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 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 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 142
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- Psalm 142 A maskil [1] of David. When he was in the cave. A prayer.
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- I cry aloud to the LORD; I lift up my voice to the LORD for mercy.
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- I pour out my complaint before him; before him I tell my trouble.
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- When my spirit grows faint within me, it is you who know my way. In the path where I walk men have hidden a snare for me.
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- Look to my right and see; no one is concerned for me. I have no refuge; no one cares for my life.
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- I cry to you, O LORD; I say, "You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living."
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- Listen to my cry, for I am in desperate need; rescue me from those who pursue me, for they are too strong for me.
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- Set me free from my prison, that I may praise your name. Then the righteous will gather about me because of your goodness to me.
Psalm 121
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- Psalm 121 A song of ascents.
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- I lift up my eyes to the hills-- where does my help come from?
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- My help comes from the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth.
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- He will not let your foot slip-- he who watches over you will not slumber;
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- indeed, he who watches over Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.
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- The LORD watches over you-- the LORD is your shade at your right hand;
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- the sun will not harm you by day, nor the moon by night.
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- The LORD will keep you from all harm-- he will watch over your life;
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- the LORD will watch over your coming and going both now and forevermore.
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.
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.