Category Archives: Psalms

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. […]

The Folly of Trusting in Riches. For the choir director. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. 1 Hear this, all peoples; Give ear, all inhabitants of the world, 2 Both low and high, Rich and poor together. 3 My mouth will speak wisdom, And the meditation of my heartwill beunderstanding. 4 I will incline […]

God the Judge of the Righteous and the Wicked. A Psalm of Asaph. 1 The Mighty One, God, the Lord, has spoken, And summoned the earth from the rising of the sun to its setting. 2 Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God has shone forth. 3 May our God come and not keep […]