Psalter Flashcards
Psalm 1:1
Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers;
Psalm 1:2
but his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night.
Psalm 1:3
He is like a tree
planted by streams of water
that yields its fruit in its season,
and its leaf does not wither.
In all that he does, he prospers.
Psalm 1:4
The wicked are not so,
but are like chaff that the wind drives away.
Psalm 1:5
Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment,
nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous;
Psalm 1:6
for the Lord knows the way of the righteous,
but the way of the wicked will perish.
Psalm 2:1
Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?
Psalm 2:2
The kings of the earth set themselves,
and the rulers take counsel together,
against the Lord and against his Anointed, saying,
Psalm 2:3
“Let us burst their bonds apart
and cast away their cords from us.”
Psalm 2:4
He who sits in the heavens laughs;
the Lord holds them in derision.
Psalm 2:5
Then he will speak to them in his wrath, and terrify them in his fury, saying,
Psalm 2:6
“As for me, I have set my King on Zion, my holy hill.”
Psalm 2:7
I will tell of the decree: The Lord said to me, “You are my Son; today I have begotten you.
Psalm 2:8
Ask of me, and I will make the nations your heritage, and the ends of the earth your possession.
Psalm 2:9
You shall break them with a rod of iron and dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.”
Psalm 2:10
Now therefore, O kings, be wise; be warned, O rulers of the earth.
Psalm 2:11
Serve the Lord with fear, and rejoice with trembling.
Psalm 2:12
Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and you perish in the way, for his wrath is quickly kindled. Blessed are all who take refuge in him.
Psalm 3 header
A Psalm of David, when he fled from Absalom his son.
Psalm 3:1
O Lord, how many are my foes! Many are rising against me;