Bible For Young People Vol. 1 — Psalms 95 , 96, 98, 100, 103, 104, 107

PSALM 95

O COME, let us sing unto the LORD: Let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation.

Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, And make a joyful noise unto him with psalms.

For the LORD is a great God, And a great King above all gods.

In his hand are the deep places of the earth: The strength of the hills is his also.

The sea is his, and he made it: And his hands formed the dry land.

O come, let us worship and bow down: Let us kneel before the LORD our maker.

For he is our God;

And we are the people of his pasture, And the sheep of his hand.

To day if ye will hear his voice, Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, And as in the day of temptation in the wilderness: When your fathers tempted me, Proved me, and saw my work.

Forty years long was I grieved with this generation, And said, It is a people that do err in their heart, And they have not known my ways: Unto whom I sware in my wrath That they should not enter into my rest.

PSALM 96

O SING unto the LORD a new song: Sing unto the LORD, all the earth.

Sing unto the LORD, bless his name;

Shew forth his salvation from day to day.

Declare his glory among the heathen, His wonders among all people.

For the LORD is great, and greatly to be praised: He is to be feared above all gods.

For all the gods of the nations are idols: But the LORD made the heavens.

Honour and majesty are before him: Strength and beauty are in his sanctuary.

Give unto the LORD, O ye kindreds of the people, Give unto the LORD glory and strength.

Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name: Bring an offering, and come into his courts.

O worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness: Fear before him, all the earth.

Say among the heathen that the LORD reigneth: The world also shall be established that it shall not be moved: He shall judge the people righteously.

Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad;

Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof.

Let the field be joyful, and all that is therein: Then shall all the trees of the wood rejoice before the LORD: For he cometh, For he cometh to judge the earth: He shall judge the world with righteousness, And the people with his truth.

PSALM 98

O SING unto the LORD a new song;

For he hath done marvellous things: His right hand, and his holy arm, hath gotten him the victory.

The LORD hath made known his salvation: His righteousness hath he openly shewed in the sight of the heathen.

He hath remembered his mercy and his truth toward the house of Israel: All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.

Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all the earth: Make a loud noise, and rejoice, and sing praise.

Sing unto the LORD with the harp;

With the harp, and the voice of a psalm.

With trumpets and sound of cornet Make a joyful noise before the LORD, the King.

Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof;

The world, and they that dwell therein.

Let the floods clap their hands: Let the hills be joyful together before the LORD;

For he cometh to judge the earth: With righteousness shall he judge the world, And the people with equity.

PSALM 100

MAKE a joyful noise unto the LORD, all ye lands.

Serve the LORD with gladness: Come before his presence with singing.

Know ye that the LORD he is God: It is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves;

We are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.

Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: Be thankful unto him, and bless his name.

For the LORD is good; his mercy is everlasting;

And his truth endureth to all generations.

PSALM 103

BLESS the LORD, O my soul: And all that is within me, bless his holy name.

Bless the LORD, O my soul, And forget not all his benefits: Who forgiveth all thine iniquities;

Who healeth all thy diseases;

Who redeemeth thy life from destruction;

Who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies;

Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things;

So that thy youth is renewed like the eagle's. The LORD executeth righteousness and judgment For all that are oppressed.

He made known his ways unto Moses, His acts unto the children of Israel.

The LORD is merciful and gracious, Slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy.

He will not always chide: Neither will he keep his anger for ever.

He hath not dealt with us after our sins;

Nor rewarded us according to our iniquities.

For as the heaven is high above the earth, So great is his mercy toward them that fear him.

As far as the east is from the west, So far hath he removed our transgressions from us.

Like as a father pitieth his children, So the LORD pitieth them that fear him.

For he knoweth our frame;

He remembereth that we are dust.

As for man, his days are as grass: As a flower of the field, so he flourisheth.

For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone;

And the place thereof shall know it no more.

But the mercy of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, And his righteousness unto children's children;

To such as keep his covenant, And to those that remember his commandments to do them.

The LORD hath prepared his throne in the heavens;

And his kingdom ruleth over all.

Bless the LORD, ye his angels, That excel in strength, that do his commandments, Hearkening unto the voice of his word.

Bless ye the LORD, all ye his hosts;

Ye ministers of his, that do his pleasure.

Bless the LORD, all his works In all places of his dominion: Bless the LORD, O my soul.

PSALM 104

BLESS the LORD, O my soul.

O LORD my God, thou art very great;

Thou art clothed with honour and majesty.

Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment: Who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain: Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters: Who maketh the clouds his chariot: Who walketh upon the wings of the wind: Who maketh his angels spirits;

His ministers a flaming fire: Who laid the foundations of the earth, That it should not be removed for ever.

Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a garment: The waters stood above the mountains.

At thy rebuke they fled;

At the voice of thy thunder they hasted away.

They go up by the mountains;

They go down by the valleys unto the place which thou hast founded for them.

Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over;

That they turn not again to cover the earth.

He sendeth the springs into the valleys, Which run among the hills.

They give drink to every beast of the field: The wild asses quench their thirst.

By them shall the fowls of the heaven have their habitation, Which sing among the branches.

He watereth the hills from his chambers: The earth is satisfied with the fruit of thy works.

He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, And herb for the service of man: That he may bring forth food out of the earth;

And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, And oil to make his face to shine, And bread which strengtheneth man's heart.

The trees of the LORD are full of sap;

The cedars of Lebanon, which he hath planted;

Where the birds make their nests: As for the stork, the fir trees are her house.

The high hills are a refuge for the wild goats;

And the rocks for the conies.

He appointed the moon for seasons: The sun knoweth his going down.

Thou makest darkness, and it is night: Wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep forth.

The young lions roar after their prey, And seek their meat from God.

The sun ariseth, they gather themselves together, And lay them down in their dens.

Man goeth forth unto his work And to his labour until the evening.

O LORD, how manifold are thy works!

In wisdom hast thou made them all: The earth is full of thy riches.

So is this great and wide sea, Wherein are things creeping innumerable, Both small and great beasts.

There go the ships: There is that leviathan, whom thou hast made to play therein.

These wait all upon thee;

That thou mayest give them their meat in due season.

That thou givest them they gather: Thou openest thine hand, they are filled with good.

Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled: Thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust.

Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created: And thou renewest the face of the earth.

The glory of the LORD shall endure for ever: The LORD shall rejoice in his works.

He looketh on the earth, and it trembleth: He toucheth the hills, and they smoke.

I will sing unto the LORD as long as I live: I will sing praise to my God while I have my being.

My meditation of him shall be sweet: I will be glad in the LORD.

Let the sinners be consumed out of the earth, And let the wicked be no more.

Bless thou the LORD, O my soul.

Praise ye the LORD.

PSALM 107

O GIVE thanks unto the LORD, for he is good: For his mercy endureth for ever.

Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, Whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy;

And gathered them out of the lands, From the east, and from the west, from the north, and from the south.

They wandered in the wilderness in a solitary way;

They found no city to dwell in.

Hungry and thirsty, Their soul fainted in them.

Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, And he delivered them out of their distresses.

And he led them forth by the right way, That they might go to a city of habitation.

Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, And for his wonderful works to the children of men!

For he satisfieth the longing soul, And filleth the hungry soul with goodness.

Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, Being bound in affliction and iron;

Because they rebelled against the words of God, And contemned the counsel of the most High: Therefore he brought down their heart with labour;

They fell down, and there was none to help.

Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, And he saved them out of their distresses.

He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, And brake their bands in sunder.

Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, And for his wonderful works to the children of men!

For he hath broken the gates of brass, And cut the bars of iron in sunder.

Fools because of their transgression, And because of their iniquities, are afflicted.

Their soul abhorreth all manner of meat;

And they draw near unto the gates of death.

Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, And he saveth them out of their distresses.

He sent his word, and healed them, And delivered them from their destructions.

Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, And for his wonderful works to the children of men!

And let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving, And declare his works with rejoicing.

They that go down to the sea in ships, That do business in great waters;

These see the works of the LORD, And his wonders in the deep.

For he commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind, Which lifteth up the waves thereof.

They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths: Their soul is melted because of trouble.

They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, And are at their wit's end.

Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, And he bringeth them out of their distresses.

He maketh the storm a calm, So that the waves thereof are still.

Then are they glad because they be quiet;

So he bringeth them unto their desired haven.

Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, And for his wonderful works to the children of men!

Let them exalt him also in the congregation of the people, And praise him in the assembly of the elders.

He turneth rivers into a wilderness, And the watersprings into dry ground;

A fruitful land into barrenness, For the wickedness of them that dwell therein.

He turneth the wilderness into a standing water, And dry ground into watersprings.

And there he maketh the hungry to dwell, That they may prepare a city for habitation;

And sow the fields, and plant vineyards, Which may yield fruits of increase.

He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly;

And suffereth not their cattle to decrease.

Again, they are minished and brought low Through oppression, affliction, and sorrow.

He poureth contempt upon princes, And causeth them to wander in the wilderness, where there is no way.

Yet setteth he the poor on high from affliction, And maketh him families like a flock.

The righteous shall see it, and rejoice: And all iniquity shall stop her mouth.

Whoso is wise, and will observe these things, Even they shall understand the lovingkindness of the LORD.