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Ps 51:1 HAVE MERCY upon me, O God, according to Your steadfast love; according to the multitude of Your tender mercy {and} loving-kindness blot out my transgressions. Ps 51:2 Wash me thoroughly [and repeatedly] from my iniquity {and} guilt and cleanse me {and} make me wholly pure from my sin! Ps 51:3 For I am conscious of my transgressions {and} I acknowledge them; my sin is ever before me. Ps 51:4 Against You, You only, have I sinned and done that which is evil in Your sight, so that You are justified in Your sentence and faultless in Your judgment. Ps 51:5 Behold, I was brought forth in [a state of] iniquity; my mother was sinful who conceived me [and I too am sinful]. Ps 51:6 Behold, You desire truth in the inner being; make me therefore to know wisdom in my inmost heart. Ps 51:7 Purify me with hyssop, and I shall be clean [ceremonially]; wash me, and I shall [in reality] be whiter than snow. Ps 51:8 Make me to hear joy and gladness {and} be satisfied; let the bones which You have broken rejoice. Ps 51:9 Hide Your face from my sins and blot out all my guilt {and} iniquities. Ps 51:10 Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right, persevering, {and} steadfast spirit within me. Ps 51:11 Cast me not away from Your presence and take not Your Holy Spirit from me. Ps 51:12 Restore to me the joy of Your salvation and uphold me with a willing spirit. Ps 51:13 Then will I teach transgressors Your ways, and sinners shall be converted {and} return to You. Ps 51:14 Deliver me from bloodguiltiness {and} death, O God, the God of my salvation, {and} my tongue shall sing aloud of Your righteousness (Your rightness and Your justice). Ps 51:15 O Lord, open my lips, and my mouth shall show forth Your praise. Ps 51:16 For You delight not in sacrifice, or else would I give it; You find no pleasure in burnt offering. Ps 51:17 My sacrifice [the sacrifice acceptable] to God is a broken spirit; a broken and a contrite heart [broken down with sorrow for sin and humbly and thoroughly penitent], such, O God, You will not despise. Ps 51:18 Do good in Your good pleasure to Zion; rebuild the walls of Jerusalem. Ps 51:19 Then will You delight in the sacrifices of righteousness, justice, {and} right, with burnt offering and whole burnt offering; then bullocks will be offered upon Your altar. Ps 52:1 WHY BOAST you of mischief done against the loving-kindness of God [and the godly], O mighty [sinful] man, day after day? Ps 52:2 Your tongue devises wickedness; it is like a sharp razor, working deceitfully. Ps 52:3 You love evil more than good, and lying rather than to speak righteousness, justice, {and} right. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]! Ps 52:4 You love all destroying {and} devouring words, O deceitful tongue. Ps 52:5 God will likewise break you down {and} destroy you forever; He will lay hold of you and pluck you out of your tent and uproot you from the land of the living. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]! Ps 52:6 The [uncompromisingly] righteous also shall see [it] and be in reverent fear {and} awe, but about you they will [scoffingly] laugh, saying, Ps 52:7 See, this is the man who made not God his strength (his stronghold and high tower) but trusted in {and} confidently relied on the abundance of his riches, seeking refuge {and} security for himself through his wickedness. Ps 52:8 But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God; I trust in {and} confidently rely on the loving-kindness {and} the mercy of God forever and ever. Ps 52:9 I will thank You {and} confide in You forever, because You have done it [delivered me and kept me safe]. I will wait on, hope in {and} expect in Your name, for it is good, in the presence of Your saints (Your kind and pious ones). Ps 53:1 THE [empty-headed] fool has said in his heart, There is no God. Corrupt {and} evil are they, and doing abominable iniquity; there is none who does good. Ps 53:2 God looked down from heaven upon the children of men to see if there were any who understood, who sought (inquired after and desperately required) God. Ps 53:3 Every one of them has gone back [backslidden and fallen away]; they have altogether become filthy {and} corrupt; there is none who does good, no, not one. Ps 53:4 Have those who work evil no knowledge (no understanding)? They eat up My people as they eat bread; they do not call upon God. Ps 53:5 There they are, in terror {and} dread, where there was [and had been] no terror {and} dread! For God has scattered the bones of him who encamps against you; you have put them to shame, because God has rejected them. Ps 53:6 Oh, that the salvation {and} deliverance of Israel would come out of Zion! When God restores the fortunes of His people, then will Jacob rejoice and Israel be glad. Ps 54:1 SAVE ME, O God, by Your name; judge {and} vindicate me by Your mighty strength {and} power. Ps 54:2 Hear my pleading {and} my prayer, O God; give ear to the words of my mouth. Ps 54:3 For strangers {and} insolent men are rising up against me, and violent men {and} ruthless ones seek {and} demand my life; they do not set God before them. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]! Ps 54:4 Behold, God is my helper {and} ally; the Lord is my upholder {and} is with them who uphold my life. Ps 54:5 He will pay back evil to my enemies; in Your faithfulness [Lord] put an end to them. Ps 54:6 With a freewill offering I will sacrifice to You; I will give thanks {and} praise Your name, O Lord, for it is good. Ps 54:7 For He has delivered me out of every trouble, and my eye has looked [in triumph] on my enemies. Ps 55:1 LISTEN TO my prayer, O God, and hide not Yourself from my supplication! Ps 55:2 Attend to me and answer me; I am restless {and} distraught in my complaint and must moan Ps 55:3 [And I am distracted] at the noise of the enemy, because of the oppression {and} threats of the wicked; for they would cast trouble upon me, and in wrath they persecute me. Ps 55:4 My heart is grievously pained within me, and the terrors of death have fallen upon me. Ps 55:5 Fear and trembling have come upon me; horror {and} fright have overwhelmed me. Ps 55:6 And I say, Oh, that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and be at rest. Ps 55:7 Yes, I would wander far away, I would lodge in the wilderness. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]! Ps 55:8 I would hasten to escape {and} to find a shelter from the stormy wind and tempest. Ps 55:9 Destroy [their schemes], O Lord, confuse their tongues, for I have seen violence and strife in the city. Ps 55:10 Day and night they go about on its walls; iniquity and mischief are in its midst. Ps 55:11 Violence {and} ruin are within it; fraud and guile do not depart from its streets {and} marketplaces. Ps 55:12 For it is not an enemy who reproaches {and} taunts me--then I might bear it; nor is it one who has hated me who insolently vaunts himself against me--then I might hide from him. Ps 55:13 But it was you, a man my equal, my companion and my familiar friend. Ps 55:14 We had sweet fellowship together and used to walk to the house of God in company. Ps 55:15 Let desolations {and} death come suddenly upon them; let them go down alive to Sheol (the place of the dead), for evils are in their habitations, in their hearts, {and} their inmost part. Ps 55:16 As for me, I will call upon God, and the Lord will save me. Ps 55:17 Evening and morning and at noon will I utter my complaint and moan {and} sigh, and He will hear my voice. Ps 55:18 He has redeemed my life in peace from the battle that was against me [so that none came near me], for they were many who strove with me. Ps 55:19 God will hear and humble them, even He Who abides of old--Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]!--because in them there has been no change [of heart], and they do not fear, revere, {and} worship God. Ps 55:20 [My companion] has put forth his hands against those who were at peace with him; he has broken {and} profaned his agreement [of friendship and loyalty]. Ps 55:21 The words of his mouth were smoother than cream {or} butter, but war was in his heart; his words were softer than oil, yet they were drawn swords. Ps 55:22 Cast your burden on the Lord [releasing the weight of it] and He will sustain you; He will never allow the [consistently] righteous to be moved (made to slip, fall, or fail). Ps 55:23 But You, O God, will bring down the wicked into the pit of destruction; men of blood and treachery shall not live out half their days. But I will trust in, lean on, {and} confidently rely on You. Ps 56:1 BE MERCIFUL {and} gracious to me, O God, for man would trample me {or} devour me; all the day long the adversary oppresses me. Ps 56:2 They that lie in wait for me would swallow me up {or} trample me all day long, for they are many who fight against me, O Most High! Ps 56:3 What time I am afraid, I will have confidence in {and} put my trust {and} reliance in You. Ps 56:4 By [the help of] God I will praise His word; on God I lean, rely, {and} confidently put my trust; I will not fear. What can man, who is flesh, do to me? Ps 56:5 All day long they twist my words {and} trouble my affairs; all their thoughts are against me for evil {and} my hurt. Ps 56:6 They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they watch my steps, even as they have [expectantly] waited for my life. Ps 56:7 They think to escape with iniquity, {and} shall they? In Your indignation bring down the peoples, O God. Ps 56:8 You number {and} record my wanderings; put my tears into Your bottle--are they not in Your book? Ps 56:9 Then shall my enemies turn back in the day that I cry out; this I know, for God is for me. Ps 56:10 In God, Whose word I praise, in the Lord, Whose word I praise, Ps 56:11 In God have I put my trust {and} confident reliance; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me? Ps 56:12 Your vows are upon me, O God; I will render praise to You {and} give You thank offerings. Ps 56:13 For You have delivered my life from death, yes, and my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of life {and} of the living. Ps 57:1 BE MERCIFUL {and} gracious to me, O God, be merciful {and} gracious to me, for my soul takes refuge {and} finds shelter {and} confidence in You; yes, in the shadow of Your wings will I take refuge {and} be confident until calamities {and} destructive storms are passed. Ps 57:2 I will cry to God Most High, Who performs on my behalf {and} rewards me [Who brings to pass His purposes for me and surely completes them]! Ps 57:3 He will send from heaven and save me from the slanders {and} reproaches of him who would trample me down {or} swallow me up, {and} He will put him to shame. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]! God will send forth His mercy {and} loving-kindness {and} His truth {and} faithfulness. Ps 57:4 My life is among lions; I must lie among those who are aflame--the sons of men whose teeth are spears and arrows, their tongues sharp swords. Ps 57:5 Be exalted, O God, above the heavens! Let Your glory be over all the earth! Ps 57:6 They set a net for my steps; my very life was bowed down. They dug a pit in my way; into the midst of it they themselves have fallen. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]! Ps 57:7 My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is steadfast {and} confident! I will sing and make melody. Ps 57:8 Awake, my glory (my inner self); awake, harp and lyre! I will awake right early [I will awaken the dawn]! Ps 57:9 I will praise {and} give thanks to You, O Lord, among the peoples; I will sing praises to You among the nations. Ps 57:10 For Your mercy {and} loving-kindness are great, reaching to the heavens, and Your truth {and} faithfulness to the clouds. Ps 57:11 Be exalted, O God, above the heavens; let Your glory be over all the earth. Ps 58:1 DO YOU indeed in silence speak righteousness, O you mighty ones? [Or is the righteousness, rightness, and justice you should speak quite dumb?] Do you judge fairly {and} uprightly, O you sons of men? Ps 58:2 No, in your heart you devise wickedness; you deal out in the land the violence of your hands. Ps 58:3 The ungodly are perverse {and} estranged from the womb; they go astray as soon as they are born, speaking lies. Ps 58:4 Their poison is like the venom of a serpent; they are like the deaf adder {or} asp that stops its ear, Ps 58:5 Which listens not to the voice of charmers {or} of the enchanter never casting spells so cunningly. Ps 58:6 Break their teeth, O God, in their mouths; break out the fangs of the young lions, O Lord. Ps 58:7 Let them melt away as water which runs on apace; when he aims his arrows, let them be as if they were headless {or} split apart. Ps 58:8 Let them be as a snail dissolving slime as it passes on {or} as a festering sore which wastes away, like [the child to which] a woman gives untimely birth that has not seen the sun. Ps 58:9 Before your pots can feel the thorns [that are placed under them for fuel], He will take them away as with a whirlwind, the green and the burning ones alike. Ps 58:10 The [unyieldingly] righteous shall rejoice when he sees the vengeance; he will bathe his feet in the blood of the wicked. Ps 58:11 Men will say, Surely there is a reward for the [uncompromisingly] righteous; surely there is a God Who judges on the earth. Ps 59:1 DELIVER ME from my enemies, O my God; defend {and} protect me from those who rise up against me. Ps 59:2 Deliver me from {and} lift me above those who work evil and save me from bloodthirsty men. Ps 59:3 For, behold, they lie in wait for my life; fierce {and} mighty men are banding together against me, not for my transgression nor for any sin of mine, O Lord. Ps 59:4 They run and prepare themselves, though there is no fault in me; rouse Yourself [O Lord] to meet {and} help me, and see! Ps 59:5 You, O Lord God of hosts, the God of Israel, arise to visit all the nations; spare none {and} be not merciful to any who treacherously plot evil. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]! Ps 59:6 They return at evening, they howl {and} snarl like dogs, and go [prowling] about the city. Ps 59:7 Behold, they belch out [insults] with their mouths; swords [of sarcasm, ridicule, slander, and lies] are in their lips, for who, they think, hears us? Ps 59:8 But You, O Lord, will laugh at them [in scorn]; You will hold all the nations in derision. Ps 59:9 O my Strength, I will watch {and} give heed to You {and} sing praises; for God is my Defense (my Protector and High Tower). Ps 59:10 My God in His mercy {and} steadfast love will meet me; God will let me look [triumphantly] on my enemies (those who lie in wait for me). Ps 59:11 Slay them not, lest my people forget; scatter them by Your power {and} make them wander to and fro, and bring them down, O Lord our Shield! Ps 59:12 For the sin of their mouths and the words of their lips, let them even be trapped {and} taken in their pride, and for the cursing and lying which they utter. Ps 59:13 Consume them in wrath, consume them so that they shall be no more; and let them know unto the ends of the earth that God rules over Jacob (Israel). Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]! Ps 59:14 And at evening let them return; let them howl {and} snarl like dogs, and go prowling about the city. Ps 59:15 Let them wander up and down for food and tarry all night if they are not satisfied (not getting their fill). Ps 59:16 But I will sing of Your mighty strength {and} power; yes, I will sing aloud of Your mercy {and} loving-kindness in the morning; for You have been to me a defense (a fortress and a high tower) and a refuge in the day of my distress. Ps 59:17 Unto You, O my Strength, I will sing praises; for God is my Defense, my Fortress, {and} High Tower, the God Who shows me mercy {and} steadfast love. Ps 60:1 O GOD, You have rejected us {and} cast us off, broken down [our defenses], {and} scattered us; You have been angry--O restore us {and} turn Yourself to us again! Ps 60:2 You have made the land to quake {and} tremble, You have rent it [open]; repair its breaches, for it shakes {and} totters. Ps 60:3 You have made Your people suffer hard things; You have given us to drink wine that makes us reel {and} be dazed. Ps 60:4 [But now] You have set up a banner for those who fear {and} worshipfully revere You [to which they may flee from the bow], a standard displayed because of the truth. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]! Ps 60:5 That Your beloved ones may be delivered, save with Your right hand and answer us [or me]. Ps 60:6 God has spoken in His holiness [in His promises]: I will rejoice, I will divide and portion out [the land] Shechem and the Valley of Succoth [west to east]. Ps 60:7 Gilead is Mine, and Manasseh is Mine; Ephraim also is My helmet (the defense of My head); Judah is My scepter {and} My lawgiver. Ps 60:8 Moab is My washpot [reduced to vilest servitude]; upon Edom I cast My shoe in triumph; over Philistia I raise the shout of victory. Ps 60:9 Who will bring me [David] into the strong city [of Petra]? Who will lead me into Edom? Ps 60:10 Have You not rejected us, O God? And will You not go forth, O God, with our armies? Ps 60:11 O give us help against the adversary, for vain (ineffectual and to no purpose) is the help or salvation of man. Ps 60:12 Through God we shall do valiantly, for He it is Who shall tread down our adversaries. Ps 61:1 HEAR MY cry, O God; listen to my prayer. Ps 61:2 From the end of the earth will I cry to You, when my heart is overwhelmed {and} fainting; lead me to the rock that is higher than I [yes, a rock that is too high for me]. Ps 61:3 For You have been a shelter {and} a refuge for me, a strong tower against the adversary. Ps 61:4 I will dwell in Your tabernacle forever; let me find refuge {and} trust in the shelter of Your wings. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]! Ps 61:5 For You, O God, have heard my vows; You have given me the heritage of those who fear, revere, {and} honor Your name. Ps 61:6 May You prolong the [true] King's life [adding days upon days], and may His years be to the last generation [of this world and the generations of the world to come]. Ps 61:7 May He sit enthroned forever before [the face of] God; O ordain that loving-kindness and faithfulness may watch over Him! Ps 61:8 So will I sing praise to Your name forever, paying my vows day by day. Ps 62:1 FOR GOD alone my soul waits in silence; from Him comes my salvation. Ps 62:2 He only is my Rock and my Salvation, my Defense {and} my Fortress, I shall not be greatly moved. Ps 62:3 How long will you set upon a man that you may slay him, all of you, like a leaning wall, like a tottering fence? Ps 62:4 They only consult to cast him down from his height [to dishonor him]; they delight in lies. They bless with their mouths, but they curse inwardly. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]! Ps 62:5 My soul, wait only upon God {and} silently submit to Him; for my hope {and} expectation are from Him. Ps 62:6 He only is my Rock and my Salvation; He is my Defense {and} my Fortress, I shall not be moved. Ps 62:7 With God rests my salvation and my glory; He is my Rock of unyielding strength {and} impenetrable hardness, and my refuge is in God! Ps 62:8 Trust in, lean on, rely on, {and} have confidence in Him at all times, you people; pour out your hearts before Him. God is a refuge for us (a fortress and a high tower). Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]! Ps 62:9 Men of low degree [in the social scale] are emptiness (futility, a breath) {and} men of high degree [in the same scale] are a lie {and} a delusion. In the balances they go up; they are together lighter than a breath. Ps 62:10 Trust not in {and} rely confidently not on extortion {and} oppression, and do not vainly hope in robbery; if riches increase, set not your heart on them. Ps 62:11 God has spoken once, twice have I heard this: that power belongs to God. Ps 62:12 Also to You, O Lord, belong mercy {and} loving-kindness, for You render to every man according to his work. Ps 63:1 O GOD, You are my God, earnestly will I seek You; my inner self thirsts for You, my flesh longs {and} is faint for You, in a dry and weary land where no water is. Ps 63:2 So I have looked upon You in the sanctuary to see Your power and Your glory. Ps 63:3 Because Your loving-kindness is better than life, my lips shall praise You. Ps 63:4 So will I bless You while I live; I will lift up my hands in Your name. Ps 63:5 My whole being shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and my mouth shall praise You with joyful lips Ps 63:6 When I remember You upon my bed and meditate on You in the night watches. Ps 63:7 For You have been my help, and in the shadow of Your wings will I rejoice. Ps 63:8 My whole being follows hard after You {and} clings closely to You; Your right hand upholds me. Ps 63:9 But those who seek {and} demand my life to ruin {and} destroy it shall [themselves be destroyed and] go into the lower parts of the earth [into the underworld of the dead]. Ps 63:10 They shall be given over to the power of the sword; they shall be a prey for foxes {and} jackals. Ps 63:11 But the king shall rejoice in God; everyone who swears by Him [that is, who binds himself by God's authority, acknowledging His supremacy, and devoting himself to His glory and service alone; every such one] shall glory, for the mouths of those who speak lies shall be stopped. Ps 64:1 HEAR MY voice, O God, in my complaint; guard {and} preserve my life from the terror of the enemy. Ps 64:2 Hide me from the secret counsel {and} conspiracy of the ungodly, from the scheming of evildoers, Ps 64:3 Who whet their tongues like a sword, who aim venomous words like arrows, Ps 64:4 Who shoot from ambush at the blameless man; suddenly do they shoot at him, without self-reproach {or} fear. Ps 64:5 They encourage themselves in an evil purpose, they talk of laying snares secretly; they say, Who will discover {us} ? Ps 64:6 They think out acts of injustice and say, We have accomplished a well-devised thing! For the inward thought of each one [is unsearchable] and his heart is deep. Ps 64:7 But God will shoot an unexpected arrow at them; and suddenly shall they be wounded. Ps 64:8 And they will be made to stumble, their own tongues turning against them; all who gaze upon them will shake their heads {and} flee away. Ps 64:9 And all men shall [reverently] fear {and} be in awe; and they will declare the work of God, for they will wisely consider {and} acknowledge that it is His doing. Ps 64:10 The [uncompromisingly] righteous shall be glad in the Lord and shall trust {and} take refuge in Him; and all the upright in heart shall glory {and} offer praise. Ps 65:1 TO YOU belongs silence (the submissive wonder of reverence which bursts forth into praise) {and} praise is due {and} fitting to You, O God, in Zion; and to You shall the vow be performed. Ps 65:2 O You Who hear prayer, to You shall all flesh come. Ps 65:3 Iniquities {and} much varied guilt prevail against me; [yet] as for our transgressions, You forgive {and} purge them away [make atonement for them and cover them out of Your sight]! Ps 65:4 Blessed (happy, fortunate, to be envied) is the man whom You choose and cause to come near, that he may dwell in Your courts! We shall be satisfied with the goodness of Your house, Your holy temple. Ps 65:5 By fearful {and} glorious things [that terrify the wicked but make the godly sing praises] do You answer us in righteousness (rightness and justice), O God of our salvation, You Who are the confidence and hope of all the ends of the earth and of those far off on the seas; Ps 65:6 Who by [Your] might have founded the mountains, being girded with power, Ps 65:7 Who still the roaring of the seas, the roaring of their waves, and the tumult of the peoples, Ps 65:8 So that those who dwell in earth's farthest parts are afraid of [nature's] signs of Your presence. You make the places where morning and evening have birth to shout for joy. Ps 65:9 You visit the earth and saturate it with water; You greatly enrich it; the river of God is full of water; You provide them with grain when You have so prepared the earth. Ps 65:10 You water the field's furrows abundantly, You settle the ridges of it; You make the soil soft with showers, blessing the sprouting of its vegetation. Ps 65:11 You crown the year with Your bounty {and} goodness, and the tracks of Your [chariot wheels] drip with fatness. Ps 65:12 The [luxuriant] pastures in the uncultivated country drip [with moisture], and the hills gird themselves with joy. Ps 65:13 The meadows are clothed with flocks, the valleys also are covered with grain; they shout for joy and sing together. Ps 66:1 MAKE A joyful noise unto God, all the earth; Ps 66:2 Sing forth the honor {and} glory of His name; make His praise glorious! Ps 66:3 Say to God, How awesome {and} fearfully glorious are Your works! Through the greatness of Your power shall Your enemies submit themselves to You [with feigned and reluctant obedience]. Ps 66:4 All the earth shall bow down to You and sing [praises] to You; they shall praise Your name in song. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]! Ps 66:5 Come and see the works of God; see how [to save His people He smites their foes; He is] terrible in His doings toward the children of men. Ps 66:6 He turned the sea into dry land, they crossed through the river on foot; there did we rejoice in Him. Ps 66:7 He rules by His might forever, His eyes observe {and} keep watch {over} the nations; let not the rebellious exalt themselves. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]! Ps 66:8 Bless our God, O peoples, give Him grateful thanks {and} make the voice of His praise be heard, Ps 66:9 Who put {and} kept us among the living, and has not allowed our feet to slip. Ps 66:10 For You, O God, have proved us; You have tried us as silver is tried, refined, {and} purified. Ps 66:11 You brought us into the net (the prison fortress, the dungeon); You laid a heavy burden upon our loins. Ps 66:12 You caused men to ride over our heads [when we were prostrate]; we went through fire and through water, but You brought us out into a broad, moist place [to abundance and refreshment and the open air]. Ps 66:13 I will come into Your house with burnt offerings [of entire consecration]; I will pay You my vows, Ps 66:14 Which my lips uttered and my mouth promised when I was in distress. Ps 66:15 I will offer to You burnt offerings of fat lambs, with rams consumed in sweet-smelling smoke; I will offer bullocks and he-goats. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]! Ps 66:16 Come and hear, all you who reverently {and} worshipfully fear God, and I will declare what He has done for me! Ps 66:17 I cried aloud to Him; He was extolled {and} high praise was under my tongue. Ps 66:18 If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me; Ps 66:19 But certainly God has heard me; He has given heed to the voice of my prayer. Ps 66:20 Blessed be God, Who has not rejected my prayer nor removed His mercy {and} loving-kindness from being [as it always is] with me. Ps 67:1 GOD BE merciful {and} gracious to us and bless us and cause His face to shine upon us {and} among us--Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]!-- Ps 67:2 That Your way may be known upon earth, Your saving power (Your deliverances and Your salvation) among all nations. Ps 67:3 Let the peoples praise You [turn away from their idols] {and} give thanks to You, O God; let all the peoples praise {and} give thanks to You. Ps 67:4 O let the nations be glad and sing for joy, for You will judge the peoples fairly and guide, lead, {or} drive the nations upon earth. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]! Ps 67:5 Let the peoples praise You [turn away from their idols] {and} give thanks to You, O God; let all the peoples praise {and} give thanks to You! Ps 67:6 The earth has yielded its harvest [in evidence of God's approval]; God, even our own God, will bless us. Ps 67:7 God will bless us, and all the ends of the earth shall reverently fear Him. Ps 68:1 GOD IS [already] beginning to arise, and His enemies to scatter; let them also who hate Him flee before Him! Ps 68:2 As smoke is driven away, so drive them away; as wax melts before the fire, so let the wicked perish before the presence of God. Ps 68:3 But let the [uncompromisingly] righteous be glad; let them be in high spirits {and} glory before God, yes, let them [jubilantly] rejoice! Ps 68:4 Sing to God, sing praises to His name, cast up a highway for Him Who rides through the deserts--His name is the Lord--be in high spirits {and} glory before Him! Ps 68:5 A father of the fatherless and a judge {and} protector of the widows {is} God in His holy habitation. Ps 68:6 God places the solitary in families {and} gives the desolate a home in which to dwell; He leads the prisoners out to prosperity; but the rebellious dwell in a parched land. Ps 68:7 O God, when You went forth before Your people, when You marched through the wilderness--Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]!-- Ps 68:8 The earth trembled, the heavens also poured down [rain] at the presence of God; yonder Sinai quaked at the presence of God, the God of Israel. Ps 68:9 You, O God, did send a plentiful rain; You did restore {and} confirm Your heritage when it languished {and} was weary. Ps 68:10 Your flock found a dwelling place in it; You, O God, in Your goodness did provide for the poor {and} needy. Ps 68:11 The Lord gives the word [of power]; the women who bear {and} publish [the news] are a great host. Ps 68:12 The kings of the enemies' armies, they flee, they flee! She who tarries at home divides the spoil [left behind]. Ps 68:13 Though you [the slackers] may lie among the sheepfolds [in slothful ease, yet for Israel] the wings of a dove are covered with silver, its pinions excessively green with gold [are trophies taken from the enemy]. Ps 68:14 When the Almighty scattered kings in [the land], it was as when it snows on Zalmon [a wooded hill near Shechem]. Ps 68:15 Is Mount Bashan the high mountain of summits, Mount Bashan [east of the Jordan] the mount of God? Ps 68:16 Why do you look with grudging {and} envy, you many-peaked mountains, at the mountain [of the city called Zion] which God has desired for His dwelling place? Yes, the Lord will dwell in it forever. Ps 68:17 The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thousands upon thousands. The Lord is among them as He was in Sinai, [so also] in the Holy Place (the sanctuary in Jerusalem). Ps 68:18 You have ascended on high. You have led away captive a train of vanquished foes; You have received gifts of men, yes, of the rebellious also, that the Lord God might dwell there with them. Ps 68:19 Blessed be the Lord, Who bears our burdens {and} carries us day by day, even the God Who is our salvation! Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]! Ps 68:20 God is to us a God of deliverances {and} salvation; and to God the Lord belongs escape from death [setting us free]. Ps 68:21 But God will shatter the heads of His enemies, the hairy scalp of such a one as goes on still in his trespasses {and} guilty ways. Ps 68:22 The Lord said, I will bring back [your enemies] from Bashan; I will bring them back from the depths of the [Red] Sea, Ps 68:23 That you may crush them, dipping your foot in blood, that the tongues of your dogs may have their share from the foe. Ps 68:24 They see Your goings, O God, even the [solemn processions] of my God, my King, into the sanctuary [in holiness]. Ps 68:25 The singers go in front, the players on instruments last; between them the maidens are playing on tambourines. Ps 68:26 Bless, give thanks, {and} gratefully praise God in full congregations, even the Lord, O you who are from [Jacob] the fountain of Israel. Ps 68:27 There is little Benjamin in the lead [in the procession], the princes of Judah and their company, the princes of Zebulun, and the princes of Naphtali. Ps 68:28 Your God has commanded your strength [your might in His service and impenetrable hardness to temptation]; O God, display Your might {and} strengthen what You have wrought for us! Ps 68:29 [Out of respect] for Your temple at Jerusalem kings shall bring gifts to You. Ps 68:30 Rebuke the wild beasts dwelling among the reeds [in Egypt], the herd of bulls (the leaders) with the calves of the peoples; trample underfoot those who lust for tribute money; scatter the peoples who delight in war. Ps 68:31 Princes shall come out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall hasten to stretch out her hands [with the offerings of submission] to God. Ps 68:32 Sing to God, O kingdoms of the earth, sing praises to the Lord! Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]! Ps 68:33 [Sing praises] to Him Who rides upon the heavens, the ancient heavens; behold, He sends forth His voice, His mighty voice. Ps 68:34 Ascribe power {and} strength to God; His majesty is over Israel, and His strength {and} might are in the skies. Ps 68:35 O God, awe-inspiring, profoundly impressive, {and} terrible are You out of Your holy places; the God of Israel Himself gives strength and fullness of might to His people. Blessed be God! Ps 69:1 SAVE ME, O God, for the waters have come up to my neck [they threaten my life]. Ps 69:2 I sink in deep mire, where there is no foothold; I have come into deep waters, where the floods overwhelm me. Ps 69:3 I am weary with my crying; my throat is parched; my eyes fail with waiting [hopefully] for my God. Ps 69:4 Those who hate me without cause are more than the hairs of my head; those who would cut me off {and} destroy me, being my enemies wrongfully, are many {and} mighty. I am [forced] to restore what I did not steal. Ps 69:5 O God, You know my folly {and} blundering; my sins {and} my guilt are not hidden from You. Ps 69:6 Let not those who wait {and} hope {and} look for You, O Lord of hosts, be put to shame through me; let not those who seek {and} inquire for {and} require You [as their vital necessity] be brought to confusion {and} dishonor through me, O God of Israel. Ps 69:7 Because for Your sake I have borne taunt {and} reproach; confusion {and} shame have covered my face. Ps 69:8 I have become a stranger to my brethren, and an alien to my mother's children. Ps 69:9 For zeal for Your house has eaten me up, and the reproaches {and} insults of those who reproach {and} insult You have fallen upon me. Ps 69:10 When I wept {and} humbled myself with fasting, I was jeered at {and} humiliated; Ps 69:11 When I made sackcloth my clothing, I became a byword (an object of scorn) to them. Ps 69:12 They who sit in [the city's] gate talk about me, and I am the song of the drunkards. Ps 69:13 But as for me, my prayer is to You, O Lord. At an acceptable {and} opportune time, O God, in the multitude of Your mercy {and} the abundance of Your loving-kindness hear me, {and} in the truth {and} faithfulness of Your salvation answer me. Ps 69:14 Rescue me out of the mire, and let me not sink; let me be delivered from those who hate me and from out of the deep waters. Ps 69:15 Let not the floodwaters overflow {and} overwhelm me, neither let the deep swallow me up nor the [dug] pit [with water perhaps in the bottom] close its mouth over me. Ps 69:16 Hear {and} answer me, O Lord, for Your loving-kindness is sweet {and} comforting; according to Your plenteous tender mercy {and} steadfast love turn to me. Ps 69:17 Hide not Your face from Your servant, for I am in distress; O answer me speedily! Ps 69:18 Draw close to me and redeem me; ransom {and} set me free because of my enemies [lest they glory in my prolonged distress]! Ps 69:19 You know my reproach and my shame and my dishonor; my adversaries are all before You [fully known to You]. Ps 69:20 Insults {and} reproach have broken my heart; I am full of heaviness {and} I am distressingly sick. I looked for pity, but there was none, and for comforters, but I found none. Ps 69:21 They gave me also gall [poisonous and bitter] for my food, and in my thirst they gave me vinegar (a soured wine) to drink. Ps 69:22 Let their own table [with all its abundance and luxury] become a snare to them; and when they are secure in peace [or at their sacrificial feasts, let it become] a trap to them. Ps 69:23 Let their eyes be darkened so that they cannot see, and make their loins tremble continually [from terror, dismay, and feebleness]. Ps 69:24 Pour out Your indignation upon them, and let the fierceness of Your burning anger catch up with them. Ps 69:25 Let their habitation {and} their encampment be a desolation; let no one dwell in their tents. Ps 69:26 For they pursue {and} persecute him whom You have smitten, and they gossip about those whom You have wounded, [adding] to their grief {and} pain. Ps 69:27 Let one [unforgiven] perverseness {and} iniquity accumulate upon another for them [in Your book], and let them not come into Your righteousness {or} be justified and acquitted by You. Ps 69:28 Let them be blotted out of the book of the living {and} the book of life and not be enrolled among the [uncompromisingly] righteous (those upright and in right standing with God). Ps 69:29 But I am poor, sorrowful, and in pain; let Your salvation, O God, set me up on high. Ps 69:30 I will praise the name of God with a song and will magnify Him with thanksgiving, Ps 69:31 And it will please the Lord better than an ox or a bullock that has horns and hoofs. Ps 69:32 The humble shall see it and be glad; you who seek God, inquiring for {and} requiring Him [as your first need], let your hearts revive {and} live! Ps 69:33 For the Lord hears the poor {and} needy and despises not His prisoners (His miserable and wounded ones). Ps 69:34 Let heaven and earth praise Him, the seas and everything that moves in them. Ps 69:35 For God will save Zion and rebuild the cities of Judah; and [His servants] shall remain {and} dwell there and have it in their possession; Ps 69:36 The children of His servants shall inherit it, and those who love His name shall dwell in it. Ps 70:1 MAKE HASTE, O God, to deliver me; make haste to help me, O Lord! Ps 70:2 Let them be put to shame {and} confounded that seek {and} demand my life; let them be turned backward and brought to confusion {and} dishonor who desire {and} delight in my hurt. Ps 70:3 Let them be turned back {and} appalled because of their shame {and} disgrace who say, Aha, aha! Ps 70:4 May all those who seek, inquire of {and} for You, {and} require You [as their vital need] rejoice and be glad in You; and may those who love Your salvation say continually, Let God be magnified! Ps 70:5 But I am poor and needy; hasten to me, O God! You are my Help and my Deliverer; O Lord, do not tarry! Ps 71:1 IN YOU, O Lord, do I put my trust {and} confidently take refuge; let me never be put to shame {or} confusion! Ps 71:2 Deliver me in Your righteousness and cause me to escape; bow down Your ear to me and save me! Ps 71:3 Be to me a rock of refuge in which to dwell, {and} a sheltering stronghold to which I may continually resort, which You have appointed to save me, for You are my Rock and my Fortress. Ps 71:4 Rescue me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked, out of the grasp of the unrighteous and ruthless man. Ps 71:5 For You are my hope; O Lord God, You are my trust from my youth {and} the source of my confidence. Ps 71:6 Upon You have I leaned {and} relied from birth; You are He Who took me from my mother's womb {and} You have been my benefactor from that day. My praise is continually of You. Ps 71:7 I am as a wonder {and} surprise to many, but You are my strong refuge. Ps 71:8 My mouth shall be filled with Your praise and with Your honor all the day. Ps 71:9 Cast me not off {nor} send me away in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength is spent {and} my powers fail. Ps 71:10 For my enemies talk against me; those who watch for my life consult together, Ps 71:11 Saying, God has forsaken him; pursue {and} persecute and take him, for there is none to deliver him. Ps 71:12 O God, be not far from me! O my God, make haste to help me! Ps 71:13 Let them be put to shame and consumed who are adversaries to my life; let them be covered with reproach, scorn, {and} dishonor who seek {and} require my hurt. Ps 71:14 But I will hope continually, and will praise You yet more and more. Ps 71:15 My mouth shall tell of Your righteous acts {and} of Your deeds of salvation all the day, for their number is more than I know. Ps 71:16 I will come in the strength {and} with the mighty acts of the Lord God; I will mention {and} praise Your righteousness, even Yours alone. Ps 71:17 O God, You have taught me from my youth, and hitherto have I declared Your wondrous works. Ps 71:18 Yes, even when I am old and gray-headed, O God, forsake me not, [but keep me alive] until I have declared Your mighty strength to [this] generation, and Your might {and} power to all that are to come. Ps 71:19 Your righteousness also, O God, is very high [reaching to the heavens], You Who have done great things; O God, who is like You, {or} who is Your equal? Ps 71:20 You Who have shown us [all] troubles great and sore will quicken us again and will bring us up again from the depths of the earth. Ps 71:21 Increase my greatness (my honor) and turn and comfort me. Ps 71:22 I will also praise You with the harp, even Your truth and faithfulness, O my God; unto You will I sing praises with the lyre, O Holy One of Israel. Ps 71:23 My lips shall shout for joy when I sing praises to You, and my inner being, which You have redeemed. Ps 71:24 My tongue also shall talk of Your righteousness all the day long; for they are put to shame, for they are confounded, who seek {and} demand my hurt. Ps 72:1 GIVE THE king [knowledge of] Your [way of] judging, O God, and [the spirit of] Your righteousness to the king's son [to control all his actions]. Ps 72:2 Let him judge {and} govern Your people with righteousness, and Your poor {and} afflicted ones with judgment {and} justice. Ps 72:3 The mountains shall bring peace to the people, and the hills, through [the general establishment of] righteousness. Ps 72:4 May he judge {and} defend the poor of the people, deliver the children of the needy, and crush the oppressor, Ps 72:5 So that they may revere {and} fear You while the sun and moon endure, throughout all generations. Ps 72:6 May he [Solomon as a type of King David's greater Son] be like rain that comes down upon the mown grass, like showers that water the earth. Ps 72:7 In His [Christ's] days shall the [uncompromisingly] righteous flourish and peace abound till there is a moon no longer. Ps 72:8 He [Christ] shall have dominion also from sea to sea and from the River [Euphrates] to the ends of the earth. Ps 72:9 Those who dwell in the wilderness shall bow before Him and His enemies shall lick the dust. Ps 72:10 The kings of Tarshish and of the coasts shall bring offerings; the kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts. Ps 72:11 Yes, all kings shall fall down before Him, all nations shall serve Him. Ps 72:12 For He delivers the needy when he calls out, the poor also and him who has no helper. Ps 72:13 He will have pity on the poor {and} weak and needy and will save the lives of the needy. Ps 72:14 He will redeem their lives from oppression {and} fraud and violence, and precious {and} costly shall their blood be in His sight. Ps 72:15 And He shall live; and to Him shall be given gold of Sheba; prayer also shall be made for Him {and} through Him continually, {and} they shall bless {and} praise Him all the day long. Ps 72:16 There shall be abundance of grain in the soil upon the top of the mountains [the least fruitful places in the land]; the fruit of it shall wave like [the forests of] Lebanon, and [the inhabitants of] the city shall flourish like grass of the earth. Ps 72:17 His name shall endure forever; His name shall continue as long as the sun [indeed, His name continues before the sun]. And men shall be blessed {and} bless themselves by Him; all nations shall call Him blessed! Ps 72:18 Blessed be the Lord God, the God of Israel, Who alone does wondrous things! Ps 72:19 Blessed be His glorious name forever; let the whole earth be filled with His glory! Amen and Amen! Ps 72:20 The prayers of David son of Jesse are ended. Ps 73:1 TRULY GOD is [only] good to Israel, even to those who are upright {and} pure in heart. Ps 73:2 But as for me, my feet were almost gone, my steps had well-nigh slipped. Ps 73:3 For I was envious of the foolish {and} arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked. Ps 73:4 For they suffer no violent pangs in their death, but their strength is firm. Ps 73:5 They are not in trouble as other men; neither are they smitten {and} plagued like other men. Ps 73:6 Therefore pride is about their necks like a chain; violence covers them like a garment [like a long, luxurious robe]. Ps 73:7 Their eyes stand out with fatness, they have more than heart could wish; {and} the imaginations of their minds overflow [with follies]. Ps 73:8 They scoff, and wickedly utter oppression; they speak loftily [from on high, maliciously and blasphemously]. Ps 73:9 They set their mouths against {and} speak down from heaven, and their tongues swagger through the earth [invading even heaven with blasphemy and smearing earth with slanders]. Ps 73:10 Therefore His people return here, and waters of a full cup [offered by the wicked] are [blindly] drained by them. Ps 73:11 And they say, How does God know? Is there knowledge in the Most High? Ps 73:12 Behold, these are the ungodly, who always prosper {and} are at ease in the world; they increase in riches. Ps 73:13 Surely then in vain have I cleansed my heart and washed my hands in innocency. Ps 73:14 For all the day long have I been smitten {and} plagued, and chastened every morning. Ps 73:15 Had I spoken thus [and given expression to my feelings], I would have been untrue {and} have dealt treacherously against the generation of Your children. Ps 73:16 But when I considered how to understand this, it was too great an effort for me {and} too painful Ps 73:17 Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then I understood [for I considered] their end. Ps 73:18 [After all] You do set the [wicked] in slippery places; You cast them down to ruin {and} destruction. Ps 73:19 How they become a desolation in a moment! They are utterly consumed with terrors! Ps 73:20 As a dream [which seems real] until one awakens, so, O Lord, when You arouse Yourself [to take note of the wicked], You will despise their outward show. Ps 73:21 For my heart was grieved, embittered, {and} in a state of ferment, and I was pricked in my heart [as with the sharp fang of an adder]. Ps 73:22 So foolish, stupid, {and} brutish was I, and ignorant; I was like a beast before You. Ps 73:23 Nevertheless I am continually with You; You do hold my right hand. Ps 73:24 You will guide me with Your counsel, and afterward receive me to honor {and} glory. Ps 73:25 Whom have I in heaven but You? And I have no delight {or} desire on earth besides You. Ps 73:26 My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the Rock {and} firm Strength of my heart and my Portion forever. Ps 73:27 For behold, those who are far from You shall perish; You will destroy all who are false to You {and} like [spiritual] harlots depart from You. Ps 73:28 But it is good for me to draw near to God; I have put my trust in the Lord God {and} made Him my refuge, that I may tell of all Your works. Ps 74:1 O GOD, why do You cast us off forever? Why does Your anger burn {and} smoke against the sheep of Your pasture? Ps 74:2 [Earnestly] remember Your congregation which You have acquired of old, which You have redeemed to be the tribe of Your heritage; remember Mount Zion, where You have dwelt. Ps 74:3 Direct Your feet [quickly] to the perpetual ruins {and} desolations; the foe has devastated {and} desecrated everything in the sanctuary. Ps 74:4 In the midst of Your Holy Place Your enemies have roared [with their battle cry]; they set up their own [idol] emblems for signs [of victory]. Ps 74:5 They seemed like men who lifted up axes upon a thicket of trees to make themselves a record. Ps 74:6 And then all the carved wood of the Holy Place they broke down with hatchets and hammers. Ps 74:7 They have set Your sanctuary on fire; they have profaned the dwelling place of Your Name by casting it to the ground. Ps 74:8 They said in their hearts, Let us make havoc [of such places] altogether. They have burned up all God's meetinghouses in the land. Ps 74:9 We do not see our symbols; there is no longer any prophet, neither does any among us know for how long. Ps 74:10 O God, how long is the adversary to scoff {and} reproach? Is the enemy to blaspheme {and} revile Your name forever? Ps 74:11 Why do You hold back Your hand, even Your right hand? Draw it out of Your bosom {and} consume them [make an end of them]! Ps 74:12 Yet God is my King of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth. Ps 74:13 You did divide the [Red] Sea by Your might; You broke the heads of the [Egyptian] dragons in the waters. Ps 74:14 You crushed the heads of Leviathan (Egypt); You did give him as food for the creatures inhabiting the wilderness. Ps 74:15 You did cleave open [the rock bringing forth] fountains and streams; You dried up mighty, ever-flowing rivers (the Jordan). Ps 74:16 The day is Yours, the night also is Yours; You have established the [starry] light and the sun. Ps 74:17 You have fixed all the borders of the earth [the divisions of land and sea and of the nations]; You have made summer and winter. [Acts17:26.] Ps 74:18 [Earnestly] remember how the enemy has scoffed, O Lord, {and} reproached You, and how a foolish {and} impious people has blasphemed Your name. Ps 74:19 Oh, do not deliver the life of your turtledove to the wild beast (to the greedy multitude); forget not the life [of the multitude] of Your poor forever. Ps 74:20 Have regard for the covenant [You made with Abraham], for the dark places of the land are full of the habitations of violence. Ps 74:21 Oh, let not the downtrodden return in shame; let the oppressed and needy praise Your name. Ps 74:22 Arise, O God, plead Your own cause; remember [earnestly] how the foolish {and} impious man scoffs {and} reproaches You day after day {and} all day long. Ps 74:23 Do not forget the [clamoring] voices of Your adversaries, the tumult of those who rise up against You, which ascends continually. Ps 75:1 WE GIVE praise {and} thanks to You, O God, we praise {and} give thanks; Your wondrous works declare that Your Name is near {and} they who invoke Your Name rehearse Your wonders. Ps 75:2 When the proper time has come [for executing My judgments], I will judge uprightly [says the Lord]. Ps 75:3 When the earth totters, and all the inhabitants of it, it is I Who will poise {and} keep steady its pillars. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]! Ps 75:4 I said to the arrogant {and} boastful, Deal not arrogantly [do not boast]; and to the wicked, Lift not up the horn [of personal aggrandizement]. Ps 75:5 Lift not up your [aggressive] horn on high, speak not with a stiff neck {and} insolent arrogance. Ps 75:6 For not from the east nor from the west nor from the south come promotion {and} lifting up. Ps 75:7 But God is the Judge! He puts down one and lifts up another. Ps 75:8 For in the hand of the Lord there is a cup [of His wrath], and the wine foams {and} is red, well mixed; and He pours out from it, and all the wicked of the earth must drain it and drink its dregs. Ps 75:9 But I will declare {and} rejoice forever; I will sing praises to the God of Jacob. Ps 75:10 All the horns of the ungodly also will I cut off [says the Lord], but the horns of the [uncompromisingly] righteous shall be exalted. Ps 76:1 IN JUDAH God is known {and} renowned; His name is highly praised {and} is great in Israel. Ps 76:2 In [Jeru]Salem also is His tabernacle, and His dwelling place is in Zion. Ps 76:3 There He broke the bow's flashing arrows, the shield, the sword, and the weapons of war. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]! Ps 76:4 Glorious {and} excellent are You from the mountains of prey [splendid and majestic, more than the everlasting mountains]. Ps 76:5 The stouthearted are stripped of their spoil, they have slept the sleep [of death]; and none of the men of might could raise their hands. Ps 76:6 At Your rebuke, O God of Jacob, both chariot [rider] and horse are cast into a dead sleep [of death]. Ps 76:7 You, even You, are to be feared [with awe and reverence]! Who may stand in Your presence when once Your anger is roused? Ps 76:8 You caused sentence to be heard from heaven; the earth feared and was still-- Ps 76:9 When God arose to [establish] judgment, to save all the meek {and} oppressed of the earth. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]! Ps 76:10 Surely the wrath of man shall praise You; the remainder of wrath shall You restrain {and} gird {and} arm Yourself with it. Ps 76:11 Vow and pay to the Lord your God; let all who are round about Him bring presents to Him Who ought to be [reverently] feared. Ps 76:12 He will cut off the spirit [of pride and fury] of princes; He is terrible to the [ungodly] kings of the earth. Ps 77:1 I WILL cry to God with my voice, even to God with my voice, and He will give ear {and} hearken to me. Ps 77:2 In the day of my trouble I seek (inquire of and desperately require) the Lord; in the night my hand is stretched out [in prayer] without slacking up; I refuse to be comforted. Ps 77:3 I [earnestly] remember God; I am disquieted {and} I groan; I muse in prayer, and my spirit faints [overwhelmed]. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]! Ps 77:4 You hold my eyes from closing; I am so troubled that I cannot speak. Ps 77:5 I consider the days of old, the years of bygone times [of prosperity]. Ps 77:6 I call to remembrance my song in the night; with my heart I meditate and my spirit searches diligently: Ps 77:7 Will the Lord cast off forever? And will He be favorable no more? Ps 77:8 Have His mercy {and} loving-kindness ceased forever? Have His promises ended for all time? Ps 77:9 Has God [deliberately] abandoned {or} forgotten His graciousness? Has He in anger shut up His compassion? Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]! Ps 77:10 And I say, This [apparent desertion of Israel by God] is my appointed lot {and} trial, but I will recall the years of the right hand of the Most High [in loving-kindness extended toward us], for this is my grief, that the right hand of the Most High changes. Ps 77:11 I will [earnestly] recall the deeds of the Lord; yes, I will [earnestly] remember the wonders [You performed for our fathers] of old. Ps 77:12 I will meditate also upon all Your works and consider all Your [mighty] deeds. Ps 77:13 Your way, O God, is in the sanctuary [in holiness, away from sin and guilt]. Who is a great God like our God? Ps 77:14 You are the God Who does wonders; You have demonstrated Your power among the peoples. Ps 77:15 You have with Your [mighty] arm redeemed Your people, the sons of Jacob and Joseph. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]! Ps 77:16 When the waters [at the Red Sea and the Jordan] saw You, O God, they were afraid; the deep shuddered also, for [all] the waters saw You. Ps 77:17 The clouds poured down water, the skies sent out a sound [of rumbling thunder]; Your arrows went forth [in forked lightning]. Ps 77:18 The voice of Your thunder was in the whirlwind, the lightnings illumined the world; the earth trembled and shook. Ps 77:19 Your way [in delivering Your people] was through the sea, and Your paths through the great waters, yet Your footsteps were not traceable, {but} were obliterated. Ps 77:20 You led Your people like a flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron. Ps 78:1 GIVE EAR, O my people, to my teaching; incline your ears to the words of my mouth. Ps 78:2 I will open my mouth in a parable (in instruction by numerous examples); I will utter dark sayings of old [that hide important truth]-- Ps 78:3 Which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us. Ps 78:4 We will not hide them from their children, but we will tell to the generation to come the praiseworthy deeds of the Lord, and His might, and the wonderful works that He has performed. Ps 78:5 For He established a testimony (an express precept) in Jacob and appointed a law in Israel, commanding our fathers that they should make [the great facts of God's dealings with Israel] known to their children, Ps 78:6 That the generation to come might know them, that the children still to be born might arise and recount them to their children, Ps 78:7 That they might set their hope in God and not forget the works of God, but might keep His commandments Ps 78:8 And might not be as their fathers--a stubborn and rebellious generation, a generation that set not their hearts aright {nor} prepared their hearts to know God, and whose spirits were not steadfast {and} faithful to God. Ps 78:9 The children of Ephraim were armed and carrying bows, yet they turned back in the day of battle. Ps 78:10 They kept not the covenant of God and refused to walk according to His law Ps 78:11 And forgot His works and His wonders that He had shown them. Ps 78:12 Marvelous things did He in the sight of their fathers in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan [where Pharaoh resided]. Ps 78:13 He divided the [Red] Sea and caused them to pass through it, and He made the waters stand like a heap. Ps 78:14 In the daytime also He led them with a [pillar of] cloud and all the night with a light of fire. Ps 78:15 He split rocks in the wilderness and gave them drink abundantly as out of the deep. Ps 78:16 He brought streams also out of the rock [at Rephidim and Kadesh] and caused waters to run down like rivers. Ps 78:17 Yet they still went on to sin against Him by provoking {and} rebelling against the Most High in the wilderness (in the land of drought). Ps 78:18 And they tempted God in their hearts by asking for food according to their [selfish] desire {and} appetite. Ps 78:19 Yes, they spoke against God; they said, Can God furnish [the food for] a table in the wilderness? Ps 78:20 Behold, He did smite the rock so that waters gushed out and the streams overflowed; but can He give bread also? Can He provide flesh for His people? Ps 78:21 Therefore, when the Lord heard, He was [full of] wrath; a fire was kindled against Jacob, His anger mounted up against Israel, Ps 78:22 Because in God they believed not [they relied not on Him, they adhered not to Him], and they trusted not in His salvation (His power to save). Ps 78:23 Yet He commanded the clouds above and opened the doors of heaven; Ps 78:24 And He rained down upon them manna to eat and gave them heaven's grain. Ps 78:25 Everyone ate the bread of the mighty [man ate angels' food]; God sent them meat in abundance. Ps 78:26 He let forth the east wind to blow in the heavens, and by His power He guided the south wind. Ps 78:27 He rained flesh also upon them like the dust, and winged birds [quails] like the sand of the seas. Ps 78:28 And He let [the birds] fall in the midst of their camp, round about their tents. Ps 78:29 So they ate and were well filled; He gave them what they craved {and} lusted after. Ps 78:30 But scarce had they stilled their craving, and while their meat was yet in their mouths, Ps 78:31 The wrath of God came upon them and slew the strongest {and} sturdiest of them and smote down Israel's chosen youth. Ps 78:32 In spite of all this, they sinned still more, for they believed not in (relied not on and adhered not to Him for) His wondrous works. Ps 78:33 Therefore their days He consumed like a breath [in emptiness, falsity, and futility] and their years in terror {and} sudden haste. Ps 78:34 When He slew [some of] them, [the remainder] inquired after Him diligently, and they repented {and} sincerely sought God [for a time]. Ps 78:35 And they [earnestly] remembered that God was their Rock, and the Most High God their Redeemer. Ps 78:36 Nevertheless they flattered Him with their mouths and lied to Him with their tongues. Ps 78:37 For their hearts were not right {or} sincere with Him, neither were they faithful {and} steadfast to His covenant. Ps 78:38 But He, full of [merciful] compassion, forgave their iniquity and destroyed them not; yes, many a time He turned His anger away and did not stir up all His wrath {and} indignation. Ps 78:39 For He [earnestly] remembered that they were but flesh, a wind that goes and does not return. Ps 78:40 How often they defied {and} rebelled against Him in the wilderness {and} grieved Him in the desert! Ps 78:41 And time and again they turned back {and} tempted God, provoking {and} incensing the Holy One of Israel. Ps 78:42 They remembered not [seriously the miracles of the working of] His hand, nor the day when He delivered them from the enemy, Ps 78:43 How He wrought His miracles in Egypt and His wonders in the field of Zoan [where Pharaoh resided] Ps 78:44 And turned their rivers into blood, and their streams, so that they could not drink from them. Ps 78:45 He sent swarms of [venomous] flies among them which devoured them, and frogs which destroyed them. Ps 78:46 He gave also their crops to the caterpillar and [the fruit of] their labor to the locust. Ps 78:47 He destroyed their vines with hail and their sycamore trees with frost {and} [great chunks of] ice. Ps 78:48 He [caused them to shut up their cattle or] gave them up also to the hail and their flocks to hot thunderbolts. Ps 78:49 He let loose upon them the fierceness of His anger, His wrath and indignation and distress, by sending [a mission of] angels of calamity {and} woe among them. Ps 78:50 He leveled {and} made a straight path for His anger [to give it free course]; He did not spare [the Egyptian families] from death but gave their beasts over to the pestilence {and} the life [of their eldest] over to the plague. Ps 78:51 He smote all the firstborn in Egypt, the chief of their strength in the tents [of the land of the sons] of Ham. Ps 78:52 But [God] led His own people forth like sheep and guided them [with a shepherd's care] like a flock in the wilderness. Ps 78:53 And He led them on safely {and} in confident trust, so that they feared not; but the sea overwhelmed their enemies. Ps 78:54 And He brought them to His holy border, the border of [Canaan] His sanctuary, even to this mountain [Zion] which His right hand had acquired. Ps 78:55 He drove out the nations also before [Israel] and allotted their land as a heritage, measured out {and} partitioned; and He made the tribes of Israel to dwell in the tents of those dispossessed. Ps 78:56 Yet they tempted and provoked {and} rebelled against the Most High God and kept not His testimonies. Ps 78:57 But they turned back and dealt unfaithfully {and} treacherously like their fathers; they were twisted like a warped {and} deceitful bow [that will not respond to the archer's aim]. Ps 78:58 For they provoked Him to [righteous] anger with their high places [for idol worship] and moved Him to jealousy with their graven images. Ps 78:59 When God heard this, He was full of [holy] wrath; and He utterly rejected Israel, greatly abhorring {and} loathing [her ways], Ps 78:60 So that He forsook the tabernacle at Shiloh, the tent in which He had dwelt among men [and never returned to it again], Ps 78:61 And delivered His strength {and} power (the ark of the covenant) into captivity, and His glory into the hands of the foe (the Philistines). Ps 78:62 He gave His people over also to the sword and was wroth with His heritage [Israel]. Ps 78:63 The fire [of war] devoured their young men, and their bereaved virgins were not praised in a wedding song. Ps 78:64 Their priests [Hophni and Phinehas] fell by the sword, and their widows made no lamentation [for the bodies came not back from the scene of battle, and the widow of Phinehas also died that day]. Ps 78:65 Then the Lord awakened as from sleep, as a strong man whose consciousness of power is heightened by wine. Ps 78:66 And He smote His adversaries in the back [as they fled]; He put them to lasting shame {and} reproach. Ps 78:67 Moreover, He rejected the tent of Joseph and chose not the tribe of Ephraim [in which the tabernacle had been accustomed to stand]. Ps 78:68 But He chose the tribe of Judah [as Israel's leader], Mount Zion, which He loved [to replace Shiloh as His capital]. Ps 78:69 And He built His sanctuary [exalted] like the heights [of the heavens] and like the earth which He established forever. Ps 78:70 He chose David His servant and took him from the sheepfolds; Ps 78:71 From tending the ewes that had their young He brought him to be the shepherd of Jacob His people, of Israel His inheritance. Ps 78:72 So [David] was their shepherd with an upright heart; he guided them by the discernment {and} skillfulness [which controlled] his hands. Ps 79:1 O GOD, the nations have come into [the land of Your people] Your inheritance; Your sacred temple have they defiled; they have made Jerusalem heaps of ruins. Ps 79:2 The dead bodies of Your servants they have given as food to the birds of the heavens, the flesh of Your saints to the beasts of the earth. Ps 79:3 Their blood they have poured out like water round about Jerusalem, and there was none to bury them. Ps 79:4 [Because of such humiliation] we have become a taunt {and} reproach to our neighbors, a mocking and derision to those who are round about us. Ps 79:5 How long, O Lord? Will You be angry forever? Shall Your jealousy [which cannot endure a divided allegiance] burn like fire? Ps 79:6 Pour out Your wrath on the Gentile nations who do not acknowledge You, and upon the kingdoms that do not call on Your name. Ps 79:7 For they have devoured Jacob and laid waste his dwelling {and} his pasture. Ps 79:8 O do not [earnestly] remember against us the iniquities {and} guilt of our forefathers! Let Your compassion {and} tender mercy speedily come to meet us, for we are brought very low. Ps 79:9 Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of Your name! Deliver us, forgive us, {and} purge away our sins for Your name's sake. Ps 79:10 Why should the Gentile nations say, Where is their God? Let vengeance for the blood of Your servants which is poured out be known among the nations in our sight [not delaying until some future generation]. Ps 79:11 Let the groaning {and} sighing of the prisoner come before You; according to the greatness of Your power {and} Your arm spare those who are appointed to die! Ps 79:12 And return into the bosom of our neighbors sevenfold the taunts with which they have taunted {and} scoffed at You, O Lord! Ps 79:13 Then we Your people, the sheep of Your pasture, will give You thanks forever; we will show forth {and} publish Your praise from generation to generation. Ps 80:1 GIVE EAR, O Shepherd of Israel, You Who lead Joseph like a flock; You Who sit enthroned upon the cherubim [of the ark of the covenant], shine forth Ps 80:2 Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh! Stir up Your might, and come to save us! Ps 80:3 Restore us again, O God; and cause Your face to shine [in pleasure and approval on us], and we shall be saved! Ps 80:4 O Lord God of hosts, how long will You be angry with Your people's prayers? Ps 80:5 You have fed them with the bread of tears, and You have given them tears to drink in large measure. Ps 80:6 You make us a strife {and} scorn to our neighbors, and our enemies laugh among themselves. Ps 80:7 Restore us again, O God of hosts; and cause Your face to shine [upon us with favor as of old], and we shall be saved! Ps 80:8 You brought a vine [Israel] out of Egypt; You drove out the [heathen] nations and planted it [in Canaan]. Ps 80:9 You prepared room before it, and it took deep root and it filled the land. Ps 80:10 The mountains were covered with the shadow of it, and the boughs of it were like the great cedars [cedars of God]. Ps 80:11 [Israel] sent out its boughs to the [Mediterranean] Sea and its branches to the [Euphrates] River. Ps 80:12 Why have You broken down its hedges {and} walls so that all who pass by pluck from its fruit? Ps 80:13 The boar out of the wood wastes it and the wild beast of the field feeds on it. Ps 80:14 Turn again, we beseech You, O God of hosts! Look down from heaven and see, visit, {and} have regard for this vine! Ps 80:15 [Protect and maintain] the stock which Your right hand planted, and the branch (the son) that You have reared {and} made strong for Yourself. Ps 80:16 They have burned it with fire, it is cut down; may they perish at the rebuke of Your countenance. Ps 80:17 Let Your hand be upon the man of Your right hand, upon the son of man whom You have made strong for Yourself. Ps 80:18 Then will we not depart from You; revive us (give us life) and we will call upon Your name. Ps 80:19 Restore us, O Lord God of hosts; cause Your face to shine [in pleasure, approval, and favor on us], and we shall be saved! Ps 81:1 SING ALOUD to God our Strength! Shout for joy to the God of Jacob! Ps 81:2 Raise a song, sound the timbrel, the sweet lyre with the harp. Ps 81:3 Blow the trumpet at the New Moon, at the full moon, on our feast day. Ps 81:4 For this is a statute for Israel, an ordinance of the God of Jacob. Ps 81:5 This He ordained in Joseph [the savior] for a testimony when He went out over the land of Egypt. The speech of One Whom I knew not did I hear [saying], Ps 81:6 I removed his shoulder from the burden; his hands were freed from the basket. Ps 81:7 You called in distress and I delivered you; I answered you in the secret place of thunder; I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]! Ps 81:8 Hear, O My people, and I will admonish you--O Israel, if you would listen to Me! Ps 81:9 There shall no strange god be among you, neither shall you worship any alien god. Ps 81:10 I am the Lord your God, Who brought you up out of the land of Egypt. Open your mouth wide and I will fill it. Ps 81:11 But My people would not hearken to My voice, and Israel would have none of Me. Ps 81:12 So I gave them up to their own hearts' lust {and} let them go after their own stubborn will, that they might follow their own counsels. Ps 81:13 Oh, that My people would listen to Me, that Israel would walk in My ways! Ps 81:14 Speedily then I would subdue their enemies and turn My hand against their adversaries. Ps 81:15 [Had Israel listened to Me in Egypt, then] those who hated the Lord would have come cringing before Him, and their defeat would have lasted forever. Ps 81:16 [God] would feed [Israel now] also with the finest of the wheat; and with honey out of the rock would I satisfy you. Ps 82:1 GOD STANDS in the assembly [of the representatives] of God; in the midst of the magistrates {or} judges He gives judgment [as] among the gods. Ps 82:2 How long will you [magistrates or judges] judge unjustly and show partiality to the wicked? Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]! Ps 82:3 Do justice to the weak (poor) and fatherless; maintain the rights of the afflicted and needy. Ps 82:4 Deliver the poor and needy; rescue them out of the hand of the wicked. Ps 82:5 [The magistrates and judges] know not, neither will they understand; they walk on in the darkness [of complacent satisfaction]; all the foundations of the earth [the fundamental principles upon which rests the administration of justice] are shaking. Ps 82:6 I said, You are gods [since you judge on My behalf, as My representatives]; indeed, all of you are children of the Most High. Ps 82:7 But you shall die as men and fall as one of the princes. Ps 82:8 Arise, O God, judge the earth! For to You belong all the nations. Ps 83:1 KEEP NOT silence, O God; hold not Your peace or be still, O God. Ps 83:2 For, behold, Your enemies are in tumult, and those who hate You have raised their heads. Ps 83:3 They lay crafty schemes against Your people and consult together against Your hidden {and} precious ones. Ps 83:4 They have said, Come, and let us wipe them out as a nation; let the name of Israel be in remembrance no more. Ps 83:5 For they have consulted together with one accord {and} one heart; against You they make a covenant-- Ps 83:6 The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, of Moab and the Hagrites, Ps 83:7 Gebal and Ammon and Amalek, the Philistines, with the inhabitants of Tyre. Ps 83:8 Assyria also has joined with them; they have helped the children of Lot [the Ammonites and the Moabites] {and} have been an arm to them. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]! Ps 83:9 Do to them as [You did to] the Midianites, as to Sisera and Jabin at the brook of Kishon, Ps 83:10 Who perished at Endor, who became like manure for the earth. Ps 83:11 Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb, yes, all their princes as Zebah and Zalmunna, Ps 83:12 Who say, Let us take possession for ourselves of the pastures of God. Ps 83:13 O my God, make them like whirling dust, like stubble {or} chaff before the wind! Ps 83:14 As fire consumes the forest, and as the flame sets the mountains ablaze, Ps 83:15 So pursue {and} afflict them with Your tempest and terrify them with Your tornado {or} hurricane. Ps 83:16 Fill their faces with shame, that they may seek, inquire for, {and} insistently require Your name, O Lord. Ps 83:17 Let them be put to shame and dismayed forever; yes, let them be put to shame and perish, Ps 83:18 That they may know that You, Whose name alone is the Lord, are the Most High over all the earth. Ps 84:1 HOW LOVELY are Your tabernacles, O Lord of hosts! Ps 84:2 My soul yearns, yes, even pines {and} is homesick for the courts of the Lord; my heart and my flesh cry out {and} sing for joy to the living God. Ps 84:3 Yes, the sparrow has found a house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young--even Your altars, O Lord of hosts, my King and my God. Ps 84:4 Blessed (happy, fortunate, to be envied) are those who dwell in Your house {and} Your presence; they will be singing Your praises all the day long. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]! Ps 84:5 Blessed (happy, fortunate, to be envied) is the man whose strength is in You, in whose heart are the highways to Zion. Ps 84:6 Passing through the Valley of Weeping (Baca), they make it a place of springs; the early rain also fills [the pools] with blessings. Ps 84:7 They go from strength to strength [increasing in victorious power]; each of them appears before God in Zion. Ps 84:8 O Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer; give ear, O God of Jacob! Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]! Ps 84:9 Behold our shield [the king as Your agent], O God, and look upon the face of Your anointed! Ps 84:10 For a day in Your courts is better than a thousand [anywhere else]; I would rather be a doorkeeper {and} stand at the threshold in the house of my God than to dwell [at ease] in the tents of wickedness. Ps 84:11 For the Lord God is a Sun and Shield; the Lord bestows [present] grace {and} favor and [future] glory (honor, splendor, and heavenly bliss)! No good thing will He withhold from those who walk uprightly. Ps 84:12 O Lord of hosts, blessed (happy, fortunate, to be envied) is the man who trusts in You [leaning and believing on You, committing all and confidently looking to You, and that without fear or misgiving]! Ps 85:1 LORD, YOU have [at last] been favorable {and} have dealt graciously with Your land [of Canaan]; You have brought back [from Babylon] the captives of Jacob. Ps 85:2 You have forgiven {and} taken away the iniquity of Your people, You have covered all their sin. Selah [pause, and calmly realize what that means]! Ps 85:3 You have withdrawn all Your wrath {and} indignation, You have turned away from the blazing anger [which You had let loose]. Ps 85:4 Restore us, O God of our salvation, and cause Your anger toward us to cease [forever]. Ps 85:5 Will You be angry with us forever? Will You prolong Your anger [and disfavor] {and} spread it out to all generations? Ps 85:6 Will You not revive us again, that Your people may rejoice in You? Ps 85:7 Show us Your mercy {and} loving-kindness, O Lord, and grant us Your salvation. Ps 85:8 I will listen [with expectancy] to what God the Lord will say, for He will speak peace to His people, to His saints (those who are in right standing with Him)--but let them not turn again to [self-confident] folly. Ps 85:9 Surely His salvation is near to those who reverently {and} worshipfully fear Him, [and is ready to be appropriated] that [the manifest presence of God, His] glory may tabernacle {and} abide in our land. Ps 85:10 Mercy {and} loving-kindness and truth have met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other. Ps 85:11 Truth shall spring up from the earth, and righteousness shall look down from heaven. Ps 85:12 Yes, the Lord will give what is good, and our land will yield its increase. Ps 85:13 Righteousness shall go before Him and shall make His footsteps a way in which to walk. Ps 86:1 INCLINE YOUR ear, O Lord, and answer me, for I am poor {and} distressed, needy {and} desiring. Ps 86:2 Preserve my life, for I am godly {and} dedicated; O my God, save Your servant, for I trust in You [leaning and believing on You, committing all and confidently looking to You, without fear or doubt]. Ps 86:3 Be merciful {and} gracious to me, O Lord, for to You do I cry all the day. Ps 86:4 Make me, Your servant, to rejoice, O Lord, for to You do I lift myself up. Ps 86:5 For You, O Lord, are good, and ready to forgive [our trespasses, sending them away, letting them go completely and forever]; and You are abundant in mercy {and} loving-kindness to all those who call upon You. Ps 86:6 Give ear, O Lord, to my prayer; and listen to the cry of my supplications. Ps 86:7 In the day of my trouble I will call on You, for You will answer me. Ps 86:8 There is none like unto You among the gods, O Lord, neither are their works like unto Yours. Ps 86:9 All nations whom You have made shall come and fall down before You, O Lord; and they shall glorify Your name. Ps 86:10 For You are great and work wonders! You alone are God. Ps 86:11 Teach me Your way, O Lord, that I may walk {and} live in Your truth; direct {and} unite my heart [solely, reverently] to fear {and} honor Your name. Ps 86:12 I will confess {and} praise You, O Lord my God, with my whole (united) heart; and I will glorify Your name forevermore. Ps 86:13 For great is Your mercy {and} loving-kindness toward me; and You have delivered me from the depths of Sheol [from the exceeding depths of affliction]. Ps 86:14 O God, the proud {and} insolent are risen against me; a rabble of violent {and} ruthless men has sought {and} demanded my life, and they have not set You before them. Ps 86:15 But You, O Lord, are a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in mercy {and} loving-kindness and truth. Ps 86:16 O turn to me and have mercy {and} be gracious to me; grant strength (might and inflexibility to temptation) to Your servant and save the son of Your handmaiden. Ps 86:17 Show me a sign of [Your evident] goodwill {and} favor, that those who hate me may see it and be put to shame, because You, Lord, [will show Your approval of me when You] help and comfort me. Ps 87:1 ON THE holy hills stands the city [of Jerusalem and the temple] God founded. Ps 87:2 The Lord loves the gates of Zion [through which the crowds of pilgrims enter from all nations] more than all the dwellings of Jacob (Israel). Ps 87:3 Glorious things are spoken of you, O city of God. Selah [pause, and calmly realize what that means]! Ps 87:4 I will make mention of Rahab [the poetic name for Egypt] and Babylon as among those who know [the city of God]--behold, Philistia and Tyre, with Ethiopia (Cush)--[saying], This man was born there. Ps 87:5 Yes, of Zion it shall be said, This man and that man were born in her, for the Most High Himself will establish her. Ps 87:6 The Lord shall count, when He registers the peoples, that this man was born there. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]! Ps 87:7 The singers as well as the players on instruments shall say, All my springs (my sources of life and joy) are in you [city of our God]. Ps 88:1 O LORD, the God of my salvation, I have cried to You for help by day; at night I am in Your presence. Ps 88:2 Let my prayer come before You {and} really enter into Your presence; incline Your ear to my cry! Ps 88:3 For I am full of troubles, and my life draws near to Sheol (the place of the dead). Ps 88:4 I am counted among those who go down into the pit (the grave); I am like a man who has no help {or} strength [a mere shadow], Ps 88:5 Cast away among the dead, like the slain that lie in a [nameless] grave, whom You [seriously] remember no more, and they are cut off from Your hand. Ps 88:6 You have laid me in the depths of the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps. Ps 88:7 Your wrath lies hard upon me, and You have afflicted me with all Your waves. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]! Ps 88:8 You have put my [familiar] friends far from me; You have made me an abomination to them. I am shut up, and I cannot come forth. Ps 88:9 My eye grows dim because of sorrow {and} affliction. Lord, I have called daily on You; I have spread forth my hands to You. Ps 88:10 Will You show wonders to the dead? Shall the departed arise and praise You? Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]! Ps 88:11 Shall Your steadfast love be declared in the grave? Or Your faithfulness in Abaddon (Sheol, as a place of ruin and destruction)? Ps 88:12 Shall Your wonders be known in the dark? And Your righteousness in the place of forgetfulness [where the dead forget and are forgotten]? Ps 88:13 But to You I cry, O Lord; and in the morning shall my prayer come to meet You. Ps 88:14 Lord, why do You cast me off? Why do You hide Your face from me? Ps 88:15 I was afflicted and close to death from my youth up; while I suffer Your terrors I am distracted [I faint]. Ps 88:16 Your fierce wrath has swept over me; Your terrors have destroyed me. Ps 88:17 They surround me like a flood all day long; together they have closed in upon me. Ps 88:18 Lover and friend have You put far from me; my familiar friends are darkness {and} the grave. Ps 89:1 I WILL sing of the mercy {and} loving-kindness of the Lord forever; with my mouth will I make known Your faithfulness from generation to generation. Ps 89:2 For I have said, Mercy {and} loving-kindness shall be built up forever; Your faithfulness will You establish in the very heavens [unchangeable and perpetual]. Ps 89:3 [You have said] I have made a covenant with My chosen one, I have sworn to David My servant, Ps 89:4 Your Seed I will establish forever, and I will build up your throne for all generations. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]! Ps 89:5 Let heaven (the angels) praise Your wonders, O Lord, Your faithfulness also in the assembly of the holy ones (the holy angels). Ps 89:6 For who in the heavens can be compared to the Lord? Who among the mighty [heavenly beings] can be likened to the Lord, Ps 89:7 A God greatly feared {and} revered in the council of the holy (angelic) ones, and to be feared {and} worshipfully revered above all those who are round about Him? Ps 89:8 O Lord God of hosts, who is a mighty one like unto You, O Lord? And Your faithfulness is round about You [an essential part of You at all times]. Ps 89:9 You rule the raging of the sea; when its waves arise, You still them. Ps 89:10 You have broken Rahab (Egypt) in pieces; with Your mighty arm You have scattered Your enemies. Ps 89:11 The heavens are Yours, the earth also is Yours; the world and all that is in it, You have founded them. Ps 89:12 The north and the south, You have created them; Mount Tabor and Mount Hermon joyously praise Your name. Ps 89:13 You have a mighty arm; strong is Your hand, Your right hand is soaring high. Ps 89:14 Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne; mercy {and} loving-kindness and truth go before Your face. Ps 89:15 Blessed (happy, fortunate, to be envied) are the people who know the joyful sound [who understand and appreciate the spiritual blessings symbolized by the feasts]; they walk, O Lord, in the light {and} favor of Your countenance! Ps 89:16 In Your name they rejoice all the day, and in Your righteousness they are exalted. Ps 89:17 For You are the glory of their strength [their proud adornment], and by Your favor our horn is exalted {and} we walk with uplifted faces! Ps 89:18 For our shield belongs to the Lord, and our king to the Holy One of Israel. Ps 89:19 Once You spoke in a vision to Your devoted ones and said, I have endowed one who is mighty [a hero, giving him the power to help--to be a champion for Israel]; I have exalted one chosen from among the people. Ps 89:20 I have found David My servant; with My holy oil have I anointed him, Ps 89:21 With whom My hand shall be established {and} ever abide; My arm also shall strengthen him. Ps 89:22 The enemy shall not exact from him {or} do him violence {or} outwit him, nor shall the wicked afflict {and} humble him. Ps 89:23 I will beat down his foes before his face and smite those who hate him. Ps 89:24 My faithfulness and My mercy {and} loving-kindness shall be with him, and in My name shall his horn be exalted [great power and prosperity shall be conferred upon him]. Ps 89:25 I will set his hand in control also on the [Mediterranean] Sea, and his right hand on the rivers [Euphrates with its tributaries]. Ps 89:26 He shall cry to Me, You are my Father, my God, and the Rock of my salvation! Ps 89:27 Also I will make him the firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth. Ps 89:28 My mercy {and} loving-kindness will I keep for him forevermore, and My covenant shall stand fast {and} be faithful with him. Ps 89:29 His Offspring also will I make to endure forever, and his throne as the days of heaven. Ps 89:30 If his children forsake My law and walk not in My ordinances, Ps 89:31 If they break {or} profane My statutes and keep not My commandments, Ps 89:32 Then will I punish their transgression with the rod [of chastisement], and their iniquity with stripes. Ps 89:33 Nevertheless, My loving-kindness will I not break off from him, nor allow My faithfulness to fail [to lie and be false to him]. Ps 89:34 My covenant will I not break {or} profane, nor alter the thing that is gone out of My lips. Ps 89:35 Once [for all] have I sworn by My holiness, which cannot be violated; I will not lie to David: Ps 89:36 His Offspring shall endure forever, and his throne [shall continue] as the sun before Me. Ps 89:37 It shall be established forever as the moon, the faithful witness in the heavens. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]! Ps 89:38 But [in apparent contradiction to all this] You [even You the faithful Lord] have cast off and rejected; You have been full of wrath against Your anointed. Ps 89:39 You have despised {and} loathed and renounced the covenant with Your servant; You have profaned his crown by casting it to the ground. Ps 89:40 You have broken down all his hedges {and} his walls; You have brought his strongholds to ruin. Ps 89:41 All who pass along the road spoil {and} rob him; he has become the scorn {and} reproach of his neighbors. Ps 89:42 You have exalted the right hand of his foes; You have made all his enemies rejoice. Ps 89:43 Moreover, You have turned back the edge of his sword and have not made him to stand in battle. Ps 89:44 You have made his glory {and} splendor to cease and have hurled to the ground his throne. Ps 89:45 The days of his youth have You shortened; You have covered him with shame. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]! Ps 89:46 How long, O Lord? Will You hide Yourself forever? How long shall Your wrath burn like fire? Ps 89:47 O [earnestly] remember how short my time is {and} what a mere fleeting life mine is. For what emptiness, falsity, futility, {and} frailty You have created all men! Ps 89:48 What man can live and shall not see death, or can deliver himself from the [powerful] hand of Sheol (the place of the dead)? Selah [pause, and calmly consider that]! Ps 89:49 Lord, where are Your former loving-kindnesses [shown in the reigns of David and Solomon], which You swore to David in Your faithfulness? Ps 89:50 Remember, Lord, {and} earnestly imprint [on Your heart] the reproach of Your servants, scorned {and} insulted, how I bear in my bosom the reproach of all the many {and} mighty peoples, Ps 89:51 With which Your enemies have taunted, O Lord, with which they have mocked the footsteps of Your anointed. Ps 89:52 Blessed be the Lord forevermore! Amen and Amen. Ps 90:1 LORD, YOU have been our dwelling place {and} our refuge in all generations [says Moses]. Ps 90:2 Before the mountains were brought forth or ever You had formed {and} given birth to the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting You are God. Ps 90:3 You turn man back to dust {and} corruption, and say, Return, O sons of the earthborn [to the earth]! Ps 90:4 For a thousand years in Your sight are but as yesterday when it is past, or as a watch in the night. Ps 90:5 You carry away [these disobedient people, doomed to die within forty years] as with a flood; they are as a sleep [vague and forgotten as soon as they are gone]. In the morning they are like grass which grows up-- Ps 90:6 In the morning it flourishes and springs up; in the evening it is mown down and withers. Ps 90:7 For we [the Israelites in the wilderness] are consumed by Your anger, and by Your wrath are we troubled, overwhelmed, {and} frightened away. Ps 90:8 Our iniquities, our secret heart {and} its sins [which we would so like to conceal even from ourselves], You have set in the [revealing] light of Your countenance. Ps 90:9 For all our days [out here in this wilderness, says Moses] pass away in Your wrath; we spend our years as a tale that is told [for we adults know we are doomed to die soon, without reaching Canaan]. Ps 90:10 The days of our years are threescore years and ten (seventy years)--or even, if by reason of strength, fourscore years (eighty years); yet is their pride [in additional years] only labor and sorrow, for it is soon gone, and we fly away. Ps 90:11 Who knows the power of Your anger? [Who worthily connects this brevity of life with Your recognition of sin?] And Your wrath, who connects it with the reverent {and} worshipful fear that is due You? Ps 90:12 So teach us to number our days, that we may get us a heart of wisdom. Ps 90:13 Turn, O Lord [from Your fierce anger]! How long--? Revoke Your sentence {and} be compassionate {and} at ease toward Your servants. Ps 90:14 O satisfy us with Your mercy {and} loving-kindness in the morning [now, before we are older], that we may rejoice and be glad all our days. Ps 90:15 Make us glad in proportion to the days in which You have afflicted us {and} to the years in which we have suffered evil. Ps 90:16 Let Your work [the signs of Your power] be revealed to Your servants, and Your [glorious] majesty to their children. Ps 90:17 And let the beauty {and} delightfulness {and} favor of the Lord our God be upon us; confirm {and} establish the work of our hands--yes, the work of our hands, confirm {and} establish it. Ps 91:1 HE WHO dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall remain stable {and} fixed under the shadow of the Almighty [Whose power no foe can withstand]. Ps 91:2 I will say of the Lord, He is my Refuge and my Fortress, my God; on Him I lean {and} rely, {and} in Him I [confidently] trust! Ps 91:3 For [then] He will deliver you from the snare of the fowler and from the deadly pestilence. Ps 91:4 [Then] He will cover you with His pinions, and under His wings shall you trust {and} find refuge; His truth {and} His faithfulness are a shield and a buckler. Ps 91:5 You shall not be afraid of the terror of the night, nor of the arrow (the evil plots and slanders of the wicked) that flies by day, Ps 91:6 Nor of the pestilence that stalks in darkness, nor of the destruction {and} sudden death that surprise {and} lay waste at noonday. Ps 91:7 A thousand may fall at your side, and ten thousand at your right hand, but it shall not come near you. Ps 91:8 Only a spectator shall you be [yourself inaccessible in the secret place of the Most High] as you witness the reward of the wicked. Ps 91:9 Because you have made the Lord your refuge, and the Most High your dwelling place, Ps 91:10 There shall no evil befall you, nor any plague {or} calamity come near your tent. Ps 91:11 For He will give His angels [especial] charge over you to accompany {and} defend {and} preserve you in all your ways [of obedience and service]. Ps 91:12 They shall bear you up on their hands, lest you dash your foot against a stone. Ps 91:13 You shall tread upon the lion and adder; the young lion and the serpent shall you trample underfoot. Ps 91:14 Because he has set his love upon Me, therefore will I deliver him; I will set him on high, because he knows {and} understands My name [has a personal knowledge of My mercy, love, and kindness--trusts and relies on Me, knowing I will never forsake him, no, never]. Ps 91:15 He shall call upon Me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble, I will deliver him and honor him. Ps 91:16 With long life will I satisfy him and show him My salvation. Ps 92:1 IT IS a good {and} delightful thing to give thanks to the Lord, to sing praises [with musical accompaniment] to Your name, O Most High, Ps 92:2 To show forth Your loving-kindness in the morning and Your faithfulness by night, Ps 92:3 With an instrument of ten strings and with the lute, with a solemn sound upon the lyre. Ps 92:4 For You, O Lord, have made me glad by Your works; at the deeds of Your hands I joyfully sing. Ps 92:5 How great are Your doings, O Lord! Your thoughts are very deep. Ps 92:6 A man in his rude {and} uncultivated state knows not, neither does a [self-confident] fool understand this: Ps 92:7 That though the wicked spring up like grass and all evildoers flourish, they are doomed to be destroyed forever. Ps 92:8 But You, Lord, are on high forever. Ps 92:9 For behold, Your adversaries, O Lord, for behold, Your enemies shall perish; all the evildoers shall be scattered. Ps 92:10 But my horn (emblem of excessive strength and stately grace) You have exalted like that of a wild ox; I am anointed with fresh oil. Ps 92:11 My eye looks upon those who lie in wait for me; my ears hear the evildoers that rise up against me. Ps 92:12 The [uncompromisingly] righteous shall flourish like the palm tree [be long-lived, stately, upright, useful, and fruitful]; they shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon [majestic, stable, durable, and incorruptible]. Ps 92:13 Planted in the house of the Lord, they shall flourish in the courts of our God. Ps 92:14 [Growing in grace] they shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be full of sap [of spiritual vitality] and [rich in the] verdure [of trust, love, and contentment]. Ps 92:15 [They are living memorials] to show that the Lord is upright {and} faithful to His promises; He is my Rock, and there is no unrighteousness in Him. Ps 93:1 THE LORD reigns, He is clothed with majesty; the Lord is robed, He has girded Himself with strength {and} power; the world also is established, that it cannot be moved. Ps 93:2 Your throne is established from of old; You are from everlasting. Ps 93:3 The floods have lifted up, O Lord, the floods have lifted up their voice; the floods lift up the roaring of their waves. Ps 93:4 The Lord on high is mightier {and} more glorious than the noise of many waters, yes, than the mighty breakers {and} waves of the sea. Ps 93:5 Your testimonies are very sure; holiness [apparent in separation from sin, with simple trust and hearty obedience] is becoming to Your house, O Lord, forever. Ps 94:1 O LORD God, You to Whom vengeance belongs, O God, You to Whom vengeance belongs, shine forth! Ps 94:2 Rise up, O Judge of the earth; render to the proud a fit compensation! Ps 94:3 Lord, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph {and} exult? Ps 94:4 They pour out arrogant words, speaking hard things; all the evildoers boast loftily. Ps 94:5 They crush Your people, O Lord, and afflict Your heritage. Ps 94:6 They slay the widow and the transient stranger and murder the unprotected orphan. Ps 94:7 Yet they say, The Lord does not see, neither does the God of Jacob notice it. Ps 94:8 Consider {and} understand, you stupid ones among the people! And you [self-confident] fools, when will you become wise? Ps 94:9 He Who planted the ear, shall He not hear? He Who formed the eye, shall He not see? Ps 94:10 He Who disciplines {and} instructs the nations, shall He not punish, He Who teaches man knowledge? Ps 94:11 The Lord knows the thoughts of man, that they are vain (empty and futile--only a breath). Ps 94:12 Blessed (happy, fortunate, to be envied) is the man whom You discipline {and} instruct, O Lord, and teach out of Your law, Ps 94:13 That You may give him power to keep himself calm in the days of adversity, until the [inevitable] pit of corruption is dug for the wicked. Ps 94:14 For the Lord will not cast off {nor} spurn His people, neither will He abandon His heritage. Ps 94:15 For justice will return to the [uncompromisingly] righteous, and all the upright in heart will follow it. Ps 94:16 Who will rise up for me against the evildoers? Who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity? Ps 94:17 Unless the Lord had been my help, I would soon have dwelt in [the land where there is] silence. Ps 94:18 When I said, My foot is slipping, Your mercy {and} loving-kindness, O Lord, held me up. Ps 94:19 In the multitude of my [anxious] thoughts within me, Your comforts cheer {and} delight my soul! Ps 94:20 Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with You--they who frame {and} hide their unrighteous doings under [the sacred name of] law? Ps 94:21 They band themselves together against the life of the [consistently] righteous and condemn the innocent to death. Ps 94:22 But the Lord has become my High Tower {and} Defense, and my God the Rock of my refuge. Ps 94:23 And He will turn back upon them their own iniquity and will wipe them out by means of their own wickedness; the Lord our God will wipe them out. Ps 95:1 O COME, let us sing to the Lord; let us make a joyful noise to the Rock of our salvation! Ps 95:2 Let us come before His presence with thanksgiving; let us make a joyful noise to Him with songs of praise! Ps 95:3 For the Lord is a great God, and a great King above all gods. Ps 95:4 In His hand are the deep places of the earth; the heights {and} strength of the hills are His also. Ps 95:5 The sea is His, for He made it; and His hands formed the dry land. Ps 95:6 O come, let us worship and bow down, let us kneel before the Lord our Maker [in reverent praise and supplication]. Ps 95:7 For He is our God and we are the people of His pasture and the sheep of His hand. Today, if you will hear His voice, Ps 95:8 Harden not your hearts as at Meribah and as at Massah in the day of temptation in the wilderness, Ps 95:9 When your fathers tried My patience {and} tested Me, proved Me, and saw My work [of judgment]. Ps 95:10 Forty years long was I grieved {and} disgusted with that generation, and I said, It is a people that do err in their hearts, and they do not approve, acknowledge, {or} regard My ways. Ps 95:11 Wherefore I swore in My wrath that they would not enter My rest [the land of promise]. Ps 96:1 O SING to the Lord a new song; sing to the Lord, all the earth! Ps 96:2 Sing to the Lord, bless (affectionately praise) His name; show forth His salvation from day to day. Ps 96:3 Declare His glory among the nations, His marvelous works among all the peoples. Ps 96:4 For great is the Lord and greatly to be praised; He is to be reverently feared {and} worshiped above all [so-called] gods. Ps 96:5 For all the gods of the nations are [lifeless] idols, but the Lord made the heavens. Ps 96:6 Honor and majesty are before Him; strength and beauty are in His sanctuary. Ps 96:7 Ascribe to the Lord, O you families of the peoples, ascribe to the Lord glory and strength. Ps 96:8 Give to the Lord the glory due His name; bring an offering and come [before Him] into His courts. Ps 96:9 O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness; tremble before {and} reverently fear Him, all the earth. Ps 96:10 Say among the nations that the Lord reigns; the world also is established, so that it cannot be moved; He shall judge {and} rule the people righteously {and} with justice. Ps 96:11 Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice; let the sea roar, and all the things which fill it; Ps 96:12 Let the field be exultant, and all that is in it! Then shall all the trees of the wood sing for joy Ps 96:13 Before the Lord, for He comes, for He comes to judge {and} govern the earth! He shall judge the world with righteousness {and} justice and the peoples with His faithfulness {and} truth. Ps 97:1 THE LORD reigns, let the earth rejoice; let the multitude of isles {and} coastlands be glad! Ps 97:2 Clouds and darkness are round about Him [as at Sinai]; righteousness and justice are the foundation of His throne. Ps 97:3 Fire goes before Him and burns up His adversaries round about. Ps 97:4 His lightnings illumine the world; the earth sees and trembles. Ps 97:5 The hills melted like wax at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth. Ps 97:6 The heavens declare His righteousness, and all the peoples see His glory. Ps 97:7 Let all those be put to shame who serve graven images, who boast in idols. Fall prostrate before Him, all you gods. Ps 97:8 Zion heard and was glad, and the daughters of Judah rejoiced [in relief] because of Your judgments, O Lord. Ps 97:9 For You, Lord, are high above all the earth; You are exalted far above all gods. Ps 97:10 O you who love the Lord, hate evil; He preserves the lives of His saints (the children of God), He delivers them out of the hand of the wicked. Ps 97:11 Light is sown for the [uncompromisingly] righteous {and} strewn along their pathway, and joy for the upright in heart [the irrepressible joy which comes from consciousness of His favor and protection]. Ps 97:12 Rejoice in the Lord, you [consistently] righteous (upright and in right standing with God), and give thanks at the remembrance of His holiness. Ps 98:1 O SING to the Lord a new song, for He has done marvelous things; His right hand and His holy arm have wrought salvation for Him. Ps 98:2 The Lord has made known His salvation; His righteousness has He openly shown in the sight of the nations. Ps 98:3 He has [earnestly] remembered His mercy {and} loving-kindness, His truth {and} His faithfulness toward the house of Israel; all the ends of the earth have witnessed the salvation of our God. Ps 98:4 Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth; break forth and sing for joy, yes, sing praises! Ps 98:5 Sing praises to the Lord with the lyre, with the lyre and the voice of melody. Ps 98:6 With trumpets and the sound of the horn make a joyful noise before the King, the Lord! Ps 98:7 Let the sea roar, and all that fills it, the world, and those who dwell in it! Ps 98:8 Let the rivers clap their hands; together let the hills sing for joy Ps 98:9 Before the Lord, for He is coming to judge [and rule] the earth; with righteousness will He judge [and rule] the world, and the peoples with equity. Ps 99:1 THE LORD reigns, let the peoples tremble [with reverential fear]! He sits [enthroned] above the cherubim, let the earth quake! Ps 99:2 The Lord is great in Zion, and He is high above all the peoples. Ps 99:3 Let them confess {and} praise Your great name, awesome {and} reverence inspiring! It is holy, {and} holy is He! Ps 99:4 The strength of the king who loves righteousness {and} equity You establish in uprightness; You execute justice and righteousness in Jacob (Israel). Ps 99:5 Extol the Lord our God and worship at His footstool! Holy is He! Ps 99:6 Moses and Aaron were among His priests, and Samuel was among those who called upon His name; they called upon the Lord, and He answered them. Ps 99:7 He spoke to them in the pillar of cloud; they kept His testimonies and the statutes that He gave them. Ps 99:8 You answered them, O Lord our God; You were a forgiving God to them, although avenging their evildoing {and} wicked practices. Ps 99:9 Extol the Lord our God and worship at His holy hill, for the Lord our God is holy! Ps 100:1 MAKE A joyful noise to the Lord, all you lands! Ps 100:2 Serve the Lord with gladness! Come before His presence with singing! Ps 100:3 Know (perceive, recognize, and understand with approval) that the Lord is God! It is He Who has made us, not we ourselves [and we are His]! We are His people and the sheep of His pasture. Ps 100:4 Enter into His gates with thanksgiving {and} a thank offering and into His courts with praise! Be thankful {and} say so to Him, bless {and} affectionately praise His name! Ps 100:5 For the Lord is good; His mercy {and} loving-kindness are everlasting, His faithfulness {and} truth endure to all generations. |