Category Archives: Psalm

A David Psalm 1-3 Dignify those who are down on their luck; you’ll feel good—that’swhatGoddoes. Godlooks after us all, makes us robust with life— Lucky to be in the land, we’re free from enemy worries. Whenever we’re sick and in bed, Godbecomes our nurse, nurses us back to health. 4-7 I said, “God, be gracious! […]

A Psalm of the Sons of Korah 1-3 A white-tailed deer drinks from the creek; I want to drink God, deep draughts of God. I’m thirsty for God-alive. I wonder, “Will I ever make it— arrive and drink in God’s presence?” I’m on a diet of tears— tears for breakfast, tears for supper. All day […]

1-2 Clear my name, God; stick up for me against these loveless, immoral people. Get me out of here, away from these lying degenerates. I counted on you, God. Why did you walk out on me? Why am I pacing the floor, wringing my hands over these outrageous people? 3-4 Give me your lantern and […]

A Psalm of the Sons of Korah 1-3 We’ve been hearing about this, God, all our lives. Our fathers told us the stories their fathers told them, How single-handedly you weeded out the godless from the fields and planted us, How you sent those people packing but gave us a fresh start. We didn’t fight […]

A Wedding Song of the Sons of Korah 1 My heart bursts its banks, spilling beauty and goodness. I pour it out in a poem to the king, shaping the river into words: 2-4 “You’re the handsomest of men; every word from your lips is sheer grace, and God has blessed you, blessed you so […]

A Song of the Sons of Korah 1-3 God is a safe place to hide, ready to help when we need him. We stand fearless at the cliff-edge of doom, courageous in seastorm and earthquake, Before the rush and roar of oceans, the tremors that shift mountains. Jacob-wrestling God fights for us, God-of-Angel-Armies protects us. […]

A Psalm of the Sons of Korah 1-9 Applause, everyone. Bravo, bravissimo! Shout God-songs at the top of your lungs! GodMost High is stunning, astride land and ocean. He crushes hostile people, puts nations at our feet. He set us at the head of the line, prize-winning Jacob, his favorite. Loud cheers as God climbs […]

A Psalm of the Sons of Korah 1-3 Godmajestic, praise abounds in our God-city! His sacred mountain, breathtaking in its heights—earth’s joy. Zion Mountain looms in the North, city of the world-King. God in his citadel peaks impregnable. 4-6 The kings got together, they united and came. They took one look and shook their heads, […]

A Psalm of the Sons of Korah 1-2 Listen, everyone, listen— earth-dwellers, don’t miss this. All you haves and have-nots, All together now: listen. 3-4 I set plainspoken wisdom before you, my heart-seasoned understandings of life. I fine-tuned my ear to the sayings of the wise, I solve life’s riddle with the help of a […]

An Asaph Psalm 1-3 The God of gods—it’sGod!—speaks out, shouts, “Earth!” welcomes the sun in the east, farewells the disappearing sun in the west. From the dazzle of Zion, God blazes into view. Our God makes his entrance, he’s not shy in his coming. Starbursts of fireworks precede him. 4-5 He summons heaven and earth […]