Psa 51:1; Have mercy on me, O God, according to your unfailing love; according to your great compassion blot out my transgressions.

Psa 51:2; Wash away all my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin.

Psa 51:3; For I know my transgressions, and my sin is always before me.

Psa 51:4; Against you, you only, have I sinned and done what is evil in your sight, so that you are proved right when you speak and justified when you judge.

Psa 51:5; Surely I was sinful at birth, sinful from the time my mother conceived me.

Psa 51:6; Surely you desire truth in the inner parts; you teach me wisdom in the inmost place.

Psa 51:7; Cleanse me with hyssop, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.

Psa 51:8; Let me hear joy and gladness; let the bones you have crushed rejoice.

Psa 51:9; Hide your face from my sins and blot out all my iniquity.

Psa 51:10; Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me.

Psa 51:11; Do not cast me from your presence or take your Holy Spirit from me.

Psa 51:12; Restore to me the joy of your salvation and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me.

Psa 51:13; Then I will teach transgressors your ways, and sinners will turn back to you.

Psa 51:14; Save me from bloodguilt, O God, the God who saves me, and my tongue will sing of your righteousness.

Psa 51:15; O Lord, open my lips, and my mouth will declare your praise.

Psa 51:16; You do not delight in sacrifice, or I would bring it; you do not take pleasure in burnt offerings.

Psa 51:17; The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.

Psa 51:18; In your good pleasure make Zion prosper; build up the walls of Jerusalem.

Psa 51:19; Then there will be righteous sacrifices, whole burnt offerings to delight you; then bulls will be offered on your altar.

Psalm 52

Psa 52:1; Why do you boast of evil, you mighty man? Why do you boast all day long, you who are a disgrace in the eyes of God?

Psa 52:2; Your tongue plots destruction; it is like a sharpened razor, you who practice deceit.

Psa 52:3; You love evil rather than good, falsehood rather than speaking the truth. Selah

Psa 52:4; You love every harmful word, O you deceitful tongue!

Psa 52:5; Surely God will bring you down to everlasting ruin: He will snatch you up and tear you from your tent; he will uproot you from the land of the living. Selah

Psa 52:6; The righteous will see and fear; they will laugh at him, saying,

Psa 52:7; “Here now is the man who did not make God his stronghold but trusted in his great wealth and grew strong by destroying others!”

Psa 52:8; But I am like an olive tree flourishing in the house of God; I trust in God’s unfailing love for ever and ever.

Psa 52:9; I will praise you forever for what you have done; in your name I will hope, for your name is good. I will praise you in the presence of your saints.

Psalm 53

Psa 53:1; The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt, and their ways are vile; there is no one who does good.

Psa 53:2; God looks down from heaven on the sons of men to see if there are any who understand, any who seek God.

Psa 53:3; Everyone has turned away, they have together become corrupt; there is no one who does good, not even one.

Psa 53:4; Will the evildoers never learn— those who devour my people as men eat bread and who do not call on God?

Psa 53:5; There they were, overwhelmed with dread, where there was nothing to dread. God scattered the bones of those who attacked you; you put them to shame, for God despised them.

Psa 53:6; Oh, that salvation for Israel would come out of Zion! When God restores the fortunes of his people, let Jacob rejoice and Israel be glad!

Psalm 54

Psa 54:1; Save me, O God, by your name; vindicate me by your might.

Psa 55:2; Hear my prayer, O God; listen to the words of my mouth.

Psa 55:3; Strangers are attacking me; ruthless men seek my life— men without regard for God. Selah

Psa 55:4; Surely God is my help; the Lord is the one who sustains me.

Psa 54:5; Let evil recoil on those who slander me; in your faithfulness destroy them.

Psa 54:6; I will sacrifice a freewill offering to you; I will praise your name, O LORD, for it is good.

Psa 54:7; For he has delivered me from all my troubles, and my eyes have looked in triumph on my foes.

Psalm 55

Psa 55:1; Listen to my prayer, O God, do not ignore my plea;

Psa 55:2; hear me and answer me. My thoughts trouble me and I am distraught

Psa 55:3; at the voice of the enemy, at the stares of the wicked; for they bring down suffering upon me and revile me in their anger.

Psa 55:4; My heart is in anguish within me; the terrors of death assail me.

Psa 55:5; Fear and trembling have beset me; horror has overwhelmed me.

Psa 55:6; I said, “Oh, that I had the wings of a dove! I would fly away and be at rest—

Psa 55:7; I would flee far away and stay in the desert; Selah

Psa 55:8; I would hurry to my place of shelter, far from the tempest and storm.”

Psa 55:9; Confuse the wicked, O Lord, confound their speech, for I see violence and strife in the city.

Psa 55:10; Day and night they prowl about on its walls; malice and abuse are within it.

Psa 55:11; Destructive forces are at work in the city; threats and lies never leave its streets.

Psa 55:12; If an enemy were insulting me, I could endure it; if a foe were raising himself against me, I could hide from him.

Psa 55:13; But it is you, a man like myself, my companion, my close friend,

Psa 55:14; with whom I once enjoyed sweet fellowship as we walked with the throng at the house of God.

Psa 55:15; Let death take my enemies by surprise; let them go down alive to the grave, for evil finds lodging among them.

Psa 55:16; But I call to God, and the LORD saves me.

Psa 55:17; Evening, morning and noon I cry out in distress, and he hears my voice.

Psa 55:18; He ransoms me unharmed from the battle waged against me, even though many oppose me.

Psa 55:19; God, who is enthroned forever, will hear them and afflict them— Selah
men who never change their ways and have no fear of God.

Psa 55:20; My companion attacks his friends; he violates his covenant.

Psa 55:21; His speech is smooth as butter, yet war is in his heart; his words are more soothing than oil, yet they are drawn swords.

Psa 55:22; Cast your cares on the LORD and he will sustain you; he will never let the righteous fall.

Psa 55:23; But you, O God, will bring down the wicked into the pit of corruption; bloodthirsty and deceitful men will not live out half their days. But as for me, I trust in you.

Psalm 56

Psa 56:1; Be merciful to me, O God, for men hotly pursue me; all day long they press their attack.

Psa 56:2; My slanderers pursue me all day long; many are attacking me in their pride.

Psa 56:3; When I am afraid, I will trust in you.

Psa 56:4; In God, whose word I praise, in God I trust; I will not be afraid. What can mortal man do to me?

Psa 56:5; All day long they twist my words; they are always plotting to harm me.

Psa 56:6; They conspire, they lurk, they watch my steps, eager to take my life.

Psa 56:7; On no account let them escape; in your anger, O God, bring down the nations.

Psa 56:8; Record my lament; list my tears on your scroll— are they not in your record?

Psa 56:9; Then my enemies will turn back when I call for help. By this I will know that God is for me.

Psa 56:10; In God, whose word I praise, in the LORD, whose word I praise—

Psa 56:11; in God I trust; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?

Psa 56:12; I am under vows to you, O God; I will present my thank offerings to you.

Psa 56:13; For you have delivered me from death and my feet from stumbling, that I may walk before God in the light of life.

Psalm 57

Psa 57:1; Have mercy on me, O God, have mercy on me, for in you my soul takes refuge. I will take refuge in the shadow of your wings until the disaster has passed.

Psa 57:2; I cry out to God Most High, to God, who fulfills his purpose for me.

Psa 57:3; He sends from heaven and saves me, rebuking those who hotly pursue me; Selah
God sends his love and his faithfulness.

Psa 57:4; I am in the midst of lions; I lie among ravenous beasts— men whose teeth are spears and arrows, whose tongues are sharp swords.

Psa 57:5; Be exalted, O God, above the heavens; let your glory be over all the earth.

Psa 57:6; They spread a net for my feet— I was bowed down in distress. They dug a pit in my path— but they have fallen into it themselves. Selah

Psa 57:7; My heart is steadfast, O God, my heart is steadfast; I will sing and make music.

Psa 57:8; Awake, my soul! Awake, harp and lyre! I will awaken the dawn.

Psa 57:9; I will praise you, O Lord, among the nations; I will sing of you among the peoples.

Psa 57:10; For great is your love, reaching to the heavens; your faithfulness reaches to the skies.

Psa 57:11; Be exalted, O God, above the heavens; let your glory be over all the earth.

Psalm 58

Psa 58:1; Do you rulers indeed speak justly? Do you judge uprightly among men?

Psa 58:2; No, in your heart you devise injustice, and your hands mete out violence on the earth.

Psa 58:3; Even from birth the wicked go astray; from the womb they are wayward and speak lies.

Psa 58:4; Their venom is like the venom of a snake, like that of a cobra that has stopped its ears,

Psa 58:5; that will not heed the tune of the charmer, however skillful the enchanter may be.

Psa 58:6; Break the teeth in their mouths, O God; tear out, O LORD, the fangs of the lions!

Psa 58:7; Let them vanish like water that flows away; when they draw the bow, let their arrows be blunted.

Psa 58:8; Like a slug melting away as it moves along, like a stillborn child, may they not see the sun.

Psa 58:9; Before your pots can feel the heat of the thorns— whether they be green or dry—the wicked will be swept away.

Psa 58:10; The righteous will be glad when they are avenged, when they bathe their feet in the blood of the wicked.

Psa 58:11; Then men will say, “Surely the righteous still are rewarded; surely there is a God who judges the earth.”

Psalm 59

Psa 59:1; Deliver me from my enemies, O God; protect me from those who rise up against me.

Psa 59:2; Deliver me from evildoers and save me from bloodthirsty men.

Psa 59:3; See how they lie in wait for me! Fierce men conspire against me for no offense or sin of mine, O LORD.

Psa 59:4; I have done no wrong, yet they are ready to attack me. Arise to help me; look on my plight!

Psa 59:5; O LORD God Almighty, the God of Israel, rouse yourself to punish all the nations; show no mercy to wicked traitors. Selah

Psa 59:6; They return at evening, snarling like dogs, and prowl about the city.

Psa 59:7; See what they spew from their mouths— they spew out swords from their lips, and they say, “Who can hear us?”

Psa 59:8; But you, O LORD, laugh at them; you scoff at all those nations.

Psa 59:9; O my Strength, I watch for you; you, O God, are my fortress,

Psa 59:10; 10my loving God. God will go before me and will let me gloat over those who slander me.

Psa 59:11; But do not kill them, O Lord our shield, or my people will forget. In your might make them wander about, and bring them down.

Psa 59:12; For the sins of their mouths, for the words of their lips, let them be caught in their pride. For the curses and lies they utter,

Psa 59:13; consume them in wrath, consume them till they are no more. Then it will be known to the ends of the earth that God rules over Jacob. Selah

Psa 59:14; They return at evening, snarling like dogs, and prowl about the city.

Psa 59:15; They wander about for food and howl if not satisfied.

Psa 59:16; But I will sing of your strength, in the morning I will sing of your love; for you are my fortress, my refuge in times of trouble.

Psa 59:17; O my Strength, I sing praise to you; you, O God, are my fortress, my loving God.

Psalm 60

Psa 60:1; You have rejected us, O God, and burst forth upon us; you have been angry—now restore us!

Psa 60:2; You have shaken the land and torn it open; mend its fractures, for it is quaking.

Psa 60:3; You have shown your people desperate times; you have given us wine that makes us stagger.

Psa 60:4; But for those who fear you, you have raised a banner to be unfurled against the bow. Selah

Psa 60:5; Save us and help us with your right hand, that those you love may be delivered.

Psa 60:6; God has spoken from his sanctuary: “In triumph I will parcel out Shechem and measure off the Valley of Succoth.

Psa 60:7; Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine; Ephraim is my helmet, Judah my scepter.

Psa 60:8; Moab is my washbasin, upon Edom I toss my sandal; over Philistia I shout in triumph.”

Psa 60:9; Who will bring me to the fortified city? Who will lead me to Edom?

Psa 60:10; Is it not you, O God, you who have rejected us and no longer go out with our armies?

Psa 60:11; Give us aid against the enemy, for the help of man is worthless.

Psa 60:12; With God we will gain the victory, and he will trample down our enemies.

Psalm 61

Psa 61:1; Hear my cry, O God; listen to my prayer.

Psa 61:2; From the ends of the earth I call to you, I call as my heart grows faint; lead me to the rock that is higher than I.

Psa 61:3; For you have been my refuge, a strong tower against the foe.

Psa 61:4; I long to dwell in your tent forever and take refuge in the shelter of your wings. Selah

Psa 61:5; For you have heard my vows, O God; you have given me the heritage of those who fear your name.

Psa 61:6; Increase the days of the king’s life, his years for many generations.

Psa 61:7; May he be enthroned in God’s presence forever; appoint your love and faithfulness to protect him.

Psa 61:8; Then will I ever sing praise to your name and fulfill my vows day after day.

Psalm 62

Psa 62:1; My soul finds rest in God alone; my salvation comes from him.

Psa 62:2; He alone is my rock and my salvation; he is my fortress, I will never be shaken.

Psa 62:3; How long will you assault a man? Would all of you throw him down— this leaning wall, this tottering fence?

Psa 62:4; They fully intend to topple him from his lofty place; they take delight in lies. With their mouths they bless, but in their hearts they curse. Selah

Psa 62:5; Find rest, O my soul, in God alone; my hope comes from him.

Psa 62:6; He alone is my rock and my salvation; he is my fortress, I will not be shaken.

Psa 62:7; My salvation and my honor depend on God; he is my mighty rock, my refuge.

Psa 62:8; Trust in him at all times, O people; pour out your hearts to him, for God is our refuge. Selah

Psa 62:9; Lowborn men are but a breath, the highborn are but a lie; if weighed on a balance, they are nothing; together they are only a breath.

Psa 62:10; Do not trust in extortion or take pride in stolen goods; though your riches increase, do not set your heart on them.

Psa 62:11; One thing God has spoken, two things have I heard: that you, O God, are strong,

Psa 62:12; and that you, O Lord, are loving. Surely you will reward each person according to what he has done.

Psalm 63

Psa 63:1; O God, you are my God, earnestly I seek you; my soul thirsts for you, my body longs for you, in a dry and weary land where there is no water.

Psa 63:2; I have seen you in the sanctuary and beheld your power and your glory.

Psa 63:3; Because your love is better than life, my lips will glorify you.

Psa 63:4; I will praise you as long as I live, and in your name I will lift up my hands.

Psa 63:5; My soul will be satisfied as with the richest of foods; with singing lips my mouth will praise you.

Psa 63:6; On my bed I remember you; I think of you through the watches of the night.

Psa 63:7; Because you are my help, I sing in the shadow of your wings.

Psa 63:8; My soul clings to you; your right hand upholds me.

Psa 63:9; They who seek my life will be destroyed; they will go down to the depths of the earth.

Psa 63:10; They will be given over to the sword and become food for jackals.

Psa 63:11; But the king will rejoice in God; all who swear by God’s name will praise him, while the mouths of liars will be silenced.

Psalm 64

Psa 64:1; Hear me, O God, as I voice my complaint; protect my life from the threat of the enemy.

Psa 64:2; Hide me from the conspiracy of the wicked, from that noisy crowd of evildoers.

Psa 64:3; They sharpen their tongues like swords and aim their words like deadly arrows.

Psa 64:4; They shoot from ambush at the innocent man; they shoot at him suddenly, without fear.

Psa 64:5; They encourage each other in evil plans, they talk about hiding their snares; they say, “Who will see them?”

Psa 64:6; They plot injustice and say, “We have devised a perfect plan!” Surely the mind and heart of man are cunning.

Psa 64:7; But God will shoot them with arrows; suddenly they will be struck down.

Psa 64:8; He will turn their own tongues against them and bring them to ruin; all who see them will shake their heads in scorn.

Psa 64:9; All mankind will fear; they will proclaim the works of God and ponder what he has done.

Psa 64:10; Let the righteous rejoice in the LORD and take refuge in him; let all the upright in heart praise him!

Psalm 65

Psa 65:1; Praise awaits you, O God, in Zion; to you our vows will be fulfilled.

Psa 65:2; O you who hear prayer, to you all men will come.

Psa 65:3; When we were overwhelmed by sins, you forgave our transgressions.

Psa 65:4; Blessed are those you choose and bring near to live in your courts! We are filled with the good things of your house, of your holy temple.

Psa 65:5; You answer us with awesome deeds of righteousness, O God our Savior, the hope of all the ends of the earth and of the farthest seas,

Psa 65:6; who formed the mountains by your power, having armed yourself with strength,

Psa 65:7; who stilled the roaring of the seas, the roaring of their waves, and the turmoil of the nations.

Psa 65:8; Those living far away fear your wonders; where morning dawns and evening fades you call forth songs of joy.

Psa 65:9; You care for the land and water it; you enrich it abundantly. The streams of God are filled with water to provide the people with grain, for so you have ordained it.

Psa 65:10; You drench its furrows and level its ridges; you soften it with showers and bless its crops.

Psa 65:11; You crown the year with your bounty, and your carts overflow with abundance.

Psa 65:12; The grasslands of the desert overflow; the hills are clothed with gladness.

Psa 65:13; The meadows are covered with flocks and the valleys are mantled with grain; they shout for joy and sing.

Psalm 66

Psa 66:1; Shout with joy to God, all the earth!

Psa 66:2; Sing the glory of his name; make his praise glorious!

Psa 66:3; Say to God, “How awesome are your deeds! So great is your power that your enemies cringe before you.

Psa 66:4; All the earth bows down to you; they sing praise to you, they sing praise to your name.” Selah

Psa 66:5; Come and see what God has done, how awesome his works in man’s behalf!

Psa 66:6; He turned the sea into dry land, they passed through the waters on foot— come, let us rejoice in him.

Psa 66:7; He rules forever by his power, his eyes watch the nations— let not the rebellious rise up against him. Selah

Psa 66:8; Praise our God, O peoples, let the sound of his praise be heard;

Psa 66:9; he has preserved our lives and kept our feet from slipping.

Psa 66:10; For you, O God, tested us; you refined us like silver.

Psa 66:11; You brought us into prison and laid burdens on our backs.

Psa 66:12; You let men ride over our heads; we went through fire and water, but you brought us to a place of abundance.

Psa 66:13; I will come to your temple with burnt offerings and fulfill my vows to you—

Psa 66:14; vows my lips promised and my mouth spoke when I was in trouble.

Psa 66:15; I will sacrifice fat animals to you and an offering of rams; I will offer bulls and goats.Selah

Psa 66:16; Come and listen, all you who fear God; let me tell you what he has done for me.

Psa 66:17; I cried out to him with my mouth; his praise was on my tongue.

Psa 66:18; If I had cherished sin in my heart, the Lord would not have listened;

Psa 66:19; but God has surely listened and heard my voice in prayer.

Psa 66:20; Praise be to God, who has not rejected my prayer or withheld his love from me!

Psalm 67

Psa 67:1; May God be gracious to us and bless us and make his face shine upon us, Selah

Psa 67:2; that your ways may be known on earth, your salvation among all nations.

Psa 67:3; May the peoples praise you, O God; may all the peoples praise you.

Psa 67:4; May the nations be glad and sing for joy, for you rule the peoples justly and guide the nations of the earth. Selah

Psa 67:5; May the peoples praise you, O God; may all the peoples praise you.

Psa 67:6; Then the land will yield its harvest, and God, our God, will bless us.

Psa 67:7; God will bless us, and all the ends of the earth will fear him.

Psalm 68

Psa 68:1; May God arise, may his enemies be scattered; may his foes flee before him.

Psa 68:2; As smoke is blown away by the wind, may you blow them away; as wax melts before the fire, may the wicked perish before God.

Psa 68:3; But may the righteous be glad and rejoice before God; may they be happy and joyful.

Psa 68:4; Sing to God, sing praise to his name, extol him who rides on the clouds— his name is the LORD— and rejoice before him.

Psa 68:5; A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows, is God in his holy dwelling.

Psa 68:6; God sets the lonely in families, he leads forth the prisoners with singing; but the rebellious live in a sun–scorched land.

Psa 68:7; When you went out before your people, O God, when you marched through the wasteland, Selah

Psa 68:8; the earth shook, the heavens poured down rain, before God, the One of Sinai, before God, the God of Israel.

Psa 68:9; You gave abundant showers, O God; you refreshed your weary inheritance.

Psa 68:10; Your people settled in it, and from your bounty, O God, you provided for the poor.

Psa 68:11; The Lord announced the word, and great was the company of those who proclaimed it:

Psa 68:12; “Kings and armies flee in haste; in the camps men divide the plunder.

Psa 68:13; Even while you sleep among the campfires, the wings of my dove are sheathed with silver, its feathers with shining gold.”

Psa 68:14; When the Almighty scattered the kings in the land, it was like snow fallen on Zalmon.

Psa 68:15; The mountains of Bashan are majestic mountains; rugged are the mountains of Bashan.

Psa 68:16; Why gaze in envy, O rugged mountains, at the mountain where God chooses to reign, where the LORD himself will dwell forever?

Psa 68:17; The chariots of God are tens of thousands and thousands of thousands; the Lord has come from Sinai into his sanctuary.

Psa 68:18; When you ascended on high, you led captives in your train; you received gifts from men, even from the rebellious— that you, O LORD God, might dwell there.

Psa 68:19; Praise be to the Lord, to God our Savior, who daily bears our burdens. Selah

Psa 68:20; Our God is a God who saves; from the Sovereign LORD comes escape from death.

Psa 68:21; Surely God will crush the heads of his enemies, the hairy crowns of those who go on in their sins.

Psa 68:22; The Lord says, “I will bring them from Bashan; I will bring them from the depths of the sea,

Psa 68:23; that you may plunge your feet in the blood of your foes, while the tongues of your dogs have their share.”

Psa 68:24; Your procession has come into view, O God, the procession of my God and King into the sanctuary.

Psa 68:25; In front are the singers, after them the musicians; with them are the maidens playing tambourines.

Psa 68:26; Praise God in the great congregation; praise the LORD in the assembly of Israel.

Psa 68:27; There is the little tribe of Benjamin, leading them, there the great throng of Judah’s princes, and there the princes of Zebulun and of Naphtali.

Psa 68:28; Summon your power, O God; show us your strength, O God, as you have done before.

Psa 68:29; Because of your temple at Jerusalem kings will bring you gifts.

Psa 68:30; Rebuke the beast among the reeds, the herd of bulls among the calves of the nations. Humbled, may it bring bars of silver. Scatter the nations who delight in war.

Psa 68:31; Envoys will come from Egypt; Cush will submit herself to God.

Psa 68:32; Sing to God, O kingdoms of the earth, sing praise to the Lord, Selah

Psa 68:33; to him who rides the ancient skies above, who thunders with mighty voice.

Psa 68:34; Proclaim the power of God, whose majesty is over Israel, whose power is in the skies.

Psa 68:35; You are awesome, O God, in your sanctuary; the God of Israel gives power and strength to his people.
Praise be to God!

Psalm 69

Psa 69:1; Save me, O God, for the waters have come up to my neck.

Psa 69:2; I sink in the miry depths, where there is no foothold. I have come into the deep waters; the floods engulf me.

Psa 69:3; I am worn out calling for help; my throat is parched. My eyes fail, looking for my God.

Psa 69:4; Those who hate me without reason outnumber the hairs of my head; many are my enemies without cause, those who seek to destroy me. I am forced to restore what I did not steal.

Psa 69:5; You know my folly, O God; my guilt is not hidden from you.

Psa 69:6; May those who hope in you not be disgraced because of me, O Lord, the LORD Almighty; may those who seek you not be put to shame because of me, O God of Israel.

Psa 69:7; For I endure scorn for your sake, and shame covers my face.

Psa 69:8; I am a stranger to my brothers, an alien to my own mother’s sons;

Psa 69:9; for zeal for your house consumes me, and the insults of those who insult you fall on me.

Psa 69:10; When I weep and fast, I must endure scorn;

Psa 69:11; when I put on sackcloth, people make sport of me.

Psa 69:12; Those who sit at the gate mock me, and I am the song of the drunkards.

Psa 69:13; But I pray to you, O LORD, in the time of your favor; in your great love, O God, answer me with your sure salvation.

Psa 69:14; Rescue me from the mire, do not let me sink; deliver me from those who hate me, from the deep waters.

Psa 69:15; Do not let the floodwaters engulf me or the depths swallow me up or the pit close its mouth over me.

Psa 69:16; Answer me, O LORD, out of the goodness of your love; in your great mercy turn to me.

Psa 69:17; Do not hide your face from your servant; answer me quickly, for I am in trouble.

Psa 69:18; Come near and rescue me; redeem me because of my foes.

Psa 69:19; You know how I am scorned, disgraced and shamed; all my enemies are before you.

Psa 69:20; Scorn has broken my heart and has left me helpless; I looked for sympathy, but there was none, for comforters, but I found none.

Psa 69:21; They put gall in my food and gave me vinegar for my thirst.

Psa 69:22; May the table set before them become a snare; may it become retribution and a trap.

Psa 69:23; May their eyes be darkened so they cannot see, and their backs be bent forever.

Psa 69:24; Pour out your wrath on them; let your fierce anger overtake them.

Psa 69:25; May their place be deserted; let there be no one to dwell in their tents.

Psa 69:26; For they persecute those you wound and talk about the pain of those you hurt.

Psa 69:27; Charge them with crime upon crime; do not let them share in your salvation.

Psa 69:28; May they be blotted out of the book of life and not be listed with the righteous.

Psa 69:29; I am in pain and distress59; may your salvation, O God, protect me.

Psa 69:30; I will praise God’s name in song and glorify him with thanksgiving.

Psa 69:31; This will please the LORD more than an ox, more than a bull with its horns and hoofs.

Psa 69:32; The poor will see and be glad— you who seek God, may your hearts live!

Psa 69:33; The LORD hears the needy and does not despise his captive people.

Psa 69:34; Let heaven and earth praise him, the seas and all that move in them,

Psa 69:35; for God will save Zion and rebuild the cities of Judah. Then people will settle there and possess it:

Psa 69:36; the children of his servants will inherit it, and those who love his name will dwell there.

Psalm 70

Psa 70:1; Hasten, O God, to save me; O LORD, come quickly to help me.

Psa 70:2; May those who seek my life be put to shame and confusion; may all who desire my ruin be turned back in disgrace.

Psa 70:3; May those who say to me, “Aha! Aha!” turn back because of their shame.

Psa 70:4; But may all who seek you rejoice and be glad in you; may those who love your salvation always say, “Let God be exalted!”

Psa 70:5; Yet I am poor and needy; come quickly to me, O God. You are my help and my deliverer; O LORD, do not delay.

Psalm 71

Psa 71:1; In you, O LORD, I have taken refuge; let me never be put to shame.

Psa 71:2; Rescue me and deliver me in your righteousness; turn your ear to me and save me.

Psa 71:3; Be my rock of refuge, to which I can always go; give the command to save me, for you are my rock and my fortress.

Psa 71:4; Deliver me, O my God, from the hand of the wicked, from the grasp of evil and cruel men.

Psa 71:5; For you have been my hope, O Sovereign LORD, my confidence since my youth.

Psa 71:6; From birth I have relied on you; you brought me forth from my mother’s womb. I will ever praise you.

Psa 71:7; I have become like a portent to many, but you are my strong refuge.

Psa 71:8; My mouth is filled with your praise, declaring your splendor all day long.

Psa 71:9; Do not cast me away when I am old; do not forsake me when my strength is gone.

Psa 71:10; For my enemies speak against me; those who wait to kill me conspire together.

Psa 71:11; They say, “God has forsaken him; pursue him and seize him, for no one will rescue him.”

Psa 71:12; Be not far from me, O God; come quickly, O my God, to help me.

Psa 71:13; May my accusers perish in shame; may those who want to harm me be covered with scorn and disgrace.

Psa 71:14; But as for me, I will always have hope; I will praise you more and more.

Psa 71:15; My mouth will tell of your righteousness, of your salvation all day long, though I know not its measure.

Psa 71:16; I will come and proclaim your mighty acts, O Sovereign LORD; I will proclaim your righteousness, yours alone.

Psa 71:17; Since my youth, O God, you have taught me, and to this day I declare your marvelous deeds.

Psa 71:18; Even when I am old and gray, do not forsake me, O God, till I declare your power to the next generation, your might to all who are to come.

Psa 71:19; Your righteousness reaches to the skies, O God, you who have done great things. Who, O God, is like you?

Psa 71:20; Though you have made me see troubles, many and bitter, you will restore my life again; from the depths of the earth you will again bring me up.

Psa 71:21; You will increase my honor and comfort me once again.

Psa 71:22; I will praise you with the harp for your faithfulness, O my God; I will sing praise to you with the lyre, O Holy One of Israel.

Psa 71:23; My lips will shout for joy when I sing praise to you— I, whom you have redeemed.

Psa 71:24; My tongue will tell of your righteous acts all day long, for those who wanted to harm me have been put to shame and confusion.

Psalm 72

Psa 72:1; Endow the king with your justice, O God, the royal son with your righteousness.

Psa 72:2; He will judge your people in righteousness, your afflicted ones with justice.

Psa 72:3; The mountains will bring prosperity to the people, the hills the fruit of righteousness.

Psa 72:4; He will defend the afflicted among the people and save the children of the needy; he will crush the oppressor.

Psa 72:5; He will endure as long as the sun, as long as the moon, through all generations.

Psa 72:6; He will be like rain falling on a mown field, like showers watering the earth.

Psa 72:7; In his days the righteous will flourish; prosperity will abound till the moon is no more.

Psa 72:8; He will rule from sea to sea and from the River to the ends of the earth.

Psa 72:9; The desert tribes will bow before him and his enemies will lick the dust.

Psa 72:10; The kings of Tarshish and of distant shores will bring tribute to him; the kings of Sheba and Seba will present him gifts.

Psa 72:11; All kings will bow down to him and all nations will serve him.

Psa 72:12; For he will deliver the needy who cry out, the afflicted who have no one to help.

Psa 72:13; He will take pity on the weak and the needy and save the needy from death.

Psa 72:14; He will rescue them from oppression and violence, for precious is their blood in his sight.

Psa 72:15; Long may he live! May gold from Sheba be given him. May people ever pray for him and bless him all day long.

Psa 72:16; Let grain abound throughout the land; on the tops of the hills may it sway. Let its fruit flourish like Lebanon; let it thrive like the grass of the field.

Psa 72:17; May his name endure forever; may it continue as long as the sun. All nations will be blessed through him, and they will call him blessed.

Psa 72:18; Praise be to the LORD God, the God of Israel, who alone does marvelous deeds.

Psa 72:19; Praise be to his glorious name forever; may the whole earth be filled with his glory. Amen and Amen.

Psa 72:20; This concludes the prayers of David son of Jesse.

Psalm 73

Psa 73:1; Surely God is good to Israel, to those who are pure in heart.

Psa 73:2; But as for me, my feet had almost slipped; I had nearly lost my foothold.

Psa 73:3; For I envied the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

Psa 73:4; They have no struggles; their bodies are healthy and strong.

Psa 73:5; They are free from the burdens common to man; they are not plagued by human ills.

Psa 73:6; Therefore pride is their necklace; they clothe themselves with violence.

Psa 73:7; From their callous hearts comes iniquity; the evil conceits of their minds know no limits.

Psa 73:8; They scoff, and speak with malice; in their arrogance they threaten oppression.

Psa 73:9; Their mouths lay claim to heaven, and their tongues take possession of the earth.

Psa 73:10; Therefore their people turn to them and drink up waters in abundance.

Psa 73:11; They say, “How can God know? Does the Most High have knowledge?”

Psa 73:12; This is what the wicked are like— always carefree, they increase in wealth.

Psa 73:13; Surely in vain have I kept my heart pure; in vain have I washed my hands in innocence.

Psa 73:14; All day long I have been plagued; I have been punished every morning.

Psa 73:15; If I had said, “I will speak thus,” I would have betrayed your children.

Psa 73:16; When I tried to understand all this, it was oppressive to me

Psa 73:17; till I entered the sanctuary of God; then I understood their final destiny.

Psa 73:18; Surely you place them on slippery ground; you cast them down to ruin.

Psa 73:19; How suddenly are they destroyed, completely swept away by terrors!

Psa 73:20; As a dream when one awakes, so when you arise, O Lord, you will despise them as fantasies.

Psa 73:21; When my heart was grieved and my spirit embittered,

Psa 73:22; I was senseless and ignorant; I was a brute beast before you.

Psa 73:23; Yet I am always with you; you hold me by my right hand.

Psa 73:24; You guide me with your counsel, and afterward you will take me into glory.

Psa 73:25; Whom have I in heaven but you? And earth has nothing I desire besides you.

Psa 73:26; My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.

Psa 73:27; Those who are far from you will perish; you destroy all who are unfaithful to you.

Psa 73:28; But as for me, it is good to be near God. I have made the Sovereign LORD my refuge; I will tell of all your deeds.

Psalm 74

Psa 74:1; Why have you rejected us forever, O God? Why does your anger smolder against the sheep of your pasture?

Psa 74:2; Remember the people you purchased of old, the tribe of your inheritance, whom you redeemed— Mount Zion, where you dwelt.

Psa 74:3; Turn your steps toward these everlasting ruins, all this destruction the enemy has brought on the sanctuary.

Psa 74:4; Your foes roared in the place where you met with us; they set up their standards as signs.

Psa 74:5; They behaved like men wielding axes to cut through a thicket of trees.

Psa 74:6; They smashed all the carved paneling with their axes and hatchets.

Psa 74:7; They burned your sanctuary to the ground; they defiled the dwelling place of your Name.

Psa 74:8; They said in their hearts, “We will crush them completely!” They burned every place where God was worshiped in the land.

Psa 74:9; We are given no miraculous signs; no prophets are left, and none of us knows how long this will be.

Psa 74:10; How long will the enemy mock you, O God? Will the foe revile your name forever?

Psa 74:11; Why do you hold back your hand, your right hand? Take it from the folds of your garment and destroy them!

Psa 74:12; But you, O God, are my king from of old; you bring salvation upon the earth.

Psa 74:13; It was you who split open the sea by your power; you broke the heads of the monster in the waters.

Psa 74:14; It was you who crushed the heads of Leviathan and gave him as food to the creatures of the desert.

Psa 74:15; It was you who opened up springs and streams; you dried up the ever flowing rivers.

Psa 74:16; The day is yours, and yours also the night; you established the sun and moon.

Psa 74:17; It was you who set all the boundaries of the earth; you made both summer and winter.

Psa 74:18; Remember how the enemy has mocked you, O LORD, how foolish people have reviled your name.

Psa 74:19; Do not hand over the life of your dove to wild beasts; do not forget the lives of your afflicted people forever.

Psa 74:20; Have regard for your covenant, because haunts of violence fill the dark places of the land.

Psa 74:21; Do not let the oppressed retreat in disgrace; may the poor and needy praise your name.

Psa 74:22; Rise up, O God, and defend your cause; remember how fools mock you all day long.

Psa 74:23; Do not ignore the clamor of your adversaries, the uproar of your enemies, which rises continually.

Psalm 75

Psa 75:1; We give thanks to you, O God, we give thanks, for your Name is near; men tell of your wonderful deeds.

Psa 75:2; You say, “I choose the appointed time; it is I who judge uprightly.

Psa 75:3; When the earth and all its people quake, it is I who hold its pillars firm. Selah

Psa 75:4; To the arrogant I say, ‘Boast no more,’ and to the wicked, ‘Do not lift up your horns.

Psa 75:5; Do not lift your horns against heaven; do not speak with outstretched neck.’”

Psa 75:6; No one from the east or the west or from the desert can exalt a man.

Psa 75:7; But it is God who judges: He brings one down, he exalts another.

Psa 75:8; In the hand of the LORD is a cup full of foaming wine mixed with spices; he pours it out, and all the wicked of the earth drink it down to its very dregs.

Psa 75:9; As for me, I will declare this forever; I will sing praise to the God of Jacob.

Psa 75:10; I will cut off the horns of all the wicked, but the horns of the righteous will be lifted up.

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