Psalm 21
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- Psalm 21 For the director of music. A psalm of David.
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- O LORD, the king rejoices in your strength. How great is his joy in the victories you give!
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- You have granted him the desire of his heart and have not withheld the request of his lips. Selah
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- You welcomed him with rich blessings and placed a crown of pure gold on his head.
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- He asked you for life, and you gave it to him-- length of days, for ever and ever.
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- Through the victories you gave, his glory is great; you have bestowed on him splendor and majesty.
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- Surely you have granted him eternal blessings and made him glad with the joy of your presence.
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- For the king trusts in the LORD; through the unfailing love of the Most High he will not be shaken.
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- Your hand will lay hold on all your enemies; your right hand will seize your foes.
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- At the time of your appearing you will make them like a fiery furnace. In his wrath the LORD will swallow them up, and his fire will consume them.
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- You will destroy their descendants from the earth, their posterity from mankind.
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- Though they plot evil against you and devise wicked schemes, they cannot succeed;
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- for you will make them turn their backs when you aim at them with drawn bow.
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- Be exalted, O LORD, in your strength; we will sing and praise your might.
Psalm 114
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- Psalm 114
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- When Israel came out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of foreign tongue,
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- Judah became God's sanctuary, Israel his dominion.
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- The sea looked and fled, the Jordan turned back;
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- the mountains skipped like rams, the hills like lambs.
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- Why was it, O sea, that you fled, O Jordan, that you turned back,
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- you mountains, that you skipped like rams, you hills, like lambs?
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- Tremble, O earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob,
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- who turned the rock into a pool, the hard rock into springs of water.
Psalm 19
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- Psalm 19 For the director of music. A psalm of David.
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- The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands.
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- Day after day they pour forth speech; night after night they display knowledge.
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- There is no speech or language where their voice is not heard. [1]
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- Their voice [2] goes out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world. In the heavens he has pitched a tent for the sun,
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- which is like a bridegroom coming forth from his pavilion, like a champion rejoicing to run his course.
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- It rises at one end of the heavens and makes its circuit to the other; nothing is hidden from its heat.
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- The law of the LORD is perfect, reviving the soul. The statutes of the LORD are trustworthy, making wise the simple.
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- The precepts of the LORD are right, giving joy to the heart. The commands of the LORD are radiant, giving light to the eyes.
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- The fear of the LORD is pure, enduring forever. The ordinances of the LORD are sure and altogether righteous.
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- They are more precious than gold, than much pure gold; they are sweeter than honey, than honey from the comb.
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- By them is your servant warned; in keeping them there is great reward.
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- Who can discern his errors? Forgive my hidden faults.
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- Keep your servant also from willful sins; may they not rule over me. Then will I be blameless, innocent of great transgression.
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- May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, O LORD, my Rock and my Redeemer.
Psalm 8
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- Psalm 8 For the director of music. According to gittith. [1] A psalm of David.
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- O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory above the heavens.
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- From the lips of children and infants you have ordained praise [2] because of your enemies, to silence the foe and the avenger.
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- When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place,
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- what is man that you are mindful of him, the son of man that you care for him?
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- You made him a little lower than the heavenly beings [3] and crowned him with glory and honor.
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- You made him ruler over the works of your hands; you put everything under his feet:
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- all flocks and herds, and the beasts of the field,
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- the birds of the air, and the fish of the sea, all that swim the paths of the seas.
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- O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth!
Psalm 54
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- Psalm 54 For the director of music. With stringed instruments. A maskil [1] of David. When the Ziphites had gone to Saul and said, "Is not David hiding among us?"
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- Save me, O God, by your name; vindicate me by your might.
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- Hear my prayer, O God; listen to the words of my mouth.
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- Strangers are attacking me; ruthless men seek my life-- men without regard for God. Selah
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- Surely God is my help; the Lord is the one who sustains me.
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- Let evil recoil on those who slander me; in your faithfulness destroy them.
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- I will sacrifice a freewill offering to you; I will praise your name, O LORD, for it is good.
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- For he has delivered me from all my troubles, and my eyes have looked in triumph on my foes.
Psalm 5
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- Psalm 5 For the director of music. For flutes. A psalm of David.
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- Give ear to my words, O LORD, consider my sighing.
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- Listen to my cry for help, my King and my God, for to you I pray.
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- In the morning, O LORD, you hear my voice; in the morning I lay my requests before you and wait in expectation.
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- You are not a God who takes pleasure in evil; with you the wicked cannot dwell.
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- The arrogant cannot stand in your presence; you hate all who do wrong.
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- You destroy those who tell lies; bloodthirsty and deceitful men the LORD abhors.
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- But I, by your great mercy, will come into your house; in reverence will I bow down toward your holy temple.
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- Lead me, O LORD, in your righteousness because of my enemies-- make straight your way before me.
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- Not a word from their mouth can be trusted; their heart is filled with destruction. Their throat is an open grave; with their tongue they speak deceit.
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- Declare them guilty, O God! Let their intrigues be their downfall. Banish them for their many sins, for they have rebelled against you.
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- But let all who take refuge in you be glad; let them ever sing for joy. Spread your protection over them, that those who love your name may rejoice in you.
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- For surely, O LORD, you bless the righteous; you surround them with your favor as with a shield.
Psalm 115
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- Psalm 115
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- Not to us, O LORD, not to us but to your name be the glory, because of your love and faithfulness.
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- Why do the nations say, "Where is their God?"
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- Our God is in heaven; he does whatever pleases him.
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- But their idols are silver and gold, made by the hands of men.
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- They have mouths, but cannot speak, eyes, but they cannot see;
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- they have ears, but cannot hear, noses, but they cannot smell;
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- they have hands, but cannot feel, feet, but they cannot walk; nor can they utter a sound with their throats.
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- Those who make them will be like them, and so will all who trust in them.
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- O house of Israel, trust in the LORD-- he is their help and shield.
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- O house of Aaron, trust in the LORD-- he is their help and shield.
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- You who fear him, trust in the LORD-- he is their help and shield.
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- The LORD remembers us and will bless us: He will bless the house of Israel, he will bless the house of Aaron,
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- he will bless those who fear the LORD-- small and great alike.
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- May the LORD make you increase, both you and your children.
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- May you be blessed by the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth.
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- The highest heavens belong to the LORD, but the earth he has given to man.
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- It is not the dead who praise the LORD, those who go down to silence;
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- it is we who extol the LORD, both now and forevermore. Praise the LORD.