For the music director; a psalm of David.O Lord, rescue me from wicked men!Protect me from violent men,who plan ways to harm me.All day long they stir up conflict.Their tongues wound like a serpent;a viper’s venom is behind their lips. (Selah)O Lord, shelter me from the power of the wicked!Protect me from violent men,who plan […]

For the music director, a psalm of David.O Lord, you examine me and know.You know when I sit down and when I get up;even from far away you understand my motives.You carefully observe me when I travel or when I lie down to rest;you are aware of everything I do.Certainly my tongue does not frame […]

By David.I will give you thanks with all my heart;before the heavenly assembly I will sing praises to you.I will bow down toward your holy temple,and give thanks to your name,because of your loyal love and faithfulness,for you have exalted your promise above the entire sky.When I cried out for help, you answered me.You made […]

By the rivers of Babylonwe sit down and weepwhen we remember Zion.On the poplars in her midstwe hang our harps,for there our captors ask us to compose songs;those who mock us demand that we be happy, saying:“Sing for us a song about Zion!”How can we sing a song to the Lordin a foreign land?If I […]

Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good,for his loyal love endures.Give thanks to the God of gods,for his loyal love endures.Give thanks to the Lord of lords,for his loyal love endures,to the one who performs magnificent, amazing deeds all by himself,for his loyal love endures,to the one who used wisdom to make the […]

Praise the Lord!Praise the name of the Lord!Offer praise, you servants of the Lord,who serve in the Lord’s temple,in the courts of the temple of our God.Praise the Lord, for the Lord is good!Sing praises to his name, for it is pleasant!Indeed, the Lord has chosen Jacob for himself,Israel to be his special possession.Yes, I […]

A song of ascents.Attention! Praise the Lord,all you servants of the Lord,who serve in the Lord’s temple during the night.Lift your hands toward the sanctuaryand praise the Lord!May the Lord, the Creator of heaven and earth,bless you from Zion!

A song of ascents, by David.Look! How good and how pleasant it iswhen brothers live together!It is like fine oil poured on the headwhich flows down the beard –Aaron’s beard,and then flows down his garments.It is like the dew of Hermon,which flows down upon the hills of Zion.Indeed that is where the Lord has decreeda […]

A song of ascents.O Lord, for David’s sake rememberall his strenuous effort,and how he made a vow to the Lord,and swore an oath to the powerful ruler of Jacob.He said, “I will not enter my own home,or get into my bed.I will not allow my eyes to sleep,or my eyelids to slumber,until I find a […]

A song of ascents, by David.O Lord, my heart is not proud,nor do I have a haughty look.I do not have great aspirations,or concern myself with things that are beyond me.Indeed I am composed and quiet,like a young child carried by its mother;I am content like the young child I carry.O Israel, hope in the […]