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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...

PSALM 43 - Prayer to God in Time of Trouble

PSALM 43 (NRSV) – Prayer to God in Time of Trouble

Would you rather watch this Psalm? Click the play button below! 1  Vindicate me, O God, and defend my cause against an ungodly people; from those who are deceitful and unjust deliver me! 2  For you are the God in whom I take refuge; why have you cast me off? Why must I walk about mournfully because of...

PSALM 42 - Longing for God and His Help in Distress

PSALM 42 (NRSV) – Longing for God and His Help in Distress

Would you rather watch this Psalm? Click the play button below! 1  As a deer longs for flowing streams, so my soul longs for you, O God. 2  My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and behold the face of God? 3  My tears have been my food day and night, while...

PSALM 41 - Assurance of God’s Help and a Plea for Healing

PSALM 41 (NRSV) – Assurance of God’s Help and a Plea for Healing

Would you rather watch this Psalm? Click the play button below! 1  Happy are those who consider the poor; the Lord delivers them in the day of trouble. 2  The Lord protects them and keeps them alive; they are called happy in the land. You do not give them up to the will of their enemies....

PSALM 40 - Thanksgiving for Deliverance and Prayer for Help

PSALM 40 (NRSV) – Thanksgiving for Deliverance and Prayer for Help

Would you rather watch this Psalm? Click the play button below! 1  I waited patiently for the Lord; he inclined to me and heard my cry. 2  He drew me up from the desolate pit, out of the miry bog, and set my feet upon a rock, making my steps secure. 3  He put a new song...

PSALM 39 - Prayer for Wisdom and Forgiveness

PSALM 39 (NRSV) – Prayer for Wisdom and Forgiveness

Would you rather watch this Psalm? Click the play button below! 1  I said, “I will guard my ways that I may not sin with my tongue; I will keep a muzzle on my mouth as long as the wicked are in my presence.” 2  I was silent and still; I held my peace to no avail;...

PSALM 38 - A Penitent Sufferer’s Plea for Healing

PSALM 38 (NRSV) – A Penitent Sufferer’s Plea for Healing

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  For your arrows have sunk into me, and your hand has come down on me. 3  There is no soundness in my flesh because of your indignation; there...

PSALM 37 - Exhortation to Patience and Trust

PSALM 37 (NRSV) – Exhortation to Patience and Trust

Would you rather watch this Psalm? Click the play button below! 1  Do not fret because of the wicked; do not be envious of wrongdoers, 2  for they will soon fade like the grass, and wither like the green herb. 3  Trust in the Lord, and do good; so you will live in the land, and...