Strong desire to be with the LORDverses 1-4
How amiable are YOUR tabernacles – O LORD of hosts
my soul longs – yea – even faints for the courts of the LORD
my heart and my flesh cry out for the LIVING God
Yea – the sparrow hath found an house
and the swallow a nest for herself
where … Read More
Psalmist questions the LORDverses 1-2
Keep not YOU silence – O God – hold not YOUR PEACE
and be not still – O God
FOR lo – YOUR enemies make a tumult
they that hate YOU have lifted up the head
Psalmist explains actions of the enemiesverses 3-4
They have taken crafty counsel against YOUR people
and consulted … Read More
God is the Judgeverses 1-2
God stands in the congregation of the mighty
HE judges among the gods
How long will you judge unjustly
and accept the persons of the wicked? SELAH
Request to help the poor and fatherlessverses 3-4
Defend the poor and fatherless
do justice to the afflicted and needy
deliver the poor and needy
rid … Read More
Prelude to a feast dayverses 1-3
Sing aloud to God our strength – make a joyful noise
to the God of Jacob
Take a psalm – and bring hither the timbrel
the pleasant harp with the psaltery
Blow up the trumpet in the new moon – in the time appointed
on our solemn feast day
History of the feast … Read More
Prayer to the Shepherd of Israelverses 1-2
Give ear – O Shepherd of Israel – YOU that lead Joseph like a flock
YOU that dwell between the cherubim – shine forth
before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh stir up
YOUR strength and come – and save us
Chorusverse 3
Turn us again – O God – and cause … Read More
Description of defeated people of Israelverses 1-4
O God – the heathen are come into YOUR inheritance
YOUR holy temple have they defiled
They have laid Jerusalem on heaps – the dead bodies of YOUR servants
have they given to be meat to the fowls of the heaven
the flesh of YOUR saints to the beasts of the earth… Read More
God establishes residence of Israelverses 1-3
In Judah is God known – HIS name is great in Israel
in Salem also is HIS tabernacle
HIS dwelling place in Zion
there brake HE the arrows of the
bow – shield – sword – battle
SELAH
God protects the residence of Israelverses 4-6
YOU are more glorious and excellent than … Read More
Thanking the LORD for HIS wondrous worksverses 1-3
To YOU – O God – do we give THANKS
to YOU do we give THANKS
for that YOUR name is near
YOUR wondrous works declare
When I shall receive the congregation I will judge uprightly
the earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved
I bear up the pillars of … Read More