Category: psalms
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Psalm 3 – Trouble in the family
A psalm of David.When he fled from his son Absalom. David1 How many are my foes, O Lord!How many rise up against me!2 How many are saying of me, “God will not deliver him.” God3 But you are a shield around me, O LORD; you bestow glory on me and lift up my head.4 To the LORD I cry aloud, and He answers me from His holy hill. David5…
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Psalm 2 – Conversations on loyalty and betrayal
Poet 1 Why do the nations rageand the people plot in vain?2 They stand together, the kings of the earth;The leaders conspire against the Lord and his Anointed,saying, Kings of the Earth 3 “Let us burst their bonds apart ,Let us cast away their cords.” Poet 4 He who sits in the heavens laughs;The Lord holds them in derision.5 Then He will speak to them in his anger,and He will terrify them in his wrath,saying,God6 “As for me, I have set my King, on Zion, my holy hill.”Messiah7 I will tell of the decree of the Lord:The Lord said to me,God“You are my Son;today I have begotten you.Ask of me,…
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Psalm 1 – Blessed Indeed
1 Blessed indeed;is the manwho walks not in the counsel of the godlessnor stands in the way of sinnersnor sits in the seat of mockers2 but his delight is in the law of the Lordand on His law he meditates day and night3 He is like a tree planted by streams of waterthat yields it’s fruit in season,and it’s leaf does not wither.In all he does, he prospers …