12 Aug 2017Psalms 84–86 For the Music Director. According to The Gittith. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. 1 How lovely is Your dwelling place, O Lord of Hosts! 2 My soul longs, yes, even faints for the courts of the Lord; my heart and my body cry out for the living God. 3 Yes, the sparrow has found a home and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, even at
11 Aug 2017Psalms 81–83 For the Music Director. According to The Gittith. A Psalm of Asaph. 1 Sing aloud unto God our strength; make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob. 2 Lift up a melody, and sound the tambourine, the pleasant lyre with the harp. 3 Blow the trumpet at the New Moon, at the full moon on our feast day. 4 For this is a statute for Israel, a decree of the God of
10 Aug 2017August 10 Psalms 79–80 A Psalm of Asaph. 1 O God, the nations have come into Your inheritance; Your holy temple they have defiled; they have laid Jerusalem in ruins. 2 The dead bodies of Your servants they have given to the birds of the sky for food and the flesh of Your faithful to the animals of the land. 3 Their blood they have poured out like water all around Jerusalem, and there was
9 Aug 2017Psalms 77–78 For the Music Director. To Jeduthun. A Psalm of Asaph. 1 I cried out to God with my voice, even to God with my voice; and He listened to me. 2 In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord; in the night my hand is stretched out and does not weary, my soul refuses to be comforted. 3 I remember God, and I groan; I complain, and my spirit is overwhelmed.
8 Aug 2017Psalms 74–76 A Contemplative Maskil of Asaph. 1 O God, why have You cast us off forever? Why does Your anger smoke against the sheep of Your pasture? 2 Remember Your congregation, which You have purchased of old, the rod of Your inheritance, which You have redeemed, this Mount Zion, where You have lived. 3 Move Your footsteps to the perpetual desolations, to all the harm the enemy has done in the sanctuary. 4 Your
7 Aug 2017Psalms 72–73 A Psalm of Solomon. 1 Give the king Your judgments, O God, and Your righteousness to the king’s son. 2 May he judge Your people with righteousness, and Your poor with justice. 3 May the mountains bring well-being to the people, and the hills, in righteousness. 4 May he judge the poor of the people, may he save the children of the needy, and crush the oppressor. 5 May they fear You as
6 Aug 2017Psalms 70–71 For the Music Director. A Psalm of David. To bring remembrance. 1 Make haste, O God, to deliver me! Make haste to help me, O Lord. 2 May those who seek my life be ashamed and confused; may those who desire my harm be driven back and humiliated. 3 May they turn back as a consequence of their shame who say “Aha! Aha!” 4 May all those who seek You rejoice and be