Psalm 22 1 My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from saving me, from the words of my groaning? 2 O my God, I cry by day, but you do not answer, and by night, but I find no rest. 3 Yet you are holy, enthroned on the […]

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Psalm 126 (ESV) A Song of Ascents. 1  When the Lord restored the fortunes of Zion, we were like those who dream. 2  Then our mouth was filled with laughter, and our tongue with shouts of joy; then they said among the nations, “The Lord has done great things for them.” 3  The Lord has […]

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Psalm 88 (ESV) 88 A Song. A Psalm of the Sons of Korah. To the choirmaster: according to Mahalath Leannoth. A Maskil of Heman the Ezrahite. 1  O Lord, God of my salvation, I cry out day and night before you. 2  Let my prayer come before you; incline your ear to my cry! 3  For […]

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Psalm 69 (ESV) 69 To the choirmaster: according to Lilies. Of David. 1  Save me, O God! For the waters have come up to my neck. 2  I sink in deep mire, where there is no foothold; I have come into deep waters, and the flood sweeps over me. 3  I am weary with my crying […]

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Psalm 44 (ESV) 44 To the choirmaster. A Maskil of the Sons of Korah. 1  O God, we have heard with our ears, our fathers have told us, what deeds you performed in their days, in the days of old: 2  you with your own hand drove out the nations, but them you planted; you afflicted […]

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Psalm 91 1 He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty. 2 I will say to the LORD, “My refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.” 3 For he will deliver you from the snare of the fowler and from the deadly […]

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Psalm 42–43 (ESV) 42 To the choirmaster. A Maskil of the Sons of Korah. 1  As a deer pants for flowing streams, so pants my soul for you, O God. 2  My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and appear before God? 3  My tears have been my food day […]

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Psalm 39 (ESV) 39 To the choirmaster: to Jeduthun. A Psalm of David. 1  I said, “I will guard my ways, that I may not sin with my tongue; I will guard my mouth with a muzzle, so long as the wicked are in my presence.” 2  I was mute and silent; I held my peace […]

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Psalm 51 (ESV) 51 To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet went to him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba. 1  Have mercy on me, O God, according to your steadfast love; according to your abundant mercy blot out my transgressions. 2  Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me […]

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Psalm 32 (ESV) 32 A Maskil of David. 1  Blessed is the one whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. 2  Blessed is the man against whom the Lord counts no iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no deceit. 3  For when I kept silent, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day […]

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