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God Praised and Supplicated to Give Victory.
A Song, a Psalm of David.
108 (A)My heart is steadfast, O God;
I will sing, I will sing praises, even with my [a]soul.
2 Awake, harp and lyre;
I will awaken the dawn!
3 I will give thanks to You, O Lord, among the peoples,
And I will sing praises to You among the nations.
4 For Your (B)lovingkindness is great (C)above the heavens,
And Your truth reaches to the skies.
5 (D)Be exalted, O God, above the heavens,
And Your glory above all the earth.
6 (E)That Your beloved may be delivered,
Save with Your right hand, and answer me!
7 God has spoken in His [b]holiness:
“I will exult, I will portion out Shechem
And measure out the valley of Succoth.
8 “Gilead is Mine, Manasseh is Mine;
Ephraim also is the [c]helmet of My head;
(F)Judah is My [d]scepter.
9 “Moab is My washbowl;
Over Edom I shall throw My shoe;
Over Philistia I will shout aloud.”
10 (G)Who will bring me into the besieged city?
Who [e]will lead me to Edom?
11 Have not You Yourself, O God, (H)rejected us?
And will You not go forth with our armies, O God?
12 Oh give us help against the adversary,
For (I)deliverance [f]by man is in vain.
13 [g]Through God we will do valiantly,
And (J)it is He who shall tread down our adversaries.
Vengeance Invoked upon Adversaries.
For the choir director. A Psalm of David.
109 O (K)God of my praise,
(L)Do not be silent!
2 For they have opened the [h]wicked and (M)deceitful mouth against me;
They have spoken [i]against me with a (N)lying tongue.
3 They have also surrounded me with words of hatred,
And fought against me (O)without cause.
4 In return (P)for my love they act as my accusers;
But (Q)I am in prayer.
5 Thus they have [j](R)repaid me evil for good
And (S)hatred for my love.
6 Appoint a wicked man over him,
And let an [k](T)accuser stand at his right hand.
7 When he is judged, let him (U)come forth guilty,
And let his (V)prayer become sin.
8 Let (W)his days be few;
Let (X)another take his office.
9 Let his (Y)children be fatherless
And his (Z)wife a widow.
10 Let his (AA)children wander about and beg;
And let them (AB)seek sustenance [l]far from their ruined homes.
11 Let (AC)the creditor [m]seize all that he has,
And let (AD)strangers plunder the product of his labor.
12 Let there be none to [n](AE)extend lovingkindness to him,
Nor (AF)any to be gracious to his fatherless children.
13 Let his (AG)posterity be [o]cut off;
In a following generation let their (AH)name be blotted out.
14 Let (AI)the iniquity of his fathers be remembered [p]before the Lord,
And do not let the sin of his mother be (AJ)blotted out.
15 Let (AK)them be before the Lord continually,
That He may (AL)cut off their memory from the earth;
16 Because he did not remember to show lovingkindness,
But persecuted the (AM)afflicted and needy man,
And the (AN)despondent in heart, to (AO)put them to death.
17 He also loved cursing, so (AP)it came to him;
And he did not delight in blessing, so it was far from him.
18 But he (AQ)clothed himself with cursing as with his garment,
And it (AR)entered into [q]his body like water
And like oil into his bones.
19 Let it be to him as (AS)a garment with which he covers himself,
And for a belt with which he constantly (AT)girds himself.
20 [r]Let this be the (AU)reward of my accusers from the Lord,
And of those who (AV)speak evil against my soul.
21 But You, O [s]God, the Lord, deal kindly with me (AW)for Your name’s sake;
Because (AX)Your lovingkindness is good, deliver me;
22 For (AY)I am afflicted and needy,
And [t]my heart is (AZ)wounded within me.
23 I am passing (BA)like a shadow when it lengthens;
I am shaken off (BB)like the locust.
24 My (BC)knees [u]are weak from (BD)fasting,
And my flesh has grown lean, without fatness.
25 I also have become a (BE)reproach to them;
When they see me, they (BF)wag their head.
26 (BG)Help me, O Lord my God;
Save me according to Your lovingkindness.
27 [v]And let them (BH)know that this is Your hand;
You, Lord, have done it.
28 (BI)Let them curse, but You bless;
When they arise, they shall be ashamed,
But Your (BJ)servant shall be glad.
29 [w]Let (BK)my accusers be clothed with dishonor,
And [x]let them (BL)cover themselves with their own shame as with a robe.
30 With my mouth I will give thanks abundantly to the Lord;
And in the midst of many (BM)I will praise Him.
31 For He stands (BN)at the right hand of the needy,
To save him from those who (BO)judge his soul.
The Lord Gives Dominion to the King.
A Psalm of David.
110 (BP)The Lord says to my Lord:
“(BQ)Sit at My right hand
Until I make (BR)Your enemies a footstool for Your feet.”
2 The Lord will stretch forth Your strong (BS)scepter from Zion, saying,
“(BT)Rule in the midst of Your enemies.”
3 Your (BU)people [y]will volunteer freely in the day of Your [z]power;
(BV)In [aa]holy array, from the womb of the dawn,
[ab]Your youth are to You as the (BW)dew.
4 (BX)The Lord has sworn and will (BY)not [ac]change His mind,
“You are a (BZ)priest forever
According to the order of Melchizedek.”
5 The Lord is (CA)at Your right hand;
He [ad]will (CB)shatter kings in the (CC)day of His wrath.
6 He will (CD)judge among the nations,
He [ae]will fill them with (CE)corpses,
He [af]will (CF)shatter the [ag]chief men over a broad country.
7 He will (CG)drink from the brook by the wayside;
Therefore He will (CH)lift up His head.
The Lord Praised for His Goodness.
111 [ah]Praise [ai]the Lord!
I (CI)will give thanks to the Lord with all my heart,
In the (CJ)company of the upright and in the assembly.
2 (CK)Great are the works of the Lord;
They are [aj](CL)studied by all who delight in them.
3 [ak](CM)Splendid and majestic is His work,
And (CN)His righteousness endures forever.
4 He has made His [al]wonders [am]to be remembered;
The Lord is (CO)gracious and compassionate.
5 He has (CP)given [an]food to those who [ao]fear Him;
He will (CQ)remember His covenant forever.
6 He has made known to His people the power of His works,
In giving them the heritage of the nations.
7 The works of His hands are [ap](CR)truth and justice;
All His precepts (CS)are [aq]sure.
8 They are (CT)upheld forever and ever;
They are performed in [ar](CU)truth and uprightness.
9 He has sent (CV)redemption to His people;
He has [as]ordained His covenant forever;
(CW)Holy and [at]awesome is His name.
10 The [au](CX)fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom;
A (CY)good understanding have all those who [av]do His commandments;
His (CZ)praise endures forever.
Prosperity of the One Who Fears the Lord.
112 [aw]Praise [ax]the Lord!
How (DA)blessed is the man who [ay]fears the Lord,
Who greatly (DB)delights in His commandments.
2 His [az](DC)descendants will be mighty [ba]on earth;
The generation of the (DD)upright will be blessed.
3 (DE)Wealth and riches are in his house,
And his righteousness endures forever.
4 Light arises in the darkness (DF)for the upright;
He is (DG)gracious and compassionate and righteous.
5 It is well with the man who (DH)is gracious and lends;
He will [bb]maintain his cause in judgment.
6 For he will (DI)never be shaken;
The (DJ)righteous will be [bc]remembered forever.
7 He will not fear (DK)evil tidings;
His (DL)heart is steadfast, (DM)trusting in the Lord.
8 His (DN)heart is upheld, he (DO)will not fear,
Until he (DP)looks with satisfaction on his adversaries.
9 [bd]He (DQ)has given freely to the poor,
His righteousness endures forever;
His (DR)horn will be exalted in honor.
10 The (DS)wicked will see it and be [be]vexed,
He will (DT)gnash his teeth and (DU)melt away;
The (DV)desire of the wicked will perish.
The Lord Exalts the Humble.
113 [bf]Praise [bg]the Lord!
(DW)Praise, O (DX)servants of the Lord,
Praise the name of the Lord.
2 (DY)Blessed be the name of the Lord
From this time forth and forever.
3 (DZ)From the rising of the sun to its setting
The (EA)name of the Lord is to be praised.
4 The Lord is (EB)high above all nations;
His (EC)glory is above the heavens.
5 (ED)Who is like the Lord our God,
Who (EE)is enthroned on high,
6 Who [bh](EF)humbles Himself to behold
The things that are in heaven and in the earth?
7 He (EG)raises the poor from the dust
And lifts the needy from the ash heap,
8 To make them (EH)sit with [bi]princes,
With the [bj]princes of His people.
9 He (EI)makes the barren woman abide in the house
As a joyful mother of children.
[bk]Praise [bl]the Lord!
God’s Deliverance of Israel from Egypt.
114 When Israel went forth (EJ)from Egypt,
The house of Jacob from a people of (EK)strange language,
2 Judah became (EL)His sanctuary,
Israel, (EM)His dominion.
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