Psalm 4

¹⁰He has delivered us from such a deadly peril, and He will deliver us. In Him we have placed our hope that He will yet again deliver us,

⁶Then the Lord passed in front of Moses and called out: “The Lord, the Lord God, is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion and faithfulness,

⁷maintaining loving devotion to a thousand generations, forgiving iniquity, transgression, and sin. Yet He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished; He will visit the iniquity of the fathers on their children and grandchildren to the third and fourth generations.”

¹For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. I waited patiently for the Lord; He inclined to me and heard my cry.

²He lifted me up from the pit of despair, out of the miry clay; He set my feet upon a rock, and made my footsteps firm.

¹⁸They confronted me in my day of calamity, but the Lord was my support.

¹⁹He brought me out into the open; He rescued me because He delighted in me.

¹³²Turn to me and show me mercy, as You do to those who love Your name.

²⁰Therefore we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were making His appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ: Be reconciled to God.

²¹God made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.

²²“How long, O simple ones, will you love your simple ways? How long will scoffers delight in their scorn and fools hate knowledge?

⁷The more they multiplied, the more they sinned against Me; they exchanged their Glory for a thing of disgrace.

³But You, O Lord, are a shield around me, my glory, and the One who lifts my head.

⁶You destroy those who tell lies; the Lord abhors the man of bloodshed and deceit.

²⁰They exchanged their Glory for the image of a grass-eating ox.

¹¹Has a nation ever changed its gods? (Yet they are not gods at all.) But My people have exchanged their Glory for useless idols.

¹⁶You did not choose Me, but I chose you. And I appointed you to go and bear fruit—fruit that will remain—so that whatever you ask the Father in My name, He will give you.

¹⁵The eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and His ears are inclined to their cry.

¹³But we should always thank God for you, brothers who are loved by the Lord, because God chose you from the beginning to be saved by the sanctification of the Spirit and by faith in the truth.

¹⁴To this He called you through our gospel, so that you may share in the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

¹⁴“Because he loves Me, I will deliver him; because he knows My name, I will protect him.

¹⁵When he calls out to Me, I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble. I will deliver him and honor him.

¹⁹Nevertheless, God’s firm foundation stands, bearing this seal: “The Lord knows those who are His,” and, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord must turn away from iniquity.”

⁹if all this is so, then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials and to hold the unrighteous for punishment on the day of judgment.

²⁶“Be angry, yet do not sin.” Do not let the sun set upon your anger,

⁶At night I remembered my song; in my heart I mused, and my spirit pondered:

⁶When I remember You on my bed, I think of You through the watches of the night.

¹⁰“Be still and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted over the earth.”

⁷Be not wise in your own eyes; fear the Lord and turn away from evil.

⁵Examine yourselves to see whether you are in the faith; test yourselves. Do you not realize that Jesus Christ is in you—unless you fail the test?

¹⁵Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise, the fruit of lips that confess His name.

¹⁶And do not neglect to do good and to share with others, for with such sacrifices God is pleased.

³Trust in the Lord and do good; dwell in the land and cultivate faithfulness.

¹⁹Then You will delight in righteous sacrifices, in whole burnt offerings; then bulls will be offered on Your altar.

¹⁹They will call the peoples to a mountain; there they will offer sacrifices of righteousness. For they will feast on the abundance of the seas and the hidden treasures of the sand.”

¹⁹So then, those who suffer according to God’s will should entrust their souls to their faithful Creator and continue to do good.

⁸Trust in Him at all times, O people; pour out your hearts before Him. God is our refuge. Selah

¹⁹Restore us, O Lord God of Hosts; cause Your face to shine upon us, that we may be saved.

²⁶may the Lord lift up His countenance toward you and give you peace.’

⁷Restore us, O God of Hosts, and cause Your face to shine upon us, that we may be saved.

¹³⁵Make Your face shine upon Your servant, and teach me Your statutes.

¹For the choirmaster. With stringed instruments. A Psalm. A song. May God be gracious to us and bless us, and cause His face to shine upon us, Selah

¹⁵Blessed are those who know the joyful sound, who walk, O Lord, in the light of Your presence.

³You have enlarged the nation and increased its joy. The people rejoice before You as they rejoice at harvest time, as men rejoice in dividing the plunder.

²So I have seen You in the sanctuary and beheld Your power and glory.

³Because Your loving devotion is better than life, my lips will glorify You.

⁴Delight yourself in the Lord, and He will give you the desires of your heart.

⁴Then I will go to the altar of God, to God, my greatest joy. I will praise You with the harp, O God, my God.

⁴For You, O Lord, have made me glad by Your deeds; I sing for joy at the works of Your hands.

¹⁷Yet He has not left Himself without testimony to His goodness: He gives you rain from heaven and fruitful seasons, filling your hearts with food and gladness.”

²⁴When you lie down, you will not be afraid; when you rest, your sleep will be sweet.

⁵I lie down and sleep; I wake again, for the Lord sustains me.

¹⁸You will be secure, because there is hope, and you will look around and lie down in safety.

¹⁹You will lie down without fear, and many will court your favor.

⁸I have set the Lord always before me. Because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.

⁹Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices; my body also will dwell securely.

¹⁰He died for us so that, whether we are awake or asleep, we may live together with Him.

¹⁰When you cross the Jordan and live in the land that the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance, and He gives you rest from all the enemies around you and you dwell securely,