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Psalm 1The Two Ways
1. How happy is the one who does not
walk in the advice of the wicked
or stand in the pathway with sinners
or sit in the company of mockers!
2. Instead, his delight is in the Lord's instruction,
and he meditates on it day and night.
3. He is like a tree planted beside flowing streams
that bears its fruit in its season,
and its leaf does not wither.
Whatever he does prospers.
4. The wicked are not like this;
instead, they are like chaff that the wind blows away.
5. Therefore the wicked will not stand up 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 leads to ruin.

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Psalm 2Coronation of the Son
1. Why do the nations rage
and the peoples plot in vain?
2. The kings of the earth take their stand,
and the rulers conspire together
against the Lord and his Anointed One:
3. "Let's tear off their chains
and throw their ropes off of us."
4. The one enthroned in heaven laughs;
the Lord ridicules them.
5. Then he speaks to them in his anger
and terrifies them in his wrath:
6. "I have installed my king
on Zion, my holy mountain."
7. I will declare the Lord's decree.
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
and the ends of the earth your possession.
9. You will break them with an iron scepter;
you will shatter them like pottery."
10. So now, kings, be wise;
receive instruction, you judges of the earth.
11. Serve the Lord with reverential awe
and rejoice with trembling.
12. Pay homage to the Son or he will be angry
and you will perish in your rebellion,
for his anger may ignite at any moment.
All who take refuge in him are happy.

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Psalm 3Confidence in Troubled Times
1. Lord, how my foes increase!
There are many who attack me.
2. Many say about me,
"There is no help for him in God."Selah
3. But you, Lord, are a shield around me,
my glory, and the one who lifts up my head.
4. I cry aloud to the Lord,
and he answers me from his holy mountain.Selah
5. I lie down and sleep;
I wake again because the Lord sustains me.
6. I will not be afraid of thousands of people
who have taken their stand against me on every side.
7. Rise up, Lord!
Save me, my God!
You strike all my enemies on the cheek;
you break the teeth of the wicked.
8. Salvation belongs to the Lord;
may your blessing be on your people.Selah

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Psalm 4A Night Prayer
1. Answer me when I call,
God, who vindicates me.
You freed me from affliction;
be gracious to me and hear my prayer.
2. How long, exalted ones, will my honor be insulted?
How long will you love what is worthless
and pursue a lie? Selah
3. Know that
the Lord has set apart
the faithful for himself;
the Lord will hear when I call to him.
4. Be angry and do not sin;
reflect in your heart while on your bed and be silent. Selah
5. Offer sacrifices in righteousness
and trust in
the Lord.
6. Many are asking, "Who can show us anything good?"
Let the light of your face shine on us, Lord.
7. You have put more joy in my heart
than they have when their grain and new wine abound.
8. I will both lie down and sleep in peace,
for you alone, Lord, make me live in safety.

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Psalm 5The Refuge of the Righteous
1. Listen to my words, Lord;
consider my sighing.
2. Pay attention to the sound of my cry,
my King and my God,
for I pray to you.
3. In the morning, Lord, you hear my voice;
in the morning I plead my case to you and watch expectantly.
4. For you are not a God who delights in wickedness;
evil cannot dwell with you.
5. The boastful cannot stand in your sight;
you hate all evildoers.
6. You destroy those who tell lies;
the Lord abhors violent and treacherous people.
7. But I enter your house
by the abundance of your faithful love;
I bow down toward your holy temple
in reverential awe of you.
8. Lord, lead me in your righteousness
because of my adversaries;
make your way straight before me.
9. For there is nothing reliable in what they say;
destruction is within them;
their throat is an open grave;
they flatter with their tongues.
10. Punish them, God;
let them fall by their own schemes.
Drive them out because of their many crimes,
for they rebel against you.
11. But let all who take refuge in you rejoice;
let them shout for joy forever.
May you shelter them,
and may those who love your name boast about you.
12. For you, Lord, bless the righteous one;
you surround him with favor like a shield.

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Psalm 6A Prayer for Mercy
1. Lord, do not rebuke me in your anger;
do not discipline me in your wrath.
2. Be gracious to me, Lord, for I am weak;
heal me, Lord, for my bones are shaking;
3. my whole being is shaken with terror.
And you, Lord--how long?
4. Turn, Lord! Rescue me;
save me because of your faithful love.
5. For there is no remembrance of you in death;
who can thank you in Sheol?
6. I am weary from my groaning;
with my tears I dampen my bed
and drench my couch every night.
7. My eyes are swollen from grief;
they grow old because of all my enemies.
8. Depart from me, all evildoers,
for
the Lord has heard the sound of my weeping.
9. The Lord has heard my plea for help;
the Lord accepts my prayer.
10. All my enemies will be ashamed and shake with terror;
they will turn back and suddenly be disgraced.

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Psalm 7Prayer for Justice
1. Lord my God, I seek refuge in you;
save me from all my pursuers and rescue me,
2. or they will tear me like a lion,
ripping me apart with no one to rescue me.
3. Lord my God, if I have done this,
if there is injustice on my hands,
4. if I have done harm to one at peace with me
or have plundered my adversary without cause,
5. may an enemy pursue and overtake me;
may he trample me to the ground
and leave my honor in the dust.Selah
6. Rise up, Lord, in your anger;
lift yourself up against the fury of my adversaries;
awake for me;
you have ordained a judgment.
7. Let the assembly of peoples gather around you;
take your seat on high over it.
8. The Lord judges the peoples;
vindicate me, Lord,
according to my righteousness and my integrity.
9. Let the evil of the wicked come to an end,
but establish the righteous.
The one who examines the thoughts and emotions
is a righteous God.
10. My shield is with God,
who saves the upright in heart.
11. God is a righteous judge
and a God who shows his wrath every day.
12. If anyone does not repent,
he will sharpen his sword;
he has strung his bow and made it ready.
13. He has prepared his deadly weapons;
he tips his arrows with fire.
14. See, the wicked one is pregnant with evil,
conceives trouble, and gives birth to deceit.
15. He dug a pit and hollowed it out
but fell into the hole he had made.
16. His trouble comes back on his own head;
his own violence comes down on top of his head.
17. I will thank the Lord for his righteousness;
I will sing about the name of the Lord Most High.

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Psalm 8God's Glory, Human Dignity
1. Lord, our Lord,
how magnificent is your name throughout the earth!
You have covered the heavens with your majesty.
2. From the mouths of infants and nursing babies,
you have established a stronghold
on account of your adversaries
in order to silence the enemy and the avenger.
3. When I observe your heavens,
the work of your fingers,
the moon and the stars,
which you set in place,
4. what is a human being that you remember him,
a son of man that you look after him?
5. You made him little less than God
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 the sheep and oxen,
as well as the animals in the wild,
8. the birds of the sky,
and the fish of the sea
that pass through the currents of the seas.
9. Lord, our Lord,
how magnificent is your name throughout the earth!

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Psalm 9Celebration of God's Justice
1. I will thank the Lord with all my heart;
I will declare all your wondrous works.
2. I will rejoice and boast about you;
I will sing about your name, Most High.
3. When my enemies retreat,
they stumble and perish before you.
4. For you have upheld my just cause;
you are seated on your throne as a righteous judge.
5. You have rebuked the nations:
You have destroyed the wicked;
you have erased their name forever and ever.
6. The enemy has come to eternal ruin;
you have uprooted the cities,
and the very memory of them has perished.
7. But the Lord sits enthroned forever;
he has established his throne for judgment.
8. And he judges the world with righteousness;
he executes judgment on the nations with fairness.
9. The Lord is a refuge for the persecuted,
a refuge in times of trouble.
10. Those who know your name trust in you
because you have not abandoned
those who seek you, Lord.
11. Sing to the Lord, who dwells in Zion;
proclaim his deeds among the nations.
12. For the one who seeks an accounting
for bloodshed remembers them;
he does not forget the cry of the oppressed.
13. Be gracious to me, Lord;
consider my affliction at the hands of those who hate me.
Lift me up from the gates of death,
14. so that I may declare all your praises.
I will rejoice in your salvation
within the gates of Daughter Zion.
15. The nations have fallen into the pit they made;
their foot is caught in the net they have concealed.
16. The Lord has made himself known;
he has executed justice,
snaring the wicked
by the work of their hands.<em>Higgaion</em>. Selah
17. The wicked will return to Sheol--
all the nations that forget God.
18. For the needy will not always be forgotten;
the hope of the oppressed will not perish forever.
19. Rise up, Lord! Do not let mere humans prevail;
let the nations be judged in your presence.
20. Put terror in them, Lord;
let the nations know they are only humans.Selah

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Psalm 10Need for God's Justice
1. Lord, why do you stand so far away?
Why do you hide in times of trouble?
2. In arrogance the wicked relentlessly pursue their victims;
let them be caught in the schemes they have devised.
3. For the wicked one boasts about his own cravings;
the one who is greedy curses and despises the Lord.
4. In all his scheming,
the wicked person arrogantly thinks,
"There's no accountability,
since there's no God."
5. His ways are always secure;
your lofty judgments have no effect on him;
he scoffs at all his adversaries.
6. He says to himself, "I will never be moved--
from generation to generation I will be without calamity."
7. Cursing, deceit, and violence fill his mouth;
trouble and malice are under his tongue.
8. He waits in ambush near settlements;
he kills the innocent in secret places.
His eyes are on the lookout for the helpless;
9. he lurks in secret like a lion in a thicket.
He lurks in order to seize a victim;
he seizes a victim and drags him in his net.
10. So he is oppressed and beaten down;
helpless people fall because of the wicked one's strength.
11. He says to himself, "God has forgotten;
he hides his face and will never see."
12. Rise up, Lord God! Lift up your hand.
Do not forget the oppressed.
13. Why has the wicked person despised God?
He says to himself, "You will not demand an account."
14. But you yourself have seen trouble and grief,
observing it in order to take the matter into your hands.
The helpless one entrusts himself to you;
you are a helper of the fatherless.
15. Break the arm of the wicked, evil person,
until you look for his wickedness,
but it can't be found.
16. The Lord is King forever and ever;
the nations will perish from his land.
17. Lord, you have heard the desire of the humble;
you will strengthen their hearts.
You will listen carefully,
18. doing justice for the fatherless and the oppressed
so that mere humans from the earth may terrify them no more.

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Psalm 100Be Thankful
1. Let the whole earth shout triumphantly to the Lord!
2. Serve the Lord with gladness;
come before him with joyful songs.
3. Acknowledge that the Lord is God.
He made us, and we are his--
his people, the sheep of his pasture.
4. Enter his gates with thanksgiving
and his courts with praise.
Give thanks to him and bless his name.
5. For the Lord is good, and his faithful love endures forever;
his faithfulness, through all generations.

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Psalm 101A Vow of Integrity
1. I will sing of faithful love and justice;
I will sing praise to you, Lord.
2. I will pay attention to the way of integrity.
When will you come to me?
I will live with a heart of integrity in my house.
3. I will not let anything worthless guide me.
I hate the practice of transgression;
it will not cling to me.
4. A devious heart will be far from me;
I will not be involved with evil.
5. I will destroy anyone
who secretly slanders his neighbor;
I cannot tolerate anyone
with haughty eyes or an arrogant heart.
6. My eyes favor the faithful of the land
so that they may sit down with me.
The one who follows the way of integrity
may serve me.
7. No one who acts deceitfully
will live in my palace;
the one who tells lies
will not be retained here to guide me.
8. Every morning I will destroy
all the wicked of the land,
wiping out all evildoers from the Lord's city.

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Psalm 102Affliction in light of Eternity
1. Lord, hear my prayer;
let my cry for help come before you.
2. Do not hide your face from me in my day of trouble.
Listen closely to me;
answer me quickly when I call.
3. For my days vanish like smoke,
and my bones burn like a furnace.
4. My heart is suffering, withered like grass;
I even forget to eat my food.
5. Because of the sound of my groaning,
my flesh sticks to my bones.
6. I am like an eagle owl,
like a little owl among the ruins.
7. I stay awake;
I am like a solitary bird on a roof.
8. My enemies taunt me all day long;
they ridicule and use my name as a curse.
9. I eat ashes like bread
and mingle my drinks with tears
10. because of your indignation and wrath;
for you have picked me up and thrown me aside.
11. My days are like a lengthening shadow,
and I wither away like grass.
12. But you, Lord, are enthroned forever;
your fame endures to all generations.
13. You will rise up and have compassion on Zion,
for it is time to show favor to her--
the appointed time has come.
14. For your servants take delight in its stones
and favor its dust.
15. Then the nations will fear the name of
the Lord,
and all the kings of the earth your glory,
16. for
the Lord will rebuild Zion;
he will appear in his glory.
17. He will pay attention to the prayer of the destitute
and will not despise their prayer.
18. This will be written for a later generation,
and a people who have not yet been created will praise
the Lord:
19. He looked down from his holy heights--
the Lord gazed out from heaven to earth--
20. to hear a prisoner's groaning,
to set free those condemned to die,
21. so that they might declare
the name of
the Lord in Zion
and his praise in Jerusalem
22. when peoples and kingdoms are assembled
to serve
the Lord.
23. He has broken my strength in midcourse;
he has shortened my days.
24. I say, "My God, do not take me
in the middle of my life!
Your years continue through all generations.
25. Long ago you established the earth,
and the heavens are the work of your hands.
26. They will perish, but you will endure;
all of them will wear out like clothing.
You will change them like a garment,
and they will pass away.
27. But you are the same,
and your years will never end.
28. Your servants' children will dwell securely,
and their offspring will be established before you."

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Psalm 103The Forgiving God
1. My soul, bless
the Lord,
and all that is within me, bless his holy name.
2. My soul, bless
the Lord,
and do not forget all his benefits.
3. He forgives all your iniquity;
he heals all your diseases.
4. He redeems your life from the Pit;
he crowns you with faithful love and compassion.
5. He satisfies you with good things;
your youth is renewed like the eagle.
6. The Lord executes acts of righteousness
and justice for all the oppressed.
7. He revealed his ways to Moses,
his deeds to the people of Israel.
8. The Lord is compassionate and gracious,
slow to anger and abounding in faithful love.
9. He will not always accuse us
or be angry forever.
10. He has not dealt with us as our sins deserve
or repaid us according to our iniquities.
11. For as high as the heavens are above the earth,
so great is his faithful love
toward 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 what we are made of,
remembering that we are dust.
15. As for man, his days are like grass--
he blooms like a flower of the field;
16. when the wind passes over it, it vanishes,
and its place is no longer known.
17. But from eternity to eternity
the Lord's faithful love is toward those who fear him,
and his righteousness toward the grandchildren
18. of those who keep his covenant,
who remember to observe his precepts.
19. The Lord has established his throne in heaven,
and his kingdom rules over all.
20. Bless
the Lord,
all his angels of great strength,
who do his word,
obedient to his command.
21. Bless
the Lord, all his armies,
his servants who do his will.
22. Bless
the Lord, all his works
in all the places where he rules.
My soul, bless
the Lord!

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Psalm 104God the Creator
1. My soul, bless the
Lord!
Lord my God, you are very great;
you are clothed with majesty and splendor.
2. He wraps himself in light as if it were a robe,
spreading out the sky like a canopy,
3. laying the beams of his palace
on the waters above,
making the clouds his chariot,
walking on the wings of the wind,
4. and making the winds his messengers,
flames of fire his servants.
5. He established the earth on its foundations;
it will never be shaken.
6. You covered it with the deep
as if it were a garment;
the water stood above the mountains.
7. At your rebuke the water fled;
at the sound of your thunder they hurried away--
8. mountains rose and valleys sank--
to the place you established for them.
9. You set a boundary they cannot cross;
they will never cover the earth again.
10. He causes the springs to gush into the valleys;
they flow between the mountains.
11. They supply water for every wild beast;
the wild donkeys quench their thirst.
12. The birds of the sky live beside the springs;
they make their voices heard among the foliage.
13. He waters the mountains from his palace;
the earth is satisfied by the fruit of your labor.
14. He causes grass to grow for the livestock
and provides crops for man to cultivate,
producing food from the earth,
15. wine that makes human hearts glad--
making his face shine with oil--
and bread that sustains human hearts.
16. The trees of the
Lord flourish,
the cedars of Lebanon that he planted.
17. There the birds make their nests;
storks make their homes in the pine trees.
18. The high mountains are for the wild goats;
the cliffs are a refuge for hyraxes.
19. He made the moon to mark the festivals;
the sun knows when to set.
20. You bring darkness, and it becomes night,
when all the forest animals stir.
21. The young lions roar for their prey
and seek their food from God.
22. The sun rises; they go back
and lie down in their dens.
23. Man goes out to his work
and to his labor until evening.
24. How countless are your works,
Lord!
In wisdom you have made them all;
the earth is full of your creatures.
25. Here is the sea, vast and wide,
teeming with creatures beyond number--
living things
both large and small.
26. There the ships move about,
and Leviathan, which you formed to play there.
27. All of them wait for you
to give them their food at the right time.
28. When you give it to them,
they gather it;
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 breath,
they are created,
and you renew the surface of the ground.
31. May the glory of the
Lord endure forever;
may the
Lord rejoice in his works.
32. He looks at the earth, and it trembles;
he touches the mountains,
and they pour out smoke.
33. I will sing to the
Lord all my life;
I will sing praise to my God while I live.
34. May my meditation be pleasing to him;
I will rejoice in the
Lord.
35. May sinners vanish from the earth
and wicked people be no more.
My soul, bless the
Lord!
Hallelujah!

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Psalm 105God's Faithfulness to His People
1. Give thanks to
the Lord, call on his name;
proclaim his deeds among the peoples.
2. Sing to him, sing praise to him;
tell about all his wondrous works!
3. Boast in his holy name;
let the hearts of those who seek
the Lord rejoice.
4. Seek
the Lord and his strength;
seek his face always.
5. Remember the wondrous works he has done,
his wonders, and the judgments he has pronounced,
6. you offspring of Abraham his servant,
Jacob's descendants--his chosen ones.
7. He is
the Lord our God;
his judgments govern the whole earth.
8. He remembers his covenant forever,
the promise he ordained
for a thousand generations--
9. the covenant he made with Abraham,
swore to Isaac,
10. and confirmed to Jacob as a decree
and to Israel as a permanent covenant:
11. "I will give the land of Canaan to you
as your inherited portion."
12. When they were few in number,
very few indeed,
and resident aliens in Canaan,
13. wandering from nation to nation
and from one kingdom to another,
14. he allowed no one to oppress them;
he rebuked kings on their behalf:
15. "Do not touch my anointed ones,
or harm my prophets."
16. He called down famine against the land
and destroyed the entire food supply.
17. He had sent a man ahead of them--
Joseph, who was sold as a slave.
18. They hurt his feet with shackles;
his neck was put in an iron collar.
19. Until the time his prediction came true,
the word of
the Lord tested him.
20. The king sent for him and released him;
the ruler of peoples set him free.
21. He made him master of his household,
ruler over all his possessions--
22. binding his officials at will
and instructing his elders.
23. Then Israel went to Egypt;
Jacob lived as an alien in the land of Ham.
24. The Lord made his people very fruitful;
he made them more numerous than their foes,
25. whose hearts he turned to hate his people
and to deal deceptively with his servants.
26. He sent Moses his servant,
and Aaron, whom he had chosen.
27. They performed his miraculous signs among them
and wonders in the land of Ham.
28. He sent darkness, and it became dark--
for did they not defy his commands?
29. He turned their water into blood
and caused their fish to die.
30. Their land was overrun with frogs,
even in their royal chambers.
31. He spoke, and insects came--
gnats throughout their country.
32. He gave them hail for rain,
and lightning throughout their land.
33. He struck their vines and fig trees
and shattered the trees of their territory.
34. He spoke, and locusts came--
young locusts without number.
35. They devoured all the vegetation in their land
and consumed the produce of their land.
36. He struck all the firstborn in their land,
all their first progeny.
37. Then he brought Israel out with silver and gold,
and no one among his tribes stumbled.
38. Egypt was glad when they left,
for the dread of Israel had fallen on them.
39. He spread a cloud as a covering
and gave a fire to light up the night.
40. They asked, and he brought quail
and satisfied them with bread from heaven.
41. He opened a rock, and water gushed out;
it flowed like a stream in the desert.
42. For he remembered his holy promise
to Abraham his servant.
43. He brought his people out with rejoicing,
his chosen ones with shouts of joy.
44. He gave them the lands of the nations,
and they inherited
what other peoples had worked for.
45. All this happened
so that they might keep his statutes
and obey his instructions.
Hallelujah!

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Psalm 106Israel's Unfaithfulness to God
1. Hallelujah!
Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good;
his faithful love endures forever.
2. Who can declare the Lord's mighty acts
or proclaim all the praise due him?
3. How happy are those who uphold justice,
who practice righteousness at all times.
4. Remember me, Lord,
when you show favor to your people.
Come to me with your salvation
5. so that I may enjoy the prosperity
of your chosen ones,
rejoice in the joy of your nation,
and boast about your heritage.
6. Both we and our ancestors have sinned;
we have done wrong and have acted wickedly.
7. Our ancestors in Egypt did not grasp
the significance of your wondrous works
or remember your many acts of faithful love;
instead, they rebelled by the sea--the Red Sea.
8. Yet he saved them for his name's sake,
to make his 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 power of the adversary;
he redeemed them from the power of the enemy.
11. Water covered their foes;
not one of them remained.
12. Then they believed his promises
and sang his praise.
13. They soon forgot his works
and would not wait for his counsel.
14. They were seized with craving in the wilderness
and tested God in the desert.
15. He gave them what they asked for,
but sent a wasting disease among them.
16. In the camp they were envious of Moses
and of Aaron, the Lord's holy one.
17. The earth opened up and swallowed Dathan;
it covered the assembly of Abiram.
18. Fire blazed throughout their assembly;
flames consumed the wicked.
19. At Horeb they made a calf
and worshiped the cast metal image.
20. They exchanged their glory
for the image of a grass-eating ox.
21. They forgot God their Savior,
who did great things in Egypt,
22. wondrous works in the land of Ham,
awe-inspiring acts at the Red Sea.
23. So he said he would have destroyed them--
if Moses his chosen one
had not stood before him in the breach
to turn his wrath away from destroying them.
24. They despised the pleasant land
and did not believe his promise.
25. They grumbled in their tents
and did not listen to the Lord.
26. So he raised his hand against them with an oath
that he would make them fall in the desert
27. and would disperse their descendants
among the nations,
scattering them throughout the lands.
28. They aligned themselves with Baal of Peor
and ate sacrifices offered to lifeless gods.
29. They angered the Lord with their deeds,
and a plague broke out against them.
30. But Phinehas stood up and intervened,
and the plague was stopped.
31. It was credited to him as righteousness
throughout all generations to come.
32. They angered the Lord at the Waters of Meribah,
and Moses suffered because of them,
33. for they embittered his spirit,
and he spoke rashly with his lips.
34. They did not destroy the peoples
as the Lord had commanded them
35. but mingled with the nations
and adopted their ways.
36. They served their idols,
which became a snare to them.
37. They sacrificed their sons and daughters to demons.
38. They shed innocent blood--
the blood of their sons and daughters
whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan;
so the land became polluted with blood.
39. They defiled themselves by their actions
and prostituted themselves by their deeds.
40. Therefore the Lord's anger burned against his people,
and he abhorred his own inheritance.
41. He handed them over to the nations;
those who hated them ruled over them.
42. Their enemies oppressed them,
and they were subdued under their power.
43. He rescued them many times,
but they continued to rebel deliberately
and were beaten down by their iniquity.
44. When he heard their cry,
he took note of their distress,
45. remembered his covenant with them,
and relented according to the abundance
of his faithful love.
46. He caused them to be pitied
before all their captors.
47. Save us, Lord our God,
and gather us from the nations,
so that we may give thanks to your holy name
and rejoice in your praise.
48. Blessed be the Lord God of Israel,
from everlasting to everlasting.
Let all the people say, "Amen!"
Hallelujah!

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Psalm 107Thanksgiving for God's Deliverance
1. Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good;
his faithful love endures forever.
2. Let the redeemed of the Lord proclaim
that he has redeemed them from the power of the foe
3. and has gathered them from the lands--
from the east and the west,
from the north and the south.
4. Some wandered in the desolate wilderness,
finding no way
to a city where they could live.
5. They were hungry and thirsty;
their spirits failed within them.
6. Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble;
he rescued them from their distress.
7. He led them by the right path
to go
to a city where they could live.
8. Let them give thanks to the Lord
for his faithful love
and his wondrous works for all humanity.
9. For he has satisfied the thirsty
and filled the hungry with good things.
10. Others sat in darkness and gloom--
prisoners in cruel chains--
11. because they rebelled against God's commands
and despised the counsel of the Most High.
12. He broke their spirits with hard labor;
they stumbled, and there was no one to help.
13. Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble;
he saved them from their distress.
14. He brought them out of darkness and gloom
and broke their chains apart.
15. Let them give thanks to the Lord
for his faithful love
and his wondrous works for all humanity.
16. For he has broken down the bronze gates
and cut through the iron bars.
17. Fools suffered affliction
because of their rebellious ways and their iniquities.
18. They loathed all food
and came near the gates of death.
19. Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble;
he saved them from their distress.
20. He sent his word and healed them;
he rescued them from their traps.
21. Let them give thanks to the Lord
for his faithful love
and his wondrous works for all humanity.
22. Let them offer thanksgiving sacrifices
and announce his works with shouts of joy.
23. Others went to sea in ships,
conducting trade on the vast water.
24. They saw the Lord's works,
his wondrous works in the deep.
25. He spoke and raised a stormy wind
that stirred up the waves of the sea.
26. Rising up to the sky, sinking down to the depths,
their courage melting away in anguish,
27. they reeled and staggered like a drunkard,
and all their skill was useless.
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,
and the waves of the sea were hushed.
30. They rejoiced when the waves grew quiet.
Then he guided them to the harbor they longed for.
31. Let them give thanks to the Lord
for his faithful love
and his wondrous works for all humanity.
32. Let them exalt him in the assembly of the people
and praise him in the council of the elders.
33. He turns rivers into desert,
springs into thirsty ground,
34. and fruitful land into salty wasteland,
because of the wickedness of its inhabitants.
35. He turns a desert into a pool,
dry land into springs.
36. He causes the hungry to settle there,
and they establish a city where they can live.
37. They sow fields and plant vineyards
that yield a fruitful harvest.
38. He blesses them, and they multiply greatly;
he does not let their livestock decrease.
39. When they are diminished and are humbled
by cruel oppression and sorrow,
40. he pours contempt on nobles
and makes them wander in a trackless wasteland.
41. But he lifts the needy out of their suffering
and makes their families multiply like flocks.
42. The upright see it and rejoice,
and all injustice shuts its mouth.
43. Let whoever is wise pay attention to these things
and consider the Lord's acts of faithful love.

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Psalm 108A Plea for Victory
1. My heart is confident, God;
I will sing; I will sing praises
with the whole of my being.
2. Wake up, harp and lyre!
I will wake up the dawn.
3. I will praise you, Lord, among the peoples;
I will sing praises to you among the nations.
4. For your faithful love is higher than the heavens,
and your faithfulness reaches to the clouds.
5. God, be exalted above the heavens,
and let your glory be over the whole earth.
6. Save with your right hand and answer me
so that those you love may be rescued.
7. God has spoken in his sanctuary:
"I will celebrate!
I will divide up Shechem.
I will apportion the Valley of Succoth.
8. Gilead is mine, Manasseh is mine,
and Ephraim is my helmet;
Judah is my scepter.
9. Moab is my washbasin;
I throw my sandal on Edom.
I shout in triumph over Philistia."
10. Who will bring me to the fortified city?
Who will lead me to Edom?
11. God, haven't you rejected us?
God, you do not march out with our armies.
12. Give us aid against the foe,
for human help is worthless.
13. With God we will perform valiantly;
he will trample our foes.

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Psalm 109Prayer against an Enemy
1. God of my praise, do not be silent.
2. For wicked and deceitful mouths open against me;
they speak against me with lying tongues.
3. They surround me with hateful words
and attack me without cause.
4. In return for my love they accuse me,
but I continue to pray.
5. They repay me evil for good,
and hatred for my love.
6. Set a wicked person over him;
let an accuser stand at his right hand.
7. When he is judged, let him be found guilty,
and let his prayer be counted as sin.
8. Let his days be few;
let another take over his position.
9. Let his children be fatherless
and his wife a widow.
10. Let his children wander as beggars,
searching for food far from their demolished homes.
11. Let a creditor seize all he has;
let strangers plunder what he has worked for.
12. Let no one show him kindness,
and let no one be gracious to his fatherless children.
13. Let the line of his descendants be cut off;
let their name be blotted out in the next generation.
14. Let the iniquity of his fathers
be remembered before the Lord,
and do not let his mother's sin be blotted out.
15. Let their sins always remain before the Lord,
and let him remove all memory of them from the earth.
16. For he did not think to show kindness,
but pursued the suffering, needy, and brokenhearted
in order to put them to death.
17. He loved cursing--let it fall on him;
he took no delight in blessing--let it be far from him.
18. He wore cursing like his coat--
let it enter his body like water
and go into his bones like oil.
19. Let it be like a robe he wraps around himself,
like a belt he always wears.
20. Let this be the Lord's payment to my accusers,
to those who speak evil against me.
21. But you, Lord, my Lord,
deal kindly with me for your name's sake;
because your faithful love is good, rescue me.
22. For I am suffering and needy;
my heart is wounded within me.
23. I fade away like a lengthening shadow;
I am shaken off like a locust.
24. My knees are weak from fasting,
and my body is emaciated.
25. I have become an object of ridicule to my accusers;
when they see me, they shake their heads in scorn.
26.
Help me, Lord my God;
save me according to your faithful love
27. so they may know that this is your hand
and that you, Lord, have done it.
28. Though they curse, you will bless.
When they rise up, they will be put to shame,
but your servant will rejoice.
29. My accusers will be clothed with disgrace;
they will wear their shame like a cloak.
30. I will fervently thank the Lord with my mouth;
I will praise him in the presence of many.
31. For he stands at the right hand of the needy
to save him from those who would condemn him.

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Psalm 11Refuge in
the Lord
1. I have taken refuge in
the Lord.
How can you say to me,
"Escape to the mountains like a bird!
2. For look, the wicked string bows;
they put their arrows on bowstrings
to shoot from the shadows at the upright in heart.
3. When the foundations are destroyed,
what can the righteous do?"
4. The Lord is in his holy temple;
the Lord--his throne is in heaven.
His eyes watch;
his gaze examines everyone.
5. The Lord examines the righteous,
but he hates the wicked
and those who love violence.
6. Let him rain burning coals and sulfur on the wicked;
let a scorching wind be the portion in their cup.
7. For
the Lord is righteous; he loves righteous deeds.
The upright will see his face.

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Psalm 110The Priestly King
1. This is the declaration of the Lord
to my Lord:
"Sit at my right hand
until I make your enemies your footstool."
2. The Lord will extend your mighty scepter from Zion.
Rule over your surrounding enemies.
3. Your people will volunteer
on your day of battle.
In holy splendor, from the womb of the dawn,
the dew of your youth belongs to you.
4. The Lord has sworn an oath and will not take it back:
"You are a priest forever
according to the pattern of Melchizedek."
5. The Lord is at your right hand;
he will crush kings on the day of his anger.
6. He will judge the nations, heaping up corpses;
he will crush leaders over the entire world.
7. He will drink from the brook by the road;
therefore, he will lift up his head.

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Psalm 111Praise for the Lord's Works
1. Hallelujah!
I will praise the Lord with all my heart
in the assembly of the upright and in the congregation.
2.
The Lord's works are great,
studied by all who delight in them.
3. All that he does is splendid and majestic;
his righteousness endures forever.
4. He has caused his wondrous works to be remembered.
The Lord is gracious and compassionate.
5. He has provided food for those who fear him;
he remembers his covenant forever.
6. He has shown his people the power of his works
by giving them the inheritance of the nations.
7. The works of his hands are truth and justice;
all his instructions are trustworthy.
8. They are established forever and ever,
enacted in truth and in uprightness.
9. He has sent redemption to his people.
He has ordained his covenant forever.
His name is holy and awe-inspiring.
10. The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom;
all who follow his instructions have good insight.
His praise endures forever.

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Psalm 112The Traits of the Righteous
1. Hallelujah!
Happy is the person who fears the Lord,
taking great delight in his commands.
2. His descendants will be powerful 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. Light shines in the darkness for the upright.
He is gracious, compassionate, and righteous.
5. Good will come to the one who lends generously
and conducts his business fairly.
6. He will never be shaken.
The righteous one will be remembered forever.
7. He will not fear bad news;
his heart is confident, trusting in the Lord.
8. His heart is assured; he will not fear.
In the end he will look in triumph on his foes.
9. He distributes freely to the poor;
his righteousness endures forever.
His horn will be exalted in honor.
10. The wicked one will see it and be angry;
he will gnash his teeth in despair.
The desire of the wicked leads to ruin.

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Psalm 113Praise to the Merciful God
1. Hallelujah!
Give praise, servants of the Lord;
praise the name of the Lord.
2. Let the name of the Lord be blessed
both
now and forever.
3. From the rising of the sun to its setting,
let the name of the Lord be praised.
4. The Lord is exalted above all the nations,
his glory above the heavens.
5. Who is like the Lord our God--
the one 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 trash heap
8. in order to seat them with nobles--
with the nobles of his people.
9. He gives the childless woman a household,
making her the joyful mother of children.
Hallelujah!

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Psalm 114God's Deliverance of Israel
1. When Israel came out of Egypt--
the house of Jacob from a people
who spoke a foreign language--
2. Judah became his 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, sea, that you fled?
Jordan, that you turned back?
6. Mountains, that you skipped like rams?
Hills, like lambs?
7. Tremble, earth, at the presence of the Lord,
at the presence of the God of Jacob,
8. who turned the rock into a pool,
the flint into a spring.

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Psalm 115Glory to God Alone
1. Not to us, Lord, not to us,
but to your name give glory
because of your faithful love, because of your truth.
2. Why should the nations say,
"Where is their God?"
3. Our God is in heaven
and does whatever he pleases.
4. Their idols are silver and gold,
made by human hands.
5. They have mouths but cannot speak,
eyes, but cannot see.
6. They have ears but cannot hear,
noses, but cannot smell.
7. They have hands but cannot feel,
feet, but cannot walk.
They cannot make a sound with their throats.
8. Those who make them are just like them,
as are all who trust in them.
9. Israel, trust in the Lord!
He is their help and shield.
10. House of Aaron, trust in the Lord!
He is their help and shield.
11. You who fear the Lord, 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 add to your numbers,
both yours and your children's.
15. May you be blessed by the Lord,
the Maker of heaven and earth.
16. The heavens are the Lord's,
but the earth he has given to the human race.
17. It is not the dead who praise the Lord,
nor any of those descending into the silence of death.
18. But we will bless the Lord,
both now and forever.
Hallelujah!

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Psalm 117Universal Call to Praise
1. Praise
the Lord, all nations!
Glorify him, all peoples!
2. For his faithful love to us is great;
the Lord's faithfulness endures forever.
Hallelujah!

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Psalm 118Thanksgiving for Victory
1. Give thanks to
the
Lord, for he is good;
his faithful love endures forever.
2. Let Israel say,
"
His faithful love endures forever."
3. Let the house of Aaron say,
"
His faithful love endures forever."
4. Let those who fear
the
Lord say,
"
His faithful love endures forever."
5. I called to
the
Lord in distress;
the
Lord answered me
and put me in a spacious place.
6. The
Lord is for me; I will not be afraid.
What can a mere mortal do to me?
7. The
Lord is my helper;
therefore, I will look in triumph on those who hate me.
8. It is better to take refuge in
the
Lord
than to trust in humanity.
9. It is better to take refuge in
the
Lord
than to trust in nobles.
10. All the nations surrounded me;
in the name of
the
Lord I destroyed them.
11. They surrounded me, yes, they surrounded me;
in the name of
the
Lord I destroyed them.
12. They surrounded me like bees;
they were extinguished like a fire among thorns;
in the name of
the
Lord I destroyed them.
13. They pushed me hard to make me fall,
but
the
Lord helped me.
14. The
Lord is my strength and my song;
he has become my salvation.
15. There are shouts of joy and victory
in the tents of the righteous:
"The
Lord's right hand performs valiantly!
16. The
Lord's right hand is raised.
The
Lord's right hand performs valiantly!"
17. I will not die, but I will live
and proclaim what
the
Lord has done.
18. The
Lord disciplined me severely
but did not give me over to death.
19. Open the gates of righteousness for me;
I will enter through them
and give thanks to
the
Lord.
20. This is
the
Lord's gate;
the righteous will enter through it.
21. I will give thanks to you
because you have answered me
and have become my salvation.
22. The stone that the builders rejected
has become the cornerstone.
23. This came from
the
Lord;
it is wondrous in our sight.
24. This is the day
the
Lord has made;
let's rejoice and be glad in it.
25.
Lord, save us!
Lord, please grant us success!
26. He who comes in the name
of
the
Lord is blessed.
From the house of
the
Lord we bless you.
27. The
Lord is God and has given us light.
Bind the festival sacrifice with cords
to the horns of the altar.
28. You are my God, and I will give you thanks.
You are my God; I will exalt you.
29. Give thanks to
the
Lord, for he is good;
his faithful love endures forever.

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Psalm 119Delight in God's Word
1. How happy are those whose way is blameless,
who walk according to the
Lord's instruction!
2. Happy are those who keep his decrees
and seek him with all their heart.
3. They do nothing wrong;
they walk in his ways.
4. You have commanded that your precepts
be diligently kept.
5. If only my ways were committed
to keeping your statutes!
6. Then I would not be ashamed
when I think about all your commands.
7. I will praise you with an upright heart
when I learn your righteous judgments.
8. I will keep your statutes;
never abandon me.
9. How can a young man keep his way pure?
By keeping your word.
10. I have sought you with all my heart;
don't let me wander from your commands.
11. I have treasured your word in my heart
so that I may not sin against you.
12.
Lord, may you be blessed;
teach me your statutes.
13. With my lips I proclaim
all the judgments from your mouth.
14. I rejoice in the way revealed by your decrees
as much as in all riches.
15. I will meditate on your precepts
and think about your ways.
16. I will delight in your statutes;
I will not forget your word.
17. Deal generously with your servant
so that I might live;
then I will keep your word.
18. Open my eyes so that I may contemplate
wondrous things from your instruction.
19. I am a resident alien on earth;
do not hide your commands from me.
20. I am continually overcome
with longing for your judgments.
21. You rebuke the arrogant,
the ones under a curse,
who wander from your commands.
22. Take insult and contempt away from me,
for I have kept your decrees.
23. Though princes sit together speaking against me,
your servant will think about your statutes;
24. your decrees are my delight
and my counselors.
25. My life is down in the dust;
give me life through your word.
26. I told you about my life,
and you answered me;
teach me your statutes.
27.
Help me understand
the meaning of your precepts
so that I can meditate on your wonders.
28. I am weary from grief;
strengthen me through your word.
29. Keep me from the way of deceit
and graciously give me your instruction.
30. I have chosen the way of truth;
I have set your ordinances before me.
31. I cling to your decrees;
Lord, do not put me to shame.
32. I pursue the way of your commands,
for you broaden my understanding.
33. Teach me,
Lord, the meaning of your statutes,
and I will always keep them.
34.
Help me understand your instruction,
and I will obey it
and follow it with all my heart.
35.
Help me stay on the path of your commands,
for I take pleasure in it.
36. Turn my heart to your decrees
and not to dishonest profit.
37. Turn my eyes
from looking at what is worthless;
give me life in your ways.
38. Confirm what you said to your servant,
for it produces reverence for you.
39. Turn away the disgrace I dread;
indeed, your judgments are good.
40. How I long for your precepts!
Give me life through your righteousness.
41. Let your faithful love come to me,
Lord,
your salvation, as you promised.
42. Then I can answer the one who taunts me,
for I trust in your word.
43. Never take the word of truth from my mouth,
for I hope in your judgments.
44. I will always obey your instruction,
forever and ever.
45. I will walk freely in an open place
because I study your precepts.
46. I will speak of your decrees before kings
and not be ashamed.
47. I delight in your commands,
which I love.
48. I will lift up my hands to your commands,
which I love,
and will meditate on your statutes.
49. Remember your word to your servant;
you have given me hope through it.
50. This is my comfort in my affliction:
Your promise has given me life.
51. The arrogant constantly ridicule me,
but I do not turn away from your instruction.
52.
Lord, I remember your judgments from long ago
and find comfort.
53. Fury seizes me because of the wicked
who reject your instruction.
54. Your statutes are the theme of my song
during my earthly life.
55.
Lord, I remember your name in the night,
and I obey your instruction.
56. This is my practice:
I obey your precepts.
57. The
Lord is my portion;
I have promised to keep your words.
58. I have sought your favor with all my heart;
be gracious to me according to your promise.
59. I thought about my ways
and turned my steps back to your decrees.
60. I hurried, not hesitating
to keep your commands.
61. Though the ropes of the wicked
were wrapped around me,
I did not forget your instruction.
62. I rise at midnight to thank you
for your righteous judgments.
63. I am a friend to all who fear you,
to those who keep your precepts.
64.
Lord, the earth is filled with your faithful love;
teach me your statutes.
65.
Lord, you have treated your servant well,
just as you promised.
66. Teach me good judgment and discernment,
for I rely on your commands.
67. Before I was afflicted I went astray,
but now I keep your word.
68. You are good, and you do what is good;
teach me your statutes.
69. The arrogant have smeared me with lies,
but I obey your precepts with all my heart.
70. Their hearts are hard and insensitive,
but I delight in your instruction.
71. It was good for me to be afflicted
so that I could learn your statutes.
72. Instruction from your lips is better for me
than thousands of gold and silver pieces.
73. Your hands made me and formed me;
give me understanding
so that I can learn your commands.
74. Those who fear you will see me and rejoice,
for I put my hope in your word.
75. I know,
Lord, that your judgments are just
and that you have afflicted me fairly.
76. May your faithful love comfort me
as you promised your servant.
77. May your compassion come to me
so that I may live,
for your instruction is my delight.
78. Let the arrogant be put to shame
for slandering me with lies;
I will meditate on your precepts.
79. Let those who fear you,
those who know your decrees, turn to me.
80. May my heart be blameless regarding your statutes
so that I will not be put to shame.
81. I long for your salvation;
I put my hope in your word.
82. My eyes grow weary
looking for what you have promised;
I ask, "
When will you comfort me?"
83. Though I have become like a wineskin dried by smoke,
I do not forget your statutes.
84. How many days must your servant wait?
When will you execute judgment on my persecutors?
85. The arrogant have dug pits for me;
they violate your instruction.
86. All your commands are true;
people persecute me with lies--help me!
87. They almost ended my life on earth,
but I did not abandon your precepts.
88. Give me life in accordance with your faithful love,
and I will obey the decree you have spoken.
89.
Lord, your word is forever;
it is firmly fixed in heaven.
90. Your faithfulness is for all generations;
you established the earth, and it stands firm.
91. Your judgments stand firm today,
for all things are your servants.
92. If your instruction had not been my delight,
I would have died in my affliction.
93. I will never forget your precepts,
for you have given me life through them.
94. I am yours; save me,
for I have studied your precepts.
95. The wicked hope to destroy me,
but I contemplate your decrees.
96. I have seen a limit to all perfection,
but your command is without limit.
97. How I love your instruction!
It is my meditation all day long.
98. Your command makes me wiser than my enemies,
for it is always with me.
99. I have more insight than all my teachers
because your decrees are my meditation.
100. I understand more than the elders
because I obey your precepts.
101. I have kept my feet from every evil path
to follow your word.
102. I have not turned from your judgments,
for you yourself have instructed me.
103. How sweet your word is to my taste--
sweeter than honey in my mouth.
104. I gain understanding from your precepts;
therefore I hate every false way.
105. Your word is a lamp for my feet
and a light on my path.
106. I have solemnly sworn
to keep your righteous judgments.
107. I am severely afflicted;
Lord, give me life according to your word.
108.
Lord, please accept my freewill offerings of praise,
and teach me your judgments.
109. My life is constantly in danger,
yet I do not forget your instruction.
110. The wicked have set a trap for me,
but I have not wandered from your precepts.
111. I have your decrees as a heritage forever;
indeed, they are the joy of my heart.
112. I am resolved to obey your statutes
to the very end.
113. I hate those who are double-minded,
but I love your instruction.
114. You are my shelter and my shield;
I put my hope in your word.
115. Depart from me, you evil ones,
so that I may obey my God's commands.
116. Sustain me as you promised, and I will live;
do not let me be ashamed of my hope.
117. Sustain me so that I can be safe
and always be concerned about your statutes.
118. You reject all who stray from your statutes,
for their deceit is a lie.
119. You remove all the wicked on earth
as if they were dross from metal;
therefore, I love your decrees.
120. I tremble in awe of you;
I fear your judgments.
121. I have done what is just and right;
do not leave me to my oppressors.
122. Guarantee your servant's well-being;
do not let the arrogant oppress me.
123. My eyes grow weary looking for your salvation
and for your righteous promise.
124. Deal with your servant based on your faithful love;
teach me your statutes.
125. I am your servant;
give me understanding
so that I may know your decrees.
126. It is time for the
Lord to act,
for they have violated your instruction.
127. Since I love your commands
more than gold, even the purest gold,
128. I carefully follow all your precepts
and hate every false way.
129. Your decrees are wondrous;
therefore I obey them.
130. The revelation of your words brings light
and gives understanding to the inexperienced.
131. I open my mouth and pant
because I long for your commands.
132. Turn to me and be gracious to me,
as is your practice toward those who love your name.
133. Make my steps steady through your promise;
don't let any sin dominate me.
134. Redeem me from human oppression,
and I will keep your precepts.
135. Make your face shine on your servant,
and teach me your statutes.
136. My eyes pour out streams of tears
because people do not follow your instruction.
137. You are righteous,
Lord,
and your judgments are just.
138. The decrees you issue are righteous
and altogether trustworthy.
139. My anger overwhelms me
because my foes forget your words.
140. Your word is completely pure,
and your servant loves it.
141. I am insignificant and despised,
but I do not forget your precepts.
142. Your righteousness is an everlasting righteousness,
and your instruction is true.
143. Trouble and distress have overtaken me,
but your commands are my delight.
144. Your decrees are righteous forever.
Give me understanding, and I will live.
145. I call with all my heart; answer me,
Lord.
I will obey your statutes.
146. I call to you; save me,
and I will keep your decrees.
147. I rise before dawn and cry out for help;
I put my hope in your word.
148. I am awake through each watch of the night
to meditate on your promise.
149. In keeping with your faithful love, hear my voice.
Lord, give me life in keeping with your justice.
150. Those who pursue evil plans come near;
they are far from your instruction.
151. You are near,
Lord,
and all your commands are true.
152. Long ago I learned from your decrees
that you have established them forever.
153. Consider my affliction and rescue me,
for I have not forgotten your instruction.
154. Champion my cause and redeem me;
give me life as you promised.
155. Salvation is far from the wicked
because they do not study your statutes.
156. Your compassions are many,
Lord;
give me life according to your judgments.
157. My persecutors and foes are many.
I have not turned from your decrees.
158. I have seen the disloyal and feel disgust
because they do not keep your word.
159. Consider how I love your precepts;
Lord, give me life according to your faithful love.
160. The entirety of your word is truth,
each of your righteous judgments endures forever.
161. Princes have persecuted me without cause,
but my heart fears only your word.
162. I rejoice over your promise
like one who finds vast treasure.
163. I hate and abhor falsehood,
but I love your instruction.
164. I praise you seven times a day
for your righteous judgments.
165. Abundant peace belongs to those
who love your instruction;
nothing makes them stumble.
166.
Lord, I hope for your salvation
and carry out your commands.
167. I obey your decrees
and love them greatly.
168. I obey your precepts and decrees,
for all my ways are before you.
169. Let my cry reach you,
Lord;
give me understanding according to your word.
170. Let my plea reach you;
rescue me according to your promise.
171. My lips pour out praise,
for you teach me your statutes.
172. My tongue sings about your promise,
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,
Lord,
and your instruction is my delight.
175. Let me live, and I will praise you;
may your judgments help me.
176. I wander like a lost sheep;
seek your servant,
for I do not forget your commands.

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Psalm 12Oppression by the Wicked
1.
Help, Lord, for no faithful one remains;
the loyal have disappeared from the human race.
2. They lie to one another;
they speak with flattering lips and deceptive hearts.
3. May the Lord cut off all flattering lips
and the tongue that speaks boastfully.
4. They say, "Through our tongues we have power;
our lips are our own--who can be our master?"
5. "Because of the devastation of the needy
and the groaning of the poor,
I will now rise up," says the Lord.
"I will provide safety for the one who longs for it."
6. The words of the Lord are pure words,
like silver refined in an earthen furnace,
purified seven times.
7. You, Lord, will guard us;
you will protect us from this generation forever.
8. The wicked prowl all around,
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Psalm 120A Cry for Truth and Peace
1. In my distress I called to the Lord,
and he answered me.
2. "Lord, rescue me from lying lips
and a deceitful tongue."
3. What will he give you,
and what will he do to you,
you deceitful tongue?
4. A warrior's sharp arrows
with burning charcoal!
5. What misery that I have stayed in Meshech,
that I have lived among the tents of Kedar!
6. I have dwelt too long
with those who hate peace.
7. I am for peace; but when I speak,
they are for war.

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Psalm 121
The Lord Our Protector
1. I lift my eyes toward the mountains.
Where will my help come from?
2. My help comes from
the Lord,
the Maker of heaven and earth.
3. He will not allow your foot to slip;
your Protector will not slumber.
4. Indeed, the Protector of Israel
does not slumber or sleep.
5.
The Lord protects you;
the Lord is a shelter right by your side.
6. The sun will not strike you by day
or the moon by night.
7.
The Lord will protect you from all harm;
he will protect your life.
8.
The Lord will protect your coming and going
both now and forever.

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Psalm 122A Prayer for Jerusalem
1. I rejoiced with those who said to me,
"Let's go to the house of the Lord."
2. Our feet were standing
within your gates, Jerusalem--
3. Jerusalem, built as a city should be,
solidly united,
4. where the tribes, the Lord's tribes, go up
to give thanks to the name of the Lord.
(This is an ordinance for Israel.)
5. There, thrones for judgment are placed,
thrones of the house of David.
6. Pray for the well-being of Jerusalem:
"May those who love you be secure;
7. may there be peace within your walls,
security within your fortresses."
8. Because of my brothers and friends,
I will say, "May peace be in you."
9. Because of the house of the Lord our God,
I will pursue your prosperity.

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Psalm 123Looking for God's Favor
1. I lift my eyes to you,
the one enthroned in heaven.
2. Like a servant's eyes on his master's hand,
like a servant girl's eyes on her mistress's hand,
so our eyes are on the Lord our God
until he shows us favor.
3. Show us favor, Lord, show us favor,
for we've had more than enough contempt.
4. We've had more than enough
scorn from the arrogant
and contempt from the proud.

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Psalm 124The Lord Is on Our Side
1. If the Lord had not been on our side--
let Israel say--
2. if the Lord had not been on our side
when people attacked us,
3. then they would have swallowed us alive
in their burning anger against us.
4. Then the water would have engulfed us;
the torrent would have swept over us;
5. the raging water would have swept over us.
6. Blessed be the Lord,
who has not let us be ripped apart by their teeth.
7. We have escaped like a bird from the hunter's net;
the net is torn, and we have escaped.
8. Our help is in the name of the Lord,
the Maker of heaven and earth.

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Psalm 125Israel's Stability
1. Those who trust in
the Lord are like Mount Zion.
It cannot be shaken; it remains forever.
2. The mountains surround Jerusalem
and
the Lord surrounds his people,
both now and forever.
3. The scepter of the wicked will not remain
over the land allotted to the righteous,
so that the righteous will not apply their hands to injustice.
4. Do what is good, Lord, to the good,
to those whose hearts are upright.
5. But as for those who turn aside to crooked ways,
the Lord will banish them with the evildoers.
Peace be with Israel.

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Psalm 126Zion's Restoration
1. When the Lord restored the fortunes of Zion,
we were like those who dream.
2. Our mouths were filled with laughter then,
and our tongues with shouts of joy.
Then they said among the nations,
"The Lord has done great things for them."
3. The Lord had done great things for us;
we were joyful.
4. Restore our fortunes, Lord,
like watercourses in the Negev.
5. Those who sow in tears
will reap with shouts of joy.
6. Though one goes along weeping,
carrying the bag of seed,
he will surely come back with shouts of joy,
carrying his sheaves.

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Psalm 127The Blessing of the Lord
1.
Unless the Lord builds a house,
its builders labor over it in vain;
unless the Lord watches over a city,
the watchman stays alert in vain.
2. In vain you get up early and stay up late,
working hard to have enough food--
yes, he gives sleep to the one he loves.
3. Sons are indeed a heritage from the Lord,
offspring, a reward.
4. Like arrows in the hand of a warrior
are the sons born in one's youth.
5. Happy is the man who has filled his quiver with them.
They will never be put to shame
when they speak with their enemies at the city gate.

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Psalm 128Blessings for Those Who Fear God
1. How happy is everyone who fears the Lord,
who walks in his ways!
2. You will surely eat
what your hands have worked for.
You will be happy,
and it will go well for you.
3. Your wife will be like a fruitful vine
within your house,
your children, like young olive trees
around your table.
4. In this very way
the man who fears the Lord
will be blessed.
5. May the Lord bless you from Zion,
so that you will see the prosperity of Jerusalem
all the days of your life
6. and will see your children's children!
Peace be with Israel.

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Psalm 129Protection of the Oppressed
1. Since my youth they have often attacked me--
let Israel say--
2. since my youth they have often attacked me,
but they have not prevailed against me.
3. Plowmen plowed over my back;
they made their furrows long.
4. The Lord is righteous;
he has cut the ropes of the wicked.
5. Let all who hate Zion
be driven back in disgrace.
6. Let them be like grass on the rooftops,
which withers before it grows up
7. and can't even fill the hands of the reaper
or the arms of the one who binds sheaves.
8. Then none who pass by will say,
"May the Lord's blessing be on you.
We bless you in the name of the Lord."

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Psalm 13A Plea for Deliverance
1. How long, Lord? Will you forget me forever?
How long will you hide your face from me?
2. How long will I store up anxious concerns within me,
agony in my mind every day?
How long will my enemy dominate me?
3. Consider me and answer, Lord my God.
Restore brightness to my eyes;
otherwise, I will sleep in death.
4. My enemy will say, "I have triumphed over him,"
and my foes will rejoice because I am shaken.
5. But I have trusted in your faithful love;
my heart will rejoice in your deliverance.
6. I will sing to the Lord
because he has treated me generously.

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Psalm 130Awaiting Redemption
1. Out of the depths I call to you, Lord!
2. Lord, listen to my voice;
let your ears be attentive
to my cry for help.
3. Lord, if you kept an account of iniquities,
Lord, who could stand?
4. But with you there is forgiveness,
so that you may be revered.
5. I wait for the Lord; I wait
and put my hope in his word.
6. I wait for the Lord
more than watchmen for the morning--
more than watchmen for the morning.
7. Israel, put your hope in the Lord.
For there is faithful love with the Lord,
and with him is redemption in abundance.
8. And he will redeem Israel
from all its iniquities.

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Psalm 131A Childlike Spirit
1. Lord, my heart is not proud;
my eyes are not haughty.
I do not get involved with things
too great or too wondrous for me.
2. Instead, I have calmed and quieted my soul
like a weaned child with its mother;
my soul is like a weaned child.
3. Israel, put your hope in the Lord,
both now and forever.

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Psalm 132David and Zion Chosen
1. Lord, remember David
and all the hardships he endured,
2. and how he swore an oath to the Lord,
making a vow to the Mighty One of Jacob:
3. "I will not enter my house
or get into my bed,
4. I will not allow my eyes to sleep
or my eyelids to slumber
5. until I find a place for the Lord,
a dwelling for the Mighty One of Jacob."
6. We heard of the ark in Ephrathah;
we found it in the fields of Jaar.
7. Let's go to his dwelling place;
let's worship at his footstool.
8. Rise up, Lord, come to your resting place,
you and your powerful ark.
9. May your priests be clothed with righteousness,
and may your faithful people shout for joy.
10. For the sake of your servant David,
do not reject your anointed one.
11. The Lord swore an oath to David,
a promise he will not abandon:
"I will set one of your offspring
on your throne.
12. If your sons keep my covenant
and my decrees that I will teach them,
their sons will also sit on your throne forever."
13. For the Lord has chosen Zion;
he has desired it for his home:
14. "This is my resting place forever;
I will make my home here
because I have desired it.
15. I will abundantly bless its food;
I will satisfy its needy with bread.
16. I will clothe its priests with salvation,
and its faithful people will shout for joy.
17. There I will make a horn grow for David;
I have prepared a lamp for my anointed one.
18. I will clothe his enemies with shame,
but the crown he wears will be glorious."

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Psalm 133Living in Harmony
1. How delightfully good
when brothers live together in harmony!
2. It is like fine oil on the head,
running down on the beard,
running down Aaron's beard
onto his robes.
3. It is like the dew of Hermon
falling on the mountains of Zion.
For there the Lord has appointed the blessing--
life forevermore.

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Psalm 134Call to Evening Worship
1. Now bless the Lord,
all you servants of the Lord
who stand in the Lord's house at night!
2. Lift up your hands in the holy place
and bless the Lord!
3. May the Lord,
Maker of heaven and earth,
bless you from Zion.

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Psalm 135The Lord Is Great
1. Hallelujah!
Praise the name of the Lord.
Give praise, you servants of the Lord
2. who stand 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 it is delightful.
4. For the Lord has chosen Jacob for himself,
Israel as his treasured possession.
5. For I know that the Lord is great;
our Lord is greater than all gods.
6. The Lord does whatever he pleases
in heaven and on earth,
in the seas and all the depths.
7. He causes the clouds to rise from the ends of the earth.
He makes lightning for the rain
and brings the wind from his storehouses.
8. He struck down the firstborn of Egypt,
both people and animals.
9. He sent signs and wonders against you, Egypt,
against Pharaoh and all his officials.
10. He struck down many nations
and slaughtered mighty kings:
11. Sihon king of the Amorites,
Og king of Bashan,
and all the kings of Canaan.
12. He gave their land as an inheritance,
an inheritance to his people Israel.
13. Lord, your name endures forever,
your reputation, 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 of silver and gold,
made by human hands.
16. They have mouths but cannot speak,
eyes, but cannot see.
17. They have ears but cannot hear;
indeed, there is no breath in their mouths.
18. Those who make them are just like them,
as are all who trust in them.
19. House of Israel, bless the Lord!
House of Aaron, bless the Lord!
20. House of Levi, bless the Lord!
You who revere the Lord, bless the Lord!
21. Blessed be the Lord from Zion;
he dwells in Jerusalem.
Hallelujah!

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Psalm 136God's Love Is Eternal
1. Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good.
His faithful love endures forever.
2. Give thanks to the God of gods.
His faithful love endures forever.
3. Give thanks to the Lord of lords.
His faithful love endures forever.
4. He alone does great wonders.
His faithful love endures forever.
5. He made the heavens skillfully.
His faithful love endures forever.
6. He spread the land on the waters.
His faithful love endures forever.
7. He made the great lights:
His faithful love endures forever.
8. the sun to rule by day,
His faithful love endures forever.
9. the moon and stars to rule by night.
His faithful love endures forever.
10. He struck the firstborn of the Egyptians
His faithful love endures forever.
11. and brought Israel out from among them
His faithful love endures forever.
12. with a strong hand and outstretched arm.
His faithful love endures forever.
13. He divided the Red Sea
His faithful love endures forever.
14. and led Israel through,
His faithful love endures forever.
15. but hurled Pharaoh and his army into the Red Sea.
His faithful love endures forever.
16. He led his people in the wilderness.
His faithful love endures forever.
17. He struck down great kings
His faithful love endures forever.
18. and slaughtered famous kings--
His faithful love endures forever.
19. Sihon king of the Amorites
His faithful love endures forever.
20. and Og king of Bashan--
His faithful love endures forever.
21. and gave their land as an inheritance,
His faithful love endures forever.
22. an inheritance to Israel his servant.
His faithful love endures forever.
23. He remembered us in our humiliation
His faithful love endures forever.
24. and rescued us from our foes.
His faithful love endures forever.
25. He gives food to every creature.
His faithful love endures forever.
26. Give thanks to the God of heaven!
His faithful love endures forever.

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Psalm 137Lament of the Exiles
1. By the rivers of Babylon--
there we sat down and wept
when we remembered Zion.
2. There we hung up our lyres
on the poplar trees,
3. for our captors there asked us for songs,
and our tormentors, for rejoicing:
"Sing us one of the songs of Zion."
4. How can we sing the Lord's song
on foreign soil?
5. If I forget you, Jerusalem,
may my right hand forget its skill.
6. May my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth
if I do not remember you,
if I do not exalt Jerusalem as my greatest joy!
7. Remember, Lord, what the Edomites said
that day at Jerusalem:
"Destroy it! Destroy it
down to its foundations!"
8. Daughter Babylon, doomed to destruction,
happy is the one who pays you back
what you have done to us.
9. Happy is he who takes your little ones
and dashes them against the rocks.

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Psalm 138A Thankful Heart
1. I will give you thanks with all my heart;
I will sing your praise before the heavenly beings.
2. I will bow down toward your holy temple
and give thanks to your name
for your constant love and truth.
You have exalted your name
and your promise above everything else.
3. On the day I called, you answered me;
you increased strength within me.
4. All the kings on earth will give you thanks,
Lord,
when they hear what you have promised.
5. They will sing of the
Lord's ways,
for the
Lord's glory is great.
6. Though the
Lord is exalted,
he takes note of the humble;
but he knows the haughty from a distance.
7. If I walk into the thick of danger,
you will preserve my life
from the anger of my enemies.
You will extend your hand;
your right hand will save me.
8. The
Lord will fulfill his purpose for me.
Lord, your faithful love endures forever;
do not abandon the work of your hands.

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Psalm 139The All-Knowing, Ever-Present God
1. Lord, you have searched me and known me.
2. You know when I sit down and when I stand up;
you understand my thoughts from far away.
3. You observe my travels and my rest;
you are aware of all my ways.
4. Before a word is on my tongue,
you know all about it, Lord.
5. You have encircled me;
you have placed your hand on me.
6. This wondrous knowledge is beyond me.
It is lofty; I am unable to reach it.
7. Where can I go to escape your Spirit?
Where can I flee from your presence?
8. If I go up to heaven, you are there;
if I make my bed in Sheol, you are there.
9. If I fly on the wings of the dawn
and settle down on the western horizon,
10. even there your hand will lead me;
your right hand will hold on to me.
11. If I say, "Surely the darkness will hide me,
and the light around me will be night"--
12. even the darkness is not dark to you.
The night shines like the day;
darkness and light are alike to you.
13. For it was you who created my inward parts;
you knit me together in my mother's womb.
14. I will praise you
because I have been remarkably and wondrously made.
Your works are wondrous,
and I know this very well.
15. My bones were not hidden from you
when I was made in secret,
when I was formed in the depths of the earth.
16. Your eyes saw me when I was formless;
all my days were written in your book and planned
before a single one of them began.
17. God, how precious your thoughts are to me;
how vast their sum is!
18. If I counted them,
they would outnumber the grains of sand;
when I wake up, I am still with you.
19. God, if only you would kill the wicked--
you bloodthirsty men, stay away from me--
20. who invoke you deceitfully.
Your enemies swear by you falsely.
21. Lord, don't I hate those who hate you,
and detest those who rebel against you?
22. I hate them with extreme hatred;
I consider them my enemies.
23. Search me, God, and know my heart;
test me and know my concerns.
24. See if there is any offensive way in me;
lead me in the everlasting way.

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Psalm 14A Portrait of Sinners
1. The fool says in his heart, "There's no God."
They are corrupt; they do vile deeds.
There is no one who does good.
2. The Lord looks down from heaven on the human race
to see if there is one who is wise,
one who seeks God.
3. All have turned away;
all alike have become corrupt.
There is no one who does good,
not even one.
4. Will evildoers never understand?
They consume my people as they consume bread;
they do not call on the Lord.
5. Then they will be filled with dread,
for God is with those who are righteous.
6. You sinners frustrate the plans of the oppressed,
but the Lord is his refuge.
7. Oh, that Israel's deliverance would come from Zion!
When the Lord restores the fortunes of his people,
let Jacob rejoice, let Israel be glad.

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Psalm 140Prayer for Rescue
1. Rescue me, Lord, from evil men.
Keep me safe from violent men
2. who plan evil in their hearts.
They stir up wars all day long.
3. They make their tongues
as sharp as a snake's bite;
viper's venom is under their lips.Selah
4. Protect me, Lord,
from the power of the wicked.
Keep me safe from violent men
who plan to make me stumble.
5. The proud hide a trap with ropes for me;
they spread a net along the path
and set snares for me.Selah
6. I say to the Lord, "You are my God."
Listen, Lord, to my cry for help.
7. Lord, my Lord, my strong Savior,
you shield my head on the day of battle.
8. Lord, do not grant the desires of the wicked;
do not let them achieve their goals.
Otherwise, they will become proud.Selah
9. When those who surround me rise up,
may the trouble their lips cause overwhelm them.
10. Let hot coals fall on them.
Let them be thrown into the fire,
into the abyss, never again to rise.
11. Do not let a slanderer stay in the land.
Let evil relentlessly hunt down a violent man.
12. I know that the Lord upholds
the just cause of the poor,
justice for the needy.
13. Surely the righteous will praise your name;
the upright will live in your presence.

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Psalm 141Protection from Sin and Sinners
1. Lord, I call on you; hurry to help me.
Listen to my voice when I call on you.
2. May my prayer be set before you as incense,
the raising of my hands as the evening offering.
3. Lord, set up a guard for my mouth;
keep watch at the door of my lips.
4. Do not let my heart turn to any evil thing
or perform wicked acts with evildoers.
Do not let me feast on their delicacies.
5. Let the righteous one strike me--
it is an act of faithful love;
let him rebuke me--
it is oil for my head;
let me not refuse it.
Even now my prayer is against
the evil acts of the wicked.
6. When their rulers will be thrown off
the sides of a cliff,
the people will listen to my words,
for they are pleasing.
7. As when one plows and breaks up the soil,
turning up rocks,
so our bones have been scattered
at the mouth of Sheol.
8. But my eyes look to you, Lord, my Lord.
I seek refuge in you; do not let me die.
9. Protect me from the trap they have set for me,
and from the snares of evildoers.
10. Let the wicked fall into their own nets,
while I pass by safely.

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Psalm 142A Cry of Distress
1. I cry aloud to the Lord;
I plead aloud to the Lord for mercy.
2. I pour out my complaint before him;
I reveal my trouble to him.
3. Although my spirit is weak within me,
you know my way.
Along this path I travel
they have hidden a trap for me.
4. Look to the right and see:
no one stands up for me;
there is no refuge for me;
no one cares about me.
5. I cry to you, Lord;
I say, "You are my shelter,
my portion in the land of the living."
6. Listen to my cry,
for I am very weak.
Rescue me from those who pursue me,
for they are too strong for me.
7. Free me from prison
so that I can praise your name.
The righteous will gather around me
because you deal generously with me.

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Psalm 143A Cry for
Help
1. Lord, hear my prayer.
In your faithfulness listen to my plea,
and in your righteousness answer me.
2. Do not bring your servant into judgment,
for no one alive is righteous in your sight.
3. For the enemy has pursued me,
crushing me to the ground,
making me live in darkness
like those long dead.
4. My spirit is weak within me;
my heart is overcome with dismay.
5. I remember the days of old;
I meditate on all you have done;
I reflect on the work of your hands.
6. I spread out my hands to you;
I am like parched land before you.Selah
7. Answer me quickly, Lord;
my spirit fails.
Don't hide your face from me,
or I will be like those
going down to the Pit.
8. Let me experience
your faithful love in the morning,
for I trust in you.
Reveal to me the way I should go
because I appeal to you.
9. Rescue me from my enemies, Lord;
I come to you for protection.
10. Teach me to do your will,
for you are my God.
May your gracious Spirit
lead me on level ground.
11. For your name's sake, Lord,
let me live.
In your righteousness deliver me from trouble,
12. and in your faithful love destroy my enemies.
Wipe out all those who attack me,
for I am your servant.

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Psalm 144A King's Prayer
1. Blessed be the Lord, my rock
who trains my hands for battle
and my fingers for warfare.
2. He is my faithful love and my fortress,
my stronghold and my deliverer.
He is my shield, and I take refuge in him;
he subdues my people under me.
3. Lord, what is a human that you care for him,
a son of man that you think of him?
4. A human is like a breath;
his days are like a passing shadow.
5. Lord, part your heavens and come down.
Touch the mountains, and they will smoke.
6. Flash your lightning and scatter the foe;
shoot your arrows and rout them.
7. Reach down from on high;
rescue me from deep water, and set me free
from the grasp of foreigners
8. whose mouths speak lies,
whose right hands are deceptive.
9. God, I will sing a new song to you;
I will play on a ten-stringed harp for you--
10. the one who gives victory to kings,
who frees his servant David
from the deadly sword.
11. Set me free and rescue me
from foreigners
whose mouths speak lies,
whose right hands are deceptive.
12. Then our sons will be like plants
nurtured in their youth,
our daughters, like corner pillars
that are carved in the palace style.
13. Our storehouses will be full,
supplying all kinds of produce;
our flocks will increase by thousands
and tens of thousands in our open fields.
14. Our cattle will be well fed.
There will be no breach in the walls,
no going into captivity,
and no cry of lament in our public squares.
15. Happy are the people with such blessings.
Happy are the people whose God is the Lord.

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Psalm 145Praising God's Greatness
1. I exalt you, my God the King,
and bless your name
forever and ever.
2. I will bless you every day;
I will praise your name
forever and ever.
3.
The Lord is great and is highly praised;
his greatness is unsearchable.
4. One generation will declare your works to the next
and will proclaim your mighty acts.
5. I will speak of your splendor and glorious majesty
and your wondrous works.
6. They will proclaim the power of your awe-inspiring acts,
and I will declare your greatness.
7. They will give a testimony of your great goodness
and will joyfully sing of your righteousness.
8.
The Lord is gracious and compassionate,
slow to anger and great in faithful love.
9.
The Lord is good to everyone;
his compassion rests on all he has made.
10. All you have made will thank you, Lord;
the faithful will bless you.
11. They will speak of the glory of your kingdom
and will declare your might,
12. informing all people of your mighty acts
and of the glorious splendor of your kingdom.
13. Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom;
your rule is for all generations.
The Lord is faithful in all his words
and gracious in all his actions.
14.
The Lord helps all who fall;
he raises up all who are oppressed.
15. All eyes look to you,
and you give them their food at the proper time.
16. You open your hand
and satisfy the desire of every living thing.
17.
The Lord is righteous in all his ways
and faithful in all his acts.
18.
The Lord is near all who call out to him,
all who call out to him with integrity.
19. He fulfills the desires of those who fear him;
he hears their cry for help and saves them.
20.
The Lord guards all those who love him,
but he destroys all the wicked.
21. My mouth will declare the Lord's praise;
let every living thing
bless his holy name
forever and ever.

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Psalm 146The God of Compassion
1. Hallelujah!
My soul, praise the Lord.
2. I will praise the Lord all my life;
I will sing to my God as long as I live.
3. Do not trust in nobles,
in a son of man, who cannot save.
4. When his breath leaves him,
he returns to the ground;
on that day his plans die.
5. Happy is the one 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.
He remains faithful forever,
7. executing justice for the exploited
and giving food to the hungry.
The Lord frees prisoners.
8.
The Lord opens the eyes of the blind.
The Lord raises up those who are oppressed.
The Lord loves the righteous.
9.
The Lord protects resident aliens
and helps the fatherless and the widow,
but he frustrates the ways of the wicked.
10.
The Lord reigns forever;
Zion, your God reigns for all generations.
Hallelujah!

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Psalm 147God Restores Jerusalem
1. Hallelujah!
How good it is to sing to our God,
for praise is pleasant and lovely.
2. The Lord rebuilds Jerusalem;
he gathers Israel's exiled people.
3. He heals the brokenhearted
and bandages their wounds.
4. He counts the number of the stars;
he gives names to all of them.
5. Our Lord is great, vast in power;
his understanding is infinite.
6. The Lord helps the oppressed
but brings the wicked to the ground.
7. Sing to the Lord with thanksgiving;
play the lyre to our God,
8. who covers the sky with clouds,
prepares rain for the earth,
and causes grass to grow on the hills.
9. He provides the animals with their food,
and the young ravens what they cry for.
10. He is not impressed by the strength of a horse;
he does not value the power of a warrior.
11. The Lord values those who fear him,
those who put their hope in his faithful love.
12. Exalt the Lord, Jerusalem;
praise your God, Zion!
13. For he strengthens the bars of your city gates
and blesses your children within you.
14. He endows your territory with prosperity;
he satisfies you with the finest wheat.
15. He sends his command throughout the earth;
his word runs swiftly.
16. He spreads snow like wool;
he scatters frost like ashes;
17. he throws his hailstones like crumbs.
Who can withstand his cold?
18. He sends his word and melts them;
he unleashes his winds, and the water flows.
19. He declares his word to Jacob,
his statutes and judgments to Israel.
20. He has not done this for every nation;
they do not know his judgments.
Hallelujah!

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Psalm 148Creation's Praise of the Lord
1. Hallelujah!
Praise the Lord from the heavens;
praise him in the heights.
2. Praise him, all his angels;
praise him, all his heavenly armies.
3. Praise him, sun and moon;
praise him, all you shining stars.
4. Praise him, highest heavens,
and you waters above the heavens.
5. Let them praise the name of the Lord,
for he commanded, and they were created.
6. He set them in position forever and ever;
he gave an order that will never pass away.
7.
Praise the Lord from the earth,
all sea monsters and ocean depths,
8. lightning and hail, snow and cloud,
stormy wind that executes his command,
9. mountains and all hills,
fruit trees and all cedars,
10. wild animals and all cattle,
creatures that crawl and flying birds,
11. kings of the earth and all peoples,
princes and all judges of the earth,
12. young men as well as young women,
old and young together.
13. Let them praise the name of the Lord,
for his name alone is exalted.
His majesty covers heaven and earth.
14. He has raised up a horn for his people,
resulting in praise to all his faithful ones,
to the Israelites, the people close to him.
Hallelujah!

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Psalm 149Praise for God's Triumph
1. Hallelujah!
Sing to the Lord a new song,
his praise in the assembly of the faithful.
2. Let Israel celebrate its Maker;
let the children of Zion rejoice in their King.
3. Let them praise his name with dancing
and make music to him with tambourine and lyre.
4. For the Lord takes pleasure in his people;
he adorns the humble with salvation.
5. Let the faithful celebrate in triumphal glory;
let them shout for joy on their beds.
6. Let the exaltation of God be in their mouths
and a double-edged sword in their hands,
7. inflicting vengeance on the nations
and punishment on the peoples,
8. binding their kings with chains
and their dignitaries with iron shackles,
9. carrying out the judgment decreed against them.
This honor is for all his faithful people.
Hallelujah!

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Psalm 15A Description of the Godly
1. Lord, who can dwell in your tent?
Who can live on your holy mountain?
2. The one who lives blamelessly, practices righteousness,
and acknowledges the truth in his heart--
3. who does not slander with his tongue,
who does not harm his friend
or discredit his neighbor,
4. who despises the one rejected by the Lord
but honors those who fear the Lord,
who keeps his word whatever the cost,
5. who does not lend his silver at interest
or take a bribe against the innocent--
the one who does these things will never be shaken.

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Psalm 150
Praise the Lord
1. Hallelujah!
Praise God in his sanctuary.
Praise him in his mighty expanse.
2. Praise him for his powerful acts;
praise him for his abundant greatness.
3. Praise him with the blast of a ram's horn;
praise him with harp and lyre.
4. Praise him with tambourine and dance;
praise him with strings and flute.
5. Praise him with resounding cymbals;
praise him with clashing cymbals.
6. Let everything that breathes praise the Lord.
Hallelujah!

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Psalm 16Confidence in the Lord
1. Protect me, God, for I take refuge in you.
2. I said to the Lord, "You are my Lord;
I have nothing good besides you."
3. As for the holy people who are in the land,
they are the noble ones.
All my delight is in them.
4. The sorrows of those who take another god
for themselves will multiply;
I will not pour out their drink offerings of blood,
and I will not speak their names with my lips.
5. Lord, you are my portion
and my cup of blessing;
you hold my future.
6. The boundary lines have fallen for me
in pleasant places;
indeed, I have a beautiful inheritance.
7. I will bless the Lord who counsels me--
even at night when my thoughts trouble me.
8. I always let the Lord guide me.
Because he is at my right hand,
I will not be shaken.
9. Therefore my heart is glad
and my whole being rejoices;
my body also rests securely.
10. For you will not abandon me to Sheol;
you will not allow your faithful one to see decay.
11. You reveal the path of life to me;
in your presence is abundant joy;
at your right hand are eternal pleasures.

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Psalm 17A Prayer for Protection
1. Lord, hear a just cause;
pay attention to my cry;
listen to my prayer--
from lips free of deceit.
2. Let my vindication come from you,
for you see what is right.
3. You have tested my heart;
you have examined me at night.
You have tried me and found nothing evil;
I have determined that my mouth will not sin.
4. Concerning what people do:
by the words from your lips
I have avoided the ways of the violent.
5. My steps are on your paths;
my feet have not slipped.
6. I call on you, God,
because you will answer me;
listen closely to me; hear what I say.
7. Display the wonders of your faithful love,
Savior of all who seek refuge
from those who rebel against your right hand.
8. Protect me as the pupil of your eye;
hide me in the shadow of your wings
9. from the wicked who treat me violently,
my deadly enemies who surround me.
10. They are uncaring;
their mouths speak arrogantly.
11. They advance against me; now they surround me.
They are determined
to throw me to the ground.
12. They are like a lion eager to tear,
like a young lion lurking in ambush.
13. Rise up, Lord!
Confront him; bring him down.
With your sword, save me from the wicked.
14. With your hand, Lord, save me from men,
from men of the world
whose portion is in this life:
You fill their bellies with what you have in store;
their sons are satisfied,
and they leave their surplus to their children.
15. But I will see your face in righteousness;
when I awake, I will be satisfied with your presence.

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Psalm 18Praise for Deliverance
1. I love you, Lord, my strength.
2.
The Lord is my rock,
my fortress, and my deliverer,
my God, my rock where I seek refuge,
my shield and the horn of my salvation,
my stronghold.
3. I called to the Lord, who is worthy of praise,
and I was saved from my enemies.
4. The ropes of death were wrapped around me;
the torrents of destruction terrified me.
5. The ropes of Sheol entangled me;
the snares of death confronted me.
6. I called to the Lord in my distress,
and I cried to my God for help.
From his temple he heard my voice,
and
my cry to him reached his ears.
7. Then the earth shook and quaked;
the foundations of the mountains trembled;
they shook because he burned with anger.
8. Smoke rose from his nostrils,
and consuming fire came from his mouth;
coals were set ablaze by it.
9. He bent the heavens and came down,
total darkness beneath his feet.
10. He rode on a cherub and flew,
soaring on the wings of the wind.
11. He made darkness his hiding place,
dark storm clouds his canopy around him.
12. From the radiance of his presence,
his clouds swept onward with hail and blazing coals.
13.
The Lord thundered from heaven;
the Most High made his voice heard.
14. He shot his arrows and scattered them;
he hurled lightning bolts and routed them.
15. The depths of the sea became visible,
the foundations of the world were exposed,
at your rebuke, Lord,
at the blast of the breath of your nostrils.
16. He reached down from on high
and took hold of me;
he pulled me out of deep water.
17. He rescued me from my powerful enemy
and from those who hated me,
for they were too strong for me.
18. They confronted me in the day of my calamity,
but the Lord was my support.
19. He brought me out to a spacious place;
he rescued me because he delighted in me.
20.
The Lord rewarded me
according to my righteousness;
he repaid me
according to the cleanness of my hands.
21. For I have kept the ways of the Lord
and have not turned from my God to wickedness.
22. Indeed, I let all his ordinances guide me
and have not disregarded his statutes.
23. I was blameless toward him
and kept myself from my iniquity.
24. So the Lord repaid me
according to my righteousness,
according to the cleanness of my hands in his sight.
25. With the faithful
you prove yourself faithful,
with the blameless
you prove yourself blameless,
26. with the pure
you prove yourself pure,
but with the crooked
you prove yourself shrewd.
27. For you rescue an oppressed people,
but you humble those with haughty eyes.
28. Lord, you light my lamp;
my God illuminates my darkness.
29. With you I can attack a barricade,
and with my God I can leap over a wall.
30. God--his way is perfect;
the word of the Lord is pure.
He is a shield to all who take refuge in him.
31. For who is God besides the Lord?
And who is a rock? Only our God.
32. God--he clothes me with strength
and makes my way perfect.
33. He makes my feet like the feet of a deer
and sets me securely on the heights.
34. He trains my hands for war;
my arms can bend a bow of bronze.
35. You have given me the shield of your salvation;
your right hand upholds me,
and your humility exalts me.
36. You make a spacious place beneath me for my steps,
and my ankles do not give way.
37. I pursue my enemies and overtake them;
I do not turn back until they are wiped out.
38. I crush them, and they cannot get up;
they fall beneath my feet.
39. You have clothed me with strength for battle;
you subdue my adversaries beneath me.
40. You have made my enemies retreat before me;
I annihilate those who hate me.
41. They cry for help, but there is no one to save them--
they cry to the Lord, but he does not answer them.
42. I pulverize them like dust before the wind;
I trample them like mud in the streets.
43. You have freed me from the feuds among the people;
you have appointed me the head of nations;
a people I had not known serve me.
44. Foreigners submit to me cringing;
as soon as they hear they obey me.
45. Foreigners lose heart
and come trembling from their fortifications.
46.
The Lord lives--blessed be my rock!
The God of my salvation is exalted.
47. God--he grants me vengeance
and subdues peoples under me.
48. He frees me from my enemies.
You exalt me above my adversaries;
you rescue me from violent men.
49. Therefore I will give thanks to you among the nations, Lord;
I will sing praises about your name.
50. He gives great victories to his king;
he shows loyalty to his anointed,
to David and his descendants forever.

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Psalm 19The Witness of Creation and Scripture
1. The heavens declare the glory of God,
and the expanse proclaims the work of his hands.
2. Day after day they pour out speech;
night after night they communicate knowledge.
3. There is no speech; there are no words;
their voice is not heard.
4. Their message has gone out to the whole earth,
and their words to the ends of the world.
In the heavens he has pitched a tent for the sun.
5. It is like a bridegroom coming from his home;
it rejoices like an athlete running a course.
6. It rises from one end of the heavens
and circles to their other end;
nothing is hidden from its heat.
7. The instruction of the
Lord is perfect,
renewing one's life;
the testimony of the
Lord is trustworthy,
making the inexperienced wise.
8. The precepts of the
Lord are right,
making the heart glad;
the command of the
Lord is radiant,
making the eyes light up.
9. The fear of the
Lord is pure,
enduring forever;
the ordinances of the
Lord are reliable
and altogether righteous.
10. They are more desirable than gold--
than an abundance of pure gold;
and sweeter than honey
dripping from a honeycomb.
11. In addition, your servant is warned by them,
and in keeping them there is an abundant reward.
12. Who perceives his unintentional sins?
Cleanse me from my hidden faults.
13. Moreover, keep your servant from willful sins;
do not let them rule me.
Then I will be blameless
and cleansed from blatant rebellion.
14. May the words of my mouth
and the meditation of my heart
be acceptable to you,
Lord, my rock and my Redeemer.

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Psalm 20Deliverance in Battle
1.
May the Lord answer you in a day of trouble;
may the name of Jacob's God protect you.
2. May he send you help from the sanctuary
and sustain you from Zion.
3. May he remember all your offerings
and accept your burnt offering.Selah
4. May he give you what your heart desires
and fulfill your whole purpose.
5. Let us shout for joy at your victory
and lift the banner in the name of our God.
May the Lord fulfill all your requests.
6. Now I know that the Lord gives victory to his anointed;
he will answer him from his holy heaven
with mighty victories from his right hand.
7. Some take pride in chariots, and others in horses,
but we take pride in the name of the Lord our God.
8. They collapse and fall,
but we rise and stand firm.
9. Lord, give victory to the king!
May he answer us on the day that we call.

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Psalm 21The King's Victory
1. Lord, the king finds joy in your strength.
How greatly he rejoices in your victory!
2. You have given him his heart's desire
and have not denied the request of his lips.Selah
3. For you meet him with rich blessings;
you place a crown of pure gold on his head.
4. He asked you for life, and you gave it to him--
length of days forever and ever.
5. His glory is great through your victory;
you confer majesty and splendor on him.
6. You give him blessings forever;
you cheer him with joy in your presence.
7. For the king relies on
the Lord;
through the faithful love of the Most High
he is not shaken.
8. Your hand will capture all your enemies;
your right hand will seize those who hate you.
9. You will make them burn
like a fiery furnace when you appear;
the Lord will engulf them in his wrath,
and
fire will devour them.
10. You will wipe their progeny from the earth
and their offspring from the human race.
11. Though they intend to harm you
and devise a wicked plan, they will not prevail.
12. Instead, you will put them to flight
when you ready your bowstrings to shoot at them.
13. Be exalted, Lord, in your strength;
we will sing and praise your might.

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Psalm 22From Suffering to Praise
1. My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?
Why are you so far from my deliverance
and from my words of groaning?
2. My God, I cry by day, but you do not answer,
by night, yet I have no rest.
3. But you are holy,
enthroned on the praises of Israel.
4. Our ancestors trusted in you;
they trusted,
and you rescued them.
5. They cried to you and were set free;
they trusted in you and were not disgraced.
6. But I am a worm and not a man,
scorned by mankind and despised by people.
7. Everyone who sees me mocks me;
they sneer and shake their heads:
8. "He relies on the Lord;
let him save him;
let the Lord rescue him,
since he takes pleasure in him."
9. It was you who brought me out of the womb,
making me secure at my mother's breast.
10. I was given over to you at birth;
you have been my God from my mother's womb.
11. Don't be far from me, because distress is near
and there's no one to help.
12. Many bulls surround me;
strong ones of Bashan encircle me.
13. They open their mouths against me--
lions, mauling and roaring.
14. I am poured out like water,
and all my bones are disjointed;
my heart is like wax,
melting within me.
15. My strength is dried up like baked clay;
my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth.
You put me into the dust of death.
16. For dogs have surrounded me;
a gang of evildoers has closed in on me;
they pierced my hands and my feet.
17. I can count all my bones;
people look and stare at me.
18. They divided my garments among themselves,
and they cast lots for my clothing.
19. But you, Lord, don't be far away.
My strength, come quickly to help me.
20. Rescue my life from the sword,
my only life from the power of these dogs.
21. Save me from the lion's mouth,
from the horns of wild oxen.
You answered me!
22. I will proclaim your name to my brothers and sisters;
I will praise you in the assembly.
23. You who fear the Lord, praise him!
All you descendants of Jacob, honor him!
All you descendants of Israel, revere him!
24. For he has not despised or abhorred
the torment of the oppressed.
He did not hide his face from him
but listened when he cried to him for help.
25. I will give praise in the great assembly
because of you;
I will fulfill my vows
before those who fear you.
26. The humble will eat and be satisfied;
those 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.
All the families of the nations
will bow down before you,
28. for kingship belongs to the Lord;
he rules the nations.
29. All who prosper on earth will eat and bow down;
all those who go down to the dust
will kneel before him--
even the one who cannot preserve his life.
30. Their descendants will serve him;
the next generation will be told about the Lord.
31. They will come and declare his righteousness;
to a people yet to be born
they will declare what he has done.

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Psalm 23The Good Shepherd
1. The Lord is my shepherd;
I have what I need.
2. He lets me lie down in green pastures;
he leads me beside quiet waters.
3. He renews my life;
he leads me along the right paths
for his name's sake.
4. Even when I go through the darkest valley,
I fear no danger,
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. Only goodness and faithful love will pursue me
all the days of my life,
and I will dwell in the house of the Lord
as long as I live.

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Psalm 24The King of Glory
1. The earth and everything in it,
the world and its inhabitants,
belong to the Lord;
2. for he laid its foundation on the seas
and established it on the rivers.
3. Who may ascend the mountain of the Lord?
Who may stand in his holy place?
4. The one who has clean hands and a pure heart,
who has not appealed to what is false,
and who has not sworn deceitfully.
5. He will receive blessing from the Lord,
and righteousness from the God of his salvation.
6. Such is the generation of those who inquire of him,
who seek the face of the God of Jacob.Selah
7. Lift up your heads, you gates!
Rise up, ancient doors!
Then the King of glory will come in.
8. Who is this King of glory?
The Lord, strong and mighty,
the Lord, mighty in battle.
9. Lift up your heads, you gates!
Rise up, ancient doors!
Then the King of glory will come in.
10. Who is he, this King of glory?
The Lord of Armies,
he is the King of glory.Selah

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Psalm 25Dependence on the Lord
1. Lord, I appeal to you.
2. My God, I trust in you.
Do not let me be disgraced;
do not let my enemies gloat over me.
3. No one who waits for you
will be disgraced;
those who act treacherously without cause
will be disgraced.
4. Make your ways known to me, Lord;
teach me your paths.
5. Guide me in your truth and teach me,
for you are the God of my salvation;
I wait for you all day long.
6. Remember, Lord, your compassion
and your faithful love,
for they have existed from antiquity.
7. Do not remember the sins of my youth
or my acts of rebellion;
in keeping with your faithful love, remember me
because of your goodness, Lord.
8. The Lord is good and upright;
therefore he shows sinners the way.
9. He leads the humble in what is right
and teaches them his way.
10. All the Lord's ways show faithful love and truth
to those who keep his covenant and decrees.
11. Lord, for the sake of your name,
forgive my iniquity, for it is immense.
12. Who is this person who fears the Lord?
He will show him the way he should choose.
13. He will live a good life,
and his descendants will inherit the land.
14. The secret counsel of the Lord
is for those who fear him,
and he reveals his covenant to them.
15. My eyes are always on the Lord,
for he will pull my feet out of the net.
16. Turn to me and be gracious to me,
for I am alone and afflicted.
17. The distresses of my heart increase;
bring me out of my sufferings.
18. Consider my affliction and trouble,
and forgive all my sins.
19. Consider my enemies; they are numerous,
and they hate me violently.
20. Guard me and rescue me;
do not let me be disgraced,
for I take refuge in you.
21. May integrity and what is right
watch over me,
for I wait for you.
22. God, redeem Israel, from all its distresses.

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Psalm 26Prayer for Vindication
1. Vindicate me, Lord,
because I have lived with integrity
and have trusted in the Lord without wavering.
2. Test me, Lord, and try me;
examine my heart and mind.
3. For your faithful love guides me,
and I live by your truth.
4. I do not sit with the worthless
or associate with hypocrites.
5. I hate a crowd of evildoers,
and I do not sit with the wicked.
6. I wash my hands in innocence
and go around your altar, Lord,
7. raising my voice in thanksgiving
and telling about your wondrous works.
8. Lord, I love the house where you dwell,
the place where your glory resides.
9. Do not destroy me along with sinners,
or my life along with men of bloodshed
10. in whose hands are evil schemes
and whose right hands are filled with bribes.
11. But I live with integrity;
redeem me and be gracious to me.
12. My foot stands on level ground;
I will bless the Lord in the assemblies.

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Psalm 27My Stronghold
1.
The
Lord is my light and my salvation--
whom should I fear?
The
Lord is the stronghold of my life--
whom should I dread?
2. When evildoers came against me to devour my flesh,
my foes and my enemies stumbled and fell.
3. Though an army deploys against me,
my heart will not be afraid;
though a war breaks out against me,
I will still be confident.
4. I have asked one thing from the
Lord;
it is what I desire:
to dwell in the house of the
Lord
all the days of my life,
gazing on the beauty of the
Lord
and seeking him in his temple.
5. For he will conceal me in his shelter
in the day of adversity;
he will hide me under the cover of his tent;
he will set me high on a rock.
6. Then my head will be high
above my enemies around me;
I will offer sacrifices in his tent with shouts of joy.
I will sing and make music to the
Lord.
7.
Lord, hear my voice when I call;
be gracious to me and answer me.
8. My heart says this about you:
"Seek his face."
Lord, I will seek your face.
9. Do not hide your face from me;
do not turn your servant away in anger.
You have been my helper;
do not leave me or abandon me,
God of my salvation.
10. Even if my father and mother abandon me,
the
Lord cares for me.
11. Because of my adversaries,
show me your way,
Lord,
and lead me on a level path.
12. Do not give me over to the will of my foes,
for false witnesses rise up against me,
breathing violence.
13. I am certain that I will see the
Lord's goodness
in the land of the living.
14. Wait for the
Lord;
be strong, and let your heart be courageous.
Wait for the
Lord.

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Psalm 28My Strength
1. Lord, I call to you;
my rock, do not be deaf to me.
If you remain silent to me,
I will be like those going down to the Pit.
2. Listen to the sound of my pleading
when I cry to you for help,
when I lift up my hands
toward your holy sanctuary.
3. Do not drag me away with the wicked,
with the evildoers,
who speak in friendly ways with their neighbors
while malice is in their hearts.
4. Repay them according to what they have done--
according to the evil of their deeds.
Repay them according to the work of their hands;
give them back what they deserve.
5. Because they do not consider
what the Lord has done
or the work of his hands,
he will tear them down and not rebuild them.
6. Blessed be the Lord,
for he has heard the sound of my pleading.
7. The Lord is my strength and my shield;
my heart trusts in him, and I am helped.
Therefore my heart celebrates,
and I give thanks to him with my song.
8. The Lord is the strength of his people;
he is a stronghold of salvation for his anointed.
9. Save your people, bless your possession,
shepherd them, and carry them forever.

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Psalm 29The Voice of
the Lord
1. Ascribe to
the Lord, you heavenly beings,
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 above the waters.
The God of glory thunders--
the Lord, above the vast water,
4.
the voice of
the Lord in power,
the voice of
the Lord in splendor.
5. The voice of
the Lord breaks the cedars;
the Lord shatters the cedars of Lebanon.
6. He makes Lebanon skip like a calf,
and Sirion, like a young wild ox.
7. The voice of
the Lord flashes flames of fire.
8. The voice of
the Lord shakes the wilderness;
the Lord shakes the wilderness of Kadesh.
9. The voice of
the Lord makes the deer give birth
and strips the woodlands bare.
In his temple all cry, "Glory!"
10.
The Lord sits enthroned over the flood;
the Lord sits enthroned, King forever.
11.
The Lord gives his people strength;
the Lord blesses his people with peace.

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Psalm 30Joy in the Morning
1. I will exalt you,
Lord,
because you have lifted me up
and have not allowed my enemies
to triumph over me.
2.
Lord my God,
I cried to you for help, and you healed me.
3.
Lord, you brought me up from Sheol;
you spared me from among those
going down to the Pit.
4. Sing to the
Lord, you his faithful ones,
and praise his holy name.
5. For his anger lasts only a moment,
but his favor, a lifetime.
Weeping may stay overnight,
but there is joy in the morning.
6. When I was secure, I said,
"I will never be shaken."
7.
Lord, when you showed your favor,
you made me stand like a strong mountain;
when you hid your face, I was terrified.
8.
Lord, I called to you;
I sought favor from my
Lord:
9. "What gain is there in my death,
if I go down to the Pit?
Will the dust praise you?
Will it proclaim your truth?
10.
Lord, listen and be gracious to me;
Lord, be my helper."
11. You turned my lament into dancing;
you removed my sackcloth
and clothed me with gladness,
12. so that I can sing to you and not be silent.
Lord my God, I will praise you forever.

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Psalm 31A Plea for Protection
1. Lord, I seek refuge in you;
let me never be disgraced.
Save me by your righteousness.
2. Listen closely to me;
rescue me quickly.
Be a rock of refuge for me,
a mountain fortress to save me.
3. For you are my rock and my fortress;
you lead and guide me
for your name's sake.
4. You will free me from the net
that is secretly set for me,
for you are my refuge.
5. Into your hand I entrust my spirit;
you have redeemed me, Lord, God of truth.
6. I hate those who are devoted to worthless idols,
but
I trust in the Lord.
7. I will rejoice and be glad in your faithful love
because you have seen my affliction.
You know the troubles of my soul
8. and have not handed me over to the enemy.
You have set my feet in a spacious place.
9. Be gracious to me, Lord,
because I am in distress;
my eyes are worn out from frustration--
my whole being as well.
10. Indeed, my life is consumed with grief
and my years with groaning;
my strength has failed
because of my iniquity,
and my bones waste away.
11. I am ridiculed by all my adversaries
and even by my neighbors.
I am dreaded by my acquaintances;
those who see me in the street run from me.
12. I am forgotten: gone from memory
like a dead person--like broken pottery.
13. I have heard the gossip of many;
terror is on every side.
When they conspired against me,
they plotted to take my life.
14. But I trust in you, Lord;
I say, "You are my God."
15. The course of my life is in your power;
rescue me from the power of my enemies
and from my persecutors.
16. Make your face shine on your servant;
save me by your faithful love.
17. Lord, do not let me be disgraced when I call on you.
Let the wicked be disgraced;
let them be quiet in Sheol.
18. Let lying lips
that arrogantly speak against the righteous
in proud contempt be silenced.
19. How great is your goodness,
which
you have stored up for those who fear you.
In the presence of everyone you have acted
for those who take refuge in you.
20. You hide them in the protection of your presence;
you conceal them in a shelter
from human schemes,
from quarrelsome tongues.
21. Blessed be the Lord,
for he has wondrously shown his faithful love to me
in a city under siege.
22. In my alarm I said,
"I am cut off from your sight."
But you heard the sound of my pleading
when I cried to you for help.
23. Love the Lord, all his faithful ones.
The Lord protects the loyal,
but fully repays the arrogant.
24. Be strong, and let your heart be courageous,
all you who put your hope in the Lord.

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Psalm 32The Joy of Forgiveness
1. How joyful is the one
whose transgression is forgiven,
whose sin is covered!
2. How joyful is a person whom
the Lord does not charge with iniquity
and in whose spirit is no deceit!
3. When I kept silent, my bones became brittle
from my groaning all day long.
4. For day and night your hand was heavy on me;
my strength was drained
as in the summer's heat.Selah
5. Then I acknowledged my sin to you
and did not conceal 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 faithful pray to you immediately.
When great floodwaters come,
they will not reach him.
7. You are my hiding place;
you protect me from trouble.
You surround me with joyful shouts of deliverance.Selah
8. I will instruct you and show you the way to go;
with my eye on you, I will give counsel.
9. Do not be like a horse or mule,
without understanding,
that must be controlled with bit and bridle
or else it will not come near you.
10. Many pains come to the wicked,
but the one who trusts in
the Lord
will have faithful love surrounding him.
11. Be glad in
the Lord and rejoice,
you righteous ones;
shout for joy,
all you upright in heart.

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Psalm 33Praise to the Creator
1. Rejoice in the Lord, you righteous ones;
praise from the upright is beautiful.
2. Praise the Lord with the lyre;
make music to him with a ten-stringed harp.
3. Sing a new song to him;
play skillfully on the strings, with a joyful shout.
4. For the word of the Lord is right,
and all his work is trustworthy.
5. He loves righteousness and justice;
the earth is full of the Lord's unfailing love.
6. The heavens were made by the word of the Lord,
and all the stars, by the breath of his mouth.
7. He gathers the water of the sea into a heap;
he puts the depths into storehouses.
8. Let the whole earth fear the Lord;
let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him.
9. For he spoke, and it came into being;
he commanded, and it came into existence.
10. The Lord frustrates the counsel of the nations;
he thwarts the plans of the peoples.
11. The counsel of the Lord stands forever,
the plans of his heart from generation to generation.
12. Happy is the nation whose God is the Lord--
the people he has chosen to be his own possession!
13. The Lord looks down from heaven;
he observes everyone.
14. He gazes on all the inhabitants of the earth
from his dwelling place.
15. He forms the hearts of them all;
he considers all their works.
16. A king is not saved by a large army;
a warrior will not be rescued by great strength.
17. The horse is a false hope for safety;
it provides no escape by its great power.
18. But look, the Lord keeps his eye on those who fear him--
those who depend on his faithful love
19. to rescue them from death
and to keep them alive in famine.
20. We wait for the Lord;
he is our help and shield.
21. For our hearts rejoice in him
because we trust in his holy name.
22. May your faithful love rest on us, Lord,
for we put our hope in you.

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Psalm 34The Lord Delivers the Righteous
1. I will bless the Lord at all times;
his praise will always be on my lips.
2. I will boast in the Lord;
the humble will hear and be glad.
3. Proclaim the Lord's greatness with me;
let us exalt his name together.
4. I sought the Lord, and he answered me
and rescued me from all my fears.
5. Those who look to him are radiant with joy;
their faces will never be ashamed.
6. This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him
and saved him from all his troubles.
7. The angel of the Lord encamps
around those who fear him, and rescues them.
8. Taste and see that the Lord is good.
How happy is the person who takes refuge in him!
9. You who are his holy ones, fear the Lord,
for those who fear him lack nothing.
10. Young lions lack food and go hungry,
but those who seek the Lord
will not lack any good thing.
11. Come, children, listen to me;
I will teach you the fear of the Lord.
12. Who is someone who desires life,
loving a long life to enjoy what is good?
13. Keep your tongue from evil
and your lips from deceitful speech.
14. Turn away from evil and do what is good;
seek peace and pursue it.
15. The eyes of the Lord are on the righteous,
and his ears are open to their cry for help.
16. The face of the Lord is set
against those who do what is evil,
to remove all memory of them from the earth.
17. The righteous cry out, and the Lord hears,
and rescues them from all their troubles.
18. The Lord is near the brokenhearted;
he saves those crushed in spirit.
19. One who is righteous has many adversities,
but the Lord rescues him from them all.
20. He protects all his bones;
not one of them is broken.
21. Evil brings death to the wicked,
and those who hate the righteous will be punished.
22. The Lord redeems the life of his servants,
and all who take refuge in him will not be punished.

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Psalm 35Prayer for Victory
1. Oppose my opponents, Lord;
fight those who fight me.
2. Take your shields--large and small--
and come to my aid.
3. Draw the spear and javelin against my pursuers,
and assure me, "I am your deliverance."
4. Let those who intend to take my life
be disgraced and humiliated;
let those who plan to harm me
be turned back and ashamed.
5. Let them be like chaff in the wind,
with the angel of the Lord driving them away.
6. Let their way be dark and slippery,
with the angel of the Lord pursuing them.
7. They hid their net for me without cause;
they dug a pit for me without cause.
8. Let ruin come on him unexpectedly,
and let the net that he hid ensnare him;
let him fall into it--to his ruin.
9. Then I will rejoice in the Lord;
I will delight in his deliverance.
10. All my bones will say,
"Lord, who is like you,
rescuing the poor from one too strong for him,
the poor or the needy from one who robs him?"
11. Malicious witnesses come forward;
they question me about things I do not know.
12. They repay me evil for good,
making me desolate.
13. Yet when they were sick,
my clothing was sackcloth;
I humbled myself with fasting,
and my prayer was genuine.
14. I went about mourning as if for my friend or brother;
I was bowed down with grief,
like one mourning for a mother.
15. But when I stumbled, they gathered in glee;
they gathered against me.
Assailants I did not know
tore at me and did not stop.
16. With godless mockery
they gnashed their teeth at me.
17. Lord, how long will you look on?
Rescue me from their ravages;
rescue my precious life from the young lions.
18. I will praise you in the great assembly;
I will exalt you among many people.
19. Do not let my deceitful enemies rejoice over me;
do not let those who hate me without cause
wink at me maliciously.
20. For they do not speak in friendly ways,
but contrive fraudulent schemes
against those who live peacefully in the land.
21. They open their mouths wide against me and say,
"Aha, aha! We saw it!"
22. You saw it, Lord; do not be silent.
Lord, do not be far from me.
23. Wake up and rise to my defense,
to my cause, my God and my Lord!
24. Vindicate me, Lord my God,
in keeping with your righteousness,
and do not let them rejoice over me.
25. Do not let them say in their hearts,
"Aha! Just what we wanted."
Do not let them say,
"We have swallowed him up!"
26. Let those who rejoice at my misfortune
be disgraced and humiliated;
let those who exalt themselves over me
be clothed with shame and reproach.
27. Let those who want my vindication
shout for joy and be glad;
let them continually say,
"The Lord be exalted.
He takes pleasure in his servant's well-being."
28. And my tongue will proclaim your righteousness,
your praise all day long.

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Psalm 36Human Wickedness and God's Love
1. An oracle within my heart
concerning the transgression of the wicked person:
Dread of God has no effect on him.
2. For with his flattering opinion of himself,
he does not discover and hate his iniquity.
3. The words from his mouth are malicious and deceptive;
he has stopped acting wisely and doing good.
4. Even on his bed he makes malicious plans.
He sets himself on a path that is not good,
and he does not reject evil.
5.
Lord, your faithful love reaches to heaven,
your faithfulness to the clouds.
6. Your righteousness is like the highest mountains,
your judgments like the deepest sea.
Lord, you preserve people and animals.
7. How priceless your faithful love is, God!
People take refuge
in the shadow of your wings.
8. They are filled from the abundance of your house.
You let them drink from your refreshing stream.
9. For the wellspring of life is with you.
By means of your light we see light.
10. Spread your faithful love over those who know you,
and your righteousness over the upright in heart.
11. Do not let the foot of the arrogant come near me
or the hand of the wicked drive me away.
12. There! The evildoers have fallen.
They have been thrown down and cannot rise.

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Psalm 37Instruction in Wisdom
1. Do not be agitated by evildoers;
do not envy those who do wrong.
2. For they wither quickly like grass
and wilt like tender green plants.
3. Trust in
the Lord and do what is good;
dwell in the land and live securely.
4. Take delight in
the Lord,
and he will give you your heart's desires.
5. Commit your way to
the Lord;
trust in him, and he will act,
6. making your righteousness shine like the dawn,
your justice like the noonday.
7. Be silent before
the Lord and wait expectantly for him;
do not be agitated by one who prospers in his way,
by the person who carries out evil plans.
8. Refrain from anger and give up your rage;
do not be agitated--it can only bring harm.
9. For evildoers will be destroyed,
but those who put their hope in
the Lord
will inherit the land.
10. A little while, and the wicked person will be no more;
though you look for him, he will not be there.
11. But the humble will inherit the land
and will enjoy abundant prosperity.
12. The wicked person schemes against the righteous
and gnashes his teeth at him.
13.
The Lord laughs at him
because he sees that his day is coming.
14. The wicked have drawn the sword and strung the bow
to bring down the poor and needy
and to slaughter those whose way is upright.
15. Their swords will enter their own hearts,
and their bows will be broken.
16. The little that the righteous person has is better
than the abundance of many wicked people.
17. For the arms of the wicked will be broken,
but
the Lord supports the righteous.
18.
The Lord watches over the blameless all their days,
and their inheritance will last forever.
19. They will not be disgraced in times of adversity;
they will be satisfied in days of hunger.
20. But the wicked will perish;
the Lord's enemies, like the glory of the pastures,
will fade away--
they will fade away like smoke.
21. The wicked person borrows and does not repay,
but the righteous one is gracious and giving.
22. Those who are blessed by
the Lord will inherit the land,
but those cursed by him will be destroyed.
23. A person's steps are established by
the Lord,
and he takes pleasure in his way.
24. Though he falls, he will not be overwhelmed,
because
the Lord supports him with his hand.
25. I have been young and now I am old,
yet I have not seen the righteous abandoned
or his children begging for bread.
26. He is always generous, always lending,
and his children are a blessing.
27. Turn away from evil, do what is good,
and settle permanently.
28. For
the Lord loves justice
and will not abandon his faithful ones.
They are kept safe forever,
but the children of the wicked will be destroyed.
29. The righteous will inherit the land
and dwell in it permanently.
30. The mouth of the righteous utters wisdom;
his tongue speaks what is just.
31. The instruction of his God is in his heart;
his steps do not falter.
32. The wicked one lies in wait for the righteous
and intends to kill him;
33.
the Lord will not leave him
in the power of the wicked one
or allow him to be condemned when he is judged.
34. Wait
for
the Lord and keep his way,
and he will exalt you to inherit the land.
You will watch when the wicked are destroyed.
35. I have seen a wicked, violent person
well-rooted, like a flourishing native tree.
36. Then I passed by and noticed he was gone;
I searched for him, but he could not be found.
37. Watch the blameless and observe the upright,
for the person of peace will have a future.
38. But transgressors will all be eliminated;
the future of the wicked will be destroyed.
39. The salvation of the righteous is from
the Lord,
their refuge in a time of distress.
40.
The Lord helps and delivers them;
he will deliver them from the wicked and will save them
because they take refuge in him.

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Psalm 38Prayer of a Suffering Sinner
1. Lord, do not punish me in your anger
or discipline me in your wrath.
2. For your arrows have sunk into me,
and your hand has pressed down on me.
3. There is no soundness in my body
because of your indignation;
there is no health in my bones
because of my sin.
4. For my iniquities have flooded over my head;
they are a burden too heavy for me to bear.
5. My wounds are foul and festering
because of my foolishness.
6. I am bent over and brought very low;
all day long I go around in mourning.
7. For my insides are full of burning pain,
and there is no soundness in my body.
8. I am faint and severely crushed;
I groan because of the anguish of my heart.
9. Lord, my every desire is in front of you;
my sighing is not hidden from you.
10. My heart races, my strength leaves me,
and even the light of my eyes has faded.
11. My loved ones and friends stand back from my affliction,
and my relatives stand at a distance.
12. Those who intend to kill me set traps,
and those who want to harm me threaten to destroy me;
they plot treachery all day long.
13. I am like a deaf person; I do not hear.
I am like a speechless person
who does not open his mouth.
14. I am like a man who does not hear
and has no arguments in his mouth.
15. For I put my hope in you, Lord;
you will answer me, my Lord, my God.
16. For I said, "Don't let them rejoice over me--
those who are arrogant toward me when I stumble."
17. For I am about to fall,
and my pain is constantly with me.
18. So I confess my iniquity;
I am anxious because of my sin.
19. But my enemies are vigorous and powerful;
many hate me for no reason.
20. Those who repay evil for good
attack me for pursuing good.
21. Lord, do not abandon me;
my God, do not be far from me.
22. Hurry to help me,
my Lord, my salvation.

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Psalm 39The Fleeting Nature of Life
1. I said, "I will guard my ways
so that I may not sin with my tongue;
I will guard my mouth with a muzzle
as long as the wicked are in my presence."
2. I was speechless and quiet;
I kept silent, even from speaking good,
and my pain intensified.
3. My heart grew hot within me;
as I mused, a fire burned.
I spoke with my tongue:
4. "Lord, make me aware of my end
and the number of my days
so that I will know how short-lived I am.
5. In fact, you have made my days just inches long,
and my life span is as nothing to you.
Yes, every human being stands as only a vapor.Selah
6. Yes, a person goes about like a mere shadow.
Indeed, they rush around in vain,
gathering possessions
without knowing who will get them.
7. "Now, Lord, what do I wait for?
My hope is in you.
8. Rescue me from all my transgressions;
do not make me the taunt of fools.
9. I am speechless; I do not open my mouth
because of what you have done.
10. Remove your torment from me.
Because of the force of your hand I am finished.
11. You discipline a person with punishment for iniquity,
consuming like a moth what is precious to him;
yes, every human being is only a vapor.Selah
12. "Hear my prayer, Lord,
and listen to my cry for help;
do not be silent at my tears.
For I am here with you as an alien,
a temporary resident like all my ancestors.
13. Turn your angry gaze from me
so that I may be cheered up
before I die and am gone."

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Psalm 40Thanksgiving and a Cry for
Help
1. I waited patiently for the Lord,
and he turned to me and heard my cry for help.
2. He brought me up from a desolate pit,
out of the muddy clay,
and set my feet on a rock,
making my steps secure.
3. He put a new song in my mouth,
a hymn of praise to our God.
Many will see and fear,
and they will trust in the Lord.
4. How happy is anyone
who has put his trust in the Lord
and has not turned to the proud
or to those who run after lies!
5. Lord my God, you have done many things--
your wondrous works and your plans for us;
none can compare with you.
If I were to report and speak of them,
they are more than can be told.
6. You do not delight in sacrifice and offering;
you open my ears to listen.
You do not ask for a whole burnt offering or a sin offering.
7. Then I said, "See, I have come;
in the scroll it is written about me.
8. I delight to do your will, my God,
and your instruction is deep within me."
9. I proclaim righteousness in the great assembly;
see, I do not keep my mouth closed--
as you know, Lord.
10. I did not hide your righteousness in my heart;
I spoke about your faithfulness and salvation;
I did not conceal your constant love and truth
from the great assembly.
11. Lord, you do not withhold your compassion from me.
Your constant love and truth will always guard me.
12. For troubles without number have surrounded me;
my iniquities have overtaken me; I am unable to see.
They are more than the hairs of my head,
and my courage leaves me.
13. Lord, be pleased to rescue me;
hurry to help me, Lord.
14. Let those who intend to take my life
be disgraced and confounded.
Let those who wish me harm
be turned back and humiliated.
15. Let those who say to me, "Aha, aha!"
be appalled because of their shame.
16. Let all who seek you rejoice and be glad in you;
let those who love your salvation continually say,
"The Lord is great!"
17. I am oppressed and needy;
may the Lord think of me.
You are my helper and my deliverer;
my God, do not delay.

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Psalm 41Victory in spite of Betrayal
1. Happy is one who is considerate of the poor;
the Lord will save him in a day of adversity.
2.
The Lord will keep him and preserve him;
he will be blessed in the land.
You will not give him over to the desire of his enemies.
3.
The Lord will sustain him on his sickbed;
you will heal him on the bed where he lies.
4. I said, "Lord, be gracious to me;
heal me, for I have sinned against you."
5. My enemies speak maliciously about me:
"When will he die and be forgotten?"
6. When one of them comes to visit, he speaks deceitfully;
he stores up evil in his heart;
he goes out and talks.
7. All who hate me whisper together about me;
they plan to harm me.
8. "Something awful has overwhelmed him,
and he won't rise again from where he lies!"
9. Even my friend in whom I trusted,
one who ate my bread,
has raised his heel against me.
10. But you, Lord, be gracious to me and raise me up;
then I will repay them.
11. By this I know that you delight in me:
my enemy does not shout in triumph over me.
12. You supported me because of my integrity
and set me in your presence forever.
13. Blessed be
the Lord God of Israel,
from everlasting to everlasting.
Amen and amen.

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Psalm 42Longing for God
1. As a deer longs for flowing streams,
so I long for you, God.
2. I thirst for God, the living God.
When can I come and appear before God?
3. My tears have been my food day and night,
while all day long people say to me,
"Where is your God?"
4. I remember this as I pour out my heart:
how I walked with many,
leading the festive procession to the house of God,
with joyful and thankful shouts.
5. Why, my soul, are you so dejected?
Why are you in such turmoil?
Put your hope in God, for I will still praise him,
my Savior and my God.
6. I am deeply depressed;
therefore I remember you from the land of Jordan
and the peaks of Hermon, from Mount Mizar.
7. Deep calls to deep in the roar of your waterfalls;
all your breakers and your billows have swept over me.
8. The Lord will send his faithful love by day;
his song will be with me in the night--
a prayer to the God of my life.
9. I will say to God, my rock,
"Why have you forgotten me?
Why must I go about in sorrow
because of the enemy's oppression?"
10. My adversaries taunt me,
as if crushing my bones,
while all day long they say to me,
"Where is your God?"
11. Why, my soul, are you so dejected?
Why are you in such turmoil?
Put your hope in God, for I will still praise him,
my Savior and my God.

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Psalm 43
1. Vindicate me, God, and champion my cause
against an unfaithful nation;
rescue me from the deceitful and unjust person.
2. For you are the God of my refuge.
Why have you rejected me?
Why must I go about in sorrow
because of the enemy's oppression?
3. Send your light and your truth; let them lead me.
Let them bring me to your holy mountain,
to your dwelling place.
4. Then I will come to the altar of God,
to God, my greatest joy.
I will praise you with the lyre,
God, my God.
5. Why, my soul, are you so dejected?
Why are you in such turmoil?
Put your hope in God, for I will still praise him,
my Savior and my God.

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Psalm 44Israel's Complaint
1. God, we have heard with our ears--
our ancestors have told us--
the work you accomplished in their days,
in days long ago:
2. In order to plant them,
you displaced the nations by your hand;
in order to settle them,
you brought disaster on the peoples.
3. For they did not take the land by their sword--
their arm did not bring them victory--
but by your right hand, your arm,
and the light of your face,
because you were favorable toward them.
4. You are my King, my God,
who ordains victories for Jacob.
5. Through you we drive back our foes;
through your name we trample our enemies.
6. For I do not trust in my bow,
and my sword does not bring me victory.
7. But you give us victory over our foes
and let those who hate us be disgraced.
8. We boast in God all day long;
we will praise your name forever.Selah
9. But you have rejected and humiliated us;
you do not march out with our armies.
10. You make us retreat from the foe,
and those who hate us
have taken plunder for themselves.
11. You hand us over to be eaten like sheep
and scatter us among the nations.
12. You sell your people for nothing;
you make no profit from selling them.
13. You make us an object of reproach to our neighbors,
a source of mockery and ridicule to those around us.
14. You make us a joke among the nations,
a laughingstock among the peoples.
15. My disgrace is before me all day long,
and shame has covered my face,
16. because of the taunts of the scorner and reviler,
because of the enemy and avenger.
17. All this has happened to us,
but we have not forgotten you
or betrayed your covenant.
18. Our hearts have not turned back;
our steps have not strayed from your path.
19. But you have crushed us in a haunt of jackals
and have covered us with deepest darkness.
20. If we had forgotten the name of our God
and spread out our hands to a foreign god,
21. wouldn't God have found this out,
since he knows the secrets of the heart?
22. Because of you we are being put to death all day long;
we are counted as sheep to be slaughtered.
23. Wake up, Lord! Why are you sleeping?
Get up! Don't reject us forever!
24. Why do you hide
and forget our affliction and oppression?
25. For we have sunk down to the dust;
our bodies cling to the ground.
26. Rise up!
Help us!
Redeem us because of your faithful love.

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Psalm 45A Royal Wedding Song
1. My heart is moved by a noble theme
as I recite my verses to the king;
my tongue is the pen of a skillful writer.
2. You are the most handsome of men;
grace flows from your lips.
Therefore God has blessed you forever.
3. Mighty warrior, strap your sword at your side.
In your majesty and splendor--
4. in your splendor ride triumphantly
in the cause of truth, humility, and justice.
May your right hand show your awe-inspiring acts.
5. Your sharpened arrows pierce the hearts of the king's enemies;
the peoples fall under you.
6. Your throne, God, is forever and ever;
the scepter of your kingdom is a scepter of justice.
7. You love righteousness and hate wickedness;
therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of joy
more than your companions.
8. Myrrh, aloes, and cassia perfume all your garments;
from ivory palaces harps bring you joy.
9. Kings' daughters are among your honored women;
the queen, adorned with gold from Ophir,
stands at your right hand.
10. Listen, daughter, pay attention and consider:
Forget your people and your father's house,
11. and the king will desire your beauty.
Bow down to him, for he is your lord.
12. The daughter of Tyre, the wealthy people,
will seek your favor with gifts.
13. In her chamber, the royal daughter is all glorious,
her clothing embroidered with gold.
14. In colorful garments she is led to the king;
after her, the virgins, her companions, are brought to you.
15. They are led in with gladness and rejoicing;
they enter the king's palace.
16. Your sons will succeed your ancestors;
you will make them princes throughout the land.
17. I will cause your name to be remembered for all generations;
therefore the peoples will praise you forever and ever.

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Psalm 46God Our Refuge
1. God is our refuge and strength,
a helper who is always found
in times of trouble.
2. Therefore we will not be afraid,
though the earth trembles
and the mountains topple
into the depths of the seas,
3. though its water roars and foams
and the mountains quake with its turmoil.Selah
4. There is a river--
its streams delight the city of God,
the holy dwelling place of the Most High.
5. God is within her; she will not be toppled.
God will help her when the morning dawns.
6. Nations rage, kingdoms topple;
the earth melts when he lifts his voice.
7. The Lord of Armies is with us;
the God of Jacob is our stronghold.Selah
8. Come, see the works of the Lord,
who brings devastation on the earth.
9. He makes wars cease throughout the earth.
He shatters bows and cuts spears to pieces;
he sets wagons ablaze.
10. "Stop fighting, and know that I am God,
exalted among the nations, exalted on the earth."
11. The Lord of Armies is with us;
the God of Jacob is our stronghold.Selah

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Psalm 47God Our King
1. Clap your hands, all you peoples;
shout to God with a jubilant cry.
2. For
the Lord, the Most High, is awe-inspiring,
a great King over the whole earth.
3. He subdues peoples under us
and nations under our feet.
4. He chooses for us our inheritance--
the pride of Jacob, whom he loves.Selah
5. God ascends among shouts of joy,
the Lord, with the sound of a ram's horn.
6. Sing praise to God, sing praise;
sing praise to our King, sing praise!
7. Sing a song of wisdom,
for God is King of the whole earth.
8. God reigns over the nations;
God is seated on his holy throne.
9. The nobles of the peoples have assembled
with the people of the God of Abraham.
For the leaders of the earth belong to God;
he is greatly exalted.

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Psalm 48Zion Exalted
1. The Lord is great and highly praised
in the city of our God.
His holy mountain,
2. rising splendidly,
is the joy of the whole earth.
Mount Zion--the summit of Zaphon--
is the city of the great King.
3. God is known as a stronghold
in its citadels.
4. Look! The kings assembled;
they advanced together.
5. They looked and froze with fear;
they fled in terror.
6. Trembling seized them there,
agony like that of a woman in labor,
7. as you wrecked the ships of Tarshish
with the east wind.
8. Just as we heard, so we have seen
in
the city of the Lord of Armies,
in the city of our God;
God will establish it forever.Selah
9. God, within your temple,
we contemplate your faithful love.
10. Like your name, God, so your praise
reaches to the ends of the earth;
your right hand is filled with justice.
11. Mount Zion is glad.
Judah's villages rejoice
because of your judgments.
12. Go around Zion, encircle it;
count its towers,
13. note its ramparts; tour its citadels
so that you can tell a future generation:
14. "This God, our God forever and ever--
he will always lead us."

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Psalm 49Misplaced Trust in Wealth
1. Hear this, all you peoples;
listen, all who inhabit the world,
2. both low and high,
rich and poor together.
3. My mouth speaks wisdom;
my heart's meditation brings understanding.
4. I turn my ear to a proverb;
I explain my riddle with a lyre.
5. Why should I fear in times of trouble?
The iniquity of my foes surrounds me.
6. They trust in their wealth
and boast of their abundant riches.
7. Yet these cannot redeem a person
or pay his ransom to God--
8. since the price of redeeming him is too costly,
one should forever stop trying--
9. so that he may live forever
and not see the Pit.
10. For one can see that the wise die;
the foolish and stupid also pass away.
Then they leave their wealth to others.
11. Their graves are their permanent homes,
their dwellings from generation to generation,
though they have named estates after themselves.
12. But despite his assets, mankind will not last;
he is like the animals that perish.
13. This is the way of those who are arrogant,
and of their followers,
who approve of their words.Selah
14. Like sheep they are headed for Sheol;
Death will shepherd them.
The upright will rule over them in the morning,
and their form will waste away in Sheol,
far from their lofty abode.
15. But God will redeem me
from the power of Sheol,
for he will take me.Selah
16. Do not be afraid when a person gets rich,
when the wealth of his house increases.
17. For when he dies, he will take nothing at all;
his wealth will not follow him down.
18. Though he blesses himself during his lifetime--
and you are acclaimed when you do well for yourself--
19. he will go to the generation of his ancestors;
they will never see the light.
20. Mankind, with his assets
but without understanding,
is like the animals that perish.

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