Prayer Always

Part II Word & Worship

Psalms 91

[1] He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.

[2] I will say of Yahweh, “He is my refuge and my fortress; my God, in whom I trust.”

[3] For he will deliver you from the snare of the fowler, and from the deadly pestilence.

[4] He will cover you with his feathers. Under his wings you will take refuge. His faithfulness is your shield and rampart.

[5] You shall not be afraid of the terror by night, nor of the arrow that flies by day,

[6] nor of the pestilence that walks in darkness, nor of the destruction that wastes at noonday.

[7] A thousand may fall at your side, and ten thousand at your right hand; but it will not come near you.

[8] You will only look with your eyes, and see the recompense of the wicked.

[9] Because you have made Yahweh your refuge, and the Most High your dwelling place,

[10] no evil shall happen to you, neither shall any plague come near your dwelling.

[11] For he will put his angels in charge of you, to guard you in all your ways.

[12] They will bear you up in their hands, so that you won’t dash your foot against a stone.

[13] You will tread on the lion and cobra. You will trample the young lion and the serpent underfoot.

[14] “Because he has set his love on me, therefore I will deliver him. I will set him on high, because he has known my name.

[15] He will call on me, and I will answer him. I will be with him in trouble. I will deliver him, and honor him.

[16] I will satisfy him with long life, and show him my salvation.”

Psalms 23

[1] Yahweh is my shepherd; I shall lack nothing.

[2] He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters.

[3] He restores my soul. He guides me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.

[4] Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me. Your rod and your staff, they comfort me.

[5] You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil. My cup runs over.

[6] Surely goodness and loving kindness shall follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in Yahweh’s house forever.

Psalms 20

[1] May Yahweh answer you in the day of trouble. May the name of the God of Jacob set you up on high,

[2] send you help from the sanctuary, grant you support from Zion,

[3] remember all your offerings, and accept your burned sacrifice. Selah.

[4] May he grant you your heart’s desire, and fulfill all your counsel.

[5] We will triumph in your salvation. In the name of our God, we will set up our banners. May Yahweh grant all your requests.

[6] Now I know that Yahweh saves his anointed. He will answer him from his holy heaven, with the saving strength of his right hand.

[7] Some trust in chariots, and some in horses, but we trust in the name of Yahweh our God.

[8] They are bowed down and fallen, but we rise up, and stand upright.

[9] Save, Yahweh! Let the King answer us when we call!

Psalms 121

[1] I will lift up my eyes to the hills. Where does my help come from?

[2] My help comes from Yahweh, who made heaven and earth.

[3] He will not allow your foot to be moved. He who keeps you will not slumber.

[4] Behold, he who keeps Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.

[5] Yahweh is your keeper. Yahweh is your shade on your right hand.

[6] The sun will not harm you by day, nor the moon by night.

[7] Yahweh will keep you from all evil. He will keep your soul.

[8] Yahweh will keep your going out and your coming in, from this time forward, and forever more.

Psalms 32

[1] Blessed is he whose disobedience is forgiven, whose sin is covered.

[2] Blessed is the man to whom Yahweh doesn’t impute iniquity, in whose spirit there is no deceit.

[3] When I kept silence, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long.

[4] For day and night your hand was heavy on me. My strength was sapped in the heat of summer. Selah.

[5] I acknowledged my sin to you. I didn’t hide my iniquity. I said, I will confess my transgressions to Yahweh, and you forgave the iniquity of my sin. Selah.

[6] For this, let everyone who is godly pray to you in a time when you may be found. Surely when the great waters overflow, they shall not reach to him.

[7] You are my hiding place. You will preserve me from trouble. You will surround me with songs of deliverance. Selah.

[8] I will instruct you and teach you in the way which you shall go. I will counsel you with my eye on you.

[9] Don’t be like the horse, or like the mule, which have no understanding, who are controlled by bit and bridle, or else they will not come near to you.

[10] Many sorrows come to the wicked, but loving kindness shall surround him who trusts in Yahweh.

[11] Be glad in Yahweh, and rejoice, you righteous! Shout for joy, all you who are upright in heart!

Psalms 51

[1] Have mercy on me, God, according to your loving kindness. According to the multitude of your tender mercies, blot out my transgressions.

[2] Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity. Cleanse me from my sin.

[3] For I know my transgressions. My sin is constantly before me.

[4] Against you, and you only, I have sinned, and done that which is evil in your sight, so you may be proved right when you speak, and justified when you judge.

[5] Behold, I was born in iniquity. My mother conceived me in sin.

[6] Behold, you desire truth in the inward parts. You teach me wisdom in the inmost place.

[7] Purify me with hyssop, and I will be clean. Wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.

[8] Let me hear joy and gladness, that the bones which you have broken may rejoice.

[9] Hide your face from my sins, and blot out all of my iniquities.

[10] Create in me a clean heart, O God. Renew a right spirit within me.

[11] Don’t throw me from your presence, and don’t take your Holy Spirit from me.

[12] Restore to me the joy of your salvation. Uphold me with a willing spirit.

[13] Then I will teach transgressors your ways. Sinners will be converted to you.

[14] Deliver me from the guilt of bloodshed, O God, the God of my salvation. My tongue will sing aloud of your righteousness.

[15] Lord, open my lips. My mouth will declare your praise.

[16] For you don’t delight in sacrifice, or else I would give it. You have no pleasure in burnt offering.

[17] The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit. O God, you will not despise a broken and contrite heart.

[18] Do well in your good pleasure to Zion. Build the walls of Jerusalem.

[19] Then you will delight in the sacrifices of righteousness, in burnt offerings and in whole burnt offerings. Then they will offer bulls on your altar.