I hate what unfaithful people do.

I want no part of it.

4 I will keep far away from devious minds.

I will have nothing to do with evil.

5 I will destroy anyone who secretly slanders his neighbor.

I will not tolerate anyone with a conceited look or arrogant heart.

6 My eyes will be watching the faithful people in the land so that they may live with me.

The person who lives with integrity will serve me.

7 The one who does deceitful things will not stay in my home.

The one who tells lies will not remain in my presence.

8 Every morning I will destroy all the wicked people in the land to rid Yahweh's city of all troublemakers.

Psalm 102 A prayer by someone who is suffering, when he is weary and pours out his troubles in Yahweh's presence.

1 O Yahweh, hear my prayer, and let my cry for help come to you.

2 Do not hide your face from me when I am in trouble.

Turn your ear toward me.

Answer me quickly when I call.

3 My days disappear like smoke.

My bones burn like hot coals.

4 My heart is beaten down and withered like grass because I have forgotten about eating.

5 I am nothing but skin and bones because of my loud groans.

6 I am like a desert owl, like an owl living in the ruins.

7 I lie awake.

I am like a lonely bird on a rooftop.

8 All day long my enemies insult me.

Those who ridicule me use my name as a curse.

9 I eat ashes like bread and my tears are mixed with my drink 10 because of your hostility and anger, because you have picked me up and thrown me away.

11 My days are like a shadow that is getting longer, and I wither away like grass.

12 But you, O Yahweh, remain forever.

You are remembered throughout every generation.

13 You will rise and have compassion on Zion, because it is time to grant a favor to it.

Indeed, the appointed time has come.

14 Your servants value Zion's stones, and they pity its rubble.

15 The nations will fear Yahweh's name.

All the kings of the earth will fear your glory.

16 When Yahweh builds Zion, he will appear in his glory.

17 He will turn his attention to the prayers of those who have been abandoned.

He will not despise their prayers.

18 This will be written down for a future generation so that a people yet to be created may praise Yah: 19 "Yahweh looked down from his holy place high above.

From heaven he looked at the earth.

20 He heard the groans of the prisoners and set free those who were condemned to death.

21 Yahweh's name is announced in Zion and his praise in Jerusalem 22 when nations and kingdoms gather to worship Yahweh ."

23 He has weakened my strength along the way.

He has reduced the number of my days.

24 I said, "My El , don't take me now in the middle of my life.

Your years continue on throughout every generation.

25 Long ago you laid the foundation of the earth.

Even the heavens are the works of your hands.

26 They will come to an end, but you will still go on.

They will all wear out like clothing.

You will change them like clothes, and they will be thrown away.

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

28 The children of your servants will go on living here.

Their descendants will be secure in your presence."

Psalm 103 By David.

1 Praise Yahweh, my soul!

Praise his holy name, all that is within me.

2 Praise Yahweh, my soul, and never forget all the good he has done: 3 He is the one who forgives all your sins, the one who heals all your diseases, 4 the one who rescues your life from the pit, the one who crowns you with mercy and compassion, 5 the one who fills your life with blessings so that you become young again like an eagle.

6 Yahweh does what is right and fair for all who are oppressed.

7 He let Moses know his ways.

He let the Israelites know the things he had done.

8 Yahweh is compassionate, merciful, patient, and always ready to forgive.

9 He will not always accuse us of wrong or be angry with us forever.

10 He has not treated us as we deserve for our sins or paid us back for our wrongs.

11 As high as the heavens are above the earth- that is how vast his mercy is toward those who fear him.

12 As far as the east is from the west- that is how far he has removed our rebellious acts from himself.

13 As a father has compassion for his children, so Yahweh has compassion for those who fear him.

14 He certainly knows what we are made of.

He bears in mind that we are dust.

15 Human life is as short-lived as grass.

It blossoms like a flower in the field.

16 When the wind blows over the flower, it disappears, and there is no longer any sign of it.

17 But from everlasting to everlasting, Yahweh's mercy is on those who fear him.

His righteousness belongs to their children and grandchildren, 18 to those who are faithful to his promise,a to those who remember to follow his guiding principles.

19 Yahweh has set his throne in heaven.

His kingdom rules everything.

20 Praise Yahweh, all his angels, you mighty beings who carry out his orders and are ready to obey his spoken orders.

21 Praise Yahweh, all his armies, his servants who carry out his will.

22 Praise Yahweh, all his creatures in all the places of his empire.

Praise Yahweh , my soul!

Psalm 104 1 Praise Yahweh my soul!

O Yahweh my Elohim, you are very great.

You are clothed with splendor and majesty.

2 You cover yourself with light as though it were a robe.

You stretch out the heavens as though they were curtains.

3 You lay the beams of your home in the water.

You use the clouds for your chariot.

You move on the wings of the wind.

4 You make your angels winds and your servants flames of fire.

5 You set the earth on its foundations so that it can never be shaken.

6 You covered the earth with an ocean as though it were a robe.

Water stood above the mountains 7 and fled because of your threat.

Water ran away at the sound of your thunder.

8 The mountains rose and the valleys sank to the place you appointed for them.

9 Water cannot cross the boundary you set and cannot come back to cover the earth.

10 You make water gush from springs into valleys.

It flows between the mountains.

11 Every wild animal drinks from them.

Wild donkeys quench their thirst.

12 The birds live by the streams.

They sing among the branches.