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Praying the Psalms

The Book of Psalms is a collection of prayers, hymns spoken by people throughout ages to the God of Israel. Sacred scripture, the psalms have been prayed daily for thousands of years. This site aims to make the psalms accessible, with commentary and interpretation, directed at letting the psalms themselves and the spirit of God work their way with the reader, the pray-er, the seeker. There is also a focus on the psalms used in Sunday Christian worship in the Revised Common Lectionary.

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The following psalms are not in the 3-year Revised Common Lectionary for readings in Sunday worship services.

Book 1:
Psalm 3 - You, O Lord, are a shield
Psalm 6 (NRSV)
Psalm 7 (NRSV)
Psalm 10 (NRSV)
Psalm 11 - What can the righteous do?
Psalm 12 - They utter lies to each other
Psalm 18 (NRSV)
Psalm 21 - In your strength
Psalm 28 (NRSV)
Psalm 35 (NRSV)
Psalm 38 - Do not rebuke me in your anger
Psalm 39 - I will guard my ways

Book 2:
Psalm 44 (NRSV)
Psalm 53 - Are there any who are wise?
Psalm 55 (NRSV)
Psalm 56 (NRSV)
Psalm 57 - Be merciful to me
Psalm 58 (NRSV)
Psalm 59 (NRSV)
Psalm 60 - O God, you have rejected us
Psalm 61 (NRSV)
Psalm 64 - God will shoot his arrow at them

Book 3:
Psalm 73 - I was envious of the arrogant
Psalm 74 - Why do you cast us off forever?
Psalm 75 (NRSV)
Psalm 76 (NRSV)
Psalm 83 (NRSV)
Psalm 87 - The Lord loves the gates of Zion
Psalm 88 (NRSV)

Book 4:
Psalm 94 (NRSV)
Psalm 101 - I will sing of loyalty and justice
Psalm 102 (NRSV)

Book 5:
Psalm 108 - My heart is steadfast
Psalm 109 - Do not be silent, O God of my praise
Psalm 110 (NRSV)
Psalm 115 (NRSV)
Psalm 117 (NRSV)
Psalm 120 - Deliver me from lying lips
Psalm 128 (1) - It shall go well with you
Psalm 128 (2) - You shall be happy
Psalm 129 (1) - They attacked me from my youth
Psalm 129 (2) - Often have they attacked me
Psalm 134 - Lift up your hands
Psalm 135 (NRSV)
Psalm 137 - If I do not remember you
Psalm 140 (NRSV)
Psalm 141 - Let my prayer be as sacrifice
Psalm 142 - My persecutors are too strong
Psalm 144 (NRSV)

47 of the 150 psalms are omitted from planned liturgical reading in church, on Sundays and festivals, almost 1 out of every 3 psalms.

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Psalm 68 - Proclaim the power of God

Jump to end of psalm For the director of music. Of David. A psalm. A song. 1) May God arise, may his enemies be scattered; may his foes flee before him. 2) May you blow them away like smoke— as wax melts before the fire, may the wicked perish before God. 3) But may the righteous be glad and rejoice before God; may they be happy and joyful. 4) Sing to God, sing in praise of his name, extol him who rides on the clouds; rejoice before him—his name is the Lord. 5) A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows, is God in his holy dwelling. 6) God sets the lonely in families, he leads out the prisoners with singing; but the rebellious live in a sun-scorched land. 7) When you, God, went out before your people, when you marched through the wilderness, 8) the earth shook, the heavens poured down rain, before God, the One of Sinai, before God, the God of Is

Psalm 142 - My persecutors are too strong for me

Jump to end of psalm A Maskil of David. When he was in the cave. A Prayer. 1) With my voice I cry to the Lord; with my voice I make supplication to the Lord. 2) I pour out my complaint before him; I tell my trouble before him. 3) When my spirit is faint, you know my way. In the path where I walk they have hidden a trap for me. 4) Look on my right hand and see— there is no one who takes notice of me; no refuge remains to me; no one cares for me. 5) I cry to you, O Lord; I say, “You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living.” 6) Give heed to my cry, for I am brought very low. Save me from my persecutors, for they are too strong for me. 7) Bring me out of prison, so that I may give thanks to your name. The righteous will surround me, for you will deal bountifully with me. Psalm 142 Not included in the Revised Common L

Psalm 121 - From where will my help come?

Jump to end of psalm A Song of Ascents. 1) I lift up my eyes to the hills— from where will my help come? 2) My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth. 3) He will not let your foot be moved; he who keeps you will not slumber. 4) He who keeps Israel will neither slumber nor sleep. 5) The Lord is your keeper; the Lord is your shade at your right hand. 6) The sun shall not strike you by day, nor the moon by night. 7) The Lord will keep you from all evil; he will keep your life. 8) The Lord will keep your going out and your coming in from this time on and forevermore. Psalm 121 2nd Sunday of Lent, Year A Proper 24, Sunday between October 16 and October 22, Year C This much beloved song is frequently turned to in time of crisis or trouble. I remember it as the first scripture read in James Chapel on September 11, 2001, shortly before I headed