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Psalm 105 ()

[1] Give thanks to Yahweh! Call on his name!
Make his doings known among the peoples.
[2] Sing to him, sing praises to him!
Tell of all his marvelous works.
[3] Glory in his holy name.
Let the heart of those who seek Yahweh rejoice.
[4] Seek Yahweh and his strength.
Seek his face forever more.
[5] Remember his marvelous works that he has done:
his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth,
[6] you offspring of Abraham, his servant,
you children of Jacob, his chosen ones.
[7] He is Yahweh, our God.
His judgments are in all the earth.
[8] He has remembered his covenant forever,
the word which he commanded to a thousand generations,
[9] the covenant which he made with Abraham,
his oath to Isaac,
[10] and confirmed it to Jacob for a statute;
to Israel for an everlasting covenant,
[11] saying, “To you I will give the land of Canaan,
the lot of your inheritance,”
[12] when they were but a few men in number,
yes, very few, and foreigners in it.
[13] They went about from nation to nation,
from one kingdom to another people.
[14] He allowed no one to do them wrong.
Yes, he reproved kings for their sakes,
[15] “Don’t touch my anointed ones!
Do my prophets no harm!”
[16] He called for a famine on the land.
He destroyed the food supplies.
[17] He sent a man before them.
Joseph was sold for a slave.
[18] They bruised his feet with shackles.
His neck was locked in irons,
[19] until the time that his word happened,
and Yahweh’s word proved him true.
[20] The king sent and freed him,
even the ruler of peoples, and let him go free.
[21] He made him lord of his house,
and ruler of all of his possessions,
[22] to discipline his princes at his pleasure,
and to teach his elders wisdom.
[23] Israel also came into Egypt.
Jacob lived in the land of Ham.
[24] He increased his people greatly,
and made them stronger than their adversaries.
[25] He turned their heart to hate his people,
to conspire against his servants.
[26] He sent Moses, his servant,
and Aaron, whom he had chosen.
[27] They performed miracles among them,
and wonders in the land of Ham.
[28] He sent darkness, and made it dark.
They didn’t rebel against his words.
[29] He turned their waters into blood,
and killed their fish.
[30] Their land swarmed with frogs,
even in the rooms of their kings.
[31] He spoke, and swarms of flies came,
and lice in all their borders.
[32] He gave them hail for rain,
with lightning in their land.
[33] He struck their vines and also their fig trees,
and shattered the trees of their country.
[34] He spoke, and the locusts came
with the grasshoppers, without number.
[35] They ate up every plant in their land,
and ate up the fruit of their ground.
[36] He struck also all the firstborn in their land,
the first fruits of all their manhood.
[37] He brought them out with silver and gold.
There was not one feeble person among his tribes.
[38] Egypt was glad when they departed,
for the fear of them had fallen on them.
[39] He spread a cloud for a covering,
fire to give light in the night.
[40] They asked, and he brought quails,
and satisfied them with the bread of the sky.
[41] He opened the rock, and waters gushed out.
They ran as a river in the dry places.
[42] For he remembered his holy word,
and Abraham, his servant.
[43] He brought his people out with joy,
his chosen with singing.
[44] He gave them the lands of the nations.
They took the labor of the peoples in possession,
[45] that they might keep his statutes,
and observe his laws.
Praise Yah!

Psalm 106 ()

[1] Praise Yahweh!
Give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good,
for his loving kindness endures forever.
[2] Who can utter the mighty acts of Yahweh,
or fully declare all his praise?
[3] Blessed are those who keep justice.
Blessed is one who does what is right at all times.
[4] Remember me, Yahweh, with the favor that you show to your people.
Visit me with your salvation,
[5] that I may see the prosperity of your chosen,
that I may rejoice in the gladness of your nation,
that I may glory with your inheritance.

[6] We have sinned with our fathers.
We have committed iniquity.
We have done wickedly.
[7] Our fathers didn’t understand your wonders in Egypt.
They didn’t remember the multitude of your loving kindnesses,
but were rebellious at the sea, even at the Red Sea.
[8] Nevertheless he saved them for his name’s sake,
that he might make his mighty power known.
[9] He rebuked the Red Sea also, and it was dried up;
so he led them through the depths, as through a desert.
[10] He saved them from the hand of him who hated them,
and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.
[11] The waters covered their adversaries.
There was not one of them left.
[12] Then they believed his words.
They sang his praise.

[13] They soon forgot his works.
They didn’t wait for his counsel,
[14] but gave in to craving in the desert,
and tested God in the wasteland.
[15] He gave them their request,
but sent leanness into their soul.
[16] They envied Moses also in the camp,
and Aaron, Yahweh’s saint.
[17] The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan,
and covered the company of Abiram.
[18] A fire was kindled in their company.
The flame burned up the wicked.
[19] They made a calf in Horeb,
and worshiped a molten image.
[20] Thus they exchanged their glory
for an image of a bull that eats grass.
[21] They forgot God, their Savior,
who had done great things in Egypt,
[22] wondrous works in the land of Ham,
and awesome things by the Red Sea.
[23] Therefore he said that he would destroy them,
had Moses, his chosen, not stood before him in the breach,
to turn away his wrath, so that he wouldn’t destroy them.
[24] Yes, they despised the pleasant land.
They didn’t believe his word,
[25] but murmured in their tents,
and didn’t listen to Yahweh’s voice.
[26] Therefore he swore to them
that he would overthrow them in the wilderness,
[27] that he would overthrow their offspring among the nations,
and scatter them in the lands.
[28] They joined themselves also to Baal Peor,
and ate the sacrifices of the dead.
[29] Thus they provoked him to anger with their deeds.
The plague broke in on them.
[30] Then Phinehas stood up and executed judgment,
so the plague was stopped.
[31] That was credited to him for righteousness,
for all generations to come.
[32] They angered him also at the waters of Meribah,
so that Moses was troubled for their sakes;
[33] because they were rebellious against his spirit,
he spoke rashly with his lips.
[34] They didn’t destroy the peoples,
as Yahweh commanded them,
[35] but mixed themselves with the nations,
and learned their works.
[36] They served their idols,
which became a snare to them.
[37] Yes, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons.
[38] They shed innocent blood,
even the blood of their sons and of their daughters,
whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan.
The land was polluted with blood.
[39] Thus they were defiled with their works,
and prostituted themselves in their deeds.
[40] Therefore Yahweh burned with anger against his people.
He abhorred his inheritance.
[41] He gave them into the hand of the nations.
Those who hated them ruled over them.
[42] Their enemies also oppressed them.
They were brought into subjection under their hand.
[43] He rescued them many times,
but they were rebellious in their counsel,
and were brought low in their iniquity.
[44] Nevertheless he regarded their distress,
when he heard their cry.
[45] He remembered for them his covenant,
and repented according to the multitude of his loving kindnesses.
[46] He made them also to be pitied
by all those who carried them captive.

[47] Save us, Yahweh, our God,
gather us from among the nations,
to give thanks to your holy name,
to triumph in your praise!

[48] Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel,
from everlasting even to everlasting!
Let all the people say, “Amen.”
Praise Yah!

Proverbs 23 ()

[1] When you sit to eat with a ruler,
consider diligently what is before you;
[2] put a knife to your throat
if you are a man given to appetite.
[3] Don’t be desirous of his dainties,
since they are deceitful food.
[4] Don’t weary yourself to be rich.
In your wisdom, show restraint.
[5] Why do you set your eyes on that which is not?
For it certainly sprouts wings like an eagle and flies in the sky.
[6] Don’t eat the food of him who has a stingy eye,
and don’t crave his delicacies,
[7] for as he thinks about the cost, so he is.
“Eat and drink!” he says to you,
but his heart is not with you.
[8] You will vomit up the morsel which you have eaten
and waste your pleasant words.

[9] Don’t speak in the ears of a fool,
for he will despise the wisdom of your words.

[10] Don’t move the ancient boundary stone.
Don’t encroach on the fields of the fatherless,
[11] for their Defender is strong.
He will plead their case against you.

[12] Apply your heart to instruction,
and your ears to the words of knowledge.
[13] Don’t withhold correction from a child.
If you punish him with the rod, he will not die.
[14] Punish him with the rod,
and save his soul from Sheol.

[15] My son, if your heart is wise,
then my heart will be glad, even mine.
[16] Yes, my heart will rejoice
when your lips speak what is right.
[17] Don’t let your heart envy sinners,
but rather fear Yahweh all day long.
[18] Indeed surely there is a future hope,
and your hope will not be cut off.
[19] Listen, my son, and be wise,
and keep your heart on the right path!
[20] Don’t be among ones drinking too much wine,
or those who gorge themselves on meat;
[21] for the drunkard and the glutton shall become poor;
and drowsiness clothes them in rags.
[22] Listen to your father who gave you life,
and don’t despise your mother when she is old.
[23] Buy the truth, and don’t sell it.
Get wisdom, discipline, and understanding.
[24] The father of the righteous has great joy.
Whoever fathers a wise child delights in him.
[25] Let your father and your mother be glad!
Let her who bore you rejoice!
[26] My son, give me your heart;
and let your eyes keep in my ways.
[27] For a prostitute is a deep pit;
and a wayward wife is a narrow well.
[28] Yes, she lies in wait like a robber,
and increases the unfaithful among men.

[29] Who has woe?
Who has sorrow?
Who has strife?
Who has complaints?
Who has needless bruises?
Who has bloodshot eyes?
[30] Those who stay long at the wine;
those who go to seek out mixed wine.
[31] Don’t look at the wine when it is red,
when it sparkles in the cup,
when it goes down smoothly.
[32] In the end, it bites like a snake,
and poisons like a viper.
[33] Your eyes will see strange things,
and your mind will imagine confusing things.
[34] Yes, you will be as he who lies down in the middle of the sea,
or as he who lies on top of the rigging:
[35] “They hit me, and I was not hurt!
They beat me, and I don’t feel it!
When will I wake up? I can do it again.
I will look for more.”

Proverbs 23:14 Sheol is the place of the dead.