Psalms 104-106 - Prayer Tents

104Let all that I am praise the Lord. O Lord my God, how great you are! You are robed with honor and majesty.H1288H3068H5315H3068H430H3966H1431H3847H1935H1926 2You are dressed in a robe of light. You stretch out the starry curtain of the heavens;H5844H216H8008H5186H8064H3407 3you lay out the rafters of your home in the rain clouds. You make the clouds your chariot; you ride upon the wings of the wind.H7136H5944H4325H7760H5645H7398H1980H3671H7307 4The winds are your messengers; flames of fire are your servants.H6213H4397H7307H8334H3857H784 5You placed the world on its foundation so it would never be moved.H3245H4349H776H4131H5769H5703 6You clothed the earth with floods of water, water that covered even the mountains.H3680H8415H3830H4325H5975H2022 7At your command, the water fled; at the sound of your thunder, it hurried away.H4480H1606H5127H6963H7482H2648 8Mountains rose and valleys sank to the levels you decreed.H5927H2022H3381H1237H4725H2088H3245 9Then you set a firm boundary for the seas, so they would never again cover the earth.H7760H1366H5674H7725H3680H776 10You make springs pour water into the ravines, so streams gush down from the mountains.H7971H4599H5158H1980H2022 11They provide water for all the animals, and the wild donkeys quench their thirst.H8248H2416H7704H6501H7665H6772 12The birds nest beside the streams and sing among the branches of the trees.H5775H8064H7931H5414H6963H996H6073 13You send rain on the mountains from your heavenly home, and you fill the earth with the fruit of your labor.H8248H2022H5944H776H7646H6529H4639 14You cause grass to grow for the livestock and plants for people to use. You allow them to produce food from the earth—H2682H6779H929H6212H5656H120H3318H3899H776 15wine to make them glad, olive oil to soothe their skin, and bread to give them strength.H3196H8055H3824H582H8081H6440H6670H3899H5582H582H3824 16The trees of the Lord are well cared for—the cedars of Lebanon that he planted.H6086H3068H7646H730H3844H5193 17There the birds make their nests, and the storks make their homes in the cypresses.H6833H7077H2624H1265H1004 18High in the mountains live the wild goats, and the rocks form a refuge for the hyraxes.H1364H2022H4268H3277H5553H8227 19You made the moon to mark the seasons, and the sun knows when to set.H6213H3394H4150H8121H3045H3996 20You send the darkness, and it becomes night, when all the forest animals prowl about.H7896H2822H3915H2416H3293H7430 21Then the young lions roar for their prey, stalking the food provided by God.H3715H7580H2964H1245H400H410 22At dawn they slink back into their dens to rest.H8121H2224H622H7257H4585 23Then people go off to their work, where they labor until evening.H120H3318H6467H5656H6153 24O Lord, what a variety of things you have made! In wisdom you have made them all. The earth is full of your creatures.H3068H7231H4639H2451H6213H776H4390H7075 25Here is the ocean, vast and wide, teeming with life of every kind, both large and small.H1419H7342H3027H3220H7431H4557H6996H1419H2416 26See the ships sailing along, and Leviathan, which you made to play in the sea.H1980H591H3882H3335H7832 27They all depend on you to give them food as they need it.H7663H5414H400H6256 28When you supply it, they gather it. You open your hand to feed them, and they are richly satisfied.H5414H3950H6605H3027H7646H2896 29But if you turn away from them, they panic. When you take away their breath, they die and turn again to dust.H5641H6440H926H622H7307H1478H7725H6083 30When you give them your breath, life is created, and you renew the face of the earth.H7971H7307H1254H2318H6440H127 31May the glory of the Lord continue forever! The Lord takes pleasure in all he has made!H3519H3068H5769H3068H8055H4639 32The earth trembles at his glance; the mountains smoke at his touch.H5027H776H7460H5060H2022H6225 33I will sing to the Lord as long as I live. I will praise my God to my last breath!H7891H3068H2416H2167H430H5750 34May all my thoughts be pleasing to him, for I rejoice in the Lord.H7879H6149H8055H3068 35Let all sinners vanish from the face of the earth; let the wicked disappear forever. Let all that I am praise the Lord. Praise the Lord!H2400H8552H776H7563H1288H3068H5315H1984H3050

105Give thanks to the Lord and proclaim his greatness. Let the whole world know what he has done.H3034H3068H7121H8034H3045H5949H5971 2Sing to him; yes, sing his praises. Tell everyone about his wonderful deeds.H7891H2167H7878H6381 3Exult in his holy name; rejoice, you who worship the Lord.H1984H6944H8034H3820H8055H1245H3068 4Search for the Lord and for his strength; continually seek him.H1875H3068H5797H1245H6440H8548 5Remember the wonders he has performed, his miracles, and the rulings he has given,H2142H6381H6213H4159H4941H6310 6you children of his servant Abraham, you descendants of Jacob, his chosen ones.H2233H85H5650H1121H3290H972 7He is the Lord our God. His justice is seen throughout the land.H3068H430H4941H776 8He always stands by his covenant—the commitment he made to a thousand generations.H2142H1285H5769H1697H6680H505H1755 9This is the covenant he made with Abraham and the oath he swore to Isaac.H3772H85H7621H3446 10He confirmed it to Jacob as a decree, and to the people of Israel as a never-ending covenant.H5975H3290H2706H3478H5769H1285 11“I will give you the land of Canaan as your special possession.”H559H5414H776H3667H2256H5159 12He said this when they were few in number, a tiny group of strangers in Canaan.H4962H4557H4592H1481 13They wandered from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another.H1980H1471H4467H312H5971 14Yet he did not let anyone oppress them. He warned kings on their behalf.H3240H120H6231H3198H4428 15“Do not touch my chosen people, and do not hurt my prophets.”H5060H4899H5030H7489 16He called for a famine on the land of Canaan, cutting off its food supply.H7121H7458H776H7665H4294H3899 17Then he sent someone to Egypt ahead of them—Joseph, who was sold as a slave.H7971H376H6440H3130H4376H5650 18They bruised his feet with fetters and placed his neck in an iron collar.H7272H6031H3525H5315H935H1270 19Until the time came to fulfill his dreams, the Lord tested Joseph’s character.H6256H1697H935H565H3068H6884 20Then Pharaoh sent for him and set him free; the ruler of the nation opened his prison door.H4428H7971H5425H4910H5971H6605 21Joseph was put in charge of all the king’s household; he became ruler over all the king’s possessions.H7760H113H1004H4910H7075 22He could instruct the king’s aides as he pleased and teach the king’s advisers.H631H8269H5315H2205H2449 23Then Israel arrived in Egypt; Jacob lived as a foreigner in the land of Ham.H3478H935H4714H3290H1481H776H2526 24And the Lord multiplied the people of Israel until they became too mighty for their enemies.H6509H5971H3966H6105H6862 25Then he turned the Egyptians against the Israelites, and they plotted against the Lord’s servants.H2015H3820H8130H5971H5230H5650 26But the Lord sent his servant Moses, along with Aaron, whom he had chosen.H7971H4872H5650H175H977 27They performed miraculous signs among the Egyptians, and wonders in the land of Ham.H7760H226H1697H4159H776H2526 28The Lord blanketed Egypt in darkness, for they had defied his commands to let his people go.H7971H2822H2821H4784H1697 29He turned their water into blood, poisoning all the fish.H2015H4325H1818H4191H1710 30Then frogs overran the land and even invaded the king’s bedrooms.H776H8317H6854H8317H2315H4428 31When the Lord spoke, flies descended on the Egyptians, and gnats swarmed across Egypt.H559H935H6157H3654H1366 32He sent them hail instead of rain, and lightning flashed over the land.H5414H1259H1653H3852H784H776 33He ruined their grapevines and fig trees and shattered all the trees.H5221H1612H8384H7665H6086H1366 34He spoke, and hordes of locusts came—young locusts beyond number.H559H697H935H3218H4557 35They ate up everything green in the land, destroying all the crops in their fields.H398H6212H776H398H6529H127 36Then he killed the oldest son in each Egyptian home, the pride and joy of each family.H5221H1060H776H7225H202 37The Lord brought his people out of Egypt, loaded with silver and gold; and not one among the tribes of Israel even stumbled.H3318H3701H2091H3782H7626 38Egypt was glad when they were gone, for they feared them greatly.H4714H8055H3318H6343H5307 39The Lord spread a cloud above them as a covering and gave them a great fire to light the darkness.H6566H6051H4539H784H215H3915 40They asked for meat, and he sent them quail; he satisfied their hunger with manna—bread from heaven.H7592H935H7958H7646H3899H8064 41He split open a rock, and water gushed out to form a river through the dry wasteland.H6605H6697H4325H2100H1980H6723H5104 42For he remembered his sacred promise to his servant Abraham.H2142H6944H1697H85H5650 43So he brought his people out of Egypt with joy, his chosen ones with rejoicing.H3318H5971H8342H972H7440 44He gave his people the lands of pagan nations, and they harvested crops that others had planted.H5414H776H1471H3423H5999H3816 45All this happened so they would follow his decrees and obey his instructions. Praise the Lord!H8104H2706H5341H8451H1984H3050

106Praise the Lord! Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good! His faithful love endures forever.H1984H3050H3034H3068H2896H2617H57692Who can list the glorious miracles of the Lord? Who can ever praise him enough?H4448H1369H3068H8085H84163There is joy for those who deal justly with others and always do what is right.H835H8104H4941H6213H6666H62564Remember me, Lord, when you show favor to your people; come near and rescue me.H2142H3068H7522H5971H6485H34445Let me share in the prosperity of your chosen ones. Let me rejoice in the joy of your people; let me praise you with those who are your heritage.H7200H2896H972H8055H8057H1471H1984H51596Like our ancestors, we have sinned. We have done wrong! We have acted wickedly!H2398H1H5753H75617Our ancestors in Egypt were not impressed by the Lord’s miraculous deeds. They soon forgot his many acts of kindness to them. Instead, they rebelled against him at the Red Sea.H1H7919H6381H4714H2142H7230H2617H4784H3220H5488H32208Even so, he saved them—to defend the honor of his name and to demonstrate his mighty power.H3467H8034H1369H30459He commanded the Red Sea to dry up. He led Israel across the sea as if it were a desert.H1605H5488H3220H2717H3212H8415H405710So he rescued them from their enemies and redeemed them from their foes.H3467H3027H8130H1350H3027H34111Then the water returned and covered their enemies; not one of them survived.H4325H3680H6862H259H349812Then his people believed his promises. Then they sang his praise.H539H1697H7891H841613Yet how quickly they forgot what he had done! They wouldn’t wait for his counsel!H4116H7911H4639H2442H609814In the wilderness their desires ran wild, testing God’s patience in that dry wasteland.H183H8378H4057H5254H410H345215So he gave them what they asked for, but he sent a plague along with it.H5414H7596H7971H7332H531516The people in the camp were jealous of Moses and envious of Aaron, the Lord’s holy priest.H7065H4872H4264H175H6918H306817Because of this, the earth opened up; it swallowed Dathan and buried Abiram and the other rebels.H776H6605H1104H1885H3680H5712H4818Fire fell upon their followers; a flame consumed the wicked.H784H1197H5712H3852H3857H756319The people made a calf at Mount Sinai; they bowed before an image made of gold.H6213H5695H2722H7812H454120They traded their glorious God for a statue of a grass-eating bull.H4171H3519H8403H7794H398H621221They forgot God, their savior, who had done such great things in Egypt—H7911H410H3467H6213H1419H471422such wonderful things in the land of Ham, such awesome deeds at the Red Sea.H6381H776H2526H3372H5488H322023So he declared he would destroy them. But Moses, his chosen one, stepped between the Lord and the people. He begged him to turn from his anger and not destroy them.H559H8045H3884H4872H972H5975H6440H6556H7725H2534H784324The people refused to enter the pleasant land, for they wouldn’t believe his promise to care for them.H3988H2532H776H539H169725Instead, they grumbled in their tents and refused to obey the Lord.H7279H168H8085H6963H306826Therefore, he solemnly swore that he would kill them in the wilderness,H5375H3027H5307H405727that he would scatter their descendants among the nations, exiling them to distant lands.H5307H2233H1471H2219H77628Then our ancestors joined in the worship of Baal at Peor; they even ate sacrifices offered to the dead!H6775H1187H398H2077H419129They angered the Lord with all these things, so a plague broke out among them.H3707H4611H4046H655530But Phinehas had the courage to intervene, and the plague was stopped.H5975H6372H6419H4046H611331So he has been regarded as a righteous man ever since that time.H2803H6666H1755H1755H5704H576932At Meribah, too, they angered the Lord, causing Moses serious trouble.H7107H4325H4808H4809H3415H487233They made Moses angry, and he spoke foolishly.H4784H7307H981H819334Israel failed to destroy the nations in the land, as the Lord had commanded them.H8045H5971H3068H55935Instead, they mingled among the pagans and adopted their evil customs.H6148H1471H3925H463936They worshiped their idols, which led to their downfall.H5647H6091H417037They even sacrificed their sons and their daughters to the demons.H2076H1121H1323H770038They shed innocent blood, the blood of their sons and daughters. By sacrificing them to the idols of Canaan, they polluted the land with murder.H8210H5355H1818H1818H1121H1323H2076H6091H3667H776H2610H181839They defiled themselves by their evil deeds, and their love of idols was adultery in the Lord’s sight.H2930H4639H2181H461140That is why the Lord’s anger burned against his people, and he abhorred his own special possession.H639H3068H2734H5971H8581H515941He handed them over to pagan nations, and they were ruled by those who hated them.H5414H3027H1471H8130H491042Their enemies crushed them and brought them under their cruel power.H341H3905H3665H302743Again and again he rescued them, but they chose to rebel against him, and they were finally destroyed by their sin.H7227H6471H5337H4784H6098H4355H577144Even so, he pitied them in their distress and listened to their cries.H7200H6862H8085H744045He remembered his covenant with them and relented because of his unfailing love.H2142H1285H5162H7230H261746He even caused their captors to treat them with kindness.H5414H7356H6440H761747Save us, O Lord our God! Gather us back from among the nations, so we can thank your holy name and rejoice and praise you.H3467H3068H430H6908H1471H3034H6944H8034H7623H841648Praise the Lord, the God of Israel, who lives from everlasting to everlasting! Let all the people say, “Amen!” Praise the Lord!H1288H3068H430H3478H5769H5769H5971H559H543H1984H3050