Monthly Archives: July 2017

1-3 Alongside Babylon’s rivers we sat on the banks; we cried and cried, remembering the good old days in Zion. Alongside the quaking aspens we stacked our unplayed harps; That’s where our captors demanded songs, sarcastic and mocking: “Sing us a happy Zion song!” 4-6 Oh, how could we ever singGod’s song in this wasteland? […]

A David Psalm 1-3 Thank you! Everything in me says “Thank you!” Angels listen as I sing my thanks. I kneel in worship facing your holy temple and say it again: “Thank you!” Thank you for your love, thank you for your faithfulness; Most holy is your name, most holy is your Word. The moment […]

A David Psalm 1-6 God, investigate my life; get all the facts firsthand. I’m an open book to you; even from a distance, you know what I’m thinking. You know when I leave and when I get back; I’m never out of your sight. You know everything I’m going to say before I start the […]

A David Psalm 1-5 God, get me out of here, away from this evil; protect me from these vicious people. All they do is think up new ways to be bad; they spend their days plotting war games. They practice the sharp rhetoric of hate and hurt, speak venomous words that maim and kill. God, […]

A David Psalm 1-2 God, come close. Come quickly! Open your ears—it’s my voice you’re hearing! Treat my prayer as sweet incense rising; my raised hands are my evening prayers. 3-7 Post a guard at my mouth,God, set a watch at the door of my lips. Don’t let me so much as dream of evil […]

A David Prayer—When He Was in the Cave 1-2 I cry out loudly toGod, loudly I plead withGodfor mercy. I spill out all my complaints before him, and spell out my troubles in detail: 3-7 “As I sink in despair, my spirit ebbing away, you know how I’m feeling, Know the danger I’m in, the […]

A David Psalm 1-2 Listen to this prayer of mine,God; pay attention to what I’m asking. Answer me—you’re famous for your answers! Do what’s right for me. But don’t, please don’t, haul me into court; not a person alive would be acquitted there. 3-6 The enemy hunted me down; he kicked me and stomped me […]

A David Psalm 1-2 Blessed beGod, my mountain, who trains me to fight fair and well. He’s the bedrock on which I stand, the castle in which I live, my rescuing knight, The high crag where I run for dear life, while he lays my enemies low. 3-4 I wonder why you care,God— why do […]

David’s Praise 1 I lift you high in praise, my God, O my King! and I’ll bless your name into eternity. 2 I’ll bless you every day, and keep it up from now to eternity. 3 Godis magnificent; he can never be praised enough. There are no boundaries to his greatness. 4 Generation after generation […]

1-2 Hallelujah! O my soul, praiseGod! All my life long I’ll praiseGod, singing songs to my God as long as I live. 3-9 Don’t put your life in the hands of experts who know nothing of life, ofsalvationlife. Mere humans don’t have what it takes; when they die, their projects die with them. Instead, get […]