Book of Psalms bible study Psalms 1 through 24

 

            This is a study of the book of Psalms in groups. I will be putting all 150 of them in this study in groups. These psalms are a variety of songs, some of the psalms are for  praise, some are laments, some of the Psalms are prayers. The Psalms are written by a variety of authors, but David wrote the most, but Asaph and others wrote them too, and a good many are anonymous, the writer of them unknown. There are many verses in the book of Psalms that contain good advice and instruction for everyone today, too, which can be used to apply to their lives.
This study starts with Psalm 1 and will have basically no comment between them, other than to indentify the number of the Psalm, to maximize the effect of the text and what it contains

Psalm 1

(Psalm 1:1)  Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers;

 

(Psalm 1:2)  but his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night.

 

(Psalm 1:3)  He is like a tree planted by streams of water that yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither. In all that he does, he prospers.

 

(Psalm 1:4)  The wicked are not so, but are like chaff that the wind drives away.

 

(Psalm 1:5)  Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous;

 

(Psalm 1:6)  for the LORD knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.

 

Psalm 2

(Psalm 2:1)  Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?

 

(Psalm 2:2)  The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD and against his Anointed, saying,

 

(Psalm 2:3)  "Let us burst their bonds apart and cast away their cords from us."

 

(Psalm 2:4)  He who sits in the heavens laughs; the Lord holds them in derision.

 

(Psalm 2:5)  Then he will speak to them in his wrath, and terrify them in his fury, saying,

 

(Psalm 2:6)  "As for me, I have set my King on Zion, my holy hill."

 

(Psalm 2:7)  I will tell of the decree: The LORD said to me, "You are my Son; today I have begotten you.

 

(Psalm 2:8)  Ask of me, and I will make the nations your heritage, and the ends of the earth your possession.

 

(Psalm 2:9)  You shall break them with a rod of iron and dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel."

 

(Psalm 2:10)  Now therefore, O kings, be wise; be warned, O rulers of the earth.

 

(Psalm 2:11)  Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling.

 

(Psalm 2:12)  Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and you perish in the way, for his wrath is quickly kindled. Blessed are all who take refuge in him.

 

Psalm 3

(Psalm 3:1)  A Psalm of David, when he fled from Absalom his son. O LORD, how many are my foes! Many are rising against me;

 

(Psalm 3:2)  many are saying of my soul, there is no salvation for him in God. Selah

 

(Psalm 3:3)  But you, O LORD, are a shield about me, my glory, and the lifter of my head.

 

(Psalm 3:4)  I cried aloud to the LORD, and he answered me from his holy hill. Selah

 

(Psalm 3:5)  I lay down and slept; I woke again, for the LORD sustained me.

 

(Psalm 3:6)  I will not be afraid of many thousands of people who have set themselves against me all around.

 

(Psalm 3:7)  Arise, O LORD! Save me, O my God! For you strike all my enemies on the cheek; you break the teeth of the wicked.

 

(Psalm 3:8)  Salvation belongs to the LORD; your blessing be on your people! Selah

 

Psalm 4

(Psalm 4:1)  To the choirmaster: with stringed instruments. A Psalm of David. Answer me when I call, O God of my righteousness! You have given me relief when I was in distress. Be gracious to me and hear my prayer!

 

(Psalm 4:2)  O men, how long shall my honor be turned into shame? How long will you love vain words and seek after lies? Selah

 

(Psalm 4:3)  But know that the LORD has set apart the godly for himself; the LORD hears when I call to him.

 

(Psalm 4:4)  Be angry, and do not sin; ponder in your own hearts on your beds, and be silent. Selah

 

(Psalm 4:5)  Offer right sacrifices, and put your trust in the LORD.

 

(Psalm 4:6)  There are many who say, "Who will show us some good? Lift up the light of your face upon us, O LORD!"

 

(Psalm 4:7)  You have put more joy in my heart than they have when their grain and wine abound.

 

Psalm 5

(Psalm 5:1)  To the choirmaster: for the flutes. A Psalm of David. Give ear to my words, O LORD; consider my groaning.

 

(Psalm 5:2)  Give attention to the sound of my cry, my King and my God, for to you do I pray.

 

(Psalm 5:3)  O LORD, in the morning you hear my voice; in the morning I prepare a sacrifice for you and watch.

 

(Psalm 5:4)  For you are not a God who delights in wickedness; evil may not dwell with you.

 

(Psalm 5:5)  The boastful shall not stand before your eyes; you hate all evildoers.

 

(Psalm 5:6)  You destroy those who speak lies; the LORD abhors the bloodthirsty and deceitful man.

 

(Psalm 5:7)  But I, through the abundance of your steadfast love, will enter your house. I will bow down toward your holy temple in the fear of you.

 

(Psalm 5:8)  Lead me, O LORD, in your righteousness because of my enemies; make your way straight before me.

 

(Psalm 5:9)  For there is no truth in their mouth; their inmost self is destruction; their throat is an open grave; they flatter with their tongue.

 

(Psalm 5:10)  Make them bear their guilt, O God; let them fall by their own counsels; because of the abundance of their transgressions cast them out, for they have rebelled against you.

 

(Psalm 5:11)  But let all who take refuge in you rejoice; let them ever sing for joy, and spread your protection over them, that those who love your name may exult in you.

 

(Psalm 5:12)  For you bless the righteous, O LORD; you cover him with favor as with a shield.

 

Psalm 6

(Psalm 6:1)  To the choirmaster: with stringed instruments; according to The Sheminith. A Psalm of David. O LORD, rebuke me not in your anger, nor discipline me in your wrath.

 

(Psalm 6:2)  Be gracious to me, O LORD, for I am languishing; heal me, O LORD, for my bones are troubled.

 

(Psalm 6:3)  My soul also is greatly troubled. But you, O LORD--how long?

 

(Psalm 6:4)  Turn, O LORD, deliver my life; save me for the sake of your steadfast love.

 

(Psalm 6:5)  For in death there is no remembrance of you; in Sheol who will give you praise?

 

(Psalm 6:6)  I am weary with my moaning; every night I flood my bed with tears; I drench my couch with my weeping.

 

(Psalm 6:7)  My eye wastes away because of grief; it grows weak because of all my foes.

 

(Psalm 6:8)  Depart from me, all you workers of evil, for the LORD has heard the sound of my weeping.

 

(Psalm 6:9)  The LORD has heard my plea; the LORD accepts my prayer.

 

(Psalm 6:10)  All my enemies shall be ashamed and greatly troubled; they shall turn back and be put to shame in a moment.

 

Psalm 7

(Psalm 7:1)  A Shiggaion of David, which he sang to the LORD concerning the words of Cush, a Benjaminite. O LORD my God, in you do I take refuge; save me from all my pursuers and deliver me,

 

(Psalm 7:2)  lest like a lion they tear my soul apart, rending it in pieces, with none to deliver.

 

(Psalm 7:3)  O LORD my God, if I have done this, if there is wrong in my hands,

 

(Psalm 7:4)  if I have repaid my friend with evil or plundered my enemy without cause,

 

(Psalm 7:5)  let the enemy pursue my soul and overtake it, and let him trample my life to the ground and lay my glory in the dust. Selah

 

(Psalm 7:6)  Arise, O LORD, in your anger; lift yourself up against the fury of my enemies; awake for me; you have appointed a judgment.

 

(Psalm 7:7)  Let the assembly of the peoples be gathered about you; over it return on high.

 

(Psalm 7:8)  The LORD judges the peoples; judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness and according to the integrity that is in me.

 

(Psalm 7:9)  Oh, let the evil of the wicked come to an end, and may you establish the righteous-- you who test the minds and hearts, O righteous God!

 

(Psalm 7:10)  My shield is with God, who saves the upright in heart.

 

(Psalm 7:11)  God is a righteous judge, and a God who feels indignation every day.

 

(Psalm 7:12)  If a man does not repent, God will whet his sword; he has bent and readied his bow;

 

(Psalm 7:13)  he has prepared for him his deadly weapons, making his arrows fiery shafts.

 

(Psalm 7:14)  Behold, the wicked man conceives evil and is pregnant with mischief and gives birth to lies.

 

(Psalm 7:15)  He makes a pit, digging it out, and falls into the hole that he has made.

 

(Psalm 7:16)  His mischief returns upon his own head, and on his own skull his violence descends.

 

(Psalm 7:17)  I will give to the LORD the thanks due to his righteousness, and I will sing praise to the name of the LORD, the Most High.

 

Psalm 8

(Psalm 8:1)  To the choirmaster: according to The Gittith. A Psalm of David. O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory above the heavens.

 

(Psalm 8:2)  Out of the mouth of babies and infants, you have established strength because of your foes, to still the enemy and the avenger.

 

(Psalm 8:3)  When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place,

 

(Psalm 8:4)  what is man that you are mindful of him, and the son of man that you care for him?

 

(Psalm 8:5)  Yet you have made him a little lower than the heavenly beings and crowned him with glory and honor.

 

(Psalm 8:6)  You have given him dominion over the works of your hands; you have put all things under his feet,

 

(Psalm 8:7)  all sheep and oxen, and also the beasts of the field,

 

(Psalm 8:8)  the birds of the heavens, and the fish of the sea, whatever passes along the paths of the seas.

 

(Psalm 8:9)  O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth!

 

Psalm 9

(Psalm 9:1)  To the choirmaster: according to Muth-labben. A Psalm of David. I will give thanks to the LORD with my whole heart; I will recount all of your wonderful deeds.

 

(Pslma 9:2)  I will be glad and exult in you; I will sing praise to your name, O Most High.

 

(Psalm 9:3)  When my enemies turn back, they stumble and perish before your presence.

 

(Psalm 9:4)  For you have maintained my just cause; you have sat on the throne, giving righteous judgment.

 

(Psalm 9:5)  You have rebuked the nations; you have made the wicked perish; you have blotted out their name forever and ever.

 

(Psalm 9:6)  The enemy came to an end in everlasting ruins; their cities you rooted out; the very memory of them has perished.

 

(Psalm 9:7)  But the LORD sits enthroned forever; he has established his throne for justice,

 

(Psalm 9:8)  and he judges the world with righteousness; he judges the peoples with uprightness.

 

(Psalm 9:9)  The LORD is a stronghold for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble.

 

(Psalm 9:10)  And those who know your name put their trust in you, for you, O LORD, have not forsaken those who seek you.

 

(Psalm 9:11)  Sing praises to the LORD, who sits enthroned in Zion! Tell among the peoples his deeds!

 

(Psalm 9:12)  For he who avenges blood is mindful of them; he does not forget the cry of the afflicted.

 

(Psalm 9:13)  Be gracious to me, O LORD! See my affliction from those who hate me, O you who lift me up from the gates of death,

 

(Psalm 9:14)  that I may recount all your praises, that in the gates of the daughter of Zion I may rejoice in your salvation.

 

(Psalm 9:15)  The nations have sunk in the pit that they made; in the net that they hid, their own foot has been caught.

 

(Psalm 9:16)  The LORD has made himself known; he has executed judgment; the wicked are snared in the work of their own hands. Higgaion. Selah

 

(Psalm 9:17)  The wicked shall return to Sheol, all the nations that forget God.

 

(Psalm 9:18)  For the needy shall not always be forgotten, and the hope of the poor shall not perish forever.

 

(Psalm 9:19)  Arise, O LORD! Let not man prevail; let the nations be judged before you!

 

(Psalm 9:20)  Put them in fear, O LORD! Let the nations know that they are but men! Selah

 

Psalm 10

(Psalm 10:1)  Why, O LORD, do you stand far away? Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble?

 

(Psalm 10:2)  In arrogance the wicked hotly pursue the poor; let them be caught in the schemes that they have devised.

 

(Psalm 10:3)  For the wicked boasts of the desires of his soul, and the one greedy for gain curses and renounces the LORD.

 

(Psalm 10:4)  In the pride of his face the wicked does not seek him; all his thoughts are, "There is no God."

 

(Psalm 10:5)  His ways prosper at all times; your judgments are on high, out of his sight; as for all his foes, he puffs at them.

 

(Psalm 10:6)  He says in his heart, "I shall not be moved; throughout all generations I shall not meet adversity."

 

(Psalm 10:7)  His mouth is filled with cursing and deceit and oppression; under his tongue are mischief and iniquity.

 

(Psalm 10:8)  He sits in ambush in the villages; in hiding places he murders the innocent. His eyes stealthily watch for the helpless;

 

(Psalm 10:9)  he lurks in ambush like a lion in his thicket; he lurks that he may seize the poor; he seizes the poor when he draws him into his net.

 

(Psalm 10:10)  The helpless are crushed, sink down, and fall by his might.

 

(Psalm 10:11)  He says in his heart, "God has forgotten, he has hidden his face, he will never see it."

 

(Psalm 10:12)  Arise, O LORD; O God, lift up your hand; forget not the afflicted.

 

(Psalm 10:13)  Why does the wicked renounce God and say in his heart, "You will not call to account"?

 

(Psalm 10:14)  But you do see, for you note mischief and vexation, that you may take it into your hands; to you the helpless commits himself; you have been the helper of the fatherless.

 

(Psalm 10:15)  Break the arm of the wicked and evildoer; call his wickedness to account till you find none.

 

(Psalm 10:16)  The LORD is king forever and ever; the nations perish from his land.

 

(Psalm 10:17)  O LORD, you hear the desire of the afflicted; you will strengthen their heart; you will incline your ear

 

(Psalm 10:18)  to do justice to the fatherless and the oppressed, so that man who is of the earth may strike terror no more.

 

Psalm 11

(Psalm 11:1)  To the choirmaster. Of David. In the LORD I take refuge; how can you say to my soul, "Flee like a bird to your mountain,

 

(Psalm 11:2)  for behold, the wicked bend the bow; they have fitted their arrow to the string to shoot in the dark at the upright in heart;

 

(Psalm 11:3)  if the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do?"

 

(Psalm 11:4)  The LORD is in his holy temple; the LORD's throne is in heaven; his eyes see, his eyelids test the children of man.

 

(Psalm 11:5)  The LORD tests the righteous, but his soul hates the wicked and the one who loves violence.

 

(Psalm 11:6)  Let him rain coals on the wicked; fire and sulfur and a scorching wind shall be the portion of their cup.

 

(Psalm 11:7)  For the LORD is righteous; he loves righteous deeds; the upright shall behold his face.

 

Psalm 12

(Psalm 12:1)  To the choirmaster: according to The Sheminith. A Psalm of David. Save, O LORD, for the godly one is gone; for the faithful have vanished from among the children of man.

 

(Psalm 12:2)  Everyone utters lies to his neighbor; with flattering lips and a double heart they speak.

 

(Psalm 12:3)  May the LORD cut off all flattering lips, the tongue that makes great boasts,

 

(Psalm 12:4)  those who say, "With our tongue we will prevail, our lips are with us; who is master over us?"

 

(Psalm 12:5)  "Because the poor are plundered, because the needy groan, I will now arise," says the LORD; "I will place him in the safety for which he longs."

 

(Psalm 12:6)  The words of the LORD are pure words, like silver refined in a furnace on the ground, purified seven times.

 

(Psalm 12:7)  You, O LORD, will keep them; you will guard us from this generation forever.

 

(Psalm 12:8)  On every side the wicked prowl, as vileness is exalted among the children of man.

 

Psalm 13

(Psalm 13:1)  To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. How long, O LORD? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me?

 

(Psalm 13:2)  How long must I take counsel in my soul and have sorrow in my heart all the day? How long shall my enemy be exalted over me?

 

(Psalm 13:3)  Consider and answer me, O LORD my God; light up my eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death,

 

(Psalm 13:4)  lest my enemy say, "I have prevailed over him," lest my foes rejoice because I am shaken.

 

(Psalm 13:5)  But I have trusted in your steadfast love; my heart shall rejoice in your salvation.

 

(Psalm 13:6)  I will sing to the LORD, because he has dealt bountifully with me.

 

Psalm 14

(Psalm 14:1)  To the choirmaster. Of David. The fool says in his heart, "There is no God." They are corrupt, they do abominable deeds, there is none who does good.

 

(Psalm 14:2)  The LORD looks down from heaven on the children of man, to see if there are any who understand, who seek after God.

 

(Psalm 14:3)  They have all turned aside; together they have become corrupt; there is none who does good, not even one.

 

(Psalm 14:4)  Have they no knowledge, all the evildoers who eat up my people as they eat bread and do not call upon the LORD?

 

(Psalm 14:5)  There they are in great terror, for God is with the generation of the righteous.

 

(Psalm 14:6)  You would shame the plans of the poor, but the LORD is his refuge.

 

(Psalm 14:7)  Oh, that salvation for Israel would come out of Zion! When the LORD restores the fortunes of his people, let Jacob rejoice, let Israel be glad.

 

Psalm 15

(Psalm 15:1)  A Psalm of David. O LORD, who shall sojourn in your tent? Who shall dwell on your holy hill?

 

(Psalm 15:2)  He who walks blamelessly and does what is right and speaks truth in his heart;

 

(Psalm 15:3)  who does not slander with his tongue and does no evil to his neighbor, nor takes up a reproach against his friend;

 

(Psalm 15:4)  in whose eyes a vile person is despised, but who honors those who fear the LORD; who swears to his own hurt and does not change;

 

(Psalm 15:5)  who does not put out his money at interest and does not take a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things shall never be moved.

 

Psalm 16

(Psalm 16:1)  A Miktam of David. Preserve me, O God, for in you I take refuge.

 

(Psalm 16:2)  I say to the LORD, "You are my Lord; I have no good apart from you."

 

(Psalm 16:3)  As for the saints in the land, they are the excellent ones, in whom is all my delight.

 

(Psalm 16:4)  The sorrows of those who run after another god shall multiply; their drink offerings of blood I will not pour out or take their names on my lips.

 

(Psalm 16:5)  The LORD is my chosen portion and my cup; you hold my lot.

 

(Psalm 16:6)  The lines have fallen for me in pleasant places; indeed, I have a beautiful inheritance.

 

(Psalm 16:7)  I bless the LORD who gives me counsel; in the night also my heart instructs me.

 

(Psalm 16:8)  I have set the LORD always before me; because he is at my right hand, I shall not be shaken.

 

(Psalm 16:9)  Therefore my heart is glad, and my whole being rejoices; my flesh also dwells secure.

 

(Psalm 16:10)  For you will not abandon my soul to Sheol, or let your holy one see corruption.

 

(Psalm 16:11)  You make known to me the path of life; in your presence there is fullness of joy; at your right hand are pleasures forevermore.

 

Psalm 17

(Psalm 17:1)  A Prayer of David. Hear a just cause, O LORD; attend to my cry! Give ear to my prayer from lips free of deceit!

 

(Psalm 17:2)  From your presence let my vindication come! Let your eyes behold the right!

 

(Psalm 17:3)  You have tried my heart, you have visited me by night, you have tested me, and you will find nothing; I have purposed that my mouth will not transgress.

 

(Psalm 17:4)  With regard to the works of man, by the word of your lips I have avoided the ways of the violent.

 

(Psalm 17:5)  My steps have held fast to your paths; my feet have not slipped.

 

(Psalm 17:6)  I call upon you, for you will answer me, O God; incline your ear to me; hear my words.

 

(Psalm 17:7)  Wondrously show your steadfast love, O Savior of those who seek refuge from their adversaries at your right hand.

 

(Psalm 17:8)  Keep me as the apple of your eye; hide me in the shadow of your wings,

 

(Psalm 17:9)  from the wicked who do me violence, my deadly enemies who surround me.

 

(Psalm 17:10)  They close their hearts to pity; with their mouths they speak arrogantly.

 

(Psalm 17:11)  They have now surrounded our steps; they set their eyes to cast us to the ground.

 

(Psalm 17:12)  He is like a lion eager to tear, as a young lion lurking in ambush.

 

(Psalm 17:13)  Arise, O LORD! Confront him, subdue him! Deliver my soul from the wicked by your sword,

 

(Psalm 17:14)  from men by your hand, O LORD, from men of the world whose portion is in this life. You fill their womb with treasure; they are satisfied with children, and they leave their abundance to their infants.

 

(Psalm 17:15)  As for me, I shall behold your face in righteousness; when I awake, I shall be satisfied with your likeness.

 

Psalm 18

(Psalm 18:1)  To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David, the servant of the LORD, who addressed the words of this song to the LORD on the day when the LORD rescued him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul. He said: I love you, O LORD, my strength.

 

(Psalm 18:2)  The LORD is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.

 

(Psalm 18:3)  I call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised, and I am saved from my enemies.

 

(Psalm 18:4)  The cords of death encompassed me; the torrents of destruction assailed me;

 

(Psalm 18:5)  the cords of Sheol entangled me; the snares of death confronted me.

 

(Psalm 18:6)  In my distress I called upon the LORD; to my God I cried for help. From his temple he heard my voice, and my cry to him reached his ears.

 

(Psalm 18:7)  Then the earth reeled and rocked; the foundations also of the mountains trembled and quaked, because he was angry.

 

(Psalm 18:8)  Smoke went up from his nostrils, and devouring fire from his mouth; glowing coals flamed forth from him.

 

(Psalm 18:9)  He bowed the heavens and came down; thick darkness was under his feet.

 

(Psalm 18:10)  He rode on a cherub and flew; he came swiftly on the wings of the wind.

 

(Psalm 18:11)  He made darkness his covering, his canopy around him, thick clouds dark with water.

 

(Psalm 18:12)  Out of the brightness before him hailstones and coals of fire broke through his clouds.

 

(Psalm 18:13)  The LORD also thundered in the heavens, and the Most High uttered his voice, hailstones and coals of fire.

 

(Psalm 18:14)  And he sent out his arrows and scattered them; he flashed forth lightnings and routed them.

 

(Psalm 18:15)  Then the channels of the sea were seen, and the foundations of the world were laid bare at your rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of your nostrils.

 

(Psalm 18:16)  He sent from on high, he took me; he drew me out of many waters.

 

(Psalm 18:17)  He rescued me from my strong enemy and from those who hated me, for they were too mighty for me.

 

(Psalm 18:18)  They confronted me in the day of my calamity, but the LORD was my support.

 

(Psalm 18:19)  He brought me out into a broad place; he rescued me, because he delighted in me.

 

(Psalm 18:20)  The LORD dealt with me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands he rewarded me.

 

(Psalm 18:21)  For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God.

 

(Psalm 18:22)  For all his rules were before me, and his statutes I did not put away from me.

 

(Psalm 18:23)  I was blameless before him, and I kept myself from my guilt.

 

(Psalm 18:24)  So the LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his sight.

 

(Psalm 18:25)  With the merciful you show yourself merciful; with the blameless man you show yourself blameless;

 

(Psalm 18:26)  with the purified you show yourself pure; and with the crooked you make yourself seem tortuous.

 

(Psalm 18:27)  For you save a humble people, but the haughty eyes you bring down.

 

(Psalm 18:28)  For it is you who light my lamp; the LORD my God lightens my darkness.

 

(Psalm 18:29)  For by you I can run against a troop, and by my God I can leap over a wall.

 

(Psalm 18:30)  This God--his way is perfect; the word of the LORD proves true; he is a shield for all those who take refuge in him.

 

(Psalm 18:31)  For who is God, but the LORD? And who is a rock, except our God?--

 

(Psalm 18:32)  the God who equipped me with strength and made my way blameless.

 

(Psalm 18:33)  He made my feet like the feet of a deer and set me secure on the heights.

 

(Psalm 18:34)  He trains my hands for war, so that my arms can bend a bow of bronze.

 

(Psalm 18:35)  You have given me the shield of your salvation, and your right hand supported me, and your gentleness made me great.

 

(Psalm 18:36)  You gave a wide place for my steps under me, and my feet did not slip.

 

(Psalm 18:37)  I pursued my enemies and overtook them, and did not turn back till they were consumed.

 

(Psalm 18:38)  I thrust them through, so that they were not able to rise; they fell under my feet.

 

(Psalm 18:39)  For you equipped me with strength for the battle; you made those who rise against me sink under me.

 

(Psalm 18:40)  You made my enemies turn their backs to me, and those who hated me I destroyed.

 

(Psalm 18:41)  They cried for help, but there was none to save; they cried to the LORD, but he did not answer them.

 

(Psalm 18:42)  I beat them fine as dust before the wind; I cast them out like the mire of the streets.

 

(Psalm 18:43)  You delivered me from strife with the people; you made me the head of the nations; people whom I had not known served me.

 

(Psalm 18:44)  As soon as they heard of me they obeyed me; foreigners came cringing to me.

 

(Psalm 18:45)  Foreigners lost heart and came trembling out of their fortresses.

 

(Psalm 18:46)  The LORD lives, and blessed be my rock, and exalted be the God of my salvation--

 

(Psalm 18:47)  the God who gave me vengeance and subdued peoples under me,

 

(Psalm 18:48)  who delivered me from my enemies; yes, you exalted me above those who rose against me; you rescued me from the man of violence.

 

(Psalm 18:49)  For this I will praise you, O LORD, among the nations, and sing to your name.

 

(Psalm 18:50)  Great salvation he brings to his king, and shows steadfast love to his anointed, to David and his offspring forever.

 

Psalm 19

(Psalm 19:1)  To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky above proclaims his handiwork.

 

(Psalm 19:2)  Day to day pours out speech, and night to night reveals knowledge.

 

(Psalm 19:3)  There is no speech, nor are there words, whose voice is not heard.

 

(Psalm 19:4)  Their voice goes out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them he has set a tent for the sun,

 

(Psalm 19:5)  which comes out like a bridegroom leaving his chamber, and, like a strong man, runs its course with joy.

 

(Psalm 19:6)  Its rising is from the end of the heavens, and its circuit to the end of them, and there is nothing hidden from its heat.

 

(Psalm 19:7)  The law of the LORD is perfect, reviving the soul; the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple;

 

(Psalm 19:8)  the precepts of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart; the commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes;

 

(Psalm 19:9)  the fear of the LORD is clean, enduring forever; the rules of the LORD are true, and righteous altogether.

 

(Psalm 19:10)  More to be desired are they than gold, even much fine gold; sweeter also than honey and drippings of the honeycomb.

 

(Psalm 19:11)  Moreover, by them is your servant warned; in keeping them there is great reward.

 

(Psalm 19:12)  Who can discern his errors? Declare me innocent from hidden faults.

 

(Psalm 19:13)  Keep back your servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me! Then I shall be blameless, and innocent of great transgression.

 

(Psalm 19:14)  Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight, O LORD, my rock and my redeemer.

 

Psalm 20

(Psalm 20:1)  To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. May the LORD answer you in the day of trouble! May the name of the God of Jacob protect you!

 

(Psalm 20:2)  May he send you help from the sanctuary and give you support from Zion!

 

(Psalm 20:3)  May he remember all your offerings and regard with favor your burnt sacrifices! Selah

 

(Psalm 20:4)  May he grant you your heart's desire and fulfill all your plans!

 

(Psalm 20:5)  May we shout for joy over your salvation, and in the name of our God set up our banners! May the LORD fulfill all your petitions!

 

(Psalm 20:6)  Now I know that the LORD saves his anointed; he will answer him from his holy heaven with the saving might of his right hand.

 

(Psalm 20:7)  Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God.

 

(Psalm 20:8)  They collapse and fall, but we rise and stand upright.

 

(Psalm 20:9)  O LORD, save the king! May he answer us when we call.

 

Psalm 21

(Psalm 21:1)  To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. O LORD, in your strength the king rejoices, and in your salvation how greatly he exults!

 

(Psalm 21:2)  You have given him his heart's desire and have not withheld the request of his lips. Selah

 

(Psalm 21:3)  For you meet him with rich blessings; you set a crown of fine gold upon his head.

 

(Psalm 21:4)  He asked life of you; you gave it to him, length of days forever and ever.

 

(Psalm 21:5)  His glory is great through your salvation; splendor and majesty you bestow on him.

 

(Psalm 21:6)  For you make him most blessed forever; you make him glad with the joy of your presence.

 

(Psalm 21:7)  For the king trusts in the LORD, and through the steadfast love of the Most High he shall not be moved.

 

(Psalm 21:8)  Your hand will find out all your enemies; your right hand will find out those who hate you.

 

(Psalm 21:9)  You will make them as a blazing oven when you appear. The LORD will swallow them up in his wrath, and fire will consume them.

 

(Psalm 21:10)  You will destroy their descendants from the earth, and their offspring from among the children of man.

 

(Psalm 21:11)  Though they plan evil against you, though they devise mischief, they will not succeed.

 

(Psalm 21:12)  For you will put them to flight; you will aim at their faces with your bows.

 

(Psalm 21:13)  Be exalted, O LORD, in your strength! We will sing and praise your power.

 

(Psalm 22:1)  To the choirmaster: according to The Doe of the Dawn. A Psalm of David. My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from saving me, from the words of my groaning?

 

(Psalm 22:2)  O my God, I cry by day, but you do not answer, and by night, but I find no rest.

 

(Psalm 22:3)  Yet you are holy, enthroned on the praises of Israel.

 

(Psalm 22:4)  In you our fathers trusted; they trusted, and you delivered them.

 

(Psalm 22:5)  To you they cried and were rescued; in you they trusted and were not put to shame.

 

(Psalm 22:6)  But I am a worm and not a man, scorned by mankind and despised by the people.

 

(Psalm 22:7)  All who see me mock me; they make mouths at me; they wag their heads;

 

(Psalm 22:8)  "He trusts in the LORD; let him deliver him; let him rescue him, for he delights in him!"

 

(Psalm 22:9)  Yet you are he who took me from the womb; you made me trust you at my mother's breasts.

 

(Psalm 22:10)  On you was I cast from my birth, and from my mother's womb you have been my God.

 

(Psalm 22:11)  Be not far from me, for trouble is near, and there is none to help.

 

(Psalm 22:12)  Many bulls encompass me; strong bulls of Bashan surround me;

 

(Psalm 22:13)  they open wide their mouths at me, like a ravening and roaring lion.

 

(Psalm 22:14)  I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint; my heart is like wax; it is melted within my breast;

 

(Psalm 22:15)  my strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue sticks to my jaws; you lay me in the dust of death.

 

(Psalm 22:16)  For dogs encompass me; a company of evildoers encircles me; they have pierced my hands and feet--

 

(Psalm 22:17)  I can count all my bones-- they stare and gloat over me;

 

(Psalm 22:18)  they divide my garments among them, and for my clothing they cast lots.

 

(Psalm 22:19)  But you, O LORD, do not be far off! O you my help, come quickly to my aid!

 

(Psalm 22:20)  Deliver my soul from the sword, my precious life from the power of the dog!

 

(Psalm 22:21)  Save me from the mouth of the lion! You have rescued me from the horns of the wild oxen!

 

(Psalm 22:22)  I will tell of your name to my brothers; in the midst of the congregation I will praise you:

 

(Psalm 22:23)  You who fear the LORD, praise him! All you offspring of Jacob, glorify him, and stand in awe of him, all you offspring of Israel!

 

(Psalm 22:24)  For he has not despised or abhorred the affliction of the afflicted, and he has not hidden his face from him, but has heard, when he cried to him.

 

(Psalm 22:25)  From you comes my praise in the great congregation; my vows I will perform before those who fear him.

 

(Psalm 22:26)  The afflicted shall eat and be satisfied; those who seek him shall praise the LORD! May your hearts live forever!

 

(Psalm 22:27)  All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to the LORD, and all the families of the nations shall worship before you.

 

(Psalm 22:28)  For kingship belongs to the LORD, and he rules over the nations.

 

(Psalm 22:29)  All the prosperous of the earth eat and worship; before him shall bow all who go down to the dust, even the one who could not keep himself alive.

 

(Psalm 22:30)  Posterity shall serve him; it shall be told of the Lord to the coming generation;

 

(Psalm 22:31)  they shall come and proclaim his righteousness to a people yet unborn, that he has done it.

 

Psalm 23

(Psalm 23:1)  A Psalm of David. The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.

 

(Psalm 23:2)  He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters.

 

(Psalm 23:3)  He restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name's sake.

 

(Psalm 23:4)  Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.

 

(Psalm 23:5)  You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; you anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.

 

(Psalm 23:6)  Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the house of the LORD forever.

 

(Psalm 24:1)  A Psalm of David. The earth is the LORD's and the fullness thereof, the world and those who dwell therein,

 

(Psalm 24:2)  for he has founded it upon the seas and established it upon the rivers.

 

(Psalm 24:3)  Who shall ascend the hill of the LORD? And who shall stand in his holy place?

 

(Psalm 24:4)  He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not lift up his soul to what is false and does not swear deceitfully.

 

(Psalm 24:5)  He will receive blessing from the LORD and righteousness from the God of his salvation.

 

(Psalm 24:6)  Such is the generation of those who seek him, who seek the face of the God of Jacob. Selah

 

(Psalm 24:7)  Lift up your heads, O gates! And be lifted up, O ancient doors, that the King of glory may come in.

 

(Psalm 24:8)  Who is this King of glory? The LORD, strong and mighty, the LORD, mighty in battle!

 

(Psalm 24:9)  Lift up your heads, O gates! And lift them up, O ancient doors, that the King of glory may come in.

 

(Psalm 24:10)  Who is this King of glory? The LORD of hosts, he is the King of glory! Selah

Here is a link to the next 26 Psalms, 25 through 50 especially for those wanting to make s study of the entire book of Psalms

https://www.facebook.com/notes/jay-dougherty/book-of-psalms-bible-study-psalms-25-through-50/10200776770715186

 

That last one I am including 24 asks who the king of glory is, we all know it is a praise of the Lord Jesus, for the Lord Jesus is the true King of glory to whom ever knee will bow and every tongue will confess as Lord to the glory of God the Father. Jesus loves us so much though that He willingly and lovingly gave His life for all so that our sins may be forgiven (He would have come and done it for only one, if all others were righteous, such is His love) and that right relationship with Him and God the Father can be restored. There is nothing like a relationship with God, nothing at all can be compared to it. I am now including a prayer which will invite Jesus into your heart and begin this love relationship, or even to restore it if it has been broken for any reason, for God is so merciful and He welcomes repentant people back. Please pray this 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