Psalm 28 - 29
Of David.
1
To you, O Lord, I call;
j my rock, be not deaf to me,
lest, if you k be silent to me,
I become like those who l go down to the pit.
2
m Hear the voice of my pleas for mercy,
when I cry to you for help,
when I n lift up my hands
o toward your most holy sanctuary.
3
Do not p drag me off with the wicked,
with the workers of evil,
q who speak peace with their neighbors
while evil is in their hearts.
4
r Give to them according to their work
and according to the evil of their deeds;
give to them according to the work of their hands;
s render them their due reward.
5
Because they t do not regard the works of the Lord
or the work of his hands,
he will tear them down and build them up no more.
6
Blessed be the Lord!
For he has u heard the voice of my pleas for mercy.
7
The Lord is my strength and v my shield;
in him my heart w trusts, and I am helped;
my heart exults,
and with my x song I give thanks to him.
8
The Lord is the strength of his people;
he is y the saving refuge of his anointed.
9
Oh, save your people and bless z your heritage!
a Be their shepherd and b carry them forever.
Psalms 29
A Psalm of David.
1
Ascribe to the Lord, O heavenly beings,
c ascribe to the Lord glory and strength.
2
Ascribe to the Lord the glory due his name;
worship the Lord in d the splendor of holiness.
3
The voice of the Lord is over e the waters;
the God of glory f thunders,
the Lord, over many waters.
4
The voice of the Lord is g powerful;
the voice of the Lord is full of majesty.
5
The voice of the Lord breaks the cedars;
the Lord breaks h the cedars of Lebanon.
6
He makes Lebanon to i skip like a calf,
and j Sirion like a young k wild ox.
7
The voice of the Lord flashes forth flames of fire.
8
The voice of the Lord shakes the wilderness;
the Lord shakes the wilderness of l Kadesh.
9
The voice of the Lord makes m the deer give birth
and strips the forests bare,
and in his temple all cry, "Glory!"
10
The Lord sits enthroned over n the flood;
the Lord sits enthroned o as king forever.
11
May the Lord give p strength to his people!
May the Lord bless his people with q peace!
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Cross References
Psalms 18:2
The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
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Psalms 35:22
You have seen, O Lord ; be not silent! O Lord, be not far from me!
Psalms 39:12
Hear my prayer, O Lord, and give ear to my cry; hold not your peace at my tears! For I am a sojourner with you, a guest, like all my fathers.
Psalms 83:1
O God, do not keep silence; do not hold your peace or be still, O God!
Psalms 109:1
Be not silent, O God of my praise!
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Psalms 88:4
I am counted among those who go down to the pit; I am a man who has no strength.
Psalms 143:7
Answer me quickly, O Lord! My spirit fails! Hide not your face from me, lest I be like those who go down to the pit.
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Psalms 140:6
I say to the Lord, You are my God; give ear to the voice of my pleas for mercy, O Lord!
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Psalms 134:2
Lift up your hands to the holy place and bless the Lord!
Psalms 141:2
Let my prayer be counted as incense before you, and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice!
Lamentations 2:19
"Arise, cry out in the night, at the beginning of the night watches! Pour out your heart like water before the presence of the Lord! Lift your hands to him for the lives of your children, who faint for hunger at the head of every street."
1 Timothy 2:8
I desire then that in every place the men should pray, lifting holy hands without anger or quarreling.
Psalms 119:48
I will lift up my hands toward your commandments, which I love, and I will meditate on your statutes.
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Psalms 5:7
But I, through the abundance of your steadfast love, will enter your house. I will bow down toward your holy temple in the fear of you.
Psalms 138:2
I bow down toward your holy temple and give thanks to your name for your steadfast love and your faithfulness, for you have exalted above all things your name and your word.
1 Kings 8:29
That your eyes may be open night and day toward this house, the place of which you have said, 'My name shall be there,' that you may listen to the prayer that your servant offers toward this place.
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Psalms 26:9
Do not sweep my soul away with sinners, nor my life with bloodthirsty men.
Ezekiel 32:20
They shall fall amid those who are slain by the sword. Egypt is delivered to the sword; drag her away, and all her multitudes.
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Jeremiah 9:8
Their tongue is a deadly arrow; it speaks deceitfully; with his mouth each speaks peace to his neighbor, but in his heart he plans an ambush for him.
Psalms 5:9
For there is no truth in their mouth; their inmost self is destruction; their throat is an open grave; they flatter with their tongue.
Psalms 12:2
Everyone utters lies to his neighbor; with flattering lips and a double heart they speak.
Psalms 55:21
His speech was smooth as butter, yet war was in his heart; his words were softer than oil, yet they were drawn swords.
Psalms 62:4
They only plan to thrust him down from his high position. They take pleasure in falsehood. They bless with their mouths, but inwardly they curse. Selah
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Jeremiah 50:15
Raise a shout against her all around; she has surrendered; her bulwarks have fallen; her walls are thrown down. For this is the vengeance of the Lord : take vengeance on her; do to her as she has done.
Jeremiah 50:29
Summon archers against Babylon, all those who bend the bow. Encamp around her; let no one escape. Repay her according to her deeds; do to her according to all that she has done. For she has proudly defied the Lord, the Holy One of Israel.
Revelation 18:6
Pay her back as she herself has paid back others, and repay her double for her deeds; mix a double portion for her in the cup she mixed.
2 Timothy 4:14
Alexander the coppersmith did me great harm; the Lord will repay him according to his deeds.
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Psalms 137:8
O daughter of Babylon, doomed to be destroyed, blessed shall he be who repays you with what you have done to us!
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Isaiah 5:12
They have lyre and harp, tambourine and flute and wine at their feasts, but they do not regard the deeds of the Lord, or see the work of his hands.
Job 34:27
Because they turned aside from following him and had no regard for any of his ways.
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Psalms 28:2
Hear the voice of my pleas for mercy, when I cry to you for help, when I lift up my hands toward your most holy sanctuary.
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Psalms 3:3
But you, O Lord, are a shield about me, my glory, and the lifter of my head.
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Psalms 11:1
In the Lord I take refuge; how can you say to my soul, "Flee like a bird to your mountain.
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Psalms 69:30
I will praise the name of God with a song; I will magnify him with thanksgiving.
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Psalms 140:7
O Lord, my Lord, the strength of my salvation, you have covered my head in the day of battle.
Psalms 20:6
Now I know that the Lord saves his anointed; he will answer him from his holy heaven with the saving might of his right hand.
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Deuteronomy 9:29
For they are your people and your heritage, whom you brought out by your great power and by your outstretched arm.
Deuteronomy 32:9
But the Lord 's portion is his people, Jacob his allotted heritage.
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Psalms 78:71 - 72
From following the nursing ewes he brought him to shepherd Jacob his people, Israel his inheritance.
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Isaiah 40:11
He will tend his flock like a shepherd; he will gather the lambs in his arms; he will carry them in his bosom, and gently lead those that are with young.
Isaiah 46:3
Listen to me, O house of Jacob, all the remnant of the house of Israel, who have been borne by me from before your birth, carried from the womb.
Isaiah 63:9
In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them; in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; he lifted them up and carried them all the days of old.
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Psalms 96:7 - 8
Ascribe to the Lord, O families of the peoples, ascribe to the Lord glory and strength!
1 Chronicles 16:28 - 29
Ascribe to the Lord, O clans of the peoples, ascribe to the Lord glory and strength!
Psalms 68:34
Ascribe power to God, whose majesty is over Israel, and whose power is in the skies.
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Psalms 110:3
Your people will offer themselves freely on the day of your power, in holy garments; from the womb of the morning, the dew of your youth will be yours.
1 Chronicles 16:29
Ascribe to the Lord the glory due his name; bring an offering and come before him! Worship the Lord in the splendor of holiness.
Exodus 28:2
And you shall make holy garments for Aaron your brother, for glory and for beauty.
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Psalms 18:11
He made darkness his covering, his canopy around him, thick clouds dark with water.
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Job 37:4 - 5
After it his voice roars; he thunders with his majestic voice, and he does not restrain the lightnings when his voice is heard.
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Psalms 68:33
To him who rides in the heavens, the ancient heavens; behold, he sends out his voice, his mighty voice.
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Psalms 104:16
The trees of the Lord are watered abundantly, the cedars of Lebanon that he planted.
Judges 9:15
And the bramble said to the trees, 'If in good faith you are anointing me king over you, then come and take refuge in my shade, but if not, let fire come out of the bramble and devour the cedars of Lebanon.
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Psalms 114:4
The mountains skipped like rams, the hills like lambs.
Psalms 114:6
O mountains, that you skip like rams? O hills, like lambs?
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Deuteronomy 3:9
(the Sidonians call Hermon Sirion, while the Amorites call it Senir).
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Numbers 23:22
God brings them out of Egypt and is for them like the horns of the wild ox.
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Numbers 13:26
And they came to Moses and Aaron and to all the congregation of the people of Israel in the wilderness of Paran, at Kadesh. They brought back word to them and to all the congregation, and showed them the fruit of the land.
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Job 39:1 - 3
Do you know when the mountain goats give birth? Do you observe the calving of the does?
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Genesis 6:17
For behold, I will bring a flood of waters upon the earth to destroy all flesh in which is the breath of life under heaven. Everything that is on the earth shall die.
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Psalms 10:16
The Lord is king forever and ever; the nations perish from his land.
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Psalms 68:35
Awesome is God from his sanctuary; the God of Israel - he is the one who gives power and strength to his people. Blessed be God!
Isaiah 40:29
He gives power to the faint, and to him who has no might he increases strength.
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Philippians 4:7
And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
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