“But I have trusted in your steadfast love; my heart shall rejoice in Your salvation. I will sing to the LORD, because He has dealt bountifully with me.”

“‘Because the poor are plundered, because the needy groan, I will now arise,’ says the LORD; ‘I will place him in the safety for which he longs.’ The words of the LORD are pure words, like silver refined in a furnace on the ground, purified seven times. (The number seven indicates perfection/completeness/wholeness.)

The LORD - a Refuge and Defense. “In the LORD I take refuge!” “For the LORD is righteous. He loves righteousness. The upright will behold His face.”

A Prayer for the Overthrow of the Wicked! “Arise, O LORD; O God, lift up Your hand. Do not forget the afflicted....... You have been the helper of the orphan....... The LORD is King forever and ever..........”

“The LORD also will be a stronghold for the oppressed; a stronghold in times of trouble.” “In the work of His own hands, the wicked is snared.” “For the needy will not always be forgotten, nor the hope of the afflicted perish forever.” At the end of the reading, I expound on Higgaion Selah.

“O LORD, our LORD, how majestic is Your name in all the earth!”

“O LORD my God, in You do I take refuge; save me from all my pursuers and deliver me.”

“Be gracious to me, O LORD, for I am languishing; heal me, O LORD, for my bones are troubled. My soul is also greatly troubled.” (The soul is your mind, your will, and your emotions.) “Turn, O LORD, deliver my life; save me for the sake of Your steadfast love!”

Psalm 5 read out of ESV

Psalm 4 read out of ESV. Selah means “pause and think about that.”