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BOOK I
Psalms 1–41
Psalm 1
Blessed is the one who does not walk in step with the wicked or stand in the way that sinners take or sit in the company of mockers,
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Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.
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Tremble and do not sin; when you are on your beds, search your hearts and be silent.
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Declare them guilty, O God! Let their intrigues be their downfall. Banish them for their many sins, for they have rebelled against you.
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But let all who take refuge in you be glad; let them ever sing for joy. Spread your protection over them, that those who love your name may rejoice in you.
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I will give thanks to the Lord because of his righteousness; I will sing the praises of the name of the Lord Most High.
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Psalm 9
For the director of music. To the tune of “The Death of the Son.” A psalm of David.
I will give thanks to you, Lord, with all my heart; I will tell of all your wonderful deeds.
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I will be glad and rejoice in you; I will sing the praises of your name, O Most High.
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Sing the praises of the Lord, enthroned in Zion; proclaim among the nations what he has done.
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Lord, see how my enemies persecute me! Have mercy and lift me up from the gates of death,
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Look on me and answer, Lord my God. Give light to my eyes, or I will sleep in death,
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I will sing the Lord’s praise, for he has been good to me.
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The cords of death entangled me; the torrents of destruction overwhelmed me.
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The cords of the grave coiled around me; the snares of death confronted me.
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I have been blameless before him and have kept myself from sin.
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Therefore I will praise you, Lord, among the nations; I will sing the praises of your name.
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Keep your servant also from willful sins; may they not rule over me. Then I will be blameless, innocent of great transgression.
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Be exalted in your strength, Lord; we will sing and praise your might.
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“He trusts in the Lord,” they say, “let the Lord rescue him. Let him deliver him, since he delights in him.”
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My mouth is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth; you lay me in the dust of death.
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Do not remember the sins of my youth and my rebellious ways; according to your love remember me, for you, Lord, are good.
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Good and upright is the Lord; therefore he instructs sinners in his ways.
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Look on my affliction and my distress and take away all my sins.
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Do not take away my soul along with sinners, my life with those who are bloodthirsty,
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Then my head will be exalted above the enemies who surround me; at his sacred tent I will sacrifice with shouts of joy; I will sing and make music to the Lord.
