Serve the LORD with gladness; Come before Him with joyful singing.
Know that the LORD Himself is God; It is He who has made us, and not we ourselves; We are His people and the sheep of His pasture.
For the LORD is good; His lovingkindness is everlasting And His faithfulness to all generations.
I will give heed to the blameless way. When will You come to me? I will walk within my house in the integrity of my heart.
I will set no worthless thing before my eyes; I hate the work of those who fall away; It shall not fasten its grip on me.
My eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me; He who walks in a blameless way is the one who will minister to me.
Every morning I will destroy all the wicked of the land, So as to cut off from the city of the LORD all those who do iniquity.
A Prayer of the Afflicted when he is faint and pours out his complaint before the LORD. Hear my prayer, O LORD! And let my cry for help come to You.
Do not hide Your face from me in the day of my distress; Incline Your ear to me; In the day when I call answer me quickly.
Because of the loudness of my groaning My bones cling to my flesh.
I resemble a pelican of the wilderness; I have become like an owl of the waste places.
You will arise and have compassion on Zion; For it is time to be gracious to her, For the appointed time has come.
So the nations will fear the name of the LORD And all the kings of the earth Your glory.
For the LORD has built up Zion; He has appeared in His glory.
He has regarded the prayer of the destitute And has not despised their prayer.
This will be written for the generation to come, That a people yet to be created may praise the LORD.
For He looked down from His holy height; From heaven the LORD gazed upon the earth,
To hear the groaning of the prisoner, To set free those who were doomed to death,
That men may tell of the name of the LORD in Zion And His praise in Jerusalem,
When the peoples are gathered together, And the kingdoms, to serve the LORD.
He has weakened my strength in the way; He has shortened my days.
I say, “O my God, do not take me away in the midst of my days, Your years are throughout all generations.
“Of old You founded the earth, And the heavens are the work of Your hands.
“But You are the same, And Your years will not come to an end.
“The children of Your servants will continue, And their descendants will be established before You.”
A Psalm of David. Bless the LORD, O my soul, And all that is within me, bless His holy name.
Bless the LORD, O my soul, And forget none of His benefits;
Who redeems your life from the pit, Who crowns you with lovingkindness and compassion;
Who satisfies your years with good things, So that your youth is renewed like the eagle.
The LORD performs righteous deeds And judgments for all who are oppressed.
He made known His ways to Moses, His acts to the sons of Israel.
The LORD is compassionate and gracious, Slow to anger and abounding in lovingkindness.
For as high as the heavens are above the earth, So great is His lovingkindness toward those who fear Him.
As far as the east is from the west, So far has He removed our transgressions from us.
Just as a father has compassion on his children, So the LORD has compassion on those who fear Him.
As for man, his days are like grass; As a flower of the field, so he flourishes.
When the wind has passed over it, it is no more, And its place acknowledges it no longer.
But the lovingkindness of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting on those who fear Him, And His righteousness to children’s children,
The LORD has established His throne in the heavens, And His sovereignty rules over all.
Bless the LORD, you His angels, Mighty in strength, who perform His word, Obeying the voice of His word!
Bless the LORD, all you His hosts, You who serve Him, doing His will.
Bless the LORD, all you works of His, In all places of His dominion; Bless the LORD, O my soul!
Bless the LORD, O my soul! O LORD my God, You are very great; You are clothed with splendor and majesty,
He lays the beams of His upper chambers in the waters; He makes the clouds His chariot; He walks upon the wings of the wind;
He makes the winds His messengers, Flaming fire His ministers.
He established the earth upon its foundations, So that it will not totter forever and ever.
You covered it with the deep as with a garment; The waters were standing above the mountains.
At Your rebuke they fled, At the sound of Your thunder they hurried away.
The mountains rose; the valleys sank down To the place which You established for them.
You set a boundary that they may not pass over, So that they will not return to cover the earth.
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