Better a day in Your courts
than a thousand anywhere else.
I would rather be at the door of the house of my God
than to live in the tents of wicked people.

For the Lord God is a sun and shield.
The Lord gives grace and glory;
He does not withhold the good
from those who live with integrity.

Return to us, God of our salvation,
and abandon Your displeasure with us.

I will listen to what God will say;
surely the Lord will declare peace
to His people, His godly ones,
and not let them go back to foolish ways.

Also, the Lord will provide what is good,
and our land will yield its crops.

Protect my life, for I am faithful.
You are my God; save Your servant who trusts in You.

For You are great and perform wonders;
You alone are God.

I will praise You with all my heart, Lord my God,
and will honor Your name forever.

God, arrogant people have attacked me;
a gang of ruthless men seeks my life.
They have no regard for You.

But You, Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God,
slow to anger and rich in faithful love and truth.

Glorious things are said about you,
city of God.Selah

A song. A psalm of the sons of Korah. For the choir director: according to Mahalath Leannoth. A Maskil of Heman the Ezrahite.Lord, God of my salvation,
I cry out before You day and night.

abandoned among the dead.
I am like the slain lying in the grave,
whom You no longer remember,
and who are cut off from Your care.

God is greatly feared in the council of the holy ones,
more awe-inspiring than all who surround Him.

Lord God of Hosts,
who is strong like You, Lord?
Your faithfulness surrounds You.

He will call to Me, ‘You are my Father,
my God, the rock of my salvation.’

Before the mountains were born,
before You gave birth to the earth and the world,
from eternity to eternity, You are God.

Let the favor of the Lord our God be on us;
establish for us the work of our hands—
establish the work of our hands!

I will say to the Lord, “My refuge and my fortress,
my God, in whom I trust.”

A psalm. A song for the Sabbath day.It is good to praise Yahweh,
to sing praise to Your name, Most High,

Planted in the house of the Lord,
they thrive in the courts of our God.

Lord, God of vengeance—
God of vengeance, appear.

They say, “The Lord doesn’t see it.
The God of Jacob doesn’t pay attention.”

But the Lord is my refuge;
my God is the rock of my protection.

He will pay them back for their sins
and destroy them for their evil.
The Lord our God will destroy them.

For the Lord is a great God,
a great King above all gods.

For He is our God,
and we are the people of His pasture,
the sheep under His care.

Today, if you hear His voice:

He has remembered His love
and faithfulness to the house of Israel;
all the ends of the earth
have seen our God’s victory.

Exalt the Lord our God;
bow in worship at His footstool.
He is holy.

Lord our God, You answered them.
You were a forgiving God to them,
an avenger of their sinful actions.

Exalt the Lord our God;
bow in worship at His holy mountain,
for the Lord our God is holy.

Acknowledge that Yahweh is God.
He made us, and we are His —
His people, the sheep of His pasture.

For Yahweh is good, and His love is eternal;
His faithfulness endures through all generations.

I say: “My God, do not take me
in the middle of my life!
Your years continue through all generations.

My soul, praise Yahweh!
Lord my God, You are very great;
You are clothed with majesty and splendor.

The young lions roar for their prey
and seek their food from God.

When You give it to them,
they gather it;
when You open Your hand,
they are satisfied with good things.

I will sing to the Lord all my life;
I will sing praise to my God while I live.

He is the Lord our God;
His judgments govern the whole earth.

Hallelujah!
Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good;
His faithful love endures forever.

They were seized with craving in the wilderness
and tested God in the desert.

They forgot God their Savior,
who did great things in Egypt,

Save us, Yahweh our God,
and gather us from the nations,
so that we may give thanks to Your holy name
and rejoice in Your praise.

May Yahweh, the God of Israel, be praised
from everlasting to everlasting.
Let all the people say, “Amen!”
Hallelujah!

BOOK V
(Psalms 107–150)Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good;
His faithful love endures forever.

For He has satisfied the thirsty
and filled the hungry with good things.

because they rebelled against God’s commands
and despised the counsel of the Most High.

For He has broken down the bronze gates
and cut through the iron bars.

They rejoiced when the waves grew quiet.
Then He guided them to the harbor they longed for.

A song. A Davidic psalm.My heart is confident, God;
I will sing; I will sing praises
with the whole of my being.

God, be exalted above the heavens,
and let Your glory be over the whole earth.

God has spoken in His sanctuary:
“I will triumph!
I will divide up Shechem.
I will apportion the Valley of Succoth.

God, haven’t You rejected us?
God, You do not march out with our armies.

With God we will perform valiantly;
He will trample our foes.

For the choir director. A Davidic psalm.God of my praise, do not be silent.

They repay me evil for good,
and hatred for my love.

Let the line of his descendants be cut off;
let their name be blotted out in the next generation.

Let their sins always remain before the Lord,
and let Him erase all memory of them from the earth.

He wore cursing like his coat—
let it enter his body like water
and go into his bones like oil.

But You, Yahweh my Lord,
deal kindly with me because of Your name;
deliver me because of the goodness of Your faithful love.

Help me, Lord my God;
save me according to Your faithful love

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom;
all who follow His instructions have good insight.
His praise endures forever.

Good will come to a man who lends generously
and conducts his business fairly.

Who is like Yahweh our God—
the One enthroned on high,

Tremble, earth, at the presence of the Lord,
at the presence of the God of Jacob,

Why should the nations say,
“Where is their God?”

Our God is in heaven
and does whatever He pleases.

The Lord is gracious and righteous;
our God is compassionate.

Return to your rest, my soul,
for the Lord has been good to you.

How can I repay the Lord
for all the good He has done for me?

Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good;
His faithful love endures forever.

This is the gate of the Lord;
the righteous will enter through it.

The Lord is God and has given us light.
Bind the festival sacrifice with cords
to the horns of the altar.

You are my God, and I will give You thanks.
You are my God; I will exalt You.

Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good;
His faithful love endures forever.

Turn away the disgrace I dread;
indeed, Your judgments are good.

Teach me good judgment and discernment,
for I rely on Your commands.

You are good, and You do what is good;
teach me Your statutes.

It was good for me to be afflicted
so that I could learn Your statutes.

Depart from me, you evil ones,
so that I may obey my God’s commands.

Because of the house of the Lord our God,
I will seek your good.

Like a servant’s eyes on his master’s hand,
like a servant girl’s eyes on her mistress’s hand,
so our eyes are on the Lord our God
until He shows us favor.

Do what is good, Lord, to the good,
to those whose hearts are upright.

In vain you get up early and stay up late,
working hard to have enough food—
yes, He gives sleep to the one He loves.

Happy is the man who has filled his quiver with them.
Such men will never be put to shame
when they speak with their enemies at the city gate.

The Lord is righteous;
He has cut the ropes of the wicked.

A Davidic song of ascents.Lord, my heart is not proud;
my eyes are not haughty.
I do not get involved with things
too great or too difficult for me.

“I will not enter my house
or get into my bed,

A Davidic song of ascents.How good and pleasant it is
when brothers live together in harmony!

who stand in the house of Yahweh,
in the courts of the house of our God.

Praise Yahweh, for Yahweh is good;
sing praise to His name, for it is delightful.

Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good.
        His love is eternal.

Give thanks to the God of gods.
        His love is eternal.

Give thanks to the God of heaven!
        His love is eternal.

God, how difficult Your thoughts are
for me to comprehend;
how vast their sum is!

God, if only You would kill the wicked—
you bloodthirsty men, stay away from me—

Search me, God, and know my heart;
test me and know my concerns.

I say to the Lord, “You are my God.”
Listen, Lord, to my cry for help.

Lord God, my strong Savior,
You shield my head on the day of battle.

But my eyes look to You, Lord God.
I seek refuge in You; do not let me die.