Psalms 77:1

Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but Yahweh delivers him out of them all.

Yahweh’s eyes are toward the righteous. His ears listen to their cry.

Rest in Yahweh, and wait patiently for him. Don’t fret because of him who prospers in his way, because of the man who makes wicked plots happen.

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

Our soul has waited for Yahweh. He is our help and our shield.

I sought Yahweh, and he answered me, and delivered me from all my fears.

From the rising of the sun to its going down, Yahweh’s name is to be praised.

He said, “I called because of my affliction to Yahweh. He answered me. Out of the belly of Sheol I cried. You heard my voice.

“The Mighty One, God, Yahweh, the Mighty One, God, Yahweh, he knows; and Israel shall know: if it was in rebellion, or if in trespass against Yahweh (don’t save us today),

Then Yahweh may establish his word which he spoke concerning me, saying, ‘If your children are careful of their way, to walk before me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul, there shall not fail you,’ he said, ‘a man on the throne of Israel.’

I cry to Yahweh with my voice, and he answers me out of his holy hill.

Yahweh is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge; my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower.

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

Yahweh, you have brought up my soul from Sheol. You have kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.

But the salvation of the righteous is from Yahweh. He is their stronghold in the time of trouble.

Praise waits for you, God, in Zion. Vows shall be performed to you.

God, don’t keep silent. Don’t keep silent, and don’t be still, God.

I am counted among those who go down into the pit. I am like a man who has no help,

I wait for Yahweh. My soul waits. I hope in his word.

But Jehu took no heed to walk in the law of Yahweh, the God of Israel, with all his heart. He didn’t depart from the sins of Jeroboam, with which he made Israel to sin.

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;

Also Jeshua, Bani, Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Levites, caused the people to understand the law; and the people stayed in their place.

But he said to her, “You speak as one of the foolish women would speak. What? Shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil?” In all this Job didn’t sin with his lips.

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

You have proved my heart. You have visited me in the night. You have tried me, and found nothing. I have resolved that my mouth shall not disobey.

Give thanks to Yahweh with the lyre. Sing praises to him with the harp of ten strings.

The righteous cry, and Yahweh hears, and delivers them out of all their troubles.

But I am poor and needy. May the Lord think about me. You are my help and my deliverer. Don’t delay, my God.

He will call on me, and I will answer him. I will be with him in trouble. I will deliver him, and honor him.

God of my praise, don’t remain silent,

My help comes from Yahweh, who made heaven and earth.

Behold, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master, as the eyes of a maid to the hand of her mistress; so our eyes look to Yahweh, our God, until he has mercy on us.

Hurry to answer me, Yahweh. My spirit fails. Don’t hide your face from me, so that I don’t become like those who go down into the pit.

In the multitude of words there is no lack of disobedience, but he who restrains his lips does wisely.

Behold, God is my salvation. I will trust, and will not be afraid; for Yah, Yahweh, is my strength and song; and he has become my salvation.”

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.

Sing to Yahweh! Praise Yahweh, for he has delivered the soul of the needy from the hand of evildoers.

Listen now to what Yahweh says: “Arise, plead your case before the mountains, and let the hills hear what you have to say.

Be patient therefore, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. Behold, the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient over it, until it receives the early and late rain.

for that is his only covering, it is his garment for his skin. What would he sleep in? It will happen, when he cries to me, that I will hear, for I am gracious.

In my distress, I called on Yahweh. Yes, I called to my God. He heard my voice out of his temple. My cry came into his ears.

So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were given cymbals of bronze to sound aloud;

and with them Heman and Jeduthun, and the rest who were chosen, who were mentioned by name, to give thanks to Yahweh, because his loving kindness endures forever;

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:

also the Levites who were the singers, all of them, even Asaph, Heman, Jeduthun, and their sons and their brothers, arrayed in fine linen, with cymbals and stringed instruments and harps, stood at the east end of the altar, and with them one hundred twenty priests sounding with trumpets);

and of the sons of Elizaphan, Shimri and Jeuel; and of the sons of Asaph, Zechariah and Mattaniah;

They stood in their place after their order, according to the law of Moses the man of God. The priests sprinkled the blood which they received of the hand of the Levites.

The singers: the children of Asaph, one hundred twenty-eight.

The singers: the children of Asaph: one hundred forty-eight.

and Mattaniah the son of Mica, the son of Zabdi, the son of Asaph, who was the chief to begin the thanksgiving in prayer, and Bakbukiah, the second among his brothers; and Abda the son of Shammua, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun.

For he who avenges blood remembers them. He doesn’t forget the cry of the afflicted.

“Because of the oppression of the weak and because of the groaning of the needy, I will now arise,” says Yahweh; “I will set him in safety from those who malign him.”

For he has not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted, Neither has he hidden his face from him; but when he cried to him, he heard.

Guide me in your truth, and teach me, For you are the God of my salvation, I wait for you all day long.

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

Keep your tongue from evil, and your lips from speaking lies.

You have seen it, Yahweh. Don’t keep silent. Lord, don’t be far from me.

I said, “I will watch my ways, so that I don’t sin with my tongue. I will keep my mouth with a bridle while the wicked is before me.”

I waited patiently for Yahweh. He turned to me, and heard my cry.

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

The Mighty One, God, Yahweh, speaks, and calls the earth from sunrise to sunset.

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

Surely God is good to Israel, to those who are pure in heart.

Exalt Yahweh, our God. Worship at his holy hill, for Yahweh, our God, is holy!

How can a young man keep his way pure? By living according to your word.

Set a watch, Yahweh, before my mouth. Keep the door of my lips.

Let’s swallow them up alive like Sheol, and whole, like those who go down into the pit.

He who guards his mouth guards his soul. One who opens wide his lips comes to ruin.

Therefore Yahweh will wait, that he may be gracious to you; and therefore he will be exalted, that he may have mercy on you, for Yahweh is a God of justice. Blessed are all those who wait for him.

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

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

Doesn’t evil and good come out of the mouth of the Most High?

Before him all the nations will be gathered, and he will separate them one from another, as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.

Indeed, we put bits into the horses’ mouths so that they may obey us, and we guide their whole body.

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.

Of Jeduthun, the sons of Jeduthun: Gedaliah, Zeri, Jeshaiah, Shimei, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six, under the hands of their father Jeduthun, who prophesied in giving thanks and praising Yahweh with the harp.

All these were under the hands of their father for song in Yahweh’s house, with cymbals, stringed instruments, and harps, for the service of God’s house: Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman being under the order of the king.

The singers the sons of Asaph were in their place, according to the commandment of David, Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun the king’s seer; and the gatekeepers were at every gate. They didn’t need to depart from their service, because their brothers the Levites prepared for them.

Then Jeshua, Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani of the Levites stood up on the stairs, and cried with a loud voice to Yahweh their God.

To you, Yahweh, I call. My rock, don’t be deaf to me, lest, if you are silent to me, I would become like those who go down into the pit.

This poor man cried, and Yahweh heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.

My soul rests in God alone. My salvation is from him.

Hear my teaching, my people. Turn your ears to the words of my mouth.

Hear us, Shepherd of Israel, you who lead Joseph like a flock, you who sit above the cherubim, shine out.

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