Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Psalms+005   Psalm 5 (ESV) 1 Give ear to my words, O Lord; consider my groaning. 2 Give attention to the sound of my cry, my King and my God, for to you do I pray. 3 O Lord, in the morning you hear my voice; in the morning I prepare a sacrifice […]

Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Psalms+004   Psalm 4 (ESV) 1 Answer me when I call, O God of my righteousness! You have given me relief when I was in distress. Be gracious to me and hear my prayer! 2 O men how long shall my honor be turned into shame? How long will you love vain words […]

Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Psalms+003   Psalm 3 (ESV) 1 O Lord, how many are my foes! Many are rising against me; 2 many are saying of my soul, “There is no salvation for him in God.” Selah 3 But you, O Lord, are a shield about me, my glory, and the lifter of my head. 4 I cried […]

Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Psalms+002   Psalm 2 (ESV) 1 Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain? 2 The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord and against his Anointed, saying, 3 “Let us burst their bonds apart and cast away their cords from us.” 4 He who […]

Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Psalms+001   Psalms Introduction The Book of Psalms is a collection of various smaller groupings of psalms that were used in Israel’s worship over the centuries. Some psalms were associated with certain feasts (Ps. 130 Yom Kippur; Ps. 135, Passover), others with the Sabbath (Ps. 92-100), and others for confession (Ps. […]