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Psalms 25

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¹ Gebal and Ammon and Amalek, Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre.

² Assyria also has joined with them; They have helped the children of Lot [the Ammonites and the Moabites] and have been an arm [of strength] to them. Selah.

³ Deal with them as [You did] with Midian, As with Sisera and Jabin at the brook of Kishon,

⁴ Who were destroyed at En-dor, Who became like dung for the earth.

⁵ Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb And all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna,

⁶ Who said, "Let us possess for ourselves The pastures of God."

⁷ O my God, make them like[1] whirling dust, Like chaff before the wind [worthless and without substance].

⁸ Like fire consumes the forest, And like the flame sets the mountains on fire,

⁹ So pursue them with Your tempest And terrify them with [the violence of] Your storm.

¹⁰ Fill their faces with shame and disgrace, That they may [persistently] seek Your name, O LORD.

¹¹ Let them be ashamed and dismayed forever; Yes, let them be humiliated and perish,

¹² That they may know that You alone, whose name is the LORD, Are the Most High over all the earth.

¹³ To the Chief Musician; set to a[1] Philistine lute. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. How lovely are Your dwelling places, O LORD of hosts!

¹⁴ My soul (my life, my inner self) longs for and greatly desires the courts of the LORD; My heart and my flesh sing for joy to the living God.

¹⁵ The bird has found a house, And the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young— Even Your altars, O LORD of hosts, My King and my God.

¹⁶ Blessed and greatly favored are those who dwell in Your house and Your presence; They will be singing Your praises all the day long. Selah.

¹⁷ Blessed and greatly favored is the man whose strength is in You, In[2] whose heart are the highways to Zion.

¹⁸ Passing through the Valley of Weeping ([3] Baca), they make it a place of springs; The early rain also covers it with blessings.

¹⁹ They go from strength to strength [increasing in victorious power]; Each of them appears before God in Zion.

²⁰ O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer; Listen, O God of Jacob! Selah.

²¹ See our shield, O God, And look at the face of Your anointed [the king as Your representative].

²² For a day in Your courts is better than a thousand [anywhere else]; I would rather stand [as a doorkeeper] at the threshold of the house of my God Than to live [at ease] in the tents of wickedness.

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1	Gebal and Ammon and Amalek, Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre.
2	Assyria also has joined with them; They have helped the children of Lot [the Ammonites and the Moabites] and have been an arm [of strength] to them. Selah.
3	Deal with them as [You did] with Midian, As with Sisera and Jabin at the brook of Kishon,
4	Who were destroyed at En-dor, Who became like dung for the earth.
5	Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb And all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna,
6	Who said, "Let us possess for ourselves The pastures of God."
7	O my God, make them like[1] whirling dust, Like chaff before the wind [worthless and without substance].
8	Like fire consumes the forest, And like the flame sets the mountains on fire,
9	So pursue them with Your tempest And terrify them with [the violence of] Your storm.
10	Fill their faces with shame and disgrace, That they may [persistently] seek Your name, O LORD.
11	Let them be ashamed and dismayed forever; Yes, let them be humiliated and perish,
12	That they may know that You alone, whose name is the LORD, Are the Most High over all the earth.
13	To the Chief Musician; set to a[1] Philistine lute. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. How lovely are Your dwelling places, O LORD of hosts!
14	My soul (my life, my inner self) longs for and greatly desires the courts of the LORD; My heart and my flesh sing for joy to the living God.
15	The bird has found a house, And the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young— Even Your altars, O LORD of hosts, My King and my God.
16	Blessed and greatly favored are those who dwell in Your house and Your presence; They will be singing Your praises all the day long. Selah.
17	Blessed and greatly favored is the man whose strength is in You, In[2] whose heart are the highways to Zion.
18	Passing through the Valley of Weeping ([3] Baca), they make it a place of springs; The early rain also covers it with blessings.
19	They go from strength to strength [increasing in victorious power]; Each of them appears before God in Zion.
20	O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer; Listen, O God of Jacob! Selah.
21	See our shield, O God, And look at the face of Your anointed [the king as Your representative].
22	For a day in Your courts is better than a thousand [anywhere else]; I would rather stand [as a doorkeeper] at the threshold of the house of my God Than to live [at ease] in the tents of wickedness.

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