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The Good Shepherd

A Davidic psalm.

1 TheLordis my shepherd;

there is nothing I lack.

2 He lets me lie down in green pastures;

He leads me beside quiet waters.

3 He renews my life;

He leads me along the right paths

for His name’s sake.

4 Even when I go through the darkest valley,

I fear no danger,

for You are with me;

Your rod and Your staff— they comfort me.

5 You prepare a table before me

in the presence of my enemies;

You anoint my head with oil;

my cup overflows.

6 Only goodness and faithful love will pursue me

all the days of my life,

and I will dwell inthe house of theLord

as long as I live.

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The King of Glory

A Davidic psalm.

1 The earth and everything in it,

the world and its inhabitants,

belong to theLord;

2 for He laid its foundation on the seas

and established it on the rivers.

3 Who may ascend the mountain of theLord?

Who may stand in His holy place?

4 The one who has clean hands and a pure heart,

who has not set his mindon what is false,

and who has not sworn deceitfully.

5 He will receive blessing from theLord,

and righteousness from the God of his salvation.

6 Such is the generation of those who seek Him,

who seek the face of the God of Jacob.Selah

7 Lift up your heads, you gates!

Rise up, ancient doors!

Then the King of glory will come in.

8 Who is this King of glory?

TheLord, strong and mighty,

theLord, mighty in battle.

9 Lift up your heads, you gates!

Rise up, ancient doors!

Then the King of glory will come in.

10 Who is He, this King of glory?

TheLordof Hosts,

He is the King of glory.Selah

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Dependence on the Lord

Davidic.

1 Lord,I turn to You.

2 My God, I trust in You.

Do not let me be disgraced;

do not let my enemies gloat over me.

3 No one who waits for You

will be disgraced;

those who act treacherously without cause

will be disgraced.

4 Make Your ways known to me,Lord;

teach me Your paths.

5 Guide me in Your truth and teach me,

for You are the God of my salvation;

I wait for You all day long.

6 Remember,Lord, Your compassion

and Your faithful love,

for they have existed from antiquity.

7 Do not remember the sins of my youth

or my acts of rebellion;

in keeping with Your faithful love, remember me

because of Your goodness,Lord.

8 TheLordis good and upright;

therefore He shows sinners the way.

9 He leads the humble in what is right

and teaches them His way.

10 All theLord’s ways show faithful love and truth

to those who keep His covenant and decrees.

11 Because of Your name, Yahweh,

forgive my sin, for it is great.

12 Who is the man who fears theLord?

He will show him the way he should choose.

13 He will live a good life,

and his descendants will inherit the land.

14 The secret counsel of theLord

is for those who fear Him,

and He reveals His covenant to them.

15 My eyes are always on theLord,

for He will pull my feet out of the net.

16 Turn to me and be gracious to me,

for I am alone and afflicted.

17 The distresses of my heart increase;

bring me out of my sufferings.

18 Consider my affliction and trouble,

and take away all my sins.

19 Consider my enemies; they are numerous,

and they hate me violently.

20 Guard me and deliver me;

do not let me be put to shame,

for I take refuge in You.

21 May integrity and what is right

watch over me,

for I wait for You.

22 God, redeem Israel, from all its distresses.

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Prayer for Vindication

Davidic.

1 Vindicate me,Lord,

because I have lived with integrity

and have trusted in theLordwithout wavering.

2 Test me,Lord, and try me;

examine my heart and mind.

3 For Your faithful love is before my eyes,

and I live by Your truth.

4 I do not sit with the worthless

or associate with hypocrites.

5 I hate a crowd of evildoers,

and I do not sit with the wicked.

6 I wash my handsin innocence

and go around Your altar,Lord,

7 raising my voice in thanksgiving

and telling about Your wonderful works.

8 Lord, I love the house where You dwell,

the place where Your glory resides.

9 Do not destroy me along with sinners,

or my life along with men of bloodshed

10 in whose hands are evil schemes

and whose right hands are filled with bribes.

11 But I live with integrity;

redeem me and be gracious to me.

12 My foot stands on level ground;

I will praise theLordin the assemblies.

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My Stronghold

Davidic.

1 TheLordis my light and my salvation —

whom should I fear?

TheLordis the stronghold of my life —

of whom should I be afraid?

2 When evildoers came against me to devour my flesh,

my foes and my enemies stumbled and fell.

3 Though an army deploys against me,

my heart is not afraid;

though a war breaks out against me,

still I am confident.

4 I have asked one thing from theLord;

it is what I desire:

to dwell in the house of theLord

all the days of my life,

gazing on the beauty of theLord

and seeking Him in His temple.

5 For He will conceal me in His shelter

in the day of adversity;

He will hide me under the cover of His tent;

He will set me high on a rock.

6 Then my head will be high

above my enemies around me;

I will offer sacrifices in His tent with shouts of joy.

I will sing and make music to theLord.

7 Lord, hear my voice when I call;

be gracious to me and answer me.

8 My heart says this about You,

“Youare to seek My face.”

Lord, I will seek Your face.

9 Do not hide Your face from me;

do not turn Your servant away in anger.

You have been my helper;

do not leave me or abandon me,

God of my salvation.

10 Even if my father and mother abandon me,

theLordcares for me.

11 Because of my adversaries,

show me Your way,Lord,

and lead me on a level path.

12 Do not give me over to the will of my foes,

for false witnesses rise up against me,

breathing violence.

13 I am certain that I will see theLord’s goodness

in the land of the living.

14 Wait for theLord;

be strongand courageous.

Wait for theLord.

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My Strength

Davidic.

1 Lord, I call to You;

my rock, do not be deaf to me.

If You remain silent to me,

I will be like those going down to the Pit.

2 Listen to the sound of my pleading

when I cry to You for help,

when I lift up my hands

toward Your holy sanctuary.

3 Do not drag me away with the wicked,

with the evildoers,

who speak in friendly ways with their neighbors

while malice is in their hearts.

4 Repay them according to what they have done —

according to the evil of their deeds.

Repay them according to the work of their hands;

give them back what they deserve.

5 Because they do not consider

what theLordhas done

or the work of His hands,

He will tear them down and not rebuild them.

6 May theLordbe praised,

for He has heard the sound of my pleading.

7 TheLordis my strength and my shield;

my heart trusts in Him, and I am helped.

Therefore my heart rejoices,

and I praise Him with my song.

8 TheLordis the strength of His people;

He is a stronghold of salvation for His anointed.

9 Save Your people, bless Your possession,

shepherd them, and carry them forever.

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The Voice of the Lord

A Davidic psalm.

1 Ascribe to Yahweh, you heavenly beings,

ascribe to theLordglory and strength.

2 Ascribe to Yahweh the glory due His name;

worship Yahweh

in the splendor of His holiness.

3 The voice of theLordis above the waters.

The God of glory thunders —

theLord, above vast waters,

4 the voice of theLordin power,

the voice of theLordin splendor.

5 The voice of theLordbreaks the cedars;

theLordshatters the cedars of Lebanon.

6 He makes Lebanon skip like a calf,

and Sirion,like a young wild ox.

7 The voice of theLordflashes flames of fire.

8 The voice of theLordshakes the wilderness;

theLordshakes the wilderness of Kadesh.

9 The voice of theLordmakes the deer give birth

and strips the woodlands bare.

In His temple all cry, “Glory! ”

10 TheLordsat enthroned at the flood;

theLordsits enthroned, King forever.

11 TheLordgives His people strength;

theLordblesses His people with peace.

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Joy in the Morning

A psalm; a dedication song for the house. Davidic.

1 I will exalt You,Lord,

because You have lifted me up

and have not allowed my enemies

to triumph over me.

2 Lordmy God,

I cried to You for help, and You healed me.

3 Lord, You brought me up from Sheol;

You spared me from among those

going downto the Pit.

4 Sing to Yahweh, you His faithful ones,

and praise His holy name.

5 For His anger lasts only a moment,

but His favor, a lifetime.

Weeping may spend the night,

but there is joy in the morning.

6 When I was secure, I said,

“I will never be shaken.”

7 Lord, when You showed Your favor,

You made me stand like a strong mountain;

when You hid Your face, I was terrified.

8 Lord, I called to You;

I sought favor from my Lord:

9 “What gain is there in my death,

if I go down to the Pit?

Will the dust praise You?

Will it proclaim Your truth?

10 Lord, listen and be gracious to me;

Lord, be my helper.”

11 You turned my lament into dancing;

You removed my sackcloth

and clothed me with gladness,

12 so that I can sing to You and not be silent.

Lordmy God, I will praise You forever.

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A Plea for Protection

For the choir director. A Davidic psalm.

1 Lord, I seek refuge in You;

let me never be disgraced.

Save me by Your righteousness.

2 Listen closely to me; rescue me quickly.

Be a rock of refuge for me,

a mountain fortress to save me.

3 For You are my rock and my fortress;

You lead and guide me

because of Your name.

4 You will free me from the net

that is secretly set for me,

for You are my refuge.

5 Into Your hand I entrust my spirit;

You redeemme,Lord, God of truth.

6 Ihate those who are devoted to worthless idols,

but I trust in theLord.

7 I will rejoice and be glad in Your faithful love

because You have seen my affliction.

You have known the troubles of my life

8 and have not handed me over to the enemy.

You have set my feet in a spacious place.

9 Be gracious to me,Lord,

because I am in distress;

my eyes are worn out from angry sorrow —

my whole beingas well.

10 Indeed, my life is consumed with grief

and my years with groaning;

my strength has failed

because of my sinfulness,

and my bones waste away.

11 I am ridiculed by all my adversaries

and even by my neighbors.

I am dreaded by my acquaintances;

those who see me in the street run from me.

12 I am forgotten: gone from memory

like a dead person — like broken pottery.

13 I have heard the gossip of many;

terror is on every side.

When they conspired against me,

they plotted to take my life.

14 But I trust in You,Lord;

I say, “You are my God.”

15 The course of my life is in Your power;

deliver me from the power of my enemies

and from my persecutors.

16 Show Your favor to Your servant;

save me by Your faithful love.

17 Lord, do not let me be disgraced when I call on You.

Let the wicked be disgraced;

let them be silentin Sheol.

18 Let lying lips be quieted;

they speak arrogantly against the righteous

with pride and contempt.

19 How great is Your goodness

that You have stored up for those who fear You

and accomplished in the sight of everyone

for those who take refuge in You.

20 You hide them in the protection of Your presence;

You conceal them in a shelter

from the schemes of men,

from quarrelsome tongues.

21 May theLordbe praised,

for He has wonderfully shown His faithful love to me

in a city under siege.

22 In my alarm I had said,

“I am cut off from Your sight.”

But You heard the sound of my pleading

when I cried to You for help.

23 Love theLord, all His faithful ones.

TheLordprotects the loyal,

but fully repays the arrogant.

24 Be strongand courageous,

all you who put your hope in theLord.

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The Joy of Forgiveness

Davidic. A Maskil.

1 How joyful is the one

whose transgression is forgiven,

whose sin is covered!

2 How joyful is the man

theLorddoes not charge with sin

and in whose spirit is no deceit!

3 When I kept silent, my bones became brittle

from my groaning all day long.

4 For day and night Your hand was heavy on me;

my strength was drained

as in the summer’s heat.Selah

5 Then I acknowledged my sin to You

and did not conceal my iniquity.

I said,

“I will confess my transgressions to theLord,”

and You took away the guilt of my sin.Selah

6 Therefore let everyone who is faithful pray to You

at a time that You may be found.

When great floodwaters come,

they will not reach him.

7 You are my hiding place;

You protect me from trouble.

You surround me with joyful shouts of deliverance.Selah

8 I will instruct you and show you the way to go;

with My eye on you, I will give counsel.

9 Do not be like a horse or mule,

without understanding,

that must be controlled with bit and bridle

or else it will not come near you.

10 Many pains come to the wicked,

but the one who trusts in theLord

will have faithful love surrounding him.

11 Be glad in theLordand rejoice,

you righteous ones;

shout for joy,

all you upright in heart.

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