Psalms 21:1

So that with good courage we say, “The Lord is my helper. I will not fear. What can man do to me?”

The Lord Yahweh’s Spirit is on me, because Yahweh has anointed me to preach good news to the humble. He has sent me to bind up the broken hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and release to those who are bound,

but those who wait for Yahweh will renew their strength. They will mount up with wings like eagles. They will run, and not be weary. They will walk, and not faint.

being confident of this very thing, that he who began a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ.

Yahweh says to my Lord, “Sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies your footstool for your feet.”

Yes, no one who waits for you will be shamed. They will be shamed who deal treacherously without cause.

I see him, but not now. I see him, but not near. A star will come out of Jacob. A scepter will rise out of Israel, and shall strike through the corners of Moab, and crush all the sons of Sheth.

“Behold, the days come,” says Yahweh, “that I will raise to David a righteous Branch, and he will reign as king and deal wisely, and will execute justice and righteousness in the land.

But you, Yahweh, are a shield around me, my glory, and the one who lifts up my head.

But as for me, I will look to Yahweh. I will wait for the God of my salvation. My God will hear me.

His Son is the radiance of his glory, the very image of his substance, and upholding all things by the word of his power, who, when he had by himself purified us of our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high,

But I trust in your loving kindness. My heart rejoices in your salvation.

Don’t you be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you. Yes, I will help you. Yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness.

“Look to me, and be saved, all the ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is no other.

But Yahweh says, “Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the plunder retrieved from the fierce, for I will contend with him who contends with you and I will save your children.

I will greatly rejoice in Yahweh! My soul will be joyful in my God, for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation. He has covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decks himself with a garland and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.

and has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David

which none of the rulers of this world has known. For had they known it, they wouldn’t have crucified the Lord of glory.

And being found in human form, he humbled himself, becoming obedient to the point of death, yes, the death of the cross.

Yahweh lives! Blessed be my rock! Exalted be God, the rock of my salvation,

For the arms of the wicked shall be broken, but Yahweh upholds the righteous.

Oh, send out your light and your truth. Let them lead me. Let them bring me to your holy hill, to your tents.

The upright will see it, and be glad. All the wicked will shut their mouths.

Open the gates, that the righteous nation may enter: the one which keeps faith.

So then the Lord, after he had spoken to them, was received up into heaven, and sat down at the right hand of God.

Stand firm therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and don’t be entangled again with a yoke of bondage.

Walk in love, even as Christ also loved us and gave himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling fragrance.

Because Christ also suffered for sins once, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring you to God, being put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the Spirit,

You shall fear Yahweh your God; and you shall serve him, and shall swear by his name.

May Yahweh repay your work, and a full reward be given to you from Yahweh, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come to take refuge.”

Hannah prayed, and said: “My heart exults in Yahweh! My horn is exalted in Yahweh. My mouth is enlarged over my enemies, because I rejoice in your salvation.

You shall break them with a rod of iron. You shall dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.”

We will triumph in your salvation. In the name of our God, we will set up our banners. May Yahweh grant all your requests.

They looked to him, and were radiant. Their faces shall never be covered with shame.

Sing aloud to God, our strength! Make a joyful shout to the God of Jacob!

But my faithfulness and my loving kindness will be with him. In my name, his horn will be exalted.

He will call to me, ‘You are my Father, my God, and the rock of my salvation!’

But you have exalted my horn like that of the wild ox. I am anointed with fresh oil.

before Yahweh; for he comes, for he comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness, the peoples with his truth.

The heavens declare his righteousness. All the peoples have seen his glory.

Let them offer the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare his deeds with singing.

This is my comfort in my affliction, for your word has revived me.

You are he who gives salvation to kings, who rescues David, his servant, from the deadly sword.

Yahweh’s name is a strong tower: the righteous run to him, and are safe.

Yahweh, be gracious to us. We have waited for you. Be our strength every morning, our salvation also in the time of trouble.

For Yahweh is our judge. Yahweh is our lawgiver. Yahweh is our king. He will save us.

It will blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and singing. Lebanon’s glory will be given to it, the excellence of Carmel and Sharon. They will see Yahweh’s glory, the excellence of our God.

I have sworn by myself. The word has gone out of my mouth in righteousness, and will not be revoked, that to me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall take an oath.

Truly help from the hills, the tumult on the mountains, is in vain. Truly the salvation of Israel is in Yahweh our God.

Yahweh is good to those who wait for him, to the soul who seeks him.

I will overturn, overturn, overturn it. This also will be no more, until he comes whose right it is; and I will give it.” ’

Rejoice greatly, daughter of Zion! Shout, daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your King comes to you! He is righteous, and having salvation; lowly, and riding on a donkey, even on a colt, the foal of a donkey.

Mary said, “My soul magnifies the Lord.

My spirit has rejoiced in God my Savior,

The apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith.”

Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of him who sent me and to accomplish his work.

Now the Lord is the Spirit and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.

so Christ also, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, without sin, to those who are eagerly waiting for him for salvation.

Now to him who is able to keep them from stumbling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory in great joy,

and the Living one. I was dead, and behold, I am alive forever and ever. Amen. I have the keys of Death and of Hades.

I saw, and behold, the Lamb standing on Mount Zion, and with him a number, one hundred forty-four thousand, having his name, and the name of his Father, written on their foreheads.

I have waited for your salvation, Yahweh.

Those who strive with Yahweh shall be broken to pieces. He will thunder against them in the sky. “Yahweh will judge the ends of the earth. He will give strength to his king, and exalt the horn of his anointed.”

As Samuel was offering up the burnt offering, the Philistines came near to battle against Israel; but Yahweh thundered with a great thunder on that day on the Philistines, and confused them; and they were struck down before Israel.

We can’t reach the Almighty. He is exalted in power. In justice and great righteousness, he will not oppress.

For Yahweh is righteous. He loves righteousness. The upright shall see his face.

Wait for Yahweh. Be strong, and let your heart take courage. Yes, wait for Yahweh.

Yahweh is my strength and my shield. My heart has trusted in him, and I am helped. Therefore my heart greatly rejoices. With my song I will thank him.

I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him with thanksgiving.

Let them sing before Yahweh, for he comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness, and the peoples with equity.

Who can utter the mighty acts of Yahweh, or fully declare all his praise?

He will drink of the brook on the way; therefore he will lift up his head.

so that he who blesses himself in the earth will bless himself in the God of truth; and he who swears in the earth will swear by the God of truth; because the former troubles are forgotten, and because they are hidden from my eyes.

In the thirty-seventh year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, in the twenty-fifth day of the month, Evilmerodach king of Babylon, in the first year of his reign, lifted up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah, and released him from prison.

Nathanael answered him, “Rabbi, you are the Son of God! You are King of Israel!”

Now we know that whatever things the law says, it speaks to those who are under the law, that every mouth may be closed, and all the world may be brought under the judgment of God.

For you didn’t receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!”

They sang the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, “Great and marvelous are your works, Lord God, the Almighty! Righteous and true are your ways, you King of the nations.

I, Jesus, have sent my angel to testify these things to you for the assemblies. I am the root and the offspring of David, the Bright and Morning Star.”

that I may show all of your praise. I will rejoice in your salvation in the gates of the daughter of Zion.

This is for Judah. He said, “Hear, Yahweh, the voice of Judah. Bring him in to his people. With his hands he contended for himself. You shall be a help against his adversaries.”

He gives great deliverance to his king, and shows loving kindness to his anointed, to David and to his offspring, forever more.”

“Yet I have set my King on my holy hill of Zion.”

Save, Yahweh! Let the King answer us when we call!

But don’t be far off, Yahweh. You are my help. Hurry to help me!

Lift up your heads, you gates! Be lifted up, you everlasting doors, and the King of glory will come in.

Now my head will be lifted up above my enemies around me. I will offer sacrifices of joy in his tent. I will sing, yes, I will sing praises to Yahweh.

My soul shall be joyful in Yahweh. It shall rejoice in his salvation.

Restore to me the joy of your salvation. Uphold me with a willing spirit.

My salvation and my honor is with God. The rock of my strength, and my refuge, is in God.

For you have been my help. I will rejoice in the shadow of your wings.

But the king shall rejoice in God. Everyone who swears by him will praise him, for the mouth of those who speak lies shall be silenced.

But let the righteous be glad. Let them rejoice before God. Yes, let them rejoice with gladness.

Oh come, let’s sing to Yahweh. Let’s shout aloud to the rock of our salvation!

The King’s strength also loves justice. You establish equity. You execute justice and righteousness in Jacob.

It shall be said in that day, “Behold, this is our God! We have waited for him, and he will save us! This is Yahweh! We have waited for him. We will be glad and rejoice in his salvation!”

“Where is he who is born King of the Jews? For we saw his star in the east, and have come to worship him.”

looking to Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising its shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

He alone is my rock, my salvation, and my fortress. I will never be greatly shaken.