Category: Praying Through the Psalms

10 For Your servant David’s sake,Do not turn away the face of Your Anointed.11 The LORD has sworn in truth to David;He will not turn from it:“I will set upon your throne the fruit of your body.12 If your sons will keep My covenantAnd My testimony which I shall teach them,Their sons also shall sit … Continue reading Psalm 132:10–18 (NKJV)

1 LORD, remember DavidAnd all his afflictions;2 How he swore to the LORD,And vowed to the Mighty One of Jacob:3 “Surely I will not go into the chamber of my house,Or go up to the comfort of my bed;4 I will not give sleep to my eyesOr slumber to my eyelids,5 Until I find a … Continue reading Psalm 132:1–9 (NKJV)

Simple Trust in the LORD A Song of Ascents. Of David. 1 LORD, my heart is not haughty,Nor my eyes lofty.Neither do I concern myself with great matters,Nor with things too profound for me.2 Surely I have calmed and quieted my soul,Like a weaned child with his mother;Like a weaned child is my soul within … Continue reading Psalm 131 (NKJV)

Waiting for the Redemption of the LORD A Song of Ascents. 1 Out of the depths I have cried to You, O LORD;2 Lord, hear my voice!Let Your ears be attentiveTo the voice of my supplications.3 If You, LORD, should mark iniquities,O Lord, who could stand?4 But there is forgiveness with You,That You may be … Continue reading Psalm 130 (NKJV)

Song of Victory Over Zion’s Enemies A Song of Ascents. 1 “Many a time they have afflicted me from my youth,”Let Israel now say—2 “Many a time they have afflicted me from my youth;Yet they have not prevailed against me.3 The plowers plowed on my back;They made their furrows long.”4 The LORD is righteous;He has … Continue reading Psalm 129 (NKJV)

Blessings of Those Who Fear the LORD A Song of Ascents. 1 Blessed is every one who fears the LORD,Who walks in His ways.2 When you eat the labor of your hands,You shall be happy, and it shall be well with you.3 Your wife shall be like a fruitful vineIn the very heart of your … Continue reading Psalm 128 (NKJV)

Laboring and Prospering with the LORD A Song of Ascents. Of Solomon. 1 Unless the LORD builds the house,They labor in vain who build it;Unless the LORD guards the city,The watchman stays awake in vain.2 It is vain for you to rise up early,To sit up late,To eat the bread of sorrows;For so He gives … Continue reading Psalm 127 (NKJV)

A Joyful Return to Zion A Song of Ascents. 1 When the LORD brought back the captivity of Zion,We were like those who dream.2 Then our mouth was filled with laughter,And our tongue with singing.Then they said among the nations,“The LORD has done great things for them.”3 The LORD has done great things for us,And … Continue reading Psalm 126 (NKJV)

The LORD The Strength of His People A Song of Ascents. 1 Those who trust in the LORDAre like Mount Zion,Which cannot be moved, but abides forever.2 As the mountains surround Jerusalem,So the LORD surrounds His peopleFrom this time forth and forever. Lord, I trust in You!You are my Rock, my High Peak where I … Continue reading Psalm 125 (NKJV)

The LORD The Defense of His People A Song of Ascents. Of David. 1 “If it had not been the LORD who was on our side,”Let Israel now say—2 “If it had not been the LORD who was on our side,When men rose up against us,3 Then they would have swallowed us alive,When their wrath … Continue reading Psalm 124 (NKJV)