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God’s Omnipresence and Omniscience.

For the choir director. A Psalm of David.

1 O Lord, You have searched me and knownme.

2 You know when I sit down and when I rise up;

You understand my thought from afar.

3 You scrutinize my path and my lying down,

And are intimately acquainted with all my ways.

4 Even before there is a word on my tongue,

Behold, O Lord, You know it all.

5 You have enclosed me behind and before,

And laid Your hand upon me.

6 Suchknowledge is too wonderful for me;

It istoohigh, I cannot attain to it.

7 Where can I go from Your Spirit?

Or where can I flee from Your presence?

8 If I ascend to heaven, You are there;

If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, You are there.

9 If I take the wings of the dawn,

If I dwell in the remotest part of the sea,

10 Even there Your hand will lead me,

And Your right hand will lay hold of me.

11 If I say, “Surely the darkness will overwhelm me,

And the light around me will be night,”

12 Even the darkness is not dark to You,

And the night is as bright as the day.

Darkness and light are aliketo You.

13 For You formed my inward parts;

You wove me in my mother’s womb.

14 I will give thanks to You, forI am fearfully and wonderfully made;

Wonderful are Your works,

And my soul knows it very well.

15 My frame was not hidden from You,

When I was made in secret,

Andskillfully wrought in the depths of the earth;

16 Your eyes have seen my unformed substance;

And in Your book were all written

The days that were ordainedfor me,

When as yet there was not one of them.

17 How precious also are Your thoughts to me, O God!

How vast is the sum of them!

18 If I should count them, they would outnumber the sand.

When I awake, I am still with You.

19 O that You would slay the wicked, O God;

Depart from me, therefore, men of bloodshed.

20 For they speak against You wickedly,

And Your enemies takeYour namein vain.

21 Do I not hate those who hate You, O Lord?

And do I not loathe those who rise up against You?

22 I hate them with the utmost hatred;

They have become my enemies.

23 Search me, O God, and know my heart;

Try me and know my anxious thoughts;

24 And see if there be any hurtful way in me,

And lead me in the everlasting way.

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Prayer for Protection against the Wicked.

For the choir director. A Psalm of David.

1 Rescue me, O Lord, from evil men;

Preserve me from violent men

2 Who devise evil things intheirhearts;

They continually stir up wars.

3 They sharpen their tongues as a serpent;

Poison of a viper is under their lips. Selah.

4 Keep me, O Lord, from the hands of the wicked;

Preserve me from violent men

# Who have purposed totrip up my feet.

5 The proud have hidden a trap for me, and cords;

They have spread a net by the wayside;

They have set snares for me. Selah.

6 I said to the Lord, “You are my God;

Give ear, O Lord, to the voice of my supplications.

7 “O Godthe Lord, the strength of my salvation,

You have covered my head in the day of battle.

8 “Do not grant, O Lord, the desires of the wicked;

Do not promote hisevildevice,thattheynotbe exalted. Selah.

9 “As for the head of those who surround me,

May the mischief of their lips cover them.

10 “May burning coals fall upon them;

May they be cast into the fire,

Into deep pits from which they cannot rise.

11 “May a slanderer not be established in the earth;

# May evil hunt the violent manspeedily.”

12 I know that the Lordwill maintain the cause of the afflicted

And justice for the poor.

13 Surely the righteous will give thanks to Your name;

The upright will dwell in Your presence.

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An Evening Prayer for Sanctification and Protection.

A Psalm of David.

1 O Lord, I call upon You; hasten to me!

Give ear to my voice when I call to You!

2 May my prayer be counted as incense before You;

The lifting up of my hands as the evening offering.

3 Set a guard, O Lord, over my mouth;

Keep watch over the door of my lips.

4 Do not incline my heart to any evil thing,

To practice deeds of wickedness

With men who do iniquity;

And do not let me eat of their delicacies.

5 Let the righteous smite me in kindness and reprove me;

It is oil upon the head;

Do not let my head refuse it,

For still my prayer is against their wicked deeds.

6 Their judges are thrown down by the sides of the rock,

And they hear my words, for they are pleasant.

7 As when one plows and breaks open the earth,

Our bones have been scattered at the mouth of Sheol.

8 For my eyes are toward You, O God, the Lord;

In You I take refuge; do not leave me defenseless.

9 Keep me from the jaws of the trap which they have set for me,

And from the snares of those who do iniquity.

10 Let the wicked fall into their own nets,

While I pass by safely.

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Prayer for Help in Trouble.

Maskil of David, when he was in the cave. A Prayer.

1 I cry aloud with my voice to the Lord;

I make supplication with my voice to the Lord.

2 I pour out my complaint before Him;

I declare my trouble before Him.

3 When my spirit was overwhelmed within me,

You knew my path.

In the way where I walk

They have hidden a trap for me.

4 Look to the right and see;

For there is no one who regards me;

There is no escape for me;

No one cares for my soul.

5 I cried out to You, O Lord;

I said, “You are my refuge,

My portion in the land of the living.

6 “Give heed to my cry,

For I am brought very low;

Deliver me from my persecutors,

For they are too strong for me.

7 “Bring my soul out of prison,

So that I may give thanks to Your name;

The righteous will surround me,

For You will deal bountifully with me.”

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Prayer for Deliverance and Guidance.

A Psalm of David.

1 Hear my prayer, O Lord,

Give ear to my supplications!

Answer me in Your faithfulness, in Your righteousness!

2 And do not enter into judgment with Your servant,

For in Your sight no man living is righteous.

3 For the enemy has persecuted my soul;

He has crushed my life to the ground;

He has made me dwell in dark places, like those who have long been dead.

4 Therefore my spirit is overwhelmed within me;

# My heart isappalled within me.

5 I remember the days of old;

I meditate on all Your doings;

I muse on the work of Your hands.

6 I stretch out my hands to You;

My soullongsfor You, as a parched land. Selah.

7 Answer me quickly, O Lord, my spirit fails;

Do not hide Your face from me,

Or I will become like those who go down to the pit.

8 Let me hear Your lovingkindness in the morning;

For I trust in You;

Teach me the way in which I should walk;

For to You I lift up my soul.

9 Deliver me, O Lord, from my enemies;

I take refuge in You.

10 Teach me to do Your will,

For You are my God;

Let Your good Spirit lead me on level ground.

11 For the sake of Your name, O Lord, revive me.

In Your righteousness bring my soul out of trouble.

12 And in Your lovingkindness, cut off my enemies

And destroy all those who afflict my soul,

For I am Your servant.

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Prayer for Rescue and Prosperity.

A Psalm of David.

1 Blessed be the Lord, my rock,

Who trains my hands for war,

Andmy fingers for battle;

2 My lovingkindness and my fortress,

My stronghold and my deliverer,

My shield and He in whom I take refuge,

Who subdues my people under me.

3 O Lord, what is man, that You take knowledge of him?

Or the son of man, that You think of him?

4 Man is like a mere breath;

His days are like a passing shadow.

5 Bow Your heavens, O Lord, and come down;

Touch the mountains, that they may smoke.

6 Flash forth lightning and scatter them;

Send out Your arrows and confuse them.

7 Stretch forth Your hand from on high;

Rescue me and deliver me out of great waters,

Out of the hand of aliens

8 Whose mouths speak deceit,

And whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.

9 I will sing a new song to You, O God;

Upon a harp of ten strings I will sing praises to You,

10 Who gives salvation to kings,

Who rescues David His servant from the evil sword.

11 Rescue me and deliver me out of the hand of aliens,

Whose mouth speaks deceit

And whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.

12 Let our sons in their youth be as grown-up plants,

And our daughters as corner pillars fashioned as for a palace;

13 Let our garners be full, furnishing every kind of produce,

Andour flocks bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our fields;

14 Let our cattle bear

Without mishap and without loss,

Let there beno outcry in our streets!

15 How blessed are the people who are so situated;

How blessed are the people whose God is the Lord!

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The Lord Extolled for His Goodness.

A Psalm of Praise, of David.

1 I will extol You, my God, O King,

And I will bless Your name forever and ever.

2 Every day I will bless You,

And I will praise Your name forever and ever.

3 Great is the Lord, and highly to be praised,

And His greatness is unsearchable.

4 One generation shall praise Your works to another,

And shall declare Your mighty acts.

5 On the glorious splendor of Your majesty

And on Your wonderful works, I will meditate.

6 Men shall speak of the power of Your awesome acts,

And I will tell of Your greatness.

7 They shall eagerly utter the memory of Your abundant goodness

And will shout joyfully of Your righteousness.

8 The Lordis gracious and merciful;

Slow to anger and great in lovingkindness.

9 The Lordis good to all,

And His mercies are over all His works.

10 All Your works shall give thanks to You, O Lord,

And Your godly ones shall bless You.

11 They shall speak of the glory of Your kingdom

And talk of Your power;

12 To make known to the sons of men Your mighty acts

And the glory of the majesty of Your kingdom.

13 Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom,

And Your dominionenduresthroughout all generations.

14 The Lordsustains all who fall

And raises up all who are bowed down.

15 The eyes of all look to You,

And You give them their food in due time.

16 You open Your hand

And satisfy the desire of every living thing.

17 The Lordis righteous in all His ways

And kind in all His deeds.

18 The Lordis near to all who call upon Him,

To all who call upon Him in truth.

19 He will fulfill the desire of those who fear Him;

He will also hear their cry and will save them.

20 The Lordkeeps all who love Him,

But all the wicked He will destroy.

21 My mouth will speak the praise of the Lord,

And all flesh will bless His holy name forever and ever.

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The Lord an Abundant Helper.

1 Praise the Lord!

Praise the Lord, O my soul!

2 I will praise the Lordwhile I live;

I will sing praises to my God while I have my being.

3 Do not trust in princes,

In mortal man, in whom there is no salvation.

4 His spirit departs, he returns to the earth;

In that very day his thoughts perish.

5 How blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob,

Whose hope is in the Lordhis God,

6 Who made heaven and earth,

The sea and all that is in them;

Who keeps faith forever;

7 Who executes justice for the oppressed;

Who gives food to the hungry.

The Lordsets the prisoners free.

8 The Lordopensthe eyes ofthe blind;

The Lordraises up those who are bowed down;

The Lordloves the righteous;

9 The Lordprotects the strangers;

He supports the fatherless and the widow,

But He thwarts the way of the wicked.

10 The Lordwill reign forever,

Your God, O Zion, to all generations.

Praise the Lord!

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Praise for Jerusalem’s Restoration and Prosperity.

1 Praise the Lord!

For it is good to sing praises to our God;

# Forit is pleasantandpraise is becoming.

2 The Lordbuilds up Jerusalem;

He gathers the outcasts of Israel.

3 He heals the brokenhearted

# And binds up theirwounds.

4 He counts the number of the stars;

He gives names to all of them.

5 Great is our Lord and abundant in strength;

His understanding is infinite.

6 The Lordsupports the afflicted;

He brings down the wicked to the ground.

7 Sing to the Lordwith thanksgiving;

Sing praises to our God on the lyre,

8 Who covers the heavens with clouds,

Who provides rain for the earth,

Who makes grass to grow on the mountains.

9 He gives to the beast its food,

Andto the young ravens which cry.

10 He does not delight in the strength of the horse;

He does not take pleasure in the legs of a man.

11 The Lordfavors those who fear Him,

Those who wait for His lovingkindness.

12 Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem!

Praise your God, O Zion!

13 For He has strengthened the bars of your gates;

He has blessed your sons within you.

14 He makes peace in your borders;

He satisfies you with the finest of the wheat.

15 He sends forth His command to the earth;

His word runs very swiftly.

16 He gives snow like wool;

He scatters the frost like ashes.

17 He casts forth His ice as fragments;

Who can stand before His cold?

18 He sends forth His word and melts them;

He causes His wind to blow and the waters to flow.

19 He declares His words to Jacob,

His statutes and His ordinances to Israel.

20 He has not dealt thus with any nation;

And as for His ordinances, they have not known them.

Praise the Lord!

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The Whole Creation Invoked to Praise the Lord.

1 Praise the Lord!

Praise the Lordfrom the heavens;

Praise Him in the heights!

2 Praise Him, all His angels;

Praise Him, all His hosts!

3 Praise Him, sun and moon;

Praise Him, all stars of light!

4 Praise Him, highest heavens,

And the waters that are above the heavens!

5 Let them praise the name of the Lord,

For He commanded and they were created.

6 He has also established them forever and ever;

He has made a decree which will not pass away.

7 Praise the Lordfrom the earth,

Sea monsters and all deeps;

8 Fire and hail, snow and clouds;

Stormy wind, fulfilling His word;

9 Mountains and all hills;

Fruit trees and all cedars;

10 Beasts and all cattle;

Creeping things and winged fowl;

11 Kings of the earth and all peoples;

Princes and all judges of the earth;

12 Both young men and virgins;

Old men and children.

13 Let them praise the name of the Lord,

For His name alone is exalted;

His glory is above earth and heaven.

14 And He has lifted up a horn for His people,

Praise for all His godly ones;

Evenfor the sons of Israel, a people near to Him.

Praise the Lord!

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