THE BOOK OF PSALMS
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Who are they that shall ascend to heaven: Christ's triumphant ascension thither.
23:1. On the first day of the week, a psalm for David. The earth is the Lord's and the fulness thereof: the world, and all they that dwell therein.
23:2. For he hath founded it upon the seas; and hath prepared it upon the rivers.
23:3. Who shall ascend into the mountain of the Lord: or who shall stand in his holy place?
23:4. The innocent in hands, and clean of heart, who hath not taken his soul in vain, nor sworn deceitfully to his neighbour.
23:5. He shall receive a blessing from the Lord, and mercy from God his Saviour.
23:6. This is the generation of them that seek him, of them that seek the face of the God of Jacob.
23:7. Lift up your gates, O ye lprinces, and be ye lifted up, O eternal gates: and the King of Glory shall enter in.
23:8. Who is this King of Glory? the Lord who is strong and mighty: the Lord mighty in battle.
23:9. Lift up your gates, O ye princes, and be ye lifted up, O eternal gates: and the King of Glory shall enter in.
23:10. Who is this King of Glory? the Lord of hosts, he is the King of Glory.
Psalms Chapter 24
Ad te, Domine, levavi.
A prayer for grace, mercy, and protection against our enemies.
24:1. Unto the end, a psalm for David. To thee, O Lord, have I lifted up my soul.
24:2. In thee, O my God, I put my trust; let me not be ashamed.
24:3. Neither let my enemies laugh at me: for none of them that wait on thee shall be confounded.
24:4. Let all them be confounded that act unjust things without cause. Shew, O Lord, thy ways to me, and teach me thy paths.
24:5. Direct me in thy truth, and teach me; for thou art God my Saviour; and on thee have I waited all the day long.
24:6. Remember, O Lor, thy bowels of compassion; and thy mercies that are from the beginning of the world.
24:7. The sins of my youth and my ignorances do not remember. According to thy mercy remember thou me: for thy goodness' sake, O Lord.
24:8. The Lord is sweet and righteous: therefore he will give a law to sinners in the way.
24:9. He will guide themild in judgment: he will teach the meek his ways.
24:10. All the ways of the Lord are mercy and truth, to them that seek after his covenant and his testimonies.
24:11. For thy name's sake, O Lrod, thou wilt pardon my sin: for it is great.
24:12. Who is the man that feareth the Lord? He hath appointed him a law in the way he hath chosen.
24:13. His soul shall dwell in good things: and his seed shall inherit the land.
24:14. The Lord is a firmament to them that fear him: and his covenant shall be made manifest to them.
24:15. My eyes are ever towards the Lord: for he shall pluck my feet out of the snare.
24:16. Look thou upon me, and have mercy on me; for I am alone and poor.
24:17. The troubles of my heart are multiplied: deliver me from my necessities.
24:18. See my abjection and my labour; and forgive me all my sins.
24:19. Consider my enemies for they are multiplied, and have hated me with an unjust hatred.
24:20. Deep thou my soul, and deliver me: I shall not be ashamed, for I have hoped in thee.
24:21. The innocent and the upright have adhered to me: because I have waited on thee.
24:22. Deliver Israel, O God, from all his tribulations.
Psalms Chapter 25
Judica me, Domine.
David's prayer to God in his distress, to be delivered, that he may come to worship him in his tabernacle.
25:1. Unto the end, a psalm for David. Judge me, O Lord, for I have walked in my innocence: and I have put my trust in the Lord, and shall not be weakened.