LORD loves Jerusalem as the city of God verse 1- 3
HIS foundation is in the holy mountains
the LORD loves the gates of Zion
more than all the dwellings of Jacob
glorious things are spoken of you
O city of God SELAH
Spiritual birth into citizenship in Jerusalem verse 4- 6
I will make mention of Rahab and Babylon… Read More
Psalmist questions the LORD verse 1- 2
Keep not YOU silence – O God – hold not YOUR PEACE
and be not still – O God
FOR lo – YOUR enemies make a tumult
they that hate YOU have lifted up the head
Psalmist explains actions of the enemies verse 3- 4
They have taken crafty counsel against YOUR people… Read More
God is the Judge verse 1- 2
God stands in the congregation of the mighty
HE judges among the gods
How long will you judge unjustly
and accept the persons of the wicked? SELAH
Request to help the poor and fatherless verse 3- 4
Defend the poor and fatherless
do justice to the afflicted and needy
deliver the poor and … Read More
Prayer to the Shepherd of Israel verse 1- 2
Give ear – O Shepherd of Israel – YOU that lead Joseph like a flock
YOU that dwell between the cherubim – shine forth
before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh stir up
YOUR strength and come – and save us
Chorus verse 3
Turn us again – O God – and … Read More
Description of defeated people of Israel verse 1- 4
O God – the heathen are come into YOUR inheritance
YOUR holy temple have they defiled
They have laid Jerusalem on heaps – the dead bodies of YOUR servants
have they given to be meat to the fowls of the heaven
the flesh of YOUR saints to the beasts of the … Read More