8 Arise, O Lord, and go to Thy resting place,
Thou and the ark of Thy might.
9 Let Thy priests be clothed with righteousness,
and let Thy saints shout for joy.
11 The Lord swore to David a sure oath
from which He will not turn back:
“One of the…
1 O Lord, my heart is not lifted up,
my eyes are not raised too high;
I do not occupy myself with things
too great and too marvelous for me.
2 But I have calmed and quieted my soul,
like a [weaned] child quieted at its mother’s breast;
like a child that is quieted is my soul.
3 O…
1 Out of the depths I cry to Thee, O Lord!
2 Lord, hear my voice!
Let Thy ears be attentive
to the voice of my supplications!
3 If Thou, O Lord, shouldst mark iniquities,
Lord, who could stand?
4 But there is forgiveness with Thee,
that Thou mayest be feared.
5 I wait for the Lord, my soul waits,
and in His word I…
1 “Sorely have they afflicted me from my youth,”
let Israel now say—
2 “Sorely have they afflicted me from my youth,
yet they have not prevailed against me.
3 The plowers plowed upon my back;
they made long their furrows.”
4 The Lord is righteous;
he has cut the cords of the wicked.
5 May all who hate Zion
be…
1 Blessed is every one who fears the Lord,
who walks in His ways!
2 You shall eat the fruit of the labor of your hands;
you shall be happy, and it shall be well with you.
3 Your wife will be like a fruitful vine within your house;
your children will be like olive shoots
around your table.
4 Lo, thus shall the man be…
1 Unless the Lord builds the house,
those who build it labor in vain.
Unless the Lord watches over the city,
the watchman stays awake in vain.
2 It is in vain that you rise up early and go late to rest,
eating the bread of anxious toil;
so he gives to his beloved sleep.3 Lo, sons are a heritage from the Lord,
the fruit…
When the Lord restored the fortunes of Zion,
[or brought back those who returned to Zion]
we were like those who dream.
2 Then our mouth was filled with laughter,
and our tongue with shouts of joy;
then they said among the nations,
“The Lord has done great things for them.”
3 The Lord has done great things for us;
we…
1 Those who trust in the Lord are like Mount Zion,
which cannot be moved, but abides for ever.
2 As the mountains are round about Jerusalem,
so the Lord is round about his people,
from this time forth and for evermore.
3 For the scepter of wickedness shall not rest
upon the land allotted to the righteous,
lest the…
1 If it had not been the Lord who was on our side,
let Israel now say—
2 if it had not been the Lord who was on our side,
when men rose up against us,
3 then they would have swallowed us up alive,
when their anger was kindled against us;
4 then the flood would have swept us away,
the torrent would have gone over us;
5…
1 To Thee I lift up my eyes,
O Thou who art enthroned in the heavens!
2 Behold, as the eyes of servants
look to the hand of their master,
as the eyes of a maid
to the hand of her mistress,
so our eyes look to the Lord our God,
till He have mercy upon us.
3 Have mercy upon us, O Lord, have mercy upon us,
for we have…
1. I was glad when they said unto me : We will go into the house of the Lord.
2. Our feet shall stand in thy gates : O Jerusalem.
3. Jerusalem is built as a city : that is at unity in itself.
4. For thither the tribes…
1 I lift up my eyes to the hills. From whence does my help come?
2 My help comes from the Lord, Who made heaven and earth.
3 He will not let your foot be moved, He who keeps you will not slumber.
4 Behold, He who keeps Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.
5 The Lord is your keeper; the Lord…
In my distress I cry to the Lord, that He may answer me:
“Deliver me, O Lord, from lying lips, from a deceitful tongue.”What shall be given to you? And what more shall be done to you,
you deceitful tongue?
A warrior’s sharp arrows, with glowing coals of the broom tree!Woe…
This is the longest Psalm and also the longest chapter in the Bible (the entire psalm is given below). It is a magnificent and moving collection of prayers and meditations that embodies the first and greatest commandment, “‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one; and you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and…
God is the Lord and has revealed Himself to us!
Blessed is he that comes in the name of the Lord!O give thanks to the Lord, for He is good, for His mercy endures forever!
All nations surrounded me, but in the name of the Lord I withstood them!
I shall not die, but live and recount the deeds of the Lord!The stone which the builders…
Praise the Lord, all nations! Extol Him, all peoples!
For great is His steadfast love toward us; and the faithfulness of the Lord endures for ever. Praise the Lord!
This is the shortest of all the psalms, with only two verses. I can’t read it without hearing the powerful Taizé chant sung in Latin (link below), Laudate Dominum…
I love the Lord, because He has heard my voice and my supplications.
Because He inclined His ear to me, therefore I will call on Him as long as I live.
The snares of death encompassed me; the pangs of Sheol laid hold on me;
I suffered distress and anguish; then I called upon the name of the Lord.I kept my faith, even when I…
O Israel, trust in the Lord! He is their help and their shield.
O house of Aaron, trust in the Lord! He is their help and their shield.
You who fear the Lord, trust in the Lord! He is their help and their shield.
(Psalm 115:9-11)
Psalm 115 is most likely an antiphonal hymn that was sung back and forth by the clergy and congregation.…
When Israel went forth from Egypt,
the house of Jacob from a people of strange language,
Judah became his sanctuary, Israel his dominion.
The sea looked and fled, Jordan turned back.What ails you, O sea, that you flee?
O Jordan, that you turn back?
—Psalm 114:1-3, 5 (Theophany, 1st Antiphon)…the God of Jacob,
who turns…
1 Alleluia! [Praise the Lord!]
Praise, O servants of the Lord, praise the name of the Lord!
2 Blessed be the name of the Lord from this time forth and for evermore!
3 From the rising of the sun to its setting the name of the Lord is to be praised!
4 The Lord is high above all nations, and his glory above the heavens!
5 Who…