The daughter of Tyre will come with a gift; The rich among the people will seek your favor.
For the choir director. A Psalm of the sons of Korah, set to Alamoth. A Song. God is our refuge and strength, A very present help in trouble.
There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God, The holy dwelling places of the Most High.
For the choir director. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. O clap your hands, all peoples; Shout to God with the voice of joy.
For the LORD Most High is to be feared, A great King over all the earth.
God has ascended with a shout, The LORD, with the sound of a trumpet.
For God is the King of all the earth; Sing praises with a skillful psalm.
A Song; a Psalm of the sons of Korah. Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised, In the city of our God, His holy mountain.
God, in her palaces, Has made Himself known as a stronghold.
Panic seized them there, Anguish, as of a woman in childbirth.
For the choir director. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. Hear this, all peoples; Give ear, all inhabitants of the world,
I will incline my ear to a proverb; I will express my riddle on the harp.
No man can by any means redeem his brother Or give to God a ransom for him--
Do not be afraid when a man becomes rich, When the glory of his house is increased;
A Psalm of Asaph. The Mighty One, God, the LORD, has spoken, And summoned the earth from the rising of the sun to its setting.
“Gather My godly ones to Me, Those who have made a covenant with Me by sacrifice.”
“For every beast of the forest is Mine, The cattle on a thousand hills.
“Offer to God a sacrifice of thanksgiving And pay your vows to the Most High;
“When you see a thief, you are pleased with him, And you associate with adulterers.
“He who offers a sacrifice of thanksgiving honors Me; And to him who orders his way aright I shall show the salvation of God.”
For the choir director. A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet came to him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba. Be gracious to me, O God, according to Your lovingkindness; According to the greatness of Your compassion blot out my transgressions.
Create in me a clean heart, O God, And renew a steadfast spirit within me.
Restore to me the joy of Your salvation And sustain me with a willing spirit.
The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; A broken and a contrite heart, O God, You will not despise.
For the choir director. A Maskil of David, when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul and said to him, “David has come to the house of Ahimelech.” Why do you boast in evil, O mighty man? The lovingkindness of God endures all day long.
Your tongue devises destruction, Like a sharp razor, O worker of deceit.
But as for me, I am like a green olive tree in the house of God; I trust in the lovingkindness of God forever and ever.
For the choir director; according to Mahalath. A Maskil of David. The fool has said in his heart, “There is no God,” They are corrupt, and have committed abominable injustice; There is no one who does good.
For the choir director; on stringed instruments. A Maskil of David, when the Ziphites came and said to Saul, “Is not David hiding himself among us?” Save me, O God, by Your name, And vindicate me by Your power.
For the choir director; on stringed instruments. A Maskil of David. Give ear to my prayer, O God; And do not hide Yourself from my supplication.
Because of the voice of the enemy, Because of the pressure of the wicked; For they bring down trouble upon me And in anger they bear a grudge against me.
I said, “Oh, that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and be at rest.
But it is you, a man my equal, My companion and my familiar friend;
For the choir director; according to Jonath elem rehokim. A Mikhtam of David, when the Philistines seized him in Gath. Be gracious to me, O God, for man has trampled upon me; Fighting all day long he oppresses me.
For the choir director; set to Al-tashheth. A Mikhtam of David, when he fled from Saul in the cave. Be gracious to me, O God, be gracious to me, For my soul takes refuge in You; And in the shadow of Your wings I will take refuge Until destruction passes by.
My soul is among lions; I must lie among those who breathe forth fire, Even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows And their tongue a sharp sword.
They have prepared a net for my steps; My soul is bowed down; They dug a pit before me; They themselves have fallen into the midst of it. Selah.
For the choir director; set to Al-tashheth. A Mikhtam of David. Do you indeed speak righteousness, O gods? Do you judge uprightly, O sons of men?
They have venom like the venom of a serpent; Like a deaf cobra that stops up its ear,
So that it does not hear the voice of charmers, Or a skillful caster of spells.
Let them be as a snail which melts away as it goes along, Like the miscarriages of a woman which never see the sun.
Before your pots can feel the fire of thorns He will sweep them away with a whirlwind, the green and the burning alike.
And men will say, “Surely there is a reward for the righteous; Surely there is a God who judges on earth!”
For the choir director; set to Al-tashheth. A Mikhtam of David, when Saul sent men and they watched the house in order to kill him. Deliver me from my enemies, O my God; Set me securely on high away from those who rise up against me.
They return at evening, they howl like a dog, And go around the city.
They return at evening, they howl like a dog, And go around the city.
But as for me, I shall sing of Your strength; Yes, I shall joyfully sing of Your lovingkindness in the morning, For You have been my stronghold And a refuge in the day of my distress.
For the choir director; according to Shushan Eduth. A Mikhtam of David, to teach; when he struggled with Aram-naharaim and with Aram-zobah, and Joab returned, and smote twelve thousand of Edom in the Valley of Salt. O God, You have rejected us. You have broken us; You have been angry; O, restore us.
You have given a banner to those who fear You, That it may be displayed because of the truth. Selah.
For the choir director; on a stringed instrument. A Psalm of David. Hear my cry, O God; Give heed to my prayer.
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