Complete Jewish Bible (CJB)

1 Adonaiis king; let the peoples tremble.

He sits enthroned on thek’ruvim; let the earth shake!

2 Adonaiis great in Tziyon;

he is high above all the peoples.

3 Let them praise your great and fearsome name (he is holy):

4 “Mighty king who loves justice, you established

fairness, justice and righteousness in Ya‘akov.”

5 ExaltAdonaiour God!

Prostrate yourselves at his footstool (he is holy).

6 Moshe and Aharon among hiscohanim

and Sh’mu’el among those who call on his name

called onAdonai, and he answered them.

7 He spoke to them in the column of cloud;

they kept his instructions and the law that he gave them.

8 Adonaiour God, you answered them.

To them you were a forgiving God,

although you took vengeance on their wrongdoings.

9 ExaltAdonaiour God,

bow down toward his holy mountain,

forAdonaiour God is holy!

1 A psalm of thanksgiving:

Shout for joy toAdonai, all the earth!

2 ServeAdonaiwith gladness.

Enter his presence with joyful songs.

3 Be aware thatAdonaiis God;

it is he who made us; and we are his,

his people, the flock in his pasture.

4 Enter his gates with thanksgiving,

enter his courtyards with praise;

give thanks to him, and bless his name.

5 ForAdonaiis good, his grace continues forever,

and his faithfulness lasts through all generations.

1 A psalm of David:

I am singing of grace and justice;

I am singing to you,Adonai.

2 I will follow the path of integrity;

when will you come to me?

I will run my life with a sincere heart

inside my own house.

3 I will not allow before my eyes

any shameful thing.

I hate those who act crookedly;

what they do does not attract me.

4 Deviousness will depart from me;

I will not tolerate evil.

5 If someone slanders another in secret,

I will cut him off.

Haughty eyes and proud hearts

I cannot abide.

6 I look to the faithful of the land,

so that they can be my companions;

those who live lives of integrity

can be servants of mine.

7 No deceitful person can live in my house;

no liar can be my advisor.

8 Every morning I will destroy

all the wicked of the land,

cutting off all evildoers

from the city ofAdonai.

1 Prayer of a sufferer overcome by weakness and pouring out his complaint beforeAdonai:

2 Adonai, hear my prayer!

Let my cry for help reach you!

3 Don’t hide your face from me

when I am in such distress!

Turn your ear toward me;

when I call, be quick to reply!

4 For my days are vanishing like smoke,

my bones are burning like a furnace.

5 I am stricken and withered like grass;

I forget to eat my food.

6 Because of my loud groaning,

I am just skin and bones.

7 I am like a great owl in the desert,

I’ve become like an owl in the ruins.

8 I lie awake and become

like a bird alone on the roof.

9 My enemies taunt me all day long;

mad with rage, they make my name a curse.

10 For I have been eating ashes like bread

and mingling tears with my drink

11 because of your furious anger,

since you picked me up just to toss me aside.

12 My days decline like an evening shadow;

I am drying up like grass.

13 But you,Adonai, are enthroned forever;

your renown will endure through all generations.

14 You will arise and take pity on Tziyon,

for the time has come to have mercy on her;

the time determined has come.

15 For your servants love her very stones;

they take pity even on her dust.

16 The nations will fear the name ofAdonai

and all the kings on earth your glory,

17 whenAdonaihas rebuilt Tziyon,

and shows himself in his glory,

18 when he has heeded the plea of the poor

and not despised their prayer.

19 May this be put on record for a future generation;

may a people yet to be created praiseAdonai.

20 For he has looked down from the height of his sanctuary;

from heavenAdonaisurveys the earth

21 to listen to the sighing of the prisoner,

to set free those who are sentenced to death,

22 to proclaim the name ofAdonaiin Tziyon

and his praise in Yerushalayim

23 when peoples and kingdoms have been gathered together

to serveAdonai.

24 He has broken my strength in midcourse,

he has cut short my days.

25 I plead, “God, your years last through all generations;

so don’t take me away when my life is half over!

26 In the beginning, you laid the foundations of the earth;

heaven is the work of your hands.

27 They will vanish, but you will remain;

like clothing, they will all grow old;

yes, you will change them like clothing,

and they will pass away.

28 But you remain the same,

and your years will never end.

29 The children of your servants will live securely

and their descendants be established in your presence.”

1 By David:

BlessAdonai, my soul!

Everything in me, bless his holy name!

2 BlessAdonai, my soul,

and forget none of his benefits!

3 He forgives all your offenses,

he heals all your diseases,

4 he redeems your life from the pit,

he surrounds you with grace and compassion,

5 he contents you with good as long as you live,

so that your youth is renewed like an eagle’s.

6 Adonaibrings vindication and justice

to all who are oppressed.

7 He made his ways known to Moshe,

his mighty deeds to the people of Isra’el.

8 Adonaiis merciful and compassionate,

slow to anger and rich in grace.

9 He will not always accuse,

he will not keep his anger forever.

10 He has not treated us as our sins deserve

or paid us back for our offenses,

11 because his mercy toward those who fear him

is as far above earth as heaven.

12 He has removed our sins from us

as far as the east is from the west.

13 Just as a father has compassion on his children,

Adonaihas compassion on those who fear him.

14 For he understands how we are made,

he remembers that we are dust.

15 Yes, a human being’s days are like grass,

he sprouts like a flower in the countryside —

16 but when the wind sweeps over, it’s gone;

and its place knows it no more.

17 But the mercy ofAdonaion those who fear him

is from eternity past to eternity future,

and his righteousness extends

to his children’s children,

18 provided they keep his covenant

and remember to follow his precepts.

19 Adonaihas established his throne in heaven;

his kingly power rules everything.

20 BlessAdonai, you angels of his,

you mighty warriors who obey his word,

who carry out his orders!

21 BlessAdonai, all his troops,

who serve him and do what he wants!

22 BlessAdonai, all his works,

in every place where he rules!

BlessAdonai, my soul!

1 BlessAdonai, my soul!

Adonai, my God, you are very great;

you are clothed with glory and majesty,

2 wrapped in light as with a robe.

You spread out the heavens like a curtain,

3 you laid the beams of your palace on the water.

You make the clouds your chariot,

you ride on the wings of the wind.

4 You make winds your messengers,

fiery flames your servants.

5 You fixed the earth on its foundations,

never to be moved.

6 You covered it with the deep like a garment;

the waters stood above the mountains.

7 At your rebuke they fled;

at the sound of your thunder they rushed away,

8 flowing over hills, pouring into valleys,

down to the place you had fixed for them.

9 You determined a boundary they could not cross;

they were never to cover the earth again.

10 You make springs gush forth in thevadis;

they flow between the hills,

11 supplying water to all the wild animals;

the wild donkeys quench their thirst.

12 On their banks the birds of the air build their nests;

among the branches they sing.

13 You water the mountains from your palace;

the earth is satisfied with how you provide —

14 You grow grass for the cattle;

and for people you grow the plants they need

to bring forth bread from the earth,

15 wine that gladdens the human heart,

oil to make faces glow,

and food to sustain their strength.

16 Adonai’s trees are satisfied —

the cedars of the L’vanon, which he has planted.

17 In them sparrows build their nests,

while storks live in the fir trees.

18 For the wild goats there are the high mountains,

while the coneys find refuge in the rocks.

19 You made the moon to mark the seasons,

and the sun knows when to set.

20 You bring darkness, and it is night,

the time when all forest animals prowl.

21 The young lions roar after their prey

and seek their food from God.

22 The sun rises, they slink away

and lie down to rest in their dens;

23 while people go out to their work,

laboring on till evening.

24 What variety there is in your works,Adonai!

How many [of them there are]!

In wisdom you have made them all;

the earth is full of your creations.

25 Look at the sea, so great, so wide!

It teems with countless creatures,

living beings, both large and small.

26 The ships are there, sailing to and fro;

Livyatan, which you formed to play there.

27 All of them look to you

to give them their food when they need it.

28 When you give it to them, they gather it;

when you open your hand, they are well satisfied.

29 If you hide your face, they vanish;

if you hold back their breath, they perish

and return to their dust.

30 If you send out your breath, they are created,

and you renew the face of the earth.

31 May the glory ofAdonailast forever!

MayAdonairejoice in his works!

32 When he looks at the earth, it trembles;

when he touches the mountains, they pour out smoke.

33 I will sing toAdonaias long as I live,

sing praise to my God all my life.

34 May my musings be pleasing to him;

I will rejoice inAdonai.

35 May sinners vanish from the earth

and the wicked be no more!

BlessAdonai, my soul!

Halleluyah!

1 Give thanks toAdonai! Call on his name!

Make his deeds known among the peoples.

2 Sing to him, sing praises to him,

talk about all his wonders.

3 Glory in his holy name;

let those seekingAdonaihave joyful hearts.

4 SeekAdonaiand his strength;

always seek his presence.

5 Remember the wonders he has done,

his signs and his spoken rulings.

6 You descendants of Avraham his servant,

you offspring of Ya‘akov, his chosen ones,

7 he isAdonaiour God!

His rulings are everywhere on earth.

8 He remembers his covenant forever,

the word he commanded to a thousand generations,

9 the covenant he made with Avraham,

the oath he swore to Yitz’chak,

10 and established as a law for Ya‘akov,

for Isra’el as an everlasting covenant:

11 “To you I will give the land of Kena‘an

as your allotted heritage.”

12 When they were but few in number,

and not only few, but aliens there too,

13 wandering from nation to nation,

from this kingdom to that people,

14 he allowed no one to oppress them.

Yes, for their sakes he rebuked even kings:

15 “Don’t touch my anointed ones

or do my prophets harm!”

16 He called down famine on the land,

broke off all their food supply,

17 but sent a man ahead of them —

Yosef, who was sold as a slave.

18 They shackled his feet with chains,

and they bound him in irons;

19 until the time when his word proved true,

God’s utterance kept testing him.

20 The king sent and had him released,

the ruler of peoples set him free;

21 he made him lord of his household,

in charge of all he owned,

22 correcting his officers as he saw fit

and teaching his counselors wisdom.

23 Then Isra’el too came into Egypt,

Ya‘akov lived as an alien in the land of Ham.

24 There God made his people very fruitful,

made them too numerous for their foes,

25 whose hearts he turned to hate his people,

and treat his servants unfairly.

26 He sent his servant Moshe

and Aharon, whom he had chosen.

27 They worked his signs among them,

his wonders in the land of Ham.

28 He sent darkness, and the land grew dark;

they did not defy his word.

29 He turned their water into blood

and caused their fish to die.

30 Their land swarmed with frogs,

even in the royal chambers.

31 He spoke, and there came swarms of insects

and lice throughout their land.

32 He gave them hail instead of rain,

with fiery [lightning] throughout their land.

33 He struck their vines and fig trees,

shattering trees all over their country.

34 He spoke, and locusts came,

also grasshoppers without number;

35 they ate up everything green in their land,

devoured the fruit of their ground.

36 He struck down all the firstborn in their land,

the firstfruits of all their strength.

37 Then he led his people out,

laden with silver and gold;

among his tribes not one stumbled.

38 Egypt was happy to have them leave,

because fear of [Isra’el] had seized them.

39 He spread out a cloud to screen them off

and fire to give them light at night.

40 When they asked, he brought them quails

and satisfied them with food from heaven.

41 He split a rock, and water gushed out,

flowing as a river over the dry ground,

42 for he remembered his holy promise

to his servant Avraham.

43 He led out his people with joy,

his chosen ones with singing.

44 Then he gave them the lands of the nations,

and they possessed what peoples had toiled to produce,

45 in order to obey his laws

and follow his teachings.

Halleluyah!

1 Halleluyah!

Give thanks toAdonai; for he is good,

for his grace continues forever.

2 Who can expressAdonai’s mighty doings

or proclaim in full his praise?

3 How happy are those who act justly,

who always do what is right!

4 Remember me,Adonai, when you show favor to your people,

keep me in mind when you save them;

5 so I can see how well things are going

with those whom you have chosen,

so that I can rejoice in your nation’s joy,

and glory in your heritage.

6 Together with our ancestors, we have sinned,

done wrong, acted wickedly.

7 Our ancestors in Egypt failed to grasp

the meaning of your wonders.

They didn’t keep in mind your great deeds of grace

but rebelled at the sea, at the Sea of Suf.

8 Yet he saved them for his own name’s sake,

to make known his mighty power.

9 He rebuked the Sea of Suf, and it dried up;

he led them through its depths as through a desert.

10 He saved them from hostile hands,

redeemed them from the power of the foe.

11 The water closed over their adversaries;

not one of them was left.

12 Then they believed his words,

and they sang his praise.

13 But soon they forgot his deeds

and wouldn’t wait for his counsel.

14 In the desert they gave way to insatiable greed;

in the wastelands they put God to the test.

15 He gave them what they wanted

but sent meagerness into their souls.

16 In the camp they were jealous of Moshe

and Aharon,Adonai’s holy one.

17 The earth opened up and swallowed Datan

and closed over Aviram’s allies.

18 A fire blazed out against that group,

the flames consumed the wicked.

19 In Horev they fashioned a calf,

they worshipped a cast metal image.

20 Thus they exchanged their Glory

for the image of an ox that eats grass!

21 They forgot God, who had saved them,

who had done great things in Egypt,

22 wonders in the land of Ham,

fearsome deeds by the Sea of Suf.

23 Therefore he said that he would destroy them,

[and he would have,] had not Moshe his chosen one

stood before him in the breach

to turn back his destroying fury.

24 Next, they rejected the beautiful land,

they didn’t trust his promise;

25 and they complained in their tents,

they didn’t obeyAdonai.

26 Therefore, raising his hand, he swore to them

that he would strike them down in the desert

27 and strike down their descendants among the nations,

dispersing them in foreign lands.

28 Now they joined themselves to Ba‘al-P‘or

and ate meat sacrificed to dead things.

29 Thus they provoked him to anger with their deeds,

so that a plague broke out among them.

30 Then Pinchas stood up and executed judgment;

so the plague was checked.

31 That was credited to him as righteousness,

through all generations forever.

32 They angered him at the M’rivah Spring,

and Moshe suffered on their account;

33 for when they embittered his spirit,

[Moshe] spoke up without thinking.

34 They failed to destroy the peoples,

asAdonaihad ordered them to do,

35 but mingled with the nations

and learned to follow their ways.

36 They went on to serve their idols,

which became a snare for them.

37 They even sacrificed their sons

and their daughters to demons.

38 Yes, they shed innocent blood,

the blood of their own sons and daughters,

whom they sacrificed to Kena‘an’s false gods,

polluting the land with blood.

39 Thus they were defiled by their deeds;

they prostituted themselves by their actions,

40 For thisAdonai’s fury blazed up against his people,

and he detested his heritage.

41 He handed them over to the power of the nations,

and those who hated them ruled over them.

42 Their enemies oppressed them

and kept them in subjection to their power.

43 Many times [God] rescued them,

but they kept making plans to rebel.

Thus they were brought low

by their own wrongdoing.

44 Still he took pity on their distress

whenever he heard their cry.

45 For their sakes he kept in mind his covenant

and in his limitless grace relented,

46 causing them to be treated with compassion

by all who had taken them captive.

47 Save us,Adonaiour God!

Gather us from among the nations,

so that we can thank your holy name

and glory in praising you.

48 Blessed beAdonai, the God of Isra’el,

from eternity past to eternity future.

Now let all the people say,

“Amen!Halleluyah!”

Book V: Psalms 107–150

1 Give thanks toAdonai; for he is good,

for his grace continues forever.

2 Let those redeemed byAdonaisay it,

those he redeemed from the power of the foe.

3 He gathered them from the lands,

from the east and from the west,

from the north and from the sea.

4 They wandered in the desert, on paths through the wastes,

without finding any inhabited city.

5 They were hungry and thirsty,

their life was ebbing away.

6 In their trouble they cried toAdonai,

and he rescued them from their distress.

7 He led them by a direct path

to a city where they could live.

8 Let them give thanks toAdonaifor his grace,

for his wonders bestowed on humanity!

9 For he has satisfied the hungry,

filled the starving with good.

10 Some lived in darkness, in death-dark gloom,

bound in misery and iron chains,

11 because they defied God’s word,

scorned the counsel of the Most High.

12 So he humbled their hearts by hard labor;

when they stumbled, no one came to their aid.

13 In their trouble they cried toAdonai,

and he rescued them from their distress.

14 He led them from darkness, from death-dark gloom,

shattering their chains.

15 Let them give thanks toAdonaifor his grace,

for his wonders bestowed on humanity!

16 For he shattered bronze doors

and cut through iron bars.

17 There were foolish people who suffered affliction

because of their crimes and sins;

18 they couldn’t stand to eat anything;

they were near the gates of death.

19 In their trouble they cried toAdonai,

and he rescued them from their distress;

20 he sent his word and healed them,

he delivered them from destruction.

21 Let them give thanks toAdonaifor his grace,

for his wonders bestowed on humanity!

22 Let them offer sacrifices of thanksgiving

and proclaim his great deeds with songs of joy.

23 Those who go down to the sea in ships,

plying their trade on the great ocean,

24 saw the works ofAdonai,

his wonders in the deep.

25 For at his word the storm-wind arose,

lifting up towering waves.

26 The sailors were raised up to the sky,

then plunged into the depths.

At the danger, their courage failed them,

27 they reeled and staggered like drunk men,

and all their skill was swallowed up.

28 In their trouble they cried toAdonai,

and he rescued them from their distress.

29 He silenced the storm and stilled its waves,

30 and they rejoiced as the sea grew calm.

Then he brought them safely

to their desired port.

31 Let them give thanks toAdonaifor his grace,

for his wonders bestowed on humanity!

32 Let them extol him in the assembly of the people

and praise him in the leaders’ council.

33 He turns rivers into desert,

flowing springs into thirsty ground,

34 productive land into salt flats,

because the people living there are so wicked.

35 But he also turns desert into pools of water,

dry land into flowing springs;

36 there he gives the hungry a home,

and they build a city to live in;

37 there they sow fields and plant vineyards,

which yield an abundant harvest.

38 He blesses them, their numbers grow,

and he doesn’t let their livestock decrease.

39 When their numbers fall, and they grow weak,

because of oppression, disaster and sorrow,

40 he pours contempt on princes

and leaves them to wander in trackless wastes.

41 But the needy he raises up from their distress

and increases their families like sheep.

42 When the upright see this, they rejoice;

while the wicked are reduced to silence.

43 Let whoever is wise observe these things

and considerAdonai’s loving deeds.

1 A song. A psalm of David:

2 My heart is steadfast, God.

I will sing and make music with my glory.

3 Awake, lute and lyre!

I will awaken the dawn.

4 I will thank you,Adonai, among the peoples;

I will make music to you among the nations.

5 For your grace is great, above heaven,

and your truth, all the way to the skies.

6 Be exalted, God, above heaven!

May your glory be over all the earth,

7 in order that those you love can be rescued;

so save with your right hand, and answer me!

8 God in his holiness spoke,

and I took joy [in his promise]:

“I will divide Sh’khem

and determine the shares in the Sukkot Valley.

9 Gil‘ad is mine and M’nasheh mine,

Efrayim my helmet, Y’hudah my scepter.

10 Mo’av is my washpot; on Edom I throw my shoe;

Over P’leshet I shout in triumph.”

11 Who will bring me into the fortified city?

Who will lead me to Edom?

12 God, have you rejected us?

You don’t go out with our armies, God.

13 Help us against our enemy,

for human help is worthless.

14 With God’s help we will fight valiantly,

for he will trample our enemies.