Psalms 75:1

He heals the broken in heart, and binds up their wounds.

God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.

For the high and lofty One who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy, says: “I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also who is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite.

For this, let everyone who is godly pray to you in a time when you may be found. Surely when the great waters overflow, they shall not reach to him.

I have not spoken in secret, in a place of the land of darkness. I didn’t say to the offspring of Jacob, ‘Seek me in vain.’ I, Yahweh, speak righteousness. I declare things that are right.

He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.

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,

‘Call to me, and I will answer you, and will show you great and difficult things, which you don’t know.’

Yahweh passed by before him, and proclaimed, “Yahweh! Yahweh, a merciful and gracious God, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness and truth,

The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit. O God, you will not despise a broken and contrite heart.

Seek Yahweh, and you will live; lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and it devour, and there be no one to quench it in Bethel.

God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.”

Yahweh looked down from heaven on the children of men, to see if there were any who understood, who sought after God.

how will we escape if we neglect so great a salvation—which at the first having been spoken through the Lord, was confirmed to us by those who heard,

If you want to seek God diligently, make your supplication to the Almighty.

Then you will call, and Yahweh will answer. You will cry for help, and he will say, ‘Here I am.’ “If you take away from among you the yoke, finger pointing, and speaking wickedly;

It will happen that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear.

I will also give you a new heart, and I will put a new spirit within you. I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you a heart of flesh.

“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.

Jesus answered him, “If a man loves me, he will keep my word. My Father will love him, and we will come to him, and make our home with him.

Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners. Purify your hearts, you double-minded.

What one nation in the earth is like your people, even like Israel, whom God went to redeem to himself for a people, and to make himself a name, and to do great things for you, and awesome things for your land, before your people, whom you redeemed to yourself out of Egypt, from the nations and their gods?

You, Solomon my son, know the God of your father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind; for Yahweh searches all hearts, and understands all the imaginations of the thoughts. If you seek him, he will be found by you; but if you forsake him, he will cast you off forever.

Surely his salvation is near those who fear him, that glory may dwell in our land.

He will cover you with his feathers. Under his wings you will take refuge. His faithfulness is your shield and rampart.

For my hand has made all these things, and so all these things came to be,” says Yahweh: “but I will look to this man, even to he who is poor and of a contrite spirit, and who trembles at my word.

Tear your heart, and not your garments, and turn to Yahweh, your God; for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness, and relents from sending calamity.

Therefore, even as the Holy Spirit says, “Today if you will hear his voice,

Who is like you, Yahweh, among the gods? Who is like you, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders?

because your heart was tender, and you humbled yourself before Yahweh, when you heard what I spoke against this place, and against its inhabitants, that they should become a desolation and a curse, and have torn your clothes, and wept before me; I also have heard you,’ says Yahweh.

Hear, Yahweh, my righteous plea; Give ear to my prayer, that doesn’t go out of deceitful lips.

God is within her. She shall not be moved. God will help her at dawn.

Great is Yahweh, and greatly to be praised, in the city of our God, in his holy mountain.

For Yahweh is great, and greatly to be praised! He is to be feared above all gods.

Blessed are those who keep his statutes, who seek him with their whole heart.

He has lifted up the horn of his people, the praise of all his saints, even of the children of Israel, a people near to him. Praise Yah!

They haven’t cried to me with their heart, but they howl on their beds. They assemble themselves for grain and new wine. They turn away from me.

“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you devour widows’ houses, and as a pretense you make long prayers. Therefore you will receive greater condemnation.

“The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to heal the broken hearted, to proclaim release to the captives, recovering of sight to the blind, to deliver those who are crushed,

For I will proclaim Yahweh’s name. Ascribe greatness to our God!

Remember the days of old. Consider the years of many generations. Ask your father, and he will show you; your elders, and they will tell you.

Joshua said to the people, “You can’t serve Yahweh, for he is a holy God. He is a jealous God. He will not forgive your disobedience nor your sins.

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.”

Moreover, David and the captains of the army set apart for the service certain of the sons of Asaph, and of Heman, and of Jeduthun, who were to prophesy with harps, with stringed instruments, and with cymbals. The number of those who did the work according to their service was:

But as for me, in the abundance of your loving kindness I will come into your house. I will bow toward your holy temple in reverence of you.

When you said, “Seek my face,” my heart said to you, “I will seek your face, Yahweh.”

Hear the voice of my petitions, when I cry to you, when I lift up my hands toward your Most Holy Place.

Yahweh is near to those who have a broken heart, and saves those who have a crushed spirit.

Which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us.

How often they rebelled against him in the wilderness, and grieved him in the desert!

Be merciful to me, Lord, for I call to you all day long.

Let your work appear to your servants, your glory to their children.

because he didn’t remember to show kindness, but persecuted the poor and needy man, the broken in heart, to kill them.

The sacrifice made by the wicked is an abomination to Yahweh, but the prayer of the upright is his delight.

Come, my people, enter into your rooms, and shut your doors behind you. Hide yourself for a little moment, until the indignation is past.

Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap according to kindness. Break up your fallow ground; for it is time to seek Yahweh, until he comes and rains righteousness on you.

So the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel; and of his brothers, Asaph the son of Berechiah; and of the sons of Merari their brothers, Ethan the son of Kushaiah;

Depart from me, all you workers of iniquity, for Yahweh has heard the voice of my weeping.

For in the day of trouble, he will keep me secretly in his pavilion. In the secret place of his tabernacle, he will hide me. He will lift me up on a rock.

For you, Lord, are good, and ready to forgive, abundant in loving kindness to all those who call on you.

I cry with my voice to Yahweh. With my voice, I ask Yahweh for mercy.

Yahweh is near to all those who call on him, to all who call on him in truth.

While I was speaking, and praying, and confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel, and presenting my supplication before Yahweh my God for the holy mountain of my God;

Seek Yahweh, all you humble of the land, who have kept his ordinances. Seek righteousness. Seek humility. It may be that you will be hidden in the day of Yahweh’s anger.

that they should seek the Lord, if perhaps they might reach out for him and find him, though he is not far from each one of us.

In Judah, God is known. His name is great in Israel.

I will bow down toward your holy temple, and give thanks to your Name for your loving kindness and for your truth; for you have exalted your Name and your Word above all.

Seek Yahweh while he may be found. Call on him while he is near.

Pay attention to him, and listen to his voice. Don’t provoke him, for he will not pardon your disobedience, for my name is in him.

For what great nation is there that has a god so near to them as Yahweh our God is whenever we call on him?

His brother Asaph, who stood on his right hand, even Asaph the son of Berechiah, the son of Shimea,

of the sons of Asaph: Zaccur, Joseph, Nethaniah, and Asharelah. The sons of Asaph were under the hand of Asaph, who prophesied at the order of the king.

We have heard with our ears, God; our fathers have told us what work you did in their days, in the days of old.

Be merciful to me, God, be merciful to me, for my soul takes refuge in you. Yes, in the shadow of your wings, I will take refuge, until disaster has passed.

Do you indeed speak righteousness, silent ones? Do you judge blamelessly, you sons of men?

You are near, Yahweh. All your commandments are truth.

There is no one like you, Yahweh. You are great, and your name is great in might.

He came and preached peace to you who were far off and to those who were near.