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For the choirmaster. Of David the servant of the LORD, who sang this song to the LORD on the day the LORD had delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul. He said: I love You, O LORD, my strength.

Guide me in Your truth and teach me, for You are the God of my salvation; all day long I wait for You.

Redeem Israel, O God, from all its distress.

I wash my hands in innocence that I may go about Your altar, O LORD,

When the wicked came upon me to devour my flesh, my enemies and foes stumbled and fell.

One thing I have asked of the LORD; this is what I desire: to dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of the LORD and seek Him in His temple.

My heart said, “Seek His face.” Your face, O LORD, I will seek.

Save Your people and bless Your inheritance; shepherd them and carry them forever.

The voice of the LORD breaks the cedars; the LORD shatters the cedars of Lebanon.

The LORD gives His people strength; the LORD blesses His people with peace.

Into Your hands I commit my spirit; You have redeemed me, O LORD, God of truth.

I will be glad and rejoice in Your loving devotion, for You have seen my affliction; You have known the anguish of my soul.

Love the LORD, all His saints. The LORD preserves the faithful, but fully repays the arrogant.

The LORD looks down from heaven; He sees all the sons of men.

Of David, when he pretended to be insane before Abimelech, so that the king drove him away. I will bless the LORD at all times; His praise will always be on my lips.

I sought the LORD, and He answered me; He delivered me from all my fears.

Fear the LORD, you His saints, for those who fear Him lack nothing.

The LORD is near to the brokenhearted; He saves the contrite in spirit.

For the LORD loves justice and will not forsake His saints. They are preserved forever, but the offspring of the wicked will be cut off.

He chooses our inheritance for us, the pride of Jacob, whom He loves. Selah

In Your good pleasure, cause Zion to prosper; build up the walls of Jerusalem.

God looks down from heaven upon the sons of men to see if any understand, if any seek God.

For the choirmaster. To the tune of “A Dove on Distant Oaks.” A Miktam of David, when the Philistines seized him in Gath. Be merciful to me, O God, for men are hounding me; all day they press their attack.

For the choirmaster. To the tune of “Do Not Destroy.” A Miktam of David, when Saul sent men to watch David’s house in order to kill him. Deliver me from my enemies, O my God; protect me from those who rise against me.

For the choirmaster. To the tune of “The Lily of the Covenant.” A Miktam of David for instruction. When he fought Aram-naharaim and Aram-zobah, and Joab returned and struck down 12,000 Edomites in the Valley of Salt. You have rejected us, O God; You have broken us; You have been angry; restore us!

God blesses us, that all the ends of the earth shall fear Him.

For the LORD listens to the needy and does not despise His captive people.

And blessed be His glorious name forever; may all the earth be filled with His glory. Amen and amen.

For He established a testimony in Jacob and appointed a law in Israel, which He commanded our fathers to teach to their children,

They did not remember His power—the day He redeemed them from the adversary,

He led them safely, so they did not fear, but the sea engulfed their enemies.

But they tested and disobeyed God Most High, for they did not keep His decrees.

But He chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion, which He loved.

A Psalm of Asaph. The nations, O God, have invaded Your inheritance; they have defiled Your holy temple and reduced Jerusalem to rubble.

They have given the corpses of Your servants as food to the birds of the air, the flesh of Your saints to the beasts of the earth.

…for they have devoured Jacob and devastated his homeland.

…before Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasseh. Rally Your mighty power and come to save us.

…who said, “Let us possess for ourselves the pastures of God.”

A senseless man does not know, and a fool does not understand,

He will bring upon them their own iniquity and destroy them for their wickedness. The LORD our God will destroy them.

He has remembered His love and faithfulness to the house of Israel; all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.