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 Psalm 44

44:1 We have heard with our ears, God;
our fathers have told us,
what work you did in their days,
in the days of old.

44:2 You drove out the nations with your hand,
but you planted them.
You afflicted the peoples,
but you spread them abroad.

44:3 For they didn’t get the land in possession by their own sword,
neither did their own arm save them;
but your right hand, and your arm, and the light of your face,
because you were favorable to them.

44:4 You are my King, God.
Command victories for Jacob!

44:5 Through you, will we push down our adversaries.
Through your name, will we tread them under who rise up against us.

44:6 For I will not trust in my bow,
neither shall my sword save me.

44:7 But you have saved us from our adversaries, and have shamed those who hate us.

44:8 In God we have made our boast all day long,
we will give thanks to your name forever.

Selah.

44:9 But now you rejected us, and brought us to dishonor,
and don’t go out with our armies.

44:10 You make us turn back from the adversary.
Those who hate us take spoil for themselves.

44:11 You have made us like sheep for food,
and have scattered us among the nations.

44:12 You sell your people for nothing,
and have gained nothing from their sale.

44:13 You make us a reproach to our neighbors,
a scoffing and a derision to those who are around us.

44:14 You make us a byword among the nations,
a shaking of the head among the peoples.

44:15 All day long my dishonor is before me,
and shame covers my face,

44:16 At the taunt of one who reproaches and verbally abuses,
because of the enemy and the avenger.

44:17 All this has come on us,
yet have we not forgotten you,
Neither have we been false to your covenant.

44:18 Our heart has not turned back,
neither have our steps strayed from your path,

44:19 Though you have crushed us in the haunt of jackals,
and covered us with the shadow of death.

44:20 If we have forgotten the name of our God,
or spread forth our hands to a strange god;

44:21 won’t God search this out?
For he knows the secrets of the heart.

44:22 Yes, for your sake we are killed all day long.
We are regarded as sheep for the slaughter.

44:23 Wake up!
Why do you sleep, Lord?
Arise!
Don’t reject us forever.

44:24 Why do you hide your face,
and forget our affliction and our oppression?

44:25 For our soul is bowed down to the dust.
Our body clings to the earth.

44:26 Rise up to help us.
Redeem us for your loving kindness’ sake.

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Psalm 35

¹ Contend, O LORD, with those who contend with me; fight against those who fight against me.
² Take up shield and buckler; arise and come to my aid.
³ Brandish spear and javelin against those who pursue me. Say to my soul, "I am your salvation."
⁴ May those who seek my life be disgraced and put to shame; may those who plot my ruin be turned back in dismay.
⁵ May they be like chaff before the wind, with the angel of the LORD driving them away;
⁶ may their path be dark and slippery, with the angel of the LORD pursuing them.
⁷ Since they hid their net for me without cause and without cause dug a pit for me,
⁸ may ruin overtake them by surprise- may the net they hid entangle them, may they fall into the pit, to their ruin.
⁹ Then my soul will rejoice in the LORD and delight in his salvation.
¹⁰ My whole being will exclaim, "Who is like you, O LORD ? You rescue the poor from those too strong for them, the poor and needy from those who rob them."
¹¹ Ruthless witnesses come forward; they question me on things I know nothing about.
¹² They repay me evil for good and leave my soul forlorn.
¹³ Yet when they were ill, I put on sackcloth and humbled myself with fasting. When my prayers returned to me unanswered,
¹⁴ I went about mourning as though for my friend or brother. I bowed my head in grief as though weeping for my mother.
¹⁵ But when I stumbled, they gathered in glee; attackers gathered against me when I was unaware. They slandered me without ceasing.
¹⁶ Like the ungodly circle of maliciously mockers; they gnashed their teeth at me.
¹⁷ O Lord, how long will you look on? Rescue my life from their ravages, my precious life from these lions.
¹⁸ I will give you thanks in the great assembly; among throngs of people I will praise you.
¹⁹ Let not those gloat over me who are my enemies without cause; let not those who hate me without reason maliciously wink the eye.
²⁰ They do not speak peaceably, but devise false accusations against those who live quietly in the land.
²¹ They gape at me and say, "Aha! Aha! With our own eyes we have seen it."
²² O LORD, you have seen this; be not silent. Do not be far from me, O Lord.
²³ Awake, and rise to my defense! Contend for me, my God and Lord.
²⁴ Vindicate me in your righteousness, O LORD my God; do not let them gloat over me.
²⁵ Do not let them think, "Aha, just what we wanted!" or say, "We have swallowed him up."
²⁶ May all who gloat over my distress be put to shame and confusion; may all who exalt themselves over me be clothed with shame and disgrace.
²⁷ May those who delight in my vindication shout for joy and gladness; may they always say, "The LORD be exalted, who delights in the well-being of his servant."
²⁸ My tongue will speak of your righteousness and of your praises all day long.

 

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Psalm 142

A psalm of David, regarding his experience in the cave. A prayer.

¹ I cry out to the Lord; I plead for the Lord's mercy.

² I pour out my complaints before him and tell him all my troubles.

³ When I am overwhelmed, you alone know the way I should turn.

Wherever I go, my enemies have set traps for me.

⁴ I look for someone to come and help me,

but no one gives me a passing thought!

No one will help me; no one cares a bit what happens to me.

⁵ Then I pray to you, O Lord. I say,

"You are my place of refuge. You are all I really want in life.

⁶ Hear my cry, for I am very low.

Rescue me from my persecutors, for they are too strong for me.

⁷ Bring me out of prison so I can thank you.

The godly will crowd around me, for you are good to me."

 

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Psalm 70

For the Chief Musician. By David. A reminder.

70:1 Hurry, God, to deliver me. Come quickly to help me, Yahweh.

70:2 Let them be disappointed and confounded who seek my soul.

Let those who desire my ruin be turned back in disgrace.

70:3 Let them be turned because of their shame Who say, “Aha! Aha!”

70:4 Let all those who seek you rejoice and be glad in you.

Let those who love your salvation continually say, “Let God be exalted!”

70:5 But I am poor and needy. Come to me quickly, God.

You are my help and my deliverer. Yahweh, don’t delay.

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Psalm 80

For the Chief Musician. To the tune of “The Lilies of the Covenant.” A Psalm by Asaph.

80:1 Hear us, Shepherd of Israel, you who lead Joseph like a flock, you who sit above the cherubim, shine forth.

80:2 Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh, stir up your might! Come to save us!

80:3 Turn us again, God. Cause your face to shine, and we will be saved.

80:4 Yahweh God of Armies, How long will you be angry against the prayer of your people?

80:5 You have fed them with the bread of tears, and given them tears to drink in large measure.

80:6 You make us a source of contention to our neighbors. Our enemies laugh among themselves.

80:7 Turn us again, God of Armies. Cause your face to shine, and we will be saved.

80:8 You brought a vine out of Egypt. You drove out the nations, and planted it.

80:9 You cleared the ground for it. It took deep root, and filled the land.

80:10 The mountains were covered with its shadow. Its boughs were like God’s cedars.

80:11 It sent out its branches to the sea, Its shoots to the River.

80:12 Why have you broken down its walls, so that all those who pass by the way pluck it?

80:13 The boar out of the wood ravages it. The wild animals of the field feed on it.

80:14 Turn again, we beg you, God of Armies. Look down from heaven, and see, and visit this vine,

80:15 the stock which your right hand planted, the branch that you made strong for yourself.

80:16 It’s burned with fire. It’s cut down. They perish at your rebuke.

80:17 Let your hand be on the man of your right hand, on the son of man whom you made strong for yourself.

80:18 So we will not turn away from you. Revive us, and we will call on your name.

80:19 Turn us again, Yahweh God of Armies. Cause your face to shine, and we will be saved.

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Psalm 58

For the director of music. To the tune of "Do Not Destroy."

Of David. A miktam .

¹ Do you rulers indeed speak justly?
Do you judge uprightly among men?
² No, in your heart you devise injustice,
and your hands mete out violence on the earth.
³ Even from birth the wicked go astray;
from the womb they are wayward and speak lies.
⁴ Their venom is like the venom of a snake,
like that of a cobra that has stopped its ears,
⁵ that will not heed the tune of the charmer,
however skillful the enchanter may be.

⁶ Break the teeth in their mouths, O God;
tear out, O LORD, the fangs of the lions!
⁷ Let them vanish like water that flows away;
when they draw the bow, let their arrows be blunted.
⁸ Like a slug melting away as it moves along,
like a stillborn child, may they not see the sun.
⁹ Before your pots can feel the heat of the thorns-
whether they be green or dry-the wicked will be swept away.
¹⁰ The righteous will be glad when they are avenged,
when they bathe their feet in the blood of the wicked.
¹¹ Then men will say,
"Surely the righteous still are rewarded;
surely there is a God who judges the earth."

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Psalm 67

For the Chief Musician. With stringed instruments. A Psalm. A song.

67:1 May God be merciful to us, bless us, and cause his face to shine on us.

Selah.

67:2 That your way may be known on earth, and your salvation among all nations,

67:3 let the peoples praise you, God. Let all the peoples praise you.

67:4 Oh let the nations be glad and sing for joy,

for you will judge the peoples with equity,

and govern the nations on earth.

Selah.

67:5 Let the peoples praise you, God. Let all the peoples praise you.

67:6 The earth has yielded its increase. God, even our own God, will bless us.

67:7 God will bless us. All the ends of the earth shall fear him.

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Psalm 53

(as read by Jenny)

For the Chief Musician. To the tune of “Mahalath.” A contemplation by David.

53:1 The fool has said in his heart, “There is no God.” T

hey are corrupt, and have done abominable iniquity.

There is no one who does good.

53:2 God looks down from heaven on the children of men,

to see if there are any who understood, who seek after God.

53:3 Every one of them has gone back.

They have become filthy together.

There is no one who does good, no, not one.

53:4 Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge,

who eat up my people as they eat bread, and don’t call on God?

53:5 There they were in great fear, where no fear was,

for God has scattered the bones of him who encamps against you.

You have put them to shame, because God has rejected them.

53:6 Oh that the salvation of Israel would come out of Zion! When God brings back his people from captivity, then Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad.

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Psalm 144

 

(As read by Anne)

144:1 Blessed be Yahweh, my rock, who teaches my hands to war, and my fingers to battle:

144:2 my loving kindness, my fortress, my high tower, my deliverer, my shield,

and he in whom I take refuge; who subdues my people under me.

144:3 Yahweh, what is man, that you care for him?

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

144:4 Man is like a breath. His days are like a shadow that passes away.

144:5 Part your heavens, Yahweh, and come down.

Touch the mountains, and they will smoke.

144:6 Throw out lightning, and scatter them.

Send out your arrows, and rout them.

144:7 Stretch out your hand from above, rescue me,

and deliver me out of great waters, out of the hands of foreigners;

144:8 whose mouths speak deceit,

Whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.

144:9 I will sing a new song to you, God.

On a ten-stringed lyre, I will sing praises to you.

144:10 You are he who gives salvation to kings,

who rescues David, his servant, from the deadly sword.

144:11 Rescue me, and deliver me out of the hands of foreigners,

whose mouths speak deceit, whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.

144:12 Then our sons will be like well-nurtured plants,

our daughters like pillars carved to adorn a palace.

144:13 Our barns are full, filled with all kinds of provision.

Our sheep bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our fields.

144:14 Our oxen will pull heavy loads.

There is no breaking in, and no going away, and no outcry in our streets.

144:15 Happy are the people who are in such a situation.

Happy are the people whose God is Yahweh.

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Psalm 105

¹ Give thanks to the LORD, call on his name;

make known among the nations what he has done.

² Sing to him, sing praise to him;

tell of all his wonderful acts.

³ Glory in his holy name;

let the hearts of those who seek the LORD rejoice.

⁴ Look to the LORD and his strength;

seek his face always.

 

⁵ Remember the wonders he has done,

his miracles, and the judgments he pronounced,

⁶ O descendants of Abraham his servant,

O sons of Jacob, his chosen ones.

⁷ He is the LORD our God;

his judgments are in all the earth.

⁸ He remembers his covenant forever,

the word he commanded, for a thousand generations,

⁹ the covenant he made with Abraham,

the oath he swore to Isaac.

 

¹⁰ He confirmed it to Jacob as a decree,

to Israel as an everlasting covenant:

¹¹ "To you I will give the land of Canaan

as the portion you will inherit."

¹² When they were but few in number,

few indeed, and strangers in it,

¹³ they wandered from nation to nation,

from one kingdom to another.

 

¹⁴ He allowed no one to oppress them;

for their sake he rebuked kings:

¹⁵ "Do not touch my anointed ones;

do my prophets no harm."

¹⁶ He called down famine on the land

and destroyed all their supplies of food;

¹⁷ and he sent a man before them-

Joseph, sold as a slave.

 

¹⁸ They bruised his feet with shackles,

his neck was put in irons,

¹⁹ till what he foretold came to pass,

till the word of the LORD proved him true.

²⁰ The king sent and released him,

the ruler of peoples set him free.

²¹ He made him master of his household,

ruler over all he possessed,

²² to instruct his princes as he pleased

and teach his elders wisdom.

 

²³ Then Israel entered Egypt;

Jacob lived as an alien in the land of Ham.

²⁴ The LORD made his people very fruitful;

he made them too numerous for their foes,

²⁵ whose hearts he turned to hate his people,

to conspire against his servants.

 

²⁶ He sent Moses his servant,

and Aaron, whom he had chosen.

²⁷ They performed his miraculous signs among them,

his wonders in the land of Ham.

²⁸ He sent darkness and made the land dark-

for had they not rebelled against his words?

 

²⁹ He turned their waters into blood,

causing their fish to die.

³⁰ Their land teemed with frogs,

which went up into the bedrooms of their rulers.

³¹ He spoke, and there came swarms of flies,

and gnats throughout their country.

³² He turned their rain into hail,

with lightning throughout their land;

³³ he struck down their vines and fig trees

and shattered the trees of their country.

³⁴ He spoke, and the locusts came,

grasshoppers without number;

³⁵ they ate up every green thing in their land,

ate up the produce of their soil.

 

³⁶ Then he struck down all the firstborn in their land,

the firstfruits of all their manhood.

³⁷ He brought out Israel, laden with silver and gold,

and from among their tribes no one faltered.

³⁸ Egypt was glad when they left,

because dread of Israel had fallen on them.

³⁹ He spread out a cloud as a covering,

and a fire to give light at night.

 

⁴⁰ They asked, and he brought them quail

and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.

⁴¹ He opened the rock, and water gushed out;

like a river it flowed in the desert.

⁴² For he remembered his holy promise

given to his servant Abraham.

⁴³ He brought out his people with rejoicing,

his chosen ones with shouts of joy;

⁴⁴ he gave them the lands of the nations,

and they fell heir to what others had toiled for-

⁴⁵ that they might keep his precepts

and observe his laws.

Praise the LORD.

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