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 126
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- Psalm 126 A song of ascents.
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- When the LORD brought back the captives to [1] Zion, we were like men who dreamed. [2]
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- Our mouths were filled with laughter, our tongues with songs of joy. Then it was said among the nations, "The LORD has done great things for them."
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- The LORD has done great things for us, and we are filled with joy.
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- Restore our fortunes, [3] O LORD, like streams in the Negev.
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- Those who sow in tears will reap with songs of joy.
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- He who goes out weeping, carrying seed to sow, will return with songs of joy, carrying sheaves with him.
Psalm 21
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- Psalm 21 For the director of music. A psalm of David.
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- O LORD, the king rejoices in your strength. How great is his joy in the victories you give!
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- You have granted him the desire of his heart and have not withheld the request of his lips. Selah
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- You welcomed him with rich blessings and placed a crown of pure gold on his head.
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- He asked you for life, and you gave it to him-- length of days, for ever and ever.
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- Through the victories you gave, his glory is great; you have bestowed on him splendor and majesty.
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- Surely you have granted him eternal blessings and made him glad with the joy of your presence.
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- For the king trusts in the LORD; through the unfailing love of the Most High he will not be shaken.
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- Your hand will lay hold on all your enemies; your right hand will seize your foes.
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- At the time of your appearing you will make them like a fiery furnace. In his wrath the LORD will swallow them up, and his fire will consume them.
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- You will destroy their descendants from the earth, their posterity from mankind.
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- Though they plot evil against you and devise wicked schemes, they cannot succeed;
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- for you will make them turn their backs when you aim at them with drawn bow.
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- Be exalted, O LORD, in your strength; we will sing and praise your might.
Psalm 102
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- 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.
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- All day long my enemies taunt me; those who rail against me use my name as a curse.
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- For I eat ashes as my food and mingle my drink with tears
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- because of your great wrath, for you have taken me up and thrown me aside.
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- My days are like the evening shadow; I wither away like grass.
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- But you, O LORD, sit enthroned forever; your renown endures through all generations.
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- You will arise and have compassion on Zion, for it is time to show favor to her; the appointed time has come.
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- For her stones are dear to your servants; her very dust moves them to pity.
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- 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.
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- He will respond to the prayer of the destitute; he will not despise their plea.
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- Let this be written for a future generation, that a people not yet created may praise the LORD:
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- "The LORD looked down from his sanctuary on high, from heaven he viewed the earth,
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- to hear the groans of the prisoners and release those condemned to death."
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- The children of your servants will live in your presence; their descendants will be established before you."
Psalm 130
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- Psalm 130 A song of ascents.
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- Out of the depths I cry to you, O LORD;
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- O Lord, hear my voice. Let your ears be attentive to my cry for mercy.
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- If you, O LORD, kept a record of sins, O Lord, who could stand?
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- But with you there is forgiveness; therefore you are feared.
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- I wait for the LORD, my soul waits, and in his word I put my hope.
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- My soul waits for the Lord more than watchmen wait for the morning, more than watchmen wait for the morning.
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- O Israel, put your hope in the LORD, for with the LORD is unfailing love and with him is full redemption.
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- He himself will redeem Israel from all their sins.
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.