3 Aug 2017Psalms 63–65 A Psalm of David, when he was in the Wilderness of Judah. 1 O God, You are my God; early will I seek You; my soul thirsts for You, my flesh faints for You, in a dry and thirsty land with no water. 2 I have seen You in the sanctuary, to see Your power and Your glory. 3 Because Your lovingkindness is better than life, my lips will praise You. 4 Thus
2 Aug 2017Psalms 60–62 For the Music Director. A Miktam of David to teach. To the melody of “Lily of the Testimony,” when he struggled with Aram Naharaim and with Aram Zobah and when Joab returned from striking down twelve thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt. 1 O God, You have rejected us, You have scattered us; You have been displeased; take us back. 2 You have made the earth tremble; You have split it open;
1 Aug 2017Psalms 57–59 For the Music Director. To the melody of “Do Not Destroy.” A Miktam of David when he fled from Saul in the cave. 1 Be gracious to me, O God, be gracious to me! For my soul seeks refuge in You; in the shadow of Your wings I will make my refuge, until the ruinous storm passes by. 2 I will cry to God Most High, to God who vindicates me. 3 He
31 Jul 2017Psalms 54–56 For the Music Director. With stringed instruments. A Contemplative Maskil of David, when the Ziphites went and told Saul, “Is David not hiding among us?” 1 O God, save me by Your name, and judge me by Your strength. 2 O God, hear my prayer; give ear to the words of my mouth. 3 For strangers rise up against me, and formidable adversaries seek my life; they do not set God before them.
30 Jul 2017Psalms 51–53 For the Music Director. A Psalm of David, when Nathan the Prophet came to him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba. 1 Have mercy on me, O God, according to Your lovingkindness; according to the abundance of Your compassion, blot out my transgressions. 2 Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin. 3 For I acknowledge my transgressions, and my sin is ever before me. 4 Against You,
29 Jul 2017For the Music Director. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. 1 Hear this, all you people; give ear, all you inhabitants of the world, 2 both low and high, rich and poor together. 3 My mouth will speak wisdom, and the meditation of my heart will be understanding. 4 I will incline my ear to a parable; I will expound my riddle with a harp. 5 Why should I fear in the days of
28 Jul 2017Psalms 46–48 For the Music Director. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. According to Alamoth. A Song. 1 God is our refuge and strength, a well-proven help in trouble. 2 Therefore we will not fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea; 3 though its waters roar and foam, though the mountains shake with its swelling. Selah 4 There is a river whose streams