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

Give us aid against the foe,
for human help is worthless.

I call to You from the ends of the earth
when my heart is without strength.
Lead me to a rock that is high above me,

He alone is my rock and my salvation,
my stronghold; I will never be shaken.

How long will you threaten a man?
Will all of you attack
as if he were a leaning wall
or a tottering stone fence?

He alone is my rock and my salvation,
my stronghold; I will not be shaken.

My salvation and glory depend on God, my strong rock.
My refuge is in God.

Trust in Him at all times, you people;
pour out your hearts before Him.
God is our refuge.Selah

A Davidic psalm. When he was in the Wilderness of Judah.God, You are my God; I eagerly seek You.
I thirst for You;
my body faints for You
in a land that is dry, desolate, and without water.

My lips will glorify You
because Your faithful love is better than life.

So I will praise You as long as I live;
at Your name, I will lift up my hands.

You satisfy me as with rich food;
my mouth will praise You with joyful lips.

For the choir director. A Davidic psalm. A song.Praise is rightfully Yours,
God, in Zion;
vows to You will be fulfilled.

How happy is the one You choose
and bring near to live in Your courts!
We will be satisfied with the goodness of Your house,
the holiness of Your temple.

You answer us in righteousness,
with awe-inspiring works,
God of our salvation,
the hope of all the ends of the earth
and of the distant seas.

You visit the earth and water it abundantly,
enriching it greatly.
God’s stream is filled with water,
for You prepare the earth in this way,
providing people with grain.

He keeps us alive
and does not allow our feet to slip.

For You, God, tested us;
You refined us as silver is refined.

You lured us into a trap;
You placed burdens on our backs.

You let men ride over our heads;
we went through fire and water,
but You brought us out to abundance.

I will offer You fattened sheep as burnt offerings,
with the fragrant smoke of rams;
I will sacrifice oxen with goats.Selah

For the choir director: with stringed instruments. A psalm. A song.May God be gracious to us and bless us;
look on us with favorSelah

The earth has produced its harvest;
God, our God, blesses us.

God will bless us,
and all the ends of the earth will fear Him.

As smoke is blown away,
so You blow them away.
As wax melts before the fire,
so the wicked are destroyed before God.

Sing to God! Sing praises to His name.
Exalt Him who rides on the clouds —
His name is Yahweh—and rejoice before Him.

God in His holy dwelling is
a father of the fatherless
and a champion of widows.

Mount Bashan is God’s towering mountain;
Mount Bashan is a mountain of many peaks.

God’s chariots are tens of thousands,
thousands and thousands;
the Lord is among them in the sanctuary
as He was at Sinai.

May the Lord be praised!
Day after day He bears our burdens;
God is our salvation.Selah

Our God is a God of salvation,
and escape from death belongs to the Lord God.

There is Benjamin, the youngest, leading them,
the rulers of Judah in their assembly,
the rulers of Zebulun, the rulers of Naphtali.

Ascribe power to God.
His majesty is over Israel,
His power among the clouds.

I have sunk in deep mud, and there is no footing;
I have come into deep waters,
and a flood sweeps over me.

I am weary from my crying;
my throat is parched.
My eyes fail, looking for my God.

I wore sackcloth as my clothing,
and I was a joke to them.

But as for me, Lord,
my prayer to You is for a time of favor.
In Your abundant, faithful love, God,
answer me with Your sure salvation.

Answer me, Lord,
for Your faithful love is good;
in keeping with Your great compassion,
turn to me.

But as for me—poor and in pain—
let Your salvation protect me, God.

Let all who seek You rejoice and be glad in You;
let those who love Your salvation
continually say, “God is great!”

I have leaned on You from birth;
You took me from my mother’s womb.
My praise is always about You.

My mouth is full of praise
and honor to You all day long.

Don’t discard me in my old age;
as my strength fails, do not abandon me.

saying, “God has abandoned him;
chase him and catch him,
for there is no one to rescue him.”

Your righteousness reaches heaven, God,
You who have done great things;
God, who is like You?

May he continue while the sun endures
and as long as the moon, throughout all generations.

May the righteous flourish in his days
and prosperity abound
until the moon is no more.

May his name endure forever;
as long as the sun shines,
may his fame increase.
May all nations be blessed by him
and call him blessed.

May His glorious name be praised forever;
the whole earth is filled with His glory.
Amen and amen.

BOOK III
(Psalms 73–89)A psalm of Asaph. God is indeed good to Israel,
to the pure in heart.

But as for me, my feet almost slipped;
my steps nearly went astray.

Therefore, pride is their necklace,
and violence covers them like a garment.

My flesh and my heart may fail,
but God is the strength of my heart,
my portion forever.

But as for me, God’s presence is my good.
I have made the Lord God my refuge,
so I can tell about all You do.

A Maskil of Asaph.Why have You rejected us forever, God?
Why does Your anger burn
against the sheep of Your pasture?

Remember Your congregation,
which You purchased long ago
and redeemed as the tribe for Your own possession.
Remember Mount Zion where You dwell.

Your adversaries roared in the meeting place
where You met with us.
They set up their emblems as signs.

They said in their hearts,
“Let us oppress them relentlessly.”
They burned down every place throughout the land
where God met with us.

There are no signs for us to see.
There is no longer a prophet.
And none of us knows how long this will last.

God my King is from ancient times,
performing saving acts on the earth.

The day is Yours, also the night;
You established the moon and the sun.

For the choir director: “Do Not Destroy.” A psalm of Asaph. A song.We give thanks to You, God;
we give thanks to You, for Your name is near.
People tell about Your wonderful works.

for God is the Judge:
He brings down one and exalts another.

For there is a cup in the Lord’s hand,
full of wine blended with spices, and He pours from it.
All the wicked of the earth will drink,
draining it to the dregs.

As for me, I will tell about Him forever;
I will sing praise to the God of Jacob.

For the choir director: with stringed instruments. A psalm of Asaph. A song.God is known in Judah;
His name is great in Israel.

His tent is in Salem,
His dwelling place in Zion.

He humbles the spirit of leaders;
He is feared by the kings of the earth.

Has His faithful love ceased forever?
Is His promise at an end for all generations?

So I say, “I am grieved
that the right hand of the Most High has changed.”

God, Your way is holy.
What god is great like God?

I will declare wise sayings;
I will speak mysteries from the past—

things we have heard and known
and that our fathers have passed down to us.

Then they would not be like their fathers,
a stubborn and rebellious generation,
a generation whose heart was not loyal
and whose spirit was not faithful to God.

He split rocks in the wilderness
and gave them drink as abundant as the depths.

They spoke against God, saying,
“Is God able to provide food in the wilderness?

Then the Lord awoke as if from sleep,
like a warrior from the effects of wine.

We have become an object of reproach
to our neighbors,
a source of mockery and ridicule
to those around us.

Do not hold past sins against us;
let Your compassion come to us quickly,
for we have become weak.

God of our salvation, help us—
for the glory of Your name.
Deliver us and atone for our sins,
because of Your name.

Why should the nations ask,
“Where is their God?”
Before our eyes,
let vengeance for the shed blood of Your servants
be known among the nations.

before Ephraim,
Benjamin, and Manasseh.
Rally Your power and come to save us.

Restore us, God;
look on us with favor,
and we will be saved.

You make us quarrel with our neighbors;
our enemies make fun of us.

Restore us, God of Hosts;
look on us with favor, and we will be saved.

Then we will not turn away from You;
revive us, and we will call on Your name.

Restore us, Yahweh, the God of Hosts;
look on us with favor, and we will be saved.

For this is a statute for Israel,
a judgment of the God of Jacob.

He set it up as an ordinance for Joseph
when He went throughout the land of Egypt.

I heard an unfamiliar language:

They say, “Come, let us wipe them out as a nation
so that Israel’s name will no longer be remembered.”

Deal with them as You did with Midian,
as You did with Sisera
and Jabin at the Kishon River.

who said, “Let us seize God’s pastures for ourselves.”

As fire burns a forest,
as a flame blazes through mountains,

May they know that You alone—
whose name is Yahweh—
are the Most High over all the earth.

For the choir director: on the Gittith. A psalm of the sons of Korah.How lovely is Your dwelling place,
Lord of Hosts.

Happy are the people whose strength is in You,
whose hearts are set on pilgrimage.

As they pass through the Valley of Baca,
they make it a source of springwater;
even the autumn rain will cover it with blessings.

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.

Happy is the person who trusts in You,
Lord of Hosts!

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