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