Book of Psalms bible study Psalms 51 through 77

 

            Here is the next group of Psalms, and here are Psalms written by David, Asaph, and others, too, some anonymous. Some are praise, some prayers, some laments. There are also some with good advice for us nowadays, to be applied to our lives. Here is a link to the bible study from Psalms 24 through 50

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Psalm 51, the Psalm of repentance by David

(Psalm 51:1)  To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet went to him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba. Have mercy on me, O God, according to your steadfast love; according to your abundant mercy blot out my transgressions.

 

(Psalm 51:2)  Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin!

 

(Psalm 51:3)  For I know my transgressions, and my sin is ever before me.

 

(Psalm 51:4)  Against you, you only, have I sinned and done what is evil in your sight, so that you may be justified in your words and blameless in your judgment.

 

(Psalm 51:5)  Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, and in sin did my mother conceive me.

 

(Psalm 51:6)  Behold, you delight in truth in the inward being, and you teach me wisdom in the secret heart.

 

(Psalm 51:7)  Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.

 

(Psalm 51:8)  Let me hear joy and gladness; let the bones that you have broken rejoice.

 

(Psalm 51:9)  Hide your face from my sins, and blot out all my iniquities.

 

(Psalm 51:10)  Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.

 

(Psalm 51:11)  Cast me not away from your presence, and take not your Holy Spirit from me.

 

(Psalm 51:12)  Restore to me the joy of your salvation, and uphold me with a willing spirit.

 

(Psalm 51:13)  Then I will teach transgressors your ways, and sinners will return to you.

 

(Psalm 51:14)  Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, O God of my salvation, and my tongue will sing aloud of your righteousness.

 

(Psalm 51:15)  O Lord, open my lips, and my mouth will declare your praise.

 

(Psalm 51:16)  For you will not delight in sacrifice, or I would give it; you will not be pleased with a burnt offering.

 

(Psalm 51:17)  The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.

 

(Psalm 51:18)  Do good to Zion in your good pleasure; build up the walls of Jerusalem;

 

(Psalm 51:19)  then will you delight in right sacrifices, in burnt offerings and whole burnt offerings; then bulls will be offered on your altar.

 

Psalm 52

(Psalm 52:1)  To the choirmaster. A Maskil of David, when Doeg, the Edomite, came and told Saul, "David has come to the house of Ahimelech." Why do you boast of evil, O mighty man? The steadfast love of God endures all the day.

 

(Psalm 52:2)  Your tongue plots destruction, like a sharp razor, you worker of deceit.

 

(Psalm 52:3)  You love evil more than good, and lying more than speaking what is right. Selah

 

(Psalm 52:4)  You love all words that devour, O deceitful tongue.

 

(Psalm 52:5)  But God will break you down forever; he will snatch and tear you from your tent; he will uproot you from the land of the living. Selah

 

(Psalm 52:6)  The righteous shall see and fear, and shall laugh at him, saying,

 

(Psalm 52:7)  "See the man who would not make God his refuge, but trusted in the abundance of his riches and sought refuge in his own destruction!"

 

(Psalm 52:8)  But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God. I trust in the steadfast love of God forever and ever.

 

(Psalm 52:9)  I will thank you forever, because you have done it. I will wait for your name, for it is good, in the presence of the godly.

 

Psalm 53

(Psalm 53:1)  To the choirmaster: according to Mahalath. A Maskil of David. The fool says in his heart, "There is no God." They are corrupt, doing abominable iniquity; there is none who does good.

 

(Psalm 53:2)  God looks down from heaven on the children of man to see if there are any who understand, who seek after God.

 

(Psalm 53:3)  They have all fallen away; together they have become corrupt; there is none who does good, not even one.

 

(Psalm 53:4)  Have those who work evil no knowledge, who eat up my people as they eat bread, and do not call upon God?

 

(Psalm 53:5)  There they are, in great terror, where there is no terror! For God scatters the bones of him who encamps against you; you put them to shame, for God has rejected them.

 

(Psalm 53:6)  Oh, that salvation for Israel would come out of Zion! When God restores the fortunes of his people, let Jacob rejoice, let Israel be glad.

 

Psalm 54

(Psalm 54:1)  To the choirmaster: with stringed instruments. A Maskil of David, when the Ziphites went and told Saul, "Is not David hiding among us?" O God, save me by your name, and vindicate me by your might.

 

(Psalm 54:2)  O God, hear my prayer; give ear to the words of my mouth.

 

(Psalm 54:3)  For strangers have risen against me; ruthless men seek my life; they do not set God before themselves. Selah

 

(Psalm 54:4)  Behold, God is my helper; the Lord is the upholder of my life.

 

(Psalm 54:5)  He will return the evil to my enemies; in your faithfulness put an end to them.

 

(Psalm 54:6)  With a freewill offering I will sacrifice to you; I will give thanks to your name, O LORD, for it is good.

 

(Psalm 54:7)  For he has delivered me from every trouble, and my eye has looked in triumph on my enemies.

 

Psalm 55

(Psalm 55:1)  To the choirmaster: with stringed instruments. A Maskil of David. Give ear to my prayer, O God, and hide not yourself from my plea for mercy!

 

(Psalm 55:2)  Attend to me, and answer me; I am restless in my complaint and I moan,

 

(Psalm 55:3)  because of the noise of the enemy, because of the oppression of the wicked. For they drop trouble upon me, and in anger they bear a grudge against me.

 

(Psalm 55:4)  My heart is in anguish within me; the terrors of death have fallen upon me.

 

(Psalm 55:5)  Fear and trembling come upon me, and horror overwhelms me.

 

(Psalm 55:6)  And I say, "Oh, that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and be at rest;

 

(Psalm 55:7)  yes, I would wander far away; I would lodge in the wilderness; Selah

 

(Psalm 55:8)  I would hurry to find a shelter from the raging wind and tempest."

 

(Psalm 55:9)  Destroy, O Lord, divide their tongues; for I see violence and strife in the city.

 

(Psalm 55:10)  Day and night they go around it on its walls, and iniquity and trouble are within it;

 

(Psalm 55:11)  ruin is in its midst; oppression and fraud do not depart from its marketplace.

 

(Psalm 55:12)  For it is not an enemy who taunts me-- then I could bear it; it is not an adversary who deals insolently with me-- then I could hide from him.

 

(Psalm 55:13)  But it is you, a man, my equal, my companion, my familiar friend.

 

(Psalm 55:14)  We used to take sweet counsel together; within God's house we walked in the throng.

 

(Psalm 55:15)  Let death steal over them; let them go down to Sheol alive; for evil is in their dwelling place and in their heart.

 

(Psalm 55:16)  But I call to God, and the LORD will save me.

 

(Psalm 55:17)  Evening and morning and at noon I utter my complaint and moan, and he hears my voice.

 

(Psalm 55:18)  He redeems my soul in safety from the battle that I wage, for many are arrayed against me.

 

(Psalm 55:19)  God will give ear and humble them, he who is enthroned from of old, Selah because they do not change and do not fear God.

 

(Psalm 55:20)  My companion stretched out his hand against his friends; he violated his covenant.

 

(Psalm 55:21)  His speech was smooth as butter, yet war was in his heart; his words were softer than oil, yet they were drawn swords.

 

(Psalm 55:22)  Cast your burden on the LORD, and he will sustain you; he will never permit the righteous to be moved.

 

(Psalm 55:23)  But you, O God, will cast them down into the pit of destruction; men of blood and treachery shall not live out half their days. But I will trust in you.

 

Psalm 56

(Psalm 56:1)  To the choirmaster: according to The Dove on Far-off Terebinths. A Miktam of David, when the Philistines seized him in Gath. Be gracious to me, O God, for man tramples on me; all day long an attacker oppresses me;

 

(Psalm 56:2)  my enemies trample on me all day long, for many attack me proudly.

 

(Psalm 56:3)  When I am afraid, I put my trust in you.

 

(Psalm 56:4)  In God, whose word I praise, in God I trust; I shall not be afraid. What can flesh do to me?

 

(Psalm 56:5)  All day long they injure my cause; all their thoughts are against me for evil.

 

(Psalm 56:6)  They stir up strife, they lurk; they watch my steps, as they have waited for my life.

 

(Psalm 56:7)  For their crime will they escape? In wrath cast down the peoples, O God!

 

(Psalm 56:8)  You have kept count of my tossings; put my tears in your bottle. Are they not in your book?

 

(Psalm 56:9)  Then my enemies will turn back in the day when I call. This I know, that God is for me.

 

(Psalm 56:10)  In God, whose word I praise, in the LORD, whose word I praise,

 

(Psalm 56:11)  in God I trust; I shall not be afraid. What can man do to me?

 

(Psalm 56:12)  I must perform my vows to you, O God; I will render thank offerings to you.

 

(Psalm 56:13)  For you have delivered my soul from death, yes, my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of life.

 

Psalm 57

(Psalm 57:1)  To the choirmaster: according to Do Not Destroy. A Miktam of David, when he fled from Saul, in the cave. Be merciful to me, O God, be merciful to me, for in you my soul takes refuge; in the shadow of your wings I will take refuge, till the storms of destruction pass by.

 

(Psalm 57:2)  I cry out to God Most High, to God who fulfills his purpose for me.

 

(Psalm 57:3)  He will send from heaven and save me; he will put to shame him who tramples on me. Selah God will send out his steadfast love and his faithfulness!

 

(Psalm 57:4)  My soul is in the midst of lions; I lie down amid fiery beasts-- the children of man, whose teeth are spears and arrows, whose tongues are sharp swords.

 

(Psalm 57:5)  Be exalted, O God, above the heavens! Let your glory be over all the earth!

 

(Psalm 57:6)  They set a net for my steps; my soul was bowed down. They dug a pit in my way, but they have fallen into it themselves. Selah

 

(Psalm 57:7)  My heart is steadfast, O God, my heart is steadfast! I will sing and make melody!

 

(Psalm 57:8)  Awake, my glory! Awake, O harp and lyre! I will awake the dawn!

 

(Psalm 57:9)  I will give thanks to you, O Lord, among the peoples; I will sing praises to you among the nations.

 

(Psalm 57:10)  For your steadfast love is great to the heavens, your faithfulness to the clouds.

 

(Psalm 57:11)  Be exalted, O God, above the heavens! Let your glory be over all the earth!

 

Psalm 58

(Psalm 58:1)  To the choirmaster: according to Do Not Destroy. A Miktam of David. Do you indeed decree what is right, you gods? Do you judge the children of man uprightly?

 

(Psalm 58:2)  No, in your hearts you devise wrongs; your hands deal out violence on earth.

 

(Psalm 58:3)  The wicked are estranged from the womb; they go astray from birth, speaking lies.

 

(Psalm 58:4)  They have venom like the venom of a serpent, like the deaf adder that stops its ear,

 

(Psalm 58:5)  so that it does not hear the voice of charmers or of the cunning enchanter.

 

(Psalm 58:6)  O God, break the teeth in their mouths; tear out the fangs of the young lions, O LORD!

 

(Psalm 58:7)  Let them vanish like water that runs away; when he aims his arrows, let them be blunted.

 

(Psalm 58:8)  Let them be like the snail that dissolves into slime, like the stillborn child who never sees the sun.

 

(Psalm 58:9)  Sooner than your pots can feel the heat of thorns, whether green or ablaze, may he sweep them away!

 

(Psalm 58:10)  The righteous will rejoice when he sees the vengeance; he will bathe his feet in the blood of the wicked.

 

(Psalm 58:11)  Mankind will say, "Surely there is a reward for the righteous; surely there is a God who judges on earth."

 

Psalm 59

(Psalm 59:1)  To the choirmaster: according to Do Not Destroy. A Miktam of David, when Saul sent men to watch his house in order to kill him. Deliver me from my enemies, O my God; protect me from those who rise up against me;

 

(Psalm 59:2)  deliver me from those who work evil, and save me from bloodthirsty men.

 

(Psalm 59:3)  For behold, they lie in wait for my life; fierce men stir up strife against me. For no transgression or sin of mine, O LORD,

 

(Psalm 59:4)  for no fault of mine, they run and make ready. Awake, come to meet me, and see!

 

(Psalm 59:5)  You, LORD God of hosts, are God of Israel. Rouse yourself to punish all the nations; spare none of those who treacherously plot evil. Selah

 

(Psalm 59:6)  Each evening they come back, howling like dogs and prowling about the city.

 

(Psalm 59:7)  There they are, bellowing with their mouths with swords in their lips-- for "Who," they think, "will hear us?"

 

(Psalm 59:8)  But you, O LORD, laugh at them; you hold all the nations in derision.

 

(Psalm 59:9)  O my Strength, I will watch for you, for you, O God, are my fortress.

 

(Psalm 59:10)  My God in his steadfast love will meet me; God will let me look in triumph on my enemies.

 

(Psalm 59:11)  Kill them not, lest my people forget; make them totter by your power and bring them down, O Lord, our shield!

 

(Psalm 59:12)  For the sin of their mouths, the words of their lips, let them be trapped in their pride. For the cursing and lies that they utter,

 

(Psalm 59:13)  consume them in wrath; consume them till they are no more, that they may know that God rules over Jacob to the ends of the earth. Selah

 

(Psalm 59:14)  Each evening they come back, howling like dogs and prowling about the city.

 

(Psalm 59:15)  They wander about for food and growl if they do not get their fill.

 

(Psalm 59:16)  But I will sing of your strength; I will sing aloud of your steadfast love in the morning. For you have been to me a fortress and a refuge in the day of my distress.

 

(Psalm 59:17)  O my Strength, I will sing praises to you, for you, O God, are my fortress, the God who shows me steadfast love.

 

Psalm 60

(Psalm 60:1)  To the choirmaster: according to Shushan Eduth. A Miktam of David; for instruction; when he strove with Aram-naharaim and with Aram-zobah, and when Joab on his return struck down twelve thousand of Edom in the Valley of Salt. O God, you have rejected us, broken our defenses; you have been angry; oh, restore us.

 

(Psalm 60:2)  You have made the land to quake; you have torn it open; repair its breaches, for it totters.

 

(Psalm 60:3)  You have made your people see hard things; you have given us wine to drink that made us stagger.

 

(Psalm 60:4)  You have set up a banner for those who fear you, that they may flee to it from the bow. Selah

 

(Psalm 60:5)  That your beloved ones may be delivered, give salvation by your right hand and answer us!

 

(Psalm 60:6)  God has spoken in his holiness: "With exultation I will divide up Shechem and portion out the Vale of Succoth.

 

(Psalm 60:7)  Gilead is mine; Manasseh is mine; Ephraim is my helmet; Judah is my scepter.

 

(Psalm 60:8)  Moab is my washbasin; upon Edom I cast my shoe; over Philistia I shout in triumph."

 

(Psalm 60:9)  Who will bring me to the fortified city? Who will lead me to Edom?

 

(Psalm 60:10)  Have you not rejected us, O God? You do not go forth, O God, with our armies.

 

(Psalm 60:11)  Oh, grant us help against the foe, for vain is the salvation of man!

 

(Psalm 60:12)  With God we shall do valiantly; it is he who will tread down our foes.

 

Psalm 61

(Psalm 61:1)  To the choirmaster: with stringed instruments. Of David. Hear my cry, O God, listen to my prayer;

 

(Psalm 61:2)  from the end of the earth I call to you when my heart is faint. Lead me to the rock that is higher than I,

 

(Psalm 61:3)  for you have been my refuge, a strong tower against the enemy.

 

(Psalm 61:4)  Let me dwell in your tent forever! Let me take refuge under the shelter of your wings! Selah

 

(Psalm 61:5)  For you, O God, have heard my vows; you have given me the heritage of those who fear your name.

 

(Psalm 61:6)  Prolong the life of the king; may his years endure to all generations!

 

(Psalm 61:7)  May he be enthroned forever before God; appoint steadfast love and faithfulness to watch over him!

 

(Psalm 61:8)  So will I ever sing praises to your name, as I perform my vows day after day.

 

Psalm 62

(Psalm 62:1)  To the choirmaster: according to Jeduthun. A Psalm of David. For God alone my soul waits in silence; from him comes my salvation.

 

(Psalm 62:2)  He only is my rock and my salvation, my fortress; I shall not be greatly shaken.

 

(Psalm 62:3)  How long will all of you attack a man to batter him, like a leaning wall, a tottering fence?

 

(Psalm 62:4)  They only plan to thrust him down from his high position. They take pleasure in falsehood. They bless with their mouths, but inwardly they curse. Selah

 

(Psalm 62:5)  For God alone, O my soul, wait in silence, for my hope is from him.

 

(Psalm 62:6)  He only is my rock and my salvation, my fortress; I shall not be shaken.

 

(Psalm 62:7)  On God rests my salvation and my glory; my mighty rock, my refuge is God.

 

(Psalm 62:8)  Trust in him at all times, O people; pour out your heart before him; God is a refuge for us. Selah

 

(Psalm 62:9)  Those of low estate are but a breath; those of high estate are a delusion; in the balances they go up; they are together lighter than a breath.

 

(Psalm 62:10)  Put no trust in extortion; set no vain hopes on robbery; if riches increase, set not your heart on them.

 

(Psalm 62:11)  Once God has spoken; twice have I heard this: that power belongs to God,

 

(Psalm 62:12)  and that to you, O Lord, belongs steadfast love. For you will render to a man according to his work.

 

Psalm 63

(Psalm 63:1)  A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah. O God, you are my God; earnestly I seek you; my soul thirsts for you; my flesh faints for you, as in a dry and weary land where there is no water.

 

(Psalm 63:2)  So I have looked upon you in the sanctuary, beholding your power and glory.

 

(Psalm 63:3)  Because your steadfast love is better than life, my lips will praise you.

 

(Psalm 63:4)  So I will bless you as long as I live; in your name I will lift up my hands.

 

(Psalm 63:5)  My soul will be satisfied as with fat and rich food, and my mouth will praise you with joyful lips,

 

(Psalm 63:6)  when I remember you upon my bed, and meditate on you in the watches of the night;

 

(Psalm 63:7)  for you have been my help, and in the shadow of your wings I will sing for joy.

 

(Psalm 63:8)  My soul clings to you; your right hand upholds me.

 

(Psalm 63:9)  But those who seek to destroy my life shall go down into the depths of the earth;

 

(Psalm 63:10)  they shall be given over to the power of the sword; they shall be a portion for jackals.

 

(Psalm 63:11)  But the king shall rejoice in God; all who swear by him shall exult, for the mouths of liars will be stopped.

 

Psalm 64

(Psalm 64:1)  To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. Hear my voice, O God, in my complaint; preserve my life from dread of the enemy.

 

(Psalm 64:2)  Hide me from the secret plots of the wicked, from the throng of evildoers,

 

(Psalm 64:3)  who whet their tongues like swords, who aim bitter words like arrows,

 

(Psalm 64:4)  shooting from ambush at the blameless, shooting at him suddenly and without fear.

 

(Psalm 64:5)  They hold fast to their evil purpose; they talk of laying snares secretly, thinking, "Who can see them?"

 

(Psalm 64:6)  They search out injustice, saying, "We have accomplished a diligent search." For the inward mind and heart of a man are deep!

 

(Psalm 64:7)  But God shoots his arrow at them; they are wounded suddenly.

 

(Psalm 64:8)  They are brought to ruin, with their own tongues turned against them; all who see them will wag their heads.

 

(Psalm 64:9)  Then all mankind fears; they tell what God has brought about and ponder what he has done.

 

(Psalm 64:10)  Let the righteous one rejoice in the LORD and take refuge in him! Let all the upright in heart exult!

 

Psalm 65

(Psalm 65:1)  To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. A Song. Praise is due to you, O God, in Zion, and to you shall vows be performed.

 

(Psalm 65:2)  O you who hear prayer, to you shall all flesh come.

 

(Psalm 65:3)  When iniquities prevail against me, you atone for our transgressions.

 

(Psalm 65:4)  Blessed is the one you choose and bring near, to dwell in your courts! We shall be satisfied with the goodness of your house, the holiness of your temple!

 

(Psalm 65:5)  By awesome deeds you answer us with righteousness, O God of our salvation, the hope of all the ends of the earth and of the farthest seas;

 

(Psalm 65:6)  the one who by his strength established the mountains, being girded with might;

 

(Psalm 65:7)  who stills the roaring of the seas, the roaring of their waves, the tumult of the peoples,

 

(Psalm 65:8)  so that those who dwell at the ends of the earth are in awe at your signs. You make the going out of the morning and the evening to shout for joy.

 

(Psalm 65:9)  You visit the earth and water it; you greatly enrich it; the river of God is full of water; you provide their grain, for so you have prepared it.

 

(Psalm 65:10)  You water its furrows abundantly, settling its ridges, softening it with showers, and blessing its growth.

 

(Psalm 65:11)  You crown the year with your bounty; your wagon tracks overflow with abundance.

 

(Psalm 65:12)  The pastures of the wilderness overflow, the hills gird themselves with joy,

 

(Psalm 65:13)  the meadows clothe themselves with flocks, the valleys deck themselves with grain, they shout and sing together for joy.

 

Psalm 66

(Psalm 66:1)  To the choirmaster. A Song. A Psalm. Shout for joy to God, all the earth;

 

(Psalm 66:2)  sing the glory of his name; give to him glorious praise!

 

(Psalm 66:3)  Say to God, "How awesome are your deeds! So great is your power that your enemies come cringing to you.

 

(Psalm 66:4)  All the earth worships you and sings praises to you; they sing praises to your name." Selah

 

(Psalm 66:5)  Come and see what God has done: he is awesome in his deeds toward the children of man.

 

(Psalm 66:6)  He turned the sea into dry land; they passed through the river on foot. There did we rejoice in him,

 

(Psalm 66:7)  who rules by his might forever, whose eyes keep watch on the nations-- let not the rebellious exalt themselves. Selah

 

(Psalm 66:8)  Bless our God, O peoples; let the sound of his praise be heard,

 

(Psalm 66:9)  who has kept our soul among the living and has not let our feet slip.

 

(Psalm 66:10)  For you, O God, have tested us; you have tried us as silver is tried.

 

(Psalm 66:11)  You brought us into the net; you laid a crushing burden on our backs;

 

(Psalm 66:12)  you let men ride over our heads; we went through fire and through water; yet you have brought us out to a place of abundance.

 

(Psalm 66:13)  I will come into your house with burnt offerings; I will perform my vows to you,

 

(Psalm 66:14)  that which my lips uttered and my mouth promised when I was in trouble.

 

(Psalm 66:15)  I will offer to you burnt offerings of fattened animals, with the smoke of the sacrifice of rams; I will make an offering of bulls and goats. Selah

 

(Psalm 66:16)  Come and hear, all you who fear God, and I will tell what he has done for my soul.

 

(Psalm 66:17)  I cried to him with my mouth, and high praise was on my tongue.

 

(Psalm 66:18)  If I had cherished iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not have listened.

 

(Psalm 66:19)  But truly God has listened; he has attended to the voice of my prayer.

 

(Psalm 66:20)  Blessed be God, because he has not rejected my prayer or removed his steadfast love from me!

 

Psalm 67

(Psalm 67:1)  To the choirmaster: with stringed instruments. A Psalm. A Song. May God be gracious to us and bless us and make his face to shine upon us, Selah

 

(Psalm 67:2)  that your way may be known on earth, your saving power among all nations.

 

(Psalm 67:3)  Let the peoples praise you, O God; let all the peoples praise you!

 

(Psalm 67:4)  Let the nations be glad and sing for joy, for you judge the peoples with equity and guide the nations upon earth. Selah

 

(Psalm 67:5)  Let the peoples praise you, O God; let all the peoples praise you!

 

(Psalm 67:6)  The earth has yielded its increase; God, our God, shall bless us.

 

(Psalm 67:7)  God shall bless us; let all the ends of the earth fear him!

 

Psalm 68

(Psalm 68:1)  To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. A Song. God shall arise, his enemies shall be scattered; and those who hate him shall flee before him!

 

(Psalm 68:2)  As smoke is driven away, so you shall drive them away; as wax melts before fire, so the wicked shall perish before God!

 

(Psalm 68:3)  But the righteous shall be glad; they shall exult before God; they shall be jubilant with joy!

 

(Psalm 68:4)  Sing to God, sing praises to his name; lift up a song to him who rides through the deserts; his name is the LORD; exult before him!

 

(Psalm 68:5)  Father of the fatherless and protector of widows is God in his holy habitation.

 

(Psalm 68:6)  God settles the solitary in a home; he leads out the prisoners to prosperity, but the rebellious dwell in a parched land.

 

(Psalm 68:7)  O God, when you went out before your people, when you marched through the wilderness, Selah

 

(Psalm 68:8)  the earth quaked, the heavens poured down rain, before God, the One of Sinai, before God, the God of Israel.

 

(Psalm 68:9)  Rain in abundance, O God, you shed abroad; you restored your inheritance as it languished;

 

(Psalm 68:10)  your flock found a dwelling in it; in your goodness, O God, you provided for the needy.

 

(Psalm 68:11)  The Lord gives the word; the women who announce the news are a great host:

 

(Psalm 68:12)  "The kings of the armies--they flee, they flee!" The women at home divide the spoil--

 

(Psalm 68:13)  though you men lie among the sheepfolds-- the wings of a dove covered with silver, its pinions with shimmering gold.

 

(Psalm 68:14)  When the Almighty scatters kings there, let snow fall on Zalmon.

 

(Psalm 68:15)  O mountain of God, mountain of Bashan; O many-peaked mountain, mountain of Bashan!

 

(Psalm 68:16)  Why do you look with hatred, O many-peaked mountain, at the mount that God desired for his abode, yes, where the LORD will dwell forever?

 

(Psalm 68:17)  The chariots of God are twice ten thousand, thousands upon thousands; the Lord is among them; Sinai is now in the sanctuary.

 

(Psalm 68:18)  You ascended on high, leading a host of captives in your train and receiving gifts among men, even among the rebellious, that the LORD God may dwell there.

 

(Psalm 68:19)  Blessed be the Lord, who daily bears us up; God is our salvation. Selah

 

(Psalm 68:20)  Our God is a God of salvation, and to GOD, the Lord, belong deliverances from death.

 

(Psalm 68:21)  But God will strike the heads of his enemies, the hairy crown of him who walks in his guilty ways.

 

(Psalm 68:22)  The Lord said, "I will bring them back from Bashan, I will bring them back from the depths of the sea,

 

(Psalm 68:23)  that you may strike your feet in their blood, that the tongues of your dogs may have their portion from the foe."

 

(Psalm 68:24)  Your procession is seen, O God, the procession of my God, my King, into the sanctuary--

 

(Psalm 68:25)  the singers in front, the musicians last, between them virgins playing tambourines:

 

(Psalm 68:26)  "Bless God in the great congregation, the LORD, O you who are of Israel's fountain!"

 

(Psalm 68:27)  There is Benjamin, the least of them, in the lead, the princes of Judah in their throng, the princes of Zebulun, the princes of Naphtali.

 

(Psalm 68:28)  Summon your power, O God, the power, O God, by which you have worked for us.

 

(Psalm 68:29)  Because of your temple at Jerusalem kings shall bear gifts to you.

 

(Psalm 68:30)  Rebuke the beasts that dwell among the reeds, the herd of bulls with the calves of the peoples. Trample underfoot those who lust after tribute; scatter the peoples who delight in war.

 

(Psalm 68:31)  Nobles shall come from Egypt; Cush shall hasten to stretch out her hands to God.

 

(Psalm 68:32)  O kingdoms of the earth, sing to God; sing praises to the Lord, Selah

 

(Psalm 68:33)  to him who rides in the heavens, the ancient heavens; behold, he sends out his voice, his mighty voice.

 

(Psalm 68:34)  Ascribe power to God, whose majesty is over Israel, and whose power is in the skies.

 

(Psalm 68:35)  Awesome is God from his sanctuary; the God of Israel--he is the one who gives power and strength to his people. Blessed be God!

 

Psalm 69

(Psalm 69:1)  To the choirmaster: according to Lilies. Of David. Save me, O God! For the waters have come up to my neck.

 

(Psalm 69:2)  I sink in deep mire, where there is no foothold; I have come into deep waters, and the flood sweeps over me.

 

(Psalm 69:3)  I am weary with my crying out; my throat is parched. My eyes grow dim with waiting for my God.

 

(Psalm 69:4)  More in number than the hairs of my head are those who hate me without cause; mighty are those who would destroy me, those who attack me with lies. What I did not steal must I now restore?

 

(Psalm 69:5)  O God, you know my folly; the wrongs I have done are not hidden from you.

 

(Psalm 69:6)  Let not those who hope in you be put to shame through me, O Lord GOD of hosts; let not those who seek you be brought to dishonor through me, O God of Israel.

 

(Psalm 69:7)  For it is for your sake that I have borne reproach, that dishonor has covered my face.

 

(Psalm 69:8)  I have become a stranger to my brothers, an alien to my mother's sons.

 

(Psalm 69:9)  For zeal for your house has consumed me, and the reproaches of those who reproach you have fallen on me.

 

(Psalm 69:10)  When I wept and humbled my soul with fasting, it became my reproach.

 

(Psalm 69:11)  When I made sackcloth my clothing, I became a byword to them.

 

(Psalm 69:12)  I am the talk of those who sit in the gate, and the drunkards make songs about me.

 

(Psalm 69:13)  But as for me, my prayer is to you, O LORD. At an acceptable time, O God, in the abundance of your steadfast love answer me in your saving faithfulness.

 

(Psalm 69:14)  Deliver me from sinking in the mire; let me be delivered from my enemies and from the deep waters.

 

(Psalm 69:15)  Let not the flood sweep over me, or the deep swallow me up, or the pit close its mouth over me.

 

(Psalm 69:16)  Answer me, O LORD, for your steadfast love is good; according to your abundant mercy, turn to me.

 

(Psalm 69:17)  Hide not your face from your servant; for I am in distress; make haste to answer me.

 

(Psalm 69:18)  Draw near to my soul, redeem me; ransom me because of my enemies!

 

(Psalm 69:19)  You know my reproach, and my shame and my dishonor; my foes are all known to you.

 

(Psalm 69:20)  Reproaches have broken my heart, so that I am in despair. I looked for pity, but there was none, and for comforters, but I found none.

 

(Psalm 69:21)  They gave me poison for food, and for my thirst they gave me sour wine to drink.

 

(Psalm 69:22)  Let their own table before them become a snare; and when they are at peace, let it become a trap.

 

(Psalm 69:23)  Let their eyes be darkened, so that they cannot see, and make their loins tremble continually.

 

(Psalm 69:24)  Pour out your indignation upon them, and let your burning anger overtake them.

 

(Psalm 69:25)  May their camp be a desolation; let no one dwell in their tents.

 

(Psalm 69:26)  For they persecute him whom you have struck down, and they recount the pain of those you have wounded.

 

(Psalm 69:27)  Add to them punishment upon punishment; may they have no acquittal from you.

 

(Psalm 69:28)  Let them be blotted out of the book of the living; let them not be enrolled among the righteous.

 

(Psalm 69:29)  But I am afflicted and in pain; let your salvation, O God, set me on high!

 

(Psalm 69:30)  I will praise the name of God with a song; I will magnify him with thanksgiving.

 

(Psalm 69:31)  This will please the LORD more than an ox or a bull with horns and hoofs.

 

(Psalm 69:32)  When the humble see it they will be glad; you who seek God, let your hearts revive.

 

(Psalm 69:33)  For the LORD hears the needy and does not despise his own people who are prisoners.

 

(Psalm 69:34)  Let heaven and earth praise him, the seas and everything that moves in them.

 

(Psalm 69:35)  For God will save Zion and build up the cities of Judah, and people shall dwell there and possess it;

 

(Psalm 69:36)  the offspring of his servants shall inherit it, and those who love his name shall dwell in it.

 

Psalm 70

(Psalm 70:1)  To the choirmaster. Of David, for the memorial offering. Make haste, O God, to deliver me! O LORD, make haste to help me!

 

(Psalm 70:2)  Let them be put to shame and confusion who seek my life! Let them be turned back and brought to dishonor who delight in my hurt!

 

(Psalm 70:3)  Let them turn back because of their shame who say, "Aha, Aha!"

 

(Psalm 70:4)  May all who seek you rejoice and be glad in you! May those who love your salvation say evermore, "God is great!"

 

(Psalm 70:5)  But I am poor and needy; hasten to me, O God! You are my help and my deliverer; O LORD, do not delay!

 

Psalm 71

(Psalm 71:1)  In you, O LORD, do I take refuge; let me never be put to shame!

 

(Psalm 71:2)  In your righteousness deliver me and rescue me; incline your ear to me, and save me!

 

(Psalm 71:3)  Be to me a rock of refuge, to which I may continually come; you have given the command to save me, for you are my rock and my fortress.

 

(Psalm 71:4)  Rescue me, O my God, from the hand of the wicked, from the grasp of the unjust and cruel man.

 

(Psalm 71:5)  For you, O Lord, are my hope, my trust, O LORD, from my youth.

 

(Psalm 71:6)  Upon you I have leaned from before my birth; you are he who took me from my mother's womb. My praise is continually of you.

 

(Psalm 71:7)  I have been as a portent to many, but you are my strong refuge.

 

(Psalm 71:8)  My mouth is filled with your praise, and with your glory all the day.

 

(Psalm 71:9)  Do not cast me off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength is spent.

 

(Psalm 71:10)  For my enemies speak concerning me; those who watch for my life consult together

 

(Psalm 71:11)  and say, "God has forsaken him; pursue and seize him, for there is none to deliver him."

 

(Psalm 71:12)  O God, be not far from me; O my God, make haste to help me!

 

(Psalm 71:13)  May my accusers be put to shame and consumed; with scorn and disgrace may they be covered who seek my hurt.

 

(Psalm 71:14)  But I will hope continually and will praise you yet more and more.

 

(Psalm 71:15)  My mouth will tell of your righteous acts, of your deeds of salvation all the day, for their number is past my knowledge.

 

(Psalm 71:16)  With the mighty deeds of the Lord GOD I will come; I will remind them of your righteousness, yours alone.

 

(Psalm 71:17)  O God, from my youth you have taught me, and I still proclaim your wondrous deeds.

 

(Psalm 71:18)  So even to old age and gray hairs, O God, do not forsake me, until I proclaim your might to another generation, your power to all those to come.

 

(Psalm 71:19)  Your righteousness, O God, reaches the high heavens. You who have done great things, O God, who is like you?

 

(Psalm 71:20)  You who have made me see many troubles and calamities will revive me again; from the depths of the earth you will bring me up again.

 

(Psalm 71:21)  You will increase my greatness and comfort me again.

 

(Psalm 71:22)  I will also praise you with the harp for your faithfulness, O my God; I will sing praises to you with the lyre, O Holy One of Israel.

 

(Psalm 71:23)  My lips will shout for joy, when I sing praises to you; my soul also, which you have redeemed.

 

(Psalm 71:24)  And my tongue will talk of your righteous help all the day long, for they have been put to shame and disappointed who sought to do me hurt.

 

Psalm 72

(Psalm 72:1)  Of Solomon. Give the king your justice, O God, and your righteousness to the royal son!

 

(Psalm 72:2)  May he judge your people with righteousness, and your poor with justice!

 

(Psalm 72:3)  Let the mountains bear prosperity for the people, and the hills, in righteousness!

 

(Psalm 72:4)  May he defend the cause of the poor of the people, give deliverance to the children of the needy, and crush the oppressor!

 

(Psalm 72:5)  May they fear you while the sun endures, and as long as the moon, throughout all generations!

 

(Psalm 72:6)  May he be like rain that falls on the mown grass, like showers that water the earth!

 

(Psalm 72:7)  In his days may the righteous flourish, and peace abound, till the moon be no more!

 

(Psalm 72:8)  May he have dominion from sea to sea, and from the River to the ends of the earth!

 

(Psalm 72:9)  May desert tribes bow down before him, and his enemies lick the dust!

 

(Psalm 72:10)  May the kings of Tarshish and of the coastlands render him tribute; may the kings of Sheba and Seba bring gifts!

 

(Psalm 72:11)  May all kings fall down before him, all nations serve him!

 

(Psalm 72:12)  For he delivers the needy when he calls, the poor and him who has no helper.

 

(Psalm 72:13)  He has pity on the weak and the needy, and saves the lives of the needy.

 

(Psalm 72:14)  From oppression and violence he redeems their life, and precious is their blood in his sight.

 

(Psalm 72:15)  Long may he live; may gold of Sheba be given to him! May prayer be made for him continually, and blessings invoked for him all the day!

 

(Psalm 72:16)  May there be abundance of grain in the land; on the tops of the mountains may it wave; may its fruit be like Lebanon; and may people blossom in the cities like the grass of the field!

 

(Psalm 72:17)  May his name endure forever, his fame continue as long as the sun! May people be blessed in him, all nations call him blessed!

 

(Psalm 72:18)  Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, who alone does wondrous things.

 

(Psalm 72:19)  Blessed be his glorious name forever; may the whole earth be filled with his glory! Amen and Amen!

 

(Psalm 72:20)  The prayers of David, the son of Jesse, are ended.

 

Psalm 73

(Psalm 73:1)  A Psalm of Asaph. Truly God is good to Israel, to those who are pure in heart.

 

(Psalm 73:2)  But as for me, my feet had almost stumbled, my steps had nearly slipped.

 

(Psalm 73:3)  For I was envious of the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

 

(Psalm 73:4)  For they have no pangs until death; their bodies are fat and sleek.

 

(Psalm 73:5)  They are not in trouble as others are; they are not stricken like the rest of mankind.

 

(Psalm 73:6)  Therefore pride is their necklace; violence covers them as a garment.

 

(Psalm 73:7)  Their eyes swell out through fatness; their hearts overflow with follies.

 

(Psalm 73:8)  They scoff and speak with malice; loftily they threaten oppression.

 

(Psalm 73:9)  They set their mouths against the heavens, and their tongue struts through the earth.

 

(Psalm 73:10)  Therefore his people turn back to them, and find no fault in them.

 

(Psalm 73:11)  And they say, "How can God know? Is there knowledge in the Most High?"

 

(Psalm 73:12)  Behold, these are the wicked; always at ease, they increase in riches.

 

(Psalm 73:13)  All in vain have I kept my heart clean and washed my hands in innocence.

 

(Psalm 73:14)  For all the day long I have been stricken and rebuked every morning.

 

(Psalm 73:15)  If I had said, "I will speak thus," I would have betrayed the generation of your children.

 

(Psalm 73:16)  But when I thought how to understand this, it seemed to me a wearisome task,

 

(Psalm 73:17)  until I went into the sanctuary of God; then I discerned their end.

 

(Psalm 73:18)  Truly you set them in slippery places; you make them fall to ruin.

 

(Psalm 73:19)  How they are destroyed in a moment, swept away utterly by terrors!

 

(Psalm 73:20)  Like a dream when one awakes, O Lord, when you rouse yourself, you despise them as phantoms.

 

(Psalm 73:21)  When my soul was embittered, when I was pricked in heart,

 

(Psalm 73:22)  I was brutish and ignorant; I was like a beast toward you.

 

(Psalm 73:23)  Nevertheless, I am continually with you; you hold my right hand.

 

(Psalm 73:24)  You guide me with your counsel, and afterward you will receive me to glory.

 

(Psalm 73:25)  Whom have I in heaven but you? And there is nothing on earth that I desire besides you.

 

(Psalm 73:26)  My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.

 

(Psalm 73:27)  For behold, those who are far from you shall perish; you put an end to everyone who is unfaithful to you.

 

(Psalm 73:28)  But for me it is good to be near God; I have made the Lord GOD my refuge, that I may tell of all your works.

 

Psalm 74

(Psalm 74:1)  A Maskil of Asaph. O God, why do you cast us off forever? Why does your anger smoke against the sheep of your pasture?

 

(Psalm 74:2)  Remember your congregation, which you have purchased of old, which you have redeemed to be the tribe of your heritage! Remember Mount Zion, where you have dwelt.

 

(Psalm 74:3)  Direct your steps to the perpetual ruins; the enemy has destroyed everything in the sanctuary!

 

(Psalm 74:4)  Your foes have roared in the midst of your meeting place; they set up their own signs for signs.

 

(Psalm 74:5)  They were like those who swing axes in a forest of trees.

 

(Psalm 74:6)  And all its carved wood they broke down with hatchets and hammers.

 

(Psalm 74:7)  They set your sanctuary on fire; they profaned the dwelling place of your name, bringing it down to the ground.

 

(Psalm 74:8)  They said to themselves, "We will utterly subdue them"; they burned all the meeting places of God in the land.

 

(Psalm 74:9)  We do not see our signs; there is no longer any prophet, and there is none among us who knows how long.

 

(Psalm 74:10)  How long, O God, is the foe to scoff? Is the enemy to revile your name forever?

 

(Psalm 74:11)  Why do you hold back your hand, your right hand? Take it from the fold of your garment and destroy them!

 

(Psalm 74:12)  Yet God my King is from of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth.

 

(Psalm 74:13)  You divided the sea by your might; you broke the heads of the sea monsters on the waters.

 

(Psalm 74:14)  You crushed the heads of Leviathan; you gave him as food for the creatures of the wilderness.

 

(Psalm 74:15)  You split open springs and brooks; you dried up ever-flowing streams.

 

(Psalm 74:16)  Yours is the day, yours also the night; you have established the heavenly lights and the sun.

 

(Psalm 74:17)  You have fixed all the boundaries of the earth; you have made summer and winter.

 

(Psalm 74:18)  Remember this, O LORD, how the enemy scoffs, and a foolish people reviles your name.

 

(Psalm 74:19)  Do not deliver the soul of your dove to the wild beasts; do not forget the life of your poor forever.

 

(Psalm 74:20)  Have regard for the covenant, for the dark places of the land are full of the habitations of violence.

 

(Psalm 74:21)  Let not the downtrodden turn back in shame; let the poor and needy praise your name.

 

(Psalm 74:22)  Arise, O God, defend your cause; remember how the foolish scoff at you all the day!

 

(Psalm 74:23)  Do not forget the clamor of your foes, the uproar of those who rise against you, which goes up continually!

 

Psalm 75

(Psalm 75:1)  To the choirmaster: according to Do Not Destroy. A Psalm of Asaph. A Song. We give thanks to you, O God; we give thanks, for your name is near. We recount your wondrous deeds.

 

(Psalm 75:2)  "At the set time that I appoint I will judge with equity.

 

(Psalm 75:3)  When the earth totters, and all its inhabitants, it is I who keep steady its pillars. Selah

 

(Psalm 75:4)  I say to the boastful, 'Do not boast,' and to the wicked, 'Do not lift up your horn;

 

(Psalm 75:5)  do not lift up your horn on high, or speak with haughty neck.'"

 

(Psalm 75:6)  For not from the east or from the west and not from the wilderness comes lifting up,

 

(Psalm 75:7)  but it is God who executes judgment, putting down one and lifting up another.

 

(Psalm 75:8)  For in the hand of the LORD there is a cup with foaming wine, well mixed, and he pours out from it, and all the wicked of the earth shall drain it down to the dregs.

 

(Psalm 75:9)  But I will declare it forever; I will sing praises to the God of Jacob.

 

(Psalm 75:10)  All the horns of the wicked I will cut off, but the horns of the righteous shall be lifted up.

 

Psalm 76

(Psalm 76:1)  To the choirmaster: with stringed instruments. A Psalm of Asaph. A Song. In Judah God is known; his name is great in Israel.

 

(Psalm 76:2)  His abode has been established in Salem, his dwelling place in Zion.

 

(Psalm 76:3)  There he broke the flashing arrows, the shield, the sword, and the weapons of war. Selah

 

(Psalm 76:4)  Glorious are you, more majestic than the mountains of prey.

 

(Psalm 76:5)  The stouthearted were stripped of their spoil; they sank into sleep; all the men of war were unable to use their hands.

 

(Psalm 76:6)  At your rebuke, O God of Jacob, both rider and horse lay stunned.

 

(Psalm 76:7)  But you, you are to be feared! Who can stand before you when once your anger is roused?

 

(Psalm 76:8)  From the heavens you uttered judgment; the earth feared and was still,

 

(Psalm 76:9)  when God arose to establish judgment, to save all the humble of the earth. Selah

 

(Psalm 76:10)  Surely the wrath of man shall praise you; the remnant of wrath you will put on like a belt.

 

(Psalm 76:11)  Make your vows to the LORD your God and perform them; let all around him bring gifts to him who is to be feared,

 

(Psalm 76:12)  who cuts off the spirit of princes, who is to be feared by the kings of the earth.

 

Psalm 77

(Psalm 77:1)  To the choirmaster: according to Jeduthun. A Psalm of Asaph. I cry aloud to God, aloud to God, and he will hear me.

 

(Psalm 77:2)  In the day of my trouble I seek the Lord; in the night my hand is stretched out without wearying; my soul refuses to be comforted.

 

(Psalm 77:3)  When I remember God, I moan; when I meditate, my spirit faints. Selah

 

(Psalm 77:4)  You hold my eyelids open; I am so troubled that I cannot speak.

 

(Psalm 77:5)  I consider the days of old, the years long ago.

 

(Psalm 77:6)  I said, "Let me remember my song in the night; let me meditate in my heart." Then my spirit made a diligent search:

 

(Psalm 77:7)  "Will the Lord spurn forever, and never again be favorable?

 

(Psalm 77:8)  Has his steadfast love forever ceased? Are his promises at an end for all time?

 

(Psalm 77:9)  Has God forgotten to be gracious? Has he in anger shut up his compassion?" Selah

 

(Psalm 77:10)  Then I said, "I will appeal to this, to the years of the right hand of the Most High."

 

(Psalm 77:11)  I will remember the deeds of the LORD; yes, I will remember your wonders of old.

 

(Psalm 77:12)  I will ponder all your work, and meditate on your mighty deeds.

 

(Psalm 77:13)  Your way, O God, is holy. What god is great like our God?

 

(Psalm 77:14)  You are the God who works wonders; you have made known your might among the peoples.

 

(Psalm 77:15)  You with your arm redeemed your people, the children of Jacob and Joseph. Selah

 

(Psalm 77:16)  When the waters saw you, O God, when the waters saw you, they were afraid; indeed, the deep trembled.

 

(Psalm 77:17)  The clouds poured out water; the skies gave forth thunder; your arrows flashed on every side.

 

(Psalm 77:18)  The crash of your thunder was in the whirlwind; your lightnings lighted up the world; the earth trembled and shook.

 

(Psalm 77:19)  Your way was through the sea, your path through the great waters; yet your footprints were unseen.

 

(Psalm 77:20)  You led your people like a flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron.

 

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These Psalms all show how merciful and wonderful God really is, listening to our prayers and deserving of all of our praise that we offer Him. There also is advice on how to live, as well. Jesus came and died for all of us, out of love, so we can be restored to a good relationship with Him and the Father, and there is nothing comparable to an excellent relationship with God the Father, nothing at all because He is so good to each and every one if us and loves us more than we can know. I am now including a prayer which you can use to invite Jesus into your heart to start this wonderful love relationship or have Him come back, if you have drifted away for any reason. Please pray this following prayer with me:

Dear God in heaven, I come to you in the name of Jesus. I acknowledge to You that I am a sinner, and I am sorry for my sins and the life that I have lived; I need your forgiveness. I believe that your only begotten Son Jesus Christ shed His precious blood on the cross at Calvary and died for my sins, and I am now willing to turn from my sin. You said in Your Holy Word, Romans 10:9 that if we confess Jesus as our Lord and believe in our hearts that God raised Jesus from the dead, we will be saved. Right now I confess Jesus as the Lord of my soul. With my heart, I believe that God raised Jesus from the dead. This very moment I accept Jesus Christ as my own personal Savior and according to His Word, right now I am saved. Thank you Jesus for your unlimited grace which has saved me from my sins. I thank you Jesus that your grace never leads to license, but rather it always leads to repentance. Therefore Lord Jesus transform my life so that I may bring glory and honor to you alone and not to myself. Thank you Jesus for dying for me and giving me eternal life.

Amen.

God bless you and yours