Psalm 30[a]

A psalm. A song. For the dedication of the temple.[b] Of David.

I will exalt(A) you, Lord,
    for you lifted me out of the depths(B)
    and did not let my enemies gloat over me.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 30:1 In Hebrew texts 30:1-12 is numbered 30:2-13.
  2. Psalm 30:1 Title: Or palace

I trust in you;(A)
    do not let me be put to shame,
    nor let my enemies triumph over me.

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19 Do not let those gloat over me
    who are my enemies(A) without cause;
do not let those who hate me without reason(B)
    maliciously wink the eye.(C)

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37 Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and exalt(A) and glorify(B) the King of heaven, because everything he does is right and all his ways are just.(C) And those who walk in pride(D) he is able to humble.(E)

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Do not grant the wicked(A) their desires, Lord;
    do not let their plans succeed.

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and my enemy will say, “I have overcome him,(A)
    and my foes will rejoice when I fall.(B)

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11 Now Hiram(A) king of Tyre sent envoys to David, along with cedar logs and carpenters and stonemasons, and they built a palace for David.

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15 All who pass your way
    clap their hands at you;(A)
they scoff(B) and shake their heads(C)
    at Daughter Jerusalem:(D)
“Is this the city that was called
    the perfection of beauty,(E)
    the joy of the whole earth?”(F)

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Psalm 145[a]

A psalm of praise. Of David.

I will exalt you,(A) my God the King;(B)
    I will praise your name(C) for ever and ever.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 145:1 This psalm is an acrostic poem, the verses of which (including verse 13b) begin with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet.

41 All who pass by have plundered(A) him;
    he has become the scorn of his neighbors.(B)
42 You have exalted the right hand of his foes;
    you have made all his enemies rejoice.(C)
43 Indeed, you have turned back the edge of his sword
    and have not supported him in battle.(D)
44 You have put an end to his splendor
    and cast his throne to the ground.
45 You have cut short(E) the days of his youth;
    you have covered him with a mantle of shame.(F)

46 How long, Lord? Will you hide yourself forever?
    How long will your wrath burn like fire?(G)

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10 Why should the nations say,
    “Where is their God?”(A)

Before our eyes, make known among the nations
    that you avenge(B) the outpoured blood(C) of your servants.

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11 I know that you are pleased with me,(A)
    for my enemy does not triumph over me.(B)

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24 Vindicate me in your righteousness, Lord my God;
    do not let them gloat(A) over me.
25 Do not let them think, “Aha,(B) just what we wanted!”
    or say, “We have swallowed him up.”(C)

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Glorify the Lord(A) with me;
    let us exalt(B) his name together.

I sought the Lord,(C) and he answered me;
    he delivered(D) me from all my fears.

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Then my head will be exalted(A)
    above the enemies who surround me;(B)
at his sacred tent I will sacrifice(C) with shouts of joy;(D)
    I will sing(E) and make music(F) to the Lord.

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But Joab did not include Levi and Benjamin in the numbering, because the king’s command was repulsive to him.

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25 David built an altar(A) to the Lord there and sacrificed burnt offerings and fellowship offerings. Then the Lord answered his prayer(B) in behalf of the land, and the plague on Israel was stopped.

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When David returned to his palace in Jerusalem, he took the ten concubines(A) he had left to take care of the palace and put them in a house under guard. He provided for them but had no sexual relations with them. They were kept in confinement till the day of their death, living as widows.

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he said to Nathan(A) the prophet, “Here I am, living in a house(B) of cedar, while the ark of God remains in a tent.”(C)

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20 When David returned home to bless his household, Michal daughter of Saul came out to meet him and said, “How the king of Israel has distinguished himself today, going around half-naked(A) in full view of the slave girls of his servants as any vulgar fellow would!”

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The officers shall say to the army: “Has anyone built a new house and not yet begun to live in(A) it? Let him go home, or he may die in battle and someone else may begin to live in it.

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We are objects of contempt to our neighbors,
    of scorn(A) and derision to those around us.(B)

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17 I cried out to him with my mouth;
    his praise was on my tongue.

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