PSALM 72 1Endow the king with your justice, O God, the royal son with your righteousness. 2He will judge your people in righteousness, your afflicted ones with justice. 3The mountains will bring prosperity to the people, the hills the fruit of righte
PSALM 60 1You have rejected us, O God, and burst forth upon us; you have been angry-now restore us! 2You have shaken the land and torn it open; mend its fractures, for it is quaking. 3You have shown your people desperate times; you have given us wine
PSALM 59 1Deliver me from my enemies, O God; protect me from those who rise up against me. 2Deliver me from evildoers and save me from bloodthirsty men. 3See how they lie in wait for me! Fierce men conspire against me for no offense or sin of mine, O
PSALM 58 1Do you rulers indeed speak justly? Do you judge uprightly among men? 2No, in your heart you devise injustice, and your hands mete out violence on the earth. 3Even from birth the wicked go astray; from the womb they are wayward and speak lie
PSALM 57 1Have mercy on me, O God, have mercy on me, for in you my soul takes refuge. I will take refuge in the shadow of your wings until the disaster has passed. 2I cry out to God Most High, to God, who fulfills [his purpose] for me. 3He sends from
PSALM 56 1Be merciful to me, O God, for men hotly pursue me; all day long they press their attack. 2My slanderers pursue me all day long; many are attacking me in their pride. 3When I am afraid, I will trust in you. 4In God, whose word I praise, in G
PSALM 55 1Listen to my prayer, O God, do not ignore my plea; 2hear me and answer me. My thoughts trouble me and I am distraught 3at the voice of the enemy, at the stares of the wicked; for they bring down suffering upon me and revile me in their ange
PSALM 54 1Save me, O God, by your name; vindicate me by your might. 2Hear my prayer, O God; listen to the words of my mouth. 3Strangers are attacking me; ruthless men seek my life- men without regard for God. Selah 4Surely God is my help; the Lord is
PSALM 53 1The fool says in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, and their ways are vile; there is no one who does good. 2God looks down from heaven on the sons of men to see if there are any who understand, any who seek God. 3Everyone has tu
PSALM 51 1Have mercy on me, O God, according to your unfailing love; according to your great compassion blot out my transgressions. 2Wash away all my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin. 3For I know my transgressions, and my sin is always before me.
PSALM 50 1The Mighty One, God, the Lord , speaks and summons the earth from the rising of the sun to the place where it sets. 2From Zion, perfect in beauty, God shines forth. 3Our God comes and will not be silent; a fire devours before him, and aroun
PSALM 49 1Hear this, all you peoples; listen, all who live in this world, 2both low and high, rich and poor alike: 3My mouth will speak words of wisdom; the utterance from my heart will give understanding. 4I will turn my ear to a proverb; with the h
PSALM 48 1Great is the Lord , and most worthy of praise, in the city of our God, his holy mountain. 2It is beautiful in its loftiness, the joy of the whole earth. Like the utmost heights of Zaphon is Mount Zion, the city of the Great King. 3God is in
PSALM 47 1Clap your hands, all you nations; shout to God with cries of joy. 2How awesome is the Lord Most High, the great King over all the earth! 3He subdued nations under us, peoples under our feet. 4He chose our inheritance for us, the pride of Ja
PSALM 46 1God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble. 2Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea, 3though its waters roar and foam and the mountains quake with their su
PSALM 52 1Why do you boast of evil, you mighty man? Why do you boast all day long, you who are a disgrace in the eyes of God? 2Your tongue plots destruction; it is like a sharpened razor, you who practice deceit. 3You love evil rather than good, fals
1Unless the Lord builds the house, its builders labor in vain. Unless the Lord watches over the city, the watchmen stand guard in vain. 2In vain you rise early and stay up late, toiling for food to eat- for he grants sleep to those he loves. 3Sons ar
1I lift up my eyes to the hills- where does my help come from? 2My help comes from the Lord , the Maker of heaven and earth. 3He will not let your foot slip- he who watches over you will not slumber; 4indeed, he who watches over Israel will neither s
1I rejoiced with those who said to me, Let us go to the house of the Lord . 2Our feet are standing in your gates, O Jerusalem. 3Jerusalem is built like a city that is closely compacted together. 4That is where the tribes go up, the tribes of the Lord
1I lift up my eyes to you, to you whose throne is in heaven. 2As the eyes of slaves look to the hand of their master, as the eyes of a maid look to the hand of her mistress, so our eyes look to the Lord our God, till he shows us his mercy. 3Have merc