BOOK III

Psalms 73–89

Psalm 73

A psalm of Asaph.

Surely God is good to Israel,
    to those who are pure in heart.(A)

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73 Truly God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean heart.

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26 My flesh and my heart(A) may fail,(B)
    but God is the strength(C) of my heart
    and my portion(D) forever.

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26 My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.

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12 But God is my King(A) from long ago;
    he brings salvation(B) on the earth.

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12 For God is my King of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth.

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Do not lift your horns against heaven;
    do not speak so defiantly.(A)’”

No one from the east or the west
    or from the desert can exalt themselves.
It is God who judges:(B)
    He brings one down, he exalts another.(C)

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Lift not up your horn on high: speak not with a stiff neck.

For promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south.

But God is the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up another.

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11 For the Lord God is a sun(A) and shield;(B)
    the Lord bestows favor and honor;
no good thing does he withhold(C)
    from those whose walk is blameless.

12 Lord Almighty,
    blessed(D) is the one who trusts in you.

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11 For the Lord God is a sun and shield: the Lord will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.

12 O Lord of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee.

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In the council(A) of the holy ones(B) God is greatly feared;
    he is more awesome than all who surround him.(C)

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God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, and to be had in reverence of all them that are about him.

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15 proclaiming, “The Lord is upright;
    he is my Rock, and there is no wickedness in him.(A)

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15 To shew that the Lord is upright: he is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him.

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Psalm 93

The Lord reigns,(A) he is robed in majesty;(B)
    the Lord is robed in majesty and armed with strength;(C)
    indeed, the world is established,(D) firm and secure.(E)
Your throne was established(F) long ago;
    you are from all eternity.(G)

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93 The Lord reigneth, he is clothed with majesty; the Lord is clothed with strength, wherewith he hath girded himself: the world also is stablished, that it cannot be moved.

Thy throne is established of old: thou art from everlasting.

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21 The wicked band together(A) against the righteous
    and condemn the innocent(B) to death.(C)
22 But the Lord has become my fortress,
    and my God the rock(D) in whom I take refuge.(E)

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21 They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood.

22 But the Lord is my defence; and my God is the rock of my refuge.

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Exalt the Lord our God
    and worship at his holy mountain,
    for the Lord our God is holy.

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Exalt the Lord our God, and worship at his holy hill; for the Lord our God is holy.

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For the Lord is good(A) and his love endures forever;(B)
    his faithfulness(C) continues through all generations.

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For the Lord is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endureth to all generations.

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Psalm 111[a]

Praise the Lord.[b]

I will extol the Lord(A) with all my heart(B)
    in the council(C) of the upright and in the assembly.(D)

Great are the works(E) of the Lord;
    they are pondered by all(F) who delight in them.
Glorious and majestic are his deeds,
    and his righteousness endures(G) forever.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 111:1 This psalm is an acrostic poem, the lines of which begin with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet.
  2. Psalm 111:1 Hebrew Hallelu Yah

111 Praise ye the Lord. I will praise the Lord with my whole heart, in the assembly of the upright, and in the congregation.

The works of the Lord are great, sought out of all them that have pleasure therein.

His work is honourable and glorious: and his righteousness endureth for ever.

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From the rising of the sun(A) to the place where it sets,
    the name of the Lord is to be praised.

The Lord is exalted(B) over all the nations,
    his glory above the heavens.(C)
Who is like the Lord our God,(D)
    the One who sits enthroned(E) on high,(F)
who stoops down to look(G)
    on the heavens and the earth?

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From the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same the Lord's name is to be praised.

The Lord is high above all nations, and his glory above the heavens.

Who is like unto the Lord our God, who dwelleth on high,

Who humbleth himself to behold the things that are in heaven, and in the earth!

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