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Psalm 142 English Standard Version (ESV) “You Are My Refuge”🕊

Alicia J. Alexander, MSL

Psalm 142 English Standard Version (ESV)🕊 You Are My Refuge🕊 A Maskil of David, when he was in the cave. A Prayer. 142:1 With my voice I cry out to the Lord;     with my voice I plead for mercy to the Lord. 2 I pour out my complaint before him;     I tell my trouble before him. 3 When my spirit faints within me,     you know my way! In the path where I walk     they have hidden a trap for me. 4 Look to the right and see:     there is none who takes notice of me; no refuge remains to me;     no one cares for my soul. 5 I cry to you, O Lord;     I say, “You are my refuge,     my portion in the … Continue reading Psalm 142 English Standard Version (ESV) “You Are My Refuge”🕊

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Psalm 119 New King James Version (NKJV) “Meditations on the Excellencies of the Word of God”🕊

Alicia J. Alexander, MSL

Psalm 119 New King James Version (NKJV)🕊 Meditations on the Excellencies of the Word of God🕊 א ALEPH 119:1 Blessed are the undefiled in the way, Who walk in the law of the Lord! 2 Blessed are those who keep His testimonies, Who seek Him with the whole heart! 3 They also do no iniquity; They walk in His ways. 4 You have commanded us To keep Your precepts diligently. 5 Oh, that my ways were directed To keep Your statutes! 6 Then I would not be ashamed, When I look into all Your commandments. 7 I will praise You with uprightness of heart, When I learn Your righteous judgments. 8 I will keep Your statutes; Oh, do not forsake me utterly! … Continue reading Psalm 119 New King James Version (NKJV) “Meditations on the Excellencies of the Word of God”🕊

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Psalm 143 Good News Translation (GNT) “A Prayer for Help”🕊

Alicia J. Alexander, MSL

Psalm 143 Good News Translation (GNT)🕊 A Prayer for Help🕊 143:1 Lord, hear my prayer! In your righteousness listen to my plea;     answer me in your faithfulness! 2 Don’t put me, your servant, on trial;     no one is innocent in your sight. 3 My enemies have hunted me down     and completely defeated me. They have put me in a dark prison,     and I am like those who died long ago. 4 So I am ready to give up;     I am in deep despair. 5 I remember the days gone by;     I think about all that you have done,     I bring to mind all your deeds. 6 I lift up my hands to … Continue reading Psalm 143 Good News Translation (GNT) “A Prayer for Help”🕊

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Psalm 146 Christian Standard Bible (CSB) “The God of Compassion”🕊

Alicia J. Alexander, MSL

Psalm 146 Christian Standard Bible (CSB)🕊  “The God of Compassion”🕊 1 Hallelujah! My soul, praise the Lord. 2 I will praise the Lord all my life; I will sing to my God as long as I live. 3 Do not trust in nobles, in a son of man, who cannot save. 4 When his breath leaves him, he returns to the ground; on that day his plans die. 5 Happy is the one whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the Lord his God, 6 the Maker of heaven and earth, the sea and everything in them. He remains faithful forever, 7 executing justice for the exploited and giving food to the hungry. The Lord frees prisoners. … Continue reading Psalm 146 Christian Standard Bible (CSB) “The God of Compassion”🕊

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Psalm 123 English Standard Version (ESV) Our Eyes Look to the Lord Our God🕊

Alicia J. Alexander, MSL

Psalm 123 English Standard Version (ESV)🕊 Our Eyes Look to the Lord Our God🕊 A Song of Ascents. 123:1 To you I lift up my eyes,     O you who are enthroned in the heavens! 2 Behold, as the eyes of servants     look to the hand of their master, as the eyes of a maidservant     to the hand of her mistress, so our eyes look to the Lord our God,     till he has mercy upon us. 3 Have mercy upon us, O Lord, have mercy upon us,     for we have had more than enough of contempt. 4 Our soul has had more than enough     of the scorn of those who are at ease,     of the contempt of the proud.🕊 Continue reading Psalm 123 English Standard Version (ESV) Our Eyes Look to the Lord Our God🕊

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Psalm 88 Good News Translation (GNT) “A Cry for Help”🕊

Alicia J. Alexander, MSL

Psalm 88 Good News Translation (GNT)🕊 A Cry for Help🕊 88:1 Lord God, my savior, I cry out all day,     and at night I come before you. 2 Hear my prayer;     listen to my cry for help! 3 So many troubles have fallen on me     that I am close to death. 4 I am like all others who are about to die;     all my strength is gone. 5 I am abandoned among the dead;     I am like the slain lying in their graves, those you have forgotten completely,     who are beyond your help. 6 You have thrown me into the depths of the tomb,     into the darkest and deepest pit. 7 Your anger lies … Continue reading Psalm 88 Good News Translation (GNT) “A Cry for Help”🕊

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Psalm 74 English Standard Version (ESV) “Arise, O God, Defend Your Cause”🕊

Alicia J. Alexander, MSL

  Psalm 74 English Standard Version (ESV)🕊 Arise, O God, Defend Your Cause🕊 A Maskil of Asaph. 74:1 O God, why do you cast us off forever?     Why does your anger smoke against the sheep of your pasture? 2 Remember your congregation, which you have purchased of old,     which you have redeemed to be the tribe of your heritage!     Remember Mount Zion, where you have dwelt. 3 Direct your steps to the perpetual ruins;     the enemy has destroyed everything in the sanctuary! 4 Your foes have roared in the midst of your meeting place;     they set up their own signs for signs. 5 They were like those who swing axes     in a forest of trees. 6 And all its carved wood     they broke down with hatchets and … Continue reading Psalm 74 English Standard Version (ESV) “Arise, O God, Defend Your Cause”🕊

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Psalm 94 New King James Version (NKJV) God the Refuge of the Righteous

Alicia J. Alexander, MSL

Psalm 94 New King James Version (NKJV) God the Refuge of the Righteous 94:1 O Lord God, to whom vengeance belongs— O God, to whom vengeance belongs, shine forth! 2 Rise up, O Judge of the earth; Render punishment to the proud. 3 Lord, how long will the wicked, How long will the wicked triumph? 4 They utter speech, and speak insolent things; All the workers of iniquity boast in themselves. 5 They break in pieces Your people, O Lord, And afflict Your heritage. 6 They slay the widow and the stranger, And murder the fatherless. 7 Yet they say, “The Lord does not see, Nor does the God of Jacob understand.” 8 Understand, you senseless among the people; And you fools, when will you be wise? 9 He … Continue reading Psalm 94 New King James Version (NKJV) God the Refuge of the Righteous

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Psalm 73 English Standard Version (ESV)

Alicia J. Alexander, MSL

Psalm 73 English Standard Version (ESV) Psalm 73 English Standard Version (ESV) God Is My Strength and Portion Forever🌹 A Psalm of Asaph. 73:1 Truly God is good to Israel,     to those who are pure in heart. 2 But as for me, my feet had almost stumbled,     my steps had nearly slipped. 3 For I was envious of the arrogant     when I saw the prosperity of the wicked. 4 For they have no pangs until death;     their bodies are fat and sleek. 5 They are not in trouble as others are;     they are not stricken like the rest of mankind. 6 Therefore pride is their necklace;     violence covers them as a garment. 7 Their eyes swell out through fatness;     their hearts overflow with follies. … Continue reading Psalm 73 English Standard Version (ESV)

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Psalm 34 New King James Version (NKJV)🕊

Alicia J. Alexander, MSL

Psalm 34 New King James Version (NKJV)🕊 https://youtu.be/HpnqBlRvumA Psalm 34 New King James Version (NKJV)🕊 The Happiness of Those Who Trust in God🕊 A Psalm of David when he pretended madness before Abimelech, who drove him away, and he departed. 34:1 I will bless the Lord at all times;His praise shall continually be in my mouth.2 My soul shall make its boast in the Lord;The humble shall hear of it and be glad.3 Oh, magnify the Lord with me,And let us exalt His name together. 4 I sought the Lord, and He heard me,And delivered me from all my fears.5 They looked to Him and were radiant,And their … Continue reading Psalm 34 New King James Version (NKJV)🕊

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Psalm 25 English Standard Version (ESV)🕊

Alicia J. Alexander, MSL

Psalm 25 English Standard Version (ESV)🕊 https://youtu.be/C9Jbf5n0wew Psalm 25 English Standard Version (ESV)🕊 Teach Me Your Paths🕊 Of David. 25:1 To you, O Lord, I lift up my soul.2 O my God, in you I trust; let me not be put to shame; let not my enemies exult over me.3 Indeed, none who wait for you shall be put to shame; they shall be ashamed who are wantonly treacherous. 4 Make me to know your ways, O Lord; teach me your paths.5 Lead me in your truth and teach me, for you are the God of my salvation; for you I wait all the day long. … Continue reading Psalm 25 English Standard Version (ESV)🕊

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Psalm 26 English Standard Version (ESV)🕊

Alicia J. Alexander, MSL

Psalm 26 English Standard Version (ESV)🕊 https://youtu.be/0FFkVzNJOLY Psalm 26 English Standard Version (ESV)🕊 I Will Bless the Lord🕊 Of David. 26:1 Vindicate me, O Lord, for I have walked in my integrity, and I have trusted in the Lordwithout wavering.2 Prove me, O Lord, and try me; test my heart and my mind.3 For your steadfast love is before my eyes, and I walk in your faithfulness. 4 I do not sit with men of falsehood, nor do I consort with hypocrites.5 I hate the assembly of evildoers, and I will not sit with the wicked. 6 I wash my hands in innocence and go around … Continue reading Psalm 26 English Standard Version (ESV)🕊

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Psalm 107 Good News Translation (GNT)🕊

Alicia J. Alexander, MSL

Psalm 107 Good News Translation (GNT)🕊 https://youtu.be/S97GYZRnmDE Psalm 107 Good News Translation (GNT)🕊 In Praise of God’s Goodness🕊 107:1 “Give thanks to the Lord, because he is good;     his love is eternal!” 2 Repeat these words in praise to the Lord,     all you whom he has saved. He has rescued you from your enemies 3 and has brought you back from foreign countries,     from east and west, from north and south. 4 Some wandered in the trackless desert     and could not find their way to a city to live in. 5 They were hungry and thirsty     and had given up all hope. 6 Then in their trouble they called to … Continue reading Psalm 107 Good News Translation (GNT)🕊