Psalm 136

³⁴Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.

¹Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.

⁴¹With them were Heman, Jeduthun, and the rest of those chosen and designated by name to give thanks to the Lord, for “His loving devotion endures forever.”

¹Hallelujah! Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.

¹Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.

²¹Then Jehoshaphat consulted with the people and appointed those who would sing to the Lord and praise the splendor of His holiness. As they went out before the army, they were singing: “Give thanks to the Lord, for His loving devotion endures forever.”

¹⁷For the Lord your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great, mighty, and awesome God, showing no partiality and accepting no bribe.

⁹For You, O Lord, are Most High over all the earth; You are exalted far above all gods.

⁴⁷The king said to Daniel, “Your God is truly the God of gods and Lord of kings, the Revealer of Mysteries, since you were able to reveal this mystery.”

⁵The house that I am building will be great, for our God is greater than all gods.

²²“The Lord, the Mighty One, is God! The Lord, the Mighty One, is God! He knows, and may Israel also know. If this was in rebellion or breach of faith against the Lord, do not spare us today.

¹¹Now I know that the Lord is greater than all other gods, for He did this when they treated Israel with arrogance.”

¹⁴They will make war against the Lamb, and the Lamb will triumph over them, because He is Lord of lords and King of kings; and He will be accompanied by His called and chosen and faithful ones.”

¹⁶And He has a name written on His robe and on His thigh: KING OF KINGS AND Lord OF LORDS.

¹⁵which the blessed and only Sovereign One—the King of kings and Lord of lords—will bring about in His own time.

¹⁸Blessed be the Lord God, the God of Israel, who alone does marvelous deeds.

⁹the One who does great and unsearchable things, wonders without number.

¹⁰For You are great and perform wonders; You alone are God.

¹¹Who among the gods is like You, O Lord? Who is like You—majestic in holiness, revered with praises, performing wonders?

³and they sang the song of God’s servant Moses and of the Lamb: “Great and wonderful are Your works, O Lord God Almighty! Just and true are Your ways, O King of the nations!

¹In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

²⁴How many are Your works, O Lord! In wisdom You have made them all; the earth is full of Your creatures.

¹⁵The Lord made the earth by His power; He established the world by His wisdom and stretched out the heavens by His understanding.

⁶By the word of the Lord the heavens were made, and all the stars by the breath of His mouth.

²²The Lord created me as His first course, before His works of old.

²³From everlasting I was established, from the beginning, before the earth began.

¹²The Lord made the earth by His power; He established the world by His wisdom and stretched out the heavens by His understanding.

²For He has founded it upon the seas and established it upon the waters.

¹²The Lord made the earth by His power; He established the world by His wisdom and stretched out the heavens by His understanding.

⁹And God said, “Let the waters under the sky be gathered into one place, so that the dry land may appear.” And it was so.

²⁴Thus says the Lord, your Redeemer who formed you from the womb: “I am the Lord, who has made all things, who alone stretched out the heavens, who by Myself spread out the earth,

⁵This is what God the Lord says—He who created the heavens and stretched them out, who spread out the earth and its offspring, who gives breath to the people on it and life to those who walk in it:

²He wraps Himself in light as with a garment; He stretches out the heavens like a tent,

³laying the beams of His chambers in the waters above, making the clouds His chariot, walking on the wings of the wind.

¹⁹He made the moon to mark the seasons; the sun knows when to set.

¹⁶The day is Yours, and also the night; You established the moon and the sun.

¹⁷You set all the boundaries of the earth; You made the summer and winter.

¹⁴And God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to distinguish between the day and the night, and let them be signs to mark the seasons and days and years.

¹⁵And let them serve as lights in the expanse of the sky to shine upon the earth.” And it was so.

¹⁹When you look to the heavens and see the sun and moon and stars—all the host of heaven—do not be enticed to bow down and worship what the Lord your God has apportioned to all the nations under heaven.

³Praise Him, O sun and moon; praise Him, all you shining stars.

³⁵Thus says the Lord, who gives the sun for light by day, who sets in order the moon and stars for light by night, who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar—the Lord of Hosts is His name:

¹⁶God made two great lights: the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night. And He made the stars as well.

⁴⁵that you may be sons of your Father in heaven. He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.

³⁶his offspring shall endure forever, and his throne before Me like the sun,

³⁷like the moon, established forever, a faithful witness in the sky.” Selah

²⁶if I have beheld the sun in its radiance or the moon moving in splendor,

³When I behold Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You have set in place—

²⁹Now at midnight the Lord struck down every firstborn male in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh, who sat on his throne, to the firstborn of the prisoner in the dungeon, as well as all the firstborn among the livestock.

⁵¹He struck all the firstborn of Egypt, the virility in the tents of Ham.

⁸He struck down the firstborn of Egypt, of both man and beast.

¹²On that night I will pass through the land of Egypt and strike down every firstborn male, both man and beast, and I will execute judgment against all the gods of Egypt. I am the Lord.

³⁶Then He struck all the firstborn in their land, the firstfruits of all their vigor.

²⁸By faith he kept the Passover and the sprinkling of blood, so that the destroyer of the firstborn would not touch Israel’s own firstborn.

⁵¹And on that very day the Lord brought the Israelites out of the land of Egypt by their divisions.

³So Moses told the people, “Remember this day, the day you came out of Egypt, out of the house of slavery; for the Lord brought you out of it by the strength of His hand. And nothing leavened shall be eaten.

⁶Then Samuel said to the people, “The Lord is the One who appointed Moses and Aaron, and who brought your fathers up out of the land of Egypt.

⁷Now present yourselves, so that I may confront you before the Lord with all the righteous acts He has done for you and your fathers.

⁵²He led out His people like sheep and guided them like a flock in the wilderness.

¹⁷When Pharaoh let the people go, God did not lead them along the road through the land of the Philistines, though it was shorter. For God said, “If the people face war, they might change their minds and return to Egypt.”

³⁷He brought Israel out with silver and gold, and none among His tribes stumbled.

²¹You brought Your people Israel out of the land of Egypt with signs and wonders, with a strong hand and an outstretched arm, and with great terror.

³⁴Or has any god tried to take as his own a nation out of another nation—by trials, signs, wonders, and war, by a strong hand and an outstretched arm, and by great terrors—as the Lord your God did for you in Egypt, before your eyes?

⁶Therefore tell the Israelites: ‘I am the Lord, and I will bring you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians and deliver you from their bondage. I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with mighty acts of judgment.

³For it was not by their sword that they took the land; their arm did not bring them victory. It was by Your right hand, Your arm, and the light of Your face, because You favored them.

¹⁴In the future, when your son asks you, ‘What does this mean?’ you are to tell him, ‘With a mighty hand the Lord brought us out of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.

⁹Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the Lord. Wake up as in days past, as in generations of old. Was it not You who cut Rahab to pieces, who pierced through the dragon?

¹⁰Was it not You who dried up the sea, the waters of the great deep, who made a road in the depths of the sea for the redeemed to cross over?

¹³He split the sea and brought them through; He set the waters upright like a wall.

⁹He rebuked the Red Sea, and it dried up; He led them through the depths as through a desert.

¹⁰He saved them from the hand that hated them; He redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.

²⁹But the Israelites had walked through the sea on dry ground, with walls of water on their right and on their left.

²¹Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and all that night the Lord drove back the sea with a strong east wind that turned it into dry land. So the waters were divided,

²²and the Israelites went through the sea on dry ground, with walls of water on their right and on their left.

¹³You divided the sea by Your strength; You smashed the heads of the dragons of the sea;

⁵Come and see the works of God; how awesome are His deeds toward mankind.

⁶He turned the sea into dry land; they passed through the waters on foot; there we rejoiced in Him.

²²and the Israelites went through the sea on dry ground, with walls of water on their right and on their left.

⁹He rebuked the Red Sea, and it dried up; He led them through the depths as through a desert.

¹³He split the sea and brought them through; He set the waters upright like a wall.

⁵³He led them safely, so they did not fear, but the sea engulfed their enemies.

⁹He sent signs and wonders into your midst, O Egypt, against Pharaoh and all his servants.

¹⁰You performed signs and wonders against Pharaoh, all his officials, and all the people of his land, for You knew they had acted with arrogance against our fathers. You made a name for Yourself that endures to this day.

¹¹You divided the sea before them, and they crossed through it on dry ground. You hurled their pursuers into the depths like a stone into raging waters.

⁵With awesome deeds of righteousness You answer us, O God of our salvation, the hope of all the ends of the earth and of the farthest seas.

¹⁰But You blew with Your breath, and the sea covered them. They sank like lead in the mighty waters.

¹¹Who among the gods is like You, O Lord? Who is like You—majestic in holiness, revered with praises, performing wonders?

²⁷So Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and at daybreak the sea returned to its normal state. As the Egyptians were retreating, the Lord swept them into the sea.

²⁸The waters flowed back and covered the chariots and horsemen—the entire army of Pharaoh that had chased the Israelites into the sea. Not one of them survived.

¹⁵He led you through the vast and terrifying wilderness with its venomous snakes and scorpions, a thirsty and waterless land. He brought you water from the rock of flint.

²²Then Moses led Israel from the Red Sea, and they went out into the Desert of Shur. For three days they walked in the desert without finding water.

¹⁸So God led the people around by the way of the wilderness toward the Red Sea. And the Israelites left the land of Egypt arrayed for battle.

²Remember that these forty years the Lord your God led you all the way in the wilderness, so that He might humble you and test you in order to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep His commandments.

²⁰You led Your people like a flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron.

¹¹Then His people remembered the days of old, the days of Moses. Where is He who brought them through the sea with the shepherds of His flock? Where is the One who set His Holy Spirit among them,

¹²who sent His glorious arm to lead them by the right hand of Moses, who divided the waters before them to gain for Himself everlasting renown,

¹⁰He struck down many nations and slaughtered mighty kings:

¹¹Sihon king of the Amorites, Og king of Bashan, and all the kings of Canaan.

¹Now these are the kings of the land whom the Israelites struck down and whose lands they took beyond the Jordan to the east, from the Arnon Valley to Mount Hermon, including all the Arabah eastward:

²Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon. He ruled from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley, along the middle of the valley, up to the Jabbok River (the border of the Ammonites), that is, half of Gilead,

⁷When you reached this place, Sihon king of Heshbon and Og king of Bashan came out against us in battle, but we defeated them.

⁷When you reached this place, Sihon king of Heshbon and Og king of Bashan came out against us in battle, but we defeated them.

³⁰But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass through, for the Lord your God had made his spirit stubborn and his heart obstinate, that He might deliver him into your hand, as is the case this day.

³¹Then the Lord said to me, “See, I have begun to deliver Sihon and his land over to you. Now begin to conquer and possess his land.”

²¹Then Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, saying,

²²“Let us pass through your land. We will not turn aside into any field or vineyard, or drink water from any well. We will stay on the King’s Highway until we have passed through your territory.”

³³Then they turned and went up the road to Bashan, and Og king of Bashan and his whole army came out to meet them in battle at Edrei.

¹Then we turned and went up the road to Bashan, and Og king of Bashan and his whole army came out to meet us in battle at Edrei.

²But the Lord said to me, “Do not fear him, for I have delivered him into your hand, along with all his people and his land. Do to him as you did to Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon.”

¹²He gave their land as an inheritance, as a heritage to His people Israel.

²With Your hand You drove out the nations and planted our fathers there; You crushed the peoples and cast them out.

³For it was not by their sword that they took the land; their arm did not bring them victory. It was by Your right hand, Your arm, and the light of Your face, because You favored them.

³³So Moses gave to the Gadites, to the Reubenites, and to the half-tribe of Manasseh son of Joseph the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan—the land including its cities and the territory surrounding them.

³⁴And the Gadites built up Dibon, Ataroth, Aroer,

⁵⁵He drove out nations before them and apportioned their inheritance; He settled the tribes of Israel in their tents.

¹Now these are the kings of the land whom the Israelites struck down and whose lands they took beyond the Jordan to the east, from the Arnon Valley to Mount Hermon, including all the Arabah eastward:

²Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon. He ruled from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley, along the middle of the valley, up to the Jabbok River (the border of the Ammonites), that is, half of Gilead,

¹Now Joshua was old and well along in years, and the Lord said to him, “You are old and well along in years, but very much of the land remains to be possessed.

²This is the land that remains: All the territory of the Philistines and the Geshurites,

⁴He chooses our inheritance for us, the pride of Jacob, whom He loves. Selah

⁶O offspring of His servant Abraham, O sons of Jacob, His chosen ones.

⁹In all their distress, He too was afflicted, and the Angel of His Presence saved them. In His love and compassion He redeemed them; He lifted them up and carried them all the days of old.

⁴⁸For He has looked with favor on the humble state of His servant. From now on all generations will call me blessed.

⁶Listen to my cry, for I am brought quite low. Rescue me from my pursuers, for they are too strong for me.

³⁶For the Lord will vindicate His people and have compassion on His servants when He sees that their strength is gone and no one remains, slave or free.

⁷The Lord sends poverty and wealth; He humbles and He exalts.

⁸He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap. He seats them among princes and bestows on them a throne of honor. For the foundations of the earth are the Lord’s, and upon them He has set the world.

⁶The Lord preserves the simplehearted; I was helpless, and He saved me.

²Let the redeemed of the Lord say so, whom He has redeemed from the hand of the enemy

¹³With loving devotion You will lead the people You have redeemed; with Your strength You will guide them to Your holy dwelling.

⁶⁸“Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, because He has visited and redeemed His people.

⁶⁹He has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of His servant David,

¹⁵Remember that you were slaves in the land of Egypt, and the Lord your God redeemed you; that is why I am giving you this command today.

⁹In all their distress, He too was afflicted, and the Angel of His Presence saved them. In His love and compassion He redeemed them; He lifted them up and carried them all the days of old.

¹⁴He gave Himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for Himself a people for His own possession, zealous for good deeds.

²⁷All creatures look to You to give them their food in due season.

¹⁵The eyes of all look to You, and You give them their food in season.

⁹He provides food for the animals, and for the young ravens when they call.

¹Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good. His loving devotion endures forever.

²Give thanks to the God of gods. His loving devotion endures forever.

⁹“I am a Hebrew,” replied Jonah. “I worship the Lord, the God of the heavens, who made the sea and the dry land.”

⁴When I heard these words, I sat down and wept. I mourned for days, fasting and praying before the God of heaven.

¹A song of ascents. I lift up my eyes to You, the One enthroned in heaven.

³Our God is in heaven; He does as He pleases.