They shall perish, but You shall endure; yea, all of them shall become old like a garment; like a robe You shall change them, and they shall be changed;

At Your rebuke they flee; at the voice of Your thunder they hurry away.

They go up by the mountains; they go down by the valleys to the place which You have founded for them.

You have set a bound that they may not pass over, so that they do not turn again to cover the earth.

He sends the springs into the valleys; they flow between the hills.

They give drink to every beast of the field; the wild asses break their thirst.

By them the birds of the heavens will have their place of rest; they sing among the branches.

The sun rises; they are gathered, and go to their dens to lie down.

You give to them, they gather; You open Your hand; they are filled with good.

You hide Your face, they are troubled; You take away their breath, they die and return to their dust.

You send forth Your Spirit, they are created; and You renew the face of the earth.

He looks on the earth, and it trembles; He touches the hills, and they smoke.

when they were a few men in number; yea, very few, and strangers in it.

When they went from one nation to another, from a kingdom to another people,

whose feet they hurt with chains; he was laid in iron,

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

He sent darkness, and made it dark; and they did not rebel against His Word.

and they ate up all the plants in their land, and ate the fruit of their ground.

Egypt was glad when they departed; for the fear of them had fallen on them.

They asked, and He brought quail, and satisfied them with the food of heaven.

He opened the rock, and the waters gushed out; they ran in the dry places like a river.

and gave them the lands of the nations; and they inherited the labor of the people,

so that they might take heed to His Precepts and keep His Laws. Praise Jehovah!

Our fathers did not understand Your wonders in Egypt; they did not remember the multitude of Your mercies, but rebelled at the sea, even at the Red Sea.

Then they believed His Words; they sang His praise.

They hurried and forgot His works; they did not wait for His counsel;

but they lusted greedily in the wilderness, and tested God in the desert.

And He gave them what they asked, but sent leanness into their soul.

And they were jealous of Moses in the camp, and Aaron the saint of Jehovah.

They made a calf in Horeb, and worshiped the melted image.

And they changed their Glory into the likeness of an ox that eats grass.

They forgot God their Deliverer, who had done great things in Egypt;

And they despised the pleasant land; they did not believe His Word,

And they joined themselves to Baal-peor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead,

And they angered Him at the waters of strife so that it went ill with Moses for their sakes;

because they provoked his spirit so that he spoke rashly with his lips.

They did not destroy the nations as Jehovah commanded them;

And they served their idols, which were a snare to them.

Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons,

and shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan; and the land was defiled with blood.

And they were defiled with their works, and went lusting in their doings.

And their enemies oppressed them, and they were humbled under their hand.

Many times He delivered them, but they rebelled in their counsel and sank in their iniquities.

They wandered in the wilderness, in a desert by the way; they found no city to dwell in.

Then they cried to Jehovah in their distress, and He delivered them out of their troubles.

because they rebelled against the Words of God, and despised the advice of the Most High.

and He humbled their heart with labor; they fell down, and none was helping.

Then they cried to Jehovah in their distress, and He saved them out of their troubles.

Their soul hates all kinds of food; and they draw near the gates of death.

Then they cry to Jehovah in their distress, and He saves them out of their troubles.

They who go down to the sea in ships, who do business in great waters;

They mount up to the heavens, they go down again to the depths; their soul is melted because of trouble.

They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and all their wisdom is swallowed up.

And they cry to Jehovah in their trouble, and He brings them out of their troubles.

And they are glad because they are quiet; so He brings them to their desired haven.

And He makes the hungry dwell there, so that they may prepare a city to live in;

He also blesses them, so that they are multiplied greatly; and does not allow their cattle to become few.

Again, they have become few, and humbled through harshness, affliction, and sorrow.

Whoever is wise, and will observe these things, they shall understand the mercies of Jehovah.

for the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me; they spoke against me with a lying tongue.

And they surrounded me with words of hatred; and fought against me without a cause.

For my love they are my foes; but I am in prayer.

And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.

And I became a shame to them; they looked on me; they shook their heads.

and they will know that this is Your hand; that You, Jehovah, have done it.

They will curse, but You will bless; they arise, and are ashamed; but let Your servant rejoice.

standing fast forever and ever; they are done in truth and uprightness.

They have mouths, but they do not speak; they have eyes, but they do not see;

they have ears, but they do not hear; they have noses, but they do not smell;

they have hands, but they do not handle; they have feet, but they do not walk; they do not mutter through their throat.

They surround me; yea, they surround me, but in the name of Jehovah I will destroy them.

They surround me like bees; they are put out like the fire of thorns; for in the name of Jehovah I will cut them off.

Blessed are they who keep His testimonies, and who seek Him with all the heart.

They also do no iniquity; they walk in His ways.

They who fear You will be glad when they see me; because I have hoped in Your Word.

Let the proud be ashamed; for they perverted my cause with lying; I will think on Your Commandments.

All Your Commandments are faithful; they persecute me with lying; help me.

They had almost finished me on earth; but I did not forsake Your Commandments.

They stand to this day according to Your ordinances; for all are Your servants.

Through Your Commandments You make me wiser than my enemies, for they are ever with me.

I have taken Your testimonies as an inheritance forever; for they are the rejoicing of my heart.

It is time for Jehovah to work; for they have broken Your Law.

Rivers of water run down my eyes, because they do not keep Your Law.

They draw near, those who follow after wickedness; they are far from Your Law.

Salvation is far from the wicked, for they do not seek Your Precepts.

I saw the traitors, and was grieved because they did not keep Your Word.

I am for peace; but when I speak, they are for war.

A Song of degrees; of David. I was glad when they said to me, Let us go into the house of Jehovah.

then they would have swallowed us up alive, when their wrath was kindled against us;

A Song of degrees. They who trust in Jehovah shall be like Mount Zion; it is not shaken, but remains forever.

Then our mouth was filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing; then they said among the nations, Jehovah has done great things with them.

A Song of degrees for Solomon. Unless Jehovah builds the house, they labor in vain who build it; unless Jehovah keeps the city, the watchman stays awake in vain.

Blessed is the man who has his quiver full of them; they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate.

A Song of degrees. Many times they have afflicted me from my youth, Israel may now say;

many times they have afflicted me from my youth; yet they have not prevailed over me.

The plowers plowed on my back; they made their furrows long.

They have mouths, but they do not speak; they have eyes, but they do not see;

they have ears, but they do not hear, nor is there breath in their mouths.

All the kings of the earth shall praise You, O Jehovah, when they hear the Words of Your mouth.

Yea, they shall sing in the ways of Jehovah; for great is the glory of Jehovah.