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         <div class="label">103</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 103</span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">Of David.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.103.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Praise the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, my soul;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.103.1"><span class="content">all my inmost being, praise his holy name.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.103.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.103.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Praise the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, my soul,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.103.2"><span class="content">and forget not all his benefits&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.103.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.103.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">who forgives all your sins</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.103.3"><span class="content">and heals all your diseases,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.103.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.103.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">who redeems your life from the pit</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.103.4"><span class="content">and crowns you with love and compassion,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.103.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.103.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">who satisfies your desires with good things</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.103.5"><span class="content">so that your youth is renewed like the eagle&#8217;s.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.103.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.103.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> works righteousness</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.103.6"><span class="content">and justice for all the oppressed.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.103.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.103.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">He made known his ways to Moses,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.103.7"><span class="content">his deeds to the people of Israel:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.103.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.103.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is compassionate and gracious,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.103.8"><span class="content">slow to anger, abounding in love.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.103.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.103.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">He will not always accuse,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.103.9"><span class="content">nor will he harbor his anger forever;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.103.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.103.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">he does not treat us as our sins deserve</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.103.10"><span class="content">or repay us according to our iniquities.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.103.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.103.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">For as high as the heavens are above the earth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.103.11"><span class="content">so great is his love for those who fear him;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.103.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.103.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">as far as the east is from the west,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.103.12"><span class="content">so far has he removed our transgressions from us.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.103.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.103.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">As a father has compassion on his children,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.103.13"><span class="content">so the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has compassion on those who fear him;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.103.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.103.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">for he knows how we are formed,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.103.14"><span class="content">he remembers that we are dust.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.103.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.103.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">The life of mortals is like grass,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.103.15"><span class="content">they flourish like a flower of the field;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.103.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.103.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">the wind blows over it and it is gone,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.103.16"><span class="content">and its place remembers it no more.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.103.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.103.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">But from everlasting to everlasting</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.103.17"><span class="content">the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s love is with those who fear him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.103.17"><span class="content">and his righteousness with their children&#8217;s children&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.103.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.103.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">with those who keep his covenant</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.103.18"><span class="content">and remember to obey his precepts.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.103.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.103.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has established his throne in heaven,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.103.19"><span class="content">and his kingdom rules over all.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.103.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.103.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Praise the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, you his angels,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.103.20"><span class="content">you mighty ones who do his bidding,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.103.20"><span class="content">who obey his word.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.103.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.103.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Praise the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, all his heavenly hosts,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.103.21"><span class="content">you his servants who do his will.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.103.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.103.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Praise the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, all his works</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.103.22"><span class="content">everywhere in his dominion.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.103.22"><span class="content">Praise the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, my soul.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">104</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 104</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.104.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Praise the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, my soul.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.104.1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> my God, you are very great;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.104.1"><span class="content">you are clothed with splendor and majesty.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.104.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.104.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> wraps himself in light as with a garment;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.104.2"><span class="content">he stretches out the heavens like a tent</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.104.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.104.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">and lays the beams of his upper chambers on their waters.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.104.3"><span class="content">He makes the clouds his chariot</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.104.3"><span class="content">and rides on the wings of the wind.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.104.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.104.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">He makes winds his messengers,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">104:4 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">angels</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.104.4"><span class="content">flames of fire his servants.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.104.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.104.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">He set the earth on its foundations;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.104.5"><span class="content">it can never be moved.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.104.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.104.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">You covered it with the watery depths as with a garment;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.104.6"><span class="content">the waters stood above the mountains.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.104.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.104.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">But at your rebuke the waters fled,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.104.7"><span class="content">at the sound of your thunder they took to flight;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.104.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.104.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">they flowed over the mountains,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.104.8"><span class="content">they went down into the valleys,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.104.8"><span class="content">to the place you assigned for them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.104.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.104.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">You set a boundary they cannot cross;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.104.9"><span class="content">never again will they cover the earth.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.104.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.104.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">He makes springs pour water into the ravines;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.104.10"><span class="content">it flows between the mountains.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.104.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.104.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">They give water to all the beasts of the field;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.104.11"><span class="content">the wild donkeys quench their thirst.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.104.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.104.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">The birds of the sky nest by the waters;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.104.12"><span class="content">they sing among the branches.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.104.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.104.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">He waters the mountains from his upper chambers;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.104.13"><span class="content">the land is satisfied by the fruit of his work.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.104.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.104.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">He makes grass grow for the cattle,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.104.14"><span class="content">and plants for people to cultivate&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.104.14"><span class="content">bringing forth food from the earth:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.104.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.104.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">wine that gladdens human hearts,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.104.15"><span class="content">oil to make their faces shine,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.104.15"><span class="content">and bread that sustains their hearts.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.104.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.104.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">The trees of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> are well watered,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.104.16"><span class="content">the cedars of Lebanon that he planted.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.104.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.104.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">There the birds make their nests;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.104.17"><span class="content">the stork has its home in the junipers.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.104.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.104.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">The high mountains belong to the wild goats;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.104.18"><span class="content">the crags are a refuge for the hyrax.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.104.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.104.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">He made the moon to mark the seasons,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.104.19"><span class="content">and the sun knows when to go down.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.104.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.104.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">You bring darkness, it becomes night,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.104.20"><span class="content">and all the beasts of the forest prowl.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.104.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.104.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">The lions roar for their prey</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.104.21"><span class="content">and seek their food from God.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.104.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.104.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">The sun rises, and they steal away;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.104.22"><span class="content">they return and lie down in their dens.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.104.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.104.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Then people go out to their work,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.104.23"><span class="content">to their labor until evening.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.104.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.104.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">How many are your works, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.104.24"><span class="content">In wisdom you made them all;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.104.24"><span class="content">the earth is full of your creatures.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.104.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PSA.104.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">There is the sea, vast and spacious,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PSA.104.25"><span class="content">teeming with creatures beyond number&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PSA.104.25"><span class="content">living things both large and small.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PSA.104.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PSA.104.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">There the ships go to and fro,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PSA.104.26"><span class="content">and Leviathan, which you formed to frolic there.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PSA.104.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PSA.104.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">All creatures look to you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PSA.104.27"><span class="content">to give them their food at the proper time.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PSA.104.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PSA.104.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">When you give it to them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PSA.104.28"><span class="content">they gather it up;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PSA.104.28"><span class="content">when you open your hand,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PSA.104.28"><span class="content">they are satisfied with good things.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PSA.104.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PSA.104.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">When you hide your face,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PSA.104.29"><span class="content">they are terrified;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PSA.104.29"><span class="content">when you take away their breath,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PSA.104.29"><span class="content">they die and return to the dust.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PSA.104.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PSA.104.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">When you send your Spirit,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PSA.104.30"><span class="content">they are created,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PSA.104.30"><span class="content">and you renew the face of the ground.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PSA.104.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PSA.104.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">May the glory of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> endure forever;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PSA.104.31"><span class="content">may the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> rejoice in his works&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PSA.104.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PSA.104.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">he who looks at the earth, and it trembles,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PSA.104.32"><span class="content">who touches the mountains, and they smoke.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PSA.104.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PSA.104.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">I will sing to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> all my life;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PSA.104.33"><span class="content">I will sing praise to my God as long as I live.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PSA.104.33"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="PSA.104.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">May my meditation be pleasing to him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="PSA.104.34"><span class="content">as I rejoice in the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="PSA.104.34"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="PSA.104.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">But may sinners vanish from the earth</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="PSA.104.35"><span class="content">and the wicked be no more.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="PSA.104.35"><span class="content">Praise the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, my soul.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="PSA.104.35"><span class="content">Praise the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">104:35 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Hallelu Yah</span><span class="ft">; in the Septuagint this line stands at the beginning of Psalm 105.</span></span></span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">105</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 105</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.105.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Give praise to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, proclaim his name;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.105.1"><span class="content">make known among the nations what he has done.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.105.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.105.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Sing to him, sing praise to him;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.105.2"><span class="content">tell of all his wonderful acts.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.105.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.105.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Glory in his holy name;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.105.3"><span class="content">let the hearts of those who seek the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> rejoice.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.105.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.105.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Look to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> and his strength;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.105.4"><span class="content">seek his face always.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.105.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.105.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Remember the wonders he has done,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.105.5"><span class="content">his miracles, and the judgments he pronounced,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.105.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.105.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">you his servants, the descendants of Abraham,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.105.6"><span class="content">his chosen ones, the children of Jacob.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.105.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.105.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">He is the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> our God;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.105.7"><span class="content">his judgments are in all the earth.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.105.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.105.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">He remembers his covenant forever,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.105.8"><span class="content">the promise he made, for a thousand generations,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.105.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.105.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">the covenant he made with Abraham,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.105.9"><span class="content">the oath he swore to Isaac.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.105.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.105.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">He confirmed it to Jacob as a decree,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.105.10"><span class="content">to Israel as an everlasting covenant:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.105.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.105.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">&#8220;To you I will give the land of Canaan</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.105.11"><span class="content">as the portion you will inherit.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.105.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.105.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">When they were but few in number,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.105.12"><span class="content">few indeed, and strangers in it,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.105.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.105.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">they wandered from nation to nation,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.105.13"><span class="content">from one kingdom to another.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.105.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.105.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">He allowed no one to oppress them;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.105.14"><span class="content">for their sake he rebuked kings:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.105.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.105.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">&#8220;Do not touch my anointed ones;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.105.15"><span class="content">do my prophets no harm.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.105.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.105.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">He called down famine on the land</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.105.16"><span class="content">and destroyed all their supplies of food;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.105.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.105.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">and he sent a man before them&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.105.17"><span class="content">Joseph, sold as a slave.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.105.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.105.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">They bruised his feet with shackles,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.105.18"><span class="content">his neck was put in irons,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.105.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.105.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">till what he foretold came to pass,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.105.19"><span class="content">till the word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> proved him true.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.105.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.105.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">The king sent and released him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.105.20"><span class="content">the ruler of peoples set him free.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.105.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.105.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">He made him master of his household,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.105.21"><span class="content">ruler over all he possessed,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.105.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.105.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">to instruct his princes as he pleased</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.105.22"><span class="content">and teach his elders wisdom.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.105.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.105.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Then Israel entered Egypt;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.105.23"><span class="content">Jacob resided as a foreigner in the land of Ham.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.105.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.105.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> made his people very fruitful;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.105.24"><span class="content">he made them too numerous for their foes,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.105.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PSA.105.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">whose hearts he turned to hate his people,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PSA.105.25"><span class="content">to conspire against his servants.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PSA.105.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PSA.105.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">He sent Moses his servant,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PSA.105.26"><span class="content">and Aaron, whom he had chosen.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PSA.105.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PSA.105.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">They performed his signs among them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PSA.105.27"><span class="content">his wonders in the land of Ham.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PSA.105.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PSA.105.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">He sent darkness and made the land dark&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PSA.105.28"><span class="content">for had they not rebelled against his words?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PSA.105.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PSA.105.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">He turned their waters into blood,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PSA.105.29"><span class="content">causing their fish to die.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PSA.105.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PSA.105.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">Their land teemed with frogs,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PSA.105.30"><span class="content">which went up into the bedrooms of their rulers.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PSA.105.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PSA.105.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">He spoke, and there came swarms of flies,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PSA.105.31"><span class="content">and gnats throughout their country.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PSA.105.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PSA.105.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">He turned their rain into hail,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PSA.105.32"><span class="content">with lightning throughout their land;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PSA.105.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PSA.105.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">he struck down their vines and fig trees</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PSA.105.33"><span class="content">and shattered the trees of their country.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PSA.105.33"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="PSA.105.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">He spoke, and the locusts came,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="PSA.105.34"><span class="content">grasshoppers without number;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="PSA.105.34"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="PSA.105.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">they ate up every green thing in their land,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="PSA.105.35"><span class="content">ate up the produce of their soil.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="PSA.105.35"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="PSA.105.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">Then he struck down all the firstborn in their land,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="PSA.105.36"><span class="content">the firstfruits of all their manhood.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="PSA.105.36"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="PSA.105.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">He brought out Israel, laden with silver and gold,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="PSA.105.37"><span class="content">and from among their tribes no one faltered.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="PSA.105.37"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="PSA.105.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="content">Egypt was glad when they left,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="PSA.105.38"><span class="content">because dread of Israel had fallen on them.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="PSA.105.38"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="PSA.105.39"><span class="label">39</span><span class="content">He spread out a cloud as a covering,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="PSA.105.39"><span class="content">and a fire to give light at night.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="PSA.105.39"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="PSA.105.40"><span class="label">40</span><span class="content">They asked, and he brought them quail;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="PSA.105.40"><span class="content">he fed them well with the bread of heaven.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="PSA.105.40"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="PSA.105.41"><span class="label">41</span><span class="content">He opened the rock, and water gushed out;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="PSA.105.41"><span class="content">it flowed like a river in the desert.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="PSA.105.41"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="PSA.105.42"><span class="label">42</span><span class="content">For he remembered his holy promise</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="PSA.105.42"><span class="content">given to his servant Abraham.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="PSA.105.42"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="PSA.105.43"><span class="label">43</span><span class="content">He brought out his people with rejoicing,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="PSA.105.43"><span class="content">his chosen ones with shouts of joy;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="PSA.105.43"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v44" data-usfm="PSA.105.44"><span class="label">44</span><span class="content">he gave them the lands of the nations,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v44" data-usfm="PSA.105.44"><span class="content">and they fell heir to what others had toiled for&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v44" data-usfm="PSA.105.44"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v45" data-usfm="PSA.105.45"><span class="label">45</span><span class="content">that they might keep his precepts</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v45" data-usfm="PSA.105.45"><span class="content">and observe his laws.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v45" data-usfm="PSA.105.45"><span class="content">Praise the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">105:45 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Hallelu Yah</span></span></span></span></div>
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