PSALMUS

By the rivers of Babylon we sat mourning and weeping when we remembered Zion.
On the poplars of that land we hung up our harps. There our captors asked us for the words of a song; Our tormentors, for a joyful song: “Sing for us a song of Zion!” But how could we sing a song of the LORD in a foreign land?
If I forget you, Jerusalem, may my right hand wither. May my tongue stick to my palate if I do not remember you, if I do not exalt Jerusalem beyond all my delights.

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Have mercy on me, O God, in your goodness; in the greatness of your compassion wipe out my offense.
Thoroughly wash me from my guilt and of my sin cleanse me. For you are not pleased with sacrifices; should I offer a burnt offering, you would not accept it.
My sacrifice, O God, is a contrite spirit; a heart contrite and humbled, O God, you will not spurn.   Be bountiful, O LORD, to Zion in your kindness by rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem;
Then shall you be pleased with due sacrifices,
burnt offerings and holocausts.

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An unfamiliar speech I hear:
“I relieved his shoulder of the burden; his hands were freed from the basket.
In distress you called, and I rescued you.” “Unseen, I answered you in thunder;
I tested you at the waters of Meribah.
Hear, my people, and I will admonish you; O Israel, will you not hear me?” “There shall be no strange god among you nor shall you worship any alien god.
I, the LORD, am your God
who led you forth from the land of Egypt.” “If only my people would hear me, and Israel walk in my ways,
While Israel I would feed with the best of wheat, and with honey from the rock I would fill them.”

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Come, let us sing joyfully to the LORD; let us acclaim the Rock of our salvation.
Let us come into his presence with thanksgiving; let us joyfully sing psalms to him. Come, let us bow down in worship; let us kneel before the LORD who made us.
For he is our God, and we are the people he shepherds, the flock he guides. Oh, that today you would hear his voice: “Harden not your hearts as at Meribah, as in the day of Massah in the desert,
Where your fathers tempted me; they tested me though they had seen my works.”  

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Glorify the LORD, O Jerusalem; praise your God, O Zion.
For he has strengthened the bars of your gates; he has blessed your children within you. He sends forth his command to the earth; swiftly runs his word!
He spreads snow like wool; frost he strews like ashes. He has proclaimed his word to Jacob, his statutes and his ordinances to Israel.
He has not done thus for any other nation; his ordinances he has not made known to them. Alleluia

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