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Psalm 102 ()

A Prayer of the afflicted, when he is overwhelmed and pours out his complaint before Yahweh.

[1] Hear my prayer, Yahweh!
Let my cry come to you.
[2] Don’t hide your face from me in the day of my distress.
Turn your ear to me.
Answer me quickly in the day when I call.
[3] For my days consume away like smoke.
My bones are burned as a torch.
[4] My heart is blighted like grass, and withered,
for I forget to eat my bread.
[5] By reason of the voice of my groaning,
my bones stick to my skin.
[6] I am like a pelican of the wilderness.
I have become as an owl of the waste places.
[7] I watch, and have become like a sparrow that is alone on the housetop.
[8] My enemies reproach me all day.
Those who are mad at me use my name as a curse.
[9] For I have eaten ashes like bread,
and mixed my drink with tears,
[10] because of your indignation and your wrath;
for you have taken me up and thrown me away.
[11] My days are like a long shadow.
I have withered like grass.

[12] But you, Yahweh, will remain forever;
your renown endures to all generations.
[13] You will arise and have mercy on Zion,
for it is time to have pity on her.
Yes, the set time has come.
[14] For your servants take pleasure in her stones,
and have pity on her dust.
[15] So the nations will fear Yahweh’s name,
all the kings of the earth your glory.
[16] For Yahweh has built up Zion.
He has appeared in his glory.
[17] He has responded to the prayer of the destitute,
and has not despised their prayer.
[18] This will be written for the generation to come.
A people which will be created will praise Yah,
[19] for he has looked down from the height of his sanctuary.
From heaven, Yahweh saw the earth,
[20] to hear the groans of the prisoner,
to free those who are condemned to death,
[21] that men may declare Yahweh’s name in Zion,
and his praise in Jerusalem,
[22] when the peoples are gathered together,
the kingdoms, to serve Yahweh.

[23] He weakened my strength along the course.
He shortened my days.
[24] I said, “My God, don’t take me away in the middle of my days.
Your years are throughout all generations.
[25] Of old, you laid the foundation of the earth.
The heavens are the work of your hands.
[26] They will perish, but you will endure.
Yes, all of them will wear out like a garment.
You will change them like a cloak, and they will be changed.
[27] But you are the same.
Your years will have no end.
[28] The children of your servants will continue.
Their offspring will be established before you.”

Psalm 103 ()

By David.

[1] Praise Yahweh, my soul!
All that is within me, praise his holy name!
[2] Praise Yahweh, my soul,
and don’t forget all his benefits,
[3] who forgives all your sins,
who heals all your diseases,
[4] who redeems your life from destruction,
who crowns you with loving kindness and tender mercies,
[5] who satisfies your desire with good things,
so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.
[6] Yahweh executes righteous acts,
and justice for all who are oppressed.
[7] He made known his ways to Moses,
his deeds to the children of Israel.
[8] Yahweh is merciful and gracious,
slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness.
[9] He will not always accuse;
neither will he stay angry forever.
[10] He has not dealt with us according to our sins,
nor repaid us for our iniquities.
[11] For as the heavens are high above the earth,
so great is his loving kindness toward those who fear him.
[12] As far as the east is from the west,
so far has he removed our transgressions from us.
[13] Like a father has compassion on his children,
so Yahweh has compassion on those who fear him.
[14] For he knows how we are made.
He remembers that we are dust.
[15] As for man, his days are like grass.
As a flower of the field, so he flourishes.
[16] For the wind passes over it, and it is gone.
Its place remembers it no more.
[17] But Yahweh’s loving kindness is from everlasting to everlasting with those who fear him,
his righteousness to children’s children,
[18] to those who keep his covenant,
to those who remember to obey his precepts.
[19] Yahweh has established his throne in the heavens.
His kingdom rules over all.
[20] Praise Yahweh, you angels of his,
who are mighty in strength, who fulfill his word,
obeying the voice of his word.
[21] Praise Yahweh, all you armies of his,
you servants of his, who do his pleasure.
[22] Praise Yahweh, all you works of his,
in all places of his dominion.
Praise Yahweh, my soul!

Psalm 104 ()

[1] Bless Yahweh, my soul.
Yahweh, my God, you are very great.
You are clothed with honor and majesty.
[2] He covers himself with light as with a garment.
He stretches out the heavens like a curtain.
[3] He lays the beams of his rooms in the waters.
He makes the clouds his chariot.
He walks on the wings of the wind.
[4] He makes his messengers winds,
and his servants flames of fire.
[5] He laid the foundations of the earth,
that it should not be moved forever.
[6] You covered it with the deep as with a cloak.
The waters stood above the mountains.
[7] At your rebuke they fled.
At the voice of your thunder they hurried away.
[8] The mountains rose,
the valleys sank down,
to the place which you had assigned to them.
[9] You have set a boundary that they may not pass over,
that they don’t turn again to cover the earth.
[10] He sends springs into the valleys.
They run among the mountains.
[11] They give drink to every animal of the field.
The wild donkeys quench their thirst.
[12] The birds of the sky nest by them.
They sing among the branches.
[13] He waters the mountains from his rooms.
The earth is filled with the fruit of your works.
[14] He causes the grass to grow for the livestock,
and plants for man to cultivate,
that he may produce food out of the earth:
[15] wine that makes the heart of man glad,
oil to make his face to shine,
and bread that strengthens man’s heart.
[16] Yahweh’s trees are well watered,
the cedars of Lebanon, which he has planted,
[17] where the birds make their nests.
The stork makes its home in the cypress trees.
[18] The high mountains are for the wild goats.
The rocks are a refuge for the rock badgers.
[19] He appointed the moon for seasons.
The sun knows when to set.
[20] You make darkness, and it is night,
in which all the animals of the forest prowl.
[21] The young lions roar after their prey,
and seek their food from God.
[22] The sun rises, and they steal away,
and lie down in their dens.
[23] Man goes out to his work,
to his labor until the evening.
[24] Yahweh, how many are your works!
In wisdom, you have made them all.
The earth is full of your riches.
[25] There is the sea, great and wide,
in which are innumerable living things,
both small and large animals.
[26] There the ships go,
and leviathan, whom you formed to play there.
[27] These all wait for you,
that you may give them their food in due season.
[28] You give to them; they gather.
You open your hand; they are satisfied with good.
[29] You hide your face; they are troubled.
You take away their breath; they die and return to the dust.
[30] You send out your Spirit and they are created.
You renew the face of the ground.
[31] Let Yahweh’s glory endure forever.
Let Yahweh rejoice in his works.
[32] He looks at the earth, and it trembles.
He touches the mountains, and they smoke.
[33] I will sing to Yahweh as long as I live.
I will sing praise to my God while I have any being.
[34] Let my meditation be sweet to him.
I will rejoice in Yahweh.
[35] Let sinners be consumed out of the earth.
Let the wicked be no more.
Bless Yahweh, my soul.
Praise Yah!

Psalm 104:4 or, angels

Proverbs 22 ()

[1] A good name is more desirable than great riches,
and loving favor is better than silver and gold.
[2] The rich and the poor have this in common:
Yahweh is the maker of them all.
[3] A prudent man sees danger and hides himself;
but the simple pass on, and suffer for it.
[4] The result of humility and the fear of Yahweh
is wealth, honor, and life.
[5] Thorns and snares are in the path of the wicked;
whoever guards his soul stays from them.
[6] Train up a child in the way he should go,
and when he is old he will not depart from it.
[7] The rich rule over the poor.
The borrower is servant to the lender.
[8] He who sows wickedness reaps trouble,
and the rod of his fury will be destroyed.
[9] He who has a generous eye will be blessed,
for he shares his food with the poor.
[10] Drive out the mocker, and strife will go out;
yes, quarrels and insults will stop.
[11] He who loves purity of heart and speaks gracefully
is the king’s friend.
[12] Yahweh’s eyes watch over knowledge,
but he frustrates the words of the unfaithful.
[13] The sluggard says, “There is a lion outside!
I will be killed in the streets!”
[14] The mouth of an adulteress is a deep pit.
He who is under Yahweh’s wrath will fall into it.
[15] Folly is bound up in the heart of a child;
the rod of discipline drives it far from him.
[16] Whoever oppresses the poor for his own increase and whoever gives to the rich,
both come to poverty.

[17] Turn your ear, and listen to the words of the wise.
Apply your heart to my teaching.
[18] For it is a pleasant thing if you keep them within you,
if all of them are ready on your lips.
[19] I teach you today, even you,
so that your trust may be in Yahweh.
[20] Haven’t I written to you thirty excellent things
of counsel and knowledge,
[21] To teach you truth, reliable words,
to give sound answers to the ones who sent you?

[22] Don’t exploit the poor because he is poor;
and don’t crush the needy in court;
[23] for Yahweh will plead their case,
and plunder the life of those who plunder them.

[24] Don’t befriend a hot-tempered man.
Don’t associate with one who harbors anger,
[25] lest you learn his ways
and ensnare your soul.

[26] Don’t you be one of those who strike hands,
of those who are collateral for debts.
[27] If you don’t have means to pay,
why should he take away your bed from under you?

[28] Don’t move the ancient boundary stone
which your fathers have set up.

[29] Do you see a man skilled in his work?
He will serve kings.
He won’t serve obscure men.