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¹Of David. [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.

²Listen to the sound of my pleading when I cry to you for help, when I lift up my hands toward your holy sanctuary.

³Do not drag me away with the wicked, with the evildoers, who speak in friendly ways with their neighbors while malice is in their hearts.

⁴Repay 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.

⁵Because they do not consider what the LORD has done or the work of his hands, he will tear them down and not rebuild them.

⁶Blessed be the LORD, for he has heard the sound of my pleading.

⁷The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in him, and I am helped. Therefore my heart celebrates, and I give thanks to him with my song.

⁸The LORD is the strength of his people; he is a stronghold of salvation for his anointed.

⁹Save your people, bless your possession, shepherd them, and carry them forever.

¹A psalm of David. [1] Ascribe to the LORD, you heavenly beings, ascribe to the LORD glory and strength.

²Ascribe to the LORD the glory due his name; worship the LORD in the splendor of his holiness.

³The voice of the LORD is above the waters. The God of glory thunders — the LORD, above the vast water,

⁴the voice of the LORD in power, the voice of the LORD in splendor.

⁵The voice of the LORD breaks the cedars; the LORD shatters the cedars of Lebanon.

⁶He makes Lebanon skip like a calf, and Sirion, like a young wild ox.

⁷The voice of the LORD flashes flames of fire.

⁸The voice of the LORD shakes the wilderness; the LORD shakes the wilderness of Kadesh.

⁹The voice of the LORD makes the deer give birth and strips the woodlands bare. In his temple all cry, “Glory!”

¹⁰The LORD sits enthroned over the flood; the LORD sits enthroned, King forever.

¹¹The LORD gives his people strength; the LORD blesses his people with peace.

¹A psalm; a dedication song for the house. Of David. [1] I will exalt you, LORD, because you have lifted me up and have not allowed my enemies to triumph over me.

²LORD my God, I cried to you for help, and you healed me.

³LORD, you brought me up from Sheol; you spared me from among those going down to the Pit.

⁴Sing to the LORD, you his faithful ones, and praise his holy name.

⁵For his anger lasts only a moment, but his favor, a lifetime. Weeping may stay overnight, but there is joy in the morning.

⁶When I was secure, I said, “I will never be shaken.”

⁷LORD, when you showed your favor, you made me stand like a strong mountain; when you hid your face, I was terrified.

⁸LORD, 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?

¹⁰LORD, listen and be gracious to me; LORD, be my helper.”

¹¹You turned my lament into dancing; you removed my sackcloth and clothed me with gladness,

¹²so that I can sing to you and not be silent. LORD my God, I will praise you forever.

¹For the choir director. A psalm of David. [1] LORD, I seek refuge in you; let me never be disgraced. Save me by your righteousness.

²Listen closely to me; rescue me quickly. Be a rock of refuge for me, a mountain fortress to save me.

³For you are my rock and my fortress; you lead and guide me for your name’s sake.

⁴You will free me from the net that is secretly set for me, for you are my refuge.

⁵Into your hand I entrust my spirit; you have redeemed me, LORD, God of truth.

⁶I hate those who are devoted to worthless idols, but I trust in the LORD.

⁷I will rejoice and be glad in your faithful love because you have seen my affliction. You know the troubles of my soul

⁸and have not handed me over to the enemy. You have set my feet in a spacious place.

⁹Be gracious to me, LORD, because I am in distress; my eyes are worn out from frustration — my whole being as well.

¹⁰Indeed, my life is consumed with grief and my years with groaning; my strength has failed because of my iniquity, and my bones waste away.

¹¹I 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.

¹²I am forgotten: gone from memory like a dead person — like broken pottery.

¹³I have heard the gossip of many; terror is on every side. When they conspired against me, they plotted to take my life.

¹⁴But I trust in you, LORD; I say, “You are my God.”

¹⁵The course of my life is in your power; rescue me from the power of my enemies and from my persecutors.

¹⁶Make your face shine on your servant; save me by your faithful love.

¹⁷LORD, do not let me be disgraced when I call on you. Let the wicked be disgraced; let them be quiet in Sheol.

¹⁸Let lying lips that arrogantly speak against the righteous in proud contempt be silenced.

¹⁹How 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.

²⁰You hide them in the protection of your presence; you conceal them in a shelter from human schemes, from quarrelsome tongues.

²¹Blessed be the LORD, for he has wondrously shown his faithful love to me in a city under siege.

²²In my alarm I said, “I am cut off from your sight.” But you heard the sound of my pleading when I cried to you for help.

²³Love the LORD, all his faithful ones. The LORD protects the loyal, but fully repays the arrogant.

²⁴Be strong, and let your heart be courageous, all you who put your hope in the LORD.

¹Of David. A . [1] How joyful is the one whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered!

²How joyful is a person whom the LORD does not charge with iniquity and in whose spirit is no deceit!

³When I kept silent, my bones became brittle from my groaning all day long.

⁴For day and night your hand was heavy on me; my strength was drained as in the summer’s heat. Selah

⁵Then I acknowledged my sin to you and did not conceal my iniquity. I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the LORD,” and you forgave the guilt of my sin. Selah

⁶Therefore let everyone who is faithful pray to you immediately. When great floodwaters come, they will not reach him.

⁷You are my hiding place; you protect me from trouble. You surround me with joyful shouts of deliverance. Selah

⁸I will instruct you and show you the way to go; with my eye on you, I will give counsel.

⁹Do 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.

¹⁰Many pains come to the wicked, but the one who trusts in the LORD will have faithful love surrounding him.

¹¹Be glad in the LORD and rejoice, you righteous ones; shout for joy, all you upright in heart.

¹Rejoice in the LORD, you righteous ones; praise from the upright is beautiful.

²Praise the LORD with the lyre; make music to him with a ten-stringed harp.

³Sing a new song to him; play skillfully on the strings, with a joyful shout.

⁴For the word of the LORD is right, and all his work is trustworthy.

⁵He loves righteousness and justice; the earth is full of the LORD’s unfailing love.

⁶The heavens were made by the word of the LORD, and all the stars, by the breath of his mouth.

⁷He gathers the water of the sea into a heap; he puts the depths into storehouses.

⁸Let the whole earth fear the LORD; let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him.

⁹For he spoke, and it came into being; he commanded, and it came into existence.

¹⁰The LORD frustrates the counsel of the nations; he thwarts the plans of the peoples.

¹¹The counsel of the LORD stands forever, the plans of his heart from generation to generation.

¹²Happy is the nation whose God is the LORD  — the people he has chosen to be his own possession!

¹³The LORD looks down from heaven; he observes everyone.

¹⁴He gazes on all the inhabitants of the earth from his dwelling place.

¹⁵He forms the hearts of them all; he considers all their works.

¹⁶A king is not saved by a large army; a warrior will not be rescued by great strength.

¹⁷The horse is a false hope for safety; it provides no escape by its great power.

¹⁸But look, the LORD keeps his eye on those who fear him — those who depend on his faithful love

¹⁹to rescue them from death and to keep them alive in famine.

²⁰We wait for the LORD; he is our help and shield.

²¹For our hearts rejoice in him because we trust in his holy name.

²²May your faithful love rest on us, LORD, for we put our hope in you.