Psalm 105
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- Psalm 105
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- Give thanks to the LORD, call on his name; make known among the nations what he has done.
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- Sing to him, sing praise to him; tell of all his wonderful acts.
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- Glory in his holy name; let the hearts of those who seek the LORD rejoice.
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- Look to the LORD and his strength; seek his face always.
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- Remember the wonders he has done, his miracles, and the judgments he pronounced,
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- O descendants of Abraham his servant, O sons of Jacob, his chosen ones.
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- He is the LORD our God; his judgments are in all the earth.
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- He remembers his covenant forever, the word he commanded, for a thousand generations,
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- the covenant he made with Abraham, the oath he swore to Isaac.
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- He confirmed it to Jacob as a decree, to Israel as an everlasting covenant:
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- "To you I will give the land of Canaan as the portion you will inherit."
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- When they were but few in number, few indeed, and strangers in it,
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- they wandered from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another.
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- He allowed no one to oppress them; for their sake he rebuked kings:
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- "Do not touch my anointed ones; do my prophets no harm."
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- He called down famine on the land and destroyed all their supplies of food;
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- and he sent a man before them-- Joseph, sold as a slave.
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- They bruised his feet with shackles, his neck was put in irons,
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- till what he foretold came to pass, till the word of the LORD proved him true.
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- The king sent and released him, the ruler of peoples set him free.
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- He made him master of his household, ruler over all he possessed,
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- to instruct his princes as he pleased and teach his elders wisdom.
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- Then Israel entered Egypt; Jacob lived as an alien in the land of Ham.
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- The LORD made his people very fruitful; he made them too numerous for their foes,
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- whose hearts he turned to hate his people, to conspire against his servants.
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- He sent Moses his servant, and Aaron, whom he had chosen.
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- They performed his miraculous signs among them, his wonders in the land of Ham.
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- He sent darkness and made the land dark-- for had they not rebelled against his words?
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- He turned their waters into blood, causing their fish to die.
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- Their land teemed with frogs, which went up into the bedrooms of their rulers.
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- He spoke, and there came swarms of flies, and gnats throughout their country.
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- He turned their rain into hail, with lightning throughout their land;
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- he struck down their vines and fig trees and shattered the trees of their country.
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- He spoke, and the locusts came, grasshoppers without number;
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- they ate up every green thing in their land, ate up the produce of their soil.
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- Then he struck down all the firstborn in their land, the firstfruits of all their manhood.
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- He brought out Israel, laden with silver and gold, and from among their tribes no one faltered.
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- Egypt was glad when they left, because dread of Israel had fallen on them.
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- He spread out a cloud as a covering, and a fire to give light at night.
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- They asked, and he brought them quail and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.
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- He opened the rock, and water gushed out; like a river it flowed in the desert.
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- For he remembered his holy promise given to his servant Abraham.
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- He brought out his people with rejoicing, his chosen ones with shouts of joy;
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- he gave them the lands of the nations, and they fell heir to what others had toiled for--
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- that they might keep his precepts and observe his laws. Praise the LORD.
Psalm 100
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- Psalm 100 A psalm. For giving thanks.
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- Shout for joy to the LORD, all the earth.
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- Worship the LORD with gladness; come before him with joyful songs.
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- Know that the LORD is God. It is he who made us, and we are his [1] ; we are his people, the sheep of his pasture.
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- Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name.
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- For the LORD is good and his love endures forever; his faithfulness continues through all generations.
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 147- 1
- Psalm 147
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- Praise the LORD. How good it is to sing praises to our God, how pleasant and fitting to praise him!
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- The LORD builds up Jerusalem; he gathers the exiles of Israel.
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- He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.
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- He determines the number of the stars and calls them each by name.
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- Great is our Lord and mighty in power; his understanding has no limit.
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- The LORD sustains the humble but casts the wicked to the ground.
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- Sing to the LORD with thanksgiving; make music to our God on the harp.
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- He covers the sky with clouds; he supplies the earth with rain and makes grass grow on the hills.
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- He provides food for the cattle and for the young ravens when they call.
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- His pleasure is not in the strength of the horse, nor his delight in the legs of a man;
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- the LORD delights in those who fear him, who put their hope in his unfailing love.
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- Extol the LORD, O Jerusalem; praise your God, O Zion,
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- for he strengthens the bars of your gates and blesses your people within you.
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- He grants peace to your borders and satisfies you with the finest of wheat.
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- He sends his command to the earth; his word runs swiftly.
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- He spreads the snow like wool and scatters the frost like ashes.
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- He hurls down his hail like pebbles. Who can withstand his icy blast?
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- He sends his word and melts them; he stirs up his breezes, and the waters flow.
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- He has revealed his word to Jacob, his laws and decrees to Israel.
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- He has done this for no other nation; they do not know his laws. Praise the LORD.
- [1] Hebrew Hallelu Yah; also in verse 20
- . How good it is to sing praises to our God, how pleasant and fitting to praise him!
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- The LORD builds up Jerusalem; he gathers the exiles of Israel.
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- He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.
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- He determines the number of the stars and calls them each by name.
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- Great is our Lord and mighty in power; his understanding has no limit.
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- The LORD sustains the humble but casts the wicked to the ground.
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- Sing to the LORD with thanksgiving; make music to our God on the harp.
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- He covers the sky with clouds; he supplies the earth with rain and makes grass grow on the hills.
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- He provides food for the cattle and for the young ravens when they call.
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- His pleasure is not in the strength of the horse, nor his delight in the legs of a man;
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- the LORD delights in those who fear him, who put their hope in his unfailing love.
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- Extol the LORD, O Jerusalem; praise your God, O Zion,
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- for he strengthens the bars of your gates and blesses your people within you.
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- He grants peace to your borders and satisfies you with the finest of wheat.
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- He sends his command to the earth; his word runs swiftly.
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- He spreads the snow like wool and scatters the frost like ashes.
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- He hurls down his hail like pebbles. Who can withstand his icy blast?
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- He sends his word and melts them; he stirs up his breezes, and the waters flow.
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- He has revealed his word to Jacob, his laws and decrees to Israel.
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- He has done this for no other nation; they do not know his laws. Praise the LORD.
Psalm 130
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- Psalm 130 A song of ascents.
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- Out of the depths I cry to you, O LORD;
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- O Lord, hear my voice. Let your ears be attentive to my cry for mercy.
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- If you, O LORD, kept a record of sins, O Lord, who could stand?
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- But with you there is forgiveness; therefore you are feared.
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- I wait for the LORD, my soul waits, and in his word I put my hope.
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- My soul waits for the Lord more than watchmen wait for the morning, more than watchmen wait for the morning.
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- O Israel, put your hope in the LORD, for with the LORD is unfailing love and with him is full redemption.
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- He himself will redeem Israel from all their sins.
Psalm 20
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- Psalm 20 For the director of music. A psalm of David.
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- May the LORD answer you when you are in distress; may the name of the God of Jacob protect you.
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- May he send you help from the sanctuary and grant you support from Zion.
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- May he remember all your sacrifices and accept your burnt offerings. Selah
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- May he give you the desire of your heart and make all your plans succeed.
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- We will shout for joy when you are victorious and will lift up our banners in the name of our God. May the LORD grant all your requests.
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- Now I know that the LORD saves his anointed; he answers him from his holy heaven with the saving power of his right hand.
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- Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God.
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- They are brought to their knees and fall, but we rise up and stand firm.
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- O LORD, save the king! Answer [1] us when we call!
Psalm 7
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- Psalm 7 A shiggaion [1] of David, which he sang to the LORD concerning Cush, a Benjamite.
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- O LORD my God, I take refuge in you; save and deliver me from all who pursue me,
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- or they will tear me like a lion and rip me to pieces with no one to rescue me.
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- O LORD my God, if I have done this and there is guilt on my hands--
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- if I have done evil to him who is at peace with me or without cause have robbed my foe--
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- then let my enemy pursue and overtake me; let him trample my life to the ground and make me sleep in the dust. Selah
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- Arise, O LORD, in your anger; rise up against the rage of my enemies. Awake, my God; decree justice.
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- Let the assembled peoples gather around you. Rule over them from on high;
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- let the LORD judge the peoples. Judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness, according to my integrity, O Most High.
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- O righteous God, who searches minds and hearts, bring to an end the violence of the wicked and make the righteous secure.
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- My shield [2] is God Most High, who saves the upright in heart.
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- God is a righteous judge, a God who expresses his wrath every day.
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- If he does not relent, he [3] will sharpen his sword; he will bend and string his bow.
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- He has prepared his deadly weapons; he makes ready his flaming arrows.
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- He who is pregnant with evil and conceives trouble gives birth to disillusionment.
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- He who digs a hole and scoops it out falls into the pit he has made.
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- The trouble he causes recoils on himself; his violence comes down on his own head.
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- I will give thanks to the LORD because of his righteousness and will sing praise to the name of the LORD Most High.