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Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers;
"Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!"
The law of the LORD is perfect, reviving the soul; the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple;
The fool says in his heart, "There is no God." They are corrupt, they do abominable deeds, there is none who does good.
The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
The earth is the LORD's and the fullness thereof, the world and those who dwell therein,
The LORD says to my Lord: "Sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies your footstool."
He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty.
Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever you had formed the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting you are God.
I will tell of the decree: The LORD said to me, "You are my Son; today I have begotten you.
Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight, O LORD, my rock and my redeemer.
I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well.
Even 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
You make known to me the path of life; in your presence there is fullness of joy; at your right hand are pleasures forevermore.
Unless the LORD builds the house, those who build it labor in vain. Unless the LORDwatches over the city, the watchman stays awake in vain.
Have mercy on me, O God, according to your steadfast love; according to your abundant mercy blot out my transgressions.
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom; all those who practice it have a good understanding. His praise endures forever!
When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place,
My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from saving me, from the words of my groaning?
The words of the LORD are pure words, like silver refined in a furnace on the ground, purified seven times.
Oh, taste and see that the LORD is good! Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him!
I bow down toward your holy temple and give thanks to your name for your steadfast love and your faithfulness, for you have exalted above all things your name and your word.
I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with my eye upon you.
but his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night.
One thing have I asked of the LORD, that will I seek after: that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the LORD and to inquire in his temple.
Cast your burden on the LORD, and he will sustain you; he will never permit the righteous to be moved.
In you, O LORD, do I take refuge; let me never be put to shame!
O God, you are my God; earnestly I seek you; my soul thirsts for you; my flesh faints for you, as in a dry and weary land where there is no water.
The LORD is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
what is man that you are mindful of him, and the son of man that you care for him?
for the LORD knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.
Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD, the people whom he has chosen as his heritage!
For the LORD God is a sun and shield; the LORD bestows favor and honor. No good thing does he withhold from those who walk uprightly.
Oh give thanks to the LORD, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever!
Oh come, let us sing to the LORD; let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation!
Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous;
By the word of the LORD the heavens were made, and by the breath of his mouth all their host.
I have set the LORD always before me; because he is at my right hand, I shall not be shaken.
He is like a tree planted by streams of water that yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither. In all that he does, he prospers.
You who fear the LORD, praise him! All you offspring of Jacob, glorify him, and stand in awe of him, all you offspring of Israel!
You destroy those who speak lies; the LORD abhors the bloodthirsty and deceitful man.
Sing praises to the LORD, who sits enthroned in Zion! Tell among the peoples his deeds!
The LORDjudges the peoples; judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness and according to the integrity that is in me.
He says in his heart, "God has forgotten, he has hidden his face, he will never see it."
For he has not despised or abhorred the affliction of the afflicted, and he has not hidden his face from him, but has heard, when he cried to him.
But I, through the abundance of your steadfast love, will enter your house. I will bow down toward your holy temple in the fear of you.
Depart from me, all you workers of evil, for the LORDhas heard the sound of my weeping.
There are many who say, "Who will show us some good? Lift up the light of your face upon us, O LORD!"
Lead me, O LORD, in your righteousness because of my enemies; make your way straight before me.
The LORD dealt with me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands he rewarded me.
Oh, let the evil of the wicked come to an end, and may you establish the righteous-- you who test the minds and hearts, O righteous God!
For he who avenges blood is mindful of them; he does not forget the cry of the afflicted.
But you do see, for you note mischief and vexation, that you may take it into your hands; to you the helpless commits himself; you have been the helper of the fatherless.
O LORD, you hear the desire of the afflicted; you will strengthen their heart; you will incline your ear
The salvation of the righteous is from the LORD; he is their stronghold in the time of trouble.
The LORD has made himself known; he has executed judgment; the wicked are snared in the work of their own hands. Higgaion. Selah
The nations have sunk in the pit that they made; in the net that they hid, their own foot has been caught.
If a man does not repent, God will whet his sword; he has bent and readied his bow;
Make them bear their guilt, O God; let them fall by their own counsels; because of the abundance of their transgressions cast them out, for they have rebelled against you.
to do justice to the fatherless and the oppressed, so that man who is of the earth may strike terror no more.
You shall break them with a rod of iron and dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel."
You have put more joy in my heart than they have when their grain and wine abound.
my eye grows dim through sorrow. Every day I call upon you, O LORD; I spread out my hands to you.
For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God.
they shall come and proclaim his righteousness to a people yet unborn, that he has done it.
The afflicted shall eat and be satisfied; those who seek him shall praise the LORD! May your hearts live forever!
Posterity shall serve him; it shall be told of the Lord to the coming generation;
Be gracious to me, O LORD! See my affliction from those who hate me, O you who lift me up from the gates of death,
Do not cast me off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength is spent.
He remembers his covenant forever, the word that he commanded, for a thousand generations,
But let all who take refuge in you rejoice; let them ever sing for joy, and spread your protection over them, that those who love your name may exult in you.
For there is no truth in their mouth; their inmost self is destruction; their throat is an open grave; they flatter with their tongue.
that I may recount all your praises, that in the gates of the daughter of Zion I may rejoice in your salvation.
I will not be afraid of many thousands of people who have set themselves against me all around.
Bless the LORD, all his works, in all places of his dominion. Bless the LORD, O my soul!
With the merciful you show yourself merciful; with the blameless man you show yourself blameless;
My lips will shout for joy, when I sing praises to you; my soul also, which you have redeemed.
Why does the wicked renounce God and say in his heart, "You will not call to account"?
Lift up your heads, O gates! And be lifted up, O ancient doors, that the King of glory may come in.
Answer me when I call, O God of my righteousness! You have given me relief when I was in distress. Be gracious to me and hear my prayer!
Why, O LORD, do you stand far away? Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble?
For the needy shall not always be forgotten, and the hope of the poor shall not perish forever.
Arise, O LORD! Save me, O my God! For you strike all my enemies on the cheek; you break the teeth of the wicked.
Save, O LORD, for the godly one is gone; for the faithful have vanished from among the children of man.
From you comes my praise in the great congregation; my vows I will perform before those who fear him.
The LORDtests the righteous, but his soul hates the wicked and the one who loves violence.
In the LORD I take refuge; how can you say to my soul, "Flee like a bird to your mountain,
All my enemies shall be ashamed and greatly troubled; they shall turn back and be put to shame in a moment.
Be angry, and do not sin; ponder in your own hearts on your beds, and be silent. Selah
In the pride of his face the wicked does not seek him; all his thoughts are, "There is no God."
Break the arm of the wicked and evildoer; call his wickedness to account till you find none.
The LORD is in his holy temple; the LORD's throne is in heaven; his eyes see, his eyelids test the children of man.
For the LORD is righteous; he loves righteous deeds; the upright shall behold his face.
the birds of the heavens, and the fish of the sea, whatever passes along the paths of the seas.
"Because the poor are plundered, because the needy groan, I will now arise," says the LORD; "I will place him in the safety for which he longs."
Let him rain coals on the wicked; fire and sulfur and a scorching wind shall be the portion of their cup.
O LORD my God, in you do I take refuge; save me from all my pursuers and deliver me,
For the wicked boasts of the desires of his soul, and the one greedy for gain curses and renounces the LORD.
But you, O God, will cast them down into the pit of destruction; men of blood and treachery shall not live out half their days. But I will trust in you.
Everyone utters lies to his neighbor; with flattering lips and a double heart they speak.
You have rebuked the nations; you have made the wicked perish; you have blotted out their name forever and ever.
The enemy came to an end in everlasting ruins; their cities you rooted out; the very memory of them has perished.
In arrogance the wicked hotly pursue the poor; let them be caught in the schemes that they have devised.
You have given me the shield of your salvation, and your right hand supported me, and your gentleness made me great.
all sheep and oxen, and also the beasts of the field,
His mouth is filled with cursing and deceit and oppression; under his tongue are mischief and iniquity.
Behold, the wicked man conceives evil and is pregnant with mischief and gives birth to lies.
and he judges the world with righteousness; he judges the peoples with uprightness.
For you have maintained my just cause; you have sat on the throne, giving righteous judgment.
for behold, the wicked bend the bow; they have fitted their arrow to the string to shoot in the dark at the upright in heart;
O men, how long shall my honor be turned into shame? How long will you love vain words and seek after lies? Selah
But know that the LORD has set apart the godly for himself; the LORD hears when I call to him.
those who say, "With our tongue we will prevail, our lips are with us; who is master over us?"
On every side the wicked prowl, as vileness is exalted among the children of man.
He who planted the ear, does he not hear? He who formed the eye, does he not see?
For you equipped me with strength for the battle; you made those who rise against me sink under me.
he lurks in ambush like a lion in his thicket; he lurks that he may seize the poor; he seizes the poor when he draws him into his net.
He says in his heart, "I shall not be moved; throughout all generations I shall not meet adversity."
His ways prosper at all times; your judgments are on high, out of his sight; as for all his foes, he puffs at them.
All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to the LORD, and all the families of the nations shall worship before you.
I will give to the LORD the thanks due to his righteousness, and I will sing praise to the name of the LORD, the Most High.
He sits in ambush in the villages; in hiding places he murders the innocent. His eyes stealthily watch for the helpless;
I am weary with my moaning; every night I flood my bed with tears; I drench my couch with my weeping.
Be gracious to me, O LORD, for I am languishing; heal me, O LORD, for my bones are troubled.
His mischief returns upon his own head, and on his own skull his violence descends.
Enter his gates with thanksgiving, and his courts with praise! Give thanks to him; bless his name!
For dogs encompass me; a company of evildoers encircles me; they have pierced my hands and feet--
Your eyes saw my unformed substance; in your book were written, every one of them, the days that were formed for me, when as yet there was none of them.
The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.
as far as the east is from the west, so far does he remove our transgressions from us.
The LORD has sworn and will not change his mind, "You are a priest forever after the order of Melchizedek."
Oh give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; for his steadfast love endures forever!
Even my close friend in whom I trusted, who ate my bread, has lifted his heel against me.
O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory above the heavens.
For his anger is but for a moment, and his favor is for a lifetime. Weeping may tarry for the night, but joy comes with the morning.
lest like a lion they tear my soul apart, rending it in pieces, with none to deliver.
The LORD helps them and delivers them; he delivers them from the wicked and saves them, because they take refuge in him.
Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, you who lead Joseph like a flock! You who are enthroned upon the cherubim, shine forth.
let the enemy pursue my soul and overtake it, and let him trample my life to the ground and lay my glory in the dust. Selah
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the house of the LORD forever.
O LORD, how manifold are your works! In wisdom have you made them all; the earth is full of your creatures.
Give ear, O my people, to my teaching; incline your ears to the words of my mouth!
Arise, O LORD, in your anger; lift yourself up against the fury of my enemies; awake for me; you have appointed a judgment.
When he calls to me, I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble; I will rescue him and honor him.
The sum of your word is truth, and every one of your righteous rules endures forever.
Yet you have made him a little lower than the heavenly beings and crowned him with glory and honor.
The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.
For a thousand years in your sight are but as yesterday when it is past, or as a watch in the night.
that they may know that you alone, whose name is the LORD, are the Most High over all the earth.
Oh give thanks to the LORD; call upon his name; make known his deeds among the peoples!
For he is our God, and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. Today, if you hear his voice,
You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; you anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.
Your throne, O God, is forever and ever. The scepter of your kingdom is a scepter of uprightness;
It is good to give thanks to the LORD, to sing praises to your name, O Most High;
Of old you laid the foundation of the earth, and the heavens are the work of your hands.
Not to us, O LORD, not to us, but to your name give glory, for the sake of your steadfast love and your faithfulness!
Know that the LORD, he is God! It is he who made us, and we are his; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.
and call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you shall glorify me."
Whom have I in heaven but you? And there is nothing on earth that I desire besides you.
Out of the mouth of babies and infants, you have established strength because of your foes, to still the enemy and the avenger.
I believe that I shall look upon the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living!
As a father shows compassion to his children, so the LORD shows compassion to those who fear him.
The LORD reigns; he is robed in majesty; the LORD is robed; he has put on strength as his belt. Yes, the world is established; it shall never be moved.
I will sing of the steadfast love of the LORD, forever; with my mouth I will make known your faithfulness to all generations.
Ask of me, and I will make the nations your heritage, and the ends of the earth your possession.
Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for him; fret not yourself over the one who prospers in his way, over the man who carries out evil devices!
Your steadfast love, O LORD, extends to the heavens, your faithfulness to the clouds.
The Mighty One, God the LORD, speaks and summons the earth from the rising of the sun to its setting.
Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the LORD delivers him out of them all.
In sacrifice and offering you have not delighted, but you have given me an open ear. Burnt offering and sin offering you have not required.
Teach me your way, O LORD, that I may walk in your truth; unite my heart to fear your name.
Against you, you only, have I sinned and done what is evil in your sight, so that you may be justified in your words and blameless in your judgment.
The LORD has established his throne in the heavens, and his kingdom rules over all.
Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and you perish in the way, for his wrath is quickly kindled. Blessed are all who take refuge in him.
Praise the LORD! Oh give thanks to the LORD, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever!
The years of our life are seventy, or even by reason of strength eighty; yet their span is but toil and trouble; they are soon gone, and we fly away.
The LORD is gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.
Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
Ascribe to the LORD the glory due his name; worship the LORD in the splendor of holiness.
In peace I will both lie down and sleep; for you alone, O LORD, make me dwell in safety.
I will tell of your name to my brothers; in the midst of the congregation I will praise you:
Behold, you delight in truth in the inward being, and you teach me wisdom in the secret heart.
You ascended on high, leading a host of captives in your train and receiving gifts among men, even among the rebellious, that the LORD God may dwell there.
Be merciful to me, O God, be merciful to me, for in you my soul takes refuge; in the shadow of your wings I will take refuge, till the storms of destruction pass by.
the precepts of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart; the commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes;
Blessed is the one who considers the poor! In the day of trouble the LORD delivers him;
Bless the LORD, O my soul! O LORD my God, you are very great! You are clothed with splendor and majesty,
Blessed be the LORD, my rock, who trains my hands for war, and my fingers for battle;
This God--his way is perfect; the word of the LORD proves true; he is a shield for all those who take refuge in him.
You have given him dominion over the works of your hands; you have put all things under his feet,
The LORDlooks down from heaven on the children of man, to see if there are any who understand, who seek after God.
For you, O Lord, are good and forgiving, abounding in steadfast love to all who call upon you.
I give you thanks, O LORD, with my whole heart; before the gods I sing your praise;
I acknowledged my sin to you, and I did not cover my iniquity; I said, "I will confess my transgressions to the LORD," and you forgave the iniquity of my sin. Selah
Their voice goes out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them he has set a tent for the sun,
The fool says in his heart, "There is no God." They are corrupt, doing abominable iniquity; there is none who does good.
And those who know your name put their trust in you, for you, O LORD, have not forsaken those who seek you.
God settles the solitary in a home; he leads out the prisoners to prosperity, but the rebellious dwell in a parched land.
I will give thanks to the LORD with my whole heart; I will recount all of your wonderful deeds.
The LORD will fulfill his purpose for me; your steadfast love, O LORD, endures forever. Do not forsake the work of your hands.
How long, O LORD? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me?
Be gracious to me, O LORD, for I am in distress; my eye is wasted from grief; my soul and my body also.
Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you in turmoil within me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise him, my salvation
The LORD is my strength and my shield; in him my heart trusts, and I am helped; my heart exults, and with my song I give thanks to him.
Let them praise his name with dancing, making melody to him with tambourine and lyre!
Oh sing to the LORDa new song, for he has done marvelous things! His right hand and his holy arm have worked salvation for him.
the fear of the LORD is clean, enduring forever; the rules of the LORD are true, and righteous altogether.
Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God.
For zeal for your house has consumed me, and the reproaches of those who reproach you have fallen on me.
Transgression speaks to the wicked deep in his heart; there is no fear of God before his eyes.
For a day in your courts is better than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of wickedness.
For the LORD is good; his steadfast love endures forever, and his faithfulness to all generations.
The friendship of the LORD is for those who fear him, and he makes known to them his covenant.
When you send forth your Spirit, they are created, and you renew the face of the ground.
"Because he holds fast to me in love, I will deliver him; I will protect him, because he knows my name.
He does not deal with us according to our sins, nor repay us according to our iniquities.
My frame was not hidden from you, when I was being made in secret, intricately woven in the depths of the earth.
Sing to God, sing praises to his name; lift up a song to him who rides through the deserts; his name is the LORD; exult before him!
Trust in him at all times, O people; pour out your heart before him; God is a refuge for us. Selah
The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD and against his Anointed, saying,
O you who love the LORD, hate evil! He preserves the lives of his saints; he delivers them from the hand of the wicked.
Evening and morning and at noon I utter my complaint and moan, and he hears my voice.
Great is the LORD and greatly to be praised in the city of our God! His holy mountain,
Make a joyful noise to the LORD, all the earth; break forth into joyous song and sing praises!
O LORD, in the morning you hear my voice; in the morning I prepare a sacrifice for you and watch.
Whoever slanders his neighbor secretly I will destroy. Whoever has a haughty look and an arrogant heart I will not endure.
For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his steadfast love toward those who fear him;
Teach me to do your will, for you are my God! Let your good Spirit lead me on level ground!
Hear my prayer, O LORD; give ear to my pleas for mercy! In your faithfulness answer me, in your righteousness!
As for me, I shall behold your face in righteousness; when I awake, I shall be satisfied with your likeness.
I will praise the LORDas long as I live; I will sing praises to my God while I have my being.
God has taken his place in the divine council; in the midst of the gods he holds judgment:
Who is the man who fears the LORD? Him will he instruct in the way that he should choose.
When his breath departs, he returns to the earth; on that very day his plans perish.
He will cover you with his pinions, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness is a shield and buckler.
You have kept count of my tossings; put my tears in your bottle. Are they not in your book?
My heart overflows with a pleasing theme; I address my verses to the king; my tongue is like the pen of a ready scribe.
Love the LORD, all you his saints! The LORD preserves the faithful but abundantly repays the one who acts in pride.
Praise the LORD! For it is good to sing praises to our God; for it is pleasant, and a song of praise is fitting.
Bless the LORD, O you his angels, you mighty ones who do his word, obeying the voice of his word!
Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you in turmoil within me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise him, my salvation and my God.
I have been young, and now am old, yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken or his children begging for bread.
Praise the LORD! Blessed is the man who fears the LORD, who greatly delights in his commandments!
He put a new song in my mouth, a song of praise to our God. Many will see and fear, and put their trust in the LORD.
In you, O LORD, do I take refuge; let me never be put to shame; in your righteousness deliver me!
Hear a just cause, O LORD; attend to my cry! Give ear to my prayer from lips free of deceit!
You have said, "Seek my face." My heart says to you, "Your face, LORD, do I seek."
You have turned for me my mourning into dancing; you have loosed my sackcloth and clothed me with gladness,
My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
Praise the LORD! Sing to the LORDa new song, his praise in the assembly of the godly!
Give justice to the weak and the fatherless; maintain the right of the afflicted and the destitute.
For he will hide me in his shelter in the day of trouble; he will conceal me under the cover of his tent; he will lift me high upon a rock.
Blessed is he who comes in the name of the LORD! We bless you from the house of the LORD.
Your people will offer themselves freely on the day of your power, in holy garments; from the womb of the morning, the dew of your youth will be yours.
Therefore my heart is glad, and my whole being rejoices; my flesh also dwells secure.
Those who trust in the LORD are like Mount Zion, which cannot be moved, but abides forever.
But I have trusted in your steadfast love; my heart shall rejoice in your salvation.
I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint; my heart is like wax; it is melted within my breast;
I will extol you, O LORD, for you have drawn me up and have not let my foes rejoice over me.
God shall arise, his enemies shall be scattered; and those who hate him shall flee before him!
The wicked are estranged from the womb; they go astray from birth, speaking lies.
you have loved righteousness and hated wickedness. Therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness beyond your companions;
But the steadfast love of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting on those who fear him, and his righteousness to children's children,
He drew me up from the pit of destruction, out of the miry bog, and set my feet upon a rock, making my steps secure.
I will not set before my eyes anything that is worthless. I hate the work of those who fall away; it shall not cling to me.
O God, the nations have come into your inheritance; they have defiled your holy temple; they have laid Jerusalem in ruins.
When the righteous cry for help, the LORD hears and delivers them out of all their troubles.
More to be desired are they than gold, even much fine gold; sweeter also than honey and drippings of the honeycomb.
Let me hear in the morning of your steadfast love, for in you I trust. Make me know the way I should go, for to you I lift up my soul.
You are a hiding place for me; you preserve me from trouble; you surround me with shouts of deliverance. Selah
So the LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his sight.
We will not hide them from their children, but tell to the coming generation the glorious deeds of the LORD, and his might, and the wonders that he has done.
For you will not delight in sacrifice, or I would give it; you will not be pleased with a burnt offering.
Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne; steadfast love and faithfulness go before you.
You have said, "I have made a covenant with my chosen one; I have sworn to David my servant:
He established a testimony in Jacob and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers to teach to their children,
How precious is your steadfast love, O God! The children of mankind take refuge in the shadow of your wings.
It is in vain that you rise up early and go late to rest, eating the bread of anxious toil; for he gives to his beloved sleep.
Then I will go to the altar of God, to God my exceeding joy, and I will praise you with the lyre, O God, my God.
Yet you are he who took me from the womb; you made me trust you at my mother's breasts.
Praise the LORD! I will give thanks to the LORD with my whole heart, in the company of the upright, in the congregation.
May he have dominion from sea to sea, and from the River to the ends of the earth!
O God, we have heard with our ears, our fathers have told us, what deeds you performed in their days, in the days of old:
You cause the grass to grow for the livestock and plants for man to cultivate, that he may bring forth food from the earth
Let my prayer be counted as incense before you, and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice!
All the prosperous of the earth eat and worship; before him shall bow all who go down to the dust, even the one who could not keep himself alive.
But you, O Lord, are a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness.
Because you have made the LORD your dwelling place-- the Most High, who is my refuge--
The counsel of the LORD stands forever, the plans of his heart to all generations.
For the evildoers shall be cut off, but those who wait for the LORD shall inherit the land.
May the LORDanswer you in the day of trouble! May the name of the God of Jacob protect you!
To you, O LORD, I call; my rock, be not deaf to me, lest, if you be silent to me, I become like those who go down to the pit.
Let those who delight in my righteousness shout for joy and be glad and say evermore, "Great is the LORD, who delights in the welfare of his servant!"
The heavens are the LORD's heavens, but the earth he has given to the children of man.
in whose eyes a vile person is despised, but who honors those who fear the LORD; who swears to his own hurt and does not change;
Send out your light and your truth; let them lead me; let them bring me to your holy hill and to your dwelling!
Vindicate me, O LORD, for I have walked in my integrity, and I have trusted in the LORD without wavering.
Then I said, "Behold, I have come; in the scroll of the book it is written of me:
Let me hear what God the LORD will speak, for he will speak peace to his people, to his saints; but let them not turn back to folly.
and wine to gladden the heart of man, oil to make his face shine and bread to strengthen man's heart.
One generation shall commend your works to another, and shall declare your mighty acts.
"O LORD, make me know my end and what is the measure of my days; let me know how fleeting I am!
By day the LORDcommands his steadfast love, and at night his song is with me, a prayer to the God of my life.
Oh, how abundant is your goodness, which you have stored up for those who fear you and worked for those who take refuge in you, in the sight of the children of mankind!
I said, "I will guard my ways, that I may not sin with my tongue; I will guard my mouth with a muzzle, so long as the wicked are in my presence."
He gives the barren woman a home, making her the joyous mother of children. Praise the LORD!
Why do you boast of evil, O mighty man? The steadfast love of God endures all the day.
Blessed are those whose strength is in you, in whose heart are the highways to Zion.
May the LORD give strength to his people! May the LORD bless his people with peace!
The one who offers thanksgiving as his sacrifice glorifies me; to one who orders his way rightly I will show the salvation of God!"
By your favor, O LORD, you made my mountain stand strong; you hid your face; I was dismayed.
The LORD reigns; let the peoples tremble! He sits enthroned upon the cherubim; let the earth quake!
Your hands have made and fashioned me; give me understanding that I may learn your commandments.
This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him and saved him out of all his troubles.
O daughter of Babylon, doomed to be destroyed, blessed shall he be who repays you with what you have done to us!
When evildoers assail me to eat up my flesh, my adversaries and foes, it is they who stumble and fall.
My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and appear before God?
Keep back your servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me! Then I shall be blameless, and innocent of great transgression.
O LORD, in your strength the king rejoices, and in your salvation how greatly he exults!
Lead me in your truth and teach me, for you are the God of my salvation; for you I wait all the day long.
In my distress I called upon the LORD; to my God I cried for help. From his temple he heard my voice, and my cry to him reached his ears.
Say among the nations, "The LORD reigns! Yes, the world is established; it shall never be moved; he will judge the peoples with equity."
Whatever the LORD pleases, he does, in heaven and on earth, in the seas and all deeps.
Behold, the eye of the LORD is on those who fear him, on those who hope in his steadfast love,
Upon you I have leaned from before my birth; you are he who took me from my mother's womb. My praise is continually of you.
Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and your dominion endures throughout all generations.[The LORD is faithful in all his words and kind in all his works.]
They have all turned aside; together they have become corrupt; there is none who does good, not even one.
Blessed are the people who know the festal shout, who walk, O LORD, in the light of your face,
Contend, O LORD, with those who contend with me; fight against those who fight against me!
Behold, you have made my days a few handbreadths, and my lifetime is as nothing before you. Surely all mankind stands as a mere breath! Selah
Open to me the gates of righteousness, that I may enter through them and give thanks to the LORD.
But for me it is good to be near God; I have made the Lord GOD my refuge, that I may tell of all your works.
I call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised, and I am saved from my enemies.
O LORD, my heart is not lifted up; my eyes are not raised too high; I do not occupy myself with things too great and too marvelous for me.
Offer to God a sacrifice of thanksgiving, and perform your vows to the Most High,
Give thanks to the LORD with the lyre; make melody to him with the harp of ten strings!
who does not put out his money at interest and does not take a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things shall never be moved.
The young lions suffer want and hunger; but those who seek the LORD lack no good thing.
Then the earth reeled and rocked; the foundations also of the mountains trembled and quaked, because he was angry.
Oh, that salvation for Israel would come out of Zion! When the LORDrestores the fortunes of his people, let Jacob rejoice, let Israel be glad.
Let the favor of the Lord our God be upon us, and establish the work of our hands upon us; yes, establish the work of our hands!
We give thanks to you, O God; we give thanks, for your name is near. We recount your wondrous deeds.
In just a little while, the wicked will be no more; though you look carefully at his place, he will not be there.
Blessed is the man against whom the LORDcounts no iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no deceit.
My heart is steadfast, O God, my heart is steadfast! I will sing and make melody!
The wicked borrows but does not pay back, but the righteous is generous and gives;
and my God.My soul is cast down within me; therefore I remember you from the land of Jordan and of Hermon, from Mount Mizar.
Let them thank the LORD for his steadfast love, for his wondrous works to the children of man!
from the end of the earth I call to you when my heart is faint. Lead me to the rock that is higher than I,
But I have calmed and quieted my soul, like a weaned child with its mother; like a weaned child is my soul within me.
When you hide your face, they are dismayed; when you take away their breath, they die and return to their dust.
As smoke is driven away, so you shall drive them away; as wax melts before fire, so the wicked shall perish before God!
But the righteous shall be glad; they shall exult before God; they shall be jubilant with joy!
and that to you, O Lord, belongs steadfast love. For you will render to a man according to his work.
Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you in turmoil within me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise him, my salvation and my God.
He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not lift up his soul to what is false and does not swear deceitfully.
Though I walk in the midst of trouble, you preserve my life; you stretch out your hand against the wrath of my enemies, and your right hand delivers me.
He who goes out weeping, bearing the seed for sowing, shall come home with shouts of joy, bringing his sheaves with him.
Blessed is the one you choose and bring near, to dwell in your courts! We shall be satisfied with the goodness of your house, the holiness of your temple!
But God will ransom my soul from the power of Sheol, for he will receive me. Selah
The LORD swore to David a sure oath from which he will not turn back: "One of the sons of your body I will set on your throne.
Enter not into judgment with your servant, for no one living is righteous before you.
O God, why do you cast us off forever? Why does your anger smoke against the sheep of your pasture?
He sent redemption to his people; he has commanded his covenant forever. Holy and awesome is his name!
My times are in your hand; rescue me from the hand of my enemies and from my persecutors!
But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God. I trust in the steadfast love of God forever and ever.
Come and hear, all you who fear God, and I will tell what he has done for my soul.
You have multiplied, O LORD my God, your wondrous deeds and your thoughts toward us; none can compare with you! I will proclaim and tell of them, yet they are more than can be told.
May the kings of Tarshish and of the coastlands render him tribute; may the kings of Sheba and Seba bring gifts!
Your wife will be like a fruitful vine within your house; your children will be like olive shoots around your table.
Deep calls to deep at the roar of your waterfalls; all your breakers and your waves have gone over me.
beautiful in elevation, is the joy of all the earth, Mount Zion, in the far north, the city of the great King.
Your righteousness is like the mountains of God; your judgments are like the great deep; man and beast you save, O LORD.
Praise the LORD! Praise the name of the LORD, give praise, O servants of the LORD,
Let this be recorded for a generation to come, so that a people yet to be created may praise the LORD:
Let the high praises of God be in their throats and two-edged swords in their hands,
From the rising of the sun to its setting, the name of the LORD is to be praised!
Of old you spoke in a vision to your godly one, and said: "I have granted help to one who is mighty; I have exalted one chosen from the people.
As they go through the Valley of Baca they make it a place of springs; the early rain also covers it with pools.
Blessed is the man who makes the LORD his trust, who does not turn to the proud, to those who go astray after a lie!
my strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue sticks to my jaws; you lay me in the dust of death.
You are the most handsome of the sons of men; grace is poured upon your lips; therefore God has blessed you forever.
Surely the wrath of man shall praise you; the remnant of wrath you will put on like a belt.
They feast on the abundance of your house, and you give them drink from the river of your delights.
Vindicate me, O God, and defend my cause against an ungodly people, from the deceitful and unjust man deliver me!
Be gracious to me, O God, for man tramples on me; all day long an attacker oppresses me;
For all the gods of the peoples are worthless idols, but the LORD made the heavens.
He loves righteousness and justice; the earth is full of the steadfast love of the LORD.
For not from the east or from the west and not from the wilderness comes lifting up,
The LORDbrings the counsel of the nations to nothing; he frustrates the plans of the peoples.
The sorrows of those who run after another god shall multiply; their drink offerings of blood I will not pour out or take their names on my lips.
But I, when they were sick-- I wore sackcloth; I afflicted myself with fasting; I prayed with head bowed on my chest.
which comes out like a bridegroom leaving his chamber, and, like a strong man, runs its course with joy.
He makes wars cease to the end of the earth; he breaks the bow and shatters the spear; he burns the chariots with fire.
There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God, the holy habitation of the Most High.
Blessed is the man whom you discipline, O LORD, and whom you teach out of your law,
These things you have done, and I have been silent; you thought that I was one like yourself. But now I rebuke you and lay the charge before you.
You who have made me see many troubles and calamities will revive me again; from the depths of the earth you will bring me up again.
Let your steadfast love come to me, O LORD, your salvation according to your promise;
Our God comes; he does not keep silence; before him is a devouring fire, around him a mighty tempest.
The voice of the LORD is over the waters; the God of glory thunders, the LORD, over many waters.
Keep steady my steps according to your promise, and let no iniquity get dominion over me.
My soul longs, yes, faints for the courts of the LORD; my heart and flesh sing for joy to the living God.
Let all the earth fear the LORD; let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him!
a God greatly to be feared in the council of the holy ones, and awesome above all who are around him?
your robes are all fragrant with myrrh and aloes and cassia. From ivory palaces stringed instruments make you glad;
Let their own table before them become a snare; and when they are at peace, let it become a trap.
covering yourself with light as with a garment, stretching out the heavens like a tent.
Save me from the mouth of the lion! You have rescued me from the horns of the wild oxen!
For he satisfies the longing soul, and the hungry soul he fills with good things.
A thousand may fall at your side, ten thousand at your right hand, but it will not come near you.
Deliver me from my enemies, O my God; protect me from those who rise up against me;
The lines have fallen for me in pleasant places; indeed, I have a beautiful inheritance.
Therefore let everyone who is godly offer prayer to you at a time when you may be found; surely in the rush of great waters, they shall not reach him.
Be glad in the LORD, and rejoice, O righteous, and shout for joy, all you upright in heart!
Let them be blotted out of the book of the living; let them not be enrolled among the righteous.
Yet for your sake we are killed all the day long; we are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered.
On the holy mount stands the city he founded;
Consider and answer me, O LORD my God; light up my eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death,
For he will deliver you from the snare of the fowler and from the deadly pestilence.
All the nations you have made shall come and worship before you, O Lord, and shall glorify your name.
Satisfy us in the morning with your steadfast love, that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.
All worshipers of images are put to shame, who make their boast in worthless idols; worship him, all you gods!
who executes justice for the oppressed, who gives food to the hungry.The LORD sets the prisoners free;
Many are the sorrows of the wicked, but steadfast love surrounds the one who trusts in the LORD.
O God, you have rejected us, broken our defenses; you have been angry; oh, restore us.
All the paths of the LORD are steadfast love and faithfulness, for those who keep his covenant and his testimonies.
Blessed are the people to whom such blessings fall! Blessed are the people whose God is the LORD!
I will sing to the LORDas long as I live; I will sing praise to my God while I have being.
All your works shall give thanks to you, O LORD, and all your saints shall bless you!
O Israel, hope in the LORD! For with the LORD there is steadfast love, and with him is plentiful redemption.
Hear, O daughter, and consider, and incline your ear: forget your people and your father's house,
but the LORDtakes pleasure in those who fear him, in those who hope in his steadfast love.
Light dawns in the darkness for the upright; he is gracious, merciful, and righteous.
Do you indeed decree what is right, you gods? Do you judge the children of man uprightly?
Incline your ear to me; rescue me speedily! Be a rock of refuge for me, a strong fortress to save me!
Clouds and thick darkness are all around him; righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne.
With my voice I cry out to the LORD; with my voice I plead for mercy to the LORD.
Therefore we will not fear though the earth gives way, though the mountains be moved into the heart of the sea,
Here is the sea, great and wide, which teems with creatures innumerable, living things both small and great.
For the LORDloves justice; he will not forsake his saints. They are preserved forever, but the children of the wicked shall be cut off.
Wait for the LORD and keep his way, and he will exalt you to inherit the land; you will look on when the wicked are cut off.
For who in the skies can be compared to the LORD? Who among the heavenly beings is like the LORD,
with the purified you show yourself pure; and with the crooked you make yourself seem tortuous.
More in number than the hairs of my head are those who hate me without cause; mighty are those who would destroy me, those who attack me with lies. What I did not steal must I now restore?
Give me not up to the will of my adversaries; for false witnesses have risen against me, and they breathe out violence.
"He trusts in the LORD; let him deliver him; let him rescue him, for he delights in him!"
For you are my rock and my fortress; and for your name's sake you lead me and guide me;
O God, from my youth you have taught me, and I still proclaim your wondrous deeds.
But to the wicked God says: "What right have you to recite my statutes or take my covenant on your lips?
He made darkness his covering, his canopy around him, thick clouds dark with water.
The LORD will keep your going out and your coming in from this time forth and forevermore.
In God, whose word I praise, in God I trust; I shall not be afraid. What can flesh do to me?
You divided the sea by your might; you broke the heads of the sea monsters on the waters.
The chariots of God are twice ten thousand, thousands upon thousands; the Lord is among them; Sinai is now in the sanctuary.
Indeed, none who wait for you shall be put to shame; they shall be ashamed who are wantonly treacherous.
As for the saints in the land, they are the excellent ones, in whom is all my delight.
But I will sing of your strength; I will sing aloud of your steadfast love in the morning. For you have been to me a fortress and a refuge in the day of my distress.
For it is not an enemy who taunts me-- then I could bear it; it is not an adversary who deals insolently with me-- then I could hide from him.
May we shout for joy over your salvation, and in the name of our God set up our banners! May the LORD fulfill all your petitions!
How often they rebelled against him in the wilderness and grieved him in the desert!
So even to old age and gray hairs, O God, do not forsake me, until I proclaim your might to another generation, your power to all those to come.
They will perish, but you will remain; they will all wear out like a garment. You will change them like a robe, and they will pass away,
Let us come into his presence with thanksgiving; let us make a joyful noise to him with songs of praise!
Exalt the LORD our God, and worship at his holy mountain; for the LORD our God is holy!
He lays the beams of his chambers on the waters; he makes the clouds his chariot; he rides on the wings of the wind;
My soul will be satisfied as with fat and rich food, and my mouth will praise you with joyful lips,
I am the LORD your God, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt. Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it.
when I remember you upon my bed, and meditate on you in the watches of the night;
As for you, O LORD, you will not restrain your mercy from me; your steadfast love and your faithfulness will ever preserve me!
As for me, I am poor and needy, but the Lord takes thought for me. You are my help and my deliverer; do not delay, O my God!
Remember, O LORD, against the Edomites the day of Jerusalem, how they said, "Lay it bare, lay it bare, down to its foundations!"
You crushed the heads of Leviathan; you gave him as food for the creatures of the wilderness.
The LORD also thundered in the heavens, and the Most High uttered his voice, hailstones and coals of fire.
For though the LORD is high, he regards the lowly, but the haughty he knows from afar.
May his name endure forever, his fame continue as long as the sun! May people be blessed in him, all nations call him blessed!
You delivered me from strife with the people; you made me the head of the nations; people whom I had not known served me.
You visit the earth and water it; you greatly enrich it; the river of God is full of water; you provide their grain, for so you have prepared it.
Praise him for his mighty deeds; praise him according to his excellent greatness!
You will arise and have pity on Zion; it is the time to favor her; the appointed time has come.
He has distributed freely; he has given to the poor; his righteousness endures forever; his horn is exalted in honor.
For great is his steadfast love toward us, and the faithfulness of the LORD endures forever. Praise the LORD!
I have told the glad news of deliverance in the great congregation; behold, I have not restrained my lips, as you know, O LORD.
The LORD knows the days of the blameless, and their heritage will remain forever;
I believed, even when I spoke, "I am greatly afflicted";
You have tried my heart, you have visited me by night, you have tested me, and you will find nothing; I have purposed that my mouth will not transgress.
Be to me a rock of refuge, to which I may continually come; you have given the command to save me, for you are my rock and my fortress.
They make their tongue sharp as a serpent's, and under their lips is the venom of asps. Selah
For great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; he is to be feared above all gods.
O LORD, you have brought up my soul from Sheol; you restored me to life from among those who go down to the pit.
"What profit is there in my death, if I go down to the pit? Will the dust praise you? Will it tell of your faithfulness?
Who is this King of glory? The LORD, strong and mighty, the LORD, mighty in battle!
Let the heavens praise your wonders, O LORD, your faithfulness in the assembly of the holy ones!
Hear the voice of my pleas for mercy, when I cry to you for help, when I lift up my hands toward your most holy sanctuary.
that my glory may sing your praise and not be silent. O LORD my God, I will give thanks to you forever!
Do I not hate those who hate you, O LORD? And do I not loathe those who rise up against you?
Have they no knowledge, all the evildoers who eat up my people as they eat bread and do not call upon the LORD?
All my bones shall say, "O LORD, who is like you, delivering the poor from him who is too strong for him, the poor and needy from him who robs him?"
I have more understanding than all my teachers, for your testimonies are my meditation.
They are planted in the house of the LORD; they flourish in the courts of our God.
I will ponder the way that is blameless. Oh when will you come to me? I will walk with integrity of heart within my house;
Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, O God of my salvation, and my tongue will sing aloud of your righteousness.
Come, bless the LORD, all you servants of the LORD, who stand by night in the house of the LORD!
"If I were hungry, I would not tell you, for the world and its fullness are mine.
How long must I take counsel in my soul and have sorrow in my heart all the day? How long shall my enemy be exalted over me?
I know, O LORD, that your rules are righteous, and that in faithfulness you have afflicted me.
O my God, in you I trust; let me not be put to shame; let not my enemies exult over me.
Come and see what God has done: he is awesome in his deeds toward the children of man.
The LORD sends forth from Zion your mighty scepter. Rule in the midst of your enemies!
Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice; let the sea roar, and all that fills it;
I pursued my enemies and overtook them, and did not turn back till they were consumed.
Yours is the day, yours also the night; you have established the heavenly lights and the sun.
Oh, save your people and bless your heritage! Be their shepherd and carry them forever.
Our God is a God of salvation, and to GOD, the Lord, belong deliverances from death.
But the wicked will perish; the enemies of the LORD are like the glory of the pastures; they vanish--like smoke they vanish away.
I call upon you, for you will answer me, O God; incline your ear to me; hear my words.
I give thanks to you, O Lord my God, with my whole heart, and I will glorify your name forever.
You will tread on the lion and the adder; the young lion and the serpent you will trample underfoot.
do not harden your hearts, as at Meribah, as on the day at Massah in the wilderness,
It is well with the man who deals generously and lends; who conducts his affairs with justice.
Like sheep they are appointed for Sheol; death shall be their shepherd, and the upright shall rule over them in the morning. Their form shall be consumed in Sheol, with no place to dwell.
Even the sparrow finds a home, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, at your altars, O LORD of hosts, my King and my God.
who does not slander with his tongue and does no evil to his neighbor, nor takes up a reproach against his friend;
In the cover of your presence you hide them from the plots of men; you store them in your shelter from the strife of tongues.
These things I remember, as I pour out my soul: how I would go with the throng and lead them in procession to the house of God with glad shouts and songs of praise, a multitude keeping festival.
Then our mouth was filled with laughter, and our tongue with shouts of joy; then they said among the nations, "The LORD has done great things for them."
But you have exalted my horn like that of the wild ox; you have poured over me fresh oil.
Remember your mercy, O LORD, and your steadfast love, for they have been from of old.
My friends and companions stand aloof from my plague, and my nearest kin stand far off.
I thrust them through, so that they were not able to rise; they fell under my feet.
The snares of death encompassed me; the pangs of Sheol laid hold on me; I suffered distress and anguish.
Put no trust in extortion; set no vain hopes on robbery; if riches increase, set not your heart on them.
Wondrously show your steadfast love, O Savior of those who seek refuge from their adversaries at your right hand.
My eyes long for your salvation and for the fulfillment of your righteous promise.
Smoke went up from his nostrils, and devouring fire from his mouth; glowing coals flamed forth from him.
Among those who know me I mention Rahab and Babylon; behold, Philistia and Tyre, with Cush-- "This one was born there," they say.
"Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, I will testify against you. I am God, your God.
Then he brought out Israel with silver and gold, and there was none among his tribes who stumbled.
The LORD watches over the sojourners; he upholds the widow and the fatherless, but the way of the wicked he brings to ruin.
The heavens are yours; the earth also is yours; the world and all that is in it, you have founded them.
For great is your steadfast love toward me; you have delivered my soul from the depths of Sheol.
My tears have been my food day and night, while they say to me all the day long, "Where is your God?"
Though an army encamp against me, my heart shall not fear; though war arise against me, yet I will be confident.
Surely a man goes about as a shadow! Surely for nothing they are in turmoil; man heaps up wealth and does not know who will gather!
There is none like you among the gods, O Lord, nor are there any works like yours.
What man can live and never see death? Who can deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah
They shall pour forth the fame of your abundant goodness and shall sing aloud of your righteousness.