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The Vanity of Life. For the choir director, for Jeduthun. A Psalm of David. 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.” 2 I was mute and silent, # Irefrainedevenfrom good, […]

God Sustains His Servant. For the choir director. A Psalm of David. 1 I waitedpatiently for the Lord; And He inclined to me and heard my cry. 2 He brought me up out of the pit of destruction, out of the miry clay, And He set my feet upon a rock making my footsteps firm. […]

The Psalmist in Sickness Complains of Enemies and False Friends. For the choir director. A Psalm of David. 1 How blessed is he who considers the helpless; The Lordwill deliver him in a day of trouble. 2 The Lordwill protect him and keep him alive, And he shall be called blessed upon the earth; And […]

BOOK 2 Thirsting for God in Trouble and Exile. For the choir director. A Maskil of the sons of Korah. 1 As the deerpants for the water brooks, So my soul pants for You, O God. 2 My soul thirsts for God, for the living God; When shall I come and appear before God? 3 […]

Prayer for Deliverance. 1 Vindicate me, O God, and plead my case against an ungodly nation; O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man! 2 For You are the God of my strength; why have You rejected me? Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy? 3 O send out […]

Former Deliverances and Present Troubles. For the choir director. A Maskil of the sons of Korah. 1 O God, we have heard with our ears, Our fathers have told us The work that You did in their days, In the days of old. 2 You with Your own hand drove out the nations; Then You […]

A Song Celebrating the King’s Marriage. For the choir director; according to the #Shoshannim. A Maskil of the sons of Korah. A Song of Love. 1 My heartoverflows with a good theme; I address my verses to the King; My tongue is the pen of a ready writer. 2 You are fairer than the sons […]

God the Refuge of His People. For the choir director. A Psalm of the sons of Korah, #set to Alamoth. A Song. 1 God is our refuge and strength, # A very present help in trouble. 2 Therefore we will not fear, though the earth should change And though the mountains slip into the heart […]

God the King of the Earth. For the choir director. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. 1 O clap your hands, all peoples; Shout to God with the voice of joy. 2 For the LordMost High is to be feared, A great King over all the earth. 3 He subdues peoples under us And […]

The Beauty and Glory of Zion. A Song; a Psalm of the sons of Korah. 1 Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised, In the city of our God, His holy mountain. 2 Beautiful in elevation, the joy of the whole earth, Is Mount Zioninthe far north, The city of the great King. […]