Psalm 105
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- Psalm 105
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- Give thanks to the LORD, call on his name; make known among the nations what he has done.
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- Sing to him, sing praise to him; tell of all his wonderful acts.
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- Glory in his holy name; let the hearts of those who seek the LORD rejoice.
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- Look to the LORD and his strength; seek his face always.
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- Remember the wonders he has done, his miracles, and the judgments he pronounced,
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- O descendants of Abraham his servant, O sons of Jacob, his chosen ones.
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- He is the LORD our God; his judgments are in all the earth.
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- He remembers his covenant forever, the word he commanded, for a thousand generations,
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- the covenant he made with Abraham, the oath he swore to Isaac.
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- He confirmed it to Jacob as a decree, to Israel as an everlasting covenant:
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- "To you I will give the land of Canaan as the portion you will inherit."
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- When they were but few in number, few indeed, and strangers in it,
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- they wandered from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another.
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- He allowed no one to oppress them; for their sake he rebuked kings:
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- "Do not touch my anointed ones; do my prophets no harm."
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- He called down famine on the land and destroyed all their supplies of food;
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- and he sent a man before them-- Joseph, sold as a slave.
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- They bruised his feet with shackles, his neck was put in irons,
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- till what he foretold came to pass, till the word of the LORD proved him true.
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- The king sent and released him, the ruler of peoples set him free.
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- He made him master of his household, ruler over all he possessed,
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- to instruct his princes as he pleased and teach his elders wisdom.
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- Then Israel entered Egypt; Jacob lived as an alien in the land of Ham.
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- The LORD made his people very fruitful; he made them too numerous for their foes,
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- whose hearts he turned to hate his people, to conspire against his servants.
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- He sent Moses his servant, and Aaron, whom he had chosen.
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- They performed his miraculous signs among them, his wonders in the land of Ham.
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- He sent darkness and made the land dark-- for had they not rebelled against his words?
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- He turned their waters into blood, causing their fish to die.
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- Their land teemed with frogs, which went up into the bedrooms of their rulers.
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- He spoke, and there came swarms of flies, and gnats throughout their country.
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- He turned their rain into hail, with lightning throughout their land;
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- he struck down their vines and fig trees and shattered the trees of their country.
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- He spoke, and the locusts came, grasshoppers without number;
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- they ate up every green thing in their land, ate up the produce of their soil.
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- Then he struck down all the firstborn in their land, the firstfruits of all their manhood.
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- He brought out Israel, laden with silver and gold, and from among their tribes no one faltered.
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- Egypt was glad when they left, because dread of Israel had fallen on them.
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- He spread out a cloud as a covering, and a fire to give light at night.
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- They asked, and he brought them quail and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.
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- He opened the rock, and water gushed out; like a river it flowed in the desert.
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- For he remembered his holy promise given to his servant Abraham.
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- He brought out his people with rejoicing, his chosen ones with shouts of joy;
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- he gave them the lands of the nations, and they fell heir to what others had toiled for--
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- that they might keep his precepts and observe his laws. Praise the LORD.
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 103
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his love for those who fear him;
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- as far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- The LORD has established his throne in heaven, and his kingdom rules over all.
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- Praise the LORD, you his angels, you mighty ones who do his bidding, who obey his word.
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- Praise the LORD, all his heavenly hosts, you his servants who do his will.
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- Praise the LORD, all his works everywhere in his dominion. Praise the LORD, O my soul.
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 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 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 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.