Psalms 34-37 - Prayer Tents

Psalms 34

[A psalm of David, regarding the time he pretended to be insane in front of Abimelech, who sent him away.] I will praise the LORD at all times. I will constantly speak his praises.H1732H8138H2940H6440H40H1644H3212H1288H3068H6256H8416H8548H63102I will boast only in the LORD; let all who are helpless take heart.H5315H1984H3068H6035H8085H80553Come, let us tell of the LORD's greatness; let us exalt his name together.H1431H3068H7311H8034H31624I prayed to the LORD, and he answered me. He freed me from all my fears.H1875H3068H6030H5337H40355Those who look to him for help will be radiant with joy; no shadow of shame will darken their faces.H5027H5102H6440H26596In my desperation I prayed, and the LORD listened; he saved me from all my troubles.H6041H7121H3068H8085H3467H68697For the angel of the LORD is a guard; he surrounds and defends all who fear him.H4397H3068H2583H5439H3373H25028Taste and see that the LORD is good. Oh, the joys of those who take refuge in him!H2938H7200H3068H2896H835H1397H26209Fear the LORD, you his godly people, for those who fear him will have all they need.H3372H3068H6918H4270H337310Even strong young lions sometimes go hungry, but those who trust in the LORD will lack no good thing.H3715H7326H7456H1875H3068H2637H289611Come, my children, and listen to me, and I will teach you to fear the LORD.H3212H1121H8085H3925H3374H306812Does anyone want to live a life that is long and prosperous?H376H2655H2416H157H3117H7200H289613Then keep your tongue from speaking evil and your lips from telling lies!H5341H3956H7451H8193H1696H482014Turn away from evil and do good. Search for peace, and work to maintain it.H5493H7451H6213H2896H1245H7965H729115The eyes of the LORD watch over those who do right; his ears are open to their cries for help.H5869H3068H6662H241H777516But the LORD turns his face against those who do evil; he will erase their memory from the earth.H6440H3068H6213H7451H3772H2143H77617The LORD hears his people when they call to him for help. He rescues them from all their troubles.H6817H3068H8085H5337H686918The LORD is close to the brokenhearted; he rescues those whose spirits are crushed.H3068H7138H7665H3820H3467H1793H730719The righteous person faces many troubles, but the LORD comes to the rescue each time.H7227H7451H6662H3068H533720For the LORD protects the bones of the righteous; not one of them is broken!H8104H6106H259H2007H766521Calamity will surely overtake the wicked, and those who hate the righteous will be punished.H7451H4191H7563H8130H6662H81622But the LORD will redeem those who serve him. No one who takes refuge in him will be condemned.H3068H6299H5315H5650H2620H816

Psalms 35

35[A psalm of David.] O LORD, oppose those who oppose me. Fight those who fight against me.H1732H7378H3068H3401H3898H38982Put on your armor, and take up your shield. Prepare for battle, and come to my aid.H2388H4043H6793H6965H58333Lift up your spear and javelin against those who pursue me. Let me hear you say, "I will give you victory!"H7324H2595H5462H7125H7291H559H5315H34444Bring shame and disgrace on those trying to kill me; turn them back and humiliate those who want to harm me.H954H3637H1245H5315H5472H268H2659H2803H74515Blow them away like chaff in the wind—a wind sent by the angel of the LORD.H4671H6440H7307H4397H3068H17606Make their path dark and slippery, with the angel of the LORD pursuing them.H1870H2822H2519H4397H3068H72917I did them no wrong, but they laid a trap for me. I did them no wrong, but they dug a pit to catch me.H2600H2934H7568H7845H2600H2658H53158So let sudden ruin come upon them! Let them be caught in the trap they set for me! Let them be destroyed in the pit they dug for me.H7722H935H3045H3808H7568H2934H3920H7722H53079Then I will rejoice in the LORD. I will be glad because he rescues me.H5315H1523H3068H7797H344410With every bone in my body I will praise him. "LORD, who can compare with you? Who else rescues the helpless from the strong? Who else protects the helpless and poor from those who rob them?"H6106H559H3068H5337H6041H2389H6041H34H149711Malicious witnesses testify against me. They accuse me of crimes I know nothing about.H2555H5707H6965H7592H304512They repay me evil for good. I am sick with despair.H7999H7451H2896H7908H531513Yet when they were ill, I grieved for them. I denied myself by fasting for them, but my prayers returned unanswered.H2470H3830H8242H6031H5315H6685H8605H7725H243614I was sad, as though they were my friends or family, as if I were grieving for my own mother.H1980H7453H251H7817H6937H57H51715But they are glad now that I am in trouble; they gleefully join together against me. I am attacked by people I don't even know; they slander me constantly.H6761H8055H622H5222H622H3045H7167H182616They mock me and call me names; they snarl at me.H2611H3934H4580H2786H812717How long, O Lord, will you look on and do nothing? Rescue me from their fierce attacks. Protect my life from these lions!H136H7200H7725H5315H7722H3173H371518Then I will thank you in front of the great assembly. I will praise you before all the people.H3034H7227H6951H1984H6099H597119Don't let my treacherous enemies rejoice over my defeat. Don't let those who hate me without cause gloat over my sorrow.H341H8267H8055H7169H5869H8130H260020They don't talk of peace; they plot against innocent people who mind their own business.H1696H7965H2803H4820H1697H7282H77621They shout, "Aha! Aha! With our own eyes we saw him do it!"H6310H7337H559H1889H1889H5869H720022O LORD, you know all about this. Do not stay silent. Do not abandon me now, O Lord.H7200H3068H2790H136H736823Wake up! Rise to my defense! Take up my case, my God and my Lord.H5782H6974H4941H7379H430H13624Declare me not guilty, O LORD my God, for you give justice. Don't let my enemies laugh about me in my troubles.H8199H3068H430H6664H805525Don't let them say, "Look, we got what we wanted! Now we will eat him alive!"H559H3820H1889H5315H559H110426May those who rejoice at my troubles be humiliated and disgraced. May those who triumph over me be covered with shame and dishonor.H954H2659H3162H8056H7451H3847H1322H3639H143127But give great joy to those who came to my defense. Let them continually say, "Great is the LORD, who delights in blessing his servant with peace!"H7442H8055H2655H6664H559H8548H3068H1431H2655H7965H565028Then I will proclaim your justice, and I will praise you all day long.H3956H1897H6664H8416H3117

Psalms 36

36[For the choir director: A psalm of David, the servant of the LORD.] Sin whispers to the wicked, deep within their hearts. They have no fear of God at all.H5329H1732H5650H3068H6588H7563H5002H7130H3820H6343H430H58692In their blind conceit, they cannot see how wicked they really are.H2505H5869H5771H4672H81303Everything they say is crooked and deceitful. They refuse to act wisely or do good.H1697H6310H205H4820H2308H7919H31904They lie awake at night, hatching sinful plots. Their actions are never good. They make no attempt to turn from evil.H2803H205H4904H3320H1870H2896H3988H74515Your unfailing love, O LORD, is as vast as the heavens; your faithfulness reaches beyond the clouds.H2617H3068H8064H530H78346Your righteousness is like the mighty mountains, your justice like the ocean depths. You care for people and animals alike, O LORD.H6666H410H2042H4941H7227H8415H3068H3467H120H9297How precious is your unfailing love, O God! All humanity finds shelter in the shadow of your wings.H3368H2617H430H1121H120H2620H6738H36718You feed them from the abundance of your own house, letting them drink from your river of delights.H7301H1880H1004H8248H5158H57309For you are the fountain of life, the light by which we see.H4726H2416H216H7200H21610Pour out your unfailing love on those who love you; give justice to those with honest hearts.H4900H2617H3045H6666H3477H382011Don't let the proud trample me or the wicked push me around.H7272H1346H935H3027H7563H511012Look! Those who do evil have fallen! They are thrown down, never to rise again.H6466H205H5307H1760H3201H6965

Psalms 37

[A psalm of David.] Don't worry about the wicked or envy those who do wrong.H1732H2734H7489H7065H6213H57662For like grass, they soon fade away. Like spring flowers, they soon wither.H4120H5243H2682H5034H3418H18773Trust in the LORD and do good. Then you will live safely in the land and prosper.H982H3068H6213H2896H7931H776H530H74624Take delight in the LORD, and he will give you your heart's desires.H6026H3068H5414H4862H38205Commit everything you do to the LORD. Trust him, and he will help you.H1556H1870H3068H982H62136He will make your innocence radiate like the dawn, and the justice of your cause will shine like the noonday sun.H3318H6664H216H4941H66727Be still in the presence of the LORD, and wait patiently for him to act. Don't worry about evil people who prosper or fret about their wicked schemes.H1826H3068H2342H2734H6743H1870H376H6213H4209H62138Stop being angry! Turn from your rage! Do not lose your temper—it only leads to harm.H7503H639H5800H2534H2734H389H74899For the wicked will be destroyed, but those who trust in the LORD will possess the land.H7489H3772H6960H3068H3423H77610Soon the wicked will disappear. Though you look for them, they will be gone.H4592H7563H995H472511The lowly will possess the land and will live in peace and prosperity.H6035H3423H776H6026H7230H796512The wicked plot against the godly; they snarl at them in defiance.H7563H2161H6662H2786H812713But the Lord just laughs, for he sees their day of judgment coming.H136H7832H7200H3117H93514The wicked draw their swords and string their bows to kill the poor and the oppressed, to slaughter those who do right.H7563H6605H2719H1869H7198H5307H6041H34H2873H3477H187015But their swords will stab their own hearts, and their bows will be broken.H2719H935H3820H7198H766516It is better to be godly and have little than to be evil and rich.H4592H6662H2896H1995H7227H756317For the strength of the wicked will be shattered, but the LORD takes care of the godly.H2220H7563H7665H3068H5564H666218Day by day the LORD takes care of the innocent, and they will receive an inheritance that lasts forever.H3068H3045H3117H8549H5159H576919They will not be disgraced in hard times; even in famine they will have more than enough.H954H7451H6256H3117H7459H764620But the wicked will die. The LORD's enemies are like flowers in a field—they will disappear like smoke.H7563H6H341H3068H3368H3733H3615H6227H361521The wicked borrow and never repay, but the godly are generous givers.H7563H3867H7999H6662H2603H541422Those the LORD blesses will possess the land, but those he curses will die.H1288H3423H776H7043H377223The LORD directs the steps of the godly. He delights in every detail of their lives.H4703H1397H3559H3068H2654H187024Though they stumble, they will never fall, for the LORD holds them by the hand.H5307H2904H3068H5564H302725Once I was young, and now I am old. Yet I have never seen the godly abandoned or their children begging for bread.H5288H2204H7200H6662H5800H2233H1245H389926The godly always give generous loans to others, and their children are a blessing.H3117H2603H3867H2233H129327Turn from evil and do good, and you will live in the land forever.H5493H7451H6213H2896H7931H576928For the LORD loves justice, and he will never abandon the godly. He will keep them safe forever, but the children of the wicked will die.H3068H157H4941H5800H2623H8104H5769H2233H7563H377229The godly will possess the land and will live there forever.H6662H3423H776H7931H570330The godly offer good counsel; they teach right from wrong.H6310H6662H1897H2451H3956H1696H494131They have made God's law their own, so they will never slip from his path.H8451H430H3820H838H457132The wicked wait in ambush for the godly, looking for an excuse to kill them.H7563H6822H6662H1245H419133But the LORD will not let the wicked succeed or let the godly be condemned when they are put on trial.H3068H5800H3027H7561H819934Put your hope in the LORD. Travel steadily along his path. He will honor you by giving you the land. You will see the wicked destroyed.H6960H3068H8104H1870H7311H3423H776H7563H3772H720035I have seen wicked and ruthless people flourishing like a tree in its native soil.H7200H7563H6184H6168H7488H24936But when I looked again, they were gone! Though I searched for them, I could not find them!H5674H1245H467237Look at those who are honest and good, for a wonderful future awaits those who love peace.H8104H8535H7200H3477H319H376H796538But the rebellious will be destroyed; they have no future.H6586H8045H3162H319H7563H377239The LORD rescues the godly; he is their fortress in times of trouble.H8668H6662H3068H4581H6256H686940The LORD helps them, rescuing them from the wicked. He saves them, and they find shelter in him.H3068H5826H6403H6403H7563H3467H2620