Complete Jewish Bible (CJB)

1 Amaskilof Eitan the Ezrachi:

2 I will sing aboutAdonai’s acts of grace forever,

with my mouth proclaim your faithfulness to all generations;

3 because I said, “Grace is built to last forever;

in the heavens themselves you established your faithfulness.”

4 You said, “I made a covenant with the one I chose,

I swore to my servant David,

5 ‘I will establish your dynasty forever,

build up your throne through all generations.’”(Selah)

6 Let the heavens praise your wonders,Adonai,

your faithfulness in the assembly of the angels.

7 For who in the skies can be compared withAdonai?

Which of these gods can rivalAdonai,

8 a God dreaded in the great assembly of the holy ones

and feared by all around him?

9 AdonaiElohei-Tzva’ot!

Who is as mighty as you,Yah?

Your faithfulness surrounds you.

10 You control the raging of the sea;

when its waves rear up, you calm them.

11 You crushed Rahav like a carcass;

with your strong arm you scattered your foes.

12 The heavens are yours, and the earth is yours;

you founded the world and everything in it.

13 You created north and south;

Tavor and Hermon take joy in your name.

14 Your arm is mighty, your hand is strong,

your right hand is lifted high.

15 Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne;

grace and truth attend you.

16 How happy are the people who know the joyful shout!

They walk in the light of your presence,Adonai.

17 They rejoice in your name all day

and are lifted up by your righteousness,

18 for you yourself are the strength in which they glory.

Our power grows by pleasing you,

19 for our shield comes fromAdonai—

our king is from the Holy One of Isra’el.

20 There was a time when you spoke in a vision;

you declared to your loyal [prophets],

“I have given help to a warrior,

I have raised up someone chosen from the people.

21 I have found David my servant

and anointed him with my holy oil.

22 My hand will always be with him,

and my arm will give him strength.

23 No enemy will outwit him,

no wicked man overcome him.

24 I will crush his foes before him

and strike down those who hate him.

25 My faithfulness and grace will be with him;

through my name his power will grow.

26 I will put his hand on the sea

and his right hand on the rivers.

27 He will call to me, ‘You are my father,

my God, the Rock of my salvation.’

28 I will give him the position of firstborn,

the highest of the kings of the earth.

29 I will keep my grace for him forever,

and in my covenant be faithful with him.

30 I will establish his dynasty forever,

and his throne as long as the heavens last.

31 “If his descendants abandon myTorah

and fail to live by my rulings,

32 if they profane my regulations

and don’t obey mymitzvot,

33 I will punish their disobedience with the rod

and their guilt with lashes.

34 But I won’t withdraw my grace from him

or be false to my faithfulness.

35 I will not profane my covenant

or change what my lips have spoken.

36 I have sworn by my holiness once and for all;

I will not lie to David —

37 his dynasty will last forever,

his throne like the sun before me.

38 It will be established forever, like the moon,

which remains a faithful witness in the sky.”(Selah)

39 But you spurned your anointed one,

rejected and vented your rage on him.

40 You renounced the covenant with your servant

and defiled his crown in the dust.

41 You broke through all his defenses

and left his strongholds in ruins.

42 All who pass by plunder him;

he is an object of scorn to his neighbors.

43 You raised up the right hand of his foes

and made all his enemies rejoice.

44 You drive back his drawn sword

and fail to support him in battle.

45 You brought an end to his splendor

and hurled his throne to the ground.

46 You cut short the days of his youth

and covered him with shame.(Selah)

47 How long,Adonai? Will you hide yourself forever?

How long will your fury burn like fire?

48 Remember how little time I have!

Was it for no purpose that you created all humanity?

49 Who can live and not see death?

Who can save himself from the power of the grave?(Selah)

50 Where,Adonai, are the acts of grace you once did,

those which, in your faithfulness, you swore to David?

51 Remember,Adonai, the taunts hurled at your servants,

which I carry in my heart [from] so many peoples!

52 Your enemies,Adonai, have flung their taunts,

flung them in the footsteps of your anointed one.

53 Blessed beAdonaiforever.

Amen. Amen.

Book IV: Psalms 90–106

1 A prayer of Moshe the man of God:

Adonai, you have been our dwelling place

in every generation.

2 Before the mountains were born,

before you had formed the earth and the world,

from eternity past to eternity future

you are God.

3 You bring frail mortals to the point of being crushed,

then say, “People, repent!”

4 For from your viewpoint a thousand years

are merely like yesterday or a night watch.

5 When you sweep them away, they become like sleep;

by morning they are like growing grass,

6 growing and flowering in the morning,

but by evening cut down and dried up.

7 For we are destroyed by your anger,

overwhelmed by your wrath.

8 You have placed our faults before you,

our secret sins in the full light of your presence.

9 All our days ebb away under your wrath;

our years die away like a sigh.

10 The span of our life is seventy years,

or if we are strong, eighty;

yet at best it is toil and sorrow,

over in a moment, and then we are gone.

11 Who grasps the power of your anger and wrath

to the degree that the fear due you should inspire?

12 So teach us to count our days,

so that we will become wise.

13 Return,Adonai! How long must it go on?

Take pity on your servants!

14 Fill us at daybreak with your love,

so that we can sing for joy as long as we live.

15 Let our joy last as long as the time you made us suffer,

for as many years as we experienced trouble.

16 Show your deeds to your servants

and your glory to their children.

17 May the favor ofAdonaiour God be on us,

prosper for us all the work that we do —

yes, prosper the work that we do.

1 You who live in the shelter of‘Elyon,

who spend your nights in the shadow ofShaddai,

2 who say toAdonai, “My refuge! My fortress!

My God, in whom I trust!” —

3 he will rescue you from the trap of the hunter

and from the plague of calamities;

4 he will cover you with his pinions,

and under his wings you will find refuge;

his truth is a shield and protection.

5 You will not fear the terrors of night

or the arrow that flies by day,

6 or the plague that roams in the dark,

or the scourge that wreaks havoc at noon.

7 A thousand may fall at your side,

ten thousand at your right hand;

but it won’t come near you.

8 Only keep your eyes open,

and you will see how the wicked are punished.

9 For you have madeAdonai, the Most High,

who is my refuge, your dwelling-place.

10 No disaster will happen to you,

no calamity will come near your tent;

11 for he will order his angels to care for you

and guard you wherever you go.

12 They will carry you in their hands,

so that you won’t trip on a stone.

13 You will tread down lions and snakes,

young lions and serpents you will trample underfoot.

14 “Because he loves me, I will rescue him;

because he knows my name, I will protect him.

15 He will call on me, and I will answer him.

I will be with him when he is in trouble.

I will extricate him and bring him honor.

16 I will satisfy him with long life

and show him my salvation.”

1 A psalm. A song forShabbat:

2 It is good to give thanks toAdonai

and sing praises to your name,‘Elyon,

3 to tell in the morning about your grace

and at night about your faithfulness,

4 to the music of a ten-stringed [harp] and a lute,

with the melody sounding on a lyre.

5 For,Adonai, what you do makes me happy;

I take joy in what your hands have made.

6 How great are your deeds,Adonai!

How very deep your thoughts!

7 Stupid people can’t know,

fools don’t understand,

8 that when the wicked sprout like grass,

and all who do evil prosper,

it is so that they can be eternally destroyed,

9 while you,Adonai, are exalted forever.

10 For your enemies,Adonai,

your enemies will perish;

all evildoers will be scattered.

11 But you have given me

the strength of a wild bull;

you anoint me with fresh olive oil.

12 My eyes have gazed with pleasure on my enemies’ ruin,

my ears have delighted in the fall of my foes.

13 The righteous will flourish like a palm tree,

they will grow like a cedar in the L’vanon.

14 Planted in the house ofAdonai,

they will flourish in the courtyards of our God.

15 Even in old age they will be vigorous,

still full of sap, still bearing fruit,

16 proclaiming thatAdonaiis upright,

my Rock, in whom there is no wrong.

1 Adonaiis king, robed in majesty;

Adonaiis robed, girded with strength;

The world is well established;

it cannot be moved.

2 Your throne was established long ago;

you have existed forever.

3 Adonai, the deep is raising up,

the deep is raising up its voice,

the deep is raising its crashing waves.

4 More than the sound of rushing waters

or the mighty breakers of the sea,

Adonaion high is mighty.

5 Your instructions are very sure;

holiness befits your house,

Adonai, for all time to come.

1 God of vengeance,Adonai!

God of vengeance, appear!

2 Assert yourself as judge of the earth!

Pay back the proud as they deserve!

3 How long are the wicked,Adonai,

how long are the wicked to triumph?

4 They pour out insolent words,

they go on bragging, all these evildoers.

5 They crush your people,Adonai,

they oppress your heritage.

6 They kill widows and strangers

and murder the fatherless.

7 They say, “Yahisn’t looking;

the God of Ya‘akov won’t notice.”

8 Take notice, yourselves, you boors among the people!

You fools, when will you understand?

9 Will the one who planted the ear not hear?

Will the one who formed the eye not see?

10 Will the one who disciplines nations not correct them?

Will the teacher of humanity not know?

11 Adonaiunderstands that people’s thoughts

are merely a puff of wind.

12 How happy the man whom you correct,Yah,

whom you teach from yourTorah,

13 giving him respite from days of trouble,

till a pit is dug for the wicked!

14 ForAdonaiwill not desert his people,

he will not abandon his heritage.

15 Justice will once again become righteous,

and all the upright in heart will follow it.

16 Who will champion my cause against the wicked?

Who will stand up for me against evildoers?

17 IfAdonaihadn’t helped me,

I would soon have dwelt in the land of silence.

18 When I said, “My foot is slipping!”

your grace,Adonai, supported me.

19 When my cares within me are many,

your comforts cheer me up.

20 Can unjust judges be allied with you,

those producing wrong in the name of law?

21 They band together against the righteous

and condemn the innocent to death.

22 ButAdonaihas become my stronghold,

my God is my rock of refuge.

23 But he repays them as their guilt deserves;

he will cut them off with their own evil;

Adonaiour God will cut them off.

1 Come, let’s sing toAdonai!

Let’s shout for joy to the Rock of our salvation!

2 Let’s come into his presence with thanksgiving;

let’s shout for joy to him with songs of praise.

3 ForAdonaiis a great God,

a great king greater than all gods.

4 He holds the depths of the earth in his hands;

the mountain peaks too belong to him.

5 The sea is his — he made it —

and his hands shaped the dry land.

6 Come, let’s bow down and worship;

let’s kneel beforeAdonaiwho made us.

7 For he is our God, and we are the people

in his pasture, the sheep in his care.

If only today you would listen to his voice:

8 “Don’t harden your hearts, as you did at M’rivah,

as you did on that day at Massah in the desert,

9 when your fathers put me to the test;

they challenged me, even though they saw my work.

10 For forty years I loathed that generation;

I said, ‘This is a people whose hearts go astray,

they don’t understand how I do things.’

11 Therefore I swore in my anger

that they would not enter my rest.”

1 Sing toAdonaia new song!

Sing toAdonai, all the earth!

2 Sing toAdonai, bless his name!

Proclaim his victory day after day!

3 Declare his glory among the nations,

his wonders among all peoples!

4 ForAdonaiis great, and greatly to be praised;

he is to be feared more than all gods.

5 For all the gods of the peoples are idols,

butAdonaimade the heavens.

6 In his presence are honor and majesty;

in his sanctuary, strength and splendor.

7 GiveAdonaihis due, you families from the peoples;

giveAdonaihis due of glory and strength;

8 giveAdonaithe glory due to his name;

bring an offering, and enter his courtyards.

9 WorshipAdonaiin holy splendor;

tremble before him, all the earth!

10 Say among the nations, “Adonaiis king!”

The world is firmly established, immovable.

He will judge the peoples fairly.

11 Let the heavens rejoice; let the earth be glad;

let the sea roar, and everything in it;

12 let the fields exult and all that is in them.

Then all the trees in the forest will sing

13 beforeAdonai, because he has come,

he has come to judge the earth;

he will judge the world rightly

and the peoples with his faithfulness.

1 Adonaiis king, let the earth rejoice,

let the many coasts and islands be glad.

2 Clouds and thick darkness surround him;

righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne.

3 Fire goes before him,

setting ablaze his foes on every side.

4 His flashes of lightning light up the world;

the earth sees it and trembles.

5 The mountains melt like wax at the presence ofAdonai,

at the presence of the Lord of all the earth.

6 The heavens declare his righteousness,

and all the peoples see his glory.

7 All who worship images will be put to shame,

those who make their boast in worthless idols.

Bow down to him, all you gods!

8 Tziyon hears and is glad,Adonai;

the daughters of Y’hudah rejoice at your rulings.

9 For you,Adonai, most high over all the earth,

you are exalted far above all gods.

10 You who loveAdonai, hate evil!

He keeps his faithful servants safe.

He rescues them from the power of the wicked.

11 Light is sown for the righteous

and joy for the upright in heart.

12 Rejoice inAdonai, you righteous;

and give thanks on recalling his holiness.

1 A psalm:

Sing a new song toAdonai,

because he has done wonders.

His right hand, his holy arm

have won him victory.

2 Adonaihas made known his victory;

revealed his vindication in full view of the nations,

3 remembered his grace and faithfulness

to the house of Isra’el.

All the ends of the earth have seen

the victory of our God.

4 Shout for joy toAdonai, all the earth!

Break forth, sing for joy, sing praises!

5 Sing praises toAdonaiwith the lyre,

with the lyre and melodious music!

6 With trumpets and the sound of theshofar,

shout for joy before the king,Adonai!

7 Let the sea roar, and everything in it;

the world, and those living in it.

8 Let the floods clap their hands;

let the mountains sing together for joy

9 beforeAdonai, for he has come to judge the earth;

he will judge the world rightly and the peoples fairly.