of his descendants be cut off;
let their name be blotted out in the next generation.
14
Let his ancestors' guilt
be remembered before the
Lord
,
and do not let his mother's sin be blotted out.
15
Let their sins always remain before the
Lord
,
and let Him erase all memory of them from the earth.
Set a wicked person over him;
let an accuser stand at his right hand.
7
When he is judged, let him be found
•guilty
,
and let his prayer be counted as sin.
8
Let his days be few;
let another take over his position.
9
Let his children be fatherless
and his wife a widow.
10
Let his children wander as beggars,
searching for food far from their demolished homes.
11
Let a creditor seize all he has;
let strangers plunder what he has worked for.
12
Let no one show him kindness,
and let no one be gracious to his fatherless children.
13
Let the line of his descendants be cut off;
let their name be blotted out in the next generation.
14
Let his ancestors' guilt
be remembered before the
Lord
,
and do not let his mother's sin be blotted out.
15
Let their sins always remain before the
Lord
,
and let Him erase all memory of them from the earth.
16
For he did not think to show kindness,
but pursued the afflicted, poor, and brokenhearted
in order to put them to death.
17
He loved cursing — let it fall on him;
he took no delight in blessing — let it be far from him.
18
He wore cursing like his coat —
let it enter his body like water
and go into his bones like oil.
19
Let it be like a robe he wraps around himself,
like a belt he always wears.
20
Let this be the
Lord
's payment to my accusers,
to those who speak evil against me.
For he did not think to show kindness,
but pursued the afflicted, poor, and brokenhearted
in order to put them to death.
17
He loved cursing — let it fall on him;
he took no delight in blessing — let it be far from him.
18
He wore cursing like his coat —
let it enter his body like water
and go into his bones like oil.
19
Let it be like a robe he wraps around himself,
like a belt he always wears.
20
Let this be the
Lord
's payment to my accusers,
to those who speak evil against me.
21
But You,
•Yahweh
my Lord,
deal kindly with me because of Your name;
deliver me because of the goodness of Your faithful love.
22
For I am afflicted and needy;
my heart is wounded within me.
23
I fade away like a lengthening shadow;
I am shaken off like a locust.
24
My knees are weak from fasting,
and my body is emaciated.
25
I have become an object of ridicule to my accusers;
when they see me, they shake their heads in scorn.
But You,
•Yahweh
my Lord,
deal kindly with me because of Your name;
deliver me because of the goodness of Your faithful love.
22
For I am afflicted and needy;
my heart is wounded within me.
23
I fade away like a lengthening shadow;
I am shaken off like a locust.
24
My knees are weak from fasting,
and my body is emaciated.
25
I have become an object of ridicule to my accusers;
when they see me, they shake their heads in scorn.
26
Help me,
Lord
my God;
save me according to Your faithful love
27
so they may know that this is Your hand
and that You,
Lord
, have done it.
28
Though they curse, You will bless.
When they rise up, they will be put to shame,
but Your servant will rejoice.
29
My accusers will be clothed with disgrace;
they will wear their shame like a cloak.
30
I will fervently thank the
Lord
with my mouth;
I will praise Him in the presence of many.
31
For He stands at the right hand of the needy
to save him from those who would condemn him.
Help me,
Lord
my God;
save me according to Your faithful love
27
so they may know that this is Your hand
and that You,
Lord
, have done it.
28
Though they curse, You will bless.
When they rise up, they will be put to shame,
but Your servant will rejoice.
29
My accusers will be clothed with disgrace;
they will wear their shame like a cloak.
30
I will fervently thank the
Lord
with my mouth;
I will praise Him in the presence of many.
31
For He stands at the right hand of the needy
to save him from those who would condemn him.
Psalms
The Priestly King
A Davidic psalm.
110
This is the declaration of the
Lord
to my Lord:
“Sit at My right hand
until I make Your enemies Your footstool.”
2
The
Lord
will extend Your mighty scepter from
•Zion
.
Rule over Your surrounding enemies.
3
Your people will volunteer
on Your day of battle.
In holy splendor, from the womb of the dawn,
the dew of Your youth belongs to You.
4
The
Lord
has sworn an oath and will not take it back:
“Forever, You are a priest
like Melchizedek.”
This is the declaration of the
Lord
to my Lord:
“Sit at My right hand
until I make Your enemies Your footstool.”
2
The
Lord
will extend Your mighty scepter from
•Zion
.
Rule over Your surrounding enemies.
3
Your people will volunteer
on Your day of battle.
In holy splendor, from the womb of the dawn,
the dew of Your youth belongs to You.
4
The
Lord
has sworn an oath and will not take it back:
“Forever, You are a priest
like Melchizedek.”
5
The Lord is at Your right hand;
He will crush kings on the day of His anger.
6
He will judge the nations, heaping up corpses;
He will crush leaders over the entire world.
7
He will drink from the brook by the road;
therefore, He will lift up His head.
The Lord is at Your right hand;
He will crush kings on the day of His anger.
6
He will judge the nations, heaping up corpses;
He will crush leaders over the entire world.
7
He will drink from the brook by the road;
therefore, He will lift up His head.
Psalms
Praise for the
Lord
's Works
Lord
's Works
111
•Hallelujah
!
I will praise the
Lord
with all my heart
in the assembly of the upright and in the congregation.
•Hallelujah
!
I will praise the
Lord
with all my heart
in the assembly of the upright and in the congregation.
2
The
Lord
's works are great,
studied by all who delight in them.
3
All that He does is splendid and majestic;
His righteousness endures forever.
4
He has caused His wonderful works to be remembered.
The
Lord
is gracious and compassionate.
5
He has provided food for those who fear Him;
He remembers His covenant forever.
6
He has shown His people the power of His works
by giving them the inheritance of the nations.
7
The works of His hands are truth and justice;
all His instructions are trustworthy.
8
They are established forever and ever,
enacted in truth and in what is right.
9
He has sent redemption to His people.
He has ordained His covenant forever.
His name is holy and awe-inspiring.
The
Lord
's works are great,
studied by all who delight in them.
3
All that He does is splendid and majestic;
His righteousness endures forever.
4
He has caused His wonderful works to be remembered.
The
Lord
is gracious and compassionate.
5
He has provided food for those who fear Him;
He remembers His covenant forever.
6
He has shown His people the power of His works
by giving them the inheritance of the nations.
7
The works of His hands are truth and justice;
all His instructions are trustworthy.
8
They are established forever and ever,
enacted in truth and in what is right.
9
He has sent redemption to His people.
He has ordained His covenant forever.
His name is holy and awe-inspiring.
10
The
•fear
of the
Lord
is the beginning of wisdom;
all who follow His instructions have good insight.
His praise endures forever.
The
•fear
of the
Lord
is the beginning of wisdom;
all who follow His instructions have good insight.
His praise endures forever.
Psalms
The Traits of the Righteous
2
His descendants will be powerful in the land;
the generation of the upright will be blessed.
3
Wealth and riches are in his house,
and his righteousness endures forever.
4
Light shines in the darkness for the upright.
He is gracious, compassionate, and righteous.
5
Good will come to a man who lends generously
and conducts his business fairly.
6
He will never be shaken.
The righteous man will be remembered forever.
7
He will not fear bad news;
his heart is confident, trusting in the
Lord
.
8
His heart is assured; he will not fear.
In the end he will look in triumph on his foes.
9
He distributes freely to the poor;
his righteousness endures forever.
His
•horn
will be exalted in honor.
His descendants will be powerful in the land;
the generation of the upright will be blessed.
3
Wealth and riches are in his house,
and his righteousness endures forever.
4
Light shines in the darkness for the upright.
He is gracious, compassionate, and righteous.
5
Good will come to a man who lends generously
and conducts his business fairly.
6
He will never be shaken.
The righteous man will be remembered forever.
7
He will not fear bad news;
his heart is confident, trusting in the
Lord
.
8
His heart is assured; he will not fear.
In the end he will look in triumph on his foes.
9
He distributes freely to the poor;
his righteousness endures forever.
His
•horn
will be exalted in honor.
10
The wicked man will see it and be angry;
he will gnash his teeth in despair.
The desire of the wicked man will come to nothing.
The wicked man will see it and be angry;
he will gnash his teeth in despair.
The desire of the wicked man will come to nothing.
Psalms
Praise to the Merciful God
113
•Hallelujah
!
Give praise, servants of
•Yahweh
;
praise the name of Yahweh.
2
Let the name of Yahweh be praised
both now and forever.
3
From the rising of the sun to its setting,
let the name of Yahweh be praised.
•Hallelujah
!
Give praise, servants of
•Yahweh
;
praise the name of Yahweh.
2
Let the name of Yahweh be praised
both now and forever.
3
From the rising of the sun to its setting,
let the name of Yahweh be praised.
4
Yahweh is exalted above all the nations,
His glory above the heavens.
5
Who is like Yahweh our God —
the One enthroned on high,
6
who stoops down to look
on the heavens and the earth?
7
He raises the poor from the dust
and lifts the needy from the garbage pile
8
in order to seat them with nobles —
with the nobles of His people.
9
He gives the childless woman a household,
making her the joyful mother of children.
Hallelujah!
Yahweh is exalted above all the nations,
His glory above the heavens.
5
Who is like Yahweh our God —
the One enthroned on high,
6
who stoops down to look
on the heavens and the earth?
7
He raises the poor from the dust
and lifts the needy from the garbage pile
8
in order to seat them with nobles —
with the nobles of His people.
9
He gives the childless woman a household,
making her the joyful mother of children.
Hallelujah!
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