Category: Psalms

For the director of music. A psalm of David.

1 May theLordanswer you when you are in distress;

may the name of the God of Jacob protect you.

2 May he send you help from the sanctuary

and grant you support from Zion.

3 May he remember all your sacrifices

and accept your burnt offerings.

4 May he give you the desire of your heart

and make all your plans succeed.

5 May we shout for joy over your victory

and lift up our banners in the name of our God.

May theLordgrant all your requests.

6 Now this I know:

TheLordgives victory to his anointed.

He answers him from his heavenly sanctuary

with the victorious power of his right hand.

7 Some trust in chariots and some in horses,

but we trust in the name of theLordour God.

8 They are brought to their knees and fall,

but we rise up and stand firm.

9 Lord, give victory to the king!

Answer us when we call!

—https://api-cdn.youversionapi.com/audio-bible-youversionapi/3/32k/PSA/20-325578dd6c83ff084c545de19caf7c39.mp3?version_id=111—

For the director of music. A psalm of David.

1 The king rejoices in your strength,Lord.

How great is his joy in the victories you give!

2 You have granted him his heart’s desire

and have not withheld the request of his lips.

3 You came to greet him with rich blessings

and placed a crown of pure gold on his head.

4 He asked you for life, and you gave it to him—

length of days, for ever and ever.

5 Through the victories you gave, his glory is great;

you have bestowed on him splendor and majesty.

6 Surely you have granted him unending blessings

and made him glad with the joy of your presence.

7 For the king trusts in theLord;

through the unfailing love of the Most High

he will not be shaken.

8 Your hand will lay hold on all your enemies;

your right hand will seize your foes.

9 When you appear for battle,

you will burn them up as in a blazing furnace.

TheLordwill swallow them up in his wrath,

and his fire will consume them.

10 You will destroy their descendants from the earth,

their posterity from mankind.

11 Though they plot evil against you

and devise wicked schemes, they cannot succeed.

12 You will make them turn their backs

when you aim at them with drawn bow.

13 Be exalted in your strength,Lord;

we will sing and praise your might.

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For the director of music. To the tune of “The Doe of the Morning.” A psalm of David.

1 My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?

Why are you so far from saving me,

so far from my cries of anguish?

2 My God, I cry out by day, but you do not answer,

by night, but I find no rest.

3 Yet you are enthroned as the Holy One;

you are the one Israel praises.

4 In you our ancestors put their trust;

they trusted and you delivered them.

5 To you they cried out and were saved;

in you they trusted and were not put to shame.

6 But I am a worm and not a man,

scorned by everyone, despised by the people.

7 All who see me mock me;

they hurl insults, shaking their heads.

8 “He trusts in theLord,” they say,

“let theLordrescue him.

Let him deliver him,

since he delights in him.”

9 Yet you brought me out of the womb;

you made me trust in you, even at my mother’s breast.

10 From birth I was cast on you;

from my mother’s womb you have been my God.

11 Do not be far from me,

for trouble is near

and there is no one to help.

12 Many bulls surround me;

strong bulls of Bashan encircle me.

13 Roaring lions that tear their prey

open their mouths wide against me.

14 I am poured out like water,

and all my bones are out of joint.

My heart has turned to wax;

it has melted within me.

15 My mouthis dried up like a potsherd,

and my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth;

you lay me in the dust of death.

16 Dogs surround me,

a pack of villains encircles me;

they piercemy hands and my feet.

17 All my bones are on display;

people stare and gloat over me.

18 They divide my clothes among them

and cast lots for my garment.

19 But you,Lord, do not be far from me.

You are my strength; come quickly to help me.

20 Deliver me from the sword,

my precious life from the power of the dogs.

21 Rescue me from the mouth of the lions;

save me from the horns of the wild oxen.

22 I will declare your name to my people;

in the assembly I will praise you.

23 You who fear theLord, praise him!

All you descendants of Jacob, honor him!

Revere him, all you descendants of Israel!

24 For he has not despised or scorned

the suffering of the afflicted one;

he has not hidden his face from him

but has listened to his cry for help.

25 From you comes the theme of my praise in the great assembly;

before those who fear youI will fulfill my vows.

26 The poor will eat and be satisfied;

those who seek theLordwill praise him—

may your hearts live forever!

27 All the ends of the earth

will remember and turn to theLord,

and all the families of the nations

will bow down before him,

28 for dominion belongs to theLord

and he rules over the nations.

29 All the rich of the earth will feast and worship;

all who go down to the dust will kneel before him—

those who cannot keep themselves alive.

30 Posterity will serve him;

future generations will be told about the Lord.

31 They will proclaim his righteousness,

declaring to a people yet unborn:

He has done it!

—https://api-cdn.youversionapi.com/audio-bible-youversionapi/3/32k/PSA/22-ec52ca3a6897785a57b49338daae6c11.mp3?version_id=111—

A psalm of David.

1 TheLordis my shepherd, I lack nothing.

2 He makes me lie down in green pastures,

he leads me beside quiet waters,

3 he refreshes my soul.

He guides me along the right paths

for his name’s sake.

4 Even though I walk

through the darkest valley,

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 your goodness and love will follow me

all the days of my life,

and I will dwell in the house of theLord

forever.

—https://api-cdn.youversionapi.com/audio-bible-youversionapi/3/32k/PSA/23-45b6245aa4bf7cb891a68eb788520e3a.mp3?version_id=111—

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.

—https://api-cdn.youversionapi.com/audio-bible-youversionapi/3/32k/PSA/24-bd070f97ffa9d10e52418230d6bf9352.mp3?version_id=111—

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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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.

—https://api-cdn.youversionapi.com/audio-bible-youversionapi/3/32k/PSA/26-906e03193b2a6ca399120be1de891824.mp3?version_id=111—

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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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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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.

—https://api-cdn.youversionapi.com/audio-bible-youversionapi/3/32k/PSA/29-0a1ff6166da972e2d02bd0ea2495434e.mp3?version_id=111—