Day 183: Psalms 102 - 105
Bible in a year reading for day 183.
Psalms 102
- 10 because of Your indignation and wrath, for You have picked me up and cast me aside.
- 11 My days are like lengthening shadows, and I wither away like grass.
- 12 But You, O LORD, sit enthroned forever; Your renown endures to all generations.
- 13 You will rise up and have compassion on Zion, for it is time to show her favor— the appointed time has come.
- 14 For Your servants delight in her stones and take pity on her dust.
- 15 So the nations will fear the name of the LORD, and all the kings of the earth will fear Your glory.
- 16 For the LORD will rebuild Zion; He has appeared in His glory.
- 17 He will turn toward the prayer of the destitute; He will not despise their prayer.
- 18 Let this be written for the generation to come, so that a people not yet created may praise the LORD.
- 19 For He looked down from the heights of His sanctuary; the LORD gazed out from heaven to earth
- 20 to hear a prisoner’s groaning, to release those condemned to death,
- 21 that they may proclaim the name of the LORD in Zion and praise Him in Jerusalem,
- 22 when peoples and kingdoms assemble to serve the LORD.
- 23 He has broken my strength on the way; He has cut short my days.
- 24 I say: “O my God, do not take me in the midst of my days! Your years go on through all generations.
- 25 In the beginning You laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of Your hands.
- 26 They will perish, but You remain; they will all wear out like a garment. Like clothing You will change them, and they will be passed on.
- 27 But You remain the same, and Your years will never end.
- 28 The children of Your servants will dwell securely, and their descendants will be established before You.”
Psalms 103
- 1 Of David. Bless the LORD, O my soul; all that is within me, bless His holy name.
- 2 Bless the LORD, O my soul, and do not forget all His kind deeds—
- 3 He who forgives all your iniquities and heals all your diseases,
- 4 who redeems your life from the Pit and crowns you with loving devotion and compassion,
- 5 who satisfies you with good things, so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.
- 6 The LORD executes righteousness and justice for all the oppressed.
- 7 He made known His ways to Moses, His deeds to the people of Israel.
- 8 The LORD is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion.
- 9 He will not always accuse us, nor harbor His anger forever.
- 10 He has not dealt with us according to our sins or repaid us according to our iniquities.
- 11 For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is His loving devotion for those who fear Him.
- 12 As far as the east is from the west, so far has He removed our transgressions from us.
- 13 As a father has compassion on his children, so the LORD has compassion on those who fear Him.
- 14 For He knows our frame; He is mindful that we are dust.
- 15 As for man, his days are like grass— he blooms like a flower of the field;
- 16 when the wind passes over, it vanishes, and its place remembers it no more.
- 17 But from everlasting to everlasting the loving devotion of the LORD extends to those who fear Him, and His righteousness to their children’s children—
- 18 to those who keep His covenant and remember to obey His precepts.
- 19 The LORD has established His throne in heaven, and His kingdom rules over all.
- 20 Bless the LORD, all His angels mighty in strength who carry out His word, who hearken to the voice of His command.
- 21 Bless the LORD, all His hosts, you servants who do His will.
- 22 Bless the LORD, all His works in all places of His dominion. Bless the LORD, O my soul!
Psalms 104
- 1 Bless the LORD, O my soul! O LORD my God, You are very great; You are clothed with splendor and majesty.
- 2 He wraps Himself in light as with a garment; He stretches out the heavens like a tent,
- 3 laying the beams of His chambers in the waters above, making the clouds His chariot, walking on the wings of the wind.
- 4 He makes the winds His messengers, flames of fire His servants.
- 5 He set the earth on its foundations, never to be moved.
- 6 You covered it with the deep like a garment; the waters stood above the mountains.
- 7 At Your rebuke the waters fled; at the sound of Your thunder they hurried away—
- 8 the mountains rose and the valleys sank to the place You assigned for them—
- 9 You set a boundary they cannot cross, that they may never again cover the earth.
- 10 He sends forth springs in the valleys; they flow between the mountains.
- 11 They give drink to every beast of the field; the wild donkeys quench their thirst.
- 12 The birds of the air nest beside the springs; they sing among the branches.
- 13 He waters the mountains from His chambers; the earth is satisfied by the fruit of His works.
- 14 He makes the grass grow for the livestock and provides crops for man to cultivate, bringing forth food from the earth:
- 15 wine that gladdens the heart of man, oil that makes his face to shine, and bread that sustains his heart.
- 16 The trees of the LORD have their fill, the cedars of Lebanon that He planted,
- 17 where the birds build their nests; the stork makes her home in the cypresses.
- 18 The high mountains are for the wild goats, the cliffs a refuge for the rock badgers.
- 19 He made the moon to mark the seasons; the sun knows when to set.
- 20 You bring darkness, and it becomes night, when all the beasts of the forest prowl.
- 21 The young lions roar for their prey and seek their food from God.
- 22 The sun rises, and they withdraw; they lie down in their dens.
- 23 Man goes forth to his work and to his labor until evening.
- 24 How many are Your works, O LORD! In wisdom You have made them all; the earth is full of Your creatures.
- 25 Here is the sea, vast and wide, teeming with creatures beyond number, living things both great and small.
- 26 There the ships pass, and Leviathan, which You formed to frolic there.
- 27 All creatures look to You to give them their food in due season.
- 28 When You give it to them, they gather it up; when You open Your hand, they are satisfied with good things.
- 29 When You hide Your face, they are terrified; when You take away their breath, they die and return to dust.
- 30 When You send Your Spirit, they are created, and You renew the face of the earth.
- 31 May the glory of the LORD endure forever; may the LORD rejoice in His works.
- 32 He looks on the earth, and it trembles; He touches the mountains, and they smolder.
- 33 I will sing to the LORD all my life; I will sing praise to my God while I have my being.
- 34 May my meditation be pleasing to Him, for I rejoice in the LORD.
- 35 May sinners vanish from the earth and the wicked be no more. Bless the LORD, O my soul. Hallelujah!
Psalms 105
- 1 Give thanks to the LORD, call upon His name; make known His deeds among the nations.
- 2 Sing to Him, sing praises to Him; tell of all His wonders.
- 3 Glory in His holy name; let the hearts of those who seek the LORD rejoice.
- 4 Seek out the LORD and His strength; seek His face always.
- 5 Remember the wonders He has done, His marvels, and the judgments He has pronounced,
- 6 O offspring of His servant Abraham, O sons of Jacob, His chosen ones.
- 7 He is the LORD our God; His judgments carry throughout the earth.
- 8 He remembers His covenant forever, the word He ordained for a thousand generations—
- 9 the covenant He made with Abraham, and the oath He swore to Isaac.