Psalms 6; Psalms 8-10; Psalms 14; Psalms 16; Psalms 19; Psalms 21 - Prayer Tents

6[For the choir director: A psalm of David, to be accompanied by an eight-stringed instrument.] O LORD, don't rebuke me in your anger or discipline me in your rage.H5329H5058H8067H4210H1732H3068H3198H639H3256H2534 2Have compassion on me, LORD, for I am weak. Heal me, LORD, for my bones are in agony.H2603H3068H536H3068H7495H6106H926 3I am sick at heart. How long, O LORD, until you restore me?H5315H3966H926H3068 4Return, O LORD, and rescue me. Save me because of your unfailing love.H7725H3068H2502H5315H3467H2617 5For the dead do not remember you. Who can praise you from the grave?H4194H2143H7585H3034 6I am worn out from sobbing. All night I flood my bed with weeping, drenching it with my tears.H3021H585H3915H4296H7811H4529H6210H1832 7My vision is blurred by grief; my eyes are worn out because of all my enemies.H5869H6244H3708H6275H6887 8Go away, all you who do evil, for the LORD has heard my weeping.H5493H6466H205H3068H8085H6963H1065 9The LORD has heard my plea; the LORD will answer my prayer.H3068H8085H8467H3068H3947H8605 10May all my enemies be disgraced and terrified. May they suddenly turn back in shame.H341H954H3966H926H7725H954H7281

8[For the choir director: A psalm of David, to be accompanied by a stringed instrument.] O LORD, our Lord, your majestic name fills the earth! Your glory is higher than the heavens.H5329H1665H4210H1732H3068H113H117H8034H776H5414H1935H8064 2You have taught children and infants to tell of your strength, silencing your enemies and all who oppose you.H6310H5768H3243H3245H5797H6887H7673H341H5358 3When I look at the night sky and see the work of your fingers—the moon and the stars you set in place—H7200H8064H4639H676H3394H3556H3559 4what are mere mortals that you should think about them, human beings that you should care for them?H582H2142H1121H120H6485 5Yet you made them only a little lower than God and crowned them with glory and honor.H4592H2637H430H5849H3519H1926 6You gave them charge of everything you made, putting all things under their authority—H4910H4639H3027H7896H7272 7the flocks and the herds and all the wild animals,H6792H504H929H7704 8the birds in the sky, the fish in the sea, and everything that swims the ocean currents.H6833H8064H1709H3220H5674H734H3220 9O LORD, our Lord, your majestic name fills the earth!H3068H113H117H8034H776

9[For the choir director: A psalm of David, to be sung to the tune "Death of the Son"] I will praise you, LORD, with all my heart; I will tell of all the marvelous things you have done.H5329H4192H1121H4210H1732H3034H3068H3820H5608H6381 2I will be filled with joy because of you. I will sing praises to your name, O Most High.H8055H5970H2167H8034H5945 3My enemies retreated; they staggered and died when you appeared.H341H7725H268H3782H6H6440 4For you have judged in my favor; from your throne you have judged with fairness.H6213H4941H1779H3427H3678H8199H6664 5You have rebuked the nations and destroyed the wicked; you have erased their names forever.H1605H1471H6H7563H4229H8034H5769H5703 6The enemy is finished, in endless ruins; the cities you uprooted are now forgotten.H341H2723H5331H8552H5428H6145H5892H2143H6H1992 7But the LORD reigns forever, executing judgment from his throne.H3068H3427H5769H3559H3678H4941 8He will judge the world with justice and rule the nations with fairness.H8199H8398H6664H1777H3816H4339 9The LORD is a shelter for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble.H3068H4869H1790H4869H6256H6869 10Those who know your name trust in you, for you, O LORD, do not abandon those who search for you.H3045H8034H982H3068H5800H1875 11Sing praises to the LORD who reigns in Jerusalem. Tell the world about his unforgettable deeds.H2167H3068H3427H6726H5046H5971H5949 12For he who avenges murder cares for the helpless. He does not ignore the cries of those who suffer.H1875H1818H2142H7911H6818H6035H6041 13LORD, have mercy on me. See how my enemies torment me. Snatch me back from the jaws of death.H2603H3068H7200H6040H8130H7311H8179H4194 14Save me so I can praise you publicly at Jerusalem's gates, so I can rejoice that you have rescued me.H5608H8416H8179H1323H6726H1523H3444 15The nations have fallen into the pit they dug for others. Their own feet have been caught in the trap they set.H1471H2883H7845H6213H7568H2098H2934H7272H3920 16The LORD is known for his justice. The wicked are trapped by their own deeds. Quiet InterludeH3068H3045H4941H6213H7563H5367H6467H3709H1902H5542 17The wicked will go down to the grave. This is the fate of all the nations who ignore God.H7563H7725H7585H1471H7913H430 18But the needy will not be ignored forever; the hopes of the poor will not always be crushed.H34H5331H7911H8615H6041H6035H6H5703 19Arise, O LORD! Do not let mere mortals defy you! Judge the nations!H6965H3068H582H5810H1471H8199H6440 20Make them tremble in fear, O LORD. Let the nations know they are merely human. InterludeH7896H4172H4172H3068H1471H3045H582H5542

10O LORD, why do you stand so far away? Why do you hide when I am in trouble?H5975H7350H3068H5956H6256H6869 2The wicked arrogantly hunt down the poor. Let them be caught in the evil they plan for others.H7563H1346H1814H6041H8610H4209H2098H2803 3For they brag about their evil desires; they praise the greedy and curse the LORD.H7563H1984H5315H8378H1288H1214H3068H5006 4The wicked are too proud to seek God. They seem to think that God is dead.H7563H1363H639H1875H430H4209 5Yet they succeed in everything they do. They do not see your punishment awaiting them. They sneer at all their enemies.H1870H6256H2342H4941H4791H6887H6315 6They think, "Nothing bad will ever happen to us! We will be free of trouble forever!"H559H3820H4131H1755H1755H7451 7Their mouths are full of cursing, lies, and threats. Trouble and evil are on the tips of their tongues.H6310H4390H423H4820H8496H3956H5999H205 8They lurk in ambush in the villages, waiting to murder innocent people. They are always searching for helpless victims.H3427H3993H2691H4565H2026H5355H5869H6845H2489 9Like lions crouched in hiding, they wait to pounce on the helpless. Like hunters they capture the helpless and drag them away in nets.H693H4565H738H5520H693H2414H6041H2414H6041H4900H7568 10Their helpless victims are crushed; they fall beneath the strength of the wicked.H1794H7817H2426H2489H2489H5307H6099 11The wicked think, "God isn't watching us! He has closed his eyes and won't even see what we do!"H559H3820H410H7911H5641H6440H5331H7200 12Arise, O LORD! Punish the wicked, O God! Do not ignore the helpless!H6965H3068H410H5375H3027H7911H6035H6041 13Why do the wicked get away with despising God? They think, "God will never call us to account."H7563H5006H430H559H3820H1875 14But you see the trouble and grief they cause. You take note of it and punish them. The helpless put their trust in you. You defend the orphans.H7200H5027H5999H3708H5414H3027H2489H5800H5826H3490 15Break the arms of these wicked, evil people! Go after them until the last one is destroyed.H7665H2220H7563H7451H1875H7562H4672H1077 16The LORD is king forever and ever! The godless nations will vanish from the land.H3068H4428H5769H5703H1471H6H776 17LORD, you know the hopes of the helpless. Surely you will hear their cries and comfort them.H3068H8085H8378H6035H3559H3820H241H7181 18You will bring justice to the orphans and the oppressed, so mere people can no longer terrify them.H8199H3490H1790H582H776H3254H6206

14[For the choir director: 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!H5329H1732H5036H559H3820H430H7843H8581H5949H6213H2896 2The LORD looks down from heaven on the entire human race; he looks to see if anyone is truly wise, if anyone seeks God.H3068H8259H8064H1121H120H7200H3426H7919H1875H430 3But no, all have turned away; all have become corrupt. No one does good, not a single one!H5493H3162H444H6213H2896H259 4Will those who do evil never learn? They eat up my people like bread and wouldn't think of praying to the LORD.H6466H205H3045H398H5971H398H3899H7121H3068 5Terror will grip them, for God is with those who obey him.H6343H6342H430H1755H6662 6The wicked frustrate the plans of the oppressed, but the LORD will protect his people.H954H6098H6041H3068H4268 7Who will come from Mount Zion to rescue Israel? When the LORD restores his people, Jacob will shout with joy, and Israel will rejoice.H5414H3444H3478H6726H3068H7725H7622H5971H3290H1523H3478H8055