He will be like a tree planted by streams of water, yielding its fruit in its season, and whose leaf does not wither. He will prosper in everything he does.

"Let us tear off their shackles from us, and cast off their chains."

The LORD is my rock, my fortress, my deliverer, my God, my stronghold in whom I take refuge, my shield, the glory of my salvation, and my high tower."

He reached down and took me; he drew me from many waters.

who makes my feet swift as the deer; who makes me stand on high places;

The fear of the LORD is clean, standing forever. The judgments of the LORD are true; they are altogether righteous.

This is the generation that seeks him. Those who seek your face are the true seed of Jacob. Interlude

Because they do not understand the deeds of the LORD or the work of his hands, He will tear them down and never build them up.

The voice of the LORD causes deer to give birth, and strips the forest bare. In his Temple all of them shout, "Glory!"

But when I stumbled, they rejoiced and gathered together. They gathered together against me attackers whom I did not know. They tore me apart and would not stop.

I once observed a wicked and oppressive person, flourishing like a green tree in native soil.

The daughter of Tyre will come with a wedding gift; wealthy people will entreat your favor.

As for the wicked, God says, "How dare you recite my statutes or speak about my covenant with your lips!

Consider this, you who have forgotten God Otherwise, I will tear you in pieces and there will be no deliverer:

True sacrifice to God is a broken spirit. A broken and chastened heart, God, you will not despise.

But God will tear you down forever; he will take you away, even snatching you out of your tent! He will uproot you from the land of the living. Interlude

But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God; I trust in the gracious love of God forever and ever.

For you have been a refuge for me, a tower of strength before the enemy.

He alone is my rock, my deliverance, and my high tower; nothing will shake me.

He alone is my rock, my deliverance, and my high tower; nothing will shake me.

Draw near and redeem me; ransom me because of my enemies.

It's true that Moses struck the rock so that water flowed forth and torrents of water gushed out, but is he also able to give bread or to supply meat for his people?"

Gebal, Ammon, Amalek, Philistia, and the inhabitants of Tyre.

They were destroyed at En-dor and became as dung on the ground.

I will mention Rahab and Babylon among those who acknowledge me including Philistia, Tyre, and Ethiopia "This one was born there," they say.

until the time his prediction came true, as the word of the LORD refined him.

Your righteousness is an eternal righteousness, and your instruction is true.

Those who pursue wickedness draw near; they remain far from your instruction.

You are near, LORD, and all of your commands are true.

Remember the day of Jerusalem's fall, LORD, because of the Edomites, who kept saying, "Tear it down! Tear it right down to its foundations!"

LORD, set a guard over my mouth; keep watch over the door to my lips.

he is my gracious love and my fortress, my strong tower and my deliverer, my shield and the one in whom I find refuge, who subdues nations under me.