Psalm 102
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- Psalm 102 A prayer of an afflicted man. When he is faint and pours out his lament before the LORD.
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- Hear my prayer, O LORD; let my cry for help come to you.
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- Do not hide your face from me when I am in distress. Turn your ear to me; when I call, answer me quickly.
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- For my days vanish like smoke; my bones burn like glowing embers.
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- My heart is blighted and withered like grass; I forget to eat my food.
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- Because of my loud groaning I am reduced to skin and bones.
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- I am like a desert owl, like an owl among the ruins.
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- I lie awake; I have become like a bird alone on a roof.
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- All day long my enemies taunt me; those who rail against me use my name as a curse.
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- For I eat ashes as my food and mingle my drink with tears
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- because of your great wrath, for you have taken me up and thrown me aside.
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- My days are like the evening shadow; I wither away like grass.
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- But you, O LORD, sit enthroned forever; your renown endures through all generations.
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- You will arise and have compassion on Zion, for it is time to show favor to her; the appointed time has come.
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- For her stones are dear to your servants; her very dust moves them to pity.
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- The nations will fear the name of the LORD, all the kings of the earth will revere your glory.
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- For the LORD will rebuild Zion and appear in his glory.
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- He will respond to the prayer of the destitute; he will not despise their plea.
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- Let this be written for a future generation, that a people not yet created may praise the LORD:
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- "The LORD looked down from his sanctuary on high, from heaven he viewed the earth,
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- to hear the groans of the prisoners and release those condemned to death."
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- So the name of the LORD will be declared in Zion and his praise in Jerusalem
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- when the peoples and the kingdoms assemble to worship the LORD.
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- In the course of my life [1] he broke my strength; he cut short my days.
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- So I said: "Do not take me away, O my God, in the midst of my days; your years go on through all generations.
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- In the beginning you laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of your hands.
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- They will perish, but you remain; they will all wear out like a garment. Like clothing you will change them and they will be discarded.
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- But you remain the same, and your years will never end.
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- The children of your servants will live in your presence; their descendants will be established before you."
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 42
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- Psalm 42 For the director of music. A maskil [1] of the Sons of Korah. [2]
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- As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you, O God.
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- My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When can I go and meet with God?
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- My tears have been my food day and night, while men say to me all day long, "Where is your God?"
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- These things I remember as I pour out my soul: how I used to go with the multitude, leading the procession to the house of God, with shouts of joy and thanksgiving among the festive throng.
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- Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and
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- my God. My [3] soul is downcast within me; therefore I will remember you from the land of the Jordan, the heights of Hermon--from Mount Mizar.
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- Deep calls to deep in the roar of your waterfalls; all your waves and breakers have swept over me.
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- By day the LORD directs his love, at night his song is with me-- a prayer to the God of my life.
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- I say to God my Rock, "Why have you forgotten me? Why must I go about mourning, oppressed by the enemy?"
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- My bones suffer mortal agony as my foes taunt me, saying to me all day long, "Where is your God?"
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- Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God.
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 3
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- Psalm 3 A psalm of David. When he fled from his son Absalom.
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- O LORD, how many are my foes! How many rise up against me!
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- Many are saying of me, "God will not deliver him." Selah [1]
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- But you are a shield around me, O LORD; you bestow glory on me and lift [2] up my head.
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- To the LORD I cry aloud, and he answers me from his holy hill. Selah
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- I lie down and sleep; I wake again, because the LORD sustains me.
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- I will not fear the tens of thousands drawn up against me on every side.
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- Arise, O LORD! Deliver me, O my God! Strike all my enemies on the jaw; break the teeth of the wicked.
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- From the LORD comes deliverance. May your blessing be on your people. Selah
Psalm 12
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- Psalm 12 For the director of music. According to sheminith. [1] A psalm of David.
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- Help, LORD, for the godly are no more; the faithful have vanished from among men.
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- Everyone lies to his neighbor; their flattering lips speak with deception.
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- May the LORD cut off all flattering lips and every boastful tongue
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- that says, "We will triumph with our tongues; we own our lips [2] --who is our master?"
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- "Because of the oppression of the weak and the groaning of the needy, I will now arise," says the LORD. "I will protect them from those who malign them."
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- And the words of the LORD are flawless, like silver refined in a furnace of clay, purified seven times.
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- O LORD, you will keep us safe and protect us from such people forever.
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- The wicked freely strut about when what is vile is honored among men
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!