Book Four (Psalms 90-106) "Concerning Israel and the Nations of the Earth"


1:   Praise ye the LORD.

O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.
2:   Who can utter the mighty acts of the LORD? who can shew forth all his praise?
3:   Blessed are they that keep judgment, and he that doeth righteousness at all times.

4:   Remember me, O LORD, with the favour that thou bearest unto thy people: O visit me with thy salvation;
5:   That I may see the good of thy chosen, that I may rejoice in the gladness of thy nation, that I may glory with thine inheritance.

6:   We have sinned with our fathers, we have committed iniquity, we have done wickedly.
7:   Our fathers understood not thy wonders in Egypt; they remembered not the multitude of thy mercies; but provoked him at the sea, even at the Red sea.

8:   Nevertheless he saved them for his name's sake, that he might make his mighty power to be known.
9:   He rebuked the Red sea also, and it was dried up: so he led them through the depths, as through the wilderness.
10:   And he saved them from the hand of him that hated them, and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.
11:   And the waters covered their enemies: there was not one of them left.
12:   Then believed they his words; they sang his praise.

13:   They soon forgat his works; they waited not for his counsel:
14:   But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the desert.
15:   And he gave them their request; but sent leanness into their soul.
16:   They envied Moses also in the camp, and Aaron the saint of the LORD.

17:   The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company of Abiram.
18:   And a fire was kindled in their company; the flame burned up the wicked.

19:   They made a calf in Horeb, and worshipped the molten image.
20:   Thus they changed their glory into the similitude of an ox that eateth grass.
21:   They forgat God their saviour, which had done great things in Egypt;
22:   Wondrous works in the land of Ham, and terrible things by the Red sea.

23:   Therefore he said that he would destroy them,

had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach, to turn away his wrath, lest he should destroy them.

24:   Yea, they despised the pleasant land, they believed not his word:
25:   But murmured in their tents, and hearkened not unto the voice of the LORD.

26:   Therefore he lifted up his hand against them, to overthrow them in the wilderness:
27:   To overthrow their seed also among the nations, and to scatter them in the lands.

28:   They joined themselves also unto Baal-peor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead.
29:   Thus they provoked him to anger with their inventions:

and the plague brake in upon them.

30:   Then stood up Phinehas, and executed judgment: and so the plague was stayed.
31:   And that was counted unto him for righteousness unto all generations for evermore.

32:   They angered him also at the waters of strife,

so that it went ill with Moses for their sakes:
33:   Because they provoked his spirit, so that he spake unadvisedly with his lips.

34:   They did not destroy the nations, concerning whom the LORD commanded them:
35:   But were mingled among the heathen, and learned their works.
36:   And they served their idols: which were a snare unto them.
37:   Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto devils,
38:   And shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan: and the land was polluted with blood.
39:   Thus were they defiled with their own works, and went a whoring with their own inventions.

40:   Therefore was the wrath of the LORD kindled against his people, insomuch that he abhorred his own inheritance.
41:   And he gave them into the hand of the heathen; and they that hated them ruled over them.
42:   Their enemies also oppressed them, and they were brought into subjection under their hand.

43:   Many times did he deliver them;

but they provoked him with their counsel, and were brought low for their iniquity.

44:   Nevertheless he regarded their affliction, when he heard their cry:
45:   And he remembered for them his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his mercies.
46:   He made them also to be pitied of all those that carried them captives.

47:   Save us, O LORD our God, and gather us from among the heathen, to give thanks unto thy holy name, and to triumph in thy praise.

48:   Blessed be the Lord God of Israel from everlasting to everlasting: and let all the people say, Amen.

Praise ye the LORD.