Psalm 68
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- Psalm 68 For the director of music. Of David. A psalm. A song.
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- May God arise, may his enemies be scattered; may his foes flee before him.
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- As smoke is blown away by the wind, may you blow them away; as wax melts before the fire, may the wicked perish before God.
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- But may the righteous be glad and rejoice before God; may they be happy and joyful.
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- Sing to God, sing praise to his name, extol him who rides on the clouds [1] -- his name is the LORD-- and rejoice before him.
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- A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows, is God in his holy dwelling.
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- God sets the lonely in families, [2] he leads forth the prisoners with singing; but the rebellious live in a sun-scorched land.
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- When you went out before your people, O God, when you marched through the wasteland, Selah
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- the earth shook, the heavens poured down rain, before God, the One of Sinai, before God, the God of Israel.
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- You gave abundant showers, O God; you refreshed your weary inheritance.
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- Your people settled in it, and from your bounty, O God, you provided for the poor.
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- The Lord announced the word, and great was the company of those who proclaimed it:
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- "Kings and armies flee in haste; in the camps men divide the plunder.
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- Even while you sleep among the campfires, [3] the wings of [my] dove are sheathed with silver, its feathers with shining gold."
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- When the Almighty [4] scattered the kings in the land, it was like snow fallen on Zalmon.
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- The mountains of Bashan are majestic mountains; rugged are the mountains of Bashan.
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- Why gaze in envy, O rugged mountains, at the mountain where God chooses to reign, where the LORD himself will dwell forever?
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- The chariots of God are tens of thousands and thousands of thousands; the Lord [has come] from Sinai into his sanctuary.
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- When you ascended on high, you led captives in your train; you received gifts from men, even from [5] the rebellious-- that you, [6] O LORD God, might dwell there.
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- Praise be to the Lord, to God our Savior, who daily bears our burdens. Selah
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- Our God is a God who saves; from the Sovereign LORD comes escape from death.
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- Surely God will crush the heads of his enemies, the hairy crowns of those who go on in their sins.
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- The Lord says, "I will bring them from Bashan; I will bring them from the depths of the sea,
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- that you may plunge your feet in the blood of your foes, while the tongues of your dogs have their share."
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- Your procession has come into view, O God, the procession of my God and King into the sanctuary.
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- In front are the singers, after them the musicians; with them are the maidens playing tambourines.
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- Praise God in the great congregation; praise the LORD in the assembly of Israel.
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- There is the little tribe of Benjamin, leading them, there the great throng of Judah's princes, and there the princes of Zebulun and of Naphtali.
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- Summon your power, O God [7] ; show us your strength, O God, as you have done before.
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- Because of your temple at Jerusalem kings will bring you gifts.
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- Rebuke the beast among the reeds, the herd of bulls among the calves of the nations. Humbled, may it bring bars of silver. Scatter the nations who delight in war.
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- Envoys will come from Egypt; Cush [8] will submit herself to God.
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- Sing to God, O kingdoms of the earth, sing praise to the Lord, Selah
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- to him who rides the ancient skies above, who thunders with mighty voice.
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- Proclaim the power of God, whose majesty is over Israel, whose power is in the skies.
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- You are awesome, O God, in your sanctuary; the God of Israel gives power and strength to his people. Praise be to God!
Psalm 134
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- Psalm 134 A song of ascents.
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- Praise the LORD, all you servants of the LORD who minister by night in the house of the LORD.
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- Lift up your hands in the sanctuary and praise the LORD.
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- May the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth, bless you from Zion.
Psalm 121
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- Psalm 121 A song of ascents.
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- I lift up my eyes to the hills-- where does my help come from?
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- My help comes from the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth.
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- He will not let your foot slip-- he who watches over you will not slumber;
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- indeed, he who watches over Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.
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- The LORD watches over you-- the LORD is your shade at your right hand;
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- the sun will not harm you by day, nor the moon by night.
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- The LORD will keep you from all harm-- he will watch over your life;
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- the LORD will watch over your coming and going both now and forevermore.
Psalm 117
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- Psalm 117
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- Praise the LORD, all you nations; extol him, all you peoples.
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- For great is his love toward us, and the faithfulness of the LORD endures forever. Praise the LORD.[
Psalm 106
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- Psalm 106
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- Praise the LORD. Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his love endures forever.
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- Who can proclaim the mighty acts of the LORD or fully declare his praise?
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- Blessed are they who maintain justice, who constantly do what is right.
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- Remember me, O LORD, when you show favor to your people, come to my aid when you save them,
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- that I may enjoy the prosperity of your chosen ones, that I may share in the joy of your nation and join your inheritance in giving praise.
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- We have sinned, even as our fathers did; we have done wrong and acted wickedly.
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- When our fathers were in Egypt, they gave no thought to your miracles; they did not remember your many kindnesses, and they rebelled by the sea, the Red Sea. [2]
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- Yet he saved them for his name's sake, to make his mighty power known.
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- He rebuked the Red Sea, and it dried up; he led them through the depths as through a desert.
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- He saved them from the hand of the foe; from the hand of the enemy he redeemed them.
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- The waters covered their adversaries; not one of them survived.
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- Then they believed his promises and sang his praise.
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- But they soon forgot what he had done and did not wait for his counsel.
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- In the desert they gave in to their craving; in the wasteland they put God to the test.
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- So he gave them what they asked for, but sent a wasting disease upon them.
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- In the camp they grew envious of Moses and of Aaron, who was consecrated to the LORD.
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- The earth opened up and swallowed Dathan; it buried the company of Abiram.
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- Fire blazed among their followers; a flame consumed the wicked.
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- At Horeb they made a calf and worshiped an idol cast from metal.
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- They exchanged their Glory for an image of a bull, which eats grass.
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- They forgot the God who saved them, who had done great things in Egypt,
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- miracles in the land of Ham and awesome deeds by the Red Sea.
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- So he said he would destroy them-- had not Moses, his chosen one, stood in the breach before him to keep his wrath from destroying them.
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- Then they despised the pleasant land; they did not believe his promise.
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- They grumbled in their tents and did not obey the LORD.
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- So he swore to them with uplifted hand that he would make them fall in the desert,
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- make their descendants fall among the nations and scatter them throughout the lands.
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- They yoked themselves to the Baal of Peor and ate sacrifices offered to lifeless gods;
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- they provoked the LORD to anger by their wicked deeds, and a plague broke out among them.
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- But Phinehas stood up and intervened, and the plague was checked.
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- This was credited to him as righteousness for endless generations to come.
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- By the waters of Meribah they angered the LORD, and trouble came to Moses because of them;
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- for they rebelled against the Spirit of God, and rash words came from Moses' lips. [3]
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- They did not destroy the peoples as the LORD had commanded them,
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- but they mingled with the nations and adopted their customs.
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- They worshiped their idols, which became a snare to them.
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- They sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons.
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- They shed innocent blood, the blood of their sons and daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan, and the land was desecrated by their blood.
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- They defiled themselves by what they did; by their deeds they prostituted themselves.
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- Therefore the LORD was angry with his people and abhorred his inheritance.
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- He handed them over to the nations, and their foes ruled over them.
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- Their enemies oppressed them and subjected them to their power.
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- Many times he delivered them, but they were bent on rebellion and they wasted away in their sin.
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- But he took note of their distress when he heard their cry;
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- for their sake he remembered his covenant and out of his great love he relented.
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- He caused them to be pitied by all who held them captive.
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- Save us, O LORD our God, and gather us from the nations, that we may give thanks to your holy name and glory in your praise.
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- Praise be to the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting. Let all the people say, "Amen!" Praise the LORD.
Psalm 123
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- Psalm 123 A song of ascents.
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- I lift up my eyes to you, to you whose throne is in heaven.
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- As the eyes of slaves look to the hand of their master, as the eyes of a maid look to the hand of her mistress, so our eyes look to the LORD our God, till he shows us his mercy.
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- Have mercy on us, O LORD, have mercy on us, for we have endured much contempt.
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- We have endured much ridicule from the proud, much contempt from the arrogant.
Psalm 29
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- Psalm 29 A psalm of David.
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- Ascribe to the LORD, O mighty ones, ascribe to the LORD glory and strength.
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- Ascribe to the LORD the glory due his name; worship the LORD in the splendor of his [1] holiness.
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- The voice of the LORD is over the waters; the God of glory thunders, the LORD thunders over the mighty waters.
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- The voice of the LORD is powerful; the voice of the LORD is majestic.
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- The voice of the LORD breaks the cedars; the LORD breaks in pieces the cedars of Lebanon.
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- He makes Lebanon skip like a calf, Sirion [2] like a young wild ox.
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- The voice of the LORD strikes with flashes of lightning.
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- The voice of the LORD shakes the desert; the LORD shakes the Desert of Kadesh.
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- The voice of the LORD twists the oaks [3] and strips the forests bare. And in his temple all cry, "Glory!"
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- The LORD sits [4] enthroned over the flood; the LORD is enthroned as King forever.
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- The LORD gives strength to his people; the LORD blesses his people with peace.