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Dry Bones - Psalm 6
04:06
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V1
1O Lord, rebuke me not in anger
Nor discipline me in your wrath
2O Lord, be gracious, for I languish
My bones are troubled; heal me, Lord
C1
3My soul, also
Is greatly troubled
But you, O Lord -
How long?
V2
4O Lord, return, deliver my life
And save me for your steadfast love
5In death there is no memory of you
In Sheol who will give you praise?
C2
6I’m worn from moans
All night long
I flood my bed
With tears
V3
I drench my couch with all my weeping
7My eye grows weak because of grief
It wastes away because of my foes
8Depart from me, all you who do wrong
Instrumental
V4
The Lord has heard my voice of weeping
9The Lord has listened to my prayer
The Lord accepts my cry for mercy
10My enemies will all be shamed.
C3
My foes also
Be greatly troubled
Returned, ashamed
Suddenly - in a moment
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V1
1O LORD, how many are my foes!
Many rise against me;
2Many say now of my soul,
“There is no help for him in God.”
C1
3But you, O LORD, are a shield about me,
My glory, and lifter of my head.
4I cried aloud to the LORD; he heard me
From his holy hill.
V2
5I lay down, slept; I woke again,
Because the Lord sustained me.
6I will not fear ten thousand men
Set against me all around
C2
7Arise, O Lord! Rescue me, my God!
For you strike all of my enemies
Upon the cheek, and you break in pieces
The teeth of the wicked
Ending
8Salvation to the Lord belongs;
Your blessing be on your people.
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The Devourers - Psalm 14
02:26
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V1
1The fool says in his heart,
“There is no God.”
Corrupt, doing evil,
There is none who does good.
2The LORD looks down from heaven
On the children of man,
To see if there are any
Who understand,
Who seek after God.
V2
3They’ve all turned aside;
Together they have become
Corrupt; none does good,
Not even one.
4Oh have they no knowledge
All the workers of wrong
Who eat up my people
As they eat up bread?
And don’t call on the LORD
V3
5Their fear is great, for God
Is with the righteous generation
6You’d shame the plans of the poor,
But his refuge is the LORD.
7Oh that salvation for Israel
Would come out of Zion,
When the LORD restores his people,
Let Jacob rejoice!
Let Israel be glad!
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1Praise the Lord!
Give thanks to the Lord,
For He is good;
Forever His love endures!
2Who can speak the mighty deeds of the Lord?
Who can tell all his praise?
3Blessed are they who keep justice,
Who do right at all times.
4Remember me, O Lord, in your favor to your people,
Help me when you save them,
5That I may look upon the abundance of your chosen,
That I may share your nation’s joy,
With your inheritance, glory give!
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V1
7Our fathers did not understand
Your wondrous works in Egypt’s land
Remembered not your mercies great,
Rebelled at the sea, at the Red Sea.
8Yet he saved them for his name’s sake,
His mighty power he might make known
9Rebuked the Red Sea, drying it up
He led them through depths as through desert.
10So from the foe’s hand he saved them
Redeemed them from the enemy’s power,
11The waters covered their enemies,
Not one of them left to remain, 12then
Believed they his word, sang his praise
CH
6We have sinned, we and our fathers
We have done iniquity
We have with wickedness acted
We have sinned
V2
13They soon forgot his works; they would
Not wait upon his counsel; 14cravings
Seized them in the wilderness,
Put God to the test in the desert
15He gave them what they asked, but sent
Disease to waste among them; 16in
The camp they envied Moses, and
The holy one of the Lord, Aaron.
17The earth was opened up and swallowed
Dathan, and Abiram’s camp,
18Throughout their company fire blazed;
The flame came to burn up the wicked.
CH
V3
19They made a calf at Horeb, and
A metal image worshiped; 20they
Exchanged the glory of their God
For the image of grass-eating oxen.
21And God their Savior they forgot,
Who did great things in Egypt, 22in the
Land of Ham did wondrous works,
And acts of great awe by the Red Sea
23Therefore he said he would destroy them--
If Moses his chosen one had
Not stood in the breach before him,
Turning his wrath away from them
CH
V4
24Then they despised the pleasant land
His promise they did not believe
25They grumbled in their tents and they
The voice of the Lord disobeyed
26Therefore he raised his hand and swore
He’d in the desert make them fall
27Their sons among the nations spread,
And scatter them throughout the lands
V5
28Then they aligned with Baal of Peor,
Ate sacrifices to the dead
29Their deeds provoked the Lord to anger,
Bringing a plague out among them.
30Then Phinehas stood up and intervened;
The plague was stopped, 31and to him
Righteousness was counted, for
All generations everlasting
32They angered him at Waters of
Meribah; Moses suffered then
Because of them, 33for they made him
Embittered in spirit, and he spoke
Rashly he spoke with his lips
CH
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V1
34The nations they did not destroy,
According to the Lord’s command,
35But mingled with the heathen ones
And learned their ways
36They worshiped others’ idols,
Which became a snare to them;
37They sacrificed their sons and daughters
Unto demons
C1
38And innocent blood they shed, the blood of
Their sons and daughters, whom they sacrificed
To Caanan’s idols, and the land was
Polluted with blood
V2
39So with their actions they defiled themselves,
And played the harlot by their deeds.
40The Lord was angry then with
His people
So He abhorred his own inheritance,
41And gave them to the nations’ hand;
Their foes ruled over them;
42Oppressed them
C2
Their enemies to their power subjected them
43And many a time did he deliver them,
But they provoked him with their counsel;
Sank down in their sin.
V3
44And yet he noticed their distress;
He heard their cry, 45and for their sake
Remembered then his covenant
And relented
According to the greatness of his love,
46He caused them to be pitied
By the ones who carried them away
Captive
C3
47Save us, O LORD our God, and gather us
Gather us from among the nations,
To thank your holy name, to triumph
In your praise
C4
48Blessed be the LORD God of Israel,
From everlasting to everlasting
Let all the people say, Amen
Praise the LORD!
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V1
1Help, O Lord!
The godly are no more.
The faithful are gone from the children of man;
2And everyone tells lies
With flattery each to his neighbor speaks
But double hearts they hide
Pre-chorus
3O may the Lord cut off
All lips of flattery,
The tongue that speaks proud things
4Who’ve said “We’ll get ahead
With our tongue; we own our lips
Who is lord over us?”
C1
5“Because the poor are plundered,
Because the needy groan,
Now I’ll arise,” says the Lord, “and place him
In the safety for which he longs!”
Instrumental
C2
6The words of the Lord are pure words
Like silver purified
In a furnace on the ground
Refined seven times
V2
7You, O Lord!
You will keep them safe
You’ll guard us from this generation
Forevermore
8On every side the wicked prowl
As vileness is exalted
Among the sons of men
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8. |
For God Alone - Psalm 62
04:17
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V1
3How long will all of you attack a man,
Batter him, like a leaning wall, a falling fence?
4They only plan to take him down from his height
Loving lies, their mouth will bless, but curse inside!
V2
7On God rests my glory and my salvation,
God is my refuge and my mighty rock!
8At all times, trust him, people, pour your heart
Before him; God is a refuge unto us!
C1
5For God alone, my soul, wait in silence
For from him comes my confidence
6He is alone my rock, my salvation
My fortress; I won’t be moved!
V3
9Lowly ones are but a breath, the high a mist
They go up, both light upon the balances
10Put no trust in bribery, no hope in theft
If riches grow, don’t let your heart set upon them!
C2
1For God alone, my soul waits in silence
For from him comes my salvation
2He is alone my rock, my salvation
My fortress; I won’t be moved!
I won’t be greatly moved!
BR x2
11Once God has spoken; twice have I heard this:
Power belongs to God.
12And lovingkindness is Yours, O LORD,
For you give a man what he deserves.
Instrumental
C2
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V1
1By the waters of Babylon
There we sat and wept
When we remembered Zion,
2On the willows there we hung our harps
On the willows hung our harps.
C1
3For there our captors required of us songs
Our tormentors called for mirth
Saying, sing, oh sing for us one of Zion’s songs
Sing for us one of Zion’s songs
V2
4How shall we sing the LORD’s song
In a foreign land?
5If I forget you, Jerusalem,
Let my right hand forget its skill
Let my right hand forget its skill
C2
6Let my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth
If I do not remember you
If I do not regard Jerusalem
Higher than my highest joy,
Instrumental
V3
7Lord, remember the children
Of the Edomites
On the day of Jerusalem,
“Tear it down” they cried, “to its foundations”
“Tear it down to its foundations!”
C3
8O daughter of Babylon, doomed to be destroyed,
Blessed is he who repays you
Blessed is he who gives you what you have done to us
9He who takes your little ones
Dashes them against the rock!
Tag
4How shall we sing the Lord’s song
In a foreign land?
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How Long - Psalm 13
05:04
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V1
1How long, O Lord? Will you forget me forever?
How long will you hide your face from me?
2How long must I take counsel in my soul
And have sorrow in my heart for all the day?
C1
How long shall my enemy
Be exalted over me?
V2
3Look and answer me, O Lord my God,
Light up my eyes lest I sleep the sleep of death.
4Lest my enemy say, “I have triumphed over him,”
Lest my foes rejoice because I’m shaken.
C1
2bHow long shall my enemy
Be exalted over me?
C2
5But I have trusted in your love;
My heart will rejoice in your salvation!
Interlude
C3
6Oh I will sing unto the Lord,
For he has dealt well with me!
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V1
12Oh God, be here with me.
My God, oh hurry to come help me.
13The foes of my soul be consumed.
With scorn and disgrace
Let those who seek my hurt be shamed.
14But I will hope and praise you at all times,
more and more!
CH
17Oh God, from my youth you have taught me
And still I proclaim your great deeds,
18aSo even to old age and gray hair
Oh God, do not cast me away
Oh God, do not cast me away!
V2
15My mouth will tell all day
Your righteousness, your salvation
Their fullness more than I can understand.
16So with the mighty deeds
Of the Lord GOD I will come,
And I’ll remind them of your righteousness
Yours alone!
CH
Instrumental
V3
19Your righteousness, O God,
Reaches to the heavens high.
O God, you’ve done great things, who’s like you
Who is like you?
20You gave me many troubles,
But you will revive again.
And from the depths of earth you will bring
Me up again!
CH
BR
18bUntil I proclaim of your might
Until I proclaim of your pow’r
To this generation
To all who are to come
CH
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