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PSALM 53 - Denunciation of Godlessness

PSALM 53 (NRSV) – Denunciation of Godlessness

Would you rather watch this Psalm? Click the play button below! 1  Fools say in their hearts, “There is no God.” They are corrupt, they commit abominable acts; there is no one who does good. 2  God looks down from heaven on humankind to see if there are any who are wise, who seek after...

PSALM 52 - Judgment on the Deceitful

PSALM 52 (NRSV) – Judgment on the Deceitful

Would you rather watch this Psalm? Click the play button below! 1  Why do you boast, O mighty one, of mischief done against the godly? 2 All day long you are plotting destruction. Your tongue is like a sharp razor, you worker of treachery. 3  You love evil more than good, and lying more than speaking the truth....

PSALM 51 - Prayer for Cleansing and Pardon

PSALM 51 (NRSV) – Prayer for Cleansing and Pardon

Would you rather watch this Psalm? Click the play button below! 1  Have mercy on me, O God, according to your steadfast love; according to your abundant mercy blot out my transgressions. 2  Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin. 3  For I know my transgressions, and my sin is ever before...

PSALM 50 - The Acceptable Sacrifice

PSALM 50 (NRSV) – The Acceptable Sacrifice

Would you rather watch this Psalm? Click the play button below! 1  The mighty one, God the Lord, speaks and summons the earth from the rising of the sun to its setting. 2  Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God shines forth. 3  Our God comes and does not keep silence, before him is...

PSALM 49 - The Folly of Trust in Riches

PSALM 49 (NRSV) – The Folly of Trust in Riches

Would you rather watch this Psalm? Click the play button below! 1  Hear this, all you peoples; give ear, all inhabitants of the world, 2  both low and high, rich and poor together. 3  My mouth shall speak wisdom; the meditation of my heart shall be understanding. 4  I will incline my ear to a proverb;...

PSALM 48 - The Glory and Strength of Zion

PSALM 48 (NRSV) – The Glory and Strength of Zion

Would you rather watch this Psalm? Click the play button below! 1  Great is the Lord and greatly to be praised in the city of our God. His holy mountain, 2 beautiful in elevation, is the joy of all the earth, Mount Zion, in the far north, the city of the great King. 3  Within...

PSALM 47 - God’s Rule over the Nations

PSALM 47 (NRSV) – God’s Rule over the Nations

Would you rather watch this Psalm? Click the play button below! 1  Clap your hands, all you peoples; shout to God with loud songs of joy. 2  For the Lord, the Most High, is awesome, a great king over all the earth. 3  He subdued peoples under us, and nations under our feet. 4  He...

PSALM 46 - God’s Defense of His City and People

PSALM 46 (NRSV) – God’s Defense of His City and People

Would you rather watch this Psalm? Click the play button below! 1  God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. 2  Therefore we will not fear, though the earth should change, though the mountains shake in the heart of the sea; 3  though its waters roar and foam, though the mountains...

PSALM 45 - Ode for a Royal Wedding

PSALM 45 (NRSV) – Ode for a Royal Wedding

Would you rather watch this Psalm? Click the play button below! 1  My heart overflows with a goodly theme; I address my verses to the king; my tongue is like the pen of a ready scribe. 2  You are the most handsome of men; grace is poured upon your lips; therefore God has blessed you forever. 3 ...

PSALM 44 - National Lament and Prayer for Help

PSALM 44 (NRSV) – National Lament and Prayer for Help

Would you rather watch this Psalm? Click the play button below! 1  We have heard with our ears, O God, our ancestors have told us, what deeds you performed in their days, in the days of old: 2  you with your own hand drove out the nations, but them you planted; you afflicted the peoples, but...