Psalm 20-22The Assurance of God’s Saving WorkTo the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.20 May the Lord answer you in the day of trouble;May the name of the God of Jacob [a]defend you;2 May He send you help from the sanctuary,And strengthen you out of Zion;3 May He remember all your offerings,And accept your burnt sacrifice. Selah4 May He grant you according to your heart’s desire,And fulfill all you...  Read More

Psalm 18-19God the Sovereign SaviorTo the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David the servant of the Lord, who spoke to the Lord the words of this song on the day that the Lord delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul. And he said:18 I will love You, O Lord, my strength.2 The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer;My God, my [a]strength, in whom I will trust;My s...  Read More

Psalms 16-17The Hope of the Faithful, and the Messiah’s VictoryA Michtam of David.16 Preserve[a] me, O God, for in You I put my trust.2 O my soul, you have said to the Lord,“You are my Lord,My goodness is nothing apart from You.”3 As for the saints who are on the earth,“They are the excellent ones, in whom is all my delight.”4 Their sorrows shall be multiplied who hasten after another god;Their dr...  Read More

Psalm 13-15Trust in the Salvation of the LordTo the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.13 How long, O Lord? Will You forget me forever?How long will You hide Your face from me?2 How long shall I take counsel in my soul,Having sorrow in my heart daily?How long will my enemy be exalted over me?3 Consider and hear me, O Lord my God;Enlighten my eyes,Lest I sleep the sleep of death;4 Lest my enemy say,“...  Read More

Psalm 10-12A Song of Confidence in God’s Triumph over Evil10 Why do You stand afar off, O Lord?Why do You hide in times of trouble?2 The wicked in his pride [a]persecutes the poor;Let them be caught in the plots which they have devised.3 For the wicked boasts of his heart’s desire;[b]He blesses the greedy and renounces the Lord.4 The wicked in his proud countenance does not seek God;[c]God is in n...  Read More

Psalm 7-9Prayer and Praise for Deliverance from EnemiesA Meditation[a] of David, which he sang to the Lord concerning the words of Cush, a Benjamite.7 O Lord my God, in You I put my trust;Save me from all those who persecute me;And deliver me,2 Lest they tear me like a lion,Rending me in pieces, while there is none to deliver.3 O Lord my God, if I have done this:If there is iniquity in my hands,4 ...  Read More