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Meditation Psalm 8b

For the director of music. According to gittith. A psalm of David.Lord, our Lord,how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your gloryin the heavens.Through the praise of children and infantsyou have established a stronghold against your enemies,to silence the foe and the avenger.When I consider your heavens,the work of your […]

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Meditation Psalm 8a

For the director of music. According to gittith. A psalm of David.Lord, our Lord,how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your gloryin the heavens.Through the praise of children and infantsyou have established a stronghold against your enemies,to silence the foe and the avenger.When I consider your heavens,the work of your […]

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Meditation Psalm 7c

If he does not relent, he will sharpen his sword; he will bend and string his bow. He has prepared his deadly weapons; he makes ready his flaming arrows. Whoever is pregnant with evil conceives trouble and gives birth to disillusionment. Whoever digs a hole and scoops it out falls into the pit they have […]

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Meditation Psalm 7b

Arise, Lord, in your anger; rise up against the rage of my enemies. Awake, my God; decree justice. Let the assembled peoples gather round you, while you sit enthroned over them on high. Let the Lord judge the peoples. Vindicate me, Lord, according to my righteousness, according to my integrity, O Most High. Bring to […]

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Meditation Psalm 7a

A shiggaion of David, which he sang to the Lord concerning Cush, a Benjaminite. Lord my God, I take refuge in you; save and deliver me from all who pursue me, or they will tear me apart like a lion and rip me to pieces with no one to rescue me. Lord my God, if […]

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Meditation Psalm 6

For the director of music. With stringed instruments. According to sheminith. A psalm of David. Lord, do not rebuke me in your anger or discipline me in your wrath. Have mercy on me, Lord, for I am faint; heal me, Lord, for my bones are in agony. My soul is in deep anguish. How long, […]

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Meditation Psalm 5

For the director of music. For pipes. A psalm of David. Listen to my words, Lord, consider my lament. Hear my cry for help, my King and my God, for to you I pray. In the morning, Lord, you hear my voice; in the morning I lay my requests before you and wait expectantly. For […]

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Meditation Psalm 4

For the director of music. With stringed instruments. A psalm of David. Answer me when I call to you, my righteous God. Give me relief from my distress; have mercy on me and hear my prayer. How long will you people turn my glory into shame? How long will you love delusions and seek false […]

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Meditation Psalm 3

A psalm of David. When he fled from his son Absalom. Lord, how many are my foes! How many rise up against me! Many are saying of me, ‘God will not deliver him.’ But you, Lord, are a shield around me, my glory, the One who lifts my head high. I call out to the […]

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Meditation Psalm 2a

He rebukes them in his anger and terrifies them in his wrath, saying, ‘I have installed my king on Zion, my holy mountain.’ I will proclaim the Lord’s decree: He said to me, ‘You are my son; today I have become your father. Ask me, and I will make the nations your inheritance, the ends […]