Psalm 14; Psalm 16; Psalm 44; Psalm 45; Psalm 46

1The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt; their acts are vile. There is no one who does good.

2The LORD looks down from heaven upon the sons of men to see if any understand, if any seek God.

3All have turned away, they have together become corrupt; there is no one who does good, not even one.

4Will the workers of iniquity never learn? They devour my people like bread; they refuse to call upon the LORD.

5There they are, overwhelmed with dread, for God is in the company of the righteous.

6You sinners frustrate the plans of the oppressed, yet the LORD is their shelter.

7Oh, that the salvation of Israel would come from Zion! When the LORD restores His captive people, let Jacob rejoice, let Israel be glad!

1Preserve me, O God, for in You I take refuge.

2I said to the LORD, “You are my Lord; apart from You I have no good thing.”

3As for the saints in the land, they are the excellence in whom all my delight resides.

4Sorrows will multiply to those who chase other gods. I will not pour out their libations of blood, or speak their names with my lips.

5The LORD is my chosen portion and my cup; You have made my lot secure.

6The lines of my boundary have fallen in pleasant places; surely my inheritance is delightful.

7I will bless the LORD who counsels me; even at night my conscience instructs me.

8I have set the LORD always before me. Because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.

9Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices; my body also will dwell securely.

10For You will not abandon my soul to Sheol, nor will You let Your Holy One see decay.

11You have made known to me the path of life; You will fill me with joy in Your presence, with eternal pleasures at Your right hand.

1We have heard with our ears, O God; our fathers have told us the work You did in their days, in the days of old.

2With Your hand You drove out the nations and planted our fathers there; You crushed the peoples and cast them out.

3For it was not by their sword that they took the land; their arm did not bring them victory. It was by Your right hand, Your arm, and the light of Your face, because You favored them.

4You are my King, O God, who ordains victories for Jacob.

5Through You we repel our foes; through Your name we trample our enemies.

6For I do not trust in my bow, nor does my sword save me.

7For You save us from our enemies; You put those who hate us to shame.

8In God we have boasted all day long, and Your name we will praise forever. Selah

9But You have rejected and humbled us; You no longer go forth with our armies.

10You have made us retreat from the foe, and those who hate us have plundered us.

11You have given us up as sheep to be devoured; You have scattered us among the nations.

12You sell Your people for nothing; no profit do You gain from their sale.

13You have made us a reproach to our neighbors, a mockery and derision to those around us.

14You have made us a byword among the nations, a laughingstock among the peoples.

15All day long my disgrace is before me, and shame has covered my face,

16at the voice of the scorner and reviler, because of the enemy, bent on revenge.

17All this has come upon us, though we have not forgotten You or betrayed Your covenant.

18Our hearts have not turned back; our steps have not strayed from Your path.

19But You have crushed us in the lair of jackals; You have covered us with deepest darkness.

20If we had forgotten the name of our God or spread out our hands to a foreign god,

21would not God have discovered, since He knows the secrets of the heart?

22Yet for Your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.

23Wake up, O Lord! Why are You sleeping? Arise! Do not reject us forever.

24Why do You hide Your face and forget our affliction and oppression?

25For our soul has sunk to the dust; our bodies cling to the earth.

26Rise up; be our help! Redeem us on account of Your loving devotion.

1My heart is stirred by a noble theme as I recite my verses to the king; my tongue is the pen of a skillful writer.

2You are the most handsome of men; grace has anointed your lips; therefore God has blessed you forever.

3Strap your sword at your side, O mighty warrior; appear in your majesty and splendor.

4In your splendor ride forth in victory on behalf of truth and humility and justice; may your right hand show your awesome deeds.

5Your arrows pierce the hearts of the king’s foes; the nations fall beneath your feet.

6Your throne, O God, endures forever and ever, and justice is the scepter of Your kingdom.

7You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, your God, has anointed you above your companions with the oil of joy.

8All your garments are fragrant with myrrh and aloes and cassia; from palaces of ivory the harps make you glad.

9The daughters of kings are among your honored women; the queen stands at your right hand, adorned with the gold of Ophir.

10Listen, O daughter! Consider and incline your ear: Forget your people and your father’s house,

11and the king will desire your beauty; bow to him, for he is your lord.

12The Daughter of Tyre will come with a gift; men of wealth will seek your favor.

13All glorious is the princess in her chamber; her gown is embroidered with gold.

14In colorful garments she is led to the king; her virgin companions are brought before you.

15They are led in with joy and gladness; they enter the palace of the king.

16Your sons will succeed your fathers; you will make them princes throughout the land.

17I will commemorate your name through all generations; therefore the nations will praise you forever and ever.

1God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in times of trouble.

2Therefore we will not fear, though the earth is transformed and the mountains are toppled into the depths of the seas,

3though their waters roar and foam and the mountains quake in the surge. Selah

4There is a river whose streams delight the city of God, the holy place where the Most High dwells.

5God is within her; she will not be moved. God will help her when morning dawns.

6Nations rage, kingdoms crumble; the earth melts when He lifts His voice.

7The LORD of Hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress. Selah

8Come, see the works of the LORD, who brings devastation upon the earth.

9He makes wars to cease throughout the earth; He breaks the bow and shatters the spear; He burns the shields in the fire.

10“Be still and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted over the earth.”

11The LORD of Hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress. Selah