Psalm 49

(as read by Anne A)

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For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by the sons of Korah.

49:1 Hear this, all you peoples. Listen, all you inhabitants of the world,

49:2 both low and high, rich and poor together.

49:3 My mouth will speak words of wisdom. My heart shall utter understanding.

49:4 I will incline my ear to a proverb. I will open my riddle on the harp.

49:5 Why should I fear in the days of evil, when iniquity at my heels surrounds me?

49:6 Those who trust in their wealth, and boast in the multitude of their riches—

49:7 none of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give God a ransom for him.

49:8 For the redemption of their life is costly, no payment is ever enough,

49:9 That he should live on forever, that he should not see corruption.

49:10 For he sees that wise men die; likewise the fool and the senseless perish, and leave their wealth to others.

49:11 Their inward thought is that their houses will endure forever, and their dwelling places to all generations. They name their lands after themselves.

49:12 But man, despite his riches, doesn’t endure. He is like the animals that perish.

49:13 This is the destiny of those who are foolish, and of those who approve their sayings.

Selah.

49:14 They are appointed as a flock for Sheol. Death shall be their shepherd. The upright shall have dominion over them in the morning. Their beauty shall decay in Sheol, far from their mansion.

49:15 But God will redeem my soul from the power of Sheol, for he will receive me.

Selah.

49:16 Don’t be afraid when a man is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased.

49:17 For when he dies he shall carry nothing away. His glory shall not descend after him.

49:18 Though while he lived he blessed his soul— and men praise you when you do well for yourself—

49:19 he shall go to the generation of his fathers. They shall never see the light.

49:20 A man who has riches without understanding, is like the animals that perish.

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Psalm 136

¹ Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good.

His love endures forever.

² Give thanks to the God of gods.

His love endures forever.

³ Give thanks to the Lord of lords:

His love endures forever.

⁴ to him who alone does great wonders,

His love endures forever.

⁵ who by his understanding made the heavens,

His love endures forever.

⁶ who spread out the earth upon the waters,

His love endures forever.

⁷ who made the great lights-

His love endures forever.

⁸ the sun to govern the day,

His love endures forever.

⁹ the moon and stars to govern the night;

His love endures forever.

¹⁰ to him who struck down the firstborn of Egypt

His love endures forever.

¹¹ and brought Israel out from among them

His love endures forever.

¹² with a mighty hand and outstretched arm;

His love endures forever.

¹³ to him who divided the Red Sea asunder

His love endures forever.

¹⁴ and brought Israel through the midst of it,

His love endures forever.

¹⁵ but swept Pharaoh and his army into the Red Sea;

His love endures forever.

¹⁶ to him who led his people through the desert,

His love endures forever.

¹⁷ who struck down great kings,

His love endures forever.

¹⁸ and killed mighty kings-

His love endures forever.

¹⁹ Sihon king of the Amorites

His love endures forever.

²⁰ and Og king of Bashan-

His love endures forever.

²¹ and gave their land as an inheritance,

His love endures forever.

²² an inheritance to his servant Israel;

His love endures forever.

²³ to the One who remembered us in our low estate

His love endures forever.

²⁴ and freed us from our enemies,

His love endures forever.

²⁵ and who gives food to every creature.

His love endures forever.

²⁶ Give thanks to the God of heaven.

His love endures forever

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Psalm 32

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32:1 Blessed is he whose disobedience is forgiven,

whose sin is covered.

32:2 Blessed is the man to whom Yahweh doesn't impute iniquity,

in whose spirit there is no deceit.

32:3 When I kept silence,

my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long.

32:4 For day and night your hand was heavy on me.

My strength was sapped in the heat of summer.

Selah.

32:5 I acknowledged my sin to you.

I didn't hide my iniquity.

I said, I will confess my transgressions to Yahweh,

and you forgave the iniquity of my sin.

Selah.

32:6 For this, let everyone who is godly pray to you in a time when you may be found.

Surely when the great waters overflow,

they shall not reach to him.

32:7 You are my hiding place.

You will preserve me from trouble.

You will surround me with songs of deliverance.

Selah.

32:8 I will instruct you and teach you in the way which you shall go.

I will counsel you with my eye on you.

32:9 Don't be like the horse, or like the mule, which have no understanding,

who are controlled by bit and bridle,

or else they will not come near to you.

32:10 Many sorrows come to the wicked,

but loving kindness shall surround the one who trusts in him.

32:11 Be glad in Yahweh, and rejoice, you righteous!

Shout for joy, all you who are upright in heart!

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Psalm 114

As read by Heather aged 8

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1 When Israel came out of Egypt,

the house of Jacob from a people of foreign tongue,

2 Judah became God's sanctuary,

Israel his dominion.

3 The sea looked and fled,

the Jordan turned back;

4 the mountains skipped like rams,

the hills like lambs.

5 Why was it, O sea, that you fled,

O Jordan, that you turned back,

6 you mountains, that you skipped like rams,

you hills, like lambs?

7 Tremble, O earth, at the presence of the Lord,

at the presence of the God of Jacob,

8 who turned the rock into a pool,

the hard rock into springs of water.

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Psalm 94

¹ O Lord, the God of vengeance, O God of vengeance, let your glorious justice shine forth!

² Arise, O judge of the earth. Give the proud what they deserve.

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³ How long, O Lord? How long will the wicked be allowed to gloat? ⁴ How long will they speak with arrogance?

How long will these evil people boast?

⁵ They crush your people, Lord,

hurting those you claim as your own.

⁶ They kill widows and foreigners

and murder orphans.

⁷ "The Lord isn't looking," they say,

"and besides, the God of Israel doesn't care."

⁸ Think again, you fools!

When will you finally catch on?

⁹ Is he deaf-the one who made your ears?

Is he blind-the one who formed your eyes?

¹⁰ He punishes the nations-won't he also punish you?

He knows everything-doesn't he also know what you are doing?

¹¹ The Lord knows people's thoughts;

he knows they are worthless!

¹² Joyful are those you discipline, Lord,

those you teach with your instructions.

¹³ You give them relief from troubled times

until a pit is dug to capture the wicked.

¹⁴ The Lord will not reject his people;

he will not abandon his special possession.

¹⁵ Judgment will again be founded on justice,

and those with virtuous hearts will pursue it.

¹⁶ Who will protect me from the wicked?

Who will stand up for me against evildoers?

¹⁷ Unless the Lord had helped me,

I would soon have settled in the silence of the grave.

¹⁸ I cried out, "I am slipping!"

but your unfailing love, O Lord, supported me.

¹⁹ When doubts filled my mind,

your comfort gave me renewed hope and cheer.

²⁰ Can unjust leaders claim that God is on their side-

leaders whose decrees permit injustice?

²¹ They gang up against the righteous

and condemn the innocent to death.

²² But the Lord is my fortress;

my God is the mighty rock where I hide.

²³ God will turn the sins of evil people back on them.

He will destroy them for their sins.

The Lord our God will destroy them.

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Psalm 139

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For the choir director: A psalm of David.

¹ O Lord, you have examined my heart and know everything about me.

² You know when I sit down or stand up. You know my thoughts even when I'm far away.

³ You see me when I travel and when I rest at home. You know everything I do.

⁴ You know what I am going to say even before I say it, Lord.

⁵ You go before me and follow me. You place your hand of blessing on my head.

⁶ Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too great for me to understand!

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⁷ I can never escape from your Spirit! I can never get away from your presence!

⁸ If I go up to heaven, you are there; if I go down to the grave, you are there.

⁹ If I ride the wings of the morning, if I dwell by the farthest oceans,

¹⁰ even there your hand will guide me, and your strength will support me.

¹¹ I could ask the darkness to hide me and the light around me to become night-

¹² but even in darkness I cannot hide from you. To you the night shines as bright as day. Darkness and light are the same to you.

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¹³ You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body and knit me together in my mother's womb.

¹⁴ Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex! Your workmanship is marvelous-how well I know it.

¹⁵ You watched me as I was being formed in utter seclusion, as I was woven together in the dark of the womb.

¹⁶ You saw me before I was born. Every day of my life was recorded in your book. Every moment was laid out before a single day had passed.

¹⁷ How precious are your thoughts about me, O God. They cannot be numbered!

¹⁸ I can't even count them; they outnumber the grains of sand! And when I wake up, you are still with me!

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¹⁹ O God, if only you would destroy the wicked! Get out of my life, you murderers!

²⁰ They blaspheme you; your enemies misuse your name.

²¹ O Lord, shouldn't I hate those who hate you? Shouldn't I despise those who oppose you?

²² Yes, I hate them with total hatred, for your enemies are my enemies.

²³ Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts.

²⁴ Point out anything in me that offends you, and lead me along the path of everlasting life.

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Psalm 8

¹ O Lord, our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth!

Who hast set thy glory above the heavens.

² Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings

hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies,

that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.

³ When I consider thy heavens,

the work of thy fingers,

the moon and the stars,

which thou hast ordained;

⁴ What is man,

that thou art mindful of him?

and the son of man,

that thou visitest him?

⁵ For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels,

and hast crowned him with glory and honour.

⁶ Thou madest him to have

dominion over the works of thy hands;

thou hast put all things under his feet:

⁷ All sheep and oxen, yea,

and the beasts of the field;

⁸ The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea,

and whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas.

⁹ O Lord our Lord,

how excellent is thy name in all the earth!

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Psalm 23

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1 The LORD is my shepherd,

I shall not be in want.

2 He makes me lie down in green pastures,

he leads me beside quiet waters,

3 he restores my soul.

He guides me in paths of righteousness for his name's sake.

4 Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,

I will fear no evil,

for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.

5 You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies.

You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.

6 Surely goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life,

and I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever.

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Psalm 24

¹ The earth is the Lord's, and everything in it.

The world and all its people belong to him.

² For he laid the earth's foundation on the seas

and built it on the ocean depths.

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³ Who may climb the mountain of the Lord?

Who may stand in his holy place?

⁴ Only those whose hands and hearts are pure,

who do not worship idols

and never tell lies.

⁵ They will receive the Lord's blessing

and have a right relationship with God their savior.

⁶ Such people may seek you

and worship in your presence, O God of Jacob.

Interlude

⁷ Open up, ancient gates!

Open up, ancient doors,

and let the King of glory enter.

⁸ Who is the King of glory?

The Lord, strong and mighty;

the Lord, invincible in battle.

⁹ Open up, ancient gates!

Open up, ancient doors,

and let the King of glory enter.

¹⁰ Who is the King of glory?

The Lord of Heaven's Armies-

he is the King of glory.

Interlude

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Psalm 19

19:1 The heavens declare the glory of God.

The expanse shows his handiwork.

19:2 Day after day they pour forth speech,

and night after night they display knowledge.

19:3 There is no speech nor language,

where their voice is not heard.

19:4 Their voice has gone out through all the earth,

their words to the end of the world.

In them he has set a tent for the sun,

19:5 which is as a bridegroom coming out of his room,

like a strong man rejoicing to run his course.

19:6 His going forth is from the end of the heavens,

his circuit to its ends;

There is nothing hidden from its heat.

19:7 Yahweh’s law is perfect, restoring the soul.

Yahweh’s testimony is sure, making wise the simple.

19:8 Yahweh’s precepts are right, rejoicing the heart.

Yahweh’s commandment is pure, enlightening the eyes.

19:9 The fear of Yahweh is clean, enduring forever.

Yahweh’s ordinances are true, and righteous altogether.

19:10 More to be desired are they than gold, yes, than much fine gold;

sweeter also than honey and the extract of the honeycomb.

19:11 Moreover by them is your servant warned.

In keeping them there is great reward.

19:12 Who can discern his errors?

Forgive me from hidden errors.

19:13 Keep back your servant also from presumptuous sins.

Let them not have dominion over me.

Then I will be upright.

I will be blameless and innocent of great transgression.

19:14 Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart

be acceptable in your sight,

Yahweh, my rock, and my redeemer.

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