Category: Psalms
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Psalm 44: God who accepts chosen and unchosen and gives the chosen a cross to bear.
1: God’s instructions to a music director, to sons of a baldy (Korah – who sought to replace Moses and the promised land with all people and Egypt and was swallowed up by the earth but whose sons were spared Num 15): We had heard with our ears, our fathers had counted the work you…
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Psalm 98: Praise You Jesus our Saviour and then Trumpets and nature herald Yehoweh the Sentencing Judge.
Jesus our Saviour And Yehoweh the Sentencing Judge. 1: On strings: Sing to Yehoweh a new song, astonished (by what) He had done. (S)He caused to save / Jesus (Hoshea – Hifil Per 3fs) to Him His right hand and His Holy arm. 2: Yehoweh had caused to know His Jesus / salvation (Yshua-…
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Psalm 82: gods of Adam judge the weak, poor, needy, orphan and the wicked unjustly and die like man. God judges the earth and inherits the nations.
1: A melody of Asaph (gather-to-remove). Stationed (singular) God (Elohim). A God (El) in the midst of gods (elohim) He judges / pronounces sentence (shafat, singular). 2: Till when will you (all) judge (pl) unjustly (avel)? And lift up (pl) the faces of wicked? Pause and think about that! 3: Pronounce (pl) sent on a…
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Psalm 29: Worship Him! Beautifully Holy King Yehoweh’s Voice roars in north, shatters, carves fire over the waters, whirls in the southern desert giving us strength and peace in our time.
1: For David’s instrumental: Ascribe to Yehoweh, sons of El’s people / gods (Elim or El+im?), Ascribe to Yehoweh glory (kavod – weight) and strength. 2: Ascribe to Yehoweh His Glory Name! Make yourselves prostrate yourselves to Yehoweh in beauty (of) holiness (4/5 kadara is with kodesh Strong’s 1927). 3: Yehoweh’s voice is over the…
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Psalm 1: The Righteous tree-man transplanted, wicked husk blown away.
1: Happy the man who had not walked in the plans of the wilfully troublesome and had not stood in the paths of those who miss-the-mark sin, had not settled for the assembly of the scornful. 2: For if* his pleasure (kafetzo) ( is) in Yehoweh’s instruction manual (Torah) and in His instruction manual he…
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Psalm 139: Rev Dr God does a history and examination, diagnoses and recommendation.
1: To David’s choir director for an instrumental: You have investigated** me. And You know me. 2: You knew my resting place (permanent address). And my rising up (principles I stand for). You discerned my (pasturing) thought* from the past (old or deep memory). 3: You disrupted (piel of dispense) with my well-trodden paths (habits)…
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Psalm 103: The joy of the Law!
1: For David To Yehoweh – Bless my soul. To His Holy Name – all around me. 2: To Yehoweh – Bless my soul. And do not mislay His rewards. 3: The Forgiver of your futile-sins The Healer of your chronic disease. 4: The Redeemer of your life-prison (life sentence). The Investiturer / crowner of…
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Psalm 11: Shelter in your Mountain! Its the scrutiny of Yehoweh! He hates wicked Hamas. He loves straight righteousness.
1: To David’s music director I took refuge in Yehoweh. How can you say to my soul, “Little-hopping-bird, Flutter away off to your mountain?” 2: For behold the wicked bend the bow, direct the arrow on the bowstring in the gloom to shoot the heart of the straight*. 3: What did He do if the…
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Psalm 39: The sound of silence because of my limitations – a nobody who serves In quietness and confidence – and intercession.
1: To a music director – a poetic (mizmor from zamar – skilfully plucking for pruning and instruments) song to Jeduthun (praise), to David, saying, I keep watch on my ways from missing-the-mark sin. I keep watch on my tongue – with a muzzle on my mouth when wrongness is around. 2: I was muted**.…
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Psalm 67: The various aspects of God’s Blessing
1: To the music director – a poetic (mizmor from zamar – skilfully plucking for pruning and instruments) song for stringed instruments. God is merciful to us And He blesses us – makes His face to enlighten upon us. Stop and think about that! 2: To know Your way on earth. In all unbelieving nations…
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Psalm 27: I hide bravely and in good cheer in The Sukkoth with sacrifices of Trumpeting Joy to see His Goodness in the land of the living.
1: Yehoweh, my Light and my Jesus – whom do I fear? Yehoweh, my life’s stronghold – what do I dread? 2: From those making evil approaching me? From the flesh-gobbling enemies who are being hostile to me? Them? They stumbled and fell! 3: Though an encampment encamps around me, My heart does not fear.…
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Psalm 4: Shut anger up, sacrifice righteously, let God’s Good Face Light shine on you, hear Him, sleep deeply, live in peace and joy.
1: To a chief musician for a song of David for stringed instruments. When I cry out, reply me. In my tight spot (tsar/trouble), He made space (caused enlargement) for me. Favour me, hear my plea. 2: Sons of a man, for how long is My Glory to shame? (Will) you love vanity? (Will) you…
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Psalm 116: When trouble/sorrow happens during the death of the righteous, they rest from their labour and then Yehoweh unshackles them and they are free to walk in front of Him in the lands of those who live and they raise a toast and say Hallelu-Yah!
1: I loved it that Yehoweh, He hears my voice, my entreaties. 2: Because he made his ear stretch to me. And in my days, I call out. 3: Ropes of death entwined me. Sheol’s distress found / caught up with me. I find trouble (tsara) and sorrow. 4: And I called out Yehoweh’s Name.…
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Psalm 87: Yehoweh is welcoming us at Zion’s gates, glorified and holy foundation city of our God where born again Israeli, Palestinian, Egyptian, Iranian, Iraqi, Jordanian, Turkish, Lebanese and Ethiopian citizens are registered born again.
1: An instrumental song of the sons of a baldy (Korah): His foundation in the mountains is holy. 2: Loving Yehoweh (at?) Zion’s gates, than (instead of?) in all Jacob’s tabernacles (churches/synagogues – miskan in plural is never used of The Tabernacle) 3: Glorified, spoken of you, God’s city. Stop! 4: In those who know…
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Psalm 131: Focussed waiting needs humility and contentment
1: David’s (darling’s) song of Ascension: Yehoweh, my heart was (would have) not lifted up. And my eyes did /(would have not arisen) not arise. And I did / (would have not walked) not walk in greatness and being accomplished for myself, 2: if I had not evened-out and silenced my soul as a satiated…
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Psalm 16: In Life and death, God is our goodness, our nightly educator, our allotment, our satisfaction and Joy.
1: David’s engraving: Watch over me, God (El) For I took refuge in You. 2: You(f) said to Yehoweh, “My Lord, You are my goodness. Lest over You 3: In holy-ones who are on earth – and they all are majestic – I delight in them (as my goodness). 4: Hurts increase (on) hurrying to…
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Psalm 86: Your Servant, Your maidservant’s son, You cause to save (Hoshea) us
1: David’s intercession: Yehoweh, cause your ear to incline. Answer! For its afflicted and needy me! 2: Watch! For pious soul am I. I Cause to save (Hosha), Your Servant (v 16). You are My God. The Truster in You (?!?). 3: Show favour Lord, for to You I call out all day. 4: Rejoice,…
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Psalm 45 – the bride and groom’s song to their King
A lesson in song for a musician – to the Susans (Lillies), from the sons of a baldy (Korah): My heart was stirred to say a good word for a song for my Darling. My tongue, like a ready pen, a work for a King. 2 You are beautiful, beautiful more than sons of men…
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Psalm 146: Halloo gents! Hallee Ladies! Presenting The Maker, Preserver, Provider, Releaser, Revealer, Lifter, Lover, Up-ender, Reigner.
1 Shout ye out with joy, people (Halloo) to YAH Let your souls shout with joy, ladies (Hallee) to Yehoweh 2 I will shout out (A-Hallah) to Yehoweh. I will make music in my life to my god in my ‘agains’ / encores. 3 You should not trust in generous or noble ones, in…
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Psalm 22: The Crucifixion
1: (Sung) To a melody of David – ‘Deer of Dawn’ “My God, My God for why did you forsake me?” (where, Matt 27:45, Mk 15:34, ) – roaring words from far away (long ago) from our Yshua. 2: “My God”, I cry in the day and You do not respond. And in the night…
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Psalm 21: Yshua’s blessings to leaders who rejoice in Him and trust Him
1: To the first melody of David. In Your strength rejoicing is a king And In Your Jesus, how much more gladly. 2: You gave His heart’s desires to him You never withheld A wish on his lips (unspoken). Ponder that! 3: For approaching him are Your blessings of goodness Setting on…
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Psalm 83: A prayer song for secret believers and their hero Gideon – hidden to reveal God as High and Separated
1: A melody for the song of Gatherer (Asaph). Go, Not-Silent (singular) – God (plural) You do not silence us And God, You do not quieten down. 2: Because, behold, Your enemies roar. And your haters raised up their heads. 3: They cause crafty counsel against your people and make advice (guidelines) for…
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Psalm 20: Jesus The Answer, The Right Hand, The Messiah, The Name, The Saviour.
1: To the chief, a melody of David Yehoweh answers you in a day of trouble. He makes you inaccessible. (His) Name is God of the Heel/Deceiver (sinner, down-&-outer). 2: He sends you help from a ‘Holy’ (kodesh) and sustains you from Droughty-Hill (Zion). 3: He remembers all your gifts and your whole burnt…
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Psalm 46: Yehoweh-of-Parliaments-With-Us
1: To the head of the choir master family, to the sons of bald men (Korah). A melody for young women. Our God for us is a retreat and strength, a very much found help (Ezra) in distress. 2: And so we fear not even if earth is made to change and the mountains totter…
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Psalm 27 (the sacrifice song of joy on Yom Thruah)
1: To David. Yehoweh my light and my salvation (va- Ishi). Whom am I fearing? Yehoweh my life’s stronghold. Whom am I dreading? 2: Flesh- eating Wickedness-makers coming against me? Opposing narrow-minded? Them? They tottered and fell. 3: if an encampment (Makneh) encamps (thikneh) against me, my heart does not fear. If a battle…
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Psalm 51’s stanzas of poetry
1: A melody for David’s chief musician when Prophet Nathan is to go to him after he had gone (Ba) to Bath-Sheba. Be compassionate to me, Lord. Like/for the sake of your loving kindness (khesedhekha), Like /for the sake of your great encompassing motherly sustenance (womb-ness – rakhamekha), Wipe out my transgressions (Peshayi). 2: Cause…
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Psalm 90 – ‘thousand years vs 70 years’, shoov (turn around) song of Moses at his second retirement
1: Dwelling place Yehovah, You were ours in a generation and a generation 2: Before mountains were born and the earth and world danced – From everlasting to everlasting (are) You, God. 3: You caused man to turn around to contrition/destruction, saying, Turn around sons of adam 4: For a thousand years in your eyes…
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Psalm 62
The Akh-Ulkha poem 1: To the head of the choir master family. A melody of David. Surely (Akh) to God my soul (is in) silence. From Him (is) my Jesus. 2: Surely He is my rock and my Jesus, my security – I will not be greatly shaken. 3: How long will you yell at…