Psalms 89; Psalms 96; Psalms 100-101; Psalms 105; Psalms 132 - Prayer Tents

89[A psalm of Ethan the Ezrahite.] I will sing of the Lord’s unfailing love forever! Young and old will hear of your faithfulness.H4905H387H250H7891H2617H3068H5769H6310H3045H530H1755H1755 2Your unfailing love will last forever. Your faithfulness is as enduring as the heavens.H559H2617H1129H5769H530H3559H8064 3The Lord said, “I have made a covenant with David, my chosen servant. I have sworn this oath to him.H3772H1285H972H7650H1732H5650 4‘I will establish your descendants as kings forever; they will sit on your throne from now until eternity.’” InterludeH2233H3559H5704H5769H1129H3678H1755H1755H5542 5All heaven will praise your great wonders, Lord; myriads of angels will praise you for your faithfulness.H8064H3034H6382H3068H530H6951H6918 6For who in all of heaven can compare with the Lord? What mightiest angel is anything like the Lord?H7834H6186H3068H1121H410H1819H3068 7The highest angelic powers stand in awe of God. He is far more awesome than all who surround his throne.H410H7227H6206H5475H6918H3372H5439 8O Lord God of Heaven’s Armies! Where is there anyone as mighty as you, O Lord? You are entirely faithful.H3068H430H6635H2626H3050H530H5439 9You rule the oceans. You subdue their storm-tossed waves.H4910H1348H3220H1530H7721H7623 10You crushed the great sea monster. You scattered your enemies with your mighty arm.H1792H7294H1792H2491H6340H341H5797H2220 11The heavens are yours, and the earth is yours; everything in the world is yours—you created it all.H8064H776H8398H4393H3245 12You created north and south. Mount Tabor and Mount Hermon praise your name.H6828H3225H1254H8396H2768H7442H8034 13Powerful is your arm! Strong is your hand! Your right hand is lifted high in glorious strength.H1369H2220H5810H3027H7311H3225 14Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne. Unfailing love and truth walk before you as attendants.H6664H4941H4349H3678H2617H571H6923H6440 15Happy are those who hear the joyful call to worship, for they will walk in the light of your presence, Lord.H835H5971H3045H8643H1980H3068H216H6440 16They rejoice all day long in your wonderful reputation. They exult in your righteousness.H8034H1523H3117H6666H7311 17You are their glorious strength. It pleases you to make us strong.H8597H5797H7522H7161H7311H7311 18Yes, our protection comes from the Lord, and he, the Holy One of Israel, has given us our king.H3068H4043H6918H3478H4428 19Long ago you spoke in a vision to your faithful people. You said, “I have raised up a warrior. I have selected him from the common people to be king.H1696H2377H2623H559H7737H5828H1368H7311H977H5971 20I have found my servant David. I have anointed him with my holy oil.H4672H1732H5650H6944H8081H4886 21I will steady him with my hand; with my powerful arm I will make him strong.H3027H3559H2220H553 22His enemies will not defeat him, nor will the wicked overpower him.H341H5378H1121H5766H6031 23I will beat down his adversaries before him and destroy those who hate him.H3807H6862H6440H5062H8130 24My faithfulness and unfailing love will be with him, and by my authority he will grow in power.H530H2617H8034H7161H7311 25I will extend his rule over the sea, his dominion over the rivers.H7760H3027H3220H3225H5104 26And he will call out to me, ‘You are my Father, my God, and the Rock of my salvation.’H7121H1H410H6697H3444 27I will make him my firstborn son, the mightiest king on earth.H5414H1060H5945H4428H776 28I will love him and be kind to him forever; my covenant with him will never end.H2617H8104H5769H1285H539 29I will preserve an heir for him; his throne will be as endless as the days of heaven.H2233H7760H5703H3678H3117H8064 30But if his descendants forsake my instructions and fail to obey my regulations,H1121H5800H8451H3212H4941 31if they do not obey my decrees and fail to keep my commands,H2490H2708H8104H4687 32then I will punish their sin with the rod, and their disobedience with beating.H6485H6588H7626H5771H5061 33But I will never stop loving him nor fail to keep my promise to him.H2617H6331H530H8266 34No, I will not break my covenant; I will not take back a single word I said.H1285H2490H8138H4161H8193 35I have sworn an oath to David, and in my holiness I cannot lie.H259H7650H6944H3576H1732 36His dynasty will go on forever; his kingdom will endure as the sun.H2233H5769H3678H8121 37It will be as eternal as the moon, my faithful witness in the sky!” InterludeH3559H5769H3394H539H5707H7834H5542 38But now you have rejected him and cast him off. You are angry with your anointed king.H2186H3988H5674H4899 39You have renounced your covenant with him; you have thrown his crown in the dust.H5010H1285H5650H2490H5145H776 40You have broken down the walls protecting him and ruined every fort defending him.H6555H1448H7760H4013H4288 41Everyone who comes along has robbed him, and he has become a joke to his neighbors.H5674H1870H8155H2781H7934 42You have strengthened his enemies and made them all rejoice.H7311H3225H6862H341H8055 43You have made his sword useless and refused to help him in battle.H7725H6697H2719H6965H4421 44You have ended his splendor and overturned his throne.H2892H7673H4048H3678H4048H776 45You have made him old before his time and publicly disgraced him. InterludeH3117H5934H7114H5844H955H5542 46O Lord, how long will this go on? Will you hide yourself forever? How long will your anger burn like fire?H3068H5641H5331H2534H1197H784 47Remember how short my life is, how empty and futile this human existence!H2142H2465H1254H1121H120H7723 48No one can live forever; all will die. No one can escape the power of the grave. InterludeH1397H2421H7200H4194H4422H5315H3027H7585H5542 49Lord, where is your unfailing love? You promised it to David with a faithful pledge.H136H7223H2617H7650H1732H530 50Consider, Lord, how your servants are disgraced! I carry in my heart the insults of so many people.H2142H136H2781H5650H5375H2436H7227H5971 51Your enemies have mocked me, O Lord; they mock your anointed king wherever he goes.H341H2778H3068H2778H6119H4899 52Praise the Lord forever! Amen and amen!H1288H3068H5769H543H543

96Sing a new song to the Lord! Let the whole earth sing to the Lord!H7891H3068H2319H7892H7891H3068H776 2Sing to the Lord; praise his name. Each day proclaim the good news that he saves.H7891H3068H1288H8034H1319H3444H3117H3117 3Publish his glorious deeds among the nations. Tell everyone about the amazing things he does.H5608H3519H1471H6381H5971 4Great is the Lord! He is most worthy of praise! He is to be feared above all gods.H3068H1419H3966H1984H3372H430 5The gods of other nations are mere idols, but the Lord made the heavens!H430H5971H457H3068H6213H8064 6Honor and majesty surround him; strength and beauty fill his sanctuary.H1935H1926H6440H5797H8597H4720 7O nations of the world, recognize the Lord; recognize that the Lord is glorious and strong.H3051H3068H4940H5971H3051H3068H3519H5797 8Give to the Lord the glory he deserves! Bring your offering and come into his courts.H3051H3068H3519H8034H5375H4503H935H2691 9Worship the Lord in all his holy splendor. Let all the earth tremble before him.H7812H3068H1927H6944H2342H6440H776 10Tell all the nations, “The Lord reigns!” The world stands firm and cannot be shaken. He will judge all peoples fairly.H559H1471H3068H4427H8398H3559H4131H1777H5971H4339 11Let the heavens be glad, and the earth rejoice! Let the sea and everything in it shout his praise!H8064H8055H776H1523H3220H7481H4393 12Let the fields and their crops burst out with joy! Let the trees of the forest rustle with praiseH7704H5937H6086H3293H7442 13before the Lord, for he is coming! He is coming to judge the earth. He will judge the world with justice, and the nations with his truth.H6440H3068H935H935H8199H776H8199H8398H6664H5971H530

100[A psalm of thanksgiving.] Shout with joy to the Lord, all the earth!H4210H8426H7321H3068H776 2Worship the Lord with gladness. Come before him, singing with joy.H5647H3068H8057H935H6440H7445 3Acknowledge that the Lord is God! He made us, and we are his. We are his people, the sheep of his pasture.H3045H3068H430H6213H5971H6629H4830 4Enter his gates with thanksgiving; go into his courts with praise. Give thanks to him and praise his name.H935H8179H8426H2691H8416H3034H1288H8034 5For the Lord is good. His unfailing love continues forever, and his faithfulness continues to each generation.H3068H2896H2617H5769H530H1755H1755

101[A psalm of David.] I will sing of your love and justice, Lord. I will praise you with songs.H4210H1732H7891H2617H4941H3068H2167 2I will be careful to live a blameless life—when will you come to help me? I will lead a life of integrity in my own home.H7919H8549H1870H935H1980H7130H1004H8537H3824 3I will refuse to look at anything vile and vulgar. I hate all who deal crookedly; I will have nothing to do with them.H7896H1100H1697H5869H8130H6213H7750H1692 4I will reject perverse ideas and stay away from every evil.H6141H3824H5493H3045H7451 5I will not tolerate people who slander their neighbors. I will not endure conceit and pride.H5643H3960H3960H7453H6789H1362H5869H7342H3824H3201 6I will search for faithful people to be my companions. Only those who are above reproach will be allowed to serve me.H5869H539H776H3427H1980H8549H1870H8334 7I will not allow deceivers to serve in my house, and liars will not stay in my presence.H6213H7423H3427H7130H1004H1696H8267H3559H5869 8My daily task will be to ferret out the wicked and free the city of the Lord from their grip.H1242H6789H7563H776H3772H205H6466H5892H3068

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