Psalm 20-26

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⁴ May he ^(G)grant you your heart's desire
    and fulfill all your plans!
⁵ May we shout for joy over ^(H)your salvation,
    and in the name of our God set up our ^(I)banners!
May the Lord fulfill all your petitions!

⁶ Now I know that the Lord saves his anointed;
    he will answer him from his holy heaven
    with ^(J)the saving might of his right hand.
⁷ Some trust in ^(K)chariots and some in ^(L)horses,
    ^(M)but we trust in the name of the Lord our God.
⁸ They collapse and fall,
    but we rise and stand upright.

⁹ O Lord, save ^(N)the king!
    May he answer us when we call.

⁸ Your hand will ^(AA)find out all your enemies;
    your right hand will find out those who hate you.
⁹ You will make them as ^(AB)a blazing oven
    when you appear.
The Lord will swallow them up in his ^(AC)wrath,
    and ^(AD)fire will consume them.
¹⁰ You ^(AE)will destroy their ^(AF)descendants from the earth,
    and their offspring from among the children of man.
¹¹ Though they plan evil against you,
    though they ^(AG)devise mischief, they will not succeed.
¹² For you will put them ^(AH)to flight;
    you will ^(AI)aim at their faces with your bows.

¹³ Be exalted, O Lord, in your strength!
    We will sing and praise your power.

³ Yet you are ^(AN)holy,
    ^(AO)enthroned on ^(AP)the praises^[b] of Israel.
⁴ In you our fathers trusted;
    they trusted, and you delivered them.
⁵ To you they ^(AQ)cried and were rescued;
    in you they ^(AR)trusted and were not put to shame.

⁶ But I am ^(AS)a worm and not a man,
    ^(AT)scorned by mankind and ^(AU)despised by the people.
⁷ All who see me ^(AV)mock me;
    they make mouths at me; they ^(AW)wag their heads;
^8 (AX)“He trusts in the Lord; let him ^(AY)deliver him;
    let him rescue him, for he ^(AZ)delights in him!”

⁹ Yet you are he who ^(BA)took me from the womb;
    you made me trust you at my mother's breasts.
¹⁰ On you was I cast from my birth,
    and from ^(BB)my mother's womb you have been my God.
¹¹ Be not ^(BC)far from me,
    for trouble is near,
    and there is ^(BD)none to help.

¹² Many bulls encompass me;
    ^(BE)strong bulls of ^(BF)Bashan surround me;
¹³ they ^(BG)open wide their mouths at me,
    like a ravening and roaring lion.

¹⁴ I am ^(BH)poured out like water,
    and all my bones are ^(BI)out of joint;
my ^(BJ)heart is like ^(BK)wax;
    it is melted within my breast;
¹⁵ my strength is ^(BL)dried up like a potsherd,
    and my ^(BM)tongue sticks to my jaws;
    you lay me in the dust of death.

¹⁶ For ^(BN)dogs encompass me;
    a company of evildoers ^(BO)encircles me;
they have ^(BP)pierced my hands and feet^[c]—
¹⁷ I can count all my bones—
they ^(BQ)stare and gloat over me;
^18 (BR)they divide my garments among them,
    and for my clothing they cast lots.

¹⁹ But you, O Lord, ^(BS)do not be far off!
    O you my help, ^(BT)come quickly to my aid!
²⁰ Deliver my soul from the sword,
    my precious life from the power of ^(BU)the dog!
²¹     Save me from ^(BV)the mouth of the lion!
You have rescued^[d] me from the horns of ^(BW)the wild oxen!

^22 (BX)I will tell of your name to my ^(BY)brothers;
    in the midst of the congregation I will praise you:
²³ You who ^(BZ)fear the Lord, praise him!
    All you offspring of Jacob, ^(CA)glorify him,
    and stand in awe of him, all you offspring of Israel!
²⁴ For he has not despised or abhorred
    the affliction of ^(CB)the afflicted,
and he has not ^(CC)hidden his face from him,
    but has heard, when he ^(CD)cried to him.

²⁵ From you comes my praise in the great ^(CE)congregation;
    my ^(CF)vows I will ^(CG)perform before those who fear him.
^26 (CH)The afflicted^[e] shall ^(CI)eat and be satisfied;
    those who seek him shall praise the Lord!
    May your hearts ^(CJ)live forever!

²⁷ All ^(CK)the ends of the earth shall remember
    and turn to the Lord,
and all ^(CL)the families of the nations
    shall worship before you.
²⁸ For ^(CM)kingship belongs to the Lord,
    and he rules over the nations.

²⁹ All ^(CN)the prosperous of the earth eat and worship;
    before him shall ^(CO)bow all who go down to the dust,
    even the one who could not ^(CP)keep himself alive.
³⁰ Posterity shall serve him;
    it shall be told of the Lord to the coming ^(CQ)generation;
³¹ they shall ^(CR)come and proclaim his righteousness to a people yet ^(CS)unborn,
    that he has done it.

⁴ Even though I ^(DA)walk through the valley of ^(DB)the shadow of death,^[h]
    I will ^(DC)fear no evil,
for ^(DD)you are with me;
    your ^(DE)rod and your staff,
    they comfort me.

⁵ You ^(DF)prepare a table before me
    in ^(DG)the presence of my enemies;
you ^(DH)anoint my head with oil;
    my ^(DI)cup overflows.
⁶ Surely^[i] goodness and mercy^[j] shall follow me
    all the days of my life,
and I shall ^(DJ)dwell^[k] in the house of the Lord
    ^(DK)forever.^[l]

^3 (DO)Who shall ascend the hill of the Lord?
    And who shall stand in his ^(DP)holy place?
^4 (DQ)He who has ^(DR)clean hands and ^(DS)a pure heart,
    who does not ^(DT)lift up his soul to ^(DU)what is false
    and does not swear deceitfully.
⁵ He will receive ^(DV)blessing from the Lord
    and ^(DW)righteousness from ^(DX)the God of his salvation.
⁶ Such is ^(DY)the generation of those who seek him,
    who ^(DZ)seek the face of the God of Jacob.^[n] Selah

^7 (EA)Lift up your heads, O gates!
    And be lifted up, O ancient doors,
    that ^(EB)the King of glory may come in.
⁸ Who is this King of glory?
    The Lord, strong and mighty,
    the Lord, ^(EC)mighty in battle!
⁹ Lift up your heads, O gates!
    And lift them up, O ancient doors,
    that the King of glory may come in.
¹⁰ Who is this King of glory?
    ^(ED)The Lord of hosts,
    he is the King of glory! Selah

^4 (EL)Make me to know your ways, O Lord;
    teach me your paths.
⁵ Lead me in your ^(EM)truth and teach me,
    for you are the God of my salvation;
    for you I wait all the day long.

⁶ Remember your ^(EN)mercy, O Lord, and your steadfast love,
    ^(EO)for they have been from of old.
⁷ Remember not ^(EP)the sins of my youth or my transgressions;
    according to your ^(EQ)steadfast love remember me,
    for the sake of your goodness, O Lord!

^8 (ER)Good and upright is the Lord;
    therefore he ^(ES)instructs sinners in the way.
⁹ He leads the humble in what is right,
    and teaches the humble his way.
¹⁰ All the paths of the Lord are ^(ET)steadfast love and faithfulness,
    for those who keep his covenant and his testimonies.

¹¹ For your ^(EU)name's sake, O Lord,
    pardon my guilt, for it is ^(EV)great.
¹² Who is the man who fears the Lord?
    Him ^(EW)will he instruct in the way that he should choose.
¹³ His soul shall ^(EX)abide in well-being,
    and his ^(EY)offspring ^(EZ)shall inherit the land.
^14 (FA)The friendship^[p] of the Lord is for those who fear him,
    and he makes known to them his covenant.
¹⁵ My ^(FB)eyes are ever toward the Lord,
    for he will ^(FC)pluck my feet out of the net.

^16 (FD)Turn to me and be gracious to me,
    for I am lonely and afflicted.
¹⁷ The troubles of my heart are enlarged;
    bring me out of my distresses.
^18 (FE)Consider my affliction and my trouble,
    and forgive all my sins.

¹⁹ Consider how many are my foes,
    and with what violent hatred they hate me.
²⁰ Oh, guard my soul, and deliver me!
    ^(FF)Let me not be put to shame, for I take refuge in you.
²¹ May integrity and uprightness preserve me,
    for I wait for you.

^22 (FG)Redeem Israel, O God,
    out of all his troubles.

⁴ I do not ^(FP)sit with men of ^(FQ)falsehood,
    nor do I consort with hypocrites.
⁵ I ^(FR)hate the assembly of evildoers,
    and I will not sit with the wicked.

⁶ I ^(FS)wash my hands in innocence
    and go around your altar, O Lord,
⁷ proclaiming thanksgiving aloud,
    and telling all your ^(FT)wondrous deeds.

⁸ O Lord, I ^(FU)love the habitation of your house
    and the place where your glory dwells.
^9 (FV)Do not sweep my soul away with sinners,
    nor my life with bloodthirsty men,
¹⁰ in whose hands are evil devices,
    and whose right hands are full of ^(FW)bribes.

¹¹ But as for me, I shall walk in my integrity;
    redeem me, and be gracious to me.
¹² My foot stands on ^(FX)level ground;
    in ^(FY)the great assembly I will bless the Lord.