Psalm 1:1
Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, or set foot on the path of sinners, or sit in the seat of mockers.
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Psalm 1:2
But his delight is in the Law of the LORD, and on His law he meditates day and night.
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Psalm 1:3
He is like a tree planted by streams of water, yielding its fruit in season, whose leaf does not wither, and who prospers in all he does.
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Psalm 1:4
Not so the wicked! For they are like chaff driven off by the wind.
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Psalm 1:5
Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.
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Psalm 1:6
For the LORD guards the path of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.
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Psalm 2:1
Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?
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Psalm 2:2
The kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers gather together, against the LORD and against His Anointed One:
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Psalm 2:3
“Let us break Their chains and cast away Their cords.”
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Psalm 2:4
The One enthroned in heaven laughs; the Lord taunts them.
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Psalm 2:5
Then He rebukes them in His anger, and terrifies them in His fury:
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Psalm 2:6
“I have installed My King on Zion, upon My holy mountain.”
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Psalm 2:7
I will proclaim the decree spoken to Me by the LORD: “You are My Son; today I have become Your Father.
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Psalm 2:8
Ask Me, and I will make the nations Your inheritance, the ends of the earth Your possession.
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Psalm 2:9
You will break them with an iron scepter; You will shatter them like pottery.”
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Psalm 2:10
Therefore be wise, O kings; be admonished, O judges of the earth.
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Psalm 2:11
Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling.
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Psalm 2:12
Kiss the Son, lest He be angry and you perish in your rebellion, when His wrath ignites in an instant. Blessed are all who take refuge in Him.
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Psalm 3:1
A Psalm of David, when he fled from his son Absalom. O LORD, how my foes have increased! How many rise up against me!
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Psalm 3:2
Many say of me, “God will not deliver him.” Selah
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Psalm 3:3
But You, O LORD, are a shield around me, my glory, and the One who lifts my head.
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Psalm 3:4
To the LORD I cry aloud, and He answers me from His holy mountain. Selah
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Psalm 3:5
I lie down and sleep; I wake again, for the LORD sustains me.
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Psalm 3:6
I will not fear the myriads set against me on every side.
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Psalm 3:7
Arise, O LORD! Save me, O my God! Strike all my enemies on the jaw; break the teeth of the wicked.
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Psalm 3:8
Salvation belongs to the LORD; may Your blessing be on Your people. Selah
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Psalm 4:1
For the choirmaster. With stringed instruments. A Psalm of David. Answer me when I call, O God of my righteousness! You have relieved my distress; show me grace and hear my prayer.
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Psalm 4:2
How long, O men, will my honor be maligned? How long will you love vanity and seek after lies? Selah
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Psalm 4:3
Know that the LORD has set apart the godly for Himself; the LORD hears when I call to Him.
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Psalm 4:4
Be angry, yet do not sin; on your bed, search your heart and be still. Selah
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Psalm 4:5
Offer the sacrifices of the righteous and trust in the LORD.
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Psalm 4:6
Many ask, “Who can show us the good?” Shine the light of Your face upon us, O LORD.
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Psalm 4:7
You have filled my heart with more joy than when grain and new wine abound.
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Psalm 4:8
I will lie down and sleep in peace, for You alone, O LORD, make me dwell in safety.
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Psalm 5:1
For the choirmaster, to be accompanied by flutes. A Psalm of David. Give ear to my words, O LORD; consider my groaning.
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Psalm 5:2
Attend to the sound of my cry, my King and my God, for to You I pray.
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Psalm 5:3
In the morning, O LORD, You hear my voice; at daybreak I lay my plea before You and wait in expectation.
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Psalm 5:4
For You are not a God who delights in wickedness; no evil can dwell with You.
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Psalm 5:5
The boastful cannot stand in Your presence; You hate all workers of iniquity.
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Psalm 5:6
You destroy those who tell lies; the LORD abhors the man of bloodshed and deceit.
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Psalm 5:7
But I will enter Your house by the abundance of Your loving devotion; in reverence I will bow down toward Your holy temple.
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Psalm 5:8
Lead me, O LORD, in Your righteousness because of my enemies; make straight Your way before me.
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Psalm 5:9
For not a word they speak can be trusted; destruction lies within them. Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice deceit.
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Psalm 5:10
Declare them guilty, O God; let them fall by their own devices. Drive them out for their many transgressions, for they have rebelled against You.
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Psalm 5:11
But let all who take refuge in You rejoice; let them ever shout for joy. May You shelter them, that those who love Your name may rejoice in You.
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Psalm 5:12
For surely You, O LORD, bless the righteous; You surround them with the shield of Your favor.
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Psalm 6:1
For the choirmaster. With stringed instruments, according to Sheminith. A Psalm of David. O LORD, do not rebuke me in Your anger or discipline me in Your wrath.
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Psalm 6:2
Be merciful to me, O LORD, for I am frail; heal me, O LORD, for my bones are in agony.
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Psalm 6:3
My soul is deeply distressed. How long, O LORD, how long?
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Psalm 6:4
Turn, O LORD, and deliver my soul; save me because of Your loving devotion.
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Psalm 6:5
For there is no mention of You in death; who can praise You from Sheol?
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Psalm 6:6
I am weary from groaning; all night I flood my bed with weeping and drench my couch with tears.
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Psalm 6:7
My eyes fail from grief; they grow dim because of all my foes.
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Psalm 6:8
Depart from me, all you workers of iniquity, for the LORD has heard my weeping.
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Psalm 6:9
The LORD has heard my cry for mercy; the LORD accepts my prayer.
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Psalm 6:10
All my enemies will be ashamed and dismayed; they will turn back in sudden disgrace.
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Psalm 7:1
A Shiggaion of David, which he sang to the LORD concerning the words of Cush, a Benjamite. O LORD my God, I take refuge in You; save me and deliver me from all my pursuers,
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Psalm 7:2
or they will shred my soul like a lion and tear me to pieces with no one to rescue me.
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Psalm 7:3
O LORD my God, if I have done this, if injustice is on my hands,
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Psalm 7:4
if I have rewarded my ally with evil, if I have plundered my foe without cause,
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Psalm 7:5
then may my enemy pursue me and overtake me; may he trample me to the ground and leave my honor in the dust. Selah
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Psalm 7:6
Arise, O LORD, in Your anger; rise up against the fury of my enemies. Awake, my God, and ordain judgment.
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Psalm 7:7
Let the assembled peoples gather around You; take Your seat over them on high.
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Psalm 7:8
The LORD judges the peoples; vindicate me, O LORD, according to my righteousness and integrity.
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Psalm 7:9
Put an end to the evil of the wicked, but establish the righteous, O righteous God who searches hearts and minds.
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Psalm 7:10
My shield is with God, who saves the upright in heart.
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Psalm 7:11
God is a righteous judge and a God who feels indignation each day.
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Psalm 7:12
If one does not repent, God will sharpen His sword; He has bent and strung His bow.
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Psalm 7:13
He has prepared His deadly weapons; He ordains His arrows with fire.
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Psalm 7:14
Behold, the wicked man travails with evil; he conceives trouble and births falsehood.
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Psalm 7:15
He has dug a hole and hollowed it out; he has fallen into a pit of his own making.
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Psalm 7:16
His trouble recoils on himself, and his violence falls on his own head.
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Psalm 7:17
I will thank the LORD for His righteousness and sing praise to the name of the LORD Most High.
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Psalm 8:1
For the choirmaster. According to Gittith. A Psalm of David. O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is Your name in all the earth! You have set Your glory above the heavens.
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Psalm 8:2
From the mouths of children and infants You have ordained praise on account of Your adversaries, to silence the enemy and avenger.
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Psalm 8:3
When I behold Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You have set in place—
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Psalm 8:4
what is man that You are mindful of him, or the son of man that You care for him?
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Psalm 8:5
You made him a little lower than the angels; You crowned him with glory and honor.
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Psalm 8:6
You made him ruler of the works of Your hands; You have placed everything under his feet:
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Psalm 8:7
all sheep and oxen, and even the beasts of the field,
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Psalm 8:8
the birds of the air and the fish of the sea, all that swim the paths of the seas.
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Psalm 8:9
O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is Your name in all the earth!
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Psalm 9:1
For the choirmaster. To the tune of “The Death of the Son.” A Psalm of David. I will give thanks to the LORD with all my heart; I will recount all Your wonders.
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Psalm 9:2
I will be glad and rejoice in You; I will sing praise to Your name, O Most High.
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Psalm 9:3
When my enemies retreat, they stumble and perish before You.
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Psalm 9:4
For You have upheld my just cause; You sit on Your throne judging righteously.
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Psalm 9:5
You have rebuked the nations; You have destroyed the wicked; You have erased their name forever and ever.
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Psalm 9:6
The enemy has come to eternal ruin, and You have uprooted their cities; the very memory of them has vanished.
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Psalm 9:7
But the LORD abides forever; He has established His throne for judgment.
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Psalm 9:8
He judges the world with justice; He governs the people with equity.
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Psalm 9:9
The LORD is a refuge for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble.
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Psalm 9:10
Those who know Your name trust in You, for You, O LORD, have not forsaken those who seek You.
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Psalm 9:11
Sing praises to the LORD, who dwells in Zion; proclaim His deeds among the nations.
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Psalm 9:12
For the Avenger of bloodshed remembers; He does not ignore the cry of the afflicted.
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Psalm 9:13
Be merciful to me, O LORD; see how my enemies afflict me! Lift me up from the gates of death,
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Psalm 9:14
that I may declare all Your praises—that within the gates of Daughter Zion I may rejoice in Your salvation.
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Psalm 9:15
The nations have fallen into a pit of their making; their feet are caught in the net they have hidden.
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Psalm 9:16
The LORD is known by the justice He brings; the wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands. Higgaion Selah
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Psalm 9:17
The wicked will return to Sheol—all the nations who forget God.
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Psalm 9:18
For the needy will not always be forgotten; nor the hope of the oppressed forever dashed.
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Psalm 9:19
Rise up, O LORD, do not let man prevail; let the nations be judged in Your presence.
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Psalm 9:20
Lay terror upon them, O LORD; let the nations know they are but men. Selah
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Psalm 10:1
Why, O LORD, do You stand far off? Why do You hide in times of trouble?
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Psalm 10:2
In pride the wicked pursue the needy; let them be caught in the schemes they devise.
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Psalm 10:3
For the wicked man boasts in the cravings of his heart; he blesses the greedy and reviles the LORD.
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Psalm 10:4
In his pride the wicked man does not seek Him; in all his schemes there is no God.
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Psalm 10:5
He is secure in his ways at all times; Your lofty judgments are far from him; he sneers at all his foes.
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Psalm 10:6
He says to himself, “I will not be moved; from age to age I am free of distress.”
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Psalm 10:7
His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and violence; trouble and malice are under his tongue.
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Psalm 10:8
He lies in wait near the villages; in ambush he slays the innocent; his eyes watch in stealth for the helpless.
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Psalm 10:9
He lies in wait like a lion in a thicket; he lurks to seize the oppressed; he catches the lowly in his net.
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Psalm 10:10
They are crushed and beaten down; the hapless fall prey to his strength.
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Psalm 10:11
He says to himself, “God has forgotten; He hides His face and never sees.”
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Psalm 10:12
Arise, O LORD! Lift up Your hand, O God! Do not forget the helpless.
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Psalm 10:13
Why has the wicked man renounced God? He says to himself, “You will never call me to account.”
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Psalm 10:14
But You have regarded trouble and grief; You see to repay it by Your hand. The victim entrusts himself to You; You are the helper of the fatherless.
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Psalm 10:15
Break the arm of the wicked and evildoer; call him to account for his wickedness until none is left to be found.
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Psalm 10:16
The LORD is King forever and ever; the nations perish from His land.
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Psalm 10:17
You have heard, O LORD, the desire of the humble; You will strengthen their hearts. You will incline Your ear,
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Psalm 10:18
to vindicate the fatherless and oppressed, that the men of the earth may strike terror no more.
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Psalm 11:1
For the choirmaster. Of David. In the LORD I take refuge. How then can you say to me: “Flee like a bird to your mountain!
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Psalm 11:2
For behold, the wicked bend their bows. They set their arrow on the string to shoot from the shadows at the upright in heart.
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Psalm 11:3
If the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do?”
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Psalm 11:4
The LORD is in His holy temple; the LORD is on His heavenly throne. His eyes are watching closely; they examine the sons of men.
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Psalm 11:5
The LORD tests the righteous and the wicked; His soul hates the lover of violence.
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Psalm 11:6
On the wicked He will rain down fiery coals and sulfur; a scorching wind will be their portion.
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Psalm 11:7
For the LORD is righteous; He loves justice. The upright will see His face.
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Psalm 12:1
For the choirmaster. According to Sheminith. A Psalm of David. Help, O LORD, for the godly are no more; the faithful have vanished from among men.
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Psalm 12:2
They lie to one another; they speak with flattering lips and a double heart.
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Psalm 12:3
May the LORD cut off all flattering lips and every boastful tongue.
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Psalm 12:4
They say, “With our tongues we will prevail. We own our lips—who can be our master?”
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Psalm 12:5
“For the cause of the oppressed and for the groaning of the needy, I will now arise,” says the LORD. “I will bring safety to him who yearns.”
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Psalm 12:6
The words of the LORD are flawless, like silver refined in a furnace, like gold purified sevenfold.
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Psalm 12:7
You, O LORD, will keep us; You will forever guard us from this generation.
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Psalm 12:8
The wicked wander freely, and vileness is exalted among men.
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Psalm 13:1
For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. How long, O LORD? Will You forget me forever? How long will You hide Your face from me?
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Psalm 13:2
How long must I wrestle in my soul, with sorrow in my heart each day? How long will my enemy dominate me?
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Psalm 13:3
Consider me and respond, O LORD my God. Give light to my eyes, lest I sleep in death,
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Psalm 13:4
lest my enemy say, “I have overcome him,” and my foes rejoice when I fall.
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Psalm 13:5
But I have trusted in Your loving devotion; my heart will rejoice in Your salvation.
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Psalm 13:6
I will sing to the LORD, for He has been good to me.
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Psalm 14:1
For the choirmaster. Of David. The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt; their acts are vile. There is no one who does good.
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Psalm 14:2
The LORD looks down from heaven upon the sons of men to see if any understand, if any seek God.
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Psalm 14:3
All have turned away, they have together become corrupt; there is no one who does good, not even one.
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Psalm 14:4
Will the workers of iniquity never learn? They devour my people like bread; they refuse to call upon the LORD.
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Psalm 14:5
There they are, overwhelmed with dread, for God is in the company of the righteous.
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Psalm 14:6
You sinners frustrate the plans of the oppressed, yet the LORD is their shelter.
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Psalm 14:7
Oh, that the salvation of Israel would come from Zion! When the LORD restores His captive people, let Jacob rejoice, let Israel be glad!
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Psalm 15:1
A Psalm of David. O LORD, who may abide in Your tent? Who may dwell on Your holy mountain?
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Psalm 15:2
He who walks with integrity and practices righteousness, who speaks the truth from his heart,
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Psalm 15:3
who has no slander on his tongue, who does no harm to his neighbor, who casts no scorn on his friend,
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who despises the vile but honors those who fear the LORD, who does not revise a costly oath,
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who lends his money without interest and refuses a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things will never be shaken.
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Psalm 16:1
A Miktam of David. Preserve me, O God, for in You I take refuge.
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Psalm 16:2
I said to the LORD, “You are my Lord; apart from You I have no good thing.”
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Psalm 16:3
As for the saints in the land, they are the excellence in whom all my delight resides.
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Psalm 16:4
Sorrows will multiply to those who chase other gods. I will not pour out their libations of blood, or speak their names with my lips.
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Psalm 16:5
The LORD is my chosen portion and my cup; You have made my lot secure.
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Psalm 16:6
The lines of my boundary have fallen in pleasant places; surely my inheritance is delightful.
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Psalm 16:7
I will bless the LORD who counsels me; even at night my conscience instructs me.
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Psalm 16:8
I have set the LORD always before me. Because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.
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Psalm 16:9
Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices; my body also will dwell securely.
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Psalm 16:10
For You will not abandon my soul to Sheol, nor will You let Your Holy One see decay.
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Psalm 16:11
You have made known to me the path of life; You will fill me with joy in Your presence, with eternal pleasures at Your right hand.
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Psalm 17:1
A prayer of David. Hear, O LORD, my righteous plea; listen to my cry. Give ear to my prayer—it comes from lips free of deceit.
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Psalm 17:2
May my vindication come from Your presence; may Your eyes see what is right.
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Psalm 17:3
You have tried my heart; You have visited me in the night. You have tested me and found no evil; I have resolved not to sin with my mouth.
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Psalm 17:4
As for the deeds of men—by the word of Your lips I have avoided the ways of the violent.
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Psalm 17:5
My steps have held to Your paths; my feet have not slipped.
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Psalm 17:6
I call on You, O God, for You will answer me. Incline Your ear to me; hear my words.
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Psalm 17:7
Show the wonders of Your loving devotion, You who save by Your right hand those who seek refuge from their foes.
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Psalm 17:8
Keep me as the apple of Your eye; hide me in the shadow of Your wings
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Psalm 17:9
from the wicked who assail me, from my mortal enemies who surround me.
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Psalm 17:10
They have closed their callous hearts; their mouths speak with arrogance.
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Psalm 17:11
They have tracked us down, and now surround us; their eyes are set to cast us to the ground,
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Psalm 17:12
like a lion greedy for prey, like a young lion lurking in ambush.
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Psalm 17:13
Arise, O LORD, confront them! Bring them to their knees; deliver me from the wicked by Your sword,
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from such men, O LORD, by Your hand—from men of the world whose portion is in this life. May You fill the bellies of Your treasured ones and satisfy their sons, so they leave their abundance to their children.
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As for me, I will behold Your face in righteousness; when I awake, I will be satisfied in Your presence.
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Psalm 18:1
For the choirmaster. Of David the servant of the LORD, who sang this song to the LORD on the day the LORD had delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul. He said: I love You, O LORD, my strength.
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Psalm 18:2
The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer. My God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
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Psalm 18:3
I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised; so shall I be saved from my enemies.
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Psalm 18:4
The cords of death encompassed me; the torrents of chaos overwhelmed me.
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Psalm 18:5
The cords of Sheol entangled me; the snares of death confronted me.
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Psalm 18:6
In my distress I called upon the LORD; I cried to my God for help. From His temple He heard my voice, and my cry for His help reached His ears.
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Psalm 18:7
Then the earth shook and quaked, and the foundations of the mountains trembled; they were shaken because He burned with anger.
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Psalm 18:8
Smoke rose from His nostrils, and consuming fire came from His mouth; glowing coals blazed forth.
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Psalm 18:9
He parted the heavens and came down with dark clouds beneath His feet.
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Psalm 18:10
He mounted a cherub and flew; He soared on the wings of the wind.
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Psalm 18:11
He made darkness His hiding place, and storm clouds a canopy around Him.
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Psalm 18:12
From the brightness of His presence His clouds advanced—hailstones and coals of fire.
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Psalm 18:13
The LORD thundered from heaven; the voice of the Most High resounded—hailstones and coals of fire.
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Psalm 18:14
He shot His arrows and scattered the foes; He hurled lightning and routed them.
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Psalm 18:15
The channels of the sea appeared, and the foundations of the world were exposed, at Your rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of Your nostrils.
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Psalm 18:16
He reached down from on high and took hold of me; He drew me out of deep waters.
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Psalm 18:17
He rescued me from my powerful enemy, from foes too mighty for me.
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Psalm 18:18
They confronted me in my day of calamity, but the LORD was my support.
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He brought me out into the open; He rescued me because He delighted in me.
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Psalm 18:20
The LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness; He has repaid me according to the cleanness of my hands.
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Psalm 18:21
For I have kept the ways of the LORD and have not wickedly departed from my God.
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Psalm 18:22
For all His ordinances are before me; I have not disregarded His statutes.
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Psalm 18:23
And I have been blameless before Him and kept myself from iniquity.
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So the LORD has repaid me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in His sight.
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Psalm 18:25
To the faithful You show Yourself faithful, to the blameless You show Yourself blameless;
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to the pure You show Yourself pure, but to the crooked You show Yourself shrewd.
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Psalm 18:27
For You save an afflicted people, but You humble those with haughty eyes.
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Psalm 18:28
For You, O LORD, light my lamp; my God lights up my darkness.
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Psalm 18:29
For in You I can charge an army, and with my God I can scale a wall.
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Psalm 18:30
As for God, His way is perfect; the word of the LORD is flawless. He is a shield to all who take refuge in Him.
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Psalm 18:31
For who is God besides the LORD? And who is the Rock except our God?
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It is God who arms me with strength and makes my way clear.
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Psalm 18:33
He makes my feet like those of a deer and stations me upon the heights.
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He trains my hands for battle; my arms can bend a bow of bronze.
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You have given me Your shield of salvation; Your right hand upholds me, and Your gentleness exalts me.
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You broaden the path beneath me so that my ankles do not give way.
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Psalm 18:37
I pursued my enemies and overtook them; I did not turn back until they were consumed.
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Psalm 18:38
I crushed them so they could not rise; they have fallen under my feet.
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Psalm 18:39
You have armed me with strength for battle; You have subdued my foes beneath me.
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Psalm 18:40
You have made my enemies retreat before me; I put an end to those who hated me.
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Psalm 18:41
They cried for help, but there was no one to save them—to the LORD, but He did not answer.
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I ground them as dust in the face of the wind; I trampled them like mud in the streets.
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Psalm 18:43
You have delivered me from the strife of the people; You have made me the head of nations; a people I had not known shall serve me.
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Psalm 18:44
When they hear me, they obey me; foreigners cower before me.
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Foreigners lose heart and come trembling from their strongholds.
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Psalm 18:46
The LORD lives, and blessed be my Rock! And may the God of my salvation be exalted—
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the God who avenges me and subdues nations beneath me,
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who delivers me from my enemies. You exalt me above my foes; You rescue me from violent men.
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Psalm 18:49
Therefore I will praise You, O LORD, among the nations; I will sing praises to Your name.
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Great salvation He brings to His king. He shows loving devotion to His anointed, to David and his descendants forever.
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Psalm 19:1
For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of His hands.
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Psalm 19:2
Day after day they pour forth speech; night after night they reveal knowledge.
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Psalm 19:3
Without speech or language, without a sound to be heard,
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their voice has gone out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world. In the heavens He has pitched a tent for the sun.
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Like a bridegroom emerging from his chamber, like a champion rejoicing to run his course,
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it rises at one end of the heavens and runs its circuit to the other; nothing is deprived of its warmth.
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Psalm 19:7
The Law of the LORD is perfect, reviving the soul; the testimony of the LORD is trustworthy, making wise the simple.
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Psalm 19:8
The precepts of the LORD are right, bringing joy to the heart; the commandments of the LORD are radiant, giving light to the eyes.
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Psalm 19:9
The fear of the LORD is pure, enduring forever; the judgments of the LORD are true, being altogether righteous.