Psalms
Praise the Lord
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Psalm 104
1Praise the Lord, my soul.Lord my God, you are very great;you are clothed with splendor and majesty.
2The Lord wraps himself in light as with a garment;he stretches out the heavens like a tent
3and lays the beams of his upper chambers on their waters.He makes the clouds his chariotand rides on the wings of the wind.
4He makes winds his messengers,flames of fire his servants.
5He set the earth on its foundations;it can never be moved.
6You covered it with the watery depths as with a garment;the waters stood above the mountains.
7But at your rebuke the waters fled,at the sound of your thunder they took to flight;
8they flowed over the mountains,they went down into the valleys,to the place you assigned for them.
9You set a boundary they cannot cross;never again will they cover the earth.
10He makes springs pour water into the ravines;it flows between the mountains.
11They give water to all the beasts of the field;the wild donkeys quench their thirst.
12The birds of the sky nest by the waters;they sing among the branches.
13He waters the mountains from his upper chambers;the land is satisfied by the fruit of his work.
14He makes grass grow for the cattle,and plants for people to cultivate—bringing forth food from the earth:
15wine that gladdens human hearts,oil to make their faces shine,and bread that sustains their hearts.
16The trees of the Lord are well watered,the cedars of Lebanon that he planted.
17There the birds make their nests;the stork has its home in the junipers.
18The high mountains belong to the wild goats;the crags are a refuge for the hyrax.
19He made the moon to mark the seasons,and the sun knows when to go down.
20You bring darkness, it becomes night,and all the beasts of the forest prowl.
21The lions roar for their preyand seek their food from God.
22The sun rises, and they steal away;they return and lie down in their dens.
23Then people go out to their work,to their labor until evening.
24How many are your works, Lord!In wisdom you made them all;the earth is full of your creatures.
25There is the sea, vast and spacious,teeming with creatures beyond number—living things both large and small.
26There the ships go to and fro,and Leviathan, which you formed to frolic there.
27All creatures look to youto give them their food at the proper time.
28When you give it to them,they gather it up;when you open your hand,they are satisfied with good things.
29When you hide your face,they are terrified;when you take away their breath,they die and return to the dust.
30When you send your Spirit,they are created,and you renew the face of the ground.
31May the glory of the Lord endure forever;may the Lord rejoice in his works—
32he who looks at the earth, and it trembles,who touches the mountains, and they smoke.
33I will sing to the Lord all my life;I will sing praise to my God as long as I live.
34May my meditation be pleasing to him,as I rejoice in the Lord.
35But may sinners vanish from the earthand the wicked be no more.Praise the Lord, my soul.Praise the Lord.
Other references
Psalm 102:26Shown within Psalm 102
A prayer of an afflicted person who has grown weak and pours out a lament before the Lord.
1Hear my prayer, Lord;let my cry for help come to you.
2Do not hide your face from mewhen I am in distress.Turn your ear to me;when I call, answer me quickly.
3For my days vanish like smoke;my bones burn like glowing embers.
4My heart is blighted and withered like grass;I forget to eat my food.
5In my distress I groan aloudand am reduced to skin and bones.
6I am like a desert owl,like an owl among the ruins.
7I lie awake; I have becomelike a bird alone on a roof.
8All day long my enemies taunt me;those who rail against me use my name as a curse.
9For I eat ashes as my foodand mingle my drink with tears
10because of your great wrath,for you have taken me up and thrown me aside.
11My days are like the evening shadow;I wither away like grass.
12But you, Lord, sit enthroned forever;your renown endures through all generations.
13You will arise and have compassion on Zion,for it is time to show favor to her;the appointed time has come.
14For her stones are dear to your servants;her very dust moves them to pity.
15The nations will fear the name of the Lord,all the kings of the earth will revere your glory.
16For the Lord will rebuild Zionand appear in his glory.
17He will respond to the prayer of the destitute;he will not despise their plea.
18Let this be written for a future generation,that a people not yet created may praise the Lord:
19“The Lord looked down from his sanctuary on high,from heaven he viewed the earth,
20to hear the groans of the prisonersand release those condemned to death.”
21So the name of the Lord will be declared in Zionand his praise in Jerusalem
22when the peoples and the kingdomsassemble to worship the Lord.
23In the course of my life he broke my strength;he cut short my days.
24So I said:“Do not take me away, my God, in the midst of my days;your years go on through all generations.
25In the beginning you laid the foundations of the earth,and the heavens are the work of your hands.
26They will perish, but you remain;they will all wear out like a garment.Like clothing you will change themand they will be discarded.27But you remain the same,and your years will never end.
28The children of your servants will live in your presence;their descendants will be established before you.”
Hebrews 1:1–3Shown within Hebrews 1
God’s Final Word: His Son
1In the past God spoke to our ancestors through the prophets at many times and in various ways, 2but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom also he made the universe. 3The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by his powerful word. After he had provided purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in heaven.4So he became as much superior to the angels as the name he has inherited is superior to theirs.
The Son Superior to Angels
5For to which of the angels did God ever say,
“You are my Son;today I have become your Father”?
Or again,
“I will be his Father,and he will be my Son”?
6And again, when God brings his firstborn into the world, he says,
“Let all God’s angels worship him.”
7In speaking of the angels he says,
“He makes his angels spirits,and his servants flames of fire.”
8But about the Son he says,
“Your throne, O God, will last for ever and ever;a scepter of justice will be the scepter of your kingdom.
9You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness;therefore God, your God, has set you above your companionsby anointing you with the oil of joy.”
10He also says,
“In the beginning, Lord, you laid the foundations of the earth,and the heavens are the work of your hands.
11They will perish, but you remain;they will all wear out like a garment.
12You will roll them up like a robe;like a garment they will be changed.But you remain the same,and your years will never end.”
13To which of the angels did God ever say,
“Sit at my right handuntil I make your enemiesa footstool for your feet”?
14Are not all angels ministering spirits sent to serve those who will inherit salvation?
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