January in the Psalms, Thanksgiving Psalms

Psalm 116 English Standard Version (ESV)

116 I love the Lord, because he has heard
    my voice and my pleas for mercy.
2 Because he inclined his ear to me,
    therefore I will call on him as long as I live.
3 The snares of death encompassed me;
    the pangs of Sheol laid hold on me;
    I suffered distress and anguish.
4 Then I called on the name of the Lord:
    “O Lord, I pray, deliver my soul!”

5 Gracious is the Lord, and righteous;
    our God is merciful.
6 The Lord preserves the simple;
    when I was brought low, he saved me.
7 Return, O my soul, to your rest;
    for the Lord has dealt bountifully with you.

8 For you have delivered my soul from death,
    my eyes from tears,
    my feet from stumbling;
9 I will walk before the Lord
    in the land of the living.

10 I believed, even when I spoke:
    “I am greatly afflicted”;
11 I said in my alarm,
    “All mankind are liars.”

12 What shall I render to the Lord
    for all his benefits to me?
13 I will lift up the cup of salvation
    and call on the name of the Lord,
14 I will pay my vows to the Lord
    in the presence of all his people.

15 Precious in the sight of the Lord
    is the death of his saints.
16 O Lord, I am your servant;
    I am your servant, the son of your maidservant.
    You have loosed my bonds.
17 I will offer to you the sacrifice of thanksgiving
    and call on the name of the Lord.
18 I will pay my vows to the Lord
    in the presence of all his people,
19 in the courts of the house of the Lord,
    in your midst, O Jerusalem.
Praise the Lord!

English Standard Version (ESV)

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Psalms of Thanksgiving, Psalm 92

Psalm 92 New International Version (NIV)

A psalm. A song. For the Sabbath day.

1 It is good to praise the Lord
    and make music to your name, O Most High,
2 proclaiming your love in the morning
    and your faithfulness at night,
3 to the music of the ten-stringed lyre
    and the melody of the harp.

4 For you make me glad by your deeds, Lord;
    I sing for joy at what your hands have done.
5 How great are your works, Lord,
    how profound your thoughts!
6 Senseless people do not know,
    fools do not understand,
7 that though the wicked spring up like grass
    and all evildoers flourish,
    they will be destroyed forever.

8 But you, Lord, are forever exalted.

9 For surely your enemies, Lord,
    surely your enemies will perish;
    all evildoers will be scattered.
10 You have exalted my horn like that of a wild ox;
    fine oils have been poured on me.
11 My eyes have seen the defeat of my adversaries;
    my ears have heard the rout of my wicked foes.

12 The righteous will flourish like a palm tree,
    they will grow like a cedar of Lebanon;
13 planted in the house of the Lord,
    they will flourish in the courts of our God.
14 They will still bear fruit in old age,
    they will stay fresh and green,
15 proclaiming, “The Lord is upright;
    he is my Rock, and there is no wickedness in him.”

New International Version (NIV)

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January in the Psalms, Psalm 9

Psalms of Thanksgiving

Psalm 9 New English Translation (NET Bible)

For the music director; according to the alumoth-labben style; a psalm of David.

1 I will thank the Lord with all my heart!
I will tell about all your amazing deeds!
2 I will be happy and rejoice in you!
I will sing praises to you, O sovereign One!
3 When my enemies turn back,
they trip and are defeated before you.
4 For you defended my just cause;
from your throne you pronounced a just decision.
5 You terrified the nations with your battle cry;
you destroyed the wicked;
you permanently wiped out all memory of them.
6 The enemy’s cities have been reduced to permanent ruins;
you destroyed their cities;
all memory of the enemies has perished.
7 But the Lord rules forever;
he reigns in a just manner.
8 He judges the world fairly;
he makes just legal decisions for the nations.
9 Consequently the Lord provides safety for the oppressed;
he provides safety in times of trouble.
10 Your loyal followers trust in you,
for you, Lord, do not abandon those who seek your help.
11 Sing praises to the Lord, who rules in Zion!
Tell the nations what he has done!
12 For the one who takes revenge against murderers took notice of the oppressed;
he did not overlook their cry for help
13 when they prayed:
“Have mercy on me, Lord!
See how I am oppressed by those who hate me,
O one who can snatch me away from the gates of death!
14 Then I will tell about all your praiseworthy acts;
in the gates of Daughter Zion I will rejoice because of your deliverance.”
15 The nations fell into the pit they had made;
their feet were caught in the net they had hidden.
16 The Lord revealed himself;
he accomplished justice;
the wicked were ensnared by their own actions. (Higgaion. Selah)
17 The wicked are turned back and sent to Sheol;
this is the destiny of all the nations that ignore God,
18 for the needy are not permanently ignored,
the hopes of the oppressed are not forever dashed.
19 Rise up, Lord!
Don’t let men be defiant!
May the nations be judged in your presence!
20 Terrify them, Lord!
Let the nations know they are mere mortals! (Selah)

January in the Psalms, Psalm 103

Psalms of Praise

Psalm 103

By David.

¹  Praise the Lord, O my soul!
With all that is within me, praise his holy name!
² Praise the Lord, O my soul!
Do not forget all his kind deeds!
³ He is the one who forgives all your sins,
who heals all your diseases,
⁴ who delivers your life from the Pit,
who crowns you with his loyal love and compassion,
⁵ who satisfies your life with good things,
so your youth is renewed like an eagle’s.
⁶ The Lord does what is fair,
and executes justice for all the oppressed.
⁷ The Lord revealed his faithful acts to Moses,
his deeds to the Israelites.
⁸ The Lord is compassionate and merciful;
he is patient and demonstrates great loyal love.
⁹ He does not always accuse,
and does not stay angry.
¹⁰ He does not deal with us as our sins deserve;
he does not repay us as our misdeeds deserve.
¹¹ For as the skies are high above the earth,
so his loyal love towers over his faithful followers.
¹² As far as the eastern horizon is from the west,
so he removes the guilt of our rebellious actions from us.
¹³ As a father has compassion on his children,
so the Lord has compassion on his faithful followers.
¹⁴ For he knows what we are made of;
he realizes we are made of clay.
¹⁵ A person’s life is like grass.
Like a flower in the field it flourishes,
¹⁶ but when the hot wind blows by, it disappears,
and one can no longer even spot the place where it once grew.
¹⁷ But the Lord continually shows loyal love to his faithful followers,
and is faithful to their descendants,
¹⁸ to those who keep his covenant,
who are careful to obey his commands.
¹⁹ The Lord has established his throne in heaven;
his kingdom extends over everything.
²⁰ Praise the Lord, you angels of his,
you powerful warriors who carry out his decrees
and obey his orders!
²¹ Praise the Lord, all you warriors of his,
you servants of his who carry out his desires!
²² Praise the Lord, all that he has made,
in all the regions of his kingdom!
Praise the Lord, O my soul!

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January in the Psalms, Psalm 68

Psalm 68:1-10


God springs into action!
His enemies scatter;
his adversaries run from him.
2 As smoke is driven away by the wind, so you drive them away.
As wax melts before fire,
so the wicked are destroyed before God.
3 But the godly are happy;
they rejoice before God
and are overcome with joy.
4 Sing to God! Sing praises to his name!
Exalt the one who rides on the clouds!
For the Lord is his name!
Rejoice before him!
5 He is a father to the fatherless
and an advocate for widows.
God rules from his holy palace.
6 God settles those who have been deserted in their own homes;
he frees prisoners and grants them prosperity.
But sinful rebels live in the desert.
7 O God, when you lead your people into battle,
when you march through the desert, (Selah)
8 the earth shakes,
yes, the heavens pour down rain
before God, the God of Sinai,
before God, the God of Israel.
9 O God, you cause abundant showers to fall on your chosen people.
When they are tired, you sustain them,
10 for you live among them.
You sustain the oppressed with your good blessings, O God.

Taken from the New English Translation (NET)

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