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| + | א אַשְׁרֵי הָאִישׁ-- אֲשֶׁר לֹא הָלַךְ, בַּעֲצַת רְשָׁעִים; |
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| + | The psalms are called by the Hebrews TEHILLIM, that is, Hymns of Praise. The author, of a great part of them at least, was king David: but many are of opinion that some of them were made by Asaph, and others whose names are prefixed in the titles. (For more information, see the article [https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12533a.htm PSALMS] in the Catholic Encyclopedia.)[https://www.newadvent.org/bible/psa000.htm] |
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| ==Psalm 1== | | ==Psalm 1== |
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| on [[Zion]], my holy hill." | | on [[Zion]], my holy hill." |
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− | [7] I will tell of the decree of the LORD: | + | [7]<u> I will tell of the decree of the LORD: |
| He said to me, "You are my son, | | He said to me, "You are my son, |
− | today I have begotten you. | + | today I have begotten you.</u> |
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| [8] Ask of me, and I will make the nations your heritage, | | [8] Ask of me, and I will make the nations your heritage, |
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| [[commune]] with your own [[hearts]] on your beds, and be [[silent]]. [Selah] | | [[commune]] with your own [[hearts]] on your beds, and be [[silent]]. [Selah] |
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− | [5] Offer right [[sacrifice]]s, | + | [5] <u>Offer right [[sacrifice]]s, |
− | and put your [[trust]] in the LORD. | + | and put your [[trust]] in the LORD.</u> |
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| [6] There are many who say, "O that we might see some good! | | [6] There are many who say, "O that we might see some good! |
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| Thou whose glory above the heavens is chanted | | Thou whose glory above the heavens is chanted |
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− | [2] by the mouth of babes and infants, | + | [2] <u>by the mouth of babes and infants, |
| thou hast founded a bulwark because of thy foes, | | thou hast founded a bulwark because of thy foes, |
− | to still the enemy and the avenger. | + | to still the enemy and the avenger.</u> |
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| [3] When I look at thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, | | [3] When I look at thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, |
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| he judges the peoples with equity. | | he judges the peoples with equity. |
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− | [9] The LORD is a stronghold for the oppressed, | + | [9] <u>The LORD is a stronghold for the oppressed, |
− | a stronghold in times of trouble. | + | a stronghold in times of trouble.</u> |
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| [10] And those who know thy name put their trust in thee, | | [10] And those who know thy name put their trust in thee, |
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| let them be caught in the schemes which they have devised. | | let them be caught in the schemes which they have devised. |
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− | [3] For the wicked boasts of the desires of his heart, | + | [3] <u>For the wicked boasts of the desires of his heart, |
− | and the man greedy for gain curses and renounces the LORD. | + | and the man greedy for gain curses and renounces the LORD.</u> |
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| [4] In the pride of his countenance the wicked does not seek him; | | [4] In the pride of his countenance the wicked does not seek him; |
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| for the faithful have vanished from among the sons of men. | | for the faithful have vanished from among the sons of men. |
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− | [2] Every one utters lies to his neighbor; | + | [2] <u>Every one utters lies to his neighbor; |
− | with flattering lips and a double heart they speak. | + | with flattering lips and a double heart they speak.</u> |
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| [3] May the LORD cut off all flattering lips, | | [3] May the LORD cut off all flattering lips, |
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| I have no good apart from thee." | | I have no good apart from thee." |
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− | [3] As for the saints in the land, they are the noble, | + | [3] <u>As for the saints in the land, they are the noble, |
− | in whom is all my delight. | + | in whom is all my delight.</u> |
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| [4] Those who choose another god multiply their sorrows; | | [4] Those who choose another god multiply their sorrows; |
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| thou holdest my lot. | | thou holdest my lot. |
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− | [6] The lines have fallen for me in pleasant places; | + | [6] <u>The lines have fallen for me in pleasant places; |
− | yea, I have a goodly heritage. | + | yea, I have a goodly heritage.</u> |
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| [7] I bless the LORD who gives me counsel; | | [7] I bless the LORD who gives me counsel; |
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| [0] To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. | | [0] To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. |
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− | [1] The heavens are telling the glory of God; | + | [1] <u>The heavens are telling the glory of God; |
− | and the firmament proclaims his handiwork. | + | and the firmament proclaims his handiwork.</u> |
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| [2] Day to day pours forth speech, | | [2] Day to day pours forth speech, |
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| and like a strong man runs its course with joy. | | and like a strong man runs its course with joy. |
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− | [6] Its rising is from the end of the heavens, | + | [6] <u>Its rising is from the end of the heavens, |
| and its circuit to the end of them; | | and its circuit to the end of them; |
− | and there is nothing hid from its heat. | + | and there is nothing hid from its heat.</u> |
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| [7] The law of the LORD is perfect, | | [7] The law of the LORD is perfect, |
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| [9] the fear of the LORD is clean, | | [9] the fear of the LORD is clean, |
| enduring for ever; | | enduring for ever; |
− | the ordinances of the LORD are true, | + | <u>the ordinances of the LORD are true, |
− | and righteous altogether. | + | and righteous altogether.</u> |
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| [10] More to be desired are they than gold, | | [10] More to be desired are they than gold, |
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| in keeping them there is great reward. | | in keeping them there is great reward. |
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− | [12] But who can discern his errors? | + | [12] <u>But who can discern his errors? |
| Clear thou me from hidden faults. | | Clear thou me from hidden faults. |
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| [14] Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart | | [14] Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart |
| be acceptable in thy sight, | | be acceptable in thy sight, |
− | O LORD, my rock and my redeemer. | + | O LORD, my rock and my redeemer.</u> |
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| ==Psalm 20== | | ==Psalm 20== |
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| May the LORD fulfil all your petitions! | | May the LORD fulfil all your petitions! |
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− | [6] Now I know that the LORD will help his anointed; | + | [6] <u>Now I know that the LORD will help his anointed;</u> |
| he will answer him from his holy heaven | | he will answer him from his holy heaven |
| with mighty victories by his right hand. | | with mighty victories by his right hand. |
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| and through the steadfast love of the Most High he shall not be moved. | | and through the steadfast love of the Most High he shall not be moved. |
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− | [8] Your hand will find out all your enemies; | + | [8] <u>Your hand will find out all your enemies;</u> |
| your right hand will find out those who hate you. | | your right hand will find out those who hate you. |
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| [0] To the choirmaster: according to The Hind of the Dawn. A Psalm of David. | | [0] To the choirmaster: according to The Hind of the Dawn. A Psalm of David. |
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− | [1] My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? | + | [1] <u>My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?</u> |
| Why art thou so far from helping me, from the words of my groaning? | | Why art thou so far from helping me, from the words of my groaning? |
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| for his name's sake. | | for his name's sake. |
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− | [4] Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, | + | [4] <u>Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, |
| I fear no evil; | | I fear no evil; |
| for thou art with me; | | for thou art with me; |
| thy rod and thy staff, | | thy rod and thy staff, |
− | they comfort me. | + | they comfort me.</u> |
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| [5] Thou preparest a table before me | | [5] Thou preparest a table before me |
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| [0] A Psalm of David. | | [0] A Psalm of David. |
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− | [1] The earth is the LORD's and the fulness thereof, | + | [1] <u>The earth is the LORD's and the fulness thereof, |
− | the world and those who dwell therein; | + | the world and those who dwell therein;</u> |
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| [2] for he has founded it upon the seas, | | [2] for he has founded it upon the seas, |
| and established it upon the rivers. | | and established it upon the rivers. |
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− | [3] Who shall ascend the hill of the LORD? | + | [3] <u>Who shall ascend the hill of the LORD? |
− | And who shall stand in his holy place? | + | And who shall stand in his holy place?</u> |
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| [4] He who has clean hands and a pure heart, | | [4] He who has clean hands and a pure heart, |
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| toward thy most holy sanctuary. | | toward thy most holy sanctuary. |
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− | [3] Take me not off with the wicked, | + | [3] <u>Take me not off with the wicked, |
| with those who are workers of evil, | | with those who are workers of evil, |
| who speak peace with their neighbors, | | who speak peace with their neighbors, |
− | while mischief is in their hearts. | + | while mischief is in their hearts.</u> |
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| [4] Requite them according to their work, | | [4] Requite them according to their work, |
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| the earth is full of the steadfast love of the LORD. | | the earth is full of the steadfast love of the LORD. |
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− | [6] By the word of the LORD the heavens were made, | + | [6] <u>By the word of the LORD the heavens were made, |
− | and all their host by the breath of his mouth. | + | and all their host by the breath of his mouth.</u> |
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| [7] He gathered the waters of the sea as in a bottle; | | [7] He gathered the waters of the sea as in a bottle; |
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| he frustrates the plans of the peoples. | | he frustrates the plans of the peoples. |
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− | [11] The counsel of the LORD stands for ever, | + | [11] <u>The counsel of the LORD stands for ever, |
− | the thoughts of his heart to all generations. | + | the thoughts of his heart to all generations.</u> |
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| [12] Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD, | | [12] Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD, |
| the people whom he has chosen as his heritage! | | the people whom he has chosen as his heritage! |
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− | [13] The LORD looks down from heaven, | + | [13] <u>The LORD looks down from heaven, |
− | he sees all the sons of men; | + | he sees all the sons of men;</u> |
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| [14] from where he sits enthroned he looks forth | | [14] from where he sits enthroned he looks forth |
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| around those who fear him, and delivers them. | | around those who fear him, and delivers them. |
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− | [8] O taste and see that the LORD is good! | + | [8] <u>O taste and see that the LORD is good! |
− | Happy is the man who takes refuge in him! | + | Happy is the man who takes refuge in him!</u> |
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− | [9] O fear the LORD, you his saints, | + | [9] <u>O fear the LORD, you his saints, |
− | for those who fear him have no want! | + | for those who fear him have no want!</u> |
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| [10] The young lions suffer want and hunger; | | [10] The young lions suffer want and hunger; |
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| seek peace, and pursue it. | | seek peace, and pursue it. |
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− | [15] The eyes of the LORD are toward the righteous, | + | [15] <u>The eyes of the LORD are toward the righteous, |
− | and his ears toward their cry. | + | and his ears toward their cry.</u> |
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| [16] The face of the LORD is against evildoers, | | [16] The face of the LORD is against evildoers, |
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| he spurns not evil. | | he spurns not evil. |
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− | [5] Thy steadfast love, O LORD, extends to the heavens, | + | [5] <u>Thy steadfast love, O LORD, extends to the heavens, |
− | thy faithfulness to the clouds. | + | thy faithfulness to the clouds.</u> |
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| [6] Thy righteousness is like the mountains of God, | | [6] Thy righteousness is like the mountains of God, |
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| so you will dwell in the land, and enjoy security. | | so you will dwell in the land, and enjoy security. |
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− | [4] Take delight in the LORD, | + | [4] <u>Take delight in the LORD, |
| and he will give you the desires of your heart. | | and he will give you the desires of your heart. |
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| [5] Commit your way to the LORD; | | [5] Commit your way to the LORD; |
− | trust in him, and he will act. | + | trust in him, and he will act.</u> |
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| [6] He will bring forth your vindication as the light, | | [6] He will bring forth your vindication as the light, |
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| and their bows shall be broken. | | and their bows shall be broken. |
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− | [16] Better is a little that the righteous has | + | [16] <u>Better is a little that the righteous has |
− | than the abundance of many wicked. | + | than the abundance of many wicked.</u> |
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| [17] For the arms of the wicked shall be broken; | | [17] For the arms of the wicked shall be broken; |
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| thou dost not give him up to the will of his enemies. | | thou dost not give him up to the will of his enemies. |
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− | [3] The LORD sustains him on his sickbed; | + | [3] <u>The LORD sustains him on his sickbed; |
− | in his illness thou healest all his infirmities. | + | in his illness thou healest all his infirmities.</u> |
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| [4] As for me, I said, "O LORD, be gracious to me; | | [4] As for me, I said, "O LORD, be gracious to me; |
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| Your royal scepter is a scepter of equity; | | Your royal scepter is a scepter of equity; |
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− | [7] you love righteousness and hate wickedness. | + | [7] <u>you love righteousness and hate wickedness. |
| Therefore God, your God, has anointed you | | Therefore God, your God, has anointed you |
− | with the oil of gladness above your fellows; | + | with the oil of gladness above your fellows;</u> |
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| [8] your robes are all fragrant with myrrh and aloes and cassia. | | [8] your robes are all fragrant with myrrh and aloes and cassia. |
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| though the mountains tremble with its tumult. [Selah] | | though the mountains tremble with its tumult. [Selah] |
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− | [4] There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God, | + | [4] <u>There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God, |
− | the holy habitation of the Most High. | + | the holy habitation of the Most High.</u> |
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| [5] God is in the midst of her, she shall not be moved; | | [5] God is in the midst of her, she shall not be moved; |
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| he burns the chariots with fire! | | he burns the chariots with fire! |
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− | [10] "Be still, and know that I am God. | + | [10] <u>"Be still, and know that I am God.</u> |
| I am exalted among the nations, | | I am exalted among the nations, |
| I am exalted in the earth!" | | I am exalted in the earth!" |
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| Shout to God with loud songs of joy! | | Shout to God with loud songs of joy! |
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− | [2] For the LORD, the Most High, is terrible, | + | [2] <u>For the LORD, the Most High, is terrible, |
− | a great king over all the earth. | + | a great king over all the earth.</u> |
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| [3] He subdued peoples under us, | | [3] He subdued peoples under us, |
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| and blot out all my iniquities. | | and blot out all my iniquities. |
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− | [10] Create in me a clean heart, O God, | + | [10] <u>Create in me a clean heart, O God, |
− | and put a new and right spirit within me. | + | and put a new and right spirit within me.</u> |
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| [11] Cast me not away from thy presence, | | [11] Cast me not away from thy presence, |
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| yet they were drawn swords. | | yet they were drawn swords. |
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− | [22] Cast your burden on the LORD, | + | [22] <u>Cast your burden on the LORD, |
| and he will sustain you; | | and he will sustain you; |
| he will never permit | | he will never permit |
− | the righteous to be moved. | + | the righteous to be moved.</u> |
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| [23] But thou, O God, wilt cast them down | | [23] But thou, O God, wilt cast them down |
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| they are together lighter than a breath. | | they are together lighter than a breath. |
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− | [10] Put no confidence in extortion, | + | [10]<u> Put no confidence in extortion, |
| set no vain hopes on robbery; | | set no vain hopes on robbery; |
− | if riches increase, set not your heart on them. | + | if riches increase, set not your heart on them.</u> |
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| [11] Once God has spoken; | | [11] Once God has spoken; |
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| even among the rebellious, that the LORD God may dwell there. | | even among the rebellious, that the LORD God may dwell there. |
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− | [19] Blessed be the Lord, | + | [19] <u>Blessed be the Lord, |
| who daily bears us up; | | who daily bears us up; |
| God is our salvation. [Selah] | | God is our salvation. [Selah] |
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| [20] Our God is a God of salvation; | | [20] Our God is a God of salvation; |
− | and to GOD, the Lord, belongs escape from death. | + | and to GOD, the Lord, belongs escape from death.</u> |
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| [21] But God will shatter the heads of his enemies, | | [21] But God will shatter the heads of his enemies, |
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| with waiting for my God. | | with waiting for my God. |
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− | [4] More in number than the hairs of my head | + | [4] <u>More in number than the hairs of my head |
| are those who hate me without cause; | | are those who hate me without cause; |
| mighty are those who would destroy me, | | mighty are those who would destroy me, |
| those who attack me with lies. | | those who attack me with lies. |
| What I did not steal | | What I did not steal |
− | must I now restore? | + | must I now restore?</u> |
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| [5] O God, thou knowest my folly; | | [5] O God, thou knowest my folly; |
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| may they have no acquittal from thee. | | may they have no acquittal from thee. |
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− | [28] Let them be blotted out of the book of the living; | + | [28] <u>Let them be blotted out of the book of the living; |
− | let them not be enrolled among the righteous. | + | let them not be enrolled among the righteous.</u> |
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| [29] But I am afflicted and in pain; | | [29] But I am afflicted and in pain; |
| let thy salvation, O God, set me on high! | | let thy salvation, O God, set me on high! |
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− | [30] I will praise the name of God with a song; | + | [30] <u>I will praise the name of God with a song; |
| I will magnify him with thanksgiving. | | I will magnify him with thanksgiving. |
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| [31] This will please the LORD more than an ox | | [31] This will please the LORD more than an ox |
− | or a bull with horns and hoofs. | + | or a bull with horns and hoofs.</u> |
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| [32] Let the oppressed see it and be glad; | | [32] Let the oppressed see it and be glad; |
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| [36] the children of his servants shall inherit it, | | [36] the children of his servants shall inherit it, |
| and those who love his name shall dwell in it. | | and those who love his name shall dwell in it. |
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| ==Psalm 70== | | ==Psalm 70== |
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| [0] A Psalm of Asaph. | | [0] A Psalm of Asaph. |
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− | [1] Truly God is good to the upright, | + | [1] <u>Truly God is good to the upright, |
− | to those who are pure in heart. | + | to those who are pure in heart.</u> |
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| [2] But as for me, my feet had almost stumbled, | | [2] But as for me, my feet had almost stumbled, |
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| the earth trembled and shook. | | the earth trembled and shook. |
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− | [19] Thy way was through the sea, | + | [19] <u>Thy way was through the sea, |
| thy path through the great waters; | | thy path through the great waters; |
− | yet thy footprints were unseen. | + | yet thy footprints were unseen.</u> |
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| [20] Thou didst lead thy people like a flock | | [20] Thou didst lead thy people like a flock |
| by the hand of Moses and Aaron. | | by the hand of Moses and Aaron. |
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| ==Psalm 78== | | ==Psalm 78== |
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| all the foundations of the earth are shaken. | | all the foundations of the earth are shaken. |
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− | [6] I say, "You are gods, | + | [6]<u> I say, "You are gods, |
− | sons of the Most High, all of you; | + | sons of the Most High, all of you;</u> |
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| [7] nevertheless, you shall die like men, | | [7] nevertheless, you shall die like men, |
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| and the swallow a nest for herself, | | and the swallow a nest for herself, |
| where she may lay her young, | | where she may lay her young, |
− | at thy altars, O LORD of hosts, | + | at thy altars, <u>O LORD of hosts, |
− | my King and my God. | + | my King and my God.</u> |
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| [4] Blessed are those who dwell in thy house, | | [4] Blessed are those who dwell in thy house, |
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| blessed is the man who trusts in thee! | | blessed is the man who trusts in thee! |
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− | Ps.85
| + | ==Psalm 85== |
| [0] To the choirmaster. A Psalm of the Sons of Korah. | | [0] To the choirmaster. A Psalm of the Sons of Korah. |
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| [1] LORD, thou wast favorable to thy land; | | [1] LORD, thou wast favorable to thy land; |
| thou didst restore the fortunes of Jacob. | | thou didst restore the fortunes of Jacob. |
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| [2] Thou didst forgive the iniquity of thy people; | | [2] Thou didst forgive the iniquity of thy people; |
| thou didst pardon all their sin. [Selah] | | thou didst pardon all their sin. [Selah] |
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| [3] Thou didst withdraw all thy wrath; | | [3] Thou didst withdraw all thy wrath; |
| thou didst turn from thy hot anger. | | thou didst turn from thy hot anger. |
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| [4] Restore us again, O God of our salvation, | | [4] Restore us again, O God of our salvation, |
| and put away thy indignation toward us! | | and put away thy indignation toward us! |
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| [5] Wilt thou be angry with us for ever? | | [5] Wilt thou be angry with us for ever? |
| Wilt thou prolong thy anger to all generations? | | Wilt thou prolong thy anger to all generations? |
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| [6] Wilt thou not revive us again, | | [6] Wilt thou not revive us again, |
| that thy people may rejoice in thee? | | that thy people may rejoice in thee? |
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| [7] Show us thy steadfast love, O LORD, | | [7] Show us thy steadfast love, O LORD, |
| and grant us thy salvation. | | and grant us thy salvation. |
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| [8] Let me hear what God the LORD will speak, | | [8] Let me hear what God the LORD will speak, |
| for he will speak peace to his people, | | for he will speak peace to his people, |
| to his saints, to those who turn to him in their hearts. | | to his saints, to those who turn to him in their hearts. |
| + | |
| [9] Surely his salvation is at hand for those who fear him, | | [9] Surely his salvation is at hand for those who fear him, |
| that glory may dwell in our land. | | that glory may dwell in our land. |
| + | |
| [10] Steadfast love and faithfulness will meet; | | [10] Steadfast love and faithfulness will meet; |
| righteousness and peace will kiss each other. | | righteousness and peace will kiss each other. |
| + | |
| [11] Faithfulness will spring up from the ground, | | [11] Faithfulness will spring up from the ground, |
| and righteousness will look down from the sky. | | and righteousness will look down from the sky. |
| + | |
| [12] Yea, the LORD will give what is good, | | [12] Yea, the LORD will give what is good, |
| and our land will yield its increase. | | and our land will yield its increase. |
| + | |
| [13] Righteousness will go before him, | | [13] Righteousness will go before him, |
| and make his footsteps a way. | | and make his footsteps a way. |
| | | |
− | Ps.86
| + | ==Psalm 86== |
| [0] A Prayer of David. | | [0] A Prayer of David. |
| + | |
| [1] Incline thy ear, O LORD, and answer me, | | [1] Incline thy ear, O LORD, and answer me, |
| for I am poor and needy. | | for I am poor and needy. |
| + | |
| [2] Preserve my life, for I am godly; | | [2] Preserve my life, for I am godly; |
| save thy servant who trusts in thee. | | save thy servant who trusts in thee. |
| Thou art my God; | | Thou art my God; |
| + | |
| [3] be gracious to me, O Lord, | | [3] be gracious to me, O Lord, |
| for to thee do I cry all the day. | | for to thee do I cry all the day. |
| + | |
| [4] Gladden the soul of thy servant, | | [4] Gladden the soul of thy servant, |
| for to thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul. | | for to thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul. |
| + | |
| [5] For thou, O Lord, art good and forgiving, | | [5] For thou, O Lord, art good and forgiving, |
| abounding in steadfast love to all who call on thee. | | abounding in steadfast love to all who call on thee. |
| + | |
| [6] Give ear, O LORD, to my prayer; | | [6] Give ear, O LORD, to my prayer; |
| hearken to my cry of supplication. | | hearken to my cry of supplication. |
| + | |
| [7] In the day of my trouble I call on thee, | | [7] In the day of my trouble I call on thee, |
| for thou dost answer me. | | for thou dost answer me. |
| + | |
| [8] There is none like thee among the gods, O Lord, | | [8] There is none like thee among the gods, O Lord, |
| nor are there any works like thine. | | nor are there any works like thine. |
| + | |
| [9] All the nations thou hast made shall come | | [9] All the nations thou hast made shall come |
| and bow down before thee, O Lord, | | and bow down before thee, O Lord, |
| and shall glorify thy name. | | and shall glorify thy name. |
| + | |
| [10] For thou art great and doest wondrous things, | | [10] For thou art great and doest wondrous things, |
| thou alone art God. | | thou alone art God. |
| + | |
| [11] Teach me thy way, O LORD, | | [11] Teach me thy way, O LORD, |
| that I may walk in thy truth; | | that I may walk in thy truth; |
| unite my heart to fear thy name. | | unite my heart to fear thy name. |
| + | |
| [12] I give thanks to thee, O Lord my God, with my whole heart, | | [12] I give thanks to thee, O Lord my God, with my whole heart, |
| and I will glorify thy name for ever. | | and I will glorify thy name for ever. |
| + | |
| [13] For great is thy steadfast love toward me; | | [13] For great is thy steadfast love toward me; |
| thou hast delivered my soul from the depths of Sheol. | | thou hast delivered my soul from the depths of Sheol. |
| + | |
| [14] O God, insolent men have risen up against me; | | [14] O God, insolent men have risen up against me; |
| a band of ruthless men seek my life, | | a band of ruthless men seek my life, |
| and they do not set thee before them. | | and they do not set thee before them. |
− | [15] But thou, O Lord, art a God merciful and gracious, | + | |
− | slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness. | + | [15] <u>But thou, O Lord, art a God merciful and gracious, |
| + | slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness.</u> |
| + | |
| [16] Turn to me and take pity on me; | | [16] Turn to me and take pity on me; |
| give thy strength to thy servant, | | give thy strength to thy servant, |
| and save the son of thy handmaid. | | and save the son of thy handmaid. |
| + | |
| [17] Show me a sign of thy favor, | | [17] Show me a sign of thy favor, |
| that those who hate me may see and be put to shame | | that those who hate me may see and be put to shame |
| because thou, LORD, hast helped me and comforted me. | | because thou, LORD, hast helped me and comforted me. |
| | | |
− | Ps.87
| + | ==Psalm 87== |
| [0] A Psalm of the Sons of Korah. A Song. | | [0] A Psalm of the Sons of Korah. A Song. |
| + | |
| [1] On the holy mount stands the city he founded; | | [1] On the holy mount stands the city he founded; |
| + | |
| [2] the LORD loves the gates of Zion | | [2] the LORD loves the gates of Zion |
| more than all the dwelling places of Jacob. | | more than all the dwelling places of Jacob. |
| + | |
| [3] Glorious things are spoken of you, | | [3] Glorious things are spoken of you, |
| O city of God. [Selah] | | O city of God. [Selah] |
| + | |
| [4] Among those who know me I mention Rahab and Babylon; | | [4] Among those who know me I mention Rahab and Babylon; |
| behold, Philistia and Tyre, with Ethiopia -- | | behold, Philistia and Tyre, with Ethiopia -- |
| "This one was born there," they say. | | "This one was born there," they say. |
| + | |
| [5] And of Zion it shall be said, | | [5] And of Zion it shall be said, |
| "This one and that one were born in her"; | | "This one and that one were born in her"; |
| for the Most High himself will establish her. | | for the Most High himself will establish her. |
| + | |
| [6] The LORD records as he registers the peoples, | | [6] The LORD records as he registers the peoples, |
| "This one was born there." [Selah] | | "This one was born there." [Selah] |
| + | |
| [7] Singers and dancers alike say, | | [7] Singers and dancers alike say, |
| "All my springs are in you." | | "All my springs are in you." |
| | | |
− | Ps.88
| + | ==Psalm 88== |
| [0] A Song. A Psalm of the Sons of Korah. To the choirmaster: according to Mahalath Leannoth. A Maskil of Heman the Ezrahite. | | [0] A Song. A Psalm of the Sons of Korah. To the choirmaster: according to Mahalath Leannoth. A Maskil of Heman the Ezrahite. |
| + | |
| [1] O LORD, my God, I call for help by day; | | [1] O LORD, my God, I call for help by day; |
| I cry out in the night before thee. | | I cry out in the night before thee. |
| + | |
| [2] Let my prayer come before thee, | | [2] Let my prayer come before thee, |
| incline thy ear to my cry! | | incline thy ear to my cry! |
| + | |
| [3] For my soul is full of troubles, | | [3] For my soul is full of troubles, |
| and my life draws near to Sheol. | | and my life draws near to Sheol. |
| + | |
| [4] I am reckoned among those who go down to the Pit; | | [4] I am reckoned among those who go down to the Pit; |
| I am a man who has no strength, | | I am a man who has no strength, |
| + | |
| [5] like one forsaken among the dead, | | [5] like one forsaken among the dead, |
| like the slain that lie in the grave, | | like the slain that lie in the grave, |
| like those whom thou dost remember no more, | | like those whom thou dost remember no more, |
| for they are cut off from thy hand. | | for they are cut off from thy hand. |
| + | |
| [6] Thou hast put me in the depths of the Pit, | | [6] Thou hast put me in the depths of the Pit, |
| in the regions dark and deep. | | in the regions dark and deep. |
| + | |
| [7] Thy wrath lies heavy upon me, | | [7] Thy wrath lies heavy upon me, |
| and thou dost overwhelm me with all thy waves. [Selah] | | and thou dost overwhelm me with all thy waves. [Selah] |
| + | |
| [8] Thou hast caused my companions to shun me; | | [8] Thou hast caused my companions to shun me; |
| thou hast made me a thing of horror to them. | | thou hast made me a thing of horror to them. |
| I am shut in so that I cannot escape; | | I am shut in so that I cannot escape; |
| + | |
| [9] my eye grows dim through sorrow. | | [9] my eye grows dim through sorrow. |
| Every day I call upon thee, O LORD; | | Every day I call upon thee, O LORD; |
| I spread out my hands to thee. | | I spread out my hands to thee. |
| + | |
| [10] Dost thou work wonders for the dead? | | [10] Dost thou work wonders for the dead? |
| Do the shades rise up to praise thee? [Selah] | | Do the shades rise up to praise thee? [Selah] |
| + | |
| [11] Is thy steadfast love declared in the grave, | | [11] Is thy steadfast love declared in the grave, |
| or thy faithfulness in Abaddon? | | or thy faithfulness in Abaddon? |
| + | |
| [12] Are thy wonders known in the darkness, | | [12] Are thy wonders known in the darkness, |
| or thy saving help in the land of forgetfulness? | | or thy saving help in the land of forgetfulness? |
| + | |
| [13] But I, O LORD, cry to thee; | | [13] But I, O LORD, cry to thee; |
| in the morning my prayer comes before thee. | | in the morning my prayer comes before thee. |
| + | |
| [14] O LORD, why dost thou cast me off? | | [14] O LORD, why dost thou cast me off? |
| Why dost thou hide thy face from me? | | Why dost thou hide thy face from me? |
| + | |
| [15] Afflicted and close to death from my youth up, | | [15] Afflicted and close to death from my youth up, |
| I suffer thy terrors; I am helpless. | | I suffer thy terrors; I am helpless. |
| + | |
| [16] Thy wrath has swept over me; | | [16] Thy wrath has swept over me; |
| thy dread assaults destroy me. | | thy dread assaults destroy me. |
| + | |
| [17] They surround me like a flood all day long; | | [17] They surround me like a flood all day long; |
| they close in upon me together. | | they close in upon me together. |
| + | |
| [18] Thou hast caused lover and friend to shun me; | | [18] Thou hast caused lover and friend to shun me; |
| my companions are in darkness. | | my companions are in darkness. |
| | | |
− | Ps.89
| + | ==Psalm 89== |
| [0] A Maskil of Ethan the Ezrahite. | | [0] A Maskil of Ethan the Ezrahite. |
| + | |
| [1] I will sing of thy steadfast love, O LORD, for ever; | | [1] I will sing of thy steadfast love, O LORD, for ever; |
| with my mouth I will proclaim thy faithfulness to all generations. | | with my mouth I will proclaim thy faithfulness to all generations. |
| + | |
| [2] For thy steadfast love was established for ever, | | [2] For thy steadfast love was established for ever, |
| thy faithfulness is firm as the heavens. | | thy faithfulness is firm as the heavens. |
| + | |
| [3] Thou hast said, "I have made a covenant with my chosen one, | | [3] Thou hast said, "I have made a covenant with my chosen one, |
| I have sworn to David my servant: | | I have sworn to David my servant: |
| + | |
| [4] `I will establish your descendants for ever, | | [4] `I will establish your descendants for ever, |
| and build your throne for all generations.'" [Selah] | | and build your throne for all generations.'" [Selah] |
| + | |
| [5] Let the heavens praise thy wonders, O LORD, | | [5] Let the heavens praise thy wonders, O LORD, |
| thy faithfulness in the assembly of the holy ones! | | thy faithfulness in the assembly of the holy ones! |
| + | |
| [6] For who in the skies can be compared to the LORD? | | [6] For who in the skies can be compared to the LORD? |
| Who among the heavenly beings is like the LORD, | | Who among the heavenly beings is like the LORD, |
| + | |
| [7] a God feared in the council of the holy ones, | | [7] a God feared in the council of the holy ones, |
| great and terrible above all that are round about him? | | great and terrible above all that are round about him? |
| + | |
| [8] O LORD God of hosts, | | [8] O LORD God of hosts, |
| who is mighty as thou art, O LORD, | | who is mighty as thou art, O LORD, |
| with thy faithfulness round about thee? | | with thy faithfulness round about thee? |
| + | |
| [9] Thou dost rule the raging of the sea; | | [9] Thou dost rule the raging of the sea; |
| when its waves rise, thou stillest them. | | when its waves rise, thou stillest them. |
| + | |
| [10] Thou didst crush Rahab like a carcass, | | [10] Thou didst crush Rahab like a carcass, |
| thou didst scatter thy enemies with thy mighty arm. | | thou didst scatter thy enemies with thy mighty arm. |
| + | |
| [11] The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine; | | [11] The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine; |
| the world and all that is in it, thou hast founded them. | | the world and all that is in it, thou hast founded them. |
| + | |
| [12] The north and the south, thou hast created them; | | [12] The north and the south, thou hast created them; |
| Tabor and Hermon joyously praise thy name. | | Tabor and Hermon joyously praise thy name. |
| + | |
| [13] Thou hast a mighty arm; | | [13] Thou hast a mighty arm; |
| strong is thy hand, high thy right hand. | | strong is thy hand, high thy right hand. |
| + | |
| [14] Righteousness and justice are the foundation of thy throne; | | [14] Righteousness and justice are the foundation of thy throne; |
| steadfast love and faithfulness go before thee. | | steadfast love and faithfulness go before thee. |
| + | |
| [15] Blessed are the people who know the festal shout, | | [15] Blessed are the people who know the festal shout, |
| who walk, O LORD, in the light of thy countenance, | | who walk, O LORD, in the light of thy countenance, |
| + | |
| [16] who exult in thy name all the day, | | [16] who exult in thy name all the day, |
| and extol thy righteousness. | | and extol thy righteousness. |
| + | |
| [17] For thou art the glory of their strength; | | [17] For thou art the glory of their strength; |
| by thy favor our horn is exalted. | | by thy favor our horn is exalted. |
| + | |
| [18] For our shield belongs to the LORD, | | [18] For our shield belongs to the LORD, |
| our king to the Holy One of Israel. | | our king to the Holy One of Israel. |
| + | |
| [19] Of old thou didst speak in a vision | | [19] Of old thou didst speak in a vision |
| to thy faithful one, and say: | | to thy faithful one, and say: |
| "I have set the crown upon one who is mighty, | | "I have set the crown upon one who is mighty, |
| I have exalted one chosen from the people. | | I have exalted one chosen from the people. |
| + | |
| [20] I have found David, my servant; | | [20] I have found David, my servant; |
| with my holy oil I have anointed him; | | with my holy oil I have anointed him; |
| + | |
| [21] so that my hand shall ever abide with him, | | [21] so that my hand shall ever abide with him, |
| my arm also shall strengthen him. | | my arm also shall strengthen him. |
| + | |
| [22] The enemy shall not outwit him, | | [22] The enemy shall not outwit him, |
| the wicked shall not humble him. | | the wicked shall not humble him. |
| + | |
| [23] I will crush his foes before him | | [23] I will crush his foes before him |
| and strike down those who hate him. | | and strike down those who hate him. |
| + | |
| [24] My faithfulness and my steadfast love shall be with him, | | [24] My faithfulness and my steadfast love shall be with him, |
| and in my name shall his horn be exalted. | | and in my name shall his horn be exalted. |
| + | |
| [25] I will set his hand on the sea | | [25] I will set his hand on the sea |
| and his right hand on the rivers. | | and his right hand on the rivers. |
| + | |
| [26] He shall cry to me, `Thou art my Father, | | [26] He shall cry to me, `Thou art my Father, |
| my God, and the Rock of my salvation.' | | my God, and the Rock of my salvation.' |
| + | |
| [27] And I will make him the first-born, | | [27] And I will make him the first-born, |
| the highest of the kings of the earth. | | the highest of the kings of the earth. |
− | [28] My steadfast love I will keep for him for ever, | + | |
− | and my covenant will stand firm for him. | + | [28] <u>My steadfast love I will keep for him for ever, |
| + | and my covenant will stand firm for him.</u> |
| + | |
| [29] I will establish his line for ever | | [29] I will establish his line for ever |
| and his throne as the days of the heavens. | | and his throne as the days of the heavens. |
| + | |
| [30] If his children forsake my law | | [30] If his children forsake my law |
| and do not walk according to my ordinances, | | and do not walk according to my ordinances, |
| + | |
| [31] if they violate my statutes | | [31] if they violate my statutes |
| and do not keep my commandments, | | and do not keep my commandments, |
| + | |
| [32] then I will punish their transgression with the rod | | [32] then I will punish their transgression with the rod |
| and their iniquity with scourges; | | and their iniquity with scourges; |
| + | |
| [33] but I will not remove from him my steadfast love, | | [33] but I will not remove from him my steadfast love, |
| or be false to my faithfulness. | | or be false to my faithfulness. |
| + | |
| [34] I will not violate my covenant, | | [34] I will not violate my covenant, |
| or alter the word that went forth from my lips. | | or alter the word that went forth from my lips. |
| + | |
| [35] Once for all I have sworn by my holiness; | | [35] Once for all I have sworn by my holiness; |
| I will not lie to David. | | I will not lie to David. |
| + | |
| [36] His line shall endure for ever, | | [36] His line shall endure for ever, |
| his throne as long as the sun before me. | | his throne as long as the sun before me. |
| + | |
| [37] Like the moon it shall be established for ever; | | [37] Like the moon it shall be established for ever; |
| it shall stand firm while the skies endure." [Selah] | | it shall stand firm while the skies endure." [Selah] |
| + | |
| [38] But now thou hast cast off and rejected, | | [38] But now thou hast cast off and rejected, |
| thou art full of wrath against thy anointed. | | thou art full of wrath against thy anointed. |
| + | |
| [39] Thou hast renounced the covenant with thy servant; | | [39] Thou hast renounced the covenant with thy servant; |
| thou hast defiled his crown in the dust. | | thou hast defiled his crown in the dust. |
| + | |
| [40] Thou hast breached all his walls; | | [40] Thou hast breached all his walls; |
| thou hast laid his strongholds in ruins. | | thou hast laid his strongholds in ruins. |
| + | |
| [41] All that pass by despoil him; | | [41] All that pass by despoil him; |
| he has become the scorn of his neighbors. | | he has become the scorn of his neighbors. |
| + | |
| [42] Thou hast exalted the right hand of his foes; | | [42] Thou hast exalted the right hand of his foes; |
| thou hast made all his enemies rejoice. | | thou hast made all his enemies rejoice. |
| + | |
| [43] Yea, thou hast turned back the edge of his sword, | | [43] Yea, thou hast turned back the edge of his sword, |
| and thou hast not made him stand in battle. | | and thou hast not made him stand in battle. |
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− | [[Category: Hebrew Bible]] | + | |
| + | [44] Thou hast removed the scepter from his hand, |
| + | and cast his throne to the ground. |
| + | |
| + | [45] Thou hast cut short the days of his youth; |
| + | thou hast covered him with shame. [Selah] |
| + | |
| + | [46] How long, O LORD? Wilt thou hide thyself for ever? |
| + | How long will thy wrath burn like fire? |
| + | |
| + | [47] Remember, O Lord, what the measure of life is, |
| + | for what vanity thou hast created all the sons of men! |
| + | |
| + | [48] What man can live and never see death? |
| + | Who can deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? [Selah] |
| + | |
| + | [49] Lord, where is thy steadfast love of old, |
| + | which by thy faithfulness thou didst swear to David? |
| + | |
| + | [50] Remember, O Lord, how thy servant is scorned; |
| + | how I bear in my bosom the insults of the peoples, |
| + | |
| + | [51] with which thy enemies taunt, O LORD, |
| + | with which they mock the footsteps of thy anointed. |
| + | |
| + | [52] Blessed be the LORD for ever! |
| + | Amen and Amen. |
| + | |
| + | ==Psalm 90== |
| + | [0] A Prayer of Moses, the man of God. |
| + | |
| + | [1] LORD, thou hast been our dwelling place |
| + | in all generations. |
| + | |
| + | [2] Before the mountains were brought forth, |
| + | or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, |
| + | from everlasting to everlasting thou art God. |
| + | |
| + | [3] Thou turnest man back to the dust, |
| + | and sayest, "Turn back, O children of men!" |
| + | |
| + | [4] <u>For a thousand years in thy sight |
| + | are but as yesterday when it is past, |
| + | or as a watch in the night.</u> |
| + | |
| + | [5] Thou dost sweep men away; they are like a dream, |
| + | like grass which is renewed in the morning: |
| + | |
| + | [6] in the morning it flourishes and is renewed; |
| + | in the evening it fades and withers. |
| + | |
| + | [7] For we are consumed by thy anger; |
| + | by thy wrath we are overwhelmed. |
| + | |
| + | [8] Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, |
| + | our secret sins in the light of thy countenance. |
| + | |
| + | [9] For all our days pass away under thy wrath, |
| + | our years come to an end like a sigh. |
| + | |
| + | [10] The years of our life are threescore and ten, |
| + | or even by reason of strength fourscore; |
| + | yet their span is but toil and trouble; |
| + | they are soon gone, and we fly away. |
| + | |
| + | [11] Who considers the power of thy anger, |
| + | and thy wrath according to the fear of thee? |
| + | |
| + | [12] So teach us to number our days |
| + | that we may get a heart of wisdom. |
| + | |
| + | [13] Return, O LORD! How long? |
| + | Have pity on thy servants! |
| + | |
| + | [14] Satisfy us in the morning with thy steadfast love, |
| + | that we may rejoice and be glad all our days. |
| + | |
| + | [15] Make us glad as many days as thou hast afflicted us, |
| + | and as many years as we have seen evil. |
| + | |
| + | [16] Let thy work be manifest to thy servants, |
| + | and thy glorious power to their children. |
| + | |
| + | [17] Let the favor of the Lord our God be upon us, |
| + | and establish thou the work of our hands upon us, |
| + | yea, the work of our hands establish thou it. |
| + | |
| + | ==Psalm 91== |
| + | [1] <u>He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High, |
| + | who abides in the shadow of the Almighty,</u> |
| + | |
| + | [2] will say to the LORD, "My refuge and my fortress; |
| + | my God, in whom I trust." |
| + | |
| + | [3] For he will deliver you from the snare of the fowler |
| + | and from the deadly pestilence; |
| + | |
| + | [4] he will cover you with his pinions, |
| + | and under his wings you will find refuge; |
| + | his faithfulness is a shield and buckler. |
| + | |
| + | [5] You will not fear the terror of the night, |
| + | nor the arrow that flies by day, |
| + | |
| + | [6] nor the pestilence that stalks in darkness, |
| + | nor the destruction that wastes at noonday. |
| + | |
| + | [7] A thousand may fall at your side, |
| + | ten thousand at your right hand; |
| + | but it will not come near you. |
| + | |
| + | [8] You will only look with your eyes |
| + | and see the recompense of the wicked. |
| + | |
| + | [9] Because you have made the LORD your refuge, |
| + | the Most High your habitation, |
| + | |
| + | [10] <u>no evil shall befall you, |
| + | no scourge come near your tent. |
| + | |
| + | [11] For he will give his angels charge of you |
| + | to guard you in all your ways. |
| + | |
| + | [12] On their hands they will bear you up, |
| + | lest you dash your foot against a stone.</u> |
| + | |
| + | [13] You will tread on the lion and the adder, |
| + | the young lion and the serpent you will trample under foot. |
| + | |
| + | [14] Because he cleaves to me in love, I will deliver him; |
| + | I will protect him, because he knows my name. |
| + | |
| + | [15] When he calls to me, I will answer him; |
| + | I will be with him in trouble, |
| + | I will rescue him and honor him. |
| + | |
| + | [16] With long life I will satisfy him, |
| + | and show him my salvation. |
| + | |
| + | ==Psalm 92== |
| + | [0] A Psalm. A Song for the Sabbath. |
| + | |
| + | [1] <u>It is good to give thanks to the LORD, |
| + | to sing praises to thy name, O Most High; |
| + | |
| + | [2] to declare thy steadfast love in the morning, |
| + | and thy faithfulness by night,</u> |
| + | |
| + | [3] to the music of the lute and the harp, |
| + | to the melody of the lyre. |
| + | |
| + | [4] For thou, O LORD, hast made me glad by thy work; |
| + | at the works of thy hands I sing for joy. |
| + | |
| + | [5] How great are thy works, O LORD! |
| + | Thy thoughts are very deep! |
| + | |
| + | [6] The dull man cannot know, |
| + | the stupid cannot understand this: |
| + | |
| + | [7] that, though the wicked sprout like grass |
| + | and all evildoers flourish, |
| + | they are doomed to destruction for ever, |
| + | |
| + | [8] but thou, O LORD, art on high for ever. |
| + | |
| + | [9] For, lo, thy enemies, O LORD, |
| + | for, lo, thy enemies shall perish; |
| + | all evildoers shall be scattered. |
| + | |
| + | [10] But thou hast exalted my horn like that of the wild ox; |
| + | thou hast poured over me fresh oil. |
| + | |
| + | [11] My eyes have seen the downfall of my enemies, |
| + | my ears have heard the doom of my evil assailants. |
| + | |
| + | [12] The righteous flourish like the palm tree, |
| + | and grow like a cedar in Lebanon. |
| + | |
| + | [13] They are planted in the house of the LORD, |
| + | they flourish in the courts of our God. |
| + | |
| + | [14] They still bring forth fruit in old age, |
| + | they are ever full of sap and green, |
| + | |
| + | [15] to show that the LORD is upright; |
| + | he is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him. |
| + | |
| + | ==Psalm 93== |
| + | [1] The LORD reigns; he is robed in majesty; |
| + | the LORD is robed, he is girded with strength. |
| + | Yea, the world is established; it shall never be moved; |
| + | |
| + | [2] thy throne is established from of old; |
| + | thou art from everlasting. |
| + | |
| + | [3] The floods have lifted up, O LORD, |
| + | the floods have lifted up their voice, |
| + | the floods lift up their roaring. |
| + | |
| + | [4] Mightier than the thunders of many waters, |
| + | mightier than the waves of the sea, |
| + | the LORD on high is mighty! |
| + | |
| + | [5] Thy decrees are very sure; |
| + | holiness befits thy house, |
| + | O LORD, for evermore. |
| + | |
| + | ==Psalm 94== |
| + | [1] O LORD, thou God of vengeance, |
| + | thou God of vengeance, shine forth! |
| + | |
| + | [2] Rise up, O judge of the earth; |
| + | render to the proud their deserts! |
| + | |
| + | [3] O LORD, how long shall the wicked, |
| + | how long shall the wicked exult? |
| + | |
| + | [4] They pour out their arrogant words, |
| + | they boast, all the evildoers. |
| + | |
| + | [5] They crush thy people, O LORD, |
| + | and afflict thy heritage. |
| + | |
| + | [6] They slay the widow and the sojourner, |
| + | and murder the fatherless; |
| + | |
| + | [7] and they say, "The LORD does not see; |
| + | the God of Jacob does not perceive." |
| + | |
| + | [8] Understand, O dullest of the people! |
| + | Fools, when will you be wise? |
| + | |
| + | [9] <u>He who planted the ear, does he not hear? |
| + | He who formed the eye, does he not see?</u> |
| + | |
| + | [10] He who chastens the nations, does he not chastise? |
| + | He who teaches men knowledge, |
| + | |
| + | [11] the LORD, knows the thoughts of man, |
| + | that they are but a breath. |
| + | |
| + | [12] Blessed is the man whom thou dost chasten, O LORD, |
| + | and whom thou dost teach out of thy law |
| + | |
| + | [13] to give him respite from days of trouble, |
| + | until a pit is dug for the wicked. |
| + | |
| + | [14] For the LORD will not forsake his people; |
| + | he will not abandon his heritage; |
| + | |
| + | [15] for justice will return to the righteous, |
| + | and all the upright in heart will follow it. |
| + | |
| + | [16] Who rises up for me against the wicked? |
| + | Who stands up for me against evildoers? |
| + | |
| + | [17] If the LORD had not been my help, |
| + | my soul would soon have dwelt in the land of silence. |
| + | |
| + | [18] When I thought, "My foot slips," |
| + | thy steadfast love, O LORD, held me up. |
| + | |
| + | [19] When the cares of my heart are many, |
| + | thy consolations cheer my soul. |
| + | |
| + | [20] Can wicked rulers be allied with thee, |
| + | who frame mischief by statute? |
| + | |
| + | [21] They band together against the life of the righteous, |
| + | and condemn the innocent to death. |
| + | |
| + | [22] But the LORD has become my stronghold, |
| + | and my God the rock of my refuge. |
| + | |
| + | [23] He will bring back on them their iniquity |
| + | and wipe them out for their wickedness; |
| + | the LORD our God will wipe them out. |
| + | |
| + | ==Psalm 95== |
| + | [1] O come, let us sing to the LORD; |
| + | let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation! |
| + | |
| + | [2] Let us come into his presence with thanksgiving; |
| + | let us make a joyful noise to him with songs of praise! |
| + | |
| + | [3] For the LORD is a great God, |
| + | and a great King above all gods. |
| + | |
| + | [4] In his hand are the depths of the earth; |
| + | the heights of the mountains are his also. |
| + | |
| + | [5] The sea is his, for he made it; |
| + | for his hands formed the dry land. |
| + | |
| + | [6] O come, let us worship and bow down, |
| + | let us kneel before the LORD, our Maker! |
| + | |
| + | [7] For he is our God, |
| + | and we are the people of his pasture, |
| + | and the sheep of his hand. |
| + | O that today you would hearken to his voice! |
| + | |
| + | [8] Harden not your hearts, as at Mer'ibah, |
| + | as on the day at Massah in the wilderness, |
| + | |
| + | [9] when your fathers tested me, |
| + | and put me to the proof, though they had seen my work. |
| + | |
| + | [10] For forty years I loathed that generation |
| + | and said, "They are a people who err in heart, |
| + | and they do not regard my ways." |
| + | |
| + | [11] Therefore I swore in my anger |
| + | that they should not enter my rest. |
| + | |
| + | ==Psalm 96== |
| + | [1] O sing to the LORD a new song; |
| + | sing to the LORD, all the earth! |
| + | |
| + | [2] Sing to the LORD, bless his name; |
| + | tell of his salvation from day to day. |
| + | |
| + | [3] Declare his glory among the nations, |
| + | his marvelous works among all the peoples! |
| + | |
| + | [4] For great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; |
| + | he is to be feared above all gods. |
| + | |
| + | [5] For all the gods of the peoples are idols; |
| + | but the LORD made the heavens. |
| + | |
| + | [6] Honor and majesty are before him; |
| + | strength and beauty are in his sanctuary. |
| + | |
| + | [7] Ascribe to the LORD, O families of the peoples, |
| + | ascribe to the LORD glory and strength! |
| + | |
| + | [8] Ascribe to the LORD the glory due his name; |
| + | bring an offering, and come into his courts! |
| + | |
| + | [9] Worship the LORD in holy array; |
| + | tremble before him, all the earth! |
| + | |
| + | [10] Say among the nations, "The LORD reigns! |
| + | Yea, the world is established, it shall never be moved; |
| + | he will judge the peoples with equity." |
| + | |
| + | [11] Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice; |
| + | let the sea roar, and all that fills it; |
| + | |
| + | [12] let the field exult, and everything in it! |
| + | Then shall all the trees of the wood sing for joy |
| + | |
| + | [13] before the LORD, for he comes, |
| + | for he comes to judge the earth. |
| + | He will judge the world with righteousness, |
| + | and the peoples with his truth. |
| + | |
| + | ==Psalm 97== |
| + | [1] The LORD reigns; let the earth rejoice; |
| + | let the many coastlands be glad! |
| + | |
| + | [2] Clouds and thick darkness are round about him; |
| + | righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne. |
| + | |
| + | [3] Fire goes before him, |
| + | and burns up his adversaries round about. |
| + | |
| + | [4] His lightnings lighten the world; |
| + | the earth sees and trembles. |
| + | |
| + | [5] The mountains melt like wax before the LORD, |
| + | before the Lord of all the earth. |
| + | |
| + | [6] The heavens proclaim his righteousness; |
| + | and all the peoples behold his glory. |
| + | |
| + | [7] All worshipers of images are put to shame, |
| + | who make their boast in worthless idols; |
| + | all gods bow down before him. |
| + | |
| + | [8] Zion hears and is glad, |
| + | and the daughters of Judah rejoice, |
| + | because of thy judgments, O God. |
| + | |
| + | [9] For thou, O LORD, art most high over all the earth; |
| + | thou art exalted far above all gods. |
| + | |
| + | [10] The LORD loves those who hate evil; |
| + | he preserves the lives of his saints; |
| + | he delivers them from the hand of the wicked. |
| + | |
| + | [11] Light dawns for the righteous, |
| + | and joy for the upright in heart. |
| + | |
| + | [12] Rejoice in the LORD, O you righteous, |
| + | and give thanks to his holy name! |
| + | |
| + | ==Psalm 98== |
| + | [0] A Psalm. |
| + | |
| + | [1] O sing to the LORD a new song, |
| + | for he has done marvelous things! |
| + | His right hand and his holy arm |
| + | have gotten him victory. |
| + | |
| + | [2] The LORD has made known his victory, |
| + | he has revealed his vindication in the sight of the nations. |
| + | |
| + | [3] He has remembered his steadfast love and faithfulness |
| + | to the house of Israel. |
| + | All the ends of the earth have seen |
| + | the victory of our God. |
| + | |
| + | [4] Make a joyful noise to the LORD, all the earth; |
| + | break forth into joyous song and sing praises! |
| + | |
| + | [5] Sing praises to the LORD with the lyre, |
| + | with the lyre and the sound of melody! |
| + | |
| + | [6] With trumpets and the sound of the horn |
| + | make a joyful noise before the King, the LORD! |
| + | |
| + | [7] Let the sea roar, and all that fills it; |
| + | the world and those who dwell in it! |
| + | |
| + | [8] Let the floods clap their hands; |
| + | let the hills sing for joy together |
| + | |
| + | [9] before the LORD, for he comes |
| + | to judge the earth. |
| + | He will judge the world with righteousness, |
| + | and the peoples with equity. |
| + | |
| + | ==Psalm 99== |
| + | [1] The LORD reigns; let the peoples tremble! |
| + | He sits enthroned upon the cherubim; let the earth quake! |
| + | |
| + | [2] The LORD is great in Zion; |
| + | he is exalted over all the peoples. |
| + | |
| + | [3] Let them praise thy great and terrible name! |
| + | Holy is he! |
| + | |
| + | [4] Mighty King, lover of justice, |
| + | thou hast established equity; |
| + | thou hast executed justice |
| + | and righteousness in Jacob. |
| + | |
| + | [5] Extol the LORD our God; |
| + | worship at his footstool! |
| + | Holy is he! |
| + | |
| + | [6] Moses and Aaron were among his priests, |
| + | Samuel also was among those who called on his name. |
| + | They cried to the LORD, and he answered them. |
| + | |
| + | [7] He spoke to them in the pillar of cloud; |
| + | they kept his testimonies, |
| + | and the statutes that he gave them. |
| + | |
| + | [8] O LORD our God, thou didst answer them; |
| + | thou wast a forgiving God to them, |
| + | but an avenger of their wrongdoings. |
| + | |
| + | [9] Extol the LORD our God, |
| + | and worship at his holy mountain; |
| + | for the LORD our God is holy! |
| + | |
| + | ==Psalm 100== |
| + | [0] A Psalm for the thank offering. |
| + | |
| + | [1] Make a joyful noise to the LORD, all the lands! |
| + | |
| + | [2] Serve the LORD with gladness! |
| + | Come into his presence with singing! |
| + | |
| + | [3] Know that the LORD is God! |
| + | It is he that made us, and we are his; |
| + | we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture. |
| + | |
| + | [4] Enter his gates with thanksgiving, |
| + | and his courts with praise! |
| + | Give thanks to him, bless his name! |
| + | |
| + | [5] <u>For the LORD is good; |
| + | his steadfast love endures for ever, |
| + | and his faithfulness to all generations.</u> |
| + | |
| + | ==Psalm 101== |
| + | [0] A Psalm of David. |
| + | |
| + | [1] I will sing of loyalty and of justice; |
| + | to thee, O LORD, I will sing. |
| + | |
| + | [2] I will give heed to the way that is blameless. |
| + | Oh when wilt thou come to me? |
| + | I will walk with integrity of heart |
| + | within my house; |
| + | |
| + | [3] I will not set before my eyes |
| + | anything that is base. |
| + | I hate the work of those who fall away; |
| + | it shall not cleave to me. |
| + | |
| + | [4] Perverseness of heart shall be far from me; |
| + | I will know nothing of evil. |
| + | |
| + | [5] Him who slanders his neighbor secretly |
| + | I will destroy. |
| + | The man of haughty looks and arrogant heart |
| + | I will not endure. |
| + | |
| + | [6] I will look with favor on the faithful in the land, |
| + | that they may dwell with me; |
| + | he who walks in the way that is blameless |
| + | shall minister to me. |
| + | |
| + | [7] No man who practices deceit |
| + | shall dwell in my house; |
| + | no man who utters lies |
| + | shall continue in my presence. |
| + | |
| + | [8] Morning by morning I will destroy |
| + | all the wicked in the land, |
| + | cutting off all the evildoers |
| + | from the city of the LORD. |
| + | |
| + | ==Psalm 102== |
| + | [0] A prayer of one afflicted, when he is faint and pours out his complaint |
| + | before the LORD. |
| + | |
| + | [1] Hear my prayer, O LORD; |
| + | let my cry come to thee! |
| + | |
| + | [2] Do not hide thy face from me |
| + | in the day of my distress! |
| + | Incline thy ear to me; |
| + | answer me speedily in the day when I call! |
| + | |
| + | [3] For my days pass away like smoke, |
| + | and my bones burn like a furnace. |
| + | |
| + | [4] My heart is smitten like grass, and withered; |
| + | I forget to eat my bread. |
| + | |
| + | [5] Because of my loud groaning |
| + | my bones cleave to my flesh. |
| + | |
| + | [6] I am like a vulture of the wilderness, |
| + | like an owl of the waste places; |
| + | |
| + | [7] I lie awake, |
| + | I am like a lonely bird on the housetop. |
| + | |
| + | [8] All the day my enemies taunt me, |
| + | those who deride me use my name for a curse. |
| + | |
| + | [9] For I eat ashes like bread, |
| + | and mingle tears with my drink, |
| + | |
| + | [10] because of thy indignation and anger; |
| + | for thou hast taken me up and thrown me away. |
| + | |
| + | [11] My days are like an evening shadow; |
| + | I wither away like grass. |
| + | |
| + | [12] But thou, O LORD, art enthroned for ever; |
| + | thy name endures to all generations. |
| + | |
| + | [13] Thou wilt arise and have pity on Zion; |
| + | it is the time to favor her; |
| + | the appointed time has come. |
| + | |
| + | [14] For thy servants hold her stones dear, |
| + | and have pity on her dust. |
| + | |
| + | [15] The nations will fear the name of the LORD, |
| + | and all the kings of the earth thy glory. |
| + | |
| + | [16] For the LORD will build up Zion, |
| + | he will appear in his glory; |
| + | |
| + | [17] <u>he will regard the prayer of the destitute, |
| + | and will not despise their supplication.</u> |
| + | |
| + | [18] Let this be recorded for a generation to come, |
| + | so that a people yet unborn may praise the LORD: |
| + | |
| + | [19] that he looked down from his holy height, |
| + | from heaven the LORD looked at the earth, |
| + | |
| + | [20] to hear the groans of the prisoners, |
| + | to set free those who were doomed to die; |
| + | |
| + | [21] that men may declare in Zion the name of the LORD, |
| + | and in Jerusalem his praise, |
| + | |
| + | [22] when peoples gather together, |
| + | and kingdoms, to worship the LORD. |
| + | |
| + | [23] He has broken my strength in mid-course; |
| + | he has shortened my days. |
| + | |
| + | [24] "O my God," I say, "take me not hence |
| + | in the midst of my days, |
| + | thou whose years endure |
| + | throughout all generations!" |
| + | |
| + | [25] Of old thou didst lay the foundation of the earth, |
| + | and the heavens are the work of thy hands. |
| + | |
| + | [26] They will perish, but thou dost endure; |
| + | they will all wear out like a garment. |
| + | Thou changest them like raiment, and they pass away; |
| + | |
| + | [27] but thou art the same, and thy years have no end. |
| + | |
| + | [28] The children of thy servants shall dwell secure; |
| + | their posterity shall be established before thee. |
| + | |
| + | ==Psalm 103== |
| + | [0] A Psalm of David. |
| + | |
| + | [1] Bless the LORD, O my soul; |
| + | and all that is within me, bless his holy name! |
| + | |
| + | [2] Bless the LORD, O my soul, |
| + | and forget not all his benefits, |
| + | |
| + | [3] who forgives all your iniquity, |
| + | who heals all your diseases, |
| + | |
| + | [4] who redeems your life from the Pit, |
| + | who crowns you with steadfast love and mercy, |
| + | |
| + | [5] who satisfies you with good as long as you live |
| + | so that your youth is renewed like the eagle's. |
| + | |
| + | [6] The LORD works vindication |
| + | and justice for all who are oppressed. |
| + | |
| + | [7] He made known his ways to Moses, |
| + | his acts to the people of Israel. |
| + | |
| + | [8] The LORD is merciful and gracious, |
| + | slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love. |
| + | |
| + | [9] He will not always chide, |
| + | nor will he keep his anger for ever. |
| + | |
| + | [10] He does not deal with us according to our sins, |
| + | nor requite us according to our iniquities. |
| + | |
| + | [11] For as the heavens are high above the earth, |
| + | so great is his steadfast love toward those who fear him; |
| + | |
| + | [12] as far as the east is from the west, |
| + | so far does he remove our transgressions from us. |
| + | |
| + | [13] As a father pities his children, |
| + | so the LORD pities those who fear him. |
| + | |
| + | [14] <u>For he knows our frame; |
| + | he remembers that we are dust.</u> |
| + | |
| + | [15] As for man, his days are like grass; |
| + | he flourishes like a flower of the field; |
| + | |
| + | [16] for the wind passes over it, and it is gone, |
| + | and its place knows it no more. |
| + | |
| + | [17] But the steadfast love of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting |
| + | upon those who fear him, |
| + | and his righteousness to children's children, |
| + | |
| + | [18] to those who keep his covenant |
| + | and remember to do his commandments. |
| + | |
| + | [19] The LORD has established his throne in the heavens, |
| + | and his kingdom rules over all. |
| + | |
| + | [20] Bless the LORD, O you his angels, |
| + | you mighty ones who do his word, |
| + | hearkening to the voice of his word! |
| + | |
| + | [21] Bless the LORD, all his hosts, |
| + | his ministers that do his will! |
| + | |
| + | [22] Bless the LORD, all his works, |
| + | in all places of his dominion. |
| + | Bless the LORD, O my soul! |
| + | |
| + | ==Psalm 104== |
| + | [1] Bless the LORD, O my soul! |
| + | O LORD my God, thou art very great! |
| + | Thou art clothed with honor and majesty, |
| + | |
| + | [2] <u>who coverest thyself with light as with a garment, |
| + | who hast stretched out the heavens like a tent,</u> |
| + | |
| + | [3] who hast laid the beams of thy chambers on the waters, |
| + | who makest the clouds thy chariot, |
| + | who ridest on the wings of the wind, |
| + | |
| + | [4] who makest the winds thy messengers, |
| + | fire and flame thy ministers. |
| + | |
| + | [5] Thou didst set the earth on its foundations, |
| + | so that it should never be shaken. |
| + | |
| + | [6] Thou didst cover it with the deep as with a garment; |
| + | the waters stood above the mountains. |
| + | |
| + | [7] At thy rebuke they fled; |
| + | at the sound of thy thunder they took to flight. |
| + | |
| + | [8] The mountains rose, the valleys sank down |
| + | to the place which thou didst appoint for them. |
| + | |
| + | [9] Thou didst set a bound which they should not pass, |
| + | so that they might not again cover the earth. |
| + | |
| + | [10] Thou makest springs gush forth in the valleys; |
| + | they flow between the hills, |
| + | |
| + | [11] they give drink to every beast of the field; |
| + | the wild asses quench their thirst. |
| + | |
| + | [12] By them the birds of the air have their habitation; |
| + | they sing among the branches. |
| + | |
| + | [13] From thy lofty abode thou waterest the mountains; |
| + | the earth is satisfied with the fruit of thy work. |
| + | |
| + | [14] Thou dost cause the grass to grow for the cattle, |
| + | and plants for man to cultivate, |
| + | that he may bring forth food from the earth, |
| + | |
| + | [15] and wine to gladden the heart of man, |
| + | oil to make his face shine, |
| + | and bread to strengthen man's heart. |
| + | |
| + | [16] The trees of the LORD are watered abundantly, |
| + | the cedars of Lebanon which he planted. |
| + | |
| + | [17] In them the birds build their nests; |
| + | the stork has her home in the fir trees. |
| + | |
| + | [18] The high mountains are for the wild goats; |
| + | the rocks are a refuge for the badgers. |
| + | |
| + | [19] Thou hast made the moon to mark the seasons; |
| + | the sun knows its time for setting. |
| + | |
| + | [20] Thou makest darkness, and it is night, |
| + | when all the beasts of the forest creep forth. |
| + | |
| + | [21] The young lions roar for their prey, |
| + | seeking their food from God. |
| + | |
| + | [22] When the sun rises, they get them away |
| + | and lie down in their dens. |
| + | |
| + | [23] Man goes forth to his work |
| + | and to his labor until the evening. |
| + | |
| + | [24] O LORD, how manifold are thy works! |
| + | In wisdom hast thou made them all; |
| + | the earth is full of thy creatures. |
| + | |
| + | [25] Yonder is the sea, great and wide, |
| + | which teems with things innumerable, |
| + | living things both small and great. |
| + | |
| + | [26] There go the ships, |
| + | and Leviathan which thou didst form to sport in it. |
| + | |
| + | [27] These all look to thee, |
| + | to give them their food in due season. |
| + | |
| + | [28] When thou givest to them, they gather it up; |
| + | when thou openest thy hand, they are filled with good things. |
| + | |
| + | [29] When thou hidest thy face, they are dismayed; |
| + | when thou takest away their breath, they die |
| + | and return to their dust. |
| + | |
| + | [30] <u>When thou sendest forth thy Spirit, they are created; |
| + | and thou renewest the face of the ground.</u> |
| + | |
| + | [31] May the glory of the LORD endure for ever, |
| + | may the LORD rejoice in his works, |
| + | |
| + | [32] who looks on the earth and it trembles, |
| + | who touches the mountains and they smoke! |
| + | |
| + | [33] I will sing to the LORD as long as I live; |
| + | I will sing praise to my God while I have being. |
| + | |
| + | [34] May my meditation be pleasing to him, |
| + | for I rejoice in the LORD. |
| + | |
| + | [35] Let sinners be consumed from the earth, |
| + | and let the wicked be no more! |
| + | Bless the LORD, O my soul! |
| + | Praise the LORD! |
| + | |
| + | ==Psalm 105== |
| + | [1] O give thanks to the LORD, call on his name, |
| + | make known his deeds among the peoples! |
| + | |
| + | [2] Sing to him, sing praises to him, |
| + | tell of all his wonderful works! |
| + | |
| + | [3] Glory in his holy name; |
| + | let the hearts of those who seek the LORD rejoice! |
| + | |
| + | [4] Seek the LORD and his strength, |
| + | seek his presence continually! |
| + | |
| + | [5] Remember the wonderful works that he has done, |
| + | his miracles, and the judgments he uttered, |
| + | |
| + | [6] O offspring of Abraham his servant, |
| + | sons of Jacob, his chosen ones! |
| + | |
| + | [7] He is the LORD our God; |
| + | his judgments are in all the earth. |
| + | |
| + | [8] He is mindful of his covenant for ever, |
| + | of the word that he commanded, for a thousand generations, |
| + | |
| + | [9] the covenant which he made with Abraham, |
| + | his sworn promise to Isaac, |
| + | |
| + | [10] which he confirmed to Jacob as a statute, |
| + | to Israel as an everlasting covenant, |
| + | |
| + | [11] saying, "To you I will give the land of Canaan |
| + | as your portion for an inheritance." |
| + | |
| + | [12] When they were few in number, |
| + | of little account, and sojourners in it, |
| + | |
| + | [13] wandering from nation to nation, |
| + | from one kingdom to another people, |
| + | |
| + | [14] he allowed no one to oppress them; |
| + | he rebuked kings on their account, |
| + | |
| + | [15] saying, "Touch not my anointed ones, |
| + | do my prophets no harm!" |
| + | |
| + | [16] When he summoned a famine on the land, |
| + | and broke every staff of bread, |
| + | |
| + | [17] he had sent a man ahead of them, |
| + | Joseph, who was sold as a slave. |
| + | |
| + | [18] His feet were hurt with fetters, |
| + | his neck was put in a collar of iron; |
| + | |
| + | [19] until what he had said came to pass |
| + | the word of the LORD tested him. |
| + | |
| + | [20] The king sent and released him, |
| + | the ruler of the peoples set him free; |
| + | |
| + | [21] he made him lord of his house, |
| + | and ruler of all his possessions, |
| + | |
| + | [22] to instruct his princes at his pleasure, |
| + | and to teach his elders wisdom. |
| + | |
| + | [23] Then Israel came to Egypt; |
| + | Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham. |
| + | |
| + | [24] And the LORD made his people very fruitful, |
| + | and made them stronger than their foes. |
| + | |
| + | [25] He turned their hearts to hate his people, |
| + | to deal craftily with his servants. |
| + | |
| + | [26] He sent Moses his servant, |
| + | and Aaron whom he had chosen. |
| + | |
| + | [27] They wrought his signs among them, |
| + | and miracles in the land of Ham. |
| + | |
| + | [28] He sent darkness, and made the land dark; |
| + | they rebelled against his words. |
| + | |
| + | [29] He turned their waters into blood, |
| + | and caused their fish to die. |
| + | |
| + | [30] Their land swarmed with frogs, |
| + | even in the chambers of their kings. |
| + | |
| + | [31] He spoke, and there came swarms of flies, |
| + | and gnats throughout their country. |
| + | |
| + | [32] He gave them hail for rain, |
| + | and lightning that flashed through their land. |
| + | |
| + | [33] He smote their vines and fig trees, |
| + | and shattered the trees of their country. |
| + | |
| + | [34] He spoke, and the locusts came, |
| + | and young locusts without number; |
| + | |
| + | [35] which devoured all the vegetation in their land, |
| + | and ate up the fruit of their ground. |
| + | |
| + | [36] He smote all the first-born in their land, |
| + | the first issue of all their strength. |
| + | |
| + | [37] Then he led forth Israel with silver and gold, |
| + | and there was none among his tribes who stumbled. |
| + | |
| + | [38] Egypt was glad when they departed, |
| + | for dread of them had fallen upon it. |
| + | |
| + | [39] He spread a cloud for a covering, |
| + | and fire to give light by night. |
| + | |
| + | [40] They asked, and he brought quails, |
| + | and gave them bread from heaven in abundance. |
| + | |
| + | [41] He opened the rock, and water gushed forth; |
| + | it flowed through the desert like a river. |
| + | |
| + | [42] For he remembered his holy promise, |
| + | and Abraham his servant. |
| + | |
| + | [43] So he led forth his people with joy, |
| + | his chosen ones with singing. |
| + | |
| + | [44] And he gave them the lands of the nations; |
| + | and they took possession of the fruit of the peoples' toil, |
| + | |
| + | [45] to the end that they should keep his statutes, |
| + | and observe his laws. |
| + | Praise the LORD! |
| + | |
| + | ==Psalm 106== |
| + | [1] Praise the LORD! |
| + | O give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; |
| + | for his steadfast love endures for ever! |
| + | |
| + | [2] Who can utter the mighty doings of the LORD, |
| + | or show forth all his praise? |
| + | |
| + | [3] Blessed are they who observe justice, |
| + | who do righteousness at all times! |
| + | |
| + | [4] Remember me, O LORD, when thou showest favor to thy people; |
| + | help me when thou deliverest them; |
| + | |
| + | [5] that I may see the prosperity of thy chosen ones, |
| + | that I may rejoice in the gladness of thy nation, |
| + | that I may glory with thy heritage. |
| + | |
| + | [6] Both we and our fathers have sinned; |
| + | we have committed iniquity, we have done wickedly. |
| + | |
| + | [7] Our fathers, when they were in Egypt, |
| + | did not consider thy wonderful works; |
| + | they did not remember the abundance of thy steadfast love, |
| + | but rebelled against the Most High at the Red Sea. |
| + | |
| + | [8] Yet he saved them for his name's sake, |
| + | that he might make known his mighty power. |
| + | |
| + | [9] He rebuked the Red Sea, and it became dry; |
| + | and he led them through the deep as through a desert. |
| + | |
| + | [10] So he saved them from the hand of the foe, |
| + | and delivered them from the power of the enemy. |
| + | |
| + | [11] And the waters covered their adversaries; |
| + | not one of them was left. |
| + | |
| + | [12] Then they believed his words; |
| + | they sang his praise. |
| + | |
| + | [13] But they soon forgot his works; |
| + | they did not wait for his counsel. |
| + | |
| + | [14] But they had a wanton craving in the wilderness, |
| + | and put God to the test in the desert; |
| + | |
| + | [15] he gave them what they asked, |
| + | but sent a wasting disease among them. |
| + | |
| + | [16] When men in the camp were jealous of Moses |
| + | and Aaron, the holy one of the LORD, |
| + | |
| + | [17] the earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, |
| + | and covered the company of Abi'ram. |
| + | |
| + | [18] Fire also broke out in their company; |
| + | the flame burned up the wicked. |
| + | |
| + | [19] They made a calf in Horeb |
| + | and worshiped a molten image. |
| + | |
| + | [20] They exchanged the glory of God |
| + | for the image of an ox that eats grass. |
| + | |
| + | [21] They forgot God, their Savior, |
| + | who had done great things in Egypt, |
| + | |
| + | [22] wondrous works in the land of Ham, |
| + | and terrible things by the Red Sea. |
| + | |
| + | [23] Therefore he said he would destroy them -- |
| + | had not Moses, his chosen one, |
| + | stood in the breach before him, |
| + | to turn away his wrath from destroying them. |
| + | |
| + | [24] Then they despised the pleasant land, |
| + | having no faith in his promise. |
| + | |
| + | [25] They murmured in their tents, |
| + | and did not obey the voice of the LORD. |
| + | |
| + | [26] Therefore he raised his hand and swore to them |
| + | that he would make them fall in the wilderness, |
| + | |
| + | [27] and would disperse their descendants among the nations, |
| + | scattering them over the lands. |
| + | |
| + | [28] Then they attached themselves to the Ba'al of Pe'or, |
| + | and ate sacrifices offered to the dead; |
| + | |
| + | [29] they provoked the LORD to anger with their doings, |
| + | and a plague broke out among them. |
| + | |
| + | [30] Then Phin'ehas stood up and interposed, |
| + | and the plague was stayed. |
| + | |
| + | [31] And that has been reckoned to him as righteousness |
| + | from generation to generation for ever. |
| + | |
| + | [32] They angered him at the waters of Mer'ibah, |
| + | and it went ill with Moses on their account; |
| + | |
| + | [33] for they made his spirit bitter, |
| + | and he spoke words that were rash. |
| + | |
| + | [34] They did not destroy the peoples, |
| + | as the LORD commanded them, |
| + | |
| + | [35] but they mingled with the nations |
| + | and learned to do as they did. |
| + | |
| + | [36] They served their idols, |
| + | which became a snare to them. |
| + | |
| + | [37] They sacrificed their sons |
| + | and their daughters to the demons; |
| + | |
| + | [38] they poured out innocent blood, |
| + | the blood of their sons and daughters, |
| + | whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan; |
| + | and the land was polluted with blood. |
| + | |
| + | [39] Thus they became unclean by their acts, |
| + | and played the harlot in their doings. |
| + | |
| + | [40] Then the anger of the LORD was kindled against his people, |
| + | and he abhorred his heritage; |
| + | |
| + | [41] he gave them into the hand of the nations, |
| + | so that those who hated them ruled over them. |
| + | |
| + | [42] Their enemies oppressed them, |
| + | and they were brought into subjection under their power. |
| + | |
| + | [43] Many times he delivered them, |
| + | but they were rebellious in their purposes, |
| + | and were brought low through their iniquity. |
| + | |
| + | [44] Nevertheless he regarded their distress, |
| + | when he heard their cry. |
| + | |
| + | [45] He remembered for their sake his covenant, |
| + | and relented according to the abundance of his steadfast love. |
| + | |
| + | [46] He caused them to be pitied |
| + | by all those who held them captive. |
| + | |
| + | [47] Save us, O LORD our God, |
| + | and gather us from among the nations, |
| + | that we may give thanks to thy holy name |
| + | and glory in thy praise. |
| + | |
| + | [48] Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, |
| + | from everlasting to everlasting! |
| + | And let all the people say, "Amen!" |
| + | Praise the LORD! |
| + | |
| + | ==Psalm 107== |
| + | [1] O give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; |
| + | for his steadfast love endures for ever! |
| + | |
| + | [2] Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, |
| + | whom he has redeemed from trouble |
| + | |
| + | [3] and gathered in from the lands, |
| + | from the east and from the west, |
| + | from the north and from the south. |
| + | |
| + | [4] Some wandered in desert wastes, |
| + | finding no way to a city to dwell in; |
| + | |
| + | [5] hungry and thirsty, |
| + | their soul fainted within them. |
| + | |
| + | [6] Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble, |
| + | and he delivered them from their distress; |
| + | |
| + | [7] he led them by a straight way, |
| + | till they reached a city to dwell in. |
| + | |
| + | [8] Let them thank the LORD for his steadfast love, |
| + | for his wonderful works to the sons of men! |
| + | |
| + | [9] For he satisfies him who is thirsty, |
| + | and the hungry he fills with good things. |
| + | |
| + | [10] Some sat in darkness and in gloom, |
| + | prisoners in affliction and in irons, |
| + | |
| + | [11] for they had rebelled against the words of God, |
| + | and spurned the counsel of the Most High. |
| + | |
| + | [12] Their hearts were bowed down with hard labor; |
| + | they fell down, with none to help. |
| + | |
| + | [13] Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble, |
| + | and he delivered them from their distress; |
| + | |
| + | [14] he brought them out of darkness and gloom, |
| + | and broke their bonds asunder. |
| + | |
| + | [15] Let them thank the LORD for his steadfast love, |
| + | for his wonderful works to the sons of men! |
| + | |
| + | [16] For he shatters the doors of bronze, |
| + | and cuts in two the bars of iron. |
| + | |
| + | [17] Some were sick through their sinful ways, |
| + | and because of their iniquities suffered affliction; |
| + | |
| + | [18] they loathed any kind of food, |
| + | and they drew near to the gates of death. |
| + | |
| + | [19] Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble, |
| + | and he delivered them from their distress; |
| + | |
| + | [20] he sent forth his word, and healed them, |
| + | and delivered them from destruction. |
| + | |
| + | [21] Let them thank the LORD for his steadfast love, |
| + | for his wonderful works to the sons of men! |
| + | |
| + | [22] And let them offer sacrifices of thanksgiving, |
| + | and tell of his deeds in songs of joy! |
| + | |
| + | [23] Some went down to the sea in ships, |
| + | doing business on the great waters; |
| + | |
| + | [24] they saw the deeds of the LORD, |
| + | his wondrous works in the deep. |
| + | |
| + | [25] For he commanded, and raised the stormy wind, |
| + | which lifted up the waves of the sea. |
| + | |
| + | [26] They mounted up to heaven, they went down to the depths; |
| + | their courage melted away in their evil plight; |
| + | |
| + | [27] they reeled and staggered like drunken men, |
| + | and were at their wits' end. |
| + | |
| + | [28] Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble, |
| + | and he delivered them from their distress; |
| + | |
| + | [29] he made the storm be still, |
| + | and the waves of the sea were hushed. |
| + | |
| + | [30] Then they were glad because they had quiet, |
| + | and he brought them to their desired haven. |
| + | |
| + | [31] Let them thank the LORD for his steadfast love, |
| + | for his wonderful works to the sons of men! |
| + | |
| + | [32] Let them extol him in the congregation of the people, |
| + | and praise him in the assembly of the elders. |
| + | |
| + | [33] He turns rivers into a desert, |
| + | springs of water into thirsty ground, |
| + | |
| + | [34] a fruitful land into a salty waste, |
| + | because of the wickedness of its inhabitants. |
| + | |
| + | [35] He turns a desert into pools of water, |
| + | a parched land into springs of water. |
| + | |
| + | [36] And there he lets the hungry dwell, |
| + | and they establish a city to live in; |
| + | |
| + | [37] they sow fields, and plant vineyards, |
| + | and get a fruitful yield. |
| + | |
| + | [38] By his blessing they multiply greatly; |
| + | and he does not let their cattle decrease. |
| + | |
| + | [39] When they are diminished and brought low |
| + | through oppression, trouble, and sorrow, |
| + | |
| + | [40] he pours contempt upon princes |
| + | and makes them wander in trackless wastes; |
| + | |
| + | [41] but he raises up the needy out of affliction, |
| + | and makes their families like flocks. |
| + | |
| + | [42] The upright see it and are glad; |
| + | and all wickedness stops its mouth. |
| + | |
| + | [43] Whoever is wise, let him give heed to these things; |
| + | let men consider the steadfast love of the LORD. |
| + | |
| + | ==Psalm 108== |
| + | [0] A Song. A Psalm of David. |
| + | |
| + | [1] My heart is steadfast, O God, my heart is steadfast! |
| + | I will sing and make melody! |
| + | Awake, my soul! |
| + | |
| + | [2] Awake, O harp and lyre! |
| + | I will awake the dawn! |
| + | |
| + | [3] I will give thanks to thee, O LORD, among the peoples, |
| + | I will sing praises to thee among the nations. |
| + | |
| + | [4] For thy steadfast love is great above the heavens, |
| + | thy faithfulness reaches to the clouds. |
| + | |
| + | [5] Be exalted, O God, above the heavens! |
| + | Let thy glory be over all the earth! |
| + | |
| + | [6] That thy beloved may be delivered, |
| + | give help by thy right hand, and answer me! |
| + | |
| + | [7] God has promised in his sanctuary: |
| + | "With exultation I will divide up Shechem, |
| + | and portion out the Vale of Succoth. |
| + | |
| + | [8] Gilead is mine; Manas'seh is mine; |
| + | E'phraim is my helmet; |
| + | Judah my scepter. |
| + | |
| + | [9] Moab is my washbasin; |
| + | upon Edom I cast my shoe; |
| + | over Philistia I shout in triumph." |
| + | |
| + | [10] Who will bring me to the fortified city? |
| + | Who will lead me to Edom? |
| + | |
| + | [11] Hast thou not rejected us, O God? |
| + | Thou dost not go forth, O God, with our armies. |
| + | |
| + | [12] O grant us help against the foe, |
| + | for vain is the help of man! |
| + | |
| + | [13] With God we shall do valiantly; |
| + | it is he who will tread down our foes. |
| + | |
| + | ==Psalm 109== |
| + | [0] To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. |
| + | |
| + | [1] Be not silent, O God of my praise! |
| + | |
| + | [2] For wicked and deceitful mouths are opened against me, |
| + | speaking against me with lying tongues. |
| + | |
| + | [3] They beset me with words of hate, |
| + | and attack me without cause. |
| + | |
| + | [4] In return for my love they accuse me, |
| + | even as I make prayer for them. |
| + | |
| + | [5] So they reward me evil for good, |
| + | and hatred for my love. |
| + | |
| + | [6] Appoint a wicked man against him; |
| + | let an accuser bring him to trial. |
| + | |
| + | [7] When he is tried, let him come forth guilty; |
| + | let his prayer be counted as sin! |
| + | |
| + | [8] May his days be few; |
| + | may another seize his goods! |
| + | |
| + | [9] May his children be fatherless, |
| + | and his wife a widow! |
| + | |
| + | [10] May his children wander about and beg; |
| + | may they be driven out of the ruins they inhabit! |
| + | |
| + | [11] May the creditor seize all that he has; |
| + | may strangers plunder the fruits of his toil! |
| + | |
| + | [12] Let there be none to extend kindness to him, |
| + | nor any to pity his fatherless children! |
| + | |
| + | [13] May his posterity be cut off; |
| + | may his name be blotted out in the second generation! |
| + | |
| + | [14] May the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the LORD, |
| + | and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out! |
| + | |
| + | [15] Let them be before the LORD continually; |
| + | and may his memory be cut off from the earth! |
| + | |
| + | [16] For he did not remember to show kindness, |
| + | but pursued the poor and needy |
| + | and the brokenhearted to their death. |
| + | |
| + | [17] He loved to curse; let curses come on him! |
| + | He did not like blessing; may it be far from him! |
| + | |
| + | [18] He clothed himself with cursing as his coat, |
| + | may it soak into his body like water, |
| + | like oil into his bones! |
| + | |
| + | [19] May it be like a garment which he wraps round him, |
| + | like a belt with which he daily girds himself! |
| + | |
| + | [20] May this be the reward of my accusers from the LORD, |
| + | of those who speak evil against my life! |
| + | |
| + | [21] But thou, O GOD my Lord, |
| + | deal on my behalf for thy name's sake; |
| + | because thy steadfast love is good, deliver me! |
| + | |
| + | [22] For I am poor and needy, |
| + | and my heart is stricken within me. |
| + | |
| + | [23] I am gone, like a shadow at evening; |
| + | I am shaken off like a locust. |
| + | |
| + | [24] My knees are weak through fasting; |
| + | my body has become gaunt. |
| + | |
| + | [25] I am an object of scorn to my accusers; |
| + | when they see me, they wag their heads. |
| + | |
| + | [26] Help me, O LORD my God! |
| + | Save me according to thy steadfast love! |
| + | |
| + | [27] Let them know that this is thy hand; |
| + | thou, O LORD, hast done it! |
| + | |
| + | [28] Let them curse, but do thou bless! |
| + | Let my assailants be put to shame; may thy servant be glad! |
| + | |
| + | [29] May my accusers be clothed with dishonor; |
| + | may they be wrapped in their own shame as in a mantle! |
| + | |
| + | [30] With my mouth I will give great thanks to the LORD; |
| + | I will praise him in the midst of the throng. |
| + | |
| + | [31] For he stands at the right hand of the needy, |
| + | to save him from those who condemn him to death. |
| + | |
| + | ==Psalm 110== |
| + | [0] A Psalm of David. |
| + | |
| + | [1] <u>The LORD says to my lord: |
| + | "Sit at my right hand, |
| + | till I make your enemies your footstool."</u> |
| + | |
| + | [2] The LORD sends forth from Zion |
| + | your mighty scepter. |
| + | Rule in the midst of your foes! |
| + | |
| + | [3] Your people will offer themselves freely |
| + | on the day you lead your host |
| + | upon the holy mountains. |
| + | From the womb of the morning |
| + | like dew your youth will come to you. |
| + | |
| + | [4] The LORD has sworn |
| + | and will not change his mind, |
| + | "You are a priest for ever |
| + | after the order of Melchiz'edek." |
| + | |
| + | [5] The Lord is at your right hand; |
| + | he will shatter kings on the day of his wrath. |
| + | |
| + | [6] He will execute judgment among the nations, |
| + | filling them with corpses; |
| + | he will shatter chiefs |
| + | over the wide earth. |
| + | |
| + | [7] He will drink from the brook by the way; |
| + | therefore he will lift up his head. |
| + | |
| + | ==Psalm 111== |
| + | [1] Prasie the LORD. |
| + | I will give thanks to the LORD with my whole heart, |
| + | in the company of the upright, in the congregation. |
| + | |
| + | [2] Great are the works of the LORD, |
| + | studied by all who have pleasure in them. |
| + | |
| + | [3] Full of honor and majesty is his work, |
| + | and his righteousness endures for ever. |
| + | |
| + | [4] He has caused his wonderful works to be remembered; |
| + | the LORD is gracious and merciful. |
| + | |
| + | [5] He provides food for those who fear him; |
| + | he is ever mindful of his covenant. |
| + | |
| + | [6] He has shown his people the power of his works, |
| + | in giving them the heritage of the nations. |
| + | |
| + | [7] The works of his hands are faithful and just; |
| + | all his precepts are trustworthy, |
| + | |
| + | [8] they are established for ever and ever, |
| + | to be performed with faithfulness and uprightness. |
| + | |
| + | [9] He sent redemption to his people; |
| + | he has commanded his covenant for ever. |
| + | Holy and terrible is his name! |
| + | |
| + | [10] The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom; |
| + | a good understanding have all those who practice it. |
| + | His praise endures for ever! |
| + | |
| + | ==Psalm 112== |
| + | [1] Praise the LORD. |
| + | Blessed is the man who fears the LORD, |
| + | who greatly delights in his commandments! |
| + | |
| + | [2] His descendants will be mighty in the land; |
| + | the generation of the upright will be blessed. |
| + | |
| + | [3] Wealth and riches are in his house; |
| + | and his righteousness endures for ever. |
| + | |
| + | [4] Light rises in the darkness for the upright; |
| + | the LORD is gracious, merciful, and righteous. |
| + | |
| + | [5] It is well with the man who deals generously and lends, |
| + | who conducts his affairs with justice. |
| + | |
| + | [6] For the righteous will never be moved; |
| + | he will be remembered for ever. |
| + | |
| + | [7] He is not afraid of evil tidings; |
| + | his heart is firm, trusting in the LORD. |
| + | |
| + | [8] His heart is steady, he will not be afraid, |
| + | until he sees his desire on his adversaries. |
| + | |
| + | [9] He has distributed freely, he has given to the poor; |
| + | his righteousness endures for ever; |
| + | his horn is exalted in honor. |
| + | |
| + | [10] The wicked man sees it and is angry; |
| + | he gnashes his teeth and melts away; |
| + | the desire of the wicked man comes to nought. |
| + | |
| + | ==Psalm 113== |
| + | [1] Praise the LORD! |
| + | Praise, O servants of the LORD, |
| + | praise the name of the LORD! |
| + | |
| + | [2] Blessed be the name of the LORD |
| + | from this time forth and for evermore! |
| + | |
| + | [3] From the rising of the sun to its setting |
| + | the name of the LORD is to be praised! |
| + | |
| + | [4] The LORD is high above all nations, |
| + | and his glory above the heavens! |
| + | |
| + | [5] Who is like the LORD our God, |
| + | who is seated on high, |
| + | |
| + | [6] who looks far down |
| + | upon the heavens and the earth? |
| + | |
| + | [7] He raises the poor from the dust, |
| + | and lifts the needy from the ash heap, |
| + | |
| + | [8] to make them sit with princes, |
| + | with the princes of his people. |
| + | |
| + | [9] He gives the barren woman a home, |
| + | making her the joyous mother of children. |
| + | Praise the LORD! |
| + | |
| + | ==Psalm 114== |
| + | [1] When Israel went forth from Egypt, |
| + | the house of Jacob from a people of strange language, |
| + | |
| + | [2] Judah became his sanctuary, |
| + | Israel his dominion. |
| + | |
| + | [3] The sea looked and fled, |
| + | Jordan turned back. |
| + | |
| + | [4] The mountains skipped like rams, |
| + | the hills like lambs. |
| + | |
| + | [5] What ails you, O sea, that you flee? |
| + | O Jordan, that you turn back? |
| + | |
| + | [6] O mountains, that you skip like rams? |
| + | O hills, like lambs? |
| + | |
| + | [7] Tremble, O earth, at the presence of the LORD, |
| + | at the presence of the God of Jacob, |
| + | |
| + | [8] who turns the rock into a pool of water, |
| + | the flint into a spring of water. |
| + | |
| + | ==Psalm 115== |
| + | [1] Not to us, O LORD, not to us, |
| + | but to thy name give glory, |
| + | for the sake of thy steadfast love and thy faithfulness! |
| + | |
| + | [2] Why should the nations say, |
| + | "Where is their God?" |
| + | |
| + | [3] Our God is in the heavens; |
| + | he does whatever he pleases. |
| + | |
| + | [4] Their idols are silver and gold, |
| + | the work of men's hands. |
| + | |
| + | [5] They have mouths, but do not speak; |
| + | eyes, but do not see. |
| + | |
| + | [6] They have ears, but do not hear; |
| + | noses, but do not smell. |
| + | |
| + | [7] They have hands, but do not feel; |
| + | feet, but do not walk; |
| + | and they do not make a sound in their throat. |
| + | |
| + | [8] Those who make them are like them; |
| + | so are all who trust in them. |
| + | |
| + | [9] O Israel, trust in the LORD! |
| + | He is their help and their shield. |
| + | |
| + | [10] O house of Aaron, put your trust in the LORD! |
| + | He is their help and their shield. |
| + | |
| + | [11] You who fear the LORD, trust in the LORD! |
| + | He is their help and their shield. |
| + | |
| + | [12] The LORD has been mindful of us; he will bless us; |
| + | he will bless the house of Israel; |
| + | he will bless the house of Aaron; |
| + | |
| + | [13] he will bless those who fear the LORD, |
| + | both small and great. |
| + | |
| + | [14] May the LORD give you increase, |
| + | you and your children! |
| + | |
| + | [15] May you be blessed by the LORD, |
| + | who made heaven and earth! |
| + | |
| + | [16] The heavens are the LORD's heavens, |
| + | but the earth he has given to the sons of men. |
| + | |
| + | [17] The dead do not praise the LORD, |
| + | nor do any that go down into silence. |
| + | |
| + | [18] But we will bless the LORD |
| + | from this time forth and for evermore. |
| + | Praise the LORD! |
| + | |
| + | ==Psalm 116== |
| + | [1] I love the LORD, because he has heard |
| + | my voice and my supplications. |
| + | |
| + | [2] Because he inclined his ear to me, |
| + | therefore I will call on him as long as I live. |
| + | |
| + | [3] The snares of death encompassed me; |
| + | the pangs of Sheol laid hold on me; |
| + | I suffered distress and anguish. |
| + | |
| + | [4] Then I called on the name of the LORD: |
| + | "O LORD, I beseech thee, save my life!" |
| + | |
| + | [5] Gracious is the LORD, and righteous; |
| + | our God is merciful. |
| + | |
| + | [6] The LORD preserves the simple; |
| + | when I was brought low, he saved me. |
| + | |
| + | [7] Return, O my soul, to your rest; |
| + | for the LORD has dealt bountifully with you. |
| + | |
| + | [8] For thou hast delivered my soul from death, |
| + | my eyes from tears, |
| + | my feet from stumbling; |
| + | |
| + | [9] I walk before the LORD |
| + | in the land of the living. |
| + | |
| + | [10] I kept my faith, even when I said, |
| + | "I am greatly afflicted"; |
| + | |
| + | [11] I said in my consternation, |
| + | "Men are all a vain hope." |
| + | |
| + | [12] What shall I render to the LORD |
| + | for all his bounty to me? |
| + | |
| + | [13] I will lift up the cup of salvation |
| + | and call on the name of the LORD, |
| + | |
| + | [14] I will pay my vows to the LORD |
| + | in the presence of all his people. |
| + | |
| + | [15] Precious in the sight of the LORD |
| + | is the death of his saints. |
| + | |
| + | [16] O LORD, I am thy servant; |
| + | I am thy servant, the son of thy handmaid. |
| + | Thou hast loosed my bonds. |
| + | |
| + | [17] I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving |
| + | and call on the name of the LORD. |
| + | |
| + | [18] I will pay my vows to the LORD |
| + | in the presence of all his people, |
| + | |
| + | [19] in the courts of the house of the LORD, |
| + | in your midst, O Jerusalem. |
| + | Praise the LORD! |
| + | |
| + | ==Psalm 117== |
| + | [1] Praise the LORD, all nations! |
| + | Extol him, all peoples! |
| + | |
| + | [2] For great is his steadfast love toward us; |
| + | and the faithfulness of the LORD endures for ever. |
| + | Praise the LORD! |
| + | |
| + | ==Psalm 118== |
| + | [1] O give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; |
| + | his steadfast love endures for ever! |
| + | |
| + | [2] Let Israel say, |
| + | "His steadfast love endures for ever." |
| + | |
| + | [3] Let the house of Aaron say, |
| + | "His steadfast love endures for ever." |
| + | |
| + | [4] Let those who fear the LORD say, |
| + | "His steadfast love endures for ever." |
| + | |
| + | [5] Out of my distress I called on the LORD; |
| + | the LORD answered me and set me free. |
| + | |
| + | [6] With the LORD on my side I do not fear. |
| + | What can man do to me? |
| + | |
| + | [7] The LORD is on my side to help me; |
| + | I shall look in triumph on those who hate me. |
| + | |
| + | [8] It is better to take refuge in the LORD |
| + | than to put confidence in man. |
| + | |
| + | [9]<u> It is better to take refuge in the LORD |
| + | than to put confidence in princes.</u> |
| + | |
| + | [10] All nations surrounded me; |
| + | in the name of the LORD I cut them off! |
| + | |
| + | [11] They surrounded me, surrounded me on every side; |
| + | in the name of the LORD I cut them off! |
| + | |
| + | [12] They surrounded me like bees, |
| + | they blazed like a fire of thorns; |
| + | in the name of the LORD I cut them off! |
| + | |
| + | [13] I was pushed hard, so that I was falling, |
| + | but the LORD helped me. |
| + | |
| + | [14] The LORD is my strength and my song; |
| + | he has become my salvation. |
| + | |
| + | [15] Hark, glad songs of victory |
| + | in the tents of the righteous: |
| + | "The right hand of the LORD does valiantly, |
| + | |
| + | [16] the right hand of the LORD is exalted, |
| + | the right hand of the LORD does valiantly!" |
| + | |
| + | [17] I shall not die, but I shall live, |
| + | and recount the deeds of the LORD. |
| + | |
| + | [18] The LORD has chastened me sorely, |
| + | but he has not given me over to death. |
| + | |
| + | [19] Open to me the gates of righteousness, |
| + | that I may enter through them |
| + | and give thanks to the LORD. |
| + | |
| + | [20] This is the gate of the LORD; |
| + | the righteous shall enter through it. |
| + | |
| + | [21] I thank thee that thou hast answered me |
| + | and hast become my salvation. |
| + | |
| + | [22] <u>The stone which the builders rejected |
| + | has become the head of the corner.</u> |
| + | |
| + | [23] This is the LORD's doing; |
| + | it is marvelous in our eyes. |
| + | |
| + | [24] This is the day which the LORD has made; |
| + | let us rejoice and be glad in it. |
| + | |
| + | [25] Save us, we beseech thee, O LORD! |
| + | O LORD, we beseech thee, give us success! |
| + | |
| + | [26] <u>Blessed be he who enters in the name of the LORD! |
| + | We bless you from the house of the LORD.</u> |
| + | |
| + | [27] The LORD is God, |
| + | and he has given us light. |
| + | Bind the festal procession with branches, |
| + | up to the horns of the altar! |
| + | |
| + | [28] Thou art my God, and I will give thanks to thee; |
| + | thou art my God, I will extol thee. |
| + | |
| + | [29] O give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; |
| + | for his steadfast love endures for ever! |
| + | |
| + | ==Psalm 119== |
| + | [1] Blessed are those whose way is blameless, |
| + | who walk in the law of the LORD! |
| + | |
| + | [2] Blessed are those who keep his testimonies, |
| + | who seek him with their whole heart, |
| + | |
| + | [3] who also do no wrong, |
| + | but walk in his ways! |
| + | |
| + | [4] Thou hast commanded thy precepts |
| + | to be kept diligently. |
| + | |
| + | [5] O that my ways may be steadfast |
| + | in keeping thy statutes! |
| + | |
| + | [6] Then I shall not be put to shame, |
| + | having my eyes fixed on all thy commandments. |
| + | |
| + | [7] I will praise thee with an upright heart, |
| + | when I learn thy righteous ordinances. |
| + | |
| + | [8] I will observe thy statutes; |
| + | O forsake me not utterly! |
| + | |
| + | [9] How can a young man keep his way pure? |
| + | By guarding it according to thy word. |
| + | |
| + | [10] With my whole heart I seek thee; |
| + | let me not wander from thy commandments! |
| + | |
| + | [11] I have laid up thy word in my heart, |
| + | that I might not sin against thee. |
| + | |
| + | [12] Blessed be thou, O LORD; |
| + | teach me thy statutes! |
| + | |
| + | [13] With my lips I declare |
| + | all the ordinances of thy mouth. |
| + | |
| + | [14] In the way of thy testimonies I delight |
| + | as much as in all riches. |
| + | |
| + | [15] I will meditate on thy precepts, |
| + | and fix my eyes on thy ways. |
| + | |
| + | [16] I will delight in thy statutes; |
| + | I will not forget thy word. |
| + | |
| + | [17] Deal bountifully with thy servant, |
| + | that I may live and observe thy word. |
| + | |
| + | [18] Open my eyes, that I may behold |
| + | wondrous things out of thy law. |
| + | |
| + | [19] I am a sojourner on earth; |
| + | hide not thy commandments from me! |
| + | |
| + | [20] My soul is consumed with longing |
| + | for thy ordinances at all times. |
| + | |
| + | [21] Thou dost rebuke the insolent, accursed ones, |
| + | who wander from thy commandments; |
| + | |
| + | [22] take away from me their scorn and contempt, |
| + | for I have kept thy testimonies. |
| + | |
| + | [23] Even though princes sit plotting against me, |
| + | thy servant will meditate on thy statutes. |
| + | |
| + | [24] Thy testimonies are my delight, |
| + | they are my counselors. |
| + | |
| + | [25] My soul cleaves to the dust; |
| + | revive me according to thy word! |
| + | |
| + | [26] When I told of my ways, thou didst answer me; |
| + | teach me thy statutes! |
| + | |
| + | [27] Make me understand the way of thy precepts, |
| + | and I will meditate on thy wondrous works. |
| + | |
| + | [28] My soul melts away for sorrow; |
| + | strengthen me according to thy word! |
| + | |
| + | [29] Put false ways far from me; |
| + | and graciously teach me thy law! |
| + | |
| + | [30] I have chosen the way of faithfulness, |
| + | I set thy ordinances before me. |
| + | |
| + | [31] I cleave to thy testimonies, O LORD; |
| + | let me not be put to shame! |
| + | |
| + | [32] I will run in the way of thy commandments |
| + | when thou enlargest my understanding! |
| + | |
| + | [33] Teach me, O LORD, the way of thy statutes; |
| + | and I will keep it to the end. |
| + | |
| + | [34] Give me understanding, that I may keep thy law |
| + | and observe it with my whole heart. |
| + | |
| + | [35] Lead me in the path of thy commandments, |
| + | for I delight in it. |
| + | |
| + | [36] Incline my heart to thy testimonies, |
| + | and not to gain! |
| + | |
| + | [37] Turn my eyes from looking at vanities; |
| + | and give me life in thy ways. |
| + | |
| + | [38] Confirm to thy servant thy promise, |
| + | which is for those who fear thee. |
| + | |
| + | [39] Turn away the reproach which I dread; |
| + | for thy ordinances are good. |
| + | |
| + | [40] Behold, I long for thy precepts; |
| + | in thy righteousness give me life! |
| + | |
| + | [41] Let thy steadfast love come to me, O LORD, |
| + | thy salvation according to thy promise; |
| + | |
| + | [42] then shall I have an answer for those who taunt me, |
| + | for I trust in thy word. |
| + | |
| + | [43] And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth, |
| + | for my hope is in thy ordinances. |
| + | |
| + | [44] I will keep thy law continually, |
| + | for ever and ever; |
| + | |
| + | [45] and I shall walk at liberty, |
| + | for I have sought thy precepts. |
| + | |
| + | [46] I will also speak of thy testimonies before kings, |
| + | and shall not be put to shame; |
| + | |
| + | [47] for I find my delight in thy commandments, |
| + | which I love. |
| + | |
| + | [48] I revere thy commandments, which I love, |
| + | and I will meditate on thy statutes. |
| + | |
| + | [49] Remember thy word to thy servant, |
| + | in which thou hast made me hope. |
| + | |
| + | [50] This is my comfort in my affliction |
| + | that thy promise gives me life. |
| + | |
| + | [51] Godless men utterly deride me, |
| + | but I do not turn away from thy law. |
| + | |
| + | [52] When I think of thy ordinances from of old, |
| + | I take comfort, O LORD. |
| + | |
| + | [53] Hot indignation seizes me because of the wicked, |
| + | who forsake thy law. |
| + | |
| + | [54] Thy statutes have been my songs |
| + | in the house of my pilgrimage. |
| + | |
| + | [55] I remember thy name in the night, O LORD, |
| + | and keep thy law. |
| + | |
| + | [56] This blessing has fallen to me, |
| + | that I have kept thy precepts. |
| + | |
| + | [57] The LORD is my portion; |
| + | I promise to keep thy words. |
| + | |
| + | [58] I entreat thy favor with all my heart; |
| + | be gracious to me according to thy promise. |
| + | |
| + | [59] When I think of thy ways, |
| + | I turn my feet to thy testimonies; |
| + | |
| + | [60] I hasten and do not delay |
| + | to keep thy commandments. |
| + | |
| + | [61] Though the cords of the wicked ensnare me, |
| + | I do not forget thy law. |
| + | |
| + | [62] At midnight I rise to praise thee, |
| + | because of thy righteous ordinances. |
| + | |
| + | [63] I am a companion of all who fear thee, |
| + | of those who keep thy precepts. |
| + | |
| + | [64] The earth, O LORD, is full of thy steadfast love; |
| + | teach me thy statutes! |
| + | |
| + | [65] Thou hast dealt well with thy servant, |
| + | O LORD, according to thy word. |
| + | |
| + | [66] Teach me good judgment and knowledge, |
| + | for I believe in thy commandments. |
| + | |
| + | [67] Before I was afflicted I went astray; |
| + | but now I keep thy word. |
| + | |
| + | [68] Thou art good and doest good; |
| + | teach me thy statutes. |
| + | |
| + | [69] The godless besmear me with lies, |
| + | but with my whole heart I keep thy precepts; |
| + | |
| + | [70] their heart is gross like fat, |
| + | but I delight in thy law. |
| + | |
| + | [71] <u>It is good for me that I was afflicted, |
| + | that I might learn thy statutes.</u> |
| + | |
| + | [72] The law of thy mouth is better to me |
| + | than thousands of gold and silver pieces. |
| + | |
| + | [73] Thy hands have made and fashioned me; |
| + | give me understanding that I may learn thy commandments. |
| + | |
| + | [74] Those who fear thee shall see me and rejoice, |
| + | because I have hoped in thy word. |
| + | |
| + | [75] I know, O LORD, that thy judgments are right, |
| + | and that in faithfulness thou hast afflicted me. |
| + | |
| + | [76] Let thy steadfast love be ready to comfort me |
| + | according to thy promise to thy servant. |
| + | |
| + | [77] Let thy mercy come to me, that I may live; |
| + | for thy law is my delight. |
| + | |
| + | [78] Let the godless be put to shame, |
| + | because they have subverted me with guile; |
| + | as for me, I will meditate on thy precepts. |
| + | |
| + | [79] Let those who fear thee turn to me, |
| + | that they may know thy testimonies. |
| + | |
| + | [80] May my heart be blameless in thy statutes, |
| + | that I may not be put to shame! |
| + | |
| + | [81] My soul languishes for thy salvation; |
| + | I hope in thy word. |
| + | |
| + | [82] My eyes fail with watching for thy promise; |
| + | I ask, "When wilt thou comfort me?" |
| + | |
| + | [83] For I have become like a wineskin in the smoke, |
| + | yet I have not forgotten thy statutes. |
| + | |
| + | [84] How long must thy servant endure? |
| + | When wilt thou judge those who persecute me? |
| + | |
| + | [85] Godless men have dug pitfalls for me, |
| + | men who do not conform to thy law. |
| + | |
| + | [86] All thy commandments are sure; |
| + | they persecute me with falsehood; help me! |
| + | |
| + | [87] They have almost made an end of me on earth; |
| + | but I have not forsaken thy precepts. |
| + | |
| + | [88] In thy steadfast love spare my life, |
| + | that I may keep the testimonies of thy mouth. |
| + | |
| + | [89] <u>For ever, O LORD, thy word |
| + | is firmly fixed in the heavens. |
| + | |
| + | [90] Thy faithfulness endures to all generations; |
| + | thou hast established the earth, and it stands fast.</u> |
| + | |
| + | [91] By thy appointment they stand this day; |
| + | for all things are thy servants. |
| + | |
| + | [92] If thy law had not been my delight, |
| + | I should have perished in my affliction. |
| + | |
| + | [93] I will never forget thy precepts; |
| + | for by them thou hast given me life. |
| + | |
| + | [94] I am thine, save me; |
| + | for I have sought thy precepts. |
| + | |
| + | [95] The wicked lie in wait to destroy me; |
| + | but I consider thy testimonies. |
| + | |
| + | [96] I have seen a limit to all perfection, |
| + | but thy commandment is exceedingly broad. |
| + | |
| + | [97] Oh, how I love thy law! |
| + | It is my meditation all the day. |
| + | |
| + | [98] Thy commandment makes me wiser than my enemies, |
| + | for it is ever with me. |
| + | |
| + | [99] I have more understanding than all my teachers, |
| + | for thy testimonies are my meditation. |
| + | |
| + | [100] I understand more than the aged, |
| + | for I keep thy precepts. |
| + | |
| + | [101] I hold back my feet from every evil way, |
| + | in order to keep thy word. |
| + | |
| + | [102] I do not turn aside from thy ordinances, |
| + | for thou hast taught me. |
| + | |
| + | [103] How sweet are thy words to my taste, |
| + | sweeter than honey to my mouth! |
| + | |
| + | [104] Through thy precepts I get understanding; |
| + | therefore I hate every false way. |
| + | |
| + | [105] Thy word is a lamp to my feet |
| + | and a light to my path. |
| + | |
| + | [106] I have sworn an oath and confirmed it, |
| + | to observe thy righteous ordinances. |
| + | |
| + | [107] I am sorely afflicted; |
| + | give me life, O LORD, according to thy word! |
| + | |
| + | [108] Accept my offerings of praise, O LORD, |
| + | and teach me thy ordinances. |
| + | |
| + | [109] I hold my life in my hand continually, |
| + | but I do not forget thy law. |
| + | |
| + | [110] The wicked have laid a snare for me, |
| + | but I do not stray from thy precepts. |
| + | |
| + | [111] Thy testimonies are my heritage for ever; |
| + | yea, they are the joy of my heart. |
| + | |
| + | [112] I incline my heart to perform thy statutes |
| + | for ever, to the end. |
| + | |
| + | [113] I hate double-minded men, |
| + | but I love thy law. |
| + | |
| + | [114] Thou art my hiding place and my shield; |
| + | I hope in thy word. |
| + | |
| + | [115] Depart from me, you evildoers, |
| + | that I may keep the commandments of my God. |
| + | |
| + | [116] Uphold me according to thy promise, that I may live, |
| + | and let me not be put to shame in my hope! |
| + | |
| + | [117] Hold me up, that I may be safe |
| + | and have regard for thy statutes continually! |
| + | |
| + | [118] Thou dost spurn all who go astray from thy statutes; |
| + | yea, their cunning is in vain. |
| + | |
| + | [119] All the wicked of the earth thou dost count as dross; |
| + | therefore I love thy testimonies. |
| + | |
| + | [120] My flesh trembles for fear of thee, |
| + | and I am afraid of thy judgments. |
| + | |
| + | [121] I have done what is just and right; |
| + | do not leave me to my oppressors. |
| + | |
| + | [122] Be surety for thy servant for good; |
| + | let not the godless oppress me. |
| + | |
| + | [123] My eyes fail with watching for thy salvation, |
| + | and for the fulfilment of thy righteous promise. |
| + | |
| + | [124] Deal with thy servant according to thy steadfast love, |
| + | and teach me thy statutes. |
| + | |
| + | [125] I am thy servant; give me understanding, |
| + | that I may know thy testimonies! |
| + | |
| + | [126] It is time for the LORD to act, |
| + | for thy law has been broken. |
| + | |
| + | [127] Therefore I love thy commandments |
| + | above gold, above fine gold. |
| + | |
| + | [128] Therefore I direct my steps by all thy precepts; |
| + | I hate every false way. |
| + | |
| + | [129] Thy testimonies are wonderful; |
| + | therefore my soul keeps them. |
| + | |
| + | [130] The unfolding of thy words gives light; |
| + | it imparts understanding to the simple. |
| + | |
| + | [131] With open mouth I pant, |
| + | because I long for thy commandments. |
| + | |
| + | [132] Turn to me and be gracious to me, |
| + | as is thy wont toward those who love thy name. |
| + | |
| + | [133] Keep steady my steps according to thy promise, |
| + | and let no iniquity get dominion over me. |
| + | |
| + | [134] Redeem me from man's oppression, |
| + | that I may keep thy precepts. |
| + | |
| + | [135] Make thy face shine upon thy servant, |
| + | and teach me thy statutes. |
| + | |
| + | [136] My eyes shed streams of tears, |
| + | because men do not keep thy law. |
| + | |
| + | [137] Righteous art thou, O LORD, |
| + | and right are thy judgments. |
| + | |
| + | [138] Thou hast appointed thy testimonies in righteousness |
| + | and in all faithfulness. |
| + | |
| + | [139] My zeal consumes me, |
| + | because my foes forget thy words. |
| + | |
| + | [140] Thy promise is well tried, |
| + | and thy servant loves it. |
| + | |
| + | [141] I am small and despised, |
| + | yet I do not forget thy precepts. |
| + | |
| + | [142] Thy righteousness is righteous for ever, |
| + | and thy law is true. |
| + | |
| + | [143] Trouble and anguish have come upon me, |
| + | but thy commandments are my delight. |
| + | |
| + | [144] Thy testimonies are righteous for ever; |
| + | give me understanding that I may live. |
| + | |
| + | [145] With my whole heart I cry; answer me, O LORD! |
| + | I will keep thy statutes. |
| + | |
| + | [146] I cry to thee; save me, |
| + | that I may observe thy testimonies. |
| + | |
| + | [147] I rise before dawn and cry for help; |
| + | I hope in thy words. |
| + | |
| + | [148] My eyes are awake before the watches of the night, |
| + | that I may meditate upon thy promise. |
| + | |
| + | [149] Hear my voice in thy steadfast love; |
| + | O LORD, in thy justice preserve my life. |
| + | |
| + | [150] They draw near who persecute me with evil purpose; |
| + | they are far from thy law. |
| + | |
| + | [151] But thou art near, O LORD, |
| + | and all thy commandments are true. |
| + | |
| + | [152] Long have I known from thy testimonies |
| + | that thou hast founded them for ever. |
| + | |
| + | [153] Look on my affliction and deliver me, |
| + | for I do not forget thy law. |
| + | |
| + | [154] Plead my cause and redeem me; |
| + | give me life according to thy promise! |
| + | |
| + | [155] Salvation is far from the wicked, |
| + | for they do not seek thy statutes. |
| + | |
| + | [156] Great is thy mercy, O LORD; |
| + | give me life according to thy justice. |
| + | |
| + | [157] Many are my persecutors and my adversaries, |
| + | but I do not swerve from thy testimonies. |
| + | |
| + | [158] I look at the faithless with disgust, |
| + | because they do not keep thy commands. |
| + | |
| + | [159] Consider how I love thy precepts! |
| + | Preserve my life according to thy steadfast love. |
| + | |
| + | [160] The sum of thy word is truth; |
| + | and every one of thy righteous ordinances endures for ever. |
| + | |
| + | [161] Princes persecute me without cause, |
| + | but my heart stands in awe of thy words. |
| + | |
| + | [162] I rejoice at thy word |
| + | like one who finds great spoil. |
| + | |
| + | [163] I hate and abhor falsehood, |
| + | but I love thy law. |
| + | |
| + | [164] Seven times a day I praise thee |
| + | for thy righteous ordinances. |
| + | |
| + | [165] Great peace have those who love thy law; |
| + | nothing can make them stumble. |
| + | |
| + | [166] I hope for thy salvation, O LORD, |
| + | and I do thy commandments. |
| + | |
| + | [167] My soul keeps thy testimonies; |
| + | I love them exceedingly. |
| + | |
| + | [168] I keep thy precepts and testimonies, |
| + | for all my ways are before thee. |
| + | |
| + | [169] Let my cry come before thee, O LORD; |
| + | give me understanding according to thy word! |
| + | |
| + | [170] Let my supplication come before thee; |
| + | deliver me according to thy word. |
| + | |
| + | [171] My lips will pour forth praise |
| + | that thou dost teach me thy statutes. |
| + | |
| + | [172] <u>My tongue will sing of thy word, |
| + | for all thy commandments are right.</u> |
| + | |
| + | [173] Let thy hand be ready to help me, |
| + | for I have chosen thy precepts. |
| + | |
| + | [174] I long for thy salvation, O LORD, |
| + | and thy law is my delight. |
| + | |
| + | [175] Let me live, that I may praise thee, |
| + | and let thy ordinances help me. |
| + | |
| + | [176] I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant, |
| + | for I do not forget thy commandments. |
| + | |
| + | ==Psalm 120== |
| + | [0] A Song of Ascents. |
| + | |
| + | [1] In my distress I cry to the LORD, |
| + | that he may answer me: |
| + | |
| + | [2] "Deliver me, O LORD, |
| + | from lying lips, |
| + | from a deceitful tongue." |
| + | |
| + | [3] What shall be given to you? |
| + | And what more shall be done to you, |
| + | you deceitful tongue? |
| + | |
| + | [4] A warrior's sharp arrows, |
| + | with glowing coals of the broom tree! |
| + | |
| + | [5] Woe is me, that I sojourn in Meshech, |
| + | that I dwell among the tents of Kedar! |
| + | |
| + | [6] Too long have I had my dwelling |
| + | among those who hate peace. |
| + | |
| + | [7] I am for peace; |
| + | but when I speak, |
| + | they are for war! |
| + | |
| + | ==Psalm 121== |
| + | [0] A Song of Ascents. |
| + | |
| + | [1] I lift up my eyes to the hills. |
| + | From whence does my help come? |
| + | |
| + | [2] My help comes from the LORD, |
| + | who made heaven and earth. |
| + | |
| + | [3] He will not let your foot be moved, |
| + | he who keeps you will not slumber. |
| + | |
| + | [4] <u>Behold, he who keeps Israel |
| + | will neither slumber nor sleep.</u> |
| + | |
| + | [5] The LORD is your keeper; |
| + | the LORD is your shade |
| + | on your right hand. |
| + | |
| + | [6] The sun shall not smite you by day, |
| + | nor the moon by night. |
| + | |
| + | [7] The LORD will keep you from all evil; |
| + | he will keep your life. |
| + | |
| + | [8] <u>The LORD will keep |
| + | your going out and your coming in |
| + | from this time forth and for evermore.</u> |
| + | |
| + | ==Psalm 122== |
| + | [0] A Song of Ascents. Of David. |
| + | |
| + | [1] I was glad when they said to me, |
| + | "Let us go to the house of the LORD!" |
| + | |
| + | [2] Our feet have been standing |
| + | within your gates, O Jerusalem! |
| + | |
| + | [3] Jerusalem, built as a city |
| + | which is bound firmly together, |
| + | |
| + | [4] to which the tribes go up, |
| + | the tribes of the LORD, |
| + | as was decreed for Israel, |
| + | to give thanks to the name of the LORD. |
| + | |
| + | [5] There thrones for judgment were set, |
| + | the thrones of the house of David. |
| + | |
| + | [6] Pray for the peace of Jerusalem! |
| + | "May they prosper who love you! |
| + | |
| + | [7] Peace be within your walls, |
| + | and security within your towers!" |
| + | |
| + | [8] For my brethren and companions' sake |
| + | I will say, "Peace be within you!" |
| + | |
| + | [9] For the sake of the house of the LORD our God, |
| + | I will seek your good. |
| + | |
| + | ==Psalm 123== |
| + | [0] A Song of Ascents. |
| + | |
| + | [1] To thee I lift up my eyes, |
| + | O thou who art enthroned in the heavens! |
| + | |
| + | [2] Behold, as the eyes of servants |
| + | look to the hand of their master, |
| + | as the eyes of a maid |
| + | to the hand of her mistress, |
| + | so our eyes look to the LORD our God, |
| + | till he have mercy upon us. |
| + | |
| + | [3] Have mercy upon us, O LORD, have mercy upon us, |
| + | for we have had more than enough of contempt. |
| + | |
| + | [4] Too long our soul has been sated |
| + | with the scorn of those who are at ease, |
| + | the contempt of the proud. |
| + | |
| + | ==Psalm 124== |
| + | [0] A Song of Ascents. Of David. |
| + | |
| + | [1] If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, |
| + | let Israel now say -- |
| + | |
| + | [2] if it had not been the LORD who was on our side, |
| + | when men rose up against us, |
| + | |
| + | [3] then they would have swallowed us up alive, |
| + | when their anger was kindled against us; |
| + | |
| + | [4] then the flood would have swept us away, |
| + | the torrent would have gone over us; |
| + | |
| + | [5] then over us would have gone |
| + | the raging waters. |
| + | |
| + | [6] Blessed be the LORD, |
| + | who has not given us |
| + | as prey to their teeth! |
| + | |
| + | [7] We have escaped as a bird |
| + | from the snare of the fowlers; |
| + | the snare is broken, |
| + | and we have escaped! |
| + | |
| + | [8] Our help is in the name of the LORD, |
| + | who made heaven and earth. |
| + | |
| + | ==Psalm 125== |
| + | [0] A Song of Ascents. |
| + | |
| + | [1] Those who trust in the LORD are like Mount Zion, |
| + | which cannot be moved, but abides for ever. |
| + | |
| + | [2] As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, |
| + | so the LORD is round about his people, |
| + | from this time forth and for evermore. |
| + | |
| + | [3] For the scepter of wickedness shall not rest |
| + | upon the land allotted to the righteous, |
| + | lest the righteous put forth |
| + | their hands to do wrong. |
| + | |
| + | [4] Do good, O LORD, to those who are good, |
| + | and to those who are upright in their hearts! |
| + | |
| + | [5] But those who turn aside upon their crooked ways |
| + | the LORD will lead away with evildoers! |
| + | Peace be in Israel! |
| + | |
| + | ==Psalm 126== |
| + | [0] A Song of Ascents. |
| + | |
| + | [1] When the LORD restored the fortunes of Zion, |
| + | we were like those who dream. |
| + | |
| + | [2] Then our mouth was filled with laughter, |
| + | and our tongue with shouts of joy; |
| + | then they said among the nations, |
| + | "The LORD has done great things for them." |
| + | |
| + | [3] The LORD has done great things for us; |
| + | we are glad. |
| + | |
| + | [4] Restore our fortunes, O LORD, |
| + | like the watercourses in the Negeb! |
| + | |
| + | [5] May those who sow in tears |
| + | reap with shouts of joy! |
| + | |
| + | [6] He that goes forth weeping, |
| + | bearing the seed for sowing, |
| + | shall come home with shouts of joy, |
| + | bringing his sheaves with him. |
| + | |
| + | ==Psalm 127== |
| + | [0] A Song of Ascents. Of Solomon. |
| + | |
| + | [1] Unless the LORD builds the house, |
| + | those who build it labor in vain. |
| + | Unless the LORD watches over the city, |
| + | the watchman stays awake in vain. |
| + | |
| + | [2] It is in vain that you rise up early |
| + | and go late to rest, |
| + | eating the bread of anxious toil; |
| + | for he gives to his beloved sleep. |
| + | |
| + | [3] Lo, sons are a heritage from the LORD, |
| + | the fruit of the womb a reward. |
| + | |
| + | [4] Like arrows in the hand of a warrior |
| + | are the sons of one's youth. |
| + | |
| + | [5] Happy is the man who has |
| + | his quiver full of them! |
| + | He shall not be put to shame |
| + | when he speaks with his enemies in the gate. |
| + | |
| + | ==Psalm 128== |
| + | [0] A Song of Ascents. |
| + | |
| + | [1] Blessed is every one who fears the LORD, |
| + | who walks in his ways! |
| + | |
| + | [2] You shall eat the fruit of the labor of your hands; |
| + | you shall be happy, and it shall be well with you. |
| + | |
| + | [3] Your wife will be like a fruitful vine |
| + | within your house; |
| + | your children will be like olive shoots |
| + | around your table. |
| + | |
| + | [4] Lo, thus shall the man be blessed |
| + | who fears the LORD. |
| + | |
| + | [5] The LORD bless you from Zion! |
| + | May you see the prosperity of Jerusalem |
| + | all the days of your life! |
| + | |
| + | [6] May you see your children's children! |
| + | Peace be upon Israel! |
| + | |
| + | ==Psalm 129== |
| + | [0] A Song of Ascents. |
| + | |
| + | [1] "Sorely have they afflicted me from my youth," |
| + | let Israel now say -- |
| + | |
| + | [2] "Sorely have they afflicted me from my youth, |
| + | yet they have not prevailed against me. |
| + | |
| + | [3] The plowers plowed upon my back; |
| + | they made long their furrows." |
| + | |
| + | [4] The LORD is righteous; |
| + | he has cut the cords of the wicked. |
| + | |
| + | [5] May all who hate Zion |
| + | be put to shame and turned backward! |
| + | |
| + | [6] Let them be like the grass on the housetops, |
| + | which withers before it grows up, |
| + | |
| + | [7] with which the reaper does not fill his hand |
| + | or the binder of sheaves his bosom, |
| + | |
| + | [8] while those who pass by do not say, |
| + | "The blessing of the LORD be upon you! |
| + | We bless you in the name of the LORD!" |
| + | |
| + | ==Psalm 130== |
| + | [0] A Song of Ascents. |
| + | |
| + | [1] Out of the depths I cry to thee, O LORD! |
| + | |
| + | [2] Lord, hear my voice! |
| + | Let thy ears be attentive |
| + | to the voice of my supplications! |
| + | |
| + | [3] If thou, O LORD, shouldst mark iniquities, |
| + | Lord, who could stand? |
| + | |
| + | [4] But there is forgiveness with thee, |
| + | that thou mayest be feared. |
| + | |
| + | [5] I wait for the LORD, my soul waits, |
| + | and in his word I hope; |
| + | |
| + | [6] my soul waits for the LORD |
| + | more than watchmen for the morning, |
| + | more than watchmen for the morning. |
| + | |
| + | [7] O Israel, hope in the LORD! |
| + | For with the LORD there is steadfast love, |
| + | and with him is plenteous redemption. |
| + | |
| + | [8] And he will redeem Israel |
| + | from all his iniquities. |
| + | |
| + | ==Psalm 131== |
| + | [0] A Song of Ascents. Of David. |
| + | |
| + | [1] O LORD, my heart is not lifted up, |
| + | my eyes are not raised too high; |
| + | I do not occupy myself with things |
| + | too great and too marvelous for me. |
| + | |
| + | [2] But I have calmed and quieted my soul, |
| + | like a child quieted at its mother's breast; |
| + | like a child that is quieted is my soul. |
| + | |
| + | [3] O Israel, hope in the LORD |
| + | from this time forth and for evermore. |
| + | |
| + | ==Psalm 132== |
| + | [0] A Song of Ascents. |
| + | |
| + | [1] Remember, O LORD, in David's favor, |
| + | all the hardships he endured; |
| + | |
| + | [2] how he swore to the LORD |
| + | and vowed to the Mighty One of Jacob, |
| + | |
| + | [3] "I will not enter my house |
| + | or get into my bed; |
| + | |
| + | [4] I will not give sleep to my eyes |
| + | or slumber to my eyelids, |
| + | |
| + | [5] until I find a place for the LORD, |
| + | a dwelling place for the Mighty One of Jacob." |
| + | |
| + | [6] Lo, we heard of it in Eph'rathah, |
| + | we found it in the fields of Ja'ar. |
| + | |
| + | [7] "Let us go to his dwelling place; |
| + | let us worship at his footstool!" |
| + | |
| + | [8] Arise, O LORD, and go to thy resting place, |
| + | thou and the ark of thy might. |
| + | |
| + | [9] Let thy priests be clothed with righteousness, |
| + | and let thy saints shout for joy. |
| + | |
| + | [10] For thy servant David's sake |
| + | do not turn away the face of thy anointed one. |
| + | |
| + | [11] The LORD swore to David a sure oath |
| + | from which he will not turn back: |
| + | "One of the sons of your body |
| + | I will set on your throne. |
| + | |
| + | [12] If your sons keep my covenant |
| + | and my testimonies which I shall teach them, |
| + | their sons also for ever |
| + | shall sit upon your throne." |
| + | |
| + | [13] For the LORD has chosen Zion; |
| + | he has desired it for his habitation: |
| + | |
| + | [14] "This is my resting place for ever; |
| + | here I will dwell, for I have desired it. |
| + | |
| + | [15] I will abundantly bless her provisions; |
| + | I will satisfy her poor with bread. |
| + | |
| + | [16] Her priests I will clothe with salvation, |
| + | and her saints will shout for joy. |
| + | |
| + | [17] There I will make a horn to sprout for David; |
| + | I have prepared a lamp for my anointed. |
| + | |
| + | [18] His enemies I will clothe with shame, |
| + | but upon himself his crown will shed its luster." |
| + | |
| + | ==Psalm 133== |
| + | [0] A Song of Ascents. |
| + | |
| + | [1] Behold, how good and pleasant it is |
| + | when brothers dwell in unity! |
| + | |
| + | [2] It is like the precious oil upon the head, |
| + | running down upon the beard, |
| + | upon the beard of Aaron, |
| + | running down on the collar of his robes! |
| + | |
| + | [3] It is like the dew of Hermon, |
| + | which falls on the mountains of Zion! |
| + | For there the LORD has commanded the blessing, |
| + | life for evermore. |
| + | |
| + | ==Psalm 134== |
| + | [0] A Song of Ascents. |
| + | |
| + | [1] Come, bless the LORD, |
| + | all you servants of the LORD, |
| + | who stand by night in the house of the LORD! |
| + | |
| + | [2] Lift up your hands to the holy place, |
| + | and bless the LORD! |
| + | |
| + | [3] May the LORD bless you from Zion, |
| + | he who made heaven and earth! |
| + | |
| + | ==Psalm 135== |
| + | [1] Praise the LORD. |
| + | Praise the name of the LORD, |
| + | give praise, O servants of the LORD, |
| + | |
| + | [2] you that stand in the house of the LORD, |
| + | in the courts of the house of our God! |
| + | |
| + | [3] Praise the LORD, for the LORD is good; |
| + | sing to his name, for he is gracious! |
| + | |
| + | [4] For the LORD has chosen Jacob for himself, |
| + | Israel as his own possession. |
| + | |
| + | [5] For I know that the LORD is great, |
| + | and that our Lord is above all gods. |
| + | |
| + | [6] Whatever the LORD pleases he does, |
| + | in heaven and on earth, |
| + | in the seas and all deeps. |
| + | |
| + | [7] He it is who makes the clouds rise at the end of the earth, |
| + | who makes lightnings for the rain |
| + | and brings forth the wind from his storehouses. |
| + | |
| + | [8] He it was who smote the first-born of Egypt, |
| + | both of man and of beast; |
| + | |
| + | [9] who in thy midst, O Egypt, |
| + | sent signs and wonders |
| + | against Pharaoh and all his servants; |
| + | |
| + | [10] who smote many nations |
| + | and slew mighty kings, |
| + | |
| + | [11] Sihon, king of the Amorites, |
| + | and Og, king of Bashan, |
| + | and all the kingdoms of Canaan, |
| + | |
| + | [12] and gave their land as a heritage, |
| + | a heritage to his people Israel. |
| + | |
| + | [13] Thy name, O LORD, endures for ever, |
| + | thy renown, O LORD, throughout all ages. |
| + | |
| + | [14] For the LORD will vindicate his people, |
| + | and have compassion on his servants. |
| + | |
| + | [15] The idols of the nations are silver and gold, |
| + | the work of men's hands. |
| + | |
| + | [16] They have mouths, but they speak not, |
| + | they have eyes, but they see not, |
| + | |
| + | [17] they have ears, but they hear not, |
| + | nor is there any breath in their mouths. |
| + | |
| + | [18] Like them be those who make them! -- |
| + | yea, every one who trusts in them! |
| + | |
| + | [19] O house of Israel, bless the LORD! |
| + | O house of Aaron, bless the LORD! |
| + | |
| + | [20] O house of Levi, bless the LORD! |
| + | You that fear the LORD, bless the LORD! |
| + | |
| + | [21] Blessed be the LORD from Zion, |
| + | he who dwells in Jerusalem! |
| + | Praise the LORD! |
| + | |
| + | ==Psalm 136== |
| + | [1] O give thanks to the LORD, for he is good, |
| + | for his steadfast love endures for ever. |
| + | |
| + | [2] O give thanks to the God of gods, |
| + | for his steadfast love endures for ever. |
| + | |
| + | [3] O give thanks to the Lord of lords, |
| + | for his steadfast love endures for ever; |
| + | |
| + | [4] to him who alone does great wonders, |
| + | for his steadfast love endures for ever; |
| + | |
| + | [5] to him who by understanding made the heavens, |
| + | for his steadfast love endures for ever; |
| + | |
| + | [6] to him who spread out the earth upon the waters, |
| + | for his steadfast love endures for ever; |
| + | |
| + | [7] to him who made the great lights, |
| + | for his steadfast love endures for ever; |
| + | |
| + | [8] the sun to rule over the day, |
| + | for his steadfast love endures for ever; |
| + | |
| + | [9] the moon and stars to rule over the night, |
| + | for his steadfast love endures for ever; |
| + | |
| + | [10] to him who smote the first-born of Egypt, |
| + | for his steadfast love endures for ever; |
| + | |
| + | [11] and brought Israel out from among them, |
| + | for his steadfast love endures for ever; |
| + | |
| + | [12] with a strong hand and an outstretched arm, |
| + | for his steadfast love endures for ever; |
| + | |
| + | [13] to him who divided the Red Sea in sunder, |
| + | for his steadfast love endures for ever; |
| + | |
| + | [14] and made Israel pass through the midst of it, |
| + | for his steadfast love endures for ever; |
| + | |
| + | [15] but overthrew Pharaoh and his host in the Red Sea, |
| + | for his steadfast love endures for ever; |
| + | |
| + | [16] to him who led his people through the wilderness, |
| + | for his steadfast love endures for ever; |
| + | |
| + | [17] to him who smote great kings, |
| + | for his steadfast love endures for ever; |
| + | |
| + | [18] and slew famous kings, |
| + | for his steadfast love endures for ever; |
| + | |
| + | [19] Sihon, king of the Amorites, |
| + | for his steadfast love endures for ever; |
| + | |
| + | [20] and Og, king of Bashan, |
| + | for his steadfast love endures for ever; |
| + | |
| + | [21] and gave their land as a heritage, |
| + | for his steadfast love endures for ever; |
| + | |
| + | [22] a heritage to Israel his servant, |
| + | for his steadfast love endures for ever. |
| + | |
| + | [23] It is he who remembered us in our low estate, |
| + | for his steadfast love endures for ever; |
| + | |
| + | [24] and rescued us from our foes, |
| + | for his steadfast love endures for ever; |
| + | |
| + | [25] he who gives food to all flesh, |
| + | for his steadfast love endures for ever. |
| + | |
| + | [26] O give thanks to the God of heaven, |
| + | for his steadfast love endures for ever. |
| + | |
| + | ==Psalm 137== |
| + | [1] By the waters of Babylon, |
| + | there we sat down and wept, |
| + | when we remembered Zion. |
| + | |
| + | [2] On the willows there |
| + | we hung up our lyres. |
| + | |
| + | [3] For there our captors |
| + | required of us songs, |
| + | and our tormentors, mirth, saying, |
| + | "Sing us one of the songs of Zion!" |
| + | |
| + | [4] How shall we sing the LORD's song |
| + | in a foreign land? |
| + | |
| + | [5] If I forget you, O Jerusalem, |
| + | let my right hand wither! |
| + | |
| + | [6] Let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth, |
| + | if I do not remember you, |
| + | if I do not set Jerusalem |
| + | above my highest joy! |
| + | |
| + | [7] Remember, O LORD, against the E'domites |
| + | the day of Jerusalem, |
| + | how they said, "Rase it, rase it! |
| + | Down to its foundations!" |
| + | |
| + | [8] O daughter of Babylon, you devastator! |
| + | Happy shall he be who requites you |
| + | with what you have done to us! |
| + | |
| + | [9] Happy shall he be who takes your little ones |
| + | and dashes them against the rock! |
| + | |
| + | ==Psalm 138== |
| + | [0] A Psalm of David. |
| + | |
| + | [1] I give thee thanks, O LORD, with my whole heart; |
| + | before the gods I sing thy praise; |
| + | |
| + | [2] I bow down toward thy holy temple |
| + | and give thanks to thy name for thy steadfast love and thy |
| + | faithfulness; |
| + | for thou hast exalted above everything |
| + | thy name and thy word. |
| + | |
| + | [3] On the day I called, thou didst answer me, |
| + | my strength of soul thou didst increase. |
| + | |
| + | [4] All the kings of the earth shall praise thee, O LORD, |
| + | for they have heard the words of thy mouth; |
| + | |
| + | [5] and they shall sing of the ways of the LORD, |
| + | for great is the glory of the LORD. |
| + | |
| + | [6] For though the LORD is high, he regards the lowly; |
| + | but the haughty he knows from afar. |
| + | |
| + | [7] Though I walk in the midst of trouble, |
| + | thou dost preserve my life; |
| + | thou dost stretch out thy hand against the wrath of my enemies, |
| + | and thy right hand delivers me. |
| + | |
| + | [8] The LORD will fulfil his purpose for me; |
| + | thy steadfast love, O LORD, endures for ever. |
| + | Do not forsake the work of thy hands. |
| + | |
| + | ==Psalm 139== |
| + | [0] To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. |
| + | |
| + | [1] O LORD, thou hast searched me and known me! |
| + | |
| + | [2] Thou knowest when I sit down and when I rise up; |
| + | thou discernest my thoughts from afar. |
| + | |
| + | [3] Thou searchest out my path and my lying down, |
| + | and art acquainted with all my ways. |
| + | |
| + | [4] Even before a word is on my tongue, |
| + | lo, O LORD, thou knowest it altogether. |
| + | |
| + | [5] Thou dost beset me behind and before, |
| + | and layest thy hand upon me. |
| + | |
| + | [6] Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; |
| + | it is high, I cannot attain it. |
| + | |
| + | [7] <u>Whither shall I go from thy Spirit? |
| + | Or whither shall I flee from thy presence?</u> |
| + | |
| + | [8] If I ascend to heaven, thou art there! |
| + | If I make my bed in Sheol, thou art there! |
| + | |
| + | [9] If I take the wings of the morning |
| + | and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea, |
| + | |
| + | [10] even there thy hand shall lead me, |
| + | and thy right hand shall hold me. |
| + | |
| + | [11] If I say, "Let only darkness cover me, |
| + | and the light about me be night," |
| + | |
| + | [12] even the darkness is not dark to thee, |
| + | the night is bright as the day; |
| + | for darkness is as light with thee. |
| + | |
| + | [13] For thou didst form my inward parts, |
| + | thou didst knit me together in my mother's womb. |
| + | |
| + | [14] I praise thee, for thou art fearful and wonderful. |
| + | Wonderful are thy works! |
| + | Thou knowest me right well; |
| + | |
| + | [15] my frame was not hidden from thee, |
| + | when I was being made in secret, |
| + | intricately wrought in the depths of the earth. |
| + | |
| + | [16] Thy eyes beheld my unformed substance; |
| + | in thy book were written, every one of them, |
| + | the days that were formed for me, |
| + | when as yet there was none of them. |
| + | |
| + | [17] How precious to me are thy thoughts, O God! |
| + | How vast is the sum of them! |
| + | |
| + | [18] If I would count them, they are more than the sand. |
| + | When I awake, I am still with thee. |
| + | |
| + | [19] O that thou wouldst slay the wicked, O God, |
| + | and that men of blood would depart from me, |
| + | |
| + | [20] men who maliciously defy thee, |
| + | who lift themselves up against thee for evil! |
| + | |
| + | [21] Do I not hate them that hate thee, O LORD? |
| + | And do I not loathe them that rise up against thee? |
| + | |
| + | [22] I hate them with perfect hatred; |
| + | I count them my enemies. |
| + | |
| + | [23] Search me, O God, and know my heart! |
| + | Try me and know my thoughts! |
| + | |
| + | [24] And see if there be any wicked way in me, |
| + | and lead me in the way everlasting! |
| + | |
| + | ==Psalm 140== |
| + | [0] To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. |
| + | |
| + | [1] Deliver me, O LORD, from evil men; |
| + | preserve me from violent men, |
| + | |
| + | [2] who plan evil things in their heart, |
| + | and stir up wars continually. |
| + | |
| + | [3] They make their tongue sharp as a serpent's, |
| + | and under their lips is the poison of vipers. [Selah] |
| + | |
| + | [4] Guard me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; |
| + | preserve me from violent men, |
| + | who have planned to trip up my feet. |
| + | |
| + | [5] Arrogant men have hidden a trap for me, |
| + | and with cords they have spread a net, |
| + | by the wayside they have set snares for me. [Selah] |
| + | |
| + | [6] I say to the LORD, Thou art my God; |
| + | give ear to the voice of my supplications, O LORD! |
| + | |
| + | [7] O LORD, my Lord, my strong deliverer, |
| + | thou hast covered my head in the day of battle. |
| + | |
| + | [8] Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked; |
| + | do not further his evil plot! [Selah] |
| + | |
| + | [9] Those who surround me lift up their head, |
| + | let the mischief of their lips overwhelm them! |
| + | |
| + | [10] Let burning coals fall upon them! |
| + | Let them be cast into pits, no more to rise! |
| + | |
| + | [11] Let not the slanderer be established in the land; |
| + | let evil hunt down the violent man speedily! |
| + | |
| + | [12] I know that the LORD maintains the cause of the afflicted, |
| + | and executes justice for the needy. |
| + | |
| + | [13] Surely the righteous shall give thanks to thy name; |
| + | the upright shall dwell in thy presence. |
| + | |
| + | ==Psalm 141== |
| + | [0] A Psalm of David. |
| + | |
| + | [1] I call upon thee, O LORD; make haste to me! |
| + | Give ear to my voice, when I call to thee! |
| + | |
| + | [2] Let my prayer be counted as incense before thee, |
| + | and the lifting up of my hands as an evening sacrifice! |
| + | |
| + | [3] <u>Set a guard over my mouth, O LORD, |
| + | keep watch over the door of my lips!</u> |
| + | |
| + | [4] Incline not my heart to any evil, |
| + | to busy myself with wicked deeds |
| + | in company with men who work iniquity; |
| + | and let me not eat of their dainties! |
| + | |
| + | [5] Let a good man strike or rebuke me in kindness, |
| + | but let the oil of the wicked never anoint my head; |
| + | for my prayer is continually against their wicked deeds. |
| + | |
| + | [6] When they are given over to those who shall condemn them, |
| + | then they shall learn that the word of the LORD is true. |
| + | |
| + | [7] As a rock which one cleaves and shatters on the land, |
| + | so shall their bones be strewn at the mouth of Sheol. |
| + | |
| + | [8] But my eyes are toward thee, O LORD God; |
| + | in thee I seek refuge; leave me not defenseless! |
| + | |
| + | [9] Keep me from the trap which they have laid for me, |
| + | and from the snares of evildoers! |
| + | |
| + | [10] Let the wicked together fall into their own nets, |
| + | while I escape. |
| + | |
| + | ==Psalm 142== |
| + | [0] A Maskil of David, when he was in the cave. A Prayer. |
| + | |
| + | [1] I cry with my voice to the LORD, |
| + | with my voice I make supplication to the LORD, |
| + | |
| + | [2] I pour out my complaint before him, |
| + | I tell my trouble before him. |
| + | |
| + | [3] When my spirit is faint, |
| + | thou knowest my way! |
| + | In the path where I walk |
| + | they have hidden a trap for me. |
| + | |
| + | [4] I look to the right and watch, |
| + | but there is none who takes notice of me; |
| + | no refuge remains to me, |
| + | no man cares for me. |
| + | |
| + | [5] I cry to thee, O LORD; |
| + | I say, Thou art my refuge, |
| + | my portion in the land of the living. |
| + | |
| + | [6] Give heed to my cry; |
| + | for I am brought very low! |
| + | Deliver me from my persecutors; |
| + | for they are too strong for me! |
| + | |
| + | [7] Bring me out of prison, |
| + | that I may give thanks to thy name! |
| + | The righteous will surround me; |
| + | for thou wilt deal bountifully with me. |
| + | |
| + | ==Psalm 143== |
| + | [0] A Psalm of David. |
| + | |
| + | [1] Hear my prayer, O LORD; |
| + | give ear to my supplications! |
| + | In thy faithfulness answer me, in thy righteousness! |
| + | |
| + | [2] Enter not into judgment with thy servant; |
| + | for no man living is righteous before thee. |
| + | |
| + | [3] For the enemy has pursued me; |
| + | he has crushed my life to the ground; |
| + | he has made me sit in darkness like those long dead. |
| + | |
| + | [4] Therefore my spirit faints within me; |
| + | my heart within me is appalled. |
| + | |
| + | [5] I remember the days of old, |
| + | I meditate on all that thou hast done; |
| + | I muse on what thy hands have wrought. |
| + | |
| + | [6] I stretch out my hands to thee; |
| + | my soul thirsts for thee like a parched land. [Selah] |
| + | |
| + | [7] Make haste to answer me, O LORD! |
| + | My spirit fails! |
| + | Hide not thy face from me, |
| + | lest I be like those who go down to the Pit. |
| + | |
| + | [8] Let me hear in the morning of thy steadfast love, |
| + | for in thee I put my trust. |
| + | Teach me the way I should go, |
| + | for to thee I lift up my soul. |
| + | |
| + | [9] Deliver me, O LORD, from my enemies! |
| + | I have fled to thee for refuge! |
| + | |
| + | [10] Teach me to do thy will, |
| + | for thou art my God! |
| + | Let thy good spirit lead me |
| + | on a level path! |
| + | |
| + | [11] For thy name's sake, O LORD, preserve my life! |
| + | In thy righteousness bring me out of trouble! |
| + | |
| + | [12] And in thy steadfast love cut off my enemies, |
| + | and destroy all my adversaries, |
| + | for I am thy servant. |
| + | |
| + | ==Psalm 144== |
| + | [0] A Psalm of David. |
| + | |
| + | [1] Blessed be the LORD, my rock, |
| + | who trains my hands for war, |
| + | and my fingers for battle; |
| + | |
| + | [2] my rock and my fortress, |
| + | my stronghold and my deliverer, |
| + | my shield and he in whom I take refuge, |
| + | who subdues the peoples under him. |
| + | |
| + | [3] O LORD, what is man that thou dost regard him, |
| + | or the son of man that thou dost think of him? |
| + | |
| + | [4] Man is like a breath, |
| + | his days are like a passing shadow. |
| + | |
| + | [5] Bow thy heavens, O LORD, and come down! |
| + | Touch the mountains that they smoke! |
| + | |
| + | [6] Flash forth the lightning and scatter them, |
| + | send out thy arrows and rout them! |
| + | |
| + | [7] Stretch forth thy hand from on high, |
| + | rescue me and deliver me from the many waters, |
| + | from the hand of aliens, |
| + | |
| + | [8] whose mouths speak lies, |
| + | and whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood. |
| + | |
| + | [9] I will sing a new song to thee, O God; |
| + | upon a ten-stringed harp I will play to thee, |
| + | |
| + | [10] who givest victory to kings, |
| + | who rescuest David thy servant. |
| + | |
| + | [11] Rescue me from the cruel sword, |
| + | and deliver me from the hand of aliens, |
| + | whose mouths speak lies, |
| + | and whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood. |
| + | |
| + | [12] May our sons in their youth |
| + | be like plants full grown, |
| + | our daughters like corner pillars |
| + | cut for the structure of a palace; |
| + | |
| + | [13] may our garners be full, |
| + | providing all manner of store; |
| + | may our sheep bring forth thousands |
| + | and ten thousands in our fields; |
| + | |
| + | [14] may our cattle be heavy with young, |
| + | suffering no mischance or failure in bearing; |
| + | may there be no cry of distress in our streets! |
| + | |
| + | [15] Happy the people to whom such blessings fall! |
| + | Happy the people whose God is the LORD! |
| + | |
| + | ==Psalm 145== |
| + | [0] A Song of Praise. Of David. |
| + | |
| + | [1] I will extol thee, my God and King, |
| + | and bless thy name for ever and ever. |
| + | |
| + | [2] Every day I will bless thee, |
| + | and praise thy name for ever and ever. |
| + | |
| + | [3] <u>Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised, |
| + | and his greatness is unsearchable.</u> |
| + | |
| + | [4] One generation shall laud thy works to another, |
| + | and shall declare thy mighty acts. |
| + | |
| + | [5] On the glorious splendor of thy majesty, |
| + | and on thy wondrous works, I will meditate. |
| + | |
| + | [6] Men shall proclaim the might of thy terrible acts, |
| + | and I will declare thy greatness. |
| + | |
| + | [7] They shall pour forth the fame of thy abundant goodness, |
| + | and shall sing aloud of thy righteousness. |
| + | |
| + | [8] The LORD is gracious and merciful, |
| + | slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love. |
| + | |
| + | [9] The LORD is good to all, |
| + | and his compassion is over all that he has made. |
| + | |
| + | [10] All thy works shall give thanks to thee, O LORD, |
| + | and all thy saints shall bless thee! |
| + | |
| + | [11] They shall speak of the glory of thy kingdom, |
| + | and tell of thy power, |
| + | |
| + | [12] to make known to the sons of men thy mighty deeds, |
| + | and the glorious splendor of thy kingdom. |
| + | |
| + | [13] Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, |
| + | and thy dominion endures throughout all generations. |
| + | The LORD is faithful in all his words, |
| + | and gracious in all his deeds. |
| + | |
| + | [14] The LORD upholds all who are falling, |
| + | and raises up all who are bowed down. |
| + | |
| + | [15] The eyes of all look to thee, |
| + | and thou givest them their food in due season. |
| + | |
| + | [16] Thou openest thy hand, |
| + | thou satisfiest the desire of every living thing. |
| + | |
| + | [17] <u>The LORD is just in all his ways, |
| + | and kind in all his doings.</u> |
| + | |
| + | [18] The LORD is near to all who call upon him, |
| + | to all who call upon him in truth. |
| + | |
| + | [19] He fulfils the desire of all who fear him, |
| + | he also hears their cry, and saves them. |
| + | |
| + | [20] The LORD preserves all who love him; |
| + | but all the wicked he will destroy. |
| + | |
| + | [21] My mouth will speak the praise of the LORD, |
| + | and let all flesh bless his holy name for ever and ever. |
| + | |
| + | ==Psalm 146== |
| + | [1] Praise the LORD! |
| + | Praise the LORD, O my soul! |
| + | |
| + | [2] I will praise the LORD as long as I live; |
| + | I will sing praises to my God while I have being. |
| + | |
| + | [3] Put not your trust in princes, |
| + | in a son of man, in whom there is no help. |
| + | |
| + | [4] When his breath departs he returns to his earth; |
| + | on that very day his plans perish. |
| + | |
| + | [5] Happy is he whose help is the God of Jacob, |
| + | whose hope is in the LORD his God, |
| + | |
| + | [6] who made heaven and earth, |
| + | the sea, and all that is in them; |
| + | who keeps faith for ever; |
| + | |
| + | [7] who executes justice for the oppressed; |
| + | who gives food to the hungry. |
| + | The LORD sets the prisoners free; |
| + | |
| + | [8] the LORD opens the eyes of the blind. |
| + | The LORD lifts up those who are bowed down; |
| + | the LORD loves the righteous. |
| + | |
| + | [9] The LORD watches over the sojourners, |
| + | he upholds the widow and the fatherless; |
| + | but the way of the wicked he brings to ruin. |
| + | |
| + | [10] The LORD will reign for ever, |
| + | thy God, O Zion, to all generations. |
| + | Praise the LORD! |
| + | |
| + | ==Psalm 147== |
| + | [1] Praise the LORD! |
| + | For it is good to sing praises to our God; |
| + | for he is gracious, and a song of praise is seemly. |
| + | |
| + | [2] The LORD builds up Jerusalem; |
| + | he gathers the outcasts of Israel. |
| + | |
| + | [3] <u>He heals the brokenhearted, |
| + | and binds up their wounds.</u> |
| + | |
| + | [4] <u>He determines the number of the stars, |
| + | he gives to all of them their names.</u> |
| + | |
| + | [5] Great is our LORD, and abundant in power; |
| + | his understanding is beyond measure. |
| + | |
| + | [6] The LORD lifts up the downtrodden, |
| + | he casts the wicked to the ground. |
| + | |
| + | [7] Sing to the LORD with thanksgiving; |
| + | make melody to our God upon the lyre! |
| + | |
| + | [8] He covers the heavens with clouds, |
| + | he prepares rain for the earth, |
| + | he makes grass grow upon the hills. |
| + | |
| + | [9] He gives to the beasts their food, |
| + | and to the young ravens which cry. |
| + | |
| + | [10] His delight is not in the strength of the horse, |
| + | nor his pleasure in the legs of a man; |
| + | |
| + | [11] but the LORD takes pleasure in those who fear him, |
| + | in those who hope in his steadfast love. |
| + | |
| + | [12] Praise the LORD, O Jerusalem! |
| + | Praise your God, O Zion! |
| + | |
| + | [13] For he strengthens the bars of your gates; |
| + | he blesses your sons within you. |
| + | |
| + | [14] He makes peace in your borders; |
| + | he fills you with the finest of the wheat. |
| + | |
| + | [15] He sends forth his command to the earth; |
| + | his word runs swiftly. |
| + | |
| + | [16] He gives snow like wool; |
| + | he scatters hoarfrost like ashes. |
| + | |
| + | [17] He casts forth his ice like morsels; |
| + | who can stand before his cold? |
| + | |
| + | [18] He sends forth his word, and melts them; |
| + | he makes his wind blow, and the waters flow. |
| + | |
| + | [19] He declares his word to Jacob, |
| + | his statutes and ordinances to Israel. |
| + | |
| + | [20] He has not dealt thus with any other nation; |
| + | they do not know his ordinances. |
| + | Praise the LORD! |
| + | |
| + | ==Psalm 148== |
| + | [1] Praise the LORD! |
| + | Praise the LORD from the heavens, |
| + | praise him in the heights! |
| + | |
| + | [2] Praise him, all his angels, |
| + | praise him, all his host! |
| + | |
| + | [3] Praise him, sun and moon, |
| + | praise him, all you shining stars! |
| + | |
| + | [4] Praise him, you highest heavens, |
| + | and you waters above the heavens! |
| + | |
| + | [5] Let them praise the name of the LORD! |
| + | For he commanded and they were created. |
| + | |
| + | [6] And he established them for ever and ever; |
| + | he fixed their bounds which cannot be passed. |
| + | |
| + | [7] Praise the LORD from the earth, |
| + | you sea monsters and all deeps, |
| + | |
| + | [8] fire and hail, snow and frost, |
| + | stormy wind fulfilling his command! |
| + | |
| + | [9] Mountains and all hills, |
| + | fruit trees and all cedars! |
| + | |
| + | [10] Beasts and all cattle, |
| + | creeping things and flying birds! |
| + | |
| + | [11] Kings of the earth and all peoples, |
| + | princes and all rulers of the earth! |
| + | |
| + | [12] Young men and maidens together, |
| + | old men and children! |
| + | |
| + | [13] Let them praise the name of the LORD, |
| + | for his name alone is exalted; |
| + | his glory is above earth and heaven. |
| + | |
| + | [14] He has raised up a horn for his people, |
| + | praise for all his saints, |
| + | for the people of Israel who are near to him. |
| + | Praise the LORD! |
| + | |
| + | ==Psalm 149== |
| + | [1] Praise the LORD! |
| + | Sing to the LORD a new song, |
| + | his praise in the assembly of the faithful! |
| + | |
| + | [2] Let Israel be glad in his Maker, |
| + | let the sons of Zion rejoice in their King! |
| + | |
| + | [3] Let them praise his name with dancing, |
| + | making melody to him with timbrel and lyre! |
| + | |
| + | [4] For the LORD takes pleasure in his people; |
| + | he adorns the humble with victory. |
| + | |
| + | [5] Let the faithful exult in glory; |
| + | let them sing for joy on their couches. |
| + | |
| + | [6] Let the high praises of God be in their throats |
| + | and two-edged swords in their hands, |
| + | |
| + | [7] to wreak vengeance on the nations |
| + | and chastisement on the peoples, |
| + | |
| + | [8] to bind their kings with chains |
| + | and their nobles with fetters of iron, |
| + | |
| + | [9] to execute on them the judgment written! |
| + | This is glory for all his faithful ones. |
| + | Praise the LORD! |
| + | |
| + | ==Psalm 150== |
| + | [1] Praise the LORD! |
| + | Praise God in his sanctuary; |
| + | praise him in his mighty firmament! |
| + | |
| + | [2] Praise him for his mighty deeds; |
| + | praise him according to his exceeding greatness! |
| + | |
| + | [3] Praise him with trumpet sound; |
| + | praise him with lute and harp! |
| + | |
| + | [4] Praise him with timbrel and dance; |
| + | praise him with strings and pipe! |
| + | |
| + | [5] Praise him with sounding cymbals; |
| + | praise him with loud clashing cymbals! |
| + | |
| + | [6] Let everything that breathes praise the LORD! |
| + | Praise the LORD! |
| + | |
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