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