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Wednesday, 23 November 2022

PSALM ONE HUNDRED AND FIVE


 Psalm 105

Give praise to the Lord, proclaim his name;
    make known among the nations what He has done.

2 

Sing to Him, sing praise to Him;
    tell of all His wonderful acts.

Glory in His holy name;
    let the hearts of those who seek the Lord rejoice.

4 

Look to the Lord and His strength;
    seek His face always.

Remember the wonders He has done,
    His miracles, and the judgments He pronounced,

you His servants, the descendants of Abraham,
    His chosen ones, the children of Jacob.

7 

He is the Lord our God;
    His judgments are in all the earth.

8 

He remembers His covenant for ever,
    the promise He made, for a thousand generations,

the covenant He made with Abraham,
    the oath He swore to Isaac.

10 

He confirmed it to Jacob as a decree,
    to Israel as an everlasting covenant:

11 

‘To you I will give the land of Canaan
    as the portion you will inherit.’

12 

When they were but few in number,
    few indeed, and strangers in it,

13 

they wandered from nation to nation,
    from one kingdom to another.

14 

He allowed no one to oppress them;
    for their sake He rebuked kings:

15 

‘Do not touch my anointed ones;
    do my prophets no harm.’

16 

He called down famine on the land
    and destroyed all their supplies of food;

17 

and He sent a man before them –
    Joseph, sold as a slave.

18 

They bruised his feet with shackles,
    his neck was put in irons,

19 

till what he foretold came to pass,
    till the word of the Lord proved him true.

20 

The king sent and released him,
    the ruler of peoples set him free.

21 

He made him master of his household,
    ruler over all he possessed,

22 

to instruct his princes as he pleased
    and teach his elders wisdom.

23 

Then Israel entered Egypt;
    Jacob resided as a foreigner in the land of Ham.

24 

The Lord made His people very fruitful;
   He made them too numerous for their foes,

25 

whose hearts He turned to hate His people,
    to conspire against His servants.

26 

He sent Moses His servant,
    and Aaron, whom He had chosen.

27 

They performed His signs among them,
    His wonders in the land of Ham.

28 

He sent darkness and made the land dark –
    for had they not rebelled against His words?

29 

He turned their waters into blood,
    causing their fish to die.

30 

Their land teemed with frogs,
    which went up into the bedrooms of their rulers.

31 

He spoke, and there came swarms of flies,
    and gnats throughout their country.

32 

He turned their rain into hail,
    with lightning throughout their land;

33 

He struck down their vines and fig-trees
    and shattered the trees of their country.

34 

He spoke, and the locusts came,
    grasshoppers without number;

35 

they ate up every green thing in their land,
    ate up the produce of their soil.

36 

Then He struck down all the firstborn in their land,
    the firstfruits of all their manhood.

37 

He brought out Israel, laden with silver and gold,
    and from among their tribes no one faltered.

38 

Egypt was glad when they left,
    because dread of Israel had fallen on them.

39 

He spread out a cloud as a covering,
    and a fire to give light at night.

40 

They asked, and He brought them quail;
    He fed them well with the bread of heaven.

41 

He opened the rock, and water gushed out;
    it flowed like a river in the desert.

42 

For He remembered His holy promise
    given to his servant Abraham.

43 

He brought out his people with rejoicing,
    his chosen ones with shouts of joy;

44 

he gave them the lands of the nations,
    and they fell heir to what others had toiled for –

45 

that they might keep his precepts
    and observe his laws.

Praise the Lord.


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PSALM 105

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O give thanks to the Lord 




PSALM 105 - Ian White

 



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Tuesday, 22 November 2022

PSALM ONE HUNDRED AND FOUR


 Psalm 104

Praise the Lord, my soul.

Lord my God, you are very great;
    you are clothed with splendour and majesty.

The Lord wraps himself in light as with a garment;
    He stretches out the heavens like a tent

    and lays the beams of His upper chambers 

on their waters.
He makes the clouds His chariot
    and rides on the wings of the wind.

4 

He makes winds His messengers,
    flames of fire His servants.

5 

He set the earth on its foundations;
    it can never be moved.

You covered it with the watery depths as with a garment;
    the waters stood above the mountains.

But at your rebuke the waters fled,
    at the sound of your thunder they took to flight;

8 

they flowed over the mountains,
    they went down into the valleys,
    to the place you assigned for them.

You set a boundary they cannot cross;
    never again will they cover the earth.

10 

He makes springs pour water into the ravines;
    it flows between the mountains.

11 

They give water to all the beasts of the field;
    the wild donkeys quench their thirst.

12 

The birds of the sky nest by the waters;
    they sing among the branches.

13 

He waters the mountains from His upper chambers;
    the land is satisfied by the fruit of His work.

14 

He makes grass grow for the cattle,
    and plants for people to cultivate –
    bringing forth food from the earth:

15 

wine that gladdens human hearts,
    oil to make their faces shine,
    and bread that sustains their hearts.

16 

The trees of the Lord are well watered,
    the cedars of Lebanon that He planted.

17 

There the birds make their nests;
    the stork has its home in the junipers.

18 

The high mountains belong to the wild goats;
    the crags are a refuge for the hyrax.

19 

He made the moon to mark the seasons,
    and the sun knows when to go down.

20 

You bring darkness, it becomes night,
    and all the beasts of the forest prowl.

21 

The lions roar for their prey
    and seek their food from God.

22 

The sun rises, and they steal away;
    they return and lie down in their dens.

23 

Then people go out to their work,
    to their labour until evening.

24 

How many are your works, Lord!
    In wisdom you made them all;
    the earth is full of your creatures.

25 

There is the sea, vast and spacious,
    teeming with creatures beyond number –
    living things both large and small.

26 

There the ships go to and fro,
    and Leviathan, which you formed to frolic there.

27 

All creatures look to you
    to give them their food at the proper time.

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 the dust.

30 

When you send your Spirit,
    they are created,
    and you renew the face of the ground.

31 

May the glory of the Lord endure for ever;
    may the Lord rejoice in His works –

32 

He who looks at the earth, and it trembles,
    who touches the mountains, and they smoke.

33 

I will sing to the Lord all my life;
    I will sing praise to my God as long as I live.

34 

May my meditation be pleasing to Him,
    as I rejoice in the Lord.

35 

But may sinners vanish from the earth
    and the wicked be no more.

Praise the Lord, my soul.

Praise the Lord.


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READING 


PSALM 104

Read by David Suchet



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The Books of PSALMS

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(The Bible Project) 




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The Books of PSALMS 

David Pawson

 

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PSALM 104 - Ian White




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Monday, 21 November 2022

PSALM ONE HUNDRED AND THREE

 

 Psalm 103 

Of David.

Praise the Lord, my soul;
    all my inmost being, praise His holy name.

Praise the Lord, my soul,
    and forget not all His benefits –

3 

who forgives all your sins
    and heals all your diseases,

who redeems your life from the pit
    and crowns you with love and compassion,

5 

who satisfies your desires with good things
    so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.

The Lord works righteousness
    and justice for all the oppressed.

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 love.

He will not always accuse,
    nor will He harbour His anger for ever;

10 

He does not treat us as our sins deserve
    or repay us according to our iniquities.

11 

For as high as the heavens are above the earth,
    so great is His love 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 how we are formed,
    He remembers that we are dust.

15 

The life of mortals is like grass,
    they flourish like a flower of the field;

16 

the wind blows over it and it is gone,
    and its place remembers it no more.

17 

But from everlasting to everlasting
    the Lord’s love is with those who fear Him,
    and His righteousness with their children’s children –

18 

with 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 

Praise the Lord, you His angels,
    you mighty ones who do His bidding,
    who obey His word.

21 

Praise the Lord, all His heavenly hosts,
    you His servants who do his will.

22 

Praise the Lord, all His works
    everywhere in His dominion.

Praise the Lord, my soul.


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PSALM 103

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Hallelujah's Song (Psalm 103) 

The Worship Initiative feat. Shane & Shane _ Davy Flowers 



PSALM 103 - Vinesong   


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Sunday, 20 November 2022

PSALM ONE HUNDRED AND TWO


Psalm 102 

A prayer of an afflicted person who has grown weak 

and pours out a lament before the Lord.

1 

Hear my prayer, Lord;
    let my cry for help come to you.

2 

Do not hide your face from me
    when I am in distress.
Turn your ear to me;
    when I call, answer me quickly.

For my days vanish like smoke;
    my bones burn like glowing embers.

My heart is blighted and withered like grass;
    I forget to eat my food.

In my distress I groan aloud
    and am reduced to skin and bones.

I am like a desert owl,
    like an owl among the ruins.

I lie awake; I have become
    like a bird alone on a roof.

All day long my enemies taunt me;
    those who rail against me use my name as a curse.

For I eat ashes as my food
    and mingle my drink with tears

10 

because of your great wrath,
    for you have taken me up and thrown me aside.

11 

My days are like the evening shadow;
    I wither away like grass.

12 

But you, Lord, sit enthroned for ever;
    your renown endures through all generations.

13 

You will arise and have compassion on Zion,
    for it is time to show favour to her;
    the appointed time has come.

14 

For her stones are dear to your servants;
    her very dust moves them to pity.

15 

The nations will fear the name of the Lord,
    all the kings of the earth will revere your glory.

16 

For the Lord will rebuild Zion
    and appear in his glory.

17 

He will respond to the prayer of the destitute;
    he will not despise their plea.

18 

Let 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,

20 

to hear the groans of the prisoners
    and release those condemned to death.’

21 

So the name of the Lord will be declared in Zion
    and his praise in Jerusalem

22 

when the peoples and the kingdoms
    assemble to worship the Lord.

23 

In the course of my life he broke my strength;
    he cut short my days.

24 

So I said:
‘Do not take me away, my God, 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 discarded.

27 

But you remain the same,
    and your years will never end.

28 

The children of your servants will live in your presence;
    their descendants will be established before you.’


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READING 


PSALM 102

Read by David Suchet


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OVERVIEW 

The Books of PSALMS

Overview

(The Bible Project) 





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STUDIES 


The Books of PSALMS 

David Pawson

 

Part 1 




Part 2 



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SONGS



The War Within - Dark was the Night (Psalms 102)




 


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PSALM 144

Of David.   1  Praise be to the Lord my Rock,      who trains my hands for war,      my fingers for battle. 2  He is my loving God and my ...