Psalm 29-32

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition

³ The voice of the Lord is over the waters;
    the God of glory thunders,
    the Lord, over mighty waters.^(C)
4 The voice of the Lord is powerful;
    the voice of the Lord is full of majesty.^(D)

⁵ The voice of the Lord breaks the cedars;
    the Lord breaks the cedars of Lebanon.^(E)
6 He makes Lebanon skip like a calf
    and Sirion like a young wild ox.^(F)

⁷ The voice of the Lord flashes forth flames of fire.
⁸ The voice of the Lord shakes the wilderness;
    the Lord shakes the wilderness of Kadesh.^(G)

⁹ The voice of the Lord causes the oaks to whirl^[b]
    and strips the forest bare,
    and in his temple all say, “Glory!”^(H)

¹⁰ The Lord sits enthroned over the flood;
    the Lord sits enthroned as king forever.^(I)
11 May the Lord give strength to his people!
    May the Lord bless his people with peace!^(J)

⁴ Sing praises to the Lord, O you his faithful ones,
    and give thanks to his holy name.^(N)
5 For his anger is but for a moment;
    his favor is for a lifetime.
Weeping may linger for the night,
    but joy comes with the morning.^(O)

⁶ As for me, I said in my prosperity,
    “I shall never be moved.”
⁷ By your favor, O Lord,
    you had established me as a strong mountain;
you hid your face;
    I was dismayed.^(P)

⁸ To you, O Lord, I cried,
    and to the Lord I made supplication:
⁹ “What profit is there in my death,
    if I go down to the Pit?
Will the dust praise you?
    Will it tell of your faithfulness?^(Q)
10 Hear, O Lord, and be gracious to me!
    O Lord, be my helper!”^[d]

¹¹ You have turned my mourning into dancing;
    you have taken off my sackcloth
    and clothed me with joy,^(R)
12 so that my soul^[e] may praise you and not be silent.
    O Lord my God, I will give thanks to you forever.^(S)

³ You are indeed my rock and my fortress;
    for your name’s sake lead me and guide me;^(V)
4 take me out of the net that is hidden for me,
    for you are my refuge.^(W)
5 Into your hand I commit my spirit;
    you have redeemed me, O Lord, faithful God.^(X)

⁶ You hate^[f] those who pay regard to worthless idols,
    but I trust in the Lord.^(Y)
7 I will exult and rejoice in your steadfast love,
    because you have seen my affliction;
    you have taken notice of my adversities^(Z)
8 and have not delivered me into the hand of the enemy;
    you have set my feet in a broad place.^(AA)

⁹ Be gracious to me, O Lord, for I am in distress;
    my eye wastes away from grief,
    my soul and body also.
¹⁰ For my life is spent with sorrow
    and my years with sighing;
my strength fails because of my misery,^[g]
    and my bones waste away.^(AB)

¹¹ I am the scorn of all my adversaries,
    a horror^[h] to my neighbors,
an object of dread to my acquaintances;
    those who see me in the street flee from me.^(AC)
12 I have passed out of mind like one who is dead;
    I have become like a broken vessel.^(AD)
13 For I hear the whispering of many—
    terror all around!—
as they scheme together against me,
    as they plot to take my life.^(AE)

¹⁴ But I trust in you, O Lord;
    I say, “You are my God.”^(AF)
15 My times are in your hand;
    deliver me from the hand of my enemies and persecutors.^(AG)
16 Let your face shine upon your servant;
    save me in your steadfast love.^(AH)
17 Do not let me be put to shame, O Lord,
    for I call on you;
let the wicked be put to shame;
    let them go dumbfounded to Sheol.^(AI)
18 Let the lying lips be stilled
    that speak insolently against the righteous
    with pride and contempt.^(AJ)

¹⁹ O how abundant is your goodness
    that you have laid up for those who fear you
and accomplished for those who take refuge in you,
    in the sight of everyone!^(AK)
20 In the shelter of your presence you hide them
    from human plots;
you hold them safe under your shelter
    from contentious tongues.^(AL)

²¹ Blessed be the Lord,
    for he has wondrously shown his steadfast love to me
    when I was beset as a city under siege.^(AM)
22 I had said in my alarm,
    “I am driven far^[i] from your sight.”
But you heard my supplications
    when I cried out to you for help.^(AN)

²³ Love the Lord, all you his saints.
    The Lord preserves the faithful
    but abundantly repays the one who acts haughtily.^(AO)
24 Be strong, and let your heart take courage,
    all you who wait for the Lord.^(AP)

³ While I kept silent, my body wasted away
    through my groaning all day long.^(AS)
4 For day and night your hand was heavy upon me;
    my strength was dried up^[j] as by the heat of summer. Selah^(AT)

⁵ Then I acknowledged my sin to you,
    and I did not hide my iniquity;
I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the Lord,”
    and you forgave the guilt of my sin. Selah^(AU)

⁶ Therefore let all who are faithful
    offer prayer to you;
at a time of distress,^[k] the rush of mighty waters
    shall not reach them.^(AV)
7 You are a hiding place for me;
    you preserve me from trouble;
    you surround me with glad cries of deliverance. Selah^(AW)

⁸ I will instruct you and teach you the way you should go;
    I will counsel you with my eye upon you.^(AX)
9 Do not be like a horse or a mule, without understanding,
    whose temper must be curbed with bit and bridle,
    else it will not stay near you.^(AY)

¹⁰ Many are the torments of the wicked,
    but steadfast love surrounds those who trust in the Lord.^(AZ)
11 Be glad in the Lord and rejoice, O righteous,
    and shout for joy, all you upright in heart.^(BA)