Psalms:134-140
rsv@Psalms:134:1 @ A Song of Ascents.
rsv@Psalms:134:2 @ Come, bless the LORD, all you servants of the LORD, who stand by night in the house of the LORD!
rsv@Psalms:134:3 @ Lift up your hands to the holy place, and bless the LORD! [ (Psalms strkjv@134:4) May the LORD bless you from Zion, he who made heaven and earth! ]
rsv@Psalms:135:1 @ Praise the LORD. Praise the name of the LORD, give praise, O servants of the LORD,
rsv@Psalms:135:2 @ you that stand in the house of the LORD, in the courts of the house of our God!
rsv@Psalms:135:3 @ Praise the LORD, for the LORD is good; sing to his name, for he is gracious!
rsv@Psalms:135:4 @ For the LORD has chosen Jacob for himself, Israel as his own possession.
rsv@Psalms:135:5 @ For I know that the LORD is great, and that our Lord is above all gods.
rsv@Psalms:135:6 @ Whatever the LORD pleases he does, in heaven and on earth, in the seas and all deeps.
rsv@Psalms:135:7 @ He it is who makes the clouds rise at the end of the earth, who makes lightnings for the rain and brings forth the wind from his storehouses.
rsv@Psalms:135:8 @ He it was who smote the first-born of Egypt, both of man and of beast;
rsv@Psalms:135:9 @ who in thy midst, O Egypt, sent signs and wonders against Pharaoh and all his servants;
rsv@Psalms:135:10 @ who smote many nations and slew mighty kings,
rsv@Psalms:135:11 @ Sihon, king of the Amorites, and Og, king of Bashan, and all the kingdoms of Canaan,
rsv@Psalms:135:12 @ and gave their land as a heritage, a heritage to his people Israel.
rsv@Psalms:135:13 @ Thy name, O LORD, endures for ever, thy renown, O LORD, throughout all ages.
rsv@Psalms:135:14 @ For the LORD will vindicate his people, and have compassion on his servants.
rsv@Psalms:135:15 @ The idols of the nations are silver and gold, the work of men's hands.
rsv@Psalms:135:16 @ They have mouths, but they speak not, they have eyes, but they see not,
rsv@Psalms:135:17 @ they have ears, but they hear not, nor is there any breath in their mouths.
rsv@Psalms:135:18 @ Like them be those who make them!-- yea, every one who trusts in them!
rsv@Psalms:135:19 @ O house of Israel, bless the LORD! O house of Aaron, bless the LORD!
rsv@Psalms:135:20 @ O house of Levi, bless the LORD! You that fear the LORD, bless the LORD!
rsv@Psalms:135:21 @ Blessed be the LORD from Zion, he who dwells in Jerusalem! Praise the LORD!
rsv@Psalms:136:1 @ O give thanks to the LORD, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures for ever.
rsv@Psalms:136:2 @ O give thanks to the God of gods, for his steadfast love endures for ever.
rsv@Psalms:136:3 @ O give thanks to the Lord of lords, for his steadfast love endures for ever;
rsv@Psalms:136:4 @ to him who alone does great wonders, for his steadfast love endures for ever;
rsv@Psalms:136:5 @ to him who by understanding made the heavens, for his steadfast love endures for ever;
rsv@Psalms:136:6 @ to him who spread out the earth upon the waters, for his steadfast love endures for ever;
rsv@Psalms:136:7 @ to him who made the great lights, for his steadfast love endures for ever;
rsv@Psalms:136:8 @ the sun to rule over the day, for his steadfast love endures for ever;
rsv@Psalms:136:9 @ the moon and stars to rule over the night, for his steadfast love endures for ever;
rsv@Psalms:136:10 @ to him who smote the first-born of Egypt, for his steadfast love endures for ever;
rsv@Psalms:136:11 @ and brought Israel out from among them, for his steadfast love endures for ever;
rsv@Psalms:136:12 @ with a strong hand and an outstretched arm, for his steadfast love endures for ever;
rsv@Psalms:136:13 @ to him who divided the Red Sea in sunder, for his steadfast love endures for ever;
rsv@Psalms:136:14 @ and made Israel pass through the midst of it, for his steadfast love endures for ever;
rsv@Psalms:136:15 @ but overthrew Pharaoh and his host in the Red Sea, for his steadfast love endures for ever;
rsv@Psalms:136:16 @ to him who led his people through the wilderness, for his steadfast love endures for ever;
rsv@Psalms:136:17 @ to him who smote great kings, for his steadfast love endures for ever;
rsv@Psalms:136:18 @ and slew famous kings, for his steadfast love endures for ever;
rsv@Psalms:136:19 @ Sihon, king of the Amorites, for his steadfast love endures for ever;
rsv@Psalms:136:20 @ and Og, king of Bashan, for his steadfast love endures for ever;
rsv@Psalms:136:21 @ and gave their land as a heritage, for his steadfast love endures for ever;
rsv@Psalms:136:22 @ a heritage to Israel his servant, for his steadfast love endures for ever.
rsv@Psalms:136:23 @ It is he who remembered us in our low estate, for his steadfast love endures for ever;
rsv@Psalms:136:24 @ and rescued us from our foes, for his steadfast love endures for ever;
rsv@Psalms:136:25 @ he who gives food to all flesh, for his steadfast love endures for ever.
rsv@Psalms:136:26 @ O give thanks to the God of heaven, for his steadfast love endures for ever.
rsv@Psalms:137:1 @ By the waters of Babylon, there we sat down and wept, when we remembered Zion.
rsv@Psalms:137:2 @ On the willows there we hung up our lyres.
rsv@Psalms:137:3 @ For there our captors required of us songs, and our tormentors, mirth, saying, "Sing us one of the songs of Zion!"
rsv@Psalms:137:4 @ How shall we sing the LORD's song in a foreign land?
rsv@Psalms:137:5 @ If I forget you, O Jerusalem, let my right hand wither!
rsv@Psalms:137:6 @ Let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth, if I do not remember you, if I do not set Jerusalem above my highest joy!
rsv@Psalms:137:7 @ Remember, O LORD, against the E'domites the day of Jerusalem, how they said, "Rase it, rase it! Down to its foundations!"
rsv@Psalms:137:8 @ O daughter of Babylon, you devastator! Happy shall he be who requites you with what you have done to us!
rsv@Psalms:137:9 @ Happy shall he be who takes your little ones and dashes them against the rock!
rsv@Psalms:138:1 @ A Psalm of David.
rsv@Psalms:138:2 @ I give thee thanks, O LORD, with my whole heart; before the gods I sing thy praise;
rsv@Psalms:138:3 @ I bow down toward thy holy temple and give thanks to thy name for thy steadfast love and thy faithfulness; for thou hast exalted above everything thy name and thy word.
rsv@Psalms:138:4 @ On the day I called, thou didst answer me, my strength of soul thou didst increase.
rsv@Psalms:138:5 @ All the kings of the earth shall praise thee, O LORD, for they have heard the words of thy mouth;
rsv@Psalms:138:6 @ and they shall sing of the ways of the LORD, for great is the glory of the LORD.
rsv@Psalms:138:7 @ For though the LORD is high, he regards the lowly; but the haughty he knows from afar.
rsv@Psalms:138:8 @ Though I walk in the midst of trouble, thou dost preserve my life; thou dost stretch out thy hand against the wrath of my enemies, and thy right hand delivers me. [ (Psalms strkjv@138:9) The LORD will fulfil his purpose for me; thy steadfast love, O LORD, endures for ever. Do not forsake the work of thy hands. ]
rsv@Psalms:139:1 @ To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.
rsv@Psalms:139:2 @ O LORD, thou hast searched me and known me!
rsv@Psalms:139:3 @ Thou knowest when I sit down and when I rise up; thou discernest my thoughts from afar.
rsv@Psalms:139:4 @ Thou searchest out my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways.
rsv@Psalms:139:5 @ Even before a word is on my tongue, lo, O LORD, thou knowest it altogether.
rsv@Psalms:139:6 @ Thou dost beset me behind and before, and layest thy hand upon me.
rsv@Psalms:139:7 @ Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain it.
rsv@Psalms:139:8 @ Whither shall I go from thy Spirit? Or whither shall I flee from thy presence?
rsv@Psalms:139:9 @ If I ascend to heaven, thou art there! If I make my bed in Sheol, thou art there!
rsv@Psalms:139:10 @ If I take the wings of the morning and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea,
rsv@Psalms:139:11 @ even there thy hand shall lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.
rsv@Psalms:139:12 @ If I say, "Let only darkness cover me, and the light about me be night,"
rsv@Psalms:139:13 @ even the darkness is not dark to thee, the night is bright as the day; for darkness is as light with thee.
rsv@Psalms:139:14 @ For thou didst form my inward parts, thou didst knit me together in my mother's womb.
rsv@Psalms:139:15 @ I praise thee, for thou art fearful and wonderful. Wonderful are thy works! Thou knowest me right well;
rsv@Psalms:139:16 @ my frame was not hidden from thee, when I was being made in secret, intricately wrought in the depths of the earth.
rsv@Psalms:139:17 @ Thy eyes beheld my unformed substance; in thy book were written, every one of them, the days that were formed for me, when as yet there was none of them.
rsv@Psalms:139:18 @ How precious to me are thy thoughts, O God! How vast is the sum of them!
rsv@Psalms:139:19 @ If I would count them, they are more than the sand. When I awake, I am still with thee.
rsv@Psalms:139:20 @ O that thou wouldst slay the wicked, O God, and that men of blood would depart from me,
rsv@Psalms:139:21 @ men who maliciously defy thee, who lift themselves up against thee for evil!
rsv@Psalms:139:22 @ Do I not hate them that hate thee, O LORD? And do I not loathe them that rise up against thee?
rsv@Psalms:139:23 @ I hate them with perfect hatred; I count them my enemies.
rsv@Psalms:139:24 @ Search me, O God, and know my heart! Try me and know my thoughts! [ (Psalms strkjv@139:25) And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting! ]
rsv@Psalms:140:1 @ To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.
rsv@Psalms:140:2 @ Deliver me, O LORD, from evil men; preserve me from violent men,
rsv@Psalms:140:3 @ who plan evil things in their heart, and stir up wars continually.
rsv@Psalms:140:4 @ They make their tongue sharp as a serpent's, and under their lips is the poison of vipers. [Selah]
rsv@Psalms:140:5 @ Guard me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from violent men, who have planned to trip up my feet.
rsv@Psalms:140:6 @ Arrogant men have hidden a trap for me, and with cords they have spread a net, by the wayside they have set snares for me. [Selah]
rsv@Psalms:140:7 @ I say to the LORD, Thou art my God; give ear to the voice of my supplications, O LORD!
rsv@Psalms:140:8 @ O LORD, my Lord, my strong deliverer, thou hast covered my head in the day of battle.
rsv@Psalms:140:9 @ Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked; do not further his evil plot! [Selah]
rsv@Psalms:140:10 @ Those who surround me lift up their head, let the mischief of their lips overwhelm them!
rsv@Psalms:140:11 @ Let burning coals fall upon them! Let them be cast into pits, no more to rise!
rsv@Psalms:140:12 @ Let not the slanderer be established in the land; let evil hunt down the violent man speedily!
rsv@Psalms:140:13 @ I know that the LORD maintains the cause of the afflicted, and executes justice for the needy. [ (Psalms strkjv@140:14) Surely the righteous shall give thanks to thy name; the upright shall dwell in thy presence. ]
rsv@Psalms:141:1 @ A Psalm of David.
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