Sing the Psalms ♫

Psalm 15(14) Domine, quis habitabit? 1 Lord, who shall be admitted to your tent and dwell on your holy mountain? 2 He who walks without fault; he who acts with justice and speaks the truth from his heart; 3 he who does not slander with his tongue; He who does no wrong to his brother, who casts no slur on his neighbor, 4 who holds the godless in disdain, but honors those who fear the Lord; he who keeps his pledge, come what may; 5 who takes no interest on a loan and accepts no bribes against the innocent. Such a man will stand firm forever.

Psalm 14(13) Dixit insipiens 1 The fool has said in his heart: “There is no God above.” Their deeds are corrupt, depraved; not a good man is left. 2 From heaven the Lord looks down on the sons of men to see if any are wise, if any seek God. 3 All have left the right path, depraved, every one; there is not a good man left, no, not even one. 4 Will the evil-doers not understand? They eat up my people as though they were eating bread: they never pray to the Lord. 5 See how they tremble with fear without cause for fear: for God is with the just. 6 You may mock the poor man’s hope, but his refuge is the Lord. 7 O that Israel’s salvation might come from Zion! When the Lord delivers his people from bondage, then Jacob will be glad and Israel rejoice.

Psalm 13(12) Usquequo, Domine? 2 How long, O Lord, will you forget me? How long will you hide your face? 3 How long must I bear grief in my soul, this sorrow in my heart day and night? How long shall my enemy prevail? 4 Look at me, answer me, Lord my God! Give light to my eyes lest I fall asleep in death, 5 lest my enemy say: “I have overcome him”; lest my foes rejoice to see my fall. 6 As for me, I trust in your merciful love. Let my heart rejoice in your saving help: 7 Let me sing to the Lord for his goodness to me, singing psalms to the name of the Lord, the Most High.

Psalm 12(11) Salva me fac 2 Help, O Lord, for good men have vanished; truth has gone from the sons of men. 3 Falsehood they speak one to another, with lying lips, with a false heart. 4 May the Lord destroy all lying lips, the tongue that speaks high-sounding words, 5 those who say: “Our tongue is our strength; our lips are our own, who is our master?” 6 “For the poor who are oppressed and the needy who groan I myself will arise,” says the Lord, “I will grant them the salvation for which they thirst.” 7 The words of the Lord are words without alloy, silver from the furnace, seven times refined. 8 It is you, O Lord, who will take us in your care and protect us for ever from this generation. 9 See how the wicked prowl on every side, while the worthless are prized highly by the sons of men.

Psalm 11(10) In Domine confido 1 In the Lord I have taken my refuge. How can you say to my soul: “Fly like a bird to its mountain. 2 See the wicked bracing their bow; they are fixing their arrows on the string to shoot upright men in the dark. 3 Foundations once destroyed, what can the just do?” 4 The Lord is in his holy temple, the Lord, whose throne is in heaven. His eyes look down on the world; his gaze tests mortal men. 5 The Lord tests the just and the wicked; the lover of violence he hates. 6 He sends fire and brimstone on the wicked; he sends a scorching wind as their lot. 7 The Lord is just and loves justice; the upright shall see his face.

Psalm 10(9.2) Ut quid Domine 1 Lord, why do you stand afar off and hide yourself in times of distress? 2 The poor man is devoured by the pride of the wicked: he is caught in the schemes that others have made. 3 For the wicked man boasts of his heart’s desires; the covetous blasphemes and spurns the Lord. 4 In his pride the wicked says: “He will not punish. There is no God.” Such are his thoughts. 5 His path is ever untroubled; your judgment is far from his mind. His enemies he regards with contempt. 6 He thinks: “Never shall I falter: misfortune shall never be my lot.” 7 His mouth is full of cursing, guile, oppression; mischief and deceit are under his tongue. 8 He lies in wait among the reeds; the innocent he murders in secret. His eyes are on the watch for the helpless man. 9 He lurks in hiding like a lion in his lair; he lurks in hiding to seize the poor; he seizes the poor man and drags him away. 10 He crouches, preparing to spring, and the helpless fall beneath such strength. 11 He thinks in his heart: “God forgets, he hides his face, he does not see.” 12 Arise then, Lord, lift up your hand! O God, do not forget the poor! 13 Why should the wicked spurn the Lord and think in his heart: “God will not punish”? 14 But you have seen the trouble and sorrow, you note it, you take it in hand. The helpless trusts himself to you; for you are the helper of the orphan. 15 Break the power of the wicked and the sinner! Punish their wickedness till nothing remains! 16 The Lord is king for ever and ever. The heathen shall perish from the land he rules. 17 Lord, you hear the prayer of the poor; you strengthen their hearts; you turn your ear 18 to protect the rights of the orphan and oppressed: so that mortal man may strike terror no more.

Psalm 9(9.1) Confitebor tibi 2 I will praise you, Lord, with all my heart; I will recount all your wonders. 3 I will rejoice in you and be glad, and sing psalms to your name, O Most High. 4 See how my enemies turn back, how they stumble and perish before you. 5 You upheld the justice of my cause; you sat enthroned, judging with justice. 6 You have checked the nations, destroyed the wicked; you have wiped out their name for ever and ever. 7 The foe is destroyed, eternally ruined. You uprooted their cities; their memory has perished. 8 But the Lord sits enthroned for ever. He has set up his throne for judgment; 9 he will judge the world with justice, he will judge the peoples with his truth. 10 For the oppressed let the Lord be a stronghold, a stronghold in times of distress. 11 Those who know your name will trust you; you will never forsake those who seek you. 12 Sing psalms to the Lord who dwells in Zion. Proclaim his mighty works among the peoples, 13 for the Avenger of blood has remembered them, has not forgotten the cry of the poor. 14 Have pity on me, Lord, see my sufferings, you who save me from the gates of death; 15 that I may recount all your praise at the gates of the city of Zion and rejoice in your saving help. 16 The nations have fallen in the pit which they made, their feet caught in the snare they laid. 17 The Lord has revealed himself, and given judgment. The wicked are snared in the work of their own hands. 18 Let the wicked go down among the dead, all the nations forgetful of God; 19 for the needy shall not always be forgotten nor the hopes of the poor be in vain. 20 Arise, Lord, let men not prevail! Let the nations be judged before you. 21 Lord, strike them with terror, let the nations know they are but men.

Psalm 8(8) Domine, Dominus noster 2 How great is your name, O Lord our God, through all the earth! Your majesty is praised above the heavens; 3 on the lips of children and of babes you have found praise to foil your enemy, to silence the foe and the rebel. 4 When I see the heavens, the work of your hands, the moon and the stars which you arranged, 5 what is man that you should keep him in mind, mortal man that you care for him? 6 Yet you have made him little less than a god; with glory and honor you crowned him, 7 gave him power over the works of your hands, put all things under his feet. 8 All of them, sheep and cattle, yes, even the savage beasts, 9 birds of the air, and fish that make their way through the waters. 10 How great is your name, O Lord our God through all the earth!

Psalm 7(7) Domine, Deus meus 2 Lord God, I take refuge in you. From my pursuer save me and rescue me, 3 lest he tear me to pieces like a lion and drag me off with no one to rescue me. 4 Lord God, if my hands have done wrong, 5 if I have paid back evil for good, I who saved my unjust oppressor: 6 then let my foe pursue me and seize me, let him trample my life to the ground and lay my soul in the dust. * * * 7 Lord, rise up in your anger, rise against the fury of my foes; my God, awake! You will give judgment. 8 Let the company of nations gather round you, taking your seat above them on high. 9 (The Lord is judge of the peoples.) Give judgment for me, Lord; I am just and innocent of heart. 10 Put an end to the evil of the wicked! Make the just stand firm, you who test mind and heart, O just God! 11 God is the shield that protects me, who saves the upright of heart. 12 God is a just judge slow to anger; but he threatens the wicked every day, 13 men who will not repent. * * * God will sharpen his sword; he has braced his bow and taken aim. 14 For them he has prepared deadly weapons; he barbs his arrows with fire. 15 Here is one who is pregnant with malice, who conceives evil and brings forth lies. 16 He digs a pitfall, digs it deep; and in the trap he has made he will fall. 17 His malice will recoil on himself; on his own head his violence will fall. * * * 18 I will thank the Lord for his justice: I will sing to the Lord, the Most High.

Psalm 6(6) Domine, ne in furore 2 Lord, do not reprove me in your anger; punish me not in your rage. 3 Have mercy on me, Lord, I have no strength; Lord, heal me, my body is racked; 4 my soul is racked with pain. But you, O Lord...how long? 5 Return, Lord, rescue my soul. Save me in your merciful love; 6 for in death no one remembers you; from the grave, who can give you praise? 7 I am exhausted with my groaning; every night I drench my pillow with tears; I bedew my bed with weeping. 8 My eye wastes away with grief; I have grown old surrounded by my foes. 9 Leave me, all you who do evil; for the Lord has heard my weeping. 10 The Lord has heard my plea; The Lord will accept my prayer. 11 All my foes will retire in confusion, foiled and suddenly confounded.

Psalm 5(5) Verba mea auribus 2 To my words give ear, O Lord, give heed to my groaning. 3 Attend to the sound of my cries, my King and my God. 4 It is you whom I invoke, O Lord. In the morning you hear me; in the morning I offer you my prayer, watching and waiting. 5 You are no God who loves evil; no sinner is your guest. 6 The boastful shall not stand their ground before your face. 7 You hate all who do evil; you destroy all who lie. The deceitful and bloodthirsty man the Lord detests. 8 But I through the greatness of your love have access to your house. I bow down before your holy temple, filled with awe. 9 Lead me, Lord, in your justice, because of those who lie in wait; make clear your way before me. 10 No truth can be found in their mouths, their heart is all mischief, their throat a wide-open grave, all honey their speech. 11 Declare them guilty, O God. Let them fail in their designs. Drive them out for their many offenses, for they have defied you. 12 All those you protect shall be glad and ring out their joy. You shelter them; in you they rejoice, those who love your name. 13 It is you who bless the just man you surround him with favor as with a shield.

Psalm 4(4) Cum invocarem 2 When I call, answer me, O God of justice; from anguish you released me, have mercy and hear me! 3 O men, how long will your hearts be closed, will you love what is futile and seek what is false? 4 It is the Lord who grants favors to those whom he loves; the Lord hears me whenever I call him. 5 Fear him; do not sin: ponder on your bed and be still 6 Make justice your sacrifice, and trust in the Lord. 7 “What can bring us happiness?” many say. Lift up the light of your face on us, O Lord. 8 You have put into my heart a greater joy than they have from abundance of corn and new wine. 9 I will lie down in peace and sleep comes at once for you alone, Lord, make me dwell in safety.

Psalm 3(3) Domine, quid multiplicati 2 How many are my foes, O Lord! How many are rising up against me! 3 How many are saying about me: “There is no help for him in God.” 4 But you, Lord, are a shield about me, my glory, who lift up my head. 5 I cry aloud to the Lord. He answers from his holy mountain. 6 I lie down to rest, and I sleep. I wake, for the Lord upholds me. 7 I will not fear even thousands of people who are ranged on every side against me. 8 Arise, Lord; save me, my God, you who strike my foes on the mouth, you who break the teeth of the wicked! 9 O Lord of salvation, bless your people!

Psalm 2(2) Quare fremuerunt gentes 1 Why this tumult among nations, among peoples this useless murmuring? 2 They arise, the kings of the earth, princes plot against the Lord and his Anointed. 3 “Come, let us break their fetters, come, let us cast off their yoke.” 4 He who sits in the heavens laughs; the Lord is laughing them to scorn. 5 Then he will speak in his anger, his rage will strike them with terror. 6 “It is I who have set up my king on Zion, my holy mountain.” 7 (I will announce the decree of the Lord:) The Lord said to me: “You are my Son. It is I who have begotten you this day. 8 Ask and I will shall bequeath you the nations, put the ends of the earth in your possession. 9 With a rod of iron you will break them, shatter them like a potter’s jar.” 10 Now, O kings, understand, take warning, rulers of the earth; 11 serve the Lord with awe and trembling, pay him your homage 12 lest he be angry and you perish; for suddenly his anger will blaze. Blessed are they who put their trust in God.

Psalm 1(1) Beatus vir qui non abiit 1 Happy indeed is the man who follows not the counsel of the wicked, nor lingers in the way of sinners nor sits in the company of scorners, 2 but whose delight is the law of the Lord and who ponders his law day and night. 3 He is like a tree that is planted beside the flowing waters, that yields its fruit in due season and whose leaves shall never fade; and all that he does shall prosper. 4 Not so are the wicked, not so! For they like winnowed chaff shall be driven away by the wind. 5 When the wicked are judged they shall not stand, nor find room among those who are just; 6 for the Lord guards the way of the just but the way of the wicked leads to doom.