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Psalm 69 ()

For the Chief Musician. To the tune of “Lilies.” By David.

[1] Save me, God,
for the waters have come up to my neck!
[2] I sink in deep mire, where there is no foothold.
I have come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.
[3] I am weary with my crying.
My throat is dry.
My eyes fail looking for my God.
[4] Those who hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head.
Those who want to cut me off, being my enemies wrongfully, are mighty.
I have to restore what I didn’t take away.
[5] God, you know my foolishness.
My sins aren’t hidden from you.
[6] Don’t let those who wait for you be shamed through me, Lord Yahweh of Armies.
Don’t let those who seek you be brought to dishonor through me, God of Israel.
[7] Because for your sake, I have borne reproach.
Shame has covered my face.
[8] I have become a stranger to my brothers,
an alien to my mother’s children.
[9] For the zeal of your house consumes me.
The reproaches of those who reproach you have fallen on me.
[10] When I wept and I fasted,
that was to my reproach.
[11] When I made sackcloth my clothing,
I became a byword to them.
[12] Those who sit in the gate talk about me.
I am the song of the drunkards.
[13] But as for me, my prayer is to you, Yahweh, in an acceptable time.
God, in the abundance of your loving kindness, answer me in the truth of your salvation.
[14] Deliver me out of the mire, and don’t let me sink.
Let me be delivered from those who hate me, and out of the deep waters.
[15] Don’t let the flood waters overwhelm me,
neither let the deep swallow me up.
Don’t let the pit shut its mouth on me.
[16] Answer me, Yahweh, for your loving kindness is good.
According to the multitude of your tender mercies, turn to me.
[17] Don’t hide your face from your servant,
for I am in distress.
Answer me speedily!
[18] Draw near to my soul and redeem it.
Ransom me because of my enemies.
[19] You know my reproach, my shame, and my dishonor.
My adversaries are all before you.
[20] Reproach has broken my heart, and I am full of heaviness.
I looked for some to take pity, but there was none;
for comforters, but I found none.
[21] They also gave me poison for my food.
In my thirst, they gave me vinegar to drink.
[22] Let their table before them become a snare.
May it become a retribution and a trap.
[23] Let their eyes be darkened, so that they can’t see.
Let their backs be continually bent.
[24] Pour out your indignation on them.
Let the fierceness of your anger overtake them.
[25] Let their habitation be desolate.
Let no one dwell in their tents.
[26] For they persecute him whom you have wounded.
They tell of the sorrow of those whom you have hurt.
[27] Charge them with crime upon crime.
Don’t let them come into your righteousness.
[28] Let them be blotted out of the book of life,
and not be written with the righteous.
[29] But I am in pain and distress.
Let your salvation, God, protect me.
[30] I will praise the name of God with a song,
and will magnify him with thanksgiving.
[31] It will please Yahweh better than an ox,
or a bull that has horns and hoofs.
[32] The humble have seen it, and are glad.
You who seek after God, let your heart live.
[33] For Yahweh hears the needy,
and doesn’t despise his captive people.
[34] Let heaven and earth praise him;
the seas, and everything that moves therein!
[35] For God will save Zion, and build the cities of Judah.
They shall settle there, and own it.
[36] The children also of his servants shall inherit it.
Those who love his name shall dwell therein.

Psalm 70 ()

For the Chief Musician. By David. A reminder.

[1] Hurry, God, to deliver me.
Come quickly to help me, Yahweh.
[2] Let them be disappointed and confounded who seek my soul.
Let those who desire my ruin be turned back in disgrace.
[3] Let them be turned because of their shame
who say, “Aha! Aha!”
[4] Let all those who seek you rejoice and be glad in you.
Let those who love your salvation continually say,
“Let God be exalted!”
[5] But I am poor and needy.
Come to me quickly, God.
You are my help and my deliverer.
Yahweh, don’t delay.

Psalm 71 ()

[1] In you, Yahweh, I take refuge.
Never let me be disappointed.
[2] Deliver me in your righteousness, and rescue me.
Turn your ear to me, and save me.
[3] Be to me a rock of refuge to which I may always go.
Give the command to save me,
for you are my rock and my fortress.
[4] Rescue me, my God, from the hand of the wicked,
from the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man.
[5] For you are my hope, Lord Yahweh,
my confidence from my youth.
[6] I have relied on you from the womb.
You are he who took me out of my mother’s womb.
I will always praise you.
[7] I am a marvel to many,
but you are my strong refuge.
[8] My mouth shall be filled with your praise,
with your honor all day long.
[9] Don’t reject me in my old age.
Don’t forsake me when my strength fails.
[10] For my enemies talk about me.
Those who watch for my soul conspire together,
[11] saying, “God has forsaken him.
Pursue and take him, for no one will rescue him.”
[12] God, don’t be far from me.
My God, hurry to help me.
[13] Let my accusers be disappointed and consumed.
Let them be covered with disgrace and scorn who want to harm me.
[14] But I will always hope,
and will add to all of your praise.
[15] My mouth will tell about your righteousness,
and of your salvation all day,
though I don’t know its full measure.
[16] I will come with the mighty acts of the Lord Yahweh.
I will make mention of your righteousness, even of yours alone.
[17] God, you have taught me from my youth.
Until now, I have declared your wondrous works.
[18] Yes, even when I am old and gray-haired, God, don’t forsake me,
until I have declared your strength to the next generation,
your might to everyone who is to come.
[19] God, your righteousness also reaches to the heavens.
You have done great things.
God, who is like you?
[20] You, who have shown us many and bitter troubles,
you will let me live.
You will bring us up again from the depths of the earth.
[21] Increase my honor
and comfort me again.
[22] I will also praise you with the harp for your faithfulness, my God.
I sing praises to you with the lyre, Holy One of Israel.
[23] My lips shall shout for joy!
My soul, which you have redeemed, sings praises to you!
[24] My tongue will also talk about your righteousness all day long,
for they are disappointed, and they are confounded,
who want to harm me.

Psalm 72 ()

By Solomon.

[1] God, give the king your justice;
your righteousness to the royal son.
[2] He will judge your people with righteousness,
and your poor with justice.
[3] The mountains shall bring prosperity to the people.
The hills bring the fruit of righteousness.
[4] He will judge the poor of the people.
He will save the children of the needy,
and will break the oppressor in pieces.
[5] They shall fear you while the sun endures;
and as long as the moon, throughout all generations.
[6] He will come down like rain on the mown grass,
as showers that water the earth.
[7] In his days, the righteous shall flourish,
and abundance of peace, until the moon is no more.
[8] He shall have dominion also from sea to sea,
from the River to the ends of the earth.
[9] Those who dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him.
His enemies shall lick the dust.
[10] The kings of Tarshish and of the islands will bring tribute.
The kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts.
[11] Yes, all kings shall fall down before him.
All nations shall serve him.
[12] For he will deliver the needy when he cries;
the poor, who has no helper.
[13] He will have pity on the poor and needy.
He will save the souls of the needy.
[14] He will redeem their soul from oppression and violence.
Their blood will be precious in his sight.
[15] He will live; and Sheba’s gold will be given to him.
Men will pray for him continually.
They will bless him all day long.
[16] Abundance of grain shall be throughout the land.
Its fruit sways like Lebanon.
Let it flourish, thriving like the grass of the field.
[17] His name endures forever.
His name continues as long as the sun.
Men shall be blessed by him.
All nations will call him blessed.

[18] Praise be to Yahweh God, the God of Israel,
who alone does marvelous deeds.
[19] Blessed be his glorious name forever!
Let the whole earth be filled with his glory!
Amen and amen.

[20] This ends the prayers by David, the son of Jesse.

Proverbs 14 ()

[1] Every wise woman builds her house,
but the foolish one tears it down with her own hands.
[2] He who walks in his uprightness fears Yahweh,
but he who is perverse in his ways despises him.
[3] The fool’s talk brings a rod to his back,
but the lips of the wise protect them.
[4] Where no oxen are, the crib is clean,
but much increase is by the strength of the ox.
[5] A truthful witness will not lie,
but a false witness pours out lies.
[6] A scoffer seeks wisdom, and doesn’t find it,
but knowledge comes easily to a discerning person.
[7] Stay away from a foolish man,
for you won’t find knowledge on his lips.
[8] The wisdom of the prudent is to think about his way,
but the folly of fools is deceit.
[9] Fools mock at making atonement for sins,
but among the upright there is good will.
[10] The heart knows its own bitterness and joy;
he will not share these with a stranger.
[11] The house of the wicked will be overthrown,
but the tent of the upright will flourish.
[12] There is a way which seems right to a man,
but in the end it leads to death.
[13] Even in laughter the heart may be sorrowful,
and mirth may end in heaviness.
[14] The unfaithful will be repaid for his own ways;
likewise a good man will be rewarded for his ways.
[15] A simple man believes everything,
but the prudent man carefully considers his ways.
[16] A wise man fears and shuns evil,
but the fool is hot headed and reckless.
[17] He who is quick to become angry will commit folly,
and a crafty man is hated.
[18] The simple inherit folly,
but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.
[19] The evil bow down before the good,
and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.
[20] The poor person is shunned even by his own neighbor,
but the rich person has many friends.
[21] He who despises his neighbor sins,
but he who has pity on the poor is blessed.
[22] Don’t they go astray who plot evil?
But love and faithfulness belong to those who plan good.
[23] In all hard work there is profit,
but the talk of the lips leads only to poverty.
[24] The crown of the wise is their riches,
but the folly of fools crowns them with folly.
[25] A truthful witness saves souls,
but a false witness is deceitful.
[26] In the fear of Yahweh is a secure fortress,
and he will be a refuge for his children.
[27] The fear of Yahweh is a fountain of life,
turning people from the snares of death.
[28] In the multitude of people is the king’s glory,
but in the lack of people is the destruction of the prince.
[29] He who is slow to anger has great understanding,
but he who has a quick temper displays folly.
[30] The life of the body is a heart at peace,
but envy rots the bones.
[31] He who oppresses the poor shows contempt for his Maker,
but he who is kind to the needy honors him.
[32] The wicked is brought down in his calamity,
but in death, the righteous has a refuge.
[33] Wisdom rests in the heart of one who has understanding,
and is even made known in the inward part of fools.
[34] Righteousness exalts a nation,
but sin is a disgrace to any people.
[35] The king’s favor is toward a servant who deals wisely,
but his wrath is toward one who causes shame.