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Psalm 107 ()

[1] Give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good,
for his loving kindness endures forever.
[2] Let the redeemed by Yahweh say so,
whom he has redeemed from the hand of the adversary,
[3] and gathered out of the lands,
from the east and from the west,
from the north and from the south.

[4] They wandered in the wilderness in a desert way.
They found no city to live in.
[5] Hungry and thirsty,
their soul fainted in them.
[6] Then they cried to Yahweh in their trouble,
and he delivered them out of their distresses.
[7] He led them also by a straight way,
that they might go to a city to live in.
[8] Let them praise Yahweh for his loving kindness,
for his wonderful deeds to the children of men!

[9] For he satisfies the longing soul.
He fills the hungry soul with good.

[10] Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death,
being bound in affliction and iron,
[11] because they rebelled against the words of God,
and condemned the counsel of the Most High.
[12] Therefore he brought down their heart with labor.
They fell down, and there was no one to help.
[13] Then they cried to Yahweh in their trouble,
and he saved them out of their distresses.
[14] He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death,
and broke away their chains.
[15] Let them praise Yahweh for his loving kindness,
for his wonderful deeds to the children of men!

[16] For he has broken the gates of bronze,
and cut through bars of iron.

[17] Fools are afflicted because of their disobedience,
and because of their iniquities.
[18] Their soul abhors all kinds of food.
They draw near to the gates of death.
[19] Then they cry to Yahweh in their trouble,
and he saves them out of their distresses.
[20] He sends his word, and heals them,
and delivers them from their graves.
[21] Let them praise Yahweh for his loving kindness,
for his wonderful deeds to the children of men!

[22] Let them offer the sacrifices of thanksgiving,
and declare his deeds with singing.

[23] Those who go down to the sea in ships,
who do business in great waters,
[24] these see Yahweh’s deeds,
and his wonders in the deep.
[25] For he commands, and raises the stormy wind,
which lifts up its waves.
[26] They mount up to the sky; they go down again to the depths.
Their soul melts away because of trouble.
[27] They reel back and forth, and stagger like a drunken man,
and are at their wits’ end.
[28] Then they cry to Yahweh in their trouble,
and he brings them out of their distress.
[29] He makes the storm a calm,
so that its waves are still.
[30] Then they are glad because it is calm,
so he brings them to their desired haven.
[31] Let them praise Yahweh for his loving kindness,
for his wonderful deeds for the children of men!

[32] Let them exalt him also in the assembly of the people,
and praise him in the seat of the elders.

[33] He turns rivers into a desert,
water springs into a thirsty ground,
[34] and a fruitful land into a salt waste,
for the wickedness of those who dwell in it.
[35] He turns a desert into a pool of water,
and a dry land into water springs.
[36] There he makes the hungry live,
that they may prepare a city to live in,
[37] sow fields, plant vineyards,
and reap the fruits of increase.
[38] He blesses them also, so that they are multiplied greatly.
He doesn’t allow their livestock to decrease.
[39] Again, they are diminished and bowed down
through oppression, trouble, and sorrow.
[40] He pours contempt on princes,
and causes them to wander in a trackless waste.
[41] Yet he lifts the needy out of their affliction,
and increases their families like a flock.
[42] The upright will see it, and be glad.
All the wicked will shut their mouths.
[43] Whoever is wise will pay attention to these things.
They will consider the loving kindnesses of Yahweh.

Psalm 107:1 “Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “Lord” (all caps) in other translations.
Psalm 107:11 The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “אֱלֹהִ֑ים” (Elohim).

Psalm 108 ()

A Song. A Psalm by David.

[1] My heart is steadfast, God.
I will sing and I will make music with my soul.
[2] Wake up, harp and lyre!
I will wake up the dawn.
[3] I will give thanks to you, Yahweh, among the nations.
I will sing praises to you among the peoples.
[4] For your loving kindness is great above the heavens.
Your faithfulness reaches to the skies.
[5] Be exalted, God, above the heavens!
Let your glory be over all the earth.
[6] That your beloved may be delivered,
save with your right hand, and answer us.
[7] God has spoken from his sanctuary: “In triumph,
I will divide Shechem, and measure out the valley of Succoth.
[8] Gilead is mine. Manasseh is mine.
Ephraim also is my helmet.
Judah is my scepter.
[9] Moab is my wash pot.
I will toss my sandal on Edom.
I will shout over Philistia.”
[10] Who will bring me into the fortified city?
Who will lead me to Edom?
[11] Haven’t you rejected us, God?
You don’t go out, God, with our armies.
[12] Give us help against the enemy,
for the help of man is vain.
[13] Through God, we will do valiantly,
for it is he who will tread down our enemies.

Psalm 109 ()

For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David.

[1] God of my praise, don’t remain silent,
[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.
[3] They have also surrounded me with words of hatred,
and fought against me without a cause.
[4] In return for my love, they are my adversaries;
but I am in prayer.
[5] They have rewarded me evil for good,
and hatred for my love.
[6] Set a wicked man over him.
Let an adversary stand at his right hand.
[7] When he is judged, let him come out guilty.
Let his prayer be turned into sin.
[8] Let his days be few.
Let another take his office.
[9] Let his children be fatherless,
and his wife a widow.
[10] Let his children be wandering beggars.
Let them be sought from their ruins.
[11] Let the creditor seize all that he has.
Let strangers plunder the fruit of his labor.
[12] Let there be no one to extend kindness to him,
neither let there be anyone to have pity on his fatherless children.
[13] Let his posterity be cut off.
In the generation following let their name be blotted out.
[14] Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered by Yahweh.
Don’t let the sin of his mother be blotted out.
[15] Let them be before Yahweh continually,
that he may cut off their memory from the earth;
[16] because he didn’t remember to show kindness,
but persecuted the poor and needy man,
the broken in heart, to kill them.
[17] Yes, he loved cursing, and it came to him.
He didn’t delight in blessing, and it was far from him.
[18] He clothed himself also with cursing as with his garment.
It came into his inward parts like water,
like oil into his bones.
[19] Let it be to him as the clothing with which he covers himself,
for the belt that is always around him.
[20] This is the reward of my adversaries from Yahweh,
of those who speak evil against my soul.

[21] But deal with me, Yahweh the Lord, for your name’s sake,
because your loving kindness is good, deliver me;
[22] for I am poor and needy.
My heart is wounded within me.
[23] I fade away like an evening shadow.
I am shaken off like a locust.
[24] My knees are weak through fasting.
My body is thin and lacks fat.
[25] I have also become a reproach to them.
When they see me, they shake their head.
[26] Help me, Yahweh, my God.
Save me according to your loving kindness;
[27] that they may know that this is your hand;
that you, Yahweh, have done it.
[28] They may curse, but you bless.
When they arise, they will be shamed,
but your servant shall rejoice.
[29] Let my adversaries be clothed with dishonor.
Let them cover themselves with their own shame as with a robe.
[30] I will give great thanks to Yahweh with my mouth.
Yes, I will praise him among the multitude.
[31] For he will stand at the right hand of the needy,
to save him from those who judge his soul.

Psalm 109:21 The word translated “Lord” is “Adonai.”

Psalm 110 ()

A Psalm by David.

[1] Yahweh says to my Lord, “Sit at my right hand,
until I make your enemies your footstool for your feet.”
[2] Yahweh will send out the rod of your strength out of Zion.
Rule among your enemies.
[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.
[4] Yahweh has sworn, and will not change his mind:
“You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.”
[5] The Lord is at your right hand.
He will crush kings in the day of his wrath.
[6] He will judge among the nations.
He will heap up dead bodies.
He will crush the ruler of the whole earth.
[7] He will drink of the brook on the way;
therefore he will lift up his head.

Proverbs 24 ()

[1] Don’t be envious of evil men,
neither desire to be with them;
[2] for their hearts plot violence
and their lips talk about mischief.
[3] Through wisdom a house is built;
by understanding it is established;
[4] by knowledge the rooms are filled
with all rare and beautiful treasure.
[5] A wise man has great power.
A knowledgeable man increases strength,
[6] for by wise guidance you wage your war,
and victory is in many advisors.
[7] Wisdom is too high for a fool.
He doesn’t open his mouth in the gate.
[8] One who plots to do evil
will be called a schemer.
[9] The schemes of folly are sin.
The mocker is detested by men.
[10] If you falter in the time of trouble,
your strength is small.
[11] Rescue those who are being led away to death!
Indeed, hold back those who are staggering to the slaughter!
[12] If you say, “Behold, we didn’t know this,”
doesn’t he who weighs the hearts consider it?
He who keeps your soul, doesn’t he know it?
Shall he not render to every man according to his work?
[13] My son, eat honey, for it is good,
the droppings of the honeycomb, which are sweet to your taste;
[14] so you shall know wisdom to be to your soul.
If you have found it, then there will be a reward:
Your hope will not be cut off.
[15] Don’t lay in wait, wicked man, against the habitation of the righteous.
Don’t destroy his resting place;
[16] for a righteous man falls seven times and rises up again,
but the wicked are overthrown by calamity.
[17] Don’t rejoice when your enemy falls.
Don’t let your heart be glad when he is overthrown,
[18] lest Yahweh see it, and it displease him,
and he turn away his wrath from him.
[19] Don’t fret yourself because of evildoers,
neither be envious of the wicked;
[20] for there will be no reward to the evil man.
The lamp of the wicked will be snuffed out.
[21] My son, fear Yahweh and the king.
Don’t join those who are rebellious,
[22] for their calamity will rise suddenly.
Who knows what destruction may come from them both?

[23] These also are sayings of the wise:

To show partiality in judgment is not good.
[24] He who says to the wicked, “You are righteous,”
peoples will curse him, and nations will abhor him—
[25] but it will go well with those who convict the guilty,
and a rich blessing will come on them.
[26] An honest answer
is like a kiss on the lips.
[27] Prepare your work outside,
and get your fields ready.
Afterwards, build your house.
[28] Don’t be a witness against your neighbor without cause.
Don’t deceive with your lips.
[29] Don’t say, “I will do to him as he has done to me;
I will repay the man according to his work.”
[30] I went by the field of the sluggard,
by the vineyard of the man void of understanding.
[31] Behold, it was all grown over with thorns.
Its surface was covered with nettles,
and its stone wall was broken down.
[32] Then I saw, and considered well.
I saw, and received instruction:
[33] a little sleep, a little slumber,
a little folding of the hands to sleep,
[34] so your poverty will come as a robber
and your want as an armed man.