Psalms 134-140 - Prayer Tents

Psalms 134

134[A song for pilgrims ascending to Jerusalem.] Oh, praise the Lord, all you servants of the Lord, you who serve at night in the house of the Lord.H7892H4609H1288H3068H5650H3068H3915H5975H1004H30682Lift up holy hands in prayer, and praise the Lord.H5375H3027H6944H1288H30683May the Lord, who made heaven and earth, bless you from Jerusalem.H3068H6213H8064H776H1288H6726

Psalms 135

135Praise the Lord! Praise the name of the Lord! Praise him, you who serve the Lord,H1984H3050H1984H8034H3068H1984H5650H30682you who serve in the house of the Lord, in the courts of the house of our God.H5975H1004H3068H2691H1004H4303Praise the Lord, for the Lord is good; celebrate his lovely name with music.H1984H3050H3068H2896H2167H8034H52734For the Lord has chosen Jacob for himself, Israel for his own special treasure.H3050H977H3290H3478H54595I know the greatness of the Lord—that our Lord is greater than any other god.H3045H3068H1419H113H4306The Lord does whatever pleases him throughout all heaven and earth, and on the seas and in their depths.H3068H2654H6213H8064H776H3220H84157He causes the clouds to rise over the whole earth. He sends the lightning with the rain and releases the wind from his storehouses.H5387H5927H7097H776H6213H1300H4306H3318H7307H2148He destroyed the firstborn in each Egyptian home, both people and animals.H5221H1060H4714H120H9299He performed miraculous signs and wonders in Egypt against Pharaoh and all his people.H7971H226H4159H8432H4714H6547H565010He struck down great nations and slaughtered mighty kings—H5221H7227H1471H2026H6099H442811Sihon king of the Amorites, Og king of Bashan, and all the kings of Canaan.H5511H4428H567H5747H4428H1316H4467H366712He gave their land as an inheritance, a special possession to his people Israel.H5414H776H5159H5159H3478H597113Your name, O Lord, endures forever; your fame, O Lord, is known to every generation.H8034H3068H5769H2143H3068H1755H175514For the Lord will give justice to his people and have compassion on his servants.H3068H1777H5971H5162H565015The idols of the nations are merely things of silver and gold, shaped by human hands.H6091H1471H3701H2091H4639H120H302716They have mouths but cannot speak, and eyes but cannot see.H6310H1696H5869H720017They have ears but cannot hear, and noses but cannot smell.H241H238H3426H7307H631018And those who make idols are just like them, as are all who trust in them.H6213H98219O Israel, praise the Lord! O priests—descendants of Aaron—praise the Lord!H1288H3068H1004H3478H1288H3068H1004H17520O Levites, praise the Lord! All you who fear the Lord, praise the Lord!H1288H3068H1004H3878H3373H3068H1288H306821The Lord be praised from Zion, for he lives here in Jerusalem. Praise the Lord!H1288H3068H6726H7931H3389H1984H3050

Psalms 136

136Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good! His faithful love endures forever.H3034H3068H2896H2617H57692Give thanks to the God of gods. His faithful love endures forever.H3034H430H430H2617H57693Give thanks to the Lord of lords. His faithful love endures forever.H3034H113H113H2617H57694Give thanks to him who alone does mighty miracles. His faithful love endures forever.H6213H1419H6381H2617H57695Give thanks to him who made the heavens so skillfully. His faithful love endures forever.H8394H6213H8064H2617H57696Give thanks to him who placed the earth among the waters. His faithful love endures forever.H7554H776H4325H2617H57697Give thanks to him who made the heavenly lights—His faithful love endures forever.H6213H1419H216H2617H57698the sun to rule the day, His faithful love endures forever.H8121H4475H3117H2617H57699and the moon and stars to rule the night. His faithful love endures forever.H3394H3556H4475H3915H2617H576910Give thanks to him who killed the firstborn of Egypt. His faithful love endures forever.H5221H4714H1060H2617H576911He brought Israel out of Egypt. His faithful love endures forever.H3318H3478H8432H2617H576912He acted with a strong hand and powerful arm. His faithful love endures forever.H2389H3027H5186H2220H2617H576913Give thanks to him who parted the Red Sea. His faithful love endures forever.H1504H5488H3220H1506H2617H576914He led Israel safely through, His faithful love endures forever.H3478H5674H8432H2617H576915but he hurled Pharaoh and his army into the Red Sea. His faithful love endures forever.H5287H6547H2428H5488H3220H2617H576916Give thanks to him who led his people through the wilderness. His faithful love endures forever.H3212H5971H4057H2617H576917Give thanks to him who struck down mighty kings. His faithful love endures forever.H5221H1419H4428H2617H576918He killed powerful kings—His faithful love endures forever.H2026H117H4428H2617H576919Sihon king of the Amorites, His faithful love endures forever.H5511H4428H567H2617H576920and Og king of Bashan. His faithful love endures forever.H5747H4428H1316H2617H576921God gave the land of these kings as an inheritance—His faithful love endures forever.H5414H776H5159H2617H576922a special possession to his servant Israel. His faithful love endures forever.H5159H3478H5650H2617H576923He remembered us in our weakness. His faithful love endures forever.H2142H8216H2617H576924He saved us from our enemies. His faithful love endures forever.H6561H6862H2617H576925He gives food to every living thing. His faithful love endures forever.H5414H3899H1320H2617H576926Give thanks to the God of heaven. His faithful love endures forever.H3034H410H8064H2617H5769

Psalms 137

137Beside the rivers of Babylon, we sat and wept as we thought of Jerusalem.H5104H894H3427H1058H2142H6726 2We put away our harps, hanging them on the branches of poplar trees.H8518H3658H6155H8432 3For our captors demanded a song from us. Our tormentors insisted on a joyful hymn. “Sing us one of those songs of Jerusalem!”H7617H7592H1697H7892H8437H8057H7891H7892H6726 4But how can we sing the songs of the Lord while in a pagan land?H7891H3068H7892H5236H127 5If I forget you, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget how to play the harp.H7911H3389H3225H7911 6May my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth if I fail to remember you, if I don’t make Jerusalem my greatest joy.H2142H3956H1692H2441H5927H3389H7218H8057 7O Lord, remember what the Edomites did on the day the armies of Babylon captured Jerusalem. “Destroy it!” they yelled. “Level it to the ground!”H2142H3068H1121H123H3117H3389H559H6168H6168H3247 8O Babylon, you will be destroyed. Happy is the one who pays you back for what you have done to us.H1323H894H7703H835H7999H1580H1576 9Happy is the one who takes your babies and smashes them against the rocks!H835H270H5310H5768H5553

Psalms 138

138[A psalm of David.] I give you thanks, O Lord, with all my heart; I will sing your praises before the gods.H1732H3034H3820H430H2167 2I bow before your holy Temple as I worship. I praise your name for your unfailing love and faithfulness; for your promises are backed by all the honor of your name.H7812H6944H1964H3034H8034H2617H571H1431H565H8034 3As soon as I pray, you answer me; you encourage me by giving me strength.H3117H7121H6030H7292H5797H5315 4Every king in all the earth will thank you, Lord, for all of them will hear your words.H4428H776H3034H3068H8085H561H6310 5Yes, they will sing about the Lord’s ways, for the glory of the Lord is very great.H7891H1870H3068H1419H3519H3068 6Though the Lord is great, he cares for the humble, but he keeps his distance from the proud.H3068H7311H7200H8217H1364H3045H4801 7Though I am surrounded by troubles, you will protect me from the anger of my enemies. You reach out your hand, and the power of your right hand saves me.H3212H7130H6869H2421H7971H3027H639H341H3225H3467 8The Lord will work out his plans for my life—for your faithful love, O Lord, endures forever. Don’t abandon me, for you made me.H3068H1584H2617H3068H5769H7503H4639H3027

Psalms 139

139[For the choir director: A psalm of David.] O Lord, you have examined my heart and know everything about me.H5329H4210H1732H3068H2713H30452You know when I sit down or stand up. You know my thoughts even when I’m far away.H3045H3427H6965H995H7454H73503You see me when I travel and when I rest at home. You know everything I do.H2219H734H7252H5532H18704You know what I am going to say even before I say it, Lord.H4405H3956H3068H30455You go before me and follow me. You place your hand of blessing on my head.H6696H268H6924H7896H37096Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too great for me to understand!H1847H6383H6383H7682H32017I can never escape from your Spirit! I can never get away from your presence!H3212H7307H1272H64408If I go up to heaven, you are there; if I go down to the grave, you are there.H5266H8064H3331H75859If I ride the wings of the morning, if I dwell by the farthest oceans,H5375H3671H7837H7931H319H322010even there your hand will guide me, and your strength will support me.H3027H5148H3225H27011I could ask the darkness to hide me and the light around me to become night—H559H2822H7779H3915H216H115712but even in darkness I cannot hide from you. To you the night shines as bright as day. Darkness and light are the same to you.H2822H2821H3915H215H3117H2825H21913You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body and knit me together in my mother’s womb.H7069H3629H5526H517H99014Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex! Your workmanship is marvelous—how well I know it.H3034H3372H6395H6381H4639H5315H3045H396615You watched me as I was being formed in utter seclusion, as I was woven together in the dark of the womb.H6108H3582H6213H5643H7551H8482H77616You saw me before I was born. Every day of my life was recorded in your book. Every moment was laid out before a single day had passed.H5869H7200H1564H5612H3789H3117H3335H25917How precious are your thoughts about me, O God. They cannot be numbered!H3365H7454H410H6105H721818I can’t even count them; they outnumber the grains of sand! And when I wake up, you are still with me!H5608H7235H2344H6974H575019O God, if only you would destroy the wicked! Get out of my life, you murderers!H6991H7563H433H5493H1818H58220They blaspheme you; your enemies misuse your name.H559H4209H6145H5375H772321O Lord, shouldn’t I hate those who hate you? Shouldn’t I despise those who oppose you?H8130H3068H8130H6962H861822Yes, I hate them with total hatred, for your enemies are my enemies.H8130H8503H8135H34123Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts.H2713H410H3045H3824H974H3045H831224Point out anything in me that offends you, and lead me along the path of everlasting life.H7200H6090H1870H5148H1870H5769

Psalms 140

140[For the choir director: A psalm of David.] O Lord, rescue me from evil people. Protect me from those who are violent,H5329H4210H1732H2502H3068H7451H120H5341H2555H3762those who plot evil in their hearts and stir up trouble all day long.H2803H7451H3820H3117H1481H44213Their tongues sting like a snake; the venom of a viper drips from their lips. InterludeH8150H3956H5175H5919H2534H8193H55424O Lord, keep me out of the hands of the wicked. Protect me from those who are violent, for they are plotting against me.H8104H3068H3027H7563H5341H2555H376H2803H1760H64715The proud have set a trap to catch me; they have stretched out a net; they have placed traps all along the way. InterludeH1343H2934H6341H2256H6566H7568H3027H4570H7896H4170H55426I said to the Lord, “You are my God!” Listen, O Lord, to my cries for mercy!H559H3068H410H238H6963H8469H30687O Sovereign Lord, the strong one who rescued me, you protected me on the day of battle.H3069H136H5797H3444H5526H7218H3117H54028Lord, do not let evil people have their way. Do not let their evil schemes succeed, or they will become proud. InterludeH5414H3068H3970H7563H6329H2162H7311H55429Let my enemies be destroyed by the very evil they have planned for me.H7218H4524H5999H8193H368010Let burning coals fall down on their heads. Let them be thrown into the fire or into watery pits from which they can’t escape.H1513H4131H4131H5307H784H4113H696511Don’t let liars prosper here in our land. Cause great disasters to fall on the violent.H376H3956H3559H776H7451H6679H2555H376H407312But I know the Lord will help those they persecute; he will give justice to the poor.H3045H3068H6213H1779H6041H4941H3413Surely righteous people are praising your name; the godly will live in your presence.H6662H3034H8034H3477H3427H6440