I will tell of the decree: The Lord said to me, “You are my Son; today I have begotten you.

Ask of me, and I will make the nations your heritage, and the ends of the earth your possession.

I will not be afraid of many thousands of people who have set themselves against me all around.

In peace I will both lie down and sleep; for you alone, O Lord, make me dwell in safety.

But I, through the abundance of your steadfast love, will enter your house. I will bow down toward your holy temple in the fear of you.

I will give to the Lord the thanks due to his righteousness, and I will sing praise to the name of the Lord, the Most High.

I Will Recount Your Wonderful Deeds

To the choirmaster: according to Muth-labben. A Psalm of David.

I will give thanks to the Lord with my whole heart; I will recount all of your wonderful deeds.

I will be glad and exult in you; I will sing praise to your name, O Most High.

“Because the poor are plundered, because the needy groan, I will now arise,” says the Lord; “I will place him in the safety for which he longs.”

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

The sorrows of those who run after another god shall multiply; their drink offerings of blood I will not pour out or take their names on my lips.

For this I will praise you, O Lord, among the nations, and sing to your name.

I will tell of your name to my brothers; in the midst of the congregation I will praise you:

From you comes my praise in the great congregation; my vows I will perform before those who fear him.

Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.

I Will Bless the Lord

Of David.

Vindicate me, O Lord, for I have walked in my integrity, and I have trusted in the Lord without wavering.

I hate the assembly of evildoers, and I will not sit with the wicked.

My foot stands on level ground; in the great assembly I will bless the Lord.

Though an army encamp against me, my heart shall not fear; though war arise against me, yet I will be confident.

And now my head shall be lifted up above my enemies all around me, and I will offer in his tent sacrifices with shouts of joy; I will sing and make melody to the Lord.

Joy Comes with the Morning

A Psalm of David. A song at the dedication of the temple.

I will extol you, O Lord, for you have drawn me up and have not let my foes rejoice over me.

that my glory may sing your praise and not be silent. O Lord my God, I will give thanks to you forever!

I will rejoice and be glad in your steadfast love, because you have seen my affliction; you have known the distress of my soul,

I acknowledged my sin to you, and I did not cover my iniquity; I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the Lord,” and you forgave the iniquity of my sin. Selah

I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with my eye upon you.

Taste and See That the Lord Is Good

Of David, when he changed his behavior before Abimelech, so that he drove him out, and he went away.

I will bless the Lord at all times; his praise shall continually be in my mouth.

Come, O children, listen to me; I will teach you the fear of the Lord.

I will thank you in the great congregation; in the mighty throng I will praise you.

What Is the Measure of My Days?

To the choirmaster: to Jeduthun. A Psalm of David.

I said, “I will guard my ways, that I may not sin with my tongue; I will guard my mouth with a muzzle, so long as the wicked are in my presence.”

You have multiplied, O Lord my God, your wondrous deeds and your thoughts toward us; none can compare with you! I will proclaim and tell of them, yet they are more than can be told.

Then I will go to the altar of God, to God my exceeding joy, and I will praise you with the lyre, O God, my God.

I will cause your name to be remembered in all generations; therefore nations will praise you forever and ever.

“Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!”

I will incline my ear to a proverb; I will solve my riddle to the music of the lyre.

“Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, I will testify against you. I am God, your God.

I will not accept a bull from your house or goats from your folds.

and call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you shall glorify me.”

The one who offers thanksgiving as his sacrifice glorifies me; to one who orders his way rightly I will show the salvation of God!”

Then I will teach transgressors your ways, and sinners will return to you.

I will thank you forever, because you have done it. I will wait for your name, for it is good, in the presence of the godly.

With a freewill offering I will sacrifice to you; I will give thanks to your name, O Lord, for it is good.

But you, O God, will cast them down into the pit of destruction; men of blood and treachery shall not live out half their days. But I will trust in you.

I must perform my vows to you, O God; I will render thank offerings to you.

Let Your Glory Be over All the Earth

To the choirmaster: according to Do Not Destroy. A Miktam of David, when he fled from Saul, in the cave.

Be merciful to me, O God, be merciful to me, for in you my soul takes refuge; in the shadow of your wings I will take refuge, till the storms of destruction pass by.

My heart is steadfast, O God, my heart is steadfast! I will sing and make melody!

Awake, my glory! Awake, O harp and lyre! I will awake the dawn!

I will give thanks to you, O Lord, among the peoples; I will sing praises to you among the nations.

O my Strength, I will watch for you, for you, O God, are my fortress.

But I will sing of your strength; I will sing aloud of your steadfast love in the morning. For you have been to me a fortress and a refuge in the day of my distress.

O my Strength, I will sing praises to you, for you, O God, are my fortress, the God who shows me steadfast love.

God has spoken in his holiness: “With exultation I will divide up Shechem and portion out the Vale of Succoth.

So I will bless you as long as I live; in your name I will lift up my hands.

for you have been my help, and in the shadow of your wings I will sing for joy.

I will come into your house with burnt offerings; I will perform my vows to you,

I will offer to you burnt offerings of fattened animals, with the smoke of the sacrifice of rams; I will make an offering of bulls and goats. Selah

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

The Lord said, “I will bring them back from Bashan, I will bring them back from the depths of the sea,

I will praise the name of God with a song; I will magnify him with thanksgiving.

But I will hope continually and will praise you yet more and more.

With the mighty deeds of the Lord God I will come; I will remind them of your righteousness, yours alone.

I will also praise you with the harp for your faithfulness, O my God; I will sing praises to you with the lyre, O Holy One of Israel.

If I had said, “I will speak thus,” I would have betrayed the generation of your children.

“At the set time that I appoint I will judge with equity.

But I will declare it forever; I will sing praises to the God of Jacob.

All the horns of the wicked I will cut off, but the horns of the righteous shall be lifted up.

Then I said, “I will appeal to this, to the years of the right hand of the Most High.”

I will remember the deeds of the Lord; yes, I will remember your wonders of old.

I will ponder all your work, and meditate on your mighty deeds.

I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter dark sayings from of old,

I am the Lord your God, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt. Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it.

I give thanks to you, O Lord my God, with my whole heart, and I will glorify your name forever.

I Will Sing of the Steadfast Love of the Lord

A Maskil of Ethan the Ezrahite.

I will sing of the steadfast love of the Lord, forever; with my mouth I will make known your faithfulness to all generations.

‘I will establish your offspring forever, and build your throne for all generations.’” Selah

I will crush his foes before him and strike down those who hate him.

I will set his hand on the sea and his right hand on the rivers.

And I will make him the firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.

My steadfast love I will keep for him forever, and my covenant will stand firm for him.

I will establish his offspring forever and his throne as the days of the heavens.

then I will punish their transgression with the rod and their iniquity with stripes,

but I will not remove from him my steadfast love or be false to my faithfulness.

I will not violate my covenant or alter the word that went forth from my lips.

Once for all I have sworn by my holiness; I will not lie to David.

I will say to the Lord, “My refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.”

“Because he holds fast to me in love, I will deliver him; I will protect him, because he knows my name.

When he calls to me, I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble; I will rescue him and honor him.

With long life I will satisfy him and show him my salvation.”

I Will Walk with Integrity

A Psalm of David.

I will sing of steadfast love and justice; to you, O Lord, I will make music.

I will ponder the way that is blameless. Oh when will you come to me? I will walk with integrity of heart within my house;

I will not set before my eyes anything that is worthless. I hate the work of those who fall away; it shall not cling to me.

A perverse heart shall be far from me; I will know nothing of evil.

Whoever slanders his neighbor secretly I will destroy. Whoever has a haughty look and an arrogant heart I will not endure.

I will look with favor on the faithful in the land, that they may dwell with me; he who walks in the way that is blameless shall minister to me.

Morning by morning I will destroy all the wicked in the land, cutting off all the evildoers from the city of the Lord.

I will sing to the Lord as long as I live; I will sing praise to my God while I have being.

saying, “To you I will give the land of Canaan as your portion for an inheritance.”

With God We Shall Do Valiantly

A Song. A Psalm of David.

My heart is steadfast, O God! I will sing and make melody with all my being!

Awake, O harp and lyre! I will awake the dawn!

I will give thanks to you, O Lord, among the peoples; I will sing praises to you among the nations.

God has promised in his holiness: “With exultation I will divide up Shechem and portion out the Valley of Succoth.

With my mouth I will give great thanks to the Lord; I will praise him in the midst of the throng.

Great Are the Lord's Works

Praise the Lord! I will give thanks to the Lord with my whole heart, in the company of the upright, in the congregation.

Because he inclined his ear to me, therefore I will call on him as long as I live.

I will walk before the Lord in the land of the living.

I will lift up the cup of salvation and call on the name of the Lord,

I will pay my vows to the Lord in the presence of all his people.

I will offer to you the sacrifice of thanksgiving and call on the name of the Lord.

I will pay my vows to the Lord in the presence of all his people,

The Lord is on my side; I will not fear. What can man do to me?

You are my God, and I will give thanks to you; you are my God; I will extol you.

I will praise you with an upright heart, when I learn your righteous rules.

I will keep your statutes; do not utterly forsake me!

I will meditate on your precepts and fix my eyes on your ways.

I will delight in your statutes; I will not forget your word.

Make me understand the way of your precepts, and I will meditate on your wondrous works.

I will run in the way of your commandments when you enlarge my heart!

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Teach me, O Lord, the way of your statutes; and I will keep it to the end.

I will keep your law continually, forever and ever,

I will also speak of your testimonies before kings and shall not be put to shame,

I will lift up my hands toward your commandments, which I love, and I will meditate on your statutes.

Let the insolent be put to shame, because they have wronged me with falsehood; as for me, I will meditate on your precepts.

I will never forget your precepts, for by them you have given me life.

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With my whole heart I cry; answer me, O Lord! I will keep your statutes.

For my brothers and companions' sake I will say, “Peace be within you!”

For the sake of the house of the Lord our God, I will seek your good.

“I will not enter my house or get into my bed,

I will not give sleep to my eyes or slumber to my eyelids,

The Lord swore to David a sure oath from which he will not turn back: “One of the sons of your body I will set on your throne.

“This is my resting place forever; here I will dwell, for I have desired it.

I will abundantly bless her provisions; I will satisfy her poor with bread.

Her priests I will clothe with salvation, and her saints will shout for joy.

There I will make a horn to sprout for David; I have prepared a lamp for my anointed.

His enemies I will clothe with shame, but on him his crown will shine.”

I will sing a new song to you, O God; upon a ten-stringed harp I will play to you,

Great Is the Lord

A Song of Praise. Of David.

I will extol you, my God and King, and bless your name forever and ever.

Every day I will bless you and praise your name forever and ever.

On the glorious splendor of your majesty, and on your wondrous works, I will meditate.

They shall speak of the might of your awesome deeds, and I will declare your greatness.

I will praise the Lord as long as I live; I will sing praises to my God while I have my being.