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Bible in 90 Days

An intensive Bible reading plan that walks through the entire Bible in 90 days.

Duration: 88 days

Psalm 45:15-69:21

¹⁵⁽¹⁴⁾In brocade, she will be led to the king,
to you, with the virgins in her retinue.
¹⁶⁽¹⁵⁾They will be led in with gladness and joy,
they will enter the king’s palace.
¹⁷⁽¹⁶⁾You will have sons to succeed your ancestors;
you will make them princes in all the land.
¹⁸⁽¹⁷⁾I will make your name known through all generations;
thus the peoples will praise you forever and ever.

46 ⁽⁰⁾For the leader. By the descendants of Korach. On ‘alamot [high-pitched musical instruments?]. A song:

²⁽¹⁾God is our refuge and strength,
an ever-present help in trouble.
³⁽²⁾Therefore we are unafraid,
even if the earth gives way,
even if the mountains tumble
into the depths of the sea,
⁴⁽³⁾even if its waters rage and foam,
and mountains shake at its turbulence. (Selah)

⁵⁽⁴⁾There is a river whose streams
gladden the city of God,
the holy habitation of ‘Elyon —
⁶⁽⁵⁾God is in the city.
It will not be moved —
when daybreak comes, God will help it.
⁷⁽⁶⁾Nations were in turmoil,
kingdoms were moved;
his voice thundered forth,
and the earth melted away.

⁸⁽⁷⁾Adonai-Tzva’ot is with us,
our fortress, the God of Ya‘akov. (Selah)
⁹⁽⁸⁾Come and see the works of Adonai,
the astounding deeds he has done on the earth.
¹⁰⁽⁹⁾To the ends of the earth he makes wars cease —
he breaks the bow, snaps the spear,
burns the shields in the fire.
¹¹⁽¹⁰⁾“Desist, and learn that I am God,
supreme over the nations,
supreme over the earth.”

¹²⁽¹¹⁾Adonai-Tzva’ot is with us,
our fortress, the God of Ya‘akov. (Selah)

47 ⁽⁰⁾For the leader. A psalm of the descendants of Korach:

²⁽¹⁾Clap your hands, all you peoples!
Shout to God with cries of joy!
³⁽²⁾For Adonai ‘Elyon is awesome,
a great king over all the earth.
⁴⁽³⁾He makes peoples subject to us,
puts nations under our feet.
⁵⁽⁴⁾He chooses our heritage for us,
the pride of Ya‘akov, whom he loves. (Selah)
⁶⁽⁵⁾God goes up to shouts of acclaim,
Adonai to a blast on the shofar.
⁷⁽⁶⁾Sing praises to God, sing praises!
Sing praises to our king, sing praises!
⁸⁽⁷⁾For God is king of all the earth;
sing praises in a maskil.
⁹⁽⁸⁾God rules the nations;
God sits on his holy throne.
¹⁰⁽⁹⁾The leaders of the people gather together,
the people of the God of Avraham;
for the rulers of the earth belong to God,
who is exalted on high.

48 ⁽⁰⁾A song. A psalm of the descendants of Korach:

²⁽¹⁾Great is Adonai
and greatly to be praised,
in the city of our God,
his holy mountain,
³⁽²⁾beautiful in its elevation,
the joy of all the earth,
Mount Tziyon, in the far north,
the city of the great king.
⁴⁽³⁾In its citadels God
has been revealed as a strong defense.
⁵⁽⁴⁾For the kings met by agreement;
together they advanced.
⁶⁽⁵⁾They saw and were filled with consternation;
terrified, they took to flight.
⁷⁽⁶⁾Trembling took hold of them,
pains like those of a woman in labor,
⁸⁽⁷⁾as when the wind out of the east
wrecks the “Tarshish” ships.
⁹⁽⁸⁾We heard it, and now we see for ourselves
in the city of Adonai-Tzva’ot,
in the city of our God.
May God establish it forever. (Selah)

¹⁰⁽⁹⁾God, within your temple
we meditate on your grace.
¹¹⁽¹⁰⁾God, your praise, like your name,
extends to the ends of the earth.
Your right hand is filled with righteousness.
¹²⁽¹¹⁾Let Mount Tziyon rejoice,
let the daughters of Y’hudah be glad,
because of your judgment [on the enemy].

¹³⁽¹²⁾Walk through Tziyon, go all around it;
count how many towers it has.
¹⁴⁽¹³⁾Note its ramparts, pass through its citadels,
so that you can tell generations to come
¹⁵⁽¹⁴⁾that such is God, our God forever;
he will guide us eternally.

49 ⁽⁰⁾For the leader. A psalm of the descendants of Korach:

²⁽¹⁾Hear this, all you peoples!
Listen, everyone living on earth,
³⁽²⁾regardless of whether low or high,
regardless of whether rich or poor!
⁴⁽³⁾My mouth is about to speak wisdom;
my heart’s deepest thoughts will give understanding.
⁵⁽⁴⁾I will listen with care to [God’s] parable,
I will set my enigma to the music of the lyre.

⁶⁽⁵⁾Why should I fear when the days bring trouble,
when the evil of my pursuers surrounds me,
⁷⁽⁶⁾the evil of those who rely on their wealth
and boast how rich they are?
⁸⁽⁷⁾No one can ever redeem his brother
or give God a ransom for him ,
⁹⁽⁸⁾because the price for him is too high
(leave the idea completely alone!)
¹⁰⁽⁹⁾to have him live on eternally
and never see the pit.
¹¹⁽¹⁰⁾For he can see that wise men will die,
likewise the fool and the brute will perish
and leave their wealth to others.
¹²⁽¹¹⁾They think their homes will last forever,
their dwellings through all generations;
they give their own names to their estates.
¹³⁽¹²⁾But people, even rich ones, will live only briefly;
then, like animals, they will die.
¹⁴⁽¹³⁾This is the manner of life of the foolish
and those who come after, approving their words. (Selah)
¹⁵⁽¹⁴⁾Like sheep, they are destined for Sh’ol;
death will be their shepherd.
The upright will rule them in the morning;
and their forms will waste away in Sh’ol,
until they need no dwelling.
¹⁶⁽¹⁵⁾But God will redeem me from Sh’ol’s control,
because he will receive me. (Selah)

¹⁷⁽¹⁶⁾Don’t be afraid when someone gets rich,
when the wealth of his family grows.
¹⁸⁽¹⁷⁾For when he dies, he won’t take it with him;
his wealth will not go down after him.
¹⁹⁽¹⁸⁾True, while he lived, he thought himself happy —
people praise you when you do well for yourself —
²⁰⁽¹⁹⁾but he will join his ancestors’ generations
and never again see light.
²¹⁽²⁰⁾People, even rich ones, can fail to grasp
that, like animals, they will die.

50 ⁽⁰⁾A psalm of Asaf:

⁽¹⁾The Mighty One, God, Adonai, is speaking,
summoning the world from east to west.
²Out of Tziyon, the perfection of beauty,
God is shining forth.
³Our God is coming and not staying silent.
With a fire devouring ahead of him
and a great storm raging around him,
⁴he calls to the heavens above and to earth,
in order to judge his people.
⁵“Gather to me my faithful,
those who made a covenant with me by sacrifice.”

⁶The heavens proclaim his righteousness,
for God himself is judge. (Selah)

⁷“Listen, my people, I am speaking:
Isra’el, I am testifying against you,
I, God, your God.
⁸I am not rebuking you for your sacrifices;
your burnt offerings are always before me.
⁹I have no need for a bull from your farm
or for male goats from your pens;
¹⁰for all forest creatures are mine already,
as are the animals on a thousand hills;
¹¹I know all the birds in the mountains;
whatever moves in the fields is mine.
¹²If I were hungry, I would not tell you;
for the world is mine, and everything in it.
¹³Do I eat the flesh of bulls
or drink the blood of goats?
¹⁴Offer thanksgiving as your sacrifice to God,
pay your vows to the Most High,
¹⁵and call on me when you are in trouble;
I will deliver you, and you will honor me.”

¹⁶But to the wicked God says:
“What right do you have to proclaim my laws
or take my covenant on your lips,
¹⁷when you so hate to receive instruction
and fling my words behind you?
¹⁸When you see a thief, you join up with him,
you throw in your lot with adulterers,
¹⁹you give your mouth free rein for evil
and harness your tongue to deceit;
²⁰you sit and speak against your kinsman,
you slander your own mother’s son.
²¹When you do such things, should I stay silent?
You may have thought I was just like you;
but I will rebuke and indict you to your face.
²²Consider this, you who forget God,
or I will tear you to pieces, with no one to save you.

²³“Whoever offers thanksgiving
as his sacrifice honors me;
and to him who goes the right way
I will show the salvation of God.”
51 ⁽⁰⁾For the leader. A psalm of David, ²when Natan the prophet came to him after his affair with Bat-Sheva:

³⁽¹⁾God, in your grace, have mercy on me;
in your great compassion, blot out my crimes.
⁴⁽²⁾Wash me completely from my guilt,
and cleanse me from my sin.
⁵⁽³⁾For I know my crimes,
my sin confronts me all the time.

⁶⁽⁴⁾Against you, you only, have I sinned
and done what is evil from your perspective;
so that you are right in accusing me
and justified in passing sentence.

⁷⁽⁵⁾True, I was born guilty,
was a sinner from the moment my mother conceived me.
⁸⁽⁶⁾Still, you want truth in the inner person;
so make me know wisdom in my inmost heart.

⁹⁽⁷⁾Sprinkle me with hyssop, and I will be clean;
wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.
¹⁰⁽⁸⁾Let me hear the sound of joy and gladness,
so that the bones you crushed can rejoice.
¹¹⁽⁹⁾Turn away your face from my sins,
and blot out all my crimes.

¹²⁽¹⁰⁾Create in me a clean heart, God;
renew in me a resolute spirit.
¹³⁽¹¹⁾Don’t thrust me away from your presence,
don’t take your Ruach Kodesh away from me.
¹⁴⁽¹²⁾Restore my joy in your salvation,
and let a willing spirit uphold me.
¹⁵⁽¹³⁾Then I will teach the wicked your ways,
and sinners will return to you.

¹⁶⁽¹⁴⁾Rescue me from the guilt of shedding blood,
God, God of my salvation!
Then my tongue will sing
about your righteousness —
¹⁷⁽¹⁵⁾Adonai, open my lips;
then my mouth will praise you.

¹⁸⁽¹⁶⁾For you don’t want sacrifices, or I would give them;
you don’t take pleasure in burnt offerings.
¹⁹⁽¹⁷⁾My sacrifice to God is a broken spirit;
God, you won’t spurn a broken, chastened heart.
²⁰⁽¹⁸⁾In your good pleasure, make Tziyon prosper;
rebuild the walls of Yerushalayim.
²¹⁽¹⁹⁾Then you will delight in righteous sacrifices,
in burnt offerings and whole burnt offerings;
then they will offer bulls on your altar.

52 ⁽⁰⁾For the leader. A maskil of David, ²when Do’eg from Edom came and told Sha’ul, “David has arrived at the house of Achimelekh”:

³⁽¹⁾Why do you boast of your evil, you tyrant,
when God’s mercy is present every day?
⁴⁽²⁾Your tongue, as sharp as a razor,
plots destruction and works deception.

⁵⁽³⁾You love evil more than good,
lies rather than speaking uprightly. (Selah)
⁶⁽⁴⁾You love all words that eat people up,
you deceitful tongue!

⁷⁽⁵⁾This is why God will strike you down,
seize you, pluck you from your tent
and uproot you from the land of the living. (Selah)

⁸⁽⁶⁾The righteous will see and be awestruck;
they will jeer at him, saying,
⁹⁽⁷⁾“This fellow would not make God his refuge,
but trusted in his own great wealth,
relying on his evil plots.”

¹⁰⁽⁸⁾But I am like a leafy olive tree
in the house of God;
I put my trust in the grace of God
forever and ever.

¹¹⁽⁹⁾I will praise you forever for what you have done,
and I will put my hope in your name;
for this is what is good
in the presence of your faithful.

53 ⁽⁰⁾For the leader. On machalat. A maskil of David:

²⁽¹⁾A brutish fool tells himself,
“There isn’t any God.”
Such people are depraved, all their deeds are vile,
not one of them does what is good.
³⁽²⁾God looks out from heaven
upon the human race
to see if even one is wise,
if even one seeks God.
⁴⁽³⁾Every one of them is unclean,
altogether corrupt;
not one of them does what is good,
not a single one.

⁵⁽⁴⁾Won’t these evildoers ever learn?
They devour my people
as if they were eating bread,
and they never call on God!
⁶⁽⁵⁾They will be gripped with terror,
even though now they are not afraid;
for God will scatter the bones
of him who is besieging you.
You are putting them to shame,
because God has rejected them.

⁷⁽⁶⁾If only salvation for Isra’el
would come out of Tziyon!
When God restores his people’s fortunes,
what joy for Ya‘akov! what gladness for Isra’el!

54 ⁽⁰⁾For the leader. With stringed instruments. A maskil of David, ²when the Zifim came and told Sha’ul, “David is hiding with us”:

³⁽¹⁾God, deliver me by your name;
in your power, vindicate me.
⁴⁽²⁾God, hear my prayer;
listen to the words from my mouth.
⁵⁽³⁾For foreigners are rising against me,
violent men are seeking my life;
they give no thought to God. (Selah)

⁶⁽⁴⁾But God is helping me;
Adonai is my support.
⁷⁽⁵⁾May he repay the evil
to those who are lying in wait for me.
In your faithfulness, destroy them!
⁸⁽⁶⁾Then I will generously sacrifice to you;
I will praise your name, Adonai,
because it is good,
⁹⁽⁷⁾because he rescued me from all trouble,
and my eyes look with triumph at my enemies.
55 ⁽⁰⁾For the leader. With stringed instruments. A maskil of David:

²⁽¹⁾Listen, God, to my prayer!
Don’t hide yourself from my plea!
³⁽²⁾Pay attention to me, and answer me!

I am panic-stricken as I make my complaint,
I shudder ⁴⁽³⁾at how the enemy shouts,
at how the wicked oppress;
for they keep heaping trouble on me
and angrily tormenting me.
⁵⁽⁴⁾My heart within me is pounding in anguish,
the terrors of death press down on me,
⁶⁽⁵⁾fear and trembling overwhelm me,
horror covers me.

⁷⁽⁶⁾I said, “I wish I had wings like a dove!
Then I could fly away and be at rest.
⁸⁽⁷⁾Yes, I would flee to a place far off,
I would stay in the desert. (Selah)
⁹⁽⁸⁾I would quickly find me a shelter
from the raging wind and storm.”

¹⁰⁽⁹⁾Confuse, Adonai, confound their speech!
For I see violence and fighting in the city.
¹¹⁽¹⁰⁾Day and night they go about its walls;
within are malice and mischief.
¹²⁽¹¹⁾Ruin is rife within it,
oppression and fraud never leave its streets.

¹³⁽¹²⁾For it was not an enemy who insulted me;
if it had been, I could have borne it.
It was not my adversary who treated me with scorn;
if it had been, I could have hidden myself.
¹⁴⁽¹³⁾But it was you, a man of my own kind,
my companion, whom I knew well.

¹⁵⁽¹⁴⁾We used to share our hearts with each other;
in the house of God we walked with the crowd.

¹⁶⁽¹⁵⁾May he put death on them;
let them go down alive to Sh’ol;
for evil is in their homes
and also in their hearts.

¹⁷⁽¹⁶⁾But I will call on God,
and Adonai will save me.
¹⁸⁽¹⁷⁾Evening, morning and noon I complain
and moan; but he hears my voice.
¹⁹⁽¹⁸⁾He redeems me and gives me peace,
so that no one can come near me.
For there were many who fought me.
²⁰⁽¹⁹⁾God will hear and will humble them,
yes, he who has sat on his throne from the start. (Selah)
For they never change,
and they don’t fear God.

²¹⁽²⁰⁾[My companion] attacked those
who were at peace with him;
he broke his solemn word.
²²⁽²¹⁾What he said sounded smoother than butter,
but his heart was at war.
His words seemed more soothing than oil,
but in fact they were sharp swords.

²³⁽²²⁾Unload your burden on Adonai,
and he will sustain you.
He will never permit
the righteous to be moved.

²⁴⁽²³⁾But you will bring them down, God,
into the deepest pit.
Those men, so bloodthirsty and treacherous,
will not live out half their days.

But for my part, [Adonai,]
I put my trust in you.

56 ⁽⁰⁾For the leader. Set to “The Silent Dove in the Distance.” By David; a mikhtam, when the P’lishtim captured him in Gat:

²⁽¹⁾Show me favor, God;
for people are trampling me down —
all day they fight and press on me.
³⁽²⁾Those who are lying in wait for me
would trample on me all day.
For those fighting against me are many.

Most High, ⁴⁽³⁾when I am afraid,
I put my trust in you.
⁵⁽⁴⁾In God — I praise his word —
in God I trust; I have no fear;
what can human power do to me?
⁶⁽⁵⁾All day long they twist my words;
their only thought is to harm me.
⁷⁽⁶⁾They gather together and hide themselves,
spying on my movements, hoping to kill me.
⁸⁽⁷⁾Because of their crime, they cannot escape;
in anger, God, strike down the peoples.
⁹⁽⁸⁾You have kept count of my wanderings;
store my tears in your water-skin —
aren’t they already recorded in your book?
¹⁰⁽⁹⁾Then my enemies will turn back
on the day when I call;
this I know: that God is for me.

¹¹⁽¹⁰⁾In God — I praise his word —
in Adonai — I praise his word —
¹²⁽¹¹⁾in God I trust; I have no fear;
what can mere humans do to me?

¹³⁽¹²⁾God, I have made vows to you;
I will fulfill them with thank offerings to you.
¹⁴⁽¹³⁾For you rescued me from death,
you kept my feet from stumbling,
so that I can walk in God’s presence,
in the light of life.

57 ⁽⁰⁾For the leader. Set to “Do Not Destroy.” By David, a mikhtam, when he fled from Sha’ul into the cave:

²⁽¹⁾Show me favor, God, show me favor;
for in you I have taken refuge.
Yes, I will find refuge in the shadow of your wings
until the storms have passed.
³⁽²⁾I call to God, the Most High,
to God, who is accomplishing his purpose for me.

⁴⁽³⁾He will send from heaven and save me
when those who would trample me down mock me. (Selah)
God will send his grace and his truth.

⁵⁽⁴⁾I am surrounded by lions,
I am lying down among people breathing fire,
men whose teeth are spears and arrows
and their tongues sharp-edged swords.

⁶⁽⁵⁾Be exalted, God, above heaven!
May your glory be over all the earth!
⁷⁽⁶⁾They prepared a snare for my feet,
but I am bending over [to avoid it].
They dug a pit ahead of me,
but they fell into it themselves. (Selah)

⁸⁽⁷⁾My heart is steadfast, God, steadfast.
I will sing and make music.
⁹⁽⁸⁾Awake, my glory! Awake, lyre and lute!
I will awaken the dawn.

¹⁰⁽⁹⁾I will thank you, Adonai, among the peoples;
I will make music to you among the nations.
¹¹⁽¹⁰⁾For your grace is great, all the way to heaven,
and your truth, all the way to the skies.

¹²⁽¹¹⁾Be exalted, God, above heaven!
May your glory be over all the earth!

58 ⁽⁰⁾For the leader. Set to “Do Not Destroy.” By David, a mikhtam:

²⁽¹⁾[Rulers,] does your silence really speak justice?
Are you judging people fairly?
³⁽²⁾[No!] In your hearts you devise wrongs,
your hands dispense violence in the land.

⁴⁽³⁾From the womb, the wicked are estranged,
liars on the wrong path since birth.
⁵⁽⁴⁾Their venom is like snake’s venom;
they are like a serpent that stops its ears,
⁶⁽⁵⁾so as not to hear the voice of the charmer,
no matter how well he plays.

⁷⁽⁶⁾God, break their teeth in their mouth!
Shatter the fangs of these lions, Adonai!
⁸⁽⁷⁾May they vanish like water that drains away.
May their arrows be blunted when they aim their bows.
⁹⁽⁸⁾May they be like a slug that melts as it moves,
like a stillborn baby that never sees the sun.
¹⁰⁽⁹⁾Before your cook-pots feel the heat of the burning thorns,
may he blow them away, green and blazing alike.

¹¹⁽¹⁰⁾The righteous will rejoice to see vengeance done,
they will wash their feet in the blood of the wicked;
¹²⁽¹¹⁾and people will say, “Yes, the righteous are rewarded;
there is, after all, a God who judges the earth.”
59 ⁽⁰⁾For the leader. Set to “Do Not Destroy.” By David; a mikhtam, when Sha’ul sent men to keep watch on David’s house in order to kill him:

²⁽¹⁾My God, rescue me from my enemies!
Lift me up, out of reach of my foes!
³⁽²⁾Rescue me from evildoers,
save me from bloodthirsty men.
⁴⁽³⁾For there they are, lying in wait to kill me.
Openly they gather themselves against me,
and not because I committed a crime
or sinned, Adonai.
⁵⁽⁴⁾For no fault of mine, they run and prepare.
Awaken to help me, and see!
⁶⁽⁵⁾You, Adonai Elohei-Tzva’ot,
God of Isra’el,
arouse yourself to punish all the nations;
spare none of those wicked traitors. (Selah)

⁷⁽⁶⁾They return at nightfall, snarling like dogs
as they go around the city.
⁸⁽⁷⁾Look what pours out of their mouth,
what swords are on their lips,
[as they say to themselves,]
“No one is listening, anyway.”
⁹⁽⁸⁾But you, Adonai, laugh at them,
you mock all the nations.

¹⁰⁽⁹⁾My Strength, I will watch for you,
for God is my fortress.
¹¹⁽¹⁰⁾God, who gives me grace, will come to me;
God will let me gaze in triumph at my foes.

¹²⁽¹¹⁾Don’t kill them, or my people will forget;
instead, by your power, make them wander to and fro;
but bring them down, Adonai our Shield,
¹³⁽¹²⁾for the sins their mouths make with each word from their lips.
Let them be trapped by their pride
for the curses and falsehoods they utter.
¹⁴⁽¹³⁾Finish them off in wrath,
finish them off, put an end to them,
and let them know to the ends of the earth
that God is Ruler in Ya‘akov. (Selah)

¹⁵⁽¹⁴⁾They return at nightfall, snarling like dogs
as they go around the city.
¹⁶⁽¹⁵⁾They roam about, looking for food,
prowling all night if they don’t get their fill.
¹⁷⁽¹⁶⁾But as for me, I will sing of your strength;
in the morning I will sing aloud of your grace.
For you are my fortress,
a refuge when I am in trouble.
¹⁸⁽¹⁷⁾My Strength, I will sing praises to you,
for God is my fortress, God, who gives me grace.

60 ⁽⁰⁾For the leader. Set to “Lily of Testimony.” A mikhtam of David for teaching about ²when he fought with Aram-Naharayim and with Aram-Tzovah, and Yo’av returned and killed 12,000 from Edom in the Salt Valley:

³⁽¹⁾God, you rejected us; you crushed us;
you were angry; but now revive us.
⁴⁽²⁾You made the land shake, split it apart;
now repair the rifts, for it is collapsing.
⁵⁽³⁾You made your people suffer hard times,
had us drink a wine that made us stagger.

⁶⁽⁴⁾To those who fear you because of the truth
you gave a banner to rally around, (Selah)
⁷⁽⁵⁾so that those you love could be rescued;
so save with your right hand, and answer us!

⁸⁽⁶⁾God in his holiness spoke,
and I took joy [in his promise]:
“I will divide Sh’khem
and determine the shares in the Sukkot Valley.
⁹⁽⁷⁾Gil‘ad is mine and M’nasheh mine,
Efrayim my helmet, Y’hudah my scepter.
¹⁰⁽⁸⁾Mo’av is my washpot; on Edom I throw my shoe;
P’leshet, be crushed because of me!”

¹¹⁽⁹⁾Who will bring me into the fortified city?
Who will lead me to Edom?
¹²⁽¹⁰⁾God, have you rejected us?
You don’t go out with our armies, God.
¹³⁽¹¹⁾Help us against our enemy,
for human help is worthless.
¹⁴⁽¹²⁾With God’s help we will fight valiantly,
for he will trample our enemies.

61 ⁽⁰⁾For the leader. With stringed instruments. By David:

²⁽¹⁾Hear my cry, God;
listen to my prayer.
³⁽²⁾From the end of the earth, with fainting heart,
I call out to you.
Set me down on a rock
far above where I am now.

⁴⁽³⁾For you have been a refuge for me,
a tower of strength in the face of the foe.
⁵⁽⁴⁾I will live in your tent forever
and find refuge in the shelter of your wings. (Selah)
⁶⁽⁵⁾For you, God, have heard my vows;
you have given me the heritage of those who fear your name.

⁷⁽⁶⁾Prolong the life of the king!
May his years go on for many generations.
⁸⁽⁷⁾May he be enthroned in God’s presence forever!
Appoint grace and truth to preserve him!
⁹⁽⁸⁾Then I will sing praise to your name forever,
as day after day I fulfill my vows.

62 ⁽⁰⁾For the leader. Set in the style of Y’dutun. A psalm of David:

²⁽¹⁾My soul waits in silence for God alone;
my salvation comes from him.
³⁽²⁾He alone is my rock and salvation,
my stronghold; I won’t be greatly moved.

⁴⁽³⁾How long will you assail a person
in order to murder him, all of you,
as if he were a sagging wall
or a shaky fence?

⁵⁽⁴⁾They only want to shake him from his height,
they take delight in lying —
with their mouths they bless,
but inwardly they curse. (Selah)

⁶⁽⁵⁾My soul, wait in silence for God alone,
because my hope comes from him.
⁷⁽⁶⁾He alone is my rock and salvation,
my stronghold; I won’t be moved.

⁸⁽⁷⁾My safety and honor rest on God.
My strong rock and refuge are in God.
⁹⁽⁸⁾Trust in him, people, at all times;
pour out your heart before him;
God is a refuge for us. (Selah)
¹⁰⁽⁹⁾Ordinary folks are merely a breath
and important people a sham;
if you lay them on a balance-scale, they go up —
both together are lighter than nothing.
¹¹⁽¹⁰⁾Don’t put your trust in extortion,
don’t put false hopes in robbery;
even if wealth increases,
don’t set your heart on it.

¹²⁽¹¹⁾God has spoken once, I have heard it twice:
strength belongs to God.
¹³⁽¹²⁾Also to you, Adonai, belongs grace;
for you reward all as their deeds deserve.

63 ⁽⁰⁾A psalm of David, when he was in the desert of Y’hudah:

²⁽¹⁾O God, you are my God;
I will seek you eagerly.
My heart thirsts for you,
my body longs for you
in a land parched and exhausted,
where no water can be found.
³⁽²⁾I used to contemplate you in the sanctuary,
seeing your power and glory;
⁴⁽³⁾for your grace is better than life.
My lips will worship you.
⁵⁽⁴⁾Yes, I will bless you as long as I live;
in your name I will lift up my hands.
⁶⁽⁵⁾I am as satisfied as with rich food;
my mouth praises you with joy on my lips
⁷⁽⁶⁾when I remember you on my bed
and meditate on you in the night watches.

⁸⁽⁷⁾For you have been my help;
in the shadow of your wings I rejoice;
⁹⁽⁸⁾my heart clings to you;
your right hand supports me.

¹⁰⁽⁹⁾But those who seek to destroy my life —
may they go to the lowest parts of the earth.
¹¹⁽¹⁰⁾May they be given over to the power of the sword;
may they become prey for jackals.

¹²⁽¹¹⁾But the king will rejoice in God.
Everyone who swears by him will exult,
for the mouths of liars will be silenced.
64 ⁽⁰⁾For the leader. A psalm of David:

²⁽¹⁾Hear my voice, God, as I plead:
preserve my life from fear of the enemy.
³⁽²⁾Hide me from the secret intrigues of the wicked
and the open insurrection of evildoers.
⁴⁽³⁾They sharpen their tongues like a sword;
they aim their arrows, poisoned words,
⁵⁽⁴⁾in order to shoot from cover at the innocent,
shooting suddenly and fearing nothing.
⁶⁽⁵⁾They support each other’s evil plans;
they talk of hiding snares
and ask, “Who would see them?”
⁷⁽⁶⁾They search for ways to commit crimes,
bringing their diligent search to completion
when each of them has thought it through
in the depth of his heart.

⁸⁽⁷⁾Suddenly God shoots them down with an arrow,
leaving them with wounds;
⁹⁽⁸⁾their own tongues make them stumble.
All who see them shake their heads.
¹⁰⁽⁹⁾Everyone is awestruck —
they acknowledge that it is God at work,
they understand what he has done.
¹¹⁽¹⁰⁾The righteous will rejoice in Adonai;
they will take refuge in him;
all the upright in heart will exult.

65 ⁽⁰⁾For the leader. A psalm of David. A song:

²⁽¹⁾To you, God, in Tziyon, silence is praise;
and vows to you are to be fulfilled.
³⁽²⁾You who listen to prayer,
to you all living creatures come.
⁴⁽³⁾When deeds of wickedness overwhelm me,
you will atone for our crimes.

⁵⁽⁴⁾How blessed are those you choose and bring near,
so that they can remain in your courtyards!
We will be satisfied with the goodness of your house,
the Holy Place of your temple.
⁶⁽⁵⁾It is just that you answer us with awesome deeds,
God of our salvation,
you in whom all put their trust,
to the ends of the earth and on distant seas.
⁷⁽⁶⁾By your strength you set up the mountains.
You are clothed with power.
⁸⁽⁷⁾You still the roaring of the seas,
their crashing waves, and the peoples’ turmoil.
⁹⁽⁸⁾This is why those living at the ends of the earth
stand in awe of your signs.
The places where the sun rises and sets
you cause to sing for joy.

¹⁰⁽⁹⁾You care for the earth and water it,
you enrich it greatly;
with the river of God, full of water,
you provide them grain and prepare the ground.
¹¹⁽¹⁰⁾Soaking its furrows and settling its soil,
you soften it with showers and bless its growth.
¹²⁽¹¹⁾You crown the year with your goodness,
your tracks overflow with richness.
¹³⁽¹²⁾The desert pastures drip water,
the hills are wrapped with joy,
¹⁴⁽¹³⁾the meadows are clothed with flocks
and the valleys blanketed with grain,
so they shout for joy and break into song.

66 ⁽⁰⁾For the leader. A song. A psalm:

⁽¹⁾Shout to God, all the earth!
²Sing the glory of his name,
make his praise glorious.
³Tell God, “How awesome are your deeds!
At your great power, your enemies cringe.
⁴All the earth bows down to you,
sings praises to you, sings praises to your name.” (Selah)

⁵Come and see what God has done,
his awesome dealings with humankind.
⁶He turned the sea into dry land.
They passed through the river on foot;
there we rejoiced in him.
⁷With his power he rules forever;
his eyes keep watch on the nations.
Let no rebel arise to challenge him. (Selah)

⁸Bless our God, you peoples!
Let the sound of his praise be heard!
⁹He preserves our lives
and keeps our feet from stumbling.
¹⁰For you, God, have tested us,
refined us as silver is refined.
¹¹You brought us into the net
and bound our bodies fast.
¹²You made men ride over our heads;
we went through fire and water.
But you brought us out
to a place of plenty.

¹³I will come into your house with burnt offerings,
I will fulfill my vows to you,
¹⁴those my lips pronounced and my mouth spoke
when I was in distress.
¹⁵I will offer you burnt offerings of fattened animals,
along with the sweet smoke of rams;
I will offer bulls and goats. (Selah)

¹⁶Come and listen, all you who fear God,
and I will tell what he has done for me.
¹⁷I cried out to him with my mouth,
his praise was on my tongue.
¹⁸Had I cherished evil thoughts,
Adonai would not have listened.
¹⁹But in fact, God did listen;
he paid attention to my prayer.
²⁰Blessed be God, who did not reject my prayer
or turn his grace away from me.

67 ⁽⁰⁾For the leader. With stringed instruments. A psalm. A song:

²⁽¹⁾God, be gracious to us, and bless us.
May he make his face shine toward us, (Selah)
³⁽²⁾so that your way may be known on earth,
your salvation among all nations.

⁴⁽³⁾Let the peoples give thanks to you, God;
let the peoples give thanks to you, all of them.
⁵⁽⁴⁾Let the nations be glad and shout for joy,
for you will judge the peoples fairly
and guide the nations on earth. (Selah)

⁶⁽⁵⁾Let the peoples give thanks to you, God;
let the peoples give thanks to you, all of them.
⁷⁽⁶⁾The earth has yielded its harvest;
may God, our God, bless us.
⁸⁽⁷⁾May God continue to bless us,
so that all the ends of the earth will fear him.
68 ⁽⁰⁾For the leader. A psalm of David. A song:

²⁽¹⁾Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered;
let those who hate him flee from his presence.
³⁽²⁾Drive them away as smoke is driven away;
like wax melting in the presence of a fire,
let the wicked perish in the presence of God.
⁴⁽³⁾But let the righteous rejoice and be glad in God’s presence;
yes, let them exult and rejoice.

⁵⁽⁴⁾Sing to God, sing praises to his name;
extol him who rides on the clouds
by his name, Yah;
and be glad in his presence.

⁶⁽⁵⁾God in his holy dwelling,
is a father to orphans and defender of widows.
⁷⁽⁶⁾God gives homes to those who are alone
and leads prisoners out into prosperity.
But rebels must live in a parched wasteland.

⁸⁽⁷⁾God, when you went out at the head of your people,
when you marched out through the wilderness, (Selah)
⁹⁽⁸⁾the earth quaked, and rain poured from the sky,
at the presence of God.
Even Sinai [shook] at the presence of God,
the God of Isra’el.
¹⁰⁽⁹⁾You rained down showers in plenty, God;
when your heritage was weary, you restored it.
¹¹⁽¹⁰⁾Your flock settled in it;
in your goodness, God, you provided for the poor.

¹²⁽¹¹⁾Adonai gives the command;
the women with the good news are a mighty army.
¹³⁽¹²⁾Kings and their armies are fleeing, fleeing,
while the women at home divide the spoil.
¹⁴⁽¹³⁾Even if you lie among the animal stalls,
there are wings of a dove covered with silver
and its plumes with green gold.
¹⁵⁽¹⁴⁾When Shaddai scatters kings there,
snow falls on Tzalmon.

¹⁶⁽¹⁵⁾You mighty mountain, Mount Bashan!
You rugged mountain, Mount Bashan!
¹⁷⁽¹⁶⁾You rugged mountain, why look with envy
at the mountain God wants for his place to live?
Truly, Adonai will live there forever.
¹⁸⁽¹⁷⁾God’s chariots are myriads, repeated thousands;
Adonai is among them as in Sinai, in holiness.
¹⁹⁽¹⁸⁾After you went up into the heights,
you led captivity captive,
you took gifts among mankind,
yes, even among the rebels,
so that Yah, God, might live there.

²⁰⁽¹⁹⁾Blessed be Adonai!
Every day he bears our burden,
does God, our salvation. (Selah)
²¹⁽²⁰⁾Our God is a God who saves;
from Adonai Adonai comes escape from death.
²²⁽²¹⁾God will surely crush the heads of his enemies,
the hairy crowns of those who continue in their guilt.
²³⁽²²⁾Adonai said, “I will bring them back from Bashan,
I will fetch [those rebels] even from the depths of the sea;
²⁴⁽²³⁾so that you can wash your feet in their blood,
and your dogs’ tongues too can get their share from your foes.

²⁵⁽²⁴⁾They see your processions, God,
the processions of my God, my king, in holiness.
²⁶⁽²⁵⁾The singers are in front, the musicians last,
in the middle are girls playing tambourines.
²⁷⁽²⁶⁾“In choruses, bless God, Adonai,
you whose source is Isra’el.”
²⁸⁽²⁷⁾There is Binyamin, the youngest, at the head;
the princes of Y’hudah, crowding along;
the princes of Z’vulun; the princes of Naftali.

²⁹⁽²⁸⁾God, summon your strength!
Use your strength, God, as you did for us before,
³⁰⁽²⁹⁾from your temple in Yerushalayim,
where kings will bring tribute to you.
³¹⁽³⁰⁾Rebuke the wild beast of the reeds,
that herd of bulls with their calves, the peoples,
who ingratiate themselves with bars of silver;
let him scatter the peoples who take pleasure in fighting.
³²⁽³¹⁾Let envoys come from Egypt,
Let Ethiopia stretch out its hands to God.

³³⁽³²⁾Sing to God, kingdoms of the earth!
Sing praises to Adonai, (Selah)
³⁴⁽³³⁾to him who rides on the most ancient heavens.
Listen, as he utters his voice, a mighty voice!
³⁵⁽³⁴⁾Acknowledge that strength belongs to God,
with his majesty over Isra’el and his strength in the skies.
³⁶⁽³⁵⁾How awe-inspiring you are, God,
from your holy places,
the God of Isra’el, who gives strength
and power to the people.
Blessed be God!

69 ⁽⁰⁾For the leader. Set to “Lilies.” By David:

²⁽¹⁾Save me, God!
For the water threatens my life.
³⁽²⁾I am sinking down in the mud,
and there is no foothold;
I have come into deep water;
the flood is sweeping over me.
⁴⁽³⁾I am exhausted from crying,
my throat is dry and sore,
my eyes are worn out
with looking for my God.

⁵⁽⁴⁾Those who hate me for no reason
outnumber the hairs on my head.
My persecutors are powerful,
my enemies accuse me falsely.
Am I expected to return
things I didn’t steal?

⁶⁽⁵⁾God, you know how foolish I am;
my guilt is not hidden from you.
⁷⁽⁶⁾Let those who put their hope in you,
Adonai Elohim-Tzva’ot,
not be put to shame through me;
let those who are seeking you,
God of Isra’el,
not be disgraced through me.

⁸⁽⁷⁾For your sake I suffer insults,
shame covers my face.
⁹⁽⁸⁾I am estranged from my brothers,
an alien to my mother’s children,
¹⁰⁽⁹⁾because zeal for your house is eating me up,
and on me are falling the insults
of those insulting you.
¹¹⁽¹⁰⁾I weep bitterly, and I fast,
but that too occasions insults.
¹²⁽¹¹⁾I clothe myself with sackcloth
and become an object of scorn,
¹³⁽¹²⁾the gossip of those sitting by the town gate,
the theme of drunkards’ songs.

¹⁴⁽¹³⁾As for me, Adonai, let my prayer to you
come at an acceptable time;
In your great grace, God, answer me
with the truth of your salvation.
¹⁵⁽¹⁴⁾Rescue me from the mud!
Don’t let me sink!
Let me be rescued from those who hate me
and from the deep water.
¹⁶⁽¹⁵⁾Don’t let the floodwaters overwhelm me,
don’t let the deep swallow me up,
don’t let the pit close its mouth over me.

¹⁷⁽¹⁶⁾Answer me, Adonai, for your grace is good;
in your great mercy, turn to me.
¹⁸⁽¹⁷⁾Don’t hide your face from your servant,
for I am in trouble; answer me quickly.
¹⁹⁽¹⁸⁾Come near to me, and redeem me;
ransom me because of my enemies.

²⁰⁽¹⁹⁾You know how I am insulted,
shamed and disgraced;
before you stand all my foes.
²¹⁽²⁰⁾Insults have broken my heart
to the point that I could die.
I hoped that someone would show compassion,
but nobody did;
and that there would be comforters,
but I found none.

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