If a man does not repent, God will whet his sword; he has bent and readied his bow;

he has prepared for him his deadly weapons, making his arrows fiery shafts.

He makes a pit, digging it out, and falls into the hole that he has made.

But the Lord sits enthroned forever; he has established his throne for justice,

The Lord has made himself known; he has executed judgment; the wicked are snared in the work of their own hands. Higgaion. Selah

He says in his heart, “God has forgotten, he has hidden his face, he will never see it.”

I will sing to the Lord, because he has dealt bountifully with me.

Their voice goes out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them he has set a tent for the sun,

For he has not despised or abhorred the affliction of the afflicted, and he has not hidden his face from him, but has heard, when he cried to him.

they shall come and proclaim his righteousness to a people yet unborn, that he has done it.

for he has founded it upon the seas and established it upon the rivers.

Blessed be the Lord! For he has heard the voice of my pleas for mercy.

Blessed be the Lord, for he has wondrously shown his steadfast love to me when I was in a besieged city.

Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord, the people whom he has chosen as his heritage!

The words of his mouth are trouble and deceit; he has ceased to act wisely and do good.

Come, behold the works of the Lord, how he has brought desolations on the earth.

For he has delivered me from every trouble, and my eye has looked in triumph on my enemies.

Then all mankind fears; they tell what God has brought about and ponder what he has done.

Come and hear, all you who fear God, and I will tell what he has done for my soul.

But truly God has listened; he has attended to the voice of my prayer.

Blessed be God, because he has not rejected my prayer or removed his steadfast love from me!

He has pity on the weak and the needy, and saves the lives of the needy.

We will not hide them from their children, but tell to the coming generation the glorious deeds of the Lord, and his might, and the wonders that he has done.

He built his sanctuary like the high heavens, like the earth, which he has founded forever.

All who pass by plunder him; he has become the scorn of his neighbors.

The Lord Reigns

The Lord reigns; he is robed in majesty; the Lord is robed; he has put on strength as his belt. Yes, the world is established; it shall never be moved.

Make a Joyful Noise to the Lord

A Psalm.

Oh sing to the Lord a new song, for he has done marvelous things! His right hand and his holy arm have worked salvation for him.

The Lord has made known his salvation; he has revealed his righteousness in the sight of the nations.

He has remembered his steadfast love and faithfulness to the house of Israel. All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.

He has broken my strength in midcourse; he has shortened my days.

Remember the wondrous works that he has done, his miracles, and the judgments he uttered,

Let the redeemed of the Lord say so, whom he has redeemed from trouble

May the creditor seize all that he has; may strangers plunder the fruits of his toil!

He has caused his wondrous works to be remembered; the Lord is gracious and merciful.

He has shown his people the power of his works, in giving them the inheritance of the nations.

He sent redemption to his people; he has commanded his covenant forever. Holy and awesome is his name!

He has distributed freely; he has given to the poor; his righteousness endures forever; his horn is exalted in honor.

The heavens are the Lord's heavens, but the earth he has given to the children of man.

I Love the Lord

I love the Lord, because he has heard my voice and my pleas for mercy.

The Lord is my strength and my song; he has become my salvation.

The Lord has disciplined me severely, but he has not given me over to death.

The Lord is God, and he has made his light to shine upon us. Bind the festal sacrifice with cords, up to the horns of the altar!

Behold, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master, as the eyes of a maidservant to the hand of her mistress, so our eyes look to the Lord our God, till he has mercy upon us.

The Lord is righteous; he has cut the cords of the wicked.

For the Lord has chosen Zion; he has desired it for his dwelling place:

For the enemy has pursued my soul; he has crushed my life to the ground; he has made me sit in darkness like those long dead.

The Lord is good to all, and his mercy is over all that he has made.

He has not dealt thus with any other nation; they do not know his rules. Praise the Lord!

He has raised up a horn for his people, praise for all his saints, for the people of Israel who are near to him. Praise the Lord!