Psalm 92

    A psalm. A song. For the Sabbath day.
 ¹ It is good to praise the LORD
   and make music to your name, O Most High,
² to proclaim your love in the morning
   and your faithfulness at night,
³ to the music of the ten-stringed lyre
   and the melody of the harp.
 ⁴ For you make me glad by your deeds, O LORD;
   I sing for joy at the works of your hands.
⁵ How great are your works, O LORD,
   how profound your thoughts!
⁶ The senseless man does not know,
   fools do not understand,
⁷ that though the wicked spring up like grass
   and all evildoers flourish,
they will be forever destroyed.
 ⁸ But you, O LORD, are exalted forever.
 ⁹ For surely your enemies, O LORD,
   surely your enemies will perish;
   all evildoers will be scattered.
¹⁰ You have exalted my horn^[a] like that of a wild ox;
   fine oils have been poured upon me.
¹¹ My eyes have seen the defeat of my adversaries;
   my ears have heard the rout of my wicked foes.
 ¹² The righteous will flourish like a palm tree,
   they will grow like a cedar of Lebanon;
¹³ planted in the house of the LORD,
   they will flourish in the courts of our God.
¹⁴ They will still bear fruit in old age,
   they will stay fresh and green,
¹⁵ proclaiming, “The LORD is upright;
   he is my Rock, and there is no wickedness in him.”

Footnotes:

1. Psalm 92:10 Horn here symbolizes strength.

Psalm 135

 ¹ Praise the LORD.^[a]
   Praise the name of the LORD;
   praise him, you servants of the LORD,
² you who minister 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 praise to his name, for that is pleasant.
⁴ For the LORD has chosen Jacob to be his own,
   Israel to be his treasured possession.
 ⁵ I know that the LORD is great,
   that our Lord is greater than all gods.
⁶ The LORD does whatever pleases him,
   in the heavens and on the earth,
   in the seas and all their depths.
⁷ He makes clouds rise from the ends of the earth;
   he sends lightning with the rain
   and brings out the wind from his storehouses.
 ⁸ He struck down the firstborn of Egypt,
   the firstborn of men and animals.
⁹ He sent his signs and wonders into your midst, O Egypt,
   against Pharaoh and all his servants.
¹⁰ He struck down many nations
   and killed mighty kings—
¹¹ Sihon king of the Amorites,
   Og king of Bashan
   and all the kings of Canaan—
¹² and he gave their land as an inheritance,
   an inheritance to his people Israel.
 ¹³ Your name, O LORD, endures forever,
   your renown, O LORD, through all generations.
¹⁴ For the LORD will vindicate his people
   and have compassion on his servants.
 ¹⁵ The idols of the nations are silver and gold,
   made by the hands of men.
¹⁶ They have mouths, but cannot speak,
   eyes, but they cannot see;
¹⁷ they have ears, but cannot hear,
   nor is there breath in their mouths.
¹⁸ Those who make them will be like them,
   and so will all who trust in them.
 ¹⁹ O house of Israel, praise the LORD;
   O house of Aaron, praise the LORD;
²⁰ O house of Levi, praise the LORD;
   you who fear him, praise the LORD.
²¹ Praise be to the LORD from Zion,
   to him who dwells in Jerusalem.
   Praise the LORD.

Footnotes:

1. Psalm 135:1 Hebrew Hallelu Yah; also in verses 3 and 21

Psalm 113

 ¹ Praise the LORD.^[a]
   Praise, O servants of the LORD,
   praise the name of the LORD.
² Let the name of the LORD be praised,
   both now and forevermore.
³ From the rising of the sun to the place where it sets,
   the name of the LORD is to be praised.
 ⁴ The LORD is exalted over all the nations,
   his glory above the heavens.
⁵ Who is like the LORD our God,
   the One who sits enthroned on high,
⁶ who stoops down to look
   on the heavens and the earth?
 ⁷ He raises the poor from the dust
   and lifts the needy from the ash heap;
⁸ he seats them with princes,
   with the princes of their people.
⁹ He settles the barren woman in her home
   as a happy mother of children.
   Praise the LORD.

Footnotes:

1. Psalm 113:1 Hebrew Hallelu Yah; also in verse 9

Psalm 11

    For the director of music. Of David.
 ¹ In the LORD I take refuge.
   How then can you say to me:
   “Flee like a bird to your mountain.
² For look, the wicked bend their bows;
   they set their arrows against the strings
to shoot from the shadows
   at the upright in heart.
³ When the foundations are being destroyed,
   what can the righteous do^[a]?”
 ⁴ The LORD is in his holy temple;
   the LORD is on his heavenly throne.
He observes the sons of men;
   his eyes examine them.
⁵ The LORD examines the righteous,
   but the wicked^[b] and those who love violence
   his soul hates.
⁶ On the wicked he will rain
   fiery coals and burning sulfur;
   a scorching wind will be their lot.
 ⁷ For the LORD is righteous,
   he loves justice;
   upright men will see his face.

Footnotes:

1. Psalm 11:3 Or what is the Righteous One doing
2. Psalm 11:5 Or The LORD, the Righteous One, examines the wicked, /

Psalm 38

    A psalm of David. A petition.
 ¹ O LORD, do not rebuke me in your anger
   or discipline me in your wrath.
² For your arrows have pierced me,
   and your hand has come down upon me.
³ Because of your wrath there is no health in my body;
   my bones have no soundness because of my sin.
⁴ My guilt has overwhelmed me
   like a burden too heavy to bear.
 ⁵ My wounds fester and are loathsome
   because of my sinful folly.
⁶ I am bowed down and brought very low;
   all day long I go about mourning.
⁷ My back is filled with searing pain;
   there is no health in my body.
⁸ I am feeble and utterly crushed;
   I groan in anguish of heart.
 ⁹ All my longings lie open before you, O Lord;
   my sighing is not hidden from you.
¹⁰ My heart pounds, my strength fails me;
   even the light has gone from my eyes.
¹¹ My friends and companions avoid me because of my wounds;
   my neighbors stay far away.
¹² Those who seek my life set their traps,
   those who would harm me talk of my ruin;
   all day long they plot deception.
 ¹³ I am like a deaf man, who cannot hear,
   like a mute, who cannot open his mouth;
¹⁴ I have become like a man who does not hear,
   whose mouth can offer no reply.
¹⁵ I wait for you, O LORD;
   you will answer, O Lord my God.
¹⁶ For I said, “Do not let them gloat
   or exalt themselves over me when my foot slips.”
 ¹⁷ For I am about to fall,
   and my pain is ever with me.
¹⁸ I confess my iniquity;
   I am troubled by my sin.
¹⁹ Many are those who are my vigorous enemies;
   those who hate me without reason are numerous.
²⁰ Those who repay my good with evil
   slander me when I pursue what is good.
 ²¹ O LORD, do not forsake me;
   be not far from me, O my God.
²² Come quickly to help me,
   O Lord my Savior.

Psalm 141

    A psalm of David.
 ¹ O LORD, I call to you; come quickly to me.
   Hear my voice when I call to you.
² May my prayer be set before you like incense;
   may the lifting up of my hands be like the evening sacrifice.
 ³ Set a guard over my mouth, O LORD;
   keep watch over the door of my lips.
⁴ Let not my heart be drawn to what is evil,
   to take part in wicked deeds
with men who are evildoers;
   let me not eat of their delicacies.
 ⁵ Let a righteous man^[a] strike me—it is a kindness;
   let him rebuke me—it is oil on my head.
   My head will not refuse it.
   Yet my prayer is ever against the deeds of evildoers;
 ⁶ their rulers will be thrown down from the cliffs,
   and the wicked will learn that my words were well spoken.
⁷ They will say, “As one plows and breaks up the earth,
   so our bones have been scattered at the mouth of the grave.^[b]”
 ⁸ But my eyes are fixed on you, O Sovereign LORD;
   in you I take refuge—do not give me over to death.
⁹ Keep me from the snares they have laid for me,
   from the traps set by evildoers.
¹⁰ Let the wicked fall into their own nets,
   while I pass by in safety.

Footnotes:

1. Psalm 141:5 Or Let the Righteous One
2. Psalm 141:7 Hebrew Sheol

Psalm 122

  A song of ascents. Of David.
 ¹ I rejoiced with those who said to me,
   “Let us go to the house of the LORD.”
² Our feet are standing
   in your gates, O Jerusalem.
 ³ Jerusalem is built like a city
   that is closely compacted together.
⁴ That is where the tribes go up,
   the tribes of the LORD,
to praise the name of the LORD
   according to the statute given to Israel.
⁵ There the thrones for judgment stand,
   the thrones of the house of David.
 ⁶ Pray for the peace of Jerusalem:
   “May those who love you be secure.
⁷ May there be peace within your walls
   and security within your citadels.”
⁸ For the sake of my brothers and friends,
   I will say, “Peace be within you.”
⁹ For the sake of the house of the LORD our God,
   I will seek your prosperity.

Psalm 125

   A song of ascents.
 ¹ Those who trust in the LORD are like Mount Zion,
   which cannot be shaken but endures forever.
² As the mountains surround Jerusalem,
   so the LORD surrounds his people
   both now and forevermore.
 ³ The scepter of the wicked will not remain
   over the land allotted to the righteous,
for then the righteous might use
   their hands to do evil.
 ⁴ Do good, O LORD, to those who are good,
   to those who are upright in heart.
⁵ But those who turn to crooked ways
   the LORD will banish with the evildoers.
   Peace be upon Israel.

Psalm 46

    For the director of music. Of the Sons of Korah. According to alamoth.^[a] A song.
 ¹ God is our refuge and strength,
   an ever-present help in trouble.
² Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way
   and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea,
³ though its waters roar and foam
   and the mountains quake with their surging.
                         Selah
 ⁴ There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God,
   the holy place where the Most High dwells.
⁵ God is within her, she will not fall;
   God will help her at break of day.
⁶ Nations are in uproar, kingdoms fall;
   he lifts his voice, the earth melts.
 ⁷ The LORD Almighty is with us;
   the God of Jacob is our fortress.
                         Selah
 ⁸ Come and see the works of the LORD,
   the desolations he has brought on the earth.
⁹ He makes wars cease to the ends of the earth;
   he breaks the bow and shatters the spear,
   he burns the shields^[b] with fire.
¹⁰ “Be still, and know that I am God;
   I will be exalted among the nations,
   I will be exalted in the earth.”
 ¹¹ The LORD Almighty is with us;
   the God of Jacob is our fortress.
                         Selah

Footnotes:

1. Psalm 46:1 Title: Probably a musical term
2. Psalm 46:9 Or chariots

Psalm 70

    For the director of music. Of David. A petition.
 ¹ Hasten, O God, to save me;
   O LORD, come quickly to help me.
² May those who seek my life
   be put to shame and confusion;
may all who desire my ruin
   be turned back in disgrace.
³ May those who say to me, “Aha! Aha!”
   turn back because of their shame.
⁴ But may all who seek you
   rejoice and be glad in you;
may those who love your salvation always say,
   “Let God be exalted!”
 ⁵ Yet I am poor and needy;
   come quickly to me, O God.
You are my help and my deliverer;
   O LORD, do not delay.

Psalm 61

   For the director of music. With stringed instruments. Of David.
 ¹ Hear my cry, O God;
   listen to my prayer.
 ² From the ends of the earth I call to you,
   I call as my heart grows faint;
   lead me to the rock that is higher than I.
³ For you have been my refuge,
   a strong tower against the foe.
 ⁴ I long to dwell in your tent forever
   and take refuge in the shelter of your wings.
                         Selah

⁵ For you have heard my vows, O God;
   you have given me the heritage of those who fear your name.
 ⁶ Increase the days of the king’s life,
   his years for many generations.
⁷ May he be enthroned in God’s presence forever;
   appoint your love and faithfulness to protect him.
 ⁸ Then will I ever sing praise to your name
   and fulfill my vows day after day.

Psalm 7

    A shiggaion^[a] of David, which he sang to the LORD concerning Cush, a Benjamite.
 ¹ O LORD my God, I take refuge in you;
   save and deliver me from all who pursue me,
² or they will tear me like a lion
   and rip me to pieces with no one to rescue me.
 ³ O LORD my God, if I have done this
   and there is guilt on my hands—
⁴ if I have done evil to him who is at peace with me
   or without cause have robbed my foe—
⁵ then let my enemy pursue and overtake me;
   let him trample my life to the ground
   and make me sleep in the dust.
                         Selah
 ⁶ Arise, O LORD, in your anger;
   rise up against the rage of my enemies.
   Awake, my God; decree justice.
⁷ Let the assembled peoples gather around you.
   Rule over them from on high;
 ⁸ let the LORD judge the peoples.
Judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness,
   according to my integrity, O Most High.
⁹ O righteous God,
   who searches minds and hearts,
bring to an end the violence of the wicked
   and make the righteous secure.
 ¹⁰ My shield^[b] is God Most High,
   who saves the upright in heart.
¹¹ God is a righteous judge,
   a God who expresses his wrath every day.
¹² If he does not relent,
   he^[c] will sharpen his sword;
   he will bend and string his bow.
¹³ He has prepared his deadly weapons;
   he makes ready his flaming arrows.
 ¹⁴ He who is pregnant with evil
   and conceives trouble gives birth to disillusionment.
¹⁵ He who digs a hole and scoops it out
   falls into the pit he has made.
¹⁶ The trouble he causes recoils on himself;
   his violence comes down on his own head.
 ¹⁷ I will give thanks to the LORD because of his righteousness
   and will sing praise to the name of the LORD Most High.

Footnotes:

1. Psalm 7:1 Title: Probably a literary or musical term
2. Psalm 7:10 Or sovereign
3. Psalm 7:12 Or If a man does not repent, / God

Psalm 50

    A psalm of Asaph.
 ¹ The Mighty One, God, the LORD,
   speaks and summons the earth
   from the rising of the sun to the place where it sets.
² From Zion, perfect in beauty,
   God shines forth.
³ Our God comes and will not be silent;
   a fire devours before him,
   and around him a tempest rages.
⁴ He summons the heavens above,
   and the earth, that he may judge his people:
⁵ “Gather to me my consecrated ones,
   who made a covenant with me by sacrifice.”
⁶ And the heavens proclaim his righteousness,
   for God himself is judge.
                         Selah
 ⁷ “Hear, O my people, and I will speak,
   O Israel, and I will testify against you:
   I am God, your God.
⁸ I do not rebuke you for your sacrifices
   or your burnt offerings, which are ever before me.
⁹ I have no need of a bull from your stall
   or of goats from your pens,
¹⁰ for every animal of the forest is mine,
   and the cattle on a thousand hills.
¹¹ I know every bird in the mountains,
   and the creatures of the field are mine.
¹² If I were hungry I would not tell you,
   for the world is mine, and all that is in it.
¹³ Do I eat the flesh of bulls
   or drink the blood of goats?
¹⁴ Sacrifice thank offerings to God,
   fulfill your vows to the Most High,
¹⁵ and call upon me in the day of trouble;
   I will deliver you, and you will honor me.”
 ¹⁶ But to the wicked, God says:
   “What right have you to recite my laws
   or take my covenant on your lips?
¹⁷ You hate my instruction
   and cast my words behind you.
¹⁸ When you see a thief, you join with him;
   you throw in your lot with adulterers.
¹⁹ You use your mouth for evil
   and harness your tongue to deceit.
²⁰ You speak continually against your brother
   and slander your own mother’s son.
²¹ These things you have done and I kept silent;
   you thought I was altogether^[a] like you.
But I will rebuke you
   and accuse you to your face.
 ²² “Consider this, you who forget God,
   or I will tear you to pieces, with none to rescue:
²³ He who sacrifices thank offerings honors me,
   and he prepares the way
   so that I may show him^[b] the salvation of God.”

Footnotes:

1. Psalm 50:21 Or thought the ‘I AM’ was
2. Psalm 50:23 Or and to him who considers his way / I will show