<t /><p class="psasuper">A song of ascents.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">From the deep water<n id="3" /> I cry out to you, O <sc>Lordsc>.p>

<t /><p class="poetry">Solomon&#8217;s<n id="1" /> Most Excellent<n id="2" /> Love Song.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Sing to him a new song!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Play skillfully as you shout out your praises to him!<n id="2" />p>

<t /><p class="psasuper">For the music director; a song, a psalm.p> <p class="poetry">Shout out praise to God, all the earth!p>

<t /><p class="psasuper">Written by the Korahites; a psalm, a song.p> <p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s city is in the holy hills.<n id="2" />p>

<t /><p class="poetry">Sing to the <sc>Lordsc> a new song!<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Sing to the <sc>Lordsc>, all the earth!p>

<t /><p class="psasuper">A song of ascents.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">In my distress I cried outp> <p class="poetry">to the <sc>Lordsc> and he answered me.p>

<t /><p class="psasuper">A song of ascents.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">I look up<n id="3" /> toward you,p> <p class="poetry">the one enthroned<n id="4" /> in heaven.p>

<t /><p class="psasuper">A song of ascents.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">How blessed is every one of the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s loyal followers,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">each one who keeps his commands!<n id="4" />p>

<t /><p class="psasuper">A song of ascents.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;Since my youth they have often attacked me,&#8221;p> <p class="poetry">let Israel say.p>

<t /><p class="psasuper">A song of ascents.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">O <sc>Lordsc>, for David&#8217;s sake rememberp> <p class="poetry">all his strenuous effort,<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">How can we sing a song to the <sc>Lordsc>p> <p class="poetry">in a foreign land?p>

<t /><p class="poetry">It is better for a person to receive<n id="1" /> a rebuke from those who are wise<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">than to listen to the song<n id="3" /> of fools.p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">These are the men David put in charge of music in the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s sanctuary,<n id="1" /> after the ark was placed there.

Heman and Jeduthun were in charge of the music, including the trumpets, cymbals, and the other musical instruments used in praising God. The sons of Jeduthun guarded the entrance.<n id="1" />p>

They and their relatives, all of them skilled and trained to make music to the <sc>Lordsc>, numbered two hundred eighty-eight.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">He gave me reason to sing a new song,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">praising our God.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">May many see what God has done,p> <p class="poetry">so that they might swear allegiance to him and trust in the <sc>Lordsc>!<n id="3" />p>

<t /><p class="psasuper">A song, a psalm by the Korahites.p> <p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> is great and certainly worthy of praisep> <p class="poetry">in the city of our God,<n id="2" /> his holy hill.p>

<t /><p class="psasuper">For the music director; a psalm of David, a song.p> <p class="poetry">Praise awaits you,<n id="2" /> O God, in Zion.p> <p class="poetry">Vows made to you are fulfilled.p>

<t /><p class="psasuper">For the music director; to be accompanied by stringed instruments; a psalm, a song.p> <p class="poetry">May God show us his favor<n id="2" /> and bless us!<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">May he smile on us!<n id="4" /> (Selah)p>