Psalm 42 BOOK TWO Why Are You Cast Down, O My Soul? To the choirmaster. A Maskil[u] of the Sons of Korah. 1 As a deer pants for flowing streams, so pants my soul for you, O God. 2 My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and appear before… Continue Reading
Psalm 41 O LORD, Be Gracious to Me To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. 1 Blessed is the one who considers the poor![p] In the day of trouble the LORD delivers him; 2the LORD protects him and keeps him alive; he is called blessed in the land; you do not give him up to… Continue Reading
Psalm 40 My Help and My Deliverer To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. 1I waited patiently for the LORD; he inclined to me and heard my cry. 2He drew me up from the pit of destruction, out of the miry bog, and set my feet upon a rock, making my steps secure. 3He put… Continue Reading
Psalm 39 What Is the Measure of My Days? To the choirmaster: to Jeduthun. A Psalm of David. 1I said, “I will guard my ways, that I may not sin with my tongue; I will guard my mouth with a muzzle, so long as the wicked are in my presence.” 2I was mute and silent;… Continue Reading
Psalm 38 Do Not Forsake Me, O LORD A Psalm of David, for the memorial offering. 1O LORD, rebuke me not in your anger, nor discipline me in your wrath! 2For your arrows have sunk into me, and your hand has come down on me. 3There is no soundness in my flesh because of your… Continue Reading
Psalm 37 He Will Not Forsake His Saints [h] Of David. 1 Fret not yourself because of evildoers; be not envious of wrongdoers! 2For they will soon fade like the grass and wither like the green herb. 3 Trust in the LORD, and do good; dwell in the land and befriend faithfulness.[i] 4 Delight yourself… Continue Reading
Psalm 36 How Precious Is Your Steadfast Love To the choirmaster. Of David, the servant of the LORD. 1Transgression speaks to the wicked deep in his heart;[g] there is no fear of God before his eyes. 2 For he flatters himself in his own eyes that his iniquity cannot be found out and hated. 3The… Continue Reading
The great people of prayer – Moses, Jeremiah, Paul, and a nameless Gentile mother from the region of Tyre and Sidon – insist that prayer is a dialogue with a personal God, even at times a struggle and a wrestling. In fact, it was this anonymous mom whom Jesus singled out as an exemplar of… Continue Reading
Psalm 35 Great Is the LORD Of David. 1Contend, O LORD, with those who contend with me; fight against those who fight against me! 2Take hold of shield and buckler and rise for my help! 3Draw the spear and javelin[a] against my pursuers! Say to my soul, “I am your salvation!” 4 Let them be… Continue Reading
Psalm 34 Taste and See That the LORD Is Good [am] Of David, when he changed his behavior before Abimelech, so that he drove him out, and he went away. 1I will bless the LORD at all times; his praise shall continually be in my mouth. 2My soul makes its boast in the LORD; let… Continue Reading