Psalm 30

    A psalm. A song. For the dedication of the temple.^[a] Of David.
 ¹ I will exalt you, O LORD,
   for you lifted me out of the depths
   and did not let my enemies gloat over me.
² O LORD my God, I called to you for help
   and you healed me.
³ O LORD, you brought me up from the grave^[b];
   you spared me from going down into the pit.
 ⁴ Sing to the LORD, you saints of his;
   praise his holy name.
⁵ For his anger lasts only a moment,
   but his favor lasts a lifetime;
weeping may remain for a night,
   but rejoicing comes in the morning.
 ⁶ When I felt secure, I said,
   “I will never be shaken.”
⁷ O LORD, when you favored me,
   you made my mountain^[c] stand firm;
but when you hid your face,
   I was dismayed.
 ⁸ To you, O LORD, I called;
   to the Lord I cried for mercy:
⁹ “What gain is there in my destruction,^[d]
   in my going down into the pit?
Will the dust praise you?
   Will it proclaim your faithfulness?
¹⁰ Hear, O LORD, and be merciful to me;
   O 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 to you and not be silent.
   O LORD my God, I will give you thanks forever.

Footnotes:

1. Psalm 30:1 Title: Or palace
2. Psalm 30:3 Hebrew Sheol
3. Psalm 30:7 Or hill country
4. Psalm 30:9 Or there if I am silenced

Psalm 6

    For the director of music. With stringed instruments. According to sheminith.^[a] A psalm of David.
 ¹ O LORD, do not rebuke me in your anger
   or discipline me in your wrath.
² Be merciful to me, LORD, for I am faint;
   O LORD, heal me, for my bones are in agony.
³ My soul is in anguish.
   How long, O LORD, how long?
 ⁴ Turn, O LORD, and deliver me;
   save me because of your unfailing love.
⁵ No one remembers you when he is dead.
   Who praises you from the grave^[b]?
 ⁶ I am worn out from groaning;
   all night long I flood my bed with weeping
   and drench my couch with tears.
⁷ My eyes grow weak with sorrow;
   they fail because of all my foes.
 ⁸ Away from me, all you who do evil,
   for the LORD has heard my weeping.
⁹ The LORD has heard my cry for mercy;
   the LORD accepts my prayer.
¹⁰ All my enemies will be ashamed and dismayed;
   they will turn back in sudden disgrace.

Footnotes:

1. Psalm 6:1 Title: Probably a musical term
2. Psalm 6:5 Hebrew Sheol

Psalm 23

    A psalm of David.
 ¹ The LORD is my shepherd, I shall not be in want.
 ² He makes me lie down in green pastures,
he leads me beside quiet waters,
 ³ he restores my soul.
He guides me in paths of righteousness
   for his name’s sake.
⁴ Even though I walk
   through the valley of the shadow of death,^[a]
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 goodness and love will follow me
   all the days of my life,
and I will dwell in the house of the LORD
   forever.

Footnotes:

1. Psalm 23:4 Or through the darkest valley

Psalm 124

    A song of ascents. Of David.
 ¹ If the LORD had not been on our side—
   let Israel say—
² if the LORD had not been on our side
   when men attacked us,
³ when their anger flared against us,
   they would have swallowed us alive;
⁴ the flood would have engulfed us,
   the torrent would have swept over us,
⁵ the raging waters
   would have swept us away.
 ⁶ Praise be to the LORD,
   who has not let us be torn by their teeth.
⁷ We have escaped like a bird
   out of the fowler’s snare;
the snare has been broken,
   and we have escaped.
⁸ Our help is in the name of the LORD,
   the Maker of heaven and earth.

Psalm 67

    For the director of music. With stringed instruments. A psalm. A song.
 ¹ May God be gracious to us and bless us
   and make his face shine upon us,
                         Selah

² that your ways may be known on earth,
   your salvation among all nations.
 ³ May the peoples praise you, O God;
   may all the peoples praise you.
⁴ May the nations be glad and sing for joy,
   for you rule the peoples justly
   and guide the nations of the earth.
                         Selah

⁵ May the peoples praise you, O God;
   may all the peoples praise you.
 ⁶ Then the land will yield its harvest,
   and God, our God, will bless us.
⁷ God will bless us,
   and all the ends of the earth will fear him.

Psalm 110

    Of David. A psalm.
 ¹ The LORD says to my Lord:
   “Sit at my right hand
until I make your enemies
   a footstool for your feet.”
 ² The LORD will extend your mighty scepter from Zion;
   you will rule in the midst of your enemies.
³ Your troops will be willing
   on your day of battle.
Arrayed in holy majesty,
   from the womb of the dawn
   you will receive the dew of your youth.^[a]
 4 The LORD has sworn
   and will not change his mind:
“You are a priest forever,
   in the order of Melchizedek.”
 ⁵ The Lord is at your right hand;
   he will crush kings on the day of his wrath.
⁶ He will judge the nations, heaping up the dead
   and crushing the rulers of the whole earth.
⁷ He will drink from a brook beside the way^[b];
   therefore he will lift up his head.

Footnotes:

1. Psalm 110:3 Or / your young men will come to you like the dew
2. Psalm 110:7 Or / The One who grants succession will set him in authority

Psalm 51

    For the director of music. A psalm of David. When the prophet Nathan came to him after David had committed adultery with Bathsheba.
 ¹ Have mercy on me, O God,
   according to your unfailing love;
according to your great compassion
   blot out my transgressions.
² Wash away all my iniquity
   and cleanse me from my sin.
 ³ For I know my transgressions,
   and my sin is always before me.
⁴ Against you, you only, have I sinned
   and done what is evil in your sight,
so that you are proved right when you speak
   and justified when you judge.
⁵ Surely I was sinful at birth,
   sinful from the time my mother conceived me.
⁶ Surely you desire truth in the inner parts^[a];
   you teach^[b] me wisdom in the inmost place.
 ⁷ Cleanse me with hyssop, and I will be clean;
   wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.
⁸ Let me hear joy and gladness;
   let the bones you have crushed rejoice.
⁹ Hide your face from my sins
   and blot out all my iniquity.
 ¹⁰ Create in me a pure heart, O God,
   and renew a steadfast spirit within me.
¹¹ Do not cast me from your presence
   or take your Holy Spirit from me.
¹² Restore to me the joy of your salvation
   and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me.
 ¹³ Then I will teach transgressors your ways,
   and sinners will turn back to you.
¹⁴ Save me from bloodguilt, O God,
   the God who saves me,
   and my tongue will sing of your righteousness.
¹⁵ O Lord, open my lips,
   and my mouth will declare your praise.
¹⁶ You do not delight in sacrifice, or I would bring it;
   you do not take pleasure in burnt offerings.
¹⁷ The sacrifices of God are^[c] a broken spirit;
   a broken and contrite heart,
   O God, you will not despise.
 ¹⁸ In your good pleasure make Zion prosper;
   build up the walls of Jerusalem.
¹⁹ Then there will be righteous sacrifices,
   whole burnt offerings to delight you;
   then bulls will be offered on your altar.

Footnotes:

1. Psalm 51:6 The meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.
2. Psalm 51:6 Or you desired… ; / you taught
3. Psalm 51:17 Or My sacrifice, O God, is

Psalm 29

    A psalm of David.
 ¹ Ascribe to the LORD, O mighty ones,
   ascribe to the LORD glory and strength.
² Ascribe to the LORD the glory due his name;
   worship the LORD in the splendor of his^[a] holiness.
 ³ The voice of the LORD is over the waters;
   the God of glory thunders,
   the LORD thunders over the mighty waters.
⁴ The voice of the LORD is powerful;
   the voice of the LORD is majestic.
⁵ The voice of the LORD breaks the cedars;
   the LORD breaks in pieces the cedars of Lebanon.
⁶ He makes Lebanon skip like a calf,
   Sirion^[b] like a young wild ox.
⁷ The voice of the LORD strikes
   with flashes of lightning.
⁸ The voice of the LORD shakes the desert;
   the LORD shakes the Desert of Kadesh.
⁹ The voice of the LORD twists the oaks^[c]
   and strips the forests bare.
And in his temple all cry, “Glory!”
 ¹⁰ The LORD sits^[d] enthroned over the flood;
   the LORD is enthroned as King forever.
¹¹ The LORD gives strength to his people;
   the LORD blesses his people with peace.

Footnotes:

1. Psalm 29:2 Or LORD with the splendor of
2. Psalm 29:6 That is, Mount Hermon
3. Psalm 29:9 Or LORD makes the deer give birth
4. Psalm 29:10 Or sat

Psalm 101

    Of David. A psalm.
 ¹ I will sing of your love and justice;
   to you, O LORD, I will sing praise.
² I will be careful to lead a blameless life—
   when will you come to me?
   I will walk in my house
   with blameless heart.
³ I will set before my eyes
   no vile thing.
   The deeds of faithless men I hate;
   they will not cling to me.
⁴ Men of perverse heart shall be far from me;
   I will have nothing to do with evil.
 ⁵ Whoever slanders his neighbor in secret,
   him will I put to silence;
whoever has haughty eyes and a proud heart,
   him will I not endure.
 ⁶ My eyes will be on the faithful in the land,
   that they may dwell with me;
he whose walk is blameless
   will minister to me.
 ⁷ No one who practices deceit
   will dwell in my house;
no one who speaks falsely
   will stand in my presence.
 ⁸ Every morning I will put to silence
   all the wicked in the land;
I will cut off every evildoer
   from the city of the LORD.

Psalm 147

 ¹ Praise the LORD.^[a]
   How good it is to sing praises to our God,
   how pleasant and fitting to praise him!
 ² The LORD builds up Jerusalem;
   he gathers the exiles of Israel.
³ He heals the brokenhearted
   and binds up their wounds.
 ⁴ He determines the number of the stars
   and calls them each by name.
⁵ Great is our Lord and mighty in power;
   his understanding has no limit.
⁶ The LORD sustains the humble
   but casts the wicked to the ground.
 ⁷ Sing to the LORD with thanksgiving;
   make music to our God on the harp.
⁸ He covers the sky with clouds;
   he supplies the earth with rain
   and makes grass grow on the hills.
⁹ He provides food for the cattle
   and for the young ravens when they call.
 ¹⁰ His pleasure is not in the strength of the horse,
   nor his delight in the legs of a man;
¹¹ the LORD delights in those who fear him,
   who put their hope in his unfailing love.
 ¹² Extol the LORD, O Jerusalem;
   praise your God, O Zion,
¹³ for he strengthens the bars of your gates
   and blesses your people within you.
¹⁴ He grants peace to your borders
   and satisfies you with the finest of wheat.
 ¹⁵ He sends his command to the earth;
   his word runs swiftly.
¹⁶ He spreads the snow like wool
   and scatters the frost like ashes.
¹⁷ He hurls down his hail like pebbles.
   Who can withstand his icy blast?
¹⁸ He sends his word and melts them;
   he stirs up his breezes, and the waters flow.
 ¹⁹ He has revealed his word to Jacob,
   his laws and decrees to Israel.
²⁰ He has done this for no other nation;
   they do not know his laws.
   Praise the LORD.

Footnotes:

1. Psalm 147:1 Hebrew Hallelu Yah; also in verse 20

Psalm 44

    For the director of music. Of the Sons of Korah. A maskil.^[a]
 1 We have heard with our ears, O God;
   our fathers have told us
what you did in their days,
   in days long ago.
² With your hand you drove out the nations
   and planted our fathers;
you crushed the peoples
   and made our fathers flourish.
³ It was not by their sword that they won the land,
   nor did their arm bring them victory;
it was your right hand, your arm,
   and the light of your face, for you loved them.
 ⁴ You are my King and my God,
   who decrees^[b] victories for Jacob.
⁵ Through you we push back our enemies;
   through your name we trample our foes.
⁶ I do not trust in my bow,
   my sword does not bring me victory;
⁷ but you give us victory over our enemies,
   you put our adversaries to shame.
⁸ In God we make our boast all day long,
   and we will praise your name forever.
                         Selah
 ⁹ But now you have rejected and humbled us;
   you no longer go out with our armies.
¹⁰ You made us retreat before the enemy,
   and our adversaries have plundered us.
¹¹ You gave us up to be devoured like sheep
   and have scattered us among the nations.
¹² You sold your people for a pittance,
   gaining nothing from their sale.
 ¹³ You have made us a reproach to our neighbors,
   the scorn and derision of those around us.
¹⁴ You have made us a byword among the nations;
   the peoples shake their heads at us.
¹⁵ My disgrace is before me all day long,
   and my face is covered with shame
¹⁶ at the taunts of those who reproach and revile me,
   because of the enemy, who is bent on revenge.
 ¹⁷ All this happened to us,
   though we had not forgotten you
   or been false to your covenant.
¹⁸ Our hearts had not turned back;
   our feet had not strayed from your path.
¹⁹ But you crushed us and made us a haunt for jackals
   and covered us over with deep darkness.
 ²⁰ If we had forgotten the name of our God
   or spread out our hands to a foreign god,
²¹ would not God have discovered it,
   since he knows the secrets of the heart?
²² Yet for your sake we face death all day long;
   we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.
 ²³ Awake, O Lord! Why do you sleep?
   Rouse yourself! Do not reject us forever.
²⁴ Why do you hide your face
   and forget our misery and oppression?
 ²⁵ We are brought down to the dust;
   our bodies cling to the ground.
²⁶ Rise up and help us;
   redeem us because of your unfailing love.

Footnotes:

1. Psalm 44:1 Title: Probably a literary or musical term
2. Psalm 44:4 Septuagint, Aquila and Syriac; Hebrew King, O God; / command

Psalm 79

    A psalm of Asaph.
 ¹ O God, the nations have invaded your inheritance;
   they have defiled your holy temple,
   they have reduced Jerusalem to rubble.
² They have given the dead bodies of your servants
   as food to the birds of the air,
   the flesh of your saints to the beasts of the earth.
³ They have poured out blood like water
   all around Jerusalem,
   and there is no one to bury the dead.
⁴ We are objects of reproach to our neighbors,
   of scorn and derision to those around us.
 ⁵ How long, O LORD? Will you be angry forever?
   How long will your jealousy burn like fire?
⁶ Pour out your wrath on the nations
   that do not acknowledge you,
on the kingdoms
   that do not call on your name;
⁷ for they have devoured Jacob
   and destroyed his homeland.
⁸ Do not hold against us the sins of the fathers;
   may your mercy come quickly to meet us,
   for we are in desperate need.
 ⁹ Help us, O God our Savior,
   for the glory of your name;
deliver us and forgive our sins
   for your name’s sake.
¹⁰ Why should the nations say,
   “Where is their God?”
Before our eyes, make known among the nations
   that you avenge the outpoured blood of your servants.
¹¹ May the groans of the prisoners come before you;
   by the strength of your arm
   preserve those condemned to die.
 ¹² Pay back into the laps of our neighbors seven times
   the reproach they have hurled at you, O Lord.
¹³ Then we your people, the sheep of your pasture,
   will praise you forever;
from generation to generation
   we will recount your praise.

Psalm 16

    A miktam^[a] of David.
 ¹ Keep me safe, O God,
   for in you I take refuge.
 ² I said to the LORD, “You are my Lord;
   apart from you I have no good thing.”
³ As for the saints who are in the land,
   they are the glorious ones in whom is all my delight.^[b]
4 The sorrows of those will increase
   who run after other gods.
I will not pour out their libations of blood
   or take up their names on my lips.
 ⁵ LORD, you have assigned me my portion and my cup;
   you have made my lot secure.
⁶ The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places;
   surely I have a delightful inheritance.
 ⁷ I will praise the LORD, who counsels me;
   even at night my heart instructs me.
⁸ I have set the LORD always before me.
   Because he is at my right hand,
   I will not be shaken.
 ⁹ Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices;
   my body also will rest secure,
¹⁰ because you will not abandon me to the grave,^[c]
   nor will you let your Holy One^[d] see decay.
¹¹ You have made^[e] known to me the path of life;
   you will fill me with joy in your presence,
   with eternal pleasures at your right hand.

Footnotes:

1. Psalm 16:1 Title: Probably a literary or musical term
2. Psalm 16:3 Or As for the pagan priests who are in the land / and the nobles in whom all delight, I said:
3. Psalm 16:10 Hebrew Sheol
4. Psalm 16:10 Or your faithful one
5. Psalm 16:11 Or You will make