Psalm 13
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- Psalm 13 For the director of music. A psalm of David.
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- How long, O LORD? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me?
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- How long must I wrestle with my thoughts and every day have sorrow in my heart? How long will my enemy triumph over me?
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- Look on me and answer, O LORD my God. Give light to my eyes, or I will sleep in death;
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- my enemy will say, "I have overcome him," and my foes will rejoice when I fall.
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- But I trust in your unfailing love; my heart rejoices in your salvation.
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- I will sing to the LORD, for he has been good to me.
Psalm 120
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- Psalm 120 A song of ascents.
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- I call on the LORD in my distress, and he answers me.
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- Save me, O LORD, from lying lips and from deceitful tongues.
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- What will he do to you, and what more besides, O deceitful tongue?
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- He will punish you with a warrior's sharp arrows, with burning coals of the broom tree.
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- Woe to me that I dwell in Meshech, that I live among the tents of Kedar!
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- Too long have I lived among those who hate peace.
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- I am a man of peace; but when I speak, they are for war.
Psalm 15
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- Psalm 15 A psalm of David.
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- LORD, who may dwell in your sanctuary? Who may live on your holy hill?
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- He whose walk is blameless and who does what is righteous, who speaks the truth from his heart
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- and has no slander on his tongue, who does his neighbor no wrong and casts no slur on his fellowman,
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- who despises a vile man but honors those who fear the LORD, who keeps his oath even when it hurts,
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- who lends his money without usury and does not accept a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things will never be shaken.
Psalm 2
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- Psalm 2
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- Why do the nations conspire [1] and the peoples plot in vain?
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- The kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers gather together against the LORD and against his Anointed One. [2]
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- "Let us break their chains," they say, "and throw off their fetters."
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- The One enthroned in heaven laughs; the Lord scoffs at them.
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- Then he rebukes them in his anger and terrifies them in his wrath, saying,
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- "I have installed my King [3] on Zion, my holy hill."
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- I will proclaim the decree of the LORD: He said to me, "You are my Son [4] ; today I have become your Father. [5]
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- Ask of me, and I will make the nations your inheritance, the ends of the earth your possession.
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- You will rule them with an iron scepter [6] ; you will dash them to pieces like pottery."
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- Therefore, you kings, be wise; be warned, you rulers of the earth.
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- Serve the LORD with fear and rejoice with trembling.
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- Kiss the Son, lest he be angry and you be destroyed in your way, for his wrath can flare up in a moment. Blessed are all who take refuge in him.
Psalm 110
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- Psalm 110 Of David. A psalm.
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- The LORD says to my Lord: "Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet."
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- The LORD will extend your mighty scepter from Zion; you will rule in the midst of your enemies.
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- Your troops will be willing on your day of battle. Arrayed in holy majesty, from the womb of the dawn you will receive the dew of your youth. [1]
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- The LORD has sworn and will not change his mind: "You are a priest forever, in the order of Melchizedek."
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- The Lord is at your right hand; he will crush kings on the day of his wrath.
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- He will judge the nations, heaping up the dead and crushing the rulers of the whole earth.
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- He will drink from a brook beside the way [2] ; therefore he will lift up his head.
Psalm 17
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- Psalm 17 A prayer of David.
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- Hear, O LORD, my righteous plea; listen to my cry. Give ear to my prayer-- it does not rise from deceitful lips.
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- May my vindication come from you; may your eyes see what is right.
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- Though you probe my heart and examine me at night, though you test me, you will find nothing; I have resolved that my mouth will not sin.
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- As for the deeds of men-- by the word of your lips I have kept myself from the ways of the violent.
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- My steps have held to your paths; my feet have not slipped.
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- I call on you, O God, for you will answer me; give ear to me and hear my prayer.
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- Show the wonder of your great love, you who save by your right hand those who take refuge in you from their foes.
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- Keep me as the apple of your eye; hide me in the shadow of your wings
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- from the wicked who assail me, from my mortal enemies who surround me.
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- They close up their callous hearts, and their mouths speak with arrogance.
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- They have tracked me down, they now surround me, with eyes alert, to throw me to the ground.
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- They are like a lion hungry for prey, like a great lion crouching in cover.
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- Rise up, O LORD, confront them, bring them down; rescue me from the wicked by your sword.
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- O LORD, by your hand save me from such men, from men of this world whose reward is in this life. You still the hunger of those you cherish; their sons have plenty, and they store up wealth for their children.
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- And I--in righteousness I will see your face; when I awake, I will be satisfied with seeing your likeness.
Psalm 113
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- Psalm 113
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- Praise the LORD. [1] Praise, O servants of the LORD, praise the name of the LORD.
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- Let the name of the LORD be praised, both now and forevermore.
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- From the rising of the sun to the place where it sets, the name of the LORD is to be praised.
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- The LORD is exalted over all the nations, his glory above the heavens.
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- Who is like the LORD our God, the One who sits enthroned on high,
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- who stoops down to look on the heavens and the earth?
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- He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap;
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- he seats them with princes, with the princes of their people.
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- He settles the barren woman in her home as a happy mother of children. Praise the LORD.