Psalm 4-7
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Psalm 4
A Night Prayer
For the choir director: with stringed instruments.(A) A psalm of David.
1 Answer me when I call,
God, who vindicates me.[a](B)
You freed me from affliction;(C)
be gracious to me and hear my prayer.
2 How long, exalted ones,[b] will my honor be insulted?(D)
How long will you love what is worthless(E)
and pursue a lie? Selah
3 Know that the Lord has set apart
the faithful for himself;
the Lord will hear when I call to him.
4 Be angry[c] and do not sin;(F)
reflect in your heart while on your bed and be silent.(G) Selah
5 Offer sacrifices in righteousness[d](H)
and trust in the Lord.(I)
6 Many are asking, “Who can show us anything good?”
Let the light of your face shine on us, Lord.(J)
7 You have put more joy in my heart
than they have when their grain and new wine abound.(K)
8 I will both lie down and sleep in peace,(L)
for you alone, Lord, make me live in safety.(M)
Psalm 5
The Refuge of the Righteous
For the choir director: with the flutes. A psalm of David.
1 Listen to my words, Lord;
consider my sighing.(N)
2 Pay attention to the sound of my cry,(O)
my King and my God,(P)
for I pray to you.
3 In the morning,(Q) Lord, you hear my voice;
in the morning I plead my case to you(R) and watch expectantly.
4 For you are not a God who delights in wickedness;
evil cannot dwell with you.(S)
5 The boastful cannot stand in your sight;(T)
you hate all evildoers.(U)
6 You destroy those who tell lies;(V)
the Lord abhors violent and treacherous people.(W)
7 But I enter your house
by the abundance of your faithful love;(X)
I bow down toward your holy temple
in reverential awe of you.(Y)
8 Lord, lead me in your righteousness(Z)
because of my adversaries;
make your way straight before me.(AA)
9 For there is nothing reliable in what they say;(AB)
destruction is within them;
their throat is an open grave;
they flatter with their tongues.(AC)
10 Punish them, God;
let them fall by their own schemes.(AD)
Drive them out(AE) because of their many crimes,
for they rebel against you.(AF)
11 But let all who take refuge in you rejoice;(AG)
let them shout for joy forever.
May you shelter them,(AH)
and may those who love your name boast about you.(AI)
12 For you, Lord, bless the righteous one;
you surround him with favor like a shield.(AJ)
Psalm 6
A Prayer for Mercy
For the choir director: with stringed instruments, according to Sheminith.(AK) A psalm of David.
1 Lord, do not rebuke me in your anger;
do not discipline me in your wrath.(AL)
2 Be gracious to me, Lord, for I am weak;[e](AM)
heal me,(AN) Lord, for my bones are shaking;(AO)
3 my whole being is shaken with terror.(AP)
And you, Lord—how long?(AQ)
4 Turn, Lord! Rescue me;
save me because of your faithful love.(AR)
5 For there is no remembrance of you in death;
who can thank you in Sheol?(AS)
6 I am weary from my groaning;(AT)
with my tears I dampen my bed
and drench my couch every night.(AU)
7 My eyes are swollen from grief;(AV)
they grow old because of all my enemies.
8 Depart from me, all evildoers,
for the Lord has heard the sound of my weeping.(AW)
9 The Lord has heard my plea for help;(AX)
the Lord accepts my prayer.(AY)
10 All my enemies will be ashamed and shake with terror;
they will turn back(AZ) and suddenly be disgraced.(BA)
Psalm 7
Prayer for Justice
A Shiggaion of David, which he sang to the Lord concerning the words of Cush, a Benjaminite.
1 Lord my God, I seek refuge in you;(BB)
save me from all my pursuers and rescue me,(BC)
2 or they[f] will tear me like a lion,
ripping me apart with no one to rescue me.(BD)
3 Lord my God, if I have done this,
if there is injustice on my hands,(BE)
4 if I have done harm to one at peace with me(BF)
or have plundered[g] my adversary without cause,(BG)
5 may an enemy pursue and overtake me;
may he trample me to the ground(BH)
and leave my honor in the dust.(BI)Selah
6 Rise up, Lord, in your anger;
lift yourself up against the fury of my adversaries;(BJ)
awake for me;[h](BK)
you have ordained a judgment.(BL)
7 Let the assembly of peoples gather around you;(BM)
take your seat on high over it.(BN)
8 The Lord judges the peoples;(BO)
vindicate me, Lord,
according to my righteousness and my integrity.(BP)
9 Let the evil of the wicked come to an end,(BQ)
but establish the righteous.(BR)
The one who examines the thoughts and emotions[i]
is a righteous God.(BS)
10 My shield is with God,(BT)
who saves the upright in heart.(BU)
11 God is a righteous judge
and a God who shows his wrath every day.(BV)
12 If anyone does not repent,
he will sharpen his sword;(BW)
he has strung his bow and made it ready.(BX)
13 He has prepared his deadly weapons;
he tips his arrows with fire.(BY)
14 See, the wicked one is pregnant with evil,
conceives trouble, and gives birth to deceit.(BZ)
15 He dug a pit and hollowed it out
but fell into the hole he had made.(CA)
16 His trouble comes back on his own head;
his own violence comes down on top of his head.(CB)
17 I will thank the Lord for his righteousness;
I will sing about the name of the Lord Most High.(CC)
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