Psalms for the Soul: Psalms Fifty

A Psalm of Asaph 

The mighty God, even the LORD, hath spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof.

Psalms 50:2 Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined.

Psalms 50:3 Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him.

Psalms 50:4 He shall call to the heavens from above, and to the earth, that he may judge his people.

Psalms 50:5
Gather my saints together unto me; those that have made a covenant with me by sacrifice.

Psalms 50:6
And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God is judge himself. Selah.

Psalms 50:7
Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify against thee: I am God, even thy God.

Psalms 50:8
I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy burnt offerings, to have been continually before me.

Psalms 50:9
I will take no bullock out of thy house, nor he goats out of thy folds.

Psalms 50:10
For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills.

Psalms 50:11
I know all the fowls of the mountains: and the wild beasts of the field are mine. {mine: Heb. with me}

Psalms 50:12
If I were hungry, I would not tell thee: for the world is mine, and the fulness thereof.

Psalms 50:13
Will I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats?

Psalms 50:14
Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the most High:

Psalms 50:15
And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.

Psalms 50:16
But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or that thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth?

Psalms 50:17
Seeing thou hatest instruction, and castest my words behind thee.

Psalms 50:18
When thou sawest a thief, then thou consentedst with him, and hast been partaker with adulterers. {hast...: Heb. thy portion was with}

Psalms 50:19
Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit. {givest: Heb. sendest}

Psalms 50:20
Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thine own mother's son.

Psalms 50:21
These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as thyself: but I will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes.

Psalms 50:22
Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver.

Psalms 50:23
Whoso offereth praise glorifieth me: and to him that ordereth his conversation aright will I shew the salvation of God. {that...: Heb. that disposeth his way}
 (KJV)

Psalms 19 | The Heavens Declare the Glory of God

 The Heavens Declare the Glory of God and the Firmament Show His Handy work.

 Day to day utter speech, and night to night show knowledge. There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard.  Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them has he set a tabernacle for the sun

Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoices as a strong man to run a race.

His going forth is from the end of the heaven, and his circuit to the ends of it: and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof.

The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple.  The statutes of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes.

The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring for ever: the judgments of the LORD are true and righteous altogether.  More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.

Moreover by them is thy servant warned: and in keeping of them there is great reward.  Who can understand his errors? Cleanse you me from secret faults.  Keep back your servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me: then shall I be upright, and I shall be innocent from the great transgression.

Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in your sight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer.

 (KJV)

Psalms Sixteen- God Preserves | Psalms for the Soul

Michtam of David.

A Poem

 Preserve me, O God: for in you do I put my trust.  O my soul, you have said to the LORD, You are my Lord: my goodness extend not to you  But to the saints that are in the earth, and to the excellent, in whom is all my delight.

Their sorrows shall be multiplied that hasten after another god: their drink offerings of blood will I not offer, nor take up their names into my lips.  The LORD is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: you maintain my lot.

The lines are fallen to me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly heritage.  I will bless the LORD, who has given me counsel: my reins also instruct me in the night seasons.  I have set the LORD always before me: because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.

Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoice my flesh also shall rest in hope.  For you will not leave my soul in hell; neither will you suffer (allow) your Holy One to see corruption.

Psalms 16:11
You will show me the path of life: in your presence is fullness of joy; at your right hand there are pleasures for evermore.

 (KJV)

Psalms Thirteen - Psalms for the Soul

 How long will you forget me, O LORD? Forever? 

How long will you hide your face from me?

How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart daily? How long shall mine enemy be exalted over me?

 Consider and hear me, O LORD my God: lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death;

 Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him; and those that trouble me rejoice when I am moved.

 But I have trusted in your mercy; my heart shall rejoice in your salvation.

 I will sing unto the LORD, because he has dealt bountifully with me.

 (KJV)