The Art of Life Bible - Flipbook - Page 23
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2 You have taught children and infants
to tell of your strength,*
silencing your enemies
and all who oppose you .
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1 I will praise you, Lord, with all my heart;
I will tell of all the marvelous
things you have done .
2 I will be filled with joy because of you .
I will sing praises to your name, O Most High .
3 When I look at the night sky and see
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For the choir director: A psalm of David, to be sung to the
tune “Death of the Son.”
the work of your fingers—
the moon and the stars you set in place—
what are mere mortals that you
should think about them,
human beings that you should care for them?*
Yet you made them only a little lower than God*
and crowned them* with glory and honor .
You gave them charge of everything you made,
putting all things under their authority—
the flocks and the herds
and all the wild animals,
the birds in the sky, the fish in the sea,
and everything that swims the ocean currents .
3 My enemies retreated;
they staggered and died when you appeared .
4 For you have judged in my favor;
from your throne you have
judged with fairness .
5 You have rebuked the nations and
destroyed the wicked;
you have erased their names forever .
6 The enemy is finished, in endless ruins;
the cities you uprooted are now forgotten .
7 But the Lord reigns forever,
9 O Lord, our Lord, your majestic
executing judgment from his throne .
name fills the earth!
8 He will judge the world with justice
and rule the nations with fairness .
9 The Lord is a shelter for the oppressed,
a refuge in times of trouble .
10 Those who know your name trust in you,
for you, O Lord, do not abandon
those who search for you .
11 Sing praises to the Lord who reigns in Jerusalem .*
Tell the world about his unforgettable deeds .
12 For he who avenges murder cares for the helpless .
He does not ignore the cries of those who suffer .
13 Lord, have mercy on me .
See how my enemies torment me .
Snatch me back from the jaws of death .
14 Save me so I can praise you publicly
at Jerusalem’s gates,
so I can rejoice that you have rescued me .
15 The nations have fallen into the
pit they dug for others .
Their own feet have been caught
in the trap they set .
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