PSALM I
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PSALM ¤1 {The two ways.— What you sow in life you will harvest. Those who keep God’s law will be happy here and in the next life. Whoever refuses it will not prosper.} °1 Blessed is the one who does not go where the wicked gather, or stand in the way of sinners, or sit where the scoffers sit! °2 Instead, he finds delight in the law of the Lord and meditates day and night on his commandments. °3 He is like a tree beside a brook producing its fruit in due season, its leaves never withering. Everything he does is a success. °4 But it is different with the wicked. They are like chaff driven away by the wind. °5 The wicked will not stand when judgment comes, nor the sinners when the righteous assemble. °6 For the Lord knows the way of the righteous but cuts off the way of the wicked. PSALM ¤2 {The two kingdoms.— This struggle between the kings of the earth and God’s Anointed
announces the Book of Revelation. God has come among us. His presence is a
challenge to those who would like to be lords of the earth. There will be no
lasting peace here below.} °1 Why do the nations conspire? Why do the peoples plot in vain? °2 The kings of the earth brace themselves and the rulers together take their stand against the Lord and his anointed. °3 They say, “Let us break their bonds! Let us cast away their chains!” °4 The One enthroned in heaven laughs; the Lord looks at them in derision. °5 Then in anger he speaks to them, terrifying them in the fury of his wrath: °6 “Behold the king I have installed, in Zion, upon my holy hill!” °7 I will proclaim the decree of the Lord. He said to me: “You are my son. This day I have begotten you. °8 Ask of me and I will give you the nations for your inheritance, the ends of the earth for your possession. °9 You shall rule them with iron scepter and shatter them as a potter’s vase.” °10 Now therefore, learn wisdom, O kings; be warned, O rulers of the earth. °11 Serve the Lord with fear and fall at his feet; lest he be angry and you perish when his anger suddenly flares. Blessed are all who take refuge in him! PSALM ¤3 {How many are my enemies!— King David, like all Christians, has an ally more powerful than all his enemies together: God.} °2 O Lord, how great in number are my foes! How numerous are they who rise against me! °3 How many are they who say of my soul: “There is no help for him in God!” °4 But you are my shield, O Lord, my glory, you lift up my head. °5 Aloud I cry to the Lord, and from his holy hill he answers me. °6 If I lie down to sleep, again I awake, for the Lord supports me; °7 no fear of the thousands standing against me. °8 Arise, O Lord! Deliver me, O my God! You strike all my enemies on the jaw, you have broken the teeth of the wicked. °9 Salvation comes from the Lord. May your blessing be upon your people! PSALM ¤4 {Evening prayer.— An evening prayer for those who trust God in the midst of their difficulties, remembering how many times God has come to their assistance. Gratitude for favors received leads us to ask for more; this request will be more trustful; trust will bring us peace and joy in our difficulties. Evil and misfortune come in many ways, but prayer always brings strength. } °2 Answer when I call, O God, my justice! When I was in distress, you gave me solace. Have compassion on me and hear my plea. °3 And you people, how long will you harden your hearts? How long will you delight in deceit and go in search of falsehood? °4 But you must know that the Lord has shown his kindness to me. When I call to him, he hears me. °5 Be angry, but don’t offend. Keep your words to yourself, when you are in bed, and be still. °6 Offer the sacrifice commanded by the Law and put your trust in the Lord your God. °7 Many ask, “Who will give us a happy time? Would that his favor shine upon us!” °8 You, O Lord, have put joy in my heart; more than by giving me wine and food. °9 I lie down and sleep in peace, for you alone, O Lord, make me feel safe and secure. PSALM ¤5 {Morning prayer.— Let us begin the day by asking God to be our light and our strength; going also to the house of God, his temple where his light and his strength are within our reach.} °2 O Lord, listen to my words and hear my complaint, °3 give heed to my sighs, my King and my God. °4 From daybreak you hear my voice, from dawn I am in your presence watching for you. °5 You are not a God who delights in wickedness; evil has no place in
you. °6 The arrogant cannot stand before you. You hate all who do evil; °7 you destroy all who speak falsehood, who thirst for blood and live on lies; all of them the Lord detests. °8 But I, by your love and grace, may come into your house. In reverence I bow down and worship at your holy temple. °9 Lead me, O Lord, through your path of righteousness; make your way straight before me, for my enemies lie in wait. °10 Not a word of their mouth can be trusted, for their heart is full of mischief. Their tongue flatters with deceit, but their throat is an open grave. °11 O Lord, make them pay for their guilt. Let their snares trap them. Cast them out for their many sins – for their offense and rebellion. °12 But for those who take refuge in you, let them ever sing and
rejoice. Let your deliverance shield them, that they may praise you in
gladness – those who love your name, O Lord. °13 You bless all who live in righteousness; your favor covers them as a shield. PSALM ¤6 {Prayer of the afflicted.— This psalm is the prayer of a sick person. When she asks to be freed of her sickness she reaffirms her unshaken trust and will to have nothing to do with evil.} °2 O Lord, in your anger do not reprove; nor punish me in your fury. °3 Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I have no strength left. O Lord, heal me, for my bones are in torment. °4 My soul also is greatly troubled. How long, O Lord, how long? How long will you be? °5 Come back to me, O Lord, save my life; rescue me for the sake of your love. °6 For no one remembers you in the grave; who will praise you in the world of the dead? °7 I am weary with moaning; I weep every night, drenching my bed with tears. °8 My eyes have grown dim from troubles; I have weakened because of my foes. °9 Away from me, you evildoers, for the Lord has heard my plaintive voice. °10 The Lord has heard my plea; the Lord will grant all that I pray for. °11 Let my enemies fall back in shame, all of a sudden – the whole bunch of them! PSALM ¤7 {Free me from my persecutors.— A cry that comes from the depth of the soul, demanding justice.} °2 O Lord, my God, in you I take shelter; deliver me and save me from all my pursuers, °3 lest lions tear me to pieces with no one to rescue me. °4 O Lord, my God, if my hands are stained with guilt – °5 if with evil I have repaid good, if I have plundered unjustly my opponent, °6 let the enemy hound me, let him crush me to the ground and lay down my liver in the dust. °7 Arise, O Lord, in your wrath; rise up against the fury of my foes. Awake, O my God and judge the nations, for the time of judgment has come. °8 Let the nations gather around you; and you take your seat high above them. °9 Proclaim, O Lord, my righteousness; you see that I am blameless. °10 Bring to an end the power of the wicked, but affirm the just, O righteous God, searcher of mind and heart. °11 You cover me as a shield, Oh God, for you protect the upright. °12 A righteous judge is God, his anger ever awaiting those who refuse to repent. °13 God has his sword ready and sharpened, his bow bent and arrows aimed. °14 He has in hand, always ready, his deadly weapons and fiery darts. °15 Look at the one who conceived iniquity and is pregnant with mischief: miscarriage will result. °16 He digs a pit and makes it deep, he will fall into the trap he made. °17 His evil intent recoils upon his head; his wicked design comes back in his face. °18 I will rejoice in the Lord for his justice, and sing to the Most High in gratitude and praise. PSALM ¤8 {Glory of God and dignity of humans.— The universe reveals the glory and the beauty of God. In becoming one of us, the Son of God has put humans above all material creation and emphasized the fundamental equality of all humans.} °2 O Lord, our Lord, how great is your name throughout the earth! And your glory in the heavens above. °3 Even the mouths of children and infants exalt your glory in front of your foes and put to shame enemies and rebels. °4 When I observe the heavens, the work of your hands, the moon and the stars you set in their place – °5 what is the mortal that you be mindful of him, the son of man, that you should care for him? °6 Yet you made him a little lower than the angels; you have crowned him with glory and honor. °7 You made him rule over the works of your hands; you have put all things under his feet – °8 sheep and oxen without number and even the beasts of the field, °9 the birds of the air, the fish of the sea, and all that swim the paths of the ocean. °10 O Lord, our Lord, how
great is your name all over the earth! PSALM
¤9 {9A} {God, refuge of the oppressed.— Recalling the examples of the past, the psalmist affirms: “The hope of the poor will not be destroyed.”} °2 Let my heart give thanks to the Lord, I yearn to proclaim your marvelous deeds, °3 and rejoice and exult in you, and sing praise to your name, O Most High. °4 For my enemies fell back in retreat, they stumbled and perished before you. °5 You have upheld my right and my cause, you have sentenced from your throne, O just judge. °6 You have turned back the nations; you have destroyed the wicked; you have blotted out their names forever. °7 Your enemies lay in endless ruin, their cities trampled, their memory perished. °8 But the Lord reigns forever, having set up his throne for judgment. °9 He will judge the nations with justice and govern the peoples in righteousness. °10 The Lord is a rampart for the oppressed, a refuge in times of distress. °11 Those who cherish your name, O Lord, can rely on you, for you have never forsaken those who look to you. °12 Sing praises to the Lord enthroned in Zion, proclaim his deeds among the nations. °13 For he who avenges blood remembers, he does not ignore the cry of the lowly. °14 Have mercy on me, O Lord. See how they afflict me. Oh, lift me up from the gates of death, °15 that I may declare your praise, that I may rejoice in your salvation in the gates of Zion. °16 The pagans have sunk into the pit they have dug, their own feet ensnared by the trap they laid. °17 The Lord has shown his presence, he has judged and the wicked plotters have been trapped by the work of their hands. °18 To the netherworld the wicked will depart, all the nations that have no thought of God. °19 For the needy will not always be forgotten, nor the hope of the poor perish forever. °20 Rise, O Lord! Do not let mortals prevail; let the nations stand on trial before you. °21 Bring terror, O Lord, strike at them; let these pagans realize that they are but humans. PSALM ¤10 {9B Continuation of the preceding psalm.} °1 Why, O Lord, do you stand afar? Why hide from us in times of distress? °2 The wicked are in power; the weak suffer harassment; the poor become victims of evil schemes. °3 Exploiters boast in their power and greed; the covetous blasphemes and defies God. °4 In their pride the wicked say, “There is no God.” They see no further. °5 The wicked prosper in their ways, your laws are far from their minds; haughtily they sneer at their rivals, °6 all of them saying in their heart, “Nothing will trouble me. I am secure, powerful and happy.” °7 Their mouths are filled with cursing, deceit and threats; spite and mischief are under their tongues. °8 They lie in ambush near the villages, murdering the innocent and the unfortunate, spying upon their next victim. °9 The evil one lurks in secret, like a lion in its covert, waiting to seize his prey and drag him off in a net. °10 Lying prone or crouching, he waits and the unfortunate falls into his power. °11 He thinks to himself: “God has forgotten; he has hidden his face and will never see this.” °12 Rise, Lord, O God, raise your hand, do not forget the lowly. °13 Why do the wicked revile God and say, “He cannot make me account”? °14 But you see those in misery, O God, and you take it in hand. The unfortunate commits himself to you; the orphan turns to you for help. °15 Break the power of the wicked – seek out their wickedness till there is none to be found. °16 The Lord is king forever and the pagans have vanished from his land. °17 For you hear, O Lord, the longings of the lowly, and you strengthen their hearts; °18 you give heed to the orphans and the oppressed. Let no human raise from earth and strike terror. PSALM ¤11 {10} {The just fear nothing.— If God is with us, who will condemn us? May he deliver us from fear when we face those who threaten and crush others.} °1 In the Lord I take refuge. How, then, can you say to me, “Flee to the mountains like a bird; °2 for the wicked are bending their bows and fit their arrows to the string. They get ready to shoot in the dark, they take aim at the upright of heart. °3 When foundations fall to ruin, what can the righteous do?” °4 The Lord is in his holy place – our God whose throne is in heaven. He looks down to earth to observe the race of Adam. °5 The Lord searches both righteous and wicked. He hates those who delight in violence. °6 Upon the wicked, he will rain coals of fire and brimstone; a burning blast will be their lot. °7 For the Lord is righteous; he loves justice. The upright will see his face. PSALM ¤12 {11} {Against the world of lies.— Lies, propaganda and the false prophets of the easy life conceal the injustice of every day. God’s word is true, and it will judge the world. In the Word-of-God-made-man, there is no yes and no: in him all the promises of God have become a yes.} °2 Help us, O Lord, none of the godly are left, the faithful have vanished. °3 Everyone lies; with flattering lips they speak from a double heart. °4 May the Lord cut off insincere lips, every glib tongue that utters deceit. °5 Many say, “Our strength lies in our tongue, we know how to speak, who will lord it over us?” °6 “The poor are despoiled and the needy suffer, now I will save them,” says the Lord. “I will give them security.” °7 The promises of the Lord are sure and lasting – silver refined in the furnace seven times and freed from dross. °8 Hold us, O Lord, in your keeping; protect us always from this generation, °9 for the wicked prowl on all sides, and the basest are exalted. PSALM ¤13 {12} {Look and listen to me.— God does not forget his children: he has resurrected Christ.} °2 How long, O Lord, will you forget me and hide your face from me? °3 How long must I suffer pain in my soul and grief in my heart all the day long? How long shall my enemy triumph over me? °4 Look upon me and answer, O Lord my God! Give light to my eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death; °5 lest my enemy say, “I have routed him,” lest my foes rejoice of my fall. °6 But I put my trust in your unfailing love, my heart will rejoice on seeing your salvation. I will sing to the Lord, for he has been good to me! PSALM ¤14 {13} § Without respect for neighbors, without respect for God.°1 The fool says in his heart, “God does not exist.” All have strayed, all are perverted, there is no one who does good. °2 The Lord looks down from heaven upon the race of Adam, to see if there are any who seek God and act wisely. °3 They have all turned aside: corrupt – all of them alike. °4 Will they ever learn – these doers of evil? For they devour my people, – that is their food – and do not call upon the Lord. °5 But suddenly terror strikes them: God was on the side of the just! °6 You may confound the hope of the poor, but the Lord is their refuge. °7 Oh would that I see Israel’s salvation coming from Zion! When the Lord brings home the exiles, what joy it will be for Jacob, what happiness for Israel! PSALM ¤15 {14} {Lord, who shall dwell in your tent?— May the Lord help us to follow his commandments.} °1 O Lord, who will dwell in your tent and reside on your holy mount? °2 Those who walk blamelessly and do what is right, who speak truth from their heart °3 and control their words, who do no harm to their neighbors and cast no discredit on their companions, °4 who look down on evildoers but highly esteem God’s servants; who at all cost stand by a pledged word, °5 who do not lend money at interest and refuse a bribe against the innocent. Do this, and you will soon be shaken. PSALM ¤16 {15} {The Lord is my inheritance.— God is my share of inheritance: I chose him as my only Lord and I will rejoice in him for all eternity.} °1 Keep me safe, O God, for in you I take refuge. °2 I say to the Lord, “You are my Lord, my only good.” °3 The gods of the earth are but nothing, cursed be those who delight in them. °4 Those who run after foreign gods only have their sorrows multiplied. Let me not shed blood for them, nor their names be heard on my lips. °5 O Lord, my inheritance and my cup, my chosen portion – hold secure my lot. °6 The best part has been allotted to me. Delightful indeed is my inheritance! °7 I bless the Lord who counsels me; even at night my inmost self instructs me. °8 I keep the Lord always before me; for with him at my right hand, I will never be shaken. °9 My heart, therefore, exults, my soul rejoices; my body too will rest assured. °10 For you will not abandon my soul to the grave, nor will you suffer your holy one to see decay in the land of the dead. °11 You will show me the path of life, in your presence the fullness of joy, at your right hand happiness forever. PSALM ¤17 {16} § Outcry of the innocent.°1 Hear a just cause, O Lord, listen to my complaint. Give heed to my prayer for there is no deceit on my lips. °2 Let my defense come forth from you; your eyes see what is right. °3 You have probed my heart, searched me at night, tested me by fire, and you have seen no wickedness in me. °4 I have not sinned by my words as others do; I have kept your word and followed your ways. °5 Hold firm my steps upon your path, that my feet may not stumble. °6 I call on you, you will answer me, O God; incline your ear and hear my word. °7 For you do wonders for your faithful, you save those fleeing from the enemy as they seek refuge at your right hand. °8 Keep me as the apple of your eye; under the shadow of your wings hide me, °9 far from my violent pursuers, from the onslaught of the wicked despoilers. °10 Their mouths speak arrogantly; they have shut their hearts to mercy. °11 Now they surround me and track me down, their eyes eager to see me overthrown. °12 Like lions made fierce by hunger, they want only to kill and tear. °13 Arise, O Lord, confront them, overthrow them! May your sword deliver me from the wicked. °14 O Lord, strike them with your hand and give them no share with the living. May their belly be filled with what you have stored for them, and their children have more than enough to leave to their descendants. °15 As for me, righteous in your sight, I shall see your face and, awakening, gaze my fill on your likeness. PSALM ¤18 {17} {A liberator gives thanks to God.— This psalm celebrates a victory. Enthusiasm, fervor, gratitude: God has shaken the universe to come to my help.} °2 I love you, O Lord, my strength. °3 The Lord is my rock, my fortress, my deliverer and my God. He is the rock in whom I take refuge. He is my shield, my powerful savior, my stronghold. °4 I call on the Lord, who is worthy of praise: he saves me from my enemies! °5 A deadly flood surrounded me, devilish torrents rushed at me; °6 caught by the cords of the grave, I was brought to the snares of death. °7 But I called upon the Lord in my distress, I cried to my God for help; and from his temple he heard my voice, my cry of grief reached his ears. °8 Then the earth reeled and rocked; the foundations of the mountains shook; they trembled at his fury. °9 Smoke rose from his nostrils, from his mouth a devouring fire throwing off live embers. °10 He bent the heavens and came down with dark clouds under his feet. °11 He rode on a cherub and flew, borne on the swift wings of the wind. °12 Veiled with darkness surrounding him, he made misty rain clouds his tent. °13 Then from the brightness of his presence hail and fiery embers broke forth. °14 From heaven the Lord thundered; the voice of the Most High resounded. °15 Sending out a hail of arrows, he scattered them; flashing forth bolts of lightning, he routed them. °16 The beds of the seas appeared, the foundations of the world were laid bare at the rebuke of the Lord, at the blast of his breath. °17 Reaching down from above, he drew me out of the deep waters. °18 Too strong for me were my enemies, but he rescued me from my adversaries. °19 They launched their attack on an opportune day, but the Lord was my support. °20 He has set me out in the open, he saved me because he cares for me! °21 The Lord rewarded me for my justice, according to my righteousness. °22 For I have been faithful to the Lord’s way and have not departed from my God. °23 All his ordinances are before me, I have always followed his statutes. °24 Before him I have done uprightly and kept myself from iniquity. °25 The Lord treats me according to my merits, according to the cleanness of my hands. °26 With the faithful you are faithful; with the blameless you are blameless; °27 with the pure you are pure but with the crooked you are astute. °28 For you raise up the humble and bring down the arrogant. °29 Lord, you give light to my lamp. O my God, you brighten my darkness. °30 Yes, with you I charge the armed bands, and by my God I leap over the wall. °31 This God – his way is perfect; the word of the Lord can stand fire. He is a shield for those who seek refuge in him. °32 There is no other God but Yahweh. There is no other rock but our God. °33 He is the God who girds me with strength and prepares my ways. °34 He makes my feet as swift as the deer’s; he sets me securely on the heights. °35 He trains my hands for war and my arms to bend the bronze-bow. °36 You give me your shield for protection, your right hand upholds me, and your help makes me great. °37 You enlarge the space before me, my step will not falter. °38 I pursue my enemies and overtake them, I do not turn back till I have destroyed them. °39 Thrusting them through, I do not give them time to rise; they fall under my feet. °40 You give me strength for the battle; you subdue my adversaries beneath me; °41 you put my enemies to flight and destroy those who hate me. °42 They cry for help, but no one comes. They cry to the Lord; he does not answer them. °43 I pulverize them as dust before the wind; like mud in the streets I trample them. °44 You delivered me from my people’s quarrels and made me head over the nations. They came to serve me – people I have not known. °45 At the sound of my voice, they rose to obey, foreigners fawned before me. °46 Staggering out of their fortresses, they came to me cringing and trembling. °47 The Lord lives! Praised be my rock! Exalted be my savior God – °48 the God who grants me vengeance and subdues the peoples for me. °49 He delivers me from my foes; he exalts me above my adversaries; he rescues me from violent people. °50 For this I extol you, O Lord, among the nations; I will sing praise to your name, saying: °51 “He has given victories to his king; he has shown his love to his anointed ones, to David, and to his descendants forever.” PSALM ¤19 {18} {The Lord, sun of justice.- The splendor of heaven gives us a glimpse of the glory of God. We are also aware of his presence when we meditate on his commandments which are light and joy for the soul.} °2 The heavens declare the glory of God; the firmament proclaims the work of his hands. °3 Day talks it over with day; night hands on the knowledge to night. °4 No speech, no words, no voice is heard – °5 but the call goes on throughout the universe, the message is felt to the ends of the earth. °6 High above, he pitched a tent for the sun, who comes out as a bridegroom from his pavilion, or like a racer joyfully runs his course. °7 Rising from one end, it makes its circuit of the heavens, and sets at the other end; and nothing is hidden from its heat. °8 The law of the Lord is perfect: it gives life to the soul. The word of the Lord is trustworthy: it gives wisdom to the simple. °9 The precepts of the Lord are right: they give joy to the heart. The commandments of the Lord are clear: they enlighten the eyes. °10 The fear of the Lord is pure, it endures forever; the judgments of the Lord are true, all of them just and right. °11 They are more precious than gold – pure gold of a jeweller; they are much sweeter than honey which drops from the honeycomb. °12 They are a light to your servant, in keeping them they win a great reward. °13 But who can discern one’s own errors? Forgive the failings of which I am unaware. °14 Preserve me from willful sin; do not let it get the better of your servant. Then shall I walk blameless and innocent of serious sin. °15 May the words of my mouth and the meditations of my heart find favor in your sight, O Lord – my redeemer, my rock! PSALM ¤20 {19} § Prayer of the Jews for their king.
°2 May the Lord answer you in the day of distress; may the name of Jacob’s God give you protection. °3 May he send you help from the sanctuary and give you support from Mount Zion. °4 May he remember all your oblations and look favorably on your burnt offerings. °5 May he grant you your heart’s desire and fulfill all your plans. °6 In your victory let us shout for joy and raise our banner in the name of our God. May the Lord grant all your requests. °7 Now I know that the Lord saves his anointed; he has answered him from his holy heaven with victories from his right hand. °8 Some boast of chariots, some of horses; but we boast in the name of the Lord our God. °9 Their forces will collapse and be crushed, but ours shall rise, and stand firm. °10 When we call, answer us, O Lord, make the king victorious! PSALM ¤21 {20} {Thanksgiving for our king.— He asked you for life and you have given it: he will live for ever.} °2 The king rejoices in your strength, O Lord, and exults in your saving help. °3 You have granted him his desire; you have not rejected his request. °4 You have come to him with rich blessings; you have placed a golden crown upon his head. °5 When he asked, you gave him life – length of days forever and ever. °6 He glories in the victory you gave him; you shall bestow on him splendor and majesty. °7 You have given him eternal blessings, and gladdened him with the joy of your presence. °8 The king trusts in the Lord, and through the love of the Most High, he will not be shaken. °9 Your hand, O Lord, will reach your enemies, and lay hold of all your foes. °10 Your mere appearance will turn them into a blazing furnace. Your wrath will engulf them like a fire. °11 You will wipe their fruit from the earth and destroy their posterity. °12 Though they plot evil against you and devise wicked schemes, they will never win; °13 they will turn back in fear, when you aim arrows at them. °14 Be exalted, O Lord, in your strength! We will sing in praise of your might. PSALM ¤22 {21} § The prayer of Christ on the cross.°2 My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from me, from the sound of my groaning? °3 My God, I call by day, but you never answer; by night and I find no rest. °4 Yet you are enthroned the Holy One, the praise of Israel. °5 In you our fathers trusted, and you delivered them. °6 They cried to you and they were saved; they trusted in you and were not overcome. °7 But I am a worm and not human, scorned by everyone, despised by the people. °8 All who see me make a jest of me; they sneer and shake their heads. °9 “He put his trust in the Lord, let the Lord rescue him! If the Lord is his friend, let him help him!” °10 Yet it is you who drew me from the womb and kept me safe at my mother’s breasts. °11 I have been yours from birth; from my mother’s womb you have been my God. °12 Be not far from me for trouble is near, and there is no one to help me. °13 A herd of bulls surround me – strong bulls of Bashan closing in on me, °14 their mouths open, like lions roaring for their prey. °15 I am like water draining away; all my bones are out of joint, my heart melts away like wax. °16 My throat is dried up like a potsherd; my tongue clings to my palate. You have laid me down in the dust of death. °17 Round about me are vicious dogs, villainous rogues encircling me. They have tied up my hands and feet. °18 They can count all my bones, for they are looking and watching me, °19 dividing my garments among them and casting lots for my raiment. °20 O Lord, be not far from me! O my strength, come quickly to my help. °21 Deliver my soul from the sword, my life from the powerful grip of the dog. °22 Rescue me from the jaws of the lion, my soul from the horns of the wild bull. °23 I will proclaim your name to my brothers, I will praise you in the assembly, °24 “All you who fear the Lord, praise him! All you offspring of Jacob, glorify him! All you sons of Israel, revere him! °25 For he has not scorned or loathed the afflicted in his misery. He has not hidden his face from me but has listened when I cried to him.” °26 I will praise you in the great assembly, fulfill my vows before all who revere you. °27 The lowly will eat and be satisfied. Those who seek the Lord will praise him. May your hearts live forever! °28 The whole earth will acknowledge and turn to the Lord; the families of nations will worship him. °29 For dominion belongs to the Lord and he reigns over the nations. °30 Before him all those who rest in the earth will bow down, all who go down to the dust. My soul will live for him. °31 My descendants will serve him and proclaim the Lord to coming generations; °32 they will announce his salvation to a people yet unborn, “These are the things that he has done.” End |
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