Bible Verses About Psalms

Isra'el, put your hope in ADONAI from now on and forever!

A song of ascents. By David: Oh, how good, how pleasant it is for brothers to live together in harmony.

It is like fragrant oil on the head that runs down over the beard, over the beard of Aharon, and flows down on the collar of his robes.

It is like the dew of Hermon that settles on the mountains of Tziyon. For it was there that ADONAI ordained the blessing of everlasting life.

A song of ascents: Come, bless ADONAI, all you servants of ADONAI, who serve each night in the house of ADONAI.

Lift your hands toward the sanctuary, and bless ADONAI.

May ADONAI, the maker of heaven and earth, bless you from Tziyon.

By the rivers of Bavel we sat down and wept as we remembered Tziyon.

We had hung up our lyres on the willows that were there,

when those who had taken us captive asked us to sing them a song; our tormentors demanded joy from us -"Sing us one of the songs from Tziyon!"

How can we sing a song about ADONAI here on foreign soil?

If I forget you, Yerushalayim, may my right hand wither away!

May my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth if I fail to remember you, if I fail to count Yerushalayim the greatest of all my joys.

Remember, ADONAI, against the people of Edom the day of Yerushalayim's fall, how they cried, "Tear it down! Tear it down! Raze it to the ground!"

Daughter of Bavel, you will be destroyed! A blessing on anyone who pays you back for the way you treated us!

A blessing on anyone who seizes your babies and smashes them against a rock!

By David: I give you thanks with all my heart. Not to idols, but to you I sing praise.

I bow down toward your holy temple and give thanks to your name for your grace and truth; for you have made your word [even] greater than the whole of your reputation.

When I called, you answered me, you made me bold and strong.

All the kings of the earth will thank you, ADONAI, when they hear the words you have spoken.

They will sing about ADONAI's ways, "Great is the glory of ADONAI!"

For though ADONAI is high, he cares for the lowly; while the proud he perceives from afar.

You keep me alive when surrounded by danger; you put out your hand when my enemies rage; with your right hand you save me.

ADONAI will fulfill his purpose for me. Your grace, ADONAI, continues forever. Don't abandon the work of your hands!

For the leader. A psalm of David: Rescue me, ADONAI, from evil people, protect me from violent people.