Book 1
(Psalms 1-41)
1:1 How blessed
or stand in the pathway
or sit in the assembly
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7:1 O Lord my God, in you I have taken shelter.
Deliver me from all who chase me! Rescue me!
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8:1 O Lord, our Lord,
how magnificent
You reveal your majesty in the heavens above!
31:19 How great is your favor,
which you store up for your loyal followers!
In plain sight of everyone you bestow it on those who take shelter
40:4 How blessed
and does not seek help from
55:19 God, the one who has reigned as king from long ago,
will hear and humiliate them.
They refuse to change,
and do not fear God.
69:4 Those who hate me without cause are more numerous than the hairs of my head.
Those who want to destroy me, my enemies for no reason,
They make me repay what I did not steal!
84:3 Even the birds find a home there,
and the swallow
where she can protect her young
near your altars, O Lord who rules over all,
my king and my God.
88:5 adrift
like corpses lying in the grave,
whom you remember no more,
and who are cut off from your power.
106:38 They shed innocent blood –
the blood of their sons and daughters,
whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan.
The land was polluted by bloodshed.
109:16 For he never bothered to show kindness;
he harassed the oppressed and needy,
and killed the disheartened.
127:5 How blessed is the man who fills his quiver with them!
They will not be put to shame