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:1. For the director, on the flutes, a psalm by David.
:2. Listen to my words, YHWH.
:Understand my murmuring.
:3. Pay attention to the sound of my cry for help,
:my king and my God,
:for I am praying to you.
:4. YHWH, in the morning you hear my voice.
:In the morning I arrange my case for you and wait.
:5. For you are not a god pleased with wickedness.
:Evil will not sojourn with you.
:6. Boasters will not stand before your eyes.
:You hate all workers of evil.
:7. You will destroy speakers of falsehood.
:YHWH abhors a person of bloodshed and treachery.
:8. But I, in the greatness of your loyalty, will go to your house.
:I will bow down toward your holy temple in fear of you.
:9. YHWH, lead me in your righteousness
:because of my enemies.
:Make your way straight before me.
:10. For there is nothing true in his mouth.
:Their inner parts are disaster.
:Their throat is an open tomb.
:They make their tongues deceitful.
:11. Make them bear their guilt, God.
:Let them fall on account of their designs.
:Drive them out because of the greatness of their crimes,
:for they have rebelled against you.
:12. And let all those who take refuge in you rejoice.
:Let them shout forever, and may you shelter them,
:and let those who love you exult in you.
:13. For you bless the righteous one.
:YHWH, like a large shield, you surround him with favour.
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:1. For the director, with stringed instruments, on the octave. A psalm by David.
:2. YHWH, do not correct me in your anger,
:and do not discipline me in your wrath.
:3. Have mercy on me, YHWH, for I am languishing.
:Heal me, YHWH, for my bones have become dismayed.
:4. And my soul has become very dismayed.
:And you, YHWH, how long?
:5. Turn back, YHWH. Rescue my soul.
:Save me for the sake of your loyalty.
:6. For there is no commemoration of you in the world of the dead.
:In Sheol, who praises you?
:7. I have grown weary because of my groaning.
:I drench my couch every night.
:With my tears I melt my bed.
:8. My eye has wasted away because of vexation.
:It has become weak because of all my adversaries.
:9. Move away from me, all workers of evil.
:For YHWH has heard the sound of my weeping.
:10. YHWH has heard my supplication.
:YHWH will accept my prayer.
:11. Let all my enemies be shamed and very dismayed.
:Let them turn back. Let them be shamed in an instant.
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:1. For the director. A psalm by David.
:2. How long, YHWH? Will you ignore me forever?
:How long will you hide your face from me?
:3. How long will I make futile plans?
:[How long] will sorrow be daily in my heart?
:How long will my enemy be exalted over me?
:4. Consider! Answer me, YHWH my God!
:Give light to my eyes, lest I sleep in death,
:5. lest my enemy say, ‘I have overpowered him!’
:[lest] my adversaries rejoice because I am shaken.
:6. But I have put my trust in your loyalty.
:Let my heart rejoice because of your salvation!
:I will sing to YHWH, because he has repaid me!
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:1. For the director. A psalm by David.
:2. YHWH, the king rejoices because of your strength,
:and how greatly he exults because of your salvation.
:3. You have granted him his heart’s desire,
:and not withheld his lips’ request.
:''Selah''.
:4. For you meet him with good blessings;
:You place a golden crown upon his head.
:5. He asked for life from you; you have granted it to him;
:Long life, forever and ever.
:6. His honor is great because of your salvation;
:You bestow glory and majesty upon him.
:7. For you give him blessings forever;
:You make him glad with joy with your presence.
:8. For the king trusts in YHWH,
:and because of the faithfulness of the Most High, he will not be shaken.
:9. Your hand will reach to all your enemies;
:Your right hand will lay hold of those who hate you.
:10. You will place them as [in] a fiery oven at the time of your appearance;
:YHWH will swallow them up in his anger, and fire will consume them.
:11. You will destroy their offspring from the earth,
:and their descendants from humankind.
:12. Because even if they planned evil against you
:[and] they devised a plot, they would not succeed.
:13. Because you will make them turn back,
:With your bowstrings you will take aim at their faces.
:14. YHWH, be exalted in your strength!
:Let us sing about and praise your might!
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:1. For the director. A psalm by David.
:2. I have taken shelter in you, YHWH. Do not let my shame continue forever!
:Rescue me in your righteousness!
:3. Listen to me!
:Rescue me quickly!
:Be a rock of refuge for me,
:and a fortress to deliver me!
:4. Because you are my rock and my stronghold.
:And for the sake of your name, you must carefully guide me.
:5. You must save me from the net which they hid for me,
:because you are my refuge.
:6. I entrust my spirit into your hand.
:You have redeemed me, YHWH, God of faithfulness.
:7. You hate those who worship worthless idols,
:but I trust YHWH.
:8. I will be glad and rejoice on account of your faithfulness,
:that you saw my affliction.
:You saved my life from distress.
:9. And you did not let any enemy capture me.
:You set my feet in a broad place.
:10. Be gracious to me, YHWH, because I am in distress.
:My eye, my throat, and my belly waste away because of anger.
:11. Because my life fades away with grief,
:and my years [fade away] with groaning.
:My strength has failed because of my iniquity,
:and my bones waste away.
:12. I have been scorned by all of my adversaries
:and [I have] greatly [become an object of scorn] to my neighbors,
:and [I have become] an object of fear to my friends.
:Those who see me in the street have fled from me.
:13. I have been forgotten like a dead person [is forgotten] from memory.
:I have become like a broken vessel.
:14. because I heard the slander of many people
:–terror is on every side–
:when they conspired together against me.
:They plotted to take my life.
:15. But I trust you, YHWH.
:I say, “You are my God.”
:16. My times are in your hand.
:Deliver me from the hand of my enemies and from my pursuers!
:17. Shine your face upon your servant!
:Save me by your faithfulness.
:18. YHWH, do not let me be ashamed because I have called you!
:May the evil ones be ashamed!
:May they go silently to Sheol!
:19. May lying lips be unable to speak
:–those that speak insolence against the righteous, with arrogance and contempt.
:20. How many are your good things
:which you have stored up for those who fear you,
:[and which] you have performed for those who take refuge in you
:for all people to see!
:21. You shelter them from people’s schemes in the cover of your presence;
:You hide them in a shelter from contentious people.
:22. Blessed is YHWH,
:because he has wonderfully shown his faithfulness to me in a city under siege.
:23. Even though I thought in my panic I had been cut off from your sight.
:However, you heard the sound of my pleading when I cried out to you.
:24. Love YHWH, all his loyal ones!
:YHWH is watching over the faithful,
:and he abundantly repays those who act pridefully.
:25. Be strong so your hearts may take courage,
:all who wait for YHWH.
:1. For the director. A psalm by David.
:2. May YHWH answer you on the day of trouble!
:May the name of the God of Jacob protect you!
:3. May he send you help from the sanctuary
:and sustain you from Zion!
:4. May he remember every offering of yours
:and accept your burnt offering! Selah.
:5. May he give you that which is according to your heart’s desire,
:and may he fulfil your whole plan!
:6. May we shout for joy over your victory,
:and in the name of our God may we array ourselves with banners!
:May YHWH fulfil all your requests!
:7. Now, I know that YHWH has granted victory to his anointed.
:He will answer him from his holy heaven
:with the saving mighty deeds of his right hand.
:8. Some [boast] in chariotry and others [boast] in horses,
:but we will boast in the name of YHWH our God.
:9. They have collapsed and fallen,
:but we have risen and stood upright.
:10. YHWH, grant victory to the king!
:May he answer us on the day of our calling!
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:1. For the director. A psalm. By David.
:2. The sky is declaring God’s honor,
:and the firmament is telling about the workmanship of his hands.
:3. Day after day pours out speech,
:and night after night imparts knowledge.
:4. There is no speech, and there are no words
:whose sound is not being heard.
:5. Its verse line has gone forth throughout the whole earth,
:and its words [have gone forth] throughout the edge of the world.
:6. He has set up in it a home for the sun,
:and he is like a bridegroom coming out of his tent.
:He is glad, like a warrior, to run his course.
:7. His starting point is from the edge of the sky,
:and his turning point is at its edges,
:and nothing is hidden from his heat.
:8. YHWH’s instruction is perfect, restoring life.
:YHWH’s testimony is reliable, making simpletons wise.
:9. YHWH’s commandments are just, causing the heart to rejoice.
:YHWH’s command is flawless, giving light to the eyes.
:10. Fearing YHWH is pure, enduring forever.
:YHWH’s rules are true; they are altogether right;
:11. those which are more desirable than gold, even much pure gold,
:and sweeter than honey, even virgin honey from the honeycomb.
:12. Furthermore, your servant is warned by them.
:There is great reward in keeping them.
:13. Who can discern mistakes?
:Clear me from the guilt of hidden sins!
:14. Also, prevent your servant from committing presumptuous sins!
:Do not let them rule over me! Then I will be blameless
:and innocent of great crime.
:15. Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart
:be acceptable before you,
:YHWH, my rock and my redeemer!
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:1. For the director. According to “Lilies.” By the Korahites.
:A ''maskil''. An ode.
:2. My heart has been stirred by a good theme;
:I am about to recite my verses to the king.
:My tongue is a pen of a skilful scribe.
:3. You are the most attractive of all people;
:kindness has been poured out by your speech.
:Therefore, God has commended you forever.
:4. Strap your sword upon your thigh, great one,
:in your splendour and your majesty.
:5. And in your majesty, victoriously ride
:for the cause of truth and humility, righteousness,
:and let your right hand show you awesome things.
:6. Your arrows are sharp.
:Peoples will fall under you;
:in the heart of the enemies of the king.
:7. Your throne, God, is forever and ever;
:the sceptre of your kingdom is the sceptre of righteousness.
:8. You love righteousness, and you hate wickedness.
:Therefore, God, your God, has anointed you
:with the oil, which is rejoicing, more than your companions.
:9. All your clothes are myrrh and aloes [and] cassia.
:From ivory palaces, stringed instruments have caused you to rejoice.
:10. Princesses are among your treasures;
:a queen has taken a stand at your right hand in the gold of Ophir.
:11. Hear, daughter, and see and incline your ear,
:and forget your people and your father’s household,
:12. so that the king will desire your beauty,
:because he is your husband, and bow down to him,
:13. and Daughter Tyre, the richest of people, will seek your favour with a gift.
:14. The princess is in her chamber with all kinds of valuable goods;
:her clothing [is made] from gold settings.
:15. In embroidered cloth she will be led to the king;
:young women after her, her female companions,
:being brought to you.
:16. They will be led with joy and gladness;
:they will go into the king’s palace.
:17. In the place of your ancestors, your sons will be [princes];
:you will appoint them as princes over all the earth.
:18. I shall profess your name in all generations.
:Therefore peoples will praise you forever and ever.
:1. For the director. According to “The Doe of the Dawn.” A psalm by David.
:2. My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?
:Why are you far from my protection, from my words of groaning?
:3. My God, I cry out by day, but you don’t answer,
:and by night, and I am not silent.
:4. But you are holy,
:the one sitting enthroned on Israel’s songs of praise.
:5. Our ancestors trusted you;
:they trusted and you rescued them.
:6. They called to you, so that they escaped;
:they trusted you and they were not disappointed.
:7. But I am a worm and not a man;
:I am scorned by mankind and despised by people.
:8. Everyone who sees me mocks me;
:they open their mouth wide; they shake their head.
:9. “Commit it to YHWH! - Let him rescue him,
:Let him deliver him because he is pleased with him.”
:10. However, you are the one who took me out of the womb,
:who made me feel secure upon my mother’s breasts.
:11. I have been cast upon you from the womb;
:you have been my God from my mother’s womb.
:12. Don’t be far from me,
:because trouble is near;
:because there is no one helping.
:13. Many bulls have surrounded me;
:mighty ones of Bashan have surrounded me.
:14. They have opened their mouth wide against me
:like a mauling and roaring lion.
:15. I am poured out like water
:and all of my bones are disjointed;
:my heart is like wax;
:it is melted like wax in the midst of my interior.
:16. My strength has dried up like a potsherd
:and my tongue clings to the roof of my mouth
:and you place me in the dust of death,
:17. because dogs have surrounded me;
:a company of evildoers has encompassed me;
:they have pierced my hands and my feet.
:18. I can count all of my bones;
:they look, they gaze at me.
:19. They divide my clothes among themselves
:and cast a lot for my garment.
:20. But you, YHWH, don’t be far!
:My strength, hurry to my aid!
:21. Rescue my life from a sword,
:my only [life] from a dog’s power,
:22. save me from a lion’s mouth!
:And from wild oxen’s horns — you answered me!
:23. I will announce your name to my brothers;
:I will praise you in the midst of the community.
:24. You who fear YHWH: praise Him!
:All you offspring of Jacob: honour Him!
:And be in awe of him, all you offspring of Israel!
:25. Because he has not regarded the sufferer’s affliction as worthless nor detestable
:and he has not hidden his face from him
:but he has heard when he cries to him for help.
:26. My praise among a great community is from you;
:I will fulfil my vows in the presence of those who fear Him;
:27. The afflicted will eat and be satisfied;
:those who seek him will praise YHWH.
:May your heart live forever!
:28. Let all of the ends of the earth consider so that they will turn to YHWH,
:so that all of the families of the nations will worship before you,
:29. because the kingdom is YHWH’s
:and he rules over the nations.
:30. All of the strong ones of the earth have eaten and worshipped;
:all of those going down to dust will kneel before him
:— that is, whose life he will not have preserved.
:31. Future generations will serve him;
:it will be proclaimed concerning the Lord to the generation…
:32. Let them come so that they tell his righteous deed
:to a people being born - what he has done.
:1. For the director. By David.
:I have sought refuge in YHWH. How can you say to me,
:"Flee to your mountain, birds!
:2. For look! The wicked people are about to bend the bow.
:They have put their arrows in place on the string
:in order to shoot in deep darkness at the upright in heart.
:3. For the foundations are about to be destroyed.
:What has the righteous person done?"
:4. YHWH is in his holy temple;
:YHWH – his throne is in heaven.
:His eyes observe;
:his eyelids test humans.
:5. YHWH refines the righteous person,
:but his soul hates the wicked person, who loves violence.
:6. May he rain traps on wicked people!
:May the portion in their cup be fire, brimstone, and a scorching wind!
:7. For YHWH is righteous; he loves righteous acts;
:the upright people will look at his face.
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:1. For the director. By David.
:The fool has said to himself, “There is no God”.
:They have corrupted their deeds; they have done abominable deeds;
:there is none who does good.
:2. YHWH looked down from heaven upon humans
:in order to see: "Is there one who acts wisely,
:who seeks after God?"
:3. All have turned away; all alike have become corrupt;
:there is no one who does good; there is not even one.
:4. Do they not understand – all those who do evil,
:who eat my people as they have eaten food,
:who have not called upon YHWH?
:5. Then they would have feared a fear,
:because God is with the righteous group.
:6. You would put to shame the insight of the oppressed,
:because YHWH is his refuge.
:7. Oh, that deliverance for Israel would come from Zion!
:When YHWH restores the fortunes of his people,
:let Jacob rejoice, let Israel be glad!
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:1. For the director. By the Korahites. A ''maskil''.
:2. God, we have heard [it] with our ears—
:Our ancestors have recounted to us
:the deeds which you did in their times—
:in times long ago
:3. You, by your strength, dispossessed nations, and then you planted them.
:You would afflict the people groups, and then you would set them free.
:4. For they did not take possession of the land by means of their sword;
:nor did their power give victory for them.
:But rather your right hand, and your power, and the light of your countenance [gave the victory];
:for you were pleased with them.
:5. You are my king, my God,
:commanding victory for Jacob!
:6. With you, we can gore our adversaries;
:under your authority, we can tread down our enemies.
:7. Indeed, I cannot trust in my bow,
:nor can my sword give me victory.
:8. But rather you delivered us from our adversaries;
:and you put our enemies to shame.
:9. We have been boasting in God all day long,
:and we will keep declaring your name forever. ''Selah''.
:10. Even so, you have rejected [us]—that is, you have put us to shame.
:And you do not go forth with our armies.
:11. You make us retreat before the adversary,
:and our enemies have plundered for themselves.
:12. You give us up as sheep for consumption,
:and you have scattered us among the nations.
:13. You sell your people without compensation,
:and you have not made a profit by them.
:14. You turn us into an object of scorn to our neighbors—
:An object of scornful derision to those who surround us.
:15. You turn us into a parable among the nations—
:An object of pity among the people groups.
:16. All day long, my shame is before me,
:and my shamefacedness has covered me,
:17. because of the voice of the reviling taunter,
:because of the vengeful enemy.
:18. All this has come upon us, even though we have not neglected you;
:Nor have we broken faith with your covenant.
:19. Our heart has not backslid—
:that is, our steps have not deviated from your path.
:20. Yet you have crushed us in the place of jackals,
:and thus you have covered us with deepest shadow.
:21. If we have neglected our God's name—
:that is, if we had spread our palms in prayer to another god—
:22. could not God investigate this,
:since he knows the heart's secrets?
:23. Yet we have been killed because of you all day long.
:We are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.
:24. Awake! Why do you sleep, Lord?
:Wake up! Do not keep rejecting [us] forever!
:25. Why are you hiding your countenance?
:Why are you neglecting our affliction and oppression?
:26. For our soul has sunk down into the dust;
:our belly clings to the earth.
:27. Arise to our aid,
:and redeem us because of your faithfulness!
:1. For the director. By the servant of YHWH — by David.
:2. Rebellion’s declaration [speaks] to the wicked in the midst of his heart.
:There is no fear of God before his eyes.
:3. For [Rebellion] has flattered him in his eyes,
:that he has found his iniquity and hated it.
:4. The words of his mouth are evil and deceit.
:He has ceased to act wisely and to do good.
:5. He plots evil on his bed.
:He remains beside every way that is not good.
:He does not refuse evil.
:6. YHWH, your loyalty is in the sky;
:your faithfulness [extends] up to the clouds.
:7. Your justice is like the mighty mountains;
:your judgment is [like] the great ocean.
:You deliver humans and animals, YHWH.
:8. How precious is your loyalty, God!
:Mortals take refuge within the protection of your wings.
:9. They drink to the full from the abundance of your house
:and you give them drink from your delightful stream,
:10. because the spring of life is with you.
:By your light we can see light.
:11. Continue your loyalty for those who know you;
:and [continue] your righteousness for the upright in heart!
:12. Do not let the foot of the arrogant come against me;
:and do not let the hand of the wicked drive me away!
:13. There evildoers have fallen.
:They have been thrust down and have not been able to stand up.
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:1. For the director. On the eight-tone scale. A psalm by David.
:2. Help, YHWH! For the loyal one has disappeared;
:for faithful ones have vanished from among humanity.
:3. They speak falsehood, each with his neighbour;
:with flattering lips, with duplicity they speak.
:4. May YHWH exterminate all flattering lips,
:[every] tongue speaking great things,
:5. [all] who have said, “We can speak boldly;
:Our lips are under our control; who is our master?”
:6. “Because afflicted ones are devastated, because poor ones groan,
:now I will rise up,” says YHWH.
:“I will place in safety the one for whom someone sets traps.”
:7. YHWH’s words are pure words,
:silver refined in a furnace on the ground,
:purified seven times over.
:8. You, YHWH, will guard them;
:You will protect him from the generation which is forever.
:9. Wicked ones roam around
:when vileness is esteemed among humans.
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:1. For the director. On the gittith. A psalm by David.
:2. YHWH, our lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth,
:you whose glory is bestowed on the heavens.
:3. Out of the mouths of nursing children, you have founded a fortress,
:because of your adversaries,
:in order to put an end to a vengeful enemy.
:4. When I see your heavens, that which your fingers made,
:the moon and stars which you have established,
:5. what is mankind that you should consider them,
:or a human being, that you should be mindful of him?
:6. And you caused him to lack being a heavenly being by a little,
:and you crowned him with honor and majesty.
:7. You caused him to rule that which your hands made.
:You placed everything under his feet.
:8. Sheep and goats and cattle – all of them,
:and even wild animals,
:9. birds in the sky and fish in the sea,
:that which traverses the paths of the sea.
:10. YHWH, our lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth.
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:1. For the director. With stringed instruments. A psalm. By David.
:2. When I called out, the God who makes things right for me answered me.
:In the distress, you granted me relief.
:He was merciful to me and heard my prayer.
:3. Mortal humans, how long [will you be] heavy-hearted?
:Why would you love what is worthless, seek what is false? ''Selah''.
:4. But know that YHWH has set apart one who is loyal to him.
:YHWH hears when I call out to him.
:5. Tremble and do not sin!
:Think to yourselves on your beds and be silent! ''Selah''.
:6. Sacrifice right sacrifices
:and trust in YHWH!
:7. Many are saying, "Who shows us good?
:Lift up the light of your face as a banner over us, YHWH!"
:8. You have put joy in my heart since the time
:their grain and their new wine multiplied.
:9. In peace, I can both lie down and fall asleep,
:because you alone, YHWH,
:make me dwell securely.
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:1. For the music director. A psalm. By David.
:2. When Nathan the prophet came to him,
:when he had had sexual intercourse with Bathsheba.
:3. Show mercy to me, God, according to your loyalty;
:according to your abundant compassion wipe away my transgressions.
:4. Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity,
:and cleanse me from my sin,
:5. because I am [continually] aware of my transgressions,
:and my sin is constantly in front of me.
:6. Against you alone I have sinned,
:and I have done what is evil in your eyes,
:such that you are in the right whenever you speak,
:[and such that] you are faultless whenever you judge.
:7. Look, I was born in iniquity,
:and in guilt my mother conceived me.
:8. Look, you desire truth in the covered places,
:and you make me know wisdom in the closed-off place.
:9. [Would you please] purify me with hyssop, so that I will be clean;
:[would you please] wash me, so that I will be whiter than snow.
:10. [Would you please] make me hear gladness and joy;
:[so that] the bones that you have crushed might rejoice.
:11. Hide your face from my sins,
:and wipe away all my iniquities.
:12. Create a clean heart for me, God,
:and renew a steadfast spirit within me.
:13. Do not cast me away from before you,
:and do not take your holy spirit away from me.
:14. Restore to me the gladness that results from your salvation,
:and [would you please] support me with a willing spirit.
:15. I intend to teach transgressors your ways,
:so that sinners will turn back to you.
:16. Deliver me from bloodshed, God,
:the God who saves me,
:[so that] my tongue will shout for joy about your righteousness.
:17. Lord, [would you please] open my lips,
:so that my mouth will report praise concerning you.
:18. For you do not delight in sacrifice[s],
:or else I would give [them];
:you are not pleased with burnt offering[s].
:19. The sacrifices [acceptable to] God are broken spirit[s];
:a broken and crushed heart,
:God, you do not despise.
:20. Do good to Zion in accord with what pleases you;
:[would you please] build the walls of Jerusalem.
:21. Then you will delight in right sacrifices, in burnt offering[s] and whole offering[s];
:then [people] will offer up bulls on your altar.
:1. For the music director. By the Korahites. As young women. A psalm.
:2. God is a refuge and stronghold for us.
:He is readily available, as a help, in great trouble.
:3. Therefore, we will not fear though the earth change
:and the mountains topple into the heart of the deepest sea.
:4. Though its waters foam in rage.
:Though mountains quake at its surging. ''Selah''.
:5. [There is] a river whose streams gladden the city of God
:—the holy dwelling of the Most High.
:6. God is in its midst. It cannot be moved.
:God helps it at the approach of morning.
:7. (When) nations raged, (and) kingdoms fell down,
:(then) he thundered with his voice: (and) the earth would melt!
:8. YHWH, [the God] of Hosts, is with us.
:The God of Jacob is a fortress for us. ''Selah''.
:9. Come! Perceive the works of YHWH
:who has wrought great devastation in the land.
:10. The one who terminates wars to the end of the earth
:breaks the bow and snaps the spear.
:He burns transport wagons with fire.
:11. "Be still and acknowledge that I am God!
:I will be exalted among the nations; I will be exalted throughout the earth.”
:12 YHWH, [the God] of Hosts, is with us.
:The God of Jacob is a fortress for us. ''Selah''.
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:1. For the music director. With stringed instruments. A psalm, a song.
:2. May God be gracious to us and may he bless us.
:May he shine his face toward us — ''Selah''.
:3. — in order to understand your way on earth,
:your salvation among all nations.
:4. Let the peoples praise you, God,
:let the peoples praise you, all of them.
:5. Let the nations shout joyfully,
:because you rule the peoples fairly,
:and the nations you guide on the earth. ''Selah''.
:6. Let the peoples praise you, God,
:let the peoples praise you, all of them.
:7. The earth has yielded its produce.
:May God, our God, bless us.
:8. May God bless us
:so that all the ends of the earth will fear him.
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:1. Give thanks to YHWH because he is good,
:because his loyalty is forever.
:2. Let Israel say,
:“Because his loyalty is forever”.
:3. Let the house of Aaron say,
:“Because his loyalty is forever”.
:4. Let those who fear YHWH say,
:“Because his loyalty is forever”.
:5. From the tight place I cried out to Yah.
:Yah answered me with spaciousness.
:6. YHWH is for me. I shall not fear.
:What can man do to me?
:7. YHWH is for me as my helper,
:and I shall look in triumph upon those who hate me.
:8. It is better to take refuge in YHWH
:than to trust in man.
:9. It is better to take refuge in YHWH
:than to trust in noblemen.
:10. All nations surrounded me.
:“With the name of YHWH, yes, I shall drive them away!”
:11. They surrounded me, indeed they surrounded me.
:“With the name of YHWH, yes, I shall drive them away!”
:12. They surrounded me like bees.
:They burned up like a fire of thorns.
:“With the name of YHWH, yes, I shall drive them away!”
:13. You pushed me down hard so that I was falling,
:but YHWH helped me.
:14. Yah is my strength and song
:and he has become my salvation.
:15. A voice of rejoicing and salvation
:is in the tents of the righteous:
:“The right hand of YHWH does valiantly!
:16. The right hand of YHWH exalts!
:The right hand of YHWH does valiantly!”
:17. I shall not die, but I shall live,
:and declare the deeds of Yah.
:18. Yah disciplined me hard,
:but he has not given me over to death.
:19. Open the gates of righteousness for me.
:I will enter through them. I will give thanks to Yah.
:20. This is the gate of YHWH.
:The righteous enter through it.
:21. I thank you for you have answered me
:and become my salvation.
:22. The stone that the builders rejected
:has become the top of the corner.
:23. This has been from YHWH;
:it is extraordinary in our eyes!
:24. This is the day that YHWH has made.
:Let us be glad and rejoice in it.
:25. Please, YHWH, grant salvation, please!
:Please, YHWH, grant success, please!
:26. Blessed is he who comes in the name of YHWH.
:We bless you from the house of YHWH.
:27. YHWH is God and he has made his light shine on us.
:Bind the festival sacrifice with cords,
:up to the horns of the altar!
:28. You are my God and I shall give thanks to you.
:You are my God. I shall exalt you.
:29. Give thanks to YHWH because he is good,
:because his loyalty is forever.