Psalm 20-27

Christian Standard Bible

⁴ May he give you what your heart desires^(E)
and fulfill your whole purpose.^(F)
5 Let us shout for joy at your victory^(G)
and lift the banner in the name of our God.^(H)
May the Lord fulfill all your requests.^(I)

⁶ Now I know that the Lord gives victory to his anointed;^(J)
he will answer him from his holy heaven
with mighty victories from his right hand.^(K)
7 Some take pride in chariots, and others in horses,
but we take pride in the name of the Lord our God.^(L)
8 They collapse and fall,
but we rise and stand firm.^(M)
9 Lord, give victory to the king!^(N)
May he^[a] answer us on the day that we call.

⁸ Your hand will capture all your enemies;
your right hand will seize those who hate you.^(X)
9 You will make them burn
like a fiery furnace when you appear;
the Lord will engulf them in his wrath,
and fire will devour them.^(Y)
10 You will wipe their progeny from the earth
and their offspring from the human race.^[b](Z)
11 Though they intend to harm^[c] you
and devise a wicked plan, they will not prevail.^(AA)
12 Instead, you will put them to flight
when you ready your bowstrings to shoot at them.^(AB)

¹³ Be exalted, Lord, in your strength;
we will sing and praise your might.^(AC)

⁶ But I am a worm and not a man,^(AK)
scorned by mankind and despised by people.^(AL)
7 Everyone who sees me mocks me;
they sneer^[d] and shake their heads:^(AM)
8 “He relies on^[e] the Lord;
let him save him;
let the Lord^[f] rescue him,
since he takes pleasure in him.”^(AN)

⁹ It was you who brought me out of the womb,
making me secure at my mother’s breast.^(AO)
10 I was given over to you at birth;^[g]
you have been my God from my mother’s womb.^(AP)

¹¹ Don’t be far from me, because distress is near
and there’s no one to help.^(AQ)

¹² Many bulls surround me;
strong ones of Bashan encircle me.^(AR)
13 They open their mouths against me—
lions, mauling and roaring.^(AS)
14 I am poured out like water,^(AT)
and all my bones are disjointed;^(AU)
my heart is like wax,
melting within me.^(AV)
15 My strength is dried up like baked clay;^(AW)
my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth.^(AX)
You put me into the dust of death.^(AY)
16 For dogs have surrounded me;^(AZ)
a gang of evildoers has closed in on me;
they pierced^[h] my hands and my feet.^(BA)
17 I can count all my bones;
people^[i] look and stare at me.^(BB)
18 They divided my garments among themselves,
and they cast lots for my clothing.^(BC)

¹⁹ But you, Lord, don’t be far away.^(BD)
My strength, come quickly to help me.^(BE)
20 Rescue my life from the sword,^(BF)
my only life^[j] from the power of these dogs.
²¹ Save me from the lion’s mouth,^(BG)
from the horns of wild oxen.
You answered me!^[k]
22 I will proclaim your name to my brothers and sisters;
I will praise you in the assembly.^(BH)
23 You who fear the Lord, praise him!^(BI)
All you descendants of Jacob, honor him!
All you descendants of Israel, revere him!^(BJ)
24 For he has not despised or abhorred
the torment of the oppressed.^(BK)
He did not hide his face from him^(BL)
but listened when he cried to him for help.^(BM)

²⁵ I will give praise in the great assembly
because of you;^(BN)
I will fulfill my vows
before those who fear you.^[l](BO)
26 The humble will eat and be satisfied;^(BP)
those who seek the Lord will praise him.
May your hearts live forever!^(BQ)

²⁷ All the ends of the earth will remember
and turn to the Lord.
All the families of the nations
will bow down before you,^(BR)
28 for kingship belongs to the Lord;
he rules the nations.^(BS)
29 All who prosper on earth will eat and bow down;
all those who go down to the dust
will kneel before him—
even the one who cannot preserve his life.^(BT)
30 Their descendants will serve him;
the next generation will be told about the Lord.^(BU)
31 They will come and declare his righteousness;
to a people yet to be born
they will declare what he has done.^(BV)

⁵ You prepare a table before me
in the presence of my enemies;
you anoint my head with oil;^(CD)
my cup overflows.^(CE)
6 Only goodness and faithful love will pursue me
all the days of my life,^(CF)
and I will dwell in^[o] the house of the Lord
as long as I live.^[p](CG)

³ Who may ascend the mountain of the Lord?
Who may stand in his holy place?^(CJ)
4 The one who has clean hands and a pure heart,^(CK)
who has not appealed to^[q] what is false,^(CL)
and who has not sworn deceitfully.
⁵ He will receive blessing from the Lord,^(CM)
and righteousness^[r] from the God of his salvation.^(CN)
6 Such is the generation of those who inquire of him,
who seek the face of the God of Jacob.^[s](CO)Selah

⁷ Lift up your heads, you gates!
Rise up, ancient doors!
Then the King of glory will come in.^(CP)
8 Who is this King of glory?
The Lord, strong and mighty,
the Lord, mighty in battle.^(CQ)
9 Lift up your heads, you gates!
Rise up, ancient doors!
Then the King of glory will come in.
¹⁰ Who is he, this King of glory?
The Lord of Armies,
he is the King of glory.^(CR)Selah

⁴ Make your ways known to me, Lord;
teach me your paths.^(CX)
5 Guide me in your truth and teach me,^(CY)
for you are the God of my salvation;^(CZ)
I wait for you all day long.^(DA)
6 Remember, Lord, your compassion
and your faithful love,
for they have existed from antiquity.^[u](DB)
7 Do not remember the sins of my youth^(DC)
or my acts of rebellion;^(DD)
in keeping with your faithful love, remember me
because of your goodness, Lord.^(DE)

⁸ The Lord is good and upright;^(DF)
therefore he shows sinners the way.^(DG)
9 He leads the humble in what is right^(DH)
and teaches them his way.^(DI)
10 All the Lord’s ways show faithful love and truth
to those who keep his covenant and decrees.^(DJ)
11 Lord, for the sake of your name,
forgive my iniquity, for it is immense.^(DK)

¹² Who is this person who fears the Lord?^(DL)
He will show him the way he should choose.^(DM)
13 He will live a good life,
and his descendants will inherit the land.^[v](DN)
14 The secret counsel of the Lord
is for those who fear him,
and he reveals his covenant to them.^(DO)
15 My eyes are always on the Lord,
for he will pull my feet out of the net.^(DP)

¹⁶ Turn to me and be gracious to me,
for I am alone and afflicted.^(DQ)
17 The distresses of my heart increase;^[w](DR)
bring me out of my sufferings.^(DS)
18 Consider my affliction and trouble,^(DT)
and forgive all my sins.^(DU)
19 Consider my enemies; they are numerous,^(DV)
and they hate me violently.^(DW)
20 Guard me and rescue me;^(DX)
do not let me be disgraced,
for I take refuge in you.^(DY)
21 May integrity and what is right
watch over me,
for I wait for you.^(DZ)

²² God, redeem Israel, from all its distresses.^(EA)

⁴ I do not sit with the worthless
or associate with hypocrites.
⁵ I hate a crowd of evildoers,
and I do not sit with the wicked.^(EE)
6 I wash my hands in innocence^(EF)
and go around your altar, Lord,^(EG)
7 raising my voice in thanksgiving^(EH)
and telling about your wondrous works.^(EI)

⁸ Lord, I love the house where you dwell,
the place where your glory resides.^(EJ)
9 Do not destroy me along with sinners,
or my life along with men of bloodshed^(EK)
10 in whose hands are evil schemes
and whose right hands are filled with bribes.^(EL)

¹¹ But I live with integrity;
redeem me and be gracious to me.^(EM)
12 My foot stands on level ground;^(EN)
I will bless the Lord in the assemblies.^(EO)

⁴ I have asked one thing from the Lord;
it is what I desire:
to dwell in the house of the Lord
all the days of my life,^(EU)
gazing on the beauty of the Lord^(EV)
and seeking him in his temple.^(EW)
5 For he will conceal me in his shelter
in the day of adversity;
he will hide me under the cover of his tent;
he will set me high on a rock.^(EX)
6 Then my head will be high
above my enemies around me;^(EY)
I will offer sacrifices in his tent with shouts of joy.^(EZ)
I will sing and make music to the Lord.^(FA)

⁷ Lord, hear my voice when I call;
be gracious to me and answer me.^(FB)
8 My heart says this about you:
“Seek^[y] his face.”
Lord, I will seek your face.^(FC)
9 Do not hide your face from me;^(FD)
do not turn your servant away in anger.^(FE)
You have been my helper;^(FF)
do not leave me or abandon me,
God of my salvation.
¹⁰ Even if my father and mother abandon me,
the Lord cares for me.^(FG)

¹¹ Because of my adversaries,
show me your way, Lord,
and lead me on a level path.^(FH)
12 Do not give me over to the will of my foes,
for false witnesses rise up against me,
breathing violence.^(FI)

¹³ I am certain that I will see the Lord’s goodness
in the land of the living.^(FJ)
14 Wait for the Lord;
be strong, and let your heart be courageous.^(FK)
Wait for the Lord.^(FL)