Psalm 116 116:1 I love the LORD because he heard my plea for mercy, 116:2 and listened to me. As long as I live, I will call to him when I need help. 116:3 The ropes of death tightened around me, the snares of Sheol confronted me. I was confronted with trouble and sorrow. 116:4 I called on the name of the LORD, “Please
Psalm 117 117:1 Praise the LORD, all you nations! Applaud him, all you foreigners! 117:2 For his loyal love towers over us, and the LORD’s faithfulness endures. Praise the LORD!
Psalm 118 118:1 Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good and his loyal love endures! 118:2 Let Israel say, “Yes, his loyal love endures!” 118:3 Let the family of Aaron say, “Yes, his loyal love endures!” 118:4 Let the loyal followers of the LORD say, “Yes, his loyal love endures!” 118:5 In my distress I cried out to the LORD. The LORD answered
Psalm 119 ? (Alef) 119:1 How blessed are those whose actions are blameless, who obey the law of the LORD. 119:2 How blessed are those who observe his rules, and seek him with all their heart, 119:3 who, moreover, do no wrong, but follow in his footsteps. 119:4 You demand that your precepts be carefully kept. 119:5 If only I were predisposed to keep your statutes! 119:6
Psalm 120 A song of ascents. 120:1 In my distress I cried out to the LORD and he answered me. 120:2 I said, “O LORD, rescue me from those who lie with their lips and those who deceive with their tongue. 120:3 How will he severely punish you, you deceptive talker? 120:4 Here’s how! With the sharp arrows of warriors, with arrowheads forged over the
Psalm 121 A song of ascents. 121:1 I look up toward the hills. From where does my help come? 121:2 My help comes from the LORD, the Creator of heaven and earth! 121:3 May he not allow your foot to slip! May your protector not sleep! 121:4 Look! Israel’s protector does not sleep or slumber! 121:5 The LORD is your protector; the LORD is the shade
Psalm 122 A song of ascents, by David. 122:1 I was glad because they said to me, “We will go to the LORD’s temple.” 122:2 Our feet are standing inside your gates, O Jerusalem. 122:3 Jerusalem is a city designed to accommodate an assembly. 122:4 The tribes go up there, the tribes of the LORD, where it is required that Israel give thanks to the name
Psalm 123 A song of ascents. 123:1 I look up toward you, the one enthroned in heaven. 123:2 Look, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master, as the eyes of a female servant look to the hand of her mistress, so my eyes will look to the LORD, our God, until he shows us favor. 123:3 Show
Psalm 124 A song of ascents, by David. 124:1 “If the LORD had not been on our side” – let Israel say this! – 124:2 if the LORD had not been on our side, when men attacked us, 124:3 they would have swallowed us alive, when their anger raged against us. 124:4 The water would have overpowered us; the current would have overwhelmed us. 124:5
Psalm 125 A song of ascents. 125:1 Those who trust in the LORD are like Mount Zion; it cannot be upended and will endure forever. 125:2 As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the LORD surrounds his people, now and forevermore. 125:3 Indeed, the scepter of a wicked king will not settle upon the allotted land of the godly. Otherwise the godly might do what is