In you, O LORD.i haven taken refuge; deliver me in your righteousness.
Turn your ear to me, come quickly to my rescue; be my rock of refuge, astrong fortress to save me.
Since you are my rock and my fortress, for the sake of sake
Free me from the trap that is set for me, for the are my refuge.
Into your hands commit my spirit; redeem me, O LORD. the God of truth,
I hate tghise who cling to worthless idols; I trust in the LORD.
I will be glad and rejoice in your love, for you saw my allfiction and knew the anguish of my soul.
You have not handed me over to the enemy but have set my feet in a spacious plave.
Be merciful to me, O LORD, for I am in distress; my eyes grow weak with sorrow, my soul and my body with grief.
My life is consumed by anguish and my years by groaning; my strength falls because of my affliction, and my bones grow weak.
Because of all my enemies. I am the utter contempt of my neighbor; I am a dread to my friends- those who see me on thes treet flee from me.
I am forgotten by them as though I were dead; I have become like brokne pottery.
For I hear the slander of many; there is terror on every side; they conspire against me and plot to take my life.
But I trust in you, O LORD; I say, "You are my God."
My tines are in your hands; deliver me from my enemies and from those who pursue me
Let your face shine on your servant; save me in your unfailling love.
Let me not be put to shame, O LORD, for I have cried out to you: but let the wocked be put to shame .and lie silent in the grave.
Let their lying lips be silenced, for with pride and contempt they speak arrogantly against ther ighteous they spoeak arrogantly against ther oghteous.
How great is your goodness,which you have stored up for those who fear you. which you bestow in the sight of men on those who take refuge in you.
In the shelter of your presence you hide them from the intrigues of men, in your dwelling you keep them safe from accusing tongues.
Praise be to the LORD, for he showed his wonderful love to me when I was in a besieged city.
In my alarm I said,"I am cut off from your sight!" Yet you heard my cry for mercy when I called to you for help.
Love the LORD, all his saints! The LORD preserves the faithful, but the proud he pays back in full.
Be strong and take heart, all you who hope in the LORD.
Psalm 32
Blessed is he whose transgressions are forgiven, whose sins are covered
.Bpessed is the man whose sin the LORD does not count against him and in whose spirit is no deceit.
When I kept silent, my bones wasted away througjh my grouning all day long.
For day and night your hand was heavy upon me; my strength was sapped as in teh heat of summer. Selah
Then I acknowledged my sin to you and did not cover up my iniquity, I said,"I will confess my transgressions to the LORD,"- and you forgave teh guilt of my sin Selah
Therefore let everyone who is godly prays to you while you may be found;surely when the mightyu water rise, they will not reach him.
You are my hiding place; you will protect me from trouble and surround me with songs of deliverance. Selah
I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you and watch over you.
Do not be like the horse or the mule, which have no understanding, but must be controlled by bit and bridle or they will not come to you.
Many are the woes of the wicked, but the LORD's unfailing love surrounds teh man who trust in him.
Rejoice in the LORD and be glad you righteous sing, all you who are upright in heart!
Psalm 33
Sing joyfully to the LORD, you righteous, it is fitting for the upright to praise him.
Praise the LORD with the harp; make music to him on the ten stringed Iyre.
Sing to him a new song, play skillfully, and shout for joy.
For the word of the LORD is right and true; he is faithful in all he does.
The LORD loves righteousness and justice; the earth is full of his unfailling love.
By the word of the LORD were the heavens made, their stary host by the breath of his mouth.
He gathers the waters of the sea into jars; he puts tehd eep into storehouses.
Let all the earth fear the LORD' let all the people of the world revere him.
For he spoke, and it came to be; he commanded, and it stood firm.
The LORD foils the plans of the nations; he thwarts the purposes of the peoples.
But the plans of the LORD stand firm forever, the purposes of his heart thnrough all generations.
Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD.the people he chose for his inheritance.
From heaven the LORD looks down and sees all mankind;
from his dwelling place he watches all who live on earth-
he who form the hearts of all, who considers everything they do.
No king is waved by th of his army. no warrior escapes by his great strength,
A horse is a vain hope for deliverance; despite all its great strenght it cannot save.
But the eyes of the LORD are on the those who fear him, on those whose hope is in his unfailling love,
to deliver them from dealth and keep them alive in famine,
We wait in hope for the LORD. be is our helep abd our shield.
In him our hearts rejoice, for we trust in his holy name,
May your unfailling love rest upon us, O LORD, even as we put our hope in you.
Psalm 34
I will extol the LORD at all times; his praise will always be on my lips
My soul will boast in the LORD; let the afflicted hear and rejoice
Glorify the LORD with me; let us exalt his name together.
I sought the LORD, and he answered me, he delivered me from all my fears.
Those who look to him are radiant; their faces are never covered with shame.
This poor man called, and the LORD hand him; he saved him our of all his troubles.
The angel of the LORD encamps around those who fear him, and hed elivers them.
Taste and see that the LORD is good; blessed is the man who takes refuge in him.
Fear the LORD, you his saints, for tose who fear him lack nothing
The lions mayg row weak and hungry, but thise who seek the LORD lack no good thing.
Come, my childfre , listen to me, I will teach you the fear of the LORD.
Whoever of you loves life andd esires to see many good dayw
Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from speaking lies.
Turn from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it.
The eyes of the LORD are on the righteous and his ears are attentive to their cry..
the face of the LORD is against those who do evil to cut off the memory of them from the earth.
The righteous cry out, and the LORD hears them hed elivers them from all their troubles
The LORD is close to the brokenhearted. and saves those who are crushed ins pirit.
A righteous man may have many troubles, but the LORD delivers him from them all.
he protects all his bones, not one of them will be broken.
Evil will slay teh wicked; the foes of the righteous will be confemned.
The LORD redeems his servants; no one will be condemned who takes refuge in him.
Psalm 35
Contend. O LORD, with those who contend with me; fight against those who fight against me;
Take up shield and buckler; arise and come to my aid
Brandish spear and javelin against those who pursue me, Say to my soul, "I am you salvation."
May those who seek my life be disgraced and put to shame; may those who plot my ruin be turned back in dismay
May they be like chaff before the wind, with the angel of the LORD driving them away;
may their path be dark and slippery, with the angel of the LORD pursuing them.
Since they hid their net for me without cause and without cause dug a pit for me,
may ruin overtake them by surprise- may the net they hid entangle them. may they fall inti the pit, to their ruin.
Then my soul will rejoice in the LORD and delight in his salvation.
My whole being will exclaim,"Who is like you, O LORD? You rescue the poor from those those too stron for them .the poor and needy from those who rob them."
Ruthless witnesses come forward; they question me on things I know nothing about.
They repay me evil for good and leave my soul forlorn.
Yet when they were ill, I put on sackcloth and humbled myself with fasting. When my prayers returned to me unsanswered.
I went about mouning as though for my friend or brother.I bowed my head inb grief as though weeping for my mother.
But when I stumbled, they gathered in glee; attackers gathered against e when I was ubaware. They slanderd me without ceasing
Like the ungodly they maliciously mocked; they gnashed their teeth at me
O Lord, how long will you look on? Rescue my life from their revages, my precious life from these lions.
I will give you thanks in the great assembly: among throngs of people I will praise you.
Let not thjose gloat over me who are my enemies without cause; let not those who hate me without reason maliciously wink the eye.
They do not speak peaceably, but devise false accusations against those who live quietly in the land.
They gape at me and say, Aha! Aha! With our own eyes we have seen it."
O LORD, you have seen this; be not silent. Do not be far from me , O l ORD.
Awake, and rise to my defense! Contend for me, my God and Lord.
Vindicate me in your righteousness. O LORD my God. do not let them gloat over me.
Do not let them think," Aha, just what we wanted" or say," We have swallowed him up."
May all who gloat over my distress be put to shame and confusion; may all who exalt themselves over me be clothed with shame and disgrace.
May those who delight in my cindication shout for joy and gladness; may they always say, "The LORD be exalled who delights in the well-being of his servant."
My tongue will speak of your righteousness and of your praises all day long.