the root your right hand planted, the shoot you made to grow!

May you give support to the one you have chosen, to the one whom you raised up for yourself!

A song, a psalm of Asaph. O God, do not be silent! Do not ignore us! Do not be inactive, O God!

Your arm is powerful, your hand strong, your right hand victorious.

He will shelter you with his wings; you will find safety under his wings. His faithfulness is like a shield or a protective wall.

Your people willingly follow you when you go into battle. On the holy hills at sunrise the dew of your youth belongs to you.

The Lord made a reliable promise to David; he will not go back on his word. He said, “I will place one of your descendants on your throne.

O daughter Babylon, soon to be devastated! How blessed will be the one who repays you for what you dished out to us!

A psalm of David. O Lord, I cry out to you. Come quickly to me! Pay attention to me when I cry out to you!

Do not say to your neighbor, “Go! Return tomorrow and I will give it,” when you have it with you at the time.

Establish your work outside and get your fields ready; afterward build your house.

for it is better for him to say to you, “Come up here,” than to put you lower before a prince, whom your eyes have seen.

for you will heap coals of fire on his head, and the Lord will reward you.

My vineyard, which belongs to me, is at my disposal alone. The thousand shekels belong to you, O Solomon, and two hundred shekels belong to those who maintain it for its fruit.

The Beloved to Her Lover: Make haste, my beloved! Be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of spices.

“Ask for a confirming sign from the Lord your God. You can even ask for something miraculous.”

The evergreens also rejoice over your demise, as do the cedars of Lebanon, singing, ‘Since you fell asleep, no woodsman comes up to chop us down!’

For this is what the sovereign master has told me: “Go, post a guard! He must report what he sees.

Here is a message about the Valley of Vision: What is the reason that all of you go up to the rooftops?

Lord, be merciful to us! We wait for you. Give us strength each morning! Deliver us when distress comes.