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Send us Fan MailRemember your promise to me; it is my only hope.  50 Your promise revives me; it comforts me in all my troubles.  51 The proud hold me in utter contempt, but I do not turn away from Your instructions.  52 I meditate on Your age-old regulations; Yehovah they comfort me.  53 I became furious with the wicked, because they reject Your instructions.  54 Your decrees have been the theme of my songs wherever I have lived.  55 I reflect at night on who You are Yehovah; therefore, I obey Your instructions.  56 This is how I spend my life:  obeying Your commandments

Send us Fan MailDeal bountifully with Your servant, that I may live and keep Your word. 18 Open my eyes, that I may see wondrous things from Your law.  19 I am a stranger in the earth; do not hide Your commandments from me.  20 My soul breaks with longing for Your judgments at all times.  21 You rebuke the proud - the cursed, who stray from Your commandments.  22 Remove from me reproach and contempt, for I have kept Your testimonies.  23 Princes also sit and speak against me, but Your servant meditates on Your statutes.  24 Your testimonies also are my delight and my counselors.  

Send us Fan MailMy Heart is MeekA Psalm of Ascent1 Yehovah, my heart is meek before you.  I don't consider myself better than others.  I'm content to not pursue matters that are over my head - such as your complex mysteries and wonders - that I'm not yet ready to understand.  2 I am humbled and quieted in your presence.  Like a contented child who rests on its mother's lap, I'm your resting child and my soul is content in you.  3 O people of God, your time has come to quietly trust, waiting upon Yehovah now and forever.  

Send us Fan Mail5 I wait for Yehovah, my soul waits, And in His word I do hope.  6 My soul waits for Yehovah more than those who watch for the morning - Yes, more than those who watch for the morning.  7 O Israel, hope in Yehovah; For with Yehovah there is mercy, and with Him is abundant redemption.  8 And He shall redeem Israel from all his iniquities.  

Send us Fan MailWaiting for the Redemption of YehovahA Psalm of Ascent1 Out of the depths I have cried to You, O Yehovah; 2 Lord, hear my voice!  Let Your ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications.  3 If You, Yehovah, should mark iniquities, O Lord, who could stand?  4 But there is forgiveness with You, That You may be feared.  

Send us Fan MailDaniel 9:18-19 oh my God, incline your ear to hear; open Your eyes and see our desolations, and the city which is called by Your Name, for we do not present our supplications before You because of our righteous deed, but because of Your great mercies,  19 O Yehovah, hear!  O Yehovah forgive!  O Yehovah listen and act!  Do not delay for Your own sake, my God, for Your city and your people are called by Your Name.2 Chronicles 7:14-16Then if my people who are called by My name will humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sins and restore their land.  15 My eyes will be open and my ears attentive to every prayer made in this place.  16 for I have chosen this temple and set it apart to be holy - a place where my name will be honored forever.  I will always watch over it; for it is dear to my heart.  

Send us Fan MailO my God, my soul is in despair within me; therefore I remember You from the land of the Jordan and the peaks of Hermon, from Mount Mizar.  7 Deep calls to deep at the sound of Your waterfalls; all Your breakers and Your waves have rolled over me.  8 Yehovah will command His lovingkindness in the daytime; and His song will be with me in the night, a prayer to the God of my life.  

Send us Fan MailAs the deer pants for the water brooks, so my soul pants for You, O God.  2 My soul thirsts for God, for the living God; when shall I come and appear before God?  3 My tears have been my food day and night, while they say to me all day long, "Where is your God?"  4 These things I remember and I pour out my soul within me.  For I used to go along with the throng and lead them in procession to the house of God, with the voice of joy and thanksgiving, a multitude keeping festival.  5 Why are you in despair, O my soul?  And why have you become disturbed within me?  Hope in God, for I shall again praise Him for the help of His presence.  

Send us Fan Mail"O my dove, in the clefts of the rock, in the secret places of the cliff, let me see your face, let me hear your voice; for your voice is sweet, and your face is lovely."

Send us Fan Mail9 My lover is like a swift gazelle or a young stag.  Look, there he is behind the wall, looking through the window, peering into the room.10 My lover said to me, “Rise up, my darling!  Come away with me, my fair one!11 Look, the winter is past, and the rains are over and gone.12 The flowers are springing up, the season of singing birds[fn] has come, and the cooing of turtledoves fills the air.13 The fig trees are forming young fruit, and the fragrant grapevines are blossoming.  Rise up, my darling!  Come away with me, my fair one!”

Send us Fan Mail7 I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, by the gazelles or by the does of the field, do not stir up nor awaken love until it pleases.  The Beloved's RequestThe Shulamite8 The voice of my beloved!  Behold, he comes leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills.  

Send us Fan MailA Psalm of Ascent5 Those who sow in tears shall reap in joy.  6 He who continually goes forth weeping, bearing seed for sowing, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him.  

Send us Fan MailA Psalm of Ascent1 When Yehovah brought back his exiles to Jerusalem, it was like a dream! 2 We were filled with laughter, and we sang for joy.  And the other nations said, "What amazing things Yehovah has done for them."  3 Yes, Yehovah has done amazing things for us!  What joy!  4 Restore our fortunes, Yehovah, as streams renew the desert.  

Send us Fan Mail12 The wicked plots against the righteous and gnashes at him with his teeth.  13 Yehovah laughs at him, for He sees his day is coming.  14 The wicked have drawn the sword and bent their bow to cast down the afflicted and the needy, to slay those who are upright in conduct.  15 Their sword will enter their own heart, and their bows will be broken.  16 better is the little of the righteous than the abundance of many wicked.  17 For the arms of the wicked will be broken buy Yehovah sustains the righteous.  

Send us Fan MailYehovah brings the counsel of the nations to nothing; He makes the plans of the peoples of no effect.  11 The counsel of Yehovah stands forever, the plans of His heart to all generations.  12 Blessed is the nation whose God is Yehovah, the people He has chosen as His own inheritance.  

Send us Fan Mail105 Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.  106 I have sworn and confirmed that I will keep Your righteous judgments.  107 I am afflicted very much; revive me, O Yehovah, according to Your word.  108 Accept, I pray, the freewill offerings of my mouth, O Yehovah, and teach me Your judgments.  109 My life is continually in my hand, yet I do not forget Your law.  110 The wicked have laid a snare of me, yet I have not strayed from Your precepts.  111 Your testimonies I have taken as a heritage forever, for they are the rejoicing of my heart.  112 I have inclined my heart to perform Your statutes forever, to the very end.  

Send us Fan Mail6 By the Word of Yehovah the heavens were made, and all the host of them by the breadth of His mouth.  7 He gathers the waters of the sea together as a heap; He lays up the deep in storehouses.  8 Let all the earth fear Yehovah; Let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of Him.  9 For He spoke, and it was done; He commanded, and it stood fast.  

Send us Fan MailOh Yehovah, do not rebuke me in Your anger, nor chasten me in Your wrath.  2 Be gracious to me, O Yehovah, for I am pining way; Heal me, O Yehovah, for my bones are dismayed.  3 Any my soul is greatly dismayed; But You, O Yehovah, - How long?  4 Yehovah, turn to me and rescue my life because I know Your faithful love will never fail me.  

Send us Fan MailLead me in the right path, O Yehovah, or my enemies will conquer me.  Make your way plain for me to follow.  9 My enemies cannot speak a truthful word.  Their deepest desire is to destroy others.  Their talk is foul, like the stench from an open grave.  Their tongues are filled with flattery.  10  O Yehovah, declare them guilty.  Let them be caught in their own traps.  Drive them away because of their many sins, for they have rebelled against you.  11 But let all who take refuge in you rejoice; let them sing joyful praises forever.  Spread your protection over them, that all who love your name may be filled with joy.  12 For you bless the godly, O Yehovah; you surround them with your shield of love. 

Send us Fan Mail4 For You are not a God who takes pleasure in wickedness, nor shall evil dwell with You.  5 The boastful shall not stand in Your sight; You hate all workers of iniquity.  6 You shall destroy those who speak falsehood;  Yehovah abhors the bloodthirsty and deceitful man.  7 But as for me, I will come into Your house in the multitude of Your mercy; In fear of You I will worship toward Your holy temple.  8 Lead me, O Yehovah, in Your righteousness because of my enemies; Make Your way straight before my face.  

Send us Fan MailGive ear to my words, O Yehovah, consider my mediation.  2 Give heed to the voice of my cry, My King and my God, For to You I will pray.  3 My voice You shall hear in the morning, O Yehovah; In the morning I will direct it to You, and I will look up.  

Send us Fan Mail3 Know that Yehovah has set apart his faithful servant for himself; Yehovah hears when I call to him.  4 Tremble and do not sin; when you are on your beds, search your hearts be silent.  5 Offer the sacrifices of the righteous and trust in Yehovah.  6 Many, Yehovah, are asking, "Who will bring us prosperity?"  Let the light of your face shine on us.  7 Fill my heart with joy when their grain and new wine abound.  8 In peace I will lie down and sleep, for you alone, Yehovah, make me dwell in safety. 

Send us Fan Mail The Safety of the FaithfulHear me when I call, O God of my righteousness!  You have relieved me in my distress; Have mercy on me, and hear my prayer.  2 How long, O you sons of men, will you turn my glory to shame?  How long will you love worthlessness and seek falsehood?  Selah 3 But know that Yehovah has set apart for Himself him who is godly; Yehovah will hear when I call to Him.  

Send us Fan Mail5 I lay down and slept; I awoke, for Yehovah sustained me.  6 I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people who have set themselves against me all around.  7 Arise, O Yehovah; save me, O  God!  For You have struck all my enemies on the cheekbone; You have broken the teeth of the ungodly.  8 Salvation belongs to Yehovah.  Your blessing is upon Your people.  Selah

Send us Fan MailYehovah, how they have increased who trouble me!  Many are they who rise up against me.  2 Many are they who say of me, "There is no help for him in God."  Selah.  3 But You, O Yehovah, are a shield for me, my glory and the one who lifts up my head.  4 I cried to Yehovah with my voice, and He heard me from His holy hill.  Selah

Send us Fan Mail12 Now therefore, be wise, O kings; Be instructed, you judges of the earth.  11 Serve Yehovah with fear, and rejoice with trembling.  12 Kiss the Son, lest He be angry, and you perish in the way, when His wrath is kindled but a little, blessed are all those who put their trust in Him.  

Send us Fan Mail7 I will declare the decree: Yehovah has said to Me, "You are My son, today I have begotten you.  8 Ask of Me and I will give you the nations for your inheritance and the ends of the earth for your possession.  9 You shall break them with a rod of iron; you shall dash them to pieces like a potter's vessel.'"

Send us Fan MailThe Messiah's Triumph and Kingdom1 Why do the nations rage, and the people plot a vain thing?  2 The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against Yehovah and against His Anointed, saying, 3 "Let us break Their bonds in pieces and cast away their cords from us."  4 He who sits in the heavens shall laugh; Yehovah shall hold them in derision.  5 Then He shall speak to them in His wrath, and distress them in His deep displeasure: "Yet I have set My King on My holy hill of Zion."

Send us Fan Mail1 How blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, nor stand in the path of sinners, nor sit in the seat of scoffers!  2 But his delight is in the law of Yehovah, and in His law he meditates day and night.  3 He will be like a tree firmly planted by streams of water, which yields its season and its leaf does not wither; and in whatever he does, he prospers.  4 The wicked are not so, but they are like chaff which the wind drives away.  5 Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.  6 For Yehovah knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.  

Send us Fan MailA Psalm of Ascents1 Oh, praise Yehovah, all you servants of Yehovah, you who serve at night in the house of Yehovah.  2  Lift your hands toward the sanctuary, and praise Yehovah.  3 May Yehovah, who made heaven and earth, bless you from Jerusalem.  

Send us Fan MailA Psalm of AscentHow wonderful and pleasant it is when brothers live together in harmony!  2 For harmony is as precious as the anointing oil that was poured over Aaron's head, that ran down his beard and onto the border of his robe.  3 Harmony is as refreshing as the dew from Mount Hermon that falls on the mountains of Zion.  And there Yehovah has pronounced his blessing, even life everlasting.  

Send us Fan MailThe Eternal Dwelling of God in ZionA Psalm of Ascents13 For Yehovah has chosen Jerusalem; he has desired it for his home.  14 "This is my resting place forever," He said.  "I will live here, for this is the home I desired.  15 I will satisfy its poor with food.  16 I will clothe its priests with godliness; its faithful servants will sing for joy.  17 Here I will increase the power of David; my anointed one will be a light for my people.  18 I will clothe his enemies with shame, but he will be a glorious king."  

Send us Fan MailThe Eternal Dwelling of God in ZionA Psalm of Ascents.10 For the sake of your servant David, do not reject the king you have anointed.  11 Yehovah swore an oath to David with a promise he will never take back: "I will place one of your descendants on your throne.  12 If your descendants obey the terms of my covenant and the law that I teach them, then your royal line will continue forever and ever."

Send us Fan MailThe Eternal Dwelling of God in ZionA Psalm of Ascents.1 Yehovah, remember David and all his afflictions; 2 How he swore to Yehovah, and vowed to the Mighty One of Jacob:  3 surely I will not go into the chamber of my house, or go up to the comfort of my bed; 4 I will not give sleep to my eyes or slumber to my eyelids, 5 until I find a place for Yehovah, a dwelling place for the Mighty One of Jacob."  6 Behold, we heard of it in Ephrathah; we found it in the fields of the woods.  7 Let us go into His tabernacle; let us worship at His footstool.  8 Arise, O Yehovah, to Your resting place, You and the ark of Your strength.  9 Let Your priests be clothed with righteousness, and let Your saints shout for joy.  

Send us Fan MailMy Heart is MeekA Psalm of Ascent1 Yehovah, my heart is meek before you.  I don't consider myself better than others.  I'm content to not pursue matters that are over my head - such as your complex mysteries and wonders - that I'm not yet ready to understand.  2 I am humbled and quieted in your presence.  Like a contented child who rests on its mother's lap, I'm your resting child and my soul is content in you.  3 O people of God, your time has come to quietly trust, waiting upon Yehovah now and forever.  

Send us Fan Mail5 I am counting on Yehovah; yes, I am counting on him.  I have put my hope in his word.  6 I long for Yehovah more than sentries long for the dawn, yes, more than sentries long for the dawn.  7 O Israel, hope in Yehovah; for with Yehovah there is unfailing love.  His redemption overflows.  8 He himself will redeem Israel from every kind of sin.  

Send us Fan MailWaiting for the Redemption of YehovahA Psalm of Ascent1 Out of the depths I have cried to You, O Yehovah; 2 Lord, hear my voice!  Let Your ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications.  3 If You, Yehovah, should mark iniquities, O Lord, who could stand?  4 But there is forgiveness with You, that You may be feared.  

Send us Fan MailSong of Victory over Zion's EnemiesA Psalm of Ascent1 From my earliest youth my enemies have persecuted me.  Let all Israel repeat this:  2 From my earliest youth my enemies have persecuted me, but they have never defeated me.  3 My back is covered with cuts, as if a farmer had plowed long furrows.  4 But Yehovah is good; he has cut me free from the ropes of the ungodly.  5 May all who hate Jerusalem be turned back in shameful defeat.  6 May they be as useless as grass on a rooftop, turning yellow when only half grown, 7 Ignored by the harvester, despised by the binder.   8 And may those who pass by refuse to give them this blessing:  "Yehovah bless you; we bless you in Yehovah's name."

Send us Fan MailBlessings of Those Who Fear YehovahA Psalm of Ascent1 How joyful are those who fear Yehovah - all who follow His ways!  2 You will enjoy the fruit of your labor.   How joyful and prosperous you will be!  3. Your wife will be like a fruitful grapevine, flourishing within your home.  Your children will be like vigorous young olive trees as they sit around your table.  4. That is Yehovah's blessing for those who fear him.  5 May Yehovah continually bless you from Zion.  May you see Jerusalem prosper as long as you live.  6 May you live to enjoy your grandchildren.  May Israel have peace!

Send us Fan MailA Psalm of Ascent1. Unless Yehovah builds the house, they labor in vain who build it; unless Yehovah guards the city, the watchman stays awake in vain.  2 It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows; for so He gives His beloved sleep.  

Send us Fan MailA Psalm of Ascent5 Those who sow in tears shall reap in joy.  6 He who continually goes forth weeping, bearing seed for sowing, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him.  

Send us Fan MailA Psalm of Ascent1 When Yehovah brought back his exiles to Jerusalem, it was like a dream! 2 We were filled with laughter, and we sang for joy.  And the other nations said, "What amazing things Yehovah has done for them."  3 Yes, Yehovah has done amazing things for us!  What joy!  4 Restore our fortunes, Yehovah, as streams renew the desert.  

Send us Fan MailYehovah the Strength of His PeopleA Song of Ascents1 Those who trust in Yehovah are like Mount Zion, which cannot be moved, but abides forever.  2 As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so Yehovah surrounds His people from this time forth and forever.  3 For the scepter of wickedness shall not rest on the land allotted to the righteous, lest the righteous reach out their hands to iniquity.  4 Do good, O Yehovah, to those who are good, and to those who are upright in their hearts.  5 As for such as turn aside to their crooked ways, Yehovah shall lead them away with the workers of iniquity.  Peace be upon Israel!

Send us Fan MailYehovah the Defense of His PeopleA song of Ascents.  Of David"Had it not been Yehovah who was on our side," Let Israel now say - 2 "If it had not been Yehovah who was on our side, when men rose up against us, 3 then they would have swallowed us alive, when their wrath was kindled against us, 4 then the waters would have overwhelmed us, the stream would have gone over our soul; 5 then the swollen waters would have gone over our soul."  6 Blessed be Yehovah, who has not given us as prey to their teeth.  7 Our soul has escaped as a bird from the snare of the fowlers; the snare is broken, and we have escaped.  8 Our help is in the name of Yehovah, who made heaven and earth.  

Send us Fan MailPrayer for Relief from ContemptA Song of Ascents.1 Unto You I lift up my eyes, O You who dwell in the heavens.  2 Behold, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their masters, as the eyes of a maid to the hand of her mistress, so our eyes look to Yehovah our God, until He has mercy on us.  3 Have mercy on us, O Yehovah, have mercy on us!  For we are exceedingly filled with contempt.  4 Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorn of those who are at ease, with the contempt of the the proud.  

Send us Fan MailThe Joy of Going to the House of YehovahA Song of Ascent.  Of David.1 I was glad when they said to me, "Let us go into the house of Yehovah."  2 Our feet have been standing within your gates, O Jerusalem!  3 Jerusalem is built as a city that is compact together, 4 where the tribes go up, the tribes of Yehovah to the Testimony of Israel, to give thanks to the name of Yehovah.  5 For thrones are set there for judgment, the thrones of the house of David.  6 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem:  "May they prosper who love you.  7 Peace be within your walls, prosperity within your palaces."  8 For the sake of my brethren and companions, I will now say, "Peace be within you."  9 Because of the house of Yehovah our God I will seek your good.  

Send us Fan MailA Song of Ascent / A song for pilgrims ascending to JerusalemI took my troubles to Yehovah; I cried out to him, and he answered my prayer.  2 Rescue me, O Yehovah, from liars and from all deceitful people.  3 O deceptive tongue, what will God do to you?  How will he increase your punishment?  4 You will be pierced with sharp arrows and burned with glowing coals.  5 How I suffer in far-off Meshech.  It pains me to live in distant Kedar.  6  I am tired of living among people who hate peace.  7 I search for peace; but when I speak of peace, they want war!

Send us Fan Mail5 Yehovah himself watches over you!  Yehovah stands beside you as your protective shade.  6 The sun will not harm you by day, nor the moon at night.  7 Yehovah keeps you from all harm and watches over your life.  8 Yehovah keeps watch over you as you come and go, both now and forever.  

Send us Fan MailA Song of AscentsGod the Help of Those Who Seek HimI will lift up my eyes to the hills - from whence comes my help?  2 My help comes from Yehovah, who made heaven and earth.  3 He will not allow your foot to be moved; He who keeps you will not slumber.  4  Behold, He who keeps Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep.  

Send us Fan MailThe Passion Translation: The Bridegroom and the Bride in Divine Duet:14 Arise, my darling!Come quickly, my beloved.Come and be the graceful gazelle with me.Come be like a young stag with me.  We will dance in the high place of the sky,yes, on the mountains of fragrant spice.Forever we shall be united as one!