Psalms 141-150 - Prayer Tents

141[A psalm of David.] O Lord, I am calling to you. Please hurry! Listen when I cry to you for help!H4210H1732H3068H7121H2363H238H6963H7121 2Accept my prayer as incense offered to you, and my upraised hands as an evening offering.H8605H3559H6440H7004H4864H3709H6153H4503 3Take control of what I say, O Lord, and guard my lips.H7896H8108H3068H6310H5341H1817H8193 4Don’t let me drift toward evil or take part in acts of wickedness. Don’t let me share in the delicacies of those who do wrong.H5186H3820H7451H1697H5953H7562H5949H376H6466H205H3898H4516 5Let the godly strike me! It will be a kindness! If they correct me, it is soothing medicine. Don’t let me refuse it. But I pray constantly against the wicked and their deeds.H6662H1986H2617H3198H7218H8081H5106H7218H8605H7451 6When their leaders are thrown down from a cliff, the wicked will listen to my words and find them true.H8199H8058H5553H3027H8085H561H5276 7Like rocks brought up by a plow, the bones of the wicked will lie scattered without burial.H6106H6340H7585H6310H6398H1234H776 8I look to you for help, O Sovereign Lord. You are my refuge; don’t them kill me.H5869H3069H136H2620H6168H5315H6168 9Keep me from the traps they have set for me, from the snares of those who do wrong.H8104H3027H6341H3369H4170H6466H205 10Let the wicked fall into their own nets, but let me escape.H7563H5307H4364H3162H5674

142[A psalm of David, regarding his experience in the cave. A prayer.] I cry out to the Lord; I plead for the Lord’s mercy.H4905H1732H8605H4631H2199H3068H6963H6963H3068H2603 2I pour out my complaints before him and tell him all my troubles.H8210H7879H6440H5046H6440H6869 3When I am overwhelmed, you alone know the way I should turn. Wherever I go, my enemies have set traps for me.H7307H5848H3045H5410H734H2098H1980H2934H6341 4I look for someone to come and help me, but no one gives me a passing thought! No one will help me; no one cares a bit what happens to me.H5027H3225H7200H5234H4498H6H1875H5315 5Then I pray to you, O Lord. I say, “You are my place of refuge. You are all I really want in life.H2199H3068H559H4268H2506H776H2416 6Hear my cry, for I am very low. Rescue me from my persecutors, for they are too strong for me.H7181H7440H1809H3966H1809H5337H7291H553 7Bring me out of prison so I can thank you. The godly will crowd around me, for you are good to me.”H3318H5315H4525H3034H8034H6662H3803H1580

143[A psalm of David.] Hear my prayer, O Lord; listen to my plea! Answer me because you are faithful and righteous.H4210H1732H8085H8605H3068H238H8469H530H6030H6666 2Don’t put your servant on trial, for no one is innocent before you.H935H4941H5650H6440H2416H6663 3My enemy has chased me. He has knocked me to the ground and forces me to live in darkness like those in the grave.H341H7291H5315H1792H2416H1792H776H3427H4285H5769H4191 4I am losing all hope; I am paralyzed with fear.H7307H5848H3820H8432H8074 5I remember the days of old. I ponder all your great works and think about what you have done.H2142H3117H6924H1897H6467H7878H4639H3027 6I lift my hands to you in prayer. I thirst for you as parched land thirsts for rain. InterludeH6566H3027H5315H5889H776H5542 7Come quickly, Lord, and answer me, for my depression deepens. Don’t turn away from me, or I will die.H6030H4118H3068H7307H3615H5641H6440H4911H3381H953 8Let me hear of your unfailing love each morning, for I am trusting you. Show me where to walk, for I give myself to you.H8085H2617H1242H982H3045H1870H2098H3212H5375H5315 9Rescue me from my enemies, Lord; I run to you to hide me.H5337H3068H341H3680 10Teach me to do your will, for you are my God. May your gracious Spirit lead me forward on a firm footing.H3925H6213H7522H430H7307H2896H5148H776H4334 11For the glory of your name, O Lord, preserve my life. Because of your faithfulness, bring me out of this distress.H2421H3068H8034H6666H3318H5315H6869 12In your unfailing love, silence all my enemies and destroy all my foes, for I am your servant.H2617H6789H341H6H6887H5315H5650

144[A psalm of David.] Praise the Lord, who is my rock. He trains my hands for war and gives my fingers skill for battle.H1732H1288H3068H6697H3925H3027H7128H676H4421 2He is my loving ally and my fortress, my tower of safety, my rescuer. He is my shield, and I take refuge in him. He makes the nations submit to me.H2617H4686H4869H6403H4043H2620H7286H5971 3O Lord, what are human beings that you should notice them, mere mortals that you should think about them?H3068H120H3045H1121H582H2803 4For they are like a breath of air; their days are like a passing shadow.H120H1819H1892H3117H6738H5674 5Open the heavens, Lord, and come down. Touch the mountains so they billow smoke.H5186H8064H3068H3381H5060H2022H6225 6Hurl your lightning bolts and scatter your enemies! Shoot your arrows and confuse them!H1299H1300H6327H7971H2671H2000 7Reach down from heaven and rescue me; rescue me from deep waters, from the power of my enemies.H7971H3027H4791H6475H5337H7227H4325H3027H5236H1121 8Their mouths are full of lies; they swear to tell the truth, but they lie instead.H6310H1696H7723H3225H3225H8267 9I will sing a new song to you, O God! I will sing your praises with a ten-stringed harp.H7891H2319H7892H430H5035H6218H2167 10For you grant victory to kings! You rescued your servant David from the fatal sword.H5414H8668H4428H6475H1732H5650H7451H2719 11Save me! Rescue me from the power of my enemies. Their mouths are full of lies; they swear to tell the truth, but they lie instead.H6475H5337H3027H5236H1121H6310H1696H7723H3225H3225H8267 12May our sons flourish in their youth like well-nurtured plants. May our daughters be like graceful pillars, carved to beautify a palace.H1121H5195H1431H5271H1323H2106H2404H8403H1964 13May our barns be filled with crops of every kind. May the flocks in our fields multiply by the thousands, even tens of thousands,H4200H4392H6329H2177H2177H6629H503H7231H2351 14and may our oxen be loaded down with produce. May there be no enemy breaking through our walls, no going into captivity, no cries of alarm in our town squares.H441H5445H6556H3318H6682H7339 15Yes, joyful are those who live like this! Joyful indeed are those whose God is the Lord.H835H5971H3602H835H5971H430H3068

145[A psalm of praise of David.] I will exalt you, my God and King, and praise your name forever and ever.H1732H8416H7311H430H4428H1288H8034H5769H5703 2I will praise you every day; yes, I will praise you forever.H3117H1288H1984H8034H5769H5703 3Great is the Lord! He is most worthy of praise! No one can measure his greatness.H1419H3068H3966H1984H1420H2714 4Let each generation tell its children of your mighty acts; let them proclaim your power.H1755H1755H7623H4639H5046H1369 5I will meditate on your majestic, glorious splendor and your wonderful miracles.H7878H3519H1926H1935H6381H1697 6Your awe-inspiring deeds will be on every tongue; I will proclaim your greatness.H559H5807H3372H5608H1420 7Everyone will share the story of your wonderful goodness; they will sing with joy about your righteousness.H5042H2143H7227H2898H7442H6666 8The Lord is merciful and compassionate, slow to get angry and filled with unfailing love.H3068H2587H7349H750H639H1419H2617 9The Lord is good to everyone. He showers compassion on all his creation.H3068H2896H7356H4639 10All of your works will thank you, Lord, and your faithful followers will praise you.H4639H3034H3068H2623H1288 11They will speak of the glory of your kingdom; they will give examples of your power.H559H3519H4438H1696H1369 12They will tell about your mighty deeds and about the majesty and glory of your reign.H3045H1121H120H1369H3519H1926H4438 13For your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom. You rule throughout all generations. The Lord always keeps his promises; he is gracious in all he does.H4438H5769H4438H4475H1755H1755 14The Lord helps the fallen and lifts those bent beneath their loads.H3068H5564H5307H2210H3721 15The eyes of all look to you in hope; you give them their food as they need it.H5869H7663H5414H400H6256 16When you open your hand, you satisfy the hunger and thirst of every living thing.H6605H3027H7646H7522H2416 17The Lord is righteous in everything he does; he is filled with kindness.H3068H6662H1870H2623H4639 18The Lord is close to all who call on him, yes, to all who call on him in truth.H3068H7138H7121H7121H571 19He grants the desires of those who fear him; he hears their cries for help and rescues them.H6213H7522H3373H8085H7775H3467 20The Lord protects all those who love him, but he destroys the wicked.H3068H8104H157H7563H8045 21I will praise the Lord, and may everyone on earth bless his holy name forever and ever.H6310H1696H8416H3068H1320H1288H6944H8034H5769H5703