The boastful shall not stand before your eyes; you hate all evildoers.

Lead me, O Lord, in your righteousness because of my enemies; make your way straight before me.

When my enemies turn back, they stumble and perish before your presence.

Arise, O Lord! Let not man prevail; let the nations be judged before you!

I have set the Lord always before me; because he is at my right hand, I shall not be shaken.

Out of the brightness before him hailstones and coals of fire broke through his clouds.

For all his rules were before me, and his statutes I did not put away from me.

I was blameless before him, and I kept myself from my guilt.

I beat them fine as dust before the wind; I cast them out like the mire of the streets.

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

All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to the Lord, and all the families of the nations shall worship before you.

All the prosperous of the earth eat and worship; before him shall bow all who go down to the dust, even the one who could not keep himself alive.

You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; you anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.

For your steadfast love is before my eyes, and I walk in your faithfulness.

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.

Let them be like chaff before the wind, with the angel of the Lord driving them away!

How Precious Is Your Steadfast Love

To the choirmaster. Of David, the servant of the Lord.

Transgression speaks to the wicked deep in his heart; there is no fear of God before his eyes.

Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for him; fret not yourself over the one who prospers in his way, over the man who carries out evil devices!

O Lord, all my longing is before you; my sighing is not hidden from you.

For I am ready to fall, and my pain is ever before me.

Behold, you have made my days a few handbreadths, and my lifetime is as nothing before you. Surely all mankind stands as a mere breath! Selah

Look away from me, that I may smile again, before I depart and am no more!”

My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and appear before God?

All day long my disgrace is before me, and shame has covered my face

Our God comes; he does not keep silence; before him is a devouring fire, around him a mighty tempest.

Not for your sacrifices do I rebuke you; your burnt offerings are continually before me.

These things you have done, and I have been silent; you thought that I was one like yourself. But now I rebuke you and lay the charge before you.

For I know my transgressions, and my sin is ever before me.

For strangers have risen against me; ruthless men seek my life; they do not set God before themselves. Selah

For you have delivered my soul from death, yes, my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of life.

May he be enthroned forever before God; appoint steadfast love and faithfulness to watch over him!

Trust in him at all times, O people; pour out your heart before him; God is a refuge for us. Selah

God Shall Scatter His Enemies

To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. A Song.

God shall arise, his enemies shall be scattered; and those who hate him shall flee before him!

As smoke is driven away, so you shall drive them away; as wax melts before fire, so the wicked shall perish before God!

But the righteous shall be glad; they shall exult before God; they shall be jubilant with joy!

Sing to God, sing praises to his name; lift up a song to him who rides through the deserts; his name is the Lord; exult before him!

O God, when you went out before your people, when you marched through the wilderness, Selah

the earth quaked, the heavens poured down rain, before God, the One of Sinai, before God, the God of Israel.

Let their own table before them become a snare; and when they are at peace, let it become a trap.

Upon you I have leaned from before my birth; you are he who took me from my mother's womb. My praise is continually of you.

May desert tribes bow down before him, and his enemies lick the dust!

May all kings fall down before him, all nations serve him!

Who Can Stand Before You?

To the choirmaster: with stringed instruments. A Psalm of Asaph. A Song.

In Judah God is known; his name is great in Israel.

But you, you are to be feared! Who can stand before you when once your anger is roused?

But before they had satisfied their craving, while the food was still in their mouths,

He drove out nations before them; he apportioned them for a possession and settled the tribes of Israel in their tents.

Why should the nations say, “Where is their God?” Let the avenging of the outpoured blood of your servants be known among the nations before our eyes!

Let the groans of the prisoners come before you; according to your great power, preserve those doomed to die!

Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh, stir up your might and come to save us!

O my God, make them like whirling dust, like chaff before the wind.

They go from strength to strength; each one appears before God in Zion.

Righteousness will go before him and make his footsteps a way.

All the nations you have made shall come and worship before you, O Lord, and shall glorify your name.

O God, insolent men have risen up against me; a band of ruthless men seeks my life, and they do not set you before them.

I Cry Out Day and Night Before You

A Song. A Psalm of the Sons of Korah. To the choirmaster: according to Mahalath Leannoth. A Maskil of Heman the Ezrahite.

O Lord, God of my salvation, I cry out day and night before you.

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

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

Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne; steadfast love and faithfulness go before you.

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

His offspring shall endure forever, his throne as long as the sun before me.

Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever you had formed the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting you are God.

You have set our iniquities before you, our secret sins in the light of your presence.

Oh come, let us worship and bow down; let us kneel before the Lord, our Maker!

Splendor and majesty are before him; strength and beauty are in his sanctuary.

Worship the Lord in the splendor of holiness; tremble before him, all the earth!

before the Lord, for he comes, for he comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world in righteousness, and the peoples in his faithfulness.

Fire goes before him and burns up his adversaries all around.

The mountains melt like wax before the Lord, before the Lord of all the earth.

With trumpets and the sound of the horn make a joyful noise before the King, the Lord!

before the Lord, for he comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness, and the peoples with equity.

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.

No one who practices deceit shall dwell in my house; no one who utters lies shall continue before my eyes.

Do Not Hide Your Face from Me

A Prayer of one afflicted, when he is faint and pours out his complaint before the Lord.

Hear my prayer, O Lord; let my cry come to you!

The children of your servants shall dwell secure; their offspring shall be established before you.

Therefore he said he would destroy them— had not Moses, his chosen one, stood in the breach before him, to turn away his wrath from destroying them.

May the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the Lord, and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out!

Let them be before the Lord continually, that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth!

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

I have chosen the way of faithfulness; I set your rules before me.

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

Before I was afflicted I went astray, but now I keep your word.

I rise before dawn and cry for help; I hope in your words.

My eyes are awake before the watches of the night, that I may meditate on your promise.

I keep your precepts and testimonies, for all my ways are before you.

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Let my cry come before you, O Lord; give me understanding according to your word!

Let my plea come before you; deliver me according to your word.

Let them be like the grass on the housetops, which withers before it grows up,

Give Thanks to the Lord

Of David.

I give you thanks, O Lord, with my whole heart; before the gods I sing your praise;

Even before a word is on my tongue, behold, O Lord, you know it altogether.

You hem me in, behind and before, and lay your hand upon me.

Let my prayer be counted as incense before you, and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice!

I pour out my complaint before him; I tell my trouble before him.

Enter not into judgment with your servant, for no one living is righteous before you.

He hurls down his crystals of ice like crumbs; who can stand before his cold?