Psalms 50; Psalms 53; Psalms 60; Psalms 75 - Prayer Tents

50[A psalm of Asaph.] The LORD, the Mighty One, is God, and he has spoken; he has summoned all humanity from where the sun rises to where it sets.H4210H623H410H430H3068H1696H7121H776H4217H8121H3996 2From Mount Zion, the perfection of beauty, God shines in glorious radiance.H6726H4359H3308H430H3313 3Our God approaches, and he is not silent. Fire devours everything in his way, and a great storm rages around him.H430H935H2790H784H398H6440H3966H8175H5439 4He calls on the heavens above and earth below to witness the judgment of his people.H7121H8064H5920H776H1777H5971 5"Bring my faithful people to me—those who made a covenant with me by giving sacrifices."H622H2623H3772H1285H2077 6Then let the heavens proclaim his justice, for God himself will be the judge. InterludeH8064H5046H6664H430H8199H5542 7"O my people, listen as I speak. Here are my charges against you, O Israel. I am God, your God!H8085H5971H1696H3478H5749H430H430 8I have no complaint about your sacrifices or the burnt offerings you constantly offer.H3198H2077H5930H8548 9But I do not need the bulls from your barns or the goats from your pens.H3947H6499H1004H6260H4356 10For all the animals of the forest are mine, and I own the cattle on a thousand hills.H2416H3293H929H505H2042 11I know every bird on the mountains, and all the animals of the field are mine.H3045H5775H2022H2123H7704H5978 12If I were hungry, I would not tell you, for all the world is mine and everything in it.H7456H559H8398H4393 13Do I eat the meat of bulls? Do I drink the blood of goats?H398H1320H47H8354H1818H6260 14Make thankfulness your sacrifice to God, and keep the vows you made to the Most High.H2076H430H8426H7999H5088H5945 15Then call on me when you are in trouble, and I will rescue you, and you will give me glory."H7121H3117H6869H2502H3513 16But God says to the wicked. "Why bother reciting my decrees and pretending to obey my covenant?H7563H430H559H5608H2706H5375H1285H6310 17For you refuse my discipline and treat my words like trash.H8130H4148H7993H1697H310 18When you see thieves, you approve of them, and you spend your time with adulterers.H7200H1590H7521H2506H5003 19Your mouth is filled with wickedness, and your tongue is full of lies.H7971H6310H7451H3956H6775H4820 20You sit around and slander your brother—your own mother's son.H3427H1696H251H5414H1848H517H1121 21While you did all this, I remained silent, and you thought I didn't care. But now I will rebuke you, listing all my charges against you.H6213H2790H1819H1961H3198H6186H5869 22Repent, all of you who forget me, or I will tear you apart, and no one will help you.H995H7911H433H2963H5337 23But giving thanks is a sacrifice that truly honors me. If you keep to my path, I will reveal to you the salvation of God."H2076H8426H3513H7760H1870H7200H3468H430

53[For the choir director: A meditation; a psalm of David.] Only fools say in their hearts, “There is no God.” They are corrupt, and their actions are evil; not one of them does good!H5329H4257H4905H1732H5036H559H3820H430H7843H8581H5766H6213H2896 2God looks down from heaven on the entire human race; he looks to see if anyone is truly wise, if anyone seeks God.H430H8259H8064H1121H120H7200H3426H7919H1875H430 3But no, all have turned away; all have become corrupt. No one does good, not a single one!H5472H3162H444H6213H2896H259 4Will those who do evil never learn? They eat up my people like bread and wouldn’t think of praying to God.H6466H205H3045H398H5971H398H3899H7121H430 5Terror will grip them, terror like they have never known before. God will scatter the bones of your enemies. You will put them to shame, for God has rejected them.H6343H6342H6343H430H6340H6106H2583H954H430H3988 6Who will come from Mount Zion to rescue Israel? When God restores his people, Jacob will shout with joy, and Israel will rejoice.H5414H3444H3478H6726H430H7725H7622H5971H3290H1523H3478H8055

60[For the choir director: A psalm of David useful for teaching, regarding the time David fought Aram-naharaim and Aram-zobah, and Joab returned and killed 12,000 Edomites in the Valley of Salt. To be sung to the tune “Lily of the Testimony.”] You have rejected us, O God, and broken our defenses. You have been angry with us; now restore us to your favor.H5329H7802H4387H1732H3925H5327H763H5104H760H3097H7725H5221H123H1516H4417H8147H6240H505H430H2186H6555H599H77252You have shaken our land and split it open. Seal the cracks, for the land trembles.H776H7493H6480H7495H7667H41313You have been very hard on us, making us drink wine that sent us reeling.H7200H5971H7186H8248H3196H86534But you have raised a banner for those who fear you—a rallying point in the face of attack. InterludeH5414H5251H3373H5127H6440H7189H55425Now rescue your beloved people. Answer and save us by your power.H3039H2502H3467H3225H60306God has promised this by his holiness. “I will divide up Shechem with joy. I will measure out the valley of Succoth.H430H1696H6944H5937H2505H7927H4058H6010H55237Gilead is mine, and Manasseh, too. Ephraim, my helmet, will produce my warriors, and Judah, my scepter, will produce my kings.H1568H4519H669H4581H7218H3063H27108But Moab, my washbasin, will become my servant, and I will wipe my feet on Edom and shout in triumph over Philistia.”H4124H5518H7366H123H7993H5275H6429H73219Who will bring me into the fortified city? Who will bring me victory over Edom?H2986H4692H5892H5148H12310Have you rejected us, O God? Will you no longer march with our armies?H430H2186H430H3318H663511Oh, please help us against our enemies, for all human help is useless.H3051H5833H6862H7723H8668H12012With God’s help we will do mighty things, for he will trample down our foes.H430H6213H2428H947H6862

75[For the choir director: A psalm of Asaph. A song to be sung to the tune “Do Not Destroy!”] We thank you, O God! We give thanks because you are near. People everywhere tell of your wonderful deeds.H5329H516H4210H7892H623H430H3034H3034H8034H7138H6381H5608 2God says, “At the time I have planned, I will bring justice against the wicked.H3947H4150H8199H4339 3When the earth quakes and its people live in turmoil, I am the one who keeps its foundations firm. InterludeH776H3427H4127H8505H5982H5542 4“I warned the proud, ‘Stop your boasting!’ I told the wicked, ‘Don’t raise your fists!H559H1984H1984H7563H7311H7161 5Don’t raise your fists in defiance at the heavens or speak with such arrogance.’”H7311H7161H4791H1696H6277H6677 6For no one on earth—from east or west, or even from the wilderness—should raise a defiant fist.H7311H2022H4161H4628H4057 7It is God alone who judges; he decides who will rise and who will fall.H430H8199H8213H7311 8For the Lord holds a cup in his hand that is full of foaming wine mixed with spices. He pours out the wine in judgment, and all the wicked must drink it, draining it to the dregs.H3027H3068H3563H3196H2560H4392H4538H5064H2088H8105H7563H776H4680H8354 9But as for me, I will always proclaim what God has done; I will sing praises to the God of Jacob.H5046H5769H2167H430H3290 10For God says, “I will break the strength of the wicked, but I will increase the power of the godly.”H7161H7563H1438H7161H6662H7311