Psalms 21–25

For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David.

¹The king rejoices in your strength, LORD! How greatly he rejoices in your salvation!

²You have given him his heart’s desire, and have not withheld the request of his lips. Selah.

³For you meet him with the blessings of goodness. You set a crown of fine gold on his head.

⁴He asked life of you and you gave it to him, even length of days forever and ever.

⁵His glory is great in your salvation. You lay honor and majesty on him.

⁶For you make him most blessed forever. You make him glad with joy in your presence.

⁷For the king trusts in the LORD. Through the loving kindness of the Most High, he shall not be moved.

⁸Your hand will find out all of your enemies. Your right hand will find out those who hate you.

⁹You will make them as a fiery furnace in the time of your anger. The LORD will swallow them up in his wrath. The fire shall devour them.

¹⁰You will destroy their descendants from the earth, their posterity from among the children of men.

¹¹For they intended evil against you. They plotted evil against you which cannot succeed.

¹²For you will make them turn their back, when you aim drawn bows at their face.

¹³Be exalted, LORD, in your strength, so we will sing and praise your power.

For the Chief Musician; set to “The Doe of the Morning.” A Psalm by David.

¹My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from helping me, and from the words of my groaning?

²My God, I cry in the daytime, but you don’t answer; in the night season, and am not silent.

³But you are holy, you who inhabit the praises of Israel.

⁴Our fathers trusted in you. They trusted, and you delivered them.

⁵They cried to you, and were delivered. They trusted in you, and were not disappointed.

⁶But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised by the people.

⁷All those who see me mock me. They insult me with their lips. They shake their heads, saying,

⁸“He trusts in the LORD. Let him deliver him. Let him rescue him, since he delights in him.”

⁹But you brought me out of the womb. You made me trust while at my mother’s breasts.

¹⁰I was thrown on you from my mother’s womb. You are my God since my mother bore me.

¹¹Don’t be far from me, for trouble is near. For there is no one to help.

¹²Many bulls have surrounded me. Strong bulls of Bashan have encircled me.

¹³They open their mouths wide against me, lions tearing prey and roaring.

A Psalm by David.

¹The LORD is my shepherd; I shall lack nothing.

²He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters.

³He restores my soul. He guides me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.

⁴Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me. Your rod and your staff, they comfort me.

⁵You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil. My cup runs over.

⁶Surely goodness and loving kindness shall follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the LORD’s house forever.

A Psalm by David.

¹The earth is the LORD’s, with its fullness; the world, and those who dwell in it.

²For he has founded it on the seas, and established it on the floods.

³Who may ascend to the LORD’s hill? Who may stand in his holy place?

⁴He who has clean hands and a pure heart; who has not lifted up his soul to falsehood, and has not sworn deceitfully.

⁵He shall receive a blessing from the LORD, righteousness from the God of his salvation.

⁶This is the generation of those who seek Him, who seek your face—even Jacob. Selah.

⁷Lift up your heads, you gates! Be lifted up, you everlasting doors, and the King of glory will come in.

⁸Who is the King of glory? The LORD strong and mighty, the LORD mighty in battle.

⁹Lift up your heads, you gates; yes, lift them up, you everlasting doors, and the King of glory will come in.

¹⁰Who is this King of glory? The LORD of Armies is the King of glory! Selah.

By David.

¹To you, LORD, I lift up my soul.

²My God, I have trusted in you. Don’t let me be shamed. Don’t let my enemies triumph over me.

³Yes, no one who waits for you will be shamed. They will be shamed who deal treacherously without cause.

⁴Show me your ways, LORD. Teach me your paths.

⁵Guide me in your truth, and teach me, for you are the God of my salvation. I wait for you all day long.

⁶LORD, remember your tender mercies and your loving kindness, for they are from old times.

⁷Don’t remember the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions. Remember me according to your loving kindness, for your goodness’ sake, LORD.

⁸Good and upright is the LORD, therefore he will instruct sinners in the way.

⁹He will guide the humble in justice. He will teach the humble his way.

¹⁰All the paths of the LORD are loving kindness and truth to such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.

¹¹For your name’s sake, LORD, pardon my iniquity, for it is great.

¹²What man is he who fears the LORD? He shall instruct him in the way that he shall choose.

¹³His soul will dwell at ease. His offspring will inherit the land.

The friendship of the LORD is with those who fear him. He will show them his covenant.