Psalm 21 - 23

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The King Trusts in Yahweh

For the choir director. A Psalm of David.

O Yahweh, in Your strength the king will be glad,

And in Your salvation how greatly he will rejoice!

You have given him his heart’s desire,

And You have not withheld the request of his lips. Selah.

For You meet him with the blessings of good things;

You set a crown of fine gold on his head.

He asked life of You,

You gave it to him,

Length of days forever and ever.

His glory is great through Your salvation,

Splendor and majesty You bestow upon him.

For You make him most blessed forever;

You make him joyful with gladness in Your presence.

For the king trusts in Yahweh,

And through the lovingkindness of the Most High he will not be shaken.

Your hand will find out all your enemies;

Your right hand will find out those who hate you.

You will make them as a fiery oven in the time of your anger;

Yahweh will swallow them up in His wrath,

And fire will devour them.

Their offspring You will destroy from the earth,

And their seed from among the sons of men.

Though they intended evil against You

And devised a scheme,

They will not succeed.

For You will make them turn their back;

You will aim with Your bowstrings at their faces.

Be exalted, O Yahweh, in Your strength;

We will sing and praise Your might.

Why Have You Forsaken Me?

For the choir director. According to Aijeleth Hashshahar. A Psalm of David.

My God, my God, why have You forsaken me?

Far from my salvation are the words of my groaning.

O my God, I call by day, but You do not answer;

And by night, but I have no rest.

Yet You are holy,

Enthroned upon the praises of Israel.

In You our fathers trusted;

They trusted and You rescued them.

To You they cried out and were granted escape;

In You they trusted and were not disappointed.

But I am a worm and not a man,

A reproach of men and despised by the people.

All who see me mock me;

They smack their lip, they wag their head, saying,

“Commit yourself to Yahweh; let Him rescue him;

Let Him deliver him, because He delights in him.”

Yet You are He who brought me out of the womb;

You made me trust when upon my mother’s breasts.

Upon You I was cast from birth;

You have been my God from my mother’s womb.

Be not far from me, for distress is near;

For there is none to help.

Many bulls have surrounded me;

Strong bulls of Bashan have encircled me.

They open wide their mouth at me,

As a lion that tears and roars.

I am poured out like water,

And all my bones are out of joint;

My heart is like wax;

It is melted within me.

My strength is dried up like a potsherd,

And my tongue cleaves to my jaws;

And You lay me in the dust of death.

For dogs have surrounded me;

A band of evildoers has encompassed me;

They pierced my hands and my feet.

I count all my bones.

They look, they stare at me;

They divide my garments among them,

And for my clothing they cast lots.

But You, O Yahweh, be not far off;

O my Strength, hasten to my help.

Deliver my soul from the sword,

My only life from the power of the dog.

Save me from the mouth of the lion;

From the horns of the wild oxen You have answered me.

I will surely recount Your name to my brothers;

In the midst of the assembly I will praise You.

You who fear Yahweh, praise Him;

All you seed of Jacob, glorify Him,

And stand in awe of Him, all you seed of Israel.

For He has not despised and He has not abhorred the affliction of the afflicted;

And He has not hidden His face from him;

But when he cried to Him for help, He heard.

Of You is my praise in the great assembly;

I shall pay my vows before those who fear Him.

The afflicted will eat and be satisfied;

Those who seek Him will praise Yahweh.

May your heart live forever!

All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to Yahweh,

And all the families of the nations will worship before You.

For the kingdom is Yahweh’s

And He rules over the nations.

All the prosperous of the earth will eat and worship,

All those who go down to the dust will bow before Him,

Even he who cannot keep his soul alive.

Their seed will serve Him;

It will be recounted about the Lord to the coming generation.

They will come and will declare His righteousness

To a people who will be born, that He has done it.

Yahweh Is My Shepherd

A Psalm of David.

Yahweh is my shepherd,

I shall not want.

He makes me lie down in green pastures;

He leads me beside quiet waters.

He restores my soul;

He guides me in the paths of righteousness

For His name’s sake.

Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,

I fear no evil, for You are with me;

Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.

You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies;

You have anointed my head with oil;

My cup overflows.

Surely goodness and lovingkindness will pursue me all the days of my life,

And I will dwell in the house of Yahweh forever.

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