Our Four Foundational Psalms

psalm 23

1 The Lord is my Ps. 78:52; 80:1; Isa. 40:11; Jer. 31:10; Ezek. 34:11, 12, 23; John 10:11; Heb. 13:20; 1 Pet. 2:25; 5:4 shepherd; I shall not Ps. 34:9, 10; [Matt. 6:33] want.
2 He makes me lie down in green Ezek. 34:14; John 10:9 pastures.
He leads me beside still waters. 1
3 He Ps. 19:7 restores my soul.
He Ps. 5:8; 31:3; 139:10, 24; 143:10; Isa. 40:11; 49:10 leads me in Prov. 4:11; 8:20 paths of righteousness 1
for his Ps. 25:11; 31:3; 79:9; 109:21; Ezek. 20:9, 14 name's sake.
4 Even though I Ps. 138:7 walk through the valley of See Job 3:5 the shadow of death, 1
I will Ps. 3:6; 27:1, 3; 118:6 fear no evil,
for Ex. 3:12; Isa. 43:2 you are with me;
your Mic. 7:14 rod and your staff,
they comfort me.
5 You Ps. 78:19; [Prov. 9:2; John 6:51]; See 2 Sam. 17:27-29 prepare a table before me
in [Ps. 31:19] the presence of my enemies;
you Ps. 45:7; 133:2; Luke 7:46; [Ps. 92:10] anoint my head with oil;
my Ps. 16:5 cup overflows.
6 Surely 1 goodness and mercy 2 shall follow me
all the days of my life,
and I shall Ps. 27:4 dwell 3 in the house of the Lord
Ps. 21:4 forever. 4



psalm 91

Psalms 91:1:
He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High
will abide in the shadow of the Almighty.

Psalms 91:2:
I will say to the LORD, My refuge and my fortress,
my God, in whom I trust.

Psalms 91:3:
For he will deliver you from the snare of the fowler
and from the deadly pestilence.

Psalms 91:4:
He will cover you with his pinions,
and under his wings you will find refuge;
his faithfulness is a shield and buckler.

Psalms 91:5:
You will not fear the terror of the night,
nor the arrow that flies by day,

Psalms 91:6:
nor the pestilence that stalks in darkness,
nor the destruction that wastes at noonday.

Psalms 91:7:
A thousand may fall at your side,
ten thousand at your right hand,
but it will not come near you.

Psalms 91:8:
You will only look with your eyes
and see the recompense of the wicked.

Psalms 91:9:
Because you have made the LORD your dwelling place—
the Most High, who is my refuge—

Psalms 91:10:
no evil shall be allowed to befall you,
no plague come near your tent.

Psalms 91:11:
For he will command his angels concerning you
to guard you in all your ways.

Psalms 91:12:
On their hands they will bear you up,
lest you strike your foot against a stone.

Psalms 91:13:
You will tread on the lion and the adder;
the young lion and the serpent you will trample underfoot.

Psalms 91:14:
Because he holds fast to me in love, I will deliver him;
I will protect him, because he knows my name.

Psalms 91:15:
When he calls to me, I will answer him;
I will be with him in trouble;
I will rescue him and honor him.

Psalms 91:16:
With long life I will satisfy him
and show him my salvation.


psalm 27

1 The Lord is my Isa. 60:20; Mic. 7:8; [Ps. 84:11] light and my Ps. 118:14; Ex. 15:2; Isa. 12:2; 62:11 salvation;
See Ps. 23:4 whom shall I fear?
The Lord is the stronghold 1 of my life;
of whom shall I be afraid?
2 When evildoers assail me
to Ps. 14:4 eat up my flesh,
my adversaries and foes,
it is they who stumble and fall.
3 Ps. 3:6 Though an army encamp against me,
my heart shall not fear;
though war arise against me,
yet 1 I will be confident.
4 [Ps. 26:8; 84:1, 2] One thing have I asked of the Lord,
that will I seek after:
that I may Ps. 23:6; 65:4; [Luke 2:37] dwell in the house of the Lord
all the days of my life,
to gaze upon Ps. 90:17 the beauty of the Lord
and to inquire 1 in his temple.
5 For he will Ps. 31:20; [Ps. 91:1; Job 5:21; Isa. 4:6] hide me in his shelter
in the day of trouble;
he will conceal me under the cover of his tent;
he will Ps. 40:2 lift me high upon a rock.
6 And now my Ps. 3:3 head shall be lifted up
above my enemies all around me,
and I will offer in his tent
sacrifices with shouts of [Num. 10:10] joy;
Eph. 5:19; Col. 3:16 I will sing and make melody to the Lord.
7 Ps. 30:10 Hear, O Lord, when I cry aloud;
be gracious to me and answer me!
8 You have said, Ps. 24:6; 105:4 “Seek 1 my face.”
My heart says to you,
“Your face, Lord, do I seek.” 2
9 Ps. 69:17; 102:2; 143:7 Hide not your face from me.
Turn not your servant away in anger,
O you who have been my help.
Cast me not off; forsake me not,
See Ps. 24:5 O God of my salvation!
10 For [Isa. 49:15; 63:16] my father and my mother have forsaken me,
but the Lord will [Isa. 40:11] take me in.
11 See Ps. 25:4 Teach me your way, O Lord,
and lead me on [Ps. 5:8] a level path
because of my enemies.
12 Ps. 41:2 Give me not up to the will of my adversaries;
for Ps. 35:11; [1 Kgs. 21:13; Matt. 26:59, 60; Mark 14:55, 56] false witnesses have risen against me,
and they Acts 9:1 breathe out violence.
13 I believe 1 that I shall look upon Ex. 33:19 the goodness of the Lord
in Ps. 52:5; 116:9; 142:5; Job 28:13 the land of the living!
14 Ps. 37:34; 62:5; Prov. 20:22 Wait for the Lord;
Ps. 31:24; Deut. 31:7; Josh. 1:6, 9, 18 be strong, and let your heart take courage;
wait for the Lord!





psalm 68

Psalms 68:1:
God shall arise, his enemies shall be scattered;
and those who hate him shall flee before him!

Psalms 68:2:
As smoke is driven away, so you shall drive them away;
as wax melts before fire,
so the wicked shall perish before God!

Psalms 68:3:
But the righteous shall be glad;
they shall exult before God;
they shall be jubilant with joy!

Psalms 68:4:
Sing to God, sing praises to his name;
lift up a song to him who rides through the deserts;
his name is the LORD;
exult before him!

Psalms 68:5:
Father of the fatherless and protector of widows
is God in his holy habitation.

Psalms 68:6:
God settles the solitary in a home;
he leads out the prisoners to prosperity,
but the rebellious dwell in a parched land.

Psalms 68:7:
O God, when you went out before your people,
when you marched through the wilderness, Selah

Psalms 68:8:
the earth quaked, the heavens poured down rain,
before God, the One of Sinai,
before God, the God of Israel.

Psalms 68:9:
Rain in abundance, O God, you shed abroad;
you restored your inheritance as it languished;

Psalms 68:10:
your flock found a dwelling in it;
in your goodness, O God, you provided for the needy.

Psalms 68:11:
The Lord gives the word;
the women who announce the news are a great host:

Psalms 68:12:
The kings of the armies—they flee, they flee!
The women at home divide the spoil—

Psalms 68:13:
though you men lie among the sheepfolds—
the wings of a dove covered with silver,
its pinions with shimmering gold.

Psalms 68:14:
When the Almighty scatters kings there,
let snow fall on Zalmon.

Psalms 68:15:
O mountain of God, mountain of Bashan;
O many-peaked mountain, mountain of Bashan!

Psalms 68:16:
Why do you look with hatred, O many-peaked mountain,
at the mount that God desired for his abode,
yes, where the LORD will dwell forever?

Psalms 68:17:
The chariots of God are twice ten thousand,
thousands upon thousands;
the Lord is among them; Sinai is now in the sanctuary.

Psalms 68:18:
You ascended on high,
leading a host of captives in your train
and receiving gifts among men,
even among the rebellious, that the LORD God may dwell there.

Psalms 68:19:
Blessed be the Lord,
who daily bears us up;
God is our salvation. Selah

Psalms 68:20:
Our God is a God of salvation,
and to GOD, the Lord, belong deliverances from death.

Psalms 68:21:
But God will strike the heads of his enemies,
the hairy crown of him who walks in his guilty ways.

Psalms 68:22:
The Lord said,
I will bring them back from Bashan,
I will bring them back from the depths of the sea,

Psalms 68:23:
that you may strike your feet in their blood,
that the tongues of your dogs may have their portion from the foe.

Psalms 68:24:
Your procession is seen, O God,
the procession of my God, my King, into the sanctuary—

Psalms 68:25:
the singers in front, the musicians last,
between them virgins playing tambourines:

Psalms 68:26:
Bless God in the great congregation,
the LORD, O you who are of Israel's fountain!

Psalms 68:27:
There is Benjamin, the least of them, in the lead,
the princes of Judah in their throng,
the princes of Zebulun, the princes of Naphtali.

Psalms 68:28:
Summon your power, O God,
the power, O God, by which you have worked for us.

Psalms 68:29:
Because of your temple at Jerusalem
kings shall bear gifts to you.

Psalms 68:30:
Rebuke the beasts that dwell among the reeds,
the herd of bulls with the calves of the peoples.
Trample underfoot those who lust after tribute;
scatter the peoples who delight in war.

Psalms 68:31:
Nobles shall come from Egypt;
Cush shall hasten to stretch out her hands to God.

Psalms 68:32:
O kingdoms of the earth, sing to God;
sing praises to the Lord, Selah

Psalms 68:33:
to him who rides in the heavens, the ancient heavens;
behold, he sends out his voice, his mighty voice.

Psalms 68:34:
Ascribe power to God,
whose majesty is over Israel,
and whose power is in the skies.

Psalms 68:35:
Awesome is God from his sanctuary;
the God of Israel—he is the one who gives power and strength to his people.
Blessed be God!