Psalm 1
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- Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked or stand in the way of sinners or sit in the seat of mockers.
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- But his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night.
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- He is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither. Whatever he does prospers.
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- Not so the wicked! They are like chaff that the wind blows away.
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- Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.
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- For the LORD watches over the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.
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 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 9
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- Psalm 9 For the director of music. To [the tune of] "The Death of the Son." A psalm of David. [1]
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- I will praise you, O LORD, with all my heart; I will tell of all your wonders.
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- I will be glad and rejoice in you; I will sing praise to your name, O Most High.
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- My enemies turn back; they stumble and perish before you.
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- For you have upheld my right and my cause; you have sat on your throne, judging righteously.
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- You have rebuked the nations and destroyed the wicked; you have blotted out their name for ever and ever.
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- Endless ruin has overtaken the enemy, you have uprooted their cities; even the memory of them has perished.
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- The LORD reigns forever; he has established his throne for judgment.
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- He will judge the world in righteousness; he will govern the peoples with justice.
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- The LORD is a refuge for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble.
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- Those who know your name will trust in you, for you, LORD, have never forsaken those who seek you.
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- Sing praises to the LORD, enthroned in Zion; proclaim among the nations what he has done.
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- For he who avenges blood remembers; he does not ignore the cry of the afflicted.
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- O LORD, see how my enemies persecute me! Have mercy and lift me up from the gates of death,
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- that I may declare your praises in the gates of the Daughter of Zion and there rejoice in your salvation.
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- The nations have fallen into the pit they have dug; their feet are caught in the net they have hidden.
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- The LORD is known by his justice; the wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands. Higgaion. [2] Selah
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- The wicked return to the grave, [3] all the nations that forget God.
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- But the needy will not always be forgotten, nor the hope of the afflicted ever perish.
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- Arise, O LORD, let not man triumph; let the nations be judged in your presence.
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- Strike them with terror, O LORD; let the nations know they are but men. Selah
- Psalms 9 and 10 may have been originally a single acrostic poem, the stanzas of which begin with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet. In the Septuagint they constitute one psalm.
Psalm 128
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- Psalm 128 A song of ascents.
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- Blessed are all who fear the LORD, who walk in his ways.
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- You will eat the fruit of your labor; blessings and prosperity will be yours.
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- Your wife will be like a fruitful vine within your house; your sons will be like olive shoots around your table.
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- Thus is the man blessed who fears the LORD.
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- May the LORD bless you from Zion all the days of your life; may you see the prosperity of Jerusalem,
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- and may you live to see your children's children. Peace be upon Israel.
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.
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.