Image Credit: The Old Chapel at Châtillon-d’Azergues | Jean Jacques de Boissieu, French | 1799 Psalm 261 Give judgment for me, O Lord,for I have lived with integrity; *I have trusted in the Lord and have not faltered. 2 Test me, O Lord, and try me; *examine my heart and my mind. 3 For your love is before my eyes; *I have walked faithfully with you. 4 I have not sat with the worthless, *nor do I consort with the deceitful. 5 I have hated
Image Credit: Evening Snow | Utagawa Hiroshige, Japanese | 1797–1861 Psalm 251 To you, O Lord, I lift up my soul;my God, I put my trust in you; *let me not be humiliated,nor let my enemies triumph over me. 2 Let none who look to you be put to shame; *let the treacherous be disappointed in their schemes. 3 Show me your ways, O Lord, *and teach me your paths. 4 Lead me in your truth and teach me, *for you are the God
Image Credit: Tablet with Chariot Scene | New Kingdom | ca. 1400–1390 B.C. Psalm 201 May the Lord answer you in the day of trouble, *the Name of the God of Jacob defend you; 2 Send you help from his holy place *and strengthen you out of Zion; 3 Remember all your offerings *and accept your burnt sacrifice; 4 Grant you your heart’s desire *and prosper all your plans. 5 We will shout for joy at your victoryand triumph in
Image Credit: Harvest Scene | Winslow Homer, American | ca. 1873 Psalm 161Protect me, O God, for I take refuge in you; *I have said to the Lord, “You are my Lord,my good above all other.” 2All my delight is upon the godly that are in the land, *upon those who are noble among the people. 3But those who run after other gods *shall have their troubles multiplied. 4Their libations of blood I will not offer, *nor take the names
Image Credit: The Three Trees, after Rembrandt | Captain William E. Baillie, Irish | After Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn), Dutch | 1758 Psalm 18:1-201 I love you, O Lord my strength, *O Lord my stronghold, my crag, and my haven. 2 My God, my rock in whom I put my trust, *my shield, the horn of my salvation, and my refuge;you are worthy of praise. 3 I will call upon the Lord, *and so shall I be saved from my
Image Credit: Chasse of Champagnat | French | ca. 1150 Psalm 119:1-241 Happy are they whose way is blameless, *who walk in the law of the Lord! 2 Happy are they who observe his decrees *and seek him with all their hearts! 3 Who never do any wrong, *but always walk in his ways. 4 You laid down your commandments, *that we should fully keep them. 5 Oh, that my ways were made so direct *that I might keep your statutes! 6 Then I should not
Image Credit: David in Prayer | Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn), Dutch | 1652 Psalm 61Lord, do not rebuke me in your anger; *do not punish me in your wrath. 2Have pity on me, Lord, for I am weak; *heal me, Lord, for my bones are racked. 3My spirit shakes with terror; *how long, O Lord, how long? 4Turn, O Lord, and deliver me; *save me for your mercy’s sake. 5For in death no one remembers you; *and who will give
Image Credit: Terrestrial Globe | James Wilson, American | 1828 Psalm 21Why are the nations in an uproar? *Why do the peoples mutter empty threats? 2Why do the kings of the Earth rise up in revolt,and the princes plot together, *against the Lord and against his Anointed? 3“Let us break their yoke,” they say; *“let us cast off their bonds from us.” 4He whose throne is in heaven is laughing; *the Lord has them in derision. 5Then he speaks to
Image Credit: La Prière (The Prayer), from “Illustrated London News” | Engraver – William Luson Thomas, British | After Gustav Pope, British | March 2, 1867 Psalm 861 Bow down your ear, O Lord, and answer me, *for I am poor and in misery. 2 Keep watch over my life, for I am faithful; *save your servant who puts his trust in you. 3 Be merciful to me, O Lord, for you are my God; *I call upon you all the day long.
Image Credit: A Woman Ironing | Edgar Degas, French | 1873 Psalm 1401 Deliver me, O Lord, from evildoers;*protect me from the violent, 2 Who devise evil in their hearts*and stir up strife all day long. 3 They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent;*adder’s poison is under their lips. 4 Keep me, O Lord, from the hands of the wicked;*protect me from the violent,who are determined to trip me up. 5 The proud have hidden a snare for meand stretched out a net of
