I

Answer me when I call, my saving God. When troubles hem me in, set me free; take pity on me, hear my prayer.

Psalm 5

Prayer for Divine Help

For the leader; with wind instruments. A psalm of David.

Psalm 6

Prayer in Distress

For the leader; with stringed instruments, “upon the eighth.” A psalm of David.

The Lord has heard my plea; the Lord will receive my prayer.

Psalm 9

Thanksgiving for Victory and Prayer for Justice

For the leader; according to Muth Labben. A psalm of David.

Psalm 12

Prayer Against Evil Tongues

For the leader; “upon the eighth.” A psalm of David.

Psalm 13

Prayer for Help

For the leader. A psalm of David.

Psalm 17

Prayer for Rescue from Persecutors

A prayer of David.

I

Hear, Lord, my plea for justice; pay heed to my cry; Listen to my prayer from lips without guile.

Psalm 20

Prayer for the King in Time of War

For the leader. A psalm of David.

Psalm 22

The Prayer of an Innocent Person

For the leader; according to “The deer of the dawn.” A psalm of David.

Psalm 25

Confident Prayer for Forgiveness and Guidance

Of David.

I

To you, O Lord, I lift up my soul,

Psalm 26

Prayer of Innocence

Of David.

I

Judge me, Lord! For I have walked in my integrity. In the Lord I trust; I do not falter.

Psalm 31

Prayer in Distress and Thanksgiving for Escape

For the leader. A psalm of David.

Psalm 35

Prayer for Help Against Unjust Enemies

Of David.

I

Oppose, O Lord, those who oppose me; war upon those who make war upon me.

Yet I, when they were ill, put on sackcloth, afflicted myself with fasting, sobbed my prayers upon my bosom.

Psalm 38

Prayer of an Afflicted Sinner

A psalm of David. For remembrance.

Listen to my prayer, Lord, hear my cry; do not be deaf to my weeping! For I am with you like a foreigner, a refugee, like my ancestors.

Psalm 40

Gratitude and Prayer for Help

For the leader. A psalm of David.

Psalm 51

The Miserere: Prayer of Repentance

For the leader. A psalm of David,

Psalm 54

Confident Prayer in Great Peril

For the leader. On stringed instruments. A maskil of David,

O God, hear my prayer. Listen to the words of my mouth.

I

Listen, God, to my prayer; do not hide from my pleading;

At dusk, dawn, and noon I will grieve and complain, and my prayer will be heard.

Psalm 57

Confident Prayer for Deliverance

For the director. Do not destroy. A miktam of David, when he fled from Saul into a cave.

Psalm 61

Prayer of the King in Time of Danger

For the leader; with stringed instruments. Of David.

I

Hear my cry, O God, listen to my prayer!

you who hear our prayers. To you all flesh must come

But God did hear and listened to my voice in prayer.

Blessed be God, who did not reject my prayer and refuse his mercy.

Psalm 70

Prayer for Divine Help

For the leader; of David. For remembrance.

Psalm 71

Prayer in Time of Old Age

I

In you, Lord, I take refuge; let me never be put to shame.

Psalm 72

A Prayer for the King

Of Solomon.

Psalm 74

Prayer at the Destruction of the Temple

A maskil of Asaph.

I

Why, God, have you cast us off forever? Why does your anger burn against the sheep of your pasture?

Psalm 79

A Prayer for Jerusalem

A psalm of Asaph.

I

O God, the nations have invaded your inheritance; they have defiled your holy temple; they have laid Jerusalem in ruins.

Psalm 80

Prayer to Restore God’s Vineyard

For the leader; according to “Lilies.” Eduth. A psalm of Asaph.

Psalm 83

Prayer Against a Hostile Alliance

A song; a psalm of Asaph.

Psalm 84

Prayer of a Pilgrim to Jerusalem

For the leader; “upon the gittith.” A psalm of the Korahites.

III

Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer; listen, God of Jacob. Selah

Psalm 85

Prayer for Divine Favor

For the leader. A psalm of the Korahites.

Psalm 86

Prayer in Time of Distress

A prayer of David.

I

Incline your ear, Lord, and answer me, for I am poor and oppressed.

Lord, hear my prayer; listen to my cry for help.

Let my prayer come before you; incline your ear to my cry.

IV

But I cry out to you, Lord; in the morning my prayer comes before you.

Fourth Book—Psalms 90–106

Psalm 90

God’s Eternity and Human Frailty

A prayer of Moses, the man of God.

I

Lord, you have been our refuge through all generations.

Psalm 94

A Prayer for Deliverance from the Wicked

I

Lord, avenging God, avenging God, shine forth!

Psalm 102

Prayer in Time of Distress

The prayer of one afflicted and wasting away whose anguish is poured out before the Lord.

I

Lord, hear my prayer; let my cry come to you.

Heeding the plea of the lowly, not scorning their prayer.

Let that be the prayer of the Lord’s redeemed, those redeemed from the hand of the foe,

Psalm 108

Prayer for Victory

A song; a psalm of David.

Psalm 109

Prayer of a Person Falsely Accused

For the leader. A psalm of David.

Psalm 119

A Prayer to God, the Lawgiver

Aleph

Blessed those whose way is blameless, who walk by the law of the Lord.

Let my prayer come before you; rescue me according to your promise.

Psalm 120

Prayer of a Returned Exile

A song of ascents. The Lord answered me when I called in my distress:

Psalm 122

A Pilgrim’s Prayer for Jerusalem

A song of ascents. Of David.

I

I rejoiced when they said to me, “Let us go to the house of the Lord.”

Psalm 130

Prayer for Pardon and Mercy

A song of ascents.

I

Out of the depths I call to you, Lord;

Psalm 140

Prayer for Deliverance from the Wicked

For the leader. A psalm of David.

Psalm 141

Prayer for Deliverance from the Wicked

A psalm of David. Lord, I call to you; hasten to me; listen to my plea when I call.

Let my prayer be incense before you; my uplifted hands an evening offering.

Let a righteous person strike me; it is mercy if he reproves me. Do not withhold oil from my head while my prayer opposes their evil deeds.

Psalm 142

A Prayer in Time of Trouble

A maskil of David, when he was in the cave. A prayer.

Psalm 143

A Prayer in Distress

A psalm of David. Lord, hear my prayer; in your faithfulness listen to my pleading; answer me in your righteousness.

Psalm 144

A Prayer for Victory and Prosperity

Of David.

I

Blessed be the Lord, my rock, who trains my hands for battle, my fingers for war;