Psalms 81; Psalms 88; Psalms 92; Psalms 93

1 Sing for joy to God, our strength; shout out loud to the God of Jacob.

2 Begin the music. Play the tambourines. Play pleasant music on the harps and lyres.

3 Blow the trumpet at the time of the New Moon, when the moon is full, when our feast begins.

4 This is the law for Israel; it is the command of the God of Jacob.

5 He gave this rule to the people of Joseph when they went out of the land of Egypt. I heard a language I did not know, saying:

6 "I took the load off their shoulders; I let them put down their baskets.

7 When you were in trouble, you called, and I saved you. I answered you with thunder. I tested you at the waters of Meribah.Selah

8 My people, listen. I am warning you. Israel, please listen to me!

9 You must not have foreign gods; you must not worship any false god.

10 I, the Lord, am your God, who brought you out of Egypt. Open your mouth and I will feed you.

11 "But my people did not listen to me; Israel did not want me.

12 So I let them go their stubborn way and follow their own advice.

13 I wish my people would listen to me; I wish Israel would live my way.

14 Then I would quickly defeat their enemies and turn my hand against their foes.

15 Those who hate the Lord would bow before him. Their punishment would continue forever.

16 But I would give you the finest wheat and fill you with honey from the rocks." A psalm of Asaph.

1 Lord, you are the God who saves me. I cry out to you day and night.

2 Receive my prayer, and listen to my cry.

3 My life is full of troubles, and I am nearly dead.

4 They think I am on the way to my grave. I am like a man with no strength.

5 I have been left as dead, like a body lying in a grave whom you don't remember anymore, cut off from your care.

6 You have brought me close to death; I am almost in the dark place of the dead.

7 You have been very angry with me; all your waves crush me.Selah

8 You have taken my friends away from me and have made them hate me. I am trapped and cannot escape.

9 My eyes are weak from crying. Lord, I have prayed to you every day; I have lifted my hands in prayer to you.

10 Do you show your miracles for the dead? Do their spirits rise up and praise you?Selah

11 Will your love be told in the grave? Will your loyalty be told in the place of death?

12 Will your miracles be known in the dark grave? Will your goodness be known in the land of forgetfulness?

13 But, Lord, I have called out to you for help; every morning I pray to you.

14 Lord, why do you reject me? Why do you hide from me?

15 I have been weak and dying since I was young. I suffer from your terrors, and I am helpless.

16 You have been angry with me, and your terrors have destroyed me.

17 They surround me daily like a flood; they are all around me.

18 You have taken away my loved ones and friends. Darkness is my only friend. A maskil of Ethan the Ezrahite.

1 It is good to praise you, Lord, to sing praises to God Most High.

2 It is good to tell of your love in the morning and of your loyalty at night.

3 It is good to praise you with the ten-stringed lyre and with the soft-sounding harp.

4 Lord, you have made me happy by what you have done; I will sing for joy about what your hands have done.

5 Lord, you have done such great things! How deep are your thoughts!

6 Stupid people don't know these things, and fools don't understand.

7 Wicked people grow like the grass. Evil people seem to do well, but they will be destroyed forever.

8 But, Lord, you will be honored forever.

9 Lord, surely your enemies, surely your enemies will be destroyed, and all who do evil will be scattered.

10 But you have made me as strong as an ox. You have poured fine oils on me.

11 When I looked, I saw my enemies; I heard the cries of those who are against me.

12 But good people will grow like palm trees; they will be tall like the cedars of Lebanon.

13 Like trees planted in the Temple of the Lord, they will grow strong in the courtyards of our God.

14 When they are old, they will still produce fruit; they will be healthy and fresh.

15 They will say that the Lord is good. He is my Rock, and there is no wrong in him.

1 The Lord is king. He is clothed in majesty. The Lord is clothed in majesty and armed with strength. The world is set, and it cannot be moved.

2 Lord, your kingdom was set up long ago; you are everlasting.

3 Lord, the seas raise, the seas raise their voice. The seas raise up their pounding waves.

4 The sound of the water is loud; the ocean waves are powerful, but the Lord above is much greater.

5 Lord, your laws will stand forever. Your Temple will be holy forevermore.