“ I have bestowed strength on the warrior. I have exalted a young man from the people. 20I have found David, my servant.
I have anointed him with my holy oil, 21with whom my hand shall be established.
My arm will also strengthen him. 22No enemy will tax him.
No wicked man will oppress him. 23I will beat down his adversaries before him,
and strike those who hate him. 24But my faithfulness and my loving kindness will be with him.
In my name, his horn will be exalted. 25I will set his hand also on the sea,
and his right hand on the rivers. ”

“ You set a crown of fine gold on his head. 4He asked life of you, you gave it to him,
even length of days forever and ever. 5His glory is great in your salvation.
You lay honor and majesty on him. 6For you make him most blessed forever.
You make him glad with joy in your presence. 7For the king trusts in Yahweh.
Through the loving kindness of the Most High, he shall not be moved. 8Your hand will find out all of your enemies.
Your right hand will find out those who hate you. 9You will make them as a fiery furnace in the time of your anger. ”

“ Selah. 6Arise, Yahweh, in your anger.
Lift up yourself against the rage of my adversaries. Awake for me. You have commanded judgment. 7Let the congregation of the peoples surround you. Rule over them on high. 8Yahweh administers judgment to the peoples.
Judge me, Yahweh, according to my righteousness, and to my integrity that is in me. 9Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end,
but establish the righteous; their minds and hearts are searched by the righteous God. 10My shield is with God,
who saves the upright in heart. ”

“ It came into his inward parts like water, like oil into his bones. 19Let it be to him as the clothing with which he covers himself,
for the belt that is always around him. 20This is the reward of my adversaries from Yahweh,
of those who speak evil against my soul. 21But deal with me, Yahweh the Lord, for your name’s sake,
because your loving kindness is good, deliver me; 22for I am poor and needy. My heart is wounded within me. 23I fade away like an evening shadow.
I am shaken off like a locust. 24My knees are weak through fasting. ”

“ Let your right hand display awesome deeds. 5Your arrows are sharp.
The nations fall under you, with arrows in the heart of the king’s enemies. 6Your throne, God, is forever and ever.
A scepter of equity is the scepter of your kingdom. 7You have loved righteousness, and hated wickedness. ”

“ I spoke with my tongue 4“Yahweh, show me my end, what is the measure of my days. Let me know how frail I am. 5Behold, you have made my days handbreadths.
My lifetime is as nothing before you. Surely every man stands as a breath.” Selah. 6“Surely every man walks like a shadow.
Surely they busy themselves in vain. He heaps up, and doesn’t know who shall gather. 7Now, Lord, what do I wait for?
My hope is in you. 8Deliver me from all my transgressions.
Don’t make me the reproach of the foolish. 9I was mute. ”

“ Trust also in him, and he will do this: 6he will make your righteousness go forth as the light,
and your justice as the noon day sun. 7Rest in Yahweh, and wait patiently for him.
Don’t fret because of him who prospers in his way, because of the man who makes wicked plots happen. 8Cease from anger, and forsake wrath.
Don’t fret, it leads only to evildoing. 9For evildoers shall be cut off,
but those who wait for Yahweh shall inherit the land. 10For yet a little while, and the wicked will be no more. ”

“ His days are like a shadow that passes away. 5Part your heavens, Yahweh, and come down.
Touch the mountains, and they will smoke. 6Throw out lightning, and scatter them.
Send out your arrows, and rout them. 7Stretch out your hand from above,
rescue me, and deliver me out of great waters, out of the hands of foreigners; 8whose mouths speak deceit, Whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood. 9I will sing a new song to you, God.
On a ten-stringed lyre, I will sing praises to you. 10You are he who gives salvation to kings,
who rescues David, his servant, from the deadly sword. ”

“ A poem by David, when he fled from Saul, in the cave.
1Be merciful to me, God, be merciful to me,
for my soul takes refuge in you. Yes, in the shadow of your wings, I will take refuge, until disaster has passed. 2I cry out to God Most High,
to God who accomplishes my requests for me. 3He will send from heaven, and save me,
he rebukes the one who is pursuing me. Selah. God will send out his loving kindness and his truth. 4My soul is among lions.
I lie among those who are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword. ”

“ A Psalm by the sons of Korah.
1How lovely are your dwellings,
Yahweh of Armies! 2My soul longs, and even faints for the courts of Yahweh.
My heart and my flesh cry out for the living God. 3Yes, the sparrow has found a home,
and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may have her young, near your altars, Yahweh of Armies, my King, and my God. 4Blessed are those who dwell in your house.
They are always praising you. Selah. 5Blessed are those whose strength is in you;
who have set their hearts on a pilgrimage. 6Passing through the valley of Weeping, they make it a place of springs. ”

“ Psalm 97 1Yahweh reigns!
Let the earth rejoice! Let the multitude of islands be glad! 2Clouds and darkness are around him.
Righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne. 3A fire goes before him,
and burns up his adversaries on every side. 4His lightning lights up the world.
The earth sees, and trembles. 5The mountains melt like wax at the presence of Yahweh,
at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth. 6The heavens declare his righteousness.
All the peoples have seen his glory. 7Let all them be shamed who serve engraved images,
who boast in their idols. ”

“ My feet have not slipped. 6I have called on you, for you will answer me, God.
Turn your ear to me. Hear my speech. 7Show your marvelous loving kindness,
you who save those who take refuge by your right hand from their enemies. ”

“ Psalm 24 A Psalm by David.
1The earth is Yahweh’s, with its fullness;
the world, and those who dwell therein. 2For he has founded it on the seas,
and established it on the floods. 3Who may ascend to Yahweh’s hill?
Who may stand in his holy place? 4He who has clean hands and a pure heart;
who has not lifted up his soul to falsehood, and has not sworn deceitfully. 5He shall receive a blessing from Yahweh,
righteousness from the God of his salvation. 6This is the generation of those who seek Him,
who seek your face—even Jacob. Selah. 7Lift up your heads, you gates! ”

“ Pay back the proud what they deserve. 3Yahweh, how long will the wicked,
how long will the wicked triumph? 4They pour out arrogant words.
All the evildoers boast. 5They break your people in pieces, Yahweh,
and afflict your heritage. 6They kill the widow and the alien,
and murder the fatherless. 7They say, “Yah will not see,
neither will Jacob’s God consider.” 8Consider, you senseless among the people;
you fools, when will you be wise? 9He who implanted the ear, won’t he hear?
He who formed the eye, won’t he see? 10He who disciplines the nations, won’t he punish? ”

“ Who among the sons of the heavenly beings is like Yahweh, 7a very awesome God in the council of the holy ones,
to be feared above all those who are around him? 8Yahweh, God of Armies, who is a mighty one, like you?
Yah, your faithfulness is around you. 9You rule the pride of the sea.
When its waves rise up, you calm them. 10You have broken Rahab in pieces, like one of the slain.
You have scattered your enemies with your mighty arm. 11The heavens are yours.
The earth also is yours; the world and its fullness. You have founded them. 12The north and the south, you have created them. ”

“ We walked in God’s house with company. 15Let death come suddenly on them.
Let them go down alive into Sheol. For wickedness is in their dwelling, in the midst of them. 16As for me, I will call on God.
Yahweh will save me. 17Evening, morning, and at noon, I will cry out in distress.
He will hear my voice. 18He has redeemed my soul in peace from the battle that was against me,
although there are many who oppose me. 19God, who is enthroned forever,
will hear, and answer them. Selah. They never change, who don’t fear God. 20He raises his hands against his friends. ”

“ Let them fall by their own counsels; Thrust them out in the multitude of their transgressions, for they have rebelled against you. 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. 12For you will bless the righteous. Yahweh, you will surround him with favor as with a shield. Psalm 6 For the Chief Musician; on stringed instruments, upon the eight-stringed lyre. A Psalm by David. ”

“ In the gates of the daughter of Zion, I will rejoice in your salvation. 15The nations have sunk down in the pit that they made.
In the net which they hid, their own foot is taken. 16Yahweh has made himself known.
He has executed judgment. The wicked is snared by the work of his own hands. Meditation. Selah. 17The wicked shall be turned back to Sheol,
even all the nations that forget God. 18For the needy shall not always be forgotten,
nor the hope of the poor perish forever. 19Arise, Yahweh! Don’t let man prevail.
Let the nations be judged in your sight. 20Put them in fear, Yahweh. ”

“ Who shall live on your holy hill? 2He who walks blamelessly does what is right,
and speaks truth in his heart; 3He who doesn’t slander with his tongue,
nor does evil to his friend, nor casts slurs against his fellow man; 4In whose eyes a vile man is despised,
but who honors those who fear Yahweh; he who keeps an oath even when it hurts, and doesn’t change; 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.
1Preserve me, God, for in you do I take refuge. ”

“ A mighty man is not delivered by great strength. 17A horse is a vain thing for safety,
neither does he deliver any by his great power. 18Behold, Yahweh’s eye is on those who fear him,
on those who hope in his loving kindness; 19to deliver their soul from death, to keep them alive in famine. 20Our soul has waited for Yahweh.
He is our help and our shield. 21For our heart rejoices in him,
because we have trusted in his holy name. 22Let your loving kindness be on us, Yahweh,
since we have hoped in you. Psalm 34 By David ”

“ God is a refuge for us. Selah. 9Surely men of low degree are just a breath,
and men of high degree are a lie. In the balances they will go up. They are together lighter than a breath. 10Don’t trust in oppression.
Don’t become vain in robbery. If riches increase, don’t set your heart on them. 11God has spoken once;
twice I have heard this, that power belongs to God. 12Also to you, Lord, belongs loving kindness,
for you reward every man according to his work. Psalm 63 A Psalm by David, when he was in the desert of Judah. ”

“ Come quickly to help me, Yahweh. 2Let them be disappointed and confounded who seek my soul.
Let those who desire my ruin be turned back in disgrace. 3Let them be turned because of their shame
Who say, “Aha! Aha!” 4Let all those who seek you rejoice and be glad in you.
Let those who love your salvation continually say, “Let God be exalted!” 5But I am poor and needy.
Come to me quickly, God. You are my help and my deliverer. Yahweh, don’t delay. Psalm 71 1In you, Yahweh, I take refuge.
Never let me be disappointed. 2Deliver me in your righteousness, and rescue me. ”

“ Psalm 36 For the Chief Musician. By David, the servant of Yahweh.
1An oracle is within my heart about the disobedience of the wicked:
“There is no fear of God before his eyes.” 2For he flatters himself in his own eyes,
too much to detect and hate his sin. 3The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit.
He has ceased to be wise and to do good. 4He plots iniquity on his bed.
He sets himself in a way that is not good. He doesn’t abhor evil. 5Your loving kindness, Yahweh, is in the heavens.
Your faithfulness reaches to the skies. 6Your righteousness is like the mountains of God. ”

“ Psalm 146 1Praise Yah!
Praise Yahweh, my soul. 2While I live, I will praise Yahweh.
I will sing praises to my God as long as I exist. 3Don’t put your trust in princes,
each a son of man in whom there is no help. 4His spirit departs, and he returns to the earth.
In that very day, his thoughts perish. 5Happy is he who has the God of Jacob for his help,
whose hope is in Yahweh, his God: 6who made heaven and earth,
the sea, and all that is in them; who keeps truth forever; 7who executes justice for the oppressed;
who gives food to the hungry. Yahweh frees the prisoners. ”