Category: Psalms

A psalm of David.

1 I will sing of your love and justice,Lord.

I will praise you with songs.

2 I will be careful to live a blameless life—

when will you come to help me?

I will lead a life of integrity

in my own home.

3 I will refuse to look at

anything vile and vulgar.

I hate all who deal crookedly;

I will have nothing to do with them.

4 I will reject perverse ideas

and stay away from every evil.

5 I will not tolerate people who slander their neighbors.

I will not endure conceit and pride.

6 I will search for faithful people

to be my companions.

Only those who are above reproach

will be allowed to serve me.

7 I will not allow deceivers to serve in my house,

and liars will not stay in my presence.

8 My daily task will be to ferret out the wicked

and free the city of theLordfrom their grip.

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A prayer of one overwhelmed with trouble, pouring out problems before the

Lord

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1 Lord, hear my prayer!

Listen to my plea!

2 Don’t turn away from me

in my time of distress.

Bend down to listen,

and answer me quickly when I call to you.

3 For my days disappear like smoke,

and my bones burn like red-hot coals.

4 My heart is sick, withered like grass,

and I have lost my appetite.

5 Because of my groaning,

I am reduced to skin and bones.

6 I am like an owl in the desert,

like a little owl in a far-off wilderness.

7 I lie awake,

lonely as a solitary bird on the roof.

8 My enemies taunt me day after day.

They mock and curse me.

9 I eat ashes for food.

My tears run down into my drink

10 because of your anger and wrath.

For you have picked me up and thrown me out.

11 My life passes as swiftly as the evening shadows.

I am withering away like grass.

12 But you, OLord, will sit on your throne forever.

Your fame will endure to every generation.

13 You will arise and have mercy on Jerusalem—

and now is the time to pity her,

now is the time you promised to help.

14 For your people love every stone in her walls

and cherish even the dust in her streets.

15 Then the nations will tremble before theLord.

The kings of the earth will tremble before his glory.

16 For theLordwill rebuild Jerusalem.

He will appear in his glory.

17 He will listen to the prayers of the destitute.

He will not reject their pleas.

18 Let this be recorded for future generations,

so that a people not yet born will praise theLord.

19 Tell them theLordlooked down

from his heavenly sanctuary.

He looked down to earth from heaven

20 to hear the groans of the prisoners,

to release those condemned to die.

21 And so theLord’s fame will be celebrated in Zion,

his praises in Jerusalem,

22 when multitudes gather together

and kingdoms come to worship theLord.

23 He broke my strength in midlife,

cutting short my days.

24 But I cried to him, “O my God, who lives forever,

don’t take my life while I am so young!

25 Long ago you laid the foundation of the earth

and made the heavens with your hands.

26 They will perish, but you remain forever;

they will wear out like old clothing.

You will change them like a garment

and discard them.

27 But you are always the same;

you will live forever.

28 The children of your people

will live in security.

Their children’s children

will thrive in your presence.”

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A psalm of David.

1 Let all that I am praise theLord;

with my whole heart, I will praise his holy name.

2 Let all that I am praise theLord;

may I never forget the good things he does for me.

3 He forgives all my sins

and heals all my diseases.

4 He redeems me from death

and crowns me with love and tender mercies.

5 He fills my life with good things.

My youth is renewed like the eagle’s!

6 TheLordgives righteousness

and justice to all who are treated unfairly.

7 He revealed his character to Moses

and his deeds to the people of Israel.

8 TheLordis compassionate and merciful,

slow to get angry and filled with unfailing love.

9 He will not constantly accuse us,

nor remain angry forever.

10 He does not punish us for all our sins;

he does not deal harshly with us, as we deserve.

11 For his unfailing love toward those who fear him

is as great as the height of the heavens above the earth.

12 He has removed our sins as far from us

as the east is from the west.

13 TheLordis like a father to his children,

tender and compassionate to those who fear him.

14 For he knows how weak we are;

he remembers we are only dust.

15 Our days on earth are like grass;

like wildflowers, we bloom and die.

16 The wind blows, and we are gone—

as though we had never been here.

17 But the love of theLordremains forever

with those who fear him.

His salvation extends to the children’s children

18 of those who are faithful to his covenant,

of those who obey his commandments!

19 TheLordhas made the heavens his throne;

from there he rules over everything.

20 Praise theLord, you angels,

you mighty ones who carry out his plans,

listening for each of his commands.

21 Yes, praise theLord, you armies of angels

who serve him and do his will!

22 Praise theLord, everything he has created,

everything in all his kingdom.

Let all that I am praise theLord.

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1 Let all that I am praise theLord.

OLordmy God, how great you are!

You are robed with honor and majesty.

2 You are dressed in a robe of light.

You stretch out the starry curtain of the heavens;

3 you lay out the rafters of your home in the rain clouds.

You make the clouds your chariot;

you ride upon the wings of the wind.

4 The winds are your messengers;

flames of fire are your servants.

5 You placed the world on its foundation

so it would never be moved.

6 You clothed the earth with floods of water,

water that covered even the mountains.

7 At your command, the water fled;

at the sound of your thunder, it hurried away.

8 Mountains rose and valleys sank

to the levels you decreed.

9 Then you set a firm boundary for the seas,

so they would never again cover the earth.

10 You make springs pour water into the ravines,

so streams gush down from the mountains.

11 They provide water for all the animals,

and the wild donkeys quench their thirst.

12 The birds nest beside the streams

and sing among the branches of the trees.

13 You send rain on the mountains from your heavenly home,

and you fill the earth with the fruit of your labor.

14 You cause grass to grow for the livestock

and plants for people to use.

You allow them to produce food from the earth—

15 wine to make them glad,

olive oil to soothe their skin,

and bread to give them strength.

16 The trees of theLordare well cared for—

the cedars of Lebanon that he planted.

17 There the birds make their nests,

and the storks make their homes in the cypresses.

18 High in the mountains live the wild goats,

and the rocks form a refuge for the hyraxes.

19 You made the moon to mark the seasons,

and the sun knows when to set.

20 You send the darkness, and it becomes night,

when all the forest animals prowl about.

21 Then the young lions roar for their prey,

stalking the food provided by God.

22 At dawn they slink back

into their dens to rest.

23 Then people go off to their work,

where they labor until evening.

24 OLord, what a variety of things you have made!

In wisdom you have made them all.

The earth is full of your creatures.

25 Here is the ocean, vast and wide,

teeming with life of every kind,

both large and small.

26 See the ships sailing along,

and Leviathan,which you made to play in the sea.

27 They all depend on you

to give them food as they need it.

28 When you supply it, they gather it.

You open your hand to feed them,

and they are richly satisfied.

29 But if you turn away from them, they panic.

When you take away their breath,

they die and turn again to dust.

30 When you give them your breath,life is created,

and you renew the face of the earth.

31 May the glory of theLordcontinue forever!

TheLordtakes pleasure in all he has made!

32 The earth trembles at his glance;

the mountains smoke at his touch.

33 I will sing to theLordas long as I live.

I will praise my God to my last breath!

34 May all my thoughts be pleasing to him,

for I rejoice in theLord.

35 Let all sinners vanish from the face of the earth;

let the wicked disappear forever.

Let all that I am praise theLord.

Praise theLord!

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1 Give thanks to theLordand proclaim his greatness.

Let the whole world know what he has done.

2 Sing to him; yes, sing his praises.

Tell everyone about his wonderful deeds.

3 Exult in his holy name;

rejoice, you who worship theLord.

4 Search for theLordand for his strength;

continually seek him.

5 Remember the wonders he has performed,

his miracles, and the rulings he has given,

6 you children of his servant Abraham,

you descendants of Jacob, his chosen ones.

7 He is theLordour God.

His justice is seen throughout the land.

8 He always stands by his covenant—

the commitment he made to a thousand generations.

9 This is the covenant he made with Abraham

and the oath he swore to Isaac.

10 He confirmed it to Jacob as a decree,

and to the people of Israel as a never-ending covenant:

11 “I will give you the land of Canaan

as your special possession.”

12 He said this when they were few in number,

a tiny group of strangers in Canaan.

13 They wandered from nation to nation,

from one kingdom to another.

14 Yet he did not let anyone oppress them.

He warned kings on their behalf:

15 “Do not touch my chosen people,

and do not hurt my prophets.”

16 He called for a famine on the land of Canaan,

cutting off its food supply.

17 Then he sent someone to Egypt ahead of them—

Joseph, who was sold as a slave.

18 They bruised his feet with fetters

and placed his neck in an iron collar.

19 Until the time came to fulfill his dreams,

theLordtested Joseph’s character.

20 Then Pharaoh sent for him and set him free;

the ruler of the nation opened his prison door.

21 Joseph was put in charge of all the king’s household;

he became ruler over all the king’s possessions.

22 He could instructthe king’s aides as he pleased

and teach the king’s advisers.

23 Then Israel arrived in Egypt;

Jacob lived as a foreigner in the land of Ham.

24 And theLordmultiplied the people of Israel

until they became too mighty for their enemies.

25 Then he turned the Egyptians against the Israelites,

and they plotted against theLord’s servants.

26 But theLordsent his servant Moses,

along with Aaron, whom he had chosen.

27 They performed miraculous signs among the Egyptians,

and wonders in the land of Ham.

28 TheLordblanketed Egypt in darkness,

for they had defiedhis commands to let his people go.

29 He turned their water into blood,

poisoning all the fish.

30 Then frogs overran the land

and even invaded the king’s bedrooms.

31 When theLordspoke, flies descended on the Egyptians,

and gnats swarmed across Egypt.

32 He sent them hail instead of rain,

and lightning flashed over the land.

33 He ruined their grapevines and fig trees

and shattered all the trees.

34 He spoke, and hordes of locusts came—

young locusts beyond number.

35 They ate up everything green in the land,

destroying all the crops in their fields.

36 Then he killed the oldest son in each Egyptian home,

the pride and joy of each family.

37 TheLordbrought his people out of Egypt, loaded with silver and gold;

and not one among the tribes of Israel even stumbled.

38 Egypt was glad when they were gone,

for they feared them greatly.

39 TheLordspread a cloud above them as a covering

and gave them a great fire to light the darkness.

40 They asked for meat, and he sent them quail;

he satisfied their hunger with manna—bread from heaven.

41 He split open a rock, and water gushed out

to form a river through the dry wasteland.

42 For he remembered his sacred promise

to his servant Abraham.

43 So he brought his people out of Egypt with joy,

his chosen ones with rejoicing.

44 He gave his people the lands of pagan nations,

and they harvested crops that others had planted.

45 All this happened so they would follow his decrees

and obey his instructions.

Praise theLord!

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1 Praise theLord!

Give thanks to theLord, for he is good!

His faithful love endures forever.

2 Who can list the glorious miracles of theLord?

Who can ever praise him enough?

3 There is joy for those who deal justly with others

and always do what is right.

4 Remember me,Lord, when you show favor to your people;

come near and rescue me.

5 Let me share in the prosperity of your chosen ones.

Let me rejoice in the joy of your people;

let me praise you with those who are your heritage.

6 Like our ancestors, we have sinned.

We have done wrong! We have acted wickedly!

7 Our ancestors in Egypt

were not impressed by theLord’s miraculous deeds.

They soon forgot his many acts of kindness to them.

Instead, they rebelled against him at the Red Sea.

8 Even so, he saved them—

to defend the honor of his name

and to demonstrate his mighty power.

9 He commanded the Red Seato dry up.

He led Israel across the sea as if it were a desert.

10 So he rescued them from their enemies

and redeemed them from their foes.

11 Then the water returned and covered their enemies;

not one of them survived.

12 Then his people believed his promises.

Then they sang his praise.

13 Yet how quickly they forgot what he had done!

They wouldn’t wait for his counsel!

14 In the wilderness their desires ran wild,

testing God’s patience in that dry wasteland.

15 So he gave them what they asked for,

but he sent a plague along with it.

16 The people in the camp were jealous of Moses

and envious of Aaron, theLord’s holy priest.

17 Because of this, the earth opened up;

it swallowed Dathan

and buried Abiram and the other rebels.

18 Fire fell upon their followers;

a flame consumed the wicked.

19 The people made a calf at Mount Sinai;

they bowed before an image made of gold.

20 They traded their glorious God

for a statue of a grass-eating bull.

21 They forgot God, their savior,

who had done such great things in Egypt—

22 such wonderful things in the land of Ham,

such awesome deeds at the Red Sea.

23 So he declared he would destroy them.

But Moses, his chosen one, stepped between theLordand the people.

He begged him to turn from his anger and not destroy them.

24 The people refused to enter the pleasant land,

for they wouldn’t believe his promise to care for them.

25 Instead, they grumbled in their tents

and refused to obey theLord.

26 Therefore, he solemnly swore

that he would kill them in the wilderness,

27 that he would scatter their descendantsamong the nations,

exiling them to distant lands.

28 Then our ancestors joined in the worship of Baal at Peor;

they even ate sacrifices offered to the dead!

29 They angered theLordwith all these things,

so a plague broke out among them.

30 But Phinehas had the courage to intervene,

and the plague was stopped.

31 So he has been regarded as a righteous man

ever since that time.

32 At Meribah, too, they angered theLord,

causing Moses serious trouble.

33 They made Moses angry,

and he spoke foolishly.

34 Israel failed to destroy the nations in the land,

as theLordhad commanded them.

35 Instead, they mingled among the pagans

and adopted their evil customs.

36 They worshiped their idols,

which led to their downfall.

37 They even sacrificed their sons

and their daughters to the demons.

38 They shed innocent blood,

the blood of their sons and daughters.

By sacrificing them to the idols of Canaan,

they polluted the land with murder.

39 They defiled themselves by their evil deeds,

and their love of idols was adultery in theLord’s sight.

40 That is why theLord’s anger burned against his people,

and he abhorred his own special possession.

41 He handed them over to pagan nations,

and they were ruled by those who hated them.

42 Their enemies crushed them

and brought them under their cruel power.

43 Again and again he rescued them,

but they chose to rebel against him,

and they were finally destroyed by their sin.

44 Even so, he pitied them in their distress

and listened to their cries.

45 He remembered his covenant with them

and relented because of his unfailing love.

46 He even caused their captors

to treat them with kindness.

47 Save us, OLordour God!

Gather us back from among the nations,

so we can thank your holy name

and rejoice and praise you.

48 Praise theLord, the God of Israel,

who lives from everlasting to everlasting!

Let all the people say, “Amen!”

Praise theLord!

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1 Give thanks to theLord, for he is good!

His faithful love endures forever.

2 Has theLordredeemed you? Then speak out!

Tell others he has redeemed you from your enemies.

3 For he has gathered the exiles from many lands,

from east and west,

from north and south.

4 Some wandered in the wilderness,

lost and homeless.

5 Hungry and thirsty,

they nearly died.

6 “Lord, help!” they cried in their trouble,

and he rescued them from their distress.

7 He led them straight to safety,

to a city where they could live.

8 Let them praise theLordfor his great love

and for the wonderful things he has done for them.

9 For he satisfies the thirsty

and fills the hungry with good things.

10 Some sat in darkness and deepest gloom,

imprisoned in iron chains of misery.

11 They rebelled against the words of God,

scorning the counsel of the Most High.

12 That is why he broke them with hard labor;

they fell, and no one was there to help them.

13 “Lord, help!” they cried in their trouble,

and he saved them from their distress.

14 He led them from the darkness and deepest gloom;

he snapped their chains.

15 Let them praise theLordfor his great love

and for the wonderful things he has done for them.

16 For he broke down their prison gates of bronze;

he cut apart their bars of iron.

17 Some were fools; they rebelled

and suffered for their sins.

18 They couldn’t stand the thought of food,

and they were knocking on death’s door.

19 “Lord, help!” they cried in their trouble,

and he saved them from their distress.

20 He sent out his word and healed them,

snatching them from the door of death.

21 Let them praise theLordfor his great love

and for the wonderful things he has done for them.

22 Let them offer sacrifices of thanksgiving

and sing joyfully about his glorious acts.

23 Some went off to sea in ships,

plying the trade routes of the world.

24 They, too, observed theLord’s power in action,

his impressive works on the deepest seas.

25 He spoke, and the winds rose,

stirring up the waves.

26 Their ships were tossed to the heavens

and plunged again to the depths;

the sailors cringed in terror.

27 They reeled and staggered like drunkards

and were at their wits’ end.

28 “Lord, help!” they cried in their trouble,

and he saved them from their distress.

29 He calmed the storm to a whisper

and stilled the waves.

30 What a blessing was that stillness

as he brought them safely into harbor!

31 Let them praise theLordfor his great love

and for the wonderful things he has done for them.

32 Let them exalt him publicly before the congregation

and before the leaders of the nation.

33 He changes rivers into deserts,

and springs of water into dry, thirsty land.

34 He turns the fruitful land into salty wastelands,

because of the wickedness of those who live there.

35 But he also turns deserts into pools of water,

the dry land into springs of water.

36 He brings the hungry to settle there

and to build their cities.

37 They sow their fields, plant their vineyards,

and harvest their bumper crops.

38 How he blesses them!

They raise large families there,

and their herds of livestock increase.

39 When they decrease in number and become impoverished

through oppression, trouble, and sorrow,

40 theLordpours contempt on their princes,

causing them to wander in trackless wastelands.

41 But he rescues the poor from trouble

and increases their families like flocks of sheep.

42 The godly will see these things and be glad,

while the wicked are struck silent.

43 Those who are wise will take all this to heart;

they will see in our history the faithful love of theLord.

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A song. A psalm of David.

1 My heart is confident in you, O God;

no wonder I can sing your praises with all my heart!

2 Wake up, lyre and harp!

I will wake the dawn with my song.

3 I will thank you,Lord, among all the people.

I will sing your praises among the nations.

4 For your unfailing love is higher than the heavens.

Your faithfulness reaches to the clouds.

5 Be exalted, O God, above the highest heavens.

May your glory shine over all the earth.

6 Now rescue your beloved people.

Answer and save us by your power.

7 God has promised this by his holiness:

“I will divide up Shechem with joy.

I will measure out the valley of Succoth.

8 Gilead is mine,

and Manasseh, too.

Ephraim, my helmet, will produce my warriors,

and Judah, my scepter, will produce my kings.

9 But Moab, my washbasin, will become my servant,

and I will wipe my feet on Edom

and shout in triumph over Philistia.”

10 Who will bring me into the fortified city?

Who will bring me victory over Edom?

11 Have you rejected us, O God?

Will you no longer march with our armies?

12 Oh, please help us against our enemies,

for all human help is useless.

13 With God’s help we will do mighty things,

for he will trample down our foes.

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For the choir director: A psalm of David.

1 O God, whom I praise,

don’t stand silent and aloof

2 while the wicked slander me

and tell lies about me.

3 They surround me with hateful words

and fight against me for no reason.

4 I love them, but they try to destroy me with accusations

even as I am praying for them!

5 They repay evil for good,

and hatred for my love.

6 They say,“Get an evil person to turn against him.

Send an accuser to bring him to trial.

7 When his case comes up for judgment,

let him be pronounced guilty.

Count his prayers as sins.

8 Let his years be few;

let someone else take his position.

9 May his children become fatherless,

and his wife a widow.

10 May his children wander as beggars

and be driven fromtheir ruined homes.

11 May creditors seize his entire estate,

and strangers take all he has earned.

12 Let no one be kind to him;

let no one pity his fatherless children.

13 May all his offspring die.

May his family name be blotted out in the next generation.

14 May theLordnever forget the sins of his fathers;

may his mother’s sins never be erased from the record.

15 May theLordalways remember these sins,

and may his name disappear from human memory.

16 For he refused all kindness to others;

he persecuted the poor and needy,

and he hounded the brokenhearted to death.

17 He loved to curse others;

now you curse him.

He never blessed others;

now don’t you bless him.

18 Cursing is as natural to him as his clothing,

or the water he drinks,

or the rich food he eats.

19 Now may his curses return and cling to him like clothing;

may they be tied around him like a belt.”

20 May those curses become theLord’s punishment

for my accusers who speak evil of me.

21 But deal well with me, O SovereignLord,

for the sake of your own reputation!

Rescue me

because you are so faithful and good.

22 For I am poor and needy,

and my heart is full of pain.

23 I am fading like a shadow at dusk;

I am brushed off like a locust.

24 My knees are weak from fasting,

and I am skin and bones.

25 I am a joke to people everywhere;

when they see me, they shake their heads in scorn.

26 Help me, OLordmy God!

Save me because of your unfailing love.

27 Let them see that this is your doing,

that you yourself have done it,Lord.

28 Then let them curse me if they like,

but you will bless me!

When they attack me, they will be disgraced!

But I, your servant, will go right on rejoicing!

29 May my accusers be clothed with disgrace;

may their humiliation cover them like a cloak.

30 But I will give repeated thanks to theLord,

praising him to everyone.

31 For he stands beside the needy,

ready to save them from those who condemn them.

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A psalm of David.

1 TheLordsaid to my Lord,

“Sit in the place of honor at my right hand

until I humble your enemies,

making them a footstool under your feet.”

2 TheLordwill extend your powerful kingdom from Jerusalem;

you will rule over your enemies.

3 When you go to war,

your people will serve you willingly.

You are arrayed in holy garments,

and your strength will be renewed each day like the morning dew.

4 TheLordhas taken an oath and will not break his vow:

“You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.”

5 The Lord stands at your right hand to protect you.

He will strike down many kings when his anger erupts.

6 He will punish the nations

and fill their lands with corpses;

he will shatter heads over the whole earth.

7 But he himself will be refreshed from brooks along the way.

He will be victorious.

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