Bible Verses About Psalms

Then I will go to the altar of God, to God, my joy and delight; I will praise you on the lyre, God, my God.

My soul, why are you so downcast? Why are you groaning inside me? Hope in God, since I will praise him again for being my Savior and God.

For the leader. A psalm of the descendants of Korach: Clap your hands, all you peoples! Shout to God with cries of joy!

For ADONAI 'Elyon is awesome, a great king over all the earth.

He makes peoples subject to us, puts nations under our feet.

He chooses our heritage for us, the pride of Ya'akov, whom he loves. (Selah)

God goes up to shouts of acclaim, ADONAI to a blast on the shofar.

Sing praises to God, sing praises! Sing praises to our king, sing praises!

For God is king of all the earth; sing praises in a maskil.

God rules the nations; God sits on his holy throne.

The leaders of the people gather together, the people of the God of Avraham; for the rulers of the earth belong to God, who is exalted on high.

For the leader. A maskil of David, when Do'eg from Edom came and told Sha'ul, "David has arrived at the house of Achimelekh": Why do you boast of your evil, you tyrant, when God's mercy is present every day?

Your tongue, as sharp as a razor, plots destruction and works deception.

You love evil more than good, lies rather than speaking uprightly. (Selah)

You love all words that eat people up, you deceitful tongue!

This is why God will strike you down, seize you, pluck you from your tent and uproot you from the land of the living. (Selah)

The righteous will see and be awestruck; they will jeer at him, saying,

"This fellow would not make God his refuge, but trusted in his own great wealth, relying on his evil plots."

But I am like a leafy olive tree in the house of God; I put my trust in the grace of God forever and ever.

I will praise you forever for what you have done, and I will put my hope in your name; for this is what is good in the presence of your faithful.

For the leader. On machalat. A maskil of David: A brutish fool tells himself, "There isn't any God."Such people are depraved, all their deeds are vile, not one of them does what is good.

God looks out from heaven upon the human race to see if even one is wise, if even one seeks God.

Every one of them is unclean, altogether corrupt; not one of them does what is good, not a single one.

Won't these evildoers ever learn? They devour my people as if they were eating bread, and they never call on God!

They will be gripped with terror, even though now they are not afraid; for God will scatter the bones of him who is besieging you. You are putting them to shame, because God has rejected them.