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For the choir director. A song. A psalm.

Shout joyfully to God, all the earth!^(a)

Sing about the glory of His name; make His praise glorious.^(b)

Say to God, "How awe-inspiring are Your works! Your enemies will cringe before You because of Your great strength.^(c)

All the earth will worship You and sing praise to You. They will sing praise to Your name."^(d) Selah

Come and see the wonders of God;^(e) His acts for humanity are awe-inspiring.

He turned the sea into dry land, and they crossed the river on foot.^(f) There we rejoiced in Him.^(g)

He rules forever by His might; He keeps His eye on the nations.^(h) The rebellious should not exalt themselves.⁽ⁱ⁾ Selah

Praise our God, you peoples; let the sound of His praise be heard.^(j)

He keeps us alive^[a] and does not allow our feet to slip.^(k)

For You, God, tested us; You refined us as silver is refined.^(l)

You lured us into a trap; You placed burdens on our backs.^(m)

You let men ride over our heads; we went through fire and water, but You brought us out to abundance.^[b](n)

I will enter Your house with burnt offerings; I will pay You my vows^(o)

that my lips promised and my mouth spoke during my distress.^(p)

I will offer You fattened sheep as burnt offerings, with the fragrant smoke of rams; I will sacrifice oxen with goats.^(q) Selah

Come and listen, all who fear God, and I will tell what He has done for me.^(r)

I cried out to Him with my mouth, and praise was on my tongue.^(s)

If I had been aware of malice in my heart, the Lord would not have listened.^(t)

However, God has listened; He has paid attention to the sound of my prayer.^(u)

May God be praised! He has not turned away my prayer or turned His faithful love from me.^(v)

For the choir director: with stringed instruments. A psalm. A song.

May God be gracious to us and bless us; look on us with favor^(a) Selah

so that Your way may be known on earth, Your salvation among all nations.^(b)

Let the peoples praise You, God; let all the peoples praise You.^(c)

Let the nations rejoice and shout for joy, for You judge the peoples with fairness and lead the nations on earth.^(d) Selah

Let the peoples praise You, God, let all the peoples praise You.^(e)

The earth has produced its harvest; God, our God, blesses us.^(f)

God will bless us, and all the ends of the earth will fear Him.^(g)

For the choir director. A Davidic psalm. A song.

God arises. His enemies scatter, and those who hate Him flee from His presence.^(a)

As smoke is blown away, so You blow them away. As wax melts before the fire, so the wicked are destroyed before God.^(b)

But the righteous are glad; they rejoice before God and celebrate with joy.^(c)

Sing to God! Sing praises to His name. Exalt Him who rides on the clouds^[a] — His name is Yahweh^[b]—and rejoice before Him.^(d)

God in His holy dwelling is a father of the fatherless and a champion of widows.^(e)

God provides homes for those who are deserted. He leads out the prisoners to prosperity,^[c] but the rebellious live in a scorched land.^(f)

God, when You went out before Your people, when You marched through the desert, Selah

the earth trembled and the skies poured down rain before God, the God of Sinai,^[d] before God, the God of Israel.^(g)

You, God, showered abundant rain; You revived Your inheritance when it languished.^(h)

Your people settled in it; God, You provided for the poor by Your goodness.⁽ⁱ⁾

The Lord gave the command; a great company of women brought the good news:^(j)

"The kings of the armies flee—they flee!" She who stays at home divides the spoil.^(k)

While^[e] you lie among the sheepfolds,^[f] the wings of a dove are covered with silver, and its feathers with glistening gold.^(l)

When the Almighty scattered kings in the land, it snowed on Zalmon.^[g](m)

Mount Bashan is God's towering mountain; Mount Bashan is a mountain of many peaks.⁽ⁿ⁾

Why gaze with envy, you mountain peaks, at the mountain^[h] God desired for His dwelling? The Lord will live there forever!^(o)

God's chariots are tens of thousands, thousands and thousands;^(p) the Lord is among them in the sanctuary^[i] as He was at Sinai.^(q)

You ascended to the heights, taking away captives; You received gifts from^[j] people, even from the rebellious, so that the Lord God might live there.^[k](r)

May the Lord be praised! Day after day He bears our burdens; God is our salvation.^(s) Selah

Our God is a God of salvation, and escape from death belongs to the Lord God .^(t)

Surely God crushes the heads of His enemies, the hairy head of one who goes on in his guilty acts.^(u)

The Lord said, "I will bring them back from Bashan; I will bring them back from the depths of the sea^(v)

so that your foot may wade^[l] in blood and your dogs' tongues may have their share from the enemies."^(w)

People have seen Your procession, God, the procession of my God, my King, in the sanctuary.^[m](x)

Singers^[n] lead the way, with musicians following; among them are young women playing tambourines.^(y)

Praise God in the assemblies; praise the Lord from the fountain of Israel.^(z)

There is Benjamin, the youngest, leading them, the rulers of Judah in their assembly,^[o] the rulers of Zebulun, the rulers of Naphtali.^(aa)

Your God has decreed your strength. Show Your strength, God, You who have acted on our behalf.^(ab)

Because of Your temple at Jerusalem, kings will bring tribute to You.^(ac)

Rebuke the beast^[p] in the reeds, the herd of bulls with the calves of the peoples.^(ad) Trample underfoot those with bars of silver.^[q] Scatter the peoples who take pleasure in war.^(ae)

Ambassadors will come^[r] from Egypt; Cush will stretch out its hands^[s] to God.^(af)

Sing to God, you kingdoms of the earth; sing praise to the Lord,^(ag) Selah

to Him who rides in the ancient, highest heavens.^(ah) Look, He thunders with His powerful voice!^(ai)

Ascribe power to God. His majesty is over Israel, His power among the clouds.^(aj)

God, You are awe-inspiring in Your sanctuaries. The God of Israel gives power and strength to His people. May God be praised!^(ak)

For the choir director: according to "The Lilies."^[a] Davidic.

Save me, God, for the water has risen to my neck.^(a)

I have sunk in deep mud, and there is no footing; I have come into deep waters, and a flood sweeps over me.^(b)

I am weary from my crying; my throat is parched. My eyes fail, looking for my God.^(c)

Those who hate me without cause are more numerous than the hairs of my head; my deceitful enemies, who would destroy me, are powerful.^(d) Though I did not steal, I must repay.^(e)

God, You know my foolishness, and my guilty acts are not hidden from You.^(f)

Do not let those who put their hope in You be disgraced because of me, Lord God of Hosts; do not let those who seek You be humiliated because of me, God of Israel.^(g)

For I have endured insults because of You, and shame has covered my face.^(h)

I have become a stranger to my brothers and a foreigner to my mother's sons⁽ⁱ⁾

because zeal for Your house has consumed me,^(j) and the insults of those who insult You have fallen on me.^(k)

I mourned and fasted, but it brought me insults.^(l)

I wore sackcloth as my clothing, and I was a joke to them.

Those who sit at the city gate talk about me, and drunkards make up songs about me.^(m)

But as for me, Lord , my prayer to You is for a time of favor. In Your abundant, faithful love, God, answer me with Your sure salvation.⁽ⁿ⁾

Rescue me from the miry mud; don't let me sink. Let me be rescued from those who hate me and from the deep waters.^(o)

Don't let the floodwaters sweep over me or the deep swallow me up; don't let the Pit close its mouth over me.^(p)

Answer me, Lord , for Your faithful love is good; in keeping with Your great compassion, turn to me.^(q)

Don't hide Your face from Your servant, for I am in distress. Answer me quickly!^(r)

Draw near to me and redeem me; ransom me because of my enemies.^(s)

You know the insults I endure— my shame and disgrace. You are aware of all my adversaries.^(t)

Insults have broken my heart, and I am in despair. I waited for sympathy, but there was none; for comforters, but found no one.^(u)

Instead, they gave me gall^[b] for my food, and for my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.^(v)

Let their table set before them be a snare, and let it be a trap for their allies.^(w)

Let their eyes grow too dim to see, and let their loins continually shake.^(x)

Pour out Your rage on them, and let Your burning anger overtake them.^(y)

Make their fortification desolate; may no one live in their tents.^(z)

For they persecute the one You struck and talk about the pain of those You wounded.^(aa)

Add guilt to their guilt; do not let them share in Your righteousness.^(ab)

Let them be erased from the book of life and not be recorded with the righteous.^(ac)

But as for me—poor and in pain— let Your salvation protect me, God.^(ad)

I will praise God's name with song and exalt Him with thanksgiving.^(ae)

That will please Yahweh more than an ox, more than a bull with horns and hooves.^(af)

The humble will see it and rejoice. You who seek God, take heart!^(ag)

For the Lord listens to the needy and does not despise His own who are prisoners.^(ah)

Let heaven and earth praise Him, the seas and everything that moves in them,^(ai)

for God will save Zion and build up^[c] the cities of Judah. They will live there and possess it.^(aj)

The descendants of His servants will inherit it, and those who love His name will live in it.^(ak)