Paraphrases by "Maiden, Bringer of Peace"

Psalm 72

2010-01-29T05:26:00.000-08:00

1 A Song for Peace. Teach our leader Your way of making decisions by Your law, O heavenly Judge, and show Your right way of doing things to his Son. 2 He will defend the rights of Your people properly and will give appropriate help to those who need it. 3 The larger families are included in this covenant of peace as well as the smaller families, for that is the right way to do it. 4 He will defend those who willingly submit to Him and will be generous to and take care of their children, but He will smite those who in their pride extort and defraud others. 5 Your family will respect You and tremble with joy as they see Your face for as long as the sun and moon are around. 6 You will descend on them as showers saturate the earth when it rains. 7 In Your Son’s reign those who choose to agree with Him will become more like Him, continuing to mature as long as they live. 8 - 9 Since His dominion will encompass the whole world, even country people will bow before Him. Those who hate Him will also bow, but only grudgingly. 10 -11 The leaders from all the urban areas, as well as rural, will appropriately submit tributes. Yes, eventually everyone will bow in worship to Him. 12 He will preserve those who sincerely worship Him and yet suffer – when they ask for His help – and particularly those with no other support. 13 – 14 He will come along side those who are weak, powerless and oppressed, and with His merciful passion He will preserve them, give them victorious relief and take them out of oppression and abuse, for He considers them as very precious to Him. 15 He shall prosperously reign, as was promised Him with an oath, and everyone will eventually joyfully submit to Him all the time. 16 There will be abundance – even to the tops of the mountains. The firstfruits will be so much that they will wave like fields of golden grain in the wind. Those living together will be flourish – as living green grass on the earth. 17 As long as the sun shines, more and more good about His reputation and character will continue to be revealed and everyone will consider His ways good and right. 18 – 19 Celebrate by focusing on who God – the Existing One, the Mighty Judge of overcomers – really is and think and talk about the marvelous works He has done. Focus particularly on how majestic His is and how awesome and famous He is all the time. Let everyone be completely consecrated and loyal to Him. So be it, Amen. 20 [This is the last Prayer psalm that David, son of Jesse wrote that is on record.]

Psalm 71

2009-12-17T04:04:00.000-08:00

1 Lord, I choose to trust in You completely, so please don’t disappoint me. 2 – 3 Because of how right and just You are, rescue me and slip me away to safety. Get me so close to You that I know You hear me. Protect me so strongly and solidly that our intimate fellowship continues.

Your plans are to make me victorious since You are my refuge and defense. 4 Bring me into a secure place, O Mighty God, away from the violence of those who are hostile to You and out from under the authority of unjust, bitter and oppressive people.

5 God, I reverently expect You to do what is best for me, like a child trusting a loving parent. 6 Actually You ‘birthed’ me and supported me from the time I was born, so I will sing praise to You and continually thank You. 7 – 8 Many are awed by the obvious miracles in my life and since You are my glorious, all-powerful Source of protection and shelter I overflow with songs and words to loudly declare Your excellence all the time. 9 Don’t throw me away when I get old or desert me when I’m exhausted and my strength is gone.

10 – 11 Those who oppose me consult how to ‘take me down’ and are just waiting for what they think is the right time. They tell each other ‘ God has deserted him so chase and capture him for no one is around to rescue him’. 12 My Mighty God, stay close to me and act quickly in my behalf. 13 Let those be silenced with terror and enveloped in such shame and disgrace that they totally waste away who opposed me and planned to destroy me.

14 – 16 But as for me, God, I choose to keep trusting You, singing about You and telling others of Your right ways. I don’t know how much longer I’ll live but as long as You keep me alive, I will live close to You and remind others how right Your ways are. 17 God, You disciplined and mentored me from when I was a child so I am celebrating in praise your extraordinary and marvelous works. 18 Now that I am older, God, don’t leave me until I have celebrated with praise Your mighty power to those now living as well as to generations to come.

19 – 20 You are completely true, God, and have magnificently accomplished significant things. There is no one like You – who has shown me so many evil and distressful situations – to revive, restore and raise me up again from being so intensely ‘low’. 21 You will use me to reveal how magnificent and majestic You really are as You surround me with Your compassionate help.

22 I will sing, accompanied by a guitar, about Your integrity and truth for You are my Mighty God and the Majestic Judge who prevails. 23 – 24 I will shout out loud for JOY and rejoice in my heart as well as quietly tell others how You have set me free. Those who obnoxiously planned to hurt me (because they were out of control with anger) are astonished, disappointed and dishonored.

Psalm 70

2009-11-25T06:34:00.000-08:00

1 Written by David for the permanent collection to preserve as a reminder.
Mighty God, quickly accelerate Your activities to rescue me from danger. 2 Let those become disgraced and pale with terror who try to snuff out my life. Let the result of those who delight to hurt me be confusion, exhaustion and complete shame. 3 As a consequence of their mocking and gloating over me, turn them away.

4 But let those who strive to ‘see your face’, God, experience real joy in Your presence. Let those who intensely long to be with You say all the time “Our God is Awesome and Mighty”.

5 As for me, God, I meekly, humbly request Your help. Act quickly and don’t delay to rescue me to safety.

Psalm 69

2009-11-22T04:03:00.000-08:00

1 For the permanent music collection, (with instrumental accompaniment) written by David.

Set me free, O God, for I have been violently abused. 2 It’s like I’ve been plunged deep into a flood of overwhelming urine, with no place in the slippery mire even to put my feet. 3 My throat feels scorched and my eyes are worn out from crying, even as I’m still hoping and trusting in God, who is my Divine Judge. 4 Those who intensely hate me for no good reason (but are my enemies because they believe lies about me) are increasingly numerous – far more than the hairs on my head – and are determined to silence and destroy me. I even ‘returned’ things I didn’t ‘rob’ from others in the first place. 5 God, You are experiencing all of this with me, yet You don’t disown me even while I am being accused and treated as guilty.

6 Don’t let those who bind themselves tight to You in covenant relationship and truly strive to understand who You really are get disgraced, Great and Mighty Creator God, because of what has happened to me. 7 To reveal what You’re really like I’ve endured heaps of contempt and scorn. 8 – 9 My kinsfolk estranged me from them, my mother’s family considered me as illegitimate, and those who despise You heaped ridicule and scorn on me because my passionate loyalty to You fully controlled me.10 – 11 When I wept and fasted, I was scorned and despised. When I wore sackcloth, that too was misinterpreted. 12 Those who sat around gossiping complained about me and I was even taunted by the drunkards.

13 But as for me, Creator God, I sing to You, appropriately about my own personal experience. My Supreme Judge, because of how much You love me, sing joyfully to me of Your victorious faithfulness. 14 – 15 Pull me out of the mess I’m in (which is like sticky mire) and don’t let me get so stuck in the ‘slime’ that it engulfs me. Snatch me away from those who hate me (like pulling me out as from that overwhelming flood of urine) and don’t let me be swept away. 16 – 17 Surround me with Your singing, O God, because You eagerly desire to favor me and treat me excellently. Don’t hide, but rather turn Your face to look at me and express Your tender, loving affection in song as soon as possible, for I am in distress and being treated with deep hostility. 18 Come protectively near me and set me free because of those who hate me. 19 You intimately know all the scorn and contempt aimed at me. You felt the shame when I was stripped naked. You were pained by every disgraceful insult hurled at me. You personally experienced every act of abuse those oppressive, jealous rivals heaped on me.

20 Shameful scorn and contempt violently tore at my heart, sickening me. I hoped for at least one comforter, (someone who would unite with me) but no one had compassion or even tried to console me – not one! 21 – 22 Instead they offered me bitter poison as food and sour vinegar to quench my thirst. Let their table (the table of shewbread was the covenant symbol of Your nourishing care) become so ‘thin’ (empty) that they fall away (destroyed by refusing care) from You. 23 Let such darkness surround them (the candlestick represented their covenant relation with You to enlighten them) that they can no longer experience real joy at seeing Your face, resulting in their strength continuing to totter and deteriorate. 24 – 26 Pour out your love power on them with full intensity. But they will become so horrified, appalled and stunned that they will recede and back so far away that not one will remain in their family because They harassed and persecuted the One You smote, and caused mental grief by their gossip against the One You wounded (for their sakes). 27 – 28 Permit this guilt to be added to their present great guilt, which is already preventing them from personally knowing You. (Yes), even let their names be dropped from the registry of those who are honest with You.

29 – 31 Let me – humble yet grieving – be victoriously delivered and highly exalted by You, God. I will delightfully celebrate with song who You really are and what You are really like, thus powerfully revealing Your true character. That will give You more JOY than the most costly animal sacrifice given by leaders. 32 – 33 Those who meekly prefer to bear injuries rather than retaliate (to the one who hurt them) will experience JOY by seeing Your face, God. Those of you who persistently search to know the True and Mighty God will be restored, preserved and will mature. The Lord deeply cares for those of you who, realizing you can’t ‘make it’ without His help, have bound yourself to Him (in a binding, life covenant).

34 – 36 Let the whole universe join with everything and everyone on earth in singing to, boasting about and celebrating the True God. (Why?) He sets free those who choose to belong to Him. He rebuilds, restores and protects those families who choose His will for them and gives them a secure, quiet place to live. Those who delight in Him, identify with Him and have developed an intimate relationship with Him will live.

Psalm 68

2009-09-21T03:00:00.000-07:00

1 Written by David for the permanent song collection. Go forth, Almighty Father; and as You do, those who hate You will scatter and get dashed to pieces even as they hastily try to hide from Your face. 2 As wind scatters smoke, they disappear; and as wax melts away when it gets hot, those who hate You perish as they see who You really are.

3 But let those who honestly choose Your will for them triumphantly leap with joy as at a most pleasurable, joyful banquet, as they view Your face. 4 Worshipfully celebrate - with songs, music and even dancing – the Creator God who ‘carried’ you through difficult times. Even use His most sacred name, JEHOVAH, with rejoicing as He smiles at you.

5 God is a loving father to the lonely and fatherless; He defends the forsaken and widowed even though He ‘lives’ in heaven. 6 God puts these dear ones into families; and also frees those bound with debt. But those who stubbornly resist His love slide down into dry depression and hopeless despair.

7 - 8 God, You revealed Yourself to Your family when You walked gently and slowly with them through dreary and solitary places. (music pause) The earth terrifyingly quaked and the billowing, turbulent clouds ‘flowed down’ to cover Your face as You descended on Mt. Sinai where You talked to them and revealed to them that You were indeed their Saviour and Leader. 9 Later, You sent bountiful rain to reconfirm Your authority when Your family got discouraged. 10 Your family lived where You established them, God, and You shared even more of Your joyful goodness with those who needed more of it. 11 - 12 The Lord taught the song and many people learned it for a multitude of women joyfully shared with God’s family the good news that the opposition leadership had been cast out and fled. 13 You who have rested in God’s love are protected by Him – like being ‘under’ His covering ‘wings’.

14 When the Almighty scattered opposition it was ‘cool’ - as snow on a shady hill. 15 But is scattering opposition how God is best worshiped? Or is God best worshiped in luxury and prosperity? 16 Why be envious of those kinds of ‘high’ experiences? God does have a ‘place’ where He really desires to ‘dwell’.

17 – 18 Twenty thousand thousands of angelic messengers escorted the Excellent One at Sinai. God, You were highly exalted because You had ‘taken captive’ the captives for Yourself and had brought gifts for all of them – even for the stubborn ones – so You might live with them. 19 Reverently celebrate the Mighty Deliverer every day for carrying us victoriously to healthy freedom. (music pause)

20 Our Mighty One, our Supreme God, saves. Our loving Lord delivers even from disease and death. 21 But this same strong God irritatingly agitates those who hate Him, and those who persist in doing wrong get a defensive attitude against Him.

22 – 24 God said, I will restore your fruitfulness, even from deeply ‘stormy’, turbulent situations, so you will march right on in life, irregardless of those who hate you or put you down, because you have learned and experienced God’s love ways in His sanctuary. 25 Those who celebrate with singing go first, followed by those playing instruments, accompanied by young women keeping rhythm with timbrels. 26 – 28 Let everyone: young and old, children, youth, leaders, adults, (no one left out), adore God – Your Mighty Hero who gives you strength – from the very first part of worship time together. Continue, O Strong, Mighty Hero, what You have already covenanted to do for us. 29 And because Your temple (where You live) is a place of peace, leaders will bring gifts of homage to You there.

30 Keep correcting the lively young people in Your family as well as the leaders and developing leaders until they humbly submit both themselves and their means; but scatter those who only delight to fight. 31 Great people shall be set free from captivity and even those from cursed circumstances will run to worship You, God. 32 – 33 Let everyone celebrate with songs, accompanied with instruments, the Mighty God (music pause) Who was here from the beginning and Who speaks with full power.

34 Describe God’s real character – including His majesty and excellence – in dealing with His family, as well as with everyone else. 35 O God, You cause us to tremble with joyful awe as You reveal Yourself. You prevail and give us, Your family, Your character and life. Praise God.

Psalm 67

2009-04-19T03:35:00.001-07:00

1 A poetic song for both choir and stringed instruments to add to the permanent collection. God treat us as we don't deserve by causing us to experience that You deeply love us to be with You by Your speaking good to us and smiling at us. (pause).

2 Others who don’t yet know You will find out what You are really like by seeing how You treat us and how You are so intimately involved in delivering and saving us.

3 Let my family, friends and associates tell what God has done and what He is really like as they celebrate and honor You, God. 4 Let entire communities and other groups of people excitedly rejoice, even with joyful singing, for You – God – will justly vindicate Yourself as You govern everyone on earth. Pause.

5 Let my family, friends and associates tell what God has done and what He is really like as they celebrate and honor You, God.

6 – 7 Then the earth will yield its increase and God will enable us to prosper. Every part of the world will be inspired – by God’s way of treating us so good – to respect and be in awe of Him.

Psalm 66

2009-04-14T04:40:00.000-07:00

1 A poem song for the permanent collection. Let everyone express joy to God. 2 Use musical instruments (like pianos or guitars) to accompany songs honoring and glorifying Him. 3 Tell God, “Your intensely wonderful ways cause me to tremble with joy!” How You so abundantly and clearly reveal Your great love will eventually cause even those who hate You to admit You as supreme and even act as though they love You and are loyal to You. 4 Everyone on earth will eventually bow to honor You and sing Your Name. (pause) 5 Come, look at God’s extravagant actions toward His earth family, which are so intensely admirable as to inspire you to tremble with joyful awe. 6 He made part of the Red sea into dry land and later Israel walked through the flooding Jordan river without getting their feet wet, causing them again to leap for joy in God. 7 God is always ‘in charge’ because of His victorious fortitude. He accurately observes all the nations of the earth, so don’t let those who stubbornly resist Him exalt themselves. (pause) 8 – 9 Let all of God’s family joyfully celebrate our True God who sustains and prospers us and prevents us from wandering away from Him. 10 – 11 God, You have refined us (as silver is refined by heat) by carrying us through intense experiences, even putting pressure on us through our relationships with others. 12 People have attacked our identity, causing pain (like fiery hell) and humiliation (like someone ‘pissing’ on us), yet through these experiences you have matured us and satisfied us abundantly. 13 –14 I will come into Your house now and willingly cooperate with You in Your covenant of peace with me even though I originally made my promises of loyalty to You because I was in big trouble. 15 I will bring of the best I have, which I have promised You, and will consecrate it to You. (pause) 16 – 17 You who reverently submit to God, listen to what God has done for me when I focused on and exalted Him. 18 – 19 If I believe lies about God He can’t always get through to me, but He still listens and works to answer my heart cries. 20 God is so good that He has not stopped loving me even though I don’t deserve His love.

Psalm 65

2009-03-16T04:53:00.000-07:00

1 A melodious minstrelsy, written by David for the permanent collection.

God, I confidently boast about You where I live for I have committed my life to You and You always keep Your promise. 2 You understand when I talk to You – everyone will eventually be brought to You.

3 – 4 I am guilty of not always choosing Your will for me, yet You forgive my rebellion, speak good to me, cause me to live with You and satisfy me with Your beauty. 5 – 7 How You respond in such awesome, yet harmonious ways joyfully surprises me even though You are the God who gives victory. It also inspires in many other hearts – near and far – hope and confidence that You, Who creates mountains and stills stormy seas, fulfills Your covenant with Your family.

8 Those who live afar off are also astonished at the visible evidences of Your covenant. Every morning and evening gives reasons for joy. 9 You take care of this earth. You water and enrich it by Your power, thus providing food for those who live here. 10 You abundantly satisfy by penetrating deeply, softening, bringing fertility, and prospering the offspring.

11 – 12 Every day of every year is precious to You, and whatever You do prospers, whether in the city or country. 13 Business prospers and the gardens produce good food abundantly, causing us to joyfully triumph in You with singing.

Psalm 64

2009-02-23T05:33:00.000-08:00

1. A song poem by David for the permanent collection. Listen to my problem, Lord.

Keep me from being terrorized by those who hate me. 2 – 3 Don’t let me become the focus of unjust courts, who wound, cause pain and even destroy with their sharp, acrid words. 4 – 6 They intensely accuse anybody (with no respect for truth) and urge each other on to add something even worse, for they think no one hears or sees their unjust plots hidden deep in their hearts.

7 – 9 But God will surprise them. What they devised against others will so suddenly happen to them that they will get beat up. Everyone watching will back off in astonishment as they see how God handled the situation. They will respect Him as they tell others what happened.

10 Those who are honest in heart will rejoice in the Lord and continue to trust Him, thus revealing in their own lives what God is really like.

Psalm 63

2009-02-14T21:30:00.000-08:00

1 – 2 A poem song written by David while he was in the countryside of Judah. God, You are awesome. Each morning I intensely long to be with You so I can experience Your powerful abundance and my delight in being so close to You. 3 I experience joy when I am with You because Your benevolent love is more precious than anything else. 4 I reverently ask Your blessing on me as I celebrate how wonderful You really are. 5 I am being so filled with Your best blessings that I will let Your joy shine through me to others in words and acts. 6 As I think about you, even at night when I am resting, poems and songs come to my mind. 7 – 8 Since You are my help I rejoice to stay so close to You it is like I am holding Your hand. 9 - 10 Those who are trying to ruin me will fall by other’s doings and will eventually be buried. 11 As a leader I will rejoice in the Mighty God along with everyone else who has accepted a love based covenant relation with You, God. Those who continue to talk what does not come from God will eventually be ‘shut up’.

Psalm 62

2009-02-12T02:55:00.000-08:00

1 A praising poem/song by David for the permanent collection. I am quietly yet confidently waiting for sure victory from the Mighty God. 2 Since He is my only security, prosperity and refuge, I won’t leave Him.

3 How long will you plan to overwhelm someone else? Those of you who think that way will die, for you are even now like a crumbling wall that is about to fall down. 4 They conspire to drive others away from His majestic excellence by pleasant sounding lies – affirming and congratulating them but inwardly thinking contemptuously.

5 My heart, quietly yet eagerly look to God for power to live. 6 He protects, gives health and defends me so I won’t tremble or slip and fall. 7 The God who gives victory, security and abundance is where I go for protection. 8 Have confidence in God all the time, share with Him all that concerns you, for you can trust Him.

9 People who are low in society are frail, like a mist. People high in society are also deceptive. Comparatively speaking, they are all empty. 10 When dealing with others don’t use force or plunder. If you become wealthy don’t let it control you.

11 God said it, and I’ve heard it more than once myself, that all power, praise, glory and splendor belong to Him. 12 Lord, You are good, kind and loving, and make a covenant of peace with every person who accepts Your ways.

Psalm 61

2009-02-09T04:32:00.000-08:00

1 A lively, short poem song, teach one primary thought. To be accompanied with stringed instruments. Written by David for the permanent collection.

O God, carefully listen to me and understand what I am trying to say. 2 No matter where I am I will address You by name. When depression tries to cover me, lift me out of it completely and into Your presence.

3 You have been to me like a secure garden filled with lovely and fragrant flowers - a hiding place from those hostile to me. 4 I choose to stay in your special protected presence from now on. I trust You to lovingly protect me and care for me. Music pause.

5 Mighty God, You have heard my covenant promises to You and have responded by giving me Your 'Father blessing' (which You give those who reverently submit to Your love authority). 6 - 7 My King Jesus lives forever. Give me mercy (treat me kindly even though I don't deserve it), build me up and protect me, thus revealing who You really are.

8 I will joyfully sing to You from now on, Lord, which will empower me to daily keep my covenant promises to You.

Psalm 108

2009-02-07T12:50:00.000-08:00

1 - 2 A religious poem song by David. O Majestic God, I have chosen to use my poetry to sing, with string instruments such as a psaltery and harp, as a way to express my excitement – even early in the morning. 3 I will celebrate you, O Lord, when I am with my family or with other people as well. 4 Your intense benevolence and loving favor surrounds the whole earth. 5 - 6 God, Your reputation is higher than anyone else, which equips me with the right kind of strength and gives me answers.

7 - 8 The Creator speaks. “I will joyfully triumph as I smooth out high places and level off valleys, claiming the rocky regions as well as the choice, fruitful lands. Praise my form of government. 9 I also claim dominion over the least esteemed areas - all the way from the desert to the coast. Shout and give Me applause. 10 Now, who will give me authority to conquer the strongholds of those still against me?”

11 Mighty God, does what You just said mean You didn’t reject us? You didn’t leave our armies? 12 Then remove us from the tight situation we are in right now, for any human help is worthless. 13 Since the Almighty God has not accepted those who are antagonistic toward us, by His power we shall perform efficiently and valiantly.

Psalm 60

2009-02-06T06:42:00.000-08:00

1 A triumphant, teaching poem for the permanent collection, to be accompanied by trumpets. Written by David when he waged war against Syria, northeast of Damascus – when Joab returned and killed 12,000 Edomites in the valley of salt pits.

O Mighty God, You have rejected us with intense passion. Restore Your relationship with us again. 2 You have made our land to shake and split; repair and wholly restore, for it is falling apart. 3 You have showed Your family such intense things we’re overwhelmed (because it is beyond our capacity to comprehend).

4 You have designated a sign for those who trust You so what You are really like will be revealed even in their faces (music pause). 5 You love me so much You will set me free, giving me ample space as you sing me into Your prosperous presence.

6-8 The Creator speaks. “I will joyfully triumph as I smooth out high places and level valleys, claiming the rocky regions as well as the choice, fruitful lands. Praise my government. I also take dominion over the least esteemed areas - all the way from the desert to the coast. Shout and applaud to Me. 9 Now, who will give me authority to conquer the strongholds of those against me?”

10 Mighty God, does what You just said mean You didn’t reject us? You didn’t leave our armies?

11 Remove us from the tight situation we are in right now then, for human help is not sufficient and actually worthless.

12 Since Almighty God has not accepted those antagonistic toward us, by His power we are shall perform efficiently and valiantly.

Psalm 59

2009-01-23T10:48:00.000-08:00

1. A poem written by David (about when Saul commanded David’s house to be guarded to kill David). For the permanent collection - do not destroy.

Rescue and safely protect me from those who hate me, my Mighty God. 2 Snatch me away from crooked and fraudulent mischief makers and set me free from those trying to kill me. 3 Cruel, harsh people set traps to ambush me, (but it isn’t because I rebelled against You or missed Your plan for me, Lord). 4 – 5 They rush upon me in a hostile way, so be extra alert and care about me, Supreme God – You who are in charge of your earth family. Attentively watch what everyone is doing but don’t show favor to those who treacherously cause trouble and refuse to agree with You.

6 – 7 Like a pack of dogs prowling around at night, they growl and are boisterously fierce. Their words, like garbage, gush out sharp and acrid because they think “who cares?”.

8 But You, Supreme Lord, will not only annul their words into ridiculous jokes, but all who don’t respect and love You will end up in a stammering condition.

9 I will celebrate how strong and powerful You are, my Judge, Ruler and secure Refuge. 10 You eagerly anticipate what I need and let me see Your responses to my oppressors.

11 – 12 Don’t kill them, though, lest my family forgets.

Excellent Lord (You who have protected us) cause them, as vagabonds, to wander as they sink down under their burden of guilt of proud attitudes and lying, poisonous words which broke Your covenant. 13 Let those intense emotions exhaust them, until they learn by experience that the Almighty God is still in authority in the whole world.

14 – 15 O.K. Let them loudly growl and noisily complain, like a pack of dogs prowling around at night as they wander outside the protected place – grumbling because they aren’t satisfied.

16 But I will celebrate Your conquering boldness with singing. Yes, I will shout with rejoicing in the morning about Your goodness and faithfulness. You have been my stronghold and way of escape when my enemies were after me. 17 I make joyful music to You, God, for You are my benevolent, Love Power.

Psalm 58

2009-01-19T14:16:00.000-08:00

1. For the permanent collection (do not destroy). A special poem written by David.

Have you come to right conclusions in your mind? Are your criticisms and condemnations valid? 2 In reality your heart emotions are so violently perverted that your actions toward others become oppressively cruel. 3-5 This hostility, which is caused by the lies you believe, passes on as an inheritance to your children. Then they also believe and speak burning, acid, lie based words. Neither will they listen to or accept what anyone else says no matter how true it might be.

6-7 Lord, You are the only One who can break through their defensive cover of lies, reach them, wash away the contempt and enable the lies to be exposed, which will ultimately destroy those errors.

8 Let every lie melt away as slime dries up in sunlight. Let all falsehoods be buried as a baby who died at birth.

9 God will intensely and rapidly sweep away all lies - both new and old - even before you might realize what is happening.

10 Those who choose the right will leap for joy as they experience cleansing from all the lies which had previously caused hostility and separation between them and God.

11 Even hypocrites will admit: "Yes, God rewards those who agree with Him." God vindicates Himself right here on this earth.

Psalm 57

2009-01-06T12:21:00.000-08:00

1. For the permanent music collection (do not destroy). Written by David when he was hiding in a cave while fleeing from Saul.

Show pity, and treat me with favor, O Mighty God. I am confident You will protect me until these present calamities become history.

2 I call to You, O True God, who is exalted in heaven - as well as my Hero who completely takes care of me. 3 You will reach out to free me by Your zeal, love and truth from the taunts of this man who is attempting to trample me down and kill me.

4 Roaring and yelling surround me. People spew out burning, acrid words. Seige is laid on me with cutting, blasphemous language.

5 O Mighty God, Your splendor, reputation and honor be exalted above everything visible.

6 Their determined plans to trap me as I move from place to place depress me and cause me to feel worthless and empty. Yet, in those very plots they laid for me they themselves have been entrapped.

7-9 I am determined to honor the True God through song and instruments. I will act triumphantly, including singing joyful music in the mornings. I will agree with You, God, and reverently submit to Your will when I am with my family - those who love You - as well as when I am with those not related to or in agreement with me.

10-11 Your benevolent favor and great love fills the whole earth and reaches as high as the visible heavens. You are exalted above everything, O God. Let who You really are and what You are really like be fully revealed to everyone, everywhere.

Psalm 56

2008-12-23T08:23:00.000-08:00

1 -2 - For the permanent collection, (to the tune 'The silent dove of far-off places) written by David (was not in the collection for a while) when he was held in Gath, an important Philistine city.

Show favor to me, O God, and make me acceptable to You. People try to walk all over me and daily force me by fighting with me in order to crush me. They keep twisting and turning, making it hard for me to deal with them. 3 - 4 But, when I am tempted to get terrified, I renew my determination to have confidence - feel safe - in You, God, by boasting in You (usuing Your own words) to boldly declare my security in You. I will not dread or even be afraid of what people try to deal out to me. 5 - 6 All the time they twist or stretch what I say. They spend all their time thinking up malignant and even vicious tales against me. They secretly figure out ways they can assissinate my reputation and character. 7 Are they going to be successful? In Your full power, God, cause those people to sink down. 8 You have an accurate record of my aimless wanderings and have legally documented all my pain and tears. 9 When I read that record aloud, then those who hate me will fall backard. The reason I know this is that the Divine Judge is on my side. 10 I will tell how wonderful the Creator God's Words are and how Awesome He is. 11 I have so much confidence in my Divine Judge that I will not be afraid what people can do to me. 12 I am in a covenant of peace with You - my True God - and I am in full agreement with the provisions. 13 You have recovered me - my physical life, my passions and my mind - from dying, that I may come into the Light - the full Life - of Your Presence entirely restored.

Psalm 55

2008-12-19T17:03:00.000-08:00

1. A contemplative, minstrel type song written by king David for the permanent collection.
(prayer)
Listen carefully to my earnest petition, Divine Judge and don't hide your mercy and grace from me. 2 Please hear and answer me otherwise I'm aimlessly wandering around as I grumblingly complain to myself. 3 Those angry with me noisily have made accusing me of all sorts of crimes and unjustly opposing me in hostile ways. 4 - 5 The horrible accusations hurt me so bad I feel like I'm dying - my whole body shakes and shudders. 6 - 7 O, if I had wings I would fly away to some far off hideaway, make a nest and quietly rest. (music pause) 8 I'd quickly slip away from this whirling tempest. 9 - 11 Lord, let their own confusing words fall back on them.

(contrasting other previous problems with current challenge)
I have seen what happens when city people get violent, quarrel and fight. Day and night that kind of person looks trouble and then rushes headlong into it. Violence and treachery never ceases in the city streets. 12 - 14 But my problem right now isn't a foreign adversary attacking me (I could take that), or a public enemy twisting things out of proportion against me (I even know how to handle them). My real problem is that you (the one against me right now) used to be a personal, intimate friend of mine. We enjoyed doing things together, accepting each other's counsel and even unitedly worshiping God.
(Response and request for an answer) 15 Let death come to you. But if you still live, let it be in exile because of your inurious, malignant thoughts and enotions. 16 - 17 As for me, I will loudly petition the True Judge every morning and evening as well as throughout the day. He will listen to me and victoriously set me free. 18 - 19 He has already given me His peace in my heart from this conflict - because many others have petitioned the True God for me. With the voice of singing the Mighty God will grant my request, since He is and always has been around.
(underlying problems) It is because people haven't matured that they don't respect the Supreme Judge and reverently submitted to Him. 20 - 21 We were in a covenant of peace between us, but war broke out in your heart. Your words were soft, tender and flattering - but really (but hypocritical), for since you violated our covenant you 'divorced' yourself from it.
(conclusions)
22 Let God carry the burden of what He permits to happen - we can't handle it -but He cares completely for you. He will never allow those who belong to Him to be removed or turned from His right way. 23 But You, Mighty God, will let those who are dumb and stupid concerning Your will for them sink down into deep depression. Those who are crafty and treacherous will often die early. But as far as I am concerned, I choose to be confident in God's love plan for me.

Psalm 53

2008-12-12T18:35:00.000-08:00

1 To the regular music director, a contemplative song, to be sung with a soothing harp accompaniment. Foolish people think nobody can 'boss them around' or tell them what to do. But they are all messed up, injured and have badly distorted views - which leads to wrong actions and even violence. Actually, no one is doing what really brings joy. 2 From where He resides in heaven, the One True God is watching everyone here on earth, looking to see if anyone has enough insight to claim God's help. 3 Everyone has moved away from God and unitedly become tainted, corrup and sour. Not one person has matured into a joy filled life in full agreement with God. 4 Don't those who do their own way understand? They devour God's family as they would eat bread, and they don't pay any attention to God. 5 But then trembling terror comes - even though there is nothing really to be afraid of - because God steps in and scatters those who turn against God's family. God, You disconcert and disappoint them because You have let them go. 6 O that deliverance by God of His overcomers had already happened. When God sets His family free, even Jacob (the heel catcher and supplanter) will celebrate with joy.

Psalm 52

2008-12-11T16:14:00.000-08:00

1. A poem song for the permanent collection. Written after Doeg (Fearful) reported to King Saul (asked for) that David (beloved) was being sheltered by Ahimelech (my brother is king). Why are you making such a fool of yourself and creating such a loud noice because you proudly think you are so strong? God is with US all of the time. 2 You imagine and calculating speak hammered out, sharp words to mislead, deceive and spread lies. 3 -4 What you really want to do is what hurts Jehovah, rather than to know what pleases Him. You would rather break a covenant than keep your promises to the Lord. Your tongue 'loves' to be crafty, treacherous and destructive. 5 The Mighty 'God with us' will destroy you - throw you away - from the land of the living. 6 - 7 His will family will watch and even laugh, saying "this person didn't trust in the Almighty God but felt safe in his riches and secure in his conniving 'plans'. 8 But in the spendor and brilliance of lighted oil in God's house I have confidence in the True God's mercy from now on. 9 I agree with You forever, God, for You put things in order. I will expectantly, joyfully wait for You - along with the rest of Your family who love You.

Psalm 51

2008-12-06T05:52:00.000-08:00

1. A song of David for the permanent music collection after Nathan the prophet showed him his sin with Bathsheba. Bend down to me and give me favor that I don't deserve, Supreme Judge. Treat me according to how great Your compassion is toward me by erasing the record of my revolt against You. 2 - 3 Clean me up from all my crimes, for I now recognize how I broke away from You - those thoughts stand out boldly in my mind. 4 You are the One I separated from and chose my 'good for nothing' way instead of Your will for me. I have finally come to agree with Your view about what I did. 5-6 Look, I was born with inherited tendencies to go the wrong way, yet Your goal is to permanently trtansform me from the inside so I can be truly wise. 7 Take away my wrong attitudes (which lead me to wrong actions) and then I will be right, pure and no longer contaminated. Deep clean me so I will no longer be filthy (contaminated like I just got back from battle). 8 Make me to experience Your joy filled welcome so that even what I had perceived as my strength - but which collapsed when in Your Presence - will spin around in a dance of intense JOY. 9 Don't look at my crimes (in other words, delete all my moral evil). 10 God, put into the very center of me (my heart) a clean spirit, right motives, positive attitudes - a new life. 11 -12 Don't throw me to where I can't see You or where Your life is taken away from me, but rather turn me to where I experience Your joyful welcome as Your liberating Spirit voluntarily embraces me. 13 That kind of experience will enable me to strongly encourage those who have broken away from Your just authority to return to You, and even guilty criminals will come back to Your will and way. 14 -15 You rescued me from my guilt of murder, O God of freedom, so I will shout and sin of how right You are - as You give me appropriate words to boldly describe Your real character and ways. 16 You don't want animals killed as a substitute for me, or I would do it. You aren't happy, either, to see their carcasses burn on an altar. 17 What You really want, Supreme God, is for me - bruised, collapsed and crumbing as I am - to come to You (and You won't scorn or despise me when I do come).
18 -19 Do Your beautiful work and express delight in the peace and protection You bring to earth. Then You will be pleased as I rightfully offer my whole mind and passion filled strength to belong to You and to do Your will.

Psalm 50

2008-11-20T09:02:00.000-08:00

1- 2 A poem song for the permanent collection. The Creator God of the Universe has given a summons from His permanent residence - which is full of His light emitting Presence - to everyone who lives on this earth. 3 - 5 Very soon He will come - but not secretly (or quietly) this time. Fire will flame out before Him and the very atmosphere encircling Him will roll, swirl and billow. He will cause everyone - no matter who they are or where they are - to answer His summpons to meet with Him so He can plead the cause of all who choose to accept His covenant with them, and to gather them together to Him. 6 The whole universe will agree with His right choices, for the Almighty God will vindicate Himself. (pause for music)

7 I, the Almighty God, speak first to those who have accepted my covenant promise to make them My family. Listen, there is a problem. 8 the offerings and sacrifices you always bring to Me aren't the problem. 9 - 11 I'm not asking for more of anything for every living creature already belongs to Me - be they tame or wild animals in field and forest or even flying birds or insects. 12 If I got an intense desire for any of them I wouldn't tell you, for the whole world already belongs to me. 13 Honestly, (think about it) do I even eat animals or drink blood? 14-15 Just thank Me for what I do for you; keep your promise of loyalty to Me and call Me for help whenever you need it. I will deliver you and you will honor Me by giving Me full credit.

16 - 17 Now I, the Supreme God, speak to those who don't agree with Me. What right do you have to talk about My ways or claim any advantages of agreeing with Me? You don't respect Me or even listen to Me. 18 - 19 You do approve of what thieves do and even share their booty; you co-habit with anyone who disagrees with Me; you speak hurtful, false, crafty, treacherous words even when at home with your family or when talking to others about your family. 21 I haven't responded to you while you were doing what I've just mentioned, so you came to believe I was just like you. But now it's My turn to speak so you can see things the way they really are. 22 Those of you who choose not to care about Me - the Excellent God - understand one thing (so you don't end up some time simply in pieces with no value). 32 When you thank Me, you reveal who I am really like. When you agree with Me and choose to cooperate with Me, I will save you and you will be able to see Me face to face - to know and experience who I really am.

Psalm 49

2008-11-09T03:15:00.001-08:00

Listen carefully to what I am about to share. Everyone, no matter what their race, creed, economic status or educational level, needs to understand what I have thought about it and will share, for it is very appropriate. Listen as I sing, accompanied with a string instrument.

Why should I become fearful when times get bad, even when consequences of my own wrong choices and actions 'catch up' with me? Some believe wealth can buy them out of ‘trouble’. But money can’t ‘save’ a person. You can’t ‘buy’ out God to free yourself, or anyone else, from condemnation. (But isn’t it also awesome that a full ransom has already been paid for each human being.)

Everyone, whether they are wise or foolish, rich or poor, when they die they leave everything behind.

They may even have named their property after themselves, but they still die, just like animals. It is really foolish, but those who live on try to keep their loved one’s memory alive. (meditate on that more) But the truth is, when they die they are put into a grave and deteriorate back to ‘dust’. Those who are still alive go on with their lives and eventually do forget about those who die. But God will cut me free from death’s power and will give back to me His life. (meditate on that more)

Don’t let getting rich consume you, or your life’s ambition become just to have a fabulous place to live. Remember, when you die nothing goes with you. It is nice to have good things and others speak good of you, but when you die its all over (curtain call). Highly esteemed people who don’t know God’s way to live are just like animals when they die.

Psalm 48

2008-10-30T06:32:00.000-07:00

1 - 3 A strolling minstrel type poem/song with guitar accompaniment. The Awesome Creator God is to be greatly celebrated at the special place designated and protected by Him. Joy and light vibrate from where the Great King meets with us and in the Supreme God's presence we are protected.
4 -7 Look! The Leaders of this earth were all summoned and arrived together. What they saw caused them to tremble violently in fear and writhe in pain (as a woman having hard 'labor pains' when birthing a baby) as they saw You, yet hurried to get away from You, God, as You broke up international trade and communications, as with just a strong breath.
8 Sit up, take notice; The Creator God of the Universe is in control. (music pause)
9 - 11 We have studied how loving and kind You are to us, as well as the rest of Your true characteristics, so now we are sharing with everyone how good, right and awesome You really are. Let all who are loyal to You join with us as we joyfully celebrate Your loving authority.
12 - 13 First get a accurate picture of the loving Creator God in your own mind and then go out and share what you have learned with others who haven't yet had a correct understanding of Him.
14 The Supreme God, our God for ever, will always be with us because of what He did to save us - His Son died.

Psalms 47

2008-10-20T16:14:00.000-07:00

1 - 2 A poem set to music for the permanent collection. Clap your hands, everyone. Shout with reverent joy to the Creator God who has regained full authority over this earth.
3 - 4 He will arrange people and even nations under our authority. He will choose what is best for us, even us who in times past have given Him lots of problems, because He loves us so much.
5 He ascended from this earth with shouts of joy and trumpet fanfare.
6 - 7 Keep celebrating the Supreme God with all your heart. Sing praises to Him for He has assumed His rightful position of full authority over this earth.
8 The Supreme God has full authority over everyone and His reign is entirely right.
9 The representatives of God's family here on earth are united that God is Supreme.

2008-10-17T16:32:00.000-07:00

Psalm 46
A minstrel type song featuring special sections for soprano voices - for the national collection.
We are confident that the Supreme God is our complete security and entire protection even when things get intensely stressful and 'tight'.
Because of our confidence in God we will not be terrorized even when present powers change, causing tumult, foul play, smear campaigns and even arrogant wars. (music pause)
God's joy filled love flows out from Him to His family and He always protects and surrounds them so they don't waver, slip or fall.
Those who are against God rage, war and cause great havoc. Yet when God speaks they stop, 'fall apart' and 'faint'.
The Self-Existent, Creator God - the One who loves sinners - saves us. (music pause)
Come close so you can see that it is really the Creator God who stops the carnage, wars, ruin and 'melt down' in the earth.
He says: "Slow down to where you know that I, the Supreme God, am above all else in heaven or earth."
The Self-Existent, Creator God - the One who loves sinners - saves us. (music pause)

Psalm 45

2008-10-04T17:44:00.000-07:00

(About Messiah) 1 [A flowing poetic song for skillfully orchestrated music featuring the trumpet.] I overflow with emotion while writing this celebration of heart love (for a royal wedding). (Son) You, Light, are more beautiful than all others. So gracious and kind are Your words Your Father is forever revealed as good and right through You. Prepare your words - your sword - powerful, glorious Warrior, and in Your grand presentation successfully prosper, for You are true and right, yet meek. Your right ways will so reveal how awesome You are that even those who hate You will finally submit to Your authority.

Father, your authority is forever and Your form of government right. You, Son, love equity and hate anything that violates. God gives You more JOY than anyone else because You left Your beloved home and for the joy it would bring You immersed Yourself in the bitterness and pain of this earth to bring healing and deliverance.

Your family here consists of those who develop inseparable relationships with you.
Listen carefully, you who desire to be in this family. Forget your past co-dependent, malfunctioning 'families'. God longs for you to lovingly honor Him, and worship Him as Sovereign. Both hard pressed and wealthy will urge you to tell them of your new relationship.

The bride will shine from within and be clothed, as it were, with shimmering as a clear sky in her presentation with great magnificence to the Father. All who have aided in her preparation will also rejoice and celebrate with her. Instead of human family, connect with those in God's family around the world.

I (God) will make you to be recognized everywhere.

Let all God's family praise Him.

Psalm 54

2008-08-26T10:50:00.000-07:00

1-2 A lively song, written after spies told Saul David's location. Written to teach one specific 'thing'.

O God, listen carefully to me and make the right decision. And please use Your authority and power to set me free.

3 People with no respect for You have harassed me, treated me terrible and have now turned traitor.

(Pause in music)

4-5 How Awesome! You, my Sovereign - the same One who helps those who help me - will turn back and make good for nothing those who are against me so that they will as good as vanish, while I trust You.

6 I lift up my hands in spontaneous praise to You, My God, for how good You really are.

7. You snatch me away from every rival. Now I also see those who are really against me.

Psalm 92

2008-08-11T17:37:00.000-07:00

1.-3. A poem song for Sabbath. Singing praises to our Supreme God accompanied with instruments is a good way to boldly manifest His beauty and faithfulness day and night. Use a piano, guitar and even include a harp for more solemn, meditative themes.

4.-5. O Creator God, You give me joy working in my life. I get so excited I shout as I watch Your actions and activities. Your works are awesome, yet Your thoughts go far deeper.

6. A busy consumer can't figure out what's happening, neither can those just out for a 'good time'.

7.-8. Those who don't agree with You spring up like young grass, but they soon die and are gone - just the opposite of You, Lord, who lives eternally.

9. Those who hate you, Lord, wander off, get scattered and become lost.

10.-11 But my light (which comes from You in the first place) You cause to shine conspicuously, bringing me fresh, abundant life and enabling me to see those who didn't like me when I was 'down' and to hear what happened to those who were against me before I became prosperous.

12. Those who are right with God in their hearts will flourish, be erect and keep growing.

13.-14. When You become part of God's family, you will grow up as in a protected garden, and will continue to be productive and 'fruitful' even as you mature, which will make manifest to everyone that God is unchangeable - as a mighty mountain - and that His way is totally right.

Psalm 44

2008-08-09T20:08:00.000-07:00

1. An instructive musical arrangement for the choir.
(Review of past experiences with God)
Supreme God, we have thoughtfully listened as our fathers have celebrated Your special dealings in their lives as well as sharing Your Story from the very beginning of this earth's history. 2.-3. You expelled spoiled, 'good for nothing' communities and gave Your family lands, not because of their might, but You were the One who was strong and it gave You JOY to satisfy them and make them happy. 4. You, God, are in full control. Keep delivering Your family even though they keep tripping and messing up. 5. In Your power and authority we push, as with horns, through narrow, tight places and trample down whatever is in our way.

(personal commitment)
6.-8. I won't be confident in my own prowess or ingenuity to save me, but You have set us free and disappointed those who hated us, so we choose to celebrate in You and worship You from now on.

(Perceived problem)
9.-11. But it looks to us as though You have insultingly rejected us; You don't fight for us anymore so we are defeated. Those who hate us take what they want, leaving us like lost, scattered sheep to be killed to eat. 12.-14. It's like You have sold us, even though You got no benefit. You permitted us to be disgraced and laughed at by those around us who have taunted us and considered themselves better than us. 15.-16. I am confused as those who hate me loudly revile, defame and shame me.

(person perceptions)
17.-19. This is what has happened to us. But haven't we kept our part of your covenant? Haven't we fulfilled Your will for us? Yet it's like we are surrounded as by dragons and possibly staring death itself in the face, so to speak. 20.-22. But, Lord, we did forget who You really are. We were allured into affairs and had 'flings' with other partners (which You know all about for You know everything in our hearts), so we are now being struck - with intent to kill (by our affair partners) - in an attempt to destroy us.

(appeal to God)
23.-25. My true Sovereign, wake up quick! Don't stay so far away! We are distressed to the point of depression. Don't hide from us - we're almost dead! 26. Pay the ransom for our release entirely on the basis of how kind You really are!

Psalm 91

2008-08-04T10:52:00.000-07:00

1-2 The person who is in love with God will stay very close to their awesome Lover. [He is my Lover too.]

3-4 He will rescue you from covert seductions as well as obvious attempts to destroy your love for Him by surrounding you with His own passionate love. Passionate intimacy with Your lover is what will really protect you 5-6 so You won't panic when you can't see what is happening or even when you can; whether lies are secretly spoken to destroy you or you know you are being attacked.

7-8 Others all around you will lose their love for God and become unfaithful, but it won't break your intimacy with Him. You will see, however, what happens to those who become unfaithful.

9-10 But because you have chosen (as I have) God as your lover, no infidelity will contaminate your thoughts or life.

11-13 Your Lover will also use others who love Him to safeguard you from adultery by teaching you how to passionately repel any obvious temptations and even quickly dismiss all evil insinuations.

14-16 (Your Lover's message to you:) "Because you love Me intimately - having learned who I really am and what I am really like - and fully respect My authority, I will marry you and give you My special name to call Me. When You use My special name I will lovingly respond to you. Even when you get in tight, narrow situations or are crowded by opponents, I will strengthen you with My joyful, satisfying peace filled Presence and will save you in spectacular ways."

Psalm 90

2008-07-17T05:32:00.000-07:00

A prayer hymn written by Moses, a man who loved God.
1 - 2. Sovereign Creator, You are the source of life for everyone on earth. Even before this earth was created You were God, are God and always will be God.
3. - 4. People on this earth get crushed, they crumble and die even as you call to them to return to You. But each generation is a sad repetition of the previous one.
5. - 6. First people grow quickly and flourish like fresh, green grass. But by the end of their lives, like cut grass, they wither in shame, confusion and disappointment.
7. - 9. We try hard to prepare for You, but as You draw near to reveal more of Your passionate love to us, we are afraid we will die as we realize that everything about us - including all our guilty secrets - You see clearly as another sad story.
10. You gave us a full life and at times have even lengthened it. Yet we get proud or depressed, chose wrong or in other ways waste our lives, until we finally die.
11. Does anyone have any real idea how much You intensely love us? Does anyone really know what it means to truly reverence You in gratitude for Your love - life?
12. Harmonize us with You so Your wisdom will flow into our hearts
13. Creator God, how long will it take to come back to us. Enable us to know Your sorrow for and compassion to those who have loved You in return for Your love.
14. Fill us each morning with love we don't deserve so we can shout in triumph that You love to be with us and in experiencing Your love our whole day will brighten.
15. Make us to comprehend that You love to be with us which will counteract the lie we believed that you were against us.
16. - 17. Show us what You are really like so we can share it with our families. Let Your delightful love fill us so we can reveal who You really are through our lives.

Psalm 86

2008-07-11T05:10:00.000-07:00

1. An intercessory prayer written by David. Look at me Lord so I perceive that You hear me better. Please pay attention to me. I feel depressed and destitute, yet I yield myself to You. 2. I am trying to be like You so protect me, Supreme God. Be open to help me for I'm sure You are my only help. 3. Be kind to me, my Sovereign, for I am coming to You all of the time. 4. Give me JOY for I come to You with my life. 5. You, Lord, are good, ready to pardon and are sparing me. You are full of kindness to everyone who comes to You. 6. Listen, Lord, to my request as I speak to you my earnest prayer. 7. When I am having a hard time with others, I please give me Your answer. 8. There is no one else who is like You and who can do what You can do. 9 - 10. Everyone will eventually bow before you and agree that You really are Sovereign and Supreme. 11. Teach me now how You want me to be and live so I am at-one in Your will. 12. I raise my hands in worship to You, Supreme God as a symbol that I am completely Yours. I will honor and respect Your authority from now on.13. You have been so kind to me and have delivered me from eternal death. 14. Those who don't honor you are trying to get me to turn against You like they are, 15 -16. but You, my Sovereign Lord, have come along side me with Your passion and have chosen to reveal to me Your beauty as well as Your stability. Let me experience Your kindness and trustworthiness as You give me Your saving strength.

17. Give me a token of evidence You delight in me so those who hate me will be disappointed because You have protected and comforted me.

Psalm 43

2008-02-05T18:54:00.001-08:00

1. Govern me, Strong and Supreme God, and defend me before those who are not religious, kind or courteous. Slip me away from those who are false and distorted.
2. My Supreme, Strong God and Defender, why do I feel You are failing me or letting me go? Why am I so distressed because of those who are hostile to me?
3. Let Your happiness and trustworthiness transport me into Your sacred, uplifting Presence where You reside.
4. Then I will come into agreement with the Almighty God who loves me to be in His presence. With music I will dance with intense emotions while lifting my hands to You in worship, O my Supreme God.
5. Why do you sink down in depression, O Self? Why is there so much tumult and clamor inside? Be patient and hope in my Supreme God. I will continue to raise my hands in worship to Him who delivers me, makes me joyful and is MY God.

Psalm 42

2008-02-03T03:27:00.000-08:00

1. A teaching poem written for the Levitical family of Korah.
As the male is passionate for a female, so am I passionate for You, my Creator.
2. My whole being craves to see God. Oh! how soon can that happen?
3. Yet while I have intense heart longings, even with tears, folks keep asking me "Would God treat you this way?" or "Where is your God?"
4. When I think about those who asked me these questions it really frustrates me. Why? Well, I had reverently worshiped in church with them, I had sung with them in festival choirs and I had participated with them in processions of praise celebrating God's goodness.
5. Why am I so depressed, then? Why is my heart in such commotion? I choose to be patient and wait for God's will. I will continue to lift my hands in praise to the Creator God for setting me free and giving me victory by looking upon me.
6. Almighty God, I do get discouraged. But I am choosing to think about you and make mention of You to others, both when I am 'down and out' and when I get excited or elated over situations or things.
7. Your power surges over and around me like huge ocean waves.
8. Yet You, Eternal Creator, are kind and courteous all the time. Even in adversity Your songs encourage me and hymns about You revive me.
9. - 10. When I get discouraged I ask God, "Have You forgotten me?" Why do I get so oppressed by those who don't like me. They cramp, crush and defame me while taunting me with "Where is Your God?"
11. Why am I so depressed? Why is my heart in such a tumult? I choose to agree with the Almighty God. I lift my open hands in reverent worship to Him and focus on what He is really like, for He is the One who saves me, delivers me and makes me victorious!

Psalm 41

2008-01-18T17:46:00.000-08:00

1. Music from David for the permanent collection.
The Creator God will preserve the person who carefully considers the needs of those who are feeble and weak, particularly when he faces his own difficulties.
2. The Self-Existent One will support, comfort and keep him alive. God won't allow those who hate him to have their way against him.
3. Jehovah will support him when he is repulsive to others. He will change the circumstances when he gets worn, weak and anxious.
4. I said, "Creator, be moved to favor me and refresh me; I have missed Your will."
5. Those who hate me speak bad about me. "When is he going to die and people forget who he was and what he was really like?
6. When he comes to visit me his words are useless and more like a tempest. He collects what he thinks is trouble so that when he leaves he can tell others about it.
7. The who hate me get together to mumble magical spells against me. They fabricate the spells, plotting to hurt me.
8. They say, "An destructive spell is on him and now that he is down he won't get up,"
9. Even my covenant friend who I had confidence in and who had often eaten with me, betrayed me.
10. Self-Existent One, bend down in kindness to me as to an inferior. Then raise me up, so I can be safe of them.
11. I see that you favor me and are pleased with me because you didn't allow those who have been hostile toward me to get the better of me.
12. And as for me, You follow close to me and keep me close to you for ever.
13. Kneel before the Creator who is Almighty God of the overcomers forever.
So be it, and Amen.

Psalm 39

2008-01-08T17:38:00.000-08:00

1. A peom/song written by David for Israel's permanent music collection.
I said "I will guard my actions and be very careful of any comments I make when those who are abusive and violate others are in my presence."
2. I quit making even good comments - which gave me grief as well.
3. But just thinking about problems and complaining about them to myself stressed me out so much I finally started talking again.
4. Creator God, empower me to recognize my limitations as well as what I can yet accomplish in life, so I can understand my shortcomings.
5. Whoa! You gave me a 'handful' of days, so to speak. My whole lifetime is practically 'nothing' to You. The best a person is and does is at best transitory.
6. What a person does is like a shadow. They get uptight over just about nothing, they try to accumulate lots of 'things', but don't really know who will end up with them.
7. My Sovereign, what is in my future? I wait in You.
8. Snatch me away from anything that causes me to break away from You. Don't let me be disgraced by those who have already been stupid and fallen away.
9. I didn't say anything because of what You did.
10. Stop afflicting me, for I am about finished off by your power.
11. When you correct and instruct a person who has been crooked, beauty shrinks and disappears and everyone becomes empty.
12. Creator God, Hear my intense prayer song. Don't be silent when I - who am more like a stranger or temporary guest - weep.
13. Have compassion on me so I recover strength before my life ends.

Psalm 38

2007-12-29T13:41:00.000-08:00

1. A poem song written by David to remember. O Self-Existent One, don't nag me about how good You are, or correct me with an outburst of rage or intense anger.
2. - 3. Like arrows, conviction settles deep into my heart and I get totally stressed out as You come near to show me where I have missed Your will for my life.
4. Where I have gone wrong overwhelms me as being stupid, dull and way overdone.
5. - 6. I became fascinated in casting spells but I only hurt myself - for they dwindled and vanished. That foolishness is now offensive to me, yet it depresses me all the time.
7. My stomach has 'shrunk'. My whole body (even my sex drive) is messed up.
8. I feel very sluggish - even to the point of collapsing. I moan because of the snarling, growling and contention going on inside of me.
(Prayer to God)
9. Sovereign Lord, You know what will really satisfy and delight me. You also already know everything about what I have just described.
10. I am shaky, weak, and can't even 'see straight' anymore.
11. My friends and co-workers don't like to be around me anymore and can't understand what is wrong with me. Even my family keeps their distance from me.
12. Those who have wanted to hurt me make up stories and spread gossip all the time.
13. -14. I acted as if I were deaf, not hearing what they were saying; and I have acted dumb, not answering them or arguing with them in an attempt to justify or refute what they said.
15. O Self-Existent One, I hope in You - my Supreme God who pays attention to me.
16. Of others I said, "They will find something to twist up and make fun of me about."
17. For I am ready to fall and I grieve and feel sorry for what I did all the time.
18. I choose to acknowledge my perversity. I am sorry where I offended God.
19. But those who are hostile and hate me are strong and there are lots of them.
20. Those who give evil for good are my enemies. I follow - yes, run after - the good.
21. Don't let go of me, my Creator: Almighty God, don't even go very far from me.
22. Please! hurry and eagerly surround me, My Sovereign ruler, my Rescuer.

Psalm 37

2007-12-21T06:55:00.000-08:00

1. Written by David. Don't lose your temper or 'melt down' with passion about those who spoil things or making them good for nothing. Don't get jealous of those who do things to distort reality and truth either.
2. Why? Because they themselves by their choices and actions sooner or later will 'melt down'; be cut off like grass in a yard; wilt and fall away like sickly, dying vegetation.
3. Put your confidence in the Self-Existent One as your power source to do good. This will enable you to permanently live in the land and be taken care of properly by God.
4.As you delight (are soft and pliable) in your relation to the Creator, He will give you what you really want - your heart's true desire.
5. Roll on to (completely give) the Creator the full responsibility for guiding your life. Be confident in Him and He will do what is best - for you and through you.
6. He will reveal how you are right by choosing to accept His covenant, which will also enlighten others about what God's love law is really like and what choosing to be in a love based covenant with Him truly means.
7. Let go of any lies about the Self-Existent One that prevent you from genuinely expressing your love passion for Him - even to the point of whirling around in a dance of excitement in your relationship with Him. Don't get mad or bent out of shape, however, when others prosper by planning and using wrong or deceptive ways to achieve their success.
8. Take a deep breath when you get angry and accept that you have that emotion. But don't lose your temper (get all bent out of shape) and copy the ways of those who spoil and make good for nothing.
9. Those who break up or make things good for nothing will consume (melt down), but those who bind themselves to the Creator will one day occupy this earth, taking the place of those who used to live here.
10. For shortly those who disturb, violate, and be or do wrong will be no more and you will fully understand what happened to them and why they are no longer around.
11. Those who gently and willingly agree with the Creator will live in the earth and delight in the abundant peace provided through God's love covenant with them.
12. Some people plot to disturb the peace of those who are right. They work hard (especially with sharp words) to make them as miserable as possible.
13. But my Sovereign Lord laughs at them for He knows their future.
14. Those who do wrong use all their resources to desolate and destroy. They set traps for the destitute, to try to get them to fall from being right in their life course.
15. Their parching and destructive actions, however, will so affect themselves that their strength will break and burst.
16. The value of few possessions while being right with God far exceeds the stress and unhappiness experienced by those who violate and abuse others.
17. The destructive force of abusers will loses power sooner or later; but the Creator holds on to those who choose His right will.
18. God knows what is happening even now to those who agree with Him, and His plans include an awesome inheritance for them that will last forever.
19. With God's inheritance waiting for them, God's family won't get discouraged when times get 'bad'. Even when food gets in short supply God takes care of them.
20. But abusers will sooner or later lose - like burning fat they will go up in smoke.
21. Those who borrow but don't return are wrong, but God's family shares resources.
22. God's inheritance for His family includes living on this earth. Ignoring God's covenant by choosing another will or way will result in nothing - not even a life.
23. God has plans for His family and they are happy to please God in their life.
24. Even though they may make mistakes, God doesn't cast them out. Instead He holds them up and continues to guide them with His power.
25. From my youth until now I have not seen those who do right and are cleansed by God let go of by Him. Neither have I seen their children begging for food.
26. God's family members prosper by always being kind and staying united.
27. So don't try to spoil others, but rather be pleasant and joyful to keep really living.
28. God's law is love and He doesn't stop protecting those who love Him. But even the families of those who break their covenant with God will consume away.
29. Those who are right with God will permanently occupy the earth and live in places where previous dwellers had been.
30 - 31. Those right with God think and speak wisely, and because God's law of love is in their hearts even their actions are not wrong.
32. But those who are in the wrong intently search for some way to bring God's family members under the power of their incantations or witchcraft spells.
33. The Creator will not give the control of His family to those who are wrong. He will not accept condemnations against those who have chosen to belong to Him.
34. Bind yourself to Your Creator, and by His power in you live the way He chooses for you. He will raise you up and give you an inheritance in the earth. You will see this happen after those who broke His covenant with them are no longer.
35 - 36. I've watched abusers harass and demolish others to supposedly prosper, yet then they disappeared and when I enquired about them later they couldn't be found.
37. Watch those who have accepted God's will and you will see peace in action.
38. But those who break away from God's covenant with them will end in nothing.
39. Those who covenant with the Creator God receive His strength, even in trouble.
40. The Self-Existent One surrounds His family. He will slip them away from their abusers, set them free and keep them safe because they flee to Him for protection.

Psalm 36

2007-12-11T17:38:00.000-08:00

1. Written for the permanent music collection by David as service to God.
(Observations of those not in agreement with God)
1 - 2. The actions of those who are revolting against the Creator's just authority shows they have no real reverent submission to God in them. They think they are doing just fine by themselves - until finally their crooked ways get to look disgusting even to them.
3. The idols and 'stars' - whom they revere as 'great' - they talk constantly about and the 'lies' they believe shows they lack real intelligence or the ability to be truly successful.
4. They spend time and effort, involving intense passion, to honor and revere their stars and idols even though it ruins their lives and makes them good for nothing.
(Contrast with the Creator God and His family)
5 - 6. Creator God, You live in heaven with your loyal subjects. You are kind, just, right, trustworthy and true - which is how you govern the whole universe - and are as strong as mountains. When you make a decision it stands. And God, You are the only One who gives life to human beings as well as all other living creatures.
7. Wow! That You, Supreme God, are kind and courteous to humans is awesome. This is why human beings confide in you and trust You to defend and protect them.
8. They will be completely satisfied with the abundance of being Your family. You will refresh them with living water and they will be delighted with your luxuries.
9. You are the source of refreshing life. In your happiness we experience real joy.
10. Continue treating those who have chosen to experience belonging to your loyal family with Your kindness, courtesy, rightness and justice.
11. Please don't let those who choose their own way cause me to change my mind from belonging to You.
(A glance back)
12. Those who do other than God's will fall down and won't be able to get up any more.

Psalm 35

2007-12-08T15:05:00.000-08:00

1. By David.
(his requests to God)
My Creator, in your intense power come near to those who 'feed' on me (in their attempt to consume me); toss those who are against me.
2. Fasten me to You; defend and guard me. Rise up and surround me to protect me.
3. Pour out Your power, stopping those who oppose me. Remind me: "I set you free."
4. Let those chasing after me get so emotionally wounded that they are entirely confused even as they fabricate plots to spoil me, thus making me worthless and good for nothing.
5 - 6. Let the wind of Your messenger running and chasing after them press upon them even while the course of life they have chosen is making them miserable and lonely.
(Expressing his feelings)
7. For no good reason they have secretly tried to ruin me and even to destroy my life.
8. Let the very destruction they planned for me come upon them by surprise.
9. I will dance for joy as I praise the Creator for setting me free and making me safe.
10. Every part of me will say "Lord, who else but You snatches those who accept Your will away from those who are violently bold? You alone rescue those who choose to belong to You from those who would rob them of everything - even their life."
11. People falsely testified that I did things I don't even know anything about.
12. They treated me bad to try to make me suffer even though I treated them good.
13 - 14. But when they got sick or had problems I felt sorry for them as if they were a brother, or a good friend. I prayed to God for them - at times just quietly in my heart, while at other times as intensely as though I were mourning for my own mother.
15 -16. But when I stumbled or fell, however, they feasted, and together with other mean, hypocritical mockers gossiped about my faults, even painting their faces to ridicule me all the time, and all this was going on without my knowledge.
(Petition to God concerning his situation)
17. Sovereign God - You who are in full control - how long will You just watch? Rescue me, as well as my loved ones, from destruction by those people acting like wild lions!
(Faith based response)
18. With many others I hold out my hands to You in reverent worship, praising you by sharing what You are really like and relating what great things You have done.
(Reviewing perceptions)
19. Don't let those who hate me wrongfully get satisfaction or profit because of me.
20 - 21. They're not trying to make peace. They arrange deceptive situations to make it look like they know things they don't really know, then they falsely testify that they have evidence against me - simply to disrupt peace.
(Prayer)
22 - 23. You, O Self-Existent One, have seen what has been going on. Please don't leave me alone. Always stay close enough to hear me. And even more, my Supreme Sovereign, do something to vindicate and defend.
24. Govern me, O Supreme Creator according to your right way.
24-25. Don't let those who would destroy me gloat over me - even in their hearts - thinking, "Aha, he is destroyed just as we wanted it to happen to him".
26. Let anyone become pale and confused who gets excited when I hurt. Wrap them up as discarded idols in disgrace who put themselves over me.
27. Let those who agree with my choice to belong to God be joyful. With shouting declare: "Let the Creator who made a love covenant with His servants be magnified."
28. I will keep pondering God's rightness and equity. I will praise You, Creator, all day long.

Psalm 34

2007-11-29T18:28:00.000-08:00

1. Written by David after changing his behavior before Abimelech, who then chased him out, enabling David to escape.
I will speak good about the Creator all the time, and I will worship Him in song.
2. I will celebrate about what the Creator did so that even those who were depressed will hear and become encouraged.
3. Join me in an increasing understanding of the Creator and also in exalting Him.
4. I frequently and worshipfully talked to the Creator and He attentively listened to me, taking away my fears and anxieties.
5. Everyone who sincerely looks to God will become cheerful - not disappointed.
6. When I was depressed I called out to the Lord. He attentively listened to me and set me free from every one of my difficulties.
7. God's messengers surround and properly equip those who submit to Him.
8. Use all your senses to perceive God's goodness, for those who have an attitude of confidence in Him will prosper and be happy.
9. You have been cleaned up by the Lord and consecrated to Him so agree with Him. Those who reverently submit to His will for them won't lack or be deficient.
10. Whole towns become destitute and hungry, but those who follow the Creator and worship Him will not fail of receiving what He sees is best for them.
11. Come families, attentively listen to me as I diligently guide and mentor you how to properly and reverently submit to the Creator's will.
12. Do you want to live a really exciting life as well as live that way a long time?
13. First, be very careful that what you say is not deceitful, a lie or hurtful.
14. Second, stop doing anything bad and make sure all you do counts for good.
Third, Really strive to be peaceful, happy and friendly with others.
15. God is carefully watching those who have accepted His making them right and He attentively listens whenever they ask for help in any situation.
16. God doesn't watch with the same care those who choose to be contrary to His will. Even those who lived on earth with them will forget about them.
17. When those who agree with God let Him know their problems He intelligently listens and then takes them away from both their difficulties and their rivals.
18. The Lord approaches a spiritually born person, giveingthem His life.
19 - 20. Our Divine Example was afflicted in every way possible, but His Heavenly Father rescued Him, guarding and protecting Him so that He was not destroyed.
21. Spoiling God's plans by considering them as 'good for nothing' leads to death. Those who hate God's family (those who accepted His will for them) will also die.
22. The Creator preserves His family. Not one who confides in Him will perish.

Psalm 33

2007-11-23T15:35:00.000-08:00

(Worship)
1. Shout for joy - all who agree with the Creator - in honor to Him.
2. It is appropriate for those made right by God to celebrate with hymns and other suitable music as they extend their open hands upward to Him and accompanied by instruments such as the piano, guitar, cello, violins (and other string type instruments) blended together in beautiful harmony.
3. Sing daily to Him. Learn new arrangements of songs recounting God's words and actions. Even include other instruments - like trumpets and such.
4. God arranges right ways; His actions build up and encourage trust in Him.
(Reasons)
5. The Creator's right and virtuous emotions, as revealed in His divine law, are deep and intense. This earth is full of His beauty, kindness and courtesy.
6. By the choice of the Creator the whole universe - including this earth - were created by His life-giving power flowing out from Him.
7. With spectacular display He sent out His love (life) in waves of creative activity while reserving some of His life giving energy for future use.
(Response)
8 - 9. Let everyone show awe to the Creator by respecting Him and having affection for Him as His family, since He brought everything into existence.
(Choices)
10. The Creator makes of none effect the plans and resolutions of those who turn their back to Him. He neutralizes their lies and plots against Him.
11. Even though at times they may be concealed or veiled, the Creator has plans of love for every person He has ever made.
12. Those who worship the Creator God as supreme are happy and will prosper, particularly those families who accept God's choice for them to be included in receiving their inheritance from Him as their Father.
13 - 14. The Creator lives in heaven yet He still observes and supervises with deep care what is happening here on earth concerning every human being.
15. He made each human heart to properly function in the same basic way and He understands what each person is doing and why.
16. Those in authority are not made secure by wealth or by having many influential people around them. And just because a person has position or power, that doesn't keep trouble and problems away either.
17. Always being busy or working super fast won't necessarily produce true satisfaction even with good organization and sufficient help to carry out the plans.
18 -19. The Creator watches those who reverently and patiently submit to His plans for them, and accept His care for them even when others are going hungry.
(Observations)
20. Our life energy comes from the Creator who surrounds and protects us.
21.We will be joyful in God because we accept His divine authority.
(Prayer)
22.Let Your kindness be revealed in us, O Lord, as we are patient in You

Psalm 32

2007-11-12T07:24:00.001-08:00

1. A teaching song/poem written by David. Happiness and right! Quarrels, revolt, and apostasy lifted; misses filled up and offenses covered.
2. Happy the person who the Creator doesn't demand 'pay' for crooked, evil actions and when one's own attitude is not treacherous or deceptive.
3 - 4. When I ignored or fabricated excuses for my wrong attitudes and/or actions, my body wore out and became weak from guilt I carried all the time. Day and night Your Spirit worked so intensely on me that my vigor dried up like dry, cracked ground in a summer drought. (pause)
5. I finally saw how I missed Your will for me, and how crooked my ways were and I quit hiding. I said, "I let go of my revolt against the Creator." You lifted the guilt of my crooked ways where I had missed Your will for me. (pause.)
6. This is what those who love God pray for while He is still available - for oftentimes when people have great problems they get so discouraged they no longer reach out to come near to God for themselves.
7. You, my hiding place and cover, will guard me from being crowded by opponents and surround me with exuberant shouts of joy while delivering me, as You say to me: (pause)
8. "I will give you intelligent answers, pointing out My course of life for you to walk. I will guide and advise you with My eye.
9. Don't keep running around but don't become a hermit either. Those kinds of people have to be restrained or else they hurt others."
10. Those who do not accept God's plans for them multiply their grief, anguish and pain, but those who run for refuge, with confidence, to the Self-Existent One will be surrounded with kindness and beauty.
11. All you who agree with God be glad, spin around and shout for joy with all your heart, mind and soul - everything you have.

Psalm 31

2007-11-08T17:05:00.000-08:00

1-2. Written by David for the permanent music collection. My Creator, I flee to You for protection; don't disappoint me. Listen carefully to me because of how good You really are and then quickly snatch me away, enabling me to escape. Be my fortified, enclosed refuge and stay close beside me to keep me - your family - safe.
3. Because of who You really are - Your authority, and staying right with me as my fortress - guide, sustain and protect me.
4. As my Defense, drive away all who have secretly controlled me, and set me free from them.
5. I give You complete control of my life, for You, Almighty, all powerful God, have saved and preserved me.
6. I hate those who dwell upon what is fictional, useless, evil and leads astray from You, but I am sure that the Creator God takes care of me.
7 - 8. I will dance with intense joy because of how kind You have been to me. You saw how depressed I was and how tightly others crowded me, but You didn't let those who have been so hostile toward me have control of my life. Instead You stood me up and enabled me to view life from the much broader perspective of Your freedom.
9. Stoop in kindness to me, O Lord, especially in my cramped, distressing situation. I have cried so much over what has been troubling me that my eyes feel dry, my stomach hurts and even my bones ache.
10. My whole life seems to be about over because of this intense stress - my vitality and energy are gone; even my bones have shrunk due to this stress.
11. Even those who didn't like me were embarrassed about me but particularly those who lived around me were afraid of what I might do and didn't want to be around me.
12. People have forgotten me as though I were someone who was already dead - like a broken dish that has been thrown away and forgotten.
13. I heard many evil reports coming from numerous sources, while at the same time plans were even being laid to kill me.
14 - 15. I responded by running to the Lord for refuge. I said to Him: You are my God. You are in charge of my life. Snatch me away from those who are hostile toward me and from those who are hunting me down.
16. Let me see You smiling at me, Lord. Help me because of how kind You are.
17. Don't disappoint me, O Self-Existent One, for I address You by Your name. Do let those who have wrongly disturbed be disappointed; let them become silent in death.
18. Let those who have lied and cheated be silenced. They have spoken shamelessly, scornfully and with contempt and arrogance. They have been mean, despicable and with no respect at all for those who are right.
19. You have the best, most wonderful goodness and joy for those who reverently submit to You. You have already shared some of it with those who confide in You and who run to You for protection.
20. By Your encircling presence You will hide them when people try to trap them with words. You will protect them (as though they were in Your temple) from the arguments and false charges brought against them.
21. I kneel towards the Creator in awe as He reveals to me more of His marvelous, beautiful character which is surrounding me as a guarded protection.
22. In frustration I hastily said, "God isn't listening to me anymore." But You did hear me when I earnestly cried to You for help.
23. Let your affections go out to the Creator, all of you who choose His will. The Lord guards and protects those who choose to belong to Him and makes a covenant of peace with those who accomplish His will to the best of their ability.
24. Everyone who is waiting patiently on the Lord, fasten your heart and thoughts on God's will for you and He will give you the power of His love.

Psalm 30

2007-11-05T06:43:00.000-08:00

1. Written by David for singing with instruments when he consecrated his house.
I will exalt You, O Self-Existent One. You have delivered me and not let those who have turned hostile boast that they got the better of me.
2 - 3. Almighty God, I petitioned you to heal me, which You did by lifting me out of demanding circumstances and reviving me so I didn't die.
4. Those to whom the Creator shows kindness play instruments and sing to Him. Lift up your hands while commemorating what He has done.
5. God has intense passion and His satisfaction revives. Discouragement may last for a night but shouts of joyful triumph come as the day dawns.
6. When everything was going fine I said I would never get upset or anxious.
7. Lord, when You are pleased with me I am enabled to stand strong. But when I didn't see You I became alarmed and agitated.
8. I address You by Name, Father in heaven, and am earnestly petitioning you.
9. What is gained if I die, or fall as in a trap? Will dirt worship You and describe who You really are?
10. Listen carefully, O Creator, and favorably consider my request. Please surround, protect and help me.
11 - 12. You have changed my sorrow into excitement and my depression into joy. For that reason I will reveal Your honor (but not quietly and sedately) by celebrating with music and song. Almighty God, I reverently hold up my hands to You in thanksgiving and praise. I will worship You for as long as I live.

Psalm 29

2007-11-01T06:06:00.000-07:00

Psalm 29
1-2. A poem song written by David. Come join the Father, O Mighty Son. Receive highest honor and splendor in secured majesty.
Let everyone worship Him Who is magnificent in this sacred unified Oneness.
3. The sounds of the Creator's life copiously flowing out tumbles and crashes in abundance as it increases and expands.
4. The powerful, vigorous sounds of God swell majestically.
5 - 6. The life-giving vibrations of the Creator breaks down resistance as it irresistibly flows into hearts with a cohesive attraction causing those receiving it to spring into life, conspicuously jumping for joy. God's sounds prevail even in hearts of children and leaders.
7-8. The Lord's sounds cut like a shining blade in vibration, causing those specially chosen of God and dedicated to Him to dance and whirl in praise.
9. The sounds of the Self-Existent One causes leading women to dance, like spinning out honey from the comb. Those in God's presence are made capable of describing His real character.
10. The Eternal Father and Son unite together in overflowing pomp as They ascend the throne to reign for ever.
11. The Self-Existent One will make secure all who choose to become part of His family. The Eternal God will serve and adore His family keeping them joyful in His peace.

Psalm 28

2007-10-27T05:39:00.000-07:00

1. Written by David. I earnestly address You by name, O Self-Existent One (who is also my refuge). Don't ignore me or leave me alone. If You don't listen to me I will become like those who fall into a prison like pit of depression.
2. Listen carefully to my earnest petitions to You to free me from trouble as I lift my open hands toward Your holy place indicating my earnest desire for Your direction in my life.
3. Don't allow me to closely associate with those who work to cause trouble. Outwardly they act and talk friendly to people while inwardly they plan mischief and evil against them.
4 -5. Give these people who try to spoil and hurt others what they deserve. Because they don't accept the Creator's authority may He disconnect His life from them and let them die.
6. I kneel and adore the Creator because He has intelligently listened to me.
7. Trusting the Lord who surrounds and protects me makes me jump for joy, sing and raise my open hands to Him in loving worship.
8. The same, majestic, Self-Existent One who frees and protects us also fortifies and defends Messiah.
9. Keep safe those who trust You and speak good to those who accept Your authority. Take care of them and bring them into Your loving presence forever.

Psalm 27

2007-10-22T18:42:00.000-07:00

1. Written by David. With the Self-Existent One as my Illumination, Happiness and Deliverer, who is of greater value? With the Creator as my defender, who is there that can alarm me?
2. When those who would break me down and cramp my life because of their hostility toward me came to cut down my productiveness and reduce my joy, they faltered and fell.
3. Though a whole group should try to get me down, I will not consider them as my authority. Even though they fight against me, I have a specific confidence.
4. I have made an all-encompassing request to the Self-Existent One and am striving for it. I long to have as intimate relationship with my Creator as a loving couple have with each other in marriage. I want this kind of relationship all the rest of my life so I can contemplate with pleasure the beauty of the Lord and admire, care about and consider Him where He lives.
5. When bad or evil times come He will protect me in His home. He will cover and hide me, protecting me as though I were on a cliff high above my enemies.
6. My response to being with my Lover - Jehovah - high above those who hate me is that I will shout and sing jubilee praises in the Creator's home. I will sing, accompanied by musical instruments, celebrating my Creator's love covenant with me.
7. Lord, I address You reverently by Name, please favorably respond to me.
8. You long for me to behold You. My response is "I will look at You, my Lover."
9. Don't turn away from me if You do get upset with me. You are my only help. Don't let me go, or break Your covenant with me, for You, Creator God, are the One who truly sets me free.
10. When my father and my mother release me, as giving in marriage, then the Self-Existent One will take me to Himself to complete our love covenant.
11. Show me (like pointing your finger in the right way) where You want me to go, my Lover, and guide me in pleasant, prosperous ways - particularly on account of those who are hostile against me and oppose me.
12. Don't allow those who would crowd me and are against me have their way, for cheats and liars have spoken against me as well as those who think cruelty and get violent.
13. I have chosen to trust my Lover and to see His beauty while I'm still alive.
14. You who are reading this, stay connected and united to the Creator God and He will keep you alert mentally and physically. Be sure to stay connected to the Creator, Your lover.

Psalm 26

2007-10-18T03:09:00.001-07:00

1. Written by David. Make the right decision about me, O Self-Existent One; I have lived the best way I knew how. I have confidence in the Creator so I will not waver.
2. Investigate me, O Lord. Bring my thinking and emotions into unity with You.
3. By focusing on Your beauty and courtesy I have become stable and trustworthy.
4. I have not remained with desolating people - those who conceal their real motives.
5. I hate those who are good for nothing. I won't stay around those who are bad.
6. I will clean myself, then come close to You in worship, my Creator, so I can intelligently listen to You.
7. Then, with distinctness and awe, I will relate to others Your great and distinguished accomplishments.
8. Lord, I have loved being as intimate with You as in a loving marriage relationship.
9-10. Don't consider me a criminal or a prostitute selfishly wanting intimacy.
11. As for me, I belong only to You. Keep me close to You and be kind to me.
12. I am walking in Your right way. With Your family I will kneel to worship You.

Psalm 25

2007-10-15T17:28:00.001-07:00

1. A song written by David. I come close to You, Creator God.
2. I find refuge in You - my Almighty and Supreme God. Don't let me become pale in embarrassment, but don't let those who hate me exult over me either.
3. Let no one who unites in you be ashamed and embarrassed. Rather, let those be ashamed and embarrassed who do wrong for no good reason.
4. Enable me to experience Your plan for me and entice me into it with Your incentives to keep me in Your will, My Creator.
5. Walk with me to develop my complete trust in You (through Your loving incentives) my Almighty God who saves me. I choose to stay with You all the time.
6. Keep using Your compassion, love, cherishing me as in the womb, and beautiful kindness, Eternal One, which You have always exhibited.
7. Don't think about when I missed your plan for me in the past or when I haven't accepted your authority. But according to how good and kind You are, O Creator, keep me in your mind.
8. The good and right Creator will point out the correct way to those who have missed it.
9. God will guide to make right decisions those who recognize their need of help and who keep busy and He will give them incentives to walk in His way.
10. God's beautiful and certain ways are for those choosing His clear will.
11. For Your honor, Eternal One, forgive my many wrongs and sins.
12-13. Does a person reverently submit to the will of the Creator? God will choose the best way for that person to live well, and even his family will inherit the earth.
14. Those who reverently submit to the Creator experience an intimate covenant relationship.
15. I look to the Self-Existent One to bring me out of traps set for me.
16. Look favorably on me (the one You love) Lord, for I'm depressed.
17. My problems keep getting bigger; bring me out of my difficulties.
18. You see what is keeping me occupied and wearing me out. Forgive me where I have been thinking and doing things the wrong ways.
19. You see that those who hate me keep increasing and become more and more violent.
20. Guard my life and snatch me away from them. Don't let me be disappointed because I confide in You and trust You.
21. Let Your complete innocence maintain me for I am united to You.
22. Ransom and release those who choose You, Supreme God, from the power of Your rival.

Psalm 24

2007-10-11T06:17:00.000-07:00

1-2. A Song for voice and instrument, written by David.
This earth and everything in it - including people - belongs to the Creator God who put the land on water and prepared everything in this earth to prosper.
3. Who will go up to the Creator, or rise into His sacred presence?
4. He who does the right thing and has a clear conscience; who does not rush into temptation or make sacred covenants falsely.
5. The Self-Existent One will speak good to him and make him right.
6. This type of person searches for and worships God. (Pause in music)
7. Open your doors, O eternal heavens, for the glorious King to enter.
8. Who is this Honorable King? The Mighty, Valiant, Self-Existent One!
9. Open your doors, O eternal heavens, for the glorious King to enter.
10. Who is this ascending King? The Creator God of everyone. He ascends the everlasting throne! (Meditate and think upon that.)

Psalm 23

2007-10-08T05:48:00.000-07:00

1. A musical celebration using voice and instrument, written by David. Since I am being taken care of by the Self-Existent One, I lack nothing.
2. He leads me to repose and rest in lovely, beautiful places: He enables me to run with a sparkle upwards to peaceful refreshment.
3. He restores my vitality: He conducts me with delight to prosperous areas because of who He is and because He is paying attention to me.
4. Even when I experience calamity, I won't be afraid of being broken for You are with me - Your guidance protects and consoles me.
5. You take care of me, even in the presence of those who are against me. You satisfy me with more than enough.
6. Joyful favor and beautiful kindness will revive and refresh me and I will be permanently married into the family of God.

Psalm 22

2007-10-07T11:27:00.000-07:00

1. For the director of music. To the tune of “The Doe of Dawn.” A poem put to music, written by David.
Questions asked
My God, my Almighty God, have You let go of me? Quit helping me? Quit listening to my deep cries of distress?
2. O, the One I worship as Supreme, I urgently address You by Your Name all day long. Are you paying any attention? - Even during the night season I am not quiet.
Looking at evidence related to the questions
3. Yet You, sacred and clean, unite with and dwell in the hymns and celebrations where You prevail.
4. Our fathers were bold in You. They had such confidence in you that You carried them away safely.
5. They passionately cried unto You and You slipped them away to safely: They hastened to you in hope and were not disappointed or ashamed.
6. But I - bloody, not treated like a human being - am defamed and disgraced by those milling around me.
7. Those who see me deride, making fun of me as if I was a foreigner. They stare, make strange sounds and wag their heads as they jeeringly say,
8. 'He committed himself to God for safety. Let God set him free, since He was pleased with him.'
9. God, You enabled me to be born and You gave me confidence even while I was still nursing my mother.
10. I was entirely dependent upon You from birth - even from conception.
11. Don't leave me now: my rival opponents are crowding around and I have no protection.
12. Myriads of them, breaking forth in wild strength, revolve around me to violate and frustrate me; the chiefest and most valiant ones enclose around me and besiege me.
13. They opened their mouths toward me like blood thirsty, roaring, violent lions.
14. I am spilled like urine; my body is pulled out of shape; my heart feels like hot wax melted into my abdomen.
15. I am confused, ashamed, withering up to die - yet with me not speaking a word, as you reduce me to dust.
16. Those cooperating with my arch rival surround me; those worthless spoilers beat me up and cut me down, violently piercing my hands and my feet.
17. Since I am naked all my bones are visible. Those standing around stare at me.
18. They separate my clothes among them and cast lots for my outer garment.
After looking at evidence, God has not forsaken and an appeal to not change
19. Don't leave me, O Self-Existent One. Quickly surround me, O my Protection.
20. Save me from becoming disconnected from You. Protect my unity with you from false leaders.
21. Keep me from being violently blown away. You have responded to me with your conspicuous power.
Final answers and conclusions
22. I will recount and celebrate your character (what you are really like) with my family, and even in the middle of the multitude I will boast of You.
Recommendations for others
23. You who reverently submit to the Creator God, boast of Him. All of you who were born into the family honor Him. Take time with Him, everyone who is an offspring of those who have prevailed with the Almighty,
24. He has not put down or loathed those who are depressed; neither has He turned away from those who cried to be set free, but rather responded intelligently.
Conclusions
25. I will boast of You in church: I will fulfill my promises to God before those that honor and revere Him.
26. Those who are busy being humble and gentle will become satisfied; those who follow and worship Him will boast about the Self-Existent One - their inner life will be continually revived.
27-28. Everyone in this world will again acknowledge the Creator God: all the tribes on this earth will prostrate flat in His presence, for the Creator's kingdom rules everywhere.
29. Those who reproduced on earth will bow down in worship. All who have died will once again bow before the Self-Existent One. No one can keep his own soul alive.
30. A special posterity will work for Him; it will be inscribed to the Sovereign Lord for a dwelling:
31. They will go out and explain to others His justice, His virtue and what He has done.

Psalm 21

2007-09-21T02:40:00.000-07:00

1. For the superintendent of Music, a celebration song written by David for both instrument and voice. The king delights in how strong You are, Creator God. Your victories animate him to sing and dance with intense joy.
2. You have given him his deepest longings, not even denying his spoken desire to unite with You as intimately as in a marriage relationship. (Meditate)
3. You hasten to benefit him with your goodness. You place on his head a crown of pure gold.
4. He asked to live in You and You gave him Your own eternal life.
5. The king's great splendor, grandeur and magnificence is the result of You setting him free and placing him in that position.
6. You placed him there to adore and speak good of God, thus revealing His character. You have given him intense JOY as You have looked upon him.
7. The king is confident in the Creator God and while bowing in respect before the Supreme God he will not waver.
8. You will also appear to those who hate you. They too will experience your strength.
9. Your presence and full power will be to them destructive - as fire. The Self-Existent One's breath (His life) is so powerfull that, like fire, it will consume them.
0. Even their families will cease - with no offspring.
11. They schemed evil plots against You, but couldn't carry out their plans.
12. You will eventually allow them to receive the full consequences of their choices by turning your life giving gaze away from them, leaving them lifeless.
13. Creator God, Your ways are high above the way we think and act. You are strong in Yourself. We will sing and make music about Your victory.

Psalm 20

2007-08-27T21:24:00.000-07:00

1 - 2. A poem set to music by David for the permanent collection. The Creator will pay attention and respond to You when you are in cramped, tight situations. As Supreme God - even of those who have not always treated others properly - He will make you safe; sending you protection from His perfect dwelling and supporting you from His capital.
3. He will mark every donation and be satisfied with your sacrifices. (Meditate)
4. May He give you your heart's desire and fulfill your plans.
5. We will shout for JOY in our deliverance and in the authority of Almighty God we will make our loyalty to Him conspicuous.
6. I see now that the Creator keeps His consecrated ones safe. He will pay attention to each one of them - even from His sacred dwelling place - with free, open, saving victory through His strong power.
7. Some people trust in team effort and think they can quickly get out of trouble: but we will remember and accept the authority of our Creator, the Almighty God.
8. They sink and fall but we rise and are restored.
9. Set us free, Lord: As our King pay attention to us when we call you by Name.

Psalm 18

2007-08-24T20:11:00.000-07:00

1. (For the music director) This minstrelsy type poem/song was written by David, a devoted worshiper and loyal subject of the Creator God. He arranged this Psalm specifically to praise and glorify the Creator God who snatched him from being subservient to those who hated him and particularly from the power of Saul,

My Creator, I have very tender feelings toward You and am holding tightly to You.
2. The Self Existent One is my stronghold, staying alongside me to catch me and enable me to escape. He is my strong support and refuge where I flee for protection, my defense and the Power that keeps me free and strong.
(Reason given for writing Psalm)
3. I will specifically call, by His name, the Creator, to shine - which is how I will be set free from those hostile toward me.
4-5 Threats to kill surrounded me; people wore me out without helping me, giving me a lot of trouble. Tight demands surrounded me: traps set to kill me restricted my movements.
(Appeal for help)
6. From my cramped, tight situation I addressed the Creator God - my Supreme, Three-in-One God by Name - to free me. From His temple He listened intelligently to my intense appeal to Him for help.
(God's intensely passionate response)
7- 8 Then the earth shook violently, undulating in waves; the hills quivered intensely as God responded in His power. His emotions exhibited as smoke from His nostrils and as embers of fire blowing from His mouth kindling coals of fire.
9 He bent the heavens out of His way as He descended - though before Him was gloom.
10-11 He dispatched a heavenly being to attend Him. He approached with frequencies the speed of thought. At first He hid Himself by holding in His Light - thus being enveloped in an impenetrable, vapor like, cloud of darkness.
(Copulation)
12. Then His dark 'covering' exploded open producing a 'fire show' hailing stones and flaming embers.
13. The Creator's voice sounded like thunder rolling through the atmosphere producing visible effects hailing stones and fiery hot flames.
14. He sent out lightening bolts dispersing His enemies; shafts of His light greatly agitated them and put them in an uproar.
(Conception)
15. As this strong exhibition of Your presence was manifested, the very foundations of the world were revealed, O Self Existent One, as You breathed out divine Inspiration giving birth to new life.
16 - 17. From His high and elevated place He pulled me out of 'negatively charged' surroundings - snatching me from those who are hostile toward me and hate me, for they are too alert and cunning for me.
18 - 19. They anticipated my every move when I was discouraged, but the Creator God protected and sustained me. He set me free and equipped me because He delighted to be with me.
20. As I grew up My Creator weaned me and He has been allowing me more and more 'room' to make decisions according to my maturity level - which also empowers me to see more clearly as He sees.
21-22. I learned God's way of living and have not rebelled against Him. His system of government has been carefully explained to me and I have not turned from His revealed will.
(Adolescence - youth)
23. I became so fully in harmony with Him that it guarded me from doing anything amiss - other than His way.
(Adulthood)
24. My Creator has mentored me into a mature adult as I have stayed with Him - to see as He sees.
25 - 26. You, God, will treat a person who is kind and courteous, kind and courteously; to a person who has matured, you will respond in a mature manner; to those who see clearly you will enlighten them even more; to those who distort - think and act out of harmony with Your will - You will appear to them as unsavory and even as torturing them.
27. You are open with those who feel their need staying in community; but those who choose to act independent will be exposed and embarrassed.
(Parenthood)
28 -29. You, my Creator, ignite my passion; my heavenly Father and Mother illuminate everything in my heart, enabling me to quickly maneuver through intimidating opposition, and leap over any obstacles.
30. The way God does things is complete and what the Self-Existent One says agrees with His actions and protects everyone who unites and agrees with Him.
31. Is there any god except the Almighty, Self-Existent One? Is anyone a protection as the Divine Parents, the Supreme Diety?
(Defender)
32. Great Almighty Chief encompasses me - hugging me with strong arms and whirling me around in joy enabling me to see better in all 'directions' - as He puts me into His harmonious way of living.
33. He empowers me to leap forward, like a deer, to achieve my goals.
34. He urges me to use power and means I receive from Him in fighting to disperse (eliminate) even severe, negatively charged atmosphere by techniques I learn from Him.
35. God, You place your saving protection around me; Your stronger (male dominant) side supports me, and Your modest, (female dominant) gentle purity increases my confidence in You.
36. You have broadened my life experiences so I am no longer indecisive.
37-38. I went after those who hate me and confronted them: I didn't stop until they were vanquished; I didn't back off until the hateful spirit was subdued and destroyed and could not rise again: fallen under my approach.
39. You have encompassed me, hugging me with Your strong arms and dancing with me in joy, increasing my ability to 'see' in all 'directions' in preparation for this consuming engagement against those who are against me.
40. You have humbled and prostrated beneath me those who betrayed me. You have broken the necks of those who were hostile to me so I could eradicate and totally destroy this hateful spirit.
41. They yelled out loud for help, but no one - not even the Creator God - came to their rescue.
42. So I continued beating and breaking that hostility until it was like ashes blown away by the wind; like sticky mud, I washed it away from my life.
(Elderhood)
43. You slipped me away when others argued and wrangled. You put people in my charge I didn't previously know.
44. They listened to my instructions, yet these workers were disloyal to me: acting feignedly but not in harmony with me.
45. These kinds of people act foolishly, they will fail and will disgracefully and suddenly desert their responsibilities.
(Worship)
46 -47. My Creator lives; I reverently kneel in Your presence to exalt You, Almighty God, who has set me free and keeps me safe. You, God - my Strength and my Chief - will avenge what has happened to me and will subdue the people who were under me.
48. He slipped me away from those who betrayed me. Yes, You lifted me up above those who came against me: You snatched me away from those who were attempting to get unjust gain from me.
49. This is why I worship You - My Creator. With others I will sing of Your authority, honor and who You really are.
50. You give ever increasing victories to those in charge of Your family. You reveal Your beauty of character through Your Messiah to David and his family forever.

Psalm 19

2007-07-23T05:08:00.000-07:00

The sun, moon and stars, and even the very air we breathe, all reveal what God is like
and what He has done. Every daily cycle communicates and reveals more about who God really
is and how He acts. This communication is not ‘verbal’ – spoken words. But everywhere in the entire world are found illustrations and communications revealing more about the Creator God.
In the natural world one illustration God uses to reveal more about Himself is the sun. The sun comes up in glory similar to a bridegroom presenting himself, or as a powerful person following
a well traveled road. Similar to the sun, the Creator God of the Universe is everywhere - just as
the sun shines everywhere. And just as the light of the sun’s rays shine everywhere so nothing is
hid from God’s all encompassing presence. The power flowing from the Lord is complete and
draws living creatures to Himself. The daily repeating witness of the Lord (similar to the sun
coming up every day) builds up and supports those whose minds open to Him. God caring for
His family is right and convenient and gives JOY to His created beings. Loving God’s
directions enables us to understand Him even more. The more we reverence God the more we
learn about Him and become like Him. God’s decisions are trustworthy and not changing. To
know the Creator God is far more valuable than understanding the natural world, such as the sun.
It is more satisfying than even the most special food is to the taste. Receiving God protects a
person with awesome results. Who can figure out what is wrong with one’s own ‘self’? God
alone is able to reveal that to an individual.
Dear God, keep me from being proud, arrogant or insolent. Don’t let any of those
ungodly traits of character find any place in me. I choose to be like You, God, so I don’t have
any of those rebellious attitudes in me. Let everything I say or think be pleasing to you Lord, for You are my Power Source and my Redeemer.

Psalm 17

2007-07-06T05:31:00.000-07:00

1. A hymn written by David.
O Creator, listen to what I am really trying to say even if it only sounds like strange noises. Honestly, what I am saying is not to betray or ridicule You.
2. Let Your decisions about me be based on Your balanced, perfect (love based) view of me.
3. You know what is inside of me - even my deepest secrets. You have been maturing me (growing me up) and I am determined that I will vindicate You.
4. Compared to other people's habits, I've been guarded from becoming destructive by using Your Words.
5. Sustain me in Your way so I don't 'miss a beat'.
6. I address You by Name for You pay attention to what I say, Almighty God.
7. Reveal your distinguished, kind courtesy to those You rescue by Your power - who confide in You, particularly when others argue and contend.
8. Protect me - as a person protects their eyes; hide me, by hovering over me,
9. from those who abuse me by acting like they are so 'great' but really aren't, yet strike out at me in hostility.
10. They are surrounded by the choicest things, they arrange everything to make themselves look the very best.
11. They advance to surround those of us who are going straight: they appear 'humble' -
12. like a preying lion about to pull down his prey or an ambush quietly waiting in hiding.
13. Do something first, O Creator, so they fall: rescue me from the violators who are parched without You.
14. Powerful people living right now, O Creator, are rich and leave a big inheritance to their families.
15. As for me, I will contemplate You with joy; I will be filled with peace when I awake just like You.

Psalm 16

2007-06-17T04:05:00.000-07:00

1. A permanent poem written by David.
Take care of me, Almighty God, for I have confidence in You.
2, 3. My heart said to You, my Creator God: "I am not comparing my goodness with You, my Sovereign, rather to Your family here on earth and to those who are special to me.
4. Those who 'go with the flow' and get behind shall have a lot more sorrow. What they make more important than You I won't even mention with my mouth."
5. My Creator God is my inheritance and He takes care of me.
6. I accept this covenant as agreeable. Yes, I consider this to be extremely good.
7. I kneel before my Creator who advises me; my 'inner self' also corrects me at night.
8. I have chosen to always be guided by My Creator God so I won't waver.
9. It gives me intense pleasure knowing I can trust Him.
10. You, Creator God, won't leave me in demanding situations to be overcome by horrible messes.
11. Your guidance leads me to be with You, giving me real JOY. This is the best place I can ever be.
.

Psalm 14

2007-06-08T02:59:00.000-07:00

1. A poem song written by David for the permanent collection.
The person who is not in harmony with God thinks a Supreme being doesn’t even exist.
That kind of thinking ruins a person, resulting in detestable actions but no good works.
2. The Creator God is watching the activities of this earth from where He lives in heaven. He is looking to see if there is anyone intelligent – anyone who lives and loves like Him.
3. Those who don’t agree with Him have gone off in all different ways. Unitedly they have chosen their own way and the result is muddled confusion.
4. Can’t those who exert themselves for nothing observe that is what they are ‘doing’?
They ‘attack’ God’s people and consume them like bread but don’t talk to God about it.
5. Ah, they will suddenly be startled as by a sudden alarm, for God is with those who choose to come into harmony with Him.
6. You who don’t believe in God have put down the advice of those you consider not as ‘good’ as you, but they still confide in their heavenly Father.
7. Oh that victory for God’s family were already come from God. When the Creator God delivers His family, they will spin around in joy as they express their delight in freedom.

Psalm 15

2007-06-07T07:25:00.000-07:00

1. A poem song written by David.
Creator God, who will live in full sight of You? Who will permanently reside in your high dwelling place?
2. The person who arranges his inner feelings and thoughts to be in complete alignment with You and by his actions reveal what You are really like.
3. The person who doesn’t examine others to gossip about their faults; whose actions don’t put others down; and who doesn’t disgrace friends, neighbors or associates.
4. On the other hand, God’s type of person does not consider worthy of regard those who purposely choose wrong; but honors those who revere the Creator God. The word of such a person can be trusted. If they made a mistake, they will take the responsibility and won’t change even if it means they may suffer loss because of what they promised.
5. God’s kind of person shares what is valuable with those who need help with no interest; but won’t take a bribe to push them to witness against innocent people.
The kind of person listed above won’t slip, shake, waver or fall.

Psalm 13

2007-06-04T07:28:00.000-07:00

On permanent file, a celebration in song written by David.
1. How long, O Self-Existent One, will You ignore me? What is Your goal? What will it take to get You to pay attention to me?
2.So, how long will I keep giving myself directions and getting in trouble all the time? How long will those who hate me get the best over me?
3. O, Supreme heavenly Father, please look at me and listen to what I am saying. Enable me to see the way you see, or else I may die.
4.Otherwise those against me will say ‘I won’ and celebrate when I make mistakes or do the wrong thing.
5.But I’m hurrying back to you and find refuge in your kindness; Every part of me celebrates that You set me free by Your love.
6. Wow! I will sing to my heavenly Father because HE is growing me up.

Psalm 7

2007-06-01T06:46:00.000-07:00

1-2. By David (loving) to sing as a strolling minstrelsy to the Self-Existent One about the problem with Cush the Benjamite. (Could this be 'code' name used to refer to some of David’s later experiences with King Saul who was of the tribe Benjamin?)
Heavenly Father, You are Supreme so I am confiding in You. Free me quickly from those who chase me or they will treat me like a hungry lion who brakes up and crunches its prey if no one rescues.
3-5. Creator God, You are my judge. If I wronged this person by my actions – if I have treated as good for nothing this one who was getting along fine with me (who, in reality, I equipped and helped to succeed - the one who is now, without a cause, trying to cramp me) let this one who hates me run after me and hurt me; yes, let this person walk all over me and grind my self-respect into the dust. (Pause, think about it.)
6-7. Rise up, O Self-Existent One, in Your full passion. Take Your position as rightful Judge because of these outbursts and violation of my boundaries by those who are trying to cramp me. Activate the verdict you already made about me so the community of my family will agree with You. For their sakes take your position as the Supreme Court Judge.
8. The Self-Existent Judge will argue my case with the family and my associates. Give a verdict; pass judgment concerning me, O Self-Existent One, according to how I am right and how I am innocent.
9. Please! Let this spoiling and making things ‘good for nothing’ done by the one who is wrong, the one who is disturbing and violating me, come to an end; but vindicate those who are right. You, God are right and you investigate both of our hearts and our minds.
10-11. My protection of the Eternal Diety who saves those who have right motives in their heart is that the Supreme God judges the righteous. The Almighty has intense passion all of the time.
12-13. If He doesn’t turn, the Supreme God will intensify His power (His Word); His intense movements are ready to desolate and destroy and those who ‘flame’ out of control will die.
14. Wow! Those who disagree with the Creator God writhe in pain as in childbirth - panting and exerting in vain, yet coming to naught and trouble. They are pregnant (filled) with toil, wearing effort, severe work and worry and yet bring forth falsehoods, untruths, shams and cheats.
15. He designs and digs a traphole; then falls and slides into the pit he made.
16. All this wearing effort, intense work and worry will come back on him, and he will be treated how he mistreated others.
17. I will throw up my open hands to You, O Self-Existent One because You have made things right. I will sing praise to honor the authority and love based character of You who are the Supreme, Self-Existent God who is above all creation.

Psalm 11

2007-04-26T07:41:00.000-07:00

One of David’s permanent songs.

1. O Creator God, the One in whom I confide; why do you say to me, disappear as a bird among the hills?
2. Oh, those who are wrong set up a trap, they are ready and plan from obscurity how to shoot those whose life is right.
3. When correct morality is ‘done away with’ what can those who are right do?
4. From His sacred place in control the Creator God is watching everything happening on this earth.
5-6. He investigates those who agree with Him, but those who do not agree with Him. He hates those who love to be cruel and do damage, which will bring upon them snares, fire and sulphur and famine with blowing winds.
7. The Creator God loves those who agree with Him and He smiles with pleasure at them.

My son's paraphrase

I find refuge in God as my fortress. Why do you say to me ‘run like a ‘scaredy cat’, ‘fly faster than a humming bird’ to the hills and ‘play dead like a possum’?
Come on, man. ‘Don’t you know, haven’t you heard, hasn’t anyone ever told you’, The wicked! All they do is scheme. They set traps and attack those who are righteous, like hunters that lay in wait to kill.
Hey man, (Slap - on the back of the head) The Lord is in heaven and He knows what is going on. He puts everyone to the test - as one tests a weld. Those who are ‘good welds’ He shows off and He is proud of and admires: they are His trophies that He shows to everyone. Those who fail are not good for any practical use. Like a ‘bad weld’ that cracked they are discarded and will eventually be melted down at the ‘foundry’.

Psalm 9

2007-04-26T07:33:00.000-07:00

1. A song written by David to be sung using a popular melody of that day and with instruments.
I will throw open my hands in worship to the Self-Existent One with my entire heart, the very center of me. I will enumerate and celebrate marvelous, wonderful and difficult works which the Creator God has done.
2. I will be exuberant and romp for joy while I exalt in thee. I will sing songs that celebrate your honor, authority and character - You who are Supreme.
3. When those who are hostile towards me retreat backward they will totter, waver and fall while wandering away from your face.
4. For you have made a verdict about me that was right, you remain on the seat of judgment to make right decisions.
5. You chided and reproved everyone who was not an overcomer. You have lost those who were wrong so you erased their position and took away their authority from as far back as is recorded history and onward continually.
6. Those of you who are hostile and who hate me and are my adversaries, ahead of you is parched drought and desolate completion: you have torn away places that were being guarded; their remembrance and recognition is lost with them.
7. But the Self-Existent One sits from as far back as history goes and onward for ever. He has set up His seat from which to accept final decisions.
8. He shall judge the inhabitants of this earth, to clear Himself. He is sovereign. He controls the community in even, straight ways.
9. The Self-Existent One is a safe place for those who have been crushed and injured, a refuge continuing onward for those who are in narrow, tight places, crowded by an opponent, someone against God.
10.Those who ascertain and recognize your authority and Your honor will quickly move toward you for refuge, O Self-Existent One for You have not relinquished or let go of the ones who look for You and who make you Supreme in their lives.
11. Sing praises to the One who is self-existent, who remains in the permanent capitol of the Universe. Bring to the front and make manifest among all people groups the exploits and performance of the Creator God
12. When He walked to perish while He marked those and was not oblivious to the shrieks of those who were pressed down and depressed.
13. Bend in kindness and favor me, O Self-existent One; see my depression and when I look down because of those who hate me. You are the One who raises me and gives me Your life up from dying
14. That I may enumerate, intensely recount and celebrate every hymn in the door of the builder of your government and capitol; I will spin around with intense JOY in response to Your freedom and safety.
15. Those who have not chosen to belong to You are caught in the trap they made; that which they set to trip up others has caught them.
16. The Creator God is recognized by His law which He made and keeps. Those who have violated it are entrapped by their own contradictions between what they say and what they do. (Pause to think.)
17. Those who disturb others, who violate God’s law and everyone who is oblivious of the Almighty shall shall retreat into demanding of others.
18. The destitute and those who sense their needs won’t always be forgotten, the wants of the poor and depressed shall not go on forever.
19. Arise, O Creator God. Don’t let frail, feeble humans who can die prevail because they are so stout and stubborn. Accept the decisions of everyone as You see them.
20. Frighten the world, O Creator God, in such a way that everyone will recognize and ascertain by seeing that they are mortal and can die – not in charge like You are.

Psalm 8

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1. O Self-Existent One, Our Sovereign, Your authority, your honor, your character is powerful, wide and large everywhere. Even looking up I can see your grandeur.
2. The intimate relation between a nursing baby and mother illustrates how you give security to counteract those who have tried to ‘cramp’ You and stops the lies coming from those who hate you and have a grudge against You, my heavenly Father.
3. To get a better idea of who You really are I only need to look up and observe what even something so small as even Your finger can accomplish – such awesome things such as the moon and stars which you have integrated into a universe.
4. When I see how overwhelmingly ‘big’ and awesome what you have created is I begin to wonder why You even consider created human beings.
5. You made them just a little less than yourself; you gave them the power to reproduce, make families and you care for them, pay attention to them and miss being with them .
6 -8. You made the human family just slightly less than God and surrounded him with splendor and magnificence. You made him ruler over everything You created here on earth – all sources of provisions and all ecosystems.
9. O Lord, You are powerful and Your position is over all.

Psalm 12

2007-04-26T07:23:00.000-07:00

A poem put to music, written by David.
1. Open up to me, O Self-Existent One, for kind, merciful people are scarce. Those who build up and foster trust have just about disappeared from society.
2. The rest of the people use their energies only to devastate, ruin or make useless those around them while at the same time they talk politically correct to their face.
3. The Creator God will disconnect His life power from all who speak one way and act the opposite, who brag about themselves or speak insolently and twisted.
4. This ‘disconnection’ from God’s life will also happen to those who think they can control others by their words, talk as they choose and then boast that no one else can tell them what to do.
5, The Creator God hears the devastation of those who have been browbeaten and squished. He hears the shrieking and groaning of those whose feelings have been so very deeply hurt and who have felt forced to behave like a beggar. God says, “Now I will act and deliver him from those braggers and scoffers”.
6. What God says is correct and unadulterated – like completely purified silver. O Creator God, 7. You will protect Your family from those kinds of people -
8. who are everywhere when tempestuous people are popular.

Psalm 10

2007-04-26T07:16:00.000-07:00

1. Why do you seem so far away, Lord, when things get tough and rough?
2. People with wrong attitudes keep giving others a hard time. Let them be treated the same way they treat others.
3. ‘ Those with ‘attitudes’ show their ‘stuff’ and idolize the ones God abhores.
4. Those with that kind of attitude don’t want to change. God’s will doesn’t even cross their minds. They always choose perversions or twisted ways.
5. Your ways, God, are clear out of their sight and they even scoff at anyone who doesn’t have an attitude like theirs.
6. They have the idea: “I have everything altogether, nobody can make me change.”
7. They curse, swear, lie, oppresse others, make fun of others and put self ‘up’ as ‘the best’.
8. They murder guiltless people behind the scenes and in secret do away with others not in the ‘spotlight’.
9. Like a lion they seize the assets of those less fortunate.
10. They act like one of them, get the poor to have confidence in them and donate, thus getting their assets and ruining them.
11. They think God isn’t paying attention to what they are doing.
12. Lord, open your hand in power and don’t forget those who have been hurt.
13. Why do these people with wrong attitudes scorn God by thinking that He won’t find out what they have been doing?

Psalm 6

2007-04-25T07:45:00.000-07:00

1. Written to be accompanied by flute and eight string lyre by David. O Self-Existent One, don’t make decisions about me or instruct me with an intent to correct me when you are in intense passion.
2. Be kind to me - I am your inferior – for I am drooping, O Self-Existent One. Cure me, for my strength trembles and shakes and I am alarmed and agitated.
3. How much longer, Lord will this continue?
4. Come back, Lord and pull me free me because you are looking down to me and paying attention to me.
5. When a person dies – no more life from You – who mentions You, or who thanks and worships You where no inquiry about You is made?
6. I am exhaustedly tired from sighing. I cried so much all night that my bed was wet from my tears.
7. I have cried so much that my eyes are failing because of trouble. My eyes have aged because of those who ‘cramped’ me.
8. Turn from me, every one of you who practice and pant after vanity and wickedness, for The Self-Existent One has intelligently heard my crying and moaning.
9. He has heard my entreaty and He will take my intercession and song.
10. Let those who hate me be pale and quickly tremble. Let them suddenly and violently be turn back and disappointed.

Psalm 5

2007-04-25T07:27:00.000-07:00

1. To the Choir director, composed by David.
Creator God, listen carefully to what I am trying to express to You. Understand even my murmurings.
2. Perk up Your ears as I call aloud for freedom to You who reigns over all. I choose to belong to You and communicate with You.
3. You will hear me at dawn. At the break of day I set my requests before You as I lean forward and peer upward.
4. You are not pleased with those who do or declare wrong. Those who break away from You can't stand to be where You are.
5. Those who boast and showoff can't stand to be in Your presence. You hate those who exert themselves toward ‘nothingness’.
6. You will allow to wander and lose themselves who arrange untruths and falsehood . It hurts You deeply to see those who cause death to others and who delude and betray others and especially those who are already frail and feeble.
7. But as for me, I come into Your presence because You have so much kindness. In reverence I worship You, looking toward where You live.
8. Guide me right, Heavenly Father, because there are those who are hostile against me. Enable me to follow Your course of life for me and keep it before me no matter where I turn.
9. Those who are against me aren’t ‘straight’ in what they say or even think in their mind. They are intense, with a rushing desire to do ruin. What comes out of their mouths is like the stench of dead bodies in an open grave so that even though they are ‘smooth’ talking they are still making false statements.
10. Let them be guilty, O God. Let them fall by their own advise and purposes. Push them off in the abundance of their own revolt for they are bitter against Thee.
11. But let everyone who trusts You and flees to You brighten up with JOY. Let them keep shouting for JOY because You have entwined about them and fenced them in. Let those who have affection for who You really are jump for JOY!.
12. For You, Lord, the Self-Existent One, will kneel before those who have delighted in You and will encircle them with Your protection similar to a prickly thorn hedge.

Psalm 4

2007-04-25T07:15:00.000-07:00

1. A ‘hymn, or song written by David
(Begins with a direct prayer to God)
Turn your eyes to me when I address you, God (Three in One), the source of my being right. You have given me more space when I was in a cramped situation. Give me your favor and listen intelligently to my hymn song.
(Now speaking to others)
2. All of you, how much time are you going to take trying to put me down. You seem to love things that are worthless and go looking for lies and deceptions. (Think about it)
3. But be assured that the One who is Life distinguished those who are kind as belonging to Him. He will understand when I properly address Him by His Name.
4. Have proper reverence to God and don’t miss. Talk to yourself when you are resting and just relax. (Think about it)
5. Offer what is right and hurry to the Lord
6. A lot of people say ‘show us what good God has been to us’.
(Speaking to God again)
6. Lord, You who have life in Yourself, look at us with happiness and joy.
7. You have put joy in my heart more than I feel happy at a harvest festival.
8. I relax and even go to sleep, for You, Lord, are the One who keeps me safe.

Psalm 3

2007-04-25T07:08:00.000-07:00

1. Lord, you who have life within yourself, how many (multitudes) have ‘cramped’ me and tried to ‘take over’. There are so many that have openly said they are against me.
2. So many are saying that my case is hopeless, especially as far as God helping me.
3. But you, Lord, Who alone has life with You, are protecting me. You are developing Your character in me and you even draw me out of feeling ‘hopeless’.
4. I properly addressed God and He paid attention to me, even from heaven.
5. I slept and I wake up for the Self-Existent One takes care of me.
6. I WILL NOT BE AFRAID even if multiplied myriads of people come against me and surround me.
7. Lord, You who are life itself, have set me free. You take care of all those who hate me. It was as if You slapped them in the face and took the sharp points out of those who are violating me and disturbing me.
8. This kind of deliverance and aid is what you do, Lord. Your benediction and prosperity is upon your family.

Psalm 1

2007-04-25T06:53:00.000-07:00

1.God speaks good of those who don’t follow the advise of the morally wrong, who don’t act like them, follow their ways, or unite with those who scoff at God’s will.
2. This kind of person desires and delights in the ‘Self-Existent One’s teaching and repeats and ponders them all the time.
3.This kind of person lives in God’s presence and is like a tree growing by continually flowing water. That constant source of life continuously reveals God in that person’s life and encourages constant growth – not wilting, fainting and falling. Whatever that person does will be pushed forward.
4. Those who choose any other than God’s will are different. They become lightweight like dust or ‘chaff’ which gets scattered and blown away.
5.Those who choose any will other than God’s will won’t rise to vindicate God when it is time for a verdict. Those who have held on to guilt can’t give accurate testimony.
6.The Self-Existent One knows the course of life and mode of action of those who choose His will but those who have chosen any other will wander, lose their way and destroy themselves.

Psalm 2

2007-04-25T06:40:00.000-07:00

1. Why, how and when are those who are not part of God’s spiritual family so tumultuous? What is causing them to come up with such empty, worthless imaginings?
2. Those who have been given authority on earth have chosen, after consulting with their governments, to rebel against the Self-Existent One AND against the Anointed One, Messiah. They state
3. ‘Let us refuse to accept any reproofs or corrections - anything that would indicate God’s authority over us’.
4 The Self-Existent One in heaven, who still has authority over all He has created is ‘amused’ at how mixed up and unintelligible those who choose their own way have gotten
5 The time will come, however, when He will arrange events which will subdue them as they experience His ‘full power, full passion’. They will tremble, be alarmed and become greatly agitated as they realize His full strength which is like a blazing fire to them.
(God speaking)
6 I anointed, poured out as libation, my ‘king’ in a sacred place and as a conspicuous pillar
7 I will recount and celebrate that appointment, enactment, covenant.
The Self-Existent One (Father) said to me (God the Son) “You are My Son, the builder of My Family Name. The day you become a human, then I am Your Father.
8. Request of me and I will give You nations for Your inheritance. The whole earth will be taken back and placed again under Your authority and be in Your possession.
9. What does not come under your covenant control will become ‘good for nothing’ by a group of people who are strong like iron, or like a smashed up piece of pottery.
(the author speaking ‘for God’ to the inhabitants of this earth)
10 Become intelligent right away, you who are in positions of authority. Learn and take instructions you who judge and govern.
11 Choose to come under God’s authority and reverently submit to His control. Rejoice in the Lord’s love and goodness with awe.
12 Show loyalty to God the Son, who is the heir apparent to the throne of the universe, or else when He reveals His full power and you destroy yourself from being alive.
Prosperous, level, going forward is everyone who flees for protection to and confides in God the Son.