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Psalms
Psalms is book 19 of 66 and belongs to Wisdom & Poetry in the Old Testament. It has 150 chapters, each with source-checked General, Historical and Literary context. 49 people are indexed in its passages.
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Chapters
- Psalms 1: Psalm 1: the tree by the rivers and the chaff in the wind
The psalm opens by calling blessed the man who does not walk in the counsel of the ungodly, stand in the way of sinners, or sit in the seat of the… - Psalms 2: Psalm 2: the raging nations and the king set on Zion
The psalm opens with a question: why do the heathen rage and the people imagine a vain thing? The kings of the earth and the rulers take counsel… - Psalms 3: Psalm 3: a shield against ten thousands who rise up
The speaker cries to the Lord that those who trouble him have increased and many rise up against him. Many say of his soul that there is no help for… - Psalms 4: Psalm 4: an evening prayer for hearing, gladness and safe sleep
The speaker asks the God of his righteousness to hear him when he calls, saying that God enlarged him when he was in distress, and asks for mercy and… - Psalms 5: Psalm 5: a morning prayer against deceitful mouths
The speaker asks the Lord to give ear to his words and consider his meditation, and to hearken to the voice of his cry, calling him my King and my… - Psalms 6: Psalm 6: a plea from weakness, tears and the fear of death
The speaker asks the Lord not to rebuke him in his anger or chasten him in his hot displeasure. He asks for mercy because he is weak, and for healing… - Psalms 7: Psalm 7: an oath of innocence and an appeal to the judge of the peoples
The speaker puts his trust in the Lord his God and asks to be saved from all who persecute him, lest the enemy tear his soul like a lion with no one… - Psalms 8: Psalm 8: the excellent name and the question of what man is
The psalm opens by addressing the Lord as our Lord and declaring how excellent his name is in all the earth, and that he has set his glory above the… - Psalms 9: Psalm 9: praise for judgment given and a plea that the nations be judged
The speaker vows to praise the Lord with his whole heart, show forth his marvellous works, and sing to the name of the most High. He says his enemies… - Psalms 10: Psalm 10: why the Lord stands afar off while the wicked hunts the poor
The psalm opens by asking the Lord why he stands afar off and hides himself in times of trouble. It describes the wicked, who in pride persecutes the… - Psalms 11: Psalm 11: refusing to flee like a bird because the Lord is in his temple
The speaker says he puts his trust in the Lord and asks how anyone can say to his soul, flee as a bird to your mountain. The reason offered for… - Psalms 12: Psalm 12: a cry for help when faithful men fail and the Lord's pure words
The psalm opens with a cry for help because the godly man ceases and the faithful fail from among the children of men. Everyone speaks vanity with… - Psalms 13: Psalm 13: four times how long, then trust and a song
The speaker asks the Lord how long he will forget him, whether for ever, and how long he will hide his face. He asks how long he must take counsel in… - Psalms 14: Psalm 14: the fool says there is no God, and none does good
The psalm reports that the fool has said in his heart that there is no God, and states that they are corrupt, have done abominable works, and none… - Psalms 15: Psalm 15: who may dwell in the Lord's holy hill
The psalm asks the Lord who shall abide in his tabernacle and who shall dwell in his holy hill. The answer is a description of a person: one who… - Psalms 16: Psalm 16: the Lord as portion, cup and path of life
The speaker asks God to preserve him because he trusts in him. He tells his soul that it has said to the Lord, Thou art my Lord, and that his… - Psalms 17: Psalm 17: a plea from unfeigned lips to be kept as the apple of the eye
The speaker asks the Lord to hear the right, attend to his cry and give ear to a prayer that does not come from feigned lips, and to let his sentence… - Psalms 18: Psalm 18: a rock, a storm from heaven and the king delivered from his enemies
The speaker declares his love for the Lord, his strength, and names him rock, fortress, deliverer, buckler, horn of salvation and high tower; calling… - Psalms 19: Psalm 19: the heavens declare, the law converts, and secret faults are confessed
The psalm says the heavens declare the glory of God and the firmament shows his handiwork; day utters speech to day and night shows knowledge to… - Psalms 20: Psalm 20: a prayer for the king in the day of trouble
The psalm addresses a person in the second person with a series of wishes: that the Lord hear him in the day of trouble, that the name of the God of… - Psalms 21: Psalm 21: the king's joy in the Lord's strength and the fate of his enemies
The psalm says the king will joy in the Lord's strength and rejoice greatly in his salvation. God has given him his heart's desire and not withheld… - Psalms 22: Psalm 22: forsaken and surrounded, then praise in the great congregation
The speaker asks his God why he has forsaken him and is so far from helping him and from the words of his roaring; he cries by day and night and is… - Psalms 23: Psalm 23: the Lord as shepherd and host
The speaker says the Lord is his shepherd and he will not want. The shepherd makes him lie down in green pastures and leads him beside still waters… - Psalms 24: Psalm 24: the earth is the Lord's and the King of glory comes in
The psalm declares that the earth and its fulness, the world and its inhabitants, are the Lord's, because he founded it on the seas and established… - Psalms 25: Psalm 25: a soul lifted up, paths to be taught and sins to be pardoned
The speaker lifts up his soul to the Lord and says he trusts in his God, asking not to be ashamed and that his enemies not triumph over him; he asks… - Psalms 26: Psalm 26: judge me, for I have walked in my integrity
The speaker asks the Lord to judge him, because he has walked in his integrity and has trusted in the Lord, and therefore he will not slide. He… - Psalms 27: Confidence and prayer in the face of fear
The speaker calls the Lord light, salvation and strength, expressing confidence even at the prospect of war. The speaker especially wants to remain… - Psalms 28: Psalm 28: a cry against the Lord's silence, answered with praise
The speaker cries to the Lord his rock and asks him not to be silent, lest he become like those who go down into the pit. He asks the Lord to hear… - Psalms 29: Psalm 29: the voice of the Lord over the waters, the cedars and the wilderness
The psalm calls on the mighty to give the Lord glory and strength, to give him the glory due to his name and to worship him in the beauty of… - Psalms 30: Psalm 30: lifted up from the grave, mourning turned into dancing
The speaker will extol the Lord because he has lifted him up and not let his foes rejoice over him; he cried and the Lord healed him, brought up his… - Psalms 31: Psalm 31: trust in the Lord's hand through slander, grief and a broken vessel
The speaker puts his trust in the Lord, asks never to be ashamed and to be delivered in his righteousness, and asks the Lord to be his strong rock… - Psalms 32: Psalm 32: the blessedness of sin forgiven after silence and confession
The psalm calls blessed the one whose transgression is forgiven and whose sin is covered, and the man to whom the Lord does not impute iniquity, in… - Psalms 33: Psalm 33: a new song for the word that made the heavens and the eye that watches
The psalm calls the righteous to rejoice in the Lord, since praise is comely for the upright, to praise him with harp, psaltery and an instrument of… - Psalms 34: Psalm 34: taste and see that the Lord is good, and the fear of the Lord taught
The speaker will bless the Lord at all times, with his praise continually in his mouth; his soul will boast in the Lord so that the humble hear and… - Psalms 35: Psalm 35: plead my cause, and fight against those who fight against me
The speaker asks the Lord to plead his cause with those who strive with him and fight those who fight him, to take up shield, buckler and spear… - Psalms 36: Psalm 36: the transgression of the wicked and the mercy that reaches the heavens
The speaker says the transgression of the wicked speaks within his heart that there is no fear of God before the wicked man's eyes. That man flatters… - Psalms 37: Psalm 37: fret not because of evildoers, for the meek shall inherit the earth
The psalm tells its hearer not to fret because of evildoers or envy the workers of iniquity, since they will soon be cut down like grass; to trust in… - Psalms 38: Psalm 38: arrows that stick fast, wounds that stink, and a plea not to be forsaken
The speaker asks the Lord not to rebuke him in wrath or chasten him in hot displeasure, for God's arrows stick fast in him and his hand presses him… - Psalms 39: Psalm 39: the bridled tongue and the handbreadth of days
The speaker says he resolved to take heed to his ways so as not to sin with his tongue, keeping his mouth with a bridle while the wicked was before… - Psalms 40: Psalm 40: a new song from the pit and a cry for haste
The speaker says he waited patiently for the Lord, who inclined to him and heard his cry, brought him up out of a horrible pit and miry clay, set his… - Psalms 41: Psalm 41: the sick man, the false friend and the double Amen
The psalm opens by calling blessed the one who considers the poor: the Lord will deliver him in time of trouble, preserve him, keep him alive, bless… - Psalms 42: Psalm 42: the panting hart and the cast-down soul
The speaker compares his soul to a hart panting after water brooks: his soul thirsts for God, the living God, and he asks when he will come and… - Psalms 43: Psalm 43: a plea for light and truth to lead to the altar
The speaker asks God to judge him and plead his cause against an ungodly nation and to deliver him from the deceitful and unjust man. He says God is… - Psalms 44: Psalm 44: the fathers' story remembered and a nation asking why God sleeps
The speakers say they have heard with their ears what their fathers told them of God's work in the times of old: how God drove out the heathen and… - Psalms 45: Psalm 45: a song for the king and the daughter brought to his palace
The speaker says his heart is inditing a good matter and that he speaks of things he has made touching the king, his tongue the pen of a ready… - Psalms 46: Psalm 46: God our refuge, the river of the city and the word Be still
The speakers say God is their refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble, and therefore they will not fear though the earth be removed, the… - Psalms 47: Psalm 47: clap your hands, God is gone up with a shout
The psalm calls all people to clap their hands and shout to God with the voice of triumph, because the Lord most high is terrible and a great King… - Psalms 48: Psalm 48: mount Zion, the kings who fled and the towers to be counted
The psalm declares the Lord great and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in the mountain of his holiness. Mount Zion is beautiful for… - Psalms 49: Psalm 49: a dark saying on the harp about riches, death and the grave
The speaker calls all people and all inhabitants of the world, low and high, rich and poor, to hear. His mouth will speak wisdom and his heart's… - Psalms 50: Psalm 50: God summons the earth, judges his people and rebukes the wicked
The psalm says the mighty God, the Lord, has spoken and called the earth from the rising of the sun to its going down, and has shined out of Zion… - Psalms 51: Psalm 51: a plea for mercy, a clean heart and a broken spirit
The speaker asks God for mercy according to his lovingkindness and tender mercies, to blot out his transgressions, wash him thoroughly from iniquity… - Psalms 52: Psalm 52: the razor tongue of the mighty man and the green olive tree
The speaker asks a mighty man why he boasts himself in mischief, since the goodness of God endures continually. The man's tongue devises mischiefs… - Psalms 53: Psalm 53: the fool's heart, God looking down and the scattered bones
The psalm says the fool has said in his heart that there is no God; they are corrupt, have done abominable iniquity, and none does good. God looked… - Psalms 54: Psalm 54: save me by thy name, for strangers have risen against me
The speaker asks God to save him by his name and judge him by his strength, to hear his prayer and give ear to the words of his mouth. Strangers have… - Psalms 55: Psalm 55: wings like a dove and the friend whose words were drawn swords
The speaker asks God to give ear to his prayer and not hide from his supplication; he mourns and makes a noise because of the voice of the enemy and… - Psalms 56: Psalm 56: tears in God's bottle and trust when afraid
The speaker asks God to be merciful because man would swallow him up and fights daily to oppress him; his enemies would swallow him daily, for many… - Psalms 57: Psalm 57: refuge under wings among lions, and a fixed heart that wakes the dawn
The speaker asks God twice to be merciful, for his soul trusts in him and he will make his refuge in the shadow of God's wings until the calamities… - Psalms 58: Psalm 58: the deaf adder, the broken teeth and a God who judges in the earth
The speaker asks a congregation, the sons of men, whether they really speak righteousness and judge uprightly, and answers that in heart they work… - Psalms 59: Psalm 59: dogs around the city at evening and a song of strength in the morning
The speaker asks his God to deliver him from his enemies, defend him from those who rise against him, and save him from workers of iniquity and… - Psalms 60: Psalm 60: cast off and scattered, then God's word over Shechem, Moab and Edom
The speakers tell God he has cast them off, scattered them and been displeased, and ask him to turn to them again. He has made the earth tremble and… - Psalms 61: Psalm 61: a cry from the end of the earth for the rock that is higher
The speaker asks God to hear his cry and attend to his prayer. From the end of the earth he will cry when his heart is overwhelmed, and asks to be… - Psalms 62: Psalm 62: the soul that waits only on God, and men lighter than vanity
The speaker says his soul truly waits on God, from whom his salvation comes; God only is his rock, salvation and defence, and he will not be greatly… - Psalms 63: Psalm 63: thirst in a dry land and lovingkindness better than life
The speaker calls God his God and says he will seek him early; his soul thirsts and his flesh longs for God in a dry and thirsty land without water… - Psalms 64: Psalm 64: bitter words shot in secret, and God's sudden arrow
The speaker asks God to hear his voice in prayer and preserve his life from fear of the enemy, to hide him from the secret counsel of the wicked and… - Psalms 65: Psalm 65: praise waiting in Sion and a year crowned with goodness
The psalm says praise waits for God in Sion, where the vow will be performed to him; he hears prayer and all flesh will come to him. Iniquities… - Psalms 66: Psalm 66: all lands called to praise, a people tried as silver, and one man's vows
The psalm calls all lands to make a joyful noise to God, sing the honour of his name and make his praise glorious, and to say to God how terrible his… - Psalms 67: Psalm 67: a shining face, all peoples praising, and the earth's increase
The speakers ask God to be merciful to us, bless us and cause his face to shine on us, Selah, so that his way may be known on earth and his saving… - Psalms 68: Psalm 68: God arises, marches through the wilderness and ascends on high
The psalm calls for God to arise and his enemies to scatter like smoke and melting wax, while the righteous rejoice. The hearers are told to sing to… - Psalms 69: Psalm 69: sinking in deep waters, reproach for God's sake, gall and vinegar
The speaker asks God to save him, for the waters have come in to his soul; he sinks in deep mire, floods overflow him, he is weary of crying, his… - Psalms 70: Psalm 70: make haste, O God, a short cry against those who say Aha
The speaker asks God to make haste to deliver him and the Lord to make haste to help him. He asks that those who seek his soul be ashamed and… - Psalms 71: Psalm 71: trust from the womb to old age and gray hairs
The speaker puts his trust in the Lord and asks never to be put to confusion, to be delivered in God's righteousness, heard and saved. He asks God to… - Psalms 72: Psalm 72: judgments for the king, rain on mown grass, and the prayers of David ended
The psalm asks God to give the king his judgments and the king's son his righteousness. He will judge God's people and poor with righteousness; the… - Psalms 73: Psalm 73: feet that almost slipped at the prosperity of the wicked
The speaker says God is truly good to Israel, to those of a clean heart, but his own feet were almost gone, for he was envious at the foolish when he… - Psalms 74: Psalm 74: the sanctuary burned, no prophet, and a plea that God plead his own cause
The speakers ask God why he has cast them off for ever and why his anger smokes against the sheep of his pasture. They ask him to remember the… - Psalms 75: Psalm 75: the pillars borne up, horns not lifted, and a cup of red wine
The speakers give thanks to God twice over, for his wondrous works declare that his name is near. A first-person voice says that when he receives the… - Psalms 76: Psalm 76: God known in Judah, weapons broken in Salem, chariot and horse asleep
The psalm says God is known in Judah and his name is great in Israel; his tabernacle is in Salem and his dwelling place in Zion, and there he broke… - Psalms 77: Psalm 77: a sleepless complaint that turns to remembering the Lord's wonders of old
The speaker cries to God with the voice and says God gave ear. In the day of trouble the speaker sought the Lord; the sore ran in the night and the… - Psalms 78: Psalm 78: a parable of the fathers' rebellion, from Egypt to the choosing of David
The speaker calls my people to hear a parable and dark sayings of old, things the fathers told, not to be hidden from the children. God established a… - Psalms 79: Psalm 79: a plea after the heathen defile the temple and lay Jerusalem on heaps
The community speaks to God: the heathen have come into thine inheritance, defiled the holy temple and laid Jerusalem on heaps. The dead bodies of… - Psalms 80: Psalm 80: Turn us again, the Shepherd of Israel and the vine out of Egypt
The speakers call on the Shepherd of Israel, who leads Joseph like a flock and dwells between the cherubims, to shine forth and to stir up his… - Psalms 81: Psalm 81: a feast-day call to sing that becomes God's own testimony to a people who would not hearken
The psalm opens with a call to sing aloud to God our strength and make a joyful noise to the God of Jacob, to take a psalm with timbrel, harp and… - Psalms 82: Psalm 82: God judges among the gods and tells them they shall die like men
The psalm opens with God standing in the congregation of the mighty and judging among the gods. A voice asks how long they will judge unjustly and… - Psalms 83: Psalm 83: a plea against a confederacy of nations that would blot out Israel's name
The speaker asks God not to keep silence, hold his peace or be still, because his enemies make a tumult and those who hate him have lifted up the… - Psalms 84: Psalm 84: longing for the courts of the Lord, where even the sparrow finds a house
The speaker exclaims how amiable the tabernacles of the Lord of hosts are, and says the soul longs and even faints for the courts of the Lord while… - Psalms 85: Psalm 85: past favour recalled, present anger questioned, and peace heard for the land
The speakers tell the Lord he has been favourable to his land, brought back the captivity of Jacob, forgiven the iniquity of his people and covered… - Psalms 86: Psalm 86: a poor and needy servant asks for mercy, teaching and a token for good
The speaker asks the Lord to bow down his ear, because the speaker is poor and needy, and to preserve his soul and save his servant who trusts in… - Psalms 87: Psalm 87: the city of God, where the Lord counts each one as born in her
The psalm says his foundation is in the holy mountains, and that the Lord loves the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob. Glorious… - Psalms 88: Psalm 88: a cry from the lowest pit that ends in darkness
The speaker addresses the Lord God of my salvation and says he has cried day and night, asking that his prayer come before God. His soul is full of… - Psalms 89: Psalm 89: the covenant sworn to David, and the anointed cast off
The speaker vows to sing of the Lord's mercies for ever and make his faithfulness known to all generations, and quotes God's oath: I have sworn unto… - Psalms 90: Psalm 90: God from everlasting, human days like grass, and a prayer to number them
The speakers say the Lord has been our dwelling place in all generations, and that before the mountains were brought forth or the earth and world… - Psalms 91: Psalm 91: under the shadow of the Almighty, from the fowler's snare to God's own promise
The psalm says that the one who dwells in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. A speaker says of the Lord… - Psalms 92: Psalm 92: it is good to give thanks, the wicked spring as grass and the righteous flourish like a palm
The psalm says it is a good thing to give thanks to the Lord and sing praises to the name of the most High, to show forth his lovingkindness in the… - Psalms 93: Psalm 93: the Lord reigns, mightier than the floods that lift their voice
The psalm opens by declaring that the Lord reigneth, clothed with majesty and with strength with which he has girded himself, and that the world is… - Psalms 94: Psalm 94: a call for the God of vengeance against those who murder the fatherless
The speaker calls on the Lord God to whom vengeance belongs to shew himself, to lift himself up as judge of the earth and render a reward to the… - Psalms 95: Psalm 95: a call to sing and kneel that ends with the oath sworn in the wilderness
The psalm calls, O come, let us sing unto the Lord and make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation, coming before his presence with thanksgiving… - Psalms 96: Psalm 96: a new song for all the earth, for the Lord comes to judge the world
The psalm calls all the earth to sing a new song to the Lord, bless his name, show forth his salvation from day to day and declare his glory among… - Psalms 97: Psalm 97: the Lord reigns in clouds and fire, and Zion hears and is glad
The psalm declares that the Lord reigneth and calls the earth to rejoice and the multitude of isles to be glad. Clouds and darkness are round about… - Psalms 98: Psalm 98: a new song for the victory the Lord has shown to all the ends of the earth
The psalm calls for a new song to the Lord because he has done marvellous things and his right hand and holy arm have gotten him the victory. The… - Psalms 99: Psalm 99: the Lord reigns in Zion, holy, and answers Moses, Aaron and Samuel
The psalm says the Lord reigneth, let the people tremble; he sits between the cherubims, let the earth be moved. The Lord is great in Zion and high… - Psalms 100: Psalm 100: all lands called to enter the Lord's gates with thanksgiving
The psalm calls all lands to make a joyful noise unto the Lord, to serve him with gladness and to come before his presence with singing. The hearers… - Psalms 101: Psalm 101: a vow to walk with a perfect heart and clear the wicked from the house and city
The speaker vows to sing of mercy and judgment to the Lord. He will behave wisely in a perfect way, asks O when wilt thou come unto me, and will walk… - Psalms 102: Psalm 102: a withered life set beside the Lord who endures and will build up Zion
The speaker asks the Lord to hear his prayer, not hide his face in the day of trouble, and answer speedily. His days are consumed like smoke, his… - Psalms 103: Remembering mercy and human frailty
The speaker calls on their own soul to bless the Lord and remember his benefits. The psalm celebrates forgiveness, healing, rescue, justice and… - Psalms 104: Psalm 104: Bless the Lord, O my soul, for the works that fill the earth and the sea
The speaker tells his soul to bless the Lord, who is very great, clothed with honour and majesty, covered with light as with a garment; he stretches… - Psalms 105: Psalm 105: give thanks and remember the covenant, from Abraham to Joseph, Egypt and the land
The psalm calls for thanks to the Lord, to make known his deeds, sing, glory in his holy name, seek his face and remember his marvellous works… - Psalms 106: Psalm 106: we have sinned with our fathers, from the Red sea to Baal-peor and the heathen's hand
The psalm opens with Praise ye the Lord and thanks for mercy that endures for ever and asks who can utter his mighty acts. The speaker asks to be… - Psalms 107: Psalm 107: four troubles, four cries, and one refrain of praise for the Lord's goodness
The psalm calls for thanks to the Lord, whose mercy endures for ever, and tells the redeemed, gathered from east, west, north and south, to say so… - Psalms 108: Psalm 108: a fixed heart sings, then asks who will lead into Edom
The speaker says his heart is fixed and he will sing and give praise, calling psaltery and harp to awake because he will awake early. He will praise… - Psalms 109: Psalm 109: a curse on the accuser and a plea from the poor and needy
The speaker asks the God of his praise not to hold his peace, because the wicked and deceitful have opened their mouths against him with a lying… - Psalms 110: Psalm 110: The Lord said unto my Lord, a seat at the right hand and a priest for ever
The psalm opens with The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool. The Lord shall send the rod of… - Psalms 111: Psalm 111: the works of the Lord praised in the congregation, and the fear of the Lord as wisdom's start
The psalm begins with Praise ye the Lord, and the speaker vows to praise the Lord with his whole heart in the assembly of the upright and the… - Psalms 112: Psalm 112: blessed is the man who fears the Lord, whose righteousness endures for ever
The psalm begins with Praise ye the Lord and calls blessed the man who fears the Lord and delights greatly in his commandments. His seed shall be… - Psalms 113: Psalm 113: praise from sunrise to sunset for the Lord who lifts the needy from the dunghill
The psalm opens with Praise ye the Lord and calls the servants of the Lord to praise his name, blessed from this time forth and for evermore, and… - Psalms 114: Psalm 114: when Israel went out of Egypt, the sea fled and the mountains skipped
The psalm recalls when Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of strange language; Judah was his sanctuary and Israel his… - Psalms 115: Psalm 115: not unto us but to thy name, against idols that have mouths and speak not
The psalm begins, Not unto us, O Lord, not unto us, but unto thy name give glory, for mercy and truth's sake, and asks why the heathen should say… - Psalms 116: Psalm 116: I love the Lord, a deliverance from death and vows paid before all his people
The speaker says he loves the Lord because he heard his voice and supplications and inclined his ear, so he will call on him as long as he lives. The… - Psalms 117: Psalm 117: all nations called to praise the Lord for his merciful kindness
The psalm has two verses. It calls all nations and all people to praise the Lord, and gives the reason: his merciful kindness is great toward us, and… - Psalms 118: Psalm 118: his mercy endures for ever, from distress to the gates and the refused stone
The psalm opens with thanks to the Lord for his mercy that endures for ever, and tells Israel, the house of Aaron and those who fear the Lord to say… - Psalms 119: Psalm 119: the long psalm of the law in twenty-two sections
The psalm opens with a blessing on the undefiled who walk in the law of the Lord and keep his testimonies. The speaker then turns to the Lord and… - Psalms 120: Psalm 120: a cry against lying lips from the tents of Kedar
The speaker says that in his distress he cried to the Lord and the Lord heard him. He asks the Lord to deliver his soul from lying lips and a… - Psalms 121: Psalm 121: the keeper of Israel who neither slumbers nor sleeps
The speaker says he will lift his eyes to the hills, from where his help comes, and answers that his help comes from the Lord who made heaven and… - Psalms 122: Psalm 122: gladness at going into the house of the Lord in Jerusalem
The speaker says he was glad when they said to him, let us go into the house of the Lord. He speaks to Jerusalem: our feet shall stand within your… - Psalms 123: Psalm 123: eyes lifted like servants waiting for mercy
The speaker lifts his eyes to the one who dwells in the heavens. He compares the eyes of servants looking to the hand of their masters and the eyes… - Psalms 124: Psalm 124: if the Lord had not been on our side
The psalm begins with a conditional sentence, if it had not been the Lord who was on our side, and says that Israel may now say so. The line is… - Psalms 125: Psalm 125: those who trust in the Lord are like mount Zion
The psalm says that those who trust in the Lord shall be like mount Zion, which cannot be removed but abides for ever. As the mountains are round… - Psalms 126: Psalm 126: the turned captivity of Zion and sowing in tears
The group says that when the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion, they were like those who dream. Their mouth was filled with laughter and their… - Psalms 127: Psalm 127: unless the Lord builds the house, and children as arrows
The psalm says that unless the Lord builds the house, those who build it labour in vain, and unless the Lord keeps the city, the watchman wakes in… - Psalms 128: Psalm 128: the blessing of the man who fears the Lord
The psalm blesses every one who fears the Lord and walks in his ways. It then addresses that person: he shall eat the labour of his hands, be happy… - Psalms 129: Psalm 129: afflicted from youth, plowers on the back, and a wish against Zion's haters
The psalm opens with a line Israel is told it may now say: many a time have they afflicted me from my youth. The line is repeated with an addition… - Psalms 130: Psalm 130: a cry out of the depths and waiting for the Lord more than watchmen for morning
The speaker says he has cried to the Lord out of the depths and asks the Lord to hear his voice and let his ears be attentive to his supplications… - Psalms 131: Psalm 131: a quieted soul like a weaned child
The speaker tells the Lord that his heart is not haughty and his eyes are not lofty, and that he does not exercise himself in great matters or in… - Psalms 132: Psalm 132: David's vow to find a place for the Lord and the Lord's oath to David
The speaker asks the Lord to remember David and all his afflictions, how he swore to the Lord and vowed to the mighty God of Jacob that he would not… - Psalms 133: Psalm 133: brethren in unity, like oil on Aaron's beard and dew on Zion
The psalm declares how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity. It compares this to the precious ointment on the head… - Psalms 134: Psalm 134: night servants in the house of the Lord called to bless him
The psalm calls on all the servants of the Lord who stand by night in the house of the Lord to bless the Lord. It tells them to lift up their hands… - Psalms 135: Psalm 135: praise from the house of the Lord, from Egypt to Canaan, against idols
The psalm opens with a call to praise the Lord, addressed to the servants of the Lord who stand in the house of the Lord and in the courts of the… - Psalms 136: Psalm 136: give thanks, for his mercy endureth for ever, in twenty-six verses
Every one of the twenty-six verses ends with the same words, "for his mercy endureth for ever". The psalm opens with three calls to give thanks, to… - Psalms 137: Psalm 137: weeping by the rivers of Babylon and a curse on Babylon's little ones
The speakers say that by the rivers of Babylon they sat down and wept when they remembered Zion, and hung their harps on the willows. Those who… - Psalms 138: Psalm 138: praise with the whole heart before the gods, and kings who shall praise
The speaker says he will praise the Lord with his whole heart and sing praise before the gods. He will worship toward the holy temple and praise the… - Psalms 139: Psalm 139: searched and known, nowhere to flee, made in the womb, search me
The speaker says the Lord has searched and known him: his sitting down and rising, his thought afar off, his path and lying down, every word on his… - Psalms 140: Psalm 140: deliver me from the violent man, with three Selahs
The speaker asks the Lord to deliver him from the evil man and preserve him from the violent man, men who imagine mischiefs in their heart and gather… - Psalms 141: Psalm 141: prayer as incense, a watch before the mouth, and the wicked in their own nets
The speaker cries to the Lord and asks him to make haste and give ear to his voice. He asks that his prayer be set before the Lord as incense and the… - Psalms 142: Psalm 142: a cry to the Lord when no man cared for my soul
The speaker says he cried to the Lord with his voice and made his supplication, poured out his complaint and showed the Lord his trouble. When his… - Psalms 143: Psalm 143: a servant in darkness asks to hear lovingkindness in the morning
The speaker asks the Lord to hear his prayer and answer in faithfulness and righteousness, and not to enter into judgment with his servant, since no… - Psalms 144: Psalm 144: the Lord who teaches hands to war, and a wish for sons, daughters and full garners
The speaker blesses the Lord his strength, who teaches his hands to war and his fingers to fight, and calls him his goodness, fortress, high tower… - Psalms 145: Psalm 145: extolling the King whose kingdom is everlasting and who is good to all
The speaker says he will extol his God the king and bless and praise his name every day and for ever. The Lord is great and his greatness… - Psalms 146: Psalm 146: trust not in princes; the Lord who looses prisoners reigns for ever
The psalm opens with "Praise ye the Lord" and the speaker's call to his own soul to praise. He says he will praise the Lord while he lives and sing… - Psalms 147: Psalm 147: the Lord who builds Jerusalem, counts the stars and sends snow like wool
The psalm opens with "Praise ye the Lord" and says it is good, pleasant and comely to sing praises. The Lord builds up Jerusalem and gathers the… - Psalms 148: Psalm 148: praise from the heavens and from the earth, angels to children
The psalm opens with "Praise ye the Lord" and calls for praise from the heavens and the heights: all his angels and hosts, sun and moon, stars of… - Psalms 149: Psalm 149: a new song, dancing, and a twoedged sword in the hands of the saints
The psalm opens with "Praise ye the Lord" and a call to sing a new song and the Lord's praise in the congregation of saints. Israel is to rejoice in… - Psalms 150: Psalm 150: praise him with trumpet, harp, dance and cymbals, everything that has breath
The psalm opens with "Praise ye the Lord" and tells hearers to praise God in his sanctuary and in the firmament of his power, for his mighty acts and…
