Psalm 22
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- Psalm 22 For the director of music. To [the tune of] "The Doe of the Morning." A psalm of David.
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- My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from saving me, so far from the words of my groaning?
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- O my God, I cry out by day, but you do not answer, by night, and am not silent.
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- Yet you are enthroned as the Holy One; you are the praise of Israel. [1]
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- In you our fathers put their trust; they trusted and you delivered them.
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- They cried to you and were saved; in you they trusted and were not disappointed.
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- But I am a worm and not a man, scorned by men and despised by the people.
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- All who see me mock me; they hurl insults, shaking their heads:
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- "He trusts in the LORD; let the LORD rescue him. Let him deliver him, since he delights in him."
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- Yet you brought me out of the womb; you made me trust in you even at my mother's breast.
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- From birth I was cast upon you; from my mother's womb you have been my God.
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- Do not be far from me, for trouble is near and there is no one to help.
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- Many bulls surround me; strong bulls of Bashan encircle me.
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- Roaring lions tearing their prey open their mouths wide against me.
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- I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint. My heart has turned to wax; it has melted away within me.
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- My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth; you lay me [2] in the dust of death.
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- Dogs have surrounded me; a band of evil men has encircled me, they have pierced [3] my hands and my feet.
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- I can count all my bones; people stare and gloat over me.
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- They divide my garments among them and cast lots for my clothing.
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- But you, O LORD, be not far off; O my Strength, come quickly to help me.
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- Deliver my life from the sword, my precious life from the power of the dogs.
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- Rescue me from the mouth of the lions; save [4] me from the horns of the wild oxen.
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- I will declare your name to my brothers; in the congregation I will praise you.
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- You who fear the LORD, praise him! All you descendants of Jacob, honor him! Revere him, all you descendants of Israel!
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- For he has not despised or disdained the suffering of the afflicted one; he has not hidden his face from him but has listened to his cry for help.
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- From you comes the theme of my praise in the great assembly; before those who fear you [5] will I fulfill my vows.
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- The poor will eat and be satisfied; they who seek the LORD will praise him-- may your hearts live forever!
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- All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the LORD, and all the families of the nations will bow down before him,
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- for dominion belongs to the LORD and he rules over the nations.
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- All the rich of the earth will feast and worship; all who go down to the dust will kneel before him-- those who cannot keep themselves alive.
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- Posterity will serve him; future generations will be told about the Lord.
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- They will proclaim his righteousness to a people yet unborn-- for he has done it.
Psalm 117
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- Psalm 117
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- Praise the LORD, all you nations; extol him, all you peoples.
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- For great is his love toward us, and the faithfulness of the LORD endures forever. Praise the LORD.
Psalm 7
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- Psalm 7 A shiggaion of David, which he sang to the LORD concerning Cush, a Benjamite.
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- O LORD my God, I take refuge in you; save and deliver me from all who pursue me,
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- or they will tear me like a lion and rip me to pieces with no one to rescue me.
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- O LORD my God, if I have done this and there is guilt on my hands--
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- if I have done evil to him who is at peace with me or without cause have robbed my foe--
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- then let my enemy pursue and overtake me; let him trample my life to the ground and make me sleep in the dust. Selah
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- Arise, O LORD, in your anger; rise up against the rage of my enemies. Awake, my God; decree justice.
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- Let the assembled peoples gather around you. Rule over them from on high;
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- let the LORD judge the peoples. Judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness, according to my integrity, O Most High.
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- O righteous God, who searches minds and hearts, bring to an end the violence of the wicked and make the righteous secure.
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- My shield [2] is God Most High, who saves the upright in heart.
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- God is a righteous judge, a God who expresses his wrath every day.
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- If he does not relent, he [3] will sharpen his sword; he will bend and string his bow.
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- He has prepared his deadly weapons; he makes ready his flaming arrows.
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- He who is pregnant with evil and conceives trouble gives birth to disillusionment.
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- He who digs a hole and scoops it out falls into the pit he has made.
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- The trouble he causes recoils on himself; his violence comes down on his own head.
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- I will give thanks to the LORD because of his righteousness and will sing praise to the name of the LORD Most High.
Psalm 5
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- Psalm 5 For the director of music. For flutes. A psalm of David.
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- Give ear to my words, O LORD, consider my sighing.
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- Listen to my cry for help, my King and my God, for to you I pray.
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- In the morning, O LORD, you hear my voice; in the morning I lay my requests before you and wait in expectation.
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- You are not a God who takes pleasure in evil; with you the wicked cannot dwell.
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- The arrogant cannot stand in your presence; you hate all who do wrong.
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- You destroy those who tell lies; bloodthirsty and deceitful men the LORD abhors.
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- But I, by your great mercy, will come into your house; in reverence will I bow down toward your holy temple.
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- Lead me, O LORD, in your righteousness because of my enemies-- make straight your way before me.
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- Not a word from their mouth can be trusted; their heart is filled with destruction. Their throat is an open grave; with their tongue they speak deceit.
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- Declare them guilty, O God! Let their intrigues be their downfall. Banish them for their many sins, for they have rebelled against you.
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- But let all who take refuge in you be glad; let them ever sing for joy. Spread your protection over them, that those who love your name may rejoice in you.
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- For surely, O LORD, you bless the righteous; you surround them with your favor as with a shield.
Psalm 34
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- Psalm 34 Of David. When he pretended to be insane before Abimelech, who drove him away, and he left. [1]
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- I will extol the LORD at all times; his praise will always be on my lips.
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- My soul will boast in the LORD; let the afflicted hear and rejoice.
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- Glorify the LORD with me; let us exalt his name together.
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- I sought the LORD, and he answered me; he delivered me from all my fears.
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- Those who look to him are radiant; their faces are never covered with shame.
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- This poor man called, and the LORD heard him; he saved him out of all his troubles.
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- The angel of the LORD encamps around those who fear him, and he delivers them.
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- Taste and see that the LORD is good; blessed is the man who takes refuge in him.
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- Fear the LORD, you his saints, for those who fear him lack nothing.
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- The lions may grow weak and hungry, but those who seek the LORD lack no good thing.
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- Come, my children, listen to me; I will teach you the fear of the LORD.
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- Whoever of you loves life and desires to see many good days,
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- keep your tongue from evil and your lips from speaking lies.
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- Turn from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it.
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- The eyes of the LORD are on the righteous and his ears are attentive to their cry;
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- the face of the LORD is against those who do evil, to cut off the memory of them from the earth.
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- The righteous cry out, and the LORD hears them; he delivers them from all their troubles.
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- The LORD is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit.
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- A righteous man may have many troubles, but the LORD delivers him from them all;
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- he protects all his bones, not one of them will be broken.
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- Evil will slay the wicked; the foes of the righteous will be condemned.
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- The LORD redeems his servants; no one will be condemned who takes refuge in him.
Psalm 148
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- Psalm 148
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- Praise the LORD. [1] Praise the LORD from the heavens, praise him in the heights above.
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- Praise him, all his angels, praise him, all his heavenly hosts.
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- Praise him, sun and moon, praise him, all you shining stars.
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- Praise him, you highest heavens and you waters above the skies.
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- Let them praise the name of the LORD, for he commanded and they were created.
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- He set them in place for ever and ever; he gave a decree that will never pass away.
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- Praise the LORD from the earth, you great sea creatures and all ocean depths,
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- lightning and hail, snow and clouds, stormy winds that do his bidding,
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- you mountains and all hills, fruit trees and all cedars,
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- wild animals and all cattle, small creatures and flying birds,
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- kings of the earth and all nations, you princes and all rulers on earth,
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- young men and maidens, old men and children.
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- Let them praise the name of the LORD, for his name alone is exalted; his splendor is above the earth and the heavens.
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- He has raised up for his people a horn, [2] the praise of all his saints, of Israel, the people close to his heart. Praise the LORD.
Psalm 24
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- Psalm 24 Of David. A psalm.
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- The earth is the LORD's, and everything in it, the world, and all who live in it;
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- for he founded it upon the seas and established it upon the waters.
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- Who may ascend the hill of the LORD? Who may stand in his holy place?
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- He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not lift up his soul to an idol or swear by what is false. [1]
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- He will receive blessing from the LORD and vindication from God his Savior.
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- Such is the generation of those who seek him, who seek your face, O God of Jacob. [2] Selah
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- Lift up your heads, O you gates; be lifted up, you ancient doors, that the King of glory may come in.
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- Who is this King of glory? The LORD strong and mighty, the LORD mighty in battle.
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- Lift up your heads, O you gates; lift them up, you ancient doors, that the King of glory may come in.
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- Who is he, this King of glory? The LORD Almighty-- he is the King of glory. Selah