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¹For the choir director: on the . Of Asaph. [1] Sing for joy to God our strength; shout in triumph to the God of Jacob.

²Lift up a song — play the tambourine, the melodious lyre, and the harp.

³Blow the horn on the day of our feasts during the new moon and during the full moon.

⁴For this is a statute for Israel, an ordinance of the God of Jacob.

⁵He set it up as a decree for Joseph when he went throughout the land of Egypt. I heard an unfamiliar language:

⁶“I relieved his shoulder from the burden; his hands were freed from carrying the basket.

⁷You called out in distress, and I rescued you; I answered you from the thundercloud. I tested you at the Waters of Meribah. Selah

⁸Listen, my people, and I will admonish you. Israel, if you would only listen to me!

⁹There must not be a strange god among you; you must not bow down to a foreign god.

¹⁰I am the LORD  your God, who brought you up from the land of Egypt. Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it.

¹¹“But my people did not listen to my voice; Israel did not obey me.

¹²So I gave them over to their stubborn hearts to follow their own plans.

¹³If only my people would listen to me and Israel would follow my ways,

¹⁴I would quickly subdue their enemies and turn my hand against their foes.”

¹⁵Those who hate the LORD would cower to him; their doom would last forever.

¹⁶But he would feed Israel with the best wheat. “I would satisfy you with honey from the rock.”

¹A psalm of Asaph. [1] God stands in the divine assembly; he pronounces judgment among the gods:

²“How long will you judge unjustly and show partiality to the wicked? Selah

³Provide justice for the needy and the fatherless; uphold the rights of the oppressed and the destitute.

⁴Rescue the poor and needy; save them from the power of the wicked.”

⁵They do not know or understand; they wander in darkness. All the foundations of the earth are shaken.

⁶I said, “You are gods; you are all sons of the Most High.

⁷However, you will die like humans and fall like any other ruler.”

⁸Rise up, God, judge the earth, for all the nations belong to you.

¹A song. A psalm of Asaph. [1] God, do not keep silent. Do not be deaf, God; do not be quiet.

²See how your enemies make an uproar; those who hate you have acted arrogantly.

³They devise clever schemes against your people; they conspire against your treasured ones.

⁴They say, “Come, let us wipe them out as a nation so that Israel’s name will no longer be remembered.”

⁵For they have conspired with one mind; they form an alliance against you  —

⁶the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, Moab and the Hagrites,

⁷Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek, Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre.

⁸Even Assyria has joined them; they lend support to the sons of Lot. Selah

⁹Deal with them as you did with Midian, as you did with Sisera and Jabin at the Kishon River.

¹⁰They were destroyed at En-dor; they became manure for the ground.

¹¹Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb, and all their tribal leaders like Zebah and Zalmunna,

¹²who said, “Let us seize God’s pastures for ourselves.”

¹³Make them like tumbleweed, my God, like straw before the wind.

¹⁴As fire burns a forest, as a flame blazes through mountains,

¹⁵so pursue them with your tempest and terrify them with your storm.

¹⁶Cover their faces with shame so that they will seek your name, LORD.

¹⁷Let them be put to shame and terrified forever; let them perish in disgrace.

¹⁸May they know that you alone — whose name is the LORD  — are the Most High over the whole earth.

¹For the choir director: on the . A psalm of the sons of Korah. [1] How lovely is your dwelling place, LORD of Armies.

²I long and yearn for the courts of the LORD; my heart and flesh cry out for the living God.

³Even a sparrow finds a home, and a swallow, a nest for herself where she places her young — near your altars, LORD of Armies, my King and my God.

⁴How happy are those who reside in your house, who praise you continually. Selah

⁵Happy are the people whose strength is in you, whose hearts are set on pilgrimage.

⁶As they pass through the Valley of Baca, they make it a source of springwater; even the autumn rain will cover it with blessings.

⁷They go from strength to strength; each appears before God in Zion.

⁸LORD God of Armies, hear my prayer; listen, God of Jacob. Selah

⁹Consider our shield, God; look on the face of your anointed one.

¹⁰Better a day in your courts than a thousand anywhere else. I would rather stand at the threshold of the house of my God than live in the tents of wicked people.

¹¹For the LORD God is a sun and shield. The LORD grants favor and honor; he does not withhold the good from those who live with integrity.

¹²Happy is the person who trusts in you, LORD of Armies!

¹For the choir director. A psalm of the sons of Korah. [1] LORD, you showed favor to your land; you restored the fortunes of Jacob.

²You forgave your people’s guilt; you covered all their sin. Selah

³You withdrew all your fury; you turned from your burning anger.

⁴Return to us, God of our salvation, and abandon your displeasure with us.

⁵Will you be angry with us forever? Will you prolong your anger for all generations?

⁶Will you not revive us again so that your people may rejoice in you?

⁷Show us your faithful love, LORD, and give us your salvation.

⁸I will listen to what God will say; surely the LORD will declare peace to his people, his faithful ones, and not let them go back to foolish ways.

⁹His salvation is very near those who fear him, so that glory may dwell in our land.

¹⁰Faithful love and truth will join together; righteousness and peace will embrace.

¹¹Truth will spring up from the earth, and righteousness will look down from heaven.

¹²Also, the LORD will provide what is good, and our land will yield its crops.

¹³Righteousness will go before him to prepare the way for his steps.

¹A prayer of David. [1] Listen, LORD, and answer me, for I am poor and needy.

²Protect my life, for I am faithful. You are my God; save your servant who trusts in you.

³Be gracious to me, Lord, for I call to you all day long.

⁴Bring joy to your servant’s life, because I appeal to you, Lord.

⁵For you, Lord, are kind and ready to forgive, abounding in faithful love to all who call on you.

⁶LORD, hear my prayer; listen to my plea for mercy.

⁷I call on you in the day of my distress, for you will answer me.

⁸Lord, there is no one like you among the gods, and there are no works like yours.

⁹All the nations you have made will come and bow down before you, Lord, and will honor your name.

¹⁰For you are great and perform wonders; you alone are God.

¹¹Teach me your way, LORD, and I will live by your truth. Give me an undivided mind to fear your name.

¹²I will praise you with all my heart, Lord my God, and will honor your name forever.

¹³For your faithful love for me is great, and you rescue my life from the depths of Sheol.

¹⁴God, arrogant people have attacked me; a gang of ruthless men intends to kill me. They do not let you guide them.

¹⁵But you, Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger and abounding in faithful love and truth.

¹⁶Turn to me and be gracious to me. Give your strength to your servant; save the son of your female servant.

¹⁷Show me a sign of your goodness; my enemies will see and be put to shame because you, LORD, have helped and comforted me.

¹A psalm of the sons of Korah. A song. [1] The city he founded is on the holy mountains.

²The LORD loves Zion’s city gates more than all the dwellings of Jacob.

³Glorious things are said about you, city of God. Selah

⁴“I will make a record of those who know me: Rahab, Babylon, Philistia, Tyre, and Cush — each one was born there.”

⁵And it will be said of Zion, “This one and that one were born in her.” The Most High himself will establish her.

⁶When he registers the peoples, the LORD will record, “This one was born there.” Selah

⁷Singers and dancers alike will say, “My whole source of joy is in you.”

¹A song. A psalm of the sons of Korah. For the choir director: according to A of Heman the Ezrahite. [1] LORD, God of my salvation, I cry out before you day and night.

²May my prayer reach your presence; listen to my cry.

³For I have had enough troubles, and my life is near Sheol.

⁴I am counted among those going down to the Pit. I am like a man without strength,

⁵abandoned among the dead. I am like the slain lying in the grave, whom you no longer remember, and who are cut off from your care.

⁶You have put me in the lowest part of the Pit, in the darkest places, in the depths.

⁷Your wrath weighs heavily on me; you have overwhelmed me with all your waves. Selah

⁸You have distanced my friends from me; you have made me repulsive to them. I am shut in and cannot go out.

⁹My eyes are worn out from crying. LORD, I cry out to you all day long; I spread out my hands to you.

¹⁰Do you work wonders for the dead? Do departed spirits rise up to praise you? Selah

¹¹Will your faithful love be declared in the grave, your faithfulness in Abaddon?

¹²Will your wonders be known in the darkness or your righteousness in the land of oblivion?

¹³But I call to you for help, LORD; in the morning my prayer meets you.

¹⁴LORD, why do you reject me? Why do you hide your face from me?

¹⁵From my youth, I have been suffering and near death. I suffer your horrors; I am desperate.

¹⁶Your wrath sweeps over me; your terrors destroy me.

¹⁷They surround me like water all day long; they close in on me from every side.

¹⁸You have distanced loved one and neighbor from me; darkness is my only friend.