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Psalm 3

A psalm of David. When he fled from his son Absalom.

 ² Many are saying of me,
       "God will not deliver him."
       Selah ^[a]

 ³ But you are a shield around me, O LORD;
       you bestow glory on me and lift ^[b] up my head.

 ⁴ To the LORD I cry aloud,
       and he answers me from his holy hill.
       Selah

 ⁵ I lie down and sleep;
       I wake again, because the LORD sustains me.

 ⁶ I will not fear the tens of thousands
       drawn up against me on every side.

 ⁷ Arise, O LORD!
       Deliver me, O my God!
       Strike all my enemies on the jaw;
       break the teeth of the wicked.

 ⁸ From the LORD comes deliverance.
       May your blessing be on your people.
       Selah

Psalm 4

For the director of music. With stringed instruments. A psalm of David.

 ² How long, O men, will you turn my glory into shame ^[c] ?
       How long will you love delusions and seek false gods ^[d] ?
       Selah

 ³ Know that the LORD has set apart the godly for himself;
       the LORD will hear when I call to him.

 ⁴ In your anger do not sin;
       when you are on your beds,
       search your hearts and be silent.
       Selah

 ⁵ Offer right sacrifices
       and trust in the LORD.

 ⁶ Many are asking, "Who can show us any good?"
       Let the light of your face shine upon us, O LORD.

 ⁷ You have filled my heart with greater joy
       than when their grain and new wine abound.

 ⁸ I will lie down and sleep in peace,
       for you alone, O LORD,
       make me dwell in safety.

Psalm 5

For the director of music. For flutes. A psalm of David.

 ² Listen to my cry for help,
       my King and my God,
       for to you I pray.

 ³ In the morning, O LORD, you hear my voice;
       in the morning I lay my requests before you
       and wait in expectation.

 ⁴ You are not a God who takes pleasure in evil;
       with you the wicked cannot dwell.

 ⁵ The arrogant cannot stand in your presence;
       you hate all who do wrong.

 ⁶ You destroy those who tell lies;
       bloodthirsty and deceitful men
       the LORD abhors.

 ⁷ But I, by your great mercy,
       will come into your house;
       in reverence will I bow down
       toward your holy temple.

 ⁸ Lead me, O LORD, in your righteousness
       because of my enemies—
       make straight your way before me.

 ⁹ Not a word from their mouth can be trusted;
       their heart is filled with destruction.
       Their throat is an open grave;
       with their tongue they speak deceit.

 ¹⁰ Declare them guilty, O God!
       Let their intrigues be their downfall.
       Banish them for their many sins,
       for they have rebelled against you.

 ¹¹ But let all who take refuge in you be glad;
       let them ever sing for joy.
       Spread your protection over them,
       that those who love your name may rejoice in you.

 ¹² For surely, O LORD, you bless the righteous;
       you surround them with your favor as with a shield.

Psalm 6

For the director of music. With stringed instruments. According to sheminith.^[e]

A psalm of David.

 ² Be merciful to me, LORD, for I am faint;
       O LORD, heal me, for my bones are in agony.

 ³ My soul is in anguish.
       How long, O LORD, how long?

 ⁴ Turn, O LORD, and deliver me;
       save me because of your unfailing love.

 ⁵ No one remembers you when he is dead.
       Who praises you from the grave ^[f] ?

 ⁶ I am worn out from groaning;
       all night long I flood my bed with weeping
       and drench my couch with tears.

 ⁷ My eyes grow weak with sorrow;
       they fail because of all my foes.

 ⁸ Away from me, all you who do evil,
       for the LORD has heard my weeping.

 ⁹ The LORD has heard my cry for mercy;
       the LORD accepts my prayer.

 ¹⁰ All my enemies will be ashamed and dismayed;
       they will turn back in sudden disgrace.

Psalm 7

A shiggaion^[g] of David, which he sang to the LORD concerning Cush, a Benjamite.

 ² or they will tear me like a lion
       and rip me to pieces with no one to rescue me.

 ³ O LORD my God, if I have done this
       and there is guilt on my hands-

 ⁴ if I have done evil to him who is at peace with me
       or without cause have robbed my foe-

 ⁵ then let my enemy pursue and overtake me;
       let him trample my life to the ground
       and make me sleep in the dust.
       Selah

 ⁶ Arise, O LORD, in your anger;
       rise up against the rage of my enemies.
       Awake, my God; decree justice.

 ⁷ Let the assembled peoples gather around you.
       Rule over them from on high;

 ⁸ let the LORD judge the peoples.
       Judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness,
       according to my integrity, O Most High.

 ⁹ O righteous God,
       who searches minds and hearts,
       bring to an end the violence of the wicked
       and make the righteous secure.

 ¹⁰ My shield ^[h] is God Most High,
       who saves the upright in heart.

 ¹¹ God is a righteous judge,
       a God who expresses his wrath every day.

 ¹² If he does not relent,
       he ^[i] will sharpen his sword;
       he will bend and string his bow.

 ¹³ He has prepared his deadly weapons;
       he makes ready his flaming arrows.

 ¹⁴ He who is pregnant with evil
       and conceives trouble gives birth to disillusionment.

 ¹⁵ He who digs a hole and scoops it out
       falls into the pit he has made.

 ¹⁶ The trouble he causes recoils on himself;
       his violence comes down on his own head.

 ¹⁷ I will give thanks to the LORD because of his righteousness
       and will sing praise to the name of the LORD Most High.

Psalm 8

For the director of music. According to gittith ^[j].

A psalm of David.

 ² From the lips of children and infants
       you have ordained praise ^[k]
       because of your enemies,
       to silence the foe and the avenger.

 ³ When I consider your heavens,
       the work of your fingers,
       the moon and the stars,
       which you have set in place,

 ⁴ what is man that you are mindful of him,
       the son of man that you care for him?

 ⁵ You made him a little lower than the heavenly beings ^[l]
       and crowned him with glory and honor.

 ⁶ You made him ruler over the works of your hands;
       you put everything under his feet:

 ⁷ all flocks and herds,
       and the beasts of the field,

 ⁸ the birds of the air,
       and the fish of the sea,
       all that swim the paths of the seas.

 ⁹ O LORD, our Lord,
       how majestic is your name in all the earth!

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Psalm 32

Of David. A maskil. ^[a]

 ² Blessed is the man
       whose sin the LORD does not count against him
       and in whose spirit is no deceit.

 ³ When I kept silent,
       my bones wasted away
       through my groaning all day long.

 ⁴ For day and night
       your hand was heavy upon me;
       my strength was sapped
       as in the heat of summer.
       Selah

 ⁵ Then I acknowledged my sin to you
       and did not cover up my iniquity.
       I said, "I will confess
       my transgressions to the LORD "—
       and you forgave
       the guilt of my sin.
       Selah

 ⁶ Therefore let everyone who is godly pray to you
       while you may be found;
       surely when the mighty waters rise,
       they will not reach him.

 ⁷ You are my hiding place;
       you will protect me from trouble
       and surround me with songs of deliverance.
       Selah

 ⁸ I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go;
       I will counsel you and watch over you.

 ⁹ Do not be like the horse or the mule,
       which have no understanding
       but must be controlled by bit and bridle
       or they will not come to you.

 ¹⁰ Many are the woes of the wicked,
       but the LORD's unfailing love
       surrounds the man who trusts in him.

 ¹¹ Rejoice in the LORD and be glad, you righteous;
       sing, all you who are upright in heart!

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⁶David says the same thing when he speaks of the blessedness of the man to whom God credits righteousness apart from works:
 ⁷"Blessed are they
      whose transgressions are forgiven,
      whose sins are covered.
 ⁸Blessed is the man
      whose sin the Lord will never count against him."^[a]