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Psalm 37:6-118:9
View Full Chapter6He will make your righteous reward shine like the dawn, your vindication like the noonday sun.
8Refrain from anger and turn from wrath; do not fret—it leads only to evil.
9For those who are evil will be destroyed, but those who hope in the LORD will inherit the land.
12The wicked plot against the righteous and gnash their teeth at them;
14The wicked draw the sword and bend the bow to bring down the poor and needy, to slay those whose ways are upright.
15But their swords will pierce their own hearts, and their bows will be broken.
16Better the little that the righteous have than the wealth of many wicked;
17for the power of the wicked will be broken, but the LORD upholds the righteous.
18The blameless spend their days under the LORD ’s care, and their inheritance will endure forever.
20But the wicked will perish: Though the LORD ’s enemies are like the flowers of the field, they will be consumed, they will go up in smoke.
22those the LORD blesses will inherit the land, but those he curses will be destroyed.
27Turn from evil and do good; then you will dwell in the land forever.
30The mouths of the righteous utter wisdom, and their tongues speak what is just.
33but the LORD will not leave them in the power of the wicked or let them be condemned when brought to trial.
35I have seen a wicked and ruthless man flourishing like a luxuriant native tree,
4My guilt has overwhelmed me like a burden too heavy to bear.
6I am bowed down and brought very low; all day long I go about mourning.
8I am feeble and utterly crushed; I groan in anguish of heart.
11My friends and companions avoid me because of my wounds; my neighbors stay far away.
12Those who want to kill me set their traps, those who would harm me talk of my ruin; all day long they scheme and lie.
14I have become like one who does not hear, whose mouth can offer no reply.
16For I said, “Do not let them gloat or exalt themselves over me when my feet slip.”
18I confess my iniquity; I am troubled by my sin. 22Come quickly to help me, my Lord and my Savior.
2So I remained utterly silent, not even saying anything good. But my anguish increased;
3my heart grew hot within me. While I meditated, the fire burned; then I spoke with my tongue:
4“Show me, LORD, my life’s end and the number of my days; let me know how fleeting my life is.
5You have made my days a mere handbreadth; the span of my years is as nothing before you. Everyone is but a breath, even those who seem secure.
6“Surely everyone goes around like a mere phantom; in vain they rush about, heaping up wealth without knowing whose it will finally be.
7“But now, Lord, what do I look for? My hope is in you.
8Save me from all my transgressions; do not make me the scorn of fools.
10Remove your scourge from me; I am overcome by the blow of your hand.
12“Hear my prayer, LORD, listen to my cry for help; do not be deaf to my weeping. I dwell with you as a foreigner, a stranger, as all my ancestors were. 13Look away from me, that I may enjoy life again before I depart and am no more.”
Psalm 40
4Blessed is the one who trusts in the LORD, who does not look to the proud, to those who turn aside to false gods.
5Many, LORD my God, are the wonders you have done, the things you planned for us. None can compare with you; were I to speak and tell of your deeds, they would be too many to declare.
10I do not hide your righteousness in my heart; I speak of your faithfulness and your saving help. I do not conceal your love and your faithfulness from the great assembly.
15May those who say to me, “Aha! Aha!” be appalled at their own shame.
3The LORD sustains them on their sickbed and restores them from their bed of illness.
6When one of them comes to see me, he speaks falsely, while his heart gathers slander; then he goes out and spreads it around.
7All my enemies whisper together against me; they imagine the worst for me, saying,
11I know that you are pleased with me, for my enemy does not triumph over me.
7Deep calls to deep in the roar of your waterfalls; all your waves and breakers have swept over me.
8By day the LORD directs his love, at night his song is with me— a prayer to the God of my life.
10My bones suffer mortal agony as my foes taunt me, saying to me all day long, “Where is your God?” 11Why, my soul, are you downcast? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God.
Psalm 43
3It was not by their sword that they won the land, nor did their arm bring them victory; it was your right hand, your arm, and the light of your face, for you loved them.
5Through you we push back our enemies; through your name we trample our foes.
12You sold your people for a pittance, gaining nothing from their sale.
17All this came upon us, though we had not forgotten you; we had not been false to your covenant.
19But you crushed us and made us a haunt for jackals; you covered us over with deep darkness.
22Yet for your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.
23Awake, Lord! Why do you sleep? Rouse yourself! Do not reject us forever.
Psalm 45
4In your majesty ride forth victoriously in the cause of truth, humility and justice; let your right hand achieve awesome deeds.
7You love righteousness and hate wickedness; therefore God, your God, has set you above your companions by anointing you with the oil of joy.
8All your robes are fragrant with myrrh and aloes and cassia; from palaces adorned with ivory the music of the strings makes you glad.
9Daughters of kings are among your honored women; at your right hand is the royal bride in gold of Ophir.
12The city of Tyre will come with a gift,
13All glorious is the princess within her chamber; her gown is interwoven with gold.
3though its waters roar and foam and the mountains quake with their surging.
5God is within her, she will not fall; God will help her at break of day.
6Nations are in uproar, kingdoms fall; he lifts his voice, the earth melts.
9He makes wars cease to the ends of the earth. He breaks the bow and shatters the spear; he burns the shields
Psalm 48
2Beautiful in its loftiness, the joy of the whole earth, like the heights of Zaphon
3God is in her citadels; he has shown himself to be her fortress.
9Within your temple, O God, we meditate on your unfailing love.
10Like your name, O God, your praise reaches to the ends of the earth; your right hand is filled with righteousness.
11Mount Zion rejoices, the villages of Judah are glad because of your judgments.
13consider well her ramparts, view her citadels, that you may tell of them to the next generation. 14For this God is our God for ever and ever; he will be our guide even to the end.
Psalm 49
5Why should I fear when evil days come, when wicked deceivers surround me—
7No one can redeem the life of another or give to God a ransom for them—
10For all can see that the wise die, that the foolish and the senseless also perish, leaving their wealth to others.
12People, despite their wealth, do not endure; they are like the beasts that perish.
13This is the fate of those who trust in themselves, and of their followers, who approve their sayings.
16Do not be overawed when others grow rich, when the splendor of their houses increases;
17for they will take nothing with them when they die, their splendor will not descend with them.
5“Gather to me this consecrated people, who made a covenant with me by sacrifice.”
6And the heavens proclaim his righteousness, for he is a God of justice.
7“Listen, my people, and I will speak; I will testify against you, Israel: I am God, your God.
8I bring no charges against you concerning your sacrifices or concerning your burnt offerings, which are ever before me.
12If I were hungry I would not tell you, for the world is mine, and all that is in it.
13Do I eat the flesh of bulls or drink the blood of goats?
15and call on me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor me.”
16But to the wicked person, God says: “What right have you to recite my laws or take my covenant on your lips?
19You use your mouth for evil and harness your tongue to deceit.
20You sit and testify against your brother and slander your own mother’s son.
21When you did these things and I kept silent, you thought I was exactly
2Wash away all my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin.
18May it please you to prosper Zion, to build up the walls of Jerusalem. 19Then you will delight in the sacrifices of the righteous, in burnt offerings offered whole; then bulls will be offered on your altar.
4You love every harmful word, you deceitful tongue!
5Surely God will bring you down to everlasting ruin: He will snatch you up and pluck you from your tent; he will uproot you from the land of the living.
6The righteous will see and fear; they will laugh at you, saying, 9For what you have done I will always praise you in the presence of your faithful people. And I will hope in your name, for your name is good.
4Do all these evildoers know nothing? They devour my people as though eating bread; they never call on God. 6Oh, that salvation for Israel would come out of Zion! When God restores his people, let Jacob rejoice and Israel be glad!
3Arrogant foes are attacking me; ruthless people are trying to kill me— people without regard for God.
6I will sacrifice a freewill offering to you; I will praise your name, LORD, for it is good. 7You have delivered me from all my troubles, and my eyes have looked in triumph on my foes.
Psalm 55
13But it is you, a man like myself, my companion, my close friend,
14with whom I once enjoyed sweet fellowship at the house of God, as we walked about among the worshipers.
15Let death take my enemies by surprise; let them go down alive to the realm of the dead, for evil finds lodging among them.
18He rescues me unharmed from the battle waged against me, even though many oppose me.
19God, who is enthroned from of old, who does not change— he will hear them and humble them, because they have no fear of God.
21His talk is smooth as butter, yet war is in his heart; his words are more soothing than oil, yet they are drawn swords.
22Cast your cares on the LORD and he will sustain you; he will never let the righteous be shaken.
Psalm 56
5All day long they twist my words; all their schemes are for my ruin.
7Because of their wickedness do not
10In God, whose word I praise, in the LORD, whose word I praise—
Psalm 57
2I cry out to God Most High, to God, who vindicates me.
3He sends from heaven and saves me, rebuking those who hotly pursue me—
7My heart, O God, is steadfast, my heart is steadfast; I will sing and make music.
9I will praise you, Lord, among the nations; I will sing of you among the peoples.
5that will not heed the tune of the charmer, however skillful the enchanter may be.
6Break the teeth in their mouths, O God; LORD, tear out the fangs of those lions!
8May they be like a slug that melts away as it moves along, like a stillborn child that never sees the sun. 11Then people will say, “Surely the righteous still are rewarded; surely there is a God who judges the earth.”
Psalm 59
4I have done no wrong, yet they are ready to attack me. Arise to help me; look on my plight!
6They return at evening, snarling like dogs, and prowl about the city.
8But you laugh at them, LORD ; you scoff at all those nations.
14They return at evening, snarling like dogs, and prowl about the city.
Psalm 60
2You have shaken the land and torn it open; mend its fractures, for it is quaking.
6God has spoken from his sanctuary: “In triumph I will parcel out Shechem and measure off the Valley of Sukkoth.
7Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine; Ephraim is my helmet, Judah is my scepter.
9Who will bring me to the fortified city? Who will lead me to Edom?
11Give us aid against the enemy, for human help is worthless. 12With God we will gain the victory, and he will trample down our enemies.
4I long to dwell in your tent forever and take refuge in the shelter of your wings.
3How long will you assault me? Would all of you throw me down— this leaning wall, this tottering fence? 12and with you, Lord, is unfailing love”; and, “You reward everyone according to what they have done.”
Psalm 63
3Because your love is better than life, my lips will glorify you.
5I will be fully satisfied as with the richest of foods; with singing lips my mouth will praise you.
6On my bed I remember you; I think of you through the watches of the night.
10They will be given over to the sword and become food for jackals.
Psalm 64
2Hide me from the conspiracy of the wicked, from the plots of evildoers.
4They shoot from ambush at the innocent; they shoot suddenly, without fear.
5They encourage each other in evil plans, they talk about hiding their snares; they say, “Who will see it
7But God will shoot them with his arrows; they will suddenly be struck down.
8He will turn their own tongues against them and bring them to ruin; all who see them will shake their heads in scorn. 10The righteous will rejoice in the LORD and take refuge in him; all the upright in heart will glory in him!
2You who answer prayer, to you all people will come.
4Blessed are those you choose and bring near to live in your courts! We are filled with the good things of your house, of your holy temple.
8The whole earth is filled with awe at your wonders; where morning dawns, where evening fades, you call forth songs of joy.
11You crown the year with your bounty, and your carts overflow with abundance. 13The meadows are covered with flocks and the valleys are mantled with grain; they shout for joy and sing.
Psalm 66 1For the director of music. A song. A psalm. Shout for joy to God, all the earth!
2Sing the glory of his name; make his praise glorious.
3Say to God, “How awesome are your deeds! So great is your power that your enemies cringe before you.
5Come and see what God has done, his awesome deeds for mankind!
6He turned the sea into dry land, they passed through the waters on foot— come, let us rejoice in him.
9he has preserved our lives and kept our feet from slipping.
11You brought us into prison and laid burdens on our backs.
2so that your ways may be known on earth, your salvation among all nations.
5May the peoples praise you, God; may all the peoples praise you.
2May you blow them away like smoke— as wax melts before the fire, may the wicked perish before God.
3But may the righteous be glad and rejoice before God; may they be happy and joyful.
6God sets the lonely in families,
8the earth shook, the heavens poured down rain, before God, the One of Sinai, before God, the God of Israel.
11The Lord announces the word, and the women who proclaim it are a mighty throng:
15Mount Bashan, majestic mountain, Mount Bashan, rugged mountain,
16why gaze in envy, you rugged mountain, at the mountain where God chooses to reign, where the LORD himself will dwell forever?
17The chariots of God are tens of thousands and thousands of thousands; the Lord has come from Sinai into his sanctuary.
18When you ascended on high, you took many captives; you received gifts from people, even from
23that your feet may wade in the blood of your foes, while the tongues of your dogs have their share.”
25In front are the singers, after them the musicians; with them are the young women playing the timbrels.
27There 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.
28Summon your power, God
30Rebuke the beast among the reeds, the herd of bulls among the calves of the nations. Humbled, may the beast bring bars of silver. Scatter the nations who delight in war.
34Proclaim the power of God, whose majesty is over Israel, whose power is in the heavens.
4Those who hate me without reason outnumber the hairs of my head; many are my enemies without cause, those who seek to destroy me. I am forced to restore what I did not steal.
5You, God, know my folly; my guilt is not hidden from you.
10When I weep and fast, I must endure scorn;
13But I pray to you, LORD, in the time of your favor; in your great love, O God, answer me with your sure salvation.
14Rescue me from the mire, do not let me sink; deliver me from those who hate me, from the deep waters.
16Answer me, LORD, out of the goodness of your love; in your great mercy turn to me.
25May their place be deserted; let there be no one to dwell in their tents.
28May they be blotted out of the book of life and not be listed with the righteous.
29But as for me, afflicted and in pain— may your salvation, God, protect me.
30I will praise God’s name in song and glorify him with thanksgiving.
32The poor will see and be glad— you who seek God, may your hearts live!
33The LORD hears the needy and does not despise his captive people.
34Let heaven and earth praise him, the seas and all that move in them,
2May those who want to take my life be put to shame and confusion; may all who desire my ruin be turned back in disgrace.
3May those who say to me, “Aha! Aha!” turn back because of their shame.
4But may all who seek you rejoice and be glad in you; may those who long for your saving help always say, “The LORD is great!”
6From birth I have relied on you; you brought me forth from my mother’s womb. I will ever praise you.
7I have become a sign to many; you are my strong refuge.
8My mouth is filled with your praise, declaring your splendor all day long.
14As for me, I will always have hope; I will praise you more and more.
15My mouth will tell of your righteous deeds, of your saving acts all day long— though I know not how to relate them all.
18Even when I am old and gray, do not forsake me, my God, till I declare your power to the next generation, your mighty acts to all who are to come.
20Though 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.
21You will increase my honor and comfort me once more. 24My tongue will tell of your righteous acts all day long, for those who wanted to harm me have been put to shame and confusion.
6May he be like rain falling on a mown field, like showers watering the earth.
8May he rule from sea to sea and from the River
13He will take pity on the weak and the needy and save the needy from death.
14He will rescue them from oppression and violence, for precious is their blood in his sight.
17May his name endure forever; may it continue as long as the sun. Then all nations will be blessed through him,
BOOK III Psalm 73 1A psalm of Asaph. Surely God is good to Israel, to those who are pure in heart.
2But as for me, my feet had almost slipped; I had nearly lost my foothold.
4They have no struggles; their bodies are healthy and strong.
5They are free from common human burdens; they are not plagued by human ills.
9Their mouths lay claim to heaven, and their tongues take possession of the earth.
11They say, “How would God know? Does the Most High know anything?”
12This is what the wicked are like— always free of care, they go on amassing wealth.
16When I tried to understand all this, it troubled me deeply
21When my heart was grieved and my spirit embittered,
24You guide me with your counsel, and afterward you will take me into glory.
25Whom have I in heaven but you? And earth has nothing I desire besides you.
26My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
27Those who are far from you will perish; you destroy all who are unfaithful to you.
4Your foes roared in the place where you met with us; they set up their standards as signs.
13It was you who split open the sea by your power; you broke the heads of the monster in the waters.
21Do not let the oppressed retreat in disgrace; may the poor and needy praise your name.
22Rise up, O God, and defend your cause; remember how fools mock you all day long. 23Do not ignore the clamor of your adversaries, the uproar of your enemies, which rises continually.
3When the earth and all its people quake, it is I who hold its pillars firm.
7It is God who judges: He brings one down, he exalts another. 10who says, “I will cut off the horns of all the wicked, but the horns of the righteous will be lifted up.”
7It is you alone who are to be feared. Who can stand before you when you are angry?
8From heaven you pronounced judgment, and the land feared and was quiet—
9when you, God, rose up to judge, to save all the afflicted of the land.
3I remembered you, God, and I groaned; I meditated, and my spirit grew faint.
5I thought about the former days, the years of long ago;
6I remembered my songs in the night. My heart meditated and my spirit asked:
7“Will the Lord reject forever? Will he never show his favor again?
8Has his unfailing love vanished forever? Has his promise failed for all time?
16The waters saw you, God, the waters saw you and writhed; the very depths were convulsed.
19Your path led through the sea, your way through the mighty waters, though your footprints were not seen. 20You led your people like a flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron.
5He decreed statutes for Jacob and established the law in Israel, which he commanded our ancestors to teach their children,
7Then they would put their trust in God and would not forget his deeds but would keep his commands.
10they did not keep God’s covenant and refused to live by his law.
11They forgot what he had done, the wonders he had shown them.
13He divided the sea and led them through; he made the water stand up like a wall.
19They spoke against God; they said, “Can God really spread a table in the wilderness?
20True, he struck the rock, and water gushed out, streams flowed abundantly, but can he also give us bread? Can he supply meat for his people?”
21When the LORD heard them, he was furious; his fire broke out against Jacob, and his wrath rose against Israel,
23Yet he gave a command to the skies above and opened the doors of the heavens;
24he rained down manna for the people to eat, he gave them the grain of heaven.
25Human beings ate the bread of angels; he sent them all the food they could eat.
26He let loose the east wind from the heavens and by his power made the south wind blow.
31God’s anger rose against them; he put to death the sturdiest among them, cutting down the young men of Israel.
33So he ended their days in futility and their years in terror.
34Whenever God slew them, they would seek him; they eagerly turned to him again.
37their hearts were not loyal to him, they were not faithful to his covenant.
38Yet he was merciful; he forgave their iniquities and did not destroy them. Time after time he restrained his anger and did not stir up his full wrath.
40How often they rebelled against him in the wilderness and grieved him in the wasteland!
43the day he displayed his signs in Egypt, his wonders in the region of Zoan.
44He turned their river into blood; they could not drink from their streams.
45He sent swarms of flies that devoured them, and frogs that devastated them.
46He gave their crops to the grasshopper, their produce to the locust.
55He drove out nations before them and allotted their lands to them as an inheritance; he settled the tribes of Israel in their homes.
59When God heard them, he was furious; he rejected Israel completely.
66He beat back his enemies; he put them to everlasting shame.
69He built his sanctuary like the heights, like the earth that he established forever.
70He chose David his servant and took him from the sheep pens;
71from tending the sheep he brought him to be the shepherd of his people Jacob, of Israel his inheritance. 72And David shepherded them with integrity of heart; with skillful hands he led them.
3They have poured out blood like water all around Jerusalem, and there is no one to bury the dead.
4We are objects of contempt to our neighbors, of scorn and derision to those around us.
5How long, LORD ? Will you be angry forever? How long will your jealousy burn like fire?
7for they have devoured Jacob and devastated his homeland.
8Do not hold against us the sins of past generations; may your mercy come quickly to meet us, for we are in desperate need.
11May the groans of the prisoners come before you; with your strong arm preserve those condemned to die.
2before Ephraim, Benjamin and Manasseh. Awaken your might; come and save us.
4How long, LORD God Almighty, will your anger smolder against the prayers of your people?
6You have made us an object of derision
9You cleared the ground for it, and it took root and filled the land.
13Boars from the forest ravage it, and insects from the fields feed on it.
15the root your right hand has planted, the son
2Begin the music, strike the timbrel, play the melodious harp and lyre.
6“I removed the burden from their shoulders; their hands were set free from the basket.
10I am the LORD your God, who brought you up out of Egypt. Open wide your mouth and I will fill it.
15Those who hate the LORD would cringe before him, and their punishment would last forever.
5“The ‘gods’ know nothing, they understand nothing. They walk about in darkness; all the foundations of the earth are shaken.
7But you will die like mere mortals; you will fall like every other ruler.”
9Do to them as you did to Midian, as you did to Sisera and Jabin at the river Kishon,
11Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb, all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna,
12who said, “Let us take possession of the pasturelands of God.”
13Make them like tumbleweed, my God, like chaff before the wind.
15so pursue them with your tempest and terrify them with your storm.
16Cover their faces with shame, LORD, so that they will seek your name.
17May they ever be ashamed and dismayed; may they perish in disgrace. 18Let them know that you, whose name is the LORD — that you alone are the Most High over all the earth.
9Look on our shield,
11For the LORD God is a sun and shield; the LORD bestows favor and honor; no good thing does he withhold from those whose walk is blameless. 12LORD Almighty, blessed is the one who trusts in you.
Psalm 85
3You set aside all your wrath and turned from your fierce anger.
5Will you be angry with us forever? Will you prolong your anger through all generations?
8I will listen to what God the LORD says; he promises peace to his people, his faithful servants— but let them not turn to folly.
10Love and faithfulness meet together; righteousness and peace kiss each other.
12The LORD will indeed give what is good, and our land will yield its harvest.
2Guard my life, for I am faithful to you; save your servant who trusts in you. You are my God;
6Hear my prayer, LORD ; listen to my cry for mercy.
6The LORD will write in the register of the peoples: “This one was born in Zion.”
2May my prayer come before you; turn your ear to my cry.
4I am counted among those who go down to the pit; I am like one without strength.
5I am set apart with the dead, like the slain who lie in the grave, whom you remember no more, who are cut off from your care.
16Your wrath has swept over me; your terrors have destroyed me.
17All day long they surround me like a flood; they have completely engulfed me. 18You have taken from me friend and neighbor— darkness is my closest friend.
Psalm 89
3You said, “I have made a covenant with my chosen one, I have sworn to David my servant,
10You crushed Rahab like one of the slain; with your strong arm you scattered your enemies.
20I have found David my servant; with my sacred oil I have anointed him.
23I will crush his foes before him and strike down his adversaries.
24My faithful love will be with him, and through my name his horn
26He will call out to me, ‘You are my Father, my God, the Rock my Savior.’
37it will be established forever like the moon, the faithful witness in the sky.”
46How long, LORD ? Will you hide yourself forever? How long will your wrath burn like fire?
48Who can live and not see death, or who can escape the power of the grave? 52Praise be to the LORD forever! Amen and Amen.
5Yet you sweep people away in the sleep of death— they are like the new grass of the morning:
7We are consumed by your anger and terrified by your indignation.
9All our days pass away under your wrath; we finish our years with a moan.
15Make us glad for as many days as you have afflicted us, for as many years as we have seen trouble.
2I will say of the LORD, “He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.”
5You will not fear the terror of night, nor the arrow that flies by day,
6nor the pestilence that stalks in the darkness, nor the plague that destroys at midday.
8You will only observe with your eyes and see the punishment of the wicked.
14“Because he
15He will call on me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble, I will deliver him and honor him.
2proclaiming your love in the morning and your faithfulness at night,
3to the music of the ten-stringed lyre and the melody of the harp.
7that though the wicked spring up like grass and all evildoers flourish, they will be destroyed forever.
10You have exalted my horn
12The righteous will flourish like a palm tree, they will grow like a cedar of Lebanon;
2Your throne was established long ago; you are from all eternity.
4Mightier than the thunder of the great waters, mightier than the breakers of the sea— the LORD on high is mighty. 5Your statutes, LORD, stand firm; holiness adorns your house for endless days.
Psalm 94 1The LORD is a God who avenges. O God who avenges, shine forth.
8Take notice, you senseless ones among the people; you fools, when will you become wise?
11The LORD knows all human plans; he knows that they are futile.
12Blessed is the one you discipline, LORD, the one you teach from your law;
22But the LORD has become my fortress, and my God the rock in whom I take refuge.
Psalm 95 1Come, let us sing for joy to the LORD ; let us shout aloud to the Rock of our salvation.
3For the LORD is the great God, the great King above all gods.
6Come, let us bow down in worship, let us kneel before the LORD our Maker;
2Sing to the LORD, praise his name; proclaim his salvation day after day.
5For all the gods of the nations are idols, but the LORD made the heavens.
7Ascribe to the LORD, all you families of nations, ascribe to the LORD glory and strength.
8Ascribe to the LORD the glory due his name; bring an offering and come into his courts.
10Say among the nations, “The LORD reigns.” The world is firmly established, it cannot be moved; he will judge the peoples with equity. 13Let all creation rejoice before the LORD, for he comes, he comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world in righteousness and the peoples in his faithfulness.
Psalm 97 1The LORD reigns, let the earth be glad; let the distant shores rejoice.
5The mountains melt like wax before the LORD, before the Lord of all the earth.
7All who worship images are put to shame, those who boast in idols— worship him, all you gods!
Psalm 98 1A psalm. Sing to the LORD a new song, for he has done marvelous things; his right hand and his holy arm have worked salvation for him.
2The LORD has made his salvation known and revealed his righteousness to the nations.
4Shout for joy to the LORD, all the earth, burst into jubilant song with music;
7Let the sea resound, and everything in it, the world, and all who live in it.
2Great is the LORD in Zion; he is exalted over all the nations.
5Exalt the LORD our God and worship at his footstool; he is holy.
8LORD our God, you answered them; you were to Israel a forgiving God, though you punished their misdeeds.
Psalm 102
5In my distress I groan aloud and am reduced to skin and bones.
8All day long my enemies taunt me; those who rail against me use my name as a curse.
10because of your great wrath, for you have taken me up and thrown me aside.
13You will arise and have compassion on Zion, for it is time to show favor to her; the appointed time has come.
15The nations will fear the name of the LORD, all the kings of the earth will revere your glory.
20to hear the groans of the prisoners and release those condemned to death.”
21So the name of the LORD will be declared in Zion and his praise in Jerusalem
23In the course of my life
24So I said: “Do not take me away, my God, in the midst of my days; your years go on through all generations.
2Praise the LORD, my soul, and forget not all his benefits—
9He will not always accuse, nor will he harbor his anger forever;
11For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his love for those who fear him;
13As a father has compassion on his children, so the LORD has compassion on those who fear him;
17But from everlasting to everlasting the LORD ’s love is with those who fear him, and his righteousness with their children’s children—
18with those who keep his covenant and remember to obey his precepts.
19The LORD has established his throne in heaven, and his kingdom rules over all.
8they flowed over the mountains, they went down into the valleys, to the place you assigned for them.
14He makes grass grow for the cattle, and plants for people to cultivate— bringing forth food from the earth:
18The high mountains belong to the wild goats; the crags are a refuge for the hyrax.
19He made the moon to mark the seasons, and the sun knows when to go down.
24How many are your works, LORD ! In wisdom you made them all; the earth is full of your creatures.
27All creatures look to you to give them their food at the proper time.
30When you send your Spirit, they are created, and you renew the face of the ground.
2Sing to him, sing praise to him; tell of all his wonderful acts.
5Remember the wonders he has done, his miracles, and the judgments he pronounced,
15“Do not touch my anointed ones; do my prophets no harm.”
16He called down famine on the land and destroyed all their supplies of food;
17and he sent a man before them— Joseph, sold as a slave.
19till what he foretold came to pass, till the word of the LORD proved him true.
20The king sent and released him, the ruler of peoples set him free.
23Then Israel entered Egypt; Jacob resided as a foreigner in the land of Ham.
25whose hearts he turned to hate his people, to conspire against his servants.
26He sent Moses his servant, and Aaron, whom he had chosen.
31He spoke, and there came swarms of flies, and gnats throughout their country.
32He turned their rain into hail, with lightning throughout their land;
33he struck down their vines and fig trees and shattered the trees of their country.
34He spoke, and the locusts came, grasshoppers without number;
39He spread out a cloud as a covering, and a fire to give light at night.
41He opened the rock, and water gushed out; it flowed like a river in the desert.
44he gave them the lands of the nations, and they fell heir to what others had toiled for—
Psalm 106
1Praise the LORD .
6We have sinned, even as our ancestors did; we have done wrong and acted wickedly.
12Then they believed his promises and sang his praise.
13But they soon forgot what he had done and did not wait for his plan to unfold.
17The earth opened up and swallowed Dathan; it buried the company of Abiram.
21They forgot the God who saved them, who had done great things in Egypt,
23So he said he would destroy them— had not Moses, his chosen one, stood in the breach before him to keep his wrath from destroying them.
26So he swore to them with uplifted hand that he would make them fall in the wilderness,
29they aroused the LORD ’s anger by their wicked deeds, and a plague broke out among them.
36They worshiped their idols, which became a snare to them.
38They shed innocent blood, the blood of their sons and daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan, and the land was desecrated by their blood.
42Their enemies oppressed them and subjected them to their power.
43Many times he delivered them, but they were bent on rebellion and they wasted away in their sin.
44Yet he took note of their distress when he heard their cry;
46He caused all who held them captive to show them mercy.
47Save us, LORD our God, and gather us from the nations, that we may give thanks to your holy name and glory in your praise.
3those he gathered from the lands, from east and west, from north and south.
4Some wandered in desert wastelands, finding no way to a city where they could settle.
5They were hungry and thirsty, and their lives ebbed away.
7He led them by a straight way to a city where they could settle.
10Some sat in darkness, in utter darkness, prisoners suffering in iron chains,
12So he subjected them to bitter labor; they stumbled, and there was no one to help.
17Some became fools through their rebellious ways and suffered affliction because of their iniquities.
21Let them give thanks to the LORD for his unfailing love and his wonderful deeds for mankind.
22Let them sacrifice thank offerings and tell of his works with songs of joy.
23Some went out on the sea in ships; they were merchants on the mighty waters.
25For he spoke and stirred up a tempest that lifted high the waves.
28Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and he brought them out of their distress.
29He stilled the storm to a whisper; the waves of the sea
30They were glad when it grew calm, and he guided them to their desired haven.
32Let them exalt him in the assembly of the people and praise him in the council of the elders.
33He turned rivers into a desert, flowing springs into thirsty ground,
34and fruitful land into a salt waste, because of the wickedness of those who lived there.
39Then their numbers decreased, and they were humbled by oppression, calamity and sorrow;
41But he lifted the needy out of their affliction and increased their families like flocks.
42The upright see and rejoice, but all the wicked shut their mouths.
7God has spoken from his sanctuary: “In triumph I will parcel out Shechem and measure off the Valley of Sukkoth.
9Moab is my washbasin, on Edom I toss my sandal; over Philistia I shout in triumph.”
12Give us aid against the enemy, for human help is worthless.
7When he is tried, let him be found guilty, and may his prayers condemn him.
9May his children be fatherless and his wife a widow.
10May his children be wandering beggars; may they be driven
18He wore cursing as his garment; it entered into his body like water, into his bones like oil.
20May this be the LORD ’s payment to my accusers, to those who speak evil of me.
21But you, Sovereign LORD, help me for your name’s sake; out of the goodness of your love, deliver me.
26Help me, LORD my God; save me according to your unfailing love.
28While they curse, may you bless; may those who attack me be put to shame, but may your servant rejoice.
29May my accusers be clothed with disgrace and wrapped in shame as in a cloak. 31For he stands at the right hand of the needy, to save their lives from those who would condemn them.
Psalm 110
1Of David. A psalm. The LORD says to my lord:
2The LORD will extend your mighty scepter from Zion, saying, “Rule in the midst of your enemies!”
7He will drink from a brook along the way,
6He has shown his people the power of his works, giving them the lands of other nations.
8They are established for ever and ever, enacted in faithfulness and uprightness. 10The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom; all who follow his precepts have good understanding. To him belongs eternal praise.
5Good will come to those who are generous and lend freely, who conduct their affairs with justice.
8Their hearts are secure, they will have no fear; in the end they will look in triumph on their foes.
9They have freely scattered their gifts to the poor, their righteousness endures forever; their horn
7He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap; 9He settles the childless woman in her home as a happy mother of children. Praise the LORD .
Psalm 114 1When Israel came out of Egypt, Jacob from a people of foreign tongue,
2Judah became God’s sanctuary, Israel his dominion.
3The sea looked and fled, the Jordan turned back;
4the mountains leaped like rams, the hills like lambs.
7Tremble, earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob,
3Our God is in heaven; he does whatever pleases him.
5They have mouths, but cannot speak, eyes, but cannot see.
9All you Israelites, trust in the LORD — he is their help and shield.
13he will bless those who fear the LORD — small and great alike.
Psalm 116 1I love the LORD, for he heard my voice; he heard my cry for mercy.
2Because he turned his ear to me, I will call on him as long as I live.
4Then I called on the name of the LORD : “ LORD, save me!”
6The LORD protects the unwary; when I was brought low, he saved me.
9that I may walk before the LORD in the land of the living.
10I trusted in the LORD when I said, “I am greatly afflicted”;
11in my alarm I said, “Everyone is a liar.”
12What shall I return to the LORD for all his goodness to me?
13I will lift up the cup of salvation and call on the name of the LORD .
15Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his faithful servants.
16Truly I am your servant, LORD ; I serve you just as my mother did; you have freed me from my chains.
Psalm 117 1Praise the LORD, all you nations; extol him, all you peoples.
Psalm 118 1Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his love endures forever.
2Let Israel say: “His love endures forever.”
6The LORD is with me; I will not be afraid. What can mere mortals do to me?
7The LORD is with me; he is my helper. I look in triumph on my enemies.