For Psa 51:1; Have mercy on me, O God,
according to your unfailing love; according to your great compassion blot out my transgressions.
Psa 51:2; Wash away all my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin.
Psa 51:3; For I know my transgressions,
and my sin is always before me.
Psa 51:4; Against you, you only, have I sinned and done what is evil in your sight, so that you are proved right when you speak and justified when you judge.
Psa 51:5; Surely I was sinful at birth,
sinful from the time my mother conceived me.
Psa 51:6; Surely you desire truth in the inner parts; you teach me wisdom in the inmost place.
Psa 51:7; Cleanse me with hyssop, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.
Psa 51:8; Let me hear joy and gladness; let the bones you have crushed rejoice.
Psa 51:9; Hide your face from my sins
and blot out all my iniquity.
Psa 51:10; Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me.
Psa 51:11; Do not cast me from your presence or take your Holy Spirit from me.
Psa 51:12; Restore to me the joy of your salvation and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me.
Psa 51:13; Then I will teach transgressors your ways, and sinners will turn back to you.
Psa 51:14; Save me from bloodguilt, O God, the God who saves me, and my tongue will sing of your righteousness.
Psa 51:15; O Lord, open my lips, and my mouth will declare your praise.
Psa 51:16; You do not delight in sacrifice, or I would bring it; you do not take pleasure in burnt offerings.
Psa 51:17; The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.
Psa 51:18; In your good pleasure make Zion prosper; build up the walls of Jerusalem.
Psa 51:19; Then there will be righteous sacrifices, whole burnt offerings to delight you; then bulls will be offered on your altar.
Psa 52:1; Why do you boast of evil, you mighty man? Why do you boast all day long, you who are a disgrace in the eyes of God?
Psa 52:2; Your tongue plots destruction; it is like a sharpened razor, you who practice deceit.
Psa 52:3; You love evil rather than good, falsehood rather than speaking the truth. Selah
Psa 52:4; You love every harmful word,
O you deceitful tongue!
Psa 52:5; Surely God will bring you down to everlasting ruin: He will snatch you up and tear you from your tent; he will uproot you from the land of the living. Selah
Psa 52:6; The righteous will see and fear; they will laugh at him, saying,
Psa 52:7; “Here now is the man
who did not make God his stronghold but trusted in his great wealth
and grew strong by destroying others!”
Psa 52:8; But I am like an olive tree
flourishing in the house of God; I trust in God’s unfailing love
for ever and ever.
Psa 52:9; I will praise you forever for what you have done; in your name I will hope, for your name is good. I will praise you in the presence of your saints.
Psa 53:1; The fool says in his heart,
“There is no God.” They are corrupt, and their ways are vile; there is no one who does good.
Psa 53:2; God looks down from heaven on the sons of men to see if there are any who understand, any who seek God.
Psa 53:3; Everyone has turned away, they have together become corrupt; there is no one who does good, not even one.
Psa 53:4; Will the evildoers never learn— those who devour my people as men eat bread and who do not call on God?
Psa 53:5; There they were, overwhelmed with dread, where there was nothing to dread. God scattered the bones of those who attacked you; you put them to shame, for God despised them.
Psa 53:6; Oh, that salvation for Israel would come out of Zion! When God restores the fortunes of his people, let Jacob rejoice and Israel be glad!
Psa 54:1; Save me, O God, by your name; vindicate me by your might.
Psa 55:2; Hear my prayer, O God;
listen to the words of my mouth.
Psa 55:3; Strangers are attacking me; ruthless men seek my life— men without regard for God. Selah
Psa 55:4; Surely God is my help; the Lord is the one who sustains me.
Psa 54:5; Let evil recoil on those who slander me; in your faithfulness destroy them.
Psa 54:6; I will sacrifice a freewill offering to you; I will praise your name, O LORD, for it is good.
Psa 54:7; For he has delivered me from all my troubles, and my eyes have looked in triumph on my foes.
Psa 55:1; Listen to my prayer, O God,
do not ignore my plea;
Psa 55:2; hear me and answer me. My thoughts trouble me and I am distraught
Psa 55:3; at the voice of the enemy, at the stares of the wicked; for they bring down suffering upon me
and revile me in their anger.
Psa 55:4; My heart is in anguish within me; the terrors of death assail me.
Psa 55:5; Fear and trembling have beset me; horror has overwhelmed me.
Psa 55:6; I said, “Oh, that I had the wings of a dove! I would fly away and be at rest—
Psa 55:7; I would flee far away and stay in the desert; Selah
Psa 55:8; I would hurry to my place of shelter, far from the tempest and storm.”
Psa 55:9; Confuse the wicked, O Lord, confound their speech, for I see violence and strife in the city.
Psa 55:10; Day and night they prowl about on its walls; malice and abuse are within it.
Psa 55:11; Destructive forces are at work in the city; threats and lies never leave its streets.
Psa 55:12; If an enemy were insulting me, I could endure it; if a foe were raising himself against me,
I could hide from him.
Psa 55:13; But it is you, a man like myself, my companion, my close friend,
Psa 55:14; with whom I once enjoyed sweet fellowship as we walked with the throng at the house of God.
Psa 55:15; Let death take my enemies by surprise; let them go down alive to the grave, for evil finds lodging among them.
Psa 55:16; But I call to God, and the LORD saves me.
Psa 55:17; Evening, morning and noon
I cry out in distress, and he hears my voice.
Psa 55:18; He ransoms me unharmed from the battle waged against me, even though many oppose me.
Psa 55:19; God, who is enthroned forever, will hear them and afflict them— Selah Psa 55:20; My companion attacks his friends; he violates his covenant.
Psa 55:21; His speech is smooth as butter, yet war is in his heart; his words are more soothing than oil, yet they are drawn swords.
Psa 55:22; Cast your cares on the LORD
and he will sustain you; he will never let the righteous fall.
Psa 55:23; But you, O God, will bring down the wicked into the pit of corruption; bloodthirsty and deceitful men will not live out half their days. But as for me, I trust in you.
Psa 56:1; Be merciful to me, O God, for men hotly pursue me; all day long they press their attack.
Psa 56:2; My slanderers pursue me all day long; many are attacking me in their pride.
Psa 56:3; When I am afraid, I will trust in you.
Psa 56:4; In God, whose word I praise,
in God I trust; I will not be afraid. What can mortal man do to me?
Psa 56:5; All day long they twist my words; they are always plotting to harm me.
Psa 56:6; They conspire, they lurk,
they watch my steps, eager to take my life.
Psa 56:7; On no account let them escape; in your anger, O God, bring down the nations.
Psa 56:8; Record my lament; list my tears on your scroll— are they not in your record?
Psa 56:9; Then my enemies will turn back
when I call for help. By this I will know that God is for me.
Psa 56:10; In God, whose word I praise,
in the LORD, whose word I praise—
Psa 56:11; in God I trust; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?
Psa 56:12; I am under vows to you, O God; I will present my thank offerings to you.
Psa 56:13; For you have delivered me from death and my feet from stumbling, that I may walk before God in the light of life.
Psa 57:1; Have mercy on me, O God, have mercy on me, for in you my soul takes refuge. I will take refuge in the shadow of your wings until the disaster has passed.
Psa 57:2; I cry out to God Most High,
to God, who fulfills his purpose for me.
Psa 57:3; He sends from heaven and saves me, rebuking those who hotly pursue me; Selah Psa 57:4; I am in the midst of lions; I lie among ravenous beasts— men whose teeth are spears and arrows, whose tongues are sharp swords.
Psa 57:5; Be exalted, O God, above the heavens; let your glory be over all the earth.
Psa 57:6; They spread a net for my feet— I was bowed down in distress. They dug a pit in my path— but they have fallen into it themselves. Selah
Psa 57:7; My heart is steadfast, O God,
my heart is steadfast; I will sing and make music.
Psa 57:8; Awake, my soul! Awake, harp and lyre! I will awaken the dawn.
Psa 57:9; I will praise you, O Lord, among the nations; I will sing of you among the peoples.
Psa 57:10; For great is your love, reaching to the heavens; your faithfulness reaches to the skies.
Psa 57:11; Be exalted, O God, above the heavens; let your glory be over all the earth.
Psa 58:1; Do you rulers indeed speak justly? Do you judge uprightly among men?
Psa 58:2; No, in your heart you devise injustice, and your hands mete out violence on the earth.
Psa 58:3; Even from birth the wicked go astray; from the womb they are wayward and speak lies.
Psa 58:4; Their venom is like the venom of a snake, like that of a cobra that has stopped its ears,
Psa 58:5; that will not heed the tune of the charmer, however skillful the enchanter may be.
Psa 58:6; Break the teeth in their mouths, O God; tear out, O LORD, the fangs of the lions!
Psa 58:7; Let them vanish like water that flows away; when they draw the bow, let their arrows be blunted.
Psa 58:8; Like a slug melting away as it moves along, like a stillborn child, may they not see the sun.
Psa 58:9; Before your pots can feel the heat of the thorns— whether they be green or dry—the wicked will be swept away.
Psa 58:10; The righteous will be glad when they are avenged, when they bathe their feet in the blood of the wicked.
Psa 58:11; Then men will say,
“Surely the righteous still are rewarded; surely there is a God who judges the earth.”
Psa 59:1; Deliver me from my enemies, O God; protect me from those who rise up against me.
Psa 59:2; Deliver me from evildoers
and save me from bloodthirsty men.
Psa 59:3; See how they lie in wait for me! Fierce men conspire against me for no offense or sin of mine, O LORD.
Psa 59:4; I have done no wrong, yet they are ready to attack me. Arise to help me; look on my plight!
Psa 59:5; O LORD God Almighty, the God of Israel, rouse yourself to punish all the nations; show no mercy to wicked traitors. Selah
Psa 59:6; They return at evening,
snarling like dogs, and prowl about the city.
Psa 59:7; See what they spew from their mouths— they spew out swords from their lips, and they say, “Who can hear us?”
Psa 59:8; But you, O LORD, laugh at them; you scoff at all those nations.
Psa 59:9; O my Strength, I watch for you; you, O God, are my fortress,
Psa 59:10; 10my loving God. God will go before me and will let me gloat over those who slander me.
Psa 59:11; But do not kill them, O Lord our shield, or my people will forget. In your might make them wander about, and bring them down.
Psa 59:12; For the sins of their mouths, for the words of their lips, let them be caught in their pride.
For the curses and lies they utter,
Psa 59:13; consume them in wrath,
consume them till they are no more. Then it will be known to the ends of the earth that God rules over Jacob. Selah
Psa 59:14; They return at evening,
snarling like dogs, and prowl about the city.
Psa 59:15; They wander about for food
and howl if not satisfied.
Psa 59:16; But I will sing of your strength, in the morning I will sing of your love; for you are my fortress, my refuge in times of trouble.
Psa 59:17; O my Strength, I sing praise to you; you, O God, are my fortress, my loving God.
Psa 60:1; You have rejected us, O God, and burst forth upon us; you have been angry—now restore us!
Psa 60:2; You have shaken the land and torn it open; mend its fractures, for it is quaking.
Psa 60:3; You have shown your people desperate times; you have given us wine that makes us stagger.
Psa 60:4; But for those who fear you, you have raised a banner to be unfurled against the bow. Selah
Psa 60:5; Save us and help us with your right hand, that those you love may be delivered.
Psa 60:6; God has spoken from his sanctuary: “In triumph I will parcel out Shechem and measure off the Valley of Succoth.
Psa 60:7; Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine; Ephraim is my helmet, Judah my scepter.
Psa 60:8; Moab is my washbasin, upon Edom I toss my sandal; over Philistia I shout in triumph.”
Scripture Study
Psalm 51
Psalm 52
Psalm 53
Psalm 54
Psalm 55
men who never change their ways and have no fear of God.
Psalm 56
Psalm 57
God sends his love and his faithfulness.
Psalm 58
Psalm 59
Psalm 60