Psa 48:4-8, 105:5-45, Psa 136, Isa 59:1-2 | ESV | STEP | For behold , the kings assembled ; they came on together .

4 For behold, ^athe kings assembled;
they came on together.
5 As soon as they saw it, they were astounded;
they were in panic; they took to flight.
6 ^bTrembling took hold of them there,
anguish ^cas of a woman in labor.
7 By ^dthe east wind you ^eshattered
the ships of ^fTarshish.
8 As we have heard, so have we seen
in the city of the Lord of hosts,
in ^gthe city of our God,
which God will ^hestablish forever. Selah

Psalms 105:5-45

5 Remember the ⁱwondrous works that he has done,
his miracles, and ^jthe judgments he uttered,
6 O offspring of ^kAbraham, his servant,
children of Jacob, his ^lchosen ones!
7 He is the Lord our God;
his ^mjudgments are in all the earth.
8 He ⁿremembers his covenant forever,
the word that he commanded, for ^oa thousand generations,
9 ^pthe covenant that he made with Abraham,
his ^qsworn promise to Isaac,
10 which he confirmed to ^rJacob as a statute,
to Israel as an everlasting covenant,
11 saying, ^s“To you I will give the land of Canaan
as ^tyour portion for an inheritance.”
12 When they were ^ufew in number,
of little account, and ^vsojourners in it,
13 wandering from nation to nation,
from one kingdom to another people,
14 he ^wallowed no one to oppress them;
he ^xrebuked kings on their account,
15 saying, ^y“Touch not my anointed ones,
do my prophets no harm!”
16 When he ^zsummoned a famine on the land
and ^aabroke all supply ^{▼▼Hebrew staff} of bread,
17 he had ^acsent a man ahead of them,
Joseph, who was ^adsold as a slave.
18 His ^aefeet were hurt with fetters;
his neck was put in a collar of iron;
19 until ^afwhat he had said came to pass,
the word of the Lord ^agtested him.
20 ^ahThe king sent and ^aireleased him;
the ruler of the peoples set him free;
21 he ^ajmade him lord of his house
and ruler of all his possessions,
22 to bind ^{▼▼Septuagint, Syriac, Jerome instruct} his princes at his pleasure
and to teach his elders wisdom.
23 Then ^alIsrael came to Egypt;
Jacob ^amsojourned in ^anthe land of Ham.
24 And the Lord ^aomade his people very fruitful
and made them stronger than their foes.
25 He ^apturned their hearts to hate his people,
to ^aqdeal craftily with his servants.
26 He ^arsent Moses, his servant,
and Aaron, ^aswhom he had chosen.
27 ^atThey performed his signs among them
and miracles in ^authe land of Ham.
28 He ^avsent darkness, and made the land dark;
they ^awdid not rebel ^{▼▼Septuagint, Syriac omit not} against his words.
29 He turned their waters into blood
and ^aycaused their fish to die.
30 Their land swarmed with frogs,
even in ^azthe chambers of their kings.
31 He spoke, and there came ^baswarms of flies,
^bband gnats throughout their country.
32 He gave them hail for rain,
and fiery ^bclightning bolts through their land.
33 He struck down their vines and fig trees,
and ^bdshattered the trees of their country.
34 He spoke, and the ^belocusts came,
young locusts without number,
35 which devoured all the vegetation in their land
and ate up the fruit of their ground.
36 He ^bfstruck down all the firstborn in their land,
^bgthe firstfruits of all their strength.
37 Then he brought out Israel with ^bhsilver and gold,
and there was none among his tribes who stumbled.
38 ^biEgypt was glad when they departed,
for ^bjdread of them had fallen upon it.
39 He ^bkspread a cloud for a covering,
and fire to give light by night.
40 ^blThey asked, and he ^bmbrought quail,
and gave them ^bnbread from heaven in abundance.
41 He opened the rock, and ^bowater gushed out;
it flowed through ^bpthe desert like a river.
42 For he ^bqremembered his holy promise,
and ^brAbraham, his servant.
43 So he brought his people out with joy,
his ^bschosen ones with ^btsinging.
44 And he ^bugave them the lands of the nations,
and they took possession of the fruit of the peoples’ toil,
45 that they might ^bvkeep his statutes
and ^bwobserve his laws.
^bxPraise the Lord!

Psalms 136

His Steadfast Love Endures Forever

1 ^byGive thanks to the Lord, for he is good,
^bzfor his steadfast love endures forever.
2 Give thanks to ^cathe God of gods,
for his steadfast love endures forever.
3 Give thanks to ^cbthe Lord of lords,
for his steadfast love endures forever;
4 to him who alone ^ccdoes great wonders,
for his steadfast love endures forever;
5 to him who ^cdby understanding ^cemade the heavens,
for his steadfast love endures forever;
6 to him who ^cfspread out the earth ^cgabove the waters,
for his steadfast love endures forever;
7 to him who ^chmade the great lights,
for his steadfast love endures forever;
8 the sun to rule over the day,
for his steadfast love endures forever;
9 the moon and stars to rule over the night,
for his steadfast love endures forever;
10 to him who ^cistruck down the firstborn of Egypt,
for his steadfast love endures forever;
11 and ^cjbrought Israel out from among them,
for his steadfast love endures forever;
12 with ^cka strong hand and an outstretched arm,
for his steadfast love endures forever;
13 to him who ^cldivided the Red Sea in two,
for his steadfast love endures forever;
14 ^cmand made Israel pass through the midst of it,
for his steadfast love endures forever;
15 but ^cnoverthrew ^{▼▼Hebrew shook off} Pharaoh and his host in the Red Sea,
for his steadfast love endures forever;
16 to him who ^cpled his people through the wilderness,
for his steadfast love endures forever;
17 to him ^cqwho struck down great kings,
for his steadfast love endures forever;
18 and killed mighty kings,
for his steadfast love endures forever;
19 Sihon, king of the Amorites,
for his steadfast love endures forever;
20 and Og, king of Bashan,
for his steadfast love endures forever;
21 and gave their land as a heritage,
for his steadfast love endures forever;
22 a heritage to Israel his ^crservant,
for his steadfast love endures forever.
23 It is he who ^csremembered us in our low estate,
for his steadfast love endures forever;
24 and ^ctrescued us from our foes,
for his steadfast love endures forever;
25 he who ^cugives food to all flesh,
for his steadfast love endures forever.
26 Give thanks to ^cvthe God of heaven,
for his steadfast love endures forever.

Isaiah 59:1-2

Evil and Oppression

1 Behold, ^cwthe Lord’s hand is not shortened, that it cannot save,
or his ear dull, that it cannot hear;
2 ^cxbut your iniquities have made a separation
between you and your God,
and your sins have hidden his face from you
so that he does not hear.