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¹For the director of music. For Jeduthun. A psalm of David. Truly my soul finds rest in God; my salvation comes from him.

²Truly he is my rock and my salvation; he is my fortress, I will never be shaken.

³How long will you assault me? Would all of you throw me down— this leaning wall, this tottering fence?

⁴Surely they intend to topple me from my lofty place; they take delight in lies. With their mouths they bless, but in their hearts they curse.

⁵Yes, my soul, find rest in God; my hope comes from him.

⁶Truly he is my rock and my salvation; he is my fortress, I will not be shaken.

⁷My salvation and my honor depend on God; he is my mighty rock, my refuge.

⁸Trust in him at all times, you people; pour out your hearts to him, for God is our refuge.

⁹Surely the lowborn are but a breath, the highborn are but a lie. If weighed on a balance, they are nothing; together they are only a breath.

¹⁰Do not trust in extortion or put vain hope in stolen goods; though your riches increase, do not set your heart on them.

¹¹One thing God has spoken, two things I have heard: “Power belongs to you, God,

¹²and with you, Lord, is unfailing love”; and, “You reward everyone according to what they have done.”

¹A psalm of David. When he was in the Desert of Judah. You, God, are my God, earnestly I seek you; I thirst for you, my whole being longs for you, in a dry and parched land where there is no water.

²I have seen you in the sanctuary and beheld your power and your glory.

³Because your love is better than life, my lips will glorify you.

⁴I will praise you as long as I live, and in your name I will lift up my hands.

⁵I will be fully satisfied as with the richest of foods; with singing lips my mouth will praise you.

⁶On my bed I remember you; I think of you through the watches of the night.

⁷Because you are my help, I sing in the shadow of your wings.

⁸I cling to you; your right hand upholds me.

⁹Those who want to kill me will be destroyed; they will go down to the depths of the earth.

¹⁰They will be given over to the sword and become food for jackals.

¹¹But the king will rejoice in God; all who swear by God will glory in him, while the mouths of liars will be silenced.

¹For the director of music. A psalm of David. Hear me, my God, as I voice my complaint; protect my life from the threat of the enemy.

²Hide me from the conspiracy of the wicked, from the plots of evildoers.

³They sharpen their tongues like swords and aim cruel words like deadly arrows.

⁴They shoot from ambush at the innocent; they shoot suddenly, without fear.

⁵They encourage each other in evil plans, they talk about hiding their snares; they say, “Who will see it?”

⁶They plot injustice and say, “We have devised a perfect plan!” Surely the human mind and heart are cunning.

⁷But God will shoot them with his arrows; they will suddenly be struck down.

⁸He will turn their own tongues against them and bring them to ruin; all who see them will shake their heads in scorn.

⁹All people will fear; they will proclaim the works of God and ponder what he has done.

¹⁰The righteous will rejoice in the LORD and take refuge in him; all the upright in heart will glory in him!

¹For the director of music. A psalm of David. A song. Praise awaits you, our God, in Zion; to you our vows will be fulfilled.

²You who answer prayer, to you all people will come.

³When we were overwhelmed by sins, you forgave our transgressions.

⁴Blessed are those you choose and bring near to live in your courts! We are filled with the good things of your house, of your holy temple.

⁵You answer us with awesome and righteous deeds, God our Savior, the hope of all the ends of the earth and of the farthest seas,

⁶who formed the mountains by your power, having armed yourself with strength,

⁷who stilled the roaring of the seas, the roaring of their waves, and the turmoil of the nations.

⁸The whole earth is filled with awe at your wonders; where morning dawns, where evening fades, you call forth songs of joy.

⁹You care for the land and water it; you enrich it abundantly. The streams of God are filled with water to provide the people with grain, for so you have ordained it.

¹⁰You drench its furrows and level its ridges; you soften it with showers and bless its crops.

¹¹You crown the year with your bounty, and your carts overflow with abundance.

¹²The grasslands of the wilderness overflow; the hills are clothed with gladness.

¹³The meadows are covered with flocks and the valleys are mantled with grain; they shout for joy and sing.

¹For the director of music. A song. A psalm. Shout for joy to God, all the earth!

²Sing the glory of his name; make his praise glorious.

³Say to God, “How awesome are your deeds! So great is your power that your enemies cringe before you.

⁴All the earth bows down to you; they sing praise to you, they sing the praises of your name.”

⁵Come and see what God has done, his awesome deeds for mankind!

⁶He turned the sea into dry land, they passed through the waters on foot— come, let us rejoice in him.

⁷He rules forever by his power, his eyes watch the nations— let not the rebellious rise up against him.

⁸Praise our God, all peoples, let the sound of his praise be heard;

⁹he has preserved our lives and kept our feet from slipping.

¹⁰For you, God, tested us; you refined us like silver.

¹¹You brought us into prison and laid burdens on our backs.

¹²You let people ride over our heads; we went through fire and water, but you brought us to a place of abundance.

¹³I will come to your temple with burnt offerings and fulfill my vows to you—

¹⁴vows my lips promised and my mouth spoke when I was in trouble.

¹⁵I will sacrifice fat animals to you and an offering of rams; I will offer bulls and goats.

¹⁶Come and hear, all you who fear God; let me tell you what he has done for me.

¹⁷I cried out to him with my mouth; his praise was on my tongue.

¹⁸If I had cherished sin in my heart, the Lord would not have listened;

¹⁹but God has surely listened and has heard my prayer.

²⁰Praise be to God, who has not rejected my prayer or withheld his love from me!

¹For the director of music. With stringed instruments. A psalm. A song. May God be gracious to us and bless us and make his face shine on us—

²so that your ways may be known on earth, your salvation among all nations.

³May the peoples praise you, God; may all the peoples praise you.

⁴May the nations be glad and sing for joy, for you rule the peoples with equity and guide the nations of the earth.

⁵May the peoples praise you, God; may all the peoples praise you.

⁶The land yields its harvest; God, our God, blesses us.

⁷May God bless us still, so that all the ends of the earth will fear him.

¹For the director of music. Of David. A psalm. A song. May God arise, may his enemies be scattered; may his foes flee before him.

²May you blow them away like smoke— as wax melts before the fire, may the wicked perish before God.

³But may the righteous be glad and rejoice before God; may they be happy and joyful.

⁴Sing to God, sing in praise of his name, extol him who rides on the clouds; rejoice before him—his name is the LORD.

⁵A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows, is God in his holy dwelling.

⁶God sets the lonely in families, he leads out the prisoners with singing; but the rebellious live in a sun-scorched land.

⁷When you, God, went out before your people, when you marched through the wilderness,

⁸the earth shook, the heavens poured down rain, before God, the One of Sinai, before God, the God of Israel.

⁹You gave abundant showers, O God; you refreshed your weary inheritance.

¹⁰Your people settled in it, and from your bounty, God, you provided for the poor.

¹¹The Lord announces the word, and the women who proclaim it are a mighty throng:

¹²“Kings and armies flee in haste; the women at home divide the plunder.

¹³Even while you sleep among the sheep pens, the wings of my dove are sheathed with silver, its feathers with shining gold.”

¹⁴When the Almighty scattered the kings in the land, it was like snow fallen on Mount Zalmon.

¹⁵Mount Bashan, majestic mountain, Mount Bashan, rugged mountain,

¹⁶why gaze in envy, you rugged mountain, at the mountain where God chooses to reign, where the LORD himself will dwell forever?

¹⁷The chariots of God are tens of thousands and thousands of thousands; the Lord has come from Sinai into his sanctuary.

¹⁸When you ascended on high, you took many captives; you received gifts from people, even from the rebellious— that you, LORD God, might dwell there.

¹⁹Praise be to the Lord, to God our Savior, who daily bears our burdens.

²⁰Our God is a God who saves; from the Sovereign LORD comes escape from death.

²¹Surely God will crush the heads of his enemies, the hairy crowns of those who go on in their sins.

²²The Lord says, “I will bring them from Bashan; I will bring them from the depths of the sea,

²³that your feet may wade in the blood of your foes, while the tongues of your dogs have their share.”

²⁴Your procession, God, has come into view, the procession of my God and King into the sanctuary.

²⁵In front are the singers, after them the musicians; with them are the young women playing the timbrels.

²⁶Praise God in the great congregation; praise the LORD in the assembly of Israel.

²⁷There is the little tribe of Benjamin, leading them, there the great throng of Judah’s princes, and there the princes of Zebulun and of Naphtali.

²⁸Summon your power, God; show us your strength, our God, as you have done before.

²⁹Because of your temple at Jerusalem kings will bring you gifts.

³⁰Rebuke the beast among the reeds, the herd of bulls among the calves of the nations. Humbled, may the beast bring bars of silver. Scatter the nations who delight in war.

³¹Envoys will come from Egypt; Cush will submit herself to God.

³²Sing to God, you kingdoms of the earth, sing praise to the Lord,

³³to him who rides across the highest heavens, the ancient heavens, who thunders with mighty voice.

³⁴Proclaim the power of God, whose majesty is over Israel, whose power is in the heavens.

³⁵You, God, are awesome in your sanctuary; the God of Israel gives power and strength to his people. Praise be to God!