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PSALM 13 - Prayer for Deliverance from Enemies

PSALM 13 (NRSV) – Prayer for Deliverance from Enemies

Would you rather watch this Psalm? Click the play button below! 1 How long, O Lord? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me? 2 How long must I bear pain in my soul, and have sorrow in my heart all day long? How long shall my enemy be exalted over...

PSALM 12 - Plea for Help in Evil Times

PSALM 12 (NRSV) – Plea for Help in Evil Times

Would you rather watch this Psalm? Click the play button below! 1 Help, O Lord, for there is no longer anyone who is godly; the faithful have disappeared from humankind. 2 They utter lies to each other; with flattering lips and a double heart they speak. 3 May the Lord cut off all flattering lips, the tongue...

PSALM 11 - Song of Trust in God

PSALM 11 (NRSV) – Song of Trust in God

Would you rather watch this Psalm? Click the play button below! 1 In the Lord I take refuge; how can you say to me, “Flee like a bird to the mountains; 2 for look, the wicked bend the bow, they have fitted their arrow to the string, to shoot in the dark at the upright in heart....

PSALM 10 - Prayer for Deliverance from Enemies

PSALM 10 (NRSV) – Prayer for Deliverance from Enemies

Would you rather watch this Psalm? Click the play button below! 1 Why, O Lord, do you stand far off? Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble? 2 In arrogance the wicked persecute the poor— let them be caught in the schemes they have devised. 3 For the wicked boast of the desires of their heart,...

PSALM 9 - God’s Power and Justice

PSALM 9 (NRSV) – God’s Power and Justice

Would you rather watch this Psalm? Click the play button below! 1 I will give thanks to the Lord with my whole heart; I will tell of all your wonderful deeds. 2 I will be glad and exult in you; I will sing praise to your name, O Most High. 3 When my enemies turned back,...

Psalm 8 - Divine Majesty and Human Dignity

PSALM 8 (NRSV) – Divine Majesty and Human Dignity

Would you rather watch this Psalm? Click the play button below! 1 O Lord, our Sovereign, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory above the heavens. 2 Out of the mouths of babes and infants you have founded a bulwark because of your foes, to silence the enemy and...

PSALM 7 - Plea for Help against Persecutors

PSALM 7 (NRSV) – Plea for Help against Persecutors

Would you rather watch this Psalm? Click the play button below! 1 O Lord my God, in you I take refuge; save me from all my pursuers, and deliver me, 2 or like a lion they will tear me apart; they will drag me away, with no one to rescue. 3 O Lord my God, if I have...

PSALM 6 - Prayer for Recovery from Grave Illness

PSALM 6 (NRSV) – Prayer for Recovery from Grave Illness

Would you rather watch this Psalm? Click the play button below! 1 O Lord, do not rebuke me in your anger, or discipline me in your wrath. 2 Be gracious to me, O Lord, for I am languishing; O Lord, heal me, for my bones are shaking with terror. 3 My soul also is struck with terror, while...

PSALM 5 - Trust in God for Deliverance from Enemies

PSALM 5 (NRSV) – Trust in God for Deliverance from Enemies

Would you rather watch this Psalm? Click the play button below! 1 Give ear to my words, O Lord; give heed to my sighing. 2 Listen to the sound of my cry, my King and my God, for to you I pray. 3 O Lord, in the morning you hear my voice; in the morning I plead my...

PSALM 4 - Confident Plea for Deliverance from Enemies

PSALM 4 (NRSV) – Confident Plea for Deliverance from Enemies

Would you rather watch this Psalm? Click the play button below! 1 Answer me when I call, O God of my right! You gave me room when I was in distress. Be gracious to me, and hear my prayer. 2 How long, you people, shall my honor suffer shame? How long will you love vain words, and seek...