The Psalms: Book 1

O Lord, make me know my end and what is the measure of my days; let me know how fleeting I am! Behold, you have made my days a few handbreadths, and my lifetime is as nothing before you...... Keep Reading

And now, O Lord, for what do I wait? My hope is in you. Deliver me from all my transgression. Do not make me the scorn of the fool! I am mute; I do not open my mouth, for it is you who have done it...... Keep Reading

I waited patiently for the Lord; he inclined to me and heard my cry. He drew me up from the pit of destruction, out of the miry bog, and set my feet upon a rock, making my steps secure...... Keep Reading

You have multiplied, O Lord my God, your wondrous deeds and your thoughts toward us; none can compare with you! I will proclaim and tell of them, yet they are more than can be told...... Keep Reading

I have told the good news of deliverance in the great congregation; behold, I have not restrained my lips, as you know, O Lord...... Keep Reading

As for you, O Lord, you will not restrain your mercy from me; your steadfast love and your faithfulness will ever preserve me! For evils have encompassed me beyond number; my iniquities have overtaken me, and I cannot see...... Keep Reading

But may all who seek you rejoice and be glad in you; may those who love your salvation say continually, "Great is the Lord!" As for me, I am poor and needy, but the Lord takes thought for me...... Keep Reading

Blessed is the one who considers the poor! In the day of trouble the Lord delivers him; the Lord protects him and keeps him alive; he is called blessed in the land; you do not give him up to the will of his enemies...... Keep Reading

Blessed is the one who considers the poor! In the day of trouble the Lord delivers him; the Lord protects him and keeps him alive; He is called blessed in the land; you do not give him up to the will of his enemies...... Keep Reading

Blessed is the one who considers the poor! In the day of trouble the Lord delivers him; the Lord protects him and keeps him alive; he is called blessed in the land; you do not give him up to the will of his enemies...... Keep Reading