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PSALM 63 - Comfort and Assurance in God’s Presence

PSALM 63 (NRSV) – Comfort and Assurance in God’s Presence

Would you rather watch this Psalm? Click the play button below! 1  O God, you are my God, I seek you, my soul thirsts for you; my flesh faints for you, as in a dry and weary land where there is no water. 2  So I have looked upon you in the sanctuary, beholding your power and glory....

PSALM 62 - Song of Trust in God Alone

PSALM 62 (NRSV) – Song of Trust in God Alone

Would you rather watch this Psalm? Click the play button below! 1  For God alone my soul waits in silence; from him comes my salvation. 2  He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress; I shall never be shaken. 3  How long will you assail a person, will you batter your victim, all of you,...

PSALM 61 - Assurance of God’s Protection

PSALM 61 (NRSV) – Assurance of God’s Protection

Would you rather watch this Psalm? Click the play button below! 1  Hear my cry, O God; listen to my prayer. 2  From the end of the earth I call to you, when my heart is faint. Lead me to the rock that is higher than I; 3  for you are my refuge, a strong tower against...

PSALM 60 - Prayer for National Victory after Defeat

PSALM 60 (NRSV) – Prayer for National Victory after Defeat

Would you rather watch this Psalm? Click the play button below! 1  O God, you have rejected us, broken our defenses; you have been angry; now restore us! 2  You have caused the land to quake; you have torn it open; repair the cracks in it, for it is tottering. 3  You have made your...

PSALM 59 - Prayer for Deliverance from Enemies

PSALM 59 (NRSV) – Prayer for Deliverance from Enemies

Would you rather watch this Psalm? Click the play button below! 1  Deliver me from my enemies, O my God; protect me from those who rise up against me. 2  Deliver me from those who work evil; from the bloodthirsty save me. 3  Even now they lie in wait for my life; the mighty stir up...

PSALM 58 - Prayer for Vengeance

PSALM 58 (NRSV) – Prayer for Vengeance

Would you rather watch this Psalm? Click the play button below! 1  Do you indeed decree what is right, you gods? Do you judge people fairly? 2  No, in your hearts you devise wrongs; your hands deal out violence on earth. 3  The wicked go astray from the womb; they err from their birth, speaking...

PSALM 57 (NRSV) – Praise and Assurance under Persecution

Would you rather watch this Psalm? Click the play button below! 1  Be merciful to me, O God, be merciful to me, for in you my soul takes refuge; in the shadow of your wings I will take refuge, until the destroying storms pass by. 2  I cry to God Most High, to God who fulfills his...

PSALM 56 - Trust in God under Persecution

PSALM 56 (NRSV) – Trust in God under Persecution

Would you rather watch this Psalm? Click the play button below! 1  Be gracious to me, O God, for people trample on me; all day long foes oppress me; 2  my enemies trample on me all day long, for many fight against me. 3 O Most High, when I am afraid, I put my trust in you....

PSALM 55 - Complaint about a Friend’s Treachery

PSALM 55 (NRSV) – Complaint about a Friend’s Treachery

Would you rather watch this Psalm? Click the play button below! 1  Give ear to my prayer, O God; do not hide yourself from my supplication. 2  Attend to me, and answer me; I am troubled in my complaint. 3 I am distraught by the noise of the enemy, because of the clamor of the wicked....

PSALM 54 - Prayer for Vindication

PSALM 54 (NRSV) – Prayer for Vindication

Would you rather watch this Psalm? Click the play button below! 1  Save me, O God, by your name, and vindicate me by your might. 2  Hear my prayer, O God; give ear to the words of my mouth. 3  For the insolent have risen against me, the ruthless seek my life; they do not set God before...