Psalm 60

    For the director of music. To the tune of “The Lily of the Covenant.” A miktam^[a] of David. For teaching. When he fought Aram Naharaim^[b] and Aram Zobah,^[c] and when Joab returned and struck down twelve thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt.
 ¹ You have rejected us, O God, and burst forth upon us;
   you have been angry—now restore us!
² You have shaken the land and torn it open;
   mend its fractures, for it is quaking.
³ You have shown your people desperate times;
   you have given us wine that makes us stagger.
 ⁴ But for those who fear you, you have raised a banner
   to be unfurled against the bow.
                         Selah
 ⁵ Save us and help us with your right hand,
   that those you love may be delivered.
⁶ God has spoken from his sanctuary:
   “In triumph I will parcel out Shechem
   and measure off the Valley of Succoth.
⁷ Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine;
   Ephraim is my helmet,
   Judah my scepter.
⁸ Moab is my washbasin,
   upon Edom I toss my sandal;
   over Philistia I shout in triumph.”
 ⁹ Who will bring me to the fortified city?
   Who will lead me to Edom?
¹⁰ Is it not you, O God, you who have rejected us
   and no longer go out with our armies?
¹¹ Give us aid against the enemy,
   for the help of man is worthless.
¹² With God we will gain the victory,
   and he will trample down our enemies.

Footnotes:

1. Psalm 60:1 Title: Probably a literary or musical term
2. Psalm 60:1 Title: That is, Arameans of Northwest Mesopotamia
3. Psalm 60:1 Title: That is, Arameans of central Syria

Psalm 68

    For the director of music. Of David. A psalm. A song.
 ¹ May God arise, may his enemies be scattered;
   may his foes flee before him.
² As smoke is blown away by the wind,
   may you blow them away;
as wax melts before the fire,
   may the wicked perish before God.
³ But may the righteous be glad
   and rejoice before God;
   may they be happy and joyful.
 ⁴ Sing to God, sing praise to his name,
   extol him who rides on the clouds^[a]—
his name is the LORD—
   and rejoice before him.
⁵ A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows,
   is God in his holy dwelling.
⁶ God sets the lonely in families,^[b]
   he leads forth the prisoners with singing;
   but the rebellious live in a sun-scorched land.
 ⁷ When you went out before your people, O God,
   when you marched through the wasteland,
                         Selah

⁸ the earth shook,
   the heavens poured down rain,
before God, the One of Sinai,
   before God, the God of Israel.
⁹ You gave abundant showers, O God;
   you refreshed your weary inheritance.
¹⁰ Your people settled in it,
   and from your bounty, O God, you provided for the poor.
 ¹¹ The Lord announced the word,
   and great was the company of those who proclaimed it:
¹² “Kings and armies flee in haste;
   in the camps men divide the plunder.
¹³ Even while you sleep among the campfires,^[c]
   the wings of my dove are sheathed with silver,
   its feathers with shining gold.”
¹⁴ When the Almighty^[d] scattered the kings in the land,
   it was like snow fallen on Zalmon.
 ¹⁵ The mountains of Bashan are majestic mountains;
   rugged are the mountains of Bashan.
¹⁶ Why gaze in envy, O rugged mountains,
   at the mountain where God chooses to reign,
   where the LORD himself will dwell forever?
¹⁷ The chariots of God are tens of thousands
   and thousands of thousands;
   the Lord has come from Sinai into his sanctuary.
¹⁸ When you ascended on high,
   you led captives in your train;
   you received gifts from men,
even from^[e] the rebellious—
   that you,^[f] O LORD God, might dwell there.
 ¹⁹ Praise be to the Lord, to God our Savior,
   who daily bears our burdens.
                         Selah

²⁰ Our God is a God who saves;
   from the Sovereign LORD comes escape from death.
 ²¹ Surely God will crush the heads of his enemies,
   the hairy crowns of those who go on in their sins.
²² The Lord says, “I will bring them from Bashan;
   I will bring them from the depths of the sea,
²³ that you may plunge your feet in the blood of your foes,
   while the tongues of your dogs have their share.”
 ²⁴ Your procession has come into view, O God,
   the procession of my God and King into the sanctuary.
²⁵ In front are the singers, after them the musicians;
   with them are the maidens playing tambourines.
²⁶ Praise God in the great congregation;
   praise the LORD in the assembly of Israel.
²⁷ There is the little tribe of Benjamin, leading them,
   there the great throng of Judah’s princes,
   and there the princes of Zebulun and of Naphtali.
 ²⁸ Summon your power, O God^[g];
   show us your strength, O God, as you have done before.
²⁹ Because of your temple at Jerusalem
   kings will bring you gifts.
³⁰ Rebuke the beast among the reeds,
   the herd of bulls among the calves of the nations.
Humbled, may it bring bars of silver.
   Scatter the nations who delight in war.
³¹ Envoys will come from Egypt;
   Cush^[h] will submit herself to God.
 ³² Sing to God, O kingdoms of the earth,
   sing praise to the Lord,
                         Selah

³³ to him who rides the ancient skies above,
   who thunders with mighty voice.
³⁴ Proclaim the power of God,
   whose majesty is over Israel,
   whose power is in the skies.
³⁵ You are awesome, O God, in your sanctuary;
   the God of Israel gives power and strength to his people.
   Praise be to God!

Footnotes:

1. Psalm 68:4 Or / prepare the way for him who rides through the deserts
2. Psalm 68:6 Or the desolate in a homeland
3. Psalm 68:13 Or saddlebags
4. Psalm 68:14 Hebrew Shaddai
5. Psalm 68:18 Or gifts for men, / even
6. Psalm 68:18 Or they
7. Psalm 68:28 Many Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint and Syriac; most Hebrew manuscripts Your God has summoned power for you
8. Psalm 68:31 That is, the upper Nile region

Psalm 37

    Of David.
 ¹ Do not fret because of evil men
   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 the LORD and do good;
   dwell in the land and enjoy safe pasture.
⁴ Delight yourself in the LORD
   and he will give you the desires of your heart.
 ⁵ Commit your way to the LORD;
   trust in him and he will do this:
⁶ He will make your righteousness shine like the dawn,
   the justice of your cause like the noonday sun.
 ⁷ Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for him;
   do not fret when men 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 evil men will be cut off,
   but those who hope in the LORD will 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 great peace.
 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 the LORD upholds the righteous.
 ¹⁸ The days of the blameless are known to the LORD,
   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:
   The LORD’s enemies will be like the beauty of the fields,
   they will vanish—vanish like smoke.
 ²¹ The wicked borrow and do not repay,
   but the righteous give generously;
²² those the LORD blesses will inherit the land,
   but those he curses will be cut off.
 ²³ If the LORD delights in a man’s way,
   he makes his steps firm;
²⁴ though he stumble, he will not fall,
   for the LORD upholds 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 blessed.
 ²⁷ Turn from evil and do good;
   then you will dwell in the land forever.
²⁸ For the LORD loves the just
   and will not forsake his faithful ones.
   They will be protected forever,
   but the offspring of the wicked will be cut off;
²⁹ the righteous will inherit the land
   and dwell in it forever.
 ³⁰ The mouth of the righteous man utters wisdom,
   and his tongue speaks what is just.
³¹ The law of his God is in his heart;
   his feet do not slip.
 ³² The wicked lie in wait for the righteous,
   seeking their very lives;
³³ but the LORD will not leave them in their power
   or let them be condemned when brought to trial.
 ³⁴ Wait for the LORD
   and keep his way.
He will exalt you to inherit the land;
   when the wicked are cut off, you will see it.
 ³⁵ I have seen a wicked and ruthless man
   flourishing like a green tree in its native soil,
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;
   there is a future^[b] for the man of peace.
³⁸ But all sinners will be destroyed;
   the future^[c] of the wicked will be cut off.
 ³⁹ The salvation of the righteous comes from the LORD;
   he is their stronghold in time of trouble.
⁴⁰ The LORD helps them and delivers them;
   he delivers them from the wicked and saves them,
   because they take refuge in him.

Footnotes:

1. Psalm 37:1 This psalm is an acrostic poem, the stanzas of which begin with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet.
2. Psalm 37:37 Or there will be posterity
3. Psalm 37:38 Or posterity

Psalm 24

    Of David. A psalm.
 ¹ The earth is the LORD’s, and everything in it,
   the world, and all who live in it;
² for he founded it upon the seas
   and established it upon the waters.
 ³ Who may ascend the hill of the LORD?
   Who may stand in his holy place?
⁴ He who has clean hands and a pure heart,
   who does not lift up his soul to an idol
   or swear by what is false.^[a]
5 He will receive blessing from the LORD
   and vindication from God his Savior.
⁶ Such is the generation of those who seek him,
   who seek your face, O God of Jacob.^[b]
                         Selah
 ⁷ Lift up your heads, O you gates;
   be lifted up, you ancient doors,
   that the King of glory may come in.
⁸ Who is this King of glory?
   The LORD strong and mighty,
   the LORD mighty in battle.
⁹ Lift up your heads, O you gates;
   lift them up, you ancient doors,
   that the King of glory may come in.
¹⁰ Who is he, this King of glory?
   The LORD Almighty—
   he is the King of glory.
                         Selah

Footnotes:

1. Psalm 24:4 Or swear falsely
2. Psalm 24:6 Two Hebrew manuscripts and Syriac (see also Septuagint); most Hebrew manuscripts face, Jacob

Psalm 123

    A song of ascents. ¹ I lift up my eyes to you,
   to you whose throne is in heaven.
² As the eyes of slaves look to the hand of their master,
   as the eyes of a maid look to the hand of her mistress,
so our eyes look to the LORD our God,
   till he shows us his mercy.
 ³ Have mercy on us, O LORD, have mercy on us,
   for we have endured much contempt.
⁴ We have endured much ridicule from the proud,
   much contempt from the arrogant.

Psalm 91

 ¹ He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High
   will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.^[a]
2 I will say^[b] of the LORD, “He is my refuge and my fortress,
   my God, in whom I trust.”
 ³ Surely he will save you from the fowler’s snare
   and from the deadly pestilence.
⁴ He will cover you with his feathers,
   and under his wings you will find refuge;
   his faithfulness will be your shield and rampart.
⁵ You will not fear the terror of night,
   nor the arrow that flies by day,
⁶ nor the pestilence that stalks in the darkness,
   nor the plague that destroys at midday.
⁷ A thousand may fall at your side,
   ten thousand at your right hand,
   but it will not come near you.
⁸ You will only observe with your eyes
   and see the punishment of the wicked.
 ⁹ If you make the Most High your dwelling—
   even the LORD, who is my refuge—
¹⁰ then no harm will befall you,
   no disaster will come near your tent.
¹¹ For he will command his angels concerning you
   to guard you in all your ways;
¹² they will lift you up in their hands,
   so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.
¹³ You will tread upon the lion and the cobra;
   you will trample the great lion and the serpent.
 ¹⁴ “Because he loves me,” says the LORD, “I will rescue him;
   I will protect him, for he acknowledges my name.
¹⁵ He will call upon me, and I will answer him;
   I will be with him in trouble,
   I will deliver him and honor him.
¹⁶ With long life will I satisfy him
   and show him my salvation.”

Footnotes:

1. Psalm 91:1 Hebrew Shaddai
2. Psalm 91:2 Or He says

Psalm 111

 ¹ Praise the LORD.^[b]
   I will extol the LORD with all my heart
   in the council of the upright and in the assembly.
 ² Great are the works of the LORD;
   they are pondered by all who delight in them.
³ Glorious and majestic are his deeds,
   and his righteousness endures forever.
⁴ He has caused his wonders to be remembered;
   the LORD is gracious and compassionate.
⁵ He provides food for those who fear him;
   he remembers his covenant forever.
⁶ He has shown his people the power of his works,
   giving them the lands of other nations.
⁷ The works of his hands are faithful and just;
   all his precepts are trustworthy.
⁸ They are steadfast for ever and ever,
   done in faithfulness and uprightness.
⁹ He provided redemption for his people;
   he ordained his covenant forever—
   holy and awesome is his name.
 ¹⁰ The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom;
   all who follow his precepts have good understanding.
   To him belongs eternal praise.

Footnotes:

1. Psalm 111:1 This psalm is an acrostic poem, the lines of which begin with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet.
2. Psalm 111:1 Hebrew Hallelu Yah