Psalms

Psalmist wants to be preserved from violent men         verse 1- 3 

Deliver me – O LORD – from the evil man

preserve me from the violent man

      which imagine mischiefs in their heart continually

are they gathered together for war

They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent

            adders’ poison is under their lips        SELAH… Read More

Omniscience of God                                            verse 1- 6 

O LORD – YOU have searched me, and known me

YOU know my down sitting and mine uprising

YOU understand my thought afar off

YOU compass my path and my lying down

and are acquainted with all my ways

For there is not a word in my tongue – BUT – lo – O … Read More

Individual thankfulness to the LORD                 verse 1- 3

I will praise YOU with my whole heart

before the gods will I sing praise to YOU

I will worship toward YOUR holy temple

and praise YOUR name for YOUR loving-kindness

and for YOUR truth

for YOU have magnified YOUR word

above all YOUR name

In the day when I cried YOU… Read More

Prayer regarding captivity                                        verse 1- 6

By the rivers of Babylon – there we sat down – yea – we wept

when we remembered Zion

We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof

for there they that carried us away captive required of us a song

and they that wasted us required of us mirth

saying

Sing … Read More

Mercy of the Sovereign of the Universe                        verse 1- 3

O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good

for HIS mercy endures for ever

O give thanks unto the God of gods

for HIS mercy endures for ever

O give thanks to the Lord of lords

for HIS mercy endures forever

Mercy of the Creator of the … Read More

Priest and Levites are to praise the LORD                   verse 1- 2 

Praise you the LORD

Praise you the name of the LORD

Praise HIM – O you servants of the LORD

You that stand in the house of the LORD

in the courts of the house of our God 

Israel is to praise the LORD

as HIS peculiar treasure                                      verse … Read More

BEHOLD – bless you the LORD

all you servants of the LORD

                        which by night stand in the house of the LORD

Lift up your hands in the sanctuary – and bless the LORD

Unity is pleasant                                                                      verse 1

BEHOLD – how good and how pleasant for BRETHREN

to dwell together in unity

Unity is precious                                                                      verse 2

It is like precious ointment upon the head – THAT ran down upon the beard

even Aaron’s beard: THAT went down to the shirts of his garment

Unity is refreshing                                                                  verse 3

As the dew of … Read More

Promise of King David to the LORD                  verse 1- 5

LORD – remember David – and all his afflictions

            how he swore to the LORD

and vowed to the mighty God of Jacob

Surely I will not come into the tabernacle of my house

            nor go up into my bed

I will not give sleep to mine eyes – or … Read More

Humility of the Psalmist                                                         verse 1 

LORD – my heart is not haughty – nor mine eyes lofty

            neither do I exercise myself in great matters

or in things to high for me

 Contentment of the Psalmist                                                   verse 2

 Surely I have behaved and quieted myself

            as a child that is weaned of his mother

                        my soul is even as … Read More