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A Psalm

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O God, You are my God; I shall
seek you earnestly;
my soul thirsts for You, my flesh
yearns for You,
in a dry and weary land where
there is no water.
Thus I have seen You in
the sanctuary,
to see Your power and
Your glory.
Because Your lovingkindness is
better than life,
my lips shall praise You.
So I will bless You as long as
I live;
I will lift up my hands in
Your name.
My soul is satisfied as with
marrow and fatness,
and my mouth offers praises
with joyful lips.
When I remember You on
my bed,
I meditate on You in
the night watches,
for You have been my help,
and in the shadow of Your wings
I sing
for joy.

My soul clings to You;
Your right hand upholds me.

But those who seek my life to destroy it,
will go into the depths of the earth.
They will be delivered over to the power
of the sword; they will be a prey for foxes.
But the king will rejoice
in God;
everyone who swears by Him
will glory,
for the mouths of those who speak lies
will be stopped.

Praise the Lord!

I Carry the Banner

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Praise the LORD!
For it is good and pleasant to sing praises to our God;
for it is pleasant and praise is becoming.
The LORD builds up Jerusalem;
He gathers the outcasts of Israel.
He heals the brokenhearted
and binds up their wounds.
He counts the number of the stars;
He gives names to all of them.

Great is our Lord and abundant in strength;
His understanding is infinite.
The LORD supports the afflicted;
He brings down the wicked to the ground.

Sing to the LORD with thanksgiving;
Sing praises to our God on the lyre,
who covers the heavens with clouds,
who provides rain for the earth,
who makes grass to grow on the mountains.
He gives to the beast its food
and to the young ravens which cry.
He does not delight in the strength of the horse;
He does not take pleasure in the legs of a man.

The LORD favors those who fear Him,
those who wait for His lovingkindness.

Praise the LORD, O Jerusalem!
Praise your God, O Zion!

-Psalm 147:1-12

Awesomeness. Praise the Lord.

Hallelujah

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A simply magnificent and heart-warming and passion-stirring Psalm to read this morning:

The LORD reigns, let the earth rejoice;
the the many islands be glad.
Clouds and thick darkness surround Him;
righteousness and justice are
the foundation of His throne.
Fire goes before Him and burns
up His adversaries round about.
His lightnings lit up the world;
the earth saw and trembled.
The mountains melted like wax
at the presence of the LORD,
at the presence of the LORD
of the whole earth.
The heavens declare His righteousness,
and all the peoples have seen His glory.

Let all those be ashamed who
serve graven images,
who boast themselves of idols;
worship Him, all you gods.
Zion heard this and was glad,
and the daughters of Judah have rejoiced
because of Your judgments, O LORD.
For You are the LORD Most High
over all the earth;
You are exalted far above all gods.

Hate evil, you who love the LORD,
Who preserves the souls
of His godly ones;
He delivers them from
the hand of the wicked.
Light is sown like seed
for the righteous
and gladness for
the upright in heart.

Be glad in the LORD,
you righteous ones,
and give thanks to
His holy name.

Psalm 97. Beauty. Beauty and love. Praise the Lord.

Glories upon glories

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O LORD, our Lord,
How majestic is Your name in all the earth,
Who have displayed Your splendour above the heavens!
From the mouth of infants and nursing babes
You have established strength
because of your adversaries,
to make the enemy and the revengeful cease.

When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers,
the moon and the stars, which You have ordained;
what is man that You take thought of him,
and the son of man that You care for him?
Yet You have made him a little lower than God,
and You crown him with glory and majesty!
You make him to rule over the works of Your hands;
You have put all things under his feet,
all sheep and oxen, and also the beasts of the field,
the birds of the heavens and the fish of the sea,
whatever passes through the paths of the seas.

O LORD our Lord,
How majestic is Your name in all the earth!
-Psalm 8

Simply and blissfully glorious!! Maybe I’ll write more later tonight once work is done for the day, but for now, have a marvelous Thursday, my friends!!

Hallelujah

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How blessed is everyone who
fears the LORD,
Who walks in His ways.
When you shall eat of the fruit
of your hands,
You will be happy and it will be
well with you.
Your wife shall be like a fruitful
vine within your house,
Your children like olive plants
Around your table.
Behold, for thus shall the man
be blessed
Who fears the LORD.

The LORD bless you from Zion,
And may you see the prosperity
of Jerusalem all the days
of your life.
Indeed, may you see
your children’s children.
Peace be upon Israel!

Psalm 128

Oh blissful morning!

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And don’t have long to write as it’s about time to go to Gilc to do some Christmas caroling! One note on Christmas music – I do so love that this is the one time of year where you can go to Starbucks and hear songs praising Jesus – such awesomeness!

And I’ll leave you with this…

The LORD reigns, He is clothed with majesty;
The LORD has clothed and girded Himself with strength;
Indeed the world is firmly established, it will
not be moved.
Your throne is established from of old;
You are from everlasting.
The floods have lifted up, O LORD,
The floods have lifted up their voice,
The floods lift up their pounding waves.
More than the sound of many waters,
Than the mighty breakers of the sea,
The LORD on high is mighty.

Your testimonies are fully confirmed;
Holiness befits Your house, O LORD,
forevermore.

Epic glory. Ah, Psalm 93, love it.

Love you all.

Hallelujah

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Praise the LORD!
Praise God in His sanctuary;
Praise Him in His mighty expanse.
Praise Him according to
His excellent greatness.

Praise Him with trumpet sound;
Praise Him with harp and lyre.
Praise Him with timbrel and dancing;
Praise Him with stringed instruments and pipe.
Praise Him with loud cymbals;
Praise Him with resounding cymbals.
Let everything that has breath
praise the LORD.
Praise the LORD!

-Ps. 150

Praise the Lord!!!