Psalms 1; Psalms 2; Psalms 3; Psalms 4; Psalms 5; Psalms 6; Psalms 7; Psalms 8

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Psalms 1

1 Blessed is the person who does not follow the advice of wicked people, take the path of sinners, or join the company of mockers.
2 Rather, he delights in the teachings of the LORD and reflects on his teachings day and night.
3 He is like a tree planted beside streams-- a tree that produces fruit in season and whose leaves do not wither. He succeeds in everything he does.
4 Wicked people are not like that. Instead, they are like husks that the wind blows away.
5 That is why wicked people will not be able to stand in the judgment and sinners will not be able to stand where righteous people gather.
6 The LORD knows the way of righteous people, but the way of wicked people will end.
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Psalms 2

1 Why do the nations gather together? Why do their people devise useless plots?
2 Kings take their stands. Rulers make plans together against the LORD and against his Messiah by saying,
3 "Let's break apart their chains and shake off their ropes."
4 The one enthroned in heaven laughs. The Lord makes fun of them.
5 Then he speaks to them in his anger. In his burning anger he terrifies them by saying,
6 "I have installed my own king on Zion, my holy mountain."
7 I will announce the LORD's decree. He said to me: "You are my Son. Today I have become your Father.
8 Ask me, and I will give you the nations as your inheritance and the ends of the earth as your own possession.
9 You will break them with an iron scepter. You will smash them to pieces like pottery."
10 Now, you kings, act wisely. Be warned, you rulers of the earth!
11 Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling.
12 Kiss the Son, or he will become angry and you will die on your way because his anger will burst into flames. Blessed is everyone who takes refuge in him.
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Psalms 3

1 O LORD, look how my enemies have increased! Many are attacking me.
2 Many are saying about me, "Even with God [on his side], he won't be victorious." Selah
3 But you, O LORD, are a shield that surrounds me. You are my glory. You hold my head high.
4 I call aloud to the LORD, and he answers me from his holy mountain. Selah
5 I lie down and sleep. I wake up again because the LORD continues to support me.
6 I am not afraid of the tens of thousands who have taken positions against me on all sides.
7 Arise, O LORD! Save me, O my God! You have slapped all my enemies in the face. You have smashed the teeth of wicked people.
8 Victory belongs to the LORD! May your blessing rest on your people. Selah
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Psalms 4

1 Answer me when I call, O God of my righteousness. You have freed me from my troubles. Have pity on me, and hear my prayer!
2 You important people, how long are you going to insult my honor? How long are you going to love what is empty and seek what is a lie? Selah
3 Know that the LORD singles out godly people for himself. The LORD hears me when I call to him.
4 Tremble and do not sin. Think about this on your bed and remain quiet. Selah
5 Offer the sacrifices of righteousness by trusting the LORD.
6 Many are saying, "Who can show us anything good?" Let the light of your presence shine on us, O LORD.
7 You put more joy in my heart than when their grain and new wine increase.
8 I fall asleep in peace the moment I lie down because you alone, O LORD, enable me to live securely.
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Psalms 5

1 Open your ears to my words, O LORD. Consider my innermost thoughts.
2 Pay attention to my cry for help, my king and my God, because I pray only to you.
3 In the morning, O LORD, hear my voice. In the morning I lay my needs in front of you, and I wait.
4 You are not a God who takes pleasure in wickedness. Evil will never be your guest.
5 Those who brag cannot stand in your sight. You hate all troublemakers.
6 You destroy those who tell lies. The LORD is disgusted with bloodthirsty and deceitful people.
7 But I will enter your house because of your great mercy. Out of reverence for you, I will bow toward your holy temple.
8 O LORD, lead me in your righteousness because of those who spy on me. Make your way in front of me smooth.
9 Nothing in their mouths is truthful. Destruction comes from their hearts. Their throats are open graves. They flatter with their tongues.
10 Condemn them, O God. Let their own schemes be their downfall. Throw them out for their many crimes because they have rebelled against you.
11 But let all who take refuge in you rejoice. Let them sing with joy forever. Protect them, and let those who love your name triumph in you.
12 You bless righteous people, O LORD. Like a large shield, you surround them with your favor.
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Psalms 6

1 O LORD, do not punish me in your anger or discipline me in your rage.
2 Have pity on me, O LORD, because I am weak. Heal me, O LORD, because my bones shake with terror.
3 My soul has been deeply shaken with terror. But you, O LORD, how long...?
4 Come back, O LORD. Rescue me. Save me because of your mercy!
5 In death, no one remembers you. In the grave, who praises you?
6 I am worn out from my groaning. My eyes flood my bed every night. I soak my couch with tears.
7 My eyes blur from grief. They fail because of my enemies.
8 Get away from me, all you troublemakers, because the LORD has heard the sound of my crying.
9 The LORD has heard my plea for mercy. The LORD accepts my prayer.
10 All my enemies will be put to shame and deeply shaken with terror. In a moment they will retreat and be put to shame.
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Psalms 7

1 O LORD my God, I have taken refuge in you. Save me, and rescue me from all who are pursuing me.
2 Like a lion they will tear me to pieces and drag me off with no one to rescue me.
3 O LORD my God, if I have done this-- if my hands are stained with injustice,
4 if I have paid back my friend with evil or rescued someone who has no reason to attack me--
5 then let the enemy chase me and catch me. Let him trample my life into the ground. Let him lay my honor in the dust. Selah
6 Arise in anger, O LORD. Stand up against the fury of my attackers. Wake up, my God. You have already pronounced judgment.
7 Let an assembly of people gather around you. Take your seat high above them.
8 The LORD judges the people of the world. Judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness, according to my integrity.
9 Let the evil within wicked people come to an end, but make the righteous person secure, O righteous God who examines thoughts and emotions.
10 My shield is God above, who saves those whose motives are decent.
11 God is a fair judge, a God who is angered by injustice every day.
12 If a person does not change, God sharpens his sword. By bending his bow, he makes it ready [to shoot].
13 He prepares his deadly weapons and turns them into flaming arrows.
14 See how that person conceives evil, is pregnant with harm, and gives birth to lies.
15 He digs a pit and shovels it out. Then he falls into the hole that he made [for others].
16 His mischief lands back on his own head. His violence comes down on top of him.
17 I will give thanks to the LORD for his righteousness. I will make music to praise the name of the LORD Most High.
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Psalms 8

1 O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name throughout the earth! Your glory is sung above the heavens.
2 From the mouths of little children and infants, you have built a fortress against your opponents to silence the enemy and the avenger.
3 When I look at your heavens, the creation of your fingers, the moon and the stars that you have set in place--
4 what is a mortal that you remember him or the Son of Man that you take care of him?
5 You have made him a little lower than yourself. You have crowned him with glory and honor.
6 You have made him rule what your hands created. You have put everything under his control:
7 all the sheep and cattle, the wild animals,
8 the birds, the fish, whatever swims in the currents of the seas.
9 O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name throughout the earth!
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