Psalm 59 Deliver Me from My Enemies To the choirmaster: according to Do Not Destroy. A Miktam[y] of David, when Saul sent men to watch his house in order to kill him. 1 Deliver me from my enemies, O my God; protect me from those who rise up against me; 2deliver me from those who… Continue Reading
Psalm 58 God Who Judges the Earth To the choirmaster: according to Do Not Destroy. A Miktam[v] of David. 1Do you indeed decree what is right, you gods?[w] Do you judge the children of man uprightly? 2No, in your hearts you devise wrongs; your hands deal out violence on earth. 3The wicked are estranged from… Continue Reading
Psalm 57 Let Your Glory Be over All the Earth To the choirmaster: according to Do Not Destroy. A Miktam[t] of David, when he fled from Saul, in the cave. 1 Be merciful to me, O God, be merciful to me, for in you my soul takes refuge; in the shadow of your wings I… Continue Reading
Psalm 56 In God I Trust To the choirmaster: according to The Dove on Far-off Terebinths. A Miktam[p] of David, when the Philistines seized him in Gath. 1 Be gracious to me, O God, for man tramples on me; all day long an attacker oppresses me; 2my enemies trample on me all day long, for… Continue Reading
Psalm 55 Cast Your Burden on the LORD To the choirmaster: with stringed instruments. A Maskil[n] of David. 1 Give ear to my prayer, O God, and hide not yourself from my plea for mercy! 2Attend to me, and answer me; I am restless in my complaint and I moan, 3because of the noise of… Continue Reading
Psalm 53 There Is None Who Does Good To the choirmaster: according to Mahalath. A Maskil[j] of David. 1 The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt, doing abominable iniquity; there is none who does good. 2God looks down from heaven on the children of man to see if there… Continue Reading
Psalm 52 The Steadfast Love of God Endures To the choirmaster. A Maskil[h] of David, when Doeg, the Edomite, came and told Saul, “David has come to the house of Ahimelech.” 1Why do you boast of evil, O mighty man? The steadfast love of God endures all the day. 2Your tongue plots destruction, like a… Continue Reading
Psalm 51 Create in Me a Clean Heart, O God To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet went to him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba. 1 Have mercy on me,[f] O God, according to your steadfast love; according to your abundant mercy blot out my transgressions. 2 Wash me… Continue Reading
Psalm 50 God Himself Is Judge A Psalm of Asaph. 1 The Mighty One, God the LORD, speaks and summons the earth from the rising of the sun to its setting. 2Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God shines forth. 3Our God comes; he does not keep silence;[c] before him is a devouring fire,… Continue Reading
Psalm 49 Why Should I Fear in Times of Trouble? To the choirmaster. A Psalm of the Sons of Korah. 1 Hear this, all peoples! Give ear, all inhabitants of the world, 2 both low and high, rich and poor together! 3My mouth shall speak wisdom; the meditation of my heart shall be understanding. 4I… Continue Reading