Prayers, Songs, Praises: Psalm 67

All Will Praise God

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

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

3 Let the peoples praise you, God;
let all the peoples praise you.
4 Let the nations rejoice and shout for joy,
for you judge the peoples with fairness
and lead the nations on earth. Selah
5 Let the peoples praise you, God,
let all the peoples praise you.

6 The earth has produced its harvest;
God, our God, blesses us.
7 God will bless us,
and all the ends of the earth will fear him.

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Prayers, Songs, Praises: Psalm 66

Praise for God’s Mighty Acts

For the choir director. A song. A psalm.

66:1 Let the whole earth shout joyfully to God!

2 Sing about the glory of his name;

make his praise glorious.

3 Say to God, “How awe-inspiring are your works!

Your enemies will cringe before you
because of your great strength.

4 The whole earth will worship you

and sing praise to you.
They will sing praise to your name.”Selah

5 Come and see the wonders of God;

his acts for humanity are awe-inspiring.

6 He turned the sea into dry land,

and they crossed the river on foot.

There we rejoiced in him.

7 He rules forever by his might;

he keeps his eye on the nations.

The rebellious should not exalt themselves.Selah

8 Bless our God, you peoples;

let the sound of his praise be heard.

9 He keeps us alive

and does not allow our feet to slip.

10 For you, God, tested us;

you refined us as silver is refined.

11 You lured us into a trap;

you placed burdens on our backs.

12 You let men ride over our heads;

we went through fire and water,
but you brought us out to abundance.

13 I will enter your house with burnt offerings;

I will pay you my vows

14 that my lips promised

and my mouth spoke during my distress.

15 I will offer you fattened sheep as burnt offerings,

with the fragrant smoke of rams;
I will sacrifice bulls with goats.Selah

16 Come and listen, all who fear God,

and I will tell what he has done for me.

17 I cried out to him with my mouth,

and praise was on my tongue.

18 If I had been aware of malice in my heart,

the Lord would not have listened.

19 However, God has listened;

he has paid attention to the sound of my prayer.

20 Blessed be God!

He has not turned away my prayer

or turned his faithful love from me.

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Prayers, Songs, Praises: Psalm 65

God’s Care for the Earth

For the choir director. A psalm of David. A song.

65:1 Praise is rightfully yours,

God, in Zion;
vows to you will be fulfilled.

2 All humanity will come to you,

the one who hears prayer.

3 Iniquities overwhelm me;

only you can atone for our rebellions.

4 How happy is the one you choose

and bring near to live in your courts!
We will be satisfied with the goodness of your house,
the holiness of your temple.

5 You answer us in righteousness,

with awe-inspiring works,

God of our salvation,

the hope of all the ends of the earth

and of the distant seas.

6 You establish the mountains by your power;

you are robed with strength.

7 You silence the roar of the seas,

the roar of their waves,

and the tumult of the nations.

8 Those who live far away are awed by your signs;

you make east and west shout for joy.

9 You visit the earth and water it abundantly,

enriching it greatly.

God’s stream is filled with water,

for you prepare the earth in this way,

providing people with grain.

10 You soften it with showers and bless its growth,

soaking its furrows and leveling its ridges.

11 You crown the year with your goodness;

your carts overflow with plenty.

12 The wilderness pastures overflow,

and the hills are robed with joy.

13 The pastures are clothed with flocks

and the valleys covered with grain.

They shout in triumph; indeed, they sing.

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Prayers, Songs, Praises: Psalm 64

Protection from Evildoers

For the choir director. A psalm of David.

64:1 God, hear my voice when I am in anguish.

Protect my life from the terror of the enemy.

2 Hide me from the scheming of wicked people,

from the mob of evildoers,

3 who sharpen their tongues like swords

and aim bitter words like arrows,

4 shooting from concealed places at the blameless.

They shoot at him suddenly and are not afraid.

5 They adopt an evil plan;

they talk about hiding traps and say,
“Who will see them?” 

6 They devise crimes and say,

“We have perfected a secret plan.”
The inner man and the heart are mysterious.

7 But God will shoot them with arrows;

suddenly, they will be wounded.

8 They will be made to stumble;

their own tongues work against them.
All who see them will shake their heads.

9 Then everyone will fear

and will tell about God’s work,
for they will understand what he has done.

10 The righteous one rejoices in the Lord

and takes refuge in him;
all those who are upright in heart
will offer praise.

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Prayers, Songs, Praises: Psalm 63

Praise God Who Satisfies

A psalm of David. When he was in the Wilderness of Judah.

63:1 God, you are my God; I eagerly seek you.
I thirst for you;
my body faints for you
in a land that is dry, desolate, and without water.
2 So I gaze on you in the sanctuary
to see your strength and your glory.

3 My lips will glorify you
because your faithful love is better than life.
4 So I will bless you as long as I live;
at your name, I will lift up my hands.
5 You satisfy me as with rich food;
my mouth will praise you with joyful lips.

6 When I think of you as I lie on my bed,
I meditate on you during the night watches
7 because you are my helper;
I will rejoice in the shadow of your wings.
8 I follow close to you;
your right hand holds on to me.

9 But those who intend to destroy my life
will go into the depths of the earth.
10 They will be given over to the power of the sword;
they will become a meal for jackals.
11 But the king will rejoice in God;
all who swear by him will boast,
for the mouths of liars will be shut.

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Prayers, Songs, Praises: Psalm 62

Trust in God Alone

For the choir director: according to Jeduthun. A psalm of David.

62:1 I am at rest in God alone;

my salvation comes from him.

2 He alone is my rock and my salvation,

my stronghold; I will never be shaken.

3 How long will you threaten a man?

Will all of you attack
as if he were a leaning wall
or a tottering fence?

4 They only plan to bring him down

from his high position.
They take pleasure in lying;
they bless with their mouths,
but they curse inwardly.Selah

5 Rest in God alone, my soul,

for my hope comes from him.

6 He alone is my rock and my salvation,

my stronghold; I will not be shaken.

7 My salvation and glory depend on God, my strong rock.

My refuge is in God.

8 Trust in him at all times, you people;

pour out your hearts before him.
God is our refuge.Selah

9 Common people are only a vapor;

important people, an illusion.
Together on a scale,
they weigh less than a vapor.

10 Place no trust in oppression

or false hope in robbery.
If wealth increases,
don’t set your heart on it.

11 God has spoken once;

I have heard this twice:
strength belongs to God,

12 and faithful love belongs to you, Lord.

For you repay each according to his works.

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Prayers, Songs, Praises: Psalm 61

Security in God

For the choir director: on stringed instruments. Of David.

61:1 God, hear my cry;
pay attention to my prayer.
2 I call to you from the ends of the earth
when my heart is without strength.
Lead me to a rock that is high above me,
3 for you have been a refuge for me,
a strong tower in the face of the enemy.
4 I will dwell in your tent forever
and take refuge under the shelter of your wings.Selah

5 God, you have heard my vows;
you have given a heritage
to those who fear your name.
6 Add days to the king’s life;
may his years span many generations.
7 May he sit enthroned before God forever.
Appoint faithful love and truth to guard him.
8 Then I will continually sing of your name,
fulfilling my vows day by day.

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Prayers, Songs, Praises: Psalm 60

Prayer in Difficult Times

For the choir director: according to “The Lily of Testimony.” A Miktam of David for teaching. When he fought with Aram-naharaim and Aram-zobah, and Joab returned and struck Edom in Salt Valley, killing twelve thousand.

60:1 God, you have rejected us;

you have broken us down;
you have been angry. Restore us!

2 You have shaken the land and split it open.

Heal its fissures, for it shudders.

3 You have made your people suffer hardship;

you have given us wine to drink
that made us stagger.

4 You have given a signal flag to those who fear you,

so that they can flee before the archers.Selah

5 Save with your right hand, and answer me,

so that those you love may be rescued.

6 God has spoken in his sanctuary:

“I will celebrate!
I will divide up Shechem.
I will apportion the Valley of Succoth.

7 Gilead is mine, Manasseh is mine,

and Ephraim is my helmet;
Judah is my scepter.

8 Moab is my washbasin.

I throw my sandal on Edom;
I shout in triumph over Philistia.”

9 Who will bring me to the fortified city?

Who will lead me to Edom?

10 God, haven’t you rejected us?

God, you do not march out with our armies.

11 Give us aid against the foe,

for human help is worthless.

12 With God we will perform valiantly;

he will trample our foes.

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