Praying the Psalms

Praise the LORD!Praise God in his sanctuary;praise him in his mighty heavens!Praise him for his mighty deeds;praise him according to his excellent greatness!Praise him with trumpet sound;praise him with lute and harp!Praise him with tambourine and dance;praise him with strings and pipe!Praise him with sounding cymbals;praise him with loud and clashing cymbals!Let everything that has breath praise the LORD!Praise the LORD Gracious God and Heavenly Father, Wecome before you today to praise you! We praise you for your creation. We…

Praise the LORD!Praise the LORD from the heavens;praise him in the heights!Praise him, all his angels;praise him, all his hosts!Praise him, sun and moon,praise him, all you shining stars!Praise him, you highest heavens,and you waters above the heavens!Let them praise the name of the LORD!For he commanded and they were created.And he established them forever and ever;he gave a decree, and it shall not pass away.Praise the LORD from the earth,you great sea creatures and all deeps,fire and hail, snow…

The LORD preserves all who love him,but all the wicked he will destroy.My mouth will speak the praise of the LORD,and let all flesh bless his holy name forever and ever. Gracious God and Heavenly Father, You are our sovereign and eternal King. We praise you and exalt you. Great civilizations rise and fall, but your kingdom is forever. You rule not only us here but all your creation, he whole universe, the heavens as well as the earth! You…

A PSALM OF DAVID.Hear my prayer, O LORD;give ear to my pleas for mercy!In your faithfulness answer me,in your righteousness!Enter not into judgement with your servant,for no one living is righteous before you.For the enemy has pursued my soul;he has crushed my life to the ground;he has made me sit in darkness like those long dead.Therefore my spirit faints within me;my heart within me is appalled.I remember the days of old;I meditate on all that you have done;I ponder the…

AMASKIL OFDAVID, WHENHEWASINTHECAVE. APRAYER.With my voice I cry out to the LORD;with my voice I plead for mercy to the LORD.I pour out my complaint before him;I tell my trouble before him.When my spirit faints within me,you know my way!In the path where I walkthey have hidden a trap for me.Look to the right and see:there is none who takes notice of me;no refuge remains to me;no one cares for my soul.I cry to you, O LORD;I say, ”You are…

A PSALM OF DAVID.O LORD, I call upon you; hasten to me!Give ear to my voice when I call to you!Let my prayer be counted as incense before you,and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice!Set a guard, O LORD, over my mouth;keep watch over the door of my lips!Do not let my heart incline to any evil,to busy myself with wicked deedsin company with men who work iniquity,and let me not eat of their delicacies!Let a…

TO THE CHOIRMASTER. A PSALM OF DAVID.O LORD, you have searched me and known me!You know when I sit down and when I rise up;you discern my thoughts from afar.You search out my path and my lying downand are acquainted with all my ways.Even before a word is on my tongue,behold, O LORD, you know it altogether.You hem me in, behind and before,and lay your hand upon me.Such knowledge is too wonderful for me;it is high; I cannot attain it.Where…

OF DAVID.I give you thanks, O LORD, with my whole heart;before the gods I sing your praise;I bow down toward your holy temple and give thanks to your namefor your steadfast love and your faithfulness,for you have exalted above all things your name and your word.On the day I called, you answered me;my strength of soul you increased.All the kings of the earth shall give you thanks, O LORD,for they have heard the words of your mouth,and they shall sing…

By the waters of Babylon,there we sat down and wept,when we remembered Zion.On the willows there we hung up our lyres.For there our captors required of us songs,and our tormentors, mirth, saying,“Sing us one of the songs of Zion!”How shall we sing the LORD’s song in a foreign land?If I forget you, O Jerusalem,let my right hand forget its skill!Let my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth,if I do not remember you,if I do not set Jerusalem above…

Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good,for his steadfast love endures forever.Give thanks to the God of gods,for his steadfast love endures forever.Give thanks to the Lord of lords,for his steadfast love endures forever;to him who alone does great wonders;for his steadfast love endures forever;to him who by understanding made the heavens,for his steadfast love endures forever;to him who spread out the earth above the waters,for his steadfast love endures forever;to him who made the great lights,for his…

Praise the LORD!Praise the name of the LORD,give praise, O servants of the LORD,who stand in the house of the LORD,in the courts of the house of our God!Praise the LORD, for the LORD is good;sing to his name, for it is pleasant!For the LORD has chosen Jacob for himself,Israel as his own possession.For I know that the LORD is great,and that our Lord is above all gods.Whatever the LORD pleases, he does,in heaven and on earth,in the seas and…

A SONG OF ASCENTS.Come, bless the LORD, all you servants of the LORD,who stand by night in the house of the LORD!Lift up your hands to the holy place and bless the LORD!May the LORD bless you from Zion, he who made heaven and earth! Gracious God and Heavenly Father, We are urged to bless you; to speak well of you and to praise you. We confess we often fail at this. We complain and we are tempted to say…