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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.