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Psalms
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Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked or
stand in the way of sinners or sit in the seat of mockers. {2}
But his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates
day and night. {3} He is like a tree planted by streams of water,
which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither.
Whatever he does prospers. {4} Not so the wicked! They are like
chaff that the wind blows away. {5} Therefore the wicked will not
stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.
{6} For the LORD watches over the way of the righteous, but the way
of the wicked will perish. |
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Psalms 2 |
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Why
do the nations conspire and the peoples plot in vain? {2} The
kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers gather together
against the LORD and against his Anointed One. {3} "Let us break
their chains," they say, "and throw off their fetters." {4} The
One enthroned in heaven laughs; the Lord scoffs at them. {5} Then
he rebukes them in his anger and terrifies them in his wrath, saying,
{6} "I have installed my King on Zion, my holy hill." {7} I
will proclaim the decree of the LORD: He said to me, "You are my Son ;
today I have become your Father. {8} Ask of me, and I will make
the nations your inheritance, the ends of the earth your possession.
{9} You will rule them with an iron scepter ; you will dash them to
pieces like pottery." {10} Therefore, you kings, be wise; be
warned, you rulers of the earth. {11} Serve the LORD with fear
and rejoice with trembling. {12} Kiss the Son, lest he be angry
and you be destroyed in your way, for his wrath can flare up in a
moment. Blessed are all who take refuge in him. |
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Psalms 3 |
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A
psalm of David. When he fled from his son Absalom. O LORD, how many are
my foes! How many rise up against me! {2} Many are saying of me,
"God will not deliver him." Selah {3} But you are a shield around
me, O LORD; you bestow glory on me and lift up my head. {4} To
the LORD I cry aloud, and he answers me from his holy hill. Selah {5}
I lie down and sleep; I wake again, because the LORD sustains me.
{6} I will not fear the tens of thousands drawn up against me on
every side. {7} Arise, O LORD! Deliver me, O my God! Strike all
my enemies on the jaw; break the teeth of the wicked. {8} From
the LORD comes deliverance. May your blessing be on your people.
Selah |
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Psalms
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For
the director of music. With stringed instruments. A psalm of David.
Answer me when I call to you, O my righteous God. Give me relief from my
distress; be merciful to me and hear my prayer. {2} How long, O
men, will you turn my glory into shame ? How long will you love
delusions and seek false gods ? Selah {3} Know that the LORD has
set apart the godly for himself; the LORD will hear when I call to him.
{4} In your anger do not sin; when you are on your beds, search your
hearts and be silent. Selah {5} Offer right sacrifices and trust
in the LORD. {6} Many are asking, "Who can show us any good?" Let
the light of your face shine upon us, O LORD. {7} You have filled
my heart with greater joy than when their grain and new wine abound.
{8} I will lie down and sleep in peace, for you alone, O LORD, make
me dwell in safety. |
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Psalms 5 |
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For
the director of music. For flutes. A psalm of David. Give ear to my
words, O LORD, consider my sighing. {2} Listen to my cry for
help, my King and my God, for to you I pray. {3} In the morning,
O LORD, you hear my voice; in the morning I lay my requests before you
and wait in expectation. {4} You are not a God who takes pleasure
in evil; with you the wicked cannot dwell. {5} The arrogant
cannot stand in your presence; you hate all who do wrong. {6} You
destroy those who tell lies; bloodthirsty and deceitful men the LORD
abhors. {7} But I, by your great mercy, will come into your
house; in reverence will I bow down toward your holy temple. {8}
Lead me, O LORD, in your righteousness because of my enemies-- make
straight your way before me. {9} Not a word from their mouth can
be trusted; their heart is filled with destruction. Their throat is an
open grave; with their tongue they speak deceit. {10} Declare
them guilty, O God! Let their intrigues be their downfall. Banish them
for their many sins, for they have rebelled against you. {11} But
let all who take refuge in you be glad; let them ever sing for joy.
Spread your protection over them, that those who love your name may
rejoice in you. {12} For surely, O LORD, you bless the righteous;
you surround them with your favor as with a shield. |
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Psalms 6 |
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For
the director of music. With stringed instruments. According to
sheminith. A psalm of David. O LORD, do not rebuke me in your anger
or discipline me in your wrath. {2} Be merciful to me, LORD, for
I am faint; O LORD, heal me, for my bones are in agony. {3} My
soul is in anguish. How long, O LORD, how long? {4} Turn, O LORD,
and deliver me; save me because of your unfailing love. {5} No
one remembers you when he is dead. Who praises you from the grave ?
{6} I am worn out from groaning; all night long I flood my bed with
weeping and drench my couch with tears. {7} My eyes grow weak
with sorrow; they fail because of all my foes. {8} Away from me,
all you who do evil, for the LORD has heard my weeping. {9} The
LORD has heard my cry for mercy; the LORD accepts my prayer. {10}
All my enemies will be ashamed and dismayed; they will turn back in
sudden disgrace. |
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Psalms
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A
shiggaion of David, which he sang to the LORD concerning Cush, a
Benjamite. O LORD my God, I take refuge in you; save and deliver me from
all who pursue me, {2} or they will tear me like a lion and rip
me to pieces with no one to rescue me. {3} O LORD my God, if I
have done this and there is guilt on my hands-- {4} if I have
done evil to him who is at peace with me or without cause have robbed my
foe-- {5} then let my enemy pursue and overtake me; let him
trample my life to the ground and make me sleep in the dust. Selah
{6} Arise, O LORD, in your anger; rise up against the rage of my
enemies. Awake, my God; decree justice. {7} Let the assembled
peoples gather around you. Rule over them from on high; {8} let
the LORD judge the peoples. Judge me, O LORD, according to my
righteousness, according to my integrity, O Most High. {9} O
righteous God, who searches minds and hearts, bring to an end the
violence of the wicked and make the righteous secure. {10} My
shield is God Most High, who saves the upright in heart. {11} God
is a righteous judge, a God who expresses his wrath every day. {12}
If he does not relent, he will sharpen his sword; he will bend and
string his bow. {13} He has prepared his deadly weapons; he makes
ready his flaming arrows. {14} He who is pregnant with evil and
conceives trouble gives birth to disillusionment. {15} He who
digs a hole and scoops it out falls into the pit he has made. {16}
The trouble he causes recoils on himself; his violence comes down on
his own head. {17} I will give thanks to the LORD because of his
righteousness and will sing praise to the name of the LORD Most High. |
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Psalms 8 |
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For
the director of music. According to gittith. A psalm of David. O
LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set
your glory above the heavens. {2} From the lips of children and
infants you have ordained praise because of your enemies, to silence the
foe and the avenger. {3} When I consider your heavens, the work
of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place,
{4} what is man that you are mindful of him, the son of man that you
care for him? {5} You made him a little lower than the heavenly
beings and crowned him with glory and honor. {6} You made him
ruler over the works of your hands; you put everything under his feet:
{7} all flocks and herds, and the beasts of the field, {8}
the birds of the air, and the fish of the sea, all that swim the paths
of the seas. {9} O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in
all the earth! |
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Psalms
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For
the director of music. To the tune of "The Death of the Son." A
psalm of David. I will praise you, O LORD, with all my heart; I will
tell of all your wonders. {2} I will be glad and rejoice in you;
I will sing praise to your name, O Most High. {3} My enemies turn
back; they stumble and perish before you. {4} For you have upheld
my right and my cause; you have sat on your throne, judging righteously.
{5} You have rebuked the nations and destroyed the wicked; you have
blotted out their name for ever and ever. {6} Endless ruin has
overtaken the enemy, you have uprooted their cities; even the memory of
them has perished. {7} The LORD reigns forever; he has
established his throne for judgment. {8} He will judge the world
in righteousness; he will govern the peoples with justice. {9}
The LORD is a refuge for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of
trouble. {10} Those who know your name will trust in you, for
you, LORD, have never forsaken those who seek you. {11} Sing
praises to the LORD, enthroned in Zion; proclaim among the nations what
he has done. {12} For he who avenges blood remembers; he does not
ignore the cry of the afflicted. {13} O LORD, see how my enemies
persecute me! Have mercy and lift me up from the gates of death, {14}
that I may declare your praises in the gates of the Daughter of Zion
and there rejoice in your salvation. {15} The nations have fallen
into the pit they have dug; their feet are caught in the net they have
hidden. {16} The LORD is known by his justice; the wicked are
ensnared by the work of their hands. Higgaion. Selah {17} The
wicked return to the grave, all the nations that forget God. {18}
But the needy will not always be forgotten, nor the hope of the
afflicted ever perish. {19} Arise, O LORD, let not man triumph;
let the nations be judged in your presence. {20} Strike them with
terror, O LORD; let the nations know they are but men. Selah |
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Psalms 10 |
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Why,
O LORD, do you stand far off? Why do you hide yourself in times of
trouble? {2} In his arrogance the wicked man hunts down the weak,
who are caught in the schemes he devises. {3} He boasts of the
cravings of his heart; he blesses the greedy and reviles the LORD.
{4} In his pride the wicked does not seek him; in all his thoughts
there is no room for God. {5} His ways are always prosperous; he
is haughty and your laws are far from him; he sneers at all his enemies.
{6} He says to himself, "Nothing will shake me; I'll always be happy
and never have trouble." {7} His mouth is full of curses and lies
and threats; trouble and evil are under his tongue. {8} He lies
in wait near the villages; from ambush he murders the innocent, watching
in secret for his victims. {9} He lies in wait like a lion in
cover; he lies in wait to catch the helpless; he catches the helpless
and drags them off in his net. {10} His victims are crushed, they
collapse; they fall under his strength. {11} He says to himself,
"God has forgotten; he covers his face and never sees." {12}
Arise, LORD! Lift up your hand, O God. Do not forget the helpless.
{13} Why does the wicked man revile God? Why does he say to himself,
"He won't call me to account"? {14} But you, O God, do see
trouble and grief; you consider it to take it in hand. The victim
commits himself to you; you are the helper of the fatherless. {15}
Break the arm of the wicked and evil man; call him to account for
his wickedness that would not be found out. {16} The LORD is King
for ever and ever; the nations will perish from his land. {17}
You hear, O LORD, the desire of the afflicted; you encourage them, and
you listen to their cry, {18} defending the fatherless and the
oppressed, in order that man, who is of the earth, may terrify no more. |
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Psalms 11 |
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For
the director of music. Of David. In the LORD I take refuge. How then can
you say to me: "Flee like a bird to your mountain. {2} For look,
the wicked bend their bows; they set their arrows against the strings to
shoot from the shadows at the upright in heart. {3} When the
foundations are being destroyed, what can the righteous do?" {4}
The LORD is in his holy temple; the LORD is on his heavenly throne. He
observes the sons of men; his eyes examine them. {5} The LORD
examines the righteous, but the wicked and those who love violence his
soul hates. {6} On the wicked he will rain fiery coals and
burning sulfur; a scorching wind will be their lot. {7} For the
LORD is righteous, he loves justice; upright men will see his face. |
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Psalms 12 |
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For
the director of music. According to sheminith. A psalm of David.
Help, LORD, for the godly are no more; the faithful have vanished from
among men. {2} Everyone lies to his neighbor; their flattering
lips speak with deception. {3} May the LORD cut off all
flattering lips and every boastful tongue {4} that says, "We will
triumph with our tongues; we own our lips --who is our master?" {5}
"Because of the oppression of the weak and the groaning of the
needy, I will now arise," says the LORD. "I will protect them from those
who malign them." {6} And the words of the LORD are flawless,
like silver refined in a furnace of clay, purified seven times. {7}
O LORD, you will keep us safe and protect us from such people
forever. {8} The wicked freely strut about when what is vile is
honored among men. |
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Psalms 13 |
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For
the director of music. A psalm of David. How long, O LORD? Will you
forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me? {2}
How long must I wrestle with my thoughts and every day have sorrow in my
heart? How long will my enemy triumph over me? {3} Look on me and
answer, O LORD my God. Give light to my eyes, or I will sleep in death;
{4} my enemy will say, "I have overcome him," and my foes will
rejoice when I fall. {5} But I trust in your unfailing love; my
heart rejoices in your salvation. {6} I will sing to the LORD,
for he has been good to me. |
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Psalms 14 |
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For
the director of music. Of David. The fool says in his heart, "There is
no God." They are corrupt, their deeds are vile; there is no one who
does good. {2} The LORD looks down from heaven on the sons of men
to see if there are any who understand, any who seek God. {3} All
have turned aside, they have together become corrupt; there is no one
who does good, not even one. {4} Will evildoers never learn--
those who devour my people as men eat bread and who do not call on the
LORD? {5} There they are, overwhelmed with dread, for God is
present in the company of the righteous. {6} You evildoers
frustrate the plans of the poor, but the LORD is their refuge. {7}
Oh, that salvation for Israel would come out of Zion! When the LORD
restores the fortunes of his people, let Jacob rejoice and Israel be
glad! |
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Psalms
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A
psalm of David. LORD, who may dwell in your sanctuary? Who may live on
your holy hill? {2} He whose walk is blameless and who does what
is righteous, who speaks the truth from his heart {3} and has no
slander on his tongue, who does his neighbor no wrong and casts no slur
on his fellowman, {4} who despises a vile man but honors those
who fear the LORD, who keeps his oath even when it hurts, {5} who
lends his money without usury and does not accept a bribe against the
innocent. He who does these things will never be shaken. |
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Psalms
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A
miktam of David. Keep me safe, O God, for in you I take refuge.
{2} I said to the LORD, "You are my Lord; apart from you I have no
good thing." {3} As for the saints who are in the land, they are
the glorious ones in whom is all my delight. {4} The sorrows of
those will increase who run after other gods. I will not pour out their
libations of blood or take up their names on my lips. {5} LORD,
you have assigned me my portion and my cup; you have made my lot secure.
{6} The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places; surely
I have a delightful inheritance. {7} I will praise the LORD, who
counsels me; even at night my heart instructs me. {8} I have set
the LORD always before me. Because he is at my right hand, I will not be
shaken. {9} Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices; my
body also will rest secure, {10} because you will not abandon me
to the grave, nor will you let your Holy One see decay. {11} You
have made known to me the path of life; you will fill me with joy in
your presence, with eternal pleasures at your right hand. |
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Psalms
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A
prayer of David. Hear, O LORD, my righteous plea; listen to my cry. Give
ear to my prayer-- it does not rise from deceitful lips. {2} May
my vindication come from you; may your eyes see what is right. {3}
Though you probe my heart and examine me at night, though you test
me, you will find nothing; I have resolved that my mouth will not sin.
{4} As for the deeds of men-- by the word of your lips I have kept
myself from the ways of the violent. {5} My steps have held to
your paths; my feet have not slipped. {6} I call on you, O God,
for you will answer me; give ear to me and hear my prayer. {7}
Show the wonder of your great love, you who save by your right hand
those who take refuge in you from their foes. {8} Keep me as the
apple of your eye; hide me in the shadow of your wings {9} from
the wicked who assail me, from my mortal enemies who surround me.
{10} They close up their callous hearts, and their mouths speak with
arrogance. {11} They have tracked me down, they now surround me,
with eyes alert, to throw me to the ground. {12} They are like a
lion hungry for prey, like a great lion crouching in cover. {13}
Rise up, O LORD, confront them, bring them down; rescue me from the
wicked by your sword. {14} O LORD, by your hand save me from such
men, from men of this world whose reward is in this life. You still the
hunger of those you cherish; their sons have plenty, and they store up
wealth for their children. {15} And I--in righteousness I will
see your face; when I awake, I will be satisfied with seeing your
likeness. |
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Psalms
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For
the director of music. Of David the servant of the LORD. He sang to the
LORD the words of this song when the LORD delivered him from the hand of
all his enemies and from the hand of Saul. He said: I love you, O LORD,
my strength. {2} The LORD is my rock, my fortress and my
deliverer; my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge. He is my shield and
the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. {3} I call to the LORD,
who is worthy of praise, and I am saved from my enemies. {4} The
cords of death entangled me; the torrents of destruction overwhelmed me.
{5} The cords of the grave coiled around me; the snares of death
confronted me. {6} In my distress I called to the LORD; I cried
to my God for help. From his temple he heard my voice; my cry came
before him, into his ears. {7} The earth trembled and quaked, and
the foundations of the mountains shook; they trembled because he was
angry. {8} Smoke rose from his nostrils; consuming fire came from
his mouth, burning coals blazed out of it. {9} He parted the
heavens and came down; dark clouds were under his feet. {10} He
mounted the cherubim and flew; he soared on the wings of the wind.
{11} He made darkness his covering, his canopy around him-- the dark
rain clouds of the sky. {12} Out of the brightness of his
presence clouds advanced, with hailstones and bolts of lightning.
{13} The LORD thundered from heaven; the voice of the Most High
resounded. {14} He shot his arrows and scattered the enemies,
great bolts of lightning and routed them. {15} The valleys of
the sea were exposed and the foundations of the earth laid bare at your
rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of breath from your nostrils. {16}
He reached down from on high and took hold of me; he drew me out of deep
waters. {17} He rescued me from my powerful enemy, from my foes,
who were too strong for me. {18} They confronted me in the day of
my disaster, but the LORD was my support. {19} He brought me out
into a spacious place; he rescued me because he delighted in me. {20}
The LORD has dealt with me according to my righteousness; according
to the cleanness of my hands he has rewarded me. {21} For I have
kept the ways of the LORD; I have not done evil by turning from my God.
{22} All his laws are before me; I have not turned away from his
decrees. {23} I have been blameless before him and have kept
myself from sin. {24} The LORD has rewarded me according to my
righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his sight.
{25} To the faithful you show yourself faithful, to the blameless
you show yourself blameless, {26} to the pure you show yourself
pure, but to the crooked you show yourself shrewd. {27} You save
the humble but bring low those whose eyes are haughty. {28} You,
O LORD, keep my lamp burning; my God turns my darkness into light.
{29} With your help I can advance against a troop ; with my God I
can scale a wall. {30} As for God, his way is perfect; the word
of the LORD is flawless. He is a shield for all who take refuge in him.
{31} For who is God besides the LORD? And who is the Rock except our
God? {32} It is God who arms me with strength and makes my way
perfect. {33} He makes my feet like the feet of a deer; he
enables me to stand on the heights. {34} He trains my hands for
battle; my arms can bend a bow of bronze. {35} You give me your
shield of victory, and your right hand sustains me; you stoop down to
make me great. {36} You broaden the path beneath me, so that my
ankles do not turn. {37} I pursued my enemies and overtook them;
I did not turn back till they were destroyed. {38} I crushed them
so that they could not rise; they fell beneath my feet. {39} You
armed me with strength for battle; you made my adversaries bow at my
feet. {40} You made my enemies turn their backs in flight, and I
destroyed my foes. {41} They cried for help, but there was no one
to save them-- to the LORD, but he did not answer. {42} I beat
them as fine as dust borne on the wind; I poured them out like mud in
the streets. {43} You have delivered me from the attacks of the
people; you have made me the head of nations; people I did not know are
subject to me. {44} As soon as they hear me, they obey me;
foreigners cringe before me. {45} They all lose heart; they come
trembling from their strongholds. {46} The LORD lives! Praise be
to my Rock! Exalted be God my Savior! {47} He is the God who
avenges me, who subdues nations under me, {48} who saves me from
my enemies. You exalted me above my foes; from violent men you rescued
me. {49} Therefore I will praise you among the nations, O LORD; I
will sing praises to your name. {50} He gives his king great
victories; he shows unfailing kindness to his anointed, to David and his
descendants forever. |
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Psalms
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For
the director of music. A psalm of David. The heavens declare the glory
of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands. {2} Day after
day they pour forth speech; night after night they display knowledge.
{3} There is no speech or language where their voice is not heard.
{4} Their voice goes out into all the earth, their words to the ends
of the world. In the heavens he has pitched a tent for the sun, {5}
which is like a bridegroom coming forth from his pavilion, like a
champion rejoicing to run his course. {6} It rises at one end of
the heavens and makes its circuit to the other; nothing is hidden from
its heat. {7} The law of the LORD is perfect, reviving the soul.
The statutes of the LORD are trustworthy, making wise the simple. {8}
The precepts of the LORD are right, giving joy to the heart. The
commands of the LORD are radiant, giving light to the eyes. {9}
The fear of the LORD is pure, enduring forever. The ordinances of the
LORD are sure and altogether righteous. {10} They are more
precious than gold, than much pure gold; they are sweeter than honey,
than honey from the comb. {11} By them is your servant warned; in
keeping them there is great reward. {12} Who can discern his
errors? Forgive my hidden faults. {13} Keep your servant also
from willful sins; may they not rule over me. Then will I be blameless,
innocent of great transgression. {14} May the words of my mouth
and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, O LORD, my
Rock and my Redeemer. |
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Psalms 20 |
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For
the director of music. A psalm of David. May the LORD answer you when
you are in distress; may the name of the God of Jacob protect you.
{2} May he send you help from the sanctuary and grant you support
from Zion. {3} May he remember all your sacrifices and accept
your burnt offerings. Selah {4} May he give you the desire of
your heart and make all your plans succeed. {5} We will shout for
joy when you are victorious and will lift up our banners in the name of
our God. May the LORD grant all your requests. {6} Now I know
that the LORD saves his anointed; he answers him from his holy heaven
with the saving power of his right hand. {7} Some trust in
chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our
God. {8} They are brought to their knees and fall, but we rise up
and stand firm. {9} O LORD, save the king! Answer us when we
call!.'" |
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Psalms 21 |
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For
the director of music. A psalm of David. O LORD, the king rejoices in
your strength. How great is his joy in the victories you give! {2}
You have granted him the desire of his heart and have not withheld
the request of his lips. Selah {3} You welcomed him with rich
blessings and placed a crown of pure gold on his head. {4} He
asked you for life, and you gave it to him-- length of days, for ever
and ever. {5} Through the victories you gave, his glory is great;
you have bestowed on him splendor and majesty. {6} Surely you
have granted him eternal blessings and made him glad with the joy of
your presence. {7} For the king trusts in the LORD; through the
unfailing love of the Most High he will not be shaken. {8} Your
hand will lay hold on all your enemies; your right hand will seize your
foes. {9} At the time of your appearing you will make them like a
fiery furnace. In his wrath the LORD will swallow them up, and his fire
will consume them. {10} You will destroy their descendants from
the earth, their posterity from mankind. {11} Though they plot
evil against you and devise wicked schemes, they cannot succeed; {12}
for you will make them turn their backs when you aim at them with
drawn bow. {13} Be exalted, O LORD, in your strength; we will
sing and praise your might. |
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Psalms 22 |
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For
the director of music. To the tune of "The Doe of the Morning." A
psalm of David. My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so
far from saving me, so far from the words of my groaning? {2} O
my God, I cry out by day, but you do not answer, by night, and am not
silent. {3} Yet you are enthroned as the Holy One; you are the
praise of Israel. {4} In you our fathers put their trust; they
trusted and you delivered them. {5} They cried to you and were
saved; in you they trusted and were not disappointed. {6} But I
am a worm and not a man, scorned by men and despised by the people.
{7} All who see me mock me; they hurl insults, shaking their heads:
{8} "He trusts in the LORD; let the LORD rescue him. Let him deliver
him, since he delights in him." {9} Yet you brought me out of the
womb; you made me trust in you even at my mother's breast. {10}
From birth I was cast upon you; from my mother's womb you have been my
God. {11} Do not be far from me, for trouble is near and there is
no one to help. {12} Many bulls surround me; strong bulls of
Bashan encircle me. {13} Roaring lions tearing their prey open
their mouths wide against me. {14} I am poured out like water,
and all my bones are out of joint. My heart has turned to wax; it has
melted away within me. {15} My strength is dried up like a
potsherd, and my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth; you lay me in
the dust of death. {16} Dogs have surrounded me; a band of evil
men has encircled me, they have pierced my hands and my feet. {17}
I can count all my bones; people stare and gloat over me. {18}
They divide my garments among them and cast lots for my clothing.
{19} But you, O LORD, be not far off; O my Strength, come quickly to
help me. {20} Deliver my life from the sword, my precious life
from the power of the dogs. {21} Rescue me from the mouth of the
lions; save me from the horns of the wild oxen. {22} I will
declare your name to my brothers; in the congregation I will praise you.
{23} You who fear the LORD, praise him! All you descendants of
Jacob, honor him! Revere him, all you descendants of Israel! {24}
For he has not despised or disdained the suffering of the afflicted one;
he has not hidden his face from him but has listened to his cry for
help. {25} From you comes the theme of my praise in the great
assembly; before those who fear you will I fulfill my vows. {26}
The poor will eat and be satisfied; they who seek the LORD will praise
him-- may your hearts live forever! {27} All the ends of the
earth will remember and turn to the LORD, and all the families of the
nations will bow down before him, {28} for dominion belongs to
the LORD and he rules over the nations. {29} All the rich of the
earth will feast and worship; all who go down to the dust will kneel
before him-- those who cannot keep themselves alive. {30}
Posterity will serve him; future generations will be told about the
Lord. {31} They will proclaim his righteousness to a people yet
unborn-- for he has done it. |
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Psalms
23 |
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A
psalm of David. The LORD is my shepherd, I shall not be in want. {2}
He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet
waters, {3} he restores my soul. He guides me in paths of
righteousness for his name's sake. {4} Even though I walk through
the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with
me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. {5} You prepare a
table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with
oil; my cup overflows. {6} Surely goodness and love will follow
me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the LORD
forever. |
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Psalms 24 |
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Of
David. A psalm. The earth is the Lord's, and everything in it, the
world, and all who live in it; {2} for he founded it upon the
seas and established it upon the waters. {3} Who may ascend the
hill of the LORD? Who may stand in his holy place? {4} He who has
clean hands and a pure heart, who does not lift up his soul to an idol
or swear by what is false. {5} He will receive blessing from the
LORD and vindication from God his Savior. {6} Such is the
generation of those who seek him, who seek your face, O God of Jacob.
Selah {7} Lift up your heads, O you gates; be lifted up, you ancient
doors, that the King of glory may come in. {8} Who is this King
of glory? The LORD strong and mighty, the LORD mighty in battle. {9}
Lift up your heads, O you gates; lift them up, you ancient doors,
that the King of glory may come in. {10} Who is he, this King of
glory? The LORD Almighty-- he is the King of glory. Selah |
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Psalms 25 |
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Of
David. To you, O LORD, I lift up my soul; {2} in you I trust, O
my God. Do not let me be put to shame, nor let my enemies triumph over
me. {3} No one whose hope is in you will ever be put to shame,
but they will be put to shame who are treacherous without excuse. {4}
Show me your ways, O LORD, teach me your paths; {5} guide me
in your truth and teach me, for you are God my Savior, and my hope is in
you all day long. {6} Remember, O LORD, your great mercy and
love, for they are from of old. {7} Remember not the sins of my
youth and my rebellious ways; according to your love remember me, for
you are good, O LORD. {8} Good and upright is the LORD; therefore
he instructs sinners in his ways. {9} He guides the humble in
what is right and teaches them his way. {10} All the ways of the
LORD are loving and faithful for those who keep the demands of his
covenant. {11} For the sake of your name, O LORD, forgive my
iniquity, though it is great. {12} Who, then, is the man that
fears the LORD? He will instruct him in the way chosen for him. {13}
He will spend his days in prosperity, and his descendants will
inherit the land. {14} The LORD confides in those who fear him;
he makes his covenant known to them. {15} My eyes are ever on the
LORD, for only he will release my feet from the snare. {16} Turn
to me and be gracious to me, for I am lonely and afflicted. {17}
The troubles of my heart have multiplied; free me from my anguish.
{18} Look upon my affliction and my distress and take away all my
sins. {19} See how my enemies have increased and how fiercely
they hate me! {20} Guard my life and rescue me; let me not be put
to shame, for I take refuge in you. {21} May integrity and
uprightness protect me, because my hope is in you. {22} Redeem
Israel, O God, from all their troubles! |
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Psalms 26 |
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Of
David. Vindicate me, O LORD, for I have led a blameless life; I have
trusted in the LORD without wavering. {2} Test me, O LORD, and
try me, examine my heart and my mind; {3} for your love is ever
before me, and I walk continually in your truth. {4} I do not sit
with deceitful men, nor do I consort with hypocrites; {5} I abhor
the assembly of evildoers and refuse to sit with the wicked. {6}
I wash my hands in innocence, and go about your altar, O LORD, {7}
proclaiming aloud your praise and telling of all your wonderful
deeds. {8} I love the house where you live, O LORD, the place
where your glory dwells. {9} Do not take away my soul along with
sinners, my life with bloodthirsty men, {10} in whose hands are
wicked schemes, whose right hands are full of bribes. {11} But I
lead a blameless life; redeem me and be merciful to me. {12} My
feet stand on level ground; in the great assembly I will praise the
LORD. |
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Psalms
27 |
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Of
David. The LORD is my light and my salvation-- whom shall I fear? The
LORD is the stronghold of my life-- of whom shall I be afraid? {2}
When evil men advance against me to devour my flesh, when my enemies
and my foes attack me, they will stumble and fall. {3} Though an
army besiege me, my heart will not fear; though war break out against
me, even then will I be confident. {4} One thing I ask of the
LORD, this is what I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all
the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the LORD and to seek him
in his temple. {5} For in the day of trouble he will keep me safe
in his dwelling; he will hide me in the shelter of his tabernacle and
set me high upon a rock. {6} Then my head will be exalted above
the enemies who surround me; at his tabernacle will I sacrifice with
shouts of joy; I will sing and make music to the LORD. {7} Hear
my voice when I call, O LORD; be merciful to me and answer me. {8}
My heart says of you, "Seek his face!" Your face, LORD, I will seek.
{9} Do not hide your face from me, do not turn your servant away in
anger; you have been my helper. Do not reject me or forsake me, O God my
Savior. {10} Though my father and mother forsake me, the LORD
will receive me. {11} Teach me your way, O LORD; lead me in a
straight path because of my oppressors. {12} Do not turn me over
to the desire of my foes, for false witnesses rise up against me,
breathing out violence. {13} I am still confident of this: I will
see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living. {14} Wait
for the LORD; be strong and take heart and wait for the LORD. |
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Psalms
28 |
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Of
David. To you I call, O LORD my Rock; do not turn a deaf ear to me. For
if you remain silent, I will be like those who have gone down to the
pit. {2} Hear my cry for mercy as I call to you for help, as I
lift up my hands toward your Most Holy Place. {3} Do not drag me
away with the wicked, with those who do evil, who speak cordially with
their neighbors but harbor malice in their hearts. {4} Repay them
for their deeds and for their evil work; repay them for what their hands
have done and bring back upon them what they deserve. {5} Since
they show no regard for the works of the LORD and what his hands have
done, he will tear them down and never build them up again. {6}
Praise be to the LORD, for he has heard my cry for mercy. {7} The
LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in him, and I am
helped. My heart leaps for joy and I will give thanks to him in song.
{8} The LORD is the strength of his people, a fortress of salvation
for his anointed one. {9} Save your people and bless your
inheritance; be their shepherd and carry them forever. |
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Psalms 29 |
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A
psalm of David. Ascribe to the LORD, O mighty ones, ascribe to the LORD
glory and strength. {2} Ascribe to the LORD the glory due his
name; worship the LORD in the splendor of his holiness. {3} The
voice of the LORD is over the waters; the God of glory thunders, the
LORD thunders over the mighty waters. {4} The voice of the LORD
is powerful; the voice of the LORD is majestic. {5} The voice of
the LORD breaks the cedars; the LORD breaks in pieces the cedars of
Lebanon. {6} He makes Lebanon skip like a calf, Sirion like a
young wild ox. {7} The voice of the LORD strikes with flashes of
lightning. {8} The voice of the LORD shakes the desert; the LORD
shakes the Desert of Kadesh. {9} The voice of the LORD twists the
oaks and strips the forests bare. And in his temple all cry, "Glory!"
{10} The LORD sits enthroned over the flood; the LORD is enthroned
as King forever. {11} The LORD gives strength to his people; the
LORD blesses his people with peace. |
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Psalms
30 |
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A
psalm. A song. For the dedication of the temple. Of David. I will exalt
you, O LORD, for you lifted me out of the depths and did not let my
enemies gloat over me. {2} O LORD my God, I called to you for
help and you healed me. {3} O LORD, you brought me up from the
grave ; you spared me from going down into the pit. {4} Sing to
the LORD, you saints of his; praise his holy name. {5} For his
anger lasts only a moment, but his favor lasts a lifetime; weeping may
remain for a night, but rejoicing comes in the morning. {6} When
I felt secure, I said, "I will never be shaken." {7} O LORD, when
you favored me, you made my mountain stand firm; but when you hid your
face, I was dismayed. {8} To you, O LORD, I called; to the Lord I
cried for mercy: {9} "What gain is there in my destruction, in my
going down into the pit? Will the dust praise you? Will it proclaim your
faithfulness? {10} Hear, O LORD, and be merciful to me; O LORD,
be my help." {11} You turned my wailing into dancing; you removed
my sackcloth and clothed me with joy, {12} that my heart may sing
to you and not be silent. O LORD my God, I will give you thanks forever. |
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Psalms
31 |
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For
the director of music. A psalm of David. In you, O LORD, I have taken
refuge; let me never be put to shame; deliver me in your righteousness.
{2} Turn your ear to me, come quickly to my rescue; be my rock of
refuge, a strong fortress to save me. {3} Since you are my rock
and my fortress, for the sake of your name lead and guide me. {4}
Free me from the trap that is set for me, for you are my refuge. {5}
Into your hands I commit my spirit; redeem me, O LORD, the God of
truth. {6} I hate those who cling to worthless idols; I trust in
the LORD. {7} I will be glad and rejoice in your love, for you
saw my affliction and knew the anguish of my soul. {8} You have
not handed me over to the enemy but have set my feet in a spacious
place. {9} Be merciful to me, O LORD, for I am in distress; my
eyes grow weak with sorrow, my soul and my body with grief. {10}
My life is consumed by anguish and my years by groaning; my strength
fails because of my affliction, and my bones grow weak. {11}
Because of all my enemies, I am the utter contempt of my neighbors; I am
a dread to my friends-- those who see me on the street flee from me.
{12} I am forgotten by them as though I were dead; I have become
like broken pottery. {13} For I hear the slander of many; there
is terror on every side; they conspire against me and plot to take my
life. {14} But I trust in you, O LORD; I say, "You are my God."
{15} My times are in your hands; deliver me from my enemies and from
those who pursue me. {16} Let your face shine on your servant;
save me in your unfailing love. {17} Let me not be put to shame,
O LORD, for I have cried out to you; but let the wicked be put to shame
and lie silent in the grave. {18} Let their lying lips be
silenced, for with pride and contempt they speak arrogantly against the
righteous. {19} How great is your goodness, which you have stored
up for those who fear you, which you bestow in the sight of men on those
who take refuge in you. {20} In the shelter of your presence you
hide them from the intrigues of men; in your dwelling you keep them safe
from accusing tongues. {21} Praise be to the LORD, for he showed
his wonderful love to me when I was in a besieged city. {22} In
my alarm I said, "I am cut off from your sight!" Yet you heard my cry
for mercy when I called to you for help. {23} Love the LORD, all
his saints! The LORD preserves the faithful, but the proud he pays back
in full. {24} Be strong and take heart, all you who hope in the
LORD. |
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Psalms
32 |
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Of
David. A maskil. Blessed is he whose transgressions are forgiven,
whose sins are covered. {2} Blessed is the man whose sin the LORD
does not count against him and in whose spirit is no deceit. {3}
When I kept silent, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day
long. {4} For day and night your hand was heavy upon me; my
strength was sapped as in the heat of summer. Selah {5} Then I
acknowledged my sin to you and did not cover up my iniquity. I said, "I
will confess my transgressions to the LORD"-- and you forgave the guilt
of my sin. Selah {6} Therefore let everyone who is godly pray to
you while you may be found; surely when the mighty waters rise, they
will not reach him. {7} You are my hiding place; you will protect
me from trouble and surround me with songs of deliverance. Selah {8}
I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will
counsel you and watch over you. {9} Do not be like the horse or
the mule, which have no understanding but must be controlled by bit and
bridle or they will not come to you. {10} Many are the woes of
the wicked, but the Lord's unfailing love surrounds the man who trusts
in him. {11} Rejoice in the LORD and be glad, you righteous;
sing, all you who are upright in heart! |
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Psalms
33 |
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Sing
joyfully to the LORD, you righteous; it is fitting for the upright to
praise him. {2} Praise the LORD with the harp; make music to him
on the ten-stringed lyre. {3} Sing to him a new song; play
skillfully, and shout for joy. {4} For the word of the LORD is
right and true; he is faithful in all he does. {5} The LORD loves
righteousness and justice; the earth is full of his unfailing love.
{6} By the word of the LORD were the heavens made, their starry host
by the breath of his mouth. {7} He gathers the waters of the sea
into jars ; he puts the deep into storehouses. {8} Let all the
earth fear the LORD; let all the people of the world revere him. {9}
For he spoke, and it came to be; he commanded, and it stood firm.
{10} The LORD foils the plans of the nations; he thwarts the
purposes of the peoples. {11} But the plans of the LORD stand
firm forever, the purposes of his heart through all generations. {12}
Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD, the people he chose for
his inheritance. {13} From heaven the LORD looks down and sees
all mankind; {14} from his dwelling place he watches all who live
on earth-- {15} he who forms the hearts of all, who considers
everything they do. {16} No king is saved by the size of his
army; no warrior escapes by his great strength. {17} A horse is a
vain hope for deliverance; despite all its great strength it cannot
save. {18} But the eyes of the LORD are on those who fear him, on
those whose hope is in his unfailing love, {19} to deliver them
from death and keep them alive in famine. {20} We wait in hope
for the LORD; he is our help and our shield. {21} In him our
hearts rejoice, for we trust in his holy name. {22} May your
unfailing love rest upon us, O LORD, even as we put our hope in you. |
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Psalms
34 |
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Of
David. When he pretended to be insane before Abimelech, who drove him
away, and he left. I will extol the LORD at all times; his praise will
always be on my lips. {2} My soul will boast in the LORD; let the
afflicted hear and rejoice. {3} Glorify the LORD with me; let us
exalt his name together. {4} I sought the LORD, and he answered
me; he delivered me from all my fears. {5} Those who look to him
are radiant; their faces are never covered with shame. {6} This
poor man called, and the LORD heard him; he saved him out of all his
troubles. {7} The angel of the LORD encamps around those who fear
him, and he delivers them. {8} Taste and see that the LORD is
good; blessed is the man who takes refuge in him. {9} Fear the
LORD, you his saints, for those who fear him lack nothing. {10}
The lions may grow weak and hungry, but those who seek the LORD lack no
good thing. {11} Come, my children, listen to me; I will teach
you the fear of the LORD. {12} Whoever of you loves life and
desires to see many good days, {13} keep your tongue from evil
and your lips from speaking lies. {14} Turn from evil and do
good; seek peace and pursue it. {15} The eyes of the LORD are on
the righteous and his ears are attentive to their cry; {16} the
face of the LORD is against those who do evil, to cut off the memory of
them from the earth. {17} The righteous cry out, and the LORD
hears them; he delivers them from all their troubles. {18} The
LORD is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in
spirit. {19} A righteous man may have many troubles, but the LORD
delivers him from them all; {20} he protects all his bones, not
one of them will be broken. {21} Evil will slay the wicked; the
foes of the righteous will be condemned. {22} The LORD redeems
his servants; no one will be condemned who takes refuge in him. |
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Psalms
35 |
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Of
David. Contend, O LORD, with those who contend with me; fight against
those who fight against me. {2} Take up shield and buckler; arise
and come to my aid. {3} Brandish spear and javelin against those
who pursue me. Say to my soul, "I am your salvation." {4} May
those who seek my life be disgraced and put to shame; may those who plot
my ruin be turned back in dismay. {5} May they be like chaff
before the wind, with the angel of the LORD driving them away; {6}
may their path be dark and slippery, with the angel of the LORD
pursuing them. {7} Since they hid their net for me without cause
and without cause dug a pit for me, {8} may ruin overtake them by
surprise-- may the net they hid entangle them, may they fall into the
pit, to their ruin. {9} Then my soul will rejoice in the LORD and
delight in his salvation. {10} My whole being will exclaim, "Who
is like you, O LORD? You rescue the poor from those too strong for them,
the poor and needy from those who rob them." {11} Ruthless
witnesses come forward; they question me on things I know nothing about.
{12} They repay me evil for good and leave my soul forlorn. {13}
Yet when they were ill, I put on sackcloth and humbled myself with
fasting. When my prayers returned to me unanswered, {14} I went
about mourning as though for my friend or brother. I bowed my head in
grief as though weeping for my mother. {15} But when I stumbled,
they gathered in glee; attackers gathered against me when I was unaware.
They slandered me without ceasing. {16} Like the ungodly they
maliciously mocked ; they gnashed their teeth at me. {17} O Lord,
how long will you look on? Rescue my life from their ravages, my
precious life from these lions. {18} I will give you thanks in
the great assembly; among throngs of people I will praise you. {19}
Let not those gloat over me who are my enemies without cause; let
not those who hate me without reason maliciously wink the eye. {20}
They do not speak peaceably, but devise false accusations against
those who live quietly in the land. {21} They gape at me and say,
"Aha! Aha! With our own eyes we have seen it." {22} O LORD, you
have seen this; be not silent. Do not be far from me, O Lord. {23}
Awake, and rise to my defense! Contend for me, my God and Lord.
{24} Vindicate me in your righteousness, O LORD my God; do not let
them gloat over me. {25} Do not let them think, "Aha, just what
we wanted!" or say, "We have swallowed him up." {26} May all who
gloat over my distress be put to shame and confusion; may all who exalt
themselves over me be clothed with shame and disgrace. {27} May
those who delight in my vindication shout for joy and gladness; may they
always say, "The LORD be exalted, who delights in the well-being of his
servant." {28} My tongue will speak of your righteousness and of
your praises all day long. |
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Psalms
36 |
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For
the director of music. Of David the servant of the LORD. An oracle is
within my heart concerning the sinfulness of the wicked: There is no
fear of God before his eyes. {2} For in his own eyes he flatters
himself too much to detect or hate his sin. {3} The words of his
mouth are wicked and deceitful; he has ceased to be wise and to do good.
{4} Even on his bed he plots evil; he commits himself to a sinful
course and does not reject what is wrong. {5} Your love, O LORD,
reaches to the heavens, your faithfulness to the skies. {6} Your
righteousness is like the mighty mountains, your justice like the great
deep. O LORD, you preserve both man and beast. {7} How priceless
is your unfailing love! Both high and low among men find refuge in the
shadow of your wings. {8} They feast on the abundance of your
house; you give them drink from your river of delights. {9} For
with you is the fountain of life; in your light we see light. {10}
Continue your love to those who know you, your righteousness to the
upright in heart. {11} May the foot of the proud not come against
me, nor the hand of the wicked drive me away. {12} See how the
evildoers lie fallen-- thrown down, not able to rise! |
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Psalms
37 |
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Of
David. Do not fret because of evil men or be envious of those who do
wrong; {2} for like the grass they will soon wither, like green
plants they will soon die away. {3} Trust in the LORD and do
good; dwell in the land and enjoy safe pasture. {4} Delight
yourself in the LORD and he will give you the desires of your heart.
{5} Commit your way to the LORD; trust in him and he will do this:
{6} He will make your righteousness shine like the dawn, the justice
of your cause like the noonday sun. {7} Be still before the LORD
and wait patiently for him; do not fret when men succeed in their ways,
when they carry out their wicked schemes. {8} Refrain from anger
and turn from wrath; do not fret--it leads only to evil. {9} For
evil men will be cut off, but those who hope in the LORD will inherit
the land. {10} A little while, and the wicked will be no more;
though you look for them, they will not be found. {11} But the
meek will inherit the land and enjoy great peace. {12} The wicked
plot against the righteous and gnash their teeth at them; {13}
but the Lord laughs at the wicked, for he knows their day is coming.
{14} The wicked draw the sword and bend the bow to bring down the
poor and needy, to slay those whose ways are upright. {15} But
their swords will pierce their own hearts, and their bows will be
broken. {16} Better the little that the righteous have than the
wealth of many wicked; {17} for the power of the wicked will be
broken, but the LORD upholds the righteous. {18} The days of the
blameless are known to the LORD, and their inheritance will endure
forever. {19} In times of disaster they will not wither; in days
of famine they will enjoy plenty. {20} But the wicked will
perish: The Lord's enemies will be like the beauty of the fields, they
will vanish--vanish like smoke. {21} The wicked borrow and do not
repay, but the righteous give generously; {22} those the LORD
blesses will inherit the land, but those he curses will be cut off.
{23} If the LORD delights in a man's way, he makes his steps firm;
{24} though he stumble, he will not fall, for the LORD upholds him
with his hand. {25} I was young and now I am old, yet I have
never seen the righteous forsaken or their children begging bread.
{26} They are always generous and lend freely; their children will
be blessed. {27} Turn from evil and do good; then you will dwell
in the land forever. {28} For the LORD loves the just and will
not forsake his faithful ones. They will be protected forever, but the
offspring of the wicked will be cut off; {29} the righteous will
inherit the land and dwell in it forever. {30} The mouth of the
righteous man utters wisdom, and his tongue speaks what is just. {31}
The law of his God is in his heart; his feet do not slip. {32}
The wicked lie in wait for the righteous, seeking their very lives;
{33} but the LORD will not leave them in their power or let them be
condemned when brought to trial. {34} Wait for the LORD and keep
his way. He will exalt you to inherit the land; when the wicked are cut
off, you will see it. {35} I have seen a wicked and ruthless man
flourishing like a green tree in its native soil, {36} but he
soon passed away and was no more; though I looked for him, he could not
be found. {37} Consider the blameless, observe the upright; there
is a future for the man of peace. {38} But all sinners will be
destroyed; the future of the wicked will be cut off. {39} The
salvation of the righteous comes from the LORD; he is their stronghold
in time of trouble. {40} The LORD helps them and delivers them;
he delivers them from the wicked and saves them, because they take
refuge in him. |
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Psalms
38 |
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A
psalm of David. A petition. O LORD, do not rebuke me in your anger or
discipline me in your wrath. {2} For your arrows have pierced me,
and your hand has come down upon me. {3} Because of your wrath
there is no health in my body; my bones have no soundness because of my
sin. {4} My guilt has overwhelmed me like a burden too heavy to
bear. {5} My wounds fester and are loathsome because of my sinful
folly. {6} I am bowed down and brought very low; all day long I
go about mourning. {7} My back is filled with searing pain; there
is no health in my body. {8} I am feeble and utterly crushed; I
groan in anguish of heart. {9} All my longings lie open before
you, O Lord; my sighing is not hidden from you. {10} My heart
pounds, my strength fails me; even the light has gone from my eyes.
{11} My friends and companions avoid me because of my wounds; my
neighbors stay far away. {12} Those who seek my life set their
traps, those who would harm me talk of my ruin; all day long they plot
deception. {13} I am like a deaf man, who cannot hear, like a
mute, who cannot open his mouth; {14} I have become like a man
who does not hear, whose mouth can offer no reply. {15} I wait
for you, O LORD; you will answer, O Lord my God. {16} For I said,
"Do not let them gloat or exalt themselves over me when my foot slips."
{17} For I am about to fall, and my pain is ever with me. {18}
I confess my iniquity; I am troubled by my sin. {19} Many are
those who are my vigorous enemies; those who hate me without reason are
numerous. {20} Those who repay my good with evil slander me when
I pursue what is good. {21} O LORD, do not forsake me; be not far
from me, O my God. {22} Come quickly to help me, O Lord my
Savior. |
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For
the director of music. For Jeduthun. A psalm of David. I said, "I will
watch my ways and keep my tongue from sin; I will put a muzzle on my
mouth as long as the wicked are in my presence." {2} But when I
was silent and still, not even saying anything good, my anguish
increased. {3} My heart grew hot within me, and as I meditated,
the fire burned; then I spoke with my tongue: {4} "Show me, O
LORD, my life's end and the number of my days; let me know how fleeting
is my life. {5} You have made my days a mere handbreadth; the
span of my years is as nothing before you. Each man's life is but a
breath. Selah {6} Man is a mere phantom as he goes to and fro: He
bustles about, but only in vain; he heaps up wealth, not knowing who
will get it. {7} "But now, Lord, what do I look for? My hope is
in you. {8} Save me from all my transgressions; do not make me
the scorn of fools. {9} I was silent; I would not open my mouth,
for you are the one who has done this. {10} Remove your scourge
from me; I am overcome by the blow of your hand. {11} You rebuke
and discipline men for their sin; you consume their wealth like a moth--
each man is but a breath. Selah {12} "Hear my prayer, O LORD,
listen to my cry for help; be not deaf to my weeping. For I dwell with
you as an alien, a stranger, as all my fathers were. {13} Look
away from me, that I may rejoice again before I depart and am no more." |
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Psalms
40 |
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For
the director of music. Of David. A psalm. I waited patiently for the
LORD; he turned to me and heard my cry. {2} He lifted me out of
the slimy pit, out of the mud and mire; he set my feet on a rock and
gave me a firm place to stand. {3} He put a new song in my mouth,
a hymn of praise to our God. Many will see and fear and put their trust
in the LORD. {4} Blessed is the man who makes the LORD his trust,
who does not look to the proud, to those who turn aside to false gods.
{5} Many, O LORD my God, are the wonders you have done. The things
you planned for us no one can recount to you; were I to speak and tell
of them, they would be too many to declare. {6} Sacrifice and
offering you did not desire, but my ears you have pierced ; burnt
offerings and sin offerings you did not require. {7} Then I said,
"Here I am, I have come-- it is written about me in the scroll. {8}
I desire to do your will, O my God; your law is within my heart."
{9} I proclaim righteousness in the great assembly; I do not seal my
lips, as you know, O LORD. {10} I do not hide your righteousness
in my heart; I speak of your faithfulness and salvation. I do not
conceal your love and your truth from the great assembly. {11} Do
not withhold your mercy from me, O LORD; may your love and your truth
always protect me. {12} For troubles without number surround me;
my sins have overtaken me, and I cannot see. They are more than the
hairs of my head, and my heart fails within me. {13} Be pleased,
O LORD, to save me; O LORD, come quickly to help me. {14} May all
who seek to take my life be put to shame and confusion; may all who
desire my ruin be turned back in disgrace. {15} May those who say
to me, "Aha! Aha!" be appalled at their own shame. {16} But may
all who seek you rejoice and be glad in you; may those who love your
salvation always say, "The LORD be exalted!" {17} Yet I am poor
and needy; may the Lord think of me. You are my help and my deliverer; O
my God, do not delay. |
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Psalms
41 |
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For
the director of music. A psalm of David. Blessed is he who has regard
for the weak; the LORD delivers him in times of trouble. {2} The
LORD will protect him and preserve his life; he will bless him in the
land and not surrender him to the desire of his foes. {3} The
LORD will sustain him on his sickbed and restore him from his bed of
illness. {4} I said, "O LORD, have mercy on me; heal me, for I
have sinned against you." {5} My enemies say of me in malice,
"When will he die and his name perish?" {6} Whenever one comes to
see me, he speaks falsely, while his heart gathers slander; then he goes
out and spreads it abroad. {7} All my enemies whisper together
against me; they imagine the worst for me, saying, {8} "A vile
disease has beset him; he will never get up from the place where he
lies." {9} Even my close friend, whom I trusted, he who shared my
bread, has lifted up his heel against me. {10} But you, O LORD,
have mercy on me; raise me up, that I may repay them. {11} I know
that you are pleased with me, for my enemy does not triumph over me.
{12} In my integrity you uphold me and set me in your presence
forever. {13} Praise be to the LORD, the God of Israel, from
everlasting to everlasting. Amen and Amen. |
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Psalms
42 |
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For
the director of music. A maskil of the Sons of Korah. As the deer
pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you, O God. {2}
My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When can I go and meet with
God? {3} My tears have been my food day and night, while men say
to me all day long, "Where is your God?" {4} These things I
remember as I pour out my soul: how I used to go with the multitude,
leading the procession to the house of God, with shouts of joy and
thanksgiving among the festive throng. {5} Why are you downcast,
O my soul? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will
yet praise him, my Savior and {6} my God. My soul is downcast
within me; therefore I will remember you from the land of the Jordan,
the heights of Hermon--from Mount Mizar. {7} Deep calls to deep
in the roar of your waterfalls; all your waves and breakers have swept
over me. {8} By day the LORD directs his love, at night his song
is with me-- a prayer to the God of my life. {9} I say to God my
Rock, "Why have you forgotten me? Why must I go about mourning,
oppressed by the enemy?" {10} My bones suffer mortal agony as my
foes taunt me, saying to me all day long, "Where is your God?" {11}
Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why so disturbed within me? Put
your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God. |
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Vindicate me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation;
rescue me from deceitful and wicked men. {2} You are God my
stronghold. Why have you rejected me? Why must I go about mourning,
oppressed by the enemy? {3} Send forth your light and your truth,
let them guide me; let them bring me to your holy mountain, to the place
where you dwell. {4} Then will I go to the altar of God, to God,
my joy and my delight. I will praise you with the harp, O God, my God.
{5} Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why so disturbed within me? Put
your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God. |
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Psalms
44 |
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For
the director of music. Of the Sons of Korah. A maskil. We have
heard with our ears, O God; our fathers have told us what you did in
their days, in days long ago. {2} With your hand you drove out
the nations and planted our fathers; you crushed the peoples and made
our fathers flourish. {3} It was not by their sword that they won
the land, nor did their arm bring them victory; it was your right hand,
your arm, and the light of your face, for you loved them. {4} You
are my King and my God, who decrees victories for Jacob. {5}
Through you we push back our enemies; through your name we trample our
foes. {6} I do not trust in my bow, my sword does not bring me
victory; {7} but you give us victory over our enemies, you put
our adversaries to shame. {8} In God we make our boast all day
long, and we will praise your name forever. Selah {9} But now you
have rejected and humbled us; you no longer go out with our armies.
{10} You made us retreat before the enemy, and our adversaries have
plundered us. {11} You gave us up to be devoured like sheep and
have scattered us among the nations. {12} You sold your people
for a pittance, gaining nothing from their sale. {13} You have
made us a reproach to our neighbors, the scorn and derision of those
around us. {14} You have made us a byword among the nations; the
peoples shake their heads at us. {15} My disgrace is before me
all day long, and my face is covered with shame {16} at the
taunts of those who reproach and revile me, because of the enemy, who is
bent on revenge. {17} All this happened to us, though we had not
forgotten you or been false to your covenant. {18} Our hearts had
not turned back; our feet had not strayed from your path. {19}
But you crushed us and made us a haunt for jackals and covered us over
with deep darkness. {20} If we had forgotten the name of our God
or spread out our hands to a foreign god, {21} would not God have
discovered it, since he knows the secrets of the heart? {22} Yet
for your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to
be slaughtered. {23} Awake, O Lord! Why do you sleep? Rouse
yourself! Do not reject us forever. {24} Why do you hide your
face and forget our misery and oppression? {25} We are brought
down to the dust; our bodies cling to the ground. {26} Rise up
and help us; redeem us because of your unfailing love. |
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Psalms
45 |
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For
the director of music. To the tune of "Lilies." Of the Sons of
Korah. A maskil. A wedding song. My heart is stirred by a noble
theme as I recite my verses for the king; my tongue is the pen of a
skillful writer. {2} You are the most excellent of men and your
lips have been anointed with grace, since God has blessed you forever.
{3} Gird your sword upon your side, O mighty one; clothe yourself
with splendor and majesty. {4} In your majesty ride forth
victoriously in behalf of truth, humility and righteousness; let your
right hand display awesome deeds. {5} Let your sharp arrows
pierce the hearts of the king's enemies; let the nations fall beneath
your feet. {6} Your throne, O God, will last for ever and ever; a
scepter of justice will be the scepter of your kingdom. {7} You
love righteousness and hate wickedness; therefore God, your God, has set
you above your companions by anointing you with the oil of joy. {8}
All your robes are fragrant with myrrh and aloes and cassia; from
palaces adorned with ivory the music of the strings makes you glad.
{9} Daughters of kings are among your honored women; at your right
hand is the royal bride in gold of Ophir. {10} Listen, O
daughter, consider and give ear: Forget your people and your father's
house. {11} The king is enthralled by your beauty; honor him, for
he is your lord. {12} The Daughter of Tyre will come with a gift,
men of wealth will seek your favor. {13} All glorious is the
princess within her chamber; her gown is interwoven with gold.
{14} In embroidered garments she is led to the king; her virgin
companions follow her and are brought to you. {15} They are led
in with joy and gladness; they enter the palace of the king. {16}
Your sons will take the place of your fathers; you will make them
princes throughout the land. {17} I will perpetuate your memory
through all generations; therefore the nations will praise you for ever
and ever. |
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Psalms
46 |
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For
the director of music. Of the Sons of Korah. According to alamoth.
A song. God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in
trouble. {2} Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give
way and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea, {3} though
its waters roar and foam and the mountains quake with their surging.
Selah {4} There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God,
the holy place where the Most High dwells. {5} God is within her,
she will not fall; God will help her at break of day. {6} Nations
are in uproar, kingdoms fall; he lifts his voice, the earth melts.
{7} The LORD Almighty is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress.
Selah {8} Come and see the works of the LORD, the desolations he
has brought on the earth. {9} He makes wars cease to the ends of
the earth; he breaks the bow and shatters the spear, he burns the
shields with fire. {10} "Be still, and know that I am God; I will
be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth." {11}
The LORD Almighty is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress.
Selah |
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Psalms
47 |
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For
the director of music. Of the Sons of Korah. A psalm. Clap your hands,
all you nations; shout to God with cries of joy. {2} How awesome
is the LORD Most High, the great King over all the earth! {3} He
subdued nations under us, peoples under our feet. {4} He chose
our inheritance for us, the pride of Jacob, whom he loved. Selah {5}
God has ascended amid shouts of joy, the LORD amid the sounding of
trumpets. {6} Sing praises to God, sing praises; sing praises to
our King, sing praises. {7} For God is the King of all the earth;
sing to him a psalm of praise. {8} God reigns over the nations;
God is seated on his holy throne. {9} The nobles of the nations
assemble as the people of the God of Abraham, for the kings of the earth
belong to God; he is greatly exalted. |
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Psalms
48 |
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A
song. A psalm of the Sons of Korah. Great is the LORD, and most worthy
of praise, in the city of our God, his holy mountain. {2} It is
beautiful in its loftiness, the joy of the whole earth. Like the utmost
heights of Zaphon is Mount Zion, the city of the Great King. {3}
God is in her citadels; he has shown himself to be her fortress. {4}
When the kings joined forces, when they advanced together, {5}
they saw her and were astounded; they fled in terror. {6}
Trembling seized them there, pain like that of a woman in labour.
{7} You destroyed them like ships of Tarshish shattered by an east
wind. {8} As we have heard, so have we seen in the city of the
LORD Almighty, in the city of our God: God makes her secure forever.
Selah {9} Within your temple, O God, we meditate on your unfailing
love. {10} Like your name, O God, your praise reaches to the ends
of the earth; your right hand is filled with righteousness. {11}
Mount Zion rejoices, the villages of Judah are glad because of your
judgments. {12} Walk about Zion, go around her, count her towers,
{13} consider well her ramparts, view her citadels, that you may
tell of them to the next generation. {14} For this God is our God
for ever and ever; he will be our guide even to the end. |
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Psalms
49 |
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For
the director of music. Of the Sons of Korah. A psalm. Hear this, all you
peoples; listen, all who live in this world, {2} both low and
high, rich and poor alike: {3} My mouth will speak words of
wisdom; the utterance from my heart will give understanding. {4}
I will turn my ear to a proverb; with the harp I will expound my riddle:
{5} Why should I fear when evil days come, when wicked deceivers
surround me-- {6} those who trust in their wealth and boast of
their great riches? {7} No man can redeem the life of another or
give to God a ransom for him-- {8} the ransom for a life is
costly, no payment is ever enough-- {9} that he should live on
forever and not see decay. {10} For all can see that wise men
die; the foolish and the senseless alike perish and leave their wealth
to others. {11} Their tombs will remain their houses forever,
their dwellings for endless generations, though they had named lands
after themselves. {12} But man, despite his riches, does not
endure; he is like the beasts that perish. {13} This is the fate
of those who trust in themselves, and of their followers, who approve
their sayings. Selah {14} Like sheep they are destined for the
grave, and death will feed on them. The upright will rule over them in
the morning; their forms will decay in the grave, far from their
princely mansions. {15} But God will redeem my life from the
grave; he will surely take me to himself. Selah {16} Do not be
overawed when a man grows rich, when the splendor of his house
increases; {17} for he will take nothing with him when he dies,
his splendor will not descend with him. {18} Though while he
lived he counted himself blessed-- and men praise you when you prosper--
{19} he will join the generation of his fathers, who will never see
the light of life. {20} A man who has riches without
understanding is like the beasts that perish. |
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Psalms
50 |
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A
psalm of Asaph. The Mighty One, God, the LORD, speaks and summons the
earth from the rising of the sun to the place where it sets. {2}
From Zion, perfect in beauty, God shines forth. {3} Our God comes
and will not be silent; a fire devours before him, and around him a
tempest rages. {4} He summons the heavens above, and the earth,
that he may judge his people: {5} "Gather to me my consecrated
ones, who made a covenant with me by sacrifice." {6} And the
heavens proclaim his righteousness, for God himself is judge. Selah
{7} "Hear, O my people, and I will speak, O Israel, and I will
testify against you: I am God, your God. {8} I do not rebuke you
for your sacrifices or your burnt offerings, which are ever before me.
{9} I have no need of a bull from your stall or of goats from your
pens, {10} for every animal of the forest is mine, and the cattle
on a thousand hills. {11} I know every bird in the mountains, and
the creatures of the field are mine. {12} If I were hungry I
would not tell you, for the world is mine, and all that is in it.
{13} Do I eat the flesh of bulls or drink the blood of goats?
{14} Sacrifice thank offerings to God, fulfill your vows to the Most
High, {15} and call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver
you, and you will honor me." {16} But to the wicked, God says:
"What right have you to recite my laws or take my covenant on your lips?
{17} You hate my instruction and cast my words behind you. {18}
When you see a thief, you join with him; you throw in your lot with
adulterers. {19} You use your mouth for evil and harness your
tongue to deceit. {20} You speak continually against your brother
and slander your own mother's son. {21} These things you have
done and I kept silent; you thought I was altogether like you. But I
will rebuke you and accuse you to your face. {22} "Consider this,
you who forget God, or I will tear you to pieces, with none to rescue:
{23} He who sacrifices thank offerings honors me, and he prepares
the way so that I may show him the salvation of God." |
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Psalms
51 |
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For
the director of music. A psalm of David. When the prophet Nathan came to
him after David had committed adultery with Bathsheba. Have mercy on me,
O God, according to your unfailing love; according to your great
compassion blot out my transgressions. {2} Wash away all my
iniquity and cleanse me from my sin. {3} For I know my
transgressions, and my sin is always before me. {4} Against you,
you only, have I sinned and done what is evil in your sight, so that you
are proved right when you speak and justified when you judge. {5}
Surely I was sinful at birth, sinful from the time my mother conceived
me. {6} Surely you desire truth in the inner parts ; you teach me
wisdom in the inmost place. {7} Cleanse me with hyssop, and I
will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow. {8} Let
me hear joy and gladness; let the bones you have crushed rejoice. {9}
Hide your face from my sins and blot out all my iniquity. {10}
Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit
within me. {11} Do not cast me from your presence or take your
Holy Spirit from me. {12} Restore to me the joy of your salvation
and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me. {13} Then I will
teach transgressors your ways, and sinners will turn back to you.
{14} Save me from bloodguilt, O God, the God who saves me, and my
tongue will sing of your righteousness. {15} O Lord, open my
lips, and my mouth will declare your praise. {16} You do not
delight in sacrifice, or I would bring it; you do not take pleasure in
burnt offerings. {17} The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit;
a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise. {18} In
your good pleasure make Zion prosper; build up the walls of Jerusalem.
{19} Then there will be righteous sacrifices, whole burnt offerings
to delight you; then bulls will be offered on your altar. |
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Psalms
52 |
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For
the director of music. A maskil of David. When Doeg the Edomite
had gone to Saul and told him: "David has gone to the house of Ahimelech."
Why do you boast of evil, you mighty man? Why do you boast all day long,
you who are a disgrace in the eyes of God? {2} Your tongue plots
destruction; it is like a sharpened razor, you who practice deceit.
{3} You love evil rather than good, falsehood rather than speaking
the truth. Selah {4} You love every harmful word, O you deceitful
tongue! {5} Surely God will bring you down to everlasting ruin:
He will snatch you up and tear you from your tent; he will uproot you
from the land of the living. Selah {6} The righteous will see and
fear; they will laugh at him, saying, {7} "Here now is the man
who did not make God his stronghold but trusted in his great wealth and
grew strong by destroying others!" {8} But I am like an olive
tree flourishing in the house of God; I trust in God's unfailing love
for ever and ever. {9} I will praise you forever for what you
have done; in your name I will hope, for your name is good. I will
praise you in the presence of your saints. |
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Psalms
53 |
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For
the director of music. According to mahalath. A maskil of
David. The fool says in his heart, "There is no God." They are corrupt,
and their ways are vile; there is no one who does good. {2} God
looks down from heaven on the sons of men to see if there are any who
understand, any who seek God. {3} Everyone has turned away, they
have together become corrupt; there is no one who does good, not even
one. {4} Will the evildoers never learn-- those who devour my
people as men eat bread and who do not call on God? {5} There
they were, overwhelmed with dread, where there was nothing to dread. God
scattered the bones of those who attacked you; you put them to shame,
for God despised them. {6} Oh, that salvation for Israel would
come out of Zion! When God restores the fortunes of his people, let
Jacob rejoice and Israel be glad! |
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Psalms
54 |
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For
the director of music. With stringed instruments. A maskil of
David. When the Ziphites had gone to Saul and said, "Is not David hiding
among us?" Save me, O God, by your name; vindicate me by your might.
{2} Hear my prayer, O God; listen to the words of my mouth. {3}
Strangers are attacking me; ruthless men seek my life-- men without
regard for God. Selah {4} Surely God is my help; the Lord is the
one who sustains me. {5} Let evil recoil on those who slander me;
in your faithfulness destroy them. {6} I will sacrifice a
freewill offering to you; I will praise your name, O LORD, for it is
good. {7} For he has delivered me from all my troubles, and my
eyes have looked in triumph on my foes. |
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Psalms
55 |
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For
the director of music. With stringed instruments. A maskil of
David. Listen to my prayer, O God, do not ignore my plea; {2}
hear me and answer me. My thoughts trouble me and I am distraught {3}
at the voice of the enemy, at the stares of the wicked; for they
bring down suffering upon me and revile me in their anger. {4} My
heart is in anguish within me; the terrors of death assail me. {5}
Fear and trembling have beset me; horror has overwhelmed me. {6}
I said, "Oh, that I had the wings of a dove! I would fly away and be
at rest-- {7} I would flee far away and stay in the desert;
Selah {8} I would hurry to my place of shelter, far from the tempest
and storm." {9} Confuse the wicked, O Lord, confound their
speech, for I see violence and strife in the city. {10} Day and
night they prowl about on its walls; malice and abuse are within it.
{11} Destructive forces are at work in the city; threats and lies
never leave its streets. {12} If an enemy were insulting me, I
could endure it; if a foe were raising himself against me, I could hide
from him. {13} But it is you, a man like myself, my companion, my
close friend, {14} with whom I once enjoyed sweet fellowship as
we walked with the throng at the house of God. {15} Let death
take my enemies by surprise; let them go down alive to the grave, for
evil finds lodging among them. {16} But I call to God, and the
LORD saves me. {17} Evening, morning and noon I cry out in
distress, and he hears my voice. {18} He ransoms me unharmed from
the battle waged against me, even though many oppose me. {19}
God, who is enthroned forever, will hear them and afflict them--
Selah men who never change their ways and have no fear of God.
{20} My companion attacks his friends; he violates his covenant.
{21} His speech is smooth as butter, yet war is in his heart; his
words are more soothing than oil, yet they are drawn swords. {22}
Cast your cares on the LORD and he will sustain you; he will never let
the righteous fall. {23} But you, O God, will bring down the
wicked into the pit of corruption; bloodthirsty and deceitful men will
not live out half their days. But as for me, I trust in you. |
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Psalms
56 |
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For
the director of music. To the tune of "A Dove on Distant Oaks."
Of David. A miktam. When the Philistines had seized him in Gath.
Be merciful to me, O God, for men hotly pursue me; all day long they
press their attack. {2} My slanderers pursue me all day long;
many are attacking me in their pride. {3} When I am afraid, I
will trust in you. {4} In God, whose word I praise, in God I
trust; I will not be afraid. What can mortal man do to me? {5}
All day long they twist my words; they are always plotting to harm me.
{6} They conspire, they lurk, they watch my steps, eager to take my
life. {7} On no account let them escape; in your anger, O God,
bring down the nations. {8} Record my lament; list my tears on
your scroll -- are they not in your record? {9} Then my enemies
will turn back when I call for help. By this I will know that God is for
me. {10} In God, whose word I praise, in the LORD, whose word I
praise-- {11} in God I trust; I will not be afraid. What can man
do to me? {12} I am under vows to you, O God; I will present my
thank offerings to you. {13} For you have delivered me from death
and my feet from stumbling, that I may walk before God in the light of
life. |
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Psalms
57 |
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For
the director of music. To the tune of "Do Not Destroy." Of David.
A miktam. When he had fled from Saul into the cave. Have mercy on
me, O God, have mercy on me, for in you my soul takes refuge. I will
take refuge in the shadow of your wings until the disaster has passed.
{2} I cry out to God Most High, to God, who fulfills his purpose
for me. {3} He sends from heaven and saves me, rebuking those
who hotly pursue me; Selah God sends his love and his
faithfulness. {4} I am in the midst of lions; I lie among
ravenous beasts-- men whose teeth are spears and arrows, whose tongues
are sharp swords. {5} Be exalted, O God, above the heavens; let
your glory be over all the earth. {6} They spread a net for my
feet-- I was bowed down in distress. They dug a pit in my path-- but
they have fallen into it themselves. Selah {7} My heart is
steadfast, O God, my heart is steadfast; I will sing and make music.
{8} Awake, my soul! Awake, harp and lyre! I will awaken the dawn.
{9} I will praise you, O Lord, among the nations; I will sing of you
among the peoples. {10} For great is your love, reaching to the
heavens; your faithfulness reaches to the skies. {11} Be exalted,
O God, above the heavens; let your glory be over all the earth. |
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Psalms
58 |
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For
the director of music. To the tune of "Do Not Destroy." Of David.
A miktam. Do you rulers indeed speak justly? Do you judge
uprightly among men? {2} No, in your heart you devise injustice,
and your hands mete out violence on the earth. {3} Even from
birth the wicked go astray; from the womb they are wayward and speak
lies. {4} Their venom is like the venom of a snake, like that of
a cobra that has stopped its ears, {5} that will not heed the
tune of the charmer, however skillful the enchanter may be. {6}
Break the teeth in their mouths, O God; tear out, O LORD, the fangs of
the lions! {7} Let them vanish like water that flows away; when
they draw the bow, let their arrows be blunted. {8} Like a slug
melting away as it moves along, like a stillborn child, may they not see
the sun. {9} Before your pots can feel the heat of the
thorns-- whether they be green or dry--the wicked will be swept away.
{10} The righteous will be glad when they are avenged, when they
bathe their feet in the blood of the wicked. {11} Then men will
say, "Surely the righteous still are rewarded; surely there is a God who
judges the earth." |
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Psalms
59 |
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For
the director of music. To the tune of "Do Not Destroy." Of David.
A miktam. When Saul had sent men to watch David's house in order
to kill him. Deliver me from my enemies, O God; protect me from those
who rise up against me. {2} Deliver me from evildoers and save me
from bloodthirsty men. {3} See how they lie in wait for me!
Fierce men conspire against me for no offense or sin of mine, O LORD.
{4} I have done no wrong, yet they are ready to attack me. Arise to
help me; look on my plight! {5} O LORD God Almighty, the God of
Israel, rouse yourself to punish all the nations; show no mercy to
wicked traitors. Selah {6} They return at evening, snarling like
dogs, and prowl about the city. {7} See what they spew from their
mouths-- they spew out swords from their lips, and they say, "Who can
hear us?" {8} But you, O LORD, laugh at them; you scoff at all
those nations. {9} O my Strength, I watch for you; you, O God,
are my fortress, {10} my loving God. God will go before me and
will let me gloat over those who slander me. {11} But do not kill
them, O Lord our shield, or my people will forget. In your might make
them wander about, and bring them down. {12} For the sins of
their mouths, for the words of their lips, let them be caught in their
pride. For the curses and lies they utter, {13} consume them in
wrath, consume them till they are no more. Then it will be known to the
ends of the earth that God rules over Jacob. Selah {14} They
return at evening, snarling like dogs, and prowl about the city. {15}
They wander about for food and howl if not satisfied. {16}
But I will sing of your strength, in the morning I will sing of your
love; for you are my fortress, my refuge in times of trouble. {17}
O my Strength, I sing praise to you; you, O God, are my fortress, my
loving God. |
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Psalms
60 |
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For
the director of music. To the tune of "The Lily of the Covenant."
A miktam of David. For teaching. When he fought Aram Naharaim and
Aram Zobah, and when Joab returned and struck down twelve thousand
Edomites in the Valley of Salt. You have rejected us, O God, and burst
forth upon us; you have been angry--now restore us! {2} You have
shaken the land and torn it open; mend its fractures, for it is quaking.
{3} You have shown your people desperate times; you have given us
wine that makes us stagger. {4} But for those who fear you, you
have raised a banner to be unfurled against the bow. Selah {5}
Save us and help us with your right hand, that those you love may be
delivered. {6} God has spoken from his sanctuary: "In triumph I
will parcel out Shechem and measure off the Valley of Succoth. {7}
Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine; Ephraim is my helmet, Judah my
scepter. {8} Moab is my washbasin, upon Edom I toss my sandal;
over Philistia I shout in triumph." {9} Who will bring me to the
fortified city? Who will lead me to Edom? {10} Is it not you, O
God, you who have rejected us and no longer go out with our armies?
{11} Give us aid against the enemy, for the help of man is
worthless. {12} With God we will gain the victory, and he will
trample down our enemies. |
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Psalms
61 |
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For
the director of music. With stringed instruments. Of David. Hear my cry,
O God; listen to my prayer. {2} From the ends of the earth I call
to you, I call as my heart grows faint; lead me to the rock that is
higher than I. {3} For you have been my refuge, a strong tower
against the foe. {4} I long to dwell in your tent forever and
take refuge in the shelter of your wings. Selah {5} For you have
heard my vows, O God; you have given me the heritage of those who fear
your name. {6} Increase the days of the king's life, his years
for many generations. {7} May he be enthroned in God's presence
forever; appoint your love and faithfulness to protect him. {8}
Then will I ever sing praise to your name and fulfill my vows day after
day. |
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Psalms
62 |
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For
the director of music. For Jeduthun. A psalm of David. My soul finds
rest in God alone; my salvation comes from him. {2} He alone is
my rock and my salvation; he is my fortress, I will never be shaken.
{3} How long will you assault a man? Would all of you throw him
down-- this leaning wall, this tottering fence? {4} They fully
intend to topple him from his lofty place; they take delight in lies.
With their mouths they bless, but in their hearts they curse. Selah
{5} Find rest, O my soul, in God alone; my hope comes from him.
{6} He alone is my rock and my salvation; he is my fortress, I will
not be shaken. {7} My salvation and my honor depend on God ; he
is my mighty rock, my refuge. {8} Trust in him at all times, O
people; pour out your hearts to him, for God is our refuge. Selah {9}
Lowborn men are but a breath, the highborn are but a lie; if weighed
on a balance, they are nothing; together they are only a breath. {10}
Do not trust in extortion or take pride in stolen goods; though your
riches increase, do not set your heart on them. {11} One thing
God has spoken, two things have I heard: that you, O God, are strong,
{12} and that you, O Lord, are loving. Surely you will reward each
person according to what he has done. |
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Psalms
63 |
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A
psalm of David. When he was in the Desert of Judah. O God, you are my
God, earnestly I seek you; my soul thirsts for you, my body longs for
you, in a dry and weary land where there is no water. {2} I have
seen you in the sanctuary and beheld your power and your glory. {3}
Because your love is better than life, my lips will glorify you.
{4} I will praise you as long as I live, and in your name I will
lift up my hands. {5} My soul will be satisfied as with the
richest of foods; with singing lips my mouth will praise you. {6}
On my bed I remember you; I think of you through the watches of the
night. {7} Because you are my help, I sing in the shadow of your
wings. {8} My soul clings to you; your right hand upholds me.
{9} They who seek my life will be destroyed; they will go down to
the depths of the earth. {10} They will be given over to the
sword and become food for jackals. {11} But the king will rejoice
in God; all who swear by God's name will praise him, while the mouths of
liars will be silenced. |
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Psalms
64 |
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For
the director of music. A psalm of David. Hear me, O God, as I voice my
complaint; protect my life from the threat of the enemy. {2} Hide
me from the conspiracy of the wicked, from that noisy crowd of
evildoers. {3} They sharpen their tongues like swords and aim
their words like deadly arrows. {4} They shoot from ambush at the
innocent man; they shoot at him suddenly, without fear. {5} They
encourage each other in evil plans, they talk about hiding their snares;
they say, "Who will see them?" {6} They plot injustice and say,
"We have devised a perfect plan!" Surely the mind and heart of man are
cunning. {7} But God will shoot them with arrows; suddenly they
will be struck down. {8} He will turn their own tongues against
them and bring them to ruin; all who see them will shake their heads in
scorn. {9} All mankind will fear; they will proclaim the works of
God and ponder what he has done. {10} Let the righteous rejoice
in the LORD and take refuge in him; let all the upright in heart praise
him! |
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Psalms
65 |
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For
the director of music. A psalm of David. A song. Praise awaits you, O
God, in Zion; to you our vows will be fulfilled. {2} O you who
hear prayer, to you all men will come. {3} When we were
overwhelmed by sins, you forgave our transgressions. {4} Blessed
are those you choose and bring near to live in your courts! We are
filled with the good things of your house, of your holy temple. {5}
You answer us with awesome deeds of righteousness, O God our Savior,
the hope of all the ends of the earth and of the farthest seas, {6}
who formed the mountains by your power, having armed yourself with
strength, {7} who stilled the roaring of the seas, the roaring of
their waves, and the turmoil of the nations. {8} Those living far
away fear your wonders; where morning dawns and evening fades you call
forth songs of joy. {9} You care for the land and water it; you
enrich it abundantly. The streams of God are filled with water to
provide the people with grain, for so you have ordained it. {10}
You drench its furrows and level its ridges; you soften it with showers
and bless its crops. {11} You crown the year with your bounty,
and your carts overflow with abundance. {12} The grasslands of
the desert overflow; the hills are clothed with gladness. {13}
The meadows are covered with flocks and the valleys are mantled with
grain; they shout for joy and sing. |
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Psalms
66 |
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For
the director of music. A song. A psalm. Shout with joy to God, all the
earth! {2} Sing the glory of his name; make his praise glorious!
{3} Say to God, "How awesome are your deeds! So great is your power
that your enemies cringe before you. {4} All the earth bows down
to you; they sing praise to you, they sing praise to your name."
Selah {5} Come and see what God has done, how awesome his works in
man's behalf! {6} He turned the sea into dry land, they passed
through the waters on foot-- come, let us rejoice in him. {7} He
rules forever by his power, his eyes watch the nations-- let not the
rebellious rise up against him. Selah {8} Praise our God, O
peoples, let the sound of his praise be heard; {9} he has
preserved our lives and kept our feet from slipping. {10} For
you, O God, tested us; you refined us like silver. {11} You
brought us into prison and laid burdens on our backs. {12} You
let men ride over our heads; we went through fire and water, but you
brought us to a place of abundance. {13} I will come to your
temple with burnt offerings and fulfill my vows to you-- {14}
vows my lips promised and my mouth spoke when I was in trouble. {15}
I will sacrifice fat animals to you and an offering of rams; I will
offer bulls and goats. Selah {16} Come and listen, all you who
fear God; let me tell you what he has done for me. {17} I cried
out to him with my mouth; his praise was on my tongue. {18} If I
had cherished sin in my heart, the Lord would not have listened; {19}
but God has surely listened and heard my voice in prayer. {20}
Praise be to God, who has not rejected my prayer or withheld his
love from me! |
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Psalms
67 |
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For
the director of music. With stringed instruments. A psalm. A song. May
God be gracious to us and bless us and make his face shine upon us,
Selah {2} that your ways may be known on earth, your salvation among
all nations. {3} May the peoples praise you, O God; may all the
peoples praise you. {4} May the nations be glad and sing for joy,
for you rule the peoples justly and guide the nations of the earth.
Selah {5} May the peoples praise you, O God; may all the peoples
praise you. {6} Then the land will yield its harvest, and God,
our God, will bless us. {7} God will bless us, and all the ends
of the earth will fear him. |
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Psalms
68 |
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For
the director of music. Of David. A psalm. A song. May God arise, may his
enemies be scattered; may his foes flee before him. {2} As smoke
is blown away by the wind, may you blow them away; as wax melts before
the fire, may the wicked perish before God. {3} But may the
righteous be glad and rejoice before God; may they be happy and joyful.
{4} Sing to God, sing praise to his name, extol him who rides on the
clouds -- his name is the LORD-- and rejoice before him. {5} A
father to the fatherless, a defender of widows, is God in his holy
dwelling. {6} God sets the lonely in families, he leads forth the
prisoners with singing; but the rebellious live in a sun-scorched land.
{7} When you went out before your people, O God, when you marched
through the wasteland, Selah {8} the earth shook, the heavens
poured down rain, before God, the One of Sinai, before God, the God of
Israel. {9} You gave abundant showers, O God; you refreshed your
weary inheritance. {10} Your people settled in it, and from your
bounty, O God, you provided for the poor. {11} The Lord announced
the word, and great was the company of those who proclaimed it: {12}
"Kings and armies flee in haste; in the camps men divide the
plunder. {13} Even while you sleep among the campfires, the wings
of my dove are sheathed with silver, its feathers with shining
gold." {14} When the Almighty scattered the kings in the land, it
was like snow fallen on Zalmon. {15} The mountains of Bashan are
majestic mountains; rugged are the mountains of Bashan. {16} Why
gaze in envy, O rugged mountains, at the mountain where God chooses to
reign, where the LORD himself will dwell forever? {17} The
chariots of God are tens of thousands and thousands of thousands; the
Lord has come from Sinai into his sanctuary. {18} When you
ascended on high, you led captives in your train; you received gifts
from men, even from the rebellious-- that you, O LORD God, might dwell
there. {19} Praise be to the Lord, to God our Savior, who daily
bears our burdens. Selah {20} Our God is a God who saves; from
the Sovereign LORD comes escape from death. {21} Surely God will
crush the heads of his enemies, the hairy crowns of those who go on in
their sins. {22} The Lord says, "I will bring them from Bashan; I
will bring them from the depths of the sea, {23} that you may
plunge your feet in the blood of your foes, while the tongues of your
dogs have their share." {24} Your procession has come into view,
O God, the procession of my God and King into the sanctuary. {25}
In front are the singers, after them the musicians; with them are the
maidens playing tambourines. {26} Praise God in the great
congregation; praise the LORD in the assembly of Israel. {27}
There is the little tribe of Benjamin, leading them, there the great
throng of Judah's princes, and there the princes of Zebulun and of
Naphtali. {28} Summon your power, O God ; show us your strength,
O God, as you have done before. {29} Because of your temple at
Jerusalem kings will bring you gifts. {30} Rebuke the beast among
the reeds, the herd of bulls among the calves of the nations. Humbled,
may it bring bars of silver. Scatter the nations who delight in war.
{31} Envoys will come from Egypt; Cush will submit herself to God.
{32} Sing to God, O kingdoms of the earth, sing praise to the Lord,
Selah {33} to him who rides the ancient skies above, who thunders
with mighty voice. {34} Proclaim the power of God, whose majesty
is over Israel, whose power is in the skies. {35} You are
awesome, O God, in your sanctuary; the God of Israel gives power and
strength to his people. Praise be to God! |
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Psalms
69 |
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For
the director of music. To the tune of "Lilies." Of David. Save
me, O God, for the waters have come up to my neck. {2} I sink in
the miry depths, where there is no foothold. I have come into the deep
waters; the floods engulf me. {3} I am worn out calling for help;
my throat is parched. My eyes fail, looking for my God. {4} Those
who hate me without reason outnumber the hairs of my head; many are my
enemies without cause, those who seek to destroy me. I am forced to
restore what I did not steal. {5} You know my folly, O God; my
guilt is not hidden from you. {6} May those who hope in you not
be disgraced because of me, O Lord, the LORD Almighty; may those who
seek you not be put to shame because of me, O God of Israel. {7}
For I endure scorn for your sake, and shame covers my face. {8} I
am a stranger to my brothers, an alien to my own mother's sons; {9}
for zeal for your house consumes me, and the insults of those who
insult you fall on me. {10} When I weep and fast, I must endure
scorn; {11} when I put on sackcloth, people make sport of me.
{12} Those who sit at the gate mock me, and I am the song of the
drunkards. {13} But I pray to you, O LORD, in the time of your
favor; in your great love, O God, answer me with your sure salvation.
{14} Rescue me from the mire, do not let me sink; deliver me from
those who hate me, from the deep waters. {15} Do not let the
floodwaters engulf me or the depths swallow me up or the pit close its
mouth over me. {16} Answer me, O LORD, out of the goodness of
your love; in your great mercy turn to me. {17} Do not hide your
face from your servant; answer me quickly, for I am in trouble. {18}
Come near and rescue me; redeem me because of my foes. {19}
You know how I am scorned, disgraced and shamed; all my enemies are
before you. {20} Scorn has broken my heart and has left me
helpless; I looked for sympathy, but there was none, for comforters, but
I found none. {21} They put gall in my food and gave me vinegar
for my thirst. {22} May the table set before them become a snare;
may it become retribution and a trap. {23} May their eyes be
darkened so they cannot see, and their backs be bent forever. {24}
Pour out your wrath on them; let your fierce anger overtake them.
{25} May their place be deserted; let there be no one to dwell in
their tents. {26} For they persecute those you wound and talk
about the pain of those you hurt. {27} Charge them with crime
upon crime; do not let them share in your salvation. {28} May
they be blotted out of the book of life and not be listed with the
righteous. {29} I am in pain and distress; may your salvation, O
God, protect me. {30} I will praise God's name in song and
glorify him with thanksgiving. {31} This will please the LORD
more than an ox, more than a bull with its horns and hoofs. {32}
The poor will see and be glad-- you who seek God, may your hearts live!
{33} The LORD hears the needy and does not despise his captive
people. {34} Let heaven and earth praise him, the seas and all
that move in them, {35} for God will save Zion and rebuild the
cities of Judah. Then people will settle there and possess it; {36}
the children of his servants will inherit it, and those who love his
name will dwell there. |
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Psalms
70 |
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For
the director of music. Of David. A petition. Hasten, O God, to save me;
O LORD, come quickly to help me. {2} May those who seek my life
be put to shame and confusion; may all who desire my ruin be turned back
in disgrace. {3} May those who say to me, "Aha! Aha!" turn back
because of their shame. {4} But may all who seek you rejoice and
be glad in you; may those who love your salvation always say, "Let God
be exalted!" {5} Yet I am poor and needy; come quickly to me, O
God. You are my help and my deliverer; O LORD, do not delay. |
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Psalms
71 |
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In
you, O LORD, I have taken refuge; let me never be put to shame. {2}
Rescue me and deliver me in your righteousness; turn your ear to me
and save me. {3} Be my rock of refuge, to which I can always go;
give the command to save me, for you are my rock and my fortress. {4}
Deliver me, O my God, from the hand of the wicked, from the grasp of
evil and cruel men. {5} For you have been my hope, O Sovereign
LORD, my confidence since my youth. {6} From birth I have relied
on you; you brought me forth from my mother's womb. I will ever praise
you. {7} I have become like a portent to many, but you are my
strong refuge. {8} My mouth is filled with your praise, declaring
your splendor all day long. {9} Do not cast me away when I am
old; do not forsake me when my strength is gone. {10} For my
enemies speak against me; those who wait to kill me conspire together.
{11} They say, "God has forsaken him; pursue him and seize him, for
no one will rescue him." {12} Be not far from me, O God; come
quickly, O my God, to help me. {13} May my accusers perish in
shame; may those who want to harm me be covered with scorn and disgrace.
{14} But as for me, I will always have hope; I will praise you more
and more. {15} My mouth will tell of your righteousness, of your
salvation all day long, though I know not its measure. {16} I
will come and proclaim your mighty acts, O Sovereign LORD; I will
proclaim your righteousness, yours alone. {17} Since my youth, O
God, you have taught me, and to this day I declare your marvelous deeds.
{18} Even when I am old and gray, do not forsake me, O God, till I
declare your power to the next generation, your might to all who are to
come. {19} Your righteousness reaches to the skies, O God, you
who have done great things. Who, O God, is like you? {20} Though
you have made me see troubles, many and bitter, you will restore my life
again; from the depths of the earth you will again bring me up. {21}
You will increase my honor and comfort me once again. {22} I
will praise you with the harp for your faithfulness, O my God; I will
sing praise to you with the lyre, O Holy One of Israel. {23} My
lips will shout for joy when I sing praise to you-- I, whom you have
redeemed. {24} My tongue will tell of your righteous acts all day
long, for those who wanted to harm me have been put to shame and
confusion. |
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Psalms
72 |
|
Of
Solomon. Endow the king with your justice, O God, the royal son with
your righteousness. {2} He will judge your people in
righteousness, your afflicted ones with justice. {3} The
mountains will bring prosperity to the people, the hills the fruit of
righteousness. {4} He will defend the afflicted among the people
and save the children of the needy; he will crush the oppressor. {5}
He will endure as long as the sun, as long as the moon, through all
generations. {6} He will be like rain falling on a mown field,
like showers watering the earth. {7} In his days the righteous
will flourish; prosperity will abound till the moon is no more. {8}
He will rule from sea to sea and from the River to the ends of the
earth. {9} The desert tribes will bow before him and his enemies
will lick the dust. {10} The kings of Tarshish and of distant
shores will bring tribute to him; the kings of Sheba and Seba will
present him gifts. {11} All kings will bow down to him and all
nations will serve him. {12} For he will deliver the needy who
cry out, the afflicted who have no one to help. {13} He will take
pity on the weak and the needy and save the needy from death. {14}
He will rescue them from oppression and violence, for precious is
their blood in his sight. {15} Long may he live! May gold from
Sheba be given him. May people ever pray for him and bless him all day
long. {16} Let grain abound throughout the land; on the tops of
the hills may it sway. Let its fruit flourish like Lebanon; let it
thrive like the grass of the field. {17} May his name endure
forever; may it continue as long as the sun. All nations will be blessed
through him, and they will call him blessed. {18} Praise be to
the LORD God, the God of Israel, who alone does marvelous deeds. {19}
Praise be to his glorious name forever; may the whole earth be
filled with his glory. Amen and Amen. {20} This concludes the
prayers of David son of Jesse. |
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Psalms
73 |
|
A
psalm of Asaph. Surely God is good to Israel, to those who are pure in
heart. {2} But as for me, my feet had almost slipped; I had
nearly lost my foothold. {3} For I envied the arrogant when I saw
the prosperity of the wicked. {4} They have no struggles; their
bodies are healthy and strong. {5} They are free from the burdens
common to man; they are not plagued by human ills. {6} Therefore
pride is their necklace; they clothe themselves with violence. {7}
From their callous hearts comes iniquity ; the evil conceits of
their minds know no limits. {8} They scoff, and speak with
malice; in their arrogance they threaten oppression. {9} Their
mouths lay claim to heaven, and their tongues take possession of the
earth. {10} Therefore their people turn to them and drink up
waters in abundance. {11} They say, "How can God know? Does the
Most High have knowledge?" {12} This is what the wicked are
like-- always carefree, they increase in wealth. {13} Surely in
vain have I kept my heart pure; in vain have I washed my hands in
innocence. {14} All day long I have been plagued; I have been
punished every morning. {15} If I had said, "I will speak thus,"
I would have betrayed your children. {16} When I tried to
understand all this, it was oppressive to me {17} till I entered
the sanctuary of God; then I understood their final destiny. {18}
Surely you place them on slippery ground; you cast them down to ruin.
{19} How suddenly are they destroyed, completely swept away by
terrors! {20} As a dream when one awakes, so when you arise, O
Lord, you will despise them as fantasies. {21} When my heart was
grieved and my spirit embittered, {22} I was senseless and
ignorant; I was a brute beast before you. {23} Yet I am always
with you; you hold me by my right hand. {24} You guide me with
your counsel, and afterward you will take me into glory. {25}
Whom have I in heaven but you? And earth has nothing I desire besides
you. {26} My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength
of my heart and my portion forever. {27} Those who are far from
you will perish; you destroy all who are unfaithful to you. {28}
But as for me, it is good to be near God. I have made the Sovereign LORD
my refuge; I will tell of all your deeds. |
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Psalms
74 |
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A
maskil of Asaph. Why have you rejected us forever, O God? Why does
your anger smolder against the sheep of your pasture? {2}
Remember the people you purchased of old, the tribe of your inheritance,
whom you redeemed-- Mount Zion, where you dwelt. {3} Turn your
steps toward these everlasting ruins, all this destruction the enemy has
brought on the sanctuary. {4} Your foes roared in the place where
you met with us; they set up their standards as signs. {5} They
behaved like men wielding axes to cut through a thicket of trees. {6}
They smashed all the carved paneling with their axes and hatchets.
{7} They burned your sanctuary to the ground; they defiled the
dwelling place of your Name. {8} They said in their hearts, "We
will crush them completely!" They burned every place where God was
worshiped in the land. {9} We are given no miraculous signs; no
prophets are left, and none of us knows how long this will be. {10}
How long will the enemy mock you, O God? Will the foe revile your
name forever? {11} Why do you hold back your hand, your right
hand? Take it from the folds of your garment and destroy them! {12}
But you, O God, are my king from of old; you bring salvation upon
the earth. {13} It was you who split open the sea by your power;
you broke the heads of the monster in the waters. {14} It was you
who crushed the heads of Leviathan and gave him as food to the creatures
of the desert. {15} It was you who opened up springs and streams;
you dried up the ever flowing rivers. {16} The day is yours, and
yours also the night; you established the sun and moon. {17} It
was you who set all the boundaries of the earth; you made both summer
and winter. {18} Remember how the enemy has mocked you, O LORD,
how foolish people have reviled your name. {19} Do not hand over
the life of your dove to wild beasts; do not forget the lives of your
afflicted people forever. {20} Have regard for your covenant,
because haunts of violence fill the dark places of the land. {21}
Do not let the oppressed retreat in disgrace; may the poor and needy
praise your name. {22} Rise up, O God, and defend your cause;
remember how fools mock you all day long. {23} Do not ignore the
clamor of your adversaries, the uproar of your enemies, which rises
continually. |
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Psalms
75 |
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For
the director of music. To the tune of "Do Not Destroy." A psalm
of Asaph. A song. We give thanks to you, O God, we give thanks, for your
Name is near; men tell of your wonderful deeds. {2} You say, "I
choose the appointed time; it is I who judge uprightly. {3} When
the earth and all its people quake, it is I who hold its pillars firm.
Selah {4} To the arrogant I say, 'Boast no more,' and to the
wicked, 'Do not lift up your horns. {5} Do not lift your horns
against heaven; do not speak with outstretched neck.'" {6} No one
from the east or the west or from the desert can exalt a man. {7}
But it is God who judges: He brings one down, he exalts another. {8}
In the hand of the LORD is a cup full of foaming wine mixed with
spices; he pours it out, and all the wicked of the earth drink it down
to its very dregs. {9} As for me, I will declare this forever; I
will sing praise to the God of Jacob. {10} I will cut off the
horns of all the wicked, but the horns of the righteous will be lifted
up. |
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Psalms
76 |
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For
the director of music. With stringed instruments. A psalm of Asaph. A
song. In Judah God is known; his name is great in Israel. {2} His
tent is in Salem, his dwelling place in Zion. {3} There he broke
the flashing arrows, the shields and the swords, the weapons of war.
Selah {4} You are resplendent with light, more majestic than
mountains rich with game. {5} Valiant men lie plundered, they
sleep their last sleep; not one of the warriors can lift his hands.
{6} At your rebuke, O God of Jacob, both horse and chariot lie
still. {7} You alone are to be feared. Who can stand before you
when you are angry? {8} From heaven you pronounced judgment, and
the land feared and was quiet-- {9} when you, O God, rose up to
judge, to save all the afflicted of the land. Selah {10} Surely
your wrath against men brings you praise, and the survivors of your
wrath are restrained. {11} Make vows to the LORD your God and
fulfill them; let all the neighboring lands bring gifts to the One to be
feared. {12} He breaks the spirit of rulers; he is feared by the
kings of the earth. |
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Psalms
77 |
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For
the director of music. For Jeduthun. Of Asaph. A psalm. I cried out to
God for help; I cried out to God to hear me. {2} When I was in
distress, I sought the Lord; at night I stretched out untiring hands and
my soul refused to be comforted. {3} I remembered you, O God, and
I groaned; I mused, and my spirit grew faint. Selah {4} You kept
my eyes from closing; I was too troubled to speak. {5} I thought
about the former days, the years of long ago; {6} I remembered my
songs in the night. My heart mused and my spirit inquired: {7}
"Will the Lord reject forever? Will he never show his favor again?
{8} Has his unfailing love vanished forever? Has his promise failed
for all time? {9} Has God forgotten to be merciful? Has he in
anger withheld his compassion?" Selah {10} Then I thought, "To
this I will appeal: the years of the right hand of the Most High."
{11} I will remember the deeds of the LORD; yes, I will remember
your miracles of long ago. {12} I will meditate on all your works
and consider all your mighty deeds. {13} Your ways, O God, are
holy. What god is so great as our God? {14} You are the God who
performs miracles; you display your power among the peoples. {15}
With your mighty arm you redeemed your people, the descendants of Jacob
and Joseph. Selah {16} The waters saw you, O God, the waters saw
you and writhed; the very depths were convulsed. {17} The clouds
poured down water, the skies resounded with thunder; your arrows flashed
back and forth. {18} Your thunder was heard in the whirlwind,
your lightning lit up the world; the earth trembled and quaked. {19}
Your path led through the sea, your way through the mighty waters,
though your footprints were not seen. {20} You led your people
like a flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron. |
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Psalms
78 |
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A
maskil of Asaph. O my people, hear my teaching; listen to the words
of my mouth. {2} I will open my mouth in parables, I will utter
hidden things, things from of old-- {3} what we have heard and
known, what our fathers have told us. {4} We will not hide them
from their children; we will tell the next generation the praiseworthy
deeds of the LORD, his power, and the wonders he has done. {5} He
decreed statutes for Jacob and established the law in Israel, which he
commanded our forefathers to teach their children, {6} so the
next generation would know them, even the children yet to be born, and
they in turn would tell their children. {7} Then they would put
their trust in God and would not forget his deeds but would keep his
commands. {8} They would not be like their forefathers-- a
stubborn and rebellious generation, whose hearts were not loyal to God,
whose spirits were not faithful to him. {9} The men of Ephraim,
though armed with bows, turned back on the day of battle; {10}
they did not keep God's covenant and refused to live by his law. {11}
They forgot what he had done, the wonders he had shown them. {12}
He did miracles in the sight of their fathers in the land of Egypt,
in the region of Zoan. {13} He divided the sea and led them
through; he made the water stand firm like a wall. {14} He guided
them with the cloud by day and with light from the fire all night.
{15} He split the rocks in the desert and gave them water as
abundant as the seas; {16} he brought streams out of a rocky crag
and made water flow down like rivers. {17} But they continued to
sin against him, rebelling in the desert against the Most High. {18}
They willfully put God to the test by demanding the food they
craved. {19} They spoke against God, saying, "Can God spread a
table in the desert? {20} When he struck the rock, water gushed
out, and streams flowed abundantly. But can he also give us food? Can he
supply meat for his people?" {21} When the LORD heard them, he
was very angry; his fire broke out against Jacob, and his wrath rose
against Israel, {22} for they did not believe in God or trust in
his deliverance. {23} Yet he gave a command to the skies above
and opened the doors of the heavens; {24} he rained down manna
for the people to eat, he gave them the grain of heaven. {25} Men
ate the bread of angels; he sent them all the food they could eat.
{26} He let loose the east wind from the heavens and led forth the
south wind by his power. {27} He rained meat down on them like
dust, flying birds like sand on the seashore. {28} He made them
come down inside their camp, all around their tents. {29} They
ate till they had more than enough, for he had given them what they
craved. {30} But before they turned from the food they craved,
even while it was still in their mouths, {31} God's anger rose
against them; he put to death the sturdiest among them, cutting down the
young men of Israel. {32} In spite of all this, they kept on
sinning; in spite of his wonders, they did not believe. {33} So
he ended their days in futility and their years in terror. {34}
Whenever God slew them, they would seek him; they eagerly turned to him
again. {35} They remembered that God was their Rock, that God
Most High was their Redeemer. {36} But then they would flatter
him with their mouths, lying to him with their tongues; {37}
their hearts were not loyal to him, they were not faithful to his
covenant. {38} Yet he was merciful; he forgave their iniquities
and did not destroy them. Time after time he restrained his anger and
did not stir up his full wrath. {39} He remembered that they were
but flesh, a passing breeze that does not return. {40} How often
they rebelled against him in the desert and grieved him in the
wasteland! {41} Again and again they put God to the test; they
vexed the Holy One of Israel. {42} They did not remember his
power-- the day he redeemed them from the oppressor, {43} the day
he displayed his miraculous signs in Egypt, his wonders in the region of
Zoan. {44} He turned their rivers to blood; they could not drink
from their streams. {45} He sent swarms of flies that devoured
them, and frogs that devastated them. {46} He gave their crops to
the grasshopper, their produce to the locust. {47} He destroyed
their vines with hail and their sycamore-figs with sleet. {48} He
gave over their cattle to the hail, their livestock to bolts of
lightning. {49} He unleashed against them his hot anger, his
wrath, indignation and hostility-- a band of destroying angels. {50}
He prepared a path for his anger; he did not spare them from death
but gave them over to the plague. {51} He struck down all the
firstborn of Egypt, the firstfruits of manhood in the tents of Ham.
{52} But he brought his people out like a flock; he led them like
sheep through the desert. {53} He guided them safely, so they
were unafraid; but the sea engulfed their enemies. {54} Thus he
brought them to the border of his holy land, to the hill country his
right hand had taken. {55} He drove out nations before them and
allotted their lands to them as an inheritance; he settled the tribes of
Israel in their homes. {56} But they put God to the test and
rebelled against the Most High; they did not keep his statutes. {57}
Like their fathers they were disloyal and faithless, as unreliable
as a faulty bow. {58} They angered him with their high places;
they aroused his jealousy with their idols. {59} When God heard
them, he was very angry; he rejected Israel completely. {60} He
abandoned the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent he had set up among men.
{61} He sent the ark of his might into captivity, his
splendor into the hands of the enemy. {62} He gave his people
over to the sword; he was very angry with his inheritance. {63}
Fire consumed their young men, and their maidens had no wedding songs;
{64} their priests were put to the sword, and their widows could not
weep. {65} Then the Lord awoke as from sleep, as a man wakes from
the stupor of wine. {66} He beat back his enemies; he put them to
everlasting shame. {67} Then he rejected the tents of Joseph, he
did not choose the tribe of Ephraim; {68} but he chose the tribe
of Judah, Mount Zion, which he loved. {69} He built his sanctuary
like the heights, like the earth that he established forever. {70}
He chose David his servant and took him from the sheep pens; {71}
from tending the sheep he brought him to be the shepherd of his
people Jacob, of Israel his inheritance. {72} And David
shepherded them with integrity of heart; with skillful hands he led
them. |
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Psalms
79 |
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A
psalm of Asaph. O God, the nations have invaded your inheritance; they
have defiled your holy temple, they have reduced Jerusalem to rubble.
{2} They have given the dead bodies of your servants as food to the
birds of the air, the flesh of your saints to the beasts of the earth.
{3} They have poured out blood like water all around Jerusalem, and
there is no one to bury the dead. {4} We are objects of reproach
to our neighbors, of scorn and derision to those around us. {5}
How long, O LORD? Will you be angry forever? How long will your jealousy
burn like fire? {6} Pour out your wrath on the nations that do
not acknowledge you, on the kingdoms that do not call on your name;
{7} for they have devoured Jacob and destroyed his homeland. {8}
Do not hold against us the sins of the fathers; may your mercy come
quickly to meet us, for we are in desperate need. {9} Help us, O
God our Savior, for the glory of your name; deliver us and forgive our
sins for your name's sake. {10} Why should the nations say,
"Where is their God?" Before our eyes, make known among the nations that
you avenge the outpoured blood of your servants. {11} May the
groans of the prisoners come before you; by the strength of your arm
preserve those condemned to die. {12} Pay back into the laps of
our neighbors seven times the reproach they have hurled at you, O Lord.
{13} Then we your people, the sheep of your pasture, will praise you
forever; from generation to generation we will recount your praise. |
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Psalms
80 |
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For
the director of music. To the tune of "The Lilies of the
Covenant." Of Asaph. A psalm. Hear us, O Shepherd of Israel, you who
lead Joseph like a flock; you who sit enthroned between the cherubim,
shine forth {2} before Ephraim, Benjamin and Manasseh. Awaken
your might; come and save us. {3} Restore us, O God; make your
face shine upon us, that we may be saved. {4} O LORD God
Almighty, how long will your anger smolder against the prayers of your
people? {5} You have fed them with the bread of tears; you have
made them drink tears by the bowlful. {6} You have made us a
source of contention to our neighbors, and our enemies mock us. {7}
Restore us, O God Almighty; make your face shine upon us, that we
may be saved. {8} You brought a vine out of Egypt; you drove out
the nations and planted it. {9} You cleared the ground for it,
and it took root and filled the land. {10} The mountains were
covered with its shade, the mighty cedars with its branches. {11}
It sent out its boughs to the Sea, its shoots as far as the River.
{12} Why have you broken down its walls so that all who pass by pick
its grapes? {13} Boars from the forest ravage it and the
creatures of the field feed on it. {14} Return to us, O God
Almighty! Look down from heaven and see! Watch over this vine, {15}
the root your right hand has planted, the son you have raised up for
yourself. {16} Your vine is cut down, it is burned with fire; at
your rebuke your people perish. {17} Let your hand rest on the
man at your right hand, the son of man you have raised up for yourself.
{18} Then we will not turn away from you; revive us, and we will
call on your name. {19} Restore us, O LORD God Almighty; make
your face shine upon us, that we may be saved. |
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Psalms
81 |
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For
the director of music. According to gittith. Of Asaph. Sing for
joy to God our strength; shout aloud to the God of Jacob! {2}
Begin the music, strike the tambourine, play the melodious harp and
lyre. {3} Sound the ram's horn at the New Moon, and when the moon
is full, on the day of our Feast; {4} this is a decree for
Israel, an ordinance of the God of Jacob. {5} He established it
as a statute for Joseph when he went out against Egypt, where we heard a
language we did not understand. {6} He says, "I removed the
burden from their shoulders; their hands were set free from the basket.
{7} In your distress you called and I rescued you, I answered you
out of a thundercloud; I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Selah
{8} "Hear, O my people, and I will warn you-- if you would but
listen to me, O Israel! {9} You shall have no foreign god among
you; you shall not bow down to an alien god. {10} I am the LORD
your God, who brought you up out of Egypt. Open wide your mouth and I
will fill it. {11} "But my people would not listen to me; Israel
would not submit to me. {12} So I gave them over to their
stubborn hearts to follow their own devices. {13} "If my people
would but listen to me, if Israel would follow my ways, {14} how
quickly would I subdue their enemies and turn my hand against their
foes! {15} Those who hate the LORD would cringe before him, and
their punishment would last forever. {16} But you would be fed
with the finest of wheat; with honey from the rock I would satisfy you." |
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Psalms
82 |
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A
psalm of Asaph. God presides in the great assembly; he gives judgment
among the "gods": {2} "How long will you defend the unjust and
show partiality to the wicked? Selah {3} Defend the cause of the
weak and fatherless; maintain the rights of the poor and oppressed.
{4} Rescue the weak and needy; deliver them from the hand of the
wicked. {5} "They know nothing, they understand nothing. They
walk about in darkness; all the foundations of the earth are shaken.
{6} "I said, 'You are "gods"; you are all sons of the Most High.'
{7} But you will die like mere men; you will fall like every other
ruler." {8} Rise up, O God, judge the earth, for all the nations
are your inheritance. |
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Psalms
83 |
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A
song. A psalm of Asaph. O God, do not keep silent; be not quiet, O God,
be not still. {2} See how your enemies are astir, how your foes
rear their heads. {3} With cunning they conspire against your
people; they plot against those you cherish. {4} "Come," they
say, "let us destroy them as a nation, that the name of Israel be
remembered no more." {5} With one mind they plot together; they
form an alliance against you-- {6} the tents of Edom and the
Ishmaelites, of Moab and the Hagrites, {7} Gebal, Ammon and
Amalek, Philistia, with the people of Tyre. {8} Even Assyria has
joined them to lend strength to the descendants of Lot. Selah {9}
Do to them as you did to Midian, as you did to Sisera and Jabin at the
river Kishon, {10} who perished at Endor and became like refuse
on the ground. {11} Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb, all
their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna, {12} who said, "Let us
take possession of the pasturelands of God." {13} Make them like
tumbleweed, O my God, like chaff before the wind. {14} As fire
consumes the forest or a flame sets the mountains ablaze, {15} so
pursue them with your tempest and terrify them with your storm. {16}
Cover their faces with shame so that men will seek your name, O
LORD. {17} May they ever be ashamed and dismayed; may they perish
in disgrace. {18} Let them know that you, whose name is the
LORD-- that you alone are the Most High over all the earth. |
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Psalms
84 |
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For
the director of music. According to gittith. Of the Sons of Korah.
A psalm. How lovely is your dwelling place, O LORD Almighty! {2}
My soul yearns, even faints, for the courts of the LORD; my heart and my
flesh cry out for the living God. {3} Even the sparrow has found
a home, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may have her
young-- a place near your altar, O LORD Almighty, my King and my God.
{4} Blessed are those who dwell in your house; they are ever
praising you. Selah {5} Blessed are those whose strength is in
you, who have set their hearts on pilgrimage. {6} As they pass
through the Valley of Baca, they make it a place of springs; the autumn
rains also cover it with pools. {7} They go from strength to
strength, till each appears before God in Zion. {8} Hear my
prayer, O LORD God Almighty; listen to me, O God of Jacob. Selah {9}
Look upon our shield, O God; look with favor on your anointed one.
{10} Better is one day in your courts than a thousand elsewhere; I
would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the
tents of the wicked. {11} For the LORD God is a sun and shield;
the LORD bestows favor and honor; no good thing does he withhold from
those whose walk is blameless. {12} O LORD Almighty, blessed is
the man who trusts in you. |
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Psalms
85 |
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For
the director of music. Of the Sons of Korah. A psalm. You showed favor
to your land, O LORD; you restored the fortunes of Jacob. {2} You
forgave the iniquity of your people and covered all their sins. Selah
{3} You set aside all your wrath and turned from your fierce anger.
{4} Restore us again, O God our Savior, and put away your
displeasure toward us. {5} Will you be angry with us forever?
Will you prolong your anger through all generations? {6} Will you
not revive us again, that your people may rejoice in you? {7}
Show us your unfailing love, O LORD, and grant us your salvation. {8}
I will listen to what God the LORD will say; he promises peace to
his people, his saints-- but let them not return to folly. {9}
Surely his salvation is near those who fear him, that his glory may
dwell in our land. {10} Love and faithfulness meet together;
righteousness and peace kiss each other. {11} Faithfulness
springs forth from the earth, and righteousness looks down from heaven.
{12} The LORD will indeed give what is good, and our land will yield
its harvest. {13} Righteousness goes before him and prepares the
way for his steps. |
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Psalms
86 |
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A
prayer of David. Hear, O LORD, and answer me, for I am poor and needy.
{2} Guard my life, for I am devoted to you. You are my God; save
your servant who trusts in you. {3} Have mercy on me, O Lord, for
I call to you all day long. {4} Bring joy to your servant, for to
you, O Lord, I lift up my soul. {5} You are forgiving and good, O
Lord, abounding in love to all who call to you. {6} Hear my
prayer, O LORD; listen to my cry for mercy. {7} In the day of my
trouble I will call to you, for you will answer me. {8} Among the
gods there is none like you, O Lord; no deeds can compare with yours.
{9} All the nations you have made will come and worship before you,
O Lord; they will bring glory to your name. {10} For you are
great and do marvelous deeds; you alone are God. {11} Teach me
your way, O LORD, and I will walk in your truth; give me an undivided
heart, that I may fear your name. {12} I will praise you, O Lord
my God, with all my heart; I will glorify your name forever. {13}
For great is your love toward me; you have delivered me from the depths
of the grave. {14} The arrogant are attacking me, O God; a band
of ruthless men seeks my life-- men without regard for you. {15}
But you, O Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger,
abounding in love and faithfulness. {16} Turn to me and have
mercy on me; grant your strength to your servant and save the son of
your maidservant. {17} Give me a sign of your goodness, that my
enemies may see it and be put to shame, for you, O LORD, have helped me
and comforted me. |
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Psalms
87 |
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Of
the Sons of Korah. A psalm. A song. He has set his foundation on the
holy mountain; {2} the LORD loves the gates of Zion more than all
the dwellings of Jacob. {3} Glorious things are said of you, O
city of God: Selah {4} "I will record Rahab and Babylon among
those who acknowledge me-- Philistia too, and Tyre, along with Cush --
and will say, 'This one was born in Zion.'" {5} Indeed, of Zion
it will be said, "This one and that one were born in her, and the Most
High himself will establish her." {6} The LORD will write in the
register of the peoples: "This one was born in Zion." Selah {7}
As they make music they will sing, "All my fountains are in you." |
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Psalms
88 |
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A
song. A psalm of the Sons of Korah. For the director of music. According
to mahalath leannoth. A maskil of Heman the Ezrahite. O
LORD, the God who saves me, day and night I cry out before you. {2}
May my prayer come before you; turn your ear to my cry. {3}
For my soul is full of trouble and my life draws near the grave. {4}
I am counted among those who go down to the pit; I am like a man
without strength. {5} I am set apart with the dead, like the
slain who lie in the grave, whom you remember no more, who are cut off
from your care. {6} You have put me in the lowest pit, in the
darkest depths. {7} Your wrath lies heavily upon me; you have
overwhelmed me with all your waves. Selah {8} You have taken from
me my closest friends and have made me repulsive to them. I am confined
and cannot escape; {9} my eyes are dim with grief. I call to you,
O LORD, every day; I spread out my hands to you. {10} Do you show
your wonders to the dead? Do those who are dead rise up and praise you?
Selah {11} Is your love declared in the grave, your faithfulness
in Destruction ? {12} Are your wonders known in the place of
darkness, or your righteous deeds in the land of oblivion? {13}
But I cry to you for help, O LORD; in the morning my prayer comes before
you. {14} Why, O LORD, do you reject me and hide your face from
me? {15} From my youth I have been afflicted and close to death;
I have suffered your terrors and am in despair. {16} Your wrath
has swept over me; your terrors have destroyed me. {17} All day
long they surround me like a flood; they have completely engulfed me.
{18} You have taken my companions and loved ones from me; the
darkness is my closest friend. |
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Psalms
89 |
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A
maskil of Ethan the Ezrahite. I will sing of the Lord's great love
forever; with my mouth I will make your faithfulness known through all
generations. {2} I will declare that your love stands firm
forever, that you established your faithfulness in heaven itself. {3}
You said, "I have made a covenant with my chosen one, I have sworn
to David my servant, {4} 'I will establish your line forever and
make your throne firm through all generations.'" Selah {5} The
heavens praise your wonders, O LORD, your faithfulness too, in the
assembly of the holy ones. {6} For who in the skies above can
compare with the LORD? Who is like the LORD among the heavenly beings?
{7} In the council of the holy ones God is greatly feared; he is
more awesome than all who surround him. {8} O LORD God Almighty,
who is like you? You are mighty, O LORD, and your faithfulness surrounds
you. {9} You rule over the surging sea; when its waves mount up,
you still them. {10} You crushed Rahab like one of the slain;
with your strong arm you scattered your enemies. {11} The heavens
are yours, and yours also the earth; you founded the world and all that
is in it. {12} You created the north and the south; Tabor and
Hermon sing for joy at your name. {13} Your arm is endued with
power; your hand is strong, your right hand exalted. {14}
Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne; love and
faithfulness go before you. {15} Blessed are those who have
learned to acclaim you, who walk in the light of your presence, O LORD.
{16} They rejoice in your name all day long; they exult in your
righteousness. {17} For you are their glory and strength, and by
your favor you exalt our horn. {18} Indeed, our shield belongs to
the LORD, our king to the Holy One of Israel. {19} Once you spoke
in a vision, to your faithful people you said: "I have bestowed strength
on a warrior; I have exalted a young man from among the people. {20}
I have found David my servant; with my sacred oil I have anointed
him. {21} My hand will sustain him; surely my arm will strengthen
him. {22} No enemy will subject him to tribute; no wicked man
will oppress him. {23} I will crush his foes before him and
strike down his adversaries. {24} My faithful love will be with
him, and through my name his horn will be exalted. {25} I will
set his hand over the sea, his right hand over the rivers. {26}
He will call out to me, 'You are my Father, my God, the Rock my Savior.'
{27} I will also appoint him my firstborn, the most exalted of the
kings of the earth. {28} I will maintain my love to him forever,
and my covenant with him will never fail. {29} I will establish
his line forever, his throne as long as the heavens endure. {30}
"If his sons forsake my law and do not follow my statutes, {31}
if they violate my decrees and fail to keep my commands, {32} I
will punish their sin with the rod, their iniquity with flogging;
{33} but I will not take my love from him, nor will I ever betray my
faithfulness. {34} I will not violate my covenant or alter what
my lips have uttered. {35} Once for all, I have sworn by my
holiness-- and I will not lie to David-- {36} that his line will
continue forever and his throne endure before me like the sun; {37}
it will be established forever like the moon, the faithful witness
in the sky." Selah {38} But you have rejected, you have spurned,
you have been very angry with your anointed one. {39} You have
renounced the covenant with your servant and have defiled his crown in
the dust. {40} You have broken through all his walls and reduced
his strongholds to ruins. {41} All who pass by have plundered
him; he has become the scorn of his neighbors. {42} You have
exalted the right hand of his foes; you have made all his enemies
rejoice. {43} You have turned back the edge of his sword and have
not supported him in battle. {44} You have put an end to his
splendor and cast his throne to the ground. {45} You have cut
short the days of his youth; you have covered him with a mantle of
shame. Selah {46} How long, O LORD? Will you hide yourself
forever? How long will your wrath burn like fire? {47} Remember
how fleeting is my life. For what futility you have created all men!
{48} What man can live and not see death, or save himself from the
power of the grave ? Selah {49} O Lord, where is your former
great love, which in your faithfulness you swore to David? {50}
Remember, Lord, how your servant has been mocked, how I bear in my heart
the taunts of all the nations, {51} the taunts with which your
enemies have mocked, O LORD, with which they have mocked every step of
your anointed one. {52} Praise be to the LORD forever! Amen and
Amen. |
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Psalms
90 |
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A
prayer of Moses the man of God. Lord, you have been our dwelling place
throughout all generations. {2} Before the mountains were born or
you brought forth the earth and the world, from everlasting to
everlasting you are God. {3} You turn men back to dust, saying,
"Return to dust, O sons of men." {4} For a thousand years in your
sight are like a day that has just gone by, or like a watch in the
night. {5} You sweep men away in the sleep of death; they are
like the new grass of the morning-- {6} though in the morning it
springs up new, by evening it is dry and withered. {7} We are
consumed by your anger and terrified by your indignation. {8} You
have set our iniquities before you, our secret sins in the light of your
presence. {9} All our days pass away under your wrath; we finish
our years with a moan. {10} The length of our days is seventy
years-- or eighty, if we have the strength; yet their span is but
trouble and sorrow, for they quickly pass, and we fly away. {11}
Who knows the power of your anger? For your wrath is as great as the
fear that is due you. {12} Teach us to number our days aright,
that we may gain a heart of wisdom. {13} Relent, O LORD! How long
will it be? Have compassion on your servants. {14} Satisfy us in
the morning with your unfailing love, that we may sing for joy and be
glad all our days. {15} Make us glad for as many days as you have
afflicted us, for as many years as we have seen trouble. {16} May
your deeds be shown to your servants, your splendor to their children.
{17} May the favor of the Lord our God rest upon us; establish the
work of our hands for us-- yes, establish the work of our hands. |
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Psalms
91 |
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He
who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of
the Almighty. {2} I will say of the LORD, "He is my refuge and my
fortress, my God, in whom I trust." {3} Surely he will save you
from the fowler's snare and from the deadly pestilence. {4} He
will cover you with his feathers, and under his wings you will find
refuge; his faithfulness will be your shield and rampart. {5} You
will not fear the terror of night, nor the arrow that flies by day,
{6} nor the pestilence that stalks in the darkness, nor the plague
that destroys at midday. {7} A thousand may fall at your side,
ten thousand at your right hand, but it will not come near you. {8}
You will only observe with your eyes and see the punishment of the
wicked. {9} If you make the Most High your dwelling-- even the
LORD, who is my refuge-- {10} then no harm will befall you, no
disaster will come near your tent. {11} For he will command his
angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways; {12} they
will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot
against a stone. {13} You will tread upon the lion and the cobra;
you will trample the great lion and the serpent. {14} "Because he
loves me," says the LORD, "I will rescue him; I will protect him, for he
acknowledges my name. {15} He will call upon me, and I will
answer him; I will be with him in trouble, I will deliver him and honor
him. {16} With long life will I satisfy him and show him my
salvation." |
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Psalms
92 |
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A
psalm. A song. For the Sabbath day. It is good to praise the LORD and
make music to your name, O Most High, {2} to proclaim your love
in the morning and your faithfulness at night, {3} to the music
of the ten-stringed lyre and the melody of the harp. {4} For you
make me glad by your deeds, O LORD; I sing for joy at the works of your
hands. {5} How great are your works, O LORD, how profound your
thoughts! {6} The senseless man does not know, fools do not
understand, {7} that though the wicked spring up like grass and
all evildoers flourish, they will be forever destroyed. {8} But
you, O LORD, are exalted forever. {9} For surely your enemies, O
LORD, surely your enemies will perish; all evildoers will be scattered.
{10} You have exalted my horn like that of a wild ox; fine oils have
been poured upon me. {11} My eyes have seen the defeat of my
adversaries; my ears have heard the rout of my wicked foes. {12}
The righteous will flourish like a palm tree, they will grow like a
cedar of Lebanon; {13} planted in the house of the LORD, they
will flourish in the courts of our God. {14} They will still bear
fruit in old age, they will stay fresh and green, {15}
proclaiming, "The LORD is upright; he is my Rock, and there is no
wickedness in him." |
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Psalms
93 |
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The
LORD reigns, he is robed in majesty; the LORD is robed in majesty and is
armed with strength. The world is firmly established; it cannot be
moved. {2} Your throne was established long ago; you are from all
eternity. {3} The seas have lifted up, O LORD, the seas have
lifted up their voice; the seas have lifted up their pounding waves.
{4} Mightier than the thunder of the great waters, mightier than the
breakers of the sea-- the LORD on high is mighty. {5} Your
statutes stand firm; holiness adorns your house for endless days, O
LORD. |
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Psalms
94 |
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O
LORD, the God who avenges, O God who avenges, shine forth. {2}
Rise up, O Judge of the earth; pay back to the proud what they deserve.
{3} How long will the wicked, O LORD, how long will the wicked be
jubilant? {4} They pour out arrogant words; all the evildoers are
full of boasting. {5} They crush your people, O LORD; they
oppress your inheritance. {6} They slay the widow and the alien;
they murder the fatherless. {7} They say, "The LORD does not see;
the God of Jacob pays no heed." {8} Take heed, you senseless ones
among the people; you fools, when will you become wise? {9} Does
he who implanted the ear not hear? Does he who formed the eye not see?
{10} Does he who disciplines nations not punish? Does he who teaches
man lack knowledge? {11} The LORD knows the thoughts of man; he
knows that they are futile. {12} Blessed is the man you
discipline, O LORD, the man you teach from your law; {13} you
grant him relief from days of trouble, till a pit is dug for the wicked.
{14} For the LORD will not reject his people; he will never forsake
his inheritance. {15} Judgment will again be founded on
righteousness, and all the upright in heart will follow it. {16}
Who will rise up for me against the wicked? Who will take a stand for me
against evildoers? {17} Unless the LORD had given me help, I
would soon have dwelt in the silence of death. {18} When I said,
"My foot is slipping," your love, O LORD, supported me. {19} When
anxiety was great within me, your consolation brought joy to my soul.
{20} Can a corrupt throne be allied with you-- one that brings on
misery by its decrees? {21} They band together against the
righteous and condemn the innocent to death. {22} But the LORD
has become my fortress, and my God the rock in whom I take refuge.
{23} He will repay them for their sins and destroy them for their
wickedness; the LORD our God will destroy them. |
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Psalms
95 |
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Come,
let us sing for joy to the LORD; let us shout aloud to the Rock of our
salvation. {2} Let us come before him with thanksgiving and extol
him with music and song. {3} For the LORD is the great God, the
great King above all gods. {4} In his hand are the depths of the
earth, and the mountain peaks belong to him. {5} The sea is his,
for he made it, and his hands formed the dry land. {6} Come, let
us bow down in worship, let us kneel before the LORD our Maker; {7}
for he is our God and we are the people of his pasture, the flock
under his care. Today, if you hear his voice, {8} do not harden
your hearts as you did at Meribah, as you did that day at Massah in the
desert, {9} where your fathers tested and tried me, though they
had seen what I did. {10} For forty years I was angry with that
generation; I said, "They are a people whose hearts go astray, and they
have not known my ways." {11} So I declared on oath in my anger,
"They shall never enter my rest." |
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Psalms
96 |
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Sing
to the LORD a new song; sing to the LORD, all the earth. {2} Sing
to the LORD, praise his name; proclaim his salvation day after day.
{3} Declare his glory among the nations, his marvelous deeds among
all peoples. {4} For great is the LORD and most worthy of praise;
he is to be feared above all gods. {5} For all the gods of the
nations are idols, but the LORD made the heavens. {6} Splendor
and majesty are before him; strength and glory are in his sanctuary.
{7} Ascribe to the LORD, O families of nations, ascribe to the LORD
glory and strength. {8} Ascribe to the LORD the glory due his
name; bring an offering and come into his courts. {9} Worship the
LORD in the splendor of his holiness; tremble before him, all the earth.
{10} Say among the nations, "The LORD reigns." The world is firmly
established, it cannot be moved; he will judge the peoples with equity.
{11} Let the heavens rejoice, let the earth be glad; let the sea
resound, and all that is in it; {12} let the fields be jubilant,
and everything in them. Then all the trees of the forest will sing for
joy; {13} they will sing before the LORD, for he comes, he comes
to judge the earth. He will judge the world in righteousness and the
peoples in his truth. |
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Psalms
97 |
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The
LORD reigns, let the earth be glad; let the distant shores rejoice.
{2} Clouds and thick darkness surround him; righteousness and
justice are the foundation of his throne. {3} Fire goes before
him and consumes his foes on every side. {4} His lightning lights
up the world; the earth sees and trembles. {5} The mountains melt
like wax before the LORD, before the Lord of all the earth. {6}
The heavens proclaim his righteousness, and all the peoples see his
glory. {7} All who worship images are put to shame, those who
boast in idols-- worship him, all you gods! {8} Zion hears and
rejoices and the villages of Judah are glad because of your judgments, O
LORD. {9} For you, O LORD, are the Most High over all the earth;
you are exalted far above all gods. {10} Let those who love the
LORD hate evil, for he guards the lives of his faithful ones and
delivers them from the hand of the wicked. {11} Light is shed
upon the righteous and joy on the upright in heart. {12} Rejoice
in the LORD, you who are righteous, and praise his holy name. |
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Psalms
98 |
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A
psalm. Sing to the LORD a new song, for he has done marvelous things;
his right hand and his holy arm have worked salvation for him. {2}
The LORD has made his salvation known and revealed his righteousness
to the nations. {3} He has remembered his love and his
faithfulness to the house of Israel; all the ends of the earth have seen
the salvation of our God. {4} Shout for joy to the LORD, all the
earth, burst into jubilant song with music; {5} make music to the
LORD with the harp, with the harp and the sound of singing, {6}
with trumpets and the blast of the ram's horn-- shout for joy before the
LORD, the King. {7} Let the sea resound, and everything in it,
the world, and all who live in it. {8} Let the rivers clap their
hands, let the mountains sing together for joy; {9} let them sing
before the LORD, for he comes to judge the earth. He will judge the
world in righteousness and the peoples with equity. |
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Psalms
99 |
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The
LORD reigns, let the nations tremble; he sits enthroned between the
cherubim, let the earth shake. {2} Great is the LORD in Zion; he
is exalted over all the nations. {3} Let them praise your great
and awesome name-- he is holy. {4} The King is mighty, he loves
justice-- you have established equity; in Jacob you have done what is
just and right. {5} Exalt the LORD our God and worship at his
footstool; he is holy. {6} Moses and Aaron were among his
priests, Samuel was among those who called on his name; they called on
the LORD and he answered them. {7} He spoke to them from the
pillar of cloud; they kept his statutes and the decrees he gave them.
{8} O LORD our God, you answered them; you were to Israel a
forgiving God, though you punished their misdeeds. {9} Exalt the
LORD our God and worship at his holy mountain, for the LORD our God is
holy. |
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Psalms
100 |
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A
psalm. For giving thanks. Shout for joy to the LORD, all the earth.
{2} Worship the LORD with gladness; come before him with joyful
songs. {3} Know that the LORD is God. It is he who made us, and
we are his ; we are his people, the sheep of his pasture. {4}
Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give
thanks to him and praise his name. {5} For the LORD is good and
his love endures forever; his faithfulness continues through all
generations. |
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Psalms
101 |
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Of
David. A psalm. I will sing of your love and justice; to you, O LORD, I
will sing praise. {2} I will be careful to lead a blameless
life-- when will you come to me? I will walk in my house with blameless
heart. {3} I will set before my eyes no vile thing. The deeds of
faithless men I hate; they will not cling to me. {4} Men of
perverse heart shall be far from me; I will have nothing to do with
evil. {5} Whoever slanders his neighbor in secret, him will I put
to silence; whoever has haughty eyes and a proud heart, him will I not
endure. {6} My eyes will be on the faithful in the land, that
they may dwell with me; he whose walk is blameless will minister to me.
{7} No one who practices deceit will dwell in my house; no one who
speaks falsely will stand in my presence. {8} Every morning I
will put to silence all the wicked in the land; I will cut off every
evildoer from the city of the LORD. |
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Psalms
102 |
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A
prayer of an afflicted man. When he is faint and pours out his lament
before the LORD. Hear my prayer, O LORD; let my cry for help come to
you. {2} Do not hide your face from me when I am in distress.
Turn your ear to me; when I call, answer me quickly. {3} For my
days vanish like smoke; my bones burn like glowing embers. {4} My
heart is blighted and withered like grass; I forget to eat my food.
{5} Because of my loud groaning I am reduced to skin and bones.
{6} I am like a desert owl, like an owl among the ruins. {7}
I lie awake; I have become like a bird alone on a roof. {8} All
day long my enemies taunt me; those who rail against me use my name as a
curse. {9} For I eat ashes as my food and mingle my drink with
tears {10} because of your great wrath, for you have taken me up
and thrown me aside. {11} My days are like the evening shadow; I
wither away like grass. {12} But you, O LORD, sit enthroned
forever; your renown endures through all generations. {13} You
will arise and have compassion on Zion, for it is time to show favor to
her; the appointed time has come. {14} For her stones are dear to
your servants; her very dust moves them to pity. {15} The nations
will fear the name of the LORD, all the kings of the earth will revere
your glory. {16} For the LORD will rebuild Zion and appear in his
glory. {17} He will respond to the prayer of the destitute; he
will not despise their plea. {18} Let this be written for a
future generation, that a people not yet created may praise the LORD:
{19} "The LORD looked down from his sanctuary on high, from heaven
he viewed the earth, {20} to hear the groans of the prisoners and
release those condemned to death." {21} So the name of the LORD
will be declared in Zion and his praise in Jerusalem {22} when
the peoples and the kingdoms assemble to worship the LORD. {23}
In the course of my life he broke my strength; he cut short my days.
{24} So I said: "Do not take me away, O my God, in the midst of my
days; your years go on through all generations. {25} In the
beginning you laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the
work of your hands. {26} They will perish, but you remain; they
will all wear out like a garment. Like clothing you will change them and
they will be discarded. {27} But you remain the same, and your
years will never end. {28} The children of your servants will
live in your presence; their descendants will be established before
you." |
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Psalms
103 |
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Of
David. Praise the LORD, O my soul; all my inmost being, praise his holy
name. {2} Praise the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his
benefits-- {3} who forgives all your sins and heals all your
diseases, {4} who redeems your life from the pit and crowns you
with love and compassion, {5} who satisfies your desires with
good things so that your youth is renewed like the eagle's. {6}
The LORD works righteousness and justice for all the oppressed. {7}
He made known his ways to Moses, his deeds to the people of Israel:
{8} The LORD is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding
in love. {9} He will not always accuse, nor will he harbor his
anger forever; {10} he does not treat us as our sins deserve or
repay us according to our iniquities. {11} For as high as the
heavens are above the earth, so great is his love for those who fear
him; {12} as far as the east is from the west, so far has he
removed our transgressions from us. {13} As a father has
compassion on his children, so the LORD has compassion on those who fear
him; {14} for he knows how we are formed, he remembers that we
are dust. {15} As for man, his days are like grass, he flourishes
like a flower of the field; {16} the wind blows over it and it is
gone, and its place remembers it no more. {17} But from
everlasting to everlasting the Lord's love is with those who fear him,
and his righteousness with their children's children-- {18} with
those who keep his covenant and remember to obey his precepts. {19}
The LORD has established his throne in heaven, and his kingdom rules
over all. {20} Praise the LORD, you his angels, you mighty ones
who do his bidding, who obey his word. {21} Praise the LORD, all
his heavenly hosts, you his servants who do his will. {22} Praise
the LORD, all his works everywhere in his dominion. Praise the LORD, O
my soul. |
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Psalms
104 |
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Praise the LORD, O my soul. O LORD my God, you are very great; you are
clothed with splendor and majesty. {2} He wraps himself in light
as with a garment; he stretches out the heavens like a tent {3}
and lays the beams of his upper chambers on their waters. He makes the
clouds his chariot and rides on the wings of the wind. {4} He
makes winds his messengers, flames of fire his servants. {5} He
set the earth on its foundations; it can never be moved. {6} You
covered it with the deep as with a garment; the waters stood above the
mountains. {7} But at your rebuke the waters fled, at the sound
of your thunder they took to flight; {8} they flowed over the
mountains, they went down into the valleys, to the place you assigned
for them. {9} You set a boundary they cannot cross; never again
will they cover the earth. {10} He makes springs pour water into
the ravines; it flows between the mountains. {11} They give water
to all the beasts of the field; the wild donkeys quench their thirst.
{12} The birds of the air nest by the waters; they sing among the
branches. {13} He waters the mountains from his upper chambers;
the earth is satisfied by the fruit of his work. {14} He makes
grass grow for the cattle, and plants for man to cultivate-- bringing
forth food from the earth: {15} wine that gladdens the heart of
man, oil to make his face shine, and bread that sustains his heart.
{16} The trees of the LORD are well watered, the cedars of Lebanon
that he planted. {17} There the birds make their nests; the stork
has its home in the pine trees. {18} The high mountains belong to
the wild goats; the crags are a refuge for the coneys. {19} The
moon marks off the seasons, and the sun knows when to go down. {20}
You bring darkness, it becomes night, and all the beasts of the
forest prowl. {21} The lions roar for their prey and seek their
food from God. {22} The sun rises, and they steal away; they
return and lie down in their dens. {23} Then man goes out to his
work, to his labour until evening. {24} How many are your works,
O LORD! In wisdom you made them all; the earth is full of your
creatures. {25} There is the sea, vast and spacious, teeming with
creatures beyond number-- living things both large and small. {26}
There the ships go to and fro, and the leviathan, which you formed
to frolic there. {27} These all look to you to give them their
food at the proper time. {28} When you give it to them, they
gather it up; when you open your hand, they are satisfied with good
things. {29} When you hide your face, they are terrified; when
you take away their breath, they die and return to the dust. {30}
When you send your Spirit, they are created, and you renew the face of
the earth. {31} May the glory of the LORD endure forever; may the
LORD rejoice in his works-- {32} he who looks at the earth, and
it trembles, who touches the mountains, and they smoke. {33} I
will sing to the LORD all my life; I will sing praise to my God as long
as I live. {34} May my meditation be pleasing to him, as I
rejoice in the LORD. {35} But may sinners vanish from the earth
and the wicked be no more. Praise the LORD, O my soul. Praise the LORD. |
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Psalms
105 |
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Give
thanks to the LORD, call on his name; make known among the nations what
he has done. {2} Sing to him, sing praise to him; tell of all his
wonderful acts. {3} Glory in his holy name; let the hearts of
those who seek the LORD rejoice. {4} Look to the LORD and his
strength; seek his face always. {5} Remember the wonders he has
done, his miracles, and the judgments he pronounced, {6} O
descendants of Abraham his servant, O sons of Jacob, his chosen ones.
{7} He is the LORD our God; his judgments are in all the earth.
{8} He remembers his covenant forever, the word he commanded, for a
thousand generations, {9} the covenant he made with Abraham, the
oath he swore to Isaac. {10} He confirmed it to Jacob as a
decree, to Israel as an everlasting covenant: {11} "To you I will
give the land of Canaan as the portion you will inherit." {12}
When they were but few in number, few indeed, and strangers in it,
{13} they wandered from nation to nation, from one kingdom to
another. {14} He allowed no one to oppress them; for their sake
he rebuked kings: {15} "Do not touch my anointed ones; do my
prophets no harm." {16} He called down famine on the land and
destroyed all their supplies of food; {17} and he sent a man
before them-- Joseph, sold as a slave. {18} They bruised his feet
with shackles, his neck was put in irons, {19} till what he
foretold came to pass, till the word of the LORD proved him true.
{20} The king sent and released him, the ruler of peoples set him
free. {21} He made him master of his household, ruler over all he
possessed, {22} to instruct his princes as he pleased and teach
his elders wisdom. {23} Then Israel entered Egypt; Jacob lived as
an alien in the land of Ham. {24} The LORD made his people very
fruitful; he made them too numerous for their foes, {25} whose
hearts he turned to hate his people, to conspire against his servants.
{26} He sent Moses his servant, and Aaron, whom he had chosen.
{27} They performed his miraculous signs among them, his wonders in
the land of Ham. {28} He sent darkness and made the land dark--
for had they not rebelled against his words? {29} He turned their
waters into blood, causing their fish to die. {30} Their land
teemed with frogs, which went up into the bedrooms of their rulers.
{31} He spoke, and there came swarms of flies, and gnats throughout
their country. {32} He turned their rain into hail, with
lightning throughout their land; {33} he struck down their vines
and fig trees and shattered the trees of their country. {34} He
spoke, and the locusts came, grasshoppers without number; {35}
they ate up every green thing in their land, ate up the produce of their
soil. {36} Then he struck down all the firstborn in their land,
the firstfruits of all their manhood. {37} He brought out Israel,
laden with silver and gold, and from among their tribes no one faltered.
{38} Egypt was glad when they left, because dread of Israel had
fallen on them. {39} He spread out a cloud as a covering, and a
fire to give light at night. {40} They asked, and he brought them
quail and satisfied them with the bread of heaven. {41} He opened
the rock, and water gushed out; like a river it flowed in the desert.
{42} For he remembered his holy promise given to his servant
Abraham. {43} He brought out his people with rejoicing, his
chosen ones with shouts of joy; {44} he gave them the lands of
the nations, and they fell heir to what others had toiled for-- {45}
that they might keep his precepts and observe his laws. Praise the
LORD. |
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Psalms
106 |
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Praise the LORD. Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his love
endures forever. {2} Who can proclaim the mighty acts of the LORD
or fully declare his praise? {3} Blessed are they who maintain
justice, who constantly do what is right. {4} Remember me, O
LORD, when you show favor to your people, come to my aid when you save
them, {5} that I may enjoy the prosperity of your chosen ones,
that I may share in the joy of your nation and join your inheritance in
giving praise. {6} We have sinned, even as our fathers did; we
have done wrong and acted wickedly. {7} When our fathers were in
Egypt, they gave no thought to your miracles; they did not remember your
many kindnesses, and they rebelled by the sea, the Red Sea. {8}
Yet he saved them for his name's sake, to make his mighty power known.
{9} He rebuked the Red Sea, and it dried up; he led them through the
depths as through a desert. {10} He saved them from the hand of
the foe; from the hand of the enemy he redeemed them. {11} The
waters covered their adversaries; not one of them survived. {12}
Then they believed his promises and sang his praise. {13} But
they soon forgot what he had done and did not wait for his counsel.
{14} In the desert they gave in to their craving; in the wasteland
they put God to the test. {15} So he gave them what they asked
for, but sent a wasting disease upon them. {16} In the camp they
grew envious of Moses and of Aaron, who was consecrated to the LORD.
{17} The earth opened up and swallowed Dathan; it buried the company
of Abiram. {18} Fire blazed among their followers; a flame
consumed the wicked. {19} At Horeb they made a calf and worshiped
an idol cast from metal. {20} They exchanged their Glory for an
image of a bull, which eats grass. {21} They forgot the God who
saved them, who had done great things in Egypt, {22} miracles in
the land of Ham and awesome deeds by the Red Sea. {23} So he said
he would destroy them-- had not Moses, his chosen one, stood in the
breach before him to keep his wrath from destroying them. {24}
Then they despised the pleasant land; they did not believe his promise.
{25} They grumbled in their tents and did not obey the LORD. {26}
So he swore to them with uplifted hand that he would make them fall
in the desert, {27} make their descendants fall among the nations
and scatter them throughout the lands. {28} They yoked themselves
to the Baal of Peor and ate sacrifices offered to lifeless gods; {29}
they provoked the LORD to anger by their wicked deeds, and a plague
broke out among them. {30} But Phinehas stood up and intervened,
and the plague was checked. {31} This was credited to him as
righteousness for endless generations to come. {32} By the waters
of Meribah they angered the LORD, and trouble came to Moses because of
them; {33} for they rebelled against the Spirit of God, and rash
words came from Moses' lips. {34} They did not destroy the
peoples as the LORD had commanded them, {35} but they mingled
with the nations and adopted their customs. {36} They worshiped
their idols, which became a snare to them. {37} They sacrificed
their sons and their daughters to demons. {38} They shed innocent
blood, the blood of their sons and daughters, whom they sacrificed to
the idols of Canaan, and the land was desecrated by their blood. {39}
They defiled themselves by what they did; by their deeds they
prostituted themselves. {40} Therefore the LORD was angry with
his people and abhorred his inheritance. {41} He handed them over
to the nations, and their foes ruled over them. {42} Their
enemies oppressed them and subjected them to their power. {43}
Many times he delivered them, but they were bent on rebellion and they
wasted away in their sin. {44} But he took note of their distress
when he heard their cry; {45} for their sake he remembered his
covenant and out of his great love he relented. {46} He caused
them to be pitied by all who held them captive. {47} Save us, O
LORD our God, and gather us from the nations, that we may give thanks to
your holy name and glory in your praise. {48} Praise be to the
LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting. Let all the
people say, "Amen!" Praise the LORD. |
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Psalms
107 |
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Give
thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his love endures forever. {2}
Let the redeemed of the LORD say this-- those he redeemed from the hand
of the foe, {3} those he gathered from the lands, from east and
west, from north and south. {4} Some wandered in desert
wastelands, finding no way to a city where they could settle. {5}
They were hungry and thirsty, and their lives ebbed away. {6}
Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them
from their distress. {7} He led them by a straight way to a city
where they could settle. {8} Let them give thanks to the LORD for
his unfailing love and his wonderful deeds for men, {9} for he
satisfies the thirsty and fills the hungry with good things. {10}
Some sat in darkness and the deepest gloom, prisoners suffering in iron
chains, {11} for they had rebelled against the words of God and
despised the counsel of the Most High. {12} So he subjected them
to bitter labour; they stumbled, and there was no one to help. {13}
Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble, and he saved them from
their distress. {14} He brought them out of darkness and the
deepest gloom and broke away their chains. {15} Let them give
thanks to the LORD for his unfailing love and his wonderful deeds for
men, {16} for he breaks down gates of bronze and cuts through
bars of iron. {17} Some became fools through their rebellious
ways and suffered affliction because of their iniquities. {18}
They loathed all food and drew near the gates of death. {19} Then
they cried to the LORD in their trouble, and he saved them from their
distress. {20} He sent forth his word and healed them; he rescued
them from the grave. {21} Let them give thanks to the LORD for
his unfailing love and his wonderful deeds for men. {22} Let them
sacrifice thank offerings and tell of his works with songs of joy.
{23} Others went out on the sea in ships; they were merchants on the
mighty waters. {24} They saw the works of the LORD, his wonderful
deeds in the deep. {25} For he spoke and stirred up a tempest
that lifted high the waves. {26} They mounted up to the heavens
and went down to the depths; in their peril their courage melted away.
{27} They reeled and staggered like drunken men; they were at their
wits' end. {28} Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble,
and he brought them out of their distress. {29} He stilled the
storm to a whisper; the waves of the sea were hushed. {30} They
were glad when it grew calm, and he guided them to their desired haven.
{31} Let them give thanks to the LORD for his unfailing love and his
wonderful deeds for men. {32} Let them exalt him in the assembly
of the people and praise him in the council of the elders. {33}
He turned rivers into a desert, flowing springs into thirsty ground,
{34} and fruitful land into a salt waste, because of the wickedness
of those who lived there. {35} He turned the desert into pools of
water and the parched ground into flowing springs; {36} there he
brought the hungry to live, and they founded a city where they could
settle. {37} They sowed fields and planted vineyards that yielded
a fruitful harvest; {38} he blessed them, and their numbers
greatly increased, and he did not let their herds diminish. {39}
Then their numbers decreased, and they were humbled by oppression,
calamity and sorrow; {40} he who pours contempt on nobles made
them wander in a trackless waste. {41} But he lifted the needy
out of their affliction and increased their families like flocks.
{42} The upright see and rejoice, but all the wicked shut their
mouths. {43} Whoever is wise, let him heed these things and
consider the great love of the LORD. |
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Psalms
108 |
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A
song. A psalm of David. My heart is steadfast, O God; I will sing and
make music with all my soul. {2} Awake, harp and lyre! I will
awaken the dawn. {3} I will praise you, O LORD, among the
nations; I will sing of you among the peoples. {4} For great is
your love, higher than the heavens; your faithfulness reaches to the
skies. {5} Be exalted, O God, above the heavens, and let your
glory be over all the earth. {6} Save us and help us with your
right hand, that those you love may be delivered. {7} God has
spoken from his sanctuary: "In triumph I will parcel out Shechem and
measure off the Valley of Succoth. {8} Gilead is mine, Manasseh
is mine; Ephraim is my helmet, Judah my scepter. {9} Moab is my
washbasin, upon Edom I toss my sandal; over Philistia I shout in
triumph." {10} Who will bring me to the fortified city? Who will
lead me to Edom? {11} Is it not you, O God, you who have rejected
us and no longer go out with our armies? {12} Give us aid against
the enemy, for the help of man is worthless. {13} With God we
will gain the victory, and he will trample down our enemies. |
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Psalms
109 |
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For
the director of music. Of David. A psalm. O God, whom I praise, do not
remain silent, {2} for wicked and deceitful men have opened their
mouths against me; they have spoken against me with lying tongues.
{3} With words of hatred they surround me; they attack me without
cause. {4} In return for my friendship they accuse me, but I am a
man of prayer. {5} They repay me evil for good, and hatred for my
friendship. {6} Appoint an evil man to oppose him; let an accuser
stand at his right hand. {7} When he is tried, let him be found
guilty, and may his prayers condemn him. {8} May his days be few;
may another take his place of leadership. {9} May his children be
fatherless and his wife a widow. {10} May his children be
wandering beggars; may they be driven from their ruined homes. {11}
May a creditor seize all he has; may strangers plunder the fruits of
his labour. {12} May no one extend kindness to him or take pity
on his fatherless children. {13} May his descendants be cut off,
their names blotted out from the next generation. {14} May the
iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the LORD; may the sin of
his mother never be blotted out. {15} May their sins always
remain before the LORD, that he may cut off the memory of them from the
earth. {16} For he never thought of doing a kindness, but hounded
to death the poor and the needy and the brokenhearted. {17} He
loved to pronounce a curse-- may it come on him; he found no pleasure in
blessing-- may it be far from him. {18} He wore cursing as his
garment; it entered into his body like water, into his bones like oil.
{19} May it be like a cloak wrapped about him, like a belt tied
forever around him. {20} May this be the Lord's payment to my
accusers, to those who speak evil of me. {21} But you, O
Sovereign LORD, deal well with me for your name's sake; out of the
goodness of your love, deliver me. {22} For I am poor and needy,
and my heart is wounded within me. {23} I fade away like an
evening shadow; I am shaken off like a locust. {24} My knees give
way from fasting; my body is thin and gaunt. {25} I am an object
of scorn to my accusers; when they see me, they shake their heads.
{26} Help me, O LORD my God; save me in accordance with your love.
{27} Let them know that it is your hand, that you, O LORD, have done
it. {28} They may curse, but you will bless; when they attack
they will be put to shame, but your servant will rejoice. {29} My
accusers will be clothed with disgrace and wrapped in shame as in a
cloak. {30} With my mouth I will greatly extol the LORD; in the
great throng I will praise him. {31} For he stands at the right
hand of the needy one, to save his life from those who condemn him. |
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Psalms
110 |
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Of
David. A psalm. The LORD says to my Lord: "Sit at my right hand until I
make your enemies a footstool for your feet." {2} The LORD will
extend your mighty scepter from Zion; you will rule in the midst of your
enemies. {3} Your troops will be willing on your day of battle.
Arrayed in holy majesty, from the womb of the dawn you will receive the
dew of your youth. {4} The LORD has sworn and will not change his
mind: "You are a priest forever, in the order of Melchizedek." {5}
The Lord is at your right hand; he will crush kings on the day of
his wrath. {6} He will judge the nations, heaping up the dead and
crushing the rulers of the whole earth. {7} He will drink from a
brook beside the way ; therefore he will lift up his head. |
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Psalms
111 |
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Praise the LORD. I will extol the LORD with all my heart in the council
of the upright and in the assembly. {2} Great are the works of
the LORD; they are pondered by all who delight in them. {3}
Glorious and majestic are his deeds, and his righteousness endures
forever. {4} He has caused his wonders to be remembered; the LORD
is gracious and compassionate. {5} He provides food for those who
fear him; he remembers his covenant forever. {6} He has shown his
people the power of his works, giving them the lands of other nations.
{7} The works of his hands are faithful and just; all his precepts
are trustworthy. {8} They are steadfast for ever and ever, done
in faithfulness and uprightness. {9} He provided redemption for
his people; he ordained his covenant forever-- holy and awesome is his
name. {10} The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom; all
who follow his precepts have good understanding. To him belongs eternal
praise. |
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Psalms
112 |
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Praise the LORD. Blessed is the man who fears the LORD, who finds great
delight in his commands. {2} His children will be mighty in the
land; the generation of the upright will be blessed. {3} Wealth
and riches are in his house, and his righteousness endures forever.
{4} Even in darkness light dawns for the upright, for the gracious
and compassionate and righteous man. {5} Good will come to him
who is generous and lends freely, who conducts his affairs with justice.
{6} Surely he will never be shaken; a righteous man will be
remembered forever. {7} He will have no fear of bad news; his
heart is steadfast, trusting in the LORD. {8} His heart is
secure, he will have no fear; in the end he will look in triumph on his
foes. {9} He has scattered abroad his gifts to the poor, his
righteousness endures forever; his horn will be lifted high in honor.
{10} The wicked man will see and be vexed, he will gnash his teeth
and waste away; the longings of the wicked will come to nothing. |
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Psalms
113 |
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Praise the LORD. Praise, O servants of the LORD, praise the name of the
LORD. {2} Let the name of the LORD be praised, both now and
forevermore. {3} From the rising of the sun to the place where it
sets, the name of the LORD is to be praised. {4} The LORD is
exalted over all the nations, his glory above the heavens. {5}
Who is like the LORD our God, the One who sits enthroned on high, {6}
who stoops down to look on the heavens and the earth? {7} He
raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap;
{8} he seats them with princes, with the princes of their people.
{9} He settles the barren woman in her home as a happy mother of
children. Praise the LORD. |
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Psalms
114 |
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When
Israel came out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of foreign
tongue, {2} Judah became God's sanctuary, Israel his dominion.
{3} The sea looked and fled, the Jordan turned back; {4} the
mountains skipped like rams, the hills like lambs. {5} Why was
it, O sea, that you fled, O Jordan, that you turned back, {6} you
mountains, that you skipped like rams, you hills, like lambs? {7}
Tremble, O earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the
God of Jacob, {8} who turned the rock into a pool, the hard rock
into springs of water. |
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Psalms
115 |
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Not
to us, O LORD, not to us but to your name be the glory, because of your
love and faithfulness. {2} Why do the nations say, "Where is
their God?" {3} Our God is in heaven; he does whatever pleases
him. {4} But their idols are silver and gold, made by the hands
of men. {5} They have mouths, but cannot speak, eyes, but they
cannot see; {6} they have ears, but cannot hear, noses, but they
cannot smell; {7} they have hands, but cannot feel, feet, but
they cannot walk; nor can they utter a sound with their throats. {8}
Those who make them will be like them, and so will all who trust in
them. {9} O house of Israel, trust in the LORD-- he is their help
and shield. {10} O house of Aaron, trust in the LORD-- he is
their help and shield. {11} You who fear him, trust in the LORD--
he is their help and shield. {12} The LORD remembers us and will
bless us: He will bless the house of Israel, he will bless the house of
Aaron, {13} he will bless those who fear the LORD-- small and
great alike. {14} May the LORD make you increase, both you and
your children. {15} May you be blessed by the LORD, the Maker of
heaven and earth. {16} The highest heavens belong to the LORD,
but the earth he has given to man. {17} It is not the dead who
praise the LORD, those who go down to silence; {18} it is we who
extol the LORD, both now and forevermore. Praise the LORD. |
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Psalms
116 |
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I
love the LORD, for he heard my voice; he heard my cry for mercy. {2}
Because he turned his ear to me, I will call on him as long as I
live. {3} The cords of death entangled me, the anguish of the
grave came upon me; I was overcome by trouble and sorrow. {4}
Then I called on the name of the LORD: "O LORD, save me!" {5} The
LORD is gracious and righteous; our God is full of compassion. {6}
The LORD protects the simplehearted; when I was in great need, he
saved me. {7} Be at rest once more, O my soul, for the LORD has
been good to you. {8} For you, O LORD, have delivered my soul
from death, my eyes from tears, my feet from stumbling, {9} that
I may walk before the LORD in the land of the living. {10} I
believed; therefore I said, "I am greatly afflicted." {11} And in
my dismay I said, "All men are liars." {12} How can I repay the
LORD for all his goodness to me? {13} I will lift up the cup of
salvation and call on the name of the LORD. {14} I will fulfill
my vows to the LORD in the presence of all his people. {15}
Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his saints. {16}
O LORD, truly I am your servant; I am your servant, the son of your
maidservant ; you have freed me from my chains. {17} I will
sacrifice a thank offering to you and call on the name of the LORD.
{18} I will fulfill my vows to the LORD in the presence of all his
people, {19} in the courts of the house of the LORD-- in your
midst, O Jerusalem. Praise the LORD. |
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Psalms
117 |
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Praise the LORD, all you nations; extol him, all you peoples. {2}
For great is his love toward us, and the faithfulness of the LORD
endures forever. Praise the LORD. |
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Psalms
118 |
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Give
thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his love endures forever. {2}
Let Israel say: "His love endures forever." {3} Let the house of
Aaron say: "His love endures forever." {4} Let those who fear the
LORD say: "His love endures forever." {5} In my anguish I cried
to the LORD, and he answered by setting me free. {6} The LORD is
with me; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me? {7} The
LORD is with me; he is my helper. I will look in triumph on my enemies.
{8} It is better to take refuge in the LORD than to trust in man.
{9} It is better to take refuge in the LORD than to trust in
princes. {10} All the nations surrounded me, but in the name of
the LORD I cut them off. {11} They surrounded me on every side,
but in the name of the LORD I cut them off. {12} They swarmed
around me like bees, but they died out as quickly as burning thorns; in
the name of the LORD I cut them off. {13} I was pushed back and
about to fall, but the LORD helped me. {14} The LORD is my
strength and my song; he has become my salvation. {15} Shouts of
joy and victory resound in the tents of the righteous: "The Lord's right
hand has done mighty things! {16} The Lord's right hand is lifted
high; the Lord's right hand has done mighty things!" {17} I will
not die but live, and will proclaim what the LORD has done. {18}
The LORD has chastened me severely, but he has not given me over to
death. {19} Open for me the gates of righteousness; I will enter
and give thanks to the LORD. {20} This is the gate of the LORD
through which the righteous may enter. {21} I will give you
thanks, for you answered me; you have become my salvation. {22}
The stone the builders rejected has become the capstone; {23} the
LORD has done this, and it is marvelous in our eyes. {24} This is
the day the LORD has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it. {25}
O LORD, save us; O LORD, grant us success. {26} Blessed is he who
comes in the name of the LORD. From the house of the LORD we bless you.
{27} The LORD is God, and he has made his light shine upon us. With
boughs in hand, join in the festal procession up to the horns of the
altar. {28} You are my God, and I will give you thanks; you are
my God, and I will exalt you. {29} Give thanks to the LORD, for
he is good; his love endures forever. |
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Psalms
119 |
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Blessed are they whose ways are blameless, who walk according to the law
of the LORD. {2} Blessed are they who keep his statutes and seek
him with all their heart. {3} They do nothing wrong; they walk in
his ways. {4} You have laid down precepts that are to be fully
obeyed. {5} Oh, that my ways were steadfast in obeying your
decrees! {6} Then I would not be put to shame when I consider all
your commands. {7} I will praise you with an upright heart as I
learn your righteous laws. {8} I will obey your decrees; do not
utterly forsake me. {9} How can a young man keep his way pure? By
living according to your word. {10} I seek you with all my heart;
do not let me stray from your commands. {11} I have hidden your
word in my heart that I might not sin against you. {12} Praise be
to you, O LORD; teach me your decrees. {13} With my lips I
recount all the laws that come from your mouth. {14} I rejoice in
following your statutes as one rejoices in great riches. {15} I
meditate on your precepts and consider your ways. {16} I delight
in your decrees; I will not neglect your word. {17} Do good to
your servant, and I will live; I will obey your word. {18} Open
my eyes that I may see wonderful things in your law. {19} I am a
stranger on earth; do not hide your commands from me. {20} My
soul is consumed with longing for your laws at all times. {21}
You rebuke the arrogant, who are cursed and who stray from your
commands. {22} Remove from me scorn and contempt, for I keep your
statutes. {23} Though rulers sit together and slander me, your
servant will meditate on your decrees. {24} Your statutes are my
delight; they are my counselors. {25} I am laid low in the dust;
preserve my life according to your word. {26} I recounted my ways
and you answered me; teach me your decrees. {27} Let me
understand the teaching of your precepts; then I will meditate on your
wonders. {28} My soul is weary with sorrow; strengthen me
according to your word. {29} Keep me from deceitful ways; be
gracious to me through your law. {30} I have chosen the way of
truth; I have set my heart on your laws. {31} I hold fast to your
statutes, O LORD; do not let me be put to shame. {32} I run in
the path of your commands, for you have set my heart free. {33}
Teach me, O LORD, to follow your decrees; then I will keep them to the
end. {34} Give me understanding, and I will keep your law and
obey it with all my heart. {35} Direct me in the path of your
commands, for there I find delight. {36} Turn my heart toward
your statutes and not toward selfish gain. {37} Turn my eyes away
from worthless things; preserve my life according to your word. {38}
Fulfill your promise to your servant, so that you may be feared.
{39} Take away the disgrace I dread, for your laws are good. {40}
How I long for your precepts! Preserve my life in your
righteousness. {41} May your unfailing love come to me, O LORD,
your salvation according to your promise; {42} then I will answer
the one who taunts me, for I trust in your word. {43} Do not
snatch the word of truth from my mouth, for I have put my hope in your
laws. {44} I will always obey your law, for ever and ever.
{45} I will walk about in freedom, for I have sought out your
precepts. {46} I will speak of your statutes before kings and
will not be put to shame, {47} for I delight in your commands
because I love them. {48} I lift up my hands to your commands,
which I love, and I meditate on your decrees. {49} Remember your
word to your servant, for you have given me hope. {50} My comfort
in my suffering is this: Your promise preserves my life. {51} The
arrogant mock me without restraint, but I do not turn from your law.
{52} I remember your ancient laws, O LORD, and I find comfort in
them. {53} Indignation grips me because of the wicked, who have
forsaken your law. {54} Your decrees are the theme of my song
wherever I lodge. {55} In the night I remember your name, O LORD,
and I will keep your law. {56} This has been my practice: I obey
your precepts. {57} You are my portion, O LORD; I have promised
to obey your words. {58} I have sought your face with all my
heart; be gracious to me according to your promise. {59} I have
considered my ways and have turned my steps to your statutes. {60}
I will hasten and not delay to obey your commands. {61}
Though the wicked bind me with ropes, I will not forget your law.
{62} At midnight I rise to give you thanks for your righteous laws.
{63} I am a friend to all who fear you, to all who follow your
precepts. {64} The earth is filled with your love, O LORD; teach
me your decrees. {65} Do good to your servant according to your
word, O LORD. {66} Teach me knowledge and good judgment, for I
believe in your commands. {67} Before I was afflicted I went
astray, but now I obey your word. {68} You are good, and what you
do is good; teach me your decrees. {69} Though the arrogant have
smeared me with lies, I keep your precepts with all my heart. {70}
Their hearts are callous and unfeeling, but I delight in your law.
{71} It was good for me to be afflicted so that I might learn your
decrees. {72} The law from your mouth is more precious to me than
thousands of pieces of silver and gold. {73} Your hands made me
and formed me; give me understanding to learn your commands. {74}
May those who fear you rejoice when they see me, for I have put my hope
in your word. {75} I know, O LORD, that your laws are righteous,
and in faithfulness you have afflicted me. {76} May your
unfailing love be my comfort, according to your promise to your servant.
{77} Let your compassion come to me that I may live, for your law is
my delight. {78} May the arrogant be put to shame for wronging me
without cause; but I will meditate on your precepts. {79} May
those who fear you turn to me, those who understand your statutes.
{80} May my heart be blameless toward your decrees, that I may not
be put to shame. {81} My soul faints with longing for your
salvation, but I have put my hope in your word. {82} My eyes
fail, looking for your promise; I say, "When will you comfort me?"
{83} Though I am like a wineskin in the smoke, I do not forget your
decrees. {84} How long must your servant wait? When will you
punish my persecutors? {85} The arrogant dig pitfalls for me,
contrary to your law. {86} All your commands are trustworthy;
help me, for men persecute me without cause. {87} They almost
wiped me from the earth, but I have not forsaken your precepts. {88}
Preserve my life according to your love, and I will obey the
statutes of your mouth. {89} Your word, O LORD, is eternal; it
stands firm in the heavens. {90} Your faithfulness continues
through all generations; you established the earth, and it endures.
{91} Your laws endure to this day, for all things serve you. {92}
If your law had not been my delight, I would have perished in my
affliction. {93} I will never forget your precepts, for by them
you have preserved my life. {94} Save me, for I am yours; I have
sought out your precepts. {95} The wicked are waiting to destroy
me, but I will ponder your statutes. {96} To all perfection I see
a limit; but your commands are boundless. {97} Oh, how I love
your law! I meditate on it all day long. {98} Your commands make
me wiser than my enemies, for they are ever with me. {99} I have
more insight than all my teachers, for I meditate on your statutes.
{100} I have more understanding than the elders, for I obey your
precepts. {101} I have kept my feet from every evil path so that
I might obey your word. {102} I have not departed from your laws,
for you yourself have taught me. {103} How sweet are your words
to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth! {104} I gain
understanding from your precepts; therefore I hate every wrong path.
{105} Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light for my path.
{106} I have taken an oath and confirmed it, that I will follow your
righteous laws. {107} I have suffered much; preserve my life, O
LORD, according to your word. {108} Accept, O LORD, the willing
praise of my mouth, and teach me your laws. {109} Though I
constantly take my life in my hands, I will not forget your law.
{110} The wicked have set a snare for me, but I have not strayed
from your precepts. {111} Your statutes are my heritage forever;
they are the joy of my heart. {112} My heart is set on keeping
your decrees to the very end. {113} I hate double-minded men, but
I love your law. {114} You are my refuge and my shield; I have
put my hope in your word. {115} Away from me, you evildoers, that
I may keep the commands of my God! {116} Sustain me according to
your promise, and I will live; do not let my hopes be dashed. {117}
Uphold me, and I will be delivered; I will always have regard for
your decrees. {118} You reject all who stray from your decrees,
for their deceitfulness is in vain. {119} All the wicked of the
earth you discard like dross; therefore I love your statutes. {120}
My flesh trembles in fear of you; I stand in awe of your laws.
{121} I have done what is righteous and just; do not leave me to my
oppressors. {122} Ensure your servant's well-being; let not the
arrogant oppress me. {123} My eyes fail, looking for your
salvation, looking for your righteous promise. {124} Deal with
your servant according to your love and teach me your decrees. {125}
I am your servant; give me discernment that I may understand your
statutes. {126} It is time for you to act, O LORD; your law is
being broken. {127} Because I love your commands more than gold,
more than pure gold, {128} and because I consider all your
precepts right, I hate every wrong path. {129} Your statutes are
wonderful; therefore I obey them. {130} The unfolding of your
words gives light; it gives understanding to the simple. {131} I
open my mouth and pant, longing for your commands. {132} Turn to
me and have mercy on me, as you always do to those who love your name.
{133} Direct my footsteps according to your word; let no sin rule
over me. {134} Redeem me from the oppression of men, that I may
obey your precepts. {135} Make your face shine upon your servant
and teach me your decrees. {136} Streams of tears flow from my
eyes, for your law is not obeyed. {137} Righteous are you, O
LORD, and your laws are right. {138} The statutes you have laid
down are righteous; they are fully trustworthy. {139} My zeal
wears me out, for my enemies ignore your words. {140} Your
promises have been thoroughly tested, and your servant loves them.
{141} Though I am lowly and despised, I do not forget your precepts.
{142} Your righteousness is everlasting and your law is true.
{143} Trouble and distress have come upon me, but your commands are
my delight. {144} Your statutes are forever right; give me
understanding that I may live. {145} I call with all my heart;
answer me, O LORD, and I will obey your decrees. {146} I call out
to you; save me and I will keep your statutes. {147} I rise
before dawn and cry for help; I have put my hope in your word. {148}
My eyes stay open through the watches of the night, that I may
meditate on your promises. {149} Hear my voice in accordance with
your love; preserve my life, O LORD, according to your laws. {150}
Those who devise wicked schemes are near, but they are far from your
law. {151} Yet you are near, O LORD, and all your commands are
true. {152} Long ago I learned from your statutes that you
established them to last forever. {153} Look upon my suffering
and deliver me, for I have not forgotten your law. {154} Defend
my cause and redeem me; preserve my life according to your promise.
{155} Salvation is far from the wicked, for they do not seek out
your decrees. {156} Your compassion is great, O LORD; preserve my
life according to your laws. {157} Many are the foes who
persecute me, but I have not turned from your statutes. {158} I
look on the faithless with loathing, for they do not obey your word.
{159} See how I love your precepts; preserve my life, O LORD,
according to your love. {160} All your words are true; all your
righteous laws are eternal. {161} Rulers persecute me without
cause, but my heart trembles at your word. {162} I rejoice in
your promise like one who finds great spoil. {163} I hate and
abhor falsehood but I love your law. {164} Seven times a day I
praise you for your righteous laws. {165} Great peace have they
who love your law, and nothing can make them stumble. {166} I
wait for your salvation, O LORD, and I follow your commands. {167}
I obey your statutes, for I love them greatly. {168} I obey
your precepts and your statutes, for all my ways are known to you.
{169} May my cry come before you, O LORD; give me understanding
according to your word. {170} May my supplication come before
you; deliver me according to your promise. {171} May my lips
overflow with praise, for you teach me your decrees. {172} May my
tongue sing of your word, for all your commands are righteous. {173}
May your hand be ready to help me, for I have chosen your precepts.
{174} I long for your salvation, O LORD, and your law is my delight.
{175} Let me live that I may praise you, and may your laws sustain
me. {176} I have strayed like a lost sheep. Seek your servant,
for I have not forgotten your commands. |
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Psalms
120 |
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A
song of ascents. I call on the LORD in my distress, and he answers me.
{2} Save me, O LORD, from lying lips and from deceitful tongues.
{3} What will he do to you, and what more besides, O deceitful
tongue? {4} He will punish you with a warrior's sharp arrows,
with burning coals of the broom tree. {5} Woe to me that I dwell
in Meshech, that I live among the tents of Kedar! {6} Too long
have I lived among those who hate peace. {7} I am a man of peace;
but when I speak, they are for war. |
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Psalms
121 |
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A
song of ascents. I lift up my eyes to the hills-- where does my help
come from? {2} My help comes from the LORD, the Maker of heaven
and earth. {3} He will not let your foot slip-- he who watches
over you will not slumber; {4} indeed, he who watches over Israel
will neither slumber nor sleep. {5} The LORD watches over you--
the LORD is your shade at your right hand; {6} the sun will not
harm you by day, nor the moon by night. {7} The LORD will keep
you from all harm-- he will watch over your life; {8} the LORD
will watch over your coming and going both now and forevermore. |
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Psalms
122 |
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A
song of ascents. Of David. I rejoiced with those who said to me, "Let us
go to the house of the LORD." {2} Our feet are standing in your
gates, O Jerusalem. {3} Jerusalem is built like a city that is
closely compacted together. {4} That is where the tribes go up,
the tribes of the LORD, to praise the name of the LORD according to the
statute given to Israel. {5} There the thrones for judgment
stand, the thrones of the house of David. {6} Pray for the peace
of Jerusalem: "May those who love you be secure. {7} May there be
peace within your walls and security within your citadels." {8}
For the sake of my brothers and friends, I will say, "Peace be within
you." {9} For the sake of the house of the LORD our God, I will
seek your prosperity. |
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Psalms
123 |
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A
song of ascents. I lift up my eyes to you, to you whose throne is in
heaven. {2} As the eyes of slaves look to the hand of their
master, as the eyes of a maid look to the hand of her mistress, so our
eyes look to the LORD our God, till he shows us his mercy. {3}
Have mercy on us, O LORD, have mercy on us, for we have endured much
contempt. {4} We have endured much ridicule from the proud, much
contempt from the arrogant. |
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Psalms
124 |
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A
song of ascents. Of David. If the LORD had not been on our side-- let
Israel say-- {2} if the LORD had not been on our side when men
attacked us, {3} when their anger flared against us, they would
have swallowed us alive; {4} the flood would have engulfed us,
the torrent would have swept over us, {5} the raging waters would
have swept us away. {6} Praise be to the LORD, who has not let us
be torn by their teeth. {7} We have escaped like a bird out of
the fowler's snare; the snare has been broken, and we have escaped.
{8} Our help is in the name of the LORD, the Maker of heaven and
earth. |
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Psalms
125 |
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A
song of ascents. Those who trust in the LORD are like Mount Zion, which
cannot be shaken but endures forever. {2} As the mountains
surround Jerusalem, so the LORD surrounds his people both now and
forevermore. {3} The scepter of the wicked will not remain over
the land allotted to the righteous, for then the righteous might use
their hands to do evil. {4} Do good, O LORD, to those who are
good, to those who are upright in heart. {5} But those who turn
to crooked ways the LORD will banish with the evildoers. Peace be upon
Israel. |
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Psalms
126 |
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A
song of ascents. When the LORD brought back the captives to Zion, we
were like men who dreamed. {2} Our mouths were filled with
laughter, our tongues with songs of joy. Then it was said among the
nations, "The LORD has done great things for them." {3} The LORD
has done great things for us, and we are filled with joy. {4}
Restore our fortunes, O LORD, like streams in the Negev. {5}
Those who sow in tears will reap with songs of joy. {6} He who
goes out weeping, carrying seed to sow, will return with songs of joy,
carrying sheaves with him. |
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Psalms
127 |
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A
song of ascents. Of Solomon. Unless the LORD builds the house, its
builders labour in vain. Unless the LORD watches over the city, the
watchmen stand guard in vain. {2} In vain you rise early and stay
up late, toiling for food to eat-- for he grants sleep to those he
loves. {3} Sons are a heritage from the LORD, children a reward
from him. {4} Like arrows in the hands of a warrior are sons born
in one's youth. {5} Blessed is the man whose quiver is full of
them. They will not be put to shame when they contend with their enemies
in the gate. |
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Psalms
128 |
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A
song of ascents. Blessed are all who fear the LORD, who walk in his
ways. {2} You will eat the fruit of your labour; blessings and
prosperity will be yours. {3} Your wife will be like a fruitful
vine within your house; your sons will be like olive shoots around your
table. {4} Thus is the man blessed who fears the LORD. {5}
May the LORD bless you from Zion all the days of your life; may you see
the prosperity of Jerusalem, {6} and may you live to see your
children's children. Peace be upon Israel. |
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Psalms
129 |
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A
song of ascents. They have greatly oppressed me from my youth-- let
Israel say-- {2} they have greatly oppressed me from my youth,
but they have not gained the victory over me. {3} Plowmen have
plowed my back and made their furrows long. {4} But the LORD is
righteous; he has cut me free from the cords of the wicked. {5}
May all who hate Zion be turned back in shame. {6} May they be
like grass on the roof, which withers before it can grow; {7}
with it the reaper cannot fill his hands, nor the one who gathers fill
his arms. {8} May those who pass by not say, "The blessing of the
LORD be upon you; we bless you in the name of the LORD." |
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Psalms
130 |
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A
song of ascents. Out of the depths I cry to you, O LORD; {2} O
Lord, hear my voice. Let your ears be attentive to my cry for mercy.
{3} If you, O LORD, kept a record of sins, O Lord, who could stand?
{4} But with you there is forgiveness; therefore you are feared.
{5} I wait for the LORD, my soul waits, and in his word I put my
hope. {6} My soul waits for the Lord more than watchmen wait for
the morning, more than watchmen wait for the morning. {7} O
Israel, put your hope in the LORD, for with the LORD is unfailing love
and with him is full redemption. {8} He himself will redeem
Israel from all their sins. |
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Psalms
131 |
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A
song of ascents. Of David. My heart is not proud, O LORD, my eyes are
not haughty; I do not concern myself with great matters or things too
wonderful for me. {2} But I have stilled and quieted my soul;
like a weaned child with its mother, like a weaned child is my soul
within me. {3} O Israel, put your hope in the LORD both now and
forevermore. |
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Psalms
132 |
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A
song of ascents. O LORD, remember David and all the hardships he
endured. {2} He swore an oath to the LORD and made a vow to the
Mighty One of Jacob: {3} "I will not enter my house or go to my
bed-- {4} I will allow no sleep to my eyes, no slumber to my
eyelids, {5} till I find a place for the LORD, a dwelling for the
Mighty One of Jacob." {6} We heard it in Ephrathah, we came upon
it in the fields of Jaar : {7} "Let us go to his dwelling place;
let us worship at his footstool-- {8} arise, O LORD, and come to
your resting place, you and the ark of your might. {9} May your
priests be clothed with righteousness; may your saints sing for joy."
{10} For the sake of David your servant, do not reject your anointed
one. {11} The LORD swore an oath to David, a sure oath that he
will not revoke: "One of your own descendants I will place on your
throne-- {12} if your sons keep my covenant and the statutes I
teach them, then their sons will sit on your throne for ever and ever."
{13} For the LORD has chosen Zion, he has desired it for his
dwelling: {14} "This is my resting place for ever and ever; here
I will sit enthroned, for I have desired it-- {15} I will bless
her with abundant provisions; her poor will I satisfy with food. {16}
I will clothe her priests with salvation, and her saints will ever
sing for joy. {17} "Here I will make a horn grow for David and
set up a lamp for my anointed one. {18} I will clothe his enemies
with shame, but the crown on his head will be resplendent." |
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Psalms
133 |
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A
song of ascents. Of David. How good and pleasant it is when brothers
live together in unity! {2} It is like precious oil poured on the
head, running down on the beard, running down on Aaron's beard, down
upon the collar of his robes. {3} It is as if the dew of Hermon
were falling on Mount Zion. For there the LORD bestows his blessing,
even life forevermore. |
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Psalms
134 |
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A
song of ascents. Praise the LORD, all you servants of the LORD who
minister by night in the house of the LORD. {2} Lift up your
hands in the sanctuary and praise the LORD. {3} May the LORD, the
Maker of heaven and earth, bless you from Zion. |
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Psalms
135 |
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Praise the LORD. Praise the name of the LORD; praise him, you servants
of the LORD, {2} you who minister in the house of the LORD, in
the courts of the house of our God. {3} Praise the LORD, for the
LORD is good; sing praise to his name, for that is pleasant. {4}
For the LORD has chosen Jacob to be his own, Israel to be his treasured
possession. {5} I know that the LORD is great, that our Lord is
greater than all gods. {6} The LORD does whatever pleases him, in
the heavens and on the earth, in the seas and all their depths. {7}
He makes clouds rise from the ends of the earth; he sends lightning
with the rain and brings out the wind from his storehouses. {8}
He struck down the firstborn of Egypt, the firstborn of men and animals.
{9} He sent his signs and wonders into your midst, O Egypt, against
Pharaoh and all his servants. {10} He struck down many nations
and killed mighty kings-- {11} Sihon king of the Amorites, Og
king of Bashan and all the kings of Canaan-- {12} and he gave
their land as an inheritance, an inheritance to his people Israel.
{13} Your name, O LORD, endures forever, your renown, O LORD,
through all generations. {14} For the LORD will vindicate his
people and have compassion on his servants. {15} The idols of the
nations are silver and gold, made by the hands of men. {16} They
have mouths, but cannot speak, eyes, but they cannot see; {17}
they have ears, but cannot hear, nor is there breath in their mouths.
{18} Those who make them will be like them, and so will all who
trust in them. {19} O house of Israel, praise the LORD; O house
of Aaron, praise the LORD; {20} O house of Levi, praise the LORD;
you who fear him, praise the LORD. {21} Praise be to the LORD
from Zion, to him who dwells in Jerusalem. Praise the LORD. |
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Psalms
136 |
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Give
thanks to the LORD, for he is good. His love endures forever. {2}
Give thanks to the God of gods. His love endures forever. {3}
Give thanks to the Lord of lords: His love endures forever. {4}
to him who alone does great wonders, His love endures forever. {5}
who by his understanding made the heavens, His love endures
forever. {6} who spread out the earth upon the waters, His love
endures forever. {7} who made the great lights-- His love endures
forever. {8} the sun to govern the day, His love endures forever.
{9} the moon and stars to govern the night; His love endures
forever. {10} to him who struck down the firstborn of Egypt His
love endures forever. {11} and brought Israel out from among them
His love endures forever. {12} with a mighty hand and outstretched
arm; His love endures forever. {13} to him who divided the Red
Sea asunder His love endures forever. {14} and brought Israel
through the midst of it, His love endures forever. {15} but swept
Pharaoh and his army into the Red Sea; His love endures forever. {16}
to him who led his people through the desert, His love endures
forever. {17} who struck down great kings, His love endures
forever. {18} and killed mighty kings-- His love endures forever.
{19} Sihon king of the Amorites His love endures forever. {20}
and Og king of Bashan-- His love endures forever. {21} and
gave their land as an inheritance, His love endures forever. {22}
an inheritance to his servant Israel; His love endures forever. {23}
to the One who remembered us in our low estate His love endures
forever. {24} and freed us from our enemies, His love endures
forever. {25} and who gives food to every creature. His love
endures forever. {26} Give thanks to the God of heaven. His love
endures forever. |
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Psalms
137 |
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By
the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept when we remembered Zion. {2}
There on the poplars we hung our harps, {3} for there our
captors asked us for songs, our tormentors demanded songs of joy; they
said, "Sing us one of the songs of Zion!" {4} How can we sing the
songs of the LORD while in a foreign land? {5} If I forget you, O
Jerusalem, may my right hand forget its skill. {6} May my tongue
cling to the roof of my mouth if I do not remember you, if I do not
consider Jerusalem my highest joy. {7} Remember, O LORD, what the
Edomites did on the day Jerusalem fell. "Tear it down," they cried,
"tear it down to its foundations!" {8} O Daughter of Babylon,
doomed to destruction, happy is he who repays you for what you have done
to us-- {9} he who seizes your infants and dashes them against
the rocks. |
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Psalms
138 |
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Of
David. I will praise you, O LORD, with all my heart; before the "gods" I
will sing your praise. {2} I will bow down toward your holy
temple and will praise your name for your love and your faithfulness,
for you have exalted above all things your name and your word. {3}
When I called, you answered me; you made me bold and stouthearted.
{4} May all the kings of the earth praise you, O LORD, when they
hear the words of your mouth. {5} May they sing of the ways of
the LORD, for the glory of the LORD is great. {6} Though the LORD
is on high, he looks upon the lowly, but the proud he knows from afar.
{7} Though I walk in the midst of trouble, you preserve my life; you
stretch out your hand against the anger of my foes, with your right hand
you save me. {8} The LORD will fulfill his purpose for me;
your love, O LORD, endures forever-- do not abandon the works of your
hands. |
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Psalms
139 |
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For
the director of music. Of David. A psalm. O LORD, you have searched me
and you know me. {2} You know when I sit and when I rise; you
perceive my thoughts from afar. {3} You discern my going out and
my lying down; you are familiar with all my ways. {4} Before a
word is on my tongue you know it completely, O LORD. {5} You hem
me in--behind and before; you have laid your hand upon me. {6}
Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain.
{7} Where can I go from your Spirit? Where can I flee from your
presence? {8} If I go up to the heavens, you are there; if I make
my bed in the depths, you are there. {9} If I rise on the wings
of the dawn, if I settle on the far side of the sea, {10} even
there your hand will guide me, your right hand will hold me fast.
{11} If I say, "Surely the darkness will hide me and the light
become night around me," {12} even the darkness will not be dark
to you; the night will shine like the day, for darkness is as light to
you. {13} For you created my inmost being; you knit me together
in my mother's womb. {14} I praise you because I am fearfully and
wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.
{15} My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret
place. When I was woven together in the depths of the earth, {16}
your eyes saw my unformed body. All the days ordained for me were
written in your book before one of them came to be. {17} How
precious to me are your thoughts, O God! How vast is the sum of them!
{18} Were I to count them, they would outnumber the grains of sand.
When I awake, I am still with you. {19} If only you would slay
the wicked, O God! Away from me, you bloodthirsty men! {20} They
speak of you with evil intent; your adversaries misuse your name.
{21} Do I not hate those who hate you, O LORD, and abhor those who
rise up against you? {22} I have nothing but hatred for them; I
count them my enemies. {23} Search me, O God, and know my heart;
test me and know my anxious thoughts. {24} See if there is any
offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting. |
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Psalms
140 |
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For
the director of music. A psalm of David. Rescue me, O LORD, from evil
men; protect me from men of violence, {2} who devise evil plans
in their hearts and stir up war every day. {3} They make their
tongues as sharp as a serpent's; the poison of vipers is on their lips.
Selah {4} Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; protect
me from men of violence who plan to trip my feet. {5} Proud men
have hidden a snare for me; they have spread out the cords of their net
and have set traps for me along my path. Selah {6} O LORD, I say
to you, "You are my God." Hear, O LORD, my cry for mercy. {7} O
Sovereign LORD, my strong deliverer, who shields my head in the day of
battle-- {8} do not grant the wicked their desires, O LORD; do
not let their plans succeed, or they will become proud. Selah {9}
Let the heads of those who surround me be covered with the trouble their
lips have caused. {10} Let burning coals fall upon them; may they
be thrown into the fire, into miry pits, never to rise. {11} Let
slanderers not be established in the land; may disaster hunt down men of
violence. {12} I know that the LORD secures justice for the poor
and upholds the cause of the needy. {13} Surely the righteous
will praise your name and the upright will live before you. |
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Psalms
141 |
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A
psalm of David. O LORD, I call to you; come quickly to me. Hear my voice
when I call to you. {2} May my prayer be set before you like
incense; may the lifting up of my hands be like the evening sacrifice.
{3} Set a guard over my mouth, O LORD; keep watch over the door of
my lips. {4} Let not my heart be drawn to what is evil, to take
part in wicked deeds with men who are evildoers; let me not eat of their
delicacies. {5} Let a righteous man strike me--it is a kindness;
let him rebuke me--it is oil on my head. My head will not refuse it. Yet
my prayer is ever against the deeds of evildoers; {6} their
rulers will be thrown down from the cliffs, and the wicked will learn
that my words were well spoken. {7} They will say, "As one plows
and breaks up the earth, so our bones have been scattered at the mouth
of the grave." {8} But my eyes are fixed on you, O Sovereign
LORD; in you I take refuge--do not give me over to death. {9}
Keep me from the snares they have laid for me, from the traps set by
evildoers. {10} Let the wicked fall into their own nets, while I
pass by in safety. |
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Psalms
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maskil of David. When he was in the cave. A prayer. I cry aloud to
the LORD; I lift up my voice to the LORD for mercy. {2} I pour
out my complaint before him; before him I tell my trouble. {3}
When my spirit grows faint within me, it is you who know my way. In the
path where I walk men have hidden a snare for me. {4} Look to my
right and see; no one is concerned for me. I have no refuge; no one
cares for my life. {5} I cry to you, O LORD; I say, "You are my
refuge, my portion in the land of the living." {6} Listen to my
cry, for I am in desperate need; rescue me from those who pursue me, for
they are too strong for me. {7} Set me free from my prison, that
I may praise your name. Then the righteous will gather about me because
of your goodness to me. |
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Psalms
143 |
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A
psalm of David. O LORD, hear my prayer, listen to my cry for mercy; in
your faithfulness and righteousness come to my relief. {2} Do not
bring your servant into judgment, for no one living is righteous before
you. {3} The enemy pursues me, he crushes me to the ground; he
makes me dwell in darkness like those long dead. {4} So my spirit
grows faint within me; my heart within me is dismayed. {5} I
remember the days of long ago; I meditate on all your works and consider
what your hands have done. {6} I spread out my hands to you; my
soul thirsts for you like a parched land. Selah {7} Answer me
quickly, O LORD; my spirit fails. Do not hide your face from me or I
will be like those who go down to the pit. {8} Let the morning
bring me word of your unfailing love, for I have put my trust in you.
Show me the way I should go, for to you I lift up my soul. {9}
Rescue me from my enemies, O LORD, for I hide myself in you. {10}
Teach me to do your will, for you are my God; may your good Spirit lead
me on level ground. {11} For your name's sake, O LORD, preserve
my life; in your righteousness, bring me out of trouble. {12} In
your unfailing love, silence my enemies; destroy all my foes, for I am
your servant. |
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Psalms
144 |
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David. Praise be to the LORD my Rock, who trains my hands for war, my
fingers for battle. {2} He is my loving God and my fortress, my
stronghold and my deliverer, my shield, in whom I take refuge, who
subdues peoples under me. {3} O LORD, what is man that you care
for him, the son of man that you think of him? {4} Man is like a
breath; his days are like a fleeting shadow. {5} Part your
heavens, O LORD, and come down; touch the mountains, so that they smoke.
{6} Send forth lightning and scatter the enemies; shoot your
arrows and rout them. {7} Reach down your hand from on high;
deliver me and rescue me from the mighty waters, from the hands of
foreigners {8} whose mouths are full of lies, whose right hands
are deceitful. {9} I will sing a new song to you, O God; on the
ten-stringed lyre I will make music to you, {10} to the One who
gives victory to kings, who delivers his servant David from the deadly
sword. {11} Deliver me and rescue me from the hands of foreigners
whose mouths are full of lies, whose right hands are deceitful. {12}
Then our sons in their youth will be like well-nurtured plants, and
our daughters will be like pillars carved to adorn a palace. {13}
Our barns will be filled with every kind of provision. Our sheep will
increase by thousands, by tens of thousands in our fields; {14}
our oxen will draw heavy loads. There will be no breaching of walls, no
going into captivity, no cry of distress in our streets. {15}
Blessed are the people of whom this is true; blessed are the people
whose God is the LORD. |
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Psalms
145 |
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A
psalm of praise. Of David. I will exalt you, my God the King; I will
praise your name for ever and ever. {2} Every day I will praise
you and extol your name for ever and ever. {3} Great is the LORD
and most worthy of praise; his greatness no one can fathom. {4}
One generation will commend your works to another; they will tell of
your mighty acts. {5} They will speak of the glorious splendor of
your majesty, and I will meditate on your wonderful works. {6}
They will tell of the power of your awesome works, and I will proclaim
your great deeds. {7} They will celebrate your abundant goodness
and joyfully sing of your righteousness. {8} The LORD is gracious
and compassionate, slow to anger and rich in love. {9} The LORD
is good to all; he has compassion on all he has made. {10} All
you have made will praise you, O LORD; your saints will extol you.
{11} They will tell of the glory of your kingdom and speak of your
might, {12} so that all men may know of your mighty acts and the
glorious splendor of your kingdom. {13} Your kingdom is an
everlasting kingdom, and your dominion endures through all generations.
The LORD is faithful to all his promises and loving toward all he has
made. {14} The LORD upholds all those who fall and lifts up all
who are bowed down. {15} The eyes of all look to you, and you
give them their food at the proper time. {16} You open your hand
and satisfy the desires of every living thing. {17} The LORD is
righteous in all his ways and loving toward all he has made. {18}
The LORD is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in
truth. {19} He fulfills the desires of those who fear him; he
hears their cry and saves them. {20} The LORD watches over all
who love him, but all the wicked he will destroy. {21} My mouth
will speak in praise of the LORD. Let every creature praise his holy
name for ever and ever. |
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Praise the LORD. Praise the LORD, O my soul. {2} I will praise
the LORD all my life; I will sing praise to my God as long as I live.
{3} Do not put your trust in princes, in mortal men, who cannot
save. {4} When their spirit departs, they return to the ground;
on that very day their plans come to nothing. {5} Blessed is he
whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the LORD his God,
{6} the Maker of heaven and earth, the sea, and everything in them--
the LORD, who remains faithful forever. {7} He upholds the cause
of the oppressed and gives food to the hungry. The LORD sets prisoners
free, {8} the LORD gives sight to the blind, the LORD lifts up
those who are bowed down, the LORD loves the righteous. {9} The
LORD watches over the alien and sustains the fatherless and the widow,
but he frustrates the ways of the wicked. {10} The LORD reigns
forever, your God, O Zion, for all generations. Praise the LORD. |
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Psalms
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Praise the LORD. How good it is to sing praises to our God, how pleasant
and fitting to praise him! {2} The LORD builds up Jerusalem; he
gathers the exiles of Israel. {3} He heals the brokenhearted and
binds up their wounds. {4} He determines the number of the stars
and calls them each by name. {5} Great is our Lord and mighty in
power; his understanding has no limit. {6} The LORD sustains the
humble but casts the wicked to the ground. {7} Sing to the LORD
with thanksgiving; make music to our God on the harp. {8} He
covers the sky with clouds; he supplies the earth with rain and makes
grass grow on the hills. {9} He provides food for the cattle and
for the young ravens when they call. {10} His pleasure is not in
the strength of the horse, nor his delight in the legs of a man; {11}
the LORD delights in those who fear him, who put their hope in his
unfailing love. {12} Extol the LORD, O Jerusalem; praise your
God, O Zion, {13} for he strengthens the bars of your gates and
blesses your people within you. {14} He grants peace to your
borders and satisfies you with the finest of wheat. {15} He sends
his command to the earth; his word runs swiftly. {16} He spreads
the snow like wool and scatters the frost like ashes. {17} He
hurls down his hail like pebbles. Who can withstand his icy blast?
{18} He sends his word and melts them; he stirs up his breezes, and
the waters flow. {19} He has revealed his word to Jacob, his laws
and decrees to Israel. {20} He has done this for no other nation;
they do not know his laws. Praise the LORD. |
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Praise the LORD. Praise the LORD from the heavens, praise him in the
heights above. {2} Praise him, all his angels, praise him, all
his heavenly hosts. {3} Praise him, sun and moon, praise him, all
you shining stars. {4} Praise him, you highest heavens and you
waters above the skies. {5} Let them praise the name of the LORD,
for he commanded and they were created. {6} He set them in place
for ever and ever; he gave a decree that will never pass away. {7}
Praise the LORD from the earth, you great sea creatures and all
ocean depths, {8} lightning and hail, snow and clouds, stormy
winds that do his bidding, {9} you mountains and all hills, fruit
trees and all cedars, {10} wild animals and all cattle, small
creatures and flying birds, {11} kings of the earth and all
nations, you princes and all rulers on earth, {12} young men and
maidens, old men and children. {13} Let them praise the name of
the LORD, for his name alone is exalted; his splendor is above the earth
and the heavens. {14} He has raised up for his people a horn, the
praise of all his saints, of Israel, the people close to his heart.
Praise the LORD. |
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Psalms
149 |
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Praise the LORD. Sing to the LORD a new song, his praise in the assembly
of the saints. {2} Let Israel rejoice in their Maker; let the
people of Zion be glad in their King. {3} Let them praise his
name with dancing and make music to him with tambourine and harp. {4}
For the LORD takes delight in his people; he crowns the humble with
salvation. {5} Let the saints rejoice in this honor and sing for
joy on their beds. {6} May the praise of God be in their mouths
and a double-edged sword in their hands, {7} to inflict vengeance
on the nations and punishment on the peoples, {8} to bind their
kings with fetters, their nobles with shackles of iron, {9} to
carry out the sentence written against them. This is the glory of all
his saints. Praise the LORD. |
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150 |
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Praise the LORD. Praise God in his sanctuary; praise him in his mighty
heavens. {2} Praise him for his acts of power; praise him for his
surpassing greatness. {3} Praise him with the sounding of the
trumpet, praise him with the harp and lyre, {4} praise him with
tambourine and dancing, praise him with the strings and flute, {5}
praise him with the clash of cymbals, praise him with resounding
cymbals. {6} Let everything that has breath praise the LORD.
Praise the LORD. |
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