1 The king shall rejoice in your strength, O Lord; ♦︎
how greatly shall he rejoice in your salvation!
2 You have given him his heart’s desire ♦︎
and have not denied the request of his lips.
3 For you come to meet him with blessings of goodness ♦︎
and set a crown of pure gold upon his head.
4 He asked of you life and you gave it him, ♦︎
length of days, for ever and ever.
5 His honour is great because of your salvation; ♦︎
glory and majesty have you laid upon him.
6 You have granted him everlasting felicity ♦︎
and will make him glad with joy in your presence.
7 For the king puts his trust in the Lord; ♦︎
because of the loving-kindness of the Most High,
he shall not be overthrown.
8 Your hand shall mark down all your enemies; ♦︎
your right hand will find out those who hate you.
9 You will make them like a fiery oven
in the time of your wrath; ♦︎
the Lord will swallow them up in his anger
and the fire will consume them.
10 Their fruit you will root out of the land ♦︎
and their seed from among its inhabitants.
11 Because they intend evil against you ♦︎
and devise wicked schemes
which they cannot perform,
12 You will put them to flight ♦︎
when you aim your bow at their faces.
13 Be exalted, O Lord, in your own might; ♦︎
we will make music and sing of your power.
1 My God, my God, why have you forsaken me, ♦︎
and are so far from my salvation,
from the words of my distress?
2 O my God, I cry in the daytime,
but you do not answer; ♦︎
and by night also, but I find no rest.
3 Yet you are the Holy One, ♦︎
enthroned upon the praises of Israel.
4 Our forebears trusted in you; ♦︎
they trusted, and you delivered them.
5 They cried out to you and were delivered; ♦︎
they put their trust in you and were not confounded.
6 But as for me, I am a worm and no man, ♦︎
scorned by all and despised by the people.
7 All who see me laugh me to scorn; ♦︎
they curl their lips and wag their heads, saying,
8 ‘He trusted in the Lord; let him deliver him; ♦︎
let him deliver him, if he delights in him.’
9 But it is you that took me out of the womb ♦︎
and laid me safe upon my mother’s breast.
10 On you was I cast ever since I was born; ♦︎
you are my God even from my mother’s womb.
11 Be not far from me, for trouble is near at hand ♦︎
and there is none to help.
12 Mighty oxen come around me; ♦︎
fat bulls of Bashan close me in on every side.
13 They gape upon me with their mouths, ♦︎
as it were a ramping and a roaring lion.
14 I am poured out like water;
all my bones are out of joint; ♦︎
my heart has become like wax
melting in the depths of my body.
15 My mouth is dried up like a potsherd;
my tongue cleaves to my gums; ♦︎
you have laid me in the dust of death.
16 For the hounds are all about me,
the pack of evildoers close in on me; ♦︎
they pierce my hands and my feet.
17 I can count all my bones; ♦︎
they stand staring and looking upon me.
18 They divide my garments among them; ♦︎
they cast lots for my clothing.
19 Be not far from me, O Lord; ♦︎
you are my strength; hasten to help me.
20 Deliver my soul from the sword, ♦︎
my poor life from the power of the dog.
21 Save me from the lion’s mouth,
from the horns of wild oxen. ♦︎
You have answered me!
22 I will tell of your name to my people; ♦︎
in the midst of the congregation will I praise you.
23 Praise the Lord, you that fear him; ♦︎
O seed of Jacob, glorify him;
stand in awe of him, O seed of Israel.
24 For he has not despised nor abhorred the suffering of the poor;
neither has he hidden his face from them; ♦︎
but when they cried to him he heard them.
25 From you comes my praise in the great congregation; ♦︎
I will perform my vows
in the presence of those that fear you.
26 The poor shall eat and be satisfied; ♦︎
those who seek the Lord shall praise him;
their hearts shall live for ever.
27 All the ends of the earth
shall remember and turn to the Lord, ♦︎
and all the families of the nations shall bow before him.
28 For the kingdom is the Lord’s ♦︎
and he rules over the nations.
29 How can those who sleep in the earth
bow down in worship, ♦︎
or those who go down to the dust kneel before him?
30 He has saved my life for himself;
my descendants shall serve him; ♦︎
this shall be told of the Lord for generations to come.
31 They shall come and make known his salvation,
to a people yet unborn, ♦︎
declaring that he, the Lord, has done it.
1 The Lord is my shepherd; ♦︎
therefore can I lack nothing.
2 He makes me lie down in green pastures ♦︎
and leads me beside still waters.
3 He shall refresh my soul ♦︎
and guide me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.
4 Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,
I will fear no evil; ♦︎
for you are with me;
your rod and your staff, they comfort me.
5 You spread a table before me
in the presence of those who trouble me; ♦︎
you have anointed my head with oil
and my cup shall be full.
6 Surely goodness and loving mercy shall follow me
all the days of my life, ♦︎
and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever.
1 The earth is the Lord’s and all that fills it, ♦︎
the compass of the world and all who dwell therein.
2 For he has founded it upon the seas ♦︎
and set it firm upon the rivers of the deep.
3 ‘Who shall ascend the hill of the Lord, ♦︎
or who can rise up in his holy place?’
4 ‘Those who have clean hands and a pure heart, ♦︎
who have not lifted up their soul to an idol,
nor sworn an oath to a lie;
5 ‘They shall receive a blessing from the Lord, ♦︎
a just reward from the God of their salvation.’
6 Such is the company of those who seek him, ♦︎
of those who seek your face, O God of Jacob.
7 Lift up your heads, O gates;
be lifted up, you everlasting doors; ♦︎
and the King of glory shall come in.
8 ‘Who is the King of glory?’ ♦︎
‘The Lord, strong and mighty,
the Lord who is mighty in battle.’
9 Lift up your heads, O gates;
be lifted up, you everlasting doors; ♦︎
and the King of glory shall come in.
10 ‘Who is this King of glory?’ ♦︎
‘The Lord of hosts,
he is the King of glory.’
1 To you, O Lord, I lift up my soul;
O my God, in you I trust; ♦︎
let me not be put to shame;
let not my enemies triumph over me.
2 Let none who look to you be put to shame, ♦︎
but let the treacherous be shamed and frustrated.
3 Make me to know your ways, O Lord, ♦︎
and teach me your paths.
4 Lead me in your truth and teach me, ♦︎
for you are the God of my salvation;
for you have I hoped all the day long.
5 Remember, Lord, your compassion and love, ♦︎
for they are from everlasting.
6 Remember not the sins of my youth
or my transgressions, ♦︎
but think on me in your goodness, O Lord,
according to your steadfast love.
7 Gracious and upright is the Lord; ♦︎
therefore shall he teach sinners in the way.
8 He will guide the humble in doing right ♦︎
and teach his way to the lowly.
9 All the paths of the Lord are mercy and truth ♦︎
to those who keep his covenant and his testimonies.
10 For your name’s sake, O Lord, ♦︎
be merciful to my sin, for it is great.
11 Who are those who fear the Lord? ♦︎
Them will he teach in the way that they should choose.
12 Their soul shall dwell at ease ♦︎
and their offspring shall inherit the land.
13 The hidden purpose of the Lord is for those who fear him ♦︎
and he will show them his covenant.
14 My eyes are ever looking to the Lord, ♦︎
for he shall pluck my feet out of the net.
15 Turn to me and be gracious to me, ♦︎
for I am alone and brought very low.
16 The sorrows of my heart have increased; ♦︎
O bring me out of my distress.
17 Look upon my adversity and misery ♦︎
and forgive me all my sin.
18 Look upon my enemies, for they are many ♦︎
and they bear a violent hatred against me.
19 O keep my soul and deliver me; ♦︎
let me not be put to shame, for I have put my trust in you.
20 Let integrity and uprightness preserve me, ♦︎
for my hope has been in you.
21 Deliver Israel, O God, ♦︎
out of all his troubles.
1 Give judgement for me, O Lord,
for I have walked with integrity; ♦︎
I have trusted in the Lord and have not faltered.
2 Test me, O Lord, and try me; ♦︎
examine my heart and my mind.
3 For your love is before my eyes; ♦︎
I have walked in your truth.
4 I have not joined the company of the false, ♦︎
nor consorted with the deceitful.
5 I hate the gathering of evildoers ♦︎
and I will not sit down with the wicked.
6 I will wash my hands in innocence, O Lord, ♦︎
that I may go about your altar,
7 To make heard the voice of thanksgiving ♦︎
and tell of all your wonderful deeds.
8 Lord, I love the house of your habitation ♦︎
and the place where your glory abides.
9 Sweep me not away with sinners, ♦︎
nor my life with the bloodthirsty,
10 Whose hands are full of wicked schemes ♦︎
and their right hand full of bribes.
11 As for me, I will walk with integrity; ♦︎
redeem me, Lord, and be merciful to me.
12 My foot stands firm; ♦︎
in the great congregation I will bless the Lord.
1 The Lord is my light and my salvation;
whom then shall I fear? ♦︎
The Lord is the strength of my life;
of whom then shall I be afraid?
2 When the wicked, even my enemies and my foes,
came upon me to eat up my flesh, ♦︎
they stumbled and fell.
3 Though a host encamp against me,
my heart shall not be afraid, ♦︎
and though there rise up war against me,
yet will I put my trust in him.
4 One thing have I asked of the Lord
and that alone I seek: ♦︎
that I may dwell in the house of the Lord
all the days of my life,
5 To behold the fair beauty of the Lord ♦︎
and to seek his will in his temple.
6 For in the day of trouble
he shall hide me in his shelter; ♦︎
in the secret place of his dwelling shall he hide me
and set me high upon a rock.
7 And now shall he lift up my head ♦︎
above my enemies round about me;
8 Therefore will I offer in his dwelling an oblation
with great gladness; ♦︎
I will sing and make music to the Lord.
9 Hear my voice, O Lord, when I call; ♦︎
have mercy upon me and answer me.
10 My heart tells of your word, ‘Seek my face.’ ♦︎
Your face, Lord, will I seek.
11 Hide not your face from me, ♦︎
nor cast your servant away in displeasure.
12 You have been my helper; ♦︎
leave me not, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation.
13 Though my father and my mother forsake me, ♦︎
the Lord will take me up.
14 Teach me your way, O Lord; ♦︎
lead me on a level path,
because of those who lie in wait for me.
15 Deliver me not into the will of my adversaries, ♦︎
for false witnesses have risen up against me,
and those who breathe out violence.
16 I believe that I shall see the goodness of the Lord ♦︎
in the land of the living.
17 Wait for the Lord;
be strong and he shall comfort your heart; ♦︎
wait patiently for the Lord.
1 To you I call, O Lord my rock;
be not deaf to my cry, ♦︎
lest, if you do not hear me,
I become like those who go down to the Pit.
2 Hear the voice of my prayer when I cry out to you, ♦︎
when I lift up my hands to your holy of holies.
3 Do not snatch me away with the wicked,
with the evildoers, ♦︎
who speak peaceably with their neighbours,
while malice is in their hearts.
4 Repay them according to their deeds ♦︎
and according to the wickedness of their devices.
5 Reward them according to the work of their hands ♦︎
and pay them their just deserts.
6 They take no heed of the Lord’s doings,
nor of the works of his hands; ♦︎
therefore shall he break them down
and not build them up.
7 Blessed be the Lord, ♦︎
for he has heard the voice of my prayer.
8 The Lord is my strength and my shield; ♦︎
my heart has trusted in him and I am helped;
9 Therefore my heart dances for joy ♦︎
and in my song will I praise him.
10 The Lord is the strength of his people, ♦︎
a safe refuge for his anointed.
11 Save your people and bless your inheritance; ♦︎
shepherd them and carry them for ever.
1 Ascribe to the Lord, you powers of heaven, ♦︎
ascribe to the Lord glory and strength.
2 Ascribe to the Lord the honour due to his name; ♦︎
worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness.
3 The voice of the Lord is upon the waters;
the God of glory thunders; ♦︎
the Lord is upon the mighty waters.
4 The voice of the Lord is mighty in operation; ♦︎
the voice of the Lord is a glorious voice.
5 The voice of the Lord breaks the cedar trees; ♦︎
the Lord breaks the cedars of Lebanon;
6 He makes Lebanon skip like a calf ♦︎
and Sirion like a young wild ox.
7 The voice of the Lord splits the flash of lightning;
the voice of the Lord shakes the wilderness; ♦︎
the Lord shakes the wilderness of Kadesh.
8 The voice of the Lord makes the oak trees writhe
and strips the forests bare; ♦︎
in his temple all cry, ‘Glory!’
9 The Lord sits enthroned above the water flood; ♦︎
the Lord sits enthroned as king for evermore.
10 The Lord shall give strength to his people; ♦︎
the Lord shall give his people the blessing of peace.
1 I will exalt you, O Lord,
because you have raised me up ♦︎
and have not let my foes triumph over me.
2 O Lord my God, I cried out to you ♦︎
and you have healed me.
3 You brought me up, O Lord, from the dead; ♦︎
you restored me to life from among those that go down to the Pit.
4 Sing to the Lord, you servants of his; ♦︎
give thanks to his holy name.
5 For his wrath endures but the twinkling of an eye,
his favour for a lifetime. ♦︎
Heaviness may endure for a night,
but joy comes in the morning.
6 In my prosperity I said,
‘I shall never be moved. ♦︎
You, Lord, of your goodness,
have made my hill so strong.’
7 Then you hid your face from me ♦︎
and I was utterly dismayed.
8 To you, O Lord, I cried; ♦︎
to the Lord I made my supplication:
9 ‘What profit is there in my blood,
if I go down to the Pit? ♦︎
Will the dust praise you or declare your faithfulness?
10 ‘Hear, O Lord, and have mercy upon me; ♦︎
O Lord, be my helper.’
11 You have turned my mourning into dancing; ♦︎
you have put off my sackcloth and girded me with gladness;
12 Therefore my heart sings to you without ceasing; ♦︎
O Lord my God, I will give you thanks for ever.
1 In you, O Lord, have I taken refuge;
let me never be put to shame; ♦︎
deliver me in your righteousness.
2 Incline your ear to me; ♦︎
make haste to deliver me.
3 Be my strong rock, a fortress to save me,
for you are my rock and my stronghold; ♦︎
guide me, and lead me for your name’s sake.
4 Take me out of the net
that they have laid secretly for me, ♦︎
for you are my strength.
5 Into your hands I commend my spirit, ♦︎
for you have redeemed me, O Lord God of truth.
6 I hate those who cling to worthless idols; ♦︎
I put my trust in the Lord.
7 I will be glad and rejoice in your mercy, ♦︎
for you have seen my affliction
and known my soul in adversity.
8 You have not shut me up in the hand of the enemy; ♦︎
you have set my feet in an open place.
9 Have mercy on me, Lord, for I am in trouble; ♦︎
my eye is consumed with sorrow,
my soul and my body also.
10 For my life is wasted with grief,
and my years with sighing; ♦︎
my strength fails me because of my affliction,
and my bones are consumed.
11 I have become a reproach to all my enemies
and even to my neighbours,
an object of dread to my acquaintances; ♦︎
when they see me in the street they flee from me.
12 I am forgotten like one that is dead, out of mind; ♦︎
I have become like a broken vessel.
13 For I have heard the whispering of the crowd;
fear is on every side; ♦︎
they scheme together against me,
and plot to take my life.
14 But my trust is in you, O Lord. ♦︎
I have said, ‘You are my God.
15 ‘My times are in your hand; ♦︎
deliver me from the hand of my enemies,
and from those who persecute me.
16 ‘Make your face to shine upon your servant, ♦︎
and save me for your mercy’s sake.’
17 Lord, let me not be confounded
for I have called upon you; ♦︎
but let the wicked be put to shame;
let them be silent in the grave.
18 Let the lying lips be put to silence ♦︎
that speak against the righteous
with arrogance, disdain and contempt.
19 How abundant is your goodness, O Lord,
which you have laid up for those who fear you; ♦︎
which you have prepared in the sight of all
for those who put their trust in you.
20 You hide them in the shelter of your presence
from those who slander them; ♦︎
you keep them safe in your refuge from the strife of tongues.
21 Blessed be the Lord! ♦︎
For he has shown me his steadfast love
when I was as a city besieged.
22 I had said in my alarm,
‘I have been cut off from the sight of your eyes.’ ♦︎
Nevertheless, you heard the voice of my prayer
when I cried out to you.
23 Love the Lord, all you his servants; ♦︎
for the Lord protects the faithful,
but repays to the full the proud.
24 Be strong and let your heart take courage, ♦︎
all you who wait in hope for the Lord.
1 Happy the one whose transgression is forgiven, ♦︎
and whose sin is covered.
2 Happy the one to whom the Lord imputes no guilt, ♦︎
and in whose spirit there is no guile.
3 For I held my tongue; ♦︎
my bones wasted away
through my groaning all the day long.
4 Your hand was heavy upon me day and night; ♦︎
my moisture was dried up like the drought in summer.
5 Then I acknowledged my sin to you ♦︎
and my iniquity I did not hide.
6 I said, ‘I will confess my transgressions to the Lord,’ ♦︎
and you forgave the guilt of my sin.
7 Therefore let all the faithful make their prayers to you
in time of trouble; ♦︎
in the great water flood, it shall not reach them.
8 You are a place for me to hide in;
you preserve me from trouble; ♦︎
you surround me with songs of deliverance.
9 ‘I will instruct you and teach you
in the way that you should go; ♦︎
I will guide you with my eye.
10 ‘Be not like horse and mule which have no understanding; ♦︎
whose mouths must be held with bit and bridle,
or else they will not stay near you.’
11 Great tribulations remain for the wicked, ♦︎
but mercy embraces those who trust in the Lord.
12 Be glad, you righteous, and rejoice in the Lord; ♦︎
shout for joy, all who are true of heart.
1 Rejoice in the Lord, O you righteous, ♦︎
for it is good for the just to sing praises.
2 Praise the Lord with the lyre; ♦︎
on the ten-stringed harp sing his praise.
3 Sing for him a new song; ♦︎
play skilfully, with shouts of praise.
4 For the word of the Lord is true ♦︎
and all his works are sure.
5 He loves righteousness and justice; ♦︎
the earth is full of the loving-kindness of the Lord.
6 By the word of the Lord were the heavens made ♦︎
and all their host by the breath of his mouth.
7 He gathers up the waters of the sea as in a waterskin ♦︎
and lays up the deep in his treasury.
8 Let all the earth fear the Lord; ♦︎
stand in awe of him, all who dwell in the world.
9 For he spoke, and it was done; ♦︎
he commanded, and it stood fast.
10 The Lord brings the counsel of the nations to naught; ♦︎
he frustrates the designs of the peoples.
11 But the counsel of the Lord shall endure for ever ♦︎
and the designs of his heart from generation to generation.
12 Happy the nation whose God is the Lord ♦︎
and the people he has chosen for his own.
13 The Lord looks down from heaven ♦︎
and beholds all the children of earth.
14 From where he sits enthroned he turns his gaze ♦︎
on all who dwell on the earth.
15 He fashions all the hearts of them ♦︎
and understands all their works.
16 No king is saved by the might of his host; ♦︎
no warrior delivered by his great strength.
17 A horse is a vain hope for deliverance; ♦︎
for all its strength it cannot save.
18 Behold, the eye of the Lord
is upon those who fear him, ♦︎
on those who wait in hope for his steadfast love,
19 To deliver their soul from death ♦︎
and to feed them in time of famine.
20 Our soul waits longingly for the Lord; ♦︎
he is our help and our shield.
21 Indeed, our heart rejoices in him; ♦︎
in his holy name have we put our trust.
22 Let your loving-kindness, O Lord, be upon us, ♦︎
as we have set our hope on you.
1 I will bless the Lord at all times; ♦︎
his praise shall ever be in my mouth.
2 My soul shall glory in the Lord; ♦︎
let the humble hear and be glad.
3 O magnify the Lord with me; ♦︎
let us exalt his name together.
4 I sought the Lord and he answered me ♦︎
and delivered me from all my fears.
5 Look upon him and be radiant ♦︎
and your faces shall not be ashamed.
6 This poor soul cried, and the Lord heard me ♦︎
and saved me from all my troubles.
7 The angel of the Lord encamps around those who fear him ♦︎
and delivers them.
8 O taste and see that the Lord is gracious; ♦︎
blessed is the one who trusts in him.
9 Fear the Lord, all you his holy ones, ♦︎
for those who fear him lack nothing.
10 Lions may lack and suffer hunger, ♦︎
but those who seek the Lord
lack nothing that is good.
11 Come, my children, and listen to me; ♦︎
I will teach you the fear of the Lord.
12 Who is there who delights in life ♦︎
and longs for days to enjoy good things?
13 Keep your tongue from evil ♦︎
and your lips from lying words.
14 Turn from evil and do good; ♦︎
seek peace and pursue it.
15 The eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous ♦︎
and his ears are open to their cry.
16 The face of the Lord is against those who do evil, ♦︎
to root out the remembrance of them from the earth.
17 The righteous cry and the Lord hears them ♦︎
and delivers them out of all their troubles.
18 The Lord is near to the brokenhearted ♦︎
and will save those who are crushed in spirit.
19 Many are the troubles of the righteous; ♦︎
from them all will the Lord deliver them.
20 He keeps all their bones, ♦︎
so that not one of them is broken.
21 But evil shall slay the wicked ♦︎
and those who hate the righteous will be condemned.
22 The Lord ransoms the life of his servants ♦︎
and will condemn none who seek refuge in him.
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