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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...

PSALM 3 - Trust in God under Adversity

PSALM 3 (NRSV) – Trust in God under Adversity

Would you rather watch this Psalm? Click the play button below! 1 O Lord, how many are my foes! Many are rising against me; 2 many are saying to me, “There is no help for you in God.” 3 But you, O Lord, are a shield around me, my glory, and the one who lifts up my...

Psalm 2 - God’s Promise to His Anointed

PSALM 2 (NRSV) – God’s Promise to His Anointed

Would you rather watch this Psalm? Click the play button below! 1 Why do the nations conspire, and the peoples plot in vain? 2 The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord and his anointed, saying, 3 “Let us burst their bonds asunder, and cast their cords from...

Psalm 1 - The Two Ways

PSALM 1 (NRSV) – The Two Ways

Happy are those who do not follow the advice of the wicked, or take the path that sinners tread, or sit in the seat of scoffers;