Psalm 110
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- Psalm 110 Of David. A psalm.
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- The LORD says to my Lord: "Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet."
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- The LORD will extend your mighty scepter from Zion; you will rule in the midst of your enemies.
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- Your troops will be willing on your day of battle. Arrayed in holy majesty, from the womb of the dawn you will receive the dew of your youth. [1]
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- The LORD has sworn and will not change his mind: "You are a priest forever, in the order of Melchizedek."
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- The Lord is at your right hand; he will crush kings on the day of his wrath.
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- He will judge the nations, heaping up the dead and crushing the rulers of the whole earth.
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- He will drink from a brook beside the way [2] ; therefore he will lift up his head.
Psalm 106- 1
- Psalm 106
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- Praise the LORD. [1] 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 101- 1
- Psalm 101 Of David. A psalm.
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- I will sing of your love and justice; to you, O LORD, I will sing praise.
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- I will be careful to lead a blameless life-- when will you come to me? I will walk in my house with blameless heart.
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- I will set before my eyes no vile thing. The deeds of faithless men I hate; they will not cling to me.
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- Men of perverse heart shall be far from me; I will have nothing to do with evil.
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- Whoever slanders his neighbor in secret, him will I put to silence; whoever has haughty eyes and a proud heart, him will I not endure.
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- My eyes will be on the faithful in the land, that they may dwell with me; he whose walk is blameless will minister to me.
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- No one who practices deceit will dwell in my house; no one who speaks falsely will stand in my presence.
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- Every morning I will put to silence all the wicked in the land; I will cut off every evildoer from the city of the LORD.
Psalm 25- 1
- Psalm 25 Of David. [1]
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- To you, O LORD, I lift up my soul;
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- in you I trust, O my God. Do not let me be put to shame, nor let my enemies triumph over me.
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- No one whose hope is in you will ever be put to shame, but they will be put to shame who are treacherous without excuse.
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- Show me your ways, O LORD, teach me your paths;
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- guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my Savior, and my hope is in you all day long.
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- Remember, O LORD, your great mercy and love, for they are from of old.
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- Remember not the sins of my youth and my rebellious ways; according to your love remember me, for you are good, O LORD.
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- Good and upright is the LORD; therefore he instructs sinners in his ways.
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- He guides the humble in what is right and teaches them his way.
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- All the ways of the LORD are loving and faithful for those who keep the demands of his covenant.
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- For the sake of your name, O LORD, forgive my iniquity, though it is great.
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- Who, then, is the man that fears the LORD? He will instruct him in the way chosen for him.
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- He will spend his days in prosperity, and his descendants will inherit the land.
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- The LORD confides in those who fear him; he makes his covenant known to them.
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- My eyes are ever on the LORD, for only he will release my feet from the snare.
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- Turn to me and be gracious to me, for I am lonely and afflicted.
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- The troubles of my heart have multiplied; free me from my anguish.
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- Look upon my affliction and my distress and take away all my sins.
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- See how my enemies have increased and how fiercely they hate me!
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- Guard my life and rescue me; let me not be put to shame, for I take refuge in you.
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- May integrity and uprightness protect me, because my hope is in you.
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- Redeem Israel, O God, from all their troubles!
Psalm 101- 1
- Psalm 101 Of David. A psalm.
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- I will sing of your love and justice; to you, O LORD, I will sing praise.
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- I will be careful to lead a blameless life-- when will you come to me? I will walk in my house with blameless heart.
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- I will set before my eyes no vile thing. The deeds of faithless men I hate; they will not cling to me.
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- Men of perverse heart shall be far from me; I will have nothing to do with evil.
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- Whoever slanders his neighbor in secret, him will I put to silence; whoever has haughty eyes and a proud heart, him will I not endure.
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- My eyes will be on the faithful in the land, that they may dwell with me; he whose walk is blameless will minister to me.
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- No one who practices deceit will dwell in my house; no one who speaks falsely will stand in my presence.
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- Every morning I will put to silence all the wicked in the land; I will cut off every evildoer from the city of the LORD.
Psalm 104- 1
- Psalm 104
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- Praise the LORD, O my soul. O LORD my God, you are very great; you are clothed with splendor and majesty.
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- He wraps himself in light as with a garment; he stretches out the heavens like a tent
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- and lays the beams of his upper chambers on their waters. He makes the clouds his chariot and rides on the wings of the wind.
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- He makes winds his messengers, [1] flames of fire his servants.
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- He set the earth on its foundations; it can never be moved.
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- You covered it with the deep as with a garment; the waters stood above the mountains.
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- But at your rebuke the waters fled, at the sound of your thunder they took to flight;
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- they flowed over the mountains, they went down into the valleys, to the place you assigned for them.
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- You set a boundary they cannot cross; never again will they cover the earth.
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- He makes springs pour water into the ravines; it flows between the mountains.
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- They give water to all the beasts of the field; the wild donkeys quench their thirst.
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- The birds of the air nest by the waters; they sing among the branches.
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- He waters the mountains from his upper chambers; the earth is satisfied by the fruit of his work.
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- He makes grass grow for the cattle, and plants for man to cultivate-- bringing forth food from the earth:
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- wine that gladdens the heart of man, oil to make his face shine, and bread that sustains his heart.
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- The trees of the LORD are well watered, the cedars of Lebanon that he planted.
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- There the birds make their nests; the stork has its home in the pine trees.
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- The high mountains belong to the wild goats; the crags are a refuge for the coneys. [2]
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- The moon marks off the seasons, and the sun knows when to go down.
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- You bring darkness, it becomes night, and all the beasts of the forest prowl.
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- The lions roar for their prey and seek their food from God.
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- The sun rises, and they steal away; they return and lie down in their dens.
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- Then man goes out to his work, to his labor until evening.
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- How many are your works, O LORD! In wisdom you made them all; the earth is full of your creatures.
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- There is the sea, vast and spacious, teeming with creatures beyond number-- living things both large and small.
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- There the ships go to and fro, and the leviathan, which you formed to frolic there.
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- These all look to you to give them their food at the proper time.
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- When you give it to them, they gather it up; when you open your hand, they are satisfied with good things.
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- When you hide your face, they are terrified; when you take away their breath, they die and return to the dust.
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- When you send your Spirit, they are created, and you renew the face of the earth.
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- May the glory of the LORD endure forever; may the LORD rejoice in his works--
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- he who looks at the earth, and it trembles, who touches the mountains, and they smoke.
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- I will sing to the LORD all my life; I will sing praise to my God as long as I live.
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- May my meditation be pleasing to him, as I rejoice in the LORD.
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- But may sinners vanish from the earth and the wicked be no more. Praise the LORD, O my soul. Praise the LORD. [3]
Psalm 63- 1
- Psalm 63 A psalm of David. When he was in the Desert of Judah.
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- O God, you are my God, earnestly I seek you; my soul thirsts for you, my body longs for you, in a dry and weary land where there is no water.
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- I have seen you in the sanctuary and beheld your power and your glory.
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- Because your love is better than life, my lips will glorify you.
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- I will praise you as long as I live, and in your name I will lift up my hands.
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- My soul will be satisfied as with the richest of foods; with singing lips my mouth will praise you.
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- On my bed I remember you; I think of you through the watches of the night.
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- Because you are my help, I sing in the shadow of your wings.
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- My soul clings to you; your right hand upholds me.
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- They who seek my life will be destroyed; they will go down to the depths of the earth.
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- They will be given over to the sword and become food for jackals.
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- But the king will rejoice in God; all who swear by God's name will praise him, while the mouths of liars will be silenced.