Psalms
Psalm 1
Last Updated: October 10, 2026Blessed is the man who doesn’t walk in the counsel of the wicked, nor stand on the path of sinners, nor sit in the seat of scoffers;but his delight is in the LORD’s law. On his law he meditates day and night.He will be like a tree planted by the streams of water, that produces...
Psalm 2
Last Updated: October 10, 2026Why do the nations rage, and the peoples plot a vain thing?The kings of the earth take a stand, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his Anointed, saying,“Let’s break their bonds apart, and cast their cords from us.”He who sits in the heavens will laugh. The Lord will have them...
Psalm 3
Last Updated: October 10, 2026A Psalm by David, when he fled from Absalom his son. LORD, how my adversaries have increased! Many are those who rise up against me.Many there are who say of my soul, “There is no help for him in God.” Selah.But you, LORD, are a shield around me, my glory, and the one who lifts...
Psalm 4
Last Updated: October 10, 2026For the Chief Musician; on stringed instruments. A Psalm by David. Answer me when I call, God of my righteousness. Give me relief from my distress. Have mercy on me, and hear my prayer.You sons of men, how long shall my glory be turned into dishonor? Will you love vanity and seek after falsehood? Selah.But...
Psalm 5
Last Updated: October 10, 2026For the Chief Musician, with the flutes. A Psalm by David. Give ear to my words, LORD. Consider my meditation.Listen to the voice of my cry, my King and my God, for I pray to you.LORD, in the morning you will hear my voice. In the morning I will lay my requests before you, and...
Psalm 6
Last Updated: October 10, 2026For the Chief Musician; on stringed instruments, upon the eight-stringed lyre. A Psalm by David. LORD, don’t rebuke me in your anger, neither discipline me in your wrath.Have mercy on me, LORD, for I am faint. LORD, heal me, for my bones are troubled.My soul is also in great anguish. But you, LORD–how long?Return, LORD....
Psalm 7
Last Updated: October 10, 2026A meditation by David, which he sang to the LORD, concerning the words of Cush, the Benjamite. LORD, my God, I take refuge in you. Save me from all those who pursue me, and deliver me,lest they tear apart my soul like a lion, ripping it in pieces, while there is no one to deliver.LORD,...
Psalm 8
Last Updated: October 10, 2026For the Chief Musician; on an instrument of Gath. A Psalm by David. LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory above the heavens!From the lips of babes and infants you have established strength, because of your adversaries, that you might silence the enemy and the...
Psalm 9
Last Updated: October 10, 2026For the Chief Musician. Set to “The Death of the Son.” A Psalm by David. I will give thanks to the LORD with my whole heart. I will tell of all your marvelous works.I will be glad and rejoice in you. I will sing praise to your name, O Most High.When my enemies turn back,...
Psalm 10
Last Updated: October 10, 2026Why do you stand far off, LORD? Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble?In arrogance, the wicked hunt down the weak. They are caught in the schemes that they devise.For the wicked boasts of his heart’s cravings. He blesses the greedy and condemns the LORD.The wicked, in the pride of his face, has...
Psalm 11
Last Updated: October 10, 2026For the Chief Musician. By David. In the LORD, I take refuge. How can you say to my soul, “Flee as a bird to your mountain”?For, behold, the wicked bend their bows. They set their arrows on the strings, that they may shoot in darkness at the upright in heart.If the foundations are destroyed, what...
Psalm 12
Last Updated: October 10, 2026For the Chief Musician; upon an eight-stringed lyre. A Psalm of David. Help, LORD; for the godly man ceases. For the faithful fail from among the children of men.Everyone lies to his neighbor. They speak with flattering lips, and with a double heart.May the LORD cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that boasts,who...
Psalm 13
Last Updated: October 10, 2026For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. How long, LORD? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me?How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart every day? How long shall my enemy triumph over me?Behold, and answer me, LORD, my God. Give...
Psalm 14
Last Updated: October 10, 2026For the Chief Musician. By David. The fool has said in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt. They have done abominable deeds. There is no one who does good.The LORD looked down from heaven on the children of men, to see if there were any who understood, who sought after God.They have...
Psalm 15
Last Updated: October 10, 2026A Psalm by David. LORD, who shall dwell in your sanctuary? Who shall live on your holy hill?He who walks blamelessly and does what is right, and speaks truth in his heart;he who doesn’t slander with his tongue, nor does evil to his friend, nor casts slurs against his fellow man;in whose eyes a vile...
Psalm 16
Last Updated: October 10, 2026A Poem by David. Preserve me, God, for I take refuge in you.My soul, you have said to the LORD, “You are my Lord. Apart from you I have no good thing.”As for the saints who are on the earth, they are the excellent ones in whom is all my delight.Their sorrows shall be multiplied...
Psalm 17
Last Updated: October 10, 2026A Prayer by David. Hear, LORD, my righteous plea. Give ear to my prayer that doesn’t go out of deceitful lips.Let my sentence come out of your presence. Let your eyes look on equity.You have proved my heart. You have visited me in the night. You have tried me, and found nothing. I have resolved...
Psalm 18
Last Updated: October 10, 2026For the Chief Musician. By David the servant of the LORD, who spoke to the LORD the words of this song in the day that the LORD delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul. He said, I love you, LORD, my strength.The LORD is my rock, my...
Psalm 19
Last Updated: October 10, 2026For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. The heavens declare the glory of God. The expanse shows his handiwork.Day after day they pour out speech, and night after night they display knowledge.There is no speech nor language where their voice is not heard.Their voice has gone out through all the earth, their words to...
Psalm 20
Last Updated: October 10, 2026For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. May the LORD answer you in the day of trouble. May the name of the God of Jacob set you up on high,send you help from the sanctuary, grant you support from Zion,remember all your offerings, and accept your burned sacrifice. Selah.May he grant you your heart’s...
Psalm 21
Last Updated: October 10, 2026For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. The king rejoices in your strength, LORD! How greatly he rejoices in your salvation!You have given him his heart’s desire, and have not withheld the request of his lips. Selah.For you meet him with the blessings of goodness. You set a crown of fine gold on his...
Psalm 22
Last Updated: October 10, 2026For the Chief Musician; set to “The Doe of the Morning.” A Psalm by David. My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from helping me, and from the words of my groaning?My God, I cry in the daytime, but you don’t answer; in the night season, and am...
Psalm 23
Last Updated: October 10, 2026A Psalm by David. The LORD is my shepherd; I shall lack nothing.He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters.He restores my soul. He guides me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear...
Psalm 24
Last Updated: October 10, 2026A Psalm by David. The earth is the LORD’s, with its fullness; the world, and those who dwell in it.For he has founded it on the seas, and established it on the floods.Who may ascend to the LORD’s hill? Who may stand in his holy place?He who has clean hands and a pure heart; who...
Psalm 25
Last Updated: October 10, 2026By David. To you, LORD, I lift up my soul.My God, I have trusted in you. Don’t let me be shamed. Don’t let my enemies triumph over me.Yes, no one who waits for you will be shamed. They will be shamed who deal treacherously without cause.Show me your ways, LORD. Teach me your paths.Guide me...
Psalm 26
Last Updated: October 10, 2026By David. Judge me, LORD, for I have walked in my integrity. I have trusted also in the LORD without wavering.Examine me, LORD, and prove me. Try my heart and my mind.For your loving kindness is before my eyes. I have walked in your truth.I have not sat with deceitful men, neither will I go...
Psalm 27
Last Updated: October 10, 2026By David. The LORD is my light and my salvation. Whom shall I fear? The LORD is the strength of my life. Of whom shall I be afraid?When evildoers came at me to eat up my flesh, even my adversaries and my foes, they stumbled and fell.Though an army should encamp against me, my heart...
Psalm 28
Last Updated: October 10, 2026By David. To you, LORD, I call. My rock, don’t be deaf to me, lest, if you are silent to me, I would become like those who go down into the pit.Hear the voice of my petitions, when I cry to you, when I lift up my hands toward your Most Holy Place.Don’t draw me...
Psalm 29
Last Updated: October 10, 2026A Psalm by David. Ascribe to the LORD, you sons of the mighty, ascribe to the LORD glory and strength.Ascribe to the LORD the glory due to his name. Worship the LORD in holy array.The LORD’s voice is on the waters. The God of glory thunders, even the LORD on many waters.The LORD’s voice is...
Psalm 30
Last Updated: October 10, 2026A Psalm. A Song for the Dedication of the Temple. By David. I will extol you, LORD, for you have raised me up, and have not made my foes to rejoice over me.LORD my God, I cried to you, and you have healed me.LORD, you have brought up my soul from Sheol. You have kept...
Psalm 31
Last Updated: October 10, 2026For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. In you, LORD, I take refuge. Let me never be disappointed. Deliver me in your righteousness.Bow down your ear to me. Deliver me speedily. Be to me a strong rock, a house of defense to save me.For you are my rock and my fortress, therefore for your...
Psalm 32
Last Updated: October 10, 2026By David. A contemplative psalm. Blessed is he whose disobedience is forgiven, whose sin is covered.Blessed is the man to whom the LORD doesn’t impute iniquity, in whose spirit there is no deceit.When I kept silence, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long.For day and night your hand was heavy on me....
Psalm 33
Last Updated: October 11, 2026Rejoice in the LORD, you righteous! Praise is fitting for the upright.Give thanks to the LORD with the lyre. Sing praises to him with the harp of ten strings.Sing to him a new song. Play skillfully with a shout of joy!For the LORD’s word is right. All his work is done in faithfulness.He loves righteousness...
Psalm 34
Last Updated: October 10, 2026By David; when he pretended to be insane before Abimelech, who drove him away, and he departed. I will bless the LORD at all times. His praise will always be in my mouth.My soul shall boast in the LORD. The humble shall hear of it and be glad.Oh magnify the LORD with me. Let’s exalt...
Psalm 35
Last Updated: October 10, 2026By David. Contend, LORD, with those who contend with me. Fight against those who fight against me.Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for my help.Brandish the spear and block those who pursue me. Tell my soul, “I am your salvation.”Let those who seek after my soul be disappointed and brought to dishonor....
Psalm 36
Last Updated: October 10, 2026For the Chief Musician. By David, the servant of the LORD. A revelation is within my heart about the disobedience of the wicked: There is no fear of God before his eyes.For he flatters himself in his own eyes, too much to detect and hate his sin.The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit....
Psalm 37
Last Updated: October 10, 2026By David. Don’t fret because of evildoers, neither be envious against those who work unrighteousness.For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither like the green herb.Trust in the LORD, and do good. Dwell in the land, and enjoy safe pasture.Also delight yourself in the LORD, and he will give you the...
Psalm 38
Last Updated: October 10, 2026A Psalm by David, for a memorial. LORD, don’t rebuke me in your wrath, neither chasten me in your hot displeasure.For your arrows have pierced me, your hand presses hard on me.There is no soundness in my flesh because of your indignation, neither is there any health in my bones because of my sin.For my...
Psalm 39
Last Updated: October 10, 2026For the Chief Musician. For Jeduthun. A Psalm by David. I said, “I will watch my ways, so that I don’t sin with my tongue. I will keep my mouth with a bridle while the wicked is before me.”I was mute with silence. I held my peace, even from good. My sorrow was stirred.My heart...
Psalm 40
Last Updated: October 10, 2026For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. I waited patiently for the LORD. He turned to me, and heard my cry.He brought me up also out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay. He set my feet on a rock, and gave me a firm place to stand.He has put a new...
Psalm 41
Last Updated: October 10, 2026For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. Blessed is he who considers the poor. The LORD will deliver him in the day of evil.The LORD will preserve him, and keep him alive. He shall be blessed on the earth, and he will not surrender him to the will of his enemies.The LORD will sustain...
Psalm 42
Last Updated: October 10, 2026For the Chief Musician. A contemplation by the sons of Korah. As the deer pants for the water brooks, so my soul pants after you, God.My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and appear before God?My tears have been my food day and night, while they continually ask me,...
Psalm 43
Last Updated: October 10, 2026Vindicate me, God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation. Oh, deliver me from deceitful and wicked men.For you are the God of my strength. Why have you rejected me? Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?Oh, send out your light and your truth. Let them lead me. Let...
Psalm 44
Last Updated: October 10, 2026For the Chief Musician. By the sons of Korah. A contemplative psalm. We have heard with our ears, God; our fathers have told us what work you did in their days, in the days of old.You drove out the nations with your hand, but you planted them. You afflicted the peoples, but you spread them...
Psalm 45
Last Updated: October 10, 2026For the Chief Musician. Set to “The Lilies.” A contemplation by the sons of Korah. A wedding song. My heart overflows with a noble theme. I recite my verses for the king. My tongue is like the pen of a skillful writer.You are the most excellent of the sons of men. Grace has anointed your...
Psalm 46
Last Updated: October 10, 2026For the Chief Musician. By the sons of Korah. According to Alamoth. God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.Therefore we won’t be afraid, though the earth changes, though the mountains are shaken into the heart of the seas;though its waters roar and are troubled, though the mountains tremble with their...
Psalm 47
Last Updated: October 10, 2026For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by the sons of Korah. Oh clap your hands, all you nations. Shout to God with the voice of triumph!For the LORD Most High is awesome. He is a great King over all the earth.He subdues nations under us, and peoples under our feet.He chooses our inheritance for us,...
Psalm 48
Last Updated: October 10, 2026A Song. A Psalm by the sons of Korah. Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised, in the city of our God, in his holy mountain.Beautiful in elevation, the joy of the whole earth, is Mount Zion, on the north sides, the city of the great King.God has shown himself in her citadels...
Psalm 49
Last Updated: October 10, 2026For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by the sons of Korah. Hear this, all you peoples. Listen, all you inhabitants of the world,both low and high, rich and poor together.My mouth will speak words of wisdom. My heart will utter understanding.I will incline my ear to a proverb. I will solve my riddle on the...
Psalm 50
Last Updated: October 10, 2026A Psalm by Asaph. The Mighty One, God, the LORD, speaks, and calls the earth from sunrise to sunset.Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God shines out.Our God comes, and does not keep silent. A fire devours before him. It is very stormy around him.He calls to the heavens above, to the earth, that...
Psalm 51
Last Updated: October 10, 2026For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David, when Nathan the prophet came to him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba. Have mercy on me, God, according to your loving kindness. According to the multitude of your tender mercies, blot out my transgressions.Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity. Cleanse me from my sin.For I...
Psalm 52
Last Updated: October 10, 2026For the Chief Musician. A contemplation by David, when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul, “David has come to Ahimelech’s house.” Why do you boast of mischief, mighty man? God’s loving kindness endures continually.Your tongue plots destruction, like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.You love evil more than good, lying rather than speaking the truth....
Psalm 53
Last Updated: October 10, 2026For the Chief Musician. To the tune of “Mahalath.” A contemplation by David. The fool has said in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt, and have done abominable iniquity. There is no one who does good.God looks down from heaven on the children of men, to see if there are any who...
Psalm 54
Last Updated: October 10, 2026For the Chief Musician. On stringed instruments. A contemplation by David, when the Ziphites came and said to Saul, “Isn’t David hiding himself among us?” Save me, God, by your name. Vindicate me in your might.Hear my prayer, God. Listen to the words of my mouth.For strangers have risen up against me. Violent men have...
Psalm 55
Last Updated: October 10, 2026For the Chief Musician. On stringed instruments. A contemplation by David. Listen to my prayer, God. Don’t hide yourself from my supplication.Attend to me, and answer me. I am restless in my complaint, and moanbecause of the voice of the enemy, because of the oppression of the wicked. For they bring suffering on me. In...
Psalm 56
Last Updated: October 10, 2026For the Chief Musician. To the tune of “Silent Dove in Distant Lands.” A poem by David, when the Philistines seized him in Gath. Be merciful to me, God, for man wants to swallow me up. All day long, he attacks and oppresses me.My enemies want to swallow me up all day long, for they...
Psalm 57
Last Updated: October 10, 2026For the Chief Musician. To the tune of “Do Not Destroy.” A poem by David, when he fled from Saul, in the cave. Be merciful to me, God, be merciful to me, for my soul takes refuge in you. Yes, in the shadow of your wings, I will take refuge, until disaster has passed.I cry...
Psalm 58
Last Updated: October 10, 2026For the Chief Musician. To the tune of “Do Not Destroy.” A poem by David. Do you indeed speak righteousness, silent ones? Do you judge blamelessly, you sons of men?No, in your heart you plot injustice. You measure out the violence of your hands on the earth.The wicked go astray from the womb. They are...
Psalm 59
Last Updated: October 10, 2026For the Chief Musician. To the tune of “Do Not Destroy.” A poem by David, when Saul sent, and they watched the house to kill him. Deliver me from my enemies, my God. Set me on high from those who rise up against me.Deliver me from the workers of iniquity. Save me from the bloodthirsty...
Psalm 60
Last Updated: October 10, 2026For the Chief Musician. To the tune of “The Lily of the Covenant.” A teaching poem by David, when he fought with Aram Naharaim and with Aram Zobah, and Joab returned, and killed twelve thousand of Edom in the Valley of Salt. God, you have rejected us. You have broken us down. You have been...
Psalm 61
Last Updated: October 10, 2026For the Chief Musician. For a stringed instrument. By David. Hear my cry, God. Listen to my prayer.From the end of the earth, I will call to you when my heart is overwhelmed. Lead me to the rock that is higher than I.For you have been a refuge for me, a strong tower from the...
Psalm 62
Last Updated: October 10, 2026For the Chief Musician. To Jeduthun. A Psalm by David. My soul rests in God alone. My salvation is from him.He alone is my rock, my salvation, and my fortress. I will never be greatly shaken.How long will you assault a man? Would all of you throw him down, like a leaning wall, like a...
Psalm 63
Last Updated: October 10, 2026A Psalm by David, when he was in the desert of Judah. God, you are my God. I will earnestly seek you. My soul thirsts for you. My flesh longs for you, in a dry and weary land, where there is no water.So I have seen you in the sanctuary, watching your power and your...
Psalm 64
Last Updated: October 10, 2026For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. Hear my voice, God, in my complaint. Preserve my life from fear of the enemy.Hide me from the conspiracy of the wicked, from the noisy crowd of the ones doing evil;who sharpen their tongue like a sword, and aim their arrows, deadly words,to shoot innocent men from...
Psalm 65
Last Updated: October 10, 2026For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. A song. Praise waits for you, God, in Zion. Vows shall be performed to you.You who hear prayer, all men will come to you.Sins overwhelmed me, but you atoned for our transgressions.Blessed is the one whom you choose and cause to come near, that he may live...
Psalm 66
Last Updated: October 10, 2026For the Chief Musician. A song. A Psalm. Make a joyful shout to God, all the earth!Sing to the glory of his name! Offer glory and praise!Tell God, “How awesome are your deeds! Through the greatness of your power, your enemies submit themselves to you.All the earth will worship you, and will sing to you;...
Psalm 67
Last Updated: October 10, 2026For the Chief Musician. With stringed instruments. A Psalm. A song. May God be merciful to us, bless us, and cause his face to shine on us. Selah.That your way may be known on earth, and your salvation among all nations,let the peoples praise you, God. Let all the peoples praise you.Oh let the nations...
Psalm 68
Last Updated: October 11, 2026For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. A song. Let God arise! Let his enemies be scattered! Let them who hate him also flee before him.As smoke is driven away, so drive them away. As wax melts before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God.But let the righteous be...
Psalm 69
Last Updated: October 10, 2026For the Chief Musician. To the tune of “Lilies.” By David. Save me, God, for the waters have come up to my neck!I sink in deep mire, where there is no foothold. I have come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.I am weary with my crying. My throat is dry. My eyes fail...
Psalm 70
Last Updated: October 10, 2026For the Chief Musician. By David. A reminder. Hurry, God, to deliver me. Come quickly to help me, LORD.Let them be disappointed and confounded who seek my soul. Let those who desire my ruin be turned back in disgrace.Let them be turned because of their shame who say, “Aha! Aha!”Let all those who seek you...
Psalm 71
Last Updated: October 10, 2026In you, LORD, I take refuge. Never let me be disappointed.Deliver me in your righteousness, and rescue me. Turn your ear to me, and save me.Be to me a rock of refuge to which I may always go. Give the command to save me, for you are my rock and my fortress.Rescue me, my God,...
Psalm 72
Last Updated: October 10, 2026By Solomon. God, give the king your justice; your righteousness to the royal son.He will judge your people with righteousness, and your poor with justice.The mountains shall bring prosperity to the people. The hills bring the fruit of righteousness.He will judge the poor of the people. He will save the children of the needy, and...
Psalm 73
Last Updated: October 10, 2026A Psalm by Asaph. Surely God is good to Israel, to those who are pure in heart.But as for me, my feet were almost gone. My steps had nearly slipped.For I was envious of the arrogant, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.For there are no struggles in their death, but their strength is...
Psalm 74
Last Updated: October 10, 2026A contemplation by Asaph. God, why have you rejected us forever? Why does your anger smolder against the sheep of your pasture?Remember your congregation, which you purchased of old, which you have redeemed to be the tribe of your inheritance: Mount Zion, in which you have lived.Lift up your feet to the perpetual ruins, all...
Psalm 75
Last Updated: October 10, 2026For the Chief Musician. To the tune of “Do Not Destroy.” A Psalm by Asaph. A song. We give thanks to you, God. We give thanks, for your Name is near. Men tell about your wondrous works.When I choose the appointed time, I will judge blamelessly.The earth and all its inhabitants quake. I firmly hold...
Psalm 76
Last Updated: October 10, 2026For the Chief Musician. On stringed instruments. A Psalm by Asaph. A song. In Judah, God is known. His name is great in Israel.His tabernacle is also in Salem. His dwelling place in Zion.There he broke the flaming arrows of the bow, the shield, and the sword, and the weapons of war. Selah.Glorious are you,...
Psalm 77
Last Updated: October 10, 2026For the Chief Musician. To Jeduthun. A Psalm by Asaph. My cry goes to God! Indeed, I cry to God for help, and for him to listen to me.In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord. My hand was stretched out in the night, and didn’t get tired. My soul refused to be...
Psalm 78
Last Updated: October 10, 2026A contemplation by Asaph. Hear my teaching, my people. Turn your ears to the words of my mouth.I will open my mouth in a parable. I will utter dark sayings of old,which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us.We will not hide them from their children, telling to the generation to...
Psalm 79
Last Updated: October 10, 2026A Psalm by Asaph. God, the nations have come into your inheritance. They have defiled your holy temple. They have laid Jerusalem in heaps.They have given the dead bodies of your servants to be food for the birds of the sky, the flesh of your saints to the animals of the earth.They have shed their...
Psalm 80
Last Updated: October 10, 2026For the Chief Musician. To the tune of “The Lilies of the Covenant.” A Psalm by Asaph. Hear us, Shepherd of Israel, you who lead Joseph like a flock, you who sit above the cherubim, shine out.Before Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasseh, stir up your might! Come to save us!Turn us again, God. Cause your face...
Psalm 81
Last Updated: October 10, 2026For the Chief Musician. On an instrument of Gath. By Asaph. Sing aloud to God, our strength! Make a joyful shout to the God of Jacob!Raise a song, and bring here the tambourine, the pleasant lyre with the harp.Blow the trumpet at the New Moon, at the full moon, on our feast day.For it is...
Psalm 82
Last Updated: October 10, 2026A Psalm by Asaph. God presides in the great assembly. He judges among the gods.“How long will you judge unjustly, and show partiality to the wicked?” Selah.“Defend the weak, the poor, and the fatherless. Maintain the rights of the poor and oppressed.Rescue the weak and needy. Deliver them out of the hand of the wicked.”They...
Psalm 83
Last Updated: October 10, 2026A song. A Psalm by Asaph. God, don’t keep silent. Don’t keep silent, and don’t be still, God.For, behold, your enemies are stirred up. Those who hate you have lifted up their heads.They conspire with cunning against your people. They plot against your cherished ones.“Come,” they say, “let’s destroy them as a nation, that the...
Psalm 84
Last Updated: October 10, 2026For the Chief Musician. On an instrument of Gath. A Psalm by the sons of Korah. How lovely are your dwellings, LORD of Armies!My soul longs, and even faints for the courts of the LORD. My heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.Yes, the sparrow has found a home, and the swallow...
Psalm 85
Last Updated: October 10, 2026For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by the sons of Korah. LORD, you have been favorable to your land. You have restored the fortunes of Jacob.You have forgiven the iniquity of your people. You have covered all their sin. Selah.You have taken away all your wrath. You have turned from the fierceness of your anger.Turn...
Psalm 86
Last Updated: October 10, 2026A Prayer by David. Hear, LORD, and answer me, for I am poor and needy.Preserve my soul, for I am godly. You, my God, save your servant who trusts in you.Be merciful to me, Lord, for I call to you all day long.Bring joy to the soul of your servant, for to you, Lord, do...
Psalm 87
Last Updated: October 10, 2026A Psalm by the sons of Korah; a Song. His foundation is in the holy mountains.The LORD loves the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.Glorious things are spoken about you, city of God. Selah.I will record Rahab and Babylon among those who acknowledge me. Behold, Philistia, Tyre, and also Ethiopia: “This...
Psalm 88
Last Updated: October 10, 2026A Song. A Psalm by the sons of Korah. For the Chief Musician. To the tune of “The Suffering of Affliction.” A contemplation by Heman, the Ezrahite. LORD, the God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before you.Let my prayer enter into your presence. Turn your ear to my cry.For my soul...
Psalm 89
Last Updated: October 10, 2026A contemplation by Ethan, the Ezrahite. I will sing of the loving kindness of the LORD forever. With my mouth, I will make known your faithfulness to all generations.I indeed declare, “Love stands firm forever. You established the heavens. Your faithfulness is in them.”“I have made a covenant with my chosen one, I have sworn...
Psalm 90
Last Updated: October 10, 2026A Prayer by Moses, the man of God. Lord, you have been our dwelling place for all generations.Before the mountains were born, before you had formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, you are God.You turn man to destruction, saying, “Return, you children of men.”For a thousand years in your sight...
Psalm 91
Last Updated: October 10, 2026He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.I will say of the LORD, “He is my refuge and my fortress; my God, in whom I trust.”For he will deliver you from the snare of the fowler, and from the deadly pestilence.He will cover you...
Psalm 92
Last Updated: October 10, 2026A Psalm. A song for the Sabbath day. It is a good thing to give thanks to the LORD, to sing praises to your name, Most High,to proclaim your loving kindness in the morning, and your faithfulness every night,with the ten-stringed lute, with the harp, and with the melody of the lyre.For you, LORD, have...
Psalm 93
Last Updated: October 10, 2026The LORD reigns! He is clothed with majesty! The LORD is armed with strength. The world also is established. It can’t be moved.Your throne is established from long ago. You are from everlasting.The floods have lifted up, LORD, the floods have lifted up their voice. The floods lift up their waves.Above the voices of many...
Psalm 94
Last Updated: October 10, 2026LORD, you God to whom vengeance belongs, you God to whom vengeance belongs, shine out.Rise up, you judge of the earth. Pay back the proud what they deserve.LORD, how long will the wicked, how long will the wicked triumph?They pour out arrogant words. All the evildoers boast.They break your people in pieces, LORD, and afflict...
Psalm 95
Last Updated: October 10, 2026Oh come, let’s sing to the LORD. Let’s shout aloud to the rock of our salvation!Let’s come before his presence with thanksgiving. Let’s extol him with songs!For the LORD is a great God, a great King above all gods.In his hand are the deep places of the earth. The heights of the mountains are also...
Psalm 96
Last Updated: October 10, 2026Sing to the LORD a new song! Sing to the LORD, all the earth.Sing to the LORD! Bless his name! Proclaim his salvation from day to day!Declare his glory among the nations, his marvelous works among all the peoples.For the LORD is great, and greatly to be praised! He is to be feared above all...
Psalm 97
Last Updated: October 10, 2026The LORD reigns! Let the earth rejoice! Let the multitude of islands be glad!Clouds and darkness are around him. Righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne.A fire goes before him, and burns up his adversaries on every side.His lightning lights up the world. The earth sees, and trembles.The mountains melt like wax at...
Psalm 98
Last Updated: October 10, 2026A Psalm. Sing to the LORD a new song, for he has done marvelous things! His right hand and his holy arm have worked salvation for him.The LORD has made known his salvation. He has openly shown his righteousness in the sight of the nations.He has remembered his loving kindness and his faithfulness toward the...
Psalm 99
Last Updated: October 10, 2026The LORD reigns! Let the peoples tremble. He sits enthroned among the cherubim. Let the earth be moved.The LORD is great in Zion. He is high above all the peoples.Let them praise your great and awesome name. He is Holy!The King’s strength also loves justice. You establish equity. You execute justice and righteousness in Jacob.Exalt...
Psalm 100
Last Updated: October 10, 2026A Psalm of thanksgiving. Shout for joy to the LORD, all you lands!Serve the LORD with gladness. Come before his presence with singing.Know that the LORD, he is God. It is he who has made us, and we are his. We are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.Enter into his gates with thanksgiving,...
Psalm 101
Last Updated: October 10, 2026A Psalm by David. I will sing of loving kindness and justice. To you, LORD, I will sing praises.I will be careful to live a blameless life. When will you come to me? I will walk within my house with a blameless heart.I will set no vile thing before my eyes. I hate the deeds...
Psalm 102
Last Updated: October 10, 2026A Prayer of the afflicted, when he is overwhelmed and pours out his complaint before the LORD. Hear my prayer, LORD! Let my cry come to you.Don’t hide your face from me in the day of my distress. Turn your ear to me. Answer me quickly in the day when I call.For my days consume...
Psalm 103
Last Updated: October 10, 2026By David. Praise the LORD, my soul! All that is within me, praise his holy name!Praise the LORD, my soul, and don’t forget all his benefits,who forgives all your sins, who heals all your diseases,who redeems your life from destruction, who crowns you with loving kindness and tender mercies,who satisfies your desire with good things,...
Psalm 104
Last Updated: October 10, 2026Bless the LORD, my soul. The LORD, my God, you are very great. You are clothed with honor and majesty.He covers himself with light as with a garment. He stretches out the heavens like a curtain.He lays the beams of his rooms in the waters. He makes the clouds his chariot. He walks on the...
Psalm 105
Last Updated: October 10, 2026Give thanks to the LORD! Call on his name! Make his doings known among the peoples.Sing to him, sing praises to him! Tell of all his marvelous works.Glory in his holy name. Let the heart of those who seek the LORD rejoice.Seek the LORD and his strength. Seek his face forever more.Remember his marvelous works...
Psalm 106
Last Updated: October 10, 2026Praise the LORD! Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever.Who can utter the mighty acts of the LORD, or fully declare all his praise?Blessed are those who keep justice. Blessed is one who does what is right at all times.Remember me, LORD, with the favor that you...
Psalm 107
Last Updated: October 10, 2026Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever.Let the redeemed by the LORD say so, whom he has redeemed from the hand of the adversary,and gathered out of the lands, from the east and from the west, from the north and from the south.They wandered in the wilderness...
Psalm 108
Last Updated: October 10, 2026A Song. A Psalm by David. My heart is steadfast, God. I will sing and I will make music with my soul.Wake up, harp and lyre! I will wake up the dawn.I will give thanks to you, LORD, among the nations. I will sing praises to you among the peoples.For your loving kindness is great...
Psalm 109
Last Updated: October 10, 2026For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. God of my praise, don’t remain silent,for they have opened the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of deceit against me. They have spoken to me with a lying tongue.They have also surrounded me with words of hatred, and fought against me without a cause.In return...
Psalm 110
Last Updated: October 10, 2026A Psalm by David. The LORD says to my Lord, “Sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies your footstool for your feet.”The LORD will send out the rod of your strength out of Zion. Rule among your enemies.Your people offer themselves willingly in the day of your power, in holy array. Out...
Psalm 111
Last Updated: October 10, 2026Praise the LORD! I will give thanks to the LORD with my whole heart, in the council of the upright, and in the congregation.The LORD’s works are great, pondered by all those who delight in them.His work is honor and majesty. His righteousness endures forever.He has caused his wonderful works to be remembered. The LORD...
Psalm 112
Last Updated: October 10, 2026Praise the LORD! Blessed is the man who fears the LORD, who delights greatly in his commandments.His offspring will be mighty in the land. The generation of the upright will be blessed.Wealth and riches are in his house. His righteousness endures forever.Light dawns in the darkness for the upright, gracious, merciful, and righteous.It is well...
Psalm 113
Last Updated: October 10, 2026Praise the LORD! Praise, you servants of the LORD, praise the LORD’s name.Blessed be the LORD’s name, from this time forward and forever more.From the rising of the sun to its going down, the LORD’s name is to be praised.The LORD is high above all nations, his glory above the heavens.Who is like the LORD,...
Psalm 114
Last Updated: October 10, 2026When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of foreign language,Judah became his sanctuary, Israel his dominion.The sea saw it, and fled. The Jordan was driven back.The mountains skipped like rams, the little hills like lambs.What was it, you sea, that you fled? You Jordan, that you turned back?You mountains,...
Psalm 115
Last Updated: October 10, 2026Not to us, LORD, not to us, but to your name give glory, for your loving kindness, and for your truth’s sake.Why should the nations say, “Where is their God, now?”But our God is in the heavens. He does whatever he pleases.Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men’s hands.They have mouths, but...
Psalm 116
Last Updated: October 10, 2026I love the LORD, because he listens to my voice, and my cries for mercy.Because he has turned his ear to me, therefore I will call on him as long as I live.The cords of death surrounded me, the pains of Sheol got a hold of me. I found trouble and sorrow.Then I called on...
Psalm 117
Last Updated: October 10, 2026Praise the LORD, all you nations! Extol him, all you peoples!For his loving kindness is great toward us. The LORD’s faithfulness endures forever. Praise the LORD!
Psalm 118
Last Updated: October 10, 2026Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever.Let Israel now say that his loving kindness endures forever.Let the house of Aaron now say that his loving kindness endures forever.Now let those who fear the LORD say that his loving kindness endures forever.Out of my distress, I called on...
Psalm 119
Last Updated: October 10, 2026ALEPH Blessed are those whose ways are blameless, who walk according to the LORD’s law.Blessed are those who keep his statutes, who seek him with their whole heart.Yes, they do nothing wrong. They walk in his ways.You have commanded your precepts, that we should fully obey them.Oh that my ways were steadfast to obey your...
Psalm 120
Last Updated: October 10, 2026A Song of Ascents. In my distress, I cried to the LORD. He answered me.Deliver my soul, LORD, from lying lips, from a deceitful tongue.What will be given to you, and what will be done more to you, you deceitful tongue?Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.Woe is me, that I live in...
Psalm 121
Last Updated: October 11, 2026A Song of Ascents. I will lift up my eyes to the hills. Where does my ezer (H5828) come from?My ezer (H5828) comes from the LORD, who made heaven and earth.He will not allow your foot to be moved. He who keeps you will not slumber.Behold, he who keeps Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.The...
Psalm 122
Last Updated: October 10, 2026A Song of Ascents. By David. I was glad when they said to me, “Let’s go to the LORD’s house!”Our feet are standing within your gates, Jerusalem!Jerusalem is built as a city that is compact together,where the tribes go up, even the LORD’s tribes, according to an ordinance for Israel, to give thanks to the...
Psalm 123
Last Updated: October 10, 2026A Song of Ascents. I lift up my eyes to you, you who sit in the heavens.Behold, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master, as the eyes of a maid to the hand of her mistress, so our eyes look to the LORD, our God, until he has mercy on...
Psalm 124
Last Updated: October 10, 2026A Song of Ascents. By David. If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, let Israel now say,if it had not been the LORD who was on our side, when men rose up against us,then they would have swallowed us up alive, when their wrath was kindled against us,then the waters...
Psalm 125
Last Updated: October 10, 2026A Song of Ascents. Those who trust in the LORD are as Mount Zion, which can’t be moved, but remains forever.As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the LORD surrounds his people from this time forward and forever more.For the scepter of wickedness won’t remain over the allotment of the righteous, so that the righteous won’t...
Psalm 126
Last Updated: October 10, 2026A Song of Ascents. When the LORD brought back those who returned to Zion, we were like those who dream.Then our mouth was filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing. Then they said among the nations, “The LORD has done great things for them.”The LORD has done great things for us, and we are...
Psalm 127
Last Updated: October 10, 2026A Song of Ascents. By Solomon. Unless the LORD builds the house, they who build it labor in vain. Unless the LORD watches over the city, the watchman guards it in vain.It is vain for you to rise up early, to stay up late, eating the bread of toil, for he gives sleep to his...
Psalm 128
Last Updated: October 10, 2026A Song of Ascents. Blessed is everyone who fears the LORD, who walks in his ways.For you will eat the labor of your hands. You will be happy, and it will be well with you.Your wife will be as a fruitful vine in the innermost parts of your house, your children like olive shoots around...
Psalm 129
Last Updated: October 10, 2026A Song of Ascents. Many times they have afflicted me from my youth up. Let Israel now say:many times they have afflicted me from my youth up, yet they have not prevailed against me.The plowers plowed on my back. They made their furrows long.The LORD is righteous. He has cut apart the cords of the...
Psalm 130
Last Updated: October 10, 2026A Song of Ascents. Out of the depths I have cried to you, LORD.Lord, hear my voice. Let your ears be attentive to the voice of my petitions.If you, LORD, kept a record of sins, Lord, who could stand?But there is forgiveness with you, therefore you are feared.I wait for the LORD. My soul waits....
Psalm 131
Last Updated: October 10, 2026A Song of Ascents. By David. LORD, my heart isn’t arrogant, nor my eyes lofty; nor do I concern myself with great matters, or things too wonderful for me.Surely I have stilled and quieted my soul, like a weaned child with his mother, like a weaned child is my soul within me.Israel, hope in the...
Psalm 132
Last Updated: October 10, 2026A Song of Ascents. LORD, remember David and all his affliction,how he swore to the LORD, and vowed to the Mighty One of Jacob:“Surely I will not come into the structure of my house, nor go up into my bed;I will not give sleep to my eyes, or slumber to my eyelids,until I find out...
Psalm 133
Last Updated: October 10, 2026A Song of Ascents. By David. See how good and how pleasant it is for brothers to live together in unity!It is like the precious oil on the head, that ran down on the beard, even Aaron’s beard, that came down on the edge of his robes,like the dew of Hermon, that comes down on...
Psalm 134
Last Updated: October 10, 2026A Song of Ascents. Look! Praise the LORD, all you servants of the LORD, who stand by night in the LORD’s house!Lift up your hands in the sanctuary. Praise the LORD!May the LORD bless you from Zion, even he who made heaven and earth.
Psalm 135
Last Updated: October 10, 2026Praise the LORD! Praise the LORD’s name! Praise him, you servants of the LORD,you who stand in the LORD’s house, in the courts of our God’s house.Praise the LORD, for the LORD is good. Sing praises to his name, for that is pleasant.For the LORD has chosen Jacob for himself, Israel for his own possession.For...
Psalm 136
Last Updated: October 10, 2026Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever.Give thanks to the God of gods, for his loving kindness endures forever.Give thanks to the Lord of lords, for his loving kindness endures forever;to him who alone does great wonders, for his loving kindness endures forever;to him who by understanding...
Psalm 137
Last Updated: October 10, 2026By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down. Yes, we wept, when we remembered Zion.On the willows in that land, we hung up our harps.For there, those who led us captive asked us for songs. Those who tormented us demanded songs of joy: “Sing us one of the songs of Zion!”How can we sing...
Psalm 138
Last Updated: October 10, 2026By David. I will give you thanks with my whole heart. Before the gods, I will sing praises to you.I will bow down toward your holy temple, and give thanks to your Name for your loving kindness and for your truth; for you have exalted your Name and your Word above all.In the day that...
Psalm 139
Last Updated: October 10, 2026For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. LORD, you have searched me, and you know me.You know my sitting down and my rising up. You perceive my thoughts from afar.You search out my path and my lying down, and are acquainted with all my ways.For there is not a word on my tongue, but...
Psalm 140
Last Updated: October 10, 2026For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. Deliver me, LORD, from evil men. Preserve me from violent men:those who devise mischief in their hearts. They continually gather themselves together for war.They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent. Viper’s poison is under their lips. Selah.LORD, keep me from the hands of the wicked. Preserve...
Psalm 141
Last Updated: October 10, 2026A Psalm by David. LORD, I have called on you. Come to me quickly! Listen to my voice when I call to you.Let my prayer be set before you like incense; the lifting up of my hands like the evening sacrifice.Set a watch, LORD, before my mouth. Keep the door of my lips.Don’t incline my...
Psalm 142
Last Updated: October 10, 2026A contemplation by David, when he was in the cave. A Prayer. I cry with my voice to the LORD. With my voice, I ask the LORD for mercy.I pour out my complaint before him. I tell him my troubles.When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, you knew my route. On the path in which...
Psalm 143
Last Updated: October 10, 2026A Psalm by David. Hear my prayer, LORD. Listen to my petitions. In your faithfulness and righteousness, relieve me.Don’t enter into judgment with your servant, for in your sight no man living is righteous.For the enemy pursues my soul. He has struck my life down to the ground. He has made me live in dark...
Psalm 144
Last Updated: October 10, 2026By David. Blessed be the LORD, my rock, who trains my hands to war, and my fingers to battle–my loving kindness, my fortress, my high tower, my deliverer, my shield, and he in whom I take refuge, who subdues my people under me.LORD, what is man, that you care for him? Or the son of...
Psalm 145
Last Updated: October 10, 2026A praise psalm by David. I will exalt you, my God, the King. I will praise your name forever and ever.Every day I will praise you. I will extol your name forever and ever.Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised! His greatness is unsearchable.One generation will commend your works to another, and will...
Psalm 146
Last Updated: October 10, 2026Praise the LORD! Praise the LORD, my soul.While I live, I will praise the LORD. I will sing praises to my God as long as I exist.Don’t put your trust in princes, in a son of man in whom there is no help.His spirit departs, and he returns to the earth. In that very day,...
Psalm 147
Last Updated: October 10, 2026Praise the LORD, for it is good to sing praises to our God; for it is pleasant and fitting to praise him.The LORD builds up Jerusalem. He gathers together the outcasts of Israel.He heals the broken in heart, and binds up their wounds.He counts the number of the stars. He calls them all by their...
Psalm 148
Last Updated: October 10, 2026Praise the LORD! Praise the LORD from the heavens! Praise him in the heights!Praise him, all his angels! Praise him, all his army!Praise him, sun and moon! Praise him, all you shining stars!Praise him, you heavens of heavens, you waters that are above the heavens.Let them praise the LORD’s name, for he commanded, and they...
Psalm 149
Last Updated: October 10, 2026Praise the LORD! Sing to the LORD a new song, his praise in the assembly of the saints.Let Israel rejoice in him who made them. Let the children of Zion be joyful in their King.Let them praise his name in the dance! Let them sing praises to him with tambourine and harp!For the LORD takes...
Psalm 150
Last Updated: October 10, 2026Praise the LORD! Praise God in his sanctuary! Praise him in his heavens for his acts of power!Praise him for his mighty acts! Praise him according to his excellent greatness!Praise him with the sounding of the trumpet! Praise him with harp and lyre!Praise him with tambourine and dancing! Praise him with stringed instruments and flute!Praise...