I will praise you, Lord, with all my heart; I will declare all your wondrous deeds. Psalm 9:1 NABRE Psalm 9 is a hymn of praise for the deliverance God brings and a petition for help against those who would do evil. The psalm begins with personal praise offered to…
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I look to you in the sanctuary to see your power and glory. For your love is better than life; my lips shall ever praise you! Psalms 63:3-4 NABRE This psalm of King David is a prayer that opens with the psalmist’s fervent desire to be with God. He recalls…
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How many say of me, “There is no salvation for him in God. Psalms 3:3 NABRE King David is the attributed author of Psalm three. It is a psalm that is part of the morning prayer of the people. The psalm is a request to the Lord for help as…
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It shatters my bones, when my adversaries reproach me, when they say to me every day: “Where is your God?” Psalms 42:11 NABRE Psalm 42 seems to come from a priest longing to be back in the temple with God. It opens with a line of vitality, “As the deer…
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In my heart I treasure your promise, that I may not sin against you. Psalms 119:11 NABRE Psalm 119 is designed for personal reading or meditation, not to be proclaimed in public, particularly as it is a very long psalm. It is a psalm that helps the prayerful reader to…
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