1021 Hear my prayer , O Lord ! And let my cry for help come to You. 2 Do not hide Your face from me in the day of my distress ; Incline Your ear to me; In the day when I call answer me quickly . 3 For my days have been consumed in smoke , And my bones have been scorched like a hearth . 4 My heart has been smitten like grass and has withered away, Indeed , I forget to eat my bread . 5 Because of the loudness of my groaning My bones cling to my flesh . 6 I resemble a pelican of the wilderness ; I have become like an owl of the waste places . 7 I lie awake , I have become like a lonely bird on a housetop . 8 My enemies have reproached me all day long; Those who deride me have used my name as a curse . 9 For I have eaten ashes like bread And mingled my drink with weeping 10 Because e of Your indignation and Your wrath , For You have lifted me up and cast me away . 11 My days are like a lengthened shadow , And I wither away like grass .
12 But You, O Lord , abide forever , And Your name to all generations . 13 You will arise and have compassion on Zion ; For it is time to be gracious to her, For the appointed time has come . 14 Surely Your servants find pleasure in her stones And feel pity for her dust . 15 So the nations will fear the name of the Lord And all the kings of the earth Your glory . 16 For the Lord has built up Zion ; He has appeared in His glory . 17 He has regarded the prayer of the destitute And has not despised their prayer . 18 This will be written for the generation to come , That a people yet to be created may praise the Lord . 19 For He looked down from His holy height ; From heaven the Lord gazed upon the earth , 20 To hear the groaning of the prisoner , To set free those who were doomed to death , 21 That men may tell of the name of the Lord in Zion And His praise in Jerusalem , 22 When the peoples are gathered together , And the kingdoms , to serve the Lord .
23 He has weakened my strength in the way ; He has shortened my days . 24 I say , "O my God , do not take me away in the midst of my days , Your years are throughout all generations . 25 "Of old You founded the earth , And the heavens are the work of Your hands . 26 "Even they will perish , but You endure ; And all of them will wear out like a garment ; Like clothing You will change them and they will be changed . 27 "But You are the same , And Your years will not come to an end . 28 "The children of Your servants will continue , And their descendants will be established before You."
1031 Bless the Lord , O my soul , And all that is within me, bless His holy name . 2 Bless the Lord , O my soul , And forget none e of His benefits ; 3 Who pardons all your iniquities , Who heals all your diseases ; 4 Who redeems your life from the pit , Who crowns you with lovingkindness and compassion ; 5 Who satisfies your years with good things , So that your youth is renewed like the eagle .
6 The Lord performs righteous deeds And judgments for all who are oppressed . 7 He made known His ways to Moses , His acts to the sons of Israel . 8 The Lord is compassionate and gracious , Slow to anger and abounding in lovingkindness . 9 He will not always strive with us, Nor will He keep His anger forever . 10 He has not dealt with us according to our sins , Nor rewarded us according to our iniquities . 11 For as high as the heavens are above the earth , So great is His lovingkindness toward those who fear Him. 12 As far as the east is from the west , So far has He removed our transgressions from us. 13 Just as a father has compassion on his children , So the Lord has compassion on those who fear Him. 14 For He Himself knows our frame ; He is mindful that we are but dust . 15 As for man , his days are like grass ; As a flower of the field , so he flourishes . 16 When the wind has passed over it, it is no more , And its place acknowledges it no longer . 17 But the lovingkindness of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting on those who fear Him, And His righteousness to children's children , 18 To those who keep His covenant And remember His precepts to do them.
19 The Lord has established His throne in the heavens , And His sovereignty rules over all . 20 Bless the Lord , you His angels , Mighty in strength , who perform His word , Obeying the voice of His word ! 21 Bless the Lord , all you His hosts , You who serve Him, doing His will . 22 Bless the Lord , all you works of His, In all places of His dominion ; Bless the Lord , O my soul !
1041 Bless the Lord , O my soul ! O Lord my God , You are very great ; You are clothed with splendor and majesty , 2 Covering Yourself with light as with a cloak , Stretching out heaven like a tent curtain . 3 He lays the beams of His upper chambers in the waters ; He makes the clouds His chariot ; He walks upon the wings of the wind ; 4 He makes the winds His messengers , Flaming fire His ministers . 5 He established the earth upon its foundations , So that it will not totter forever and ever . 6 You covered it with the deep as with a garment ; The waters were standing above the mountains . 7 At Your rebuke they fled , At the sound of Your thunder they hurried away . 8 The mountains rose ; the valleys sank down To the place which You established for them. 9 You set a boundary that they may not pass over , So that they will not return to 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 Beside them the birds of the heavens dwell ; They lift up their voices among e the branches . 13 He waters the mountains from His upper chambers ; The earth is satisfied with the fruit of His works . 14 He causes the grass to grow for the cattle , And vegetation for the labor of man , So that he may bring forth food from the earth , 15 And wine which makes man's heart glad , So that he may make his face glisten with oil , And food which sustains man's heart . 16 The trees of the Lord drink their fill , The cedars of Lebanon which He planted , 17 Where e the birds build their nests , And the stork , whose home is the fir trees . 18 The high mountains are for the wild goats ; The cliffs are a refuge for the shephanim .
19 He made the moon for the seasons ; The sun knows the place of its setting . 20 You appoint darkness and it becomes night , In which all the beasts of the forest prowl about . 21 The young lions roar after their prey And seek their food from God . 22 When the sun rises they withdraw And lie down in their dens . 23 Man goes forth to his work And to his labor until evening . 24 O Lord , how many are Your works ! In wisdom You have made them all ; The earth is full of Your possessions . 25 There is the sea , great and broad , In which are swarms without number , Animals both small and great . 26 There the ships move along, And Leviathan , which You have formed to sport in it. 27 They all wait for You To give them their food in due season . 28 You give to them, they gather it up; You open Your hand , they are satisfied with good . 29 You hide Your face , they are dismayed ; You take away their spirit , they expire And return to their dust . 30 You send forth Your Spirit , they are created ; And You renew the face of the ground .
31 Let the glory of the Lord endure forever ; Let the Lord be glad in His works ; 32 He looks at the earth , and it trembles ; He touches the mountains , and they smoke . 33 I will sing to the Lord as long as I live ; I will sing praise to my God while I have my being. 34 Let my meditation be pleasing to Him; As for me, I shall be glad in the Lord . 35 Let sinners be consumed from the earth And let the wicked be no more . Bless the Lord , O my soul . Praise the Lord !
