My Soul Thirsts for You A Psalm of David. 143 Hear my prayer, O Lord;     give ear to my pleas for mercy!     In your faithfulness answer me, in your righteousness! 2 Enter not into judgment with your servant,     for no one living is righteous before you. 3 For the enemy has pursued my soul;     he has crushed my…

You Are My Refuge A Maskil of David, when he was in the cave. A Prayer. 142 With my voice I cry out to the Lord;     with my voice I plead for mercy to the Lord. 2 I pour out my complaint before him;     I tell my trouble before him. 3 When my spirit faints within me,     you…

Give Ear to My Voice A Psalm of David. 141 O Lord, I call upon you; hasten to me!     Give ear to my voice when I call to you! 2 Let my prayer be counted as incense before you,     and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice! 3 Set a guard, O Lord, over my…

Deliver Me, O Lord, from Evil Men To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. 140 Deliver me, O Lord, from evil men;     preserve me from violent men, 2 who plan evil things in their heart     and stir up wars continually. 3 They make their tongue sharp as a serpent’s,     and under their lips is the venom of asps.…

Search Me, O God, and Know My Heart To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. 139 O Lord, you have searched me and known me! 2 You know when I sit down and when I rise up;     you discern my thoughts from afar. 3 You search out my path and my lying down     and are acquainted with all…

Give Thanks to the Lord Of David. 138 I give you thanks, O Lord, with my whole heart;     before the gods I sing your praise; 2 I bow down toward your holy temple     and give thanks to your name for your steadfast love and your faithfulness,     for you have exalted above all things     your name and your…

How Shall We Sing the Lord’s Song? 137 By the waters of Babylon,     there we sat down and wept,     when we remembered Zion. 2 On the willows there     we hung up our lyres. 3 For there our captors     required of us songs, and our tormentors, mirth, saying,     “Sing us one of the songs of Zion!” 4 How shall we…

His Steadfast Love Endures Forever 136 Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good,     for his steadfast love endures forever. 2 Give thanks to the God of gods,     for his steadfast love endures forever. 3 Give thanks to the Lord of lords,     for his steadfast love endures forever; 4 to him who alone does great wonders,     for his…

Your Name, O Lord, Endures Forever 135 Praise the Lord! Praise the name of the Lord,     give praise, O servants of the Lord, 2 who stand in the house of the Lord,     in the courts of the house of our God! 3 Praise the Lord, for the Lord is good;     sing to his name, for it is pleasant!…

Come, Bless the Lord A Song of Ascents. 134 Come, bless the Lord, all you servants of the Lord,     who stand by night in the house of the Lord! 2 Lift up your hands to the holy place     and bless the Lord! 3 May the Lord bless you from Zion,     he who made heaven and earth!   This…