The Bible – Old Testament Psalms Index Int. 1. 2. … 144. 145. 146. … 149. 150. Chapter 145 1 1 Praise. Of David. I will extol you, my God and king; I will bless your name forever. 2 Every day I will bless you; I will praise your name forever. 3 Great is the LORD and worthy of high praise; God’s grandeur is beyond understanding. 4 One generation praises your deeds to the next and proclaims your mighty works. 5 They speak of the splendor of your majestic glory, tell of your wonderful deeds. 6 They speak of your fearsome power and attest to your great deeds. 7 They publish the renown of your abounding goodness and joyfully sing of your justice. 8 The LORD is gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in love.… Continue reading Psalms – Chapter 145
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Psalms – Chapter 89
The Bible – Old Testament Psalms Index Int. 1. 2. 3. … 88. 89. 90. … 149. 150. Chapter 89 1 1 A maskil of Ethan the Ezrahite. 2 The promises of the LORD I will sing forever, proclaim your loyalty through all ages. 3 2 For you said, “My love is established forever; my loyalty will stand as long as the heavens. 4 I have made a covenant with my chosen one;… Continue reading Psalms – Chapter 89
Psalms – Chapter 53
The Bible – Old Testament Psalms Index Chapter 53 1 1 For the leader; according to Mahalath. A maskil of David. 2 Fools say in their hearts, “There is no God.” Their deeds are loathsome and corrupt; not one does what is right. 3 God looks down from heaven upon the human race, To see if even one is wise, if even one seeks God. 4 All have gone astray; all alike are perverse. Not one does what is right, not even one. 5 Will these evildoers never learn? They devour my people as they devour bread;… Continue reading Psalms – Chapter 53
Psalms – Chapter 26
The Bible – Old Testament Psalms Index Int. 1. 2. 3. … 25. 26. 27. … 149. 150. Chapter 26 1 Of David. 1 Grant me justice, LORD! I have walked without blame. In the LORD I have trusted; I have not faltered. 2 Test me, LORD, and try me; search my heart and mind. 3 Your love is before my eyes; I walk guided by your faithfulness. 4 I do not sit with deceivers, nor with hypocrites do I mingle. 5 I hate the company of evildoers; with the wicked I do not sit. 6 2 I will wash my hands in innocence and walk round your altar, LORD, 7… Continue reading Psalms – Chapter 26
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Chapter 80
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1 2 For the leader; according to “Lilies.” Eduth. A psalm of Asaph.
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Shepherd of Israel, listen, guide of the flock of Joseph! From your throne upon the cherubim reveal yourself
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to Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasseh. Stir up your power, come to save us.
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O LORD of hosts, restore us; Let your face shine upon us, that we may be saved.
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LORD of hosts, how long will you burn with anger while your people pray?
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You have fed them the bread of tears, made them drink tears in abundance.
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You have left us to be fought over by our neighbors; our enemies deride us.
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O LORD of hosts, restore us; let your face shine upon us, that we may be saved.
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3 You brought a vine out of Egypt; you drove away the nations and planted it.
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You cleared the ground; it took root and filled the land.
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The mountains were covered by its shadow, the cedars of God by its branches.
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4 It sent out boughs as far as the sea, shoots as far as the river.
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Why have you broken down the walls, so that all who pass by pluck its fruit?
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The boar from the forest strips the vine; the beast of the field feeds upon it.
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Turn again, LORD of hosts; look down from heaven and see; Attend to this vine,
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the shoot your right hand has planted.
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Those who would burn or cut it down – may they perish at your rebuke.
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5 May your help be with the man at your right hand, with the one whom you once made strong.
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Then we will not withdraw from you; revive us, and we will call on your name.
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LORD of hosts, restore us; let your face shine upon us, that we may be saved.
1 [Psalm 80] A community lament in time of military defeat. Using the familiar image of Israel as a vineyard, the people complain that God has broken down the wall protecting the once splendid vine brought from Egypt (⇒ Psalm 80:9-14). They pray that God will again turn to them and use the Davidic king to lead them to victory (⇒ Psalm 80:15-19).
2 [1] Lilies . . . . Eduth: the first term is probably the title of the melody to which the psalm was to be sung; the second is unexplained.
3 [9] A vine: a frequent metaphor for Israel. Cf ⇒ Isaiah 5:1-7; ⇒ 27:2-5; ⇒ Jeremiah 2:21; ⇒ Hosea 10:1; ⇒ Matthew 21:33.
4 [12] The sea: the Mediterranean. The river: the Euphrates. Cf ⇒ Genesis 15:18; ⇒ 1 Kings 5:1. The terms may also have a mythic nuance – the seas that surround the earth; sea and river are sometimes paralleled in poetry.
5 [18] The man at your right hand . . . the one: the Davidic king who will lead the army in battle.
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Psalms – Chapter 102
The Bible – Old Testament Psalms Index Int. 1. 2. … 101. 102. 103. … 149. 150. Chapter 102 1 1 The prayer of one afflicted and wasting away whose anguish is poured out before the LORD. 2 LORD, hear my prayer; let my cry come to you. 3 Do not hide your face from me now that I am in distress. Turn your ear to me; when I call, answer me quickly. 4 For my days vanish like smoke; my bones burn away as in a furnace. 5 I am withered, dried up like grass, too wasted to eat my food. 6 From… Continue reading Psalms – Chapter 102
Psalms – Chapter 105
The Bible – Old Testament Psalms Index Int. 1. 2. … 104. 105. 106. … 149. 150. Chapter 105 1 1 Give thanks to the LORD, invoke his name; make known among the peoples his deeds! 2 Sing praise, play music; proclaim all his wondrous deeds! 3 Glory in his holy name; rejoice, O hearts that seek the LORD! 4 Rely on the mighty LORD; constantly seek his face. 5 Recall the wondrous deeds he has done, his signs and his words of judgment, 6 You descendants of Abraham his servant, offspring of Jacob the chosen one! 7 The LORD is our God who rules the whole earth. 8 He remembers forever his covenant, the pact imposed for a thousand generations, 9 Which was made with Abraham, confirmed by oath to Isaac, 10 And ratified as binding for Jacob,… Continue reading Psalms – Chapter 105
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Chapter 137
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1 By the rivers of Babylon we sat mourning and weeping when we remembered Zion.
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2 On the poplars of that land we hung up our harps.
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There our captors asked us for the words of a song; Our tormentors, for a joyful song: “Sing for us a song of Zion!”
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But how could we sing a song of the LORD in a foreign land?
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If I forget you, Jerusalem, may my right hand wither.
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May my tongue stick to my palate if I do not remember you, If I do not exalt Jerusalem beyond all my delights.
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Remember, LORD, against Edom that day at Jerusalem. They said: “Level it, level it down to its foundations!”
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Fair Babylon, you destroyer, happy those who pay you back the evil you have done us!
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3 Happy those who seize your children and smash them against a rock.
1 [Psalm 137] A temple singer refuses to sing the people’s sacred songs in an alien land despite demands from Babylonian captors (⇒ Psalm 137:1-4). The singer swears an oath by what is most dear to a musician – hands and tongue – to exalt Jerusalem always (⇒ Psalm 137:5-6). The psalm ends with a prayer that the old enemies of Jerusalem, Edom and Babylon, be destroyed (⇒ Psalm 137:7-9).
2 [2] Poplars: sometimes incorrectly translated “willow.” The Euphrates poplar is a high tree common on riverbanks in the Orient.
3 [9] Happy those who seize your children and smash them against a rock: the infants represent the future generations, and so must be destroyed if the enemy is truly to be eradicated.
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Psalms – Chapter 66
The Bible – Old Testament Psalms Index Int. 1. 2. 3. … 65. 66. 67. … 149. 150. Chapter 66 1 1 For the leader. A song; a psalm. 2 Shout joyfully to God, all you on earth; sing of his glorious name; give him glorious praise. 3 Say to God: “How awesome your deeds! Before your great strength your enemies cringe. 4 All on earth fall in worship before you; they sing of you, sing of your name!” Selah 5 2 Come and see the works of God, awesome in the deeds done for us. 6 He changed the sea to dry land; through the river they passed on foot. Therefore let us rejoice in him,… Continue reading Psalms – Chapter 66
Psalms – Chapter 62
The Bible – Old Testament Psalms Index Int. 1. 2. 3. … 61. 62. 63. … 149. 150. Chapter 62 1 1 2 For the leader; al Jeduthun. A psalm of David. 2 My soul rests in God alone, from whom comes my salvation. 3 God alone is my rock and salvation, my secure height; I shall never fall. 4 How long will you set upon people, all of you beating them down, As though they were a sagging fence or a battered wall? 5 Even from my place on high they plot to dislodge me. They delight in lies; they bless with their mouths,… Continue reading Psalms – Chapter 62
Psalms – Chapter 2
The Bible – Old Testament Psalms Index Int. 1. 2. 3. … 148. 149. 150. Chapter 2 1 1 Why do the nations protest and the peoples grumble in vain? 2 2 Kings on earth rise up and princes plot together against the LORD and his anointed: 3 “Let us break their shackles and cast off their chains!” 4 The one enthroned in heaven laughs; the Lord derides them, 5 Then speaks to them in anger, terrifies them in wrath: 6 “I myself have installed my king on Zion, my holy mountain.” 7 I will proclaim the decree of the LORD, who said to me, “You are my son; today I am your father.… Continue reading Psalms – Chapter 2
Psalms – Chapter 94
The Bible – Old Testament Psalms Index Int. 1. 2. 3. … 93. 94. 95. … 149. 150. Chapter 94 1 1 LORD, avenging God, avenging God, shine forth! 2 Rise up, judge of the earth; give the proud what they deserve. 3 How long, LORD, shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked glory? 4 How long will they mouth haughty speeches, go on boasting, all these evildoers? 5 They crush your people, LORD, torment your very own. 6 They kill the widow and alien; the fatherless they murder. 7 They say, “The LORD does not see; the God of Jacob takes no notice.” 8 Understand, you stupid people! You fools, when will you… Continue reading Psalms – Chapter 94
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