Prayers

The Psalm Psalm 103:14 (CSB) For he knows what we are made of, remembering that we are dust. The Prayer Lord For all of my sins and my wickedness and my evil my pride my hubris my arrogance my lust my selfishness my self-centeredness my anger my wrath my hatred my bitterness my resentment my jealousy my envy my greed my gluttony my sloth my laziness my apathy my indifference my lack of love my lack of compassion my lack of mercy my lack of grace my lack of forgiveness my lack of kindness my lack of gentleness my lack of self-control my lack of faith my lack of hope my lack of joy my lack of peace my lack of patience my lack of goodness My ultimate failings You know this about me and yet you love me and you sent your Son to live and die for me so that I might die and live with you forever In my life be glorified today....

The Psalm Psalm 103:13 (CSB) As a father has compassion on his children, so the LORD has compassion on those who fear him. The Prayer Lord I have one thing to say I see my love and my affections swell for you and all I want more than anything is to see your face and be with you. This that you have done in me could only be you thank you my God....

The Psalm Psalm 103:12 (CSB) As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us. The Prayer Lord My mind and heart and soul are continually filled and constantly abounding in sin–every source of my being is filled with wickedness towards you. I see that Christ, in his divinity and humanity, is perfect towards you. But I know you dwell in me and yet, my flesh still wages war against you....

The Psalm Psalm 103:11 (CSB) For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his faithful love toward those who fear him. The Prayer Lord You are high far above the earth you alone are exalted far above all of my idols But infinite distance that you are from me because of my sin and wickedness and trespasses and iniquities and the thoughts that are in my mind and the pull in my heart continually to pull away from you and do evil consistently But that infinite measurement is the exact amount of your faithful love towards me How do I know?...

The Psalm Psalm 103:10 (CSB) He has not dealt with us as our sins deserve or repaid us according to our iniquities. The Prayer Lord My sins deserve the worst of your wrath the deepest hells the worst consequences And I had suffered through my own sins here on my earth In your great holiness you could have left me to rot you could have hardened my heart fashioned me into a vessel of wrath prepared me for destruction and left me to my own devices and died and judged me forever and hated me forever I was the worst sinner the chief of treason In no ways did I do one thing to get you to notice me to get you to love me and care for me to give me grace to grant me mercy But because you are rich in mercy you lavish me with grace upon grace and you love me you saw my condition and you knew I was going to die That is why you sent your Son to snatch from the pit of hell and sit me at your dinner table forever and ever Who is like, Lord?...

The Psalm Psalm 103:9 (CSB) He will not always accuse us or be angry forever. The Prayer Lord I have spent my entire life warring against you fighting you sinning against you ignoring you pretending to be good when I was corrupted to the core With all of my life I have sinned against you lied to my fellow man lusted after women and anger towards children I was an walking abomination and a living idol maker and a friend to Satan and a servant to the world and a slave to my own desires I was a blasphemer persecutor arrogant violent man towards you I was foolish disobedient deceived enslaved by various passions and pleasures living in malice and envy hateful detesting every one else I was dead in my trespasses and sins and walked according to the ways of this world and was ruled by the ruler of the power of the air my spirit working in the disobedience lived with my own fleshly desires carrying out the inclinations of my flesh and thoughts and by born nature rightfully a child of wrath I have made it my livelihood to resist your grace But what was your response?...

The Psalm Psalm 103:8 (CSB) The LORD is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in faithful love. The Prayer Lord I bear witness with my entire life with my heart that you are this kind and this merciful and this gracious and this loving to a wretch like me Look at my sins! they are too numerous to count they are too vile to mention they are too great to be forgiven they are cause for your great wrath I was the chief of sinners and done more evil in your sight than anybody could imagine But you came to me you shown mercy to me and you lifted me up out of death and into life and into your presence and into your family and into your kingdom and into your glory forever....

The Psalm Psalm 103:7 (CSB) He revealed his ways to Moses, his deeds to the people of Israel. The Prayer Lord There was a time when I thought I knew of your word because I glanced through the pages or I took a couple weeks of intently reading and then crown myself an expert on what you have said But I was foolish and always disobedient to what you have told me to do But if my eyes were opened and my ears were unstopped and my heart was soft and my mind was renewed and my soul alive and your Spirit was in me Then I would have heard one word from your lips and been transformed and been made whole and would have believed....

The Psalm Psalm 103:6 (CSB) The LORD executes acts of righteousness and justice for all the oppressed. The Prayer Lord No matter what sin and evil is against me you are always my Lord and my God forever There is no wickedness left on this world by mankind that can rail against me because I have you alone forever But it is not the trespasses of the world that will cause me to fall away it is my own depravity that will cause me to wander But you have given me your Son's righteousness and now you are my hope and stay....

The Psalm Psalm 103:5 (CSB) He satisfies you with good things; your youth is renewed like the eagle. The Prayer Lord You have made me a blessed man I am wealthy than the wealthiest combined I am stronger than a thousand strongmen I am wiser than Solomon Because I have you you are my King Jesus you are my everything everything in this life if I have a little or a lot I have it all because you are my portion and my lot If I am weak or I am strong I have it all because you are the Almighty If I am insane or brilliant I have all wisdom because you give without hesitation In you, my Christ my Father has given me so much that heaven and earth could give me no more....

The Psalm Psalm 103:4 (CSB) He redeems your life from the Pit; he crowns you with faithful love and compassion. The Prayer Lord For all of my troubling sin wicked perversion grotesque behavior slothfulness anger I should have perish I should be under the wrath of your Son I should have been counted with the worthless I should have because everything about me was at war with you But you have been my God before I was even a thought in my mother's womb you have molded time and space and your Son entered into creation to save a wretched outcast like me You have delivered me from sin and you have removed my transgressions but you have not gone back in time and removed the hurt I have caused and the hurt and pain that I have endured You alone have made it worthwhile the evil I have felt and dealt you have turned it into good because your Son died on the cross to reconcile creation to himself for good....

The Psalm Psalm 103:3 (CSB) He forgives all your iniquity; he heals all your diseases. The Prayer Lord My sins have been massive there is none that have out-sinned me for anger, I took joy in rage for lust, I have consumed all perversion for lying, every word out of my mouth was deceit. But worst of all I pretend to be nice and kind but inside, I was the opposite and thought I had everyone fooled because if people knew the real person the one in my mind and heart they would not like me and they would despise me and have nothing to do with me....

The Psalm Psalm 103:2 (CSB) My soul, bless the LORD, and do not forget all his benefits. The Prayer Lord I cannot believe that you would be so mindful of me. You have seen me in the fallen state and you took pity on me. You know that I could not save myself and I was good as dead. I was once foolish and led astray enslaved by my sin and my desires....

The Psalm Psalm 103:1 (CSB) My soul, bless the LORD, and all that is within me, bless his holy name. The Prayer Lord So what then can I say? So what then can I do? All I can do is simply thank you. So from the bottom of my heart, I thank you for giving me strength. Thank you my Father God. Thank you my Christ Jesus. Thank you my Holy Spirit....

The Psalm Psalm 102 (CSB) A prayer of a suffering person who is weak and pours out his lament before the LORD. 1 LORD, hear my prayer; let my cry for help come before you. 2 Do not hide your face from me in my day of trouble. Listen closely to me; answer me quickly when I call. 3 For my days vanish like smoke, and my bones burn like a furnace....

The Psalm Psalm 101 (CSB) A psalm of David. 1 I will sing of faithful love and justice; I will sing praise to you, LORD. 2 I will pay attention to the way of integrity. When will you come to me? I will live with a heart of integrity in my house. 3 I will not let anything worthless guide me. I hate the practice of transgression; it will not cling to me....

The Psalm Psalm 100 (CSB) A psalm of thanksgiving. 1 Let the whole earth shout triumphantly to the LORD! 2 Serve the LORD with gladness; come before him with joyful songs. 3 Acknowledge that the LORD is God. He made us, and we are his— his people, the sheep of his pasture. 4 Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise....

The Psalm Psalm 99 (CSB) 1 The LORD reigns! Let the peoples tremble. He is enthroned between the cherubim. Let the earth quake. 2 The LORD is great in Zion; he is exalted above all the peoples. 3 Let them praise your great and awe-inspiring name. He is holy. 4 The mighty King loves justice. You have established fairness; you have administered justice and righteousness in Jacob....

The Psalm Psalm 98 (CSB) A psalm. 1 Sing a new song to the LORD, for he has performed wonders; his right hand and holy arm have won him victory. 2 The LORD has made his victory known; he has revealed his righteousness in the sight of the nations. 3 He has remembered his love and faithfulness to the house of Israel; all the ends of the earth have seen our God’s victory....

The Psalm Psalm 97 (CSB) 1 The LORD reigns! Let the earth rejoice; let the many coasts and islands be glad. 2 Clouds and total darkness surround him; righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne. 3 Fire goes before him and burns up his foes on every side. 4 His lightning lights up the world; the earth sees and trembles....

The Psalm Psalm 96 (CSB) 1 Sing a new song to the LORD; let the whole earth sing to the LORD. 2 Sing to the LORD, bless his name; proclaim his salvation from day to day. 3 Declare his glory among the nations, his wondrous works among all peoples. 4 For the LORD is great and is highly praised; he is feared above all gods....

The Psalm Psalm 95 (CSB) 1 Come, let’s shout joyfully to the LORD, shout triumphantly to the rock of our salvation! 2 Let’s enter his presence with thanksgiving; let’s shout triumphantly to him in song. 3 For the LORD is a great God, a great King above all gods. 4 The depths of the earth are in his hand, and the mountain peaks are his....

The Psalm Psalm 94 (CSB) 1 LORD, God of vengeance— God of vengeance, shine! 2 Rise up, Judge of the earth; repay the proud what they deserve. 3 LORD, how long will the wicked— how long will the wicked celebrate? 4 They pour out arrogant words; all the evildoers boast. 5 LORD, they crush your people; they oppress your heritage....

The Psalm Psalm 93 (CSB) 1 The LORD reigns! He is robed in majesty; the LORD is robed, enveloped in strength. The world is firmly established; it cannot be shaken. 2 Your throne has been established from the beginning; you are from eternity. 3 The floods have lifted up, LORD, the floods have lifted up their voice; the floods lift up their pounding waves....

The Psalm Psalm 92 (CSB) A psalm. A song for the Sabbath day. 1 It is good to give thanks to the LORD, to sing praise to your name, Most High, 2 to declare your faithful love in the morning and your faithfulness at night, 3 with a ten-stringed harp and the music of a lyre. 4 For you have made me rejoice, LORD, by what you have done; I will shout for joy because of the works of your hands....

The Psalm Psalm 91 (CSB) 1 The one who lives under the protection of the Most High dwells in the shadow of the Almighty. 2 I will say concerning the LORD, who is my refuge and my fortress, my God in whom I trust: 3 He himself will rescue you from the bird trap, from the destructive plague. 4 He will cover you with his feathers; you will take refuge under his wings....

The Psalm Psalm 90 (CSB) A prayer of Moses, the man of God. 1 Lord, you have been our refuge in every generation. 2 Before the mountains were born, before you gave birth to the earth and the world, from eternity to eternity, you are God. 3 You return mankind to the dust, saying, “Return, descendants of Adam.” 4 For in your sight a thousand years are like yesterday that passes by, like a few hours of the night....

The Psalm Psalm 89 (CSB) A Maskil of Ethan the Ezrahite. 1 I will sing about the LORD’s faithful love forever; I will proclaim your faithfulness to all generations with my mouth. 2 For I will declare, “Faithful love is built up forever; you establish your faithfulness in the heavens.” 3 The LORD said, “I have made a covenant with my chosen one; I have sworn an oath to David my servant:...

The Psalm Psalm 88 (CSB) A song. A psalm of the sons of Korah. For the choir director: according to Mahalath Leannoth. A Maskil of Heman the Ezrahite. 1 LORD, God of my salvation, I cry out before you day and night. 2 May my prayer reach your presence; listen to my cry. 3 For I have had enough troubles, and my life is near Sheol....

The Psalm Psalm 87 (CSB) A psalm of the sons of Korah. A song. 1 The city he founded is on the holy mountains. 2 The LORD loves Zion’s city gates more than all the dwellings of Jacob. 3 Glorious things are said about you, city of God. Selah 4 “I will make a record of those who know me: Rahab, Babylon, Philistia, Tyre, and Cush— each one was born there....

The Psalm Psalm 86 (CSB) A prayer of David. 1 Listen, LORD, and answer me, for I am poor and needy. 2 Protect my life, for I am faithful. You are my God; save your servant who trusts in you. 3 Be gracious to me, Lord, for I call to you all day long. 4 Bring joy to your servant’s life, because I appeal to you, Lord....

The Psalm Psalm 85 (CSB) For the choir director. A psalm of the sons of Korah. 1 LORD, you showed favor to your land; you restored the fortunes of Jacob. 2 You forgave your people’s guilt; you covered all their sin. Selah 3 You withdrew all your fury; you turned from your burning anger. 4 Return to us, God of our salvation, and abandon your displeasure with us....

The Psalm Psalm 84 (CSB) For the choir director: on the Gittith. A psalm of the sons of Korah. 1 How lovely is your dwelling place, LORD of Armies. 2 I long and yearn for the courts of the LORD; my heart and flesh cry out for the living God. 3 Even a sparrow finds a home, and a swallow, a nest for herself where she places her young— near your altars, LORD of Armies, my King and my God....

The Psalm Psalm 83 (CSB) A song. A psalm of Asaph. 1 God, do not keep silent. Do not be deaf, God; do not be quiet. 2 See how your enemies make an uproar; those who hate you have acted arrogantly. 3 They devise clever schemes against your people; they conspire against your treasured ones. 4 They say, “Come, lets wipe them out as a nation so that Israel’s name will no longer be remembered....

The Psalm Psalm 82 (CSB) A psalm of Asaph. 1 God stands in the divine assembly; he pronounces judgment among the gods: 2 “How long will you judge unjustly and show partiality to the wicked? Selah 3 Provide justice for the needy and the fatherless; uphold the rights of the oppressed and the destitute. 4 Rescue the poor and needy; save them from the power of the wicked....

The Psalm Psalm 81 (CSB) 1 Sing for joy to God our strength; shout in triumph to the God of Jacob. 2 Lift up a song—play the tambourine, the melodious lyre, and the harp. 3 Blow the ram’s horn on the day of our feasts during the new moon and during the full moon. 4 For this is a statute for Israel, an ordinance of the God of Jacob....

The Psalm Psalm 80 (CSB) For the choir director: according to “The Lilies.” A testimony of Asaph. A psalm. 1 Listen, Shepherd of Israel, who leads Joseph like a flock; you who sit enthroned between the cherubim, shine 2 on Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasseh. Rally your power and come to save us. 3 Restore us, God; make your face shine on us, so that we may be saved....

The Psalm The Prayer Faith You are the Almighty God who rules and reigns over all the earth who demands perfection and holiness and righteousness in order to dwell with you. But you demand something that is not in us that we cannot make because we are so far from and we have turned from you we have rejected your grace and ignored your mercies because we thought we knew our own way....

The Psalm The Prayer Remembrance Everything you have done in my life and the life of your people Help me to remember you when I am weak and when I would perish you are the champion of the perishable. You have come to save me and when I wander and lost again you will save me yet again. Write your precious Scripture upon my heart so I might not sin against you you are my Rock and my Redeemer forever....

The Psalm The Prayer Confidence Your promises are sure. You cannot reject me you cannot withhold your grace from me you cannot reject me nor forsake me you cannot stop loving me. Because you have promised my acceptance your grace your calling your affections and your love. How do I know? Because I have your Son, Jesus Christ I always belong to my Beloved and He is mine forever. Let me praise your holy name let me worship you with everything in me let me bless your wonderful name....

The Psalm The Prayer Righteous When I joined the rest of the world to make war with you I sit tight under your mighty wraith with every beat of my heart because my heart knew nothing else but wickedness and deceit towards you. What I could never foreknew is that before the mountains were formed and time and space were spoken into existence from everlasting to everlasting you have sat your affections on me and you bended time and circumstances and you broke into our broken world by the way of your Son so that he would live and die for me so that my sins--all of my wicked sins would be buried in that tomb and I would be resurrected not just in life but true life forevermore....

The Psalm The Prayer My Judge I lived my life as the absolute chief of sinners fulfilling my heart's desires for all the lustful and rage-filled wickedness blaspheming your holy name attempting to weaken and mock those who worship you and violently opposing your holy name. But you, my Christ, rule and reign as the absolute chief of grace and gives the most mercy in your steadfast kindness to sinners just like me....

The Psalm The Prayer My Redeemer What terrible tragedies have plagued my life for all of my life? Why must I take the brunt of everyone's sins? They have tortured me they have bruised me they have wounded me they have sought to kill me. But, you, my God have sustain my life thus far I am now on the other side of tragic events I am now on the other side of circumstances I am now on the other side of pain and I have seen clearly where you have been with me and where you are for me....

The Psalm The Prayer My Heart I have spent most of my life chasing after the world wanting what the world is offering and falling for the temptations of Satan every single time. I yearn after my own lusts and my desires because surely this will make me secure surely this will keep me safe surely that this will protect my heart from all harm. But it didn't and my world fell apart and I had nothing and I was nothing....

The Psalm The Prayer King I sit and wait for your command you are my King. I will pray for your love you are my Lord. I will obey in your grace you are my Savior I will run the race in your strength you are my Life. I will fly in your freedom you are my Redeemer. I will worship in your love you are God. Amen.

The Psalm The Prayer Refuge Calm Quiet Peace Holy Righteous Just Fixed Unbroken Redeemed Whole New Loved Saved Kept Adopted Glory You.

The Psalm The Prayer Rescuer How many times do I fall back into the depths of the ocean to drown in my own sin to return back to my vomit to die another death to run away from you? How many times do you love me do you care for me do you keep me do you find me do you rescue me How many stars are there? How many grains of sand?...

The Psalm The Prayer Savior I sit in the darkness once again I have been here before this a quiet and cold place where I can smell the sin waiting for me to sleep. All of the pain all of the loss all of the sin that I have ever experienced has brought me back to this place and it is cold and dark where I can almost make out the evil waiting for me to lay down My sickness my sin my disease my brokenness are now my companions And every time I come back here I would be devoured and eating to the near last bite and you would come and get me and keep my soul....

The Psalm The Prayer Worthy is Your Power I have seen texts empty promises words feelings good intentions exchanges hopes doubts knowledge wisdom charity love that could try to fix me. I was beyond repair nothing on this earth would make me whole would seal my heart would fulfill eternity inside right my mind open my eyes unmute my tongue unplug my ears clear my mind give a beat to my heart give me life....

The Psalm The Prayer Worthy is Your Grace I will never stop writing words sing songs mulling thoughts sleeping in my dreams reading books dwelling in your word filled with your Spirit to try do my best to express the grace that you have drowned me in lavished upon my life that is more than all the riches in the world more than the deepest minds the greatest wisdom all the love all of everything....

The Psalm The Prayer Worthy Are You to Be Praised Who alone who saves the helpless and the weak the far and the lost the powerless and the downtrodden the slave and the oppressed the wicked and the sinful the blind and the deaf the mute and the dumb But who Lord when I was oppose to your will when my every breath commit treason against your holiness when my every thought was dipped in wickedness and sin when my every heartbeat longed to be my own god But who Lord saw me in my wickedness in my deceit in my folly in my stupidness in my ignorance in my sin and had the deepest affection for me....

The Psalm The Prayer Worthy is the Lamb There is none like you the Savior of my soul the Love of my heart the Giver of my salvation the Redeemer of my existence the Absorber of my just wrath the Remover of my sins the Adopter of this child the Mercy of my every morning the Grace upon your grace the Love that steadfastly me so. I love you Lord and I will forever praise your holy name....

The Psalm The Prayer You Are My Goodness The worst has absolutely befallen me I have already tasted death I have already lost everything two times over I have nothing But you appeared and rescued me one million and one times over and you will forever do it again because you have set your love upon me and you will never let me go and you will keep me in your bosom all of my days....

The Psalm The Prayer You Are My God My enemies feebly failed to destroy me They attacked me from all sides They have punctured my heart with all of their fiery arrows surely I was dead my soul was gone. But I belong to you you are my everlasting God who have sent His Son to live and die for me so that I will never perish but have everlasting life....

The Psalm The Prayer You Are My Rest Most of my life I have fought against you blasphemed your holy name was slave to my own lusts continue to hating everybody and including myself. But with all of my life you set your affections upon me loved me with love I have never known gave me grace everywhere and was so merciful and kind towards me despite my anger and rage and sin against you I still cannot believe that you would love me at my very worst in my darkest pain in my deepest shame you saw me knowing I was dead and brought me to life....

The Psalm The Prayer You Are My Strength I will never forget my deepest sins my anguish my torment my chaos my own iniquity And you were so far I thought I knew you and I could not see your face All that appeared to me was darkness and dread and death and disease and wickedness. I did not knew you well enough because your hand was always on my soul your grace always surrounded me your righteousness always clothed me your peace was placed in my heart....

The Psalm The Prayer You Are With Me The battles I have seen The bloodshed upon my hands The hurt I have caused The wounds I have made Was all of my actions. I have been hurt too And that does not make it right I am sorry Lord For the hurt I have caused. Will you save me? Will you give me a tender heart To forgive others And love others And to seek reconcilation and help heal others?...

The Psalm Psalm 59 (CSB) For the choir director: “Do Not Destroy.” A Miktam of David. When Saul sent agents to watch the house and kill him. 1 Rescue me from my enemies, my God; protect me from those who rise up against me. 2 Rescue me from evildoers, and save me from men of bloodshed. 3 Because look, LORD, they set an ambush for me....

The Psalm Psalm 58 (CSB) For the choir director: “Do Not Destroy.” A Miktam of David. 1 Do you really speak righteously, you mighty ones? Do you judge people fairly? 2 No, you practice injustice in your hearts; with your hands you weigh out violence in the land. 3 The wicked go astray from the womb; liars wander about from birth. 4 They have venom like the venom of a snake, like the deaf cobra that stops up its ears,...

The Psalm Psalm 57 (CSB) For the choir director: “Do Not Destroy.” A Miktam of David. When he fled before Saul into the cave. 1 Be gracious to me, God, be gracious to me, for I take refuge in you. I will seek refuge in the shadow of your wings until danger passes. 2 I call to God Most High, to God who fulfills his purpose for me....

The Psalm Psalm 56 (CSB) For the choir director: according to “A Silent Dove Far Away.” A Miktam of David. When the Philistines seized him in Gath. 1 Be gracious to me, God, for a man is trampling me; he fights and oppresses me all day long. 2 My adversaries trample me all day, for many arrogantly fight against me. 3 When I am afraid, I will trust in you....

The Psalm Psalm 55 (CSB) For the choir director: with stringed instruments. A Maskil of David. 1 God, listen to my prayer and do not hide from my plea for help. 2 Pay attention to me and answer me. I am restless and in turmoil with my complaint, 3 because of the enemy’s words, because of the pressure of the wicked. For they bring down disaster on me and harass me in anger....

The Psalm Psalm 54 (CSB) For the choir director: with stringed instruments. A Maskil of David. When the Ziphites went and said to Saul, “Is David not hiding among us?” 1 God, save me by your name, and vindicate me by your might! 2 God, hear my prayer; listen to the words from my mouth. 3 For strangers rise up against me, and violent men intend to kill me....

The Psalm Psalm 53 (CSB) For the choir director: on Mahalath. A Maskil of David. 1 The fool says in his heart, “There’s no God.” They are corrupt, and they do vile deeds. There is no one who does good. 2 God looks down from heaven on the human race to see if there is one who is wise, one who seeks God. 3 All have turned away; all alike have become corrupt....

The Psalm Psalm 52 (CSB) For the choir director. A Maskil of David. When Doeg the Edomite went and reported to Saul, telling him, “David went to Ahimelech’s house.” 1 Why boast about evil, you hero! God’s faithful love is constant. 2 Like a sharpened razor, your tongue devises destruction, working treachery. 3 You love evil instead of good, lying instead of speaking truthfully....

The Psalm Psalm 51 (CSB) For the choir director. A psalm of David, when the prophet Nathan came to him after he had gone to Bathsheba. 1 Be gracious to me, God, according to your faithful love; according to your abundant compassion, blot out my rebellion. 2 Completely wash away my guilt and cleanse me from my sin. 3 For I am conscious of my rebellion, and my sin is always before me....

The Psalm Psalm 50 (CSB) A psalm of Asaph. 1 The Mighty One, God, the LORD, speaks; he summons the earth from the rising of the sun to its setting. 2 From Zion, the perfection of beauty, God appears in radiance. 3 Our God is coming; he will not be silent! Devouring fire precedes him, and a storm rages around him. 4 On high, he summons heaven and earth in order to judge his people:...

The Psalm Psalm 49 (CSB) For the choir director. A psalm of the sons of Korah. 1 Hear this, all you peoples; listen, all who inhabit the world, 2 both low and high, rich and poor together. 3 My mouth speaks wisdom; my heart’s meditation brings understanding. 4 I turn my ear to a proverb; I explain my riddle with a lyre....

The Psalm Psalm 48 (CSB) A song. A psalm of the sons of Korah. 1 The LORD is great and highly praised in the city of our God. His holy mountain, 2 rising splendidly, is the joy of the whole earth. Mount Zion—the summit of Zaphon— is the city of the great King. 3 God is known as a stronghold in its citadels....

The Psalm Psalm 47 (CSB) For the choir director. A psalm of the sons of Korah. 1 Clap your hands, all you peoples; shout to God with a jubilant cry. 2 For the LORD, the Most High, is awe-inspiring, a great King over the whole earth. 3 He subdues peoples under us and nations under our feet. 4 He chooses for us our inheritance— the pride of Jacob, whom he loves....

The Psalm Psalm 46 (CSB) For the choir director. A song of the sons of Korah. According to Alamoth. 1 God is our refuge and strength, a helper who is always found in times of trouble. 2 Therefore we will not be afraid, though the earth trembles and the mountains topple into the depths of the seas, 3 though its water roars and foams and the mountains quake with its turmoil....

The Psalm Psalm 45 (CSB) For the choir director: according to “The Lilies.” A Maskil of the sons of Korah. A love song. 1 My heart is moved by a noble theme as I recite my verses to the king; my tongue is the pen of a skillful writer. 2 You are the most handsome of men; grace flows from your lips. Therefore God has blessed you forever....

The Psalm Psalm 44 (CSB) For the choir director. A Maskil of the sons of Korah. 1 God, we have heard with our ears— our ancestors have told us— the work you accomplished in their days, in days long ago: 2 In order to plant them, you displaced the nations by your hand; in order to settle them, you brought disaster on the peoples....

The Psalm Psalm 43 (CSB) 1 Vindicate me, God, and champion my cause against an unfaithful nation; rescue me from the deceitful and unjust person. 2 For you are the God of my refuge. Why have you rejected me? Why must I go about in sorrow because of the enemy’s oppression? 3 Send your light and your truth; let them lead me. Let them bring me to your holy mountain, to your dwelling place....

The Psalm Psalm 40 (CSB) For the choir director. A psalm of David. 1 I waited patiently for the LORD, and he turned to me and heard my cry for help. 2 He brought me up from a desolate pit, out of the muddy clay, and set my feet on a rock, making my steps secure. 3 He put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise to our God....

The Psalm Psalm 41 (CSB) For the choir director. A psalm of David. 1 Happy is one who is considerate of the poor; the LORD will save him in a day of adversity. 2 The LORD will keep him and preserve him; he will be blessed in the land. You will not give him over to the desire of his enemies. 3 The LORD will sustain him on his sickbed; you will heal him on the bed where he lies....

The Psalm Psalm 42 (CSB) For the choir director. A Maskil of the sons of Korah. 1 As a deer longs for flowing streams, so I long for you, God. 2 I thirst for God, the living God. When can I come and appear before God? 3 My tears have been my food day and night, while all day long people say to me, “Where is your God?...

The Psalm Psalm 37 (CSB) 16 The little that the righteous person has is better than the abundance of many wicked people. 17 For the arms of the wicked will be broken, but the LORD supports the righteous. 18 The LORD watches over the blameless all their days, and their inheritance will last forever. 19 They will not be disgraced in times of adversity; they will be satisfied in days of hunger....

The Psalm Psalm 39 (CSB) For the choir director, for Jeduthun. A psalm of David. 1 I said, “I will guard my ways so that I may not sin with my tongue; I will guard my mouth with a muzzle as long as the wicked are in my presence.” 2 I was speechless and quiet; I kept silent, even from speaking good, and my pain intensified....

The Psalm Psalm 38 (CSB) A psalm of David to bring remembrance. 1 LORD, do not punish me in your anger or discipline me in your wrath. 2 For your arrows have sunk into me, and your hand has pressed down on me. 3 There is no soundness in my body because of your indignation; there is no health in my bones because of my sin....

The Psalm Psalm 37 (CSB) 10 A little while, and the wicked person will be no more; though you look for him, he will not be there. 11 But the humble will inherit the land and will enjoy abundant prosperity. The Prayer My Only Lamb whom was Slained, Holy, holy, holy are you, my Lord. Human history and my life is filled with everybody being mighty when they are weak and conquering over the less fortunate and the weaker persons Truth be told we are all weak and feeble....

The Psalm Psalm 37 (CSB) 12 The wicked person schemes against the righteous and gnashes his teeth at him. 13 The Lord laughs at him because he sees that his day is coming. The Prayer My One Joy I write with my words all the time that these people who have warred against me when they have sought to end my life when they have chipped away at my heart they are not my enemies but they have been captured by the Enemy....

The Psalm Psalm 37 (CSB) 14 The wicked have drawn the sword and strung the bow to bring down the poor and needy and to slaughter those whose way is upright. 15 Their swords will enter their own hearts, and their bows will be broken. The Prayer My One Avenger When I am hurt when people hurt me when they attack me when they do their worse....

The Psalm Psalm 37 (CSB) 5 Commit your way to the LORD; trust in him, and he will act, 6 making your righteousness shine like the dawn, your justice like the noonday. The Prayer My One Commitment I love you Lord and you are my heart's desire for all of my days I want to be by your side and dwell with you and waste my days with you because you are the Lord of my life and the love of my heart....

The Psalm Psalm 37 (CSB) 7 Be silent before the LORD and wait expectantly for him; do not be agitated by one who prospers in his way, by the person who carries out evil plans. The Prayer My One Rock I examine my life filled with despair chaos confusion darkness death. And your love have pierced through it all into my heart and gave me life when I was dead joy when there was sorrow pleasure when all I have ever known is pain weakness when I have tried to be strong humility when I was filled with pride righteousness when the world excused my lusts holiness when I was sin....

The Psalm Psalm 37 (CSB) 8 Refrain from anger and give up your rage; do not be agitated—it can only bring harm. 9 For evildoers will be destroyed, but those who put their hope in the LORD will inherit the land. The Prayer My Only God I repent of a life that exacted vengeance for my wounds revenge for my pain justice for wrongs against me....

The Psalm Psalm 37 (CSB) 1 Do not be agitated by evildoers; do not envy those who do wrong. 2 For they wither quickly like grass and wilt like tender green plants. The Prayer My Only Source What is our lives, O Lord that we would be counted as precious that you would be mindful of us that you would set your affections upon us that you would give your grace to us and you would want to cherish us?...

The Psalm Psalm 37 (CSB) 3 Trust in the LORD and do what is good; dwell in the land and live securely. The Prayer The Only One Worthy of My Trust What is my life, O Lord, that I have spent most of my years trusting in gods that weak and stupid and couldn't save themselves. What is my mind, O Lord, that my very nature is incline not to think of you but of the things of the world as though anything in the material plane could actually give me an ounce of real joy....

The Psalm Psalm 37 (CSB) 4 Take delight in the LORD, and he will give you your heart’s desires. The Prayer The Only Holder of My Heart I have one prayer: give me your heart. for mine is frail and weak and corrupted with sin. it is made of stone and gives me no life it gives wickedness and seeks to only destroy me. If I had your heart, surely I will live surely I will be in your grace surely I will give others your grace I will see others in the a new light that you love them with all of your heart and your desire was to save them Grant me a new heart, O Lord then my desires will not be for this world but for they will be for you alone....

The Psalm Psalm 36 (CSB) 6 Your righteousness is like the highest mountains, your judgments like the deepest sea. LORD, you preserve people and animals. The Prayer My Only Path I search this earth for something that is good and holy none I can find I see semblances but none fulfilling But you lead me to your word your word speaks of you I see that you alone are good holy justified merciful gracious loving righteous we are so far from you I see my own heart I am an infinite distance from your presence....

The Psalm Psalm 36 (CSB) 10 Spread your faithful love over those who know you, and your righteousness over the upright in heart. 11 Do not let the foot of the arrogant come near me or the hand of the wicked drive me away. 12 There! The evildoers have fallen. They have been thrown down and cannot rise. The Prayer My Only Unforgettable Love Keep your love upon me do not let me go do not turn your back on me do not forget me do not forsake me If I am arrogant then discipline me If I am wicked then wash me clean If I am evil then make me holy....

The Psalm Psalm 36 (CSB) 7 How priceless your faithful love is, God! People take refuge in the shadow of your wings. 8 They are filled from the abundance of your house. You let them drink from your refreshing stream. 9 For the wellspring of life is with you. By means of your light we see light. The Prayer My Only Steadfast Love I love you, Lord but only for a little while....

The Psalm Psalm 35:7-28 (CSB) 7 They hid their net for me without cause; they dug a pit for me without cause. 8 Let ruin come on him unexpectedly, and let the net that he hid ensnare him; let him fall into it—to his ruin. 9 Then I will rejoice in the LORD; I will delight in his deliverance. 10 All my bones will say, “LORD, who is like you, rescuing the poor from one too strong for him, the poor or the needy from one who robs him?...

The Psalm Psalm 36 (CSB) 1 An oracle within my heart concerning the transgression of the wicked person: Dread of God has no effect on him. 2 For with his flattering opinion of himself, he does not discover and hate his iniquity. 3 The words from his mouth are malicious and deceptive; he has stopped acting wisely and doing good. 4 Even on his bed he makes malicious plans....

The Psalm Psalm 36 (CSB) 5 LORD, your faithful love reaches to heaven, your faithfulness to the clouds. The Prayer My Only Righteousness I search this earth for something that is good and holy none I can find I see semblances but none fulfilling. But you led me to your word and your word speaks of you. I see that you alone are good holy justified merciful gracious loving and righteous....

The Psalm The Prayer The Sovereign Power over my life My God, if I was raped tortured bruised afflicted pressed crushed beaten sicken destroyed attacked for all of my days If I faced unspeakable evil acts against me I will call upon you to give me your Son to give me your Spirit to raise my lowly head to open my eyes to see your lovely face once more to take me home My life before you was everything evil was none of it good it was torturous crushing back-breaking afflicting because of the sheer weight of all of my sins....

The Psalm Psalm 35:1–3 (CSB) 1 Oppose my opponents, LORD; fight those who fight me. 2 Take your shields—large and small— and come to my aid. 3 Draw the spear and javelin against my pursuers, and assure me, “I am your deliverance.” The Prayer My Only Shield of Salvation I remembered being attacked all of my days and having no will to fight succumbing to the attacks of Satan easily like a sheep like a prisoner of war tortured for entertainment to despise your holy name....

The Psalm Psalm 35:4–6 (CSB) 4 Let those who intend to take my life be disgraced and humiliated; let those who plan to harm me be turned back and ashamed. 5 Let them be like chaff in the wind, with the angel of the LORD driving them away. 6 Let their way be dark and slippery, with the angel of the LORD pursuing them. The Prayer My Conquering God You descended to the cross with great joy....

The Psalm Psalm 34 (CSB) 10 Young lions lack food and go hungry, but those who seek the LORD will not lack any good thing. The Prayer Infinite holder of my infinite space I have sought all of my life to prey on the weak to consume to my stomach's content to try to fill my heart with everything my sin's desires the world and it's pleasures the sweetest temptations of the devil My God, you knew me and loved me you sought me and rescued me when I was in the mud at the bottom of the ocean and was dead in my trespasses....

The Psalm Psalm 34 (CSB) 11 Come, children, listen to me; I will teach you the fear of the LORD. 12 Who is someone who desires life, loving a long life to enjoy what is good? 13 Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from deceitful speech. 14 Turn away from evil and do what is good; seek peace and pursue it....

The Psalm Psalm 34 (CSB) The Prayer My Life and Heart Why would you spare me? I have seen the evil that men have done I have seen their sins stacked up miles above oceans deep filling the earth with treachery and debauchery My sins filled more overfill all oceans and canyons I have done more evil in your sight than all of humanity I am the supreme chief of sinners But yet you saw me not the good that I could ever do but the wickedness that was in me and you pitied me because I was a fool and you sought me because I was lost and you loved me because I was completely unlovable When I saw your glory from the deepest, darkest parts of my heart I cried out in agony and pain, "HAVE MERCY ON ME, A SINNER!...

The Psalm Psalm 34 (CSB) 7 The angel of the LORD encamps around those who fear him, and rescues them. The Prayer My Awe and Wonder We know that sins crouched for us. We know that the devil sets his snares for our souls. We know that the world beckons our hearts towards death. But you alone are worthy to be praised You alone are holy and holy and holy You alone are righteous for there is none like you I will worship you I will give you praise I will sing of your wondrous works I will marvel at your law I will dance in your heart I will repent of all my sin I will trust in your Son Because you have loved me Because your Son lived and died for me Because your Spirit bears witness with my spirit that I am a son of God....

The Psalm Psalm 34 (CSB) 8 Taste and see that the LORD is good. How happy is the person who takes refuge in him! The Prayer All of my desires and affections What did your Son say? Eat of my flesh Drink of my blood For God alone is good. There is no other manna but your Son. There is no Bread of life other than your Son....

The Psalm Psalm 34 (CSB) 9 You who are his holy ones, fear the LORD, for those who fear him lack nothing. The Prayer The Absolute Longings of my Heart My God I have suffered so much due to all the sin I’ve committed all the righteous acts that I have failed to do and all the wickedness done to me. I was destined to die I was limited to this world and it’s smallish pleasures that fulfill nothing in my eternal heart....

The Psalm Psalm 34 (CSB) 4 I sought the LORD, and he answered me and rescued me from all my fears. The Prayer Essence of Faith For all of my life I have pretended to be in fear of nothing And certainly not you But I was crippled by fears of rejection betrayal abandonment and not being loved I did whatever I could to harden my heart so I wouldn’t have to feel....

The Psalm Psalm 34 (CSB) 5 Those who look to him are radiant with joy; their faces will never be ashamed. The Prayer Fairest of ten-thousands My God. Keep me close to you. Let me see your face. Just this once. So I can behold your beauty. If I die then so be it. Because I rather see you and die then to never see your face and never fully live....

The Psalm Psalm 34 (CSB) 6 This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him and saved him from all his troubles. The Prayer My everything I lack. I am weak. I have nothing. I am poor. I am dead. Whatever I have is from you. This roof upon my head. Clothes on my back. My warm bed. My beautiful wife. My wonderful children. My running cars. My vocation....

The Psalm Psalm 33 (CSB) 20 We wait for the LORD; he is our help and shield. 21 For our hearts rejoice in him because we trust in his holy name. 22 May your faithful love rest on us, LORD, for we put our hope in you. The Prayer My Holy Shield Is there some sort of target on me? Why has the enemy been so focused on my life?...

The Psalm Psalm 34:1–2 (CSB) 1 I will bless the LORD at all times; his praise will always be on my lips. 2 I will boast in the LORD; the humble will hear and be glad. The Prayer Blessed is He With my lips I will speak blessings to my God With my hands I will bless others for my Christ With my feet I will bring peace for my Savior With my mind I will think upon my Redeemer With my strength I will depend upon the Almighty....

The Psalm Psalm 34:3 (CSB) 3 Proclaim the LORD’s greatness with me; let us exalt his name together. The Prayer Deliverer from Death People of God, inhabitants of the world dwellers in the city Turn your eyes upon God look at his amazing love His grace is for you! You do not have to die in your sin He will rescue you! He will pull you from hell You say, "I have no sin" then you are condemned already but those in Christ there is no condemnation You say, "There is no hell" but to those who do not trust and obey the Son the wrath of God remains upon you!...

The Psalm Psalm 33:12 (CSB) Happy is the nation whose God is the LORD— the people he has chosen to be his own possession! The Prayer Reigning King We read in your word where you have called a tiny nation unto you to carry out your promises to established your covenants. Perhaps for a moment this nation would worship you praise you and love you. But not even a generation would pass before they worship other gods distrust you and fall far away from you....

The Psalm Psalm 33 (CSB) 13 The LORD looks down from heaven; he observes everyone. 14 He gazes on all the inhabitants of the earth from his dwelling place. 15 He forms the hearts of them all; he considers all their works. The Prayer My God I know that all of mankind will wonder into ungodliness will stray into wickedness and by their own sin, fall away in ignorance....

The Psalm Psalm 33:16–19 (CSB) 16 A king is not saved by a large army; a warrior will not be rescued by great strength. 17 The horse is a false hope for safety; it provides no escape by its great power. 18 But look, the LORD keeps his eye on those who fear him— those who depend on his faithful love 19 to rescue them from death and to keep them alive in famine....

The Psalm Psalm 33:10 (CSB) The LORD frustrates the counsel of the nations; he thwarts the plans of the peoples. The Prayer Sovereign We have made the grandest plans devised the biggest schemes and planned our legacy that we are so certain that lives on. But you are alone rule and reign over all of creation sets up and takes down kings determines the times and boundaries of our dwelling Because you are not merely in the present but also currently in the past because you are from everlasting to everlasting and you are currently in the future because you are the God who is there....

The Psalm Psalm 33:11 (CSB) The counsel of the LORD stands forever, the plans of his heart from generation to generation. The Prayer Preacher of the Lost Souls What does your word say? Your word goes out and does it sets to accomplishes and never returns void? You have made promises to Adam to Noah to Abraham to David and to all the prophets That you will send the One who would crush the head of the serpent that is Jesus Christ the Savior of his people the Redeemer of our sins the Messiah of the nations the Conquerer of Satan the Vanquisher of demons the Wrath-filler of hell the Glory of the cosmos And this is perfectly true and now you have captured our hearts....

The Psalm Psalm 33:9 (CSB) For he spoke, and it came into being; he commanded, and it came into existence. The Prayer Lover of my soul You are the only being when you speak things actually happen When you promise they are unbreakable When you declare it is so When you proclaim it comes to pass. All of your promises are yes and amen. So when I hear your voice, when you beckon me from the depths of hades when you spoke a new identity in me when you called my name I answered....

The Psalm Psalm 33:6 (CSB) The heavens were made by the word of the LORD, and all the stars, by the breath of his mouth. The Prayer Creator and Redeemer You are majestic and altogether mighty. You alone brought something out of nothing. You alone can do that. When you created me, you did so from what was created. Out of dirt. But you also created me out of your heart because of your love for me....

The Psalm Psalm 33:7 (CSB) He gathers the water of the sea into a heap; he puts the depths into storehouses. The Prayer God of the Cosmic The galaxies fall right into the palm of your hand, the universe are in your grasp the stars are named by you Jupiter is but a little toy to you the sun is pinched between your finger and thumb We have been here for the length of the creation and yet we do not know the depths of the oceans we are powerless to gather up a ocean wave But you, my Lord, gathered all the material plane at your mere fingertips....

The Psalm Psalm 33:8 (CSB) Let the whole earth fear the LORD; let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him. The Prayer My Fear and my Joy I sit and make no excuses for my sin blinds me my wickedness keeps me deaf my trespasses rob my smarts my treason born death in me. I could not see your glory I was blind and cannot see and not thing in me could process your beauty....

The Psalm Psalm 33:2–3 (CSB) Praise the LORD with the lyre; make music to him with a ten-stringed harp. Sing a new song to him; play skillfully on the strings, with a joyful shout. The Prayer Only One Worthy of all my praises Who was the only one who created the heavens from a thought who created the earth from a whisper? Who was the only one from deep love and passionate affections for a desire to create a perfect relationship with a creation out of a perfect community?...

The Psalm Psalm 33:4 (CSB) For the word of the LORD is right, and all his work is trustworthy. The Prayer The Absolute of All His Promises, I remember when you fulfilled your word in the gospel to Adam and Eve in the promise to Noah and his family in the covenant to Abraham in your example with Saul in your steadfastness to David in your wisdom with Soloman in your keep with Isaiah in your tower with Jeremiah in your instructions with Hosea in your mystery with Daniel in your glory with Ezekiel in your ending with Malachi That you alone would send a Savior bring a Messiah to crush the enemy to keep your justice sure out of a family upon the throne to rescue His beloved to save His people from their sins to adopted into your family to be redeemed of their past to be resurrected to glory to never perish to never see corruption to never see hell to the fullness of life to the presence of unending joy to pleasures forevermore That is Jesus Christ the fulfiller of the law the keeper of the promises the worthy lamb that was slain the absorber of wrath the burden of my sin the bearer of my sorrows the welcomer of my trespasses the seed of Abraham the righteousness of me the lover of my soul the love of my heart I am my Beloved and he is mine forever....

The Psalm Psalm 33:5 (CSB) He loves righteousness and justice; the earth is full of the LORD’s unfailing love. The Prayer My Eternal Righteousness I have spent a lifetime ignoring this precious truth that you loved the world so much that you sent your only begotten Son to live and die for his people to rise again to champion over death hell Satan demons sin. For those who want to live with you forever we would only need to believe in you trust in you obey your word and take you at your word....

The Psalm The Prayer Man of sorrows I have spent much of my life not turning to you not loving you and not trusting in you. And my sorrows and grief fill my heart. I am sorrowful because of my own sins and wickedness before you I grieve because I wish I have only known you all of my life You have been my God before since I was in my mother's womb since I nursed at her breasts since I knew how to walk And you pursued me when sin encroached and preyed on my flesh You loved me when I was being devoured and consumed And you rescued me I see you and I hear you and I know you love me because there is no other who could care for me love me so tenderly and perfectly save me I love you Lord and I will worship you my Redeemer....

The Psalm Psalm 32:11 (CSB) Be glad in the LORD and rejoice, you righteous ones; shout for joy, all you upright in heart. The Prayer My Joy and Righteousness When I was a beast before you a worm beneath the dirt a blasphemer of your holy name an accuser of your beloved people a violent opponent of your dwelling a blind fool of your glory a ignorant recipient of your tender mercies a stonewall to your amazing grace a rejecter of your great love a dead man in my own sins You thought of me you stirred your affections for me you loved me you chose me you called me you saved me you gave me faith you washed away my sins you regenerated my heart you filled me with your Spirit you changed my mind you opened my eyes you cleared my ears you unmuted my tongue you adopted me you called me your own you lavished you affections upon me you justified me you discipline me you sanctify me you conform me to look like your Son you wash me in the water of your word you pour out mercies on me you give me grace upon grace you forever love me you glorified me Only then and now my heart is filled with joy my soul stands upright in your presence my being dwells with you my mind captures thoughts towards you my strength chokes out my sin do I love you Be my love....

The Psalm Psalm 33:1 (CSB) Rejoice in the LORD, you righteous ones; praise from the upright is beautiful. The Prayer The Lyrics of the Sweetest Songs With my voice with every breath I will shout out I will cry out I will sing your holy name I will dance with joy Because you alone are good worthy beautiful lovely wonderful peace joy exalted and raised far above all of my gods I will worship you forever I will worship there is none like you

The Psalm Psalm 32:6 (CSB) Therefore let everyone who is faithful pray to you immediately. When great floodwaters come, they will not reach him. The Prayer God of my little belief Oh how many times, O Lord, have I whispered nothings gave half-hearted thanks prayed and did not believe spoke and did not think it was real. When I was an ungodly husband and my weak non-prayers were unanswered When I was a sinful subject and any other king would ignore me or worse yet have me executed for high treason?...

The Psalm Psalm 32:7 (CSB) You are my hiding place; you protect me from trouble. You surround me with joyful shouts of deliverance. Selah The Prayer To the Rock of Ages The world and the Prince of the Air and his demons have left me to rot to die to drown in the middle of the ocean to be consumed by the waves to let my soul fall into hell....

The Psalm The Prayer Spirit of Christ Without you, I am completely ignorant of you. There are not enough classes in the world to sit and learn about you. There are not enough books to sit and read to know you. All the data in the world multiplied one billion fold couldn't even contain what the Son has done what the Father has thought let alone how You move. All knowledge, wisdom, and understanding philosophies, logic, reason science, medicine, and technology comes from you and is all your own....

The Psalm Psalm 32:3 (CSB) When I kept silent, my bones became brittle from my groaning all day long. The Prayer My God While I tried to ignore and even excuse the pain caused me. My body never forgets. While I will make excuses and blameshift my sins against others My soul remembers. Your forgiveness does not erase my wrongdoings. But your Son's blood covers my trespasses. Help me to cry out to you, for you are my Lord and my God you are my Savior and Messiah you are my Friend and my Brother you are the only one who cared for me....

The Psalm Psalm 32:4 (CSB) For day and night your hand was heavy on me; my strength was drained as in the summer’s heat. Selah The Prayer My Judge and Mercy Alone Every sin against me does not counter any of my sins. Their sins are their sins. My sins are my sins. And you will judge accordingly. But I know of your perfection, your beauty your majesty your holiness and your righteousness....

The Psalm Psalm 32:5 (CSB) Then I acknowledged my sin to you and did not conceal my iniquity. I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the LORD,” and you forgave the guilt of my sin. Selah The Prayer The Cover of my Iniquity How long, O Lord, when I have not confess to you when I have spoken of my evil when I thought, "The Lord forgives" and I no longer will be burdened with you....

The Psalm Psalm 32:3 (CSB) When I kept silent, my bones became brittle from my groaning all day long. The Prayer My Only Comfort in Life I will never forget the darkness enveloping me my emotions drained out of me I no longer desired life my brain was shut down I was dead and I wanted to die. The deepest despair and the darkest night and the most chaotic state and the madness that ensues and I am dying and I am being crushed I am without hope I have nothing I didn't have the strength nor the wherewithal to even form a thought to reach out and ask for help....

The Psalm Psalm 32:2 (CSB) How joyful is a person whom the LORD does not charge with iniquity and in whose spirit is no deceit! The Prayer My Only Redeemer I am filled with iniquity, Lord, look at my sins? How can you not count my wickedness against me? Are you a god that turns his head and ignores evil? Or do you call something a sin not a sin and allow it to run rampant and destroy everything that you alone have created and that you have loved?...

The Psalm Psalm 32:1 (CSB) How joyful is the one whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered! The Prayer My Only Good How many times have I have sin against you done wickedness in your sight submitted myself to perversion blasphemed your holy name persecuted those who love you and violently opposed your righteousness? All of my sins, I cannot count that high. They would outnumber the stars in the sky, and the sands upon the shore....

The Psalm Psalm 31:23–24 (CSB) 23 Love the LORD, all his faithful ones. The LORD protects the loyal, but fully repays the arrogant. 24 Be strong, and let your heart be courageous, all you who put your hope in the LORD. The Prayer The Strength of My Heart My Lord, if it be your will and under your grace alone, allow me your humble servant and your little child to preach your good news to the whole world....

The Psalm Psalm 31:21–22 (CSB) 21 Blessed be the LORD, for he has wondrously shown his faithful love to me in a city under siege. 22 In my alarm I said, “I am cut off from your sight.” But you heard the sound of my pleading when I cried to you for help. The Prayer My Steadfast Lover Who is like you, my Lord, clothed in majesty and who alone is good....

The Psalm Psalm 31:19–20 (CSB) 19 How great is your goodness, which you have stored up for those who fear you. In the presence of everyone you have acted for those who take refuge in you. 20 You hide them in the protection of your presence; you conceal them in a shelter from human schemes, from quarrelsome tongues. The Prayer The All Good My Lord, my life bears witness that you alone protect me shield me provide for me and place your loving arms wrapped around me....

The Psalm Psalm 31:14–18 (CSB) 14 But I trust in you, LORD; I say, “You are my God.” 15 The course of my life is in your power; rescue me from the power of my enemies and from my persecutors. 16 Make your face shine on your servant; save me by your faithful love. 17 LORD, do not let me be disgraced when I call on you....

The Psalm Psalm 31:11–13 (CSB) 11 I am ridiculed by all my adversaries and even by my neighbors. I am dreaded by my acquaintances; those who see me in the street run from me. 12 I am forgotten: gone from memory like a dead person—like broken pottery. 13 I have heard the gossip of many; terror is on every side. When they conspired against me, they plotted to take my life....

The Psalm Psalm 31:9–10 (CSB) 9 Be gracious to me, LORD, because I am in distress; my eyes are worn out from frustration— my whole being as well. 10 Indeed, my life is consumed with grief and my years with groaning; my strength has failed because of my iniquity, and my bones waste away. The Prayer Keeper of my heart I have spent all of my days wandering from your presence searching for new idols finding new ways to sin against you And my life aches and groans in pain, not only of the sin against me but mostly because of my own sin....

The Psalm Psalm 31:6–8 (CSB) 6 I hate those who are devoted to worthless idols, but I trust in the LORD. 7 I will rejoice and be glad in your faithful love because you have seen my affliction. You know the troubles of my soul 8 and have not handed me over to the enemy. You have set my feet in a spacious place. The Prayer Lover of my soul I cry and grieve for those who do not know you....

The Psalm Psalm 31:3–5 (CSB) 3 For you are my rock and my fortress; you lead and guide me for your name’s sake. 4 You will free me from the net that is secretly set for me, for you are my refuge. 5 Into your hand I entrust my spirit; you have redeemed me, LORD, God of truth. The Prayer My Only Incomparable Who is like you, God?...

The Psalm Psalm 31:1–2 (CSB) 1 LORD, I seek refuge in you; let me never be disgraced. Save me by your righteousness. 2 Listen closely to me; rescue me quickly. Be a rock of refuge for me, a mountain fortress to save me. The Prayer My Only Savior Who is like you, God? and who compares to you? You alone are worthy of honor of praise of worship for all of my days....

The Psalm Psalm 30:11–12 (CSB) You turned my lament into dancing; you removed my sackcloth and clothed me with gladness, so that I can sing to you and not be silent. LORD my God, I will praise you forever. The Prayer Precious Redeemer I am going to worship you, all of my days for all of my life for all that I have. I can declare this in boldness nothing of my own strength and I have no righteousness to speak of....

The Psalm Psalm 30:8–10 (CSB) LORD, I called to you; I sought favor from my Lord: “What gain is there in my death, if I go down to the Pit? Will the dust praise you? Will it proclaim your truth? LORD, listen and be gracious to me; LORD, be my helper.” The Prayer My God My days here are just for a moment, and you have number them all....

The Psalm Psalm 30:6–7 (CSB) When I was secure, I said, “I will never be shaken.” LORD, when you showed your favor, you made me stand like a strong mountain; when you hid your face, I was terrified. The Prayer My God and Lord, What blessings have you bestowed upon me, my unshakable foundation, my Solid Rock, my cornerstone, the one absolute love that will never be shaken....

The Psalm Psalm 30:4–5 (CSB) Sing to the LORD, you his faithful ones, and praise his holy name. For his anger lasts only a moment, but his favor, a lifetime. Weeping may stay overnight, but there is joy in the morning. The Prayer My God, I sit in awe of your wonderous works but more of your love for me your mercy upon me and your grace towards me....

The Psalm Psalm 30:1–3 (CSB) I will exalt you, LORD, because you have lifted me up and have not allowed my enemies to triumph over me. LORD my God, I cried to you for help, and you healed me. LORD, you brought me up from Sheol; you spared me from among those going down to the Pit. The Prayer O LORD my God, I sing praises to your name, for you are worthy and worthy to be praised....

The Psalm Psalm 29 (CSB) A psalm of David. 1 Ascribe to the LORD, you heavenly beings, ascribe to the LORD glory and strength. 2 Ascribe to the LORD the glory due his name; worship the LORD in the splendor of his holiness. 3 The voice of the LORD is above the waters. The God of glory thunders— the LORD, above the vast water,...

The Psalm Psalm 28 (CSB) Of David. 1 LORD, I call to you; my rock, do not be deaf to me. If you remain silent to me, I will be like those going down to the Pit. 2 Listen to the sound of my pleading when I cry to you for help, when I lift up my hands toward your holy sanctuary. 3 Do not drag me away with the wicked, with the evildoers, who speak in friendly ways with their neighbors while malice is in their hearts....

The Psalm Psalm 27 (CSB) 13 I am certain that I will see the LORD’s goodness in the land of the living. 14 Wait for the LORD; be strong, and let your heart be courageous. Wait for the LORD. The Prayer My Lord I will worship you with all of my days. You are my King and my God. and there is none like you....

The Psalm Psalm 27 (CSB) 11 Because of my adversaries, show me your way, LORD, and lead me on a level path. 12 Do not give me over to the will of my foes, for false witnesses rise up against me, breathing violence. The Prayer O Lord My enemies have been numerous, and they attack me relentless. They do not rest when I am sleeping, they even attack me in my dreams....

The Psalm Psalm 27 (CSB) 7 LORD, hear my voice when I call; be gracious to me and answer me. 8 My heart says this about you: “Seek his face.” LORD, I will seek your face. 9 Do not hide your face from me; do not turn your servant away in anger. You have been my helper; do not leave me or abandon me, God of my salvation....

The Psalm Psalm 27 (CSB) 4 I have asked one thing from the LORD; it is what I desire: to dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, gazing on the beauty of the LORD and seeking him in his temple. 5 For he will conceal me in his shelter in the day of adversity; he will hide me under the cover of his tent; he will set me high on a rock....

The Psalm Psalm 27 (CSB) 1 The LORD is my light and my salvation— whom should I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life— whom should I dread? 2 When evildoers came against me to devour my flesh, my foes and my enemies stumbled and fell. 3 Though an army deploys against me, my heart will not be afraid; though a war breaks out against me, I will still be confident....

The Psalm Psalm 26 (CSB) Of David. 1 Vindicate me, LORD, because I have lived with integrity and have trusted in the LORD without wavering. 2 Test me, LORD, and try me; examine my heart and mind. 3 For your faithful love guides me, and I live by your truth. 4 I do not sit with the worthless or associate with hypocrites....

The Psalm Psalm 25 (CSB) Of David. 1 LORD, I appeal to you. 2 My God, I trust in you. Do not let me be disgraced; do not let my enemies gloat over me. 3 No one who waits for you will be disgraced; those who act treacherously without cause will be disgraced. 4 Make your ways known to me, LORD; teach me your paths....

The Psalm Psalm 24 (CSB) A psalm of David. 1 The earth and everything in it, the world and its inhabitants, belong to the LORD; 2 for he laid its foundation on the seas and established it on the rivers. 3 Who may ascend the mountain of the LORD? Who may stand in his holy place? 4 The one who has clean hands and a pure heart, who has not appealed to what is false, and who has not sworn deceitfully....

The Audio Listen to Doctrine: 1 Chronicles 29:10-18 Pray Like This: Yours is The Kingdom, O Lord Download audio Pray Then Like This Matthew 6:13b (KJV) For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen. Yours is The Kingdom, O Lord 1 Chronicles 29:10-18 (ESV) Therefore David blessed the Lord in the presence of all the assembly. And David said: Blessed are you, O Lord, the God of Israel our father, forever and ever....

The Psalm Psalm 23:6e (CSB) I will dwell in the house of the LORD as long as I live. The Prayer My Dearest God You were mindful of me, before the foundations of the world were formed by you. You did not merely saw, but you knew me intimately from the inside out. You knew that my heart was desperately sick filled with sin and far from you. Yet, I was formed by your loving hands inside my mother's womb....

The Audio Listen to Doctrine: James 1:13-15 Pray Like This: Deliver Us From Evil Download audio Pray Then Like This Matthew 6:11-13 (CSB) Give us today our daily bread. 12 And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. 13 And do not bring us into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. If we are going to pray like the Son of God because we are sons of God, we have to listen and obey what he says....

The Psalm Psalm 23:6d (CSB) all the days of my life The Prayer My Lord and God, Your Son has shed his blood for me, so that I now believe. Your Son has given up his life, so that I might live forever. You have taken my sin-filled heart, and my wonton desires, and replaced them with your own heart, and my desire is only for you. Because you have done it all, to save me to yourself, I am yours....

The Audio Listen to Doctrine: Luke 23:32-34 Pray Like This: Forgive Us--Help Us to Forgive Download audio Pray Then Like This Matthew 6:12 and forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. Matthew 6:14-15 (CSB) “For if you forgive others their offenses, your heavenly Father will forgive you as well. But if you don’t forgive others, your Father will not forgive your offenses....

The Psalm Psalm 23:6c (CSB) will pursue me The Prayer My Blessed Redeemer, Your Word stands true. For you have declared that, your law is perfect and it revives my soul. Your testimony is *sure*, turning my foolishness into wisdom. Moreover, your precepts are always right, my heart rejoices. Your commandments are pure, now my eyes can now see. To fear you is my righteousness, I will be with you forever....

The Audio Listen to Doctrine: John 6:22-71 Pray Like This: Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread Download audio Pray Then Like This Matthew 6:11 (CSB) Give us today our daily bread. Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread God knows what we need before we ask. He is our good Father in heaven. He provides for the birds in the air and the flowers in the field....

The Psalm Psalm 23:6b (CSB) faithful love The Prayer O Lord, Tender mercies, you have given me every single day that I life. I was so far from you from your will and your flock and your heart. But I was never more than a mere breath away from your mercies for me. Even in my wickedness, your kindness towards me was your continuous call for me to come home to you....

The Psalm Psalm 23:6a (CSB) Only goodness The Prayer Great God, I am reminded what Christ declared: You alone are good. You are the source of all good but my heart flees and wanders from you But in your Word, you declared me holy because you are holy. you declared me righteous because Christ is righteous you declared me justified because you alone justified. Then because of who You are, I am awashed in your grace upon grace wake up to new mercies every morning abounded in your steadfast love....

The Audio Listen to Doctrine: Psalms 73:21-28 Pray Like This: On Earth As It Is In Heaven Download audio Pray Then Like This Matthew 6:10 (CSB) Your kingdom come. Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. On Earth As Is It In Heaven Psalms 73:21-28 (ESV) When my soul was embittered, when I was pricked in heart, I was brutish and ignorant;...

The Psalm Psalm 23:5c (CSB) my cup overflows The Prayer My Lord I am reminded of all of your sweet blessings. You are my inheritance. You are my portion. You are my lot. Because you are my Christ, the Son of God, in whom is my All-of-all. My God, you have called me into your family and I share my inheritance. But just as you drank from the cup, I gladly and with great joy drink from the cup....

The Audio Listen to Doctrine: Ephesians 1:11-14 Pray Like This, Your Will Be Done Download audio Pray Then Like This Matthew 6:10 (CSB) Your kingdom come. Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Your Will Be Done Ephesians 1:11-14 In him we have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to the purpose of him who works all things according to the counsel of his will, so that we who were the first to hope in Christ might be to the praise of his glory....

The Psalm Psalm 23:5b (CSB) you anoint my head with oil The Prayer My God Because of everything your Son has done for me, I now walk in the power of Your Spirit. He leads me. He guides me. He teaches me. He reminds me of what You have said. He reminds me of my righteousness. He reminds me that I am your son. More so than that, He is the seal upon my heart and the promise of your strength....

The Audio Listen to Doctrine: Matthew 16:15-19 Pray Like This, Your Kingdom Come Download audio Pray Then Like This Matthew 6:10 (CSB) Your kingdom come. Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Your Kingdom Come Matthew 16:13-16 (CSB) When Jesus came to the region of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?...

The Psalm Psalm 23:5a (CSB) You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies The Prayer My God, I have been crushed and discarded a hundred times. But, I have warred against you thousand more. Yet, you sent your Son to live and die for me. And now I live for you. I will never understand why you saved me, but I only know that because I have sin much You have forgiven much....

The Audio Listen to Doctrine: Isaiah 6:1-7 Pray Like This, Hallowed Be Your Name Download audio Pray Then Like This Matthew 6:9 (CSB) “Therefore, you should pray like this: Our Father in heaven, your name be honored as holy. Hallowed Be Your Name God is holy Isaiah 6:1-4 (CSB) In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord seated on a high and lofty throne, and the hem of his robe filled the temple....

The Psalm Psalm 23:4d (CSB) your rod and your staff—they comfort me. The Prayer My God, It is the might and strength of your protection on my life and heart that gives me peace. That no other thing in all of creation can ever separate me from you in the name of your Son, Christ Jesus my Lord. Nothing ever compares to you. You alone are powerful and worthy....

The Audio Listen to Doctrine: Romans 8:14-17 Pray Like This, Our Father in Heaven Download audio Pray Then Like This Matthew 6:9 (CSB) “Therefore, you should pray like this: Our Father in heaven, your name be honored as holy. Our Father In Heaven Thus far in the Lord’s instruction, Jesus Christ has helped and encourage us to pray like him. Let me sum up Christ’s teaching on prayer:...

The Psalm Psalm 23:4c (CSB) for you are with me The Prayer My Lord and my God, Even when I was dead, you called my name. Even when I was lost, you found me. Even when I was blind, you touched my eyes and opened them to see. Even when I was deaf, you opened them to hear. Even when I was hard-hearted, you took my heart of stone and gave me your tender heart....

The Audio Listen to Doctrine: Ezekiel 11:19-20 Pray Like This, Do What He Does Download audio Pray Then Like This Luke 11:1-4 (CSB) He was praying in a certain place, and when he finished, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray, just as John also taught his disciples.” He said to them, “Whenever you pray, say, Father, your name be honored as holy....

The Audio Listen to Doctrine: Matthew 6:5-13 Pray Like This, An Introduction Download audio Pray Then Like This Matthew 6:5-15 (CSB) “Whenever you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites, because they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by people. Truly I tell you, they have their reward. But when you pray, go into your private room, shut your door, and pray to your Father who is in secret....

The Psalm Psalm 23:4a (CSB) Even when I go through the darkest valley The Prayer My Great God, How many times have you rescued me from not only eternal death but certain death and doom? How many times have I sinned that did and did not lead to my death? The answer is countless. The truth is infinite. But yet, you are my great God and Savior! I have fallen into the abyssmal pit too many times to count....

The Psalm Psalms 23:4b (CSB) I fear no danger The Prayer My Only Lord Death, sin, hell, and Satan I still fear them I still alarmed at their presence I am still scared Yet, I am reminded that you came into our world not full of power but filled with vulnerability at the risk of your life and the lives of your parents you could not protect yourself but your family were at the mercies of your Father's great sovereignty....

The Psalm Psalm 23:3b (CSB) he leads me along the right paths for his name’s sake. The Prayer My Precious God, I am often reminded of my sinful ways of the past. As the vines grew up from my heart and slowly and surely tightened around my neck as I continuously die without thought But you, my God, broke the spell of the sin over my life....

The Psalm Psalm 23:3 (CSB) He renews my life The Prayer My Lord, I perish without you. I cannot live without you. Apart from you, the hole in my inner being remained infinitely empty. Without you, I strived and pushed and pulled and made idols and did whatever I need to do in order to fill my soul. But all of it comes up empty. But you, O Lord, not only fills my heart to the brim but gives my soul b and new life....

The Psalm Psalm 23:2b (CSB) he leads me beside quiet waters. The Prayer My Lord You are the fountain of true life. I am dead without you. It is not that I can find this water on my own. For I am lost and, my soul is dried-up and dead. I have no wisdom, strength, or spirit to find you. But you, O Lord, rescued me. You have brought me into your life and in your life alone, I am <em>fully</em> alive....

The Psalm Psalm 23:2a (CSB) He lets me lie down in green pastures The Prayer My Lord You are the Prince of Peace. Where you are, there I find satisfaction of my wearied soul and find perfect peace where I can truly rest. Apart from you, I die and I perish. Away from you, I am only tormented by confusion and despair. Without you, there is nothing but destructions by my own hands and by everything around me....

The Psalm Psalm 23:1b (CSB) I have what I need. The Prayer My Lord Above, I thank you for your perfect provision. You are my Good Father in heaven and because I am your child, you have always provided for me. When I was younger, I wanted many things but you did not provide them. But looking back, those things I wanted would have harmed me or cause me to turn away from you....

The Psalm Psalm 23:1a (CSB) The LORD is my shepherd The Prayer You are my Good Shepherd. You fled the ninety-nine in order to come rescue me, when I could not possibly rescue myself. You saved me from certain damnation, you’ve rescued me from the slaughter. You’ve taken all of my sin, and you let the wrath of Father fall upon your heart You bled out for me, so that I might live forever....

The Psalm Psalm 22:25–31 (CSB) 25 I will give praise in the great assembly because of you; I will fulfill my vows before those who fear you. 26 The humble will eat and be satisfied; those who seek the LORD will praise him. May your hearts live forever! 27 All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the LORD. All the families of the nations will bow down before you,...

The Psalm Psalm 22:22–24 (CSB) 22 I will proclaim your name to my brothers and sisters; I will praise you in the assembly. 23 You who fear the LORD, praise him! All you descendants of Jacob, honor him! All you descendants of Israel, revere him! 24 For he has not despised or abhorred the torment of the oppressed. He did not hide his face from him but listened when he cried to him for help....

The Psalm Psalm 22:19–21 (CSB) 19 But you, LORD, don’t be far away. My strength, come quickly to help me. 20 Rescue my life from the sword, my only life from the power of these dogs. 21 Save me from the lion’s mouth, from the horns of wild oxen. You answered me! The Prayer Almighty God, Who are you, my Lord, whose glory fills the entire earth?...

The Psalm Psalm 22:12–18 (CSB) 12 Many bulls surround me; strong ones of Bashan encircle me. 13 They open their mouths against me— lions, mauling and roaring. 14 I am poured out like water, and all my bones are disjointed; my heart is like wax, melting within me. 15 My strength is dried up like baked clay; my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth....

The Psalm Psalm 22:6–11 (CSB) 6 But I am a worm and not a man, scorned by mankind and despised by people. 7 Everyone who sees me mocks me; they sneer and shake their heads: 8 “He relies on the LORD; let him save him; let the LORD rescue him, since he takes pleasure in him.” 9 It was you who brought me out of the womb, making me secure at my mother’s breast....

The Psalm Psalm 22:1–5 (CSB) 1 My God, my God, why have you abandoned me? Why are you so far from my deliverance and from my words of groaning? 2 My God, I cry by day, but you do not answer, by night, yet I have no rest. 3 But you are holy, enthroned on the praises of Israel. 4 Our ancestors trusted in you; they trusted, and you rescued them....

The Psalm Psalm 21 (CSB) For the choir director. A psalm of David. 1 LORD, the king finds joy in your strength. How greatly he rejoices in your victory! 2 You have given him his heart’s desire and have not denied the request of his lips. Selah 3 For you meet him with rich blessings; you place a crown of pure gold on his head....

The Psalm Psalm 20 (CSB) For the choir director. A psalm of David. 1 May the LORD answer you in a day of trouble; may the name of Jacob’s God protect you. 2 May he send you help from the sanctuary and sustain you from Zion. 3 May he remember all your offerings and accept your burnt offering. Selah 4 May he give you what your heart desires and fulfill your whole purpose....

The Psalm Psalm 19 (CSB) For the choir director. A psalm of David. 1 The heavens declare the glory of God, and the expanse proclaims the work of his hands. 2 Day after day they pour out speech; night after night they communicate knowledge. 3 There is no speech; there are no words; their voice is not heard. 4 Their message has gone out to the whole earth, and their words to the ends of the world....

The Psalm Psalm 18:46–50 (CSB) 46 The LORD lives—blessed be my rock! The God of my salvation is exalted. 47 God—he grants me vengeance and subdues peoples under me. 48 He frees me from my enemies. You exalt me above my adversaries; you rescue me from violent men. 49 Therefore I will give thanks to you among the nations, LORD; I will sing praises about your name....

The Psalm Psalm 18:31–45 (CSB) 31 For who is God besides the LORD? And who is a rock? Only our God. 32 God—he clothes me with strength and makes my way perfect. 33 He makes my feet like the feet of a deer and sets me securely on the heights. 34 He trains my hands for war; my arms can bend a bow of bronze....

The Psalm Psalm 18:28–30 (CSB) 28 LORD, you light my lamp; my God illuminates my darkness. 29 With you I can attack a barricade, and with my God I can leap over a wall. 30 God—his way is perfect; the word of the LORD is pure. He is a shield to all who take refuge in him. The Prayer You are my Way, I am a man with little mercy....

The Psalm Psalm 18:16–27 (CSB) 16 He reached down from on high and took hold of me; he pulled me out of deep water. 17 He rescued me from my powerful enemy and from those who hated me, for they were too strong for me. 18 They confronted me in the day of my calamity, but the LORD was my support. 19 He brought me out to a spacious place; he rescued me because he delighted in me....

The Psalm Psalm 18:1–15 (CSB) 1 I love you, LORD, my strength. 2 The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer, my God, my rock where I seek refuge, my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. 3 I called to the LORD, who is worthy of praise, and I was saved from my enemies. 4 The ropes of death were wrapped around me; the torrents of destruction terrified me....

The Psalm Psalm 17 (CSB) A prayer of David. 1 LORD, hear a just cause; pay attention to my cry; listen to my prayer— from lips free of deceit. 2 Let my vindication come from you, for you see what is right. 3 You have tested my heart; you have examined me at night. You have tried me and found nothing evil; I have determined that my mouth will not sin....

The Psalm Psalm 16 (CSB) A Miktam of David. 1 Protect me, God, for I take refuge in you. 2 I said to the LORD, “You are my Lord; I have nothing good besides you.” 3 As for the holy people who are in the land, they are the noble ones. All my delight is in them. 4 The sorrows of those who take another god for themselves will multiply; I will not pour out their drink offerings of blood, and I will not speak their names with my lips....

The Psalm Psalm 15 (CSB) A psalm of David. 1 LORD, who can dwell in your tent? Who can live on your holy mountain? 2 The one who lives blamelessly, practices righteousness, and acknowledges the truth in his heart— 3 who does not slander with his tongue, who does not harm his friend or discredit his neighbor, 4 who despises the one rejected by the LORD but honors those who fear the LORD, who keeps his word whatever the cost,...

The Psalm Psalm 14 (CSB) For the choir director. Of David. 1 The fool says in his heart, “There’s no God.” They are corrupt; they do vile deeds. There is no one who does good. 2 The LORD looks down from heaven on the human race to see if there is one who is wise, one who seeks God. 3 All have turned away; all alike have become corrupt....

The Psalm Psalm 13 (CSB) For the choir director. A psalm of David. 1 How long, LORD? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me? 2 How long will I store up anxious concerns within me, agony in my mind every day? How long will my enemy dominate me? 3 Consider me and answer, LORD my God....

The Psalm Psalm 12 (CSB) For the choir director: according to Sheminith. A psalm of David. 1 Help, LORD, for no faithful one remains; the loyal have disappeared from the human race. 2 They lie to one another; they speak with flattering lips and deceptive hearts. 3 May the LORD cut off all flattering lips and the tongue that speaks boastfully. 4 They say, “Through our tongues we have power; our lips are our own—who can be our master?...

The Psalm Psalm 11 (CSB) For the choir director. Of David. 1 I have taken refuge in the LORD. How can you say to me, “Escape to the mountains like a bird! 2 For look, the wicked string bows; they put their arrows on bowstrings to shoot from the shadows at the upright in heart. 3 When the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do?...

The Psalm Psalm 10 (CSB) 1 LORD, why do you stand so far away? Why do you hide in times of trouble? 2 In arrogance the wicked relentlessly pursue their victims; let them be caught in the schemes they have devised. 3 For the wicked one boasts about his own cravings; the one who is greedy curses and despises the LORD. 4 In all his scheming, the wicked person arrogantly thinks, “There’s no accountability, since there’s no God....

The Psalm Psalm 9 (CSB) For the choir director: according to Muth-labben. A psalm of David. 1 I will thank the LORD with all my heart; I will declare all your wondrous works. 2 I will rejoice and boast about you; I will sing about your name, Most High. 3 When my enemies retreat, they stumble and perish before you. 4 For you have upheld my just cause; you are seated on your throne as a righteous judge....

The Psalm Psalm 8 (CSB) For the choir director: on the Gittith. A psalm of David. 1 LORD, our Lord, how magnificent is your name throughout the earth! You have covered the heavens with your majesty. 2 From the mouths of infants and nursing babies, you have established a stronghold on account of your adversaries in order to silence the enemy and the avenger....

The Psalm Psalm 7 (CSB) A Shiggaion of David, which he sang to the LORD concerning the words of Cush, a Benjaminite. 1 LORD my God, I seek refuge in you; save me from all my pursuers and rescue me, 2 or they will tear me like a lion, ripping me apart with no one to rescue me. 3 LORD my God, if I have done this, if there is injustice on my hands,...

The Psalm Psalm 6 (CSB) For the choir director: with stringed instruments, according to Sheminith. A psalm of David. 1 LORD, do not rebuke me in your anger; do not discipline me in your wrath. 2 Be gracious to me, LORD, for I am weak; heal me, LORD, for my bones are shaking; 3 my whole being is shaken with terror. And you, LORD—how long?...

The Psalm Psalm 5 (CSB) For the choir director: with the flutes. A psalm of David. 1 Listen to my words, LORD; consider my sighing. 2 Pay attention to the sound of my cry, my King and my God, for I pray to you. 3 In the morning, LORD, you hear my voice; in the morning I plead my case to you and watch expectantly....

The Psalm Psalm 4 (CSB) For the choir director: with stringed instruments. A psalm of David. 1 Answer me when I call, God, who vindicates me. You freed me from affliction; be gracious to me and hear my prayer. 2 How long, exalted ones, will my honor be insulted? How long will you love what is worthless and pursue a lie? Selah 3 Know that the LORD has set apart the faithful for himself; the LORD will hear when I call to him....

The Psalm Psalm 3 (CSB) A psalm of David when he fled from his son Absalom. 1 LORD, how my foes increase! There are many who attack me. 2 Many say about me, “There is no help for him in God.” Selah 3 But you, LORD, are a shield around me, my glory, and the one who lifts up my head. 4 I cry aloud to the LORD, and he answers me from his holy mountain....

The Psalm Psalm 9 (CSB) For the choir director: according to Muth-labben. A psalm of David. 1 I will thank the LORD with all my heart; I will declare all your wondrous works. 2 I will rejoice and boast about you; I will sing about your name, Most High. 3 When my enemies retreat, they stumble and perish before you. 4 For you have upheld my just cause; you are seated on your throne as a righteous judge....

The Psalm Psalm 1 (CSB) 1 How happy is the one who does not walk in the advice of the wicked or stand in the pathway with sinners or sit in the company of mockers! 2 Instead, his delight is in the LORD’s instruction, and he meditates on it day and night. 3 He is like a tree planted beside flowing streams that bears its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither....