Psalms:42-72
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To the choirmaster .
A Maskil of the Sons of Korah .
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As a hart longs for flowing streams ,
so longs my soul for thee ,
O God .
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My soul thirsts for God ,
for the living God .
When shall I come and behold the face of God ?
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My tears have been my food day and night ,
while men say to me continually , "
Where is your God ?"
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These things I remember ,
as I pour out my soul :
how I went with the throng ,
and led them in procession to the house of God ,
with glad shouts and songs of thanksgiving ,
a multitude keeping festival .
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Why are you cast down ,
O my soul ,
and why are you disquieted within me ?
Hope in God ;
for I shall again praise him ,
my help
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and my God .
My soul is cast down within me ,
therefore I remember thee from the land of Jordan and of Hermon ,
from Mount Mizar .
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Deep calls to deep at the thunder of thy cataracts ;
all thy waves and thy billows have gone over me .
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By day the LORD commands his steadfast love ;
and at night his song is with me ,
a prayer to the God of my life .
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I say to God ,
my rock : "
Why hast thou forgotten me ?
Why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy ?"
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As with a deadly wound in my body ,
my adversaries taunt me ,
while they say to me continually , "
Where is your God ?" [ (
Psalms strkjv @
42:12 )
Why are you cast down ,
O my soul ,
and why are you disquieted within me ?
Hope in God ;
for I shall again praise him ,
my help and my God . ]
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Vindicate me ,
O God ,
and defend my cause against an ungodly people ;
from deceitful and unjust men deliver me !
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For thou art the God in whom I take refuge ;
why hast thou cast me off ?
Why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy ?
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Oh send out thy light and thy truth ;
let them lead me ,
let them bring me to thy holy hill and to thy dwelling !
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Then I will go to the altar of God ,
to God my exceeding joy ;
and I will praise thee with the lyre ,
O God ,
my God .
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Why are you cast down ,
O my soul ,
and why are you disquieted within me ?
Hope in God ;
for I shall again praise him ,
my help and my God .
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To the choirmaster .
A Maskil of the Sons of Korah .
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We have heard with our ears ,
O God ,
our fathers have told us ,
what deeds thou didst perform in their days ,
in the days of old :
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thou with thy own hand didst drive out the nations ,
but them thou didst plant ;
thou didst afflict the peoples ,
but them thou didst set free ;
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for not by their own sword did they win the land ,
nor did their own arm give them victory ;
but thy right hand ,
and thy arm ,
and the light of thy countenance ;
for thou didst delight in them .
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Thou art my King and my God ,
who ordainest victories for Jacob .
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Through thee we push down our foes ;
through thy name we tread down our assailants .
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For not in my bow do I trust ,
nor can my sword save me .
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But thou hast saved us from our foes ,
and hast put to confusion those who hate us .
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In God we have boasted continually ,
and we will give thanks to thy name for ever . [
Selah ]
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Yet thou hast cast us off and abased us ,
and hast not gone out with our armies .
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Thou hast made us turn back from the foe ;
and our enemies have gotten spoil .
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Thou hast made us like sheep for slaughter ,
and hast scattered us among the nations .
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Thou hast sold thy people for a trifle ,
demanding no high price for them .
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Thou hast made us the taunt of our neighbors ,
the derision and scorn of those about us .
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Thou hast made us a byword among the nations ,
a laughingstock among the peoples .
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All day long my disgrace is before me ,
and shame has covered my face ,
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at the words of the taunters and revilers ,
at the sight of the enemy and the avenger .
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All this has come upon us ,
though we have not forgotten thee ,
or been false to thy covenant .
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Our heart has not turned back ,
nor have our steps departed from thy way ,
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that thou shouldst have broken us in the place of jackals ,
and covered us with deep darkness .
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If we had forgotten the name of our God ,
or spread forth our hands to a strange god ,
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would not God discover this ?
For he knows the secrets of the heart .
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Nay ,
for thy sake we are slain all the day long ,
and accounted as sheep for the slaughter .
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Rouse thyself !
Why sleepest thou ,
O Lord ?
Awake !
Do not cast us off for ever !
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Why dost thou hide thy face ?
Why dost thou forget our affliction and oppression ?
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For our soul is bowed down to the dust ;
our body cleaves to the ground . [ (
Psalms strkjv @
44:27 )
Rise up ,
come to our help !
Deliver us for the sake of thy steadfast love ! ]
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To the choirmaster :
according to Lilies .
A Maskil of the Sons of Korah ;
a love song .
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My heart overflows with a goodly theme ;
I address my verses to the king ;
my tongue is like the pen of a ready scribe .
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You are the fairest of the sons of men ;
grace is poured upon your lips ;
therefore God has blessed you for ever .
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Gird your sword upon your thigh ,
O mighty one ,
in your glory and majesty !
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In your majesty ride forth victoriously for the cause of truth and to defend the right ;
let your right hand teach you dread deeds !
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Your arrows are sharp in the heart of the king '
s enemies ;
the peoples fall under you .
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Your divine throne endures for ever and ever .
Your royal scepter is a scepter of equity ;
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you love righteousness and hate wickedness .
Therefore God ,
your God ,
has anointed you with the oil of gladness above your fellows ;
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your robes are all fragrant with myrrh and aloes and cassia .
From ivory palaces stringed instruments make you glad ;
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daughters of kings are among your ladies of honor ;
at your right hand stands the queen in gold of Ophir .
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Hear ,
O daughter ,
consider ,
and incline your ear ;
forget your people and your father '
s house ;
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and the king will desire your beauty .
Since he is your lord ,
bow to him ;
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the people of Tyre will sue your favor with gifts ,
the richest of the people
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with all kinds of wealth .
The princess is decked in her chamber with gold-woven robes ;
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in many-colored robes she is led to the king ,
with her virgin companions ,
her escort ,
in her train .
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With joy and gladness they are led along as they enter the palace of the king .
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Instead of your fathers shall be your sons ;
you will make them princes in all the earth . [ (
Psalms strkjv @
45:18 )
I will cause your name to be celebrated in all generations ;
therefore the peoples will praise you for ever and ever . ]
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To the choirmaster .
A Psalm of the Sons of Korah .
According to Alamoth .
A Songs .
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God is our refuge and strength ,
a very present help in trouble .
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Therefore we will not fear though the earth should change ,
though the mountains shake in the heart of the sea ;
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though its waters roar and foam ,
though the mountains tremble with its tumult . [
Selah ]
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There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God ,
the holy habitation of the Most High .
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God is in the midst of her ,
she shall not be moved ;
God will help her right early .
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The nations rage ,
the kingdoms totter ;
he utters his voice ,
the earth melts .
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The LORD of hosts is with us ;
the God of Jacob is our refuge . [
Selah ]
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Come ,
behold the works of the LORD ,
how he has wrought desolations in the earth .
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He makes wars cease to the end of the earth ;
he breaks the bow ,
and shatters the spear ,
he burns the chariots with fire !
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Be still ,
and know that I am God .
I am exalted among the nations ,
I am exalted in the earth !" [ (
Psalms strkjv @
46:12 )
The LORD of hosts is with us ;
the God of Jacob is our refuge . [
Selah ] ]
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To the choirmaster .
A Psalm of the Sons of Korah .
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Clap your hands ,
all peoples !
Shout to God with loud songs of joy !
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For the LORD ,
the Most High ,
is terrible ,
a great king over all the earth .
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He subdued peoples under us ,
and nations under our feet .
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He chose our heritage for us ,
the pride of Jacob whom he loves . [
Selah ]
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God has gone up with a shout ,
the LORD with the sound of a trumpet .
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Sing praises to God ,
sing praises !
Sing praises to our King ,
sing praises !
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For God is the king of all the earth ;
sing praises with a psalm !
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God reigns over the nations ;
God sits on his holy throne . [ (
Psalms strkjv @
47:10 )
The princes of the peoples gather as the people of the God of Abraham .
For the shields of the earth belong to God ;
he is highly exalted ! ]
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A Songs .
A Psalm of the Sons of Korah .
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Great is the LORD and greatly to be praised in the city of our God !
His holy mountain ,
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beautiful in elevation ,
is the joy of all the earth ,
Mount Zion ,
in the far north ,
the city of the great King .
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Within her citadels God has shown himself a sure defense .
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For lo ,
the kings assembled ,
they came on together .
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As soon as they saw it ,
they were astounded ,
they were in panic ,
they took to flight ;
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trembling took hold of them there ,
anguish as of a woman in travail .
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By the east wind thou didst shatter the ships of Tarshish .
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As we have heard ,
so have we seen in the city of the LORD of hosts ,
in the city of our God ,
which God establishes for ever . [
Selah ]
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We have thought on thy steadfast love ,
O God ,
in the midst of thy temple .
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As thy name ,
O God ,
so thy praise reaches to the ends of the earth .
Thy right hand is filled with victory ;
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let Mount Zion be glad !
Let the daughters of Judah rejoice because of thy judgments !
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Walk about Zion ,
go round about her ,
number her towers ,
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consider well her ramparts ,
go through her citadels ;
that you may tell the next generation [ (
Psalms strkjv @
48:15 )
that this is God ,
our God for ever and ever .
He will be our guide for ever . ]
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To the choirmaster .
A Psalm of the Sons of Korah .
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Hear this ,
all peoples !
Give ear ,
all inhabitants of the world ,
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both low and high ,
rich and poor together !
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My mouth shall speak wisdom ;
the meditation of my heart shall be understanding .
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I will incline my ear to a proverb ;
I will solve my riddle to the music of the lyre .
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Why should I fear in times of trouble ,
when the iniquity of my persecutors surrounds me ,
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men who trust in their wealth and boast of the abundance of their riches ?
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Truly no man can ransom himself ,
or give to God the price of his life ,
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for the ransom of his life is costly ,
and can never suffice ,
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that he should continue to live on for ever ,
and never see the Pit .
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Yea ,
he shall see that even the wise die ,
the fool and the stupid alike must perish and leave their wealth to others .
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Their graves are their homes for ever ,
their dwelling places to all generations ,
though they named lands their own .
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Man cannot abide in his pomp ,
he is like the beasts that perish .
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This is the fate of those who have foolish confidence ,
the end of those who are pleased with their portion . [
Selah ]
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Like sheep they are appointed for Sheol ;
Death shall be their shepherd ;
straight to the grave they descend ,
and their form shall waste away ;
Sheol shall be their home .
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But God will ransom my soul from the power of Sheol ,
for he will receive me . [
Selah ]
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Be not afraid when one becomes rich ,
when the glory of his house increases .
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For when he dies he will carry nothing away ;
his glory will not go down after him .
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Though ,
while he lives ,
he counts himself happy ,
and though a man gets praise when he does well for himself ,
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he will go to the generation of his fathers ,
who will never more see the light . [ (
Psalms strkjv @
49:21 )
Man cannot abide in his pomp ,
he is like the beasts that perish . ]
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A Psalm of Asaph .
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The Mighty One ,
God the LORD ,
speaks and summons the earth from the rising of the sun to its setting .
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Out of Zion ,
the perfection of beauty ,
God shines forth .
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Our God comes ,
he does not keep silence ,
before him is a devouring fire ,
round about him a mighty tempest .
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He calls to the heavens above and to the earth ,
that he may judge his people :
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Gather to me my faithful ones ,
who made a covenant with me by sacrifice !"
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The heavens declare his righteousness ,
for God himself is judge ! [
Selah ]
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Hear ,
O my people ,
and I will speak ,
O Israel ,
I will testify against you .
I am God ,
your God .
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I do not reprove you for your sacrifices ;
your burnt offerings are continually before me .
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I will accept no bull from your house ,
nor he-goat from your folds .
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For every beast of the forest is mine ,
the cattle on a thousand hills .
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I know all the birds of the air ,
and all that moves in the field is mine .
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If I were hungry ,
I would not tell you ;
for the world and all that is in it is mine .
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Do I eat the flesh of bulls ,
or drink the blood of goats ?
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Offer to God a sacrifice of thanksgiving ,
and pay your vows to the Most High ;
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and call upon me in the day of trouble ;
I will deliver you ,
and you shall glorify me ."
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But to the wicked God says : "
What right have you to recite my statutes ,
or take my covenant on your lips ?
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For you hate discipline ,
and you cast my words behind you .
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If you see a thief ,
you are a friend of his ;
and you keep company with adulterers .
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You give your mouth free rein for evil ,
and your tongue frames deceit .
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You sit and speak against your brother ;
you slander your own mother '
s son .
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These things you have done and I have been silent ;
you thought that I was one like yourself .
But now I rebuke you ,
and lay the charge before you .
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Mark this ,
then ,
you who forget God ,
lest I rend ,
and there be none to deliver ! [ (
Psalms strkjv @
50:24 )
He who brings thanksgiving as his sacrifice honors me ;
to him who orders his way aright I will show the salvation of God !" ]
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To the choirmaster .
A Psalm of David ,
when Nathan the prophet came to him ,
after he had gone in to Bathsheba .
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Have mercy on me ,
O God ,
according to thy steadfast love ;
according to thy abundant mercy blot out my transgressions .
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Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity ,
and cleanse me from my sin !
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For I know my transgressions ,
and my sin is ever before me .
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Against thee ,
thee only ,
have I sinned ,
and done that which is evil in thy sight ,
so that thou art justified in thy sentence and blameless in thy judgment .
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Behold ,
I was brought forth in iniquity ,
and in sin did my mother conceive me .
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Behold ,
thou desirest truth in the inward being ;
therefore teach me wisdom in my secret heart .
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Purge me with hyssop ,
and I shall be clean ;
wash me ,
and I shall be whiter than snow .
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Fill me with joy and gladness ;
let the bones which thou hast broken rejoice .
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Hide thy face from my sins ,
and blot out all my iniquities .
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Create in me a clean heart ,
O God ,
and put a new and right spirit within me .
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Cast me not away from thy presence ,
and take not thy holy Spirit from me .
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Restore to me the joy of thy salvation ,
and uphold me with a willing spirit .
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Then I will teach transgressors thy ways ,
and sinners will return to thee .
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Deliver me from bloodguiltiness ,
O God ,
thou God of my salvation ,
and my tongue will sing aloud of thy deliverance .
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O Lord ,
open thou my lips ,
and my mouth shall show forth thy praise .
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For thou hast no delight in sacrifice ;
were I to give a burnt offering ,
thou wouldst not be pleased .
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The sacrifice acceptable to God is a broken spirit ;
a broken and contrite heart ,
O God ,
thou wilt not despise .
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Do good to Zion in thy good pleasure ;
rebuild the walls of Jerusalem , [ (
Psalms strkjv @
51:20 )
then wilt thou delight in right sacrifices ,
in burnt offerings and whole burnt offerings ;
then bulls will be offered on thy altar . ]
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To the choirmaster .
A Maskil of David ,
when Doeg ,
the Edomite ,
came and told Saul , "
David has come to the house of Ahimelech ."
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Why do you boast ,
O mighty man ,
of mischief done against the godly ?
All the day
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you are plotting destruction .
Your tongue is like a sharp razor ,
you worker of treachery .
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You love evil more than good ,
and lying more than speaking the truth . [
Selah ]
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You love all words that devour ,
O deceitful tongue .
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But God will break you down for ever ;
he will snatch and tear you from your tent ;
he will uproot you from the land of the living . [
Selah ]
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The righteous shall see ,
and fear ,
and shall laugh at him ,
saying ,
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See the man who would not make God his refuge ,
but trusted in the abundance of his riches ,
and sought refuge in his wealth !"
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But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God .
I trust in the steadfast love of God for ever and ever . [ (
Psalms strkjv @
52:10 )
I will thank thee for ever ,
because thou hast done it .
I will proclaim thy name ,
for it is good ,
in the presence of the godly . ]
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To the choirmaster :
according to Mahalath .
A Maskil of David .
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The fool says in his heart , "
There is no God ."
They are corrupt ,
doing abominable iniquity ;
there is none that does good .
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God looks down from heaven upon the sons of men to see if there are any that are wise ,
that seek after God .
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They have all fallen away ;
they are all alike depraved ;
there is none that does good ,
no ,
not one .
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Have those who work evil no understanding ,
who eat up my people as they eat bread ,
and do not call upon God ?
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There they are ,
in great terror ,
in terror such as has not been !
For God will scatter the bones of the ungodly ;
they will be put to shame ,
for God has rejected them . [ (
Psalms strkjv @
53:7 )
O that deliverance for Israel would come from Zion !
When God restores the fortunes of his people ,
Jacob will rejoice and Israel be glad . ]
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To the choirmaster :
with stringed instruments .
A Maskil of David ,
when the Ziphites went and told Saul , "
David is in hiding among us ."
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Save me ,
O God ,
by thy name ,
and vindicate me by thy might .
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Hear my prayer ,
O God ;
give ear to the words of my mouth .
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For insolent men have risen against me ,
ruthless men seek my life ;
they do not set God before them . [
Selah ]
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Behold ,
God is my helper ;
the Lord is the upholder of my life .
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He will requite my enemies with evil ;
in thy faithfulness put an end to them .
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With a freewill offering I will sacrifice to thee ;
I will give thanks to thy name ,
O LORD ,
for it is good . [ (
Psalms strkjv @
54:8 )
For thou hast delivered me from every trouble ,
and my eye has looked in triumph on my enemies . ]
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To the choirmaster :
with stringed instruments .
A Maskil of David .
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Give ear to my prayer ,
O God ;
and hide not thyself from my supplication !
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Attend to me ,
and answer me ;
I am overcome by my trouble .
I am distraught
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by the noise of the enemy ,
because of the oppression of the wicked .
For they bring trouble upon me ,
and in anger they cherish enmity against me .
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My heart is in anguish within me ,
the terrors of death have fallen upon me .
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Fear and trembling come upon me ,
and horror overwhelms me .
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And I say , "
O that I had wings like a dove !
I would fly away and be at rest ;
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yea ,
I would wander afar ,
I would lodge in the wilderness , [
Selah ]
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I would haste to find me a shelter from the raging wind and tempest ."
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Destroy their plans ,
O Lord ,
confuse their tongues ;
for I see violence and strife in the city .
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Day and night they go around it on its walls ;
and mischief and trouble are within it ,
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ruin is in its midst ;
oppression and fraud do not depart from its market place .
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It is not an enemy who taunts me --
then I could bear it ;
it is not an adversary who deals insolently with me --
then I could hide from him .
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But it is you ,
my equal ,
my companion ,
my familiar friend .
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We used to hold sweet converse together ;
within God '
s house we walked in fellowship .
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Let death come upon them ;
let them go down to Sheol alive ;
let them go away in terror into their graves .
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But I call upon God ;
and the LORD will save me .
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Evening and morning and at noon I utter my complaint and moan ,
and he will hear my voice .
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He will deliver my soul in safety from the battle that I wage ,
for many are arrayed against me .
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God will give ear ,
and humble them ,
he who is enthroned from of old ;
because they keep no law ,
and do not fear God . [
Selah ]
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My companion stretched out his hand against his friends ,
he violated his covenant .
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His speech was smoother than butter ,
yet war was in his heart ;
his words were softer than oil ,
yet they were drawn swords .
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Cast your burden on the LORD ,
and he will sustain you ;
he will never permit the righteous to be moved . [ (
Psalms strkjv @
55:24 )
But thou ,
O God ,
wilt cast them down into the lowest pit ;
men of blood and treachery shall not live out half their days .
But I will trust in thee . ]
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To the choirmaster :
according to The Dove on Far-off Terebinths .
A Miktam of David ,
when the Philistines seized him in Gath .
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Be gracious to me ,
O God ,
for men trample upon me ;
all day long foemen oppress me ;
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my enemies trample upon me all day long ,
for many fight against me proudly .
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When I am afraid ,
I put my trust in thee .
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In God ,
whose word I praise ,
in God I trust without a fear .
What can flesh do to me ?
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All day long they seek to injure my cause ;
all their thoughts are against me for evil .
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They band themselves together ,
they lurk ,
they watch my steps .
As they have waited for my life ,
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so recompense them for their crime ;
in wrath cast down the peoples ,
O God !
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Thou hast kept count of my tossings ;
put thou my tears in thy bottle !
Are they not in thy book ?
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Then my enemies will be turned back in the day when I call .
This I know ,
that God is for me .
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In God ,
whose word I praise ,
in the LORD ,
whose word I praise ,
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in God I trust without a fear .
What can man do to me ?
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My vows to thee I must perform ,
O God ;
I will render thank offerings to thee . [ (
Psalms strkjv @
56:14 )
For thou hast delivered my soul from death ,
yea ,
my feet from falling ,
that I may walk before God in the light of life . ]
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To the choirmaster :
according to Do Not Destroy .
A Miktam of David ,
when he fled from Saul ,
in the cave .
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Be merdiful to me ,
O God ,
be merciful to me ,
for in thee my soul takes refuge ;
in the shadow of thy wings I will take refuge ,
till the storms of destruction pass by .
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I cry to God Most High ,
to God who fulfils his purpose for me .
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He will send from heaven and save me ,
he will put to shame those who trample upon me . [
Selah ]
God will send forth his steadfast love and his faithfulness !
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I lie in the midst of lions that greedily devour the sons of men ;
their teeth are spears and arrows ,
their tongues sharp swords .
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Be exalted ,
O God ,
above the heavens !
Let thy glory be over all the earth !
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They set a net for my steps ;
my soul was bowed down .
They dug a pit in my way ,
but they have fallen into it themselves . [
Selah ]
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My heart is steadfast ,
O God ,
my heart is steadfast !
I will sing and make melody !
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Awake ,
my soul !
Awake ,
O harp and lyre !
I will awake the dawn !
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I will give thanks to thee ,
O Lord ,
among the peoples ;
I will sing praises to thee among the nations .
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For thy steadfast love is great to the heavens ,
thy faithfulness to the clouds . [ (
Psalms strkjv @
57:12 )
Be exalted ,
O God ,
above the heavens !
Let thy glory be over all the earth ! ]
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To the choirmaster :
according to Do Not Destroy .
A Miktam of David .
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Do you indeed decree what is right ,
you gods ?
Do you judge the sons of men uprightly ?
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Nay ,
in your hearts you devise wrongs ;
your hands deal out violence on earth .
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The wicked go astray from the womb ,
they err from their birth ,
speaking lies .
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They have venom like the venom of a serpent ,
like the deaf adder that stops its ear ,
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so that it does not hear the voice of charmers or of the cunning enchanter .
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O God ,
break the teeth in their mouths ;
tear out the fangs of the young lions ,
O LORD !
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Let them vanish like water that runs away ;
like grass let them be trodden down and wither .
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Let them be like the snail which dissolves into slime ,
like the untimely birth that never sees the sun .
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Sooner than your pots can feel the heat of thorns ,
whether green or ablaze ,
may he sweep them away !
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The righteous will rejoice when he sees the vengeance ;
he will bathe his feet in the blood of the wicked . [ (
Psalms strkjv @
58:12 )
Men will say , "
Surely there is a reward for the righteous ;
surely there is a God who judges on earth ." ]
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To the choirmaster :
according to Do Not Destroy .
A Miktam of David ,
when Saul sent men to watch his house in order to kill him .
*
Deliver me from my enemies ,
O my God ,
protect me from those who rise up against me ,
*
deliver me from those who work evil ,
and save me from bloodthirsty men .
*
For ,
lo ,
they lie in wait for my life ;
fierce men band themselves against me .
For no transgression or sin of mine ,
O LORD ,
*
for no fault of mine ,
they run and make ready .
Rouse thyself ,
come to my help ,
and see !
*
Thou ,
LORD God of hosts ,
art God of Israel .
Awake to punish all the nations ;
spare none of those who treacherously plot evil . [
Selah ]
*
Each evening they come back ,
howling like dogs and prowling about the city .
*
There they are ,
bellowing with their mouths ,
and snarling with their lips --
for "
Who ,"
they think , "
will hear us ?"
*
But thou ,
O LORD ,
dost laugh at them ;
thou dost hold all the nations in derision .
*
O my Strength ,
I will sing praises to thee ;
for thou ,
O God ,
art my fortress .
*
My God in his steadfast love will meet me ;
my God will let me look in triumph on my enemies .
*
Slay them not ,
lest my people forget ;
make them totter by thy power ,
and bring them down ,
O Lord ,
our shield !
*
For the sin of their mouths ,
the words of their lips ,
let them be trapped in their pride .
For the cursing and lies which they utter ,
*
consume them in wrath ,
consume them till they are no more ,
that men may know that God rules over Jacob to the ends of the earth . [
Selah ]
*
Each evening they come back ,
howling like dogs and prowling about the city .
*
They roam about for food ,
and growl if they do not get their fill .
*
But I will sing of thy might ;
I will sing aloud of thy steadfast love in the morning .
For thou hast been to me a fortress and a refuge in the day of my distress . [ (
Psalms strkjv @
59:18 )
O my Strength ,
I will sing praises to thee ,
for thou ,
O God ,
art my fortress ,
the God who shows me steadfast love . ]
*
To the choirmaster :
according to Shushan Eduth .
A Miktam of David ;
for instruction ;
when he strove with Aram-naharaim and with Aram-zobah ,
and when Joab on his return killed twelve thousand of Edom in the Valley of Salt .
*
O God ,
thou hast rejected us ,
broken our defenses ;
thou hast been angry ;
oh ,
restore us .
*
Thou hast made the land to quake ,
thou hast rent it open ;
repair its breaches ,
for it totters .
*
Thou hast made thy people suffer hard things ;
thou hast given us wine to drink that made us reel .
*
Thou hast set up a banner for those who fear thee ,
to rally to it from the bow . [
Selah ]
*
That thy beloved may be delivered ,
give victory by thy right hand and answer us !
*
God has spoken in his sanctuary : "
With exultation I will divide up Shechem and portion out the Vale of Succoth .
*
Gilead is mine ;
Manas '
seh is mine ;
E '
phraim is my helmet ;
Judah is my scepter .
*
Moab is my washbasin ;
upon Edom I cast my shoe ;
over Philistia I shout in triumph ."
*
Who will bring me to the fortified city ?
Who will lead me to Edom ?
*
Hast thou not rejected us ,
O God ?
Thou dost not go forth ,
O God ,
with our armies .
*
O grant us help against the foe ,
for vain is the help of man ! [ (
Psalms strkjv @
60:13 )
With God we shall do valiantly ;
it is he who will tread down our foes . ]
*
To the choirmaster :
with stringed instruments .
A Psalm of David .
*
Hear my cry ,
O God ,
listen to my prayer ;
*
from the end of the earth I call to thee ,
when my heart is faint .
Lead thou me to the rock that is higher than I ;
*
for thou art my refuge ,
a strong tower against the enemy .
*
Let me dwell in thy tent for ever !
Oh to be safe under the shelter of thy wings ! [
Selah ]
*
For thou ,
O God ,
hast heard my vows ,
thou hast given me the heritage of those who fear thy name .
*
Prolong the life of the king ;
may his years endure to all generations !
*
May he be enthroned for ever before God ;
bid steadfast love and faithfulness watch over him ! [ (
Psalms strkjv @
61:9 )
So will I ever sing praises to thy name ,
as I pay my vows day after day . ]
*
To the choirmaster :
according to Jeduthun .
A Psalm of David .
*
For God alone my soul waits in silence ;
from him comes my salvation .
*
He only is my rock and my salvation ,
my fortress ;
I shall not be greatly moved .
*
How long will you set upon a man to shatter him ,
all of you ,
like a leaning wall ,
a tottering fence ?
*
They only plan to thrust him down from his eminence .
They take pleasure in falsehood .
They bless with their mouths ,
but inwardly they curse . [
Selah ]
*
For God alone my soul waits in silence ,
for my hope is from him .
*
He only is my rock and my salvation ,
my fortress ;
I shall not be shaken .
*
On God rests my deliverance and my honor ;
my mighty rock ,
my refuge is God .
*
Trust in him at all times ,
O people ;
pour out your heart before him ;
God is a refuge for us . [
Selah ]
*
Men of low estate are but a breath ,
men of high estate are a delusion ;
in the balances they go up ;
they are together lighter than a breath .
*
Put no confidence in extortion ,
set no vain hopes on robbery ;
if riches increase ,
set not your heart on them .
*
Once God has spoken ;
twice have I heard this :
that power belongs to God ; [ (
Psalms strkjv @
62:13 )
and that to thee ,
O Lord ,
belongs steadfast love .
For thou dost requite a man according to his work . ]
*
A Psalm of David ,
when he was in the Wilderness of Judah .
*
O God ,
thou art my God ,
I seek thee ,
my soul thirsts for thee ;
my flesh faints for thee ,
as in a dry and weary land where no water is .
*
So I have looked upon thee in the sanctuary ,
beholding thy power and glory .
*
Because thy steadfast love is better than life ,
my lips will praise thee .
*
So I will bless thee as long as I live ;
I will lift up my hands and call on thy name .
*
My soul is feasted as with marrow and fat ,
and my mouth praises thee with joyful lips ,
*
when I think of thee upon my bed ,
and meditate on thee in the watches of the night ;
*
for thou hast been my help ,
and in the shadow of thy wings I sing for joy .
*
My soul clings to thee ;
thy right hand upholds me .
*
But those who seek to destroy my life shall go down into the depths of the earth ;
*
they shall be given over to the power of the sword ,
they shall be prey for jackals . [ (
Psalms strkjv @
63:12 )
But the king shall rejoice in God ;
all who swear by him shall glory ;
for the mouths of liars will be stopped . ]
*
To the choirmaster .
A Psalm of David .
*
Hear my voice ,
O God ,
in my complaint ;
preserve my life from dread of the enemy ,
*
hide me from the secret plots of the wicked ,
from the scheming of evildoers ,
*
who whet their tongues like swords ,
who aim bitter words like arrows ,
*
shooting from ambush at the blameless ,
shooting at him suddenly and without fear .
*
They hold fast to their evil purpose ;
they talk of laying snares secretly ,
thinking , "
Who can see us ?
*
Who can search out our crimes ?
We have thought out a cunningly conceived plot ."
For the inward mind and heart of a man are deep !
*
But God will shoot his arrow at them ;
they will be wounded suddenly .
*
Because of their tongue he will bring them to ruin ;
all who see them will wag their heads .
*
Then all men will fear ;
they will tell what God has wrought ,
and ponder what he has done . [ (
Psalms strkjv @
64:11 )
Let the righteous rejoice in the LORD ,
and take refuge in him !
Let all the upright in heart glory ! ]
*
To the choirmaster .
A Psalm of David .
A Songs .
*
Praise is due to thee ,
O God ,
in Zion ;
and to thee shall vows be performed ,
*
O thou who hearest prayer !
To thee shall all flesh come
*
on account of sins .
When our transgressions prevail over us ,
thou dost forgive them .
*
Blessed is he whom thou dost choose and bring near ,
to dwell in thy courts !
We shall be satisfied with the goodness of thy house ,
thy holy temple !
*
By dread deeds thou dost answer us with deliverance ,
O God of our salvation ,
who art the hope of all the ends of the earth ,
and of the farthest seas ;
*
who by thy strength hast established the mountains ,
being girded with might ;
*
who dost still the roaring of the seas ,
the roaring of their waves ,
the tumult of the peoples ;
*
so that those who dwell at earth '
s farthest bounds are afraid at thy signs ;
thou makest the outgoings of the morning and the evening to shout for joy .
*
Thou visitest the earth and waterest it ,
thou greatly enrichest it ;
the river of God is full of water ;
thou providest their grain ,
for so thou hast prepared it .
*
Thou waterest its furrows abundantly ,
settling its ridges ,
softening it with showers ,
and blessing its growth .
*
Thou crownest the year with thy bounty ;
the tracks of thy chariot drip with fatness .
*
The pastures of the wilderness drip ,
the hills gird themselves with joy , [ (
Psalms strkjv @
65:14 )
the meadows clothe themselves with flocks ,
the valleys deck themselves with grain ,
they shout and sing together for joy . ]
*
To the choirmaster .
A Songs .
A Psalm .
*
Make a joyful noise to God ,
all the earth ;
*
sing the glory of his name ;
give to him glorious praise !
*
Say to God , "
How terrible are thy deeds !
So great is thy power that thy enemies cringe before thee .
*
All the earth worships thee ;
they sing praises to thee ,
sing praises to thy name ." [
Selah ]
*
Come and see what God has done :
he is terrible in his deeds among men .
*
He turned the sea into dry land ;
men passed through the river on foot .
There did we rejoice in him ,
*
who rules by his might for ever ,
whose eyes keep watch on the nations --
let not the rebellious exalt themselves . [
Selah ]
*
Bless our God ,
O peoples ,
let the sound of his praise be heard ,
*
who has kept us among the living ,
and has not let our feet slip .
*
For thou ,
O God ,
hast tested us ;
thou hast tried us as silver is tried .
*
Thou didst bring us into the net ;
thou didst lay affliction on our loins ;
*
thou didst let men ride over our heads ;
we went through fire and through water ;
yet thou hast brought us forth to a spacious place .
*
I will come into thy house with burnt offerings ;
I will pay thee my vows ,
*
that which my lips uttered and my mouth promised when I was in trouble .
*
I will offer to thee burnt offerings of fatlings ,
with the smoke of the sacrifice of rams ;
I will make an offering of bulls and goats . [
Selah ]
*
Come and hear ,
all you who fear God ,
and I will tell what he has done for me .
*
I cried aloud to him ,
and he was extolled with my tongue .
*
If I had cherished iniquity in my heart ,
the Lord would not have listened .
*
But truly God has listened ;
he has given heed to the voice of my prayer . [ (
Psalms strkjv @
66:21 )
Blessed be God ,
because he has not rejected my prayer or removed his steadfast love from me ! ]
*
To the choirmaster :
with stringed instruments .
A Psalm .
A Songs .
*
May God be gracious to us and bless us and make his face to shine upon us , [
Selah ]
*
that thy way may be known upon earth ,
thy saving power among all nations .
*
Let the peoples praise thee ,
O God ;
let all the peoples praise thee !
*
Let the nations be glad and sing for joy ,
for thou dost judge the peoples with equity and guide the nations upon earth . [
Selah ]
*
Let the peoples praise thee ,
O God ;
let all the peoples praise thee !
*
The earth has yielded its increase ;
God ,
our God ,
has blessed us . [ (
Psalms strkjv @
67:8 )
God has blessed us ;
let all the ends of the earth fear him ! ]
*
To the choirmaster .
A Psalm of David .
A Songs .
*
Let God arise ,
let his enemies be scattered ;
let those who hate him flee before him !
*
As smoke is driven away ,
so drive them away ;
as wax melts before fire ,
let the wicked perish before God !
*
But let the righteous be joyful ;
let them exult before God ;
let them be jubilant with joy !
*
Sing to God ,
sing praises to his name ;
lift up a song to him who rides upon the clouds ;
his name is the LORD ,
exult before him !
*
Father of the fatherless and protector of widows is God in his holy habitation .
*
God gives the desolate a home to dwell in ;
he leads out the prisoners to prosperity ;
but the rebellious dwell in a parched land .
*
O God ,
when thou didst go forth before thy people ,
when thou didst march through the wilderness , [
Selah ]
*
the earth quaked ,
the heavens poured down rain ,
at the presence of God ;
yon Sinai quaked at the presence of God ,
the God of Israel .
*
Rain in abundance ,
O God ,
thou didst shed abroad ;
thou didst restore thy heritage as it languished ;
*
thy flock found a dwelling in it ;
in thy goodness ,
O God ,
thou didst provide for the needy .
*
The Lord gives the command ;
great is the host of those who bore the tidings :
* "
The kings of the armies ,
they flee ,
they flee !"
The women at home divide the spoil ,
*
though they stay among the sheepfolds --
the wings of a dove covered with silver ,
its pinions with green gold .
*
When the Almighty scattered kings there ,
snow fell on Zalmon .
*
O mighty mountain ,
mountain of Bashan ;
O many-peaked mountain ,
mountain of Bashan !
*
Why look you with envy ,
O many-peaked mountain ,
at the mount which God desired for his abode ,
yea ,
where the LORD will dwell for ever ?
*
With mighty chariotry ,
twice ten thousand ,
thousands upon thousands ,
the Lord came from Sinai into the holy place .
*
Thou didst ascend the high mount ,
leading captives in thy train ,
and receiving gifts among men ,
even among the rebellious ,
that the LORD God may dwell there .
*
Blessed be the Lord ,
who daily bears us up ;
God is our salvation . [
Selah ]
*
Our God is a God of salvation ;
and to GOD ,
the Lord ,
belongs escape from death .
*
But God will shatter the heads of his enemies ,
the hairy crown of him who walks in his guilty ways .
*
The Lord said , "
I will bring them back from Bashan ,
I will bring them back from the depths of the sea ,
*
that you may bathe your feet in blood ,
that the tongues of your dogs may have their portion from the foe ."
*
Thy solemn processions are seen ,
O God ,
the processions of my God ,
my King ,
into the sanctuary --
*
the singers in front ,
the minstrels last ,
between them maidens playing timbrels :
* "
Bless God in the great congregation ,
the LORD ,
O you who are of Israel '
s fountain !"
*
There is Benjamin ,
the least of them ,
in the lead ,
the princes of Judah in their throng ,
the princes of Zeb '
ulun ,
the princes of Naph '
tali .
*
Summon thy might ,
O God ;
show thy strength ,
O God ,
thou who hast wrought for us .
*
Because of thy temple at Jerusalem kings bear gifts to thee .
*
Rebuke the beasts that dwell among the reeds ,
the herd of bulls with the calves of the peoples .
Trample under foot those who lust after tribute ;
scatter the peoples who delight in war .
*
Let bronze be brought from Egypt ;
let Ethiopia hasten to stretch out her hands to God .
*
Sing to God ,
O kingdoms of the earth ;
sing praises to the Lord , [
Selah ]
*
to him who rides in the heavens ,
the ancient heavens ;
lo ,
he sends forth his voice ,
his mighty voice .
*
Ascribe power to God ,
whose majesty is over Israel ,
and his power is in the skies . [ (
Psalms strkjv @
68:36 )
Terrible is God in his sanctuary ,
the God of Israel ,
he gives power and strength to his people .
Blessed be God ! ]
*
To the choirmaster :
according to Lilies .
A Psalm of David .
*
Save me ,
O God !
For the waters have come up to my neck .
*
I sink in deep mire ,
where there is no foothold ;
I have come into deep waters ,
and the flood sweeps over me .
*
I am weary with my crying ;
my throat is parched .
My eyes grow dim with waiting for my God .
*
More in number than the hairs of my head are those who hate me without cause ;
mighty are those who would destroy me ,
those who attack me with lies .
What I did not steal must I now restore ?
*
O God ,
thou knowest my folly ;
the wrongs I have done are not hidden from thee .
*
Let not those who hope in thee be put to shame through me ,
O Lord GOD of hosts ;
let not those who seek thee be brought to dishonor through me ,
O God of Israel .
*
For it is for thy sake that I have borne reproach ,
that shame has covered my face .
*
I have become a stranger to my brethren ,
an alien to my mother '
s sons .
*
For zeal for thy house has consumed me ,
and the insults of those who insult thee have fallen on me .
*
When I humbled my soul with fasting ,
it became my reproach .
*
When I made sackcloth my clothing ,
I became a byword to them .
*
I am the talk of those who sit in the gate ,
and the drunkards make songs about me .
*
But as for me ,
my prayer is to thee ,
O LORD .
At an acceptable time ,
O God ,
in the abundance of thy steadfast love answer me .
With thy faithful help
*
rescue me from sinking in the mire ;
let me be delivered from my enemies and from the deep waters .
*
Let not the flood sweep over me ,
or the deep swallow me up ,
or the pit close its mouth over me .
*
Answer me ,
O LORD ,
for thy steadfast love is good ;
according to thy abundant mercy ,
turn to me .
*
Hide not thy face from thy servant ;
for I am in distress ,
make haste to answer me .
*
Draw near to me ,
redeem me ,
set me free because of my enemies !
*
Thou knowest my reproach ,
and my shame and my dishonor ;
my foes are all known to thee .
*
Insults have broken my heart ,
so that I am in despair .
I looked for pity ,
but there was none ;
and for comforters ,
but I found none .
*
They gave me poison for food ,
and for my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink .
*
Let their own table before them become a snare ;
let their sacrificial feasts be a trap .
*
Let their eyes be darkened ,
so that they cannot see ;
and make their loins tremble continually .
*
Pour out thy indignation upon them ,
and let thy burning anger overtake them .
*
May their camp be a desolation ,
let no one dwell in their tents .
*
For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten ,
and him whom thou hast wounded ,
they afflict still more .
*
Add to them punishment upon punishment ;
may they have no acquittal from thee .
*
Let them be blotted out of the book of the living ;
let them not be enrolled among the righteous .
*
But I am afflicted and in pain ;
let thy salvation ,
O God ,
set me on high !
*
I will praise the name of God with a song ;
I will magnify him with thanksgiving .
*
This will please the LORD more than an ox or a bull with horns and hoofs .
*
Let the oppressed see it and be glad ;
you who seek God ,
let your hearts revive .
*
For the LORD hears the needy ,
and does not despise his own that are in bonds .
*
Let heaven and earth praise him ,
the seas and everything that moves therein .
*
For God will save Zion and rebuild the cities of Judah ;
and his servants shall dwell there and possess it ; [ (
Psalms strkjv @
69:37 )
the children of his servants shall inherit it ,
and those who love his name shall dwell in it . ]
*
To the choirmaster .
A Psalm of David ,
for the memorial offering .
*
Be pleased ,
O God ,
to deliver me !
O LORD ,
make haste to help me !
*
Let them be put to shame and confusion who seek my life !
Let them be turned back and brought to dishonor who desire my hurt !
*
Let them be appalled because of their shame who say , "
Aha ,
Aha !"
*
May all who seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee !
May those who love thy salvation say evermore , "
God is great !" [ (
Psalms strkjv @
70:6 )
But I am poor and needy ;
hasten to me ,
O God !
Thou art my help and my deliverer ;
O LORD ,
do not tarry ! ]
*
In thee ,
O LORD ,
do I take refuge ;
let me never be put to shame !
*
In thy righteousness deliver me and rescue me ;
incline thy ear to me ,
and save me !
*
Be thou to me a rock of refuge ,
a strong fortress ,
to save me ,
for thou art my rock and my fortress .
*
Rescue me ,
O my God ,
from the hand of the wicked ,
from the grasp of the unjust and cruel man .
*
For thou ,
O Lord ,
art my hope ,
my trust ,
O LORD ,
from my youth .
*
Upon thee I have leaned from my birth ;
thou art he who took me from my mother '
s womb .
My praise is continually of thee .
*
I have been as a portent to many ;
but thou art my strong refuge .
*
My mouth is filled with thy praise ,
and with thy glory all the day .
*
Do not cast me off in the time of old age ;
forsake me not when my strength is spent .
*
For my enemies speak concerning me ,
those who watch for my life consult together ,
*
and say , "
God has forsaken him ;
pursue and seize him ,
for there is none to deliver him ."
*
O God ,
be not far from me ;
O my God ,
make haste to help me !
*
May my accusers be put to shame and consumed ;
with scorn and disgrace may they be covered who seek my hurt .
*
But I will hope continually ,
and will praise thee yet more and more .
*
My mouth will tell of thy righteous acts ,
of thy deeds of salvation all the day ,
for their number is past my knowledge .
*
With the mighty deeds of the Lord GOD I will come ,
I will praise thy righteousness ,
thine alone .
*
O God ,
from my youth thou hast taught me ,
and I still proclaim thy wondrous deeds .
*
So even to old age and gray hairs ,
O God ,
do not forsake me ,
till I proclaim thy might to all the generations to come .
Thy power
*
and thy righteousness ,
O God ,
reach the high heavens .
Thou who hast done great things ,
O God ,
who is like thee ?
*
Thou who hast made me see many sore troubles wilt revive me again ;
from the depths of the earth thou wilt bring me up again .
*
Thou wilt increase my honor ,
and comfort me again .
*
I will also praise thee with the harp for thy faithfulness ,
O my God ;
I will sing praises to thee with the lyre ,
O Holy One of Israel .
*
My lips will shout for joy ,
when I sing praises to thee ;
my soul also ,
which thou hast rescued .
*
And my tongue will talk of thy righteous help all the day long ,
for they have been put to shame and disgraced who sought to do me hurt .
*
A Psalm of Solomon .
*
Give the king thy justice ,
O God ,
and thy righteousness to the royal son !
*
May he judge thy people with righteousness ,
and thy poor with justice !
*
Let the mountains bear prosperity for the people ,
and the hills ,
in righteousness !
*
May he defend the cause of the poor of the people ,
give deliverance to the needy ,
and crush the oppressor !
*
May he live while the sun endures ,
and as long as the moon ,
throughout all generations !
*
May he be like rain that falls on the mown grass ,
like showers that water the earth !
*
In his days may righteousness flourish ,
and peace abound ,
till the moon be no more !
*
May he have dominion from sea to sea ,
and from the River to the ends of the earth !
*
May his foes bow down before him ,
and his enemies lick the dust !
*
May the kings of Tarshish and of the isles render him tribute ,
may the kings of Sheba and Seba bring gifts !
*
May all kings fall down before him ,
all nations serve him !
*
For he delivers the needy when he calls ,
the poor and him who has no helper .
*
He has pity on the weak and the needy ,
and saves the lives of the needy .
*
From oppression and violence he redeems their life ;
and precious is their blood in his sight .
*
Long may he live ,
may gold of Sheba be given to him !
May prayer be made for him continually ,
and blessings invoked for him all the day !
*
May there be abundance of grain in the land ;
on the tops of the mountains may it wave ;
may its fruit be like Lebanon ;
and may men blossom forth from the cities like the grass of the field !
*
May his name endure for ever ,
his fame continue as long as the sun !
May men bless themselves by him ,
all nations call him blessed !
*
Blessed be the LORD ,
the God of Israel ,
who alone does wondrous things .
*
Blessed be his glorious name for ever ;
may his glory fill the whole earth !
Amen and Amen ! [ (
Psalms strkjv @
72:21 )
The prayers of David ,
the son of Jesse ,
are ended . ]
*
A Psalm of Asaph .
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