Psalm 1
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- Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked or stand in the way of sinners or sit in the seat of mockers.
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- But his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night.
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- He is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither. Whatever he does prospers.
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- Not so the wicked! They are like chaff that the wind blows away.
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- Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.
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- For the LORD watches over the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.
Psalm 100
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- Psalm 100 A psalm. For giving thanks.
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- Shout for joy to the LORD, all the earth.
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- Worship the LORD with gladness; come before him with joyful songs.
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- Know that the LORD is God. It is he who made us, and we are his [1] ; we are his people, the sheep of his pasture.
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- Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name.
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- For the LORD is good and his love endures forever; his faithfulness continues through all generations.
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 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 114
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- Psalm 114
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- When Israel came out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of foreign tongue,
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- Judah became God's sanctuary, Israel his dominion.
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- The sea looked and fled, the Jordan turned back;
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- the mountains skipped like rams, the hills like lambs.
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- Why was it, O sea, that you fled, O Jordan, that you turned back,
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- you mountains, that you skipped like rams, you hills, like lambs?
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- Tremble, O earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob,
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- who turned the rock into a pool, the hard rock into springs of water.
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 19
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- Psalm 19 For the director of music. A psalm of David.
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- The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands.
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- Day after day they pour forth speech; night after night they display knowledge.
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- There is no speech or language where their voice is not heard. [1]
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- Their voice [2] goes out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world. In the heavens he has pitched a tent for the sun,
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- which is like a bridegroom coming forth from his pavilion, like a champion rejoicing to run his course.
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- It rises at one end of the heavens and makes its circuit to the other; nothing is hidden from its heat.
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- The law of the LORD is perfect, reviving the soul. The statutes of the LORD are trustworthy, making wise the simple.
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- The precepts of the LORD are right, giving joy to the heart. The commands of the LORD are radiant, giving light to the eyes.
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- The fear of the LORD is pure, enduring forever. The ordinances of the LORD are sure and altogether righteous.
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- They are more precious than gold, than much pure gold; they are sweeter than honey, than honey from the comb.
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- By them is your servant warned; in keeping them there is great reward.
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- Who can discern his errors? Forgive my hidden faults.
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- Keep your servant also from willful sins; may they not rule over me. Then will I be blameless, innocent of great transgression.
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- May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, O LORD, my Rock and my Redeemer.