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.
Psalm 60
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- Psalm 60 For the director of music. To [the tune of] "The Lily of the Covenant." A miktam [1] of David. For teaching. When he fought Aram Naharaim [2] and Aram Zobah, [3] and when Joab returned and struck down twelve thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt.
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- You have rejected us, O God, and burst forth upon us; you have been angry--now restore us!
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- You have shaken the land and torn it open; mend its fractures, for it is quaking.
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- You have shown your people desperate times; you have given us wine that makes us stagger.
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- But for those who fear you, you have raised a banner to be unfurled against the bow. Selah
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- Save us and help us with your right hand, that those you love may be delivered.
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- God has spoken from his sanctuary: "In triumph I will parcel out Shechem and measure off the Valley of Succoth.
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- Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine; Ephraim is my helmet, Judah my scepter.
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- Moab is my washbasin, upon Edom I toss my sandal; over Philistia I shout in triumph."
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- Who will bring me to the fortified city? Who will lead me to Edom?
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- Is it not you, O God, you who have rejected us and no longer go out with our armies?
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- Give us aid against the enemy, for the help of man is worthless.
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- With God we will gain the victory, and he will trample down our enemies.
Psalm 20
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- Psalm 20 For the director of music. A psalm of David.
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- May the LORD answer you when you are in distress; may the name of the God of Jacob protect you.
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- May he send you help from the sanctuary and grant you support from Zion.
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- May he remember all your sacrifices and accept your burnt offerings. Selah
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- May he give you the desire of your heart and make all your plans succeed.
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- We will shout for joy when you are victorious and will lift up our banners in the name of our God. May the LORD grant all your requests.
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- Now I know that the LORD saves his anointed; he answers him from his holy heaven with the saving power of his right hand.
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- Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God.
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- They are brought to their knees and fall, but we rise up and stand firm.
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- O LORD, save the king! Answer [1] us when we call!
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 131
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- Psalm 131 A song of ascents. Of David.
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- My heart is not proud, O LORD, my eyes are not haughty; I do not concern myself with great matters or things too wonderful for me.
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- But I have stilled and quieted my soul; like a weaned child with its mother, like a weaned child is my soul within me.
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- O Israel, put your hope in the LORD both now and forevermore.