Psalms

How each chapter begins

1. Psalm 1

   Blessed is the man who doesn’t walk in the counsel of the wicked, nor stand on the path of sinners, nor sit in the seat…

2. Psalm 2

   Why do the nations rage, and the peoples plot a vain thing?

3. Psalm 3

   LORD, how my adversaries have increased! Many are those who rise up against me.

4. Psalm 4

   Answer me when I call, God of my righteousness. Give me relief from my distress. Have mercy on me, and hear my prayer.

5. Psalm 5

   Give ear to my words, LORD. Consider my meditation.

6. Psalm 6

   LORD, don’t rebuke me in your anger, neither discipline me in your wrath.

7. Psalm 7

   LORD, my God, I take refuge in you. Save me from all those who pursue me, and deliver me,

8. Psalm 8

   LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory above the heavens!

9. Psalm 9

   I will give thanks to the LORD with my whole heart. I will tell of all your marvelous works.

10. Psalm 10

    Why do you stand far off, LORD? Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble?

11. Psalm 11

    In the LORD, I take refuge. How can you say to my soul, “Flee as a bird to your mountain”?

12. Psalm 12

    Help, LORD; for the godly man ceases. For the faithful fail from among the children of men.

13. Psalm 13

    How long, LORD? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me?

14. Psalm 14

    The fool has said in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt. They have done abominable deeds. There is no one…

15. Psalm 15

    LORD, who shall dwell in your sanctuary? Who shall live on your holy hill?

16. Psalm 16

    Preserve me, God, for I take refuge in you.

17. Psalm 17

    Hear, LORD, my righteous plea. Give ear to my prayer that doesn’t go out of deceitful lips.

18. Psalm 18

    I love you, LORD, my strength.

19. Psalm 19

    The heavens declare the glory of God. The expanse shows his handiwork.

20. Psalm 20

    May the LORD answer you in the day of trouble. May the name of the God of Jacob set you up on high,

21. Psalm 21

    The king rejoices in your strength, LORD! How greatly he rejoices in your salvation!

22. Psalm 22

    My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from helping me, and from the words of my groaning?

23. Psalm 23

    The LORD is my shepherd; I shall lack nothing.

24. Psalm 24

    The earth is the LORD’s, with its fullness; the world, and those who dwell in it.

25. Psalm 25

    To you, LORD, I lift up my soul.

26. Psalm 26

    Judge me, LORD, for I have walked in my integrity. I have trusted also in the LORD without wavering.

27. Psalm 27

    The LORD is my light and my salvation. Whom shall I fear? The LORD is the strength of my life. Of whom shall I be…

28. Psalm 28

    To you, LORD, I call. My rock, don’t be deaf to me, lest, if you are silent to me, I would become like those who go…

29. Psalm 29

    Ascribe to the LORD, you sons of the mighty, ascribe to the LORD glory and strength.

30. Psalm 30

    I will extol you, LORD, for you have raised me up, and have not made my foes to rejoice over me.

31. Psalm 31

    In you, LORD, I take refuge. Let me never be disappointed. Deliver me in your righteousness.

32. Psalm 32

    Blessed is he whose disobedience is forgiven, whose sin is covered.

33. Psalm 33

    Rejoice in the LORD, you righteous! Praise is fitting for the upright.

34. Psalm 34

    I will bless the LORD at all times. His praise will always be in my mouth.

35. Psalm 35

    Contend, LORD, with those who contend with me. Fight against those who fight against me.

36. Psalm 36

    A revelation is within my heart about the disobedience of the wicked: There is no fear of God before his eyes.

37. Psalm 37

    Don’t fret because of evildoers, neither be envious against those who work unrighteousness.

38. Psalm 38

    LORD, don’t rebuke me in your wrath, neither chasten me in your hot displeasure.

39. Psalm 39

    I said, “I will watch my ways, so that I don’t sin with my tongue. I will keep my mouth with a bridle while the wicked…

40. Psalm 40

    I waited patiently for the LORD. He turned to me, and heard my cry.

41. Psalm 41

    Blessed is he who considers the poor. The LORD will deliver him in the day of evil.

42. Psalm 42

    As the deer pants for the water brooks, so my soul pants after you, God.

43. Psalm 43

    Vindicate me, God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation. Oh, deliver me from deceitful and wicked men.

44. Psalm 44

    We have heard with our ears, God; our fathers have told us what work you did in their days, in the days of old.

45. Psalm 45

    My heart overflows with a noble theme. I recite my verses for the king. My tongue is like the pen of a skillful writer.

46. Psalm 46

    God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.

47. Psalm 47

    Oh clap your hands, all you nations. Shout to God with the voice of triumph!

48. Psalm 48

    Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised, in the city of our God, in his holy mountain.

49. Psalm 49

    Hear this, all you peoples. Listen, all you inhabitants of the world,

50. Psalm 50

    The Mighty One, God, the LORD, speaks, and calls the earth from sunrise to sunset.

51. Psalm 51

    Have mercy on me, God, according to your loving kindness. According to the multitude of your tender mercies, blot out…

52. Psalm 52

    Why do you boast of mischief, mighty man? God’s loving kindness endures continually.

53. Psalm 53

    The fool has said in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt, and have done abominable iniquity. There is no one…

54. Psalm 54

    Save me, God, by your name. Vindicate me in your might.

55. Psalm 55

    Listen to my prayer, God. Don’t hide yourself from my supplication.

56. Psalm 56

    Be merciful to me, God, for man wants to swallow me up. All day long, he attacks and oppresses me.

57. Psalm 57

    Be merciful to me, God, be merciful to me, for my soul takes refuge in you. Yes, in the shadow of your wings, I will…

58. Psalm 58

    Do you indeed speak righteousness, silent ones? Do you judge blamelessly, you sons of men?

59. Psalm 59

    Deliver me from my enemies, my God. Set me on high from those who rise up against me.

60. Psalm 60

    God, you have rejected us. You have broken us down. You have been angry. Restore us, again.

61. Psalm 61

    Hear my cry, God. Listen to my prayer.

62. Psalm 62

    My soul rests in God alone. My salvation is from him.

63. Psalm 63

    God, you are my God. I will earnestly seek you. My soul thirsts for you. My flesh longs for you, in a dry and weary…

64. Psalm 64

    Hear my voice, God, in my complaint. Preserve my life from fear of the enemy.

65. Psalm 65

    Praise waits for you, God, in Zion. Vows shall be performed to you.

66. Psalm 66

    Make a joyful shout to God, all the earth!

67. Psalm 67

    May God be merciful to us, bless us, and cause his face to shine on us. Selah.

68. Psalm 68

    Let God arise! Let his enemies be scattered! Let them who hate him also flee before him.

69. Psalm 69

    Save me, God, for the waters have come up to my neck!

70. Psalm 70

    Hurry, God, to deliver me. Come quickly to help me, LORD.

71. Psalm 71

    In you, LORD, I take refuge. Never let me be disappointed.

72. Psalm 72

    God, give the king your justice; your righteousness to the royal son.

73. Psalm 73

    Surely God is good to Israel, to those who are pure in heart.

74. Psalm 74

    God, why have you rejected us forever? Why does your anger smolder against the sheep of your pasture?

75. Psalm 75

    We give thanks to you, God. We give thanks, for your Name is near. Men tell about your wondrous works.

76. Psalm 76

    In Judah, God is known. His name is great in Israel.

77. Psalm 77

    My cry goes to God! Indeed, I cry to God for help, and for him to listen to me.

78. Psalm 78

    Hear my teaching, my people. Turn your ears to the words of my mouth.

79. Psalm 79

    God, the nations have come into your inheritance. They have defiled your holy temple. They have laid Jerusalem in heaps.

80. Psalm 80

    Hear us, Shepherd of Israel, you who lead Joseph like a flock, you who sit above the cherubim, shine out.

81. Psalm 81

    Sing aloud to God, our strength! Make a joyful shout to the God of Jacob!

82. Psalm 82

    God presides in the great assembly. He judges among the gods.

83. Psalm 83

    God, don’t keep silent. Don’t keep silent, and don’t be still, God.

84. Psalm 84

    How lovely are your dwellings, LORD of Armies!

85. Psalm 85

    LORD, you have been favorable to your land. You have restored the fortunes of Jacob.

86. Psalm 86

    Hear, LORD, and answer me, for I am poor and needy.

87. Psalm 87

    His foundation is in the holy mountains.

88. Psalm 88

    LORD, the God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before you.

89. Psalm 89

    I will sing of the loving kindness of the LORD forever. With my mouth, I will make known your faithfulness to all…

90. Psalm 90

    Lord, you have been our dwelling place for all generations.

91. Psalm 91

    He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.

92. Psalm 92

    It is a good thing to give thanks to the LORD, to sing praises to your name, Most High,

93. Psalm 93

    The LORD reigns! He is clothed with majesty! The LORD is armed with strength. The world also is established. It can’t…

94. Psalm 94

    LORD, you God to whom vengeance belongs, you God to whom vengeance belongs, shine out.

95. Psalm 95

    Oh come, let’s sing to the LORD. Let’s shout aloud to the rock of our salvation!

96. Psalm 96

    Sing to the LORD a new song! Sing to the LORD, all the earth.

97. Psalm 97

    The LORD reigns! Let the earth rejoice! Let the multitude of islands be glad!

98. Psalm 98

    Sing to the LORD a new song, for he has done marvelous things! His right hand and his holy arm have worked salvation…

99. Psalm 99

    The LORD reigns! Let the peoples tremble. He sits enthroned among the cherubim. Let the earth be moved.

100. Psalm 100

     Shout for joy to the LORD, all you lands!

101. Psalm 101

     I will sing of loving kindness and justice. To you, LORD, I will sing praises.

102. Psalm 102

     Hear my prayer, LORD! Let my cry come to you.

103. Psalm 103

     Praise the LORD, my soul! All that is within me, praise his holy name!

104. Psalm 104

     Bless the LORD, my soul. The LORD, my God, you are very great. You are clothed with honor and majesty.

105. Psalm 105

     Give thanks to the LORD! Call on his name! Make his doings known among the peoples.

106. Psalm 106

     Praise the LORD! Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever.

107. Psalm 107

     Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever.

108. Psalm 108

     My heart is steadfast, God. I will sing and I will make music with my soul.

109. Psalm 109

     God of my praise, don’t remain silent,

110. Psalm 110

     The LORD says to my Lord, “Sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies your footstool for your feet.”

111. Psalm 111

     Praise the LORD! I will give thanks to the LORD with my whole heart, in the council of the upright, and in the…

112. Psalm 112

     Praise the LORD! Blessed is the man who fears the LORD, who delights greatly in his commandments.

113. Psalm 113

     Praise the LORD! Praise, you servants of the LORD, praise the LORD’s name.

114. Psalm 114

     When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of foreign language,

115. Psalm 115

     Not to us, LORD, not to us, but to your name give glory, for your loving kindness, and for your truth’s sake.

116. Psalm 116

     I love the LORD, because he listens to my voice, and my cries for mercy.

117. Psalm 117

     Praise the LORD, all you nations! Extol him, all you peoples!

118. Psalm 118

     Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever.

119. Psalm 119

     Blessed are those whose ways are blameless, who walk according to the LORD’s law.

120. Psalm 120

     In my distress, I cried to the LORD. He answered me.

121. Psalm 121

     I will lift up my eyes to the hills. Where does my help come from?

122. Psalm 122

     I was glad when they said to me, “Let’s go to the LORD’s house!”

123. Psalm 123

     I lift up my eyes to you, you who sit in the heavens.

124. Psalm 124

     If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, let Israel now say,

125. Psalm 125

     Those who trust in the LORD are as Mount Zion, which can’t be moved, but remains forever.

126. Psalm 126

     When the LORD brought back those who returned to Zion, we were like those who dream.

127. Psalm 127

     Unless the LORD builds the house, they who build it labor in vain. Unless the LORD watches over the city, the watchman…

128. Psalm 128

     Blessed is everyone who fears the LORD, who walks in his ways.

129. Psalm 129

     Many times they have afflicted me from my youth up. Let Israel now say:

130. Psalm 130

     Out of the depths I have cried to you, LORD.

131. Psalm 131

     LORD, my heart isn’t arrogant, nor my eyes lofty; nor do I concern myself with great matters, or things too wonderful…

132. Psalm 132

     LORD, remember David and all his affliction,

133. Psalm 133

     See how good and how pleasant it is for brothers to live together in unity!

134. Psalm 134

     Look! Praise the LORD, all you servants of the LORD, who stand by night in the LORD’s house!

135. Psalm 135

     Praise the LORD! Praise the LORD’s name! Praise him, you servants of the LORD,

136. Psalm 136

     Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever.

137. Psalm 137

     By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down. Yes, we wept, when we remembered Zion.

138. Psalm 138

     I will give you thanks with my whole heart. Before the gods, I will sing praises to you.

139. Psalm 139

     LORD, you have searched me, and you know me.

140. Psalm 140

     Deliver me, LORD, from evil men. Preserve me from violent men:

141. Psalm 141

     LORD, I have called on you. Come to me quickly! Listen to my voice when I call to you.

142. Psalm 142

     I cry with my voice to the LORD. With my voice, I ask the LORD for mercy.

143. Psalm 143

     Hear my prayer, LORD. Listen to my petitions. In your faithfulness and righteousness, relieve me.

144. Psalm 144

     Blessed be the LORD, my rock, who trains my hands to war, and my fingers to battle—

145. Psalm 145

     I will exalt you, my God, the King. I will praise your name forever and ever.

146. Psalm 146

     Praise the LORD! Praise the LORD, my soul.

147. Psalm 147

     Praise the LORD, for it is good to sing praises to our God; for it is pleasant and fitting to praise him.

148. Psalm 148

     Praise the LORD! Praise the LORD from the heavens! Praise him in the heights!

149. Psalm 149

     Praise the LORD! Sing to the LORD a new song, his praise in the assembly of the saints.

150. Psalm 150

     Praise the LORD! Praise God in his sanctuary! Praise him in his heavens for his acts of power!

Psalms in other translations

• KJV King James Version
• BSB Berean Standard Bible
• ASV American Standard Version
• YLT Young's Literal Translation
• DBY Darby Translation
• WBS Webster Bible