Tehillim

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Psalm 1

^1:1Blessed is the man who doesn't walk in the counsel of the wicked,
Nor stand in the way of sinners,
Nor sit in the seat of scoffers;

^1:2But his delight is in the LORD's law;
On his law he meditates day and night.

^1:3He will be like a tree planted by the streams of water,
That brings forth its fruit in its season,
Whose leaf also does not wither.
Whatever he does shall prosper.

^1:4The wicked are not so,
But are like the chaff which the wind drives away.

^1:5Therefore the wicked shall not stand in the judgment,
Nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.

^1:6For the LORD knows the way of the righteous,
But the way of the wicked shall perish.

Psalm 2

^2:1Why do the nations rage,
And the peoples plot a vain thing?

^2:2The kings of the earth take a stand,
And the rulers take counsel together,
Against the LORD, and against his Messiah, saying,

^2:3"Let's break their bonds apart,
And cast away their cords from us."

^2:4He who sits in the heavens will laugh.
The Lord will have them in derision.

^2:5Then he will speak to them in his anger,
And terrify them in his wrath:

^2:6"Yet I have set my king on my holy hill of Tziyon."
^2:7I will tell of the decree.

The LORD said to me, "You are my son.
Today I have become your father.

^2:8Ask of me, and I will give the nations for your inheritance,
The uttermost parts of the earth for your possession.

^2:9You shall break them with a rod of iron.
You shall dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel."

^2:10Now therefore be wise, you kings.
Be instructed, you judges of the earth.

^2:11Serve the LORD with fear,
And rejoice with trembling.

^2:12Kiss the son, lest he be angry, and you perish in the way,
For his wrath will soon be kindled.
Blessed are all those who take refuge in him.

Psalm 3

A Psalm by David, when he fled from Avshalom his son.

^3:1LORD, how my adversaries have increased!
Many are those who rise up against me.

^3:2Many there are who say of my soul,
"There is no help for him in G-d."

Selah.

^3:3But you, LORD, are a shield around me,
My glory, and the one who lifts up my head.

^3:4I cry to the LORD with my voice,
And he answers me out of his holy hill.

Selah.

^3:5I laid myself down and slept.
I awakened; for the LORD sustains me.

^3:6I will not be afraid of tens of thousands of people
Who have set themselves against me on every side.

^3:7Arise, LORD!
Save me, my G-d!

For you have struck all of my enemies on the cheek bone.
You have broken the teeth of the wicked.

^3:8Salvation belongs to the LORD.
Your blessing be on your people.

Selah.

Psalm 4

For the Chief Musician; on stringed instruments. A Psalm by David.

^4:1Answer me when I call, G-d of my righteousness.
Give me relief from my distress.
Have mercy on me, and hear my prayer.

^4:2You sons of men, how long shall my glory be turned into dishonor?
Will you love vanity, and seek after falsehood?

Selah.

^4:3But know that the LORD has set apart for himself him who is G-dly:
The LORD will hear when I call to him.

^4:4Stand in awe, and don't sin.
Search your own heart on your bed, and be still.

Selah.

^4:5Offer the sacrifices of righteousness.
Put your trust in the LORD.

^4:6Many say, "Who will show us any good?"
LORD, let the light of your face shine on us.

^4:7You have put gladness in my heart,
More than when their grain and their new wine are increased.

^4:8In shalom I will both lay myself down and sleep,
For you, the LORD alone, make me live in safety.

Psalm 5

For the Chief Musician, with the flutes. A Psalm by David.

^5:1Give ear to my words, LORD.
Consider my meditation.

^5:2Listen to the voice of my cry, my King and my G-d;
For to you do I pray.

^5:3LORD, in the morning you shall hear my voice.
In the morning I will lay my requests before you, and will watch expectantly.

^5:4For you are not a G-d who has pleasure in wickedness.
Evil can't live with you.

^5:5The arrogant shall not stand in your sight.
You hate all workers of iniquity.

^5:6You will destroy those who speak lies.
The LORD abhors the blood-thirsty and deceitful man.

^5:7But as for me, in the abundance of your loving kindness I will come into your house:
I will bow toward your holy temple in reverence of you.

^5:8Lead me, LORD, in your righteousness because of my enemies.
Make your way straight before my face.

^5:9For there is no faithfulness in their mouth.
Their heart is destruction.
Their throat is an open tomb.
They flatter with their tongue.

^5:10Hold them guilty, G-d.
Let them fall by their own counsels;

Thrust them out in the multitude of their transgressions,
For they have rebelled against you.

^5:11But let all those who take refuge in you rejoice,
Let them always shout for joy, because you defend them.

Let them also who love your name be joyful in you.
^5:12For you will bless the righteous.

LORD, you will surround him with favor as with a shield.

Psalm 6

For the Chief Musician; on stringed instruments, upon the sheminit. A Psalm by David.

^6:1LORD, don't rebuke me in your anger,
Neither discipline me in your wrath.

^6:2Have mercy on me, LORD, for I am faint.
LORD, heal me, for my bones are troubled.

^6:3My soul is also in great anguish.
But you, LORD--how long?

^6:4Return, LORD. Deliver my soul,
And save me for your loving kindness' sake.

^6:5For in death there is no memory of you.
In She'ol, who shall give you thanks?

^6:6I am weary with my groaning;
Every night I flood my bed;
I drench my couch with my tears.

^6:7My eye wastes away because of grief;
It grows old because of all my adversaries.

^6:8Depart from me, all you workers of iniquity,
For the LORD has heard the voice of my weeping.

^6:9The LORD has heard my supplication.
The LORD accepts my prayer.

^6:10May all my enemies be ashamed and dismayed.
They shall turn back, they shall be disgraced suddenly.

Psalm 7

A shiggayon by David, which he sang to the LORD, concerning the words of Kush, the Binyamini.

^7:1LORD, my G-d, I take refuge in you.
Save me from all those who pursue me, and deliver me,

^7:2Lest they tear apart my soul like a lion,
Ripping it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.

^7:3LORD, my G-d, if I have done this,
If there is iniquity in my hands,

^7:4If I have rewarded evil to him who was at shalom with me
(Yes, I have delivered him who without cause was my adversary),
^7:5Let the enemy pursue my soul, and overtake it;

Yes, let him tread my life down to the earth,
And lay my glory in the dust.

Selah.

^7:6Arise, LORD, in your anger.
Lift up yourself against the rage of my adversaries.

Awake for me. You have commanded judgment.
^7:7Let the congregation of the peoples surround you.
Rule over them on high.

^7:8The LORD administers judgment to the peoples.
Judge me, LORD, according to my righteousness,
And to my integrity that is in me.

^7:9Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end,
But establish the righteous;
Their minds and hearts are searched by the righteous G-d.

^7:10My shield is with G-d,
Who saves the upright in heart.

^7:11God is a righteous judge,
Yes, a G-d who has indignation every day.

^7:12If a man doesn't relent, he will sharpen his sword;
He has bent and strung his bow.

^7:13He has also prepared for himself the instruments of death.
He makes ready his flaming arrows.

^7:14Behold, he travails with iniquity;
Yes, he has conceived mischief,
And brought forth falsehood.

^7:15He has dug a hole,
And has fallen into the pit which he made.

^7:16The trouble he causes shall return to his own head.
His violence shall come down on the crown of his own head.

^7:17I will give thanks to the LORD according to his righteousness,
And will sing praise to the name of the LORD Elyon.

Psalm 8

For the Chief Musician; on the gittit. A Psalm by David.

^8:1LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth,
Who has set your glory above the heavens!

^8:2From the lips of babes and infants you have established strength,
Because of your adversaries, that you might silence the enemy and the avenger.

^8:3When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers,
The moon and the stars, which you have ordained;

^8:4What is man, that you think of him?
The son of man, that you care for him?

^8:5For you have made him a little lower than G-d,
And crowned him with glory and honor.

^8:6You make him ruler over the works of your hands.
You have put all things under his feet:

^8:7All sheep and oxen,
Yes, and the animals of the field,
^8:8The birds of the sky, the fish of the sea,
And whatever passes through the paths of the seas.

^8:9LORD, our Lord,
How majestic is your name in all the earth!

Psalm 9

For the Chief Musician. Set to "The Death of the Son." A Psalm by David.

^9:1I will give thanks to the LORD with my whole heart.
I will tell of all your marvelous works.

^9:2I will be glad and rejoice in you.
I will sing praise to your name, O Elyon.

^9:3When my enemies turn back,
They stumble and perish in your presence.

^9:4For you have maintained my just cause.
You sit on the throne judging righteously.

^9:5You have rebuked the nations.
You have destroyed the wicked.
You have blotted out their name forever and ever.

^9:6The enemy is overtaken by endless ruin.
The very memory of the cities which you have overthrown has perished.

^9:7But the LORD reigns forever.
He has prepared his throne for judgment.

^9:8He will judge the world in righteousness.
He will administer judgment to the peoples in uprightness.

^9:9The LORD will also be a high tower for the oppressed;
A high tower in times of trouble.

^9:10Those who know your name will put their trust in you,
For you, LORD, have not forsaken those who seek you.

^9:11Sing praises to the LORD, who dwells in Tziyon,
And declare among the people what he has done.

^9:12For he who avenges blood remembers them.
He doesn't forget the cry of the afflicted.

^9:13Have mercy on me, LORD.
See my affliction by those who hate me,

And lift me up from the gates of death;
^9:14That I may show forth all your praise.
In the gates of the daughter of Tziyon, I will rejoice in your salvation.

^9:15The nations have sunk down in the pit that they made;
In the net which they hid, their own foot is taken.

^9:16The LORD has made himself known.
He has executed judgment.
The wicked is snared by the work of his own hands.

Meditation. Selah.

^9:17The wicked shall be turned back to She'ol,
Even all the nations that forget G-d.

^9:18For the needy shall not always be forgotten,
Nor the hope of the poor perish forever.

^9:19Arise, LORD! Don't let man prevail.
Let the nations be judged in your sight.

^9:20Put them in fear, LORD.
Let the nations know that they are only men.

Selah.

Psalm 10

^10:1Why do you stand far off, LORD?
Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble?

^10:2In arrogance, the wicked hunt down the weak;
They are caught in the schemes that they devise.

^10:3For the wicked boasts of his heart's cravings,
He blesses the greedy, and condemns the LORD.

^10:4The wicked, in the pride of his face,
Has no room in his thoughts for G-d.

^10:5His ways are prosperous at all times;
He is haughty, and your laws are far from his sight:

As for all his adversaries, he sneers at them.
^10:6He says in his heart, "I shall not be shaken;
For generations I shall have no trouble."

^10:7His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and oppression.
Under his tongue is mischief and iniquity.

^10:8He lies in wait near the villages.
From ambushes, he murders the innocent.

His eyes are secretly set against the helpless.

^10:9He lurks in secret as a lion in his ambush.
He lies in wait to catch the helpless.
He catches the helpless, when he draws him in his net.

^10:10The helpless are crushed, they collapse,
They fall under his strength.

^10:11He says in his heart, "God has forgotten.
He hides his face. He will never see it."

^10:12Arise, LORD!
G-d, lift up your hand!
Don't forget the helpless.

^10:13Why does the wicked person condemn G-d,
And say in his heart, "God won't call me into account?"

^10:14But you do see trouble and grief;
You consider it to take it into your hand.
You help the victim and the fatherless.

^10:15Break the arm of the wicked.
As for the evil man, seek out his wickedness until you find none.

^10:16The LORD is King forever and ever!
The nations will perish out of his land.

^10:17LORD, you have heard the desire of the humble.
You will prepare their heart.
You will cause your ear to hear,
^10:18To judge the fatherless and the oppressed,
That man who is of the earth may terrify no more.

Psalm 11

For the Chief Musician. By David.

^11:1In the LORD, I take refuge.
How can you say to my soul, "Flee as a bird to your mountain!"

^11:2For, behold, the wicked bend their bows.
They set their arrows on the strings,
That they may shoot in darkness at the upright in heart.

^11:3If the foundations are destroyed,
What can the righteous do?

^11:4The LORD is in his holy temple.
The LORD is on his throne in heaven.

His eyes observe.
His eyes examine the children of men.

^11:5The LORD examines the righteous,
But the wicked and him who loves violence his soul hates.

^11:6On the wicked he will rain blazing coals;
Fire, sulfur, and scorching wind shall be the portion of their cup.

^11:7For the LORD is righteous.
He loves righteousness.
The upright shall see his face.

Psalm 12

For the Chief Musician; upon sheminit. A Psalm of David.

^12:1Help, LORD; for the G-dly man ceases.
For the faithful fail from among the children of men.

^12:2Everyone lies to his neighbor.
They speak with flattering lips, and with a double heart.

^12:3May the LORD cut off all flattering lips,
And the tongue that boasts,

^12:4Who have said, "With our tongue we will prevail.
Our lips are our own.
Who is lord over us?"

^12:5"Because of the oppression of the weak and because of the groaning of the needy,
I will now arise," says the LORD;

"I will set him in safety from those who malign him."

^12:6The words of the LORD are flawless words,
As silver refined in a clay furnace, purified seven times.

^12:7You will keep them, LORD,
You will preserve them from this generation forever.

^12:8The wicked walk on every side,
When what is vile is exalted among the sons of men.

Psalm 13

For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David.

^13:1How long, LORD? Will you forget me forever?
How long will you hide your face from me?

^13:2How long shall I take counsel in my soul,
Having sorrow in my heart every day?
How long shall my enemy triumph over me?

^13:3Behold, and answer me, LORD, my G-d.
Give light to my eyes, lest I sleep in death;
^13:4Lest my enemy say, "I have prevailed against him;"
Lest my adversaries rejoice when I fall.

^13:5But I trust in your loving kindness.
My heart rejoices in your yeshu`ah.

^13:6I will sing to the LORD,
Because he has been good to me.

Psalm 14

For the Chief Musician. By David.

^14:1The fool has said in his heart, "There is no G-d."
They are corrupt.
They have done abominable works.
There is none who does good.

^14:2The LORD looked down from heaven on the children of men,
To see if there were any who did understand,
Who did seek after G-d.

^14:3They have all gone aside.
They have together become corrupt.
There is none who does good, no, not one.

^14:4Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge,
Who eat up my people as they eat bread,
And don't call on the LORD?

^14:5There they were in great fear,
For G-d is in the generation of the righteous.

^14:6You frustrate the plan of the poor,
Because the LORD is his refuge.

^14:7Oh that the yeshu`ah of Yisra'el would come out of Tziyon!
When the LORD restores the fortunes of his people,
Then Ya`akov shall rejoice, and Yisra'el shall be glad.

Psalm 15

A Psalm by David.

^15:1LORD, who shall dwell in your sanctuary?
Who shall live on your holy hill?

^15:2He who walks blamelessly does what is right,
And speaks truth in his heart;

^15:3He who doesn't slander with his tongue,
Nor does evil to his friend,
Nor casts slurs against his fellow man;

^15:4In whose eyes a vile man is despised,
But who honors those who fear the LORD;
He who keeps an oath even when it hurts, and doesn't change;

^15:5He who doesn't lend out his money for usury,
Nor take a bribe against the innocent.

He who does these things shall never be shaken.

Psalm 16

A Poem by David.

^16:1Preserve me, G-d, for in you do I take refuge.

^16:2My soul, you have said to the LORD, "You are my Lord.
Apart from you I have no good thing."

^16:3As for the holy ones who are in the earth,
They are the excellent ones in whom is all my delight.

^16:4Their sorrows shall be multiplied who give gifts to another G-d.
Their drink offerings of blood I will not offer,
Nor take their names on my lips.

^16:5The LORD assigned my portion and my cup.
You made my lot secure.

^16:6The lines have fallen to me in pleasant places.
Yes, I have a good inheritance.

^16:7I will bless the LORD, who has given me counsel.
Yes, my heart instructs me in the night seasons.

^16:8I have set the LORD always before me.
Because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.

^16:9Therefore my heart is glad, and my tongue rejoices.
My body shall also dwell in safety.

^16:10For you will not leave my soul in She'ol,
Neither will you allow your holy one to see corruption.

^16:11You will show me the path of life.
In your presence is fullness of joy.

In your right hand there are pleasures forevermore.

Psalm 17

A Prayer by David.

^17:1Hear, LORD, my righteous plea;
Give ear to my prayer, that doesn't go out of deceitful lips.

^17:2Let my sentence come forth from your presence;
Let your eyes look on equity.

^17:3You have proved my heart; you have visited me in the night;
You have tried me, and found nothing;
I have resolved that my mouth shall not disobey.

^17:4As for the works of men, by the word of your lips
I have kept myself from the ways of the violent.

^17:5My steps have held fast to your paths,
My feet have not slipped.

^17:6I have called on you, for you will answer me, G-d:
Turn your ear to me.
Hear my speech.

^17:7Show your marvelous loving kindness,
You who save those who take refuge by your right hand from their enemies.

^17:8Keep me as the apple of your eye;
Hide me under the shadow of your wings,

^17:9From the wicked who oppress me,
My deadly enemies, who surround me.

^17:10They close up their callous hearts.
With their mouth they speak proudly.

^17:11They have now surrounded us in our steps.
They set their eyes to cast us down to the earth.

^17:12He is like a lion that is greedy of his prey,
As it were a young lion lurking in secret places.

^17:13Arise, LORD,

Confront him, cast him down.
Deliver my soul from the wicked by your sword;
^17:14From men by your hand, LORD,

From men of the world, whose portion is in this life.

You fill the belly of your cherished ones.
Your sons have plenty,
And they store up wealth for their children.

^17:15As for me, I shall see your face in righteousness;
I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with seeing your form.

Psalm 18

For the Chief Musician. By David the servant of the LORD, who spoke to the LORD the words of this song in the day that the LORD delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Sha'ul. He said,

^18:1I love you, LORD, my strength.

^18:2The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer;
My G-d, my rock, in whom I take refuge;
My shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower.

^18:3I call on the LORD, who is worthy to be praised;
And I am saved from my enemies.

^18:4The cords of death surrounded me.
The floods of ungodliness made me afraid.

^18:5The cords of She'ol were round about me;
The snares of death came on me.

^18:6In my distress I called on the LORD,
And cried to my G-d.

He heard my voice out of his temple,
My cry before him came into his ears.

^18:7Then the earth shook and trembled.
The foundations also of the mountains quaked and were shaken,
Because he was angry.

^18:8Smoke went out of his nostrils.
Consuming fire came out of his mouth.
Coals were kindled by it.

^18:9He bowed the heavens also, and came down.
Thick darkness was under his feet.

^18:10He rode on a Keruv, and flew.
Yes, he soared on the wings of the wind.

^18:11He made darkness his hiding place, his pavilion around him,
Darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.

^18:12At the brightness before him his thick clouds passed,
Hailstones and coals of fire.

^18:13The LORD also thundered in the sky,
The Elyon uttered his voice:
Hailstones and coals of fire.

^18:14He sent out his arrows, and scattered them;
Yes, great lightning bolts, and routed them.

^18:15Then the channels of waters appeared,
The foundations of the world were laid bare at your rebuke, LORD,
At the blast of the breath of your nostrils.

^18:16He sent from on high.
He took me.
He drew me out of many waters.

^18:17He delivered me from my strong enemy,
From those who hated me; for they were too mighty for me.

^18:18They came on me in the day of my calamity,
But the LORD was my support.

^18:19He brought me forth also into a large place.
He delivered me, because he delighted in me.

^18:20The LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness.
According to the cleanness of my hands has he recompensed me.

^18:21For I have kept the ways of the LORD,
And have not wickedly departed from my G-d.

^18:22For all his ordinances were before me.
I didn't put away his statutes from me.

^18:23I was also blameless with him.
I kept myself from my iniquity.

^18:24Therefore the LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness,
According to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight.

^18:25With the merciful you will show yourself merciful.
With the perfect man, you will show yourself perfect.

^18:26With the pure, you will show yourself pure.
With the crooked you will show yourself shrewd.

^18:27For you will save the afflicted people,
But the haughty eyes you will bring down.

^18:28For you will light my lamp, the LORD.
My G-d will light up my darkness.

^18:29For by you, I advance through a troop.
By my G-d, I leap over a wall.

^18:30As for G-d, his way is perfect.
The word of the LORD is tried.
He is a shield to all those who take refuge in him.

^18:31For who is G-d, except the LORD?
Who is a rock, besides our G-d,
^18:32The G-d who arms me with strength, and makes my way perfect?

^18:33He makes my feet like deer's feet,
And sets me on my high places.

^18:34He teaches my hands to war;
So that my arms bend a bow of bronze.

^18:35You have also given me the shield of your salvation.
Your right hand sustains me.
Your gentleness has made me great.

^18:36You have enlarged my steps under me,
My feet have not slipped.

^18:37I will pursue my enemies, and overtake them.
Neither will I turn again until they are consumed.

^18:38I will strike them through, so that they will not be able to rise.
They shall fall under my feet.

^18:39For you have girded me with strength to the battle.
You have subdued under me those who rose up against me.

^18:40You have also made my enemies turn their backs to me,
That I might cut off those who hate me.

^18:41They cried, but there was none to save;
Even to the LORD, but he didn't answer them.

^18:42Then I beat them small as the dust before the wind.
I cast them out as the mire of the streets.

^18:43You have delivered me from the strivings of the people.
You have made me the head of the nations.

A people whom I have not known shall serve me.
^18:44As soon as they hear of me they shall obey me.
The foreigners shall submit themselves to me.

^18:45The foreigners shall fade away,
And shall come trembling out of their close places.

^18:46The LORD lives; and blessed be my rock.
Exalted be the G-d of my salvation,

^18:47Even the G-d who executes vengeance for me,
And subdues peoples under me.

^18:48He rescues me from my enemies.
Yes, you lift me up above those who rise up against me.
You deliver me from the violent man.

^18:49Therefore I will give thanks to you, LORD, among the nations,
And will sing praises to your name.

^18:50He gives great deliverance to his king,
And shows loving kindness to his anointed,
To David and to his seed, forevermore.

Psalm 19

For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David.

^19:1The heavens declare the glory of G-d.
The expanse shows his handiwork.

^19:2Day after day they pour forth speech,
And night after night they display knowledge.

^19:3There is no speech nor language,
Where their voice is not heard.

^19:4Their 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,
^19:5Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber,
Like a strong man rejoicing to run his course.

^19:6His going forth is from the end of the heavens,
His circuit to its ends;
There is nothing hidden from its heat.

^19:7The LORD's law is perfect, restoring the soul.
The LORD's testimony is sure, making wise the simple.

^19:8The LORD's precepts are right, rejoicing the heart.
The LORD's mitzvah is pure, enlightening the eyes.

^19:9The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring forever.
The LORD's ordinances are true, and righteous altogether.

^19:10More to be desired are they than gold, yes, than much fine gold;
Sweeter also than honey and the extract of the honeycomb.

^19:11Moreover by them is your servant warned.
In keeping them there is great reward.

^19:12Who can discern his errors?
Forgive me from hidden errors.

^19:13Keep 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.

^19:14Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart
Be acceptable in your sight,
LORD, my rock, and my redeemer.

Psalm 20

For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David.

^20:1May the LORD answer you in the day of trouble.
May the name of the G-d of Ya`akov set you up on high,
^20:2Send you help from the sanctuary,
Grant you support from Tziyon,
^20:3Remember all your offerings,
And accept your burnt sacrifice.

Selah.

^20:4May He grant you your heart's desire,
And fulfill all your counsel.

^20:5We will triumph in your yeshu`ah.
In the name of our G-d we will set up our banners:
May the LORD grant all your requests.

^20:6Now I know that the LORD saves his anointed.
He will answer him from his holy heaven,
With the saving strength of his right hand.

^20:7Some trust in chariots, and some in horses,
But we trust the name of the LORD our G-d.

^20:8They are bowed down and fallen,
But we rise up, and stand upright.

^20:9Save, LORD;
Let the King answer us when we call!

Psalm 21

For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David.

^21:1The king rejoices in your strength, LORD!
How greatly he rejoices in your yeshu`ah!

^21:2You have given him his heart's desire,
And have not withheld the request of his lips.

Selah.

^21:3For you meet him with the blessings of goodness;
You set a crown of fine gold on his head.

^21:4He asked life of you, you gave it to him,
Even length of days forever and ever.

^21:5His glory is great in your salvation.
You lay honor and majesty on him.

^21:6For you make him most blessed forever.
You make him glad with joy in your presence.

^21:7For the king trusts in the LORD.
Through the loving kindness of Ha`Elyon, he shall not be moved.

^21:8Your hand will find out all of your enemies.
Your right hand will find out those who hate you.

^21:9You will make them as a fiery furnace in the time of your anger.
The LORD will swallow them up in his wrath.
The fire shall devour them.

^21:10You will destroy their descendants from the earth,
Their posterity from among the children of men.

^21:11For they intended evil against you.
They plotted evil against you which cannot succeed.

^21:12For you will make them turn their back,
When you aim drawn bows at their face.

^21:13Be exalted, LORD, in your strength,
So we will sing and praise your power.

Psalm 22

For the Chief Musician; set to "The Doe of the Morning." A Psalm by David.

^22:1My G-d, my G-d, why have you forsaken me?
Why are you so far from helping me, and from the words of my groaning?

^22:2My G-d, I cry in the daytime, but you don't answer;
In the night season, and am not silent.

^22:3But you are holy,
You who inhabit the praises of Yisra'el.

^22:4Our fathers trusted in you.
They trusted, and you delivered them.

^22:5They cried to you, and were delivered.
They trusted in you, and were not disappointed.

^22:6But I am a worm, and no man;
A reproach of men, and despised by the people.

^22:7All those who see me mock me.
They insult me with their lips. They shake their heads, saying,
^22:8"He trusts in the LORD;
Let him deliver him;
Let him rescue him, since he delights in him."

^22:9But you brought me out of the womb.
You made me trust at my mother's breasts.

^22:10I was thrown on you from my mother's womb.
You are my G-d since my mother bore me.

^22:11Don't be far from me, for trouble is near.
For there is none to help.

^22:12Many bulls have surrounded me.
Strong bulls of Bashan have encircled me.

^22:13They open their mouths wide against me,
Lions tearing prey and roaring.

^22:14I am poured out like water.
All my bones are out of joint.

My heart is like wax;
It is melted within me.

^22:15My strength is dried up like a potsherd.
My tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth.

You have brought me into the dust of death.

^22:16For dogs have surrounded me.
A company of evil-doers have enclosed me.
They pierced my hands and my feet.

^22:17I can count all of my bones.

They look and stare at me.

^22:18They divide my garments among them.
They cast lots for my clothing.

^22:19But don't be far off, LORD.
You are my help: hurry to help me.

^22:20Deliver my soul from the sword,
My precious life from the power of the dog.

^22:21Save me from the lion's mouth;
Yes, from the horns of the wild oxen you have answered me.

^22:22I will declare your name to my brothers.
In the midst of the assembly, I will praise you.

^22:23You who fear the LORD, praise him!
All you descendants of Ya`akov, glorify him!
Stand in awe of him, all you descendants of Yisra'el!

^22:24For he has not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted,
Neither has he hidden his face from him;
But when he cried to him, he heard.

^22:25Of you comes my praise in the great assembly.
I will pay my vows before those who fear him.

^22:26The humble shall eat and be satisfied.
They shall praise the LORD who seek after him.
Let your hearts live forever.

^22:27All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to the LORD.
All the relatives of the nations shall worship before you.

^22:28For the kingdom is the LORD's.
He is the ruler over the nations.

^22:29All the rich ones of the earth shall eat and worship.
All those who go down to the dust shall bow before him,
Even he who can't keep his soul alive.

^22:30Posterity shall serve him.
Future generations shall be told about the Lord.

^22:31They shall come and shall declare his righteousness to a people that shall be born,
For he has done it.

Psalm 23

A Psalm by David.

^23:1The LORD is my shepherd:
I shall lack nothing.

^23:2He makes me lie down in green pastures.
He leads me beside still waters.

^23:3He restores my soul.
He guides me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.

^23:4Even 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.

^23:5You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies.

You anoint my head with oil.
My cup runs over.

^23:6Surely goodness and loving kindness shall follow me all the days of my life,
And I shall dwell in the LORD's house forever.

Psalm 24

A Psalm by David.

^24:1The earth is the LORD's, with its fullness;
The world, and those who dwell therein.

^24:2For he has founded it on the seas,
And established it on the floods.

^24:3Who may ascend to the LORD's hill?
Who may stand in his holy place?

^24:4He who has clean hands and a pure heart;
Who has not lifted up his soul to falsehood,
And has not sworn deceitfully.

^24:5He shall receive a blessing from the LORD,
Righteousness from the G-d of his salvation.

^24:6This is the generation of those who seek Him,
Who seek your face--even Ya`akov.

Selah.

^24:7Lift up your heads, you gates;
Be lifted up, you everlasting doors:
The King of glory will come in.

^24:8Who is the King of glory?
The LORD strong and mighty,
The LORD mighty in battle.

^24:9Lift up your heads, you gates;
Yes, lift them up, you everlasting doors:
The King of glory will come in.

^24:10Who is this King of glory?
The LORD of Armies,
He is the King of glory.

Selah.

Psalm 25

By David.

^25:1To you, LORD, do I lift up my soul.

^25:2My G-d, I have trusted in you,
Don't let me be shamed.
Don't let my enemies triumph over me.

^25:3Yes, no one who waits for you shall be shamed.
They shall be shamed who deal treacherously without cause.

^25:4Show me your ways, LORD.
Teach me your paths.

^25:5Guide me in your truth, and teach me,
For you are the G-d of my salvation,
I wait for you all day long.

^25:6LORD, remember your tender mercies and your loving kindness,
For they are from old times.

^25:7Don't remember the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions.
Remember me according to your loving kindness,
For your goodness' sake, LORD.

^25:8Good and upright is the LORD,
Therefore he will instruct sinners in the way.

^25:9He will guide the humble in justice.
He will teach the humble his way.

^25:10All the paths of the LORD are loving kindness and truth
To such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.

^25:11For your name's sake, LORD,
Pardon my iniquity, for it is great.

^25:12What man is he who fears the LORD?
He shall instruct him in the way that he shall choose.

^25:13His soul shall dwell at ease.
His seed shall inherit the land.

^25:14The friendship of the LORD is with those who fear him.
He will show them his covenant.

^25:15My eyes are ever on the LORD,
For he will pluck my feet out of the net.

^25:16Turn to me, and have mercy on me,
For I am desolate and afflicted.

^25:17