Psalm 12
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- Psalm 12 For the director of music. According to sheminith. [1] A psalm of David.
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- Help, LORD, for the godly are no more; the faithful have vanished from among men.
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- Everyone lies to his neighbor; their flattering lips speak with deception.
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- May the LORD cut off all flattering lips and every boastful tongue
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- that says, "We will triumph with our tongues; we own our lips [2] --who is our master?"
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- "Because of the oppression of the weak and the groaning of the needy, I will now arise," says the LORD. "I will protect them from those who malign them."
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- And the words of the LORD are flawless, like silver refined in a furnace of clay, purified seven times.
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- O LORD, you will keep us safe and protect us from such people forever.
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- The wicked freely strut about when what is vile is honored among men.
Psalm 23
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- Psalm 23 A psalm of David.
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- The LORD is my shepherd, I shall not be in want.
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- He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters,
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- he restores my soul. He guides me in paths of righteousness for his name's sake.
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- Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, [1] I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.
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- You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.
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- Surely goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever.
Psalm 123
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- Psalm 123 A song of ascents.
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- I lift up my eyes to you, to you whose throne is in heaven.
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- As the eyes of slaves look to the hand of their master, as the eyes of a maid look to the hand of her mistress, so our eyes look to the LORD our God, till he shows us his mercy.
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- Have mercy on us, O LORD, have mercy on us, for we have endured much contempt.
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- We have endured much ridicule from the proud, much contempt from the arrogant.
Psalm 130
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- Psalm 130 A song of ascents.
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- Out of the depths I cry to you, O LORD;
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- O Lord, hear my voice. Let your ears be attentive to my cry for mercy.
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- If you, O LORD, kept a record of sins, O Lord, who could stand?
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- But with you there is forgiveness; therefore you are feared.
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- I wait for the LORD, my soul waits, and in his word I put my hope.
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- My soul waits for the Lord more than watchmen wait for the morning, more than watchmen wait for the morning.
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- O Israel, put your hope in the LORD, for with the LORD is unfailing love and with him is full redemption.
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- He himself will redeem Israel from all their sins.
Psalm 129
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- Psalm 129 A song of ascents.
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- They have greatly oppressed me from my youth-- let Israel say--
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- they have greatly oppressed me from my youth, but they have not gained the victory over me.
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- Plowmen have plowed my back and made their furrows long.
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- But the LORD is righteous; he has cut me free from the cords of the wicked.
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- May all who hate Zion be turned back in shame.
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- May they be like grass on the roof, which withers before it can grow;
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- with it the reaper cannot fill his hands, nor the one who gathers fill his arms.
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- May those who pass by not say, "The blessing of the LORD be upon you; we bless you in the name of the LORD."
Psalm 134
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- Psalm 134 A song of ascents.
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- Praise the LORD, all you servants of the LORD who minister by night in the house of the LORD.
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- Lift up your hands in the sanctuary and praise the LORD.
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- May the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth, bless you from Zion.
Psalm 6
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- Psalm 6 For the director of music. With stringed instruments. According to sheminith. [1] A psalm of David.
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- O LORD, do not rebuke me in your anger or discipline me in your wrath.
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- Be merciful to me, LORD, for I am faint; O LORD, heal me, for my bones are in agony.
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- My soul is in anguish. How long, O LORD, how long?
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- Turn, O LORD, and deliver me; save me because of your unfailing love.
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- No one remembers you when he is dead. Who praises you from the grave [2] ?
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- I am worn out from groaning; all night long I flood my bed with weeping and drench my couch with tears.
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- My eyes grow weak with sorrow; they fail because of all my foes.
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- Away from me, all you who do evil, for the LORD has heard my weeping.
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- The LORD has heard my cry for mercy; the LORD accepts my prayer.
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- All my enemies will be ashamed and dismayed; they will turn back in sudden disgrace.