Psalms 136

1 I Praise the LORD, who is so good; God's love endures forever;
2 Praise the God of gods; God's love endures forever;
3 Praise the Lord of lords; God's love endures forever;
4 II Who alone has done great wonders, God's love endures forever;
5 Who skillfully made the heavens, God's love endures forever;
6 Who spread the earth upon the waters, God's love endures forever;
7 Who made the great lights, God's love endures forever;
8 The sun to rule the day, God's love endures forever;
9 The moon and stars to rule the night, God's love endures forever;
10 III Who struck down the firstborn of Egypt, God's love endures forever;
11 And led Israel from their midst, God's love endures forever;
12 With mighty hand and outstretched arm, God's love endures forever;
13 Who split in two the Red Sea, God's love endures forever;
14 And led Israel through, God's love endures forever;
15 But swept Pharaoh and his army into the Red Sea, God's love endures forever;
16 Who led the people through the desert, God's love endures forever;
17 IV Who struck down great kings, God's love endures forever;
18 Slew powerful kings, God's love endures forever;
19 Sihon, king of the Amorites, God's love endures forever;
20 Og, king of Bashan, God's love endures forever;
21 And made their lands a heritage, God's love endures forever;
22 A heritage for Israel, God's servant, God's love endures forever.
23 V The LORD remembered us in our misery, God's love endures forever;
24 Freed us from our foes, God's love endures forever;
25 And gives food to all flesh, God's love endures forever.
26 VI Praise the God of heaven, God's love endures forever.

Psalms 167

Psalms 168

Psalms 139

1 For the leader. A psalm of David. I LORD, you have probed me, you know me:
2 you know when I sit and stand; you understand my thoughts from afar.
3 My travels and my rest you mark; with all my ways you are familiar.
4 Even before a word is on my tongue, LORD, you know it all.
5 Behind and before you encircle me and rest your hand upon me.
6 Such knowledge is beyond me, far too lofty for me to reach.
7 II Where can I hide from your spirit? From your presence, where can I flee?
8 If I ascend to the heavens, you are there; if I lie down in Sheol, you are there too.
9 If I fly with the wings of dawn and alight beyond the sea,
10 Even there your hand will guide me, your right hand hold me fast.
11 If I say, Surely darkness shall hide me, and night shall be my light--
12 Darkness is not dark for you, and night shines as the day. Darkness and light are but one.
13 III You formed my inmost being; you knit me in my mother's womb.
14 I praise you, so wonderfully you made me; wonderful are your works! My very self you knew;
15 my bones were not hidden from you, When I was being made in secret, fashioned as in the depths of the earth.
16 Your eyes foresaw my actions; in your book all are written down; my days were shaped, before one came to be.
17 IV How precious to me are your designs, O God; how vast the sum of them!
18 Were I to count, they would outnumber the sands; to finish, I would need eternity.
19 If only you would destroy the wicked, O God, and the bloodthirsty would depart from me!
20 Deceitfully they invoke your name; your foes swear faithless oaths.
21 Do I not hate, LORD, those who hate you? Those who rise against you, do I not loathe?
22 With fierce hatred I hate them, enemies I count as my own.
23 V Probe me, God, know my heart; try me, know my concerns.
24 See if my way is crooked, then lead me in the ancient paths.

Psalms 140

1 For the leader. A psalm of David. I Deliver me, LORD, from the wicked; preserve me from the violent,
2 From those who plan evil in their hearts, who stir up conflicts every day,
3 Who sharpen their tongues like serpents, venom of asps upon their lips. Selah
4 II Keep me, LORD, from the clutches of the wicked; preserve me from the violent, who plot to trip me up.
5 The arrogant have set a trap for me; villains have spread a net, laid snares for me by the wayside. Selah
6 I say to the LORD: You are my God; listen, LORD, to the words of my prayer.
7 My revered LORD, my strong helper, my helmet on the day of battle.
8 LORD, do not grant the desires of the wicked; do not let their plots succeed. Selah
9 Around me they raise their proud heads; may the mischief they threaten overwhelm them.
10 May God rain burning coals upon them, cast them into the grave never more to rise.
11 III Slanderers will not survive on earth; evil will quickly entrap the violent.
12 For I know the LORD will secure justice for the needy, their rights for the poor.
13 Then the just will give thanks to your name; the upright will dwell in your presence.

Psalms 141

1 A psalm of David. LORD, I call to you; come quickly to help me; listen to my plea when I call.
2 Let my prayer be incense before you; my uplifted hands an evening sacrifice.
3 Set a guard, LORD, before my mouth, a gatekeeper at my lips.
4 Do not let my heart incline to evil, or yield to any sin. I will never feast upon the fine food of evildoers.
5 Let the just strike me; that is kindness; let them rebuke me; that is oil for my head. All this I shall not refuse, but will pray despite these trials.
6 When their leaders are cast over the cliff, all will learn that my prayers were heard.
7 As when a farmer plows a field into broken clods, so their bones will be strewn at the mouth of Sheol.
8 My eyes are upon you, O GOD, my Lord; in you I take refuge; do not strip me of life.
9 Guard me from the trap they have set for me, from the snares of evildoers.
10 Into their own nets let all the wicked fall, while I make good my own escape.

Psalms 142

1 A maskil of David, when he was in the cave. A prayer. With full voice I cry to the LORD; with full voice I beseech the LORD.
2 Before God I pour out my complaint, lay bare my distress.
3 My spirit is faint within me, but you know my path. Along the way I walk they have hidden a trap for me.
4 I look to my right hand, but no friend is there. There is no escape for me; no one cares for me.
5 I cry out to you, LORD, I say, You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living.
6 Listen to my cry for help, for I am brought very low. Rescue me from my pursuers, for they are too strong for me.
7 Lead me out of my prison, that I may give thanks to your name. Then the just shall gather around me because you have been good to me.