Day 22: Psalm 106-110
Psalms in 30 days reading for day 22.
Psalms 106
- 1 Hallelujah! Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.
- 2 Who can describe the mighty acts of the LORD or fully proclaim His praise?
- 3 Blessed are those who uphold justice, who practice righteousness at all times.
- 4 Remember me, O LORD, in Your favor to Your people; visit me with Your salvation,
- 5 that I may see the prosperity of Your chosen ones, and rejoice in the gladness of Your nation, and give glory with Your inheritance.
- 6 We have sinned like our fathers; we have done wrong and acted wickedly.
- 7 Our fathers in Egypt did not grasp Your wonders or remember Your abundant kindness; but they rebelled by the sea, there at the Red Sea.
- 8 Yet He saved them for the sake of His name, to make His power known.
- 9 He rebuked the Red Sea, and it dried up; He led them through the depths as through a desert.
- 10 He saved them from the hand that hated them; He redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.
- 11 The waters covered their foes; not one of them remained.
- 12 Then they believed His promises and sang His praise.
- 13 Yet they soon forgot His works and failed to wait for His counsel.
- 14 They craved intensely in the wilderness and tested God in the desert.
- 15 So He granted their request, but sent a wasting disease upon them.
- 16 In the camp they envied Moses, as well as Aaron, the holy one of the LORD.
- 17 The earth opened up and swallowed Dathan; it covered the assembly of Abiram.
- 18 Then fire blazed through their company; flames consumed the wicked.
- 19 At Horeb they made a calf and worshiped a molten image.
- 20 They exchanged their Glory for the image of a grass-eating ox.
- 21 They forgot God their Savior, who did great things in Egypt,
- 22 wondrous works in the land of Ham, and awesome deeds by the Red Sea.
- 23 So He said He would destroy them— had not Moses His chosen one stood before Him in the breach to divert His wrath from destroying them.
- 24 They despised the pleasant land; they did not believe His promise.
- 25 They grumbled in their tents and did not listen to the voice of the LORD.
- 26 So He raised His hand and swore to cast them down in the wilderness,
- 27 to disperse their offspring among the nations and scatter them throughout the lands.
- 28 They yoked themselves to Baal of Peor and ate sacrifices offered to lifeless gods.
- 29 So they provoked the LORD to anger with their deeds, and a plague broke out among them.
- 30 But Phinehas stood and intervened, and the plague was restrained.
- 31 It was credited to him as righteousness for endless generations to come.
- 32 At the waters of Meribah they angered the LORD, and trouble came to Moses because of them.
- 33 For they rebelled against His Spirit, and Moses spoke rashly with his lips.
- 34 They did not destroy the peoples as the LORD had commanded them,
- 35 but they mingled with the nations and adopted their customs.
- 36 They worshiped their idols, which became a snare to them.
- 37 They sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons.
- 38 They shed innocent blood— the blood of their sons and daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan, and the land was polluted with blood.
- 39 They defiled themselves by their actions and prostituted themselves by their deeds.
- 40 So the anger of the LORD burned against His people, and He abhorred His own inheritance.
- 41 He delivered them into the hand of the nations, and those who hated them ruled over them.
- 42 Their enemies oppressed them, and subdued them under their hand.
- 43 Many times He rescued them, but they were bent on rebellion and sank down in their iniquity.
- 44 Nevertheless He heard their cry; He took note of their distress.
- 45 And He remembered His covenant with them, and relented by the abundance of His loving devotion.
- 46 He made them objects of compassion to all who held them captive.
- 47 Save us, O LORD our God, and gather us from the nations, that we may give thanks to Your holy name, that we may glory in Your praise.
- 48 Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting. Let all the people say, “Amen!” Hallelujah!
Psalms 107
- 1 Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.
- 2 Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, whom He has redeemed from the hand of the enemy
- 3 and gathered from the lands, from east and west, from north and south.
- 4 Some wandered in desert wastelands, finding no path to a city in which to dwell.
- 5 They were hungry and thirsty; their soul fainted within them.
- 6 Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He delivered them from their distress.
- 7 He led them on a straight path to reach a city where they could live.
- 8 Let them give thanks to the LORD for His loving devotion and His wonders to the sons of men.
- 9 For He satisfies the thirsty and fills the hungry with good things.
- 10 Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, prisoners in affliction and chains,
- 11 because they rebelled against the words of God and despised the counsel of the Most High.
- 12 He humbled their hearts with hard labor; they stumbled, and there was no one to help.
- 13 Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He saved them from their distress.
- 14 He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death and broke away their chains.
- 15 Let them give thanks to the LORD for His loving devotion and His wonders to the sons of men.
- 16 For He has broken down the gates of bronze and cut through the bars of iron.
- 17 Fools, in their rebellious ways, and through their iniquities, suffered affliction.
- 18 They loathed all food and drew near to the gates of death.
- 19 Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He saved them from their distress.
- 20 He sent forth His word and healed them; He rescued them from the Pit.
- 21 Let them give thanks to the LORD for His loving devotion and His wonders to the sons of men.
- 22 Let them offer sacrifices of thanksgiving and declare His works with rejoicing.
- 23 Others went out to sea in ships, conducting trade on the mighty waters.
- 24 They saw the works of the LORD, and His wonders in the deep.
- 25 For He spoke and raised a tempest that lifted the waves of the sea.
- 26 They mounted up to the heavens, then sunk to the depths; their courage melted in their anguish.
- 27 They reeled and staggered like drunkards, and all their skill was useless.
- 28 Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He brought them out of their distress.
- 29 He calmed the storm to a whisper, and the waves of the sea were hushed.
- 30 They rejoiced in the silence, and He guided them to the harbor they desired.
- 31 Let them give thanks to the LORD for His loving devotion and His wonders to the sons of men.
- 32 Let them exalt Him in the assembly of the people and praise Him in the council of the elders.
- 33 He turns rivers into deserts, springs of water into thirsty ground,
- 34 and fruitful land into fields of salt, because of the wickedness of its dwellers.
- 35 He turns a desert into pools of water and a dry land into flowing springs.
- 36 He causes the hungry to settle there, that they may establish a city in which to dwell.
- 37 They sow fields and plant vineyards that yield a fruitful harvest.
- 38 He blesses them, and they multiply greatly; He does not let their herds diminish.
- 39 When they are decreased and humbled by oppression, evil, and sorrow,
- 40 He pours out contempt on the nobles and makes them wander in a trackless wasteland.
- 41 But He lifts the needy from affliction and increases their families like flocks.
- 42 The upright see and rejoice, and all iniquity shuts its mouth.
- 43 Let him who is wise pay heed to these things and consider the loving devotion of the LORD.
Psalms 108
- 1 A song. A Psalm of David. My heart is steadfast, O God; I will sing and make music with all my being.
- 2 Awake, O harp and lyre! I will awaken the dawn.
- 3 I will praise You, O LORD, among the nations; I will sing Your praises among the peoples.
- 4 For Your loving devotion extends beyond the heavens, and Your faithfulness reaches to the clouds.
- 5 Be exalted, O God, above the heavens; may Your glory cover all the earth.
- 6 Respond and save us with Your right hand, that Your beloved may be delivered.
- 7 God has spoken from His sanctuary: “I will triumph! I will parcel out Shechem and apportion the Valley of Succoth.
- 8 Gilead is Mine, and Manasseh is Mine; Ephraim is My helmet, Judah is My scepter.
- 9 Moab is My washbasin; upon Edom I toss My sandal; over Philistia I shout in triumph.”
- 10 Who will bring me to the fortified city? Who will lead me to Edom?
- 11 Have You not rejected us, O God? Will You no longer march out, O God, with our armies?
- 12 Give us aid against the enemy, for the help of man is worthless.
- 13 With God we will perform with valor, and He will trample our enemies.
Psalms 109
- 1 For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. O God of my praise, be not silent.
- 2 For wicked and deceitful mouths open against me; they speak against me with lying tongues.
- 3 They surround me with hateful words and attack me without cause.
- 4 In return for my love they accuse me, but I am a man of prayer.
- 5 They repay me evil for good, and hatred for my love.
- 6 Set over him a wicked man; let an accuser stand at his right hand.
- 7 When he is tried, let him be found guilty, and may his prayer be regarded as sin.
- 8 May his days be few; may another take his position.
- 9 May his children be fatherless and his wife a widow.
- 10 May his children wander as beggars, seeking sustenance far from their ruined homes.
- 11 May the creditor seize all he owns, and strangers plunder the fruits of his labor.
- 12 May there be no one to extend kindness to him, and no one to favor his fatherless children.
- 13 May his descendants be cut off; may their name be blotted out from the next generation.
- 14 May the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the LORD, and the sin of his mother never be blotted out.
- 15 May their sins always remain before the LORD, that He may cut off their memory from the earth.
- 16 For he never thought to show kindness, but pursued the poor and needy and brokenhearted, even to their death.
- 17 The cursing that he loved, may it fall on him; the blessing in which he refused to delight, may it be far from him.
- 18 The cursing that he wore like a coat, may it soak into his body like water, and into his bones like oil.
- 19 May it be like a robe wrapped about him, like a belt tied forever around him.
- 20 May this be the LORD’s reward to my accusers, to those who speak evil against me.
- 21 But You, O GOD, the Lord, deal kindly with me for the sake of Your name; deliver me by the goodness of Your loving devotion.
- 22 For I am poor and needy; my heart is wounded within me.
- 23 I am fading away like a lengthening shadow; I am shaken off like a locust.
- 24 My knees are weak from fasting, and my body grows lean and gaunt.
- 25 I am an object of scorn to my accusers; when they see me, they shake their heads.
- 26 Help me, O LORD my God; save me according to Your loving devotion.
- 27 Let them know that this is Your hand, that You, O LORD, have done it.
- 28 Though they curse, You will bless. When they rise up, they will be put to shame, but Your servant will rejoice.
- 29 May my accusers be clothed with disgrace; may they wear their shame like a robe.
- 30 With my mouth I will thank the LORD profusely; I will praise Him in the presence of many.
- 31 For He stands at the right hand of the needy one, to save him from the condemners of his soul.
Psalms 110
- 1 A Psalm of David. The LORD said to my Lord: “Sit at My right hand until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet.”
- 2 The LORD extends Your mighty scepter from Zion: “Rule in the midst of Your enemies.”
- 3 Your people shall be willing on Your day of battle. Arrayed in holy splendor, from the womb of the dawn, to You belongs the dew of Your youth.
- 4 The LORD has sworn and will not change His mind: “You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.”
- 5 The Lord is at Your right hand; He will crush kings in the day of His wrath.
- 6 He will judge the nations, heaping up the dead; He will crush the leaders far and wide.
- 7 He will drink from the brook by the road; therefore He will lift up His head.