New International Version (NIV)

For the director of music. Of David the servant of the

Lord

. He sang to the

Lord

the words of this song when the

Lord

delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul. He said:

1 I love you,Lord, my strength.

2 TheLordis my rock, my fortress and my deliverer;

my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge,

# my shieldand the hornof my salvation, my stronghold.

3 I called to theLord, who is worthy of praise,

and I have been saved from my enemies.

4 The cords of death entangled me;

the torrents of destruction overwhelmed me.

5 The cords of the grave coiled around me;

the snares of death confronted me.

6 In my distress I called to theLord;

I cried to my God for help.

From his temple he heard my voice;

my cry came before him, into his ears.

7 The earth trembled and quaked,

and the foundations of the mountains shook;

they trembled because he was angry.

8 Smoke rose from his nostrils;

consuming fire came from his mouth,

burning coals blazed out of it.

9 He parted the heavens and came down;

dark clouds were under his feet.

10 He mounted the cherubim and flew;

he soared on the wings of the wind.

11 He made darkness his covering, his canopy around him—

the dark rain clouds of the sky.

12 Out of the brightness of his presence clouds advanced,

with hailstones and bolts of lightning.

13 TheLordthundered from heaven;

# the voice of the Most High resounded.

14 He shot his arrows and scattered the enemy,

with great bolts of lightning he routed them.

15 The valleys of the sea were exposed

and the foundations of the earth laid bare

at your rebuke,Lord,

at the blast of breath from your nostrils.

16 He reached down from on high and took hold of me;

he drew me out of deep waters.

17 He rescued me from my powerful enemy,

from my foes, who were too strong for me.

18 They confronted me in the day of my disaster,

but theLordwas my support.

19 He brought me out into a spacious place;

he rescued me because he delighted in me.

20 TheLordhas dealt with me according to my righteousness;

according to the cleanness of my hands he has rewarded me.

21 For I have kept the ways of theLord;

I am not guilty of turning from my God.

22 All his laws are before me;

I have not turned away from his decrees.

23 I have been blameless before him

and have kept myself from sin.

24 TheLordhas rewarded me according to my righteousness,

according to the cleanness of my hands in his sight.

25 To the faithful you show yourself faithful,

to the blameless you show yourself blameless,

26 to the pure you show yourself pure,

but to the devious you show yourself shrewd.

27 You save the humble

but bring low those whose eyes are haughty.

28 You,Lord, keep my lamp burning;

my God turns my darkness into light.

29 With your help I can advance against a troop;

with my God I can scale a wall.

30 As for God, his way is perfect:

TheLord’s word is flawless;

he shields all who take refuge in him.

31 For who is God besides theLord?

And who is the Rock except our God?

32 It is God who arms me with strength

and keeps my way secure.

33 He makes my feet like the feet of a deer;

he causes me to stand on the heights.

34 He trains my hands for battle;

my arms can bend a bow of bronze.

35 You make your saving help my shield,

and your right hand sustains me;

your help has made me great.

36 You provide a broad path for my feet,

so that my ankles do not give way.

37 I pursued my enemies and overtook them;

I did not turn back till they were destroyed.

38 I crushed them so that they could not rise;

they fell beneath my feet.

39 You armed me with strength for battle;

you humbled my adversaries before me.

40 You made my enemies turn their backs in flight,

and I destroyed my foes.

41 They cried for help, but there was no one to save them—

to theLord, but he did not answer.

42 I beat them as fine as windblown dust;

# I trampled themlike mud in the streets.

43 You have delivered me from the attacks of the people;

you have made me the head of nations.

People I did not know now serve me,

44 foreigners cower before me;

as soon as they hear of me, they obey me.

45 They all lose heart;

they come trembling from their strongholds.

46 TheLordlives! Praise be to my Rock!

Exalted be God my Savior!

47 He is the God who avenges me,

who subdues nations under me,

48 who saves me from my enemies.

You exalted me above my foes;

from a violent man you rescued me.

49 Therefore I will praise you,Lord, among the nations;

I will sing the praises of your name.

50 He gives his king great victories;

he shows unfailing love to his anointed,

to David and to his descendants forever.

—https://d1b84921e69nmq.cloudfront.net/3/32k/PSA/18-ced0d3a1895630dc9315a7334cb27516.mp3?version_id=111—

For the director of music. A psalm of David.

1 The heavens declare the glory of God;

the skies proclaim the work of his hands.

2 Day after day they pour forth speech;

night after night they reveal knowledge.

3 They have no speech, they use no words;

no sound is heard from them.

4 Yet their voicegoes out into all the earth,

their words to the ends of the world.

In the heavens God has pitched a tent for the sun.

5 It is like a bridegroom coming out of his chamber,

like a champion rejoicing to run his course.

6 It rises at one end of the heavens

and makes its circuit to the other;

nothing is deprived of its warmth.

7 The law of theLordis perfect,

refreshing the soul.

The statutes of theLordare trustworthy,

making wise the simple.

8 The precepts of theLordare right,

giving joy to the heart.

The commands of theLordare radiant,

giving light to the eyes.

9 The fear of theLordis pure,

enduring forever.

The decrees of theLordare firm,

and all of them are righteous.

10 They are more precious than gold,

than much pure gold;

they are sweeter than honey,

than honey from the honeycomb.

11 By them your servant is warned;

in keeping them there is great reward.

12 But who can discern their own errors?

Forgive my hidden faults.

13 Keep your servant also from willful sins;

may they not rule over me.

Then I will be blameless,

innocent of great transgression.

14 May these words of my mouth and this meditation of my heart

be pleasing in your sight,

Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer.

—https://d1b84921e69nmq.cloudfront.net/3/32k/PSA/19-75fdd5e89c033f1e1f9cd2e15fb1dd5f.mp3?version_id=111—

For the director of music. A psalm of David.

1 May theLordanswer you when you are in distress;

may the name of the God of Jacob protect you.

2 May he send you help from the sanctuary

and grant you support from Zion.

3 May he remember all your sacrifices

# and accept your burnt offerings.

4 May he give you the desire of your heart

and make all your plans succeed.

5 May we shout for joy over your victory

and lift up our banners in the name of our God.

May theLordgrant all your requests.

6 Now this I know:

TheLordgives victory to his anointed.

He answers him from his heavenly sanctuary

with the victorious power of his right hand.

7 Some trust in chariots and some in horses,

but we trust in the name of theLordour God.

8 They are brought to their knees and fall,

but we rise up and stand firm.

9 Lord, give victory to the king!

Answer us when we call!

—https://d1b84921e69nmq.cloudfront.net/3/32k/PSA/20-325578dd6c83ff084c545de19caf7c39.mp3?version_id=111—

For the director of music. A psalm of David.

1 The king rejoices in your strength,Lord.

How great is his joy in the victories you give!

2 You have granted him his heart’s desire

# and have not withheld the request of his lips.

3 You came to greet him with rich blessings

and placed a crown of pure gold on his head.

4 He asked you for life, and you gave it to him—

length of days, for ever and ever.

5 Through the victories you gave, his glory is great;

you have bestowed on him splendor and majesty.

6 Surely you have granted him unending blessings

and made him glad with the joy of your presence.

7 For the king trusts in theLord;

through the unfailing love of the Most High

he will not be shaken.

8 Your hand will lay hold on all your enemies;

your right hand will seize your foes.

9 When you appear for battle,

you will burn them up as in a blazing furnace.

TheLordwill swallow them up in his wrath,

and his fire will consume them.

10 You will destroy their descendants from the earth,

their posterity from mankind.

11 Though they plot evil against you

and devise wicked schemes, they cannot succeed.

12 You will make them turn their backs

when you aim at them with drawn bow.

13 Be exalted in your strength,Lord;

we will sing and praise your might.

—https://d1b84921e69nmq.cloudfront.net/3/32k/PSA/21-4f0c097731cc765269e6f7f94652b3e1.mp3?version_id=111—

For the director of music. To the tune of “The Doe of the Morning.” A psalm of David.

1 My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?

Why are you so far from saving me,

so far from my cries of anguish?

2 My God, I cry out by day, but you do not answer,

# by night, but I find no rest.

3 Yet you are enthroned as the Holy One;

# you are the one Israel praises.

4 In you our ancestors put their trust;

they trusted and you delivered them.

5 To you they cried out and were saved;

in you they trusted and were not put to shame.

6 But I am a worm and not a man,

scorned by everyone, despised by the people.

7 All who see me mock me;

they hurl insults, shaking their heads.

8 “He trusts in theLord,” they say,

“let theLordrescue him.

Let him deliver him,

since he delights in him.”

9 Yet you brought me out of the womb;

you made me trust in you, even at my mother’s breast.

10 From birth I was cast on you;

from my mother’s womb you have been my God.

11 Do not be far from me,

for trouble is near

and there is no one to help.

12 Many bulls surround me;

strong bulls of Bashan encircle me.

13 Roaring lions that tear their prey

open their mouths wide against me.

14 I am poured out like water,

and all my bones are out of joint.

My heart has turned to wax;

it has melted within me.

15 My mouthis dried up like a potsherd,

and my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth;

you lay me in the dust of death.

16 Dogs surround me,

a pack of villains encircles me;

# they piercemy hands and my feet.

17 All my bones are on display;

people stare and gloat over me.

18 They divide my clothes among them

and cast lots for my garment.

19 But you,Lord, do not be far from me.

You are my strength; come quickly to help me.

20 Deliver me from the sword,

my precious life from the power of the dogs.

21 Rescue me from the mouth of the lions;

save me from the horns of the wild oxen.

22 I will declare your name to my people;

in the assembly I will praise you.

23 You who fear theLord, praise him!

All you descendants of Jacob, honor him!

Revere him, all you descendants of Israel!

24 For he has not despised or scorned

the suffering of the afflicted one;

he has not hidden his face from him

but has listened to his cry for help.

25 From you comes the theme of my praise in the great assembly;

# before those who fear youI will fulfill my vows.

26 The poor will eat and be satisfied;

those who seek theLordwill praise him—

may your hearts live forever!

27 All the ends of the earth

will remember and turn to theLord,

and all the families of the nations

will bow down before him,

28 for dominion belongs to theLord

and he rules over the nations.

29 All the rich of the earth will feast and worship;

all who go down to the dust will kneel before him—

those who cannot keep themselves alive.

30 Posterity will serve him;

future generations will be told about the Lord.

31 They will proclaim his righteousness,

declaring to a people yet unborn:

He has done it!

—https://d1b84921e69nmq.cloudfront.net/3/32k/PSA/22-ec52ca3a6897785a57b49338daae6c11.mp3?version_id=111—

A psalm of David.

1 TheLordis my shepherd, I lack nothing.

2 He makes me lie down in green pastures,

he leads me beside quiet waters,

3 he refreshes my soul.

He guides me along the right paths

for his name’s sake.

4 Even though I walk

# through the darkest valley,

I will fear no evil,

for you are with me;

your rod and your staff,

they comfort me.

5 You prepare a table before me

in the presence of my enemies.

You anoint my head with oil;

my cup overflows.

6 Surely your goodness and love will follow me

all the days of my life,

and I will dwell in the house of theLord

forever.

—https://d1b84921e69nmq.cloudfront.net/3/32k/PSA/23-45b6245aa4bf7cb891a68eb788520e3a.mp3?version_id=111—

Of David. A psalm.

1 The earth is theLord’s, and everything in it,

the world, and all who live in it;

2 for he founded it on the seas

and established it on the waters.

3 Who may ascend the mountain of theLord?

Who may stand in his holy place?

4 The one who has clean hands and a pure heart,

who does not trust in an idol

# or swear by a false god.

5 They will receive blessing from theLord

and vindication from God their Savior.

6 Such is the generation of those who seek him,

# who seek your face, God of Jacob.

7 Lift up your heads, you gates;

be lifted up, you ancient doors,

that the King of glory may come in.

8 Who is this King of glory?

TheLordstrong and mighty,

theLordmighty in battle.

9 Lift up your heads, you gates;

lift them up, you ancient doors,

that the King of glory may come in.

10 Who is he, this King of glory?

TheLordAlmighty—

he is the King of glory.

—https://d1b84921e69nmq.cloudfront.net/3/32k/PSA/24-bd070f97ffa9d10e52418230d6bf9352.mp3?version_id=111—

Of David.

1 In you,Lordmy God,

I put my trust.

2 I trust in you;

do not let me be put to shame,

nor let my enemies triumph over me.

3 No one who hopes in you

will ever be put to shame,

but shame will come on those

who are treacherous without cause.

4 Show me your ways,Lord,

teach me your paths.

5 Guide me in your truth and teach me,

for you are God my Savior,

and my hope is in you all day long.

6 Remember,Lord, your great mercy and love,

for they are from of old.

7 Do not remember the sins of my youth

and my rebellious ways;

according to your love remember me,

for you,Lord, are good.

8 Good and upright is theLord;

therefore he instructs sinners in his ways.

9 He guides the humble in what is right

and teaches them his way.

10 All the ways of theLordare loving and faithful

toward those who keep the demands of his covenant.

11 For the sake of your name,Lord,

forgive my iniquity, though it is great.

12 Who, then, are those who fear theLord?

# He will instruct them in the ways they should choose.

13 They will spend their days in prosperity,

and their descendants will inherit the land.

14 TheLordconfides in those who fear him;

he makes his covenant known to them.

15 My eyes are ever on theLord,

for only he will release my feet from the snare.

16 Turn to me and be gracious to me,

for I am lonely and afflicted.

17 Relieve the troubles of my heart

and free me from my anguish.

18 Look on my affliction and my distress

and take away all my sins.

19 See how numerous are my enemies

and how fiercely they hate me!

20 Guard my life and rescue me;

do not let me be put to shame,

for I take refuge in you.

21 May integrity and uprightness protect me,

# because my hope,Lord,is in you.

22 Deliver Israel, O God,

from all their troubles!

—https://d1b84921e69nmq.cloudfront.net/3/32k/PSA/25-810d3a86044972afa6cc019146273466.mp3?version_id=111—

Of David.

1 Vindicate me,Lord,

for I have led a blameless life;

I have trusted in theLord

and have not faltered.

2 Test me,Lord, and try me,

examine my heart and my mind;

3 for I have always been mindful of your unfailing love

and have lived in reliance on your faithfulness.

4 I do not sit with the deceitful,

nor do I associate with hypocrites.

5 I abhor the assembly of evildoers

and refuse to sit with the wicked.

6 I wash my hands in innocence,

and go about your altar,Lord,

7 proclaiming aloud your praise

and telling of all your wonderful deeds.

8 Lord, I love the house where you live,

the place where your glory dwells.

9 Do not take away my soul along with sinners,

my life with those who are bloodthirsty,

10 in whose hands are wicked schemes,

whose right hands are full of bribes.

11 I lead a blameless life;

deliver me and be merciful to me.

12 My feet stand on level ground;

in the great congregation I will praise theLord.

—https://d1b84921e69nmq.cloudfront.net/3/32k/PSA/26-906e03193b2a6ca399120be1de891824.mp3?version_id=111—

Of David.

1 TheLordis my light and my salvation—

whom shall I fear?

TheLordis the stronghold of my life—

of whom shall I be afraid?

2 When the wicked advance against me

# to devourme,

it is my enemies and my foes

who will stumble and fall.

3 Though an army besiege me,

my heart will not fear;

though war break out against me,

even then I will be confident.

4 One thing I ask from theLord,

this only do I seek:

that I may dwell in the house of theLord

all the days of my life,

to gaze on the beauty of theLord

and to seek him in his temple.

5 For in the day of trouble

he will keep me safe in his dwelling;

he will hide me in the shelter of his sacred tent

and set me high upon a rock.

6 Then my head will be exalted

above the enemies who surround me;

at his sacred tent I will sacrifice with shouts of joy;

I will sing and make music to theLord.

7 Hear my voice when I call,Lord;

be merciful to me and answer me.

8 My heart says of you, “Seek his face!”

Your face,Lord, I will seek.

9 Do not hide your face from me,

do not turn your servant away in anger;

you have been my helper.

Do not reject me or forsake me,

God my Savior.

10 Though my father and mother forsake me,

theLordwill receive me.

11 Teach me your way,Lord;

lead me in a straight path

because of my oppressors.

12 Do not turn me over to the desire of my foes,

for false witnesses rise up against me,

spouting malicious accusations.

13 I remain confident of this:

I will see the goodness of theLord

in the land of the living.

14 Wait for theLord;

be strong and take heart

and wait for theLord.

—https://d1b84921e69nmq.cloudfront.net/3/32k/PSA/27-6b950a52ee3a0a173ef3b7498ddff622.mp3?version_id=111—