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Psalms 24

Of David. A psalm.

1 The earth is theLord’s, and everything in it,

the world, and all who live in it;

2 for he founded it on the seas

and established it on the waters.

3 Who may ascend the mountain of theLord?

Who may stand in his holy place?

4 The one who has clean hands and a pure heart,

who does not trust in an idol

or swear by a false god.

5 They will receive blessing from theLord

and vindication from God their Savior.

6 Such is the generation of those who seek him,

who seek your face, God of Jacob.

7 Lift up your heads, you gates;

be lifted up, you ancient doors,

that the King of glory may come in.

8 Who is this King of glory?

TheLordstrong and mighty,

theLordmighty in battle.

9 Lift up your heads, you gates;

lift them up, you ancient doors,

that the King of glory may come in.

10 Who is he, this King of glory?

TheLordAlmighty—

he is the King of glory.

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Psalms 25

Of David.

1 In you,Lordmy God,

I put my trust.

2 I trust in you;

do not let me be put to shame,

nor let my enemies triumph over me.

3 No one who hopes in you

will ever be put to shame,

but shame will come on those

who are treacherous without cause.

4 Show me your ways,Lord,

teach me your paths.

5 Guide me in your truth and teach me,

for you are God my Savior,

and my hope is in you all day long.

6 Remember,Lord, your great mercy and love,

for they are from of old.

7 Do not remember the sins of my youth

and my rebellious ways;

according to your love remember me,

for you,Lord, are good.

8 Good and upright is theLord;

therefore he instructs sinners in his ways.

9 He guides the humble in what is right

and teaches them his way.

10 All the ways of theLordare loving and faithful

toward those who keep the demands of his covenant.

11 For the sake of your name,Lord,

forgive my iniquity, though it is great.

12 Who, then, are those who fear theLord?

He will instruct them in the ways they should choose.

13 They will spend their days in prosperity,

and their descendants will inherit the land.

14 TheLordconfides in those who fear him;

he makes his covenant known to them.

15 My eyes are ever on theLord,

for only he will release my feet from the snare.

16 Turn to me and be gracious to me,

for I am lonely and afflicted.

17 Relieve the troubles of my heart

and free me from my anguish.

18 Look on my affliction and my distress

and take away all my sins.

19 See how numerous are my enemies

and how fiercely they hate me!

20 Guard my life and rescue me;

do not let me be put to shame,

for I take refuge in you.

21 May integrity and uprightness protect me,

because my hope,Lord,is in you.

22 Deliver Israel, O God,

from all their troubles!

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Psalms 26

Of David.

1 Vindicate me,Lord,

for I have led a blameless life;

I have trusted in theLord

and have not faltered.

2 Test me,Lord, and try me,

examine my heart and my mind;

3 for I have always been mindful of your unfailing love

and have lived in reliance on your faithfulness.

4 I do not sit with the deceitful,

nor do I associate with hypocrites.

5 I abhor the assembly of evildoers

and refuse to sit with the wicked.

6 I wash my hands in innocence,

and go about your altar,Lord,

7 proclaiming aloud your praise

and telling of all your wonderful deeds.

8 Lord, I love the house where you live,

the place where your glory dwells.

9 Do not take away my soul along with sinners,

my life with those who are bloodthirsty,

10 in whose hands are wicked schemes,

whose right hands are full of bribes.

11 I lead a blameless life;

deliver me and be merciful to me.

12 My feet stand on level ground;

in the great congregation I will praise theLord.

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Psalms 27

Of David.

1 TheLordis my light and my salvation—

whom shall I fear?

TheLordis the stronghold of my life—

of whom shall I be afraid?

2 When the wicked advance against me

to devourme,

it is my enemies and my foes

who will stumble and fall.

3 Though an army besiege me,

my heart will not fear;

though war break out against me,

even then I will be confident.

4 One thing I ask from theLord,

this only do I seek:

that I may dwell in the house of theLord

all the days of my life,

to gaze on the beauty of theLord

and to seek him in his temple.

5 For in the day of trouble

he will keep me safe in his dwelling;

he will hide me in the shelter of his sacred tent

and set me high upon a rock.

6 Then my head will be exalted

above the enemies who surround me;

at his sacred tent I will sacrifice with shouts of joy;

I will sing and make music to theLord.

7 Hear my voice when I call,Lord;

be merciful to me and answer me.

8 My heart says of you, “Seek his face!”

Your face,Lord, I will seek.

9 Do not hide your face from me,

do not turn your servant away in anger;

you have been my helper.

Do not reject me or forsake me,

God my Savior.

10 Though my father and mother forsake me,

theLordwill receive me.

11 Teach me your way,Lord;

lead me in a straight path

because of my oppressors.

12 Do not turn me over to the desire of my foes,

for false witnesses rise up against me,

spouting malicious accusations.

13 I remain confident of this:

I will see the goodness of theLord

in the land of the living.

14 Wait for theLord;

be strong and take heart

and wait for theLord.

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Psalms 28

Of David.

1 To you,Lord, I call;

you are my Rock,

do not turn a deaf ear to me.

For if you remain silent,

I will be like those who go down to the pit.

2 Hear my cry for mercy

as I call to you for help,

as I lift up my hands

toward your Most Holy Place.

3 Do not drag me away with the wicked,

with those who do evil,

who speak cordially with their neighbors

but harbor malice in their hearts.

4 Repay them for their deeds

and for their evil work;

repay them for what their hands have done

and bring back on them what they deserve.

5 Because they have no regard for the deeds of theLord

and what his hands have done,

he will tear them down

and never build them up again.

6 Praise be to theLord,

for he has heard my cry for mercy.

7 TheLordis my strength and my shield;

my heart trusts in him, and he helps me.

My heart leaps for joy,

and with my song I praise him.

8 TheLordis the strength of his people,

a fortress of salvation for his anointed one.

9 Save your people and bless your inheritance;

be their shepherd and carry them forever.

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Psalms 29

A psalm of David.

1 Ascribe to theLord, you heavenly beings,

ascribe to theLordglory and strength.

2 Ascribe to theLordthe glory due his name;

worship theLordin the splendor of hisholiness.

3 The voice of theLordis over the waters;

the God of glory thunders,

theLordthunders over the mighty waters.

4 The voice of theLordis powerful;

the voice of theLordis majestic.

5 The voice of theLordbreaks the cedars;

theLordbreaks in pieces the cedars of Lebanon.

6 He makes Lebanon leap like a calf,

Sirionlike a young wild ox.

7 The voice of theLordstrikes

with flashes of lightning.

8 The voice of theLordshakes the desert;

theLordshakes the Desert of Kadesh.

9 The voice of theLordtwists the oaks

and strips the forests bare.

And in his temple all cry, “Glory!”

10 TheLordsits enthroned over the flood;

theLordis enthroned as King forever.

11 TheLordgives strength to his people;

theLordblesses his people with peace.

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Psalms 30

A psalm. A song. For the dedication of the temple.

Of David.

1 I will exalt you,Lord,

for you lifted me out of the depths

and did not let my enemies gloat over me.

2 Lordmy God, I called to you for help,

and you healed me.

3 You,Lord, brought me up from the realm of the dead;

you spared me from going down to the pit.

4 Sing the praises of theLord, you his faithful people;

praise his holy name.

5 For his anger lasts only a moment,

but his favor lasts a lifetime;

weeping may stay for the night,

but rejoicing comes in the morning.

6 When I felt secure, I said,

“I will never be shaken.”

7 Lord, when you favored me,

you made my royal mountainstand firm;

but when you hid your face,

I was dismayed.

8 To you,Lord, I called;

to the Lord I cried for mercy:

9 “What is gained if I am silenced,

if I go down to the pit?

Will the dust praise you?

Will it proclaim your faithfulness?

10 Hear,Lord, and be merciful to me;

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 your praises and not be silent.

Lordmy God, I will praise you forever.

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Psalms 31

For the director of music. A psalm of David.

1 In you,Lord, I have taken refuge;

let me never be put to shame;

deliver me in your righteousness.

2 Turn your ear to me,

come quickly to my rescue;

be my rock of refuge,

a strong fortress to save me.

3 Since you are my rock and my fortress,

for the sake of your name lead and guide me.

4 Keep me free from the trap that is set for me,

for you are my refuge.

5 Into your hands I commit my spirit;

deliver me,Lord, my faithful God.

6 I hate those who cling to worthless idols;

as for me, I trust in theLord.

7 I will be glad and rejoice in your love,

for you saw my affliction

and knew the anguish of my soul.

8 You have not given me into the hands of the enemy

but have set my feet in a spacious place.

9 Be merciful to me,Lord, for I am in distress;

my eyes grow weak with sorrow,

my soul and body with grief.

10 My life is consumed by anguish

and my years by groaning;

my strength fails because of my affliction,

and my bones grow weak.

11 Because of all my enemies,

I am the utter contempt of my neighbors

and an object of dread to my closest friends—

those who see me on the street flee from me.

12 I am forgotten as though I were dead;

I have become like broken pottery.

13 For I hear many whispering,

“Terror on every side!”

They conspire against me

and plot to take my life.

14 But I trust in you,Lord;

I say, “You are my God.”

15 My times are in your hands;

deliver me from the hands of my enemies,

from those who pursue me.

16 Let your face shine on your servant;

save me in your unfailing love.

17 Let me not be put to shame,Lord,

for I have cried out to you;

but let the wicked be put to shame

and be silent in the realm of the dead.

18 Let their lying lips be silenced,

for with pride and contempt

they speak arrogantly against the righteous.

19 How abundant are the good things

that you have stored up for those who fear you,

that you bestow in the sight of all,

on those who take refuge in you.

20 In the shelter of your presence you hide them

from all human intrigues;

you keep them safe in your dwelling

from accusing tongues.

21 Praise be to theLord,

for he showed me the wonders of his love

when I was in a city under siege.

22 In my alarm I said,

“I am cut off from your sight!”

Yet you heard my cry for mercy

when I called to you for help.

23 Love theLord, all his faithful people!

TheLordpreserves those who are true to him,

but the proud he pays back in full.

24 Be strong and take heart,

all you who hope in theLord.

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Psalms 32

Of David. A

maskil.

1 Blessed is the one

whose transgressions are forgiven,

whose sins are covered.

2 Blessed is the one

whose sin theLorddoes not count against them

and in whose spirit is no deceit.

3 When I kept silent,

my bones wasted away

through my groaning all day long.

4 For day and night

your hand was heavy on me;

my strength was sapped

as in the heat of summer.

5 Then I acknowledged my sin to you

and did not cover up my iniquity.

I said, “I will confess

my transgressions to theLord.”

And you forgave

the guilt of my sin.

6 Therefore let all the faithful pray to you

while you may be found;

surely the rising of the mighty waters

will not reach them.

7 You are my hiding place;

you will protect me from trouble

and surround me with songs of deliverance.

8 I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go;

I will counsel you with my loving eye on you.

9 Do not be like the horse or the mule,

which have no understanding

but must be controlled by bit and bridle

or they will not come to you.

10 Many are the woes of the wicked,

but theLord’s unfailing love

surrounds the one who trusts in him.

11 Rejoice in theLordand be glad, you righteous;

sing, all you who are upright in heart!

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Psalms 33

1 Sing joyfully to theLord, you righteous;

it is fitting for the upright to praise him.

2 Praise theLordwith the harp;

make music to him on the ten-stringed lyre.

3 Sing to him a new song;

play skillfully, and shout for joy.

4 For the word of theLordis right and true;

he is faithful in all he does.

5 TheLordloves righteousness and justice;

the earth is full of his unfailing love.

6 By the word of theLordthe heavens were made,

their starry host by the breath of his mouth.

7 He gathers the waters of the sea into jars;

he puts the deep into storehouses.

8 Let all the earth fear theLord;

let all the people of the world revere him.

9 For he spoke, and it came to be;

he commanded, and it stood firm.

10 TheLordfoils the plans of the nations;

he thwarts the purposes of the peoples.

11 But the plans of theLordstand firm forever,

the purposes of his heart through all generations.

12 Blessed is the nation whose God is theLord,

the people he chose for his inheritance.

13 From heaven theLordlooks down

and sees all mankind;

14 from his dwelling place he watches

all who live on earth—

15 he who forms the hearts of all,

who considers everything they do.

16 No king is saved by the size of his army;

no warrior escapes by his great strength.

17 A horse is a vain hope for deliverance;

despite all its great strength it cannot save.

18 But the eyes of theLordare on those who fear him,

on those whose hope is in his unfailing love,

19 to deliver them from death

and keep them alive in famine.

20 We wait in hope for theLord;

he is our help and our shield.

21 In him our hearts rejoice,

for we trust in his holy name.

22 May your unfailing love be with us,Lord,

even as we put our hope in you.

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