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Psalm 81- 1
- Psalm 81 For the director of music. According to gittith. [1] Of Asaph.
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- Sing for joy to God our strength; shout aloud to the God of Jacob!
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- Begin the music, strike the tambourine, play the melodious harp and lyre.
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- Sound the ram's horn at the New Moon, and when the moon is full, on the day of our Feast;
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- this is a decree for Israel, an ordinance of the God of Jacob.
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- He established it as a statute for Joseph when he went out against Egypt, where we heard a language we did not understand. [2]
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- He says, "I removed the burden from their shoulders; their hands were set free from the basket.
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- In your distress you called and I rescued you, I answered you out of a thundercloud; I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Selah
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- "Hear, O my people, and I will warn you-- if you would but listen to me, O Israel!
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- You shall have no foreign god among you; you shall not bow down to an alien god.
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- I am the LORD your God, who brought you up out of Egypt. Open wide your mouth and I will fill it.
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- "But my people would not listen to me; Israel would not submit to me.
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- So I gave them over to their stubborn hearts to follow their own devices.
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- "If my people would but listen to me, if Israel would follow my ways,
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- how quickly would I subdue their enemies and turn my hand against their foes!
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- Those who hate the LORD would cringe before him, and their punishment would last forever.
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- But you would be fed with the finest of wheat; with honey from the rock I would satisfy you."
Psalm 113- 1
- 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 80- 1
- Psalm 80 For the director of music. To [the tune of] "The Lilies of the Covenant." Of Asaph. A psalm.
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- Hear us, O Shepherd of Israel, you who lead Joseph like a flock; you who sit enthroned between the cherubim, shine forth
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- before Ephraim, Benjamin and Manasseh. Awaken your might; come and save us.
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- Restore us, O God; make your face shine upon us, that we may be saved.
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- O LORD God Almighty, how long will your anger smolder against the prayers of your people?
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- You have fed them with the bread of tears; you have made them drink tears by the bowlful.
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- You have made us a source of contention to our neighbors, and our enemies mock us.
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- Restore us, O God Almighty; make your face shine upon us, that we may be saved.
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- You brought a vine out of Egypt; you drove out the nations and planted it.
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- You cleared the ground for it, and it took root and filled the land.
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- The mountains were covered with its shade, the mighty cedars with its branches.
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- It sent out its boughs to the Sea, [1] its shoots as far as the River. [2]
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- Why have you broken down its walls so that all who pass by pick its grapes?
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- Boars from the forest ravage it and the creatures of the field feed on it.
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- Return to us, O God Almighty! Look down from heaven and see! Watch over this vine,
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- the root your right hand has planted, the son [3] you have raised up for yourself.
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- Your vine is cut down, it is burned with fire; at your rebuke your people perish.
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- Let your hand rest on the man at your right hand, the son of man you have raised up for yourself.
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- Then we will not turn away from you; revive us, and we will call on your name.
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- Restore us, O LORD God Almighty; make your face shine upon us, that we may be saved.
Psalm 13- 1
- 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 31- 1
- Psalm 31 For the director of music. A psalm of David.
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- In you, O LORD, I have taken refuge; let me never be put to shame; deliver me in your righteousness.
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- Turn your ear to me, come quickly to my rescue; be my rock of refuge, a strong fortress to save me.
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- Since you are my rock and my fortress, for the sake of your name lead and guide me.
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- Free me from the trap that is set for me, for you are my refuge.
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- Into your hands I commit my spirit; redeem me, O LORD, the God of truth.
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- I hate those who cling to worthless idols; I trust in the LORD.
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- I will be glad and rejoice in your love, for you saw my affliction and knew the anguish of my soul.
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- You have not handed me over to the enemy but have set my feet in a spacious place.
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- Be merciful to me, O LORD, for I am in distress; my eyes grow weak with sorrow, my soul and my body with grief.
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- My life is consumed by anguish and my years by groaning; my strength fails because of my affliction, [1] and my bones grow weak.
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- Because of all my enemies, I am the utter contempt of my neighbors; I am a dread to my friends-- those who see me on the street flee from me.
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- I am forgotten by them as though I were dead; I have become like broken pottery.
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- For I hear the slander of many; there is terror on every side; they conspire against me and plot to take my life.
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- But I trust in you, O LORD; I say, "You are my God."
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- My times are in your hands; deliver me from my enemies and from those who pursue me.
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- Let your face shine on your servant; save me in your unfailing love.
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- Let me not be put to shame, O LORD, for I have cried out to you; but let the wicked be put to shame and lie silent in the grave. [2]
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- Let their lying lips be silenced, for with pride and contempt they speak arrogantly against the righteous.
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- How great is your goodness, which you have stored up for those who fear you, which you bestow in the sight of men on those who take refuge in you.
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- In the shelter of your presence you hide them from the intrigues of men; in your dwelling you keep them safe from accusing tongues.
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- Praise be to the LORD, for he showed his wonderful love to me when I was in a besieged city.
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- In my alarm I said, "I am cut off from your sight!" Yet you heard my cry for mercy when I called to you for help.
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- Love the LORD, all his saints! The LORD preserves the faithful, but the proud he pays back in full.
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- Be strong and take heart, all you who hope in the LORD.
Psalm 79- 1
- Psalm 79 A psalm of Asaph.
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- O God, the nations have invaded your inheritance; they have defiled your holy temple, they have reduced Jerusalem to rubble.
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- They have given the dead bodies of your servants as food to the birds of the air, the flesh of your saints to the beasts of the earth.
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- They have poured out blood like water all around Jerusalem, and there is no one to bury the dead.
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- We are objects of reproach to our neighbors, of scorn and derision to those around us.
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- How long, O LORD? Will you be angry forever? How long will your jealousy burn like fire?
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- Pour out your wrath on the nations that do not acknowledge you, on the kingdoms that do not call on your name;
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- for they have devoured Jacob and destroyed his homeland.
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- Do not hold against us the sins of the fathers; may your mercy come quickly to meet us, for we are in desperate need.
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- Help us, O God our Savior, for the glory of your name; deliver us and forgive our sins for your name's sake.
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- Why should the nations say, "Where is their God?" Before our eyes, make known among the nations that you avenge the outpoured blood of your servants.
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- May the groans of the prisoners come before you; by the strength of your arm preserve those condemned to die.
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- Pay back into the laps of our neighbors seven times the reproach they have hurled at you, O Lord.
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- Then we your people, the sheep of your pasture, will praise you forever; from generation to generation we will recount your praise.
Psalm 75- 1
- Psalm 75 For the director of music. [To the tune of] "Do Not Destroy." A psalm of Asaph. A song.
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- We give thanks to you, O God, we give thanks, for your Name is near; men tell of your wonderful deeds.
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- You say, "I choose the appointed time; it is I who judge uprightly.
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- When the earth and all its people quake, it is I who hold its pillars firm. Selah
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- To the arrogant I say, `Boast no more,' and to the wicked, `Do not lift up your horns.
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- Do not lift your horns against heaven; do not speak with outstretched neck.'"
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- No one from the east or the west or from the desert can exalt a man.
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- But it is God who judges: He brings one down, he exalts another.
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- In the hand of the LORD is a cup full of foaming wine mixed with spices; he pours it out, and all the wicked of the earth drink it down to its very dregs.
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- As for me, I will declare this forever; I will sing praise to the God of Jacob.
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- I will cut off the horns of all the wicked, but the horns of the righteous will be lifted up.
Psalm 71- 1
- Psalm 71
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- In you, O LORD, I have taken refuge; let me never be put to shame.
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- Rescue me and deliver me in your righteousness; turn your ear to me and save me.
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- Be my rock of refuge, to which I can always go; give the command to save me, for you are my rock and my fortress.
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- Deliver me, O my God, from the hand of the wicked, from the grasp of evil and cruel men.
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- For you have been my hope, O Sovereign LORD, my confidence since my youth.
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- From birth I have relied on you; you brought me forth from my mother's womb. I will ever praise you.
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- I have become like a portent to many, but you are my strong refuge.
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- My mouth is filled with your praise, declaring your splendor all day long.
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- Do not cast me away when I am old; do not forsake me when my strength is gone.
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- For my enemies speak against me; those who wait to kill me conspire together.
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- They say, "God has forsaken him; pursue him and seize him, for no one will rescue him."
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- Be not far from me, O God; come quickly, O my God, to help me.
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- May my accusers perish in shame; may those who want to harm me be covered with scorn and disgrace.
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- But as for me, I will always have hope; I will praise you more and more.
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- My mouth will tell of your righteousness, of your salvation all day long, though I know not its measure.
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- I will come and proclaim your mighty acts, O Sovereign LORD; I will proclaim your righteousness, yours alone.
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- Since my youth, O God, you have taught me, and to this day I declare your marvelous deeds.
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- Even when I am old and gray, do not forsake me, O God, till I declare your power to the next generation, your might to all who are to come.
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- Your righteousness reaches to the skies, O God, you who have done great things. Who, O God, is like you?
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- Though you have made me see troubles, many and bitter, you will restore my life again; from the depths of the earth you will again bring me up.
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- You will increase my honor and comfort me once again.
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- I will praise you with the harp for your faithfulness, O my God; I will sing praise to you with the lyre, O Holy One of Israel.
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- My lips will shout for joy when I sing praise to you-- I, whom you have redeemed.
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- My tongue will tell of your righteous acts all day long, for those who wanted to harm me have been put to shame and confusion.
Psalm 116- 1
- Psalm 116
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- I love the LORD, for he heard my voice; he heard my cry for mercy.
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- Because he turned his ear to me, I will call on him as long as I live.
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- The cords of death entangled me, the anguish of the grave [1] came upon me; I was overcome by trouble and sorrow.
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- Then I called on the name of the LORD: "O LORD, save me!"
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- The LORD is gracious and righteous; our God is full of compassion.
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- The LORD protects the simplehearted; when I was in great need, he saved me.
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- Be at rest once more, O my soul, for the LORD has been good to you.
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- For you, O LORD, have delivered my soul from death, my eyes from tears, my feet from stumbling,
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- that I may walk before the LORD in the land of the living.
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- I believed; therefore [2] I said, "I am greatly afflicted."
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- And in my dismay I said, "All men are liars."
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- How can I repay the LORD for all his goodness to me?
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- I will lift up the cup of salvation and call on the name of the LORD.
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- I will fulfill my vows to the LORD in the presence of all his people.
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- Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his saints.
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- O LORD, truly I am your servant; I am your servant, the son of your maidservant [3] ; you have freed me from my chains.
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- I will sacrifice a thank offering to you and call on the name of the LORD.
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- I will fulfill my vows to the LORD in the presence of all his people,
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- in the courts of the house of the LORD-- in your midst, O Jerusalem. Praise the LORD.
Psalm 101- 1
- Psalm 101 Of David. A psalm.
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- I will sing of your love and justice; to you, O LORD, I will sing praise.
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- I will be careful to lead a blameless life-- when will you come to me? I will walk in my house with blameless heart.
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- I will set before my eyes no vile thing. The deeds of faithless men I hate; they will not cling to me.
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- Men of perverse heart shall be far from me; I will have nothing to do with evil.
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- Whoever slanders his neighbor in secret, him will I put to silence; whoever has haughty eyes and a proud heart, him will I not endure.
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- My eyes will be on the faithful in the land, that they may dwell with me; he whose walk is blameless will minister to me.
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- No one who practices deceit will dwell in my house; no one who speaks falsely will stand in my presence.
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- Every morning I will put to silence all the wicked in the land; I will cut off every evildoer from the city of the LORD.
Psalm 67- 1
- Psalm 67 For the director of music. With stringed instruments. A psalm. A song.
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- May God be gracious to us and bless us and make his face shine upon us, Selah
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- that your ways may be known on earth, your salvation among all nations.
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- May the peoples praise you, O God; may all the peoples praise you.
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- May the nations be glad and sing for joy, for you rule the peoples justly and guide the nations of the earth. Selah
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- May the peoples praise you, O God; may all the peoples praise you.
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- Then the land will yield its harvest, and God, our God, will bless us.
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- God will bless us, and all the ends of the earth will fear him.
Psalm 68- 1
- Psalm 68 For the director of music. Of David. A psalm. A song.
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- May God arise, may his enemies be scattered; may his foes flee before him.
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- As smoke is blown away by the wind, may you blow them away; as wax melts before the fire, may the wicked perish before God.
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- But may the righteous be glad and rejoice before God; may they be happy and joyful.
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- Sing to God, sing praise to his name, extol him who rides on the clouds [1] -- his name is the LORD-- and rejoice before him.
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- A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows, is God in his holy dwelling.
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- God sets the lonely in families, [2] he leads forth the prisoners with singing; but the rebellious live in a sun-scorched land.
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- When you went out before your people, O God, when you marched through the wasteland, Selah
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- the earth shook, the heavens poured down rain, before God, the One of Sinai, before God, the God of Israel.
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- You gave abundant showers, O God; you refreshed your weary inheritance.
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- Your people settled in it, and from your bounty, O God, you provided for the poor.
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- The Lord announced the word, and great was the company of those who proclaimed it:
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- "Kings and armies flee in haste; in the camps men divide the plunder.
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- Even while you sleep among the campfires, [3] the wings of [my] dove are sheathed with silver, its feathers with shining gold."
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- When the Almighty [4] scattered the kings in the land, it was like snow fallen on Zalmon.
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- The mountains of Bashan are majestic mountains; rugged are the mountains of Bashan.
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- Why gaze in envy, O rugged mountains, at the mountain where God chooses to reign, where the LORD himself will dwell forever?
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- The chariots of God are tens of thousands and thousands of thousands; the Lord [has come] from Sinai into his sanctuary.
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- When you ascended on high, you led captives in your train; you received gifts from men, even from [5] the rebellious-- that you, [6] O LORD God, might dwell there.
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- Praise be to the Lord, to God our Savior, who daily bears our burdens. Selah
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- Our God is a God who saves; from the Sovereign LORD comes escape from death.
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- Surely God will crush the heads of his enemies, the hairy crowns of those who go on in their sins.
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- The Lord says, "I will bring them from Bashan; I will bring them from the depths of the sea,
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- that you may plunge your feet in the blood of your foes, while the tongues of your dogs have their share."
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- Your procession has come into view, O God, the procession of my God and King into the sanctuary.
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- In front are the singers, after them the musicians; with them are the maidens playing tambourines.
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- Praise God in the great congregation; praise the LORD in the assembly of Israel.
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- There is the little tribe of Benjamin, leading them, there the great throng of Judah's princes, and there the princes of Zebulun and of Naphtali.
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- Summon your power, O God [7] ; show us your strength, O God, as you have done before.
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- Because of your temple at Jerusalem kings will bring you gifts.
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- Rebuke the beast among the reeds, the herd of bulls among the calves of the nations. Humbled, may it bring bars of silver. Scatter the nations who delight in war.
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- Envoys will come from Egypt; Cush [8] will submit herself to God.
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- Sing to God, O kingdoms of the earth, sing praise to the Lord, Selah
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- to him who rides the ancient skies above, who thunders with mighty voice.
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- Proclaim the power of God, whose majesty is over Israel, whose power is in the skies.
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- You are awesome, O God, in your sanctuary; the God of Israel gives power and strength to his people. Praise be to God!
Psalm 68
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- Psalm 68 For the director of music. Of David. A psalm. A song.
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- May God arise, may his enemies be scattered; may his foes flee before him.
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- As smoke is blown away by the wind, may you blow them away; as wax melts before the fire, may the wicked perish before God.
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- But may the righteous be glad and rejoice before God; may they be happy and joyful.
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- Sing to God, sing praise to his name, extol him who rides on the clouds [1] -- his name is the LORD-- and rejoice before him.
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- A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows, is God in his holy dwelling.
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- God sets the lonely in families, [2] he leads forth the prisoners with singing; but the rebellious live in a sun-scorched land.
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- When you went out before your people, O God, when you marched through the wasteland, Selah
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- the earth shook, the heavens poured down rain, before God, the One of Sinai, before God, the God of Israel.
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- You gave abundant showers, O God; you refreshed your weary inheritance.
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- Your people settled in it, and from your bounty, O God, you provided for the poor.
- 11
- The Lord announced the word, and great was the company of those who proclaimed it:
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- "Kings and armies flee in haste; in the camps men divide the plunder.
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- Even while you sleep among the campfires, [3] the wings of [my] dove are sheathed with silver, its feathers with shining gold."
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- When the Almighty [4] scattered the kings in the land, it was like snow fallen on Zalmon.
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- The mountains of Bashan are majestic mountains; rugged are the mountains of Bashan.
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- Why gaze in envy, O rugged mountains, at the mountain where God chooses to reign, where the LORD himself will dwell forever?
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- The chariots of God are tens of thousands and thousands of thousands; the Lord [has come] from Sinai into his sanctuary.
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- When you ascended on high, you led captives in your train; you received gifts from men, even from [5] the rebellious-- that you, [6] O LORD God, might dwell there.
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- Praise be to the Lord, to God our Savior, who daily bears our burdens. Selah
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- Our God is a God who saves; from the Sovereign LORD comes escape from death.
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- Surely God will crush the heads of his enemies, the hairy crowns of those who go on in their sins.
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- The Lord says, "I will bring them from Bashan; I will bring them from the depths of the sea,
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- that you may plunge your feet in the blood of your foes, while the tongues of your dogs have their share."
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- Your procession has come into view, O God, the procession of my God and King into the sanctuary.
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- In front are the singers, after them the musicians; with them are the maidens playing tambourines.
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- Praise God in the great congregation; praise the LORD in the assembly of Israel.
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- There is the little tribe of Benjamin, leading them, there the great throng of Judah's princes, and there the princes of Zebulun and of Naphtali.
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- Summon your power, O God [7] ; show us your strength, O God, as you have done before.
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- Because of your temple at Jerusalem kings will bring you gifts.
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- Rebuke the beast among the reeds, the herd of bulls among the calves of the nations. Humbled, may it bring bars of silver. Scatter the nations who delight in war.
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- Envoys will come from Egypt; Cush [8] will submit herself to God.
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- Sing to God, O kingdoms of the earth, sing praise to the Lord, Selah
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- to him who rides the ancient skies above, who thunders with mighty voice.
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- Proclaim the power of God, whose majesty is over Israel, whose power is in the skies.
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- You are awesome, O God, in your sanctuary; the God of Israel gives power and strength to his people. Praise be to God!
Psalm 61- 1
- Psalm 61 For the director of music. With stringed instruments. Of David.
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- Hear my cry, O God; listen to my prayer.
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- From the ends of the earth I call to you, I call as my heart grows faint; lead me to the rock that is higher than I.
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- For you have been my refuge, a strong tower against the foe.
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- I long to dwell in your tent forever and take refuge in the shelter of your wings. Selah
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- For you have heard my vows, O God; you have given me the heritage of those who fear your name.
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- Increase the days of the king's life, his years for many generations.
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- May he be enthroned in God's presence forever; appoint your love and faithfulness to protect him.
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- Then will I ever sing praise to your name and fulfill my vows day after day.
Psalm 56- 1
- Psalm 56 For the director of music. To [the tune of] "A Dove on Distant Oaks." Of David. A miktam. [1] When the Philistines had seized him in Gath.
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- Be merciful to me, O God, for men hotly pursue me; all day long they press their attack.
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- My slanderers pursue me all day long; many are attacking me in their pride.
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- When I am afraid, I will trust in you.
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- In God, whose word I praise, in God I trust; I will not be afraid. What can mortal man do to me?
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- All day long they twist my words; they are always plotting to harm me.
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- They conspire, they lurk, they watch my steps, eager to take my life.
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- On no account let them escape; in your anger, O God, bring down the nations.
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- Record my lament; list my tears on your scroll [2] -- are they not in your record?
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- Then my enemies will turn back when I call for help. By this I will know that God is for me.
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- In God, whose word I praise, in the LORD, whose word I praise--
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- in God I trust; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?
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- I am under vows to you, O God; I will present my thank offerings to you.
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- For you have delivered me [3] from death and my feet from stumbling, that I may walk before God in the light of life.
Psalm 114- 1
- 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 100- 1
- 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- 1
- 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 14- 1
- Psalm 14 For the director of music. Of David.
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- The fool [1] says in his heart, "There is no God." They are corrupt, their deeds are vile; there is no one who does good.
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- The LORD looks down from heaven on the sons of men to see if there are any who understand, any who seek God.
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- All have turned aside, they have together become corrupt; there is no one who does good, not even one.
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- Will evildoers never learn-- those who devour my people as men eat bread and who do not call on the LORD?
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- There they are, overwhelmed with dread, for God is present in the company of the righteous.
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- You evildoers frustrate the plans of the poor, but the LORD is their refuge.
- 7
- Oh, that salvation for Israel would come out of Zion! When the LORD restores the fortunes of his people, let Jacob rejoice and Israel be glad!
Psalm 150
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- Psalm 150
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- Praise the LORD. [1] Praise God in his sanctuary; praise him in his mighty heavens.
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- Praise him for his acts of power; praise him for his surpassing greatness.
- 3
- Praise him with the sounding of the trumpet, praise him with the harp and lyre,
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- praise him with tambourine and dancing, praise him with the strings and flute,
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- praise him with the clash of cymbals, praise him with resounding cymbals.
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- Let everything that has breath praise the LORD. Praise the LORD.
Psalm 122- 1
- Psalm 122 A song of ascents. Of David.
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- I rejoiced with those who said to me, "Let us go to the house of the LORD."
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- Our feet are standing in your gates, O Jerusalem.
- 3
- Jerusalem is built like a city that is closely compacted together.
- 4
- That is where the tribes go up, the tribes of the LORD, to praise the name of the LORD according to the statute given to Israel.
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- There the thrones for judgment stand, the thrones of the house of David.
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- Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: "May those who love you be secure.
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- May there be peace within your walls and security within your citadels."
- 8
- For the sake of my brothers and friends, I will say, "Peace be within you."
- 9
- For the sake of the house of the LORD our God, I will seek your prosperity.
Psalm 17- 1
- 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.
- 3
- 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
- 9
- from the wicked who assail me, from my mortal enemies who surround me.
- 10
- They close up their callous hearts, and their mouths speak with arrogance.
- 11
- They have tracked me down, they now surround me, with eyes alert, to throw me to the ground.
- 12
- They are like a lion hungry for prey, like a great lion crouching in cover.
- 13
- Rise up, O LORD, confront them, bring them down; rescue me from the wicked by your sword.
- 14
- 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.
- 15
- And I--in righteousness I will see your face; when I awake, I will be satisfied with seeing your likeness.
Psalm 150
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- Psalm 150
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- Praise the LORD. [1] Praise God in his sanctuary; praise him in his mighty heavens.
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- Praise him for his acts of power; praise him for his surpassing greatness.
- 3
- Praise him with the sounding of the trumpet, praise him with the harp and lyre,
- 4
- praise him with tambourine and dancing, praise him with the strings and flute,
- 5
- praise him with the clash of cymbals, praise him with resounding cymbals.
- 6
- Let everything that has breath praise the LORD. Praise the LORD.
Psalm 7- 1
- Psalm 7 A shiggaion [1] 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.
- 3
- 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--
- 5
- then let my enemy pursue and overtake me; let him trample my life to the ground and make me sleep in the dust. Selah
- 6
- Arise, O LORD, in your anger; rise up against the rage of my enemies. Awake, my God; decree justice.
- 7
- 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.
- 9
- O righteous God, who searches minds and hearts, bring to an end the violence of the wicked and make the righteous secure.
- 10
- My shield [2] is God Most High, who saves the upright in heart.
- 11
- God is a righteous judge, a God who expresses his wrath every day.
- 12
- If he does not relent, he [3] will sharpen his sword; he will bend and string his bow.
- 13
- He has prepared his deadly weapons; he makes ready his flaming arrows.
- 14
- He who is pregnant with evil and conceives trouble gives birth to disillusionment.
- 15
- He who digs a hole and scoops it out falls into the pit he has made.
- 16
- The trouble he causes recoils on himself; his violence comes down on his own head.
- 17
- I will give thanks to the LORD because of his righteousness and will sing praise to the name of the LORD Most High.
Psalm 64- 1
- Psalm 64 For the director of music. A psalm of David.
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- Hear me, O God, as I voice my complaint; protect my life from the threat of the enemy.
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- Hide me from the conspiracy of the wicked, from that noisy crowd of evildoers.
- 3
- They sharpen their tongues like swords and aim their words like deadly arrows.
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- They shoot from ambush at the innocent man; they shoot at him suddenly, without fear.
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- They encourage each other in evil plans, they talk about hiding their snares; they say, "Who will see them [1] ?"
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- They plot injustice and say, "We have devised a perfect plan!" Surely the mind and heart of man are cunning.
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- But God will shoot them with arrows; suddenly they will be struck down.
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- He will turn their own tongues against them and bring them to ruin; all who see them will shake their heads in scorn.
- 9
- All mankind will fear; they will proclaim the works of God and ponder what he has done.
- 10
- Let the righteous rejoice in the LORD and take refuge in him; let all the upright in heart praise him!
Psalm 134- 1
- 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 103- 1
- Psalm 103 Of David.
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- Praise the LORD, O my soul; all my inmost being, praise his holy name.
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- Praise the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits--
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- who forgives all your sins and heals all your diseases,
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- who redeems your life from the pit and crowns you with love and compassion,
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- who satisfies your desires with good things so that your youth is renewed like the eagle's.
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- The LORD works righteousness and justice for all the oppressed.
- 7
- He made known his ways to Moses, his deeds to the people of Israel:
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- The LORD is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in love.
- 9
- He will not always accuse, nor will he harbor his anger forever;
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- he does not treat us as our sins deserve or repay us according to our iniquities.
- 11
- For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his love for those who fear him;
- 12
- as far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us.
- 13
- As a father has compassion on his children, so the LORD has compassion on those who fear him;
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- for he knows how we are formed, he remembers that we are dust.
- 15
- As for man, his days are like grass, he flourishes like a flower of the field;
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- the wind blows over it and it is gone, and its place remembers it no more.
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- But from everlasting to everlasting the LORD's love is with those who fear him, and his righteousness with their children's children--
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- with those who keep his covenant and remember to obey his precepts.
- 19
- The LORD has established his throne in heaven, and his kingdom rules over all.
- 20
- Praise the LORD, you his angels, you mighty ones who do his bidding, who obey his word.
- 21
- Praise the LORD, all his heavenly hosts, you his servants who do his will.
- 22
- Praise the LORD, all his works everywhere in his dominion. Praise the LORD, O my soul.
Psalm 52- 1
- Psalm 52 For the director of music. A maskil [1] of David. When Doeg the Edomite had gone to Saul and told him: "David has gone to the house of Ahimelech."
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- Why do you boast of evil, you mighty man? Why do you boast all day long, you who are a disgrace in the eyes of God?
- 2
- Your tongue plots destruction; it is like a sharpened razor, you who practice deceit.
- 3
- You love evil rather than good, falsehood rather than speaking the truth. Selah
- 4
- You love every harmful word, O you deceitful tongue!
- 5
- Surely God will bring you down to everlasting ruin: He will snatch you up and tear you from your tent; he will uproot you from the land of the living. Selah
- 6
- The righteous will see and fear; they will laugh at him, saying,
- 7
- "Here now is the man who did not make God his stronghold but trusted in his great wealth and grew strong by destroying others!"
- 8
- But I am like an olive tree flourishing in the house of God; I trust in God's unfailing love for ever and ever.
- 9
- I will praise you forever for what you have done; in your name I will hope, for your name is good. I will praise you in the presence of your saints.
Psalm 102- 1
- Psalm 102 A prayer of an afflicted man. When he is faint and pours out his lament before the LORD.
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- Hear my prayer, O LORD; let my cry for help come to you.
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- Do not hide your face from me when I am in distress. Turn your ear to me; when I call, answer me quickly.
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- For my days vanish like smoke; my bones burn like glowing embers.
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- My heart is blighted and withered like grass; I forget to eat my food.
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- Because of my loud groaning I am reduced to skin and bones.
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- I am like a desert owl, like an owl among the ruins.
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- I lie awake; I have become like a bird alone on a roof.
- 8
- All day long my enemies taunt me; those who rail against me use my name as a curse.
- 9
- For I eat ashes as my food and mingle my drink with tears
- 10
- because of your great wrath, for you have taken me up and thrown me aside.
- 11
- My days are like the evening shadow; I wither away like grass.
- 12
- But you, O LORD, sit enthroned forever; your renown endures through all generations.
- 13
- You will arise and have compassion on Zion, for it is time to show favor to her; the appointed time has come.
- 14
- For her stones are dear to your servants; her very dust moves them to pity.
- 15
- The nations will fear the name of the LORD, all the kings of the earth will revere your glory.
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- For the LORD will rebuild Zion and appear in his glory.
- 17
- He will respond to the prayer of the destitute; he will not despise their plea.
- 18
- Let this be written for a future generation, that a people not yet created may praise the LORD:
- 19
- "The LORD looked down from his sanctuary on high, from heaven he viewed the earth,
- 20
- to hear the groans of the prisoners and release those condemned to death."
- 21
- So the name of the LORD will be declared in Zion and his praise in Jerusalem
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- when the peoples and the kingdoms assemble to worship the LORD.
- 23
- In the course of my life [1] he broke my strength; he cut short my days.
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- So I said: "Do not take me away, O my God, in the midst of my days; your years go on through all generations.
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- In the beginning you laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of your hands.
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- They will perish, but you remain; they will all wear out like a garment. Like clothing you will change them and they will be discarded.
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- But you remain the same, and your years will never end.
- 28
- The children of your servants will live in your presence; their descendants will be established before you."
Psalm 7- 1
- Psalm 7 A shiggaion [1] 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,
- 2
- or they will tear me like a lion and rip me to pieces with no one to rescue me.
- 3
- O LORD my God, if I have done this and there is guilt on my hands--
- 4
- if I have done evil to him who is at peace with me or without cause have robbed my foe--
- 5
- then let my enemy pursue and overtake me; let him trample my life to the ground and make me sleep in the dust. Selah
- 6
- Arise, O LORD, in your anger; rise up against the rage of my enemies. Awake, my God; decree justice.
- 7
- Let the assembled peoples gather around you. Rule over them from on high;
- 8
- let the LORD judge the peoples. Judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness, according to my integrity, O Most High.
- 9
- O righteous God, who searches minds and hearts, bring to an end the violence of the wicked and make the righteous secure.
- 10
- My shield [2] is God Most High, who saves the upright in heart.
- 11
- God is a righteous judge, a God who expresses his wrath every day.
- 12
- If he does not relent, he [3] will sharpen his sword; he will bend and string his bow.
- 13
- He has prepared his deadly weapons; he makes ready his flaming arrows.
- 14
- He who is pregnant with evil and conceives trouble gives birth to disillusionment.
- 15
- He who digs a hole and scoops it out falls into the pit he has made.
- 16
- The trouble he causes recoils on himself; his violence comes down on his own head.
- 17
- I will give thanks to the LORD because of his righteousness and will sing praise to the name of the LORD Most High.
Psalm 37- 1
- Psalm 37 Of David. [1]
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- Do not fret because of evil men or be envious of those who do wrong;
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- for like the grass they will soon wither, like green plants they will soon die away.
- 3
- Trust in the LORD and do good; dwell in the land and enjoy safe pasture.
- 4
- Delight yourself in the LORD and he will give you the desires of your heart.
- 5
- Commit your way to the LORD; trust in him and he will do this:
- 6
- He will make your righteousness shine like the dawn, the justice of your cause like the noonday sun.
- 7
- Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for him; do not fret when men succeed in their ways, when they carry out their wicked schemes.
- 8
- Refrain from anger and turn from wrath; do not fret--it leads only to evil.
- 9
- For evil men will be cut off, but those who hope in the LORD will inherit the land.
- 10
- A little while, and the wicked will be no more; though you look for them, they will not be found.
- 11
- But the meek will inherit the land and enjoy great peace.
- 12
- The wicked plot against the righteous and gnash their teeth at them;
- 13
- but the Lord laughs at the wicked, for he knows their day is coming.
- 14
- The wicked draw the sword and bend the bow to bring down the poor and needy, to slay those whose ways are upright.
- 15
- But their swords will pierce their own hearts, and their bows will be broken.
- 16
- Better the little that the righteous have than the wealth of many wicked;
- 17
- for the power of the wicked will be broken, but the LORD upholds the righteous.
- 18
- The days of the blameless are known to the LORD, and their inheritance will endure forever.
- 19
- In times of disaster they will not wither; in days of famine they will enjoy plenty.
- 20
- But the wicked will perish: The LORD's enemies will be like the beauty of the fields, they will vanish--vanish like smoke.
- 21
- The wicked borrow and do not repay, but the righteous give generously;
- 22
- those the LORD blesses will inherit the land, but those he curses will be cut off.
- 23
- If the LORD delights in a man's way, he makes his steps firm;
- 24
- though he stumble, he will not fall, for the LORD upholds him with his hand.
- 25
- I was young and now I am old, yet I have never seen the righteous forsaken or their children begging bread.
- 26
- They are always generous and lend freely; their children will be blessed.
- 27
- Turn from evil and do good; then you will dwell in the land forever.
- 28
- For the LORD loves the just and will not forsake his faithful ones. They will be protected forever, but the offspring of the wicked will be cut off;
- 29
- the righteous will inherit the land and dwell in it forever.
- 30
- The mouth of the righteous man utters wisdom, and his tongue speaks what is just.
- 31
- The law of his God is in his heart; his feet do not slip.
- 32
- The wicked lie in wait for the righteous, seeking their very lives;
- 33
- but the LORD will not leave them in their power or let them be condemned when brought to trial.
- 34
- Wait for the LORD and keep his way. He will exalt you to inherit the land; when the wicked are cut off, you will see it.
- 35
- I have seen a wicked and ruthless man flourishing like a green tree in its native soil,
- 36
- but he soon passed away and was no more; though I looked for him, he could not be found.
- 37
- Consider the blameless, observe the upright; there is a future [2] for the man of peace.
- 38
- But all sinners will be destroyed; the future [3] of the wicked will be cut off.
- 39
- The salvation of the righteous comes from the LORD; he is their stronghold in time of trouble.
- 40
- The LORD helps them and delivers them; he delivers them from the wicked and saves them, because they take refuge in him.
- This psalm is an acrostic poem, the stanzas of which begin with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet.
Psalm 27- 1
- Psalm 27 Of David.
- 1
- The LORD is my light and my salvation-- whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life-- of whom shall I be afraid?
- 2
- When evil men advance against me to devour my flesh, [1] when my enemies and my foes attack me, they will stumble and fall.
- 3
- Though an army besiege me, my heart will not fear; though war break out against me, even then will I be confident.
- 4
- One thing I ask of the LORD, this is what I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the LORD and to seek him in his temple.
- 5
- For in the day of trouble he will keep me safe in his dwelling; he will hide me in the shelter of his tabernacle and set me high upon a rock.
- 6
- Then my head will be exalted above the enemies who surround me; at his tabernacle will I sacrifice with shouts of joy; I will sing and make music to the LORD.
- 7
- Hear my voice when I call, O LORD; be merciful to me and answer me.
- 8
- My heart says of you, "Seek his [2] face!" Your face, LORD, I will seek.
- 9
- Do not hide your face from me, do not turn your servant away in anger; you have been my helper. Do not reject me or forsake me, O God my Savior.
- 10
- Though my father and mother forsake me, the LORD will receive me.
- 11
- Teach me your way, O LORD; lead me in a straight path because of my oppressors.
- 12
- Do not turn me over to the desire of my foes, for false witnesses rise up against me, breathing out violence.
- 13
- I am still confident of this: I will see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.
- 14
- Wait for the LORD; be strong and take heart and wait for the LORD.