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PSA 2:1 Why are the nations in an uproar, And the peoples devising a vain thing?
PSA 2:2 The kings of the earth take their stand, And the rulers take counsel together Against the Lord and against His Anointed:
PSA 2:3 "Let us tear their fetters apart, And cast away their cords from us!"
PSA 2:4 He who sits in the heavens laughs, The Lord scoffs at them.
PSA 2:5 Then He will speak to them in His anger And terrify them in His fury:
PSA 2:6 "But as for Me, I have installed My King Upon Zion, My holy mountain."
PSA 2:7 "I will surely tell of the decree of the Lord: He said to Me, 'Thou art My Son, Today I have begotten Thee.
PSA 2:8 'Ask of Me, and I will surely give the nations as Thine inheritance, And the very ends of the earth as Thy possession.
PSA 2:9 'Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron, Thou shalt shatter them like earthenware.' "
PSA 2:10 Now therefore, O kings, show discernment; Take warning, O judges of the earth.
PSA 2:11 Worship the Lord with reverence, And rejoice with trembling.
PSA 2:12 Do homage to the Son, lest He become angry, and you perish in the way, For His wrath may soon be kindled. How blessed are all who take refuge in Him!

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PSA 3:1 (A Psalm of David, when he fled from Absalom his son.) O Lord, how my adversaries have increased! Many are rising up against me.
PSA 3:2 Many are saying of my soul, "There is no deliverance for him in God." Selah.
PSA 3:3 But Thou, O Lord, art a shield about me, My glory, and the One who lifts my head.
PSA 3:4 I was crying to the Lord with my voice, And He answered me from His holy mountain. Selah.
PSA 3:5 I lay down and slept; I awoke, for the Lord sustains me.
PSA 3:6 I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people Who have set themselves against me round about.
PSA 3:7 Arise, O Lord; save me, O my God! For Thou hast smitten all my enemies on the cheek; Thou hast shattered the teeth of the wicked.
PSA 3:8 Salvation belongs to the Lord; Thy blessing be upon Thy people! Selah.

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PSA 4:1 (For the choir director; on stringed instruments. A Psalm of David.) Answer me when I call, O God of my righteousness! Thou hast relieved me in my distress; Be gracious to me and hear my prayer.
PSA 4:2 O sons of men, how long will my honor become a reproach? How long will you love what is worthless and aim at deception? Selah.
PSA 4:3 But know that the Lord has set apart the godly man for Himself; The Lord hears when I call to Him.
PSA 4:4 Tremble, and do not sin; Meditate in your heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah.
PSA 4:5 Offer the sacrifices of righteousness, And trust in the Lord.
PSA 4:6 Many are saying, "Who will show us any good?" Lift up the light of Thy countenance upon us, O Lord!
PSA 4:7 Thou hast put gladness in my heart, More than when their grain and new wine abound.
PSA 4:8 In peace I will both lie down and sleep, For Thou alone, O Lord, dost make me to dwell in safety.

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PSA 5:1 (For the choir director; for flute accompaniment. A Psalm of David.) Give ear to my words, O Lord, Consider my groaning.
PSA 5:2 Heed the sound of my cry for help, my King and my God, For to Thee do I pray.
PSA 5:3 In the morning, O Lord, Thou wilt hear my voice; In the morning I will order my prayer to Thee and eagerly watch.
PSA 5:4 For Thou art not a God who takes pleasure in wickedness; No evil dwells with Thee.
PSA 5:5 The boastful shall not stand before Thine eyes; Thou dost hate all who do iniquity.
PSA 5:6 Thou dost destroy those who speak falsehood; The Lord abhors the man of bloodshed and deceit.
PSA 5:7 But as for me, by Thine abundant lovingkindness I will enter Thy house, At Thy holy temple I will bow in reverence for Thee.
PSA 5:8 O Lord, lead me in Thy righteousness because of my foes; Make Thy way straight before me.
PSA 5:9 There is nothing reliable in what they say; Their inward part is destruction itself; Their throat is an open grave; They flatter with their tongue.
PSA 5:10 Hold them guilty, O God; By their own devices let them fall! In the multitude of their transgressions thrust them out, For they are rebellious against Thee.
PSA 5:11 But let all who take refuge in Thee be glad, Let them ever sing for joy; And mayest Thou shelter them, That those who love Thy name may exult in Thee.
PSA 5:12 For it is Thou who dost bless the righteous man, O Lord, Thou dost surround him with favor as with a shield.

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PSA 6:1 (For the choir director; with stringed instruments, upon an eight-stringed lyre.) (A Psalm of David.) O Lord, do not rebuke me in Thine anger, Nor chasten me in Thy wrath.
PSA 6:2 Be gracious to me, O Lord, for I am pining away; Heal me, O Lord, for my bones are dismayed.
PSA 6:3 And my soul is greatly dismayed; But Thou, O Lord - - how long?
PSA 6:4 Return, O Lord, rescue my soul; Save me because of Thy lovingkindness.
PSA 6:5 For there is no mention of Thee in death; In Sheol who will give Thee thanks?
PSA 6:6 I am weary with my sighing; Every night I make my bed swim, I dissolve my couch with my tears.
PSA 6:7 My eye has wasted away with grief; It has become old because of all my adversaries.
PSA 6:8 Depart from me, all you who do iniquity, For the Lord has heard the voice of my weeping.
PSA 6:9 The Lord has heard my supplication, The Lord receives my prayer.
PSA 6:10 All my enemies shall be ashamed and greatly dismayed; They shall turn back, they shall suddenly be ashamed.

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PSA 7:1 (A Shiggaion of David, which he sang to the Lord concerning Cush, a Benjamite.) O Lord my God, in Thee I have taken refuge; Save me from all those who pursue me, and deliver me,
PSA 7:2 Lest he tear my soul like a lion, Dragging me away, while there is none to deliver.
PSA 7:3 O Lord my God, if I have done this, If there is injustice in my hands,
PSA 7:4 If I have rewarded evil to my friend, Or have plundered him who without cause was my adversary,
PSA 7:5 Let the enemy pursue my soul and overtake it; And let him trample my life down to the ground, And lay my glory in the dust. Selah.
PSA 7:6 Arise, O Lord, in Thine anger; Lift up Thyself against the rage of my adversaries, And arouse Thyself for me; Thou hast appointed judgment.
PSA 7:7 And let the assembly of the peoples encompass Thee; And over them return Thou on high.
PSA 7:8 The Lord judges the peoples; Vindicate me, O Lord, according to my righteousness and my integrity that is in me.
PSA 7:9 O let the evil of the wicked come to an end, but establish the righteous; For the righteous God tries the hearts and minds.
PSA 7:10 My shield is with God, Who saves the upright in heart.
PSA 7:11 God is a righteous judge, And a God who has indignation every day.
PSA 7:12 If a man does not repent, He will sharpen His sword; He has bent His bow and made it ready.
PSA 7:13 He has also prepared for Himself deadly weapons; He makes His arrows fiery shafts.
PSA 7:14 Behold, he travails with wickedness, And he conceives mischief, and brings forth falsehood.
PSA 7:15 He has dug a pit and hollowed it out, And has fallen into the hole which he made.
PSA 7:16 His mischief will return upon his own head, And his violence will descend upon his own pate.
PSA 7:17 I will give thanks to the Lord according to His righteousness, And will sing praise to the name of the Lord Most High.

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PSA 8:1 (For the choir director; on the Gittith. A Psalm of David.) O Lord, our Lord, How majestic is Thy name in all the earth, Who hast displayed Thy splendor above the heavens!
PSA 8:2 From the mouth of infants and nursing babes Thou hast established strength, Because of Thine adversaries, To make the enemy and the revengeful cease.
PSA 8:3 When I consider Thy heavens, the work of Thy fingers, The moon and the stars, which Thou hast ordained;
PSA 8:4 What is man, that Thou dost take thought of him? And the son of man, that Thou dost care for him?
PSA 8:5 Yet Thou hast made him a little lower than God, And dost crown him with glory and majesty!
PSA 8:6 Thou dost make him to rule over the works of Thy hands; Thou hast put all things under his feet,
PSA 8:7 All sheep and oxen, And also the beasts of the field,
PSA 8:8 The birds of the heavens, and the fish of the sea, Whatever passes through the paths of the seas.
PSA 8:9 O Lord, our Lord, How majestic is Thy name in all the earth!

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PSA 9:1 (For the choir director; on Muth-labben. A Psalm of David.) I will give thanks to the Lord with all my heart; I will tell of all Thy wonders.
PSA 9:2 I will be glad and exult in Thee; I will sing praise to Thy name, O Most High.
PSA 9:3 When my enemies turn back, They stumble and perish before Thee.
PSA 9:4 For Thou hast maintained my just cause; Thou dost sit on the throne judging righteously.
PSA 9:5 Thou hast rebuked the nations; Thou hast destroyed the wicked; Thou hast blotted out their name forever and ever.
PSA 9:6 The enemy has come to an end in perpetual ruins, And Thou hast uprooted the cities; The very memory of them has perished.
PSA 9:7 But the Lord abides forever; He has established His throne for judgment,
PSA 9:8 And He will judge the world in righteousness; He will execute judgment for the peoples with equity.
PSA 9:9 The Lord also will be a stronghold for the oppressed, A stronghold in times of trouble,
PSA 9:10 And those who know Thy name will put their trust in Thee; For Thou, O Lord, hast not forsaken those who seek Thee.
PSA 9:11 Sing praises to the Lord, who dwells in Zion; Declare among the peoples His deeds.
PSA 9:12 For He who requires blood remembers them; He does not forget the cry of the afflicted.
PSA 9:13 Be gracious to me, O Lord; Behold my affliction from those who hate me, Thou who dost lift me up from the gates of death;
PSA 9:14 That I may tell of all Thy praises, That in the gates of the daughter of Zion I may rejoice in Thy salvation.
PSA 9:15 The nations have sunk down in the pit which they have made; In the net which they hid, their own foot has been caught.
PSA 9:16 The Lord has made Himself known; He has executed judgment. In the work of his own hands the wicked is snared. Higgaion Selah.
PSA 9:17 The wicked will return to Sheol, Even all the nations who forget God.
PSA 9:18 For the needy will not always be forgotten, Nor the hope of the afflicted perish forever.
PSA 9:19 Arise, O Lord, do not let man prevail; Let the nations be judged before Thee.
PSA 9:20 Put them in fear, O Lord; Let the nations know that they are but men. Selah.

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PSA 10:1 Why dost Thou stand afar off, O Lord? Why dost Thou hide Thyself in times of trouble?
PSA 10:2 In pride the wicked hotly pursue the afflicted; Let them be caught in the plots which they have devised.
PSA 10:3 For the wicked boasts of his heart's desire, And the greedy man curses and spurns the Lord.
PSA 10:4 The wicked, in the haughtiness of his countenance, does not seek Him. All his thoughts are, "There is no God."
PSA 10:5 His ways prosper at all times; Thy judgments are on high, out of his sight; As for all his adversaries, he snorts at them.
PSA 10:6 He says to himself, "I shall not be moved; Throughout all generations I shall not be in adversity."
PSA 10:7 His mouth is full of curses and deceit and oppression; Under his tongue is mischief and wickedness.
PSA 10:8 He sits in the lurking places of the villages; In the hiding places he kills the innocent; His eyes stealthily watch for the unfortunate.
PSA 10:9 He lurks in a hiding place as a lion in his lair; He lurks to catch the afflicted; He catches the afflicted when he draws him into his net.
PSA 10:10 He crouches, he bows down, And the unfortunate fall by his mighty ones.
PSA 10:11 He says to himself, "God has forgotten; He has hidden His face; He will never see it."
PSA 10:12 Arise, O Lord; O God, lift up Thy hand. Do not forget the afflicted.
PSA 10:13 Why has the wicked spurned God? He has said to himself, "Thou wilt not require it."
PSA 10:14 Thou hast seen it, for Thou hast beheld mischief and vexation to take it into Thy hand. The unfortunate commits himself to Thee; Thou hast been the helper of the orphan.
PSA 10:15 Break the arm of the wicked and the evildoer, Seek out his wickedness until Thou dost find none.
PSA 10:16 The Lord is King forever and ever; Nations have perished from His land.
PSA 10:17 O Lord, Thou hast heard the desire of the humble; Thou wilt strengthen their heart, Thou wilt incline Thine ear
PSA 10:18 To vindicate the orphan and the oppressed, That man who is of the earth may cause terror no more.

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PSA 12:1 (For the choir director; upon an eight-stringed lyre. A Psalm of David.) Help, Lord, for the godly man ceases to be, For the faithful disappear from among the sons of men.
PSA 12:2 They speak falsehood to one another; With flattering lips and with a double heart they speak.
PSA 12:3 May the Lord cut off all flattering lips, The tongue that speaks great things;
PSA 12:4 Who have said, "With our tongue we will prevail; Our lips are our own; who is lord over us?"
PSA 12:5 "Because of the devastation of the afflicted, because of the groaning of the needy, Now I will arise," says the Lord; "I will set him in the safety for which he longs."
PSA 12:6 The words of the Lord are pure words; As silver tried in a furnace on the earth, refined seven times.
PSA 12:7 Thou, O Lord, wilt keep them; Thou wilt preserve him from this generation forever.
PSA 12:8 The wicked strut about on every side, When vileness is exalted among the sons of men.

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PSA 14:1 (For the choir director. A Psalm of David.) The fool has said in his heart, "There is no God." They are corrupt, they have committed abominable deeds; There is no one who does good.
PSA 14:2 The Lord has looked down from heaven upon the sons of men, To see if there are any who understand, Who seek after God.
PSA 14:3 They have all turned aside; together they have become corrupt; There is no one who does good, not even one.
PSA 14:4 Do all the workers of wickedness not know, Who eat up my people as they eat bread, And do not call upon the Lord?
PSA 14:5 There they are in great dread, For God is with the righteous generation.
PSA 14:6 You would put to shame the counsel of the afflicted, But the Lord is his refuge.
PSA 14:7 Oh, that the salvation of Israel would come out of Zion! When the Lord restores His captive people, Jacob will rejoice, Israel will be glad.

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PSA 16:1 (A Mikhtam of David.) Preserve me, O God, for I take refuge in Thee.
PSA 16:2 I said to the Lord, "Thou art my Lord; I have no good besides Thee."
PSA 16:3 As for the saints who are in the earth, They are the majestic ones in whom is all my delight.
PSA 16:4 The sorrows of those who have bartered for another god will be multiplied; I shall not pour out their libations of blood, Nor shall I take their names upon my lips.
PSA 16:5 The Lord is the portion of my inheritance and my cup; Thou dost support my lot.
PSA 16:6 The lines have fallen to me in pleasant places; Indeed, my heritage is beautiful to me.
PSA 16:7 I will bless the Lord who has counseled me; Indeed, my mind instructs me in the night.
PSA 16:8 I have set the Lord continually before me; Because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.
PSA 16:9 Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoices; My flesh also will dwell securely.
PSA 16:10 For Thou wilt not abandon my soul to Sheol; Neither wilt Thou allow Thy Holy One to undergo decay.
PSA 16:11 Thou wilt make known to me the path of life; In Thy presence is fulness of joy; In Thy right hand there are pleasures forever.

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PSA 17:1 (A Prayer of David.) Hear a just cause, O Lord, give heed to my cry; Give ear to my prayer, which is not from deceitful lips.
PSA 17:2 Let my judgment come forth from Thy presence; Let Thine eyes look with equity.
PSA 17:3 Thou hast tried my heart; Thou hast visited me by night; Thou hast tested me and dost find nothing; I have purposed that my mouth will not transgress.
PSA 17:4 As for the deeds of men, by the word of Thy lips I have kept from the paths of the violent.
PSA 17:5 My steps have held fast to Thy paths. My feet have not slipped.
PSA 17:6 I have called upon Thee, for Thou wilt answer me, O God; Incline Thine ear to me, hear my speech.
PSA 17:7 Wondrously show Thy lovingkindness, O Savior of those who take refuge at Thy right hand From those who rise up against them.
PSA 17:8 Keep me as the apple of the eye; Hide me in the shadow of Thy wings,
PSA 17:9 From the wicked who despoil me, My deadly enemies, who surround me.
PSA 17:10 They have closed their unfeeling heart; With their mouth they speak proudly.
PSA 17:11 They have now surrounded us in our steps; They set their eyes to cast us down to the ground.
PSA 17:12 He is like a lion that is eager to tear, And as a young lion lurking in hiding places.
PSA 17:13 Arise, O Lord, confront him, bring him low; Deliver my soul from the wicked with Thy sword,
PSA 17:14 From men with Thy hand, O Lord, From men of the world, whose portion is in this life; And whose belly Thou dost fill with Thy treasure; They are satisfied with children, And leave their abundance to their babes.
PSA 17:15 As for me, I shall behold Thy face in righteousness; I will be satisfied with Thy likeness when I awake.

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PSA 18:1 (For the choir director. A Psalm of 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 Saul. And) ( he said,) "I love Thee, O Lord, my strength."
PSA 18:2 The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, My God, my rock, in whom I take refuge; My shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
PSA 18:3 I call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised, And I am saved from my enemies.
PSA 18:4 The cords of death encompassed me, And the torrents of ungodliness terrified me.
PSA 18:5 The cords of Sheol surrounded me; The snares of death confronted me.
PSA 18:6 In my distress I called upon the Lord, And cried to my God for help; He heard my voice out of His temple, And my cry for help before Him came into His ears.
PSA 18:7 Then the earth shook and quaked; And the foundations of the mountains were trembling And were shaken, because He was angry.
PSA 18:8 Smoke went up out of His nostrils, And fire from His mouth devoured; Coals were kindled by it.
PSA 18:9 He bowed the heavens also, and came down With thick darkness under His feet.
PSA 18:10 And He rode upon a cherub and flew; And He sped upon the wings of the wind.
PSA 18:11 He made darkness His hiding place, His canopy around Him, Darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.
PSA 18:12 From the brightness before Him passed His thick clouds, Hailstones and coals of fire.
PSA 18:13 The Lord also thundered in the heavens, And the Most High uttered His voice, Hailstones and coals of fire.
PSA 18:14 And He sent out His arrows, and scattered them, And lightning flashes in abundance, and routed them.
PSA 18:15 Then the channels of water appeared, And the foundations of the world were laid bare At Thy rebuke, O Lord, At the blast of the breath of Thy nostrils.
PSA 18:16 He sent from on high, He took me; He drew me out of many waters.
PSA 18:17 He delivered me from my strong enemy, And from those who hated me, for they were too mighty for me.
PSA 18:18 They confronted me in the day of my calamity, But the Lord was my stay.
PSA 18:19 He brought me forth also into a broad place; He rescued me, because He delighted in me.
PSA 18:20 The Lord has rewarded me according to my righteousness; According to the cleanness of my hands He has recompensed me.
PSA 18:21 For I have kept the ways of the Lord, And have not wickedly departed from my God.
PSA 18:22 For all His ordinances were before me, And I did not put away His statutes from me.
PSA 18:23 I was also blameless with Him, And I kept myself from my iniquity.
PSA 18:24 Therefore the Lord has recompensed me according to my righteousness, According to the cleanness of my hands in His eyes.
PSA 18:25 With the kind Thou dost show Thyself kind; With the blameless Thou dost show Thyself blameless;
PSA 18:26 With the pure Thou dost show Thyself pure; And with the crooked Thou dost show Thyself astute.
PSA 18:27 For Thou dost save an afflicted people; But haughty eyes Thou dost abase.
PSA 18:28 For Thou dost light my lamp; The Lord my God illumines my darkness.
PSA 18:29 For by Thee I can run upon a troop; And by my God I can leap over a wall.
PSA 18:30 As for God, His way is blameless; The word of the Lord is tried; He is a shield to all who take refuge in Him.
PSA 18:31 For who is God, but the Lord? And who is a rock, except our God,
PSA 18:32 The God who girds me with strength, And makes my way blameless?
PSA 18:33 He makes my feet like hinds' feet, And sets me upon my high places.
PSA 18:34 He trains my hands for battle, So that my arms can bend a bow of bronze.
PSA 18:35 Thou hast also given me the shield of Thy salvation, And Thy right hand upholds me; And Thy gentleness makes me great.
PSA 18:36 Thou dost enlarge my steps under me, And my feet have not slipped.
PSA 18:37 I pursued my enemies and overtook them, And I did not turn back until they were consumed.
PSA 18:38 I shattered them, so that they were not able to rise; They fell under my feet.
PSA 18:39 For Thou hast girded me with strength for battle; Thou hast subdued under me those who rose up against me.
PSA 18:40 Thou hast also made my enemies turn their backs to me, And I destroyed those who hated me.
PSA 18:41 They cried for help, but there was none to save, Even to the Lord, but He did not answer them.
PSA 18:42 Then I beat them fine as the dust before the wind; I emptied them out as the mire of the streets.
PSA 18:43 Thou hast delivered me from the contentions of the people; Thou hast placed me as head of the nations; A people whom I have not known serve me.
PSA 18:44 As soon as they hear, they obey me; Foreigners submit to me.
PSA 18:45 Foreigners fade away, And come trembling out of their fortresses.
PSA 18:46 The Lord lives, and blessed be my rock; And exalted be the God of my salvation,
PSA 18:47 The God who executes vengeance for me, And subdues peoples under me.
PSA 18:48 He delivers me from my enemies; Surely Thou dost lift me above those who rise up against me; Thou dost rescue me from the violent man.
PSA 18:49 Therefore I will give thanks to Thee among the nations, O Lord, And I will sing praises to Thy name.
PSA 18:50 He gives great deliverance to His king, And shows lovingkindness to His anointed, To David and his descendants forever.

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