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Psalm 88

Prayer for Help in Despondency

A Song. A Psalm of the Korahites. To the leader: according to Mahalath Leannoth. A Maskil of Heman the Ezrahite.

O Lord, God of my salvation,
    at night, when I cry out before you,(A)

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Surely God is my salvation;
    I will trust and will not be afraid,
for the Lord[a] is my strength and my might;
    he has become my salvation.”(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 12.2 Q ms Heb mss Gk Syr Vg Tg: MT for Yah, the Lord

O my God, I cry by day, but you do not answer;
    and by night but find no rest.(A)

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And will not God grant justice to his chosen ones who cry to him day and night? Will he delay long in helping them?

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be gracious to me, O Lord,
    for to you do I cry all day long.(A)

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Psalm 53

Denunciation of Godlessness

To the leader: according to Mahalath. A Maskil of David.

Fools say in their hearts, “There is no God.”
    They are corrupt; they commit abominable acts;
    there is no one who does good.(A)

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14 Deliver me from bloodshed, O God,
    O God of my salvation,
    and my tongue will sing aloud of your deliverance.(A)

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    Do not hide your face from me.

Do not turn your servant away in anger,
    you who have been my help.
Do not cast me off; do not forsake me,
    O God of my salvation!(A)

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31 He was wiser than anyone else, wiser than Ethan the Ezrahite and Heman, Calcol, and Darda, children of Mahol; his fame spread throughout all the surrounding nations.(A)

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But when the goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared,(A) he saved us, not because of any works of righteousness that we had done, but according to his mercy, through the water[a] of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit.(B) This Spirit he poured out on us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior, so that, having been justified by his grace, we might become heirs according to the hope of eternal life.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. 3.5 Gk washing

13 while we wait for the blessed hope and the manifestation of the glory of our great God and Savior,[a] Jesus Christ.(A)

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  1. 2.13 Or of the great God and our Savior

37 then as a widow to the age of eighty-four. She never left the temple but worshiped there with fasting and prayer night and day.(A)

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30 for my eyes have seen your salvation,(A)

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47     and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior,(A)

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Upon your walls, O Jerusalem,
    I have posted sentinels;
all day and all night
    they shall never be silent.
You who remind the Lord,
    take no rest,(A)

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O Lord, my Lord, my strong deliverer,
    you have covered my head in the day of battle.(A)

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Help us, O God of our salvation,
    for the glory of your name;
deliver us and forgive our sins,
    for your name’s sake.(A)

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19 Blessed be the Lord,
    who daily bears us up;
    God is our salvation. Selah(A)

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By awesome deeds you answer us with deliverance,
    O God of our salvation;
you are the hope of all the ends of the earth
    and of the farthest seas.(A)

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On God rests my deliverance and my honor;
    my mighty rock, my refuge is in God.(A)

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Psalm 27

Triumphant Song of Confidence

Of David.

The Lord is my light and my salvation;
    whom shall I fear?
The Lord is the stronghold[a] of my life;
    of whom shall I be afraid?(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 27.1 Or refuge

They will receive blessing from the Lord
    and vindication from the God of their salvation.(A)

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let your ear be attentive and your eyes open to hear the prayer of your servant that I now pray before you day and night for your servants, the Israelites, confessing the sins of the Israelites, which we have sinned against you. Both I and my family have sinned.(A)

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10 Night and day we pray most earnestly that we may see you face to face and restore whatever is lacking in your faith.(A)

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