Book of Psalms bible study Psalms 25 through 50

 

            Here is the next group of Psalms, again written by various people, more David than anyone else, but again with excellent life applications for today, good praises for God, and prayer to God to meet needs, deliver and repent of any wrongdoing. These can be a standalone bible study, but if you want to you can study the whole book of the Psalms too. Here is a link to the prior study of the book of Psalms covering the first 24:

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Psalm 25

(Psalm 25:1)  Of David. To you, O LORD, I lift up my soul.

 

(Psalm 25:2)  O my God, in you I trust; let me not be put to shame; let not my enemies exult over me.

 

(Psalm 25:3)  Indeed, none who wait for you shall be put to shame; they shall be ashamed who are wantonly treacherous.

 

(Psalm 25:4)  Make me to know your ways, O LORD; teach me your paths.

 

(Psalm 25:5)  Lead me in your truth and teach me, for you are the God of my salvation; for you I wait all the day long.

 

(Psalm 25:6)  Remember your mercy, O LORD, and your steadfast love, for they have been from of old.

 

(Psalm 25:7)  Remember not the sins of my youth or my transgressions; according to your steadfast love remember me, for the sake of your goodness, O LORD!

 

(Psalm 25:8)  Good and upright is the LORD; therefore he instructs sinners in the way.

 

(Psalm 25:9)  He leads the humble in what is right, and teaches the humble his way.

 

(Psalm 25:10)  All the paths of the LORD are steadfast love and faithfulness, for those who keep his covenant and his testimonies.

 

(Psalm 25:11)  For your name's sake, O LORD, pardon my guilt, for it is great.

 

(Psalm 25:12)  Who is the man who fears the LORD? Him will he instruct in the way that he should choose.

 

(Psalm 25:13)  His soul shall abide in well-being, and his offspring shall inherit the land.

 

(Psalm 25:14)  The friendship of the LORD is for those who fear him, and he makes known to them his covenant.

 

(Psalm 25:15)  My eyes are ever toward the LORD, for he will pluck my feet out of the net.

 

(Psalm 25:16)  Turn to me and be gracious to me, for I am lonely and afflicted.

 

(Psalm 25:17)  The troubles of my heart are enlarged; bring me out of my distresses.

 

(Psalm 25:18)  Consider my affliction and my trouble, and forgive all my sins.

 

(Psalm 25:19)  Consider how many are my foes, and with what violent hatred they hate me.

 

(Psalm 25:20)  Oh, guard my soul, and deliver me! Let me not be put to shame, for I take refuge in you.

 

(Psalm 25:21)  May integrity and uprightness preserve me, for I wait for you.

 

(Psalm 25:22)  Redeem Israel, O God, out of all his troubles.

 

Psalm 26

(Psalm 26:1)  Of David. Vindicate me, O LORD, for I have walked in my integrity, and I have trusted in the LORD without wavering.

 

(Psalm 26:2)  Prove me, O LORD, and try me; test my heart and my mind.

 

(Psalm 26:3)  For your steadfast love is before my eyes, and I walk in your faithfulness.

 

(Psalm 26:4)  I do not sit with men of falsehood, nor do I consort with hypocrites.

 

(Psalm 26:5)  I hate the assembly of evildoers, and I will not sit with the wicked.

 

(Psalm 26:6)  I wash my hands in innocence and go around your altar, O LORD,

 

(Psalm 26:7)  proclaiming thanksgiving aloud, and telling all your wondrous deeds.

 

(Psalm 26:8)  O LORD, I love the habitation of your house and the place where your glory dwells.

 

(Psalm 26:9)  Do not sweep my soul away with sinners, nor my life with bloodthirsty men,

 

(Psalm 26:10)  in whose hands are evil devices, and whose right hands are full of bribes.

 

(Psalm 26:11)  But as for me, I shall walk in my integrity; redeem me, and be gracious to me.

 

(Psalm 26:12)  My foot stands on level ground; in the great assembly I will bless the LORD.

 

Psalm 27

(Psalm 27:1)  Of David. The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?

 

(Psalm 27:2)  When evildoers assail me to eat up my flesh, my adversaries and foes, it is they who stumble and fall.

 

(Psalm 27:3)  Though an army encamp against me, my heart shall not fear; though war arise against me, yet I will be confident.

 

(Psalm 27:4)  One thing have I asked of the LORD, that will I seek after: that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the LORD and to inquire in his temple.

 

(Psalm 27:5)  For he will hide me in his shelter in the day of trouble; he will conceal me under the cover of his tent; he will lift me high upon a rock.

 

(Psalm 27:6)  And now my head shall be lifted up above my enemies all around me, and I will offer in his tent sacrifices with shouts of joy; I will sing and make melody to the LORD.

 

(Psalm 27:7)  Hear, O LORD, when I cry aloud; be gracious to me and answer me!

 

(Psalm 27:8)  You have said, "Seek my face." My heart says to you, "Your face, LORD, do I seek."

 

(Psalm 27:9)  Hide not your face from me. Turn not your servant away in anger, O you who have been my help. Cast me not off; forsake me not, O God of my salvation!

 

(Psalm 27:10)  For my father and my mother have forsaken me, but the LORD will take me in.

 

(Psalm 27:11)  Teach me your way, O LORD, and lead me on a level path because of my enemies.

 

(Psalm 27:12)  Give me not up to the will of my adversaries; for false witnesses have risen against me, and they breathe out violence.

 

(Psalm 27:13)  I believe that I shall look upon the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living!

 

(Psalm 27:14)  Wait for the LORD; be strong, and let your heart take courage; wait for the LORD!

 

Psalm 28

(Psalm 28:1)  Of David. To you, O LORD, I call; my rock, be not deaf to me, lest, if you be silent to me, I become like those who go down to the pit.

 

(Psalm 28:2)  Hear the voice of my pleas for mercy, when I cry to you for help, when I lift up my hands toward your most holy sanctuary.

 

(Psalm 28:3)  Do not drag me off with the wicked, with the workers of evil, who speak peace with their neighbors while evil is in their hearts.

 

(Psalm 28:4)  Give to them according to their work and according to the evil of their deeds; give to them according to the work of their hands; render them their due reward.

 

(Psalm 28:5)  Because they do not regard the works of the LORD or the work of his hands, he will tear them down and build them up no more.

 

(Psalm 28:6)  Blessed be the LORD! For he has heard the voice of my pleas for mercy.

 

(Psalm 28:7)  The LORD is my strength and my shield; in him my heart trusts, and I am helped; my heart exults, and with my song I give thanks to him.

 

(Psalm 28:8)  The LORD is the strength of his people; he is the saving refuge of his anointed.

 

(Psalm 28:9)  Oh, save your people and bless your heritage! Be their shepherd and carry them forever.

 

Psalm 27

(Psalm 29:1)  A Psalm of David. Ascribe to the LORD, O heavenly beings, ascribe to the LORD glory and strength.

 

(Psalm 29:2)  Ascribe to the LORD the glory due his name; worship the LORD in the splendor of holiness.

 

(Psalm 29:3)  The voice of the LORD is over the waters; the God of glory thunders, the LORD, over many waters.

 

(Psalm 29:4)  The voice of the LORD is powerful; the voice of the LORD is full of majesty.

 

(Psalm 29:5)  The voice of the LORD breaks the cedars; the LORD breaks the cedars of Lebanon.

 

(Psalm 29:6)  He makes Lebanon to skip like a calf, and Sirion like a young wild ox.

 

(Psalm 29:7)  The voice of the LORD flashes forth flames of fire.

 

(Psalm 29:8)  The voice of the LORD shakes the wilderness; the LORD shakes the wilderness of Kadesh.

 

(Psalm 29:9)  The voice of the LORD makes the deer give birth and strips the forests bare, and in his temple all cry, "Glory!"

 

(Psalm 29:10)  The LORD sits enthroned over the flood; the LORD sits enthroned as king forever.

 

(Psalm 29:11)  May the LORD give strength to his people! May the LORD bless his people with peace!

 

Psalm 30

(Psalm 30:1)  A Psalm of David. A song at the dedication of the temple. I will extol you, O LORD, for you have drawn me up and have not let my foes rejoice over me.

 

(Psalm 30:2)  O LORD my God, I cried to you for help, and you have healed me.

 

(Psalm 30:3)  O LORD, you have brought up my soul from Sheol; you restored me to life from among those who go down to the pit.

 

(Psalm 30:4)  Sing praises to the LORD, O you his saints, and give thanks to his holy name.

 

(Psalm 30:5)  For his anger is but for a moment, and his favor is for a lifetime. Weeping may tarry for the night, but joy comes with the morning.

 

(Psalm 30:6)  As for me, I said in my prosperity, "I shall never be moved."

 

(Psalm 30:7)  By your favor, O LORD, you made my mountain stand strong; you hid your face; I was dismayed.

 

(Psalm 30:8)  To you, O LORD, I cry, and to the Lord I plead for mercy:

 

(Psalm 30:9)  "What profit is there in my death, if I go down to the pit? Will the dust praise you? Will it tell of your faithfulness?

 

(Psalm 30:10)  Hear, O LORD, and be merciful to me! O LORD, be my helper!"

 

(Psalm 30:11)  You have turned for me my mourning into dancing; you have loosed my sackcloth and clothed me with gladness,

 

(Psalm 30:12)  that my glory may sing your praise and not be silent. O LORD my God, I will give thanks to you forever!

 

(Psalm 31:1)  To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. In you, O LORD, do I take refuge; let me never be put to shame; in your righteousness deliver me!

 

(Psalm 31:2)  Incline your ear to me; rescue me speedily! Be a rock of refuge for me, a strong fortress to save me!

 

(Psalm 31:3)  For you are my rock and my fortress; and for your name's sake you lead me and guide me;

 

(Psalm 31:4)  you take me out of the net they have hidden for me, for you are my refuge.

 

(Psalm 31:5)  Into your hand I commit my spirit; you have redeemed me, O LORD, faithful God.

 

(Psalm 31:6)  I hate those who pay regard to worthless idols, but I trust in the LORD.

 

(Psalm 31:7)  I will rejoice and be glad in your steadfast love, because you have seen my affliction; you have known the distress of my soul,

 

(Psalm 31:8)  and you have not delivered me into the hand of the enemy; you have set my feet in a broad place.

 

(Psalm 31:9)  Be gracious to me, O LORD, for I am in distress; my eye is wasted from grief; my soul and my body also.

 

(Psalm 31:10)  For my life is spent with sorrow, and my years with sighing; my strength fails because of my iniquity, and my bones waste away.

 

(Psalm 31:11)  Because of all my adversaries I have become a reproach, especially to my neighbors, and an object of dread to my acquaintances; those who see me in the street flee from me.

 

(Psalm 31:12)  I have been forgotten like one who is dead; I have become like a broken vessel.

 

(Psalm 31:13)  For I hear the whispering of many-- terror on every side!-- as they scheme together against me, as they plot to take my life.

 

(Psalm 31:14)  But I trust in you, O LORD; I say, "You are my God."

 

(Psalm 31:15)  My times are in your hand; rescue me from the hand of my enemies and from my persecutors!

 

(Psalm 31:16)  Make your face shine on your servant; save me in your steadfast love!

 

(Psalm 31:17)  O LORD, let me not be put to shame, for I call upon you; let the wicked be put to shame; let them go silently to Sheol.

 

(Psalm 31:18)  Let the lying lips be mute, which speak insolently against the righteous in pride and contempt.

 

(Psalm 31:19)  Oh, how abundant is your goodness, which you have stored up for those who fear you and worked for those who take refuge in you, in the sight of the children of mankind!

 

(Psalm 31:20)  In the cover of your presence you hide them from the plots of men; you store them in your shelter from the strife of tongues.

 

(Psalm 31:21)  Blessed be the LORD, for he has wondrously shown his steadfast love to me when I was in a besieged city.

 

(Psalm 31:22)  I had said in my alarm, "I am cut off from your sight." But you heard the voice of my pleas for mercy when I cried to you for help.

 

(Psalm 31:23)  Love the LORD, all you his saints! The LORD preserves the faithful but abundantly repays the one who acts in pride.

 

(Psalm 31:24)  Be strong, and let your heart take courage, all you who wait for the LORD!

 

Psalm 32

(Psalm 32:1)  A Maskil of David. Blessed is the one whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.

 

(Psalm 32:2)  Blessed is the man against whom the LORD counts no iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no deceit.

 

(Psalm 32:3)  For when I kept silent, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long.

 

(Psalm 32:4)  For day and night your hand was heavy upon me; my strength was dried up as by the heat of summer. Selah

 

(Psalm 32:5)  I acknowledged my sin to you, and I did not cover my iniquity; I said, "I will confess my transgressions to the LORD," and you forgave the iniquity of my sin. Selah

 

(Psalm 32:6)  Therefore let everyone who is godly offer prayer to you at a time when you may be found; surely in the rush of great waters, they shall not reach him.

 

(Psalm 32:7)  You are a hiding place for me; you preserve me from trouble; you surround me with shouts of deliverance. Selah

 

(Psalm 32:8)  I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with my eye upon you.

 

(Psalm 32:9)  Be not like a horse or a mule, without understanding, which must be curbed with bit and bridle, or it will not stay near you.

 

(Psalm 32:10)  Many are the sorrows of the wicked, but steadfast love surrounds the one who trusts in the LORD.

 

(Psalm 32:11)  Be glad in the LORD, and rejoice, O righteous, and shout for joy, all you upright in heart!

 

Psalm 33

(Psalm 33:1)  Shout for joy in the LORD, O you righteous! Praise befits the upright.

 

(Psalm 33:2)  Give thanks to the LORD with the lyre; make melody to him with the harp of ten strings!

 

(Psalm 33:3)  Sing to him a new song; play skillfully on the strings, with loud shouts.

 

(Psalm 33:4)  For the word of the LORD is upright, and all his work is done in faithfulness.

 

(Psalm 33:5)  He loves righteousness and justice; the earth is full of the steadfast love of the LORD.

 

(Psalm 33:6)  By the word of the LORD the heavens were made, and by the breath of his mouth all their host.

 

(Psalm 33:7)  He gathers the waters of the sea as a heap; he puts the deeps in storehouses.

 

(Psalm 33:8)  Let all the earth fear the LORD; let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him!

 

(Psalm 33:9)  For he spoke, and it came to be; he commanded, and it stood firm.

 

(Psalm 33:10)  The LORD brings the counsel of the nations to nothing; he frustrates the plans of the peoples.

 

(Psalm 33:11)  The counsel of the LORD stands forever, the plans of his heart to all generations.

 

(Psalm 33:12)  Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD, the people whom he has chosen as his heritage!

 

(Psalm 33:13)  The LORD looks down from heaven; he sees all the children of man;

 

(Psalm 33:14)  from where he sits enthroned he looks out on all the inhabitants of the earth,

 

(Psalm 33:15)  he who fashions the hearts of them all and observes all their deeds.

 

(Psalm 33:16)  The king is not saved by his great army; a warrior is not delivered by his great strength.

 

(Psalm 33:17)  The war horse is a false hope for salvation, and by its great might it cannot rescue.

 

(Psalm 33:18)  Behold, the eye of the LORD is on those who fear him, on those who hope in his steadfast love,

 

(Psalm 33:19)  that he may deliver their soul from death and keep them alive in famine.

 

(Psalm 33:20)  Our soul waits for the LORD; he is our help and our shield.

 

(Psalm 33:21)  For our heart is glad in him, because we trust in his holy name.

 

(Psalm 33:22)  Let your steadfast love, O LORD, be upon us, even as we hope in you.

 

Psalm 34

(Psalm 34:1)  Of David, when he changed his behavior before Abimelech, so that he drove him out, and he went away. I will bless the LORD at all times; his praise shall continually be in my mouth.

 

(Psalm 34:2)  My soul makes its boast in the LORD; let the humble hear and be glad.

 

(Psalm 34:3)  Oh, magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt his name together!

 

(Psalm 34:4)  I sought the LORD, and he answered me and delivered me from all my fears.

 

(Psalm 34:5)  Those who look to him are radiant, and their faces shall never be ashamed.

 

(Psalm 34:6)  This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him and saved him out of all his troubles.

 

(Psalm 34:7)  The angel of the LORD encamps around those who fear him, and delivers them.

 

(Psalm 34:8)  Oh, taste and see that the LORD is good! Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him!

 

(Psalm 34:9)  Oh, fear the LORD, you his saints, for those who fear him have no lack!

 

(Psalm 34:10)  The young lions suffer want and hunger; but those who seek the LORD lack no good thing.

 

(Psalm 34:11)  Come, O children, listen to me; I will teach you the fear of the LORD.

 

(Psalm 34:12)  What man is there who desires life and loves many days, that he may see good?

 

(Psalm 34:13)  Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from speaking deceit.

 

(Psalm 34:14)  Turn away from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it.

 

(Psalm 34:15)  The eyes of the LORD are toward the righteous and his ears toward their cry.

 

(Psalm 34:16)  The face of the LORD is against those who do evil, to cut off the memory of them from the earth.

 

(Psalm 34:17)  When the righteous cry for help, the LORD hears and delivers them out of all their troubles.

 

(Psalm 34:18)  The LORD is near to the brokenhearted and saves the crushed in spirit.

 

(Psalm 34:19)  Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the LORD delivers him out of them all.

 

(Psalm 34:20)  He keeps all his bones; not one of them is broken.

 

(Psalm 34:21)  Affliction will slay the wicked, and those who hate the righteous will be condemned.

 

(Psalm 34:22)  The LORD redeems the life of his servants; none of those who take refuge in him will be condemned.

 

Psalm 35

(Psalm 35:1)  Of David. Contend, O LORD, with those who contend with me; fight against those who fight against me!

 

(Psalm 35:2)  Take hold of shield and buckler and rise for my help!

 

(Psalm 35:3)  Draw the spear and javelin against my pursuers! Say to my soul, "I am your salvation!"

 

(Psalm 35:4)  Let them be put to shame and dishonor who seek after my life! Let them be turned back and disappointed who devise evil against me!

 

(Psalm 35:5)  Let them be like chaff before the wind, with the angel of the LORD driving them away!

 

(Psalm 35:6)  Let their way be dark and slippery, with the angel of the LORD pursuing them!

 

(Psalm 35:7)  For without cause they hid their net for me; without cause they dug a pit for my life.

 

(Psalm 35:8)  Let destruction come upon him when he does not know it! And let the net that he hid ensnare him; let him fall into it--to his destruction!

 

(Psalm 35:9)  Then my soul will rejoice in the LORD, exulting in his salvation.

 

(Psalm 35:10)  All my bones shall say, "O LORD, who is like you, delivering the poor from him who is too strong for him, the poor and needy from him who robs him?"

 

(Psalm 35:11)  Malicious witnesses rise up; they ask me of things that I do not know.

 

(Psalm 35:12)  They repay me evil for good; my soul is bereft.

 

(Psalm 35:13)  But I, when they were sick-- I wore sackcloth; I afflicted myself with fasting; I prayed with head bowed on my chest.

 

(Psalm 35:14)  I went about as though I grieved for my friend or my brother; as one who laments his mother, I bowed down in mourning.

 

(Psalm 35:15)  But at my stumbling they rejoiced and gathered; they gathered together against me; wretches whom I did not know tore at me without ceasing;

 

(Psalm 35:16)  like profane mockers at a feast, they gnash at me with their teeth.

 

(Psalm 35:17)  How long, O Lord, will you look on? Rescue me from their destruction, my precious life from the lions!

 

(Psalm 35:18)  I will thank you in the great congregation; in the mighty throng I will praise you.

 

(Psalm 35:19)  Let not those rejoice over me who are wrongfully my foes, and let not those wink the eye who hate me without cause.

 

(Psalm 35:20)  For they do not speak peace, but against those who are quiet in the land they devise words of deceit.

 

(Psalm 35:21)  They open wide their mouths against me; they say, "Aha, Aha! Our eyes have seen it!"

 

(Psalm 35:22)  You have seen, O LORD; be not silent! O Lord, be not far from me!

 

(Psalm 35:23)  Awake and rouse yourself for my vindication, for my cause, my God and my Lord!

 

(Psalm 35:24)  Vindicate me, O LORD, my God, according to your righteousness, and let them not rejoice over me!

 

(Psalm 35:25)  Let them not say in their hearts, "Aha, our heart's desire!" Let them not say, "We have swallowed him up."

 

(Psalm 35:26)  Let them be put to shame and disappointed altogether who rejoice at my calamity! Let them be clothed with shame and dishonor who magnify themselves against me!

 

(Psalm 35:27)  Let those who delight in my righteousness shout for joy and be glad and say evermore, "Great is the LORD, who delights in the welfare of his servant!"

 

(Psalm 35:28)  Then my tongue shall tell of your righteousness and of your praise all the day long.

 

Psalm 36

(Psalm 36:1)  To the choirmaster. Of David, the servant of the LORD. Transgression speaks to the wicked deep in his heart; there is no fear of God before his eyes.

 

(Psalm 36:2)  For he flatters himself in his own eyes that his iniquity cannot be found out and hated.

 

(Psalm 36:3)  The words of his mouth are trouble and deceit; he has ceased to act wisely and do good.

 

(Psalm 36:4)  He plots trouble while on his bed; he sets himself in a way that is not good; he does not reject evil.

 

(Psalm 36:5)  Your steadfast love, O LORD, extends to the heavens, your faithfulness to the clouds.

 

(Psalm 36:6)  Your righteousness is like the mountains of God; your judgments are like the great deep; man and beast you save, O LORD.

 

(Psalm 36:7)  How precious is your steadfast love, O God! The children of mankind take refuge in the shadow of your wings.

 

(Psalm 36:8)  They feast on the abundance of your house, and you give them drink from the river of your delights.

 

(Psalm 36:9)  For with you is the fountain of life; in your light do we see light.

 

(Psalm 36:10)  Oh, continue your steadfast love to those who know you, and your righteousness to the upright of heart!

 

(Psalm 36:11)  Let not the foot of arrogance come upon me, nor the hand of the wicked drive me away.

 

(Psalm 36:12)  There the evildoers lie fallen; they are thrust down, unable to rise.

 

Psalm 37

(Psalm 37:1)  Of David. Fret not yourself because of evildoers; be not envious of wrongdoers!

 

(Psalm 37:2)  For they will soon fade like the grass and wither like the green herb.

 

(Psalm 37:3)  Trust in the LORD, and do good; dwell in the land and befriend faithfulness.

 

(Psalm 37:4)  Delight yourself in the LORD, and he will give you the desires of your heart.

 

(Psalm 37:5)  Commit your way to the LORD; trust in him, and he will act.

 

(Psalm 37:6)  He will bring forth your righteousness as the light, and your justice as the noonday.

 

(Psalm 37:7)  Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for him; fret not yourself over the one who prospers in his way, over the man who carries out evil devices!

 

(Psalm 37:8)  Refrain from anger, and forsake wrath! Fret not yourself; it tends only to evil.

 

(Psalm 37:9)  For the evildoers shall be cut off, but those who wait for the LORD shall inherit the land.

 

(Psalm 37:10)  In just a little while, the wicked will be no more; though you look carefully at his place, he will not be there.

 

(Psalm 37:11)  But the meek shall inherit the land and delight themselves in abundant peace.

 

(Psalm 37:12)  The wicked plots against the righteous and gnashes his teeth at him,

 

(Psalm 37:13)  but the Lord laughs at the wicked, for he sees that his day is coming.

 

(Psalm 37:14)  The wicked draw the sword and bend their bows to bring down the poor and needy, to slay those whose way is upright;

 

(Psalm 37:15)  their sword shall enter their own heart, and their bows shall be broken.

 

(Psalm 37:16)  Better is the little that the righteous has than the abundance of many wicked.

 

(Psalm 37:17)  For the arms of the wicked shall be broken, but the LORD upholds the righteous.

 

(Psalm 37:18)  The LORD knows the days of the blameless, and their heritage will remain forever;

 

(Psalm 37:19)  they are not put to shame in evil times; in the days of famine they have abundance.

 

(Psalm 37:20)  But the wicked will perish; the enemies of the LORD are like the glory of the pastures; they vanish--like smoke they vanish away.

 

(Psalm 37:21)  The wicked borrows but does not pay back, but the righteous is generous and gives;

 

(Psalm 37:22)  for those blessed by the LORD shall inherit the land, but those cursed by him shall be cut off.

 

(Psalm 37:23)  The steps of a man are established by the LORD, when he delights in his way;

 

(Psalm 37:24)  though he fall, he shall not be cast headlong, for the LORD upholds his hand.

 

(Psalm 37:25)  I have been young, and now am old, yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken or his children begging for bread.

 

(Psalm 37:26)  He is ever lending generously, and his children become a blessing.

 

(Psalm 37:27)  Turn away from evil and do good; so shall you dwell forever.

 

(Psalm 37:28)  For the LORD loves justice; he will not forsake his saints. They are preserved forever, but the children of the wicked shall be cut off.

 

(Psalm 37:29)  The righteous shall inherit the land and dwell upon it forever.

 

(Psalm 37:30)  The mouth of the righteous utters wisdom, and his tongue speaks justice.

 

(Psalm 37:31)  The law of his God is in his heart; his steps do not slip.

 

(Psalm 37:32)  The wicked watches for the righteous and seeks to put him to death.

 

(Psalm 37:33)  The LORD will not abandon him to his power or let him be condemned when he is brought to trial.

 

(Psalm 37:34)  Wait for the LORD and keep his way, and he will exalt you to inherit the land; you will look on when the wicked are cut off.

 

(Psalm 37:35)  I have seen a wicked, ruthless man, spreading himself like a green laurel tree.

 

(Psalm 37:36)  But he passed away, and behold, he was no more; though I sought him, he could not be found.

 

(Psalm 37:37)  Mark the blameless and behold the upright, for there is a future for the man of peace.

 

(Psalm 37:38)  But transgressors shall be altogether destroyed; the future of the wicked shall be cut off.

 

(Psalm 37:39)  The salvation of the righteous is from the LORD; he is their stronghold in the time of trouble.

 

(Psalm 37:40)  The LORD helps them and delivers them; he delivers them from the wicked and saves them, because they take refuge in him.

 

Psalm 38

(Psalm 38:1)  A Psalm of David, for the memorial offering. O LORD, rebuke me not in your anger, nor discipline me in your wrath!

 

(Psalm 38:2)  For your arrows have sunk into me, and your hand has come down on me.

 

(Psalm 38:3)  There is no soundness in my flesh because of your indignation; there is no health in my bones because of my sin.

 

(Psalm 38:4)  For my iniquities have gone over my head; like a heavy burden, they are too heavy for me.

 

(Psalm 38:5)  My wounds stink and fester because of my foolishness,

 

(Psalm 38:6)  I am utterly bowed down and prostrate; all the day I go about mourning.

 

(Psalm 38:7)  For my sides are filled with burning, and there is no soundness in my flesh.

 

(Psalm 38:8)  I am feeble and crushed; I groan because of the tumult of my heart.

 

(Psalm 38:9)  O Lord, all my longing is before you; my sighing is not hidden from you.

 

(Psalm 38:10)  My heart throbs; my strength fails me, and the light of my eyes--it also has gone from me.

 

(Psalm 38:11)  My friends and companions stand aloof from my plague, and my nearest kin stand far off.

 

(Psalm 38:12)  Those who seek my life lay their snares; those who seek my hurt speak of ruin and meditate treachery all day long.

 

(Psalm 38:13)  But I am like a deaf man; I do not hear, like a mute man who does not open his mouth.

 

(Psalm 38:14)  I have become like a man who does not hear, and in whose mouth are no rebukes.

 

(Psalm 38:15)  But for you, O LORD, do I wait; it is you, O Lord my God, who will answer.

 

(Psalm 38:16)  For I said, "Only let them not rejoice over me, who boast against me when my foot slips!"

 

(Psalm 38:17)  For I am ready to fall, and my pain is ever before me.

 

(Psalm 38:18)  I confess my iniquity; I am sorry for my sin.

 

(Psalm 38:19)  But my foes are vigorous, they are mighty, and many are those who hate me wrongfully.

 

(Psalm 38:20)  Those who render me evil for good accuse me because I follow after good.

 

(Psalm 38:21)  Do not forsake me, O LORD! O my God, be not far from me!

 

(Psalm 38:22)  Make haste to help me, O Lord, my salvation!

 

Psalm 39

(Psalm 39:1)  To the choirmaster: to Jeduthun. A Psalm of David. I said, "I will guard my ways, that I may not sin with my tongue; I will guard my mouth with a muzzle, so long as the wicked are in my presence."

 

(Psalm 39:2)  I was mute and silent; I held my peace to no avail, and my distress grew worse.

 

(Psalm 39:3)  My heart became hot within me. As I mused, the fire burned; then I spoke with my tongue:

 

(Psalm 39:4)  "O LORD, make me know my end and what is the measure of my days; let me know how fleeting I am!

 

(Psalm 39:5)  Behold, you have made my days a few handbreadths, and my lifetime is as nothing before you. Surely all mankind stands as a mere breath! Selah

 

(Psalm 39:6)  Surely a man goes about as a shadow! Surely for nothing they are in turmoil; man heaps up wealth and does not know who will gather!

 

(Psalm 39:7)  "And now, O Lord, for what do I wait? My hope is in you.

 

(Psalm 39:8)  Deliver me from all my transgressions. Do not make me the scorn of the fool!

 

(Psalm 39:9)  I am mute; I do not open my mouth, for it is you who have done it.

 

(Psalm 39:10)  Remove your stroke from me; I am spent by the hostility of your hand.

 

(Psalm 39:11)  When you discipline a man with rebukes for sin, you consume like a moth what is dear to him; surely all mankind is a mere breath! Selah

 

(Psalm 39:12)  "Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear to my cry; hold not your peace at my tears! For I am a sojourner with you, a guest, like all my fathers.

 

(Psalm 39:13)  Look away from me, that I may smile again, before I depart and am no more!"

 

Psalm 40

(Psalm 40:1)  To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. I waited patiently for the LORD; he inclined to me and heard my cry.

 

(Psalm 40:2)  He drew me up from the pit of destruction, out of the miry bog, and set my feet upon a rock, making my steps secure.

 

(Psalm 40:3)  He put a new song in my mouth, a song of praise to our God. Many will see and fear, and put their trust in the LORD.

 

(Psalm 40:4)  Blessed is the man who makes the LORD his trust, who does not turn to the proud, to those who go astray after a lie!

 

(Psalm 40:5)  You have multiplied, O LORD my God, your wondrous deeds and your thoughts toward us; none can compare with you! I will proclaim and tell of them, yet they are more than can be told.

 

(Psalm 40:6)  In sacrifice and offering you have not delighted, but you have given me an open ear. Burnt offering and sin offering you have not required.

 

(Psalm 40:7)  Then I said, "Behold, I have come; in the scroll of the book it is written of me:

 

(Psalm 40:8)  I delight to do your will, O my God; your law is within my heart."

 

(Psalm 40:9)  I have told the glad news of deliverance in the great congregation; behold, I have not restrained my lips, as you know, O LORD.

 

(Psalm 40:10)  I have not hidden your deliverance within my heart; I have spoken of your faithfulness and your salvation; I have not concealed your steadfast love and your faithfulness from the great congregation.

 

(Psalm 40:11)  As for you, O LORD, you will not restrain your mercy from me; your steadfast love and your faithfulness will ever preserve me!

 

(Psalm 40:12)  For evils have encompassed me beyond number; my iniquities have overtaken me, and I cannot see; they are more than the hairs of my head; my heart fails me.

 

(Psalm 40:13)  Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me! O LORD, make haste to help me!

 

(Psalm 40:14)  Let those be put to shame and disappointed altogether who seek to snatch away my life; let those be turned back and brought to dishonor who delight in my hurt!

 

(Psalm 40:15)  Let those be appalled because of their shame who say to me, "Aha, Aha!"

 

(Psalm 40:16)  But may all who seek you rejoice and be glad in you; may those who love your salvation say continually, "Great is the LORD!"

 

(Psalm 40:17)  As for me, I am poor and needy, but the Lord takes thought for me. You are my help and my deliverer; do not delay, O my God!

 

Psalm 41

(Psalm 41:1)  To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. Blessed is the one who considers the poor! In the day of trouble the LORD delivers him;

 

(Psalm 41:2)  the LORD protects him and keeps him alive; he is called blessed in the land; you do not give him up to the will of his enemies.

 

(Psalm 41:3)  The LORD sustains him on his sickbed; in his illness you restore him to full health.

 

(Psalm 41:4)  As for me, I said, "O LORD, be gracious to me; heal me, for I have sinned against you!"

 

(Psalm 41:5)  My enemies say of me in malice, "When will he die, and his name perish?"

 

(Psalm 41:6)  And when one comes to see me, he utters empty words, while his heart gathers iniquity; when he goes out, he tells it abroad.

 

(Psalm 41:7)  All who hate me whisper together about me; they imagine the worst for me.

 

(Psalm 41:8)  They say, "A deadly thing is poured out on him; he will not rise again from where he lies."

 

(Psalm 41:9)  Even my close friend in whom I trusted, who ate my bread, has lifted his heel against me.

 

(Psalm 41:10)  But you, O LORD, be gracious to me, and raise me up, that I may repay them!

 

(Psalm 41:11)  By this I know that you delight in me: my enemy will not shout in triumph over me.

 

(Psalm 41:12)  But you have upheld me because of my integrity, and set me in your presence forever.

 

(Psalm 41:13)  Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting! Amen and Amen.

 

Psalm 42

(Psalm 42:1)  To the choirmaster. A Maskil of the Sons of Korah. As a deer pants for flowing streams, so pants my soul for you, O God.

 

(Psalm 42:2)  My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and appear before God?

 

(Psalm 42:3)  My tears have been my food day and night, while they say to me all the day long, "Where is your God?"

 

(Psalm 42:4)  These things I remember, as I pour out my soul: how I would go with the throng and lead them in procession to the house of God with glad shouts and songs of praise, a multitude keeping festival.

 

(Psalm 42:5)  Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you in turmoil within me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise him, my salvation

 

(Psalm 42:6)  and my God. My soul is cast down within me; therefore I remember you from the land of Jordan and of Hermon, from Mount Mizar.

 

(Psalm 42:7)  Deep calls to deep at the roar of your waterfalls; all your breakers and your waves have gone over me.

 

(Psalm 42:8)  By day the LORD commands his steadfast love, and at night his song is with me, a prayer to the God of my life.

 

(Psalm 42:9)  I say to God, my rock: "Why have you forgotten me? Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?"

 

(Psalm 42:10)  As with a deadly wound in my bones, my adversaries taunt me, while they say to me all the day long, "Where is your God?"

 

(Psalm 42:11)  Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you in turmoil within me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise him, my salvation and my God.

 

Psalm 43

(Psalm 43:1)  Vindicate me, O God, and defend my cause against an ungodly people, from the deceitful and unjust man deliver me!

 

(Psalm 43:2)  For you are the God in whom I take refuge; why have you rejected me? Why do I go about mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?

 

(Psalm 43:3)  Send out your light and your truth; let them lead me; let them bring me to your holy hill and to your dwelling!

 

(Psalm 43:4)  Then I will go to the altar of God, to God my exceeding joy, and I will praise you with the lyre, O God, my God.

 

(Psalm 43:5)  Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you in turmoil within me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise him, my salvation and my God.

 

Psalm 44

(Psalm 44:1)  To the choirmaster. A Maskil of the Sons of Korah. O God, we have heard with our ears, our fathers have told us, what deeds you performed in their days, in the days of old:

 

(Psalm 44:2)  you with your own hand drove out the nations, but them you planted; you afflicted the peoples, but them you set free;

 

(Psalm 44:3)  for not by their own sword did they win the land, nor did their own arm save them, but your right hand and your arm, and the light of your face, for you delighted in them.

 

(Psalm 44:4)  You are my King, O God; ordain salvation for Jacob!

 

(Psalm 44:5)  Through you we push down our foes; through your name we tread down those who rise up against us.

 

(Psalm 44:6)  For not in my bow do I trust, nor can my sword save me.

 

(Psalm 44:7)  But you have saved us from our foes and have put to shame those who hate us.

 

(Psalm 44:8)  In God we have boasted continually, and we will give thanks to your name forever. Selah

 

(Psalm 44:9)  But you have rejected us and disgraced us and have not gone out with our armies.

 

(Psalm 44:10)  You have made us turn back from the foe, and those who hate us have gotten spoil.

 

(Psalm 44:11)  You have made us like sheep for slaughter and have scattered us among the nations.

 

(Psalm 44:12)  You have sold your people for a trifle, demanding no high price for them.

 

(Psalm 44:13)  You have made us the taunt of our neighbors, the derision and scorn of those around us.

 

(Psalm 44:14)  You have made us a byword among the nations, a laughingstock among the peoples.

 

(Psalm 44:15)  All day long my disgrace is before me, and shame has covered my face

 

(Psalm 44:16)  at the sound of the taunter and reviler, at the sight of the enemy and the avenger.

 

(Psalm 44:17)  All this has come upon us, though we have not forgotten you, and we have not been false to your covenant.

 

(Psalm 44:18)  Our heart has not turned back, nor have our steps departed from your way;

 

(Psalm 44:19)  yet you have broken us in the place of jackals and covered us with the shadow of death.

 

(Psalm 44:20)  If we had forgotten the name of our God or spread out our hands to a foreign god,

 

(Psalm 44:21)  would not God discover this? For he knows the secrets of the heart.

 

(Psalm 44:22)  Yet for your sake we are killed all the day long; we are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered.

 

(Psalm 44:23)  Awake! Why are you sleeping, O Lord? Rouse yourself! Do not reject us forever!

 

(Psalm 44:24)  Why do you hide your face? Why do you forget our affliction and oppression?

 

(Psalm 44:25)  For our soul is bowed down to the dust; our belly clings to the ground.

 

(Psalm 44:26)  Rise up; come to our help! Redeem us for the sake of your steadfast love!

 

Psalm 45

(Psalm 45:1)  To the choirmaster: according to Lilies. A Maskil of the Sons of Korah; a love song. My heart overflows with a pleasing theme; I address my verses to the king; my tongue is like the pen of a ready scribe.

 

(Psalm 45:2)  You are the most handsome of the sons of men; grace is poured upon your lips; therefore God has blessed you forever.

 

(Psalm 45:3)  Gird your sword on your thigh, O mighty one, in your splendor and majesty!

 

(Psalm 45:4)  In your majesty ride out victoriously for the cause of truth and meekness and righteousness; let your right hand teach you awesome deeds!

 

(Psalm 45:5)  Your arrows are sharp in the heart of the king's enemies; the peoples fall under you.

 

(Psalm 45:6)  Your throne, O God, is forever and ever. The scepter of your kingdom is a scepter of uprightness;

 

(Psalm 45:7)  you have loved righteousness and hated wickedness. Therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness beyond your companions;

 

(Psalm 45:8)  your robes are all fragrant with myrrh and aloes and cassia. From ivory palaces stringed instruments make you glad;

 

(Psalm 45:9)  daughters of kings are among your ladies of honor; at your right hand stands the queen in gold of Ophir.

 

(Psalm 45:10)  Hear, O daughter, and consider, and incline your ear: forget your people and your father's house,

 

(Psalm 45:11)  and the king will desire your beauty. Since he is your lord, bow to him.

 

(Psalm 45:12)  The people of Tyre will seek your favor with gifts, the richest of the people.

 

(Psalm 45:13)  All glorious is the princess in her chamber, with robes interwoven with gold.

 

(Psalm 45:14)  In many-colored robes she is led to the king, with her virgin companions following behind her.

 

(Psalm 45:15)  With joy and gladness they are led along as they enter the palace of the king.

 

(Psalm 45:16)  In place of your fathers shall be your sons; you will make them princes in all the earth.

 

(Psalm 45:17)  I will cause your name to be remembered in all generations; therefore nations will praise you forever and ever.

 

Psalm 46

(Psalm 46:1)  To the choirmaster. Of the Sons of Korah. According to Alamoth. A Song. God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.

 

(Psalm 46:2)  Therefore we will not fear though the earth gives way, though the mountains be moved into the heart of the sea,

 

(Psalm 46:3)  though its waters roar and foam, though the mountains tremble at its swelling. Selah

 

(Psalm 46:4)  There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God, the holy habitation of the Most High.

 

(Psalm 46:5)  God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved; God will help her when morning dawns.

 

(Psalm 46:6)  The nations rage, the kingdoms totter; he utters his voice, the earth melts.

 

(Psalm 46:7)  The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress. Selah

 

(Psalm 46:8)  Come, behold the works of the LORD, how he has brought desolations on the earth.

 

(Psalm 46:9)  He makes wars cease to the end of the earth; he breaks the bow and shatters the spear; he burns the chariots with fire.

 

(Psalm 46:10)  "Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!"

 

(Psalm 46:11)  The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress. Selah

 

Psalm 47

(Psalm 47:1)  To the choirmaster. A Psalm of the Sons of Korah. Clap your hands, all peoples! Shout to God with loud songs of joy!

 

(Psalm 47:2)  For the LORD, the Most High, is to be feared, a great king over all the earth.

 

(Psalm 47:3)  He subdued peoples under us, and nations under our feet.

 

(Psalm 47:4)  He chose our heritage for us, the pride of Jacob whom he loves. Selah

 

(Psalm 47:5)  God has gone up with a shout, the LORD with the sound of a trumpet.

 

(Psalm 47:6)  Sing praises to God, sing praises! Sing praises to our King, sing praises!

 

(Psalm 47:7)  For God is the King of all the earth; sing praises with a psalm!

 

(Psalm 47:8)  God reigns over the nations; God sits on his holy throne.

 

(Psalm 47:9)  The princes of the peoples gather as the people of the God of Abraham. For the shields of the earth belong to God; he is highly exalted!

 

Psalm 48

(Psalm 48:1)  A Song. A Psalm of the Sons of Korah. Great is the LORD and greatly to be praised in the city of our God! His holy mountain,

 

(Psalm 48:2)  beautiful in elevation, is the joy of all the earth, Mount Zion, in the far north, the city of the great King.

 

(Psalm 48:3)  Within her citadels God has made himself known as a fortress.

 

(Psalm 48:4)  For behold, the kings assembled; they came on together.

 

(Psalm 48:5)  As soon as they saw it, they were astounded; they were in panic; they took to flight.

 

(Psalm 48:6)  Trembling took hold of them there, anguish as of a woman in labor.

 

(Psalm 48:7)  By the east wind you shattered the ships of Tarshish.

 

(Psalm 48:8)  As we have heard, so have we seen in the city of the LORD of hosts, in the city of our God, which God will establish forever. Selah

 

(Psalm 48:9)  We have thought on your steadfast love, O God, in the midst of your temple.

 

(Psalm 48:10)  As your name, O God, so your praise reaches to the ends of the earth. Your right hand is filled with righteousness.

 

(Psalm 48:11)  Let Mount Zion be glad! Let the daughters of Judah rejoice because of your judgments!

 

(Psalm 48:12)  Walk about Zion, go around her, number her towers,

 

(Psalm 48:13)  consider well her ramparts, go through her citadels, that you may tell the next generation

 

(Psalm 48:14)  that this is God, our God forever and ever. He will guide us forever.

 

Psalm 49

(Psalm 49:1)  To the choirmaster. A Psalm of the Sons of Korah. Hear this, all peoples! Give ear, all inhabitants of the world,

 

(Psalm 49:2)  both low and high, rich and poor together!

 

(Psalm 49:3)  My mouth shall speak wisdom; the meditation of my heart shall be understanding.

 

(Psalm 49:4)  I will incline my ear to a proverb; I will solve my riddle to the music of the lyre.

 

(Psalm 49:5)  Why should I fear in times of trouble, when the iniquity of those who cheat me surrounds me,

 

(Psalm 49:6)  those who trust in their wealth and boast of the abundance of their riches?

 

(Psalm 49:7)  Truly no man can ransom another, or give to God the price of his life,

 

(Psalm 49:8)  for the ransom of their life is costly and can never suffice,

 

(Psalm 49:9)  that he should live on forever and never see the pit.

 

(Psalm 49:10)  For he sees that even the wise die; the fool and the stupid alike must perish and leave their wealth to others.

 

(Psalm 49:11)  Their graves are their homes forever, their dwelling places to all generations, though they called lands by their own names.

 

(Psalm 49:12)  Man in his pomp will not remain; he is like the beasts that perish.

 

(Psalm 49:13)  This is the path of those who have foolish confidence; yet after them people approve of their boasts. Selah

 

(Psalm 49:14)  Like sheep they are appointed for Sheol; death shall be their shepherd, and the upright shall rule over them in the morning. Their form shall be consumed in Sheol, with no place to dwell.

 

(Psalm 49:15)  But God will ransom my soul from the power of Sheol, for he will receive me. Selah

 

(Psalm 49:16)  Be not afraid when a man becomes rich, when the glory of his house increases.

 

(Psalm 49:17)  For when he dies he will carry nothing away; his glory will not go down after him.

 

(Psalm 49:18)  For though, while he lives, he counts himself blessed --and though you get praise when you do well for yourself--

 

(Psalm 49:19)  his soul will go to the generation of his fathers, who will never again see light.

 

(Psalm 49:20)  Man in his pomp yet without understanding is like the beasts that perish.

 

Psalm 50

(Psalm 50:1)  A Psalm of Asaph. The Mighty One, God the LORD, speaks and summons the earth from the rising of the sun to its setting.

 

(Psalm 50:2)  Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God shines forth.

 

(Psalm 50:3)  Our God comes; he does not keep silence; before him is a devouring fire, around him a mighty tempest.

 

(Psalm 50:4)  He calls to the heavens above and to the earth, that he may judge his people:

 

(Psalm 50:5)  "Gather to me my faithful ones, who made a covenant with me by sacrifice!"

 

(Psalm 50:6)  The heavens declare his righteousness, for God himself is judge! Selah

 

(Psalm 50:7)  "Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, I will testify against you. I am God, your God.

 

(Psalm 50:8)  Not for your sacrifices do I rebuke you; your burnt offerings are continually before me.

 

(Psalm 50:9)  I will not accept a bull from your house or goats from your folds.

 

(Psalm 50:10)  For every beast of the forest is mine, the cattle on a thousand hills.

 

(Psalm 50:11)  I know all the birds of the hills, and all that moves in the field is mine.

 

(Psalm 50:12)  "If I were hungry, I would not tell you, for the world and its fullness are mine.

 

(Psalm 50:13)  Do I eat the flesh of bulls or drink the blood of goats?

 

(Psalm 50:14)  Offer to God a sacrifice of thanksgiving, and perform your vows to the Most High,

 

(Psalm 50:15)  and call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you shall glorify me."

 

(Psalm 50:16)  But to the wicked God says: "What right have you to recite my statutes or take my covenant on your lips?

 

(Psalm 50:17)  For you hate discipline, and you cast my words behind you.

 

(Psalm 50:18)  If you see a thief, you are pleased with him, and you keep company with adulterers.

 

(Psalm 50:19)  "You give your mouth free rein for evil, and your tongue frames deceit.

 

(Psalm 50:20)  You sit and speak against your brother; you slander your own mother's son.

 

(Psalm 50:21)  These things you have done, and I have been silent; you thought that I was one like yourself. But now I rebuke you and lay the charge before you.

 

(Psalm 50:22)  "Mark this, then, you who forget God, lest I tear you apart, and there be none to deliver!

 

(Psalm 50:23)  The one who offers thanksgiving as his sacrifice glorifies me; to one who orders his way rightly I will show the salvation of God!"

For the next group of Psalms in a bible study, Psalms 51 through 77 please go to this link

https://www.facebook.com/notes/jay-dougherty/book-of-psalms-bible-study-psalms-51-through-77/10200777647217098

 

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