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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!”
3Your troops will be willing on your day of battle. Arrayed in holy splendor, your young men will come to you like dew from the morning’s womb.
4The LORD has sworn and will not change his mind: “You are a priest forever, in the order of Melchizedek.”
7He will drink from a brook along the way,
Psalm 111
3Glorious and majestic are his deeds, and his righteousness endures forever.
5He provides food for those who fear him; he remembers his covenant forever.
6He has shown his people the power of his works, giving them the lands of other nations.
7The works of his hands are faithful and just; all his precepts are trustworthy.
8They are established for ever and ever, enacted in faithfulness and uprightness.
9He provided redemption for his people; he ordained his covenant forever— holy and awesome is his name. 10The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom; all who follow his precepts have good understanding. To him belongs eternal praise.
2Their children will be mighty in the land; the generation of the upright will be blessed.
4Even in darkness light dawns for the upright, for those who are gracious and compassionate and righteous.
5Good will come to those who are generous and lend freely, who conduct their affairs with justice.
6Surely the righteous will never be shaken; they will be remembered forever.
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
Psalm 113
1Praise the LORD .
3From the rising of the sun to the place where it sets, the name of the LORD is to be praised.
4The LORD is exalted over all the nations, his glory above the heavens.
5Who is like the LORD our God, the One who sits enthroned on high,
6who stoops down to look on the heavens and the earth?
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.
6Why, mountains, did you leap like rams, you hills, like lambs?
7Tremble, earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob, 8who turned the rock into a pool, the hard rock into springs of water.
Psalm 115 1Not to us, LORD, not to us but to your name be the glory, because of your love and faithfulness.
2Why do the nations say, “Where is their God?”
3Our God is in heaven; he does whatever pleases him.
4But their idols are silver and gold, made by human hands.
5They have mouths, but cannot speak, eyes, but cannot see.
7They have hands, but cannot feel, feet, but cannot walk, nor can they utter a sound with their throats.
8Those who make them will be like them, and so will all who trust in them.
9All you Israelites, trust in the LORD — he is their help and shield.
10House of Aaron, trust in the LORD — he is their help and shield.
11You who fear him, trust in the LORD — he is their help and shield.
13he will bless those who fear the LORD — small and great alike.
14May the LORD cause you to flourish, both you and your children.
17It is not the dead who praise the LORD, those who go down to the place of silence;
18it is we who extol the LORD, both now and forevermore. Praise the LORD .
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.
3The cords of death entangled me, the anguish of the grave came over me; I was overcome by distress and sorrow.
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.
7Return to your rest, my soul, for the LORD has been good to you.
8For you, LORD, have delivered me from death, my eyes from tears, my feet from stumbling,
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 .
14I will fulfill my vows to the LORD in the presence of all his people.
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.
17I will sacrifice a thank offering to you and call on the name of the LORD .
18I will fulfill my vows to the LORD in the presence of all his people,
19in the courts of the house of the LORD — in your midst, Jerusalem. Praise the LORD .
Psalm 117
1Praise the LORD, all you nations; extol him, all you peoples.
2For great is his love toward us, and the faithfulness of the LORD endures forever. Praise the LORD .
Psalm 118 1Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his love endures forever.
2Let Israel say: “His love endures forever.”
3Let the house of Aaron say: “His love endures forever.”
4Let those who fear the LORD say: “His love endures forever.”
5When hard pressed, I cried to the LORD ; he brought me into a spacious place.
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.
8It is better to take refuge in the LORD than to trust in humans.
9It is better to take refuge in the LORD than to trust in princes.
10All the nations surrounded me, but in the name of the LORD I cut them down.
11They surrounded me on every side, but in the name of the LORD I cut them down.
14The LORD is my strength and my defense
15Shouts of joy and victory resound in the tents of the righteous: “The LORD ’s right hand has done mighty things!
16The LORD ’s right hand is lifted high; the LORD ’s right hand has done mighty things!”
17I will not die but live, and will proclaim what the LORD has done.
18The LORD has chastened me severely, but he has not given me over to death.
19Open for me the gates of the righteous; I will enter and give thanks to the LORD .
20This is the gate of the LORD through which the righteous may enter.
21I will give you thanks, for you answered me; you have become my salvation.
22The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone;
23the LORD has done this, and it is marvelous in our eyes.
24The LORD has done it this very day; let us rejoice today and be glad.
26Blessed is he who comes in the name of the LORD . From the house of the LORD we bless you.
27The LORD is God, and he has made his light shine on us. With boughs in hand, join in the festal procession up
Psalm 119
2Blessed are those who keep his statutes and seek him with all their heart—
3they do no wrong but follow his ways.
4You have laid down precepts that are to be fully obeyed.
5Oh, that my ways were steadfast in obeying your decrees!
7I will praise you with an upright heart as I learn your righteous laws.
8I will obey your decrees; do not utterly forsake me. ב Beth
9How can a young person stay on the path of purity? By living according to your word.
10I seek you with all my heart; do not let me stray from your commands.
11I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you.
12Praise be to you, LORD ; teach me your decrees.
13With my lips I recount all the laws that come from your mouth.
14I rejoice in following your statutes as one rejoices in great riches.
15I meditate on your precepts and consider your ways.
17Be good to your servant while I live, that I may obey your word.
19I am a stranger on earth; do not hide your commands from me.
20My soul is consumed with longing for your laws at all times.
21You rebuke the arrogant, who are accursed, those who stray from your commands.
22Remove from me their scorn and contempt, for I keep your statutes.
23Though rulers sit together and slander me, your servant will meditate on your decrees.
26I gave an account of my ways and you answered me; teach me your decrees.
28My soul is weary with sorrow; strengthen me according to your word.
30I have chosen the way of faithfulness; I have set my heart on your laws.
31I hold fast to your statutes, LORD ; do not let me be put to shame.
32I run in the path of your commands, for you have broadened my understanding. ה He
33Teach me, LORD, the way of your decrees, that I may follow it to the end.
34Give me understanding, so that I may keep your law and obey it with all my heart.
35Direct me in the path of your commands, for there I find delight.
36Turn my heart toward your statutes and not toward selfish gain.
37Turn my eyes away from worthless things; preserve my life according to your word.
38Fulfill your promise to your servant, so that you may be feared.
39Take away the disgrace I dread, for your laws are good.
40How I long for your precepts! In your righteousness preserve my life. ו Waw
41May your unfailing love come to me, LORD, your salvation, according to your promise;
42then I can answer anyone who taunts me, for I trust in your word.
43Never take your word of truth from my mouth, for I have put my hope in your laws.
44I will always obey your law, for ever and ever.
46I will speak of your statutes before kings and will not be put to shame,
47for I delight in your commands because I love them.
48I reach out for your commands, which I love, that I may meditate on your decrees. ז Zayin
49Remember your word to your servant, for you have given me hope.
50My comfort in my suffering is this: Your promise preserves my life.
51The arrogant mock me unmercifully, but I do not turn from your law.
53Indignation grips me because of the wicked, who have forsaken your law.
54Your decrees are the theme of my song wherever I lodge.
55In the night, LORD, I remember your name, that I may keep your law.
56This has been my practice: I obey your precepts. ח Heth
57You are my portion, LORD ; I have promised to obey your words.
58I have sought your face with all my heart; be gracious to me according to your promise.
61Though the wicked bind me with ropes, I will not forget your law.
62At midnight I rise to give you thanks for your righteous laws.
63I am a friend to all who fear you, to all who follow your precepts.
64The earth is filled with your love, LORD ; teach me your decrees. ט Teth
65Do good to your servant according to your word, LORD .
67Before I was afflicted I went astray, but now I obey your word.
68You are good, and what you do is good; teach me your decrees.
69Though the arrogant have smeared me with lies, I keep your precepts with all my heart.
71It was good for me to be afflicted so that I might learn your decrees.
72The law from your mouth is more precious to me than thousands of pieces of silver and gold. י Yodh
73Your hands made me and formed me; give me understanding to learn your commands.
74May those who fear you rejoice when they see me, for I have put my hope in your word.
75I know, LORD, that your laws are righteous, and that in faithfulness you have afflicted me.
76May your unfailing love be my comfort, according to your promise to your servant.
77Let your compassion come to me that I may live, for your law is my delight.
78May the arrogant be put to shame for wronging me without cause; but I will meditate on your precepts.
79May those who fear you turn to me, those who understand your statutes.
80May I wholeheartedly follow your decrees, that I may not be put to shame. כ Kaph
81My soul faints with longing for your salvation, but I have put my hope in your word.
82My eyes fail, looking for your promise; I say, “When will you comfort me?”
83Though I am like a wineskin in the smoke, I do not forget your decrees.
86All your commands are trustworthy; help me, for I am being persecuted without cause.
87They almost wiped me from the earth, but I have not forsaken your precepts.
88In your unfailing love preserve my life, that I may obey the statutes of your mouth. ל Lamedh
89Your word, LORD, is eternal; it stands firm in the heavens.
90Your faithfulness continues through all generations; you established the earth, and it endures.
91Your laws endure to this day, for all things serve you.
92If your law had not been my delight, I would have perished in my affliction.
93I will never forget your precepts, for by them you have preserved my life.
94Save me, for I am yours; I have sought out your precepts.
95The wicked are waiting to destroy me, but I will ponder your statutes.
96To all perfection I see a limit, but your commands are boundless. מ Mem
97Oh, how I love your law! I meditate on it all day long.
98Your commands are always with me and make me wiser than my enemies.
100I have more understanding than the elders, for I obey your precepts.
101I have kept my feet from every evil path so that I might obey your word.
102I have not departed from your laws, for you yourself have taught me.
103How sweet are your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth!
104I gain understanding from your precepts; therefore I hate every wrong path. נ Nun
105Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path.
106I have taken an oath and confirmed it, that I will follow your righteous laws.
107I have suffered much; preserve my life, LORD, according to your word.
108Accept, LORD, the willing praise of my mouth, and teach me your laws.
109Though I constantly take my life in my hands, I will not forget your law.
110The wicked have set a snare for me, but I have not strayed from your precepts.
111Your statutes are my heritage forever; they are the joy of my heart.
112My heart is set on keeping your decrees to the very end.
113I hate double-minded people, but I love your law.
114You are my refuge and my shield; I have put my hope in your word.
115Away from me, you evildoers, that I may keep the commands of my God!
116Sustain me, my God, according to your promise, and I will live; do not let my hopes be dashed.
117Uphold me, and I will be delivered; I will always have regard for your decrees.
118You reject all who stray from your decrees, for their delusions come to nothing.
119All the wicked of the earth you discard like dross; therefore I love your statutes.
120My flesh trembles in fear of you; I stand in awe of your laws. ע Ayin
121I have done what is righteous and just; do not leave me to my oppressors.
122Ensure your servant’s well-being; do not let the arrogant oppress me.
124Deal with your servant according to your love and teach me your decrees.
126It is time for you to act, LORD ; your law is being broken.
127Because I love your commands more than gold, more than pure gold,
128and because I consider all your precepts right, I hate every wrong path. פ Pe
129Your statutes are wonderful; therefore I obey them.
130The unfolding of your words gives light; it gives understanding to the simple.
133Direct my footsteps according to your word; let no sin rule over me.
134Redeem me from human oppression, that I may obey your precepts.
135Make your face shine on your servant and teach me your decrees.
138The statutes you have laid down are righteous; they are fully trustworthy.
140Your promises have been thoroughly tested, and your servant loves them.
141Though I am lowly and despised, I do not forget your precepts.
142Your righteousness is everlasting and your law is true.
143Trouble and distress have come upon me, but your commands give me delight.
145I call with all my heart; answer me, LORD, and I will obey your decrees.
146I call out to you; save me and I will keep your statutes.
147I rise before dawn and cry for help; I have put my hope in your word.
148My eyes stay open through the watches of the night, that I may meditate on your promises.
149Hear my voice in accordance with your love; preserve my life, LORD, according to your laws.
150Those who devise wicked schemes are near, but they are far from your law.
151Yet you are near, LORD, and all your commands are true.
152Long ago I learned from your statutes that you established them to last forever. ר Resh
153Look on my suffering and deliver me, for I have not forgotten your law.
154Defend my cause and redeem me; preserve my life according to your promise.
155Salvation is far from the wicked, for they do not seek out your decrees.
156Your compassion, LORD, is great; preserve my life according to your laws.
157Many are the foes who persecute me, but I have not turned from your statutes.
159See how I love your precepts; preserve my life, LORD, in accordance with your love.
160All your words are true; all your righteous laws are eternal. ש Sin and Shin
161Rulers persecute me without cause, but my heart trembles at your word.
162I rejoice in your promise like one who finds great spoil.
163I hate and detest falsehood but I love your law.
164Seven times a day I praise you for your righteous laws.
165Great peace have those who love your law, and nothing can make them stumble.
167I obey your statutes, for I love them greatly.
168I obey your precepts and your statutes, for all my ways are known to you. ת Taw
169May my cry come before you, LORD ; give me understanding according to your word.
170May my supplication come before you; deliver me according to your promise.
172May my tongue sing of your word, for all your commands are righteous.
174I long for your salvation, LORD, and your law gives me delight.
175Let me live that I may praise you, and may your laws sustain me. 176I have strayed like a lost sheep. Seek your servant, for I have not forgotten your commands.
Psalm 120 1A song of ascents. I call on the LORD in my distress, and he answers me.
3What will he do to you, and what more besides, you deceitful tongue?
4He will punish you with a warrior’s sharp arrows, with burning coals of the broom bush.
5Woe to me that I dwell in Meshek, that I live among the tents of Kedar!
6Too long have I lived among those who hate peace. 7I am for peace; but when I speak, they are for war.
Psalm 121 1A song of ascents. I lift up my eyes to the mountains— where does my help come from?
3He will not let your foot slip— he who watches over you will not slumber;
5The LORD watches over you— the LORD is your shade at your right hand;
6the sun will not harm you by day, nor the moon by night.
7The LORD will keep you from all harm— he will watch over your life; 8the LORD will watch over your coming and going both now and forevermore.
2Our feet are standing in your gates, Jerusalem.
3Jerusalem is built like a city that is closely compacted together.
4That is where the tribes go up— the tribes of the LORD — to praise the name of the LORD according to the statute given to Israel.
5There stand the thrones for judgment, the thrones of the house of David.
7May there be peace within your walls and security within your citadels.”
8For the sake of my family and friends, I will say, “Peace be within you.” 9For the sake of the house of the LORD our God, I will seek your prosperity.
3Have mercy on us, LORD, have mercy on us, for we have endured no end of contempt. 4We have endured no end of ridicule from the arrogant, of contempt from the proud.
2if the LORD had not been on our side when people attacked us,
4the flood would have engulfed us, the torrent would have swept over us,
5the raging waters would have swept us away.
6Praise be to the LORD, who has not let us be torn by their teeth.
7We have escaped like a bird from the fowler’s snare; the snare has been broken, and we have escaped. 8Our help is in the name of the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth.
Psalm 125 1A song of ascents. Those who trust in the LORD are like Mount Zion, which cannot be shaken but endures forever.
2As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the LORD surrounds his people both now and forevermore.
4LORD, do good to those who are good, to those who are upright in heart. 5But those who turn to crooked ways the LORD will banish with the evildoers. Peace be on Israel.
Psalm 126
1A song of ascents. When the LORD restored the fortunes of
3The LORD has done great things for us, and we are filled with joy.
5Those who sow with tears will reap with songs of joy. 6Those who go out weeping, carrying seed to sow, will return with songs of joy, carrying sheaves with them.
Psalm 127 1A song of ascents. Of Solomon. Unless the LORD builds the house, the builders labor in vain. Unless the LORD watches over the city, the guards stand watch in vain.
2In vain you rise early and stay up late, toiling for food to eat— for he grants sleep to
3Children are a heritage from the LORD, offspring a reward from him.
4Like arrows in the hands of a warrior are children born in one’s youth.
Psalm 128 1A song of ascents. Blessed are all who fear the LORD, who walk in obedience to him.
2You will eat the fruit of your labor; blessings and prosperity will be yours.
3Your wife will be like a fruitful vine within your house; your children will be like olive shoots around your table.
4Yes, this will be the blessing for the man who fears the LORD .
2“they have greatly oppressed me from my youth, but they have not gained the victory over me.
3Plowmen have plowed my back and made their furrows long.
4But the LORD is righteous; he has cut me free from the cords of the wicked.”
5May all who hate Zion be turned back in shame.
6May they be like grass on the roof, which withers before it can grow;
7a reaper cannot fill his hands with it, nor one who gathers fill his arms. 8May those who pass by not say to them, “The blessing of the LORD be on you; we bless you in the name of the LORD .”
Psalm 130 1A song of ascents. Out of the depths I cry to you, LORD ;
2Lord, hear my voice. Let your ears be attentive to my cry for mercy.
3If you, LORD, kept a record of sins, Lord, who could stand?
4But with you there is forgiveness, so that we can, with reverence, serve you.
5I wait for the LORD, my whole being waits, and in his word I put my hope.
6I wait for the Lord more than watchmen wait for the morning, more than watchmen wait for the morning.
7Israel, put your hope in the LORD, for with the LORD is unfailing love and with him is full redemption. 8He himself will redeem Israel from all their sins.
Psalm 131 1A song of ascents. Of David. My heart is not proud, LORD, my eyes are not haughty; I do not concern myself with great matters or things too wonderful for me.
2But I have calmed and quieted myself, I am like a weaned child with its mother; like a weaned child I am content. 3Israel, put your hope in the LORD both now and forevermore.
2He swore an oath to the LORD, he made a vow to the Mighty One of Jacob:
3“I will not enter my house or go to my bed,
4I will allow no sleep to my eyes or slumber to my eyelids,
5till I find a place for the LORD, a dwelling for the Mighty One of Jacob.”
8‘Arise, LORD, and come to your resting place, you and the ark of your might.
10For the sake of your servant David, do not reject your anointed one.
11The LORD swore an oath to David, a sure oath he will not revoke: “One of your own descendants I will place on your throne.
12If your sons keep my covenant and the statutes I teach them, then their sons will sit on your throne for ever and ever.”
14“This is my resting place for ever and ever; here I will sit enthroned, for I have desired it.
15I will bless her with abundant provisions; her poor I will satisfy with food.
17“Here I will make a horn
Psalm 133 1A song of ascents. Of David. How good and pleasant it is when God’s people live together in unity!
2It is like precious oil poured on the head, running down on the beard, running down on Aaron’s beard, down on the collar of his robe. 3It is as if the dew of Hermon were falling on Mount Zion. For there the LORD bestows his blessing, even life forevermore.
Psalm 134 1A song of ascents. Praise the LORD, all you servants of the LORD who minister by night in the house of the LORD .
2Lift up your hands in the sanctuary and praise the LORD . 3May the LORD bless you from Zion, he who is the Maker of heaven and earth.
2you who minister in the house of the LORD, in the courts of the house of our God.
3Praise the LORD, for the LORD is good; sing praise to his name, for that is pleasant.
4For the LORD has chosen Jacob to be his own, Israel to be his treasured possession.
5I know that the LORD is great, that our Lord is greater than all gods.
6The LORD does whatever pleases him, in the heavens and on the earth, in the seas and all their depths.
8He struck down the firstborn of Egypt, the firstborn of people and animals.
9He sent his signs and wonders into your midst, Egypt, against Pharaoh and all his servants.
10He struck down many nations and killed mighty kings—
11Sihon king of the Amorites, Og king of Bashan, and all the kings of Canaan—
12and he gave their land as an inheritance, an inheritance to his people Israel.
13Your name, LORD, endures forever, your renown, LORD, through all generations.
14For the LORD will vindicate his people and have compassion on his servants.
15The idols of the nations are silver and gold, made by human hands.
16They have mouths, but cannot speak, eyes, but cannot see.
17They have ears, but cannot hear, nor is there breath in their mouths.
18Those who make them will be like them, and so will all who trust in them.
19All you Israelites, praise the LORD ; house of Aaron, praise the LORD ;
20house of Levi, praise the LORD ; you who fear him, praise the LORD .
Psalm 136 1Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good. His love endures forever.
2Give thanks to the God of gods. His love endures forever.
3Give thanks to the Lord of lords: His love endures forever.
4to him who alone does great wonders, His love endures forever.
5who by his understanding made the heavens, His love endures forever.
6who spread out the earth upon the waters, His love endures forever.
7who made the great lights— His love endures forever.
8the sun to govern the day, His love endures forever.
9the moon and stars to govern the night; His love endures forever.
10to him who struck down the firstborn of Egypt His love endures forever.
12with a mighty hand and outstretched arm; His love endures forever.
14and brought Israel through the midst of it, His love endures forever.
15but swept Pharaoh and his army into the Red Sea; His love endures forever.
17to him who struck down great kings, His love endures forever.
18and killed mighty kings— His love endures forever.
19Sihon king of the Amorites His love endures forever.
20and Og king of Bashan— His love endures forever.
21and gave their land as an inheritance, His love endures forever.
22an inheritance to his servant Israel. His love endures forever.
23He remembered us in our low estate His love endures forever.
24and freed us from our enemies. His love endures forever.
2There on the poplars we hung our harps,
3for there our captors asked us for songs, our tormentors demanded songs of joy; they said, “Sing us one of the songs of Zion!”
4How can we sing the songs of the LORD while in a foreign land?
5If I forget you, Jerusalem, may my right hand forget its skill.
6May my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth if I do not remember you, if I do not consider Jerusalem my highest joy.
7Remember, LORD, what the Edomites did on the day Jerusalem fell. “Tear it down,” they cried, “tear it down to its foundations!”
8Daughter Babylon, doomed to destruction, happy is the one who repays you according to what you have done to us. 9Happy is the one who seizes your infants and dashes them against the rocks.
Psalm 138 1Of David. I will praise you, LORD, with all my heart; before the “gods” I will sing your praise.
2I will bow down toward your holy temple and will praise your name for your unfailing love and your faithfulness, for you have so exalted your solemn decree that it surpasses your fame.
3When I called, you answered me; you greatly emboldened me.
4May all the kings of the earth praise you, LORD, when they hear what you have decreed.
5May they sing of the ways of the LORD, for the glory of the LORD is great.
6Though the LORD is exalted, he looks kindly on the lowly; though lofty, he sees them from afar.
7Though I walk in the midst of trouble, you preserve my life. You stretch out your hand against the anger of my foes; with your right hand you save me. 8The LORD will vindicate me; your love, LORD, endures forever— do not abandon the works of your hands.
Psalm 139 1For the director of music. Of David. A psalm. You have searched me, LORD, and you know me.
2You know when I sit and when I rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar.
4Before a word is on my tongue you, LORD, know it completely.
6Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain.
8If I go up to the heavens, you are there; if I make my bed in the depths, you are there.
9If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle on the far side of the sea,
10even there your hand will guide me, your right hand will hold me fast.
11If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me and the light become night around me,”
12even the darkness will not be dark to you; the night will shine like the day, for darkness is as light to you.
13For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb.
15My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place, when I was woven together in the depths of the earth.
16Your eyes saw my unformed body; all the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be.
17How precious to me are your thoughts,
18Were I to count them, they would outnumber the grains of sand— when I awake, I am still with you.
19If only you, God, would slay the wicked! Away from me, you who are bloodthirsty!
20They speak of you with evil intent; your adversaries misuse your name.
21Do I not hate those who hate you, LORD, and abhor those who are in rebellion against you?
22I have nothing but hatred for them; I count them my enemies.
23Search me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. 24See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.
Psalm 140
2who devise evil plans in their hearts and stir up war every day.
3They make their tongues as sharp as a serpent’s; the poison of vipers is on their lips.
4Keep me safe, LORD, from the hands of the wicked; protect me from the violent, who devise ways to trip my feet.
5The arrogant have hidden a snare for me; they have spread out the cords of their net and have set traps for me along my path.
6I say to the LORD, “You are my God.” Hear, LORD, my cry for mercy.
7Sovereign LORD, my strong deliverer, you shield my head in the day of battle.
9Those who surround me proudly rear their heads; may the mischief of their lips engulf them.
11May slanderers not be established in the land; may disaster hunt down the violent.
12I know that the LORD secures justice for the poor and upholds the cause of the needy. 13Surely the righteous will praise your name, and the upright will live in your presence.
Psalm 141 1A psalm of David. I call to you, LORD, come quickly to me; hear me when I call to you.
2May my prayer be set before you like incense; may the lifting up of my hands be like the evening sacrifice.
3Set a guard over my mouth, LORD ; keep watch over the door of my lips.
4Do not let my heart be drawn to what is evil so that I take part in wicked deeds along with those who are evildoers; do not let me eat their delicacies.
5Let a righteous man strike me—that is a kindness; let him rebuke me—that is oil on my head. My head will not refuse it, for my prayer will still be against the deeds of evildoers.
6Their rulers will be thrown down from the cliffs, and the wicked will learn that my words were well spoken.
8But my eyes are fixed on you, Sovereign LORD ; in you I take refuge—do not give me over to death.
9Keep me safe from the traps set by evildoers, from the snares they have laid for me. 10Let the wicked fall into their own nets, while I pass by in safety.
Psalm 142
2I pour out before him my complaint; before him I tell my trouble.
3When my spirit grows faint within me, it is you who watch over my way. In the path where I walk people have hidden a snare for me.
4Look and see, there is no one at my right hand; no one is concerned for me. I have no refuge; no one cares for my life.
6Listen to my cry, for I am in desperate need; rescue me from those who pursue me, for they are too strong for me. 7Set me free from my prison, that I may praise your name. Then the righteous will gather about me because of your goodness to me.
Psalm 143 1A psalm of David. LORD, hear my prayer, listen to my cry for mercy; in your faithfulness and righteousness come to my relief.
2Do not bring your servant into judgment, for no one living is righteous before you.
3The enemy pursues me, he crushes me to the ground; he makes me dwell in the darkness like those long dead.
4So my spirit grows faint within me; my heart within me is dismayed.
6I spread out my hands to you; I thirst for you like a parched land.
7Answer me quickly, LORD ; my spirit fails. Do not hide your face from me or I will be like those who go down to the pit.
8Let the morning bring me word of your unfailing love, for I have put my trust in you. Show me the way I should go, for to you I entrust my life.
9Rescue me from my enemies, LORD, for I hide myself in you.
10Teach me to do your will, for you are my God; may your good Spirit lead me on level ground.
11For your name’s sake, LORD, preserve my life; in your righteousness, bring me out of trouble. 12In your unfailing love, silence my enemies; destroy all my foes, for I am your servant.
2He is my loving God and my fortress, my stronghold and my deliverer, my shield, in whom I take refuge, who subdues peoples
3LORD, what are human beings that you care for them, mere mortals that you think of them?
4They are like a breath; their days are like a fleeting shadow.
6Send forth lightning and scatter the enemy; shoot your arrows and rout them.
7Reach down your hand from on high; deliver me and rescue me from the mighty waters, from the hands of foreigners
8whose mouths are full of lies, whose right hands are deceitful.
9I will sing a new song to you, my God; on the ten-stringed lyre I will make music to you,
10to the One who gives victory to kings, who delivers his servant David. From the deadly sword
11deliver me; rescue me from the hands of foreigners whose mouths are full of lies, whose right hands are deceitful.
12Then our sons in their youth will be like well-nurtured plants, and our daughters will be like pillars carved to adorn a palace.
14our oxen will draw heavy loads.
2Every day I will praise you and extol your name for ever and ever.
4One generation commends your works to another; they tell of your mighty acts.
6They tell of the power of your awesome works— and I will proclaim your great deeds.
8The LORD is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and rich in love.
10All your works praise you, LORD ; your faithful people extol you.
12so that all people may know of your mighty acts and the glorious splendor of your kingdom.
13Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and your dominion endures through all generations. The LORD is trustworthy in all he promises and faithful in all he does.
14The LORD upholds all who fall and lifts up all who are bowed down.
15The eyes of all look to you, and you give them their food at the proper time.
16You open your hand and satisfy the desires of every living thing.
18The LORD is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth.
19He fulfills the desires of those who fear him; he hears their cry and saves them.
Psalm 146
1Praise the LORD .
2I will praise the LORD all my life; I will sing praise to my God as long as I live.
3Do not put your trust in princes, in human beings, who cannot save.
4When their spirit departs, they return to the ground; on that very day their plans come to nothing.
5Blessed are those whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the LORD their God.
6He is the Maker of heaven and earth, the sea, and everything in them— he remains faithful forever.
7He upholds the cause of the oppressed and gives food to the hungry. The LORD sets prisoners free,
8the LORD gives sight to the blind, the LORD lifts up those who are bowed down, the LORD loves the righteous.
9The LORD watches over the foreigner and sustains the fatherless and the widow, but he frustrates the ways of the wicked. 10The LORD reigns forever, your God, O Zion, for all generations. Praise the LORD .
Psalm 147
1Praise the LORD .
2The LORD builds up Jerusalem; he gathers the exiles of Israel.
3He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.
4He determines the number of the stars and calls them each by name.
5Great is our Lord and mighty in power; his understanding has no limit.
6The LORD sustains the humble but casts the wicked to the ground.
8He covers the sky with clouds; he supplies the earth with rain and makes grass grow on the hills.
9He provides food for the cattle and for the young ravens when they call.
11the LORD delights in those who fear him, who put their hope in his unfailing love.
14He grants peace to your borders and satisfies you with the finest of wheat.
15He sends his command to the earth; his word runs swiftly.
17He hurls down his hail like pebbles. Who can withstand his icy blast?
19He has revealed his word to Jacob, his laws and decrees to Israel.
20He has done this for no other nation; they do not know his laws.
Psalm 148
1Praise the LORD .
3Praise him, sun and moon; praise him, all you shining stars.
4Praise him, you highest heavens and you waters above the skies.
6and he established them for ever and ever— he issued a decree that will never pass away.
7Praise the LORD from the earth, you great sea creatures and all ocean depths,
8lightning and hail, snow and clouds, stormy winds that do his bidding,
9you mountains and all hills, fruit trees and all cedars,
10wild animals and all cattle, small creatures and flying birds,
11kings of the earth and all nations, you princes and all rulers on earth,
12young men and women, old men and children.
13Let them praise the name of the LORD, for his name alone is exalted; his splendor is above the earth and the heavens.
14And he has raised up for his people a horn,
Psalm 149
1Praise the LORD .
4For the LORD takes delight in his people; he crowns the humble with victory.
5Let his faithful people rejoice in this honor and sing for joy on their beds.
6May the praise of God be in their mouths and a double-edged sword in their hands,
7to inflict vengeance on the nations and punishment on the peoples,
8to bind their kings with fetters, their nobles with shackles of iron, 9to carry out the sentence written against them— this is the glory of all his faithful people. Praise the LORD .
Psalm 150
1Praise the LORD .
2Praise him for his acts of power; praise him for his surpassing greatness.