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Psalms, Psalm 1

BOOK 1> 1 The Righteous and the Wicked Contrasted.
1 How blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked,
Nor stand in thea Or waypath of sinners,
Nor sit in the seat of scoffers!
1
Pro 4:14Psa 5:9Psa 5:10Psa 10:2-11Psa 36:1-4Psa 17:4Psa 119:104Psa 26:4Psa 26:5Jer 15:17
2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD,
And in His law he meditates day and night.
2
Psa 119:14Psa 119:16Psa 119:35Jos 1:8Psa 25:5Psa 63:5Psa 63:6
3 He will be like a tree firmly planted byb Or canalsstreams of water,
Which yields its fruit in its season
And itsc Or foliageleaf does not wither;
Andd Or all that he does prospersin whatever he does, he prospers.
3
Psa 92:12-14Jer 17:8Eze 19:10Gen 39:2Gen 39:3Gen 39:23Psa 128:2
4 The wicked are not so,
But they are like chaff which the wind drives away.
4
Job 21:18Psa 35:5Isa 17:13
5 Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment,
Nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.
5
Psa 5:5Psa 9:7Psa 9:8Psa 9:16Psa 89:5Psa 89:7
6 For the LORDe Or approves or has regard toknows the way of the righteous,
But the way of the wicked will perish.
6
Psa 37:18Nah 1:7Joh 10:14Ti2 2:19Psa 9:5Psa 9:6Psa 11:6

Psalms, Psalm 2

BOOK 1> 1 The Reign of the Lord’s Anointed.
1 Why are thea Or Gentilesnations in an uproar
And the peoples devising a vain thing?
1
Psa 46:6Psa 83:2-5Act 4:25Act 4:26Psa 21:11
2 The kings of the earth take their stand
And the rulers take counsel together
Against the LORD and against Hisb Or MessiahAnointed, saying,
2
Psa 48:4-6Psa 74:18Psa 74:23Joh 1:41
3 “Let us tear their fetters apart
And cast away their cords from us!”
3
Jer 5:5
4 He whoc Or is enthronedsits in the heavens laughs,
The Lord scoffs at them.
4
Psa 37:13Psa 59:8
5 Then He will speak to them in His anger
And terrify them in His fury, saying,
5
Psa 21:8Psa 21:9Psa 76:7Psa 78:49Psa 78:50
6 “But as for Me, I haved Or consecratedinstalled My King
Upon Zion, My holy mountain.”
6
Psa 45:6Psa 48:1Psa 48:2
7 “I will surely tell of thee Or decree: The Lord said to Medecree of the LORD:
He said to Me, ‘You are My Son,
Today I have begotten You.
7
Act 13:33Heb 1:5Heb 5:5
8 ‘Ask of Me, and I will surely give thef Or Gentilesnations as Your inheritance,
And the very ends of the earth as Your possession.
8
Psa 21:1Psa 21:2Psa 22:27Psa 67:7
9 ‘You shallg Another reading is rulebreak them with ah Or scepter or staffrod of iron,
You shall shatter them likei Lit potter’s wareearthenware.’”
9
Psa 89:23Psa 110:5Psa 110:6Rev 2:26Rev 2:27Rev 12:5Rev 19:15Psa 28:5Psa 52:5Psa 72:4
10 Now therefore, O kings, show discernment;
Take warning, Oj Or leadersjudges of the earth.
10
Pro 8:15Pro 27:11
11 k Or ServeWorship the LORD withl Or fearreverence
And rejoice with trembling.
11
Psa 5:7Psa 119:119Psa 119:120
12 m Lit Kiss; some ancient versions read Do homage purely, or, Lay hold of instructionDo homage to the Son, that He not become angry, and you perish in the way,
For His wrath mayn Or quickly, suddenly, easilysoon be kindled.
How blessed are all who take refuge in Him!
12
Psa 2:7Rev 6:16Rev 6:17Psa 5:11Psa 34:22

Psalms, Psalm 3

BOOK 1> 1 Morning Prayer of Trust in God.
1 O LORD, how my adversaries have increased!
Many are rising up against me.
1
Sa2 15:12Psa 69:4
2 Many are sayinga Or toof my soul,
“There is nob Or salvationdeliverance for him in God.”c Selah may mean: Pause, Crescendo or Musical interludeSelah.
2
Psa 22:7Psa 22:8Psa 71:11
3 But You, O LORD, are a shield about me,
My glory, and the One who lifts my head.
3
Psa 5:12Psa 28:7Psa 62:7Psa 9:13Psa 27:6
4 I was crying to the LORD with my voice,
And He answered me from His holyd Or hillmountain. Selah.
4
Psa 4:3Psa 34:4Psa 2:6Psa 15:1Psa 43:3
5 e Or As for me, II lay down and slept;
I awoke, for the LORD sustains me.
5
Lev 26:6Psa 4:8Pro 3:24
6 I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people
Who have set themselves against me round about.
6
Psa 23:4Psa 27:3Psa 118:10-13
7 Arise, O LORD; save me, O my God!
For Youf Or smitehave smitten all my enemies on theg Or jawcheek;
Youh Or shatterhave shattered the teeth of the wicked.
7
Psa 7:6Psa 6:4Psa 22:21Job 16:10Psa 57:4Psa 58:6
8 i Or DeliveranceSalvation belongs to the LORD;
Your blessingj Or isbe upon Your people! Selah.
8
Psa 28:8Psa 35:3Isa 43:11Psa 29:11

Psalms, Psalm 4

BOOK 1> 1 Evening Prayer of Trust in God.
1 Answer me when I call, O Goda I.e. who maintains my rightof my righteousness!
You haveb Lit made room forrelieved me in my distress;
Be gracious to me and hear my prayer.
1
Psa 3:4Psa 17:6Psa 18:6Psa 18:18Psa 18:19Psa 25:16Psa 17:6Psa 39:12
2 O sons of men, how long will myc Or gloryhonor become a reproach?
How long will you love what is worthless and aim at deception?d Selah may mean: Pause, Crescendo or Musical interludeSelah.
2
Psa 3:3Psa 69:7-10Psa 69:19Psa 69:20Psa 12:2Psa 31:6Psa 31:18
3 But know that the LORD hase Another reading is dealt wonderfully withset apart the godly man for Himself;
The LORD hears when I call to Him.
3
Psa 135:4Psa 31:23Psa 50:5Psa 79:2Psa 6:8Psa 6:9Psa 17:6
4 f I.e. with anger or fearTremble,g Or butand do not sin;
h Lit SpeakMeditate in your heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah.
4
Psa 99:1Psa 119:11Eph 4:26Psa 77:6
5 Offeri Or righteous sacrificesthe sacrifices of righteousness,
And trust in the LORD.
5
Deu 33:19Psa 51:19Psa 37:3Psa 37:5Psa 62:8
6 Many are saying, “Who will show us any good?”
Lift up the light of Your countenance upon us, O LORD!
6
Job 7:7Job 9:25Num 6:26Psa 80:3Psa 80:7Psa 80:19
7 You have put gladness in my heart,
More than when their grain and new wine abound.
7
Psa 97:11Psa 97:12Isa 9:3Act 14:17
8 In peace I willj Or at the same timeboth lie down and sleep,
For You alone, O LORD, make me to dwell in safety.
8
Job 11:19Psa 3:5Lev 25:18Deu 12:10Psa 16:9

Psalms, Psalm 5

BOOK 1> 1 Prayer for Protection from the Wicked.
1 Give ear to my words, O LORD,
Consider mya Or meditationgroaning.
1
Psa 54:2Psa 104:34
2 Heed the sound of my cry for help, my King and my God,
For to You I pray.
2
Psa 140:6Psa 84:3
3 In the morning, O LORD,b Or May You hearYou will hear my voice;
In the morning I will order myc Or sacrificeprayer to You and eagerly watch.
3
Psa 88:13Psa 130:5
4 For You are not a God who takes pleasure in wickedness;
No evild Lit sojournsdwells with You.
4
Psa 11:5Psa 34:16Psa 92:15
5 The boastful shall not stand before Your eyes;
You hate all who do iniquity.
5
Psa 73:3Psa 75:4Psa 1:5Psa 11:5Psa 45:7
6 You destroy those who speak falsehood;
The LORD abhors the man of bloodshed and deceit.
6
Psa 52:4Psa 52:5Psa 55:23
7 But as for me, by Your abundant lovingkindness I will enter Your house,
e Or TowardAt Your holy temple I will bow in reverence for You.
7
Psa 69:13Psa 138:2Psa 115:11Psa 115:13
8 O LORD, lead me in Your righteousness because off Or those who lie in wait for memy foes;
Make Your wayg Or smoothstraight before me.
8
Psa 31:3Psa 31:1Psa 27:11
9 There is nothingh Or truereliable ini Lit his mouthwhat they say;
Their inward part is destruction itself.
Their throat is an open grave;
Theyj Or make their tongue smoothflatter with their tongue.
9
Psa 52:3Psa 7:14Rom 3:13
10 Hold them guilty, O God;
By their own devices let them fall!
In the multitude of their transgressions thrust them out,
For they are rebellious against You.
10
Psa 9:16Psa 36:12Psa 107:10Psa 107:11
11 But let all who take refuge in You be glad,
Let them ever sing for joy;
Andk Or You sheltermay You shelter them,
That those who love Your name may exult in You.
11
Psa 2:12Psa 33:1Psa 64:10Psa 12:7Psa 69:36
12 For it is You who blesses the righteous man, O LORD,
You surround him with favor as with a shield.
12
Psa 29:11Psa 32:7Psa 32:10

Psalms, Psalm 6

BOOK 1> 1 Prayer for Mercy in Time of Trouble.
1 O LORD, do not rebuke me in Your anger,
Nor chasten me in Your wrath.
1
Psa 38:1Psa 118:18
2 Be gracious to me, O LORD, for I am pining away;
Heal me, O LORD, for my bones are dismayed.
2
Psa 102:4Psa 102:11Psa 41:4Psa 147:3Hos 6:1Psa 22:14Psa 31:10
3 And my soul is greatly dismayed;
But You, O LORD—how long?
3
Psa 88:3Joh 12:27Psa 90:13
4 Return, O LORD, rescue mya Or lifesoul;
Save me because of Your lovingkindness.
4
Psa 17:13
5 For there is nob Or remembrancemention of You in death;
Inc I.e. the nether worldSheol who will give You thanks?
5
Psa 30:9Psa 88:10-12Psa 115:17Ecc 9:10Isa 38:18
6 I am weary with my sighing;
Every night I make my bed swim,
I dissolve my couch with my tears.
6
Psa 69:3Psa 42:3
7 My eye has wasted away with grief;
It has become old because of all my adversaries.
7
Job 17:7Psa 31:9Psa 38:10
8 Depart from me, all you who do iniquity,
For the LORD has heard the voice of my weeping.
8
Psa 119:115Mat 7:23Luk 13:27Psa 3:4Psa 28:6
9 The LORD has heard my supplication,
The LORD receives my prayer.
9
Psa 116:1Psa 66:19Psa 66:20
10 All my enemies will be ashamed and greatly dismayed;
They shalld Or again be ashamed suddenlyturn back, they will suddenly be ashamed.
10
Psa 71:13Psa 71:24Psa 73:19

Psalms, Psalm 7

BOOK 1> 1 The Lord Implored to Defend the Psalmist against the Wicked.
1 O LORD my God, in You I have taken refuge;
Save me from all those who pursue me, and deliver me,
1
Psa 31:1Psa 71:1Psa 31:15
2 Or he will teara Or memy soul like a lion,
b Or Rending it in pieces, whileDragging me away, while there is none to deliver.
2
Psa 57:4Isa 38:13
3 O LORD my God, if I have done this,
If there is injustice in my hands,
3
Sa1 24:11
4 If I have rewarded evil toc Lit him who was at peace with memy friend,
Or have plunderedd Or my adversary without causehim who without cause was my adversary,
4
Psa 109:4Psa 109:5Sa1 24:7Sa1 26:9
5 Let the enemy pursuee Or memy soul and overtakef Or meit;
And let him trample my life down to the ground
And lay my glory in the dust.g Selah may mean: Pause, Crescendo or Musical interludeSelah.
6 Arise, O LORD, in Your anger;
Lift up Yourself against the rage of my adversaries,
And arouse Yourselfh One ancient version reads O my Godfor me; You have appointed judgment.
6
Psa 3:7Psa 94:2Psa 138:7Psa 35:23Psa 44:23
7 Let the assembly of the peoples encompass You,
And overi Lit itthem return on high.
7
Psa 22:27
8 The LORD judges the peoples;
j Lit JudgeVindicate me, O LORD, according to my righteousness and my integrity that is in me.
8
Psa 96:13Psa 98:9Psa 18:20Psa 26:1Psa 35:24Psa 43:1
9 O let the evil of the wicked come to an end, but establish the righteous;
For the righteous God tries the hearts andk Lit kidneys, figurative for inner manminds.
9
Psa 34:21Psa 94:23Psa 37:23Psa 40:2Psa 11:4Psa 11:5Jer 11:20Rev 2:23
10 My shield isl Lit uponwith God,
Who saves the upright in heart.
10
Psa 18:2Psa 18:30Psa 97:10Psa 97:11Psa 125:4
11 God is a righteous judge,
And a God who has indignation every day.
11
Psa 50:6Psa 90:9
12 Ifm Lit hea man does not repent, He will sharpen His sword;
He has bent His bow andn Lit fixed itmade it ready.
12
Psa 58:5Deu 32:41Psa 64:7
13 He has also preparedo Or His deadly weaponsfor Himself deadly weapons;
He makes His arrows fiery shafts.
13
Psa 18:14Psa 45:5
14 Behold, he travails with wickedness,
And he conceives mischief and brings forth falsehood.
14
Job 15:35Isa 59:4Jam 1:15
15 He has dug a pit and hollowed it out,
And has fallen into the hole which he made.
15
Job 4:8Psa 57:6
16 His mischief will return upon his own head,
And his violence will descend uponp I.e. the crown of his own headhis own pate.
16
Est 9:25Psa 140:9Psa 140:11
17 I will give thanks to the LORD according to His righteousness
And will sing praise to the name of the LORD Most High.
17
Psa 71:15Psa 71:16Psa 9:2Psa 66:1Psa 66:2Psa 66:4

Psalms, Psalm 8

BOOK 1> 1 The Lord’s Glory and Man’s Dignity.
1 O LORD, our Lord,
How majestic is Your name in all the earth,
Who havea Or setdisplayed Your splendor above the heavens!
1
Psa 57:5Psa 57:11Psa 113:4Psa 148:13
2 From the mouth of infants and nursing babes You have establishedb Or a bulwarkstrength
Because of Your adversaries,
To make the enemy and the revengeful cease.
2
Mat 21:16Co1 1:27Psa 29:1Psa 118:14Psa 44:16
3 When Ic Or seeconsider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers,
The moon and the stars, which You haved Or appointed, fixedordained;
3
Psa 111:2Psa 89:11Psa 144:5Psa 136:9
4 What is man that Youe Or remember himtake thought of him,
And the son of man that You care for him?
4
Job 7:17Psa 144:3Heb 2:6-8
5 Yet You have made him a little lower thanf Or the angels; Heb ElohimGod,
And You crown him with glory and majesty!
5
Gen 1:26Psa 82:6Psa 103:4Psa 21:5
6 You make him to rule over the works of Your hands;
You have put all things under his feet,
6
Gen 1:26Gen 1:28Co1 15:27Eph 1:22Heb 2:8
7 All sheep and oxen,
And also theg Or animalsbeasts of the field,
8 The birds of the heavens and the fish of the sea,
Whatever passes through the paths of the seas.
9 O LORD, our Lord,
How majestic is Your name in all the earth!
9
Psa 8:1

Psalms, Psalm 9

BOOK 1> 1 A Psalm of Thanksgiving for God’s Justice.
1 I will give thanks to the LORD with all my heart;
I will tell of all Youra Or miracleswonders.
1
Psa 86:12Psa 26:7
2 I will be glad and exult in You;
I will sing praise to Your name, O Most High.
2
Psa 5:11Psa 104:34Psa 66:2Psa 66:4Psa 83:18Psa 92:1
3 When my enemies turn back,
They stumble and perish before You.
3
Psa 27:2
4 For You have maintainedb Lit my right and my causemy just cause;
You have sat on the thronec Or a righteous Judgejudging righteously.
4
Psa 140:12Psa 50:6
5 You have rebuked the nations, You have destroyed the wicked;
You have blotted out their name forever and ever.
5
Psa 119:21Psa 69:28Pro 10:7
6 d Or O enemy, desolations are finished forever; And their cities You have plucked upThe enemy has come to an end in perpetual ruins,
And You have uprooted the cities;
The very memory of them has perished.
6
Psa 34:16
7 But the LORDe Or sits as kingabides forever;
He has established His throne for judgment,
7
Psa 10:16Psa 89:14
8 And He will judge the world in righteousness;
He will execute judgment for the peoples with equity.
8
Psa 96:13Psa 98:9
9 f Or Let the Lord also beThe LORD also will be a stronghold for the oppressed,
A stronghold in times of trouble;
9
Psa 32:7Psa 59:9Psa 59:16Psa 59:17
10 Andg Or let those...name putthose who know Your name will put their trust in You,
For You, O LORD, have not forsaken those who seek You.
10
Psa 91:14Psa 37:28Psa 94:14
11 Sing praises to the LORD, who dwells in Zion;
Declare among the peoples His deeds.
11
Psa 76:2Psa 105:1Psa 107:22
12 For He whoh I.e. avenges bloodshedrequires blood remembers them;
He does not forget the cry of the afflicted.
12
Gen 9:5Psa 72:14Psa 9:18
13 Be gracious to me, O LORD;
See my affliction from those who hate me,
You who lift me up from the gates of death,
13
Psa 38:19Psa 30:3Psa 86:13
14 That I may tell of all Your praises,
That in the gates of the daughter of Zion
I may rejoice in Youri Or deliverancesalvation.
14
Psa 106:2Psa 13:5Psa 20:5Psa 35:9Psa 51:12
15 The nations have sunk down in the pit which they have made;
In the net which they hid, their own foot has been caught.
15
Psa 7:15Psa 7:16Psa 57:6
16 The LORD has made Himself known;
He has executed judgment.
In the work of his own hands the wicked is snared.j Perhaps, resounding music or meditationHiggaionk Selah may mean: Pause, Crescendo or Musical interludeSelah.
16
Exo 7:5Psa 9:4
17 The wicked willl Or turnreturn tom I.e. the nether worldSheol,
Even all the nations who forget God.
17
Psa 49:14Job 8:13Psa 50:22
18 For the needy will not always be forgotten,
Nor the hope of the afflicted perish forever.
18
Psa 9:12Psa 12:5Psa 62:5Psa 71:5Pro 23:18
19 Arise, O LORD, do not let man prevail;
Let the nations be judged before You.
19
Num 10:35Psa 9:5
20 Put them in fear, O LORD;
Let the nations know that they are but men. Selah.
20
Psa 14:5Psa 62:9

Psalms, Psalm 10,  verses 1-18

BOOK 1> 1 A Prayer for the Overthrow of the Wicked.
1 Why do You stand afar off, O LORD?
Why do You hidea Or Your eyesYourself in times of trouble?
1
Psa 22:1Psa 13:1Psa 55:1
2 In pride the wickedb Lit burnhotly pursue the afflicted;
c Or They will be caughtLet them be caught in the plots which they have devised.
2
Psa 73:6Psa 73:8Psa 7:16Psa 9:16
3 For the wicked boasts of his heart’s desire,
Andd Or blesses the greedy manthe greedy man curses and spurns the LORD.
3
Psa 49:6Psa 94:3Psa 94:4Psa 112:10Psa 10:13
4 The wicked, in the haughtiness of his countenance, does not seek Him.
All hise Or plotsthoughts are, “There is no God.”
4
Psa 10:13Psa 36:2Psa 14:1Psa 36:1
5 His waysf Lit are strongprosper at all times;
Your judgments are on high, out of his sight;
As for all his adversaries, he snorts at them.
5
Psa 52:7Psa 28:5
6 He says to himself, “I will not be moved;
g Lit ToThroughout all generations I will not be in adversity.”
6
Psa 49:11Ecc 8:11Rev 18:7
7 His mouth is full of curses and deceit and oppression;
Under his tongue is mischief and wickedness.
7
Rom 3:14Psa 73:8Job 20:12Psa 140:3
8 He sits in the lurking places of the villages;
In the hiding places he kills the innocent;
His eyesh Lit lie in waitstealthily watch for thei Or poorunfortunate.
8
Psa 11:2Psa 94:6Psa 72:12
9 He lurks in a hiding place as a lion in hisj Or thicketlair;
He lurks to catch the afflicted;
He catches the afflicted when he draws him into his net.
9
Psa 17:12Psa 59:3Mic 7:2Psa 10:2Psa 140:5
10 Hek Or is crushedcrouches, hel Or is bowed downbows down,
And them Or poorunfortunate falln Or into his clawsby his mighty ones.
11 He says to himself, “God has forgotten;
He has hidden His face; He will never see it.”
11
Psa 10:4
12 Arise, O LORD; O God, lift up Your hand.
Do not forget the afflicted.
12
Psa 17:7Mic 5:9Psa 9:12
13 Why has the wicked spurned God?
He has said to himself, “You will not require it.”
13
Psa 10:3
14 You have seen it, for You have beheld mischief and vexation too Lit put, givetake it into Your hand.
Thep Or poorunfortunate commits himself to You;
You have been the helper of the orphan.
14
Psa 10:7Psa 22:11Psa 68:5
15 Break the arm of the wicked and the evildoer,
q Or May You seekSeek out his wickedness until You find none.
15
Psa 37:17Psa 140:11
16 The LORD is King forever and ever;
Nations have perished from His land.
16
Psa 29:10Deu 8:20
17 O LORD, You have heard the desire of ther Or afflictedhumble;
You will strengthen their heart, You will incline Your ear
17
Psa 9:18Ch1 29:18Psa 34:15
18 Tos Lit judgevindicate the orphan and the oppressed,
So that man who is of the earth will no longer cause terror.
18
Psa 146:9Psa 9:9Psa 74:21Isa 29:20

Psalms, Psalm 11,  verses 1-7

BOOK 1> 1 The Lord a Refuge and Defense.
1 In the LORD I take refuge;
How can you say to my soul, “Flee as a bird to your mountain;
1
Psa 2:12Psa 121:1
2 For, behold, the wicked bend the bow,
Theya Or fixedmake ready their arrow upon the string
To shoot in darkness at the upright in heart.
2
Psa 7:12Psa 37:14Psa 64:3Psa 64:4
3 If the foundations are destroyed,
What can the righteous do?”
3
Psa 82:5Psa 87:1Psa 119:152
4 The LORD is in His holy temple; theb Lit Lord, His throneLORD’S throne is in heaven;
His eyes behold, His eyelids test the sons of men.
4
Psa 18:6Mic 1:2Hab 2:20Psa 103:19Isa 66:1Mat 5:34Rev 4:2Psa 33:18Psa 34:15Psa 34:16
5 The LORD tests the righteous and the wicked,
And the one who loves violence His soul hates.
5
Gen 22:1Psa 34:19Jam 1:12Psa 5:5
6 Upon the wicked He will rainc Or coals of firesnares;
Fire and brimstone and burning wind will be the portion of their cup.
6
Psa 18:13Psa 18:14Gen 19:24Eze 38:22Jer 4:11Jer 4:12Psa 75:8
7 For the LORD is righteous, He lovesd Or righteous deedsrighteousness;
The upright will behold His face.
7
Psa 7:9Psa 7:11Psa 33:5Psa 45:7Psa 16:11Psa 17:15

Psalms, Psalm 12,  verses 1-8

BOOK 1> 1 God, a Helper against the Treacherous.
1 Help, LORD, for the godly man ceases to be,
For the faithful disappear from among the sons of men.
1
Isa 57:1Mic 7:2
2 They speaka Or emptinessfalsehood to one another;
With flatteringb Lit liplips and with a double heart they speak.
2
Psa 10:7Psa 41:6Psa 28:3Psa 55:21Jer 9:8Rom 16:18
3 May the LORD cut off all flattering lips,
The tongue that speaks great things;
3
Dan 7:8Rev 13:5
4 Who have said, “With our tongue we will prevail;
Our lips arec Lit with usour own; who is lord over us?”
4
Psa 73:8Psa 73:9
5 “Because of the devastation of the afflicted, because of the groaning of the needy,
Now I will arise,” says the LORD; “I will set him in the safety for which he longs.”
5
Psa 9:9Psa 10:18Isa 33:10Psa 34:6Psa 35:10
6 The words of the LORD are pure words;
As silver tried in a furnace on the earth, refined seven times.
6
Sa2 22:31Psa 18:30Psa 19:8Psa 19:10Psa 119:140Pro 30:5
7 You, O LORD, will keep them;
You will preserve him from this generation forever.
7
Psa 37:28Psa 97:10
8 The wicked strut about on every side
Whend Or worthlessnessvileness is exalted among the sons of men.
8
Psa 55:10Psa 55:11Isa 32:5

Psalms, Psalm 13,  verses 1-6

BOOK 1> 1 Prayer for Help in Trouble.
1 How long, O LORD? Will You forget me forever?
How long will You hide Your face from me?
1
Psa 44:24Job 13:24Psa 89:46
2 How long shall I take counsel in my soul,
Having sorrow in my heart all the day?
How long will my enemy be exalted over me?
2
Psa 42:4Psa 42:9
3 Consider and answer me, O LORD my God;
Enlighten my eyes, or I will sleep the sleep of death,
3
Psa 5:1Sa1 14:29Ezr 9:8Job 33:30Psa 18:28Jer 51:39
4 And my enemy will say, “I have overcome him,”
And my adversaries will rejoice when I am shaken.
4
Psa 12:4Psa 25:2Psa 38:16
5 But I have trusted in Your lovingkindness;
My heart shall rejoice in Your salvation.
5
Psa 52:8Psa 9:14
6 I will sing to the LORD,
Because He has dealt bountifully with me.
6
Psa 96:1Psa 96:2Psa 116:7Psa 119:17Psa 142:7

Psalms, Psalm 14,  verses 1-7

BOOK 1> 1 Folly and Wickedness of Men.
1 The fool has said in his heart, “There is no God.”
They are corrupt, they have committed abominablea Lit doingsdeeds;
There is no one who does good.
1
Psa 10:4Psa 53:1Psa 14:1-3Psa 130:3Rom 3:10-12
2 The LORD has looked down from heaven upon the sons of men
To see if there are any whob Or act wiselyunderstand,
Who seek after God.
2
Psa 33:13Psa 33:14Psa 102:19Psa 92:6Ch1 22:19
3 They have all turned aside, together they have become corrupt;
There is no one who does good, not even one.
3
Psa 58:3Psa 143:2
4 Do all the workers of wickedness not know,
Who eat up my people as they eat bread,
And do not call upon the Lord?
4
Psa 82:5Psa 27:2Jer 10:25Mic 3:3Psa 79:6Isa 64:7
5 There they are in great dread,
For God is with the righteous generation.
5
Psa 73:15Psa 112:2
6 You would put to shame the counsel of the afflicted,
But the LORD is his refuge.
6
Psa 9:9Psa 40:17Psa 46:1Psa 142:5
7 Oh, that the salvation of Israelc Lit would bewould come out of Zion!
When the LORDd Or restores the fortunes of His peoplerestores His captive people,
Jacob will rejoice, Israel will be glad.
7
Psa 53:6Psa 85:1Psa 85:2

Psalms, Psalm 15,  verses 1-5

BOOK 1> 1 Description of a Citizen of Zion.
1 O LORD, who maya Lit sojournabide in Your tent?
Who may dwell on Your holy hill?
1
Psa 27:5Psa 27:6Psa 61:4Psa 24:3
2 He who walks with integrity, and works righteousness,
And speaks truth in his heart.
2
Psa 24:4Isa 33:15Zec 8:16Eph 4:25
3 He does not slanderb Lit according towith his tongue,
Nor does evil to his neighbor,
Nor takes up a reproach against his friend;
3
Psa 50:20Psa 28:3Exo 23:1
4 Inc Lit hiswhose eyes a reprobate is despised,
Butd Lit hewho honors those who fear the LORD;
He swears to his own hurt and does not change;
4
Act 28:10Jdg 11:35
5 He does not put out his moneye I.e. to a fellow Israeliteat interest,
Nor does he take a bribe against the innocent.
He who does these things will never be shaken.
5
Exo 22:25Lev 25:36Deu 23:20Eze 18:8Exo 23:8Deu 16:19Pe2 1:10

Psalms, Psalm 16

BOOK 1> 1 The Lord the Psalmist’s Portion in Life and Deliverer in Death.
2 Preserve me, O God, for I take refuge in You.
a Or O my soul, you saidI said to the LORD, “You areb Or the Lordmy Lord;
I have no good besides You.”
2
Psa 73:25
3 As for thec Lit holy ones; i.e. the godlysaints who are in the earth,
d Lit And the majestic ones...delightThey are the majestic ones in whom is all my delight.
3
Psa 101:6Psa 119:63
4 Thee I.e. sorrows due to idolatrysorrows of those who havef Or hastened tobartered for another god will be multiplied;
I shall not pour out their drink offerings of blood,
Nor will I take their names upon my lips.
4
Psa 32:10Psa 106:37Psa 106:38Exo 23:13Jos 23:7
5 The LORD is the portion of my inheritance and my cup;
You support my lot.
5
Psa 73:26Psa 119:57Psa 142:5Lam 3:24Psa 23:5Psa 125:3
6 The lines have fallen to me in pleasant places;
Indeed, my heritage is beautiful to me.
6
Psa 78:55Jer 3:19
7 I will bless the LORD who has counseled me;
Indeed, myg Lit kidneys, figurative for inner manmind instructs me in the night.
7
Psa 73:24Psa 77:6
8 I have set the LORD continually before me;
Because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.
8
Psa 16:8-11Act 2:25-28Psa 27:8Psa 123:1Psa 123:2Psa 73:23Psa 110:5Psa 121:5Psa 112:6
9 Therefore my heart is glad and my glory rejoices;
My flesh also will dwell securely.
9
Psa 4:7Psa 13:5Psa 30:12Psa 57:8Psa 108:1Psa 4:8
10 For You will not abandon my soul toh I.e. the nether worldSheol;
Nor will Youi Lit giveallow Yourj Or godly oneHoly One tok Or see corruption or the pitundergo decay.
10
Psa 49:15Psa 86:13Act 13:35
11 You will make known to me the path of life;
In Your presence is fullness of joy;
In Your right hand there are pleasures forever.
11
Psa 139:24Mat 7:14Psa 21:6Psa 43:4Job 36:11Psa 36:7Psa 36:8Psa 46:4

Psalms, Psalm 17,  verses 1-15

BOOK 1> 1 Prayer for Protection against Oppressors.
1 Hear a just cause, O LORD, give heed to my cry;
Give ear to my prayer, which is not from deceitful lips.
1
Psa 9:4Psa 61:1Psa 142:6Psa 88:2Isa 29:13
2 Let mya I.e. vindicationjudgment come forth from Your presence;
Let Your eyes look with equity.
2
Psa 103:6Psa 98:9Psa 99:4
3 You have tried my heart;
You have visited me by night;
You have tested me and You findb Or no evil device in me; My mouthnothing;
I have purposed that my mouth will not transgress.
3
Psa 26:1Psa 26:2Job 23:10Psa 66:10Zec 13:9Pe1 1:7Jer 50:20Psa 39:1
4 As for the deeds of men, by the word of Your lips
I have kept from the paths of the violent.
4
Psa 119:9Psa 119:101Psa 10:5-11
5 My steps have held fast to Yourc Lit trackspaths.
My feet have not slipped.
5
Job 23:11Psa 44:18Psa 119:133Psa 18:36Psa 37:31
6 I have called upon You, for You will answer me, O God;
Incline Your ear to me, hear my speech.
6
Psa 86:7Psa 116:2Psa 88:2
7 Wondrously show Your lovingkindness,
O Savior of those who take refuged Or from those who rise up...at Your right handat Your right hand
From those who rise up against them.
7
Psa 31:21Psa 20:6
8 Keep me ase Lit the pupil, the daughter of the eyethe apple of the eye;
Hide me in the shadow of Your wings
8
Deu 32:10Zec 2:8Rut 2:12Psa 36:7Psa 57:1Psa 61:4Psa 63:7Psa 91:1Psa 91:4
9 From the wicked who despoil me,
My deadly enemies who surround me.
9
Psa 31:20Psa 27:12
10 They have closed theirf Lit fatunfeeling heart,
With their mouth they speak proudly.
10
Job 15:27Psa 73:7Sa1 2:3Psa 31:18Psa 73:8
11 They have now surrounded us in our steps;
They set their eyes to cast us down to the ground.
11
Psa 88:17Psa 37:14
12 He is like a lion that is eager to tear,
And as a young lion lurking in hiding places.
12
Psa 7:2Psa 10:9
13 Arise, O LORD, confront him, bring him low;
Deliver my soul from the wicked with Your sword,
13
Psa 3:7Psa 55:23Psa 22:20Psa 7:12
14 From men with Your hand, O LORD,
From meng Or whose portion in life is of the worldof the world, whose portion is in this life,
And whose belly You fill with Your treasure;
They are satisfied with children,
And leave their abundance to their babes.
14
Psa 17:7Psa 73:3-7Luk 16:25Psa 49:6
15 As for me, I shall behold Your face in righteousness;
I will be satisfiedh Or with beholdingwith Your likeness when I awake.
15
Psa 11:7Psa 16:11Psa 140:13Jo1 3:2Psa 4:6Psa 4:7Num 12:8

Psalms, Psalm 18

BOOK 1> 1 The Lord Praised for Giving Deliverance.
2 “I love You, O LORD, my strength.”
The LORD is mya Or cragrock and my fortress and my deliverer,
My God, my rock, in whom I take refuge;
My shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
2
Deu 32:18Sa1 2:2Psa 18:31Psa 18:46Psa 28:1Psa 31:3Psa 42:9Psa 71:3Psa 78:15Psa 144:2Psa 19:14Psa 28:7Psa 33:20Psa 59:11Psa 84:9Psa 84:11Pro 30:5Psa 75:10Psa 59:9
3 I call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised,
And I am saved from my enemies.
3
Psa 48:1Psa 96:4Psa 145:3Psa 34:6
4 The cords of death encompassed me,
And the torrents ofb Or destruction; Heb Belialungodlinessc Or were assailing or terrifyingterrified me.
4
Psa 116:3Psa 69:2Psa 124:3Psa 124:4
5 The cords ofd I.e. the nether worldSheol surrounded me;
The snares of death confronted me.
5
Psa 116:3
6 In my distress I called upon the LORD,
And cried to my God for help;
He heard my voice out of His temple,
And my cry for help before Him came into His ears.
6
Psa 50:15Psa 120:1Psa 3:4Psa 34:15
7 Then the earth shook and quaked;
And the foundations of the mountains were trembling
And were shaken, because He was angry.
7
Jdg 5:4Psa 68:7Psa 68:8Isa 13:13Hag 2:6Psa 114:4Psa 114:6
8 Smoke went upe Or in His wrathout of His nostrils,
And fire from His mouth devoured;
Coals were kindled by it.
8
Psa 50:3
9 He bowed the heavens also, and came down
With thick darkness under His feet.
9
Psa 144:5Psa 97:2
10 He rode upon a cherub and flew;
And He sped upon the wings of the wind.
10
Psa 80:1Psa 99:1Psa 104:3
11 He made darkness His hiding place, Hisf Or pavilioncanopy around Him,
Darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.
11
Deu 4:11Psa 97:2
12 From the brightness before Him passed His thick clouds,
Hailstones and coals of fire.
12
Psa 104:2Psa 97:3Psa 140:10Hab 3:4
13 The LORD also thundered in the heavens,
And the Most High uttered His voice,
Hailstones and coals of fire.
13
Psa 29:3Psa 104:7
14 He sent out His arrows, and scattered them,
And lightning flashes in abundance, andg Lit confusedrouted them.
14
Psa 144:6Hab 3:11
15 Then the channels of water appeared,
And the foundations of the world wereh Or uncoveredlaid bare
At Your rebuke, O LORD,
At the blast of the breath of Your nostrils.
15
Psa 106:9Psa 76:6Psa 18:8
16 He sent from on high, He took me;
He drew me out of many waters.
16
Psa 144:7Psa 32:6
17 He delivered me from my strong enemy,
And from those who hated me, for they were too mighty for me.
17
Psa 59:1Psa 35:10Psa 142:6
18 They confronted me in the day of my calamity,
But the LORD was my stay.
18
Psa 59:16Psa 16:8
19 He brought me forth also into a broad place;
He rescued me, because He delighted in me.
19
Psa 4:1Psa 31:8Psa 118:5Psa 37:23Psa 41:11
20 The LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness;
According to the cleanness of my hands He has recompensed me.
20
Sa1 24:19Job 33:26Psa 7:8Job 22:30Psa 24:4
21 For I have kept the ways of the LORD,
And have not wickedly departed from my God.
21
Psa 37:34Psa 119:33Pro 8:32Ch2 34:33Psa 119:102
22 For all His ordinances were before me,
And I did not put away His statutes from me.
22
Psa 119:30Psa 119:83
23 I was alsoi Lit complete; or having integrity; or perfectblameless with Him,
And I kept myself from my iniquity.
23
Psa 18:32Psa 19:12Psa 19:13Psa 25:11Psa 66:18
24 Therefore the LORD has recompensed me according to my righteousness,
According to the cleanness of my hands in His eyes.
24
Sa1 26:23Psa 18:20
25 With the kind You show Yourself kind;
With thej V 23, note 1blameless You show Yourself blameless;
25
Ki1 8:32Psa 62:12Mat 5:7Psa 18:30
26 With the pure You show Yourself pure,
And with the crooked You show Yourselfk Lit twistedastute.
26
Job 25:5Hab 1:13Lev 26:23Lev 26:24Lev 26:27Lev 26:28Pro 3:34
27 For You save an afflicted people,
But haughty eyes You abase.
27
Psa 72:12Psa 101:5Pro 6:17
28 For You light my lamp;
The LORD my God illumines my darkness.
28
Ki1 15:4Job 18:6Psa 132:17Psa 27:1
29 For by You I canl Or crush a trooprun upon a troop;
And by my God I can leap over a wall.
29
Psa 118:10-12Psa 18:33Psa 40:2
30 As for God, His way ism V 23, note 1blameless;
The word of the LORD is tried;
He is a shield to all who take refuge in Him.
30
Deu 32:4Psa 19:7Psa 145:17Rev 15:3Psa 12:6Psa 17:7Psa 91:4
31 For who is God, but the LORD?
And who is a rock, except our God,
31
Deu 32:39Sa1 2:2Psa 86:8-10Isa 45:5Deu 32:31Psa 18:2Psa 62:2
32 The God who girds me with strength
Andn Or has mademakes my wayo Lit complete; or having integrityblameless?
32
Psa 18:39Isa 45:5Psa 18:23
33 He makes my feet like hinds’ feet,
And sets me upon my high places.
33
Hab 3:19Deu 32:13
34 He trains my hands for battle,
So that my arms can bend a bow of bronze.
34
Psa 144:1Job 29:20
35 You have also given me the shield of Your salvation,
And Your right hand upholds me;
And Yourp Or condescensiongentleness makes me great.
35
Psa 33:20Psa 63:8Psa 119:117Psa 138:6
36 You enlarge my steps under me,
And myq Lit anklesfeet have not slipped.
36
Psa 18:33Psa 66:9Pro 4:12
37 I pursued my enemies and overtook them,
And I did not turn back until they were consumed.
37
Psa 44:5Psa 37:20
38 I shattered them, so that they were not able to rise;
They fell under my feet.
38
Psa 36:12Psa 47:3
39 For You have girded me with strength for battle;
You haver Lit caused to bow downsubdued under me those who rose up against me.
39
Psa 18:32Psa 18:47
40 You have also made my enemies turn their backs to me,
And Is Or silenceddestroyed those who hated me.
40
Psa 21:12Psa 94:23
41 They cried for help, but there was none to save,
Even to the LORD, but He did not answer them.
41
Psa 50:22Job 27:9Pro 1:28
42 Then I beat them fine as the dust before the wind;
I emptied them out as the mire of the streets.
42
Psa 83:13
43 You have delivered me from the contentions of the people;
You have placed me as head of the nations;
A people whom I have not known serve me.
43
Sa2 3:1Sa2 19:9Psa 35:1Sa2 8:1-18Psa 89:27Isa 55:5
44 As soon as they hear, they obey me;
Foreignerst Lit deceive me; i.e. give feigned obediencesubmit to me.
44
Psa 66:3
45 Foreigners fade away,
And come trembling out of theiru Lit fastnessesfortresses.
45
Psa 37:2Mic 7:17
46 The LORD lives, and blessed be my rock;
And exalted be the God of my salvation,
46
Job 19:25Psa 18:2Psa 51:14
47 The God who executes vengeance for me,
And subdues peoples under me.
47
Psa 94:1Psa 18:43Psa 47:3Psa 144:2
48 He delivers me from my enemies;
Surely You lift me above those who rise up against me;
You rescue me from the violent man.
48
Psa 3:7Psa 27:6Psa 59:1Psa 11:5
49 Therefore I will give thanks to You among the nations, O LORD,
And I will sing praises to Your name.
49
Rom 15:9Psa 108:1
50 He gives greatv I.e. victories; lit salvationsdeliverance to His king,
And shows lovingkindness to His anointed,
To David and hisw Lit seeddescendants forever.
50
Psa 21:1Psa 144:10Psa 28:8Psa 89:4

Psalms, Psalm 19,  verses 1-14

BOOK 1> 1 The Works and the Word of God.
1 The heavens are telling of the glory of God;
And their expanse is declaring the work of His hands.
1
Psa 8:1Psa 50:6Rom 1:19Rom 1:20Gen 1:6Gen 1:7
2 Day to day pours forth speech,
And night to night reveals knowledge.
2
Psa 74:16Psa 139:12
3 There is no speech, nor are there words;
Their voice is not heard.
4 Theira Another reading is soundline has gone out through all the earth,
And their utterances to the end of the world.
In them He has placed a tent for the sun,
4
Rom 10:18Psa 104:2
5 Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber;
It rejoices as a strong man to run his course.
6 Its rising is fromb Lit theone end of the heavens,
And its circuit to thec Lit the endsother end of them;
And there is nothing hidden from its heat.
6
Psa 113:3Ecc 1:5
7 The law of the LORD isd I.e. blamelessperfect, restoring the soul;
The testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple.
7
Psa 111:7Psa 119:160Psa 23:3Psa 93:5Psa 119:98-100
8 The precepts of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart;
The commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes.
8
Psa 119:128Psa 119:14Psa 12:6Psa 36:9
9 The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring forever;
The judgments of the LORD are true; they are righteous altogether.
9
Psa 119:142Psa 119:138
10 They are more desirable than gold, yes, than much fine gold;
Sweeter also than honey and the drippings of the honeycomb.
10
Psa 119:72Psa 119:127Psa 119:103
11 Moreover, by them Your servant is warned;
In keeping them there is great reward.
11
Psa 17:4Psa 24:5Psa 24:6Pro 29:18
12 Who can discern his errors? Acquit me of hidden faults.
12
Psa 40:12Psa 139:6Psa 51:1Psa 51:2Psa 90:8Psa 139:23Psa 139:24
13 Also keep back Your servant from presumptuous sins;
Let them not rule over me;
Then I will bee Lit completeblameless,
And I shall be acquitted of great transgression.
13
Num 15:30Psa 119:133Psa 18:32Psa 25:11
14 Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart
Be acceptable in Your sight,
O LORD, my rock and my Redeemer.
14
Psa 104:34Psa 18:2Psa 31:5Isa 47:4

Psalms, Psalm 20,  verses 1-9

BOOK 1> 1 Prayer for Victory over Enemies.
1 May the LORD answer you in the day of trouble!
May the name of the God of Jacob set you securely on high!
1
Psa 50:15Psa 91:14Psa 46:7Psa 46:11
2 May He send you help from the sanctuary
And support you from Zion!
2
Psa 3:4Psa 110:2
3 May He remember all your meal offerings
And find your burnt offeringa Lit fatacceptable!b Selah may mean: Pause, Crescendo or Musical interludeSelah.
3
Act 10:4Psa 51:19
4 May He grant you your heart’s desire
And fulfill all yourc Or purposecounsel!
4
Psa 21:2Psa 145:19
5 d Or Let us singWe will sing for joy over youre Or salvationvictory,
And in the name of our God we will set up our banners.
May the LORD fulfill all your petitions.
5
Psa 9:14Psa 60:4Sa1 1:17
6 Now I know that the LORD saves His anointed;
He will answer him from His holy heaven
With thef Or mighty deeds of the victory of His right handsaving strength of His right hand.
6
Psa 41:11Isa 58:9Psa 28:8
7 Someg Or praise chariots, or trust, or are strong throughboast in chariots and some in horses,
But weh Lit make mention of; or praise the namewill boast in the name of the LORD, our God.
7
Psa 33:17Ch2 32:8
8 They have bowed down and fallen,
But we have risen and stood upright.
8
Isa 2:11Isa 2:17Psa 37:24Mic 7:8
9 i Or O Lord, save the king; answer usSave, O LORD;
May the King answer us in the day we call.
9
Psa 3:7Psa 17:6

Psalms, Psalm 21,  verses 1-13

BOOK 1> 1 Praise for Deliverance.
1 O LORD, in Your strength the king will be glad,
And in Youra Or victorysalvation how greatly he will rejoice!
1
Psa 59:16Psa 59:17
2 You have given him his heart’s desire,
And You have not withheld the request of his lips.b Selah may mean: Pause, Crescendo or Musical interludeSelah.
2
Psa 20:4Psa 37:4
3 For You meet him with the blessings of good things;
You set a crown of fine gold on his head.
3
Psa 59:10Sa2 12:30
4 He asked life of You,
You gave it to him,
Length of days forever and ever.
4
Psa 61:6Psa 133:3Psa 91:16
5 His glory is great through Yourc Or victorysalvation,
Splendor and majesty You place upon him.
5
Psa 9:14Psa 20:5Psa 8:5Psa 96:6
6 For You make himd Lit blessingsmost blessed forever;
You make him joyful with gladness in Your presence.
6
Ch1 17:27Psa 43:4
7 For the king trusts in the LORD,
And through the lovingkindness of the Most High he will not be shaken.
7
Psa 125:1Psa 112:6
8 Your hand will find out all your enemies;
Your right hand will find out those who hate you.
8
Isa 10:10
9 You will make them as a fiery oven in the timee Or of your presenceof your anger;
The LORD will swallow them up in His wrath,
And fire will devour them.
9
Mal 4:1Lam 2:2Psa 50:3
10 Theirf Lit fruitoffspring You will destroy from the earth,
And theirg Lit seeddescendants from among the sons of men.
10
Psa 37:28
11 Though theyh Lit stretched outintended evil against You
And devised a plot,
They will not succeed.
11
Psa 2:1-3Psa 10:2
12 For You will make them turn their back;
You willi Lit make readyaim with Your bowstrings at their faces.
12
Psa 18:40Psa 7:12Psa 7:13
13 Be exalted, O LORD, in Your strength;
We will sing and praise Your power.
13
Psa 59:16Psa 81:1

Psalms, Psalm 22,  verses 1-31

BOOK 1> 1 A Cry of Anguish and a Song of Praise.
1 My God, my God, why have You forsaken me?
a Or Why are You so far from helping me, and from the words of my groaning?Far from my deliverance are the words of myb Lit roaringgroaning.
1
Mat 27:46Mar 15:34Psa 10:1Job 3:24Psa 6:6Psa 32:3Psa 38:8
2 O my God, I cry by day, but You do not answer;
And by night, butc Lit there is no silence for meI have no rest.
2
Psa 42:3Psa 88:1
3 Yet You are holy,
O You whod Or inhabit the praisesare enthroned upon the praises of Israel.
3
Psa 99:9Deu 10:21Psa 148:14
4 In You our fathers trusted;
They trusted and You delivered them.
4
Psa 78:53Psa 107:6
5 To You they cried out and were delivered;
In You they trusted and were note Or ashameddisappointed.
5
Isa 49:23
6 But I am a worm and not a man,
A reproach of men and despised by the people.
6
Job 25:6Isa 41:14Psa 31:11Isa 49:7Isa 53:3
7 All who see mef Or mock mesneer at me;
Theyg I.e. make mouths at meseparate with the lip, they wag the head, saying,
7
Psa 79:4Isa 53:3Luk 23:35Mat 27:39Mar 15:29
8 “h Lit Roll; another reading is He committed himselfCommit yourself to the LORD; let Him deliver him;
Let Him rescue him, because He delights in him.”
8
Psa 91:14Mat 27:43
9 Yet You are He who brought me forth from the womb;
You made me trust when upon my mother’s breasts.
9
Psa 71:5Psa 71:6
10 Upon You I was cast fromi Lit a wombbirth;
You have been my God from my mother’s womb.
10
Isa 46:3Isa 49:1
11 Be not far from me, forj Or distresstrouble is near;
For there is none to help.
11
Psa 71:12Ki2 14:26Psa 72:12Isa 63:5
12 Many bulls have surrounded me;
Strong bulls of Bashan have encircled me.
12
Psa 22:21Psa 68:30Deu 32:14Amo 4:1
13 They open wide their mouth at me,
As a ravening and a roaring lion.
13
Job 16:10Psa 35:21Lam 2:16Lam 3:46Psa 10:9Psa 17:12
14 I am poured out like water,
And all my bones are out of joint;
My heart is like wax;
It is melted withink Lit my inward partsme.
14
Job 30:16Psa 31:10Dan 5:6Jos 7:5Job 23:16Psa 73:26Nah 2:10
15 My strength is dried up like a potsherd,
And my tongue cleaves to my jaws;
And You lay mel Lit toin the dust of death.
15
Psa 38:10Joh 19:28Psa 104:29
16 For dogs have surrounded me;
m Or An assemblyA band of evildoers has encompassed me;
n Another reading is Like a lion, my...They pierced my hands and my feet.
16
Psa 59:6Psa 59:7Mat 27:35Joh 20:25
17 I can count all my bones.
They look, they stare at me;
17
Luk 23:27Luk 23:35
18 They divide my garments among them,
And for my clothing they cast lots.
18
Mat 27:35Mar 15:24Luk 23:34Joh 19:24
19 But You, O LORD, be not far off;
O You my help, hasten to my assistance.
19
Psa 22:11Psa 70:5
20 Deliver myo Or lifesoul from the sword,
My only life from thep Lit pawpower of the dog.
20
Psa 37:14Psa 35:17
21 Save me from the lion’s mouth;
From the horns of the wild oxen You answer me.
21
Psa 22:13Psa 22:12Psa 34:4Psa 118:5Psa 120:1
22 I will tell of Your name to my brethren;
In the midst of the assembly I will praise You.
22
Psa 40:10Heb 2:12
23 You who fear the LORD, praise Him;
All youq Lit seeddescendants of Jacob, glorify Him,
And stand in awe of Him, all your Lit seeddescendants of Israel.
23
Psa 135:19Psa 135:20Psa 86:12Psa 33:8
24 For He has not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted;
Nor has He hidden His face from him;
But when he cried to Him for help, He heard.
24
Psa 69:33Psa 27:9Psa 69:17Psa 102:2Psa 31:22Heb 5:7
25 From You comes my praise in the great assembly;
I shall pay my vows before those who fear Him.
25
Psa 35:18Psa 40:9Psa 40:10Psa 61:8Ecc 5:4
26 Thes Or poorafflicted will eat and be satisfied;
Those who seek Him will praise the LORD.
Let your heart live forever!
26
Psa 107:9Psa 40:16Psa 69:32
27 All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the LORD,
And all the families of the nations will worship beforet Some versions read HimYou.
27
Psa 2:8Psa 82:8Psa 86:9
28 For the kingdom is the LORD’S
And He rules over the nations.
28
Psa 47:7Oba 1:21Zec 14:9Mat 6:13Psa 47:8
29 All theu Lit fat onesprosperous of the earth will eat and worship,
All those who go down to the dust will bow before Him,
Even he whov Or did notcannot keep his soul alive.
29
Psa 17:10Psa 45:12Hab 1:16Psa 28:1Isa 26:19Psa 89:48
30 w Lit A seedPosterity will serve Him;
It will be told of the Lord to the coming generation.
30
Psa 102:28Psa 102:18
31 They will come and will declare His righteousness
To a people who will be born, that He has performed it.
31
Psa 40:9Psa 71:18Psa 78:6

Psalms, Psalm 23,  verses 1-6

BOOK 1> 1 The Lord, the Psalmist’s Shepherd.
1 The LORD is my shepherd,
Ia Or doshall not want.
1
Psa 78:52Psa 80:1Isa 40:11Jer 31:10Eze 34:11-13Joh 10:11Pe1 2:25Psa 34:9Psa 34:10Php 4:19
2 He makes me lie down in green pastures;
He leads me besideb Lit waters of restquiet waters.
2
Psa 65:11-13Eze 34:14Rev 7:17Psa 36:8Psa 46:4
3 He restores my soul;
He guides me in thec Lit trackspaths of righteousness
For His name’s sake.
3
Psa 19:7Psa 5:8Psa 31:3Psa 85:13Pro 4:11Pro 8:20
4 Even though I walk through thed Or valley of deep darknessvalley of the shadow of death,
I fear noe Or harmevil, for You are with me;
Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.
4
Job 10:21Job 10:22Psa 107:14Psa 3:6Psa 27:1Psa 16:8Isa 43:2Mic 7:14
5 You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies;
Youf Or anointhave anointed my head with oil;
My cup overflows.
5
Psa 78:19Psa 92:10Luk 7:46Psa 16:5
6 g Or OnlySurely goodness and lovingkindness will follow me all the days of my life,
And I willh Another reading is return todwell in the house of the LORDi Lit for length of daysforever.
6
Psa 25:7Psa 25:10Psa 27:4-6

Psalms, Psalm 24

BOOK 1> 1 The King of Glory Entering Zion.
1 The earth is the LORD’S, anda Lit its fullnessall it contains,
The world, and those who dwell in it.
1
Co1 10:26Psa 89:11
2 For He has founded it upon the seas
And established it upon the rivers.
2
Psa 104:3Psa 104:5Psa 136:6
3 Who may ascend into the hill of the LORD?
And who may stand in His holy place?
3
Psa 15:1Psa 2:6Psa 65:4
4 He who has clean hands and a pure heart,
Who has not lifted up his soulb Or in vainto falsehood
And has not sworn deceitfully.
4
Job 17:9Psa 22:30Psa 26:6Psa 51:10Psa 73:1Mat 5:8Eze 18:15Psa 15:4
5 He shall receive a blessing from the LORD
Andc I.e. as vindicatedrighteousness from the God of his salvation.
5
Psa 115:13Psa 36:10
6 d Or SuchThis is the generation of those who seek Him,
Who seek Your face—even Jacob.e Selah may mean: Pause, Crescendo or Musical interludeSelah.
6
Psa 27:4Psa 27:8
7 Lift up your heads, O gates,
And be lifted up, Of Lit everlastingancient doors,
That the King of glory may come in!
7
Psa 118:20Isa 26:2Psa 29:2Psa 29:9Psa 97:6Act 7:2Co1 2:8
8 Who is the King of glory?
The LORD strong and mighty,
The LORD mighty in battle.
8
Deu 4:34Psa 96:7Exo 15:3Exo 15:6Psa 76:3-6
9 Lift up your heads, O gates,
And lift them up, Og Lit everlastingancient doors,
That the King of glory may come in!
9
Psa 26:8Psa 57:11
10 Who is this King of glory?
The LORD of hosts,
He is the King of glory. Selah.
10
Gen 32:2Jos 5:14Sa2 5:10Neh 9:6

Psalms, Psalm 25

BOOK 1> 1 Prayer for Protection, Guidance and Pardon.
2 To You, O LORD, I lift up my soul.
O my God, in You I trust,
Do not let me be ashamed;
Do not let my enemies exult over me.
2
Psa 31:1Psa 25:20Psa 31:1Psa 13:4Psa 41:11
3 Indeed, none of those who wait for You will be ashamed;
a Or Let those...be ashamedThose who deal treacherously without cause will be ashamed.
3
Psa 37:9Psa 40:1Isa 49:23Psa 119:158Isa 21:2Hab 1:13
4 Make me know Your ways, O LORD;
Teach me Your paths.
4
Exo 33:13Psa 27:11Psa 86:11
5 Lead me in Your truth and teach me,
For You are the God of my salvation;
For You I wait all the day.
5
Psa 25:10Psa 43:3Psa 79:9Psa 40:1
6 Remember, O LORD, Your compassion and Your lovingkindnesses,
For they have beenb Or everlastingfrom of old.
6
Psa 98:3Psa 103:17
7 Do not remember the sins of my youth or my transgressions;
According to Your lovingkindness remember me,
For Your goodness’ sake, O LORD.
7
Job 13:26Job 20:11Psa 51:1Psa 31:19
8 Good and upright is the LORD;
Therefore He instructs sinners in the way.
8
Psa 86:5Psa 92:15Psa 32:8
9 He leads thec Or afflictedhumble in justice,
And He teaches thed Or afflictedhumble His way.
9
Psa 23:3Psa 27:11
10 All the paths of the LORD are lovingkindness and truth
To those who keep His covenant and His testimonies.
10
Psa 40:11Psa 103:18
11 For Your name’s sake, O LORD,
Pardon my iniquity, for it is great.
11
Psa 31:3Psa 79:9Exo 34:9
12 Who is the man who fears the LORD?
He will instruct him in the way he should choose.
12
Psa 31:19Psa 25:8Psa 37:23
13 His soul will abide ine Lit goodprosperity,
And hisf Lit seeddescendants will inherit theg Or earthland.
13
Pro 1:33Jer 23:6Psa 37:11Psa 69:36Mat 5:5
14 Theh Or counsel or intimacysecret of the LORD is for those who fear Him,
i Or And His covenant, to make them know itAnd He will make them know His covenant.
14
Pro 3:32Joh 7:17Gen 17:1Gen 17:2
15 My eyes are continually toward the LORD,
For He willj Lit bring outpluck my feet out of the net.
15
Psa 123:2Psa 141:8Psa 31:4Psa 124:7
16 Turn to me and be gracious to me,
For I am lonely and afflicted.
16
Psa 69:16Psa 143:4
17 k Some commentators read Relieve the troubles of my heartThe troubles of my heart are enlarged;
Bring me out of my distresses.
17
Psa 40:12Psa 107:6
18 Look upon my affliction and myl Lit toiltrouble,
And forgive all my sins.
18
Sa2 16:12Psa 31:7Psa 103:3
19 Look upon my enemies, for they are many,
And they hate me with violent hatred.
19
Psa 3:1Psa 9:13
20 Guard my soul and deliver me;
Do not let me be ashamed, for I take refuge in You.
20
Psa 86:2Psa 25:2
21 Let integrity and uprightness preserve me,
For I wait for You.
21
Psa 41:12Psa 25:3
22 Redeem Israel, O God,
Out of all his troubles.
22
Psa 130:8

Psalms, Psalm 26,  verses 1-12

BOOK 1> 1 Protestation of Integrity and Prayer for Protection.
1 a Lit JudgeVindicate me, O LORD, for I have walked in my integrity,
And I have trusted in the LORDb Lit I do not slidewithout wavering.
1
Psa 7:8Ki2 20:3Pro 20:7Psa 13:5Psa 28:7Heb 10:23
2 Examine me, O LORD, and try me;
Test myc Lit kidneys, figurative for inner manmind and my heart.
2
Psa 17:3Psa 139:23Psa 7:9
3 For Your lovingkindness is before my eyes,
And I have walked in Yourd Or faithfulnesstruth.
3
Psa 48:9Ki2 20:3Psa 86:11
4 I do not sit withe Or worthless men; lit men of falsehooddeceitful men,
Nor will I go withf Or dissemblers, hypocritespretenders.
4
Psa 1:1Psa 28:3
5 I hate the assembly of evildoers,
And I will not sit with the wicked.
5
Psa 31:6Psa 139:21
6 I shall wash my hands in innocence,
And I will go about Your altar, O LORD,
6
Psa 73:13Psa 43:3Psa 43:4
7 That I may proclaim with the voice of thanksgiving
And declare all Yourg Or miracleswonders.
7
Psa 9:1
8 O LORD, I love the habitation of Your house
And the placeh Lit of the tabernacle of Your glorywhere Your glory dwells.
8
Psa 27:4Psa 24:7
9 Do noti Lit gathertake my soul away along with sinners,
Nor my life with men of bloodshed,
9
Psa 28:3Psa 139:19
10 In whose hands is a wicked scheme,
And whose right hand is full of bribes.
10
Psa 37:7Psa 15:5
11 But as for me, I shall walk in my integrity;
Redeem me, and be gracious to me.
11
Psa 26:1Psa 44:26Psa 69:18
12 My foot stands on a level place;
In the congregations I shall bless the LORD.
12
Psa 40:2Psa 27:11Psa 22:22

Psalms, Psalm 27,  verses 1-14

BOOK 1> 1 A Psalm of Fearless Trust in God.
1 The LORD is my light and my salvation;
Whom shall I fear?
The LORD is thea Or refugedefense of my life;
Whom shall I dread?
1
Psa 18:28Isa 60:20Mic 7:8Exo 15:2Psa 62:7Psa 118:14Isa 33:2Jon 2:9Psa 28:8Psa 118:6
2 When evildoers came upon me to devour my flesh,
My adversaries and my enemies, they stumbled and fell.
2
Psa 14:4Psa 9:3
3 Though a host encamp against me,
My heart will not fear;
Though war arise against me,
In spite of this Ib Lit am confidentshall be confident.
3
Psa 3:6Job 4:6
4 One thing I have asked from the LORD, that I shall seek:
That I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life,
To behold thec Lit delightfulnessbeauty of the LORD
And tod Lit inquiremeditate in His temple.
4
Psa 26:8Psa 23:6Psa 90:17Psa 18:6
5 For in the day of trouble He will conceal me in Hise Or sheltertabernacle;
In the secret place of His tent He will hide me;
He will lift me up on a rock.
5
Psa 50:15Psa 31:20Psa 17:8Psa 40:2
6 And now my head will be lifted up above my enemies around me,
And I will offer in His tent sacrificesf Lit of shoutswith shouts of joy;
I will sing, yes, I will sing praises to the LORD.
6
Psa 3:3Psa 107:22Psa 13:6
7 Hear, O LORD, when I cry with my voice,
And be gracious to me and answer me.
7
Psa 4:3Psa 61:1Psa 13:3
8 When You said, “Seek My face,” my heart said to You,
“Your face, O LORD, I shall seek.”
8
Psa 105:4Amo 5:6Psa 34:4
9 Do not hide Your face from me,
Do not turn Your servant away in anger;
You have been my help;
Do not abandon me nor forsake me,
O God of my salvation!
9
Psa 69:17Psa 6:1Psa 40:17Psa 94:14Psa 37:28
10 g Or If my father...forsake me, Then the LordFor my father and my mother have forsaken me,
But the LORD will take me up.
10
Isa 49:15Isa 40:11
11 Teach me Your way, O LORD,
And lead me in a level path
Because ofh Or those who lie in wait for memy foes.
11
Psa 25:4Psa 86:11Psa 5:8Psa 26:12
12 Do not deliver me over to thei Lit souldesire of my adversaries,
For false witnesses have risen against me,
And such as breathe out violence.
12
Psa 41:2Deu 19:18Psa 35:11Mat 26:60Act 9:1
13 j Or Surely I believedI would have despaired unless I had believed that I would see the goodness of the LORD
In the land of the living.
13
Psa 31:19Job 28:13Psa 52:5Psa 116:9Psa 142:5Isa 38:11Jer 11:19Eze 26:20
14 Wait for the LORD;
Be strong and let your heart take courage;
Yes, wait for the LORD.
14
Psa 25:3Psa 37:34Psa 40:1Psa 62:5Psa 130:5Pro 20:22Isa 25:9Psa 31:24

Psalms, Psalm 28,  verses 1-9

BOOK 1> 1 A Prayer for Help, and Praise for Its Answer.
1 To You, O LORD, I call;
My rock, do not be deaf to me,
For if You are silent to me,
I will become like those who go down to the pit.
1
Psa 18:2Psa 35:22Psa 39:12Psa 83:1Psa 88:4Psa 143:7Pro 1:12
2 Hear the voice of my supplications when I cry to You for help,
When I lift up my hands towarda Lit the innermost place of Your sanctuaryYour holy sanctuary.
2
Psa 140:6Psa 134:2Psa 141:2Ljr 2:19Ti1 2:8Psa 5:7Psa 138:2Ki1 6:5
3 Do not drag me away with the wicked
And with those who work iniquity,
Who speak peace with their neighbors,
While evil is in their hearts.
3
Psa 26:9Psa 12:2Psa 55:21Psa 62:4Jer 9:8
4 Requite them according to their work and according to the evil of their practices;
Requite them according to the deeds of their hands;
Repay them theirb Or dealingsrecompense.
4
Psa 62:12Ti2 4:14Rev 18:6Rev 22:12
5 Because they do not regard the works of the LORD
Nor the deeds of His hands,
He will tear them down and not build them up.
5
Isa 5:12
6 Blessed be the LORD,
Because He has heard the voice of my supplication.
6
Psa 28:2
7 The LORD is my strength and my shield;
My heart trusts in Him, and I am helped;
Therefore my heart exults,
And with my song I shall thank Him.
7
Psa 18:2Psa 59:17Psa 3:3Psa 13:5Psa 112:7Psa 16:9Psa 40:3Psa 69:30
8 The LORD isc A few mss and ancient versions read the strength of His peopletheir strength,
And He is ad Or refuge of salvationsaving defense to His anointed.
8
Psa 20:6Psa 89:17Psa 27:1Psa 140:7
9 Save Your people and bless Your inheritance;
Be their shepherd also, and carry them forever.
9
Psa 106:47Deu 9:29Deu 32:9Ki1 8:51Psa 33:12Psa 106:40Psa 80:1Deu 1:31Isa 40:11Isa 46:3Isa 63:9

Psalms, Psalm 29,  verses 1-11

BOOK 1> 1 The Voice of the Lord in the Storm.
1 Ascribe to the LORD, Oa Or sons of godssons of the mighty,
Ascribe to the LORD glory and strength.
1
Ch1 16:28Ch1 16:29Psa 96:7-9
2 Ascribe to the LORD the gloryb Lit of His namedue to His name;
Worship the LORD inc Or the majesty of holinessholy array.
2
Ch2 20:21Psa 110:3
3 The voice of the LORD is upon the waters;
The God of glory thunders,
The LORD is overd Or greatmany waters.
3
Psa 104:7Job 37:4Job 37:5Psa 18:13Psa 18:16Psa 107:23
4 The voice of the LORD is powerful,
The voice of the LORD is majestic.
4
Psa 68:33
5 The voice of the LORD breaks the cedars;
Yes, the LORD breaks in pieces the cedars of Lebanon.
5
Jdg 9:15Ki1 5:6Psa 104:16Isa 2:13Isa 14:8
6 He makes Lebanon skip like a calf,
And Sirion like a young wild ox.
6
Psa 114:4Psa 114:6Deu 3:9
7 The voice of the LORD hews oute I.e. lightningflames of fire.
8 The voice of the LORDf Or causes...to whirlshakes the wilderness;
The LORD shakes the wilderness of Kadesh.
8
Num 13:26
9 The voice of the LORD makes the deer to calve
And strips the forests bare;
And in His temple everything says, “Glory!”
9
Job 39:1Psa 26:8
10 The LORD sat as King at the flood;
Yes, the LORD sits as King forever.
10
Gen 6:17Psa 10:16
11 g Or May the Lord giveThe LORD will give strength to His people;
h Or May the Lord blessThe LORD will bless His people with peace.
11
Psa 28:8Psa 68:35Isa 40:29Psa 37:11Psa 72:3

Psalms, Psalm 30,  verses 1-12

BOOK 1> 1 Thanksgiving for Deliverance from Death.
1 I will extol You, O LORD, for You have lifted me up,
And have not let my enemies rejoice over me.
1
Psa 118:28Psa 145:1Psa 3:3Psa 25:2Psa 35:19Psa 35:24
2 O LORD my God,
I cried to You for help, and You healed me.
2
Psa 88:13Psa 6:2Psa 103:3Isa 53:5
3 O LORD, You have brought up my soul froma I.e. the nether worldSheol;
You have kept me alive,b Some mss read from among those who go downthat I would not go down to the pit.
3
Psa 86:13Psa 28:1
4 Sing praise to the LORD, you His godly ones,
And give thanks to His holyc Lit memorialname.
4
Psa 149:1Psa 50:5Psa 97:12Exo 3:15Psa 135:13Hos 12:5
5 For His anger is but for a moment,
His favor is for a lifetime;
Weeping may last for the night,
But a shout of joy comes in the morning.
5
Psa 103:9Isa 26:20Isa 54:7Isa 54:8Psa 118:1Psa 126:5Co2 4:17
6 Now as for me, I said in my prosperity,
“I will never be moved.”
6
Psa 10:6Psa 62:2Psa 62:6
7 O LORD, by Your favor You have made my mountain to stand strong;
You hid Your face, I was dismayed.
7
Deu 31:17Psa 104:29Psa 143:7
8 To You, O LORD, I called,
And to the Lord I made supplication:
9 “What profit is there in my blood, if I go down to the pit?
Will the dust praise You? Will it declare Your faithfulness?
9
Psa 28:1Psa 6:5
10 “Hear, O LORD, and be gracious to me;
O LORD, be my helper.”
10
Psa 4:1Psa 27:7Psa 27:9Psa 54:4
11 You have turned for me my mourning into dancing;
You have loosed my sackcloth and girded me with gladness,
11
Ecc 3:4Jer 31:4Jer 31:13Isa 20:2Psa 4:7
12 That myd Lit glorysoul may sing praise to You and not be silent.
O LORD my God, I will give thanks to You forever.
12
Psa 16:9Psa 57:8Psa 108:1Psa 44:8

Psalms, Psalm 31,  verses 1-24

BOOK 1> 1 A Psalm of Complaint and of Praise.
1 In You, O LORD, I have taken refuge;
Let me never be ashamed;
In Your righteousness deliver me.
1
Psa 31:1-3Psa 71:1-3Psa 25:2Psa 143:1
2 Incline Your ear to me, rescue me quickly;
Be to me a rock ofa Or refuge, protectionstrength,
A stronghold to save me.
2
Psa 17:6Psa 71:2Psa 86:1Psa 102:2Psa 18:2Psa 71:3
3 For You are myb Or cragrock and my fortress;
For Your name’s sake You will lead me and guide me.
3
Psa 18:2Psa 23:3Psa 25:11
4 You will pull me out of the net which they have secretly laid for me,
For You are my strength.
4
Psa 25:15Psa 46:1
5 Into Your hand I commit my spirit;
You have ransomed me, O LORD, God ofc Or faithfulnesstruth.
5
Luk 23:46Act 7:59Psa 55:18Psa 71:23Deu 32:4Psa 71:22
6 I hate those who regardd Lit empty vanitiesvain idols,
But I trust in the LORD.
6
Jon 2:8Psa 52:8
7 I will rejoice and be glad in Your lovingkindness,
Because You have seen my affliction;
You have known the troubles of my soul,
7
Psa 90:14Psa 10:14
8 And You have not given me over into the hand of the enemy;
You have set my feet in a large place.
8
Deu 32:30Psa 37:33
9 Be gracious to me, O LORD, for I am in distress;
My eye is wasted away from grief, my soul and my body also.
9
Psa 66:14Psa 69:17Psa 6:7Psa 63:1
10 For my life is spent with sorrow
And my years with sighing;
My strength has failed because of my iniquity,
And mye Or bones, substancebody has wasted away.
10
Psa 13:2Psa 39:11Psa 32:3Psa 38:3Psa 102:3
11 Because of all my adversaries, I have become a reproach,
Especially to my neighbors,
And an object of dread to my acquaintances;
Those who see me in the street flee from me.
11
Psa 69:19Job 19:13Psa 38:11Psa 88:8Psa 88:18
12 I am forgotten as a dead man, out of mind;
I am like a broken vessel.
12
Psa 88:5
13 For I have heard thef Lit whisperingslander of many,
Terror is on every side;
While they took counsel together against me,
They schemed to take away my life.
13
Psa 50:20Jer 20:10Lam 2:22Psa 62:4Mat 27:1Psa 41:7
14 But as for me, I trust in You, O LORD,
I say, “You are my God.”
14
Psa 140:6
15 My times are in Your hand;
Deliver me from the hand of my enemies and from those who persecute me.
15
Job 14:5Job 24:1Psa 143:9
16 Make Your face to shine upon Your servant;
Save me in Your lovingkindness.
16
Num 6:25Psa 4:6Psa 80:3Psa 6:4
17 Let me not be put to shame, O LORD, for I call upon You;
Let the wicked be put to shame, let them be silent ing I.e. the nether worldSheol.
17
Psa 25:2Psa 25:20Psa 25:3Sa1 2:9Psa 94:17Psa 115:17
18 Let the lying lips be mute,
Which speak arrogantly against the righteous
With pride and contempt.
18
Psa 109:2Psa 120:2Sa1 2:3Psa 94:4Jud 1:15
19 How great is Your goodness,
Which You have stored up for those who fear You,
Which You have wrought for those who take refuge in You,
Before the sons of men!
19
Psa 65:4Psa 145:7Isa 64:4Rom 2:4Rom 11:22Psa 5:11Psa 23:5
20 You hide them in the secret place of Your presence from the conspiracies of man;
You keep them secretly in ah Or pavilionshelter from the strife of tongues.
20
Psa 27:5Psa 37:12Job 5:21Psa 31:13
21 Blessed be the LORD,
For He has made marvelous His lovingkindness to me in a besieged city.
21
Psa 28:6Psa 17:7Sa1 23:7Psa 87:5
22 As for me, I said in my alarm,
“I am cut off from before Your eyes”;
Nevertheless You heard the voice of my supplications
When I cried to You.
22
Psa 116:11Psa 88:5Isa 38:11Isa 38:12Ljr 3:54Psa 18:6Psa 66:19Psa 145:19
23 O love the LORD, all you His godly ones!
The LORD preserves the faithful
And fully recompenses the proud doer.
23
Psa 30:4Psa 37:28Psa 50:5Psa 145:20Rev 2:10Deu 32:41Psa 94:2
24 Be strong and let your heart take courage,
All you whoi Or wait forhope in the LORD.
24
Psa 27:14

Psalms, Psalm 32,  verses 1-11

BOOK 1> 1 Blessedness of Forgiveness and of Trust in God.
1 How blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven,
Whose sin is covered!
1
Psa 85:2Psa 103:3Rom 4:7Rom 4:8
2 How blessed is the man to whom the LORD does not impute iniquity,
And in whose spirit there is no deceit!
2
Co2 5:19Joh 1:47
3 When I kept silent about my sin, mya Or bones, substancebody wasted away
Through myb Lit roaringgroaning all day long.
3
Psa 39:2Psa 39:3Psa 31:10Psa 38:8
4 For day and night Your hand was heavy upon me;
Myc Lit life juices were turned into the drought of summervitality was drained away as with the fever heat of summer.d Selah may mean: Pause, Crescendo or Musical interludeSelah.
4
Sa1 5:6Job 23:2Job 33:7Psa 38:2Psa 39:10Psa 22:15
5 I acknowledged my sin to You,
And my iniquity I did not hide;
I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the LORD”;
And You forgave thee Or iniquityguilt of my sin. Selah.
5
Lev 26:40Job 31:33Psa 38:18Pro 28:13Jo1 1:9Psa 103:12
6 Therefore, let everyone who is godly pray to Youf Lit in a time of finding outin a time when You may be found;
Surely in a flood of great waters they will not reach him.
6
Psa 69:13Isa 55:6Psa 46:1-3Psa 69:1Psa 124:5Psa 144:7Isa 43:2
7 You are my hiding place; You preserve me from trouble;
You surround me withg Or shoutssongs of deliverance. Selah.
7
Psa 9:9Psa 31:20Psa 91:1Psa 119:114Psa 121:7Exo 15:1Jdg 5:1Psa 40:3
8 I will instruct you and teach you in the way which you should go;
I will counsel you with My eye upon you.
8
Psa 25:8Psa 33:18
9 Do not be as the horse or as the mule which have no understanding,
Whose trappings include bit and bridle to hold them in check,
Otherwise they will not come near to you.
9
Pro 26:3
10 Many are the sorrows of the wicked,
But he who trusts in the LORD, lovingkindness shall surround him.
10
Psa 16:4Pro 13:21Rom 2:9Psa 5:11Psa 5:12Pro 16:20
11 Be glad in the LORD and rejoice, you righteous ones;
And shout for joy, all you who are upright in heart.
11
Psa 64:10Psa 68:3Psa 97:12Psa 7:10Psa 64:10

Psalms, Psalm 33,  verses 1-22

BOOK 1> 1 Praise to the Creator and Preserver.
1 Sing for joy in the LORD, O you righteous ones;
Praise is becoming to the upright.
1
Psa 32:11Php 3:1Php 4:4Psa 92:1Psa 147:1
2 Give thanks to the LORD with the lyre;
Sing praises to Him with a harp of ten strings.
2
Psa 71:22Psa 147:7Psa 144:9
3 Sing to Him a new song;
Play skillfully with a shout of joy.
3
Psa 40:3Psa 96:1Psa 98:1Psa 144:9Isa 42:10Rev 5:9Psa 98:4
4 For the word of the LORD is upright,
And all His work is done in faithfulness.
4
Psa 19:8Psa 119:90
5 He loves righteousness and justice;
The earth is full of the lovingkindness of the LORD.
5
Psa 11:7Psa 37:28Psa 119:64
6 By the word of the LORD the heavens were made,
And by the breath of His mouth all their host.
6
Gen 1:6Psa 148:5Heb 11:3Psa 104:30Gen 2:1
7 He gathers the waters of the sea togethera Some versions read in a water skin; i.e. containeras a heap;
He lays up the deeps in storehouses.
7
Exo 15:8Jos 3:16Psa 78:13
8 Let all the earth fear the LORD;
Let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of Him.
8
Psa 67:7Psa 96:9
9 For He spoke, and it was done;
He commanded, and itb Or stood forthstood fast.
9
Gen 1:3Psa 148:5
10 The LORD nullifies the counsel of the nations;
He frustrates the plans of the peoples.
10
Psa 2:1-3Isa 8:10Isa 19:3
11 The counsel of the LORD stands forever,
The plans of His heart from generation to generation.
11
Job 23:12Pro 19:21Psa 40:5Psa 92:5Psa 139:17Isa 55:8
12 Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD,
The people whom He has chosen for His own inheritance.
12
Psa 144:15Exo 19:5Deu 7:6Psa 28:9
13 The LORD looks from heaven;
He sees all the sons of men;
13
Job 28:24Psa 14:2Psa 11:4
14 From His dwelling place He looks out
On all the inhabitants of the earth,
14
Ki1 8:39Ki1 8:43Psa 102:19
15 He who fashionsc Or their heart togetherthe hearts of them all,
He who understands all their works.
15
Job 10:8Psa 119:73Ch2 16:9Job 34:21Jer 32:19
16 The king is not saved by a mighty army;
A warrior is not delivered by great strength.
16
Psa 44:6Psa 60:11
17 A horse is a false hope for victory;
Nor does it deliver anyone by its great strength.
17
Psa 20:7Psa 147:10Pro 21:31
18 Behold, the eye of the LORD is on those who fear Him,
On those whod Or waithope for His lovingkindness,
18
Job 36:7Psa 32:8Psa 34:15Pe1 3:12Psa 32:10Psa 147:11
19 To deliver their soul from death
And to keep them alive in famine.
19
Psa 56:13Act 12:11Job 5:20Psa 37:19
20 Our soul waits for the LORD;
He is our help and our shield.
20
Psa 62:1Psa 130:6Isa 8:17Psa 115:9
21 For our heart rejoices in Him,
Because we trust in His holy name.
21
Psa 13:5Psa 28:7Zec 10:7Joh 16:22
22 Let Your lovingkindness, O LORD, be upon us,
According as we havee Or waited forhoped in You.

Psalms, Psalm 34,  verses 1-22

BOOK 1> 1 The Lord, a Provider and Deliverer.
1 I will bless the LORD at all times;
His praise shall continually be in my mouth.
1
Eph 5:20Th1 5:18Psa 71:6
2 My soul will make its boast in the LORD;
The humble will hear it and rejoice.
2
Psa 44:8Jer 9:24Co1 1:31Psa 69:32
3 O magnify the LORD with me,
And let us exalt His name together.
3
Psa 35:27Psa 69:30Luk 1:46Psa 18:46
4 I sought the LORD, and He answered me,
And delivered me from all my fears.
4
Ch2 15:2Psa 9:10Mat 7:7Psa 34:6Psa 34:17Psa 34:19
5 They looked to Him and were radiant,
And their faces will never be ashamed.
5
Psa 36:9Isa 60:5Psa 25:3
6 Thisa Or afflictedpoor man cried, and the LORD heard him
And saved him out of all his troubles.
6
Psa 34:4
7 The angel of the LORD encamps around those who fear Him,
And rescues them.
7
Psa 91:11Dan 6:22
8 O taste and see that the LORD is good;
How blessed is the man who takes refuge in Him!
8
Psa 119:103Heb 6:5Pe1 2:3Psa 2:12
9 O fear the LORD, you His saints;
For to those who fear Him there is no want.
9
Psa 31:23Psa 23:1
10 The young lions do lack and suffer hunger;
But they who seek the LORD shall not be in want of any good thing.
10
Psa 84:11
11 Come, you children, listen to me;
I will teach you the fear of the LORD.
11
Psa 66:16Psa 32:8Psa 111:10
12 Who is the man who desires life
And loves length of days that he may see good?
12
Psa 34:12-16Pe1 3:10-12Ecc 3:13
13 Keep your tongue from evil
And your lips from speaking deceit.
13
Psa 141:3Pro 13:3Jam 1:26Pe1 2:22
14 Depart from evil and do good;
Seek peace and pursue it.
14
Psa 37:27Isa 1:16Isa 1:17Rom 14:19Heb 12:14
15 The eyes of the LORD are toward the righteous
And His ears are open to their cry.
15
Job 36:7Psa 33:18
16 The face of the LORD is against evildoers,
To cut off the memory of them from the earth.
16
Lev 17:10Jer 44:11Amo 9:4Job 18:17Psa 9:6Psa 109:15Pro 10:7
17 The righteous cry, and the LORD hears
And delivers them out of all their troubles.
17
Psa 34:6Psa 145:19
18 The LORD is near to the brokenhearted
And saves those who areb Or contritecrushed in spirit.
18
Psa 145:18Psa 147:3Isa 61:1Psa 51:17Isa 57:15
19 Many are the afflictions of the righteous,
But the LORD delivers him out of them all.
19
Pro 24:16Psa 71:20Ti2 3:11Psa 34:4Psa 34:6Psa 34:17
20 He keeps all his bones,
Not one of them is broken.
20
Joh 19:33Joh 19:36
21 Evil shall slay the wicked,
And those who hate the righteous will bec Or held guiltycondemned.
21
Psa 94:23Psa 140:11Pro 24:16
22 The LORD redeems the soul of His servants,
And none of those who take refuge in Him will bed V 21, note 1condemned.
22
Ki1 1:29Psa 71:23Psa 37:40

Psalms, Psalm 35,  verses 1-28

BOOK 1> 1 Prayer for Rescue from Enemies.
1 Contend, O LORD, with those who contend with me;
Fight against those who fight against me.
1
Psa 18:43Isa 49:25Psa 56:2
2 Take hold ofa I.e. small shieldbuckler and shield
And rise up for my help.
2
Psa 91:4Psa 44:26
3 Draw also the spear andb Or close up the path against thosethe battle-axe to meet those who pursue me;
Say to my soul, “I am your salvation.”
3
Psa 62:2
4 Let those be ashamed and dishonored who seek myc Or soullife;
Let those be turned back and humiliated who devise evil against me.
4
Psa 70:2Psa 40:14Psa 129:5
5 Let them be like chaff before the wind,
With the angel of the LORD driving them on.
5
Job 21:18Psa 83:13Isa 29:5
6 Let their way be dark and slippery,
With the angel of the LORD pursuing them.
6
Psa 73:18Jer 23:12
7 For without cause they hid their net for me;
Without cause they dug ad Pit has been transposed from line abovepit for my soul.
7
Psa 69:4Psa 109:3Psa 140:5Psa 9:15
8 Let destruction come upon him unawares,
And let the net which he hid catch himself;
Into that very destruction let him fall.
8
Psa 55:23Isa 47:11Th1 5:3Psa 9:15Psa 73:18
9 And my soul shall rejoice in the LORD;
It shall exult in His salvation.
9
Isa 61:10Psa 9:14Psa 13:5Luk 1:47
10 All my bones will say, “LORD, who is like You,
Who delivers the afflicted from him who is too strong for him,
And the afflicted and the needy from him who robs him?”
10
Psa 51:8Exo 15:11Psa 86:8Mic 7:18Psa 18:17Psa 37:14Psa 109:16
11 Malicious witnesses rise up;
They ask me of things that I do not know.
11
Psa 27:12
12 They repay me evil for good,
To the bereavement of my soul.
12
Psa 38:20Psa 109:5Jer 18:20Joh 10:32
13 But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth;
I humbled my soul with fasting,
And my prayer kept returning to my bosom.
13
Job 30:25Psa 69:11Psa 69:10Mat 10:13Luk 10:6
14 I went about as though it were my friend or brother;
I bowed downe Or dressed in blackmourning, as one who sorrows for a mother.
14
Psa 38:6
15 But at myf Or limpingstumbling they rejoiced and gathered themselves together;
Theg Or smitten onessmiters whom I did not know gathered together against me,
Theyh Lit toreslandered me without ceasing.
15
Oba 1:12Job 30:1Job 30:8Job 30:12Psa 7:2
16 Like godless jesters at a feast,
They gnashed at me with their teeth.
16
Job 16:9Psa 37:12Ljr 2:16
17 Lord, how long will You look on?
Rescue my soul from their ravages,
My only life from the lions.
17
Psa 13:1Hab 1:13Psa 35:7Psa 22:20Psa 22:21
18 I will give You thanks in the great congregation;
I will praise You among a mighty throng.
18
Psa 22:22Psa 22:25
19 Do not let those who are wrongfully my enemies rejoice over me;
Nor let those who hate me without causei Or wink the eyewink maliciously.
19
Psa 13:4Psa 30:1Psa 38:16Psa 38:19Psa 69:4Joh 15:25Pro 6:13Pro 10:10
20 For they do not speak peace,
But they devise deceitful words against those who are quiet in the land.
20
Psa 55:21Jer 9:8Mic 6:12
21 They opened their mouth wide against me;
They said, “Aha, aha, our eyes have seen it!”
21
Job 16:10Psa 22:13Psa 40:15Psa 70:3
22 You have seen it, O LORD, do not keep silent;
O Lord, do not be far from me.
22
Exo 3:7Psa 10:14Psa 28:1Psa 10:1Psa 22:11Psa 38:21Psa 71:12
23 Stir up Yourself, and awake to my right
And to my cause, my God and my Lord.
23
Psa 7:6Psa 44:23Psa 59:4Psa 80:2
24 Judge me, O LORD my God, according to Your righteousness,
And do not let them rejoice over me.
24
Psa 9:4Psa 26:1Psa 43:1Psa 35:19
25 Do not let them say in their heart, “Aha, our desire!”
Do not let them say, “We have swallowed him up!”
25
Psa 35:21Psa 56:1Psa 124:3Pro 1:12Ljr 2:16
26 Let those be ashamed and humiliated altogether who rejoice at my distress;
Let those be clothed with shame and dishonor who magnify themselves over me.
26
Psa 40:14Psa 109:29Job 19:5Psa 38:16
27 Let them shout for joy and rejoice, who favor my vindication;
And let them say continually, “The LORD be magnified,
Who delights in the prosperity of His servant.”
27
Psa 32:11Psa 9:4Psa 40:16Psa 70:4Psa 147:11Psa 149:4
28 And my tongue shall declare Your righteousness
And Your praise all day long.
28
Psa 51:14Psa 71:15Psa 71:24

Psalms, Psalm 36,  verses 1-12

BOOK 1> 1 Wickedness of Men and Lovingkindness of God.
1 Transgression speaks to the ungodly withina Another reading is my hearthis heart;
There is no fear of God before his eyes.
1
Rom 3:18
2 Forb Or he flatters himselfit flatters him in his own eyes
Concerning the discovery of his iniquity and the hatred of it.
2
Deu 29:19Psa 10:11Psa 49:18
3 The words of his mouth are wickedness and deceit;
He has ceased toc Or understand to do goodbe wise and to do good.
3
Psa 10:7Psa 12:2Psa 94:8Jer 4:22
4 He plans wickedness upon his bed;
He sets himself on a path that is not good;
He does not despise evil.
4
Pro 4:16Mic 2:1Isa 65:2Psa 52:3Rom 12:9
5 Your lovingkindness, O LORD,d Lit is inextends to the heavens,
Your faithfulness reaches to the skies.
5
Psa 57:10Psa 103:11Psa 108:4
6 Your righteousness is like thee Or mighty mountainsmountains of God;
Your judgments are like a great deep.
O LORD, You preserve man and beast.
6
Psa 71:19Job 11:8Psa 77:19Rom 11:33Neh 9:6Psa 104:14Psa 104:15Psa 145:16
7 How precious is Your lovingkindness, O God!
And the children of men take refuge in the shadow of Your wings.
7
Psa 40:5Psa 139:17Rut 2:12Psa 17:8Psa 57:1Psa 91:4
8 They drink their fill of thef Lit fatnessabundance of Your house;
And You give them to drink of the river of Your delights.
8
Psa 63:5Psa 65:4Isa 25:6Jer 31:12-14Job 20:17Psa 46:4Rev 22:1
9 For with You is the fountain of life;
In Your light we see light.
9
Jer 2:13
10 O continue Your lovingkindness to those who know You,
And Your righteousness to the upright in heart.
10
Jer 22:16Psa 24:5
11 Let not the foot of pride come upon me,
And let not the hand of the wicked drive me away.
12 There the doers of iniquity have fallen;
They have been thrust down and cannot rise.
12
Psa 140:10Isa 26:14

Psalms, Psalm 37,  verses 1-40

BOOK 1> 1 Security of Those Who Trust in the Lord, and Insecurity of the Wicked.
1 Do not fret because of evildoers,
Be not envious toward wrongdoers.
1
Pro 23:17Pro 24:19Psa 73:3Pro 3:31
2 For they will wither quickly like the grass
And fade like the green herb.
2
Job 14:2Psa 90:6Psa 92:7Jam 1:11Psa 129:6
3 Trust in the LORD and do good;
Dwell in the land anda Or feed securely or feed on His faithfulnesscultivate faithfulness.
3
Psa 62:8Deu 30:20Isa 40:11Eze 34:13Eze 34:14
4 Delight yourself in the LORD;
And He will give you the desires of your heart.
4
Job 22:26Psa 94:19Isa 58:14Psa 21:2Psa 145:19Mat 7:7Mat 7:8
5 Commit your way to the LORD,
Trust also in Him, and He will do it.
5
Psa 55:22Pro 16:3Pe1 5:7
6 He will bring forth your righteousness as the light
And your judgment as the noonday.
6
Psa 97:11Isa 58:8Isa 58:10Mic 7:9Job 11:17
7 b Or Be stillRest in the LORD and waitc Or longinglypatiently for Him;
Do not fret because of him who prospers in his way,
Because of the man who carries out wicked schemes.
7
Psa 40:1Psa 62:5Lam 3:26Psa 37:1Psa 37:8Jer 12:1
8 Cease from anger and forsake wrath;
Do not fret; it leads only to evildoing.
8
Eph 4:31Col 3:8
9 For evildoers will be cut off,
But those who wait for the LORD, they will inherit the land.
9
Psa 37:2Psa 37:22Psa 25:13Pro 2:21Isa 57:13Isa 60:21Mat 5:5
10 Yet a little while and the wicked man will be no more;
And you will look carefully for his place and he will not be there.
10
Job 24:24Job 7:10Psa 37:35Psa 37:36
11 But the humble will inherit the land
And will delight themselves in abundant prosperity.
11
Mat 5:5Psa 72:7
12 The wicked plots against the righteous
And gnashes at him with his teeth.
12
Psa 31:13Psa 31:20Psa 35:16
13 The Lord laughs at him,
For He sees his day is coming.
13
Psa 2:4Sa1 26:10Job 18:20
14 The wicked have drawn the sword and bent their bow
To cast down the afflicted and the needy,
To slay those who are upright in conduct.
14
Psa 11:2Lam 2:4Psa 35:10Psa 86:1Psa 11:2
15 Their sword will enter their own heart,
And their bows will be broken.
15
Sa1 2:4Psa 46:9
16 Better is the little of the righteous
Than the abundance of many wicked.
16
Pro 15:16Pro 16:8
17 For the arms of the wicked will be broken,
But the LORD sustains the righteous.
17
Job 38:15Psa 10:15Eze 30:21Psa 71:6Psa 145:14
18 The LORD knows the days of thed Lit complete; or perfectblameless,
And their inheritance will be forever.
18
Psa 1:6Psa 31:7Psa 37:27Psa 37:29
19 They will not be ashamed in the time of evil,
And in the days of famine they will have abundance.
19
Job 5:20Psa 33:19
20 But the wicked will perish;
And the enemies of the LORD will be like thee I.e. flowersglory of the pastures,
They vanish—like smoke they vanish away.
20
Psa 73:27Psa 68:2Psa 102:3
21 The wicked borrows and does not pay back,
But the righteous is gracious and gives.
21
Psa 112:5Psa 112:9
22 For those blessed by Him will inherit the land,
But those cursed by Him will be cut off.
22
Pro 3:33Psa 37:9Job 5:3
23 The steps of a man are established by the LORD,
And He delights in his way.
23
Sa1 2:9Psa 40:2Psa 66:9Psa 119:5Psa 147:11
24 When he falls, he will not be hurled headlong,
Because the LORD is the Onef Or who sustains him with His handwho holds his hand.
24
Psa 145:14Pro 24:16Mic 7:8Psa 147:6
25 I have been young and now I am old,
Yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken
Or hisg Lit seeddescendants begging bread.
25
Psa 37:28Isa 41:17Heb 13:5Psa 109:10
26 All day long he is gracious and lends,
And hish Lit seeddescendants are a blessing.
26
Deu 15:8Psa 37:21Psa 147:13
27 Depart from evil and do good,
i Or And dwell foreverSo you will abide forever.
27
Psa 34:14Psa 37:18Psa 102:28
28 For the LORD lovesj Lit judgmentjustice
And does not forsake His godly ones;
They are preserved forever,
But thek Lit seeddescendants of the wicked will be cut off.
28
Psa 11:7Psa 33:5Psa 37:25Psa 31:23Psa 21:10Psa 37:9Pro 2:22Isa 14:20
29 The righteous will inherit the land
And dwell in it forever.
29
Psa 37:9Pro 2:21Psa 37:18
30 The mouth of the righteous utters wisdom,
And his tongue speaks justice.
30
Psa 49:3Pro 10:13Psa 101:1Psa 119:13
31 The law of his God is in his heart;
His steps do not slip.
31
Deu 6:6Psa 40:8Psa 119:11Isa 51:7Jer 31:33Psa 26:1Psa 37:23
32 The wicked spies upon the righteous
And seeks to kill him.
32
Psa 10:8Psa 17:11Psa 37:14
33 The LORD will not leave him in his hand
Or let him be condemned when he is judged.
33
Psa 31:8Pe2 2:9Psa 34:22Psa 109:31
34 Wait for the LORD and keep His way,
And He will exalt you to inherit the land;
When the wicked are cut off, you will see it.
34
Psa 27:14Psa 37:9Psa 52:5Psa 52:6Psa 91:8
35 I have seen a wicked, violent man
Spreading himself like a luxuriantl Lit native; Heb obscuretree in its native soil.
35
Job 5:3Jer 12:2Job 8:16
36 Thenm Ancient versions read I passed byhe passed away, and lo, he was no more;
I sought for him, but he could not be found.
36
Job 20:5Psa 37:10
37 Mark then Lit complete; or perfectblameless man, and behold the upright;
For the man of peace will have ao Lit an endposterity.
37
Psa 37:18Psa 7:10Isa 57:1Isa 57:2
38 But transgressors will be altogether destroyed;
Thep Lit endposterity of the wicked will be cut off.
38
Psa 1:4-6Psa 37:20Psa 37:28Psa 37:9Psa 73:17
39 But the salvation of the righteous is from the LORD;
He is their strength in time of trouble.
39
Psa 3:8Psa 62:1Psa 9:9Psa 37:19
40 The LORD helps them and delivers them;
He delivers them from the wicked and saves them,
Because they take refuge in Him.
40
Psa 54:4Psa 22:4Isa 31:5Dan 3:17Dan 6:23Ch1 5:20Psa 34:22

Psalms, Psalm 38,  verses 1-22

BOOK 1> 1 Prayer of a Suffering Penitent.
1 O LORD, rebuke me not in Your wrath,
And chasten me not in Your burning anger.
1
Psa 6:1
2 For Your arrows have sunk deep into me,
And Your hand has pressed down on me.
2
Job 6:4Psa 32:4
3 There is no soundness in my flesh because of Your indignation;
There is no health in my bones because of my sin.
3
Isa 1:6Psa 102:10Job 33:19Psa 6:2Psa 31:10
4 For my iniquities are gone over my head;
As a heavy burden they weigh too much for me.
4
Ezr 9:6Psa 40:12
5 Mya Or stripeswounds grow foul and fester
Because of my folly.
5
Psa 69:5
6 I am bent over and greatly bowed down;
I go mourning all day long.
6
Psa 35:14Job 30:28Psa 42:9Psa 43:2
7 For my loins are filled with burning,
And there is no soundness in my flesh.
7
Psa 102:3Psa 38:3
8 I am benumbed andb Or greatlybadly crushed;
Ic Lit roargroan because of thed Lit growlingagitation of my heart.
8
Lam 1:13Lam 1:20Lam 2:11Lam 5:17Job 3:24Psa 22:1Psa 32:3
9 Lord, all my desire ise Or known to Youbefore You;
And my sighing is not hidden from You.
9
Psa 10:17Psa 6:6Psa 102:5
10 My heart throbs, my strength fails me;
And the light of my eyes, evenf Lit they havethatg Lit is not with mehas gone from me.
10
Psa 31:10Psa 6:7Psa 69:3Psa 88:9
11 Myh Or loversloved ones and my friends stand aloof from my plague;
And my kinsmen stand afar off.
11
Psa 31:11Psa 88:18Luk 23:49
12 Those who seek my life lay snares for me;
And those who seek to injure me havei Lit spokenthreatened destruction,
And they devise treachery all day long.
12
Psa 54:3Psa 140:5Psa 35:4Psa 35:20
13 But I, like a deaf man, do not hear;
And I am like a mute man who does not open his mouth.
13
Psa 39:2Psa 39:9
14 Yes, I am like a man who does not hear,
And in whose mouth are no arguments.
15 For Ij Or wait forhope in You, O LORD;
You will answer, O Lord my God.
15
Psa 39:7Psa 17:6
16 For I said, “May they not rejoice over me,
Who, when my foot slips, would magnify themselves against me.”
16
Psa 35:26
17 For I am ready to fall,
And myk Lit painsorrow is continually before me.
17
Psa 35:15Psa 13:2
18 For Il Or declareconfess my iniquity;
I am full of anxiety because of my sin.
18
Psa 32:5Co2 7:9Co2 7:10
19 But my enemies are vigorous andm Or numerousstrong,
And many are those who hate me wrongfully.
19
Psa 18:17Psa 35:19
20 And those who repay evil for good,
They oppose me, because I follow what is good.
20
Psa 35:12Psa 109:5Jo1 3:12
21 Do not forsake me, O LORD;
O my God, do not be far from me!
21
Psa 22:19Psa 35:22
22 Make haste to help me,
O Lord, my salvation!
22
Psa 40:13Psa 40:17Psa 27:1

Psalms, Psalm 39,  verses 1-13

BOOK 1> 1 The Vanity of Life.
1 I said, “I will guard my ways
That I may not sin with my tongue;
I will guard my mouth as with a muzzle
While the wicked are in my presence.”
1
Ki1 2:4Ki2 10:31Psa 119:9Job 2:10Psa 34:13Jam 3:5-12Psa 141:3Jam 3:2
2 I was mutea Lit with silenceand silent,
Ib Lit kept silencerefrained even from good,
And myc Lit painsorrow grew worse.
2
Psa 38:13
3 My heart was hot within me,
While I was musing the fire burned;
Then I spoke with my tongue:
3
Psa 32:4Jer 20:9Luk 24:32
4 “LORD, make me to know my end
And what is the extent of my days;
Let me know how transient I am.
4
Job 6:11Psa 90:12Psa 119:84Psa 78:39Psa 103:14
5 “Behold, You have made my days as handbreadths,
And my lifetime as nothing in Your sight;
Surely every mand Lit standing firmat his best ise Or altogether vanitya mere breath.f Selah may mean: Pause, Crescendo or Musical interludeSelah.
5
Psa 89:47Psa 144:4Job 14:2Psa 62:9Ecc 6:12
6 “Surely every man walks about asg Lit an imagea phantom;
Surely they make an uproar for nothing;
He amasses riches and does not know who will gather them.
6
Co1 7:31Jam 1:10Jam 1:11Pe1 1:24Psa 127:2Ecc 5:17Psa 49:10Ecc 2:26Ecc 5:14Luk 12:20
7 “And now, Lord, for what do I wait?
My hope is in You.
7
Psa 38:15
8 “Deliver me from all my transgressions;
Make me not the reproach of the foolish.
8
Psa 51:9Psa 51:14Psa 79:9Psa 44:13Psa 79:4Psa 119:22
9 “I have become mute, I do not open my mouth,
Because it is You who have done it.
9
Psa 39:2Sa2 16:10Job 2:10
10 “Remove Your plague from me;
Because of the opposition of Your hand I amh Or wasting awayperishing.
10
Job 9:34Job 13:21Psa 32:4
11 “With reproofs You chasten a man for iniquity;
You consume as a moth what is precious to him;
Surely every man is a mere breath. Selah.
11
Eze 5:15Pe2 2:16Job 13:28Psa 90:7Isa 50:9Psa 39:5
12 “Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear to my cry;
Do not be silent at my tears;
For I am a stranger with You,
A sojourner like all my fathers.
12
Psa 102:1Psa 143:1Ki2 20:5Psa 56:8Lev 25:23Ch1 29:15Psa 119:19Heb 11:13Pe1 2:11Gen 47:9
13 “Turn Your gaze away from me, that I mayi Or become cheerfulsmile again
Before I depart and am no more.”
13
Job 7:19Job 10:20Job 10:21Job 14:6Psa 102:24

Psalms, Psalm 40,  verses 1-17

BOOK 1> 1 God Sustains His Servant.
1 I waiteda Or intentlypatiently for the LORD;
And He inclined to me and heard my cry.
1
Psa 25:5Psa 27:14Psa 37:7Psa 34:15
2 He brought me up out of the pit of destruction, out of theb Lit mud of the miremiry clay,
And He set my feet upon a rock making my footsteps firm.
2
Psa 69:2Psa 69:14Jer 38:6Psa 27:5Psa 37:23
3 He put a new song in my mouth, a song of praise to our God;
Many will see and fear
And will trust in the LORD.
3
Psa 32:7Psa 33:3Psa 52:6Psa 64:9
4 How blessed is the man who has made the LORD his trust,
And has notc Lit regardturned to the proud, nor to those who lapse into falsehood.
4
Psa 34:8Psa 84:12Job 37:24Psa 125:5
5 Many, O LORD my God, are the wonders which You have done,
And Your thoughts toward us;
There is none to compare with You.
If I would declare and speak of them,
They would be too numerous to count.
5
Job 5:9Psa 136:4Psa 139:17Isa 55:8Psa 71:15Psa 139:18
6 d I.e. Blood sacrificeSacrifice and meal offering You have not desired;
My ears You havee Lit dug; or possibly piercedopened;
Burnt offering and sin offering You have not required.
6
Sa1 15:22Psa 51:16Isa 1:11Jer 6:20Jer 7:22Jer 7:23Amo 5:22Mic 6:6-8Heb 10:5-7
7 Then I said, “Behold, I come;
In the scroll of the book it isf Or prescribed forwritten of me.
8 I delight to do Your will, O my God;
Your Law is within my heart.”
8
Joh 4:34Psa 37:31Jer 31:33Co2 3:3
9 I have proclaimed glad tidings of righteousness in the great congregation;
Behold, I will not restrain my lips,
O LORD, You know.
9
Psa 22:22Psa 22:25Psa 119:13Jos 22:22Psa 139:4
10 I have not hidden Your righteousness within my heart;
I have spoken of Your faithfulness and Your salvation;
I have not concealed Your lovingkindness and Your truth from the great congregation.
10
Act 20:20Act 20:27Psa 89:1
11 You, O LORD, will not withhold Your compassion from me;
g Or May...preserveYour lovingkindness and Your truth will continually preserve me.
11
Psa 43:3Psa 57:3Psa 61:7Pro 20:28
12 For evils beyond number have surrounded me;
My iniquities have overtaken me, so that I am not able to see;
They are more numerous than the hairs of my head,
And my heart hash Lit forsakenfailed me.
12
Psa 18:5Psa 116:3Psa 38:4Psa 65:3Psa 69:4Psa 73:26
13 Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me;
Make haste, O LORD, to help me.
13
Psa 70:1Psa 22:19Psa 71:12
14 Let those be ashamed and humiliated together
Who seek myi Or soullife to destroy it;
Let those be turned back and dishonored
Who delightj Or to injure mein my hurt.
14
Psa 35:4Psa 35:26Psa 70:2Psa 71:13Psa 63:9
15 Let those bek Or desolatedappalled because of their shame
Who say to me, “Aha, aha!”
15
Psa 70:3Psa 35:21Psa 70:3
16 Let all who seek You rejoice and be glad in You;
Let those who love Your salvation say continually,
“The LORD be magnified!”
16
Psa 70:4Psa 35:27
17 Since I am afflicted and needy,
l Or The Lord is mindfulLet the Lord be mindful of me.
You are my help and my deliverer;
Do not delay, O my God.
17
Psa 70:5Psa 86:1Psa 109:22Psa 40:5Pe1 5:7

Psalms, Psalm 41,  verses 1-13

BOOK 1> 1 The Psalmist in Sickness Complains of Enemies and False Friends.
1 How blessed is he who considers thea Or poorhelpless;
The LORD will deliver him in a day ofb Or eviltrouble.
1
Psa 82:3Psa 82:4Pro 14:21Psa 27:5Psa 37:19
2 The LORD will protect him and keep him alive,
And he shallc Or be blessedbe called blessed upon the earth;
And do not give him over to the desire of his enemies.
2
Psa 37:28Psa 37:22Psa 27:12
3 The LORD will sustain him upon his sickbed;
In his illness, Youd Lit turn all his bedrestore him to health.
4 As for me, I said, “O LORD, be gracious to me;
Heal my soul, for I have sinned against You.”
4
Psa 6:2Psa 103:3Psa 147:3Psa 51:4
5 My enemies speak evil against me,
“When will he die, and his name perish?”
5
Psa 38:12
6 Ande Or if hewhen he comes to see me, he speaksf Or emptinessfalsehood;
His heart gathers wickedness to itself;
When he goes outside, he tells it.
6
Psa 12:2Psa 62:4Pro 26:24-26
7 All who hate me whisper together against me;
Against me they devise my hurt, saying,
7
Psa 56:5
8 “A wicked thing is poured outg Or withinupon him,
That when he lies down, he will not rise up again.”
8
Psa 71:10Psa 71:11
9 Even my close friend in whom I trusted,
Who ate my bread,
Has lifted up his heel against me.
9
Sa2 15:12Job 19:13Job 19:19Psa 55:12Psa 55:13Psa 55:20Jer 20:10Mic 7:5Mat 26:23Luk 22:21Joh 13:18
10 But You, O LORD, be gracious to me and raise me up,
That I may repay them.
10
Psa 3:3
11 By this I know that You are pleased with me,
Because my enemy does not shout in triumph over me.
11
Psa 37:23Psa 147:11Psa 25:2
12 As for me, You uphold me in my integrity,
And You set me in Your presence forever.
12
Psa 18:32Psa 37:17Psa 63:8Job 36:7Psa 21:6
13 Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel,
From everlasting to everlasting.
Amen and Amen.
13
Psa 72:18Psa 72:19Psa 89:52Psa 106:48Psa 150:6
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