God Will Judge with Equity

To the choirmaster: according to (A)Do Not Destroy. (B)A Psalm of Asaph. A Song.

75 We give thanks to you, O God;
    we give thanks, for your name is (C)near.
We[a] recount your wondrous deeds.

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  1. Psalm 75:1 Hebrew They

Psalm 75[a]

For the director of music. To the tune of “Do Not Destroy.” A psalm of Asaph. A song.

We praise you, God,
    we praise you, for your Name is near;(A)
    people tell of your wonderful deeds.(B)

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  1. Psalm 75:1 In Hebrew texts 75:1-10 is numbered 75:2-11.

18 The Lord is (A)near to all who call on him,
    to all who call on him (B)in truth.

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18 The Lord is near(A) to all who call on him,(B)
    to all who call on him in truth.

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I bow down (A)toward your (B)holy temple
    and give thanks to your name for your steadfast love and your faithfulness,
    for you have exalted above all things
    your name and your word.[a]

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  1. Psalm 138:2 Or you have exalted your word above all your name

I will bow down toward your holy temple(A)
    and will praise your name(B)
    for your unfailing love and your faithfulness,(C)
for you have so exalted your solemn decree
    that it surpasses your fame.(D)

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(A)There is none like you, O Lord;
    you are great, and your name is great in might.

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No one is like you,(A) Lord;
    you are great,(B)
    and your name is mighty in power.

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Who Can Stand Before You?

To the choirmaster: with (A)stringed instruments. A Psalm of (B)Asaph. A Song.

76 In Judah God is (C)known;
    his name is great in Israel.

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Psalm 76[a]

For the director of music. With stringed instruments. A psalm of Asaph. A song.

God is renowned in Judah;
    in Israel his name is great.(A)

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  1. Psalm 76:1 In Hebrew texts 76:1-12 is numbered 76:2-13.

The Lord passed before him and proclaimed, (A)“The Lord, the Lord, a God merciful and (B)gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast (C)love and faithfulness, (D)keeping steadfast love for thousands,[a] (E)forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, but (F)who will by no means clear the guilty, (G)visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children and the children's children, to the third and the fourth generation.”

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  1. Exodus 34:7 Or to the thousandth generation

And he passed in front of Moses, proclaiming, “The Lord, the Lord, the compassionate(A) and gracious God, slow to anger,(B) abounding in love(C) and faithfulness,(D) maintaining love to thousands,(E) and forgiving wickedness, rebellion and sin.(F) Yet he does not leave the guilty unpunished;(G) he punishes the children and their children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation.”(H)

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21 Pay careful attention to him and obey his voice; (A)do not rebel against him, (B)for he will not pardon your transgression, for my name is in him.

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21 Pay attention to him and listen(A) to what he says. Do not rebel against him; he will not forgive(B) your rebellion,(C) since my Name(D) is in him.

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Let Your Glory Be over All the Earth

To the choirmaster: according to (A)Do Not Destroy. A (B)Miktam[a] of David, when he fled from Saul, in (C)the cave.

57 (D)Be merciful to me, O God, be merciful to me,
    for in you my soul (E)takes refuge;
in (F)the shadow of your wings I will take refuge,
    (G)till the storms of destruction pass by.

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  1. Psalm 57:1 Probably a musical or liturgical term

Psalm 57[a](A)

For the director of music. To the tune of “Do Not Destroy.” Of David. A miktam.[b] When he had fled from Saul into the cave.(B)

Have mercy on me, my God, have mercy on me,
    for in you I take refuge.(C)
I will take refuge in the shadow of your wings(D)
    until the disaster has passed.(E)

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  1. Psalm 57:1 In Hebrew texts 57:1-11 is numbered 57:2-12.
  2. Psalm 57:1 Title: Probably a literary or musical term

Come to Our Help

To the choirmaster. (A)A Maskil[a] of the Sons of Korah.

44 O God, we have heard with our ears,
    (B)our fathers have told us,
what deeds you performed in their days,
    (C)in the days of old:

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  1. Psalm 44:1 Probably a musical or liturgical term

Psalm 44[a]

For the director of music. Of the Sons of Korah. A maskil.[b]

We have heard it with our ears,(A) O God;
    our ancestors have told us(B)
what you did in their days,
    in days long ago.(C)

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  1. Psalm 44:1 In Hebrew texts 44:1-26 is numbered 44:2-27.
  2. Psalm 44:1 Title: Probably a literary or musical term

For (A)what great nation is there that has (B)a god so near to it as the Lord our God is to us, whenever we call upon him?

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What other nation is so great(A) as to have their gods near(B) them the way the Lord our God is near us whenever we pray to him?

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God Who Judges the Earth

To the choirmaster: according to (A)Do Not Destroy. A (B)Miktam[a] of David.

58 Do you indeed decree what is right, you gods?[b]
    Do you judge the children of man uprightly?

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  1. Psalm 58:1 Probably a musical or liturgical term
  2. Psalm 58:1 Or you mighty lords (by revocalization; Hebrew in silence)

Psalm 58[a]

For the director of music. To the tune of “Do Not Destroy.” Of David. A miktam.[b]

Do you rulers indeed speak justly?(A)
    Do you judge people with equity?

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  1. Psalm 58:1 In Hebrew texts 58:1-11 is numbered 58:2-12.
  2. Psalm 58:1 Title: Probably a literary or musical term

33 (A)Did any people ever hear the voice of a god speaking out of the midst of the fire, as you have heard, and still live? 34 Or has any god ever attempted to go and take a nation for himself from the midst of another nation, by trials, (B)by signs, by wonders, and (C)by war, (D)by a mighty hand and (E)an outstretched arm, and by great deeds of terror, all of which the Lord your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?

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33 Has any other people heard the voice of God[a] speaking out of fire, as you have, and lived?(A) 34 Has any god ever tried to take for himself one nation out of another nation,(B) by testings,(C) by signs(D) and wonders,(E) by war, by a mighty hand and an outstretched arm,(F) or by great and awesome deeds,(G) like all the things the Lord your God did for you in Egypt before your very eyes?

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  1. Deuteronomy 4:33 Or of a god