And made Israel pass through the midst of it, For His lovingkindness is everlasting;
But He overthrew Pharaoh and his army in the Red Sea, For His lovingkindness is everlasting.
To Him who led His people through the wilderness, For His lovingkindness is everlasting;
Sihon, king of the Amorites, For His lovingkindness is everlasting,
Give thanks to the God of heaven, For His lovingkindness is everlasting.
By the rivers of Babylon, There we sat down and wept, When we remembered Zion.
Upon the willows in the midst of it We hung our harps.
For there our captors demanded of us songs, And our tormentors mirth, saying, “Sing us one of the songs of Zion.”
How can we sing the LORD’S song In a foreign land?
May my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth If I do not remember you, If I do not exalt Jerusalem Above my chief joy.
Remember, O LORD, against the sons of Edom The day of Jerusalem, Who said, “Raze it, raze it To its very foundation.”
O daughter of Babylon, you devastated one, How blessed will be the one who repays you With the recompense with which you have repaid us.
How blessed will be the one who seizes and dashes your little ones Against the rock.
A Psalm of David. I will give You thanks with all my heart; I will sing praises to You before the gods.
On the day I called, You answered me; You made me bold with strength in my soul.
All the kings of the earth will give thanks to You, O LORD, When they have heard the words of Your mouth.
And they will sing of the ways of the LORD, For great is the glory of the LORD.
For though the LORD is exalted, Yet He regards the lowly, But the haughty He knows from afar.
Though I walk in the midst of trouble, You will revive me; You will stretch forth Your hand against the wrath of my enemies, And Your right hand will save me.
The LORD will accomplish what concerns me; Your lovingkindness, O LORD, is everlasting; Do not forsake the works of Your hands.
For the choir director. A Psalm of David. O LORD, You have searched me and known me.
If I take the wings of the dawn, If I dwell in the remotest part of the sea,
If I say, “Surely the darkness will overwhelm me, And the light around me will be night,”
Even the darkness is not dark to You, And the night is as bright as the day. Darkness and light are alike to You.
My frame was not hidden from You, When I was made in secret, And skillfully wrought in the depths of the earth;
Your eyes have seen my unformed substance; And in Your book were all written The days that were ordained for me, When as yet there was not one of them.
How precious also are Your thoughts to me, O God! How vast is the sum of them!
If I should count them, they would outnumber the sand. When I awake, I am still with You.
O that You would slay the wicked, O God; Depart from me, therefore, men of bloodshed.
I hate them with the utmost hatred; They have become my enemies.
And see if there be any hurtful way in me, And lead me in the everlasting way.
For the choir director. A Psalm of David. Rescue me, O LORD, from evil men; Preserve me from violent men
Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; Preserve me from violent men Who have purposed to trip up my feet.
The proud have hidden a trap for me, and cords; They have spread a net by the wayside; They have set snares for me. Selah.
I said to the LORD, “You are my God; Give ear, O LORD, to the voice of my supplications.
“O GOD the Lord, the strength of my salvation, You have covered my head in the day of battle.
“Do not grant, O LORD, the desires of the wicked; Do not promote his evil device, that they not be exalted. Selah.
“As for the head of those who surround me, May the mischief of their lips cover them.
“May burning coals fall upon them; May they be cast into the fire, Into deep pits from which they cannot rise.
“May a slanderer not be established in the earth; May evil hunt the violent man speedily.”
I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted And justice for the poor.
Surely the righteous will give thanks to Your name; The upright will dwell in Your presence.
May my prayer be counted as incense before You; The lifting up of my hands as the evening offering.
Set a guard, O LORD, over my mouth; Keep watch over the door of my lips.
Let the righteous smite me in kindness and reprove me; It is oil upon the head; Do not let my head refuse it, For still my prayer is against their wicked deeds.
Their judges are thrown down by the sides of the rock, And they hear my words, for they are pleasant.
As when one plows and breaks open the earth, Our bones have been scattered at the mouth of Sheol.
For my eyes are toward You, O GOD, the Lord; In You I take refuge; do not leave me defenseless.
Keep me from the jaws of the trap which they have set for me, And from the snares of those who do iniquity.
Let the wicked fall into their own nets, While I pass by safely.
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