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¹For the choir director: according to “The Deer of the Dawn.” A psalm of David. [1] My God, my God, why have you abandoned me? Why are you so far from my deliverance and from my words of groaning?

²My God, I cry by day, but you do not answer, by night, yet I have no rest.

³But you are holy, enthroned on the praises of Israel.

⁴Our fathers trusted in you; they trusted, and you rescued them.

⁵They cried to you and were set free; they trusted in you and were not disgraced.

⁶But I am a worm and not a man, scorned by mankind and despised by people.

⁷Everyone who sees me mocks me; they sneer and shake their heads:

⁸“He relies on the LORD; let him save him; let the LORD rescue him, since he takes pleasure in him.”

⁹It was you who brought me out of the womb, making me secure at my mother’s breast.

¹⁰I was given over to you at birth; you have been my God from my mother’s womb.

¹¹Don’t be far from me, because distress is near and there’s no one to help.

¹²Many bulls surround me; strong ones of Bashan encircle me.

¹³They open their mouths against me — lions, mauling and roaring.

¹⁴I am poured out like water, and all my bones are disjointed; my heart is like wax, melting within me.

¹⁵My strength is dried up like baked clay; my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth. You put me into the dust of death.

¹⁶For dogs have surrounded me; a gang of evildoers has closed in on me; they pierced my hands and my feet.

¹⁷I can count all my bones; people look and stare at me.

¹⁸They divided my garments among themselves, and they cast lots for my clothing.

¹⁹But you, LORD, don’t be far away. My strength, come quickly to help me.

²⁰Rescue my life from the sword, my only life from the power of these dogs.

²¹Save me from the lion’s mouth, from the horns of wild oxen. You answered me!

²²I will proclaim your name to my brothers and sisters; I will praise you in the assembly.

²³You who fear the LORD, praise him! All you descendants of Jacob, honor him! All you descendants of Israel, revere him!

²⁴For he has not despised or abhorred the torment of the oppressed. He did not hide his face from him but listened when he cried to him for help.

²⁵I will give praise in the great assembly because of you; I will fulfill my vows before those who fear you.

²⁶The humble will eat and be satisfied; those who seek the LORD will praise him. May your hearts live forever!

²⁷All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the LORD. All the families of the nations will bow down before you,

²⁸for kingship belongs to the LORD; he rules the nations.

²⁹All who prosper on earth will eat and bow down; all those who go down to the dust will kneel before him — even the one who cannot preserve his life.

³⁰Their descendants will serve him; the next generation will be told about the Lord.

³¹They will come and declare his righteousness; to a people yet to be born they will declare what he has done.

¹A psalm of David. [1] The LORD is my shepherd; I have what I need.

²He lets me lie down in green pastures; he leads me beside quiet waters.

³He renews my life; he leads me along the right paths for his name’s sake.

⁴Even when I go through the darkest valley, I fear no danger, for you are with me; your rod and your staff — they comfort me.

⁵You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; you anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.

⁶Only goodness and faithful love will pursue me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the LORD as long as I live.

¹A psalm of David. [1] The earth and everything in it, the world and its inhabitants, belong to the LORD;

²for he laid its foundation on the seas and established it on the rivers.

³Who may ascend the mountain of the LORD? Who may stand in his holy place?

⁴The one who has clean hands and a pure heart, who has not appealed to what is false, and who has not sworn deceitfully.

⁵He will receive blessing from the LORD, and righteousness from the God of his salvation.

⁶Such is the generation of those who inquire of him, who seek the face of the God of Jacob. Selah

⁷Lift up your heads, you gates! Rise up, ancient doors! Then the King of glory will come in.

⁸Who is this King of glory? The LORD, strong and mighty, the LORD, mighty in battle.

⁹Lift up your heads, you gates! Rise up, ancient doors! Then the King of glory will come in.

¹⁰Who is he, this King of glory? The LORD of Armies, he is the King of glory. Selah

¹Of David. [1] LORD, I appeal to you.

²My God, I trust in you. Do not let me be disgraced; do not let my enemies gloat over me.

³No one who waits for you will be disgraced; those who act treacherously without cause will be disgraced.

⁴Make your ways known to me, LORD; teach me your paths.

⁵Guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are the God of my salvation; I wait for you all day long.

⁶Remember, LORD, your compassion and your faithful love, for they have existed from antiquity.

⁷Do 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.

⁸The LORD is good and upright; therefore he shows sinners the way.

⁹He leads the humble in what is right and teaches them his way.

¹⁰All the LORD’s ways show faithful love and truth to those who keep his covenant and decrees.

¹¹LORD, for the sake of your name, forgive my iniquity, for it is immense.

¹²Who is this person who fears the LORD? He will show him the way he should choose.

¹³He will live a good life, and his descendants will inherit the land.

¹⁴The secret counsel of the LORD is for those who fear him, and he reveals his covenant to them.

¹⁵My eyes are always on the LORD, for he will pull my feet out of the net.

¹⁶Turn to me and be gracious to me, for I am alone and afflicted.

¹⁷The distresses of my heart increase; bring me out of my sufferings.

¹⁸Consider my affliction and trouble, and forgive all my sins.

¹⁹Consider my enemies; they are numerous, and they hate me violently.

²⁰Guard me and rescue me; do not let me be put to shame, for I take refuge in you.

²¹May integrity and what is right watch over me, for I wait for you.

²²God, redeem Israel, from all its distresses.

¹Of David. [1] Vindicate me, LORD, because I have lived with integrity and have trusted in the LORD without wavering.

²Test me, LORD, and try me; examine my heart and mind.

³For your faithful love guides me, and I live by your truth.

⁴I do not sit with the worthless or associate with hypocrites.

⁵I hate a crowd of evildoers, and I do not sit with the wicked.

⁶I wash my hands in innocence and go around your altar, LORD,

⁷raising my voice in thanksgiving and telling about your wondrous works.

⁸LORD, I love the house where you dwell, the place where your glory resides.

⁹Do not destroy me along with sinners, or my life along with men of bloodshed

¹⁰in whose hands are evil schemes and whose right hands are filled with bribes.

¹¹But I live with integrity; redeem me and be gracious to me.

¹²My foot stands on level ground; I will bless the LORD in the assemblies.

¹Of David. [1] The LORD is my light and my salvation — whom should I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life — whom should I dread?

²When evildoers came against me to devour my flesh, my foes and my enemies stumbled and fell.

³Though an army deploys against me, my heart will not be afraid; though a war breaks out against me, I will still be confident.

⁴I have asked one thing from the LORD; it is what I desire: to dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, gazing on the beauty of the LORD and seeking him in his temple.

⁵For 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.

⁶Then 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 the LORD.

⁷LORD, hear my voice when I call; be gracious to me and answer me.

⁸My heart says this about you: “Seek his face.” LORD, I will seek your face.

⁹Do 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.

¹⁰Even if my father and mother abandon me, the LORD cares for me.

¹¹Because of my adversaries, show me your way, LORD, and lead me on a level path.

¹²Do not give me over to the will of my foes, for false witnesses rise up against me, breathing violence.

¹³I am certain that I will see the LORD’s goodness in the land of the living.

¹⁴Wait for the LORD; be strong, and let your heart be courageous. Wait for the LORD.