Song of Songs 5-8 - Set me as a seal upon your heart

The Bride Searches for Her Beloved

The Bride Extols Her Beloved

Solomon and His Bride Extol Each Other

Sng 6:3 LSB - [3] "I am my beloved's and my beloved is mine, He who shepherds [his flock] among the lilies."

The Union of Love

The Power and Preciousness of Love

Sng 8:6 LSB - [6] "Set me as a seal upon your heart, 

Like a seal on your arm. 

For love is as strong as death, 

Jealousy is as severe as Sheol; 

Its flashes are flashes of fire, 

The [very] flame of Yah.

Song of Songs 1-4

The Bride Confesses Her Love

Sng 1:7 ESV - [7] Tell me, you whom my soul loves, where you pasture your flock, where you make it lie down at noon; for why should I be like one who veils herself beside the flocks of your companions?

Solomon and His Bride Extol Each Other

Sng 1:15-16 ESV - 

[15] [He] Behold, you are beautiful, my love; behold, you are beautiful; your eyes are doves. 

[16] [She] Behold, you are beautiful, my beloved, truly delightful. Our couch is green;

Sng 2:4 LSB - [4] "He has brought me to [his] house of banqueting, And his banner over me is love.

The Bride Delights in Her Beloved

Sng 2:4, 16 LSB - [4] "He has brought me to [his] house of banqueting, And his banner over me is love. ... [16] "My beloved is mine, and I am his, He who shepherds [his flock] among the lilies.

The Bride’s Troubled Dream

Sng 3:1 LSB - [1] "On my bed night after night I sought him Whom my soul loves; I sought him but did not find him.

Sng 3:4 LSB - [4] "Scarcely had I passed them by When I found him whom my soul loves; I seized him and would not let him go Until I had brought him to my mother's house, And into the chamber of her who conceived me."

Solomon Arrives on His Wedding Day

Sng 3:11 LSB - [11] "Go forth and see, O daughters of Zion, King Solomon with the crown With which his mother has crowned him On the day of his wedding, And on the day of his gladness of heart."

Solomon Praises the Beauty of His Bride

Sng 4:9-10 LSB - [9] "You have made my heart beat faster, my sister, [my] bride; You have made my heart beat faster with a single [glance] of your eyes, With a single strand of your necklace. 

[10] "How beautiful is your love, my sister, [my] bride! How much better is your love than wine, And the fragrance of your oils Than all [kinds] of spices!

Psalm 69-72 - Save Me, O God

Save Me, O God

Psa 69:1-2 LSB - [1] Save me, O God, For the waters have threatened my life. 

[2] I have sunk in deep clay, and there is no foothold; I have come into deep waters, and a flood overflows me.

Psa 69:13 LSB - [13] But as for me, my prayer is to You, 

O Yahweh, at an acceptable time; 

O God, in the abundance of Your lovingkindness, 

Answer me with the truth of Your salvation.

Psa 69:29-30 LSB - 

[29] But I am afflicted and in pain; 

May Your salvation, O God, set me [securely] on high. 

[30] I will praise the name of God with song 

And magnify Him with thanksgiving.

O Yahweh, Do Not Delay

Psa 70:4 ESV - [4] May all who seek you rejoice and be glad in you! 

May those who love your salvation say evermore, "God is great!"

Psa 70:5 LSB - [5] But I am afflicted and needy; 

Hasten to me, O God! 

You are my help and my protector; 

O Yahweh, do not delay.

O God, Do Not Forsake Me

Psa 71:17-18 LSB - 

[17] O God, You have taught me from my youth, 

And I still declare Your wondrous deeds. 

[18] And even when [I am] old and gray, O God, do not forsake me, 

Until I declare Your strength to [this] generation, 

Your might to all who are to come.

Give the King Your Judgments

Psa 72:18-19 LSB - [18] Blessed be Yahweh God, the God of Israel, Who alone works wondrous deeds. [19] And blessed be His glorious name forever; And may the whole earth be filled with His glory. Amen, and Amen.

Psalm 66-68 - The Lord gives the word

How Awesome Are Your Deeds

Psa 66:1-3 LSB - [1] For the choir director. A Song. A Psalm. 

Make a loud shout to God, all the earth; 

[2] Sing praise for the glory of His name; 

Establish His praise as glorious. 

[3] Say to God, "How fearsome are Your works! 

Because of the abundance of Your strength Your enemies will cower before You.

Psa 66:16-20 LSB - 

[16] Come [and] hear, all who fear God, 

And I will recount what He has done for my soul. 

[17] I called out to Him with my mouth, 

And He was exalted with my tongue. 

[18] If I see wickedness in my heart, 

The Lord will not hear; 

[19] But certainly God has heard; 

He has given heed to the voice of my prayer. 

[20] Blessed be God, 

Who has not turned away my prayer 

Nor His lovingkindness from me.

Make Your Face Shine upon Us

Psa 67:1-2 LSB - [1] For the choir director. With stringed instruments. A Psalm. A Song. 

God be gracious to us and bless us, 

[And] cause His face to shine upon us-- Selah. 

[2] That Your way may be known on the earth, 

Your salvation among all nations.

God Shall Scatter His Enemies

Psa 68:4 LSB - [4] Sing to God, sing praises to His name; 

Lift up [a song] for Him who rides through the deserts, 

Whose name is Yah, and exult before Him.

Psa 68:11 LSB - [11] The Lord gives the word; 

The women who proclaim the [good] news are a great host:

Psa 68:19 LSB - [19] Blessed be the Lord, who daily bears our burden, The God [who] is our salvation. Selah.

Psalm 61-65 - Lead Me to the Rock

Lead Me to the Rock

Psa 61:1 LSB - [1] For the choir director. On a stringed instrument. Of David. 

Hear my cry of lamentation, O God; 

Give heed to my prayer.

“Pharisees may rest in their prayers; true believers are eager for an answer to them: ritualists may be satisfied when they have ‘said or sung’ their litanies and collects, but living children of God will never rest till their supplications have entered the ears of the Lord God of Sabaoth.” (Spurgeon)

Psa 61:3-4 LSB -
[3] For You have been a refuge for me,
A tower of strength before the enemy.
[4] Let me sojourn in Your tent forever;
Let me take refuge in the shelter of Your wings. Selah.

Psa 61:8 LSB - [8] So I will sing praise to Your name forever, As I pay my vows day by day.

God Is a Refuge for Us

Psa 62:1 LSB - [1] Surely my soul [waits] in silence for God; From Him is my salvation.

Psa 62:5 LSB - [5] Surely wait in silence for God, O my soul, For my hope is from Him.

Psa 62:8 LSB - [8] Trust in Him at all times, O people; Pour out your heart before Him; God is a refuge for us. Selah.

My Soul Thirsts for You

Psa 63:1 LSB - [1] O God, You are my God; I shall seek You earnestly; My soul thirsts for You, my flesh yearns for You, In a dry and weary land without water.

Psa 63:2 LSB - [2] Thus I have beheld You in the sanctuary, To see Your power and Your glory.

Psa 63:6 LSB - [6] When I remember You on my bed, I meditate on You in the night watches,

Hide Me from the Wicked

Psa 64:2 LSB - [2] Hide me from the secret counsel of evildoers, From the tumult of the workers of iniquity,

Blessed Is the One Whom You Choose

Psa 65:4 LSB - [4] How blessed is the one whom You choose and bring near [to You] 

That he would dwell in Your courts. 

We will be satisfied with the goodness of Your house, Your holy temple.

Psa 65:13 LSB - [13] The meadows are clothed with flocks And the valleys are covered with grain; They make a loud shout, indeed, they sing.

Psalm 56-60 - In God I Trust

In God I Trust

Psa 56:3 LSB - [3] When I am afraid, I will trust in You.

Psa 56:4 LSB - 

[4] In God, whose word I praise, 

In God I trust; I shall not be afraid. 

What can [mere] man do to me?

Psa 56:8 LSB - 

[8] You have taken account of my wanderings; 

Put my tears in Your bottle. 

Are [they] not in Your book?

Let Your Glory Be Above All the Earth

Psa 57:8-10 LSB - 

[8] Awake, my glory! 

Awake, harp and lyre! 

I will awaken the dawn. 

[9] I will give thanks to You, O Lord, among the peoples; 

I will sing praises to You among the nations. 

[10] For Your lovingkindness is great to the heavens 

And Your truth to the skies.

God Who Judges the Earth

Psa 58:3 LSB - [3] The wicked are estranged from the womb; These who speak falsehood wander in error from birth.

Psa 58:10-11 LSB - 

[10] The righteous will be glad when he beholds the vengeance; 

He will wash his feet in the blood of the wicked. 

[11] And men will say, "Surely there is a reward for the righteous; 

Surely there is a God who judges on earth!"

Deliver Me from My Enemies

Psa 59:1 LSB - [1] Deliver me from my enemies, O my God; 

Set me [securely] on high away from those who rise up against me.

Psa 59:16-17 LSB - 

[16] But as for me, I shall sing of Your strength; 

And I shall joyfully sing of Your lovingkindness in the morning, 

For You have been my stronghold 

And a refuge in the day of my distress. 

[17] O my strength, I will sing praises to You; 

For God is my stronghold, the God who shows me lovingkindness.

Through God We Shall Do Valiantly

Psa 60:12 LSB - [12] Through God we shall do valiantly, And it is He who will tread down our adversaries.

Psalm 51-55 - Create in Me a Clean Heart

Create in Me a Clean Heart, O God

Psa 51:1 LSB - [1] Be gracious to me, O God, according to Your lovingkindness; 

According to the abundance of Your compassion blot out my transgressions.

Psa 51:2 LSB - [2] Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity And cleanse me from my sin.

Psa 51:10-12 LSB - [10] Create in me a clean heart, O God, And renew a steadfast spirit within me. 

[11] Do not cast me away from Your presence And do not take Your Holy Spirit from me. 

[12] Restore to me the joy of Your salvation And sustain me with a willing spirit.

Psa 51:17 LSB - [17] The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; A broken and a contrite heart, O God, You will not despise.

Psalm 51 (Create in Me a Clean Heart)

Verse 1

Create in me a clean heart, O God;

And renew a right spirit within me.

Create in me a clean heart, O God;

And renew a right spirit within me.

Chorus

Cast me not away from Thy presence, O Lord

And take not Thy Holy Spirit from me.

Restore unto me the joy of Thy salvation;

And renew a right spirit within me.

Verse 2

Create in me a clean heart, O God;

And renew a right spirit within me.

Create in me a clean heart, O God;

And renew a right spirit within me.

Chorus

Cast me not away from Thy presence, O Lord

And take not Thy Holy Spirit from me.

Restore unto me the joy of Thy salvation;

And renew a right spirit within me.

I Trust in the Lovingkindness of God

Psa 52:7 LSB - [7] "Behold, the man who would not set God as his strength, But trusted in the abundance of his riches [And] was strong in his destruction."

Psa 52:8-9 LSB - 

[8] But as for me, I am like a green olive tree in the house of God; 

I trust in the lovingkindness of God forever and ever. 

[9] I will give You thanks forever, because You have done [it], 

And I will hope on Your name, for [it is] good, in the presence of Your holy ones.

There Is No One Who Does Good

Psa 53:1 LSB - [1] The wicked fool says in his heart, "There is no God," 

They act corruptly, and commit abominable injustice; 

There is no one who does good.

Psa 53:2-3 LSB - 

[2] God looks down from heaven upon the sons of men 

To see if there is anyone who has insight, 

Anyone who seeks after God. 

[3] Every one of them has turned back; together they have become worthless; 

There is no one who does good, not even one.

Rom 3:9-12 LSB -

[9] What then? Are we better? Not at all; for we have already charged that both Jews and Greeks are all under sin;

[10] as it is written, "THERE IS NONE RIGHTEOUS, NOT EVEN ONE;

[11] THERE IS NONE WHO UNDERSTANDS, THERE IS NONE WHO SEEKS FOR GOD;

[12] ALL HAVE TURNED ASIDE, TOGETHER THEY HAVE BECOME WORTHLESS; THERE IS NONE WHO DOES GOOD, THERE IS NOT EVEN ONE."

 

God Is My Helper

Psa 54:1 LSB - [1] When the Ziphites came and said to Saul, "Is not David hiding himself among us?" O God, save me by Your name, And render justice to me by Your might.

Psa 54:4 ESV - [4] Behold, God is my helper; the Lord is the upholder of my life.

He Will Never Allow the Righteous to Be Shaken

Psa 55:13-14 LSB - [13] But it is you, a man my equal, My close companion and my familiar friend; [14] We who had sweet counsel together Walked in the house of God in the throng.

Psa 41:9 LSB - [9] Even my close friend in whom I trusted, Who ate my bread, Has lifted up his heel against me.

Psa 55:16-17 LSB - [16] As for me, I shall call upon God, And Yahweh will save me. [17] Evening and morning and at noon, I will bring my complaint and moan, And He will hear my voice.

Psa 55:22 LSB - [22] Cast your burden upon Yahweh and He will sustain you; He will never allow the righteous to be shaken.