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Of David.

1 To you,Lord, I call;

you are my Rock,

do not turn a deaf ear to me.

For if you remain silent,

I will be like those who go down to the pit.

2 Hear my cry for mercy

as I call to you for help,

as I lift up my hands

toward your Most Holy Place.

3 Do not drag me away with the wicked,

with those who do evil,

who speak cordially with their neighbors

but harbor malice in their hearts.

4 Repay them for their deeds

and for their evil work;

repay them for what their hands have done

and bring back on them what they deserve.

5 Because they have no regard for the deeds of theLord

and what his hands have done,

he will tear them down

and never build them up again.

6 Praise be to theLord,

for he has heard my cry for mercy.

7 TheLordis my strength and my shield;

my heart trusts in him, and he helps me.

My heart leaps for joy,

and with my song I praise him.

8 TheLordis the strength of his people,

a fortress of salvation for his anointed one.

9 Save your people and bless your inheritance;

be their shepherd and carry them forever.

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A psalm of David.

1 Ascribe to theLord, you heavenly beings,

ascribe to theLordglory and strength.

2 Ascribe to theLordthe glory due his name;

# worship theLordin the splendor of hisholiness.

3 The voice of theLordis over the waters;

the God of glory thunders,

theLordthunders over the mighty waters.

4 The voice of theLordis powerful;

the voice of theLordis majestic.

5 The voice of theLordbreaks the cedars;

theLordbreaks in pieces the cedars of Lebanon.

6 He makes Lebanon leap like a calf,

# Sirionlike a young wild ox.

7 The voice of theLordstrikes

with flashes of lightning.

8 The voice of theLordshakes the desert;

theLordshakes the Desert of Kadesh.

9 The voice of theLordtwists the oaks

and strips the forests bare.

And in his temple all cry, “Glory!”

10 TheLordsits enthroned over the flood;

theLordis enthroned as King forever.

11 TheLordgives strength to his people;

theLordblesses his people with peace.

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A psalm. A song. For the dedication of the temple.

#

Of David.

1 I will exalt you,Lord,

for you lifted me out of the depths

and did not let my enemies gloat over me.

2 Lordmy God, I called to you for help,

and you healed me.

3 You,Lord, brought me up from the realm of the dead;

you spared me from going down to the pit.

4 Sing the praises of theLord, you his faithful people;

praise his holy name.

5 For his anger lasts only a moment,

but his favor lasts a lifetime;

weeping may stay for the night,

but rejoicing comes in the morning.

6 When I felt secure, I said,

“I will never be shaken.”

7 Lord, when you favored me,

# you made my royal mountainstand firm;

but when you hid your face,

I was dismayed.

8 To you,Lord, I called;

to the Lord I cried for mercy:

9 “What is gained if I am silenced,

if I go down to the pit?

Will the dust praise you?

Will it proclaim your faithfulness?

10 Hear,Lord, and be merciful to me;

Lord, be my help.”

11 You turned my wailing into dancing;

you removed my sackcloth and clothed me with joy,

12 that my heart may sing your praises and not be silent.

Lordmy God, I will praise you forever.

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For the director of music. A psalm of David.

1 In you,Lord, I have taken refuge;

let me never be put to shame;

deliver me in your righteousness.

2 Turn your ear to me,

come quickly to my rescue;

be my rock of refuge,

a strong fortress to save me.

3 Since you are my rock and my fortress,

for the sake of your name lead and guide me.

4 Keep me free from the trap that is set for me,

for you are my refuge.

5 Into your hands I commit my spirit;

deliver me,Lord, my faithful God.

6 I hate those who cling to worthless idols;

as for me, I trust in theLord.

7 I will be glad and rejoice in your love,

for you saw my affliction

and knew the anguish of my soul.

8 You have not given me into the hands of the enemy

but have set my feet in a spacious place.

9 Be merciful to me,Lord, for I am in distress;

my eyes grow weak with sorrow,

my soul and body with grief.

10 My life is consumed by anguish

and my years by groaning;

# my strength fails because of my affliction,

and my bones grow weak.

11 Because of all my enemies,

I am the utter contempt of my neighbors

and an object of dread to my closest friends—

those who see me on the street flee from me.

12 I am forgotten as though I were dead;

I have become like broken pottery.

13 For I hear many whispering,

“Terror on every side!”

They conspire against me

and plot to take my life.

14 But I trust in you,Lord;

I say, “You are my God.”

15 My times are in your hands;

deliver me from the hands of my enemies,

from those who pursue me.

16 Let your face shine on your servant;

save me in your unfailing love.

17 Let me not be put to shame,Lord,

for I have cried out to you;

but let the wicked be put to shame

and be silent in the realm of the dead.

18 Let their lying lips be silenced,

for with pride and contempt

they speak arrogantly against the righteous.

19 How abundant are the good things

that you have stored up for those who fear you,

that you bestow in the sight of all,

on those who take refuge in you.

20 In the shelter of your presence you hide them

from all human intrigues;

you keep them safe in your dwelling

from accusing tongues.

21 Praise be to theLord,

for he showed me the wonders of his love

when I was in a city under siege.

22 In my alarm I said,

“I am cut off from your sight!”

Yet you heard my cry for mercy

when I called to you for help.

23 Love theLord, all his faithful people!

TheLordpreserves those who are true to him,

but the proud he pays back in full.

24 Be strong and take heart,

all you who hope in theLord.

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Of David. A

maskil.

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1 Blessed is the one

whose transgressions are forgiven,

whose sins are covered.

2 Blessed is the one

whose sin theLorddoes not count against them

and in whose spirit is no deceit.

3 When I kept silent,

my bones wasted away

through my groaning all day long.

4 For day and night

your hand was heavy on me;

my strength was sapped

# as in the heat of summer.

5 Then I acknowledged my sin to you

and did not cover up my iniquity.

I said, “I will confess

my transgressions to theLord.”

And you forgave

the guilt of my sin.

6 Therefore let all the faithful pray to you

while you may be found;

surely the rising of the mighty waters

will not reach them.

7 You are my hiding place;

you will protect me from trouble

and surround me with songs of deliverance.

8 I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go;

I will counsel you with my loving eye on you.

9 Do not be like the horse or the mule,

which have no understanding

but must be controlled by bit and bridle

or they will not come to you.

10 Many are the woes of the wicked,

but theLord’s unfailing love

surrounds the one who trusts in him.

11 Rejoice in theLordand be glad, you righteous;

sing, all you who are upright in heart!

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1 Sing joyfully to theLord, you righteous;

it is fitting for the upright to praise him.

2 Praise theLordwith the harp;

make music to him on the ten-stringed lyre.

3 Sing to him a new song;

play skillfully, and shout for joy.

4 For the word of theLordis right and true;

he is faithful in all he does.

5 TheLordloves righteousness and justice;

the earth is full of his unfailing love.

6 By the word of theLordthe heavens were made,

their starry host by the breath of his mouth.

7 He gathers the waters of the sea into jars;

he puts the deep into storehouses.

8 Let all the earth fear theLord;

let all the people of the world revere him.

9 For he spoke, and it came to be;

he commanded, and it stood firm.

10 TheLordfoils the plans of the nations;

he thwarts the purposes of the peoples.

11 But the plans of theLordstand firm forever,

the purposes of his heart through all generations.

12 Blessed is the nation whose God is theLord,

the people he chose for his inheritance.

13 From heaven theLordlooks down

and sees all mankind;

14 from his dwelling place he watches

all who live on earth—

15 he who forms the hearts of all,

who considers everything they do.

16 No king is saved by the size of his army;

no warrior escapes by his great strength.

17 A horse is a vain hope for deliverance;

despite all its great strength it cannot save.

18 But the eyes of theLordare on those who fear him,

on those whose hope is in his unfailing love,

19 to deliver them from death

and keep them alive in famine.

20 We wait in hope for theLord;

he is our help and our shield.

21 In him our hearts rejoice,

for we trust in his holy name.

22 May your unfailing love be with us,Lord,

even as we put our hope in you.

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Of David. When he pretended to be insane before Abimelek, who drove him away, and he left.

1 I will extol theLordat all times;

his praise will always be on my lips.

2 I will glory in theLord;

let the afflicted hear and rejoice.

3 Glorify theLordwith me;

let us exalt his name together.

4 I sought theLord, and he answered me;

he delivered me from all my fears.

5 Those who look to him are radiant;

their faces are never covered with shame.

6 This poor man called, and theLordheard him;

he saved him out of all his troubles.

7 The angel of theLordencamps around those who fear him,

and he delivers them.

8 Taste and see that theLordis good;

blessed is the one who takes refuge in him.

9 Fear theLord, you his holy people,

for those who fear him lack nothing.

10 The lions may grow weak and hungry,

but those who seek theLordlack no good thing.

11 Come, my children, listen to me;

I will teach you the fear of theLord.

12 Whoever of you loves life

and desires to see many good days,

13 keep your tongue from evil

and your lips from telling lies.

14 Turn from evil and do good;

seek peace and pursue it.

15 The eyes of theLordare on the righteous,

and his ears are attentive to their cry;

16 but the face of theLordis against those who do evil,

to blot out their name from the earth.

17 The righteous cry out, and theLordhears them;

he delivers them from all their troubles.

18 TheLordis close to the brokenhearted

and saves those who are crushed in spirit.

19 The righteous person may have many troubles,

but theLorddelivers him from them all;

20 he protects all his bones,

not one of them will be broken.

21 Evil will slay the wicked;

the foes of the righteous will be condemned.

22 TheLordwill rescue his servants;

no one who takes refuge in him will be condemned.

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Of David.

1 Contend,Lord, with those who contend with me;

fight against those who fight against me.

2 Take up shield and armor;

arise and come to my aid.

3 Brandish spear and javelin

against those who pursue me.

Say to me,

“I am your salvation.”

4 May those who seek my life

be disgraced and put to shame;

may those who plot my ruin

be turned back in dismay.

5 May they be like chaff before the wind,

with the angel of theLorddriving them away;

6 may their path be dark and slippery,

with the angel of theLordpursuing them.

7 Since they hid their net for me without cause

and without cause dug a pit for me,

8 may ruin overtake them by surprise—

may the net they hid entangle them,

may they fall into the pit, to their ruin.

9 Then my soul will rejoice in theLord

and delight in his salvation.

10 My whole being will exclaim,

“Who is like you,Lord?

You rescue the poor from those too strong for them,

the poor and needy from those who rob them.”

11 Ruthless witnesses come forward;

they question me on things I know nothing about.

12 They repay me evil for good

and leave me like one bereaved.

13 Yet when they were ill, I put on sackcloth

and humbled myself with fasting.

When my prayers returned to me unanswered,

14 I went about mourning

as though for my friend or brother.

I bowed my head in grief

as though weeping for my mother.

15 But when I stumbled, they gathered in glee;

assailants gathered against me without my knowledge.

They slandered me without ceasing.

16 Like the ungodly they maliciously mocked;

they gnashed their teeth at me.

17 How long, Lord, will you look on?

Rescue me from their ravages,

my precious life from these lions.

18 I will give you thanks in the great assembly;

among the throngs I will praise you.

19 Do not let those gloat over me

who are my enemies without cause;

do not let those who hate me without reason

maliciously wink the eye.

20 They do not speak peaceably,

but devise false accusations

against those who live quietly in the land.

21 They sneer at me and say, “Aha! Aha!

With our own eyes we have seen it.”

22 Lord, you have seen this; do not be silent.

Do not be far from me, Lord.

23 Awake, and rise to my defense!

Contend for me, my God and Lord.

24 Vindicate me in your righteousness,Lordmy God;

do not let them gloat over me.

25 Do not let them think, “Aha, just what we wanted!”

or say, “We have swallowed him up.”

26 May all who gloat over my distress

be put to shame and confusion;

may all who exalt themselves over me

be clothed with shame and disgrace.

27 May those who delight in my vindication

shout for joy and gladness;

may they always say, “TheLordbe exalted,

who delights in the well-being of his servant.”

28 My tongue will proclaim your righteousness,

your praises all day long.

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

Lord

.

1 I have a message from God in my heart

# concerning the sinfulness of the wicked:

There is no fear of God

before their eyes.

2 In their own eyes they flatter themselves

too much to detect or hate their sin.

3 The words of their mouths are wicked and deceitful;

they fail to act wisely or do good.

4 Even on their beds they plot evil;

they commit themselves to a sinful course

and do not reject what is wrong.

5 Your love,Lord, reaches to the heavens,

your faithfulness to the skies.

6 Your righteousness is like the highest mountains,

your justice like the great deep.

You,Lord, preserve both people and animals.

7 How priceless is your unfailing love, O God!

People take refuge in the shadow of your wings.

8 They feast on the abundance of your house;

you give them drink from your river of delights.

9 For with you is the fountain of life;

in your light we see light.

10 Continue your love to those who know you,

your righteousness to the upright in heart.

11 May the foot of the proud not come against me,

nor the hand of the wicked drive me away.

12 See how the evildoers lie fallen—

thrown down, not able to rise!

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Of David.

1 Do not fret because of those who are evil

or be envious of those who do wrong;

2 for like the grass they will soon wither,

like green plants they will soon die away.

3 Trust in theLordand do good;

dwell in the land and enjoy safe pasture.

4 Take delight in theLord,

and he will give you the desires of your heart.

5 Commit your way to theLord;

trust in him and he will do this:

6 He will make your righteous reward shine like the dawn,

your vindication like the noonday sun.

7 Be still before theLord

and wait patiently for him;

do not fret when people succeed in their ways,

when they carry out their wicked schemes.

8 Refrain from anger and turn from wrath;

do not fret—it leads only to evil.

9 For those who are evil will be destroyed,

but those who hope in theLordwill inherit the land.

10 A little while, and the wicked will be no more;

though you look for them, they will not be found.

11 But the meek will inherit the land

and enjoy peace and prosperity.

12 The wicked plot against the righteous

and gnash their teeth at them;

13 but the Lord laughs at the wicked,

for he knows their day is coming.

14 The wicked draw the sword

and bend the bow

to bring down the poor and needy,

to slay those whose ways are upright.

15 But their swords will pierce their own hearts,

and their bows will be broken.

16 Better the little that the righteous have

than the wealth of many wicked;

17 for the power of the wicked will be broken,

but theLordupholds the righteous.

18 The blameless spend their days under theLord’s care,

and their inheritance will endure forever.

19 In times of disaster they will not wither;

in days of famine they will enjoy plenty.

20 But the wicked will perish:

Though theLord’s enemies are like the flowers of the field,

they will be consumed, they will go up in smoke.

21 The wicked borrow and do not repay,

but the righteous give generously;

22 those theLordblesses will inherit the land,

but those he curses will be destroyed.

23 TheLordmakes firm the steps

of the one who delights in him;

24 though he may stumble, he will not fall,

for theLordupholds him with his hand.

25 I was young and now I am old,

yet I have never seen the righteous forsaken

or their children begging bread.

26 They are always generous and lend freely;

# their children will be a blessing.

27 Turn from evil and do good;

then you will dwell in the land forever.

28 For theLordloves the just

and will not forsake his faithful ones.

# Wrongdoers will be completely destroyed;

the offspring of the wicked will perish.

29 The righteous will inherit the land

and dwell in it forever.

30 The mouths of the righteous utter wisdom,

and their tongues speak what is just.

31 The law of their God is in their hearts;

their feet do not slip.

32 The wicked lie in wait for the righteous,

intent on putting them to death;

33 but theLordwill not leave them in the power of the wicked

or let them be condemned when brought to trial.

34 Hope in theLord

and keep his way.

He will exalt you to inherit the land;

when the wicked are destroyed, you will see it.

35 I have seen a wicked and ruthless man

flourishing like a luxuriant native tree,

36 but he soon passed away and was no more;

though I looked for him, he could not be found.

37 Consider the blameless, observe the upright;

# a future awaits those who seek peace.

38 But all sinners will be destroyed;

# there will be no futurefor the wicked.

39 The salvation of the righteous comes from theLord;

he is their stronghold in time of trouble.

40 TheLordhelps them and delivers them;

he delivers them from the wicked and saves them,

because they take refuge in him.

—https://d1b84921e69nmq.cloudfront.net/3/32k/PSA/37-34cd36bfa3637405aa9539c4cffe7f8a.mp3?version_id=111—