Month: December 2019

Prayer for the Lord’s Help.

1 To You I lift up my eyes,

O You who are enthroned in the heavens!

2 Behold, as the eyes of servantslookto the hand of their master,

As the eyes of a maid to the hand of her mistress,

So our eyeslookto the Lordour God,

Until He is gracious to us.

3 Be gracious to us, O Lord, be gracious to us,

For we are greatly filled with contempt.

4 Our soul is greatly filled

With the scoffing of those who are at ease,

Andwith the contempt of the proud.

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Praise for Rescue from Enemies.

1 “Had it not been the Lordwho was on our side,”

Let Israel now say,

2 “Had it not been the Lordwho was on our side

When men rose up against us,

3 Then they would have swallowed us alive,

When their anger was kindled against us;

4 Then the waters would have engulfed us,

The stream would have swept over our soul;

5 Then the raging waters would have swept over our soul.”

6 Blessed be the Lord,

Who has not given us to be torn by their teeth.

7 Our soul has escaped as a bird out of the snare of the trapper;

The snare is broken and we have escaped.

8 Our help is in the name of the Lord,

Who made heaven and earth.

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The Lord Surrounds His People.

1 Those who trust in the Lord

Are as Mount Zion, which cannot be moved but abides forever.

2 As the mountains surround Jerusalem,

So the Lordsurrounds His people

From this time forth and forever.

3 For the scepter of wickedness shall not rest upon the land of the righteous,

So that the righteous will not put forth their hands to do wrong.

4 Do good, O Lord, to those who are good

And to those who are upright in their hearts.

5 But as for those who turn aside to their crooked ways,

The Lordwill lead them away with the doers of iniquity.

Peace be upon Israel.

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Thanksgiving for Return from Captivity.

1 When the Lordbrought back the captive ones of Zion,

We were like those who dream.

2 Then our mouth was filled with laughter

And our tongue with joyful shouting;

Then they said among the nations,

“The Lordhas done great things for them.”

3 The Lordhas done great things for us;

We are glad.

4 Restore our captivity, O Lord,

As the streams in the South.

5 Those who sow in tears shall reap with joyful shouting.

6 He who goes to and fro weeping, carryinghisbag of seed,

Shall indeed come again with a shout of joy, bringing his sheaveswith him.

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Prosperity Comes from the Lord.

1 Unless the Lordbuilds the house,

They labor in vain who build it;

Unless the Lordguards the city,

The watchman keeps awake in vain.

2 It is vain for you to rise up early,

To retire late,

To eat the bread of painful labors;

For He gives to His belovedeven in hissleep.

3 Behold, children are a gift of the Lord,

The fruit of the womb is a reward.

4 Like arrows in the hand of a warrior,

So are the children of one’s youth.

5 How blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them;

They will not be ashamed

When they speak with their enemies in the gate.

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Blessedness of the Fear of the Lord.

1 How blessed is everyone who fears the Lord,

Who walks in His ways.

2 When you shall eat of thefruit of your hands,

You will be happy and it will be well with you.

3 Your wife shall be like a fruitful vine

Within your house,

Your children like olive plants

Around your table.

4 Behold, for thus shall the man be blessed

Who fears the Lord.

5 The Lordbless you from Zion,

And may you see the prosperity of Jerusalem all the days of your life.

6 Indeed, may you see your children’s children.

Peace be upon Israel!

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Prayer for the Overthrow of Zion’s Enemies.

1 “Many times they have persecuted me from my youth up,”

Let Israel now say,

2 “Many times they have persecuted me from my youth up;

Yet they have not prevailed against me.

3 The plowers plowed upon my back;

They lengthened their furrows.”

4 The Lordis righteous;

He has cut in two the cords of the wicked.

5 May all who hate Zion

Be put to shame and turned backward;

6 Let them be like grass upon the housetops,

Which withers before it grows up;

7 With which the reaper does not fill his hand,

Or the binder of sheaves his bosom;

8 Nor do those who pass by say,

“The blessing of the Lordbe upon you;

We bless you in the name of the Lord.”

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Hope in the Lord’s Forgiving Love.

1 Out of the depths I have cried to You, O Lord.

2 Lord, hear my voice!

Let Your ears be attentive

To the voice of my supplications.

3 If You, Lord, should mark iniquities,

O Lord, who could stand?

4 But there is forgiveness with You,

That You may be feared.

5 I wait for the Lord, my soul does wait,

And in His word do I hope.

6 My soulwaitsfor the Lord

More than the watchmen for the morning;

Indeed, more thanthe watchmen for the morning.

7 O Israel, hope in the Lord;

For with the Lordthere is lovingkindness,

And with Him is abundant redemption.

8 And He will redeem Israel

From all his iniquities.

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Childlike Trust in the Lord.

1 O Lord, my heart is not proud, nor my eyes haughty;

Nor do I involve myself in great matters,

Or in things too difficult for me.

2 Surely I have composed and quieted my soul;

Like a weaned childrestsagainst his mother,

My soul is like a weaned child within me.

3 O Israel, hope in the Lord

From this time forth and forever.

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Prayer for the Lord’s Blessing upon the Sanctuary.

1 Remember, O Lord, on David’s behalf,

All his affliction;

2 How he swore to the Lord

And vowed to the Mighty One of Jacob,

3 “Surely I will not enter my house,

Nor lie on my bed;

4 I will not give sleep to my eyes

Or slumber to my eyelids,

5 Until I find a place for the Lord,

A dwelling place for the Mighty One of Jacob.”

6 Behold, we heard of it in Ephrathah,

We found it in the field of Jaar.

7 Let us go into His dwelling place;

Let us worship at His footstool.

8 Arise, O Lord, to Your resting place,

You and the ark of Your strength.

9 Let Your priests be clothed with righteousness,

And let Your godly ones sing for joy.

10 For the sake of David Your servant,

Do not turn away the face of Your anointed.

11 The Lordhas sworn to David

A truth from which He will not turn back:

“Of the fruit of your body I will set upon your throne.

12 If your sons will keep My covenant

And My testimony which I will teach them,

Their sons also shall sit upon your throne forever.”

13 For the Lordhas chosen Zion;

He has desired it for His habitation.

14 “This is My resting place forever;

Here I will dwell, for I have desired it.

15 I will abundantly bless her provision;

I will satisfy her needy with bread.

16 Her priests also I will clothe with salvation,

And her godly ones will sing aloud for joy.

17 There I will cause the horn of David to spring forth;

I have prepared a lamp for Mine anointed.

18 His enemies I will clothe with shame,

But upon himself his crown shall shine.”

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