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A Lament over the Destruction of Jerusalem, and Prayer for Help.

A Psalm of Asaph.

1 O God, the nations have invaded Your inheritance;

They have defiled Your holy temple;

They have laid Jerusalem in ruins.

2 They have given the dead bodies of Your servants for food to the birds of the heavens,

The flesh of Your godly ones to the beasts of the earth.

3 They have poured out their blood like water round about Jerusalem;

And there was no one to bury them.

4 We have become a reproach to our neighbors,

A scoffing and derision to those around us.

5 How long, O Lord? Will You be angry forever?

Will Your jealousy burn like fire?

6 Pour out Your wrath upon the nations which do not know You,

And upon the kingdoms which do not call upon Your name.

7 For they have devoured Jacob

And laid waste his habitation.

8 Do not remember the iniquities ofourforefathers against us;

Let Your compassion come quickly to meet us,

For we are brought very low.

9 Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of Your name;

And deliver us and forgive our sins for Your name’s sake.

10 Why should the nations say, “Where is their God?”

Let there be known among the nations in our sight,

Vengeance for the blood of Your servants which has been shed.

11 Let the groaning of the prisoner come before You;

According to the greatness of Your power preserve those who are doomed to die.

12 And return to our neighbors sevenfold into their bosom

The reproach with which they have reproached You, O Lord.

13 So we Your people and the sheep of Your pasture

Will give thanks to You forever;

To all generations we will tell of Your praise.

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God Implored to Rescue His People from Their Calamities.

For the choir director; set to El Shoshannim; Eduth. A Psalm of Asaph.

1 Oh, give ear, Shepherd of Israel,

You who lead Joseph like a flock;

You who are enthronedabovethe cherubim, shine forth!

2 Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh, stir up Your power

And come to save us!

3 O God, restore us

And cause Your face to shineupon us,and we will be saved.

4 O LordGodofhosts,

How long will You be angry with the prayer of Your people?

5 You have fed them with the bread of tears,

And You have made them to drink tears in large measure.

6 You make usan object of contention to our neighbors,

And our enemies laugh among themselves.

7 O Godofhosts, restore us

# And cause Your face to shineupon us,and we will be saved.

8 You removed a vine from Egypt;

You drove out the nations and planted it.

9 You clearedthe groundbefore it,

And it took deep root and filled the land.

10 The mountains were covered with its shadow,

And the cedars of God with its boughs.

11 It was sending out its branches to the sea

And its shoots to the River.

12 Why have You broken down its hedges,

So that all who passthatway pick itsfruit?

13 A boar from the forest eats it away

And whatever moves in the field feeds on it.

14 O Godofhosts, turn again now, we beseech You;

Look down from heaven and see, and take care of this vine,

15 Even the shoot which Your right hand has planted,

And on the son whom You have strengthened for Yourself.

16 It is burned with fire, it is cut down;

They perish at the rebuke of Your countenance.

17 Let Your hand be upon the man of Your right hand,

Upon the son of man whom You made strong for Yourself.

18 Then we shall not turn back from You;

Revive us, and we will call upon Your name.

19 O LordGod of hosts, restore us;

Cause Your face to shineupon us,and we will be saved.

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God’s Goodness and Israel’s Waywardness.

For the choir director; on the Gittith. A Psalm of Asaph.

1 Sing for joy to God our strength;

Shout joyfully to the God of Jacob.

2 Raise a song, strike the timbrel,

The sweet sounding lyre with the harp.

3 Blow the trumpet at the new moon,

At the full moon, on our feast day.

4 For it is a statute for Israel,

An ordinance of the God of Jacob.

5 He established it for a testimony in Joseph

When he went throughout the land of Egypt.

I heard a language that I did not know:

6 “I relieved his shoulder of the burden,

His hands were freed from the basket.

7 “You called in trouble and I rescued you;

I answered you in the hiding place of thunder;

I proved you at the waters of Meribah. Selah.

8 “Hear, O My people, and I will admonish you;

O Israel, if you would listen to Me!

9 “Let there be no strange god among you;

Nor shall you worship any foreign god.

10 “I, the Lord, am your God,

Who brought you up from the land of Egypt;

Open your mouth wide and I will fill it.

11 “But My people did not listen to My voice,

And Israel did not obey Me.

12 “So I gave them over to the stubbornness of their heart,

To walk in their own devices.

13 “Oh that My people would listen to Me,

That Israel would walk in My ways!

14 “I would quickly subdue their enemies

And turn My hand against their adversaries.

15 “Those who hate the Lordwould pretend obedience to Him,

And their timeof punishmentwould be forever.

16 “But I would feed you with the finest of the wheat,

And with honey from the rock I would satisfy you.”

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Unjust Judgments Rebuked.

A Psalm of Asaph.

1 God takes His stand in His own congregation;

He judges in the midst of the rulers.

2 How long will you judge unjustly

And show partiality to the wicked? Selah.

3 Vindicate the weak and fatherless;

Do justice to the afflicted and destitute.

4 Rescue the weak and needy;

Deliverthemout of the hand of the wicked.

5 They do not know nor do they understand;

They walk about in darkness;

All the foundations of the earth are shaken.

6 I said, “You are gods,

And all of you are sons of the Most High.

7 “Nevertheless you will die like men

And fall likeanyone of the princes.”

8 Arise, O God, judge the earth!

For it is You who possesses all the nations.

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God Implored to Confound His Enemies.

A Song, a Psalm of Asaph.

1 O God, do not remain quiet;

Do not be silent and, O God, do not be still.

2 For behold, Your enemies make an uproar,

And those who hate You have exalted themselves.

3 They make shrewd plans against Your people,

And conspire together against Your treasured ones.

4 They have said, “Come, and let us wipe them out as a nation,

That the name of Israel be remembered no more.”

5 For they have conspired together with one mind;

Against You they make a covenant:

6 The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites,

Moab and the Hagrites;

7 Gebal and Ammon and Amalek,

Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre;

8 Assyria also has joined with them;

They have become a help to the children of Lot. Selah.

9 Deal with them as with Midian,

As with SiseraandJabin at the torrent of Kishon,

10 Who were destroyed at En-dor,

Who became as dung for the ground.

11 Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb

And all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna,

12 Who said, “Let us possess for ourselves

The pastures of God.”

13 O my God, make them like thewhirling dust,

Like chaff before the wind.

14 Like fire that burns the forest

And like a flame that sets the mountains on fire,

15 So pursue them with Your tempest

And terrify them with Your storm.

16 Fill their faces with dishonor,

That they may seek Your name, O Lord.

17 Let them be ashamed and dismayed forever,

And let them be humiliated and perish,

18 That they may know that You alone, whose name is the Lord,

Are the Most High over all the earth.

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Longing for the Temple Worship.

For the choir director; on the Gittith. A Psalm of the sons of Korah.

1 How lovely are Your dwelling places,

O Lordof hosts!

2 My soul longed and even yearned for the courts of the Lord;

My heart and my flesh sing for joy to the living God.

3 The bird also has found a house,

And the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young,

Even Your altars, O Lordof hosts,

My King and my God.

4 How blessed are those who dwell in Your house!

They are ever praising You. Selah.

5 How blessed is the man whose strength is in You,

In whose heart are the highwaysto Zion!

6 Passing through the valley ofBaca they make it a spring;

The early rain also covers it with blessings.

7 They go from strength to strength,

Every one of themappears before God in Zion.

8 O LordGod of hosts, hear my prayer;

Give ear, O God of Jacob! Selah.

9 Behold our shield, O God,

And look upon the face of Your anointed.

10 For a day in Your courts is better than a thousandoutside.

I would rather stand at the threshold of the house of my God

Than dwell in the tents of wickedness.

11 For the LordGod is a sun and shield;

The Lordgives grace and glory;

No good thing does He withhold from those who walk uprightly.

12 O Lordof hosts,

How blessed is the man who trusts in You!

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Prayer for God’s Mercy upon the Nation.

For the choir director. A Psalm of the sons of Korah.

1 O Lord, You showed favor to Your land;

# Yourestored the captivity of Jacob.

2 You forgave the iniquity of Your people;

You covered all their sin. Selah.

3 You withdrew all Your fury;

You turned away from Your burning anger.

4 Restore us, O God of our salvation,

And cause Your indignation toward us to cease.

5 Will You be angry with us forever?

Will You prolong Your anger to all generations?

6 Will You not Yourself revive us again,

That Your people may rejoice in You?

7 Show us Your lovingkindness, O Lord,

And grant us Your salvation.

8 I will hear what God the Lordwill say;

For He will speak peace to His people, to His godly ones;

But let them not turn back to folly.

9 Surely His salvation is near to those whofear Him,

That glory may dwell in our land.

10 Lovingkindness and truth have met together;

Righteousness and peace have kissed each other.

11 Truth springs from the earth,

And righteousness looks down from heaven.

12 Indeed, the Lordwill give what is good,

And our land will yield its produce.

13 Righteousness will go before Him

And will make His footsteps into a way.

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A Psalm of Supplication and Trust.

A Prayer of David.

1 Incline Your ear, O Lord,andanswer me;

For I am afflicted and needy.

2 Preserve my soul, for I am a godly man;

O You my God, save Your servant who trusts in You.

3 Be gracious to me, O Lord,

For to You I cry all day long.

4 Make glad the soul of Your servant,

For to You, O Lord, I lift up my soul.

5 For You, Lord, are good, and ready to forgive,

And abundant in lovingkindness to all who call upon You.

6 Give ear, O Lord, to my prayer;

And give heed to the voice of my supplications!

7 In the day of my trouble I shall call upon You,

For You will answer me.

8 There is no one like You among the gods, O Lord,

Nor are there any works like Yours.

9 All nations whom You have made shall come and worship before You, O Lord,

And they shall glorify Your name.

10 For You are great and do wondrous deeds;

You alone are God.

11 Teach me Your way, O Lord;

I will walk in Your truth;

Unite my heart to fear Your name.

12 I will give thanks to You, O Lord my God, with all my heart,

And will glorify Your name forever.

13 For Your lovingkindness toward me is great,

And You have delivered my soul from the depths of Sheol.

14 O God, arrogant men have risen up against me,

And a band of violent men have sought my life,

And they have not set You before them.

15 But You, O Lord, are a God merciful and gracious,

Slow to anger and abundant in lovingkindness and truth.

16 Turn to me, and be gracious to me;

Oh grant Your strength to Your servant,

And save the son of Your handmaid.

17 Show me a sign for good,

That those who hate me may seeitand be ashamed,

Because You, O Lord, have helped me and comforted me.

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The Privileges of Citizenship in Zion.

A Psalm of the sons of Korah. A Song.

1 His foundation is in the holy mountains.

2 The Lordloves the gates of Zion

More than all theotherdwelling places of Jacob.

3 Glorious things are spoken of you,

O city of God. Selah.

4 “I shall mentionRahab and Babylon among those who know Me;

Behold, Philistia and Tyre with Ethiopia:

‘This one was born there.'”

5 But of Zion it shall be said, “This one and that one were born in her”;

And the Most High Himself will establish her.

6 The Lordwill count when He registers the peoples,

“This one was born there.” Selah.

7 Then those who sing as well as those who play the flutesshall say,

“All my springsof joyare in you.”

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A Petition to Be Saved from Death.

A Song. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. For the choir director; according to Mahalath Leannoth. A Maskil of Heman the Ezrahite.

1 O Lord, the God of my salvation,

I have cried out by day and in the night before You.

2 Let my prayer come before You;

Incline Your ear to my cry!

3 For my soul has had enough troubles,

And my life has drawn near to Sheol.

4 I am reckoned among those who go down to the pit;

I have become like a man without strength,

5 Forsaken among the dead,

Like the slain who lie in the grave,

Whom You remember no more,

And they are cut off from Your hand.

6 You have put me in the lowest pit,

In dark places, in the depths.

7 Your wrath has rested upon me,

And You have afflicted me with all Your waves. Selah.

8 You have removed my acquaintances far from me;

# You have made me anobject of loathing to them;

I am shut up and cannot go out.

9 My eye has wasted away because of affliction;

I have called upon You every day, O Lord;

I have spread out my hands to You.

10 Will You perform wonders for the dead?

Will the departed spirits riseandpraise You? Selah.

11 Will Your lovingkindness be declared in the grave,

Your faithfulness in Abaddon?

12 Will Your wonders be made known in the darkness?

And Your righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?

13 But I, O Lord, have cried out to You for help,

And in the morning my prayer comes before You.

14 O Lord, why do You reject my soul?

Whydo You hide Your face from me?

15 I was afflicted and about to die from my youth on;

I suffer Your terrors; I am overcome.

16 Your burning anger has passed over me;

Your terrors have destroyed me.

17 They have surrounded me like water all day long;

They have encompassed me altogether.

18 You have removed lover and friend far from me;

My acquaintances areindarkness.

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