Psalms 108-110 - Prayer Tents

Psalms 108

108[A song. A psalm of David.] My heart is confident in you, O God; no wonder I can sing your praises with all my heart!H7892H4210H1732H430H3820H3559H7891H2167H35192Wake up, lyre and harp! I will wake the dawn with my song.H5782H5035H3658H5782H78373I will thank you, Lord, among all the people. I will sing your praises among the nations.H3034H3068H5971H2167H38164For your unfailing love is higher than the heavens. Your faithfulness reaches to the clouds.H2617H1419H8064H571H78345Be exalted, O God, above the highest heavens. May your glory shine over all the earth.H7311H430H8064H3519H7766Now rescue your beloved people. Answer and save us by your power.H3039H2502H3467H3225H60307God has promised this by his holiness

. “I will divide up Shechem with joy. I will measure out the valley of Succoth.H430H1696H6944H5937H2505H7927H4058H6010H55238Gilead is mine, and Manasseh, too. Ephraim, my helmet, will produce my warriors, and Judah, my scepter, will produce my kings.H1568H4519H669H4581H7218H3063H27109But Moab, my washbasin, will become my servant, and I will wipe my feet on Edom and shout in triumph over Philistia.”H4124H7366H5518H123H7993H5275H6429H732110Who will bring me into the fortified city? Who will bring me victory over Edom?H2986H4013H5892H5148H12311Have you rejected us, O God? Will you no longer march with our armies?H430H2186H430H3318H663512Oh, please help us against our enemies, for all human help is useless.H3051H5833H6862H7723H8668H12013With God’s help we will do mighty things, for he will trample down our foes.H430H6213H2428H947H6862

Psalms 109

109[For the choir director: A psalm of David.] O God, whom I praise, don’t stand silent and aloofH5329H4210H1732H2790H430H84162while the wicked slander me and tell lies about me.H6310H7563H6310H4820H6605H1696H8267H39563They surround me with hateful words and fight against me for no reason.H5437H1697H8135H3898H26004I love them, but they try to destroy me with accusations even as I am praying for them!H160H7853H86055They repay evil for good, and hatred for my love.H7760H7451H2896H8135H1606They say

, “Get an evil person to turn against him. Send an accuser to bring him to trial.H6485H7563H7854H5975H32257When his case comes up for judgment, let him be pronounced guilty. Count his prayers as sins.H8199H3318H7563H8605H24018Let his years be few; let someone else take his position.H3117H4592H312H3947H64869May his children become fatherless, and his wife a widow.H1121H3490H802H49010May his children wander as beggars and be driven from their ruined homes.H1121H5128H5128H7592H1875H272311May creditors seize his entire estate, and strangers take all he has earned.H5383H5367H2114H962H301812Let no one be kind to him; let no one pity his fatherless children.H4900H2617H2603H349013May all his offspring die. May his family name be blotted out in a single generation.H319H3772H1755H312H8034H422914May the Lord never forget the sins of his fathers; may his mother’s sins never be erased from the record.H5771H1H2142H3068H2403H517H422915May the Lord always remember these sins, and may his name disappear from human memory.H3068H8548H3772H2143H77616For he refused all kindness to others; he persecuted the poor and needy, and he hounded the brokenhearted to death.H2142H6213H2617H7291H6041H34H376H4191H3512H382417He loved to curse others; now you curse him. He never blessed others; now don’t you bless him.H157H7045H935H2654H1293H736818Cursing is as natural to him as his clothing, or the water he drinks, or the rich food he eats.H3847H7045H4055H935H7130H4325H8081H610619Now may his curses return and cling to him like clothing; may they be tied around him like a belt.”H899H5844H4206H2296H854820May those curses become the Lord’s punishment for my accusers who speak evil of me.H6468H7853H3068H1696H7451H531521But deal well with me, O Sovereign Lord, for the sake of your own reputation! Rescue me because you are so faithful and good.H6213H3069H136H8034H2617H2896H533722For I am poor and needy, and my heart is full of pain.H6041H34H3820H2490H713023I am fading like a shadow at dusk; I am brushed off like a locust.H1980H6738H5186H5287H69724My knees are weak from fasting, and I am skin and bones.H1290H3782H6685H1320H3584H808125I am a joke to people everywhere; when they see me, they shake their heads in scorn.H2781H7200H5128H721826Help me, O Lord my God! Save me because of your unfailing love.H5826H3068H430H3467H261727Let them see that this is your doing, that you yourself have done it, Lord.H3045H3027H3068H621328Then let them curse me if they like, but you will bless me! When they attack me, they will be disgraced! But I, your servant, will go right on rejoicing!H7043H1288H6965H954H5650H805529May my accusers be clothed with disgrace; may their humiliation cover them like a cloak.H7853H3847H3639H5844H1322H459830But I will give repeated thanks to the Lord, praising him to everyone.H3966H3034H3068H6310H1984H8432H722731For he stands beside the needy, ready to save them from those who condemn them.H5975H3225H34H3467H8199H5315

Psalms 110

110[A psalm of David.] The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit in the place of honor at my right hand until I humble your enemies, making them a footstool under your feet.”H4210H1732H3068H5002H113H3427H3225H7896H341H1916H72722The Lord will extend your powerful kingdom from Jerusalem

; you will rule over your enemies.H3068H7971H4294H5797H6726H7287H7130H3413When you go to war, your people will serve you willingly. You are arrayed in holy garments, and your strength will be renewed each day like the morning dew.H5971H5071H3117H2428H1926H6944H7358H4891H2919H32084The Lord has taken an oath and will not break his vow. “You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.”H3068H7650H5162H3548H5769H1700H44425The Lord stands at your right hand to protect you. He will strike down many kings when his anger erupts.H136H3225H4272H4428H3117H6396He will punish the nations and fill their lands with corpses; he will shatter heads over the whole earth.H1777H1471H4390H1472H4272H7218H7227H7767But he himself will be refreshed from brooks along the way. He will be victorious.H8354H5158H1870H7311H7218