Psalms 21-24

1O LORD, the king rejoices in Your strength. How greatly he exults in Your salvation!

2You have granted his heart’s desire and have not withheld the request of his lips. Selah

3For You welcomed him with rich blessings; You placed on his head a crown of pure gold.

4He asked You for life, and You granted it— length of days, forever and ever.

5Great is his glory in Your salvation; You bestow on him splendor and majesty.

6For You grant him blessings forever; You cheer him with joy in Your presence.

7For the king trusts in the LORD; through the loving devotion of the Most High, he will not be shaken.

8Your hand will apprehend all Your enemies; Your right hand will seize those who hate You.

9You will place them in a fiery furnace at the time of Your appearing. In His wrath the LORD will engulf them, and the fire will consume them.

10You will wipe their descendants from the earth, and their offspring from the sons of men.

11Though they intend You harm, the schemes they devise will not prevail.

12For You will put them to flight when Your bow is trained upon them.

13Be exalted, O LORD, in Your strength; we will sing and praise Your power.

1My God, my God, why have You forsaken me? Why are You so far from saving me, so far from my words of groaning?

2I cry out by day, O my God, but You do not answer, and by night, but I have no rest.

3Yet You are holy, enthroned on the praises of Israel.

4In You our fathers trusted; they trusted and You delivered them.

5They cried out to You and were set free; they trusted in You and were not disappointed.

6But I am a worm and not a man, scorned by men and despised by the people.

7All who see me mock me; they sneer and shake their heads:

8“He trusts in the LORD, let the LORD deliver him; let the LORD rescue him, since He delights in him.”

9Yet You brought me forth from the womb; You made me secure at my mother’s breast.

10From birth I was cast upon You; from my mother’s womb You have been my God.

11Be not far from me, for trouble is near and there is no one to help.

12Many bulls surround me; strong bulls of Bashan encircle me.

13They open their jaws against me like lions that roar and maul.

14I am poured out like water, and all my bones are disjointed. My heart is like wax; it melts away within me.

15My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth. You lay me in the dust of death.

16For dogs surround me; a band of evil men encircles me; they have pierced my hands and feet.

17I can count all my bones; they stare and gloat over me.

18They divide my garments among them and cast lots for my clothing.

19But You, O LORD, be not far off; O my Strength, come quickly to help me.

20Deliver my soul from the sword, my precious life from the power of wild dogs.

21Save me from the mouth of the lion; at the horns of the wild oxen You have answered me!

22I will proclaim Your name to my brothers; I will praise You in the assembly.

23You who fear the LORD, praise Him! All descendants of Jacob, honor Him! All offspring of Israel, revere Him!

24For He has not despised or detested the torment of the afflicted. He has not hidden His face from him, but has attended to his cry for help.

25My praise for You resounds in the great assembly; I will fulfill my vows before those who fear You.

26The poor will eat and be satisfied; those who seek the LORD will praise Him. May your hearts live forever!

27All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the LORD. All the families of the nations will bow down before Him.

28For dominion belongs to the LORD and He rules over the nations.

29All the rich of the earth will feast and worship; all who go down to the dust will kneel before Him— even those unable to preserve their lives.

30Posterity will serve Him; they will declare the Lord to a new generation.

31They will come and proclaim His righteousness to a people yet unborn— all that He has done.

1The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.

2He makes me lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside quiet waters.

3He restores my soul; He guides me in the paths of righteousness for the sake of His name.

4Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.

5You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.

6Surely goodness and mercy will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever.

1The earth is the LORD’s, and the fullness thereof, the world and all who dwell therein.

2For He has founded it upon the seas and established it upon the waters.

3Who may ascend the hill of the LORD? Who may stand in His holy place?

4He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not lift up his soul to an idol or swear deceitfully.

5He will receive blessing from the LORD and vindication from the God of his salvation.

6Such is the generation of those who seek Him, who seek Your face, O God of Jacob. Selah

7Lift up your heads, O gates! Be lifted up, O ancient doors, that the King of Glory may enter!

8Who is this King of Glory? The LORD strong and mighty, the LORD mighty in battle.

9Lift up your heads, O gates! Be lifted up, O ancient doors, that the King of Glory may enter!

10Who is He, this King of Glory? The LORD of Hosts— He is the King of Glory. Selah