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Tikkun HaKlali
Psalm 16

1 Preserve me, O God, for in you I take refuge.

2 I say to the YHVH, You are my Lord; I have no good apart from you.
3 As for the saints in the land, they are the excellent ones, in whom is all my
delight.
4 The sorrows of those who run after another god shall multiply; their drink
offerings of blood I will not pour out or take their names on my lips.
5 YHVH is my chosen portion and my cup; you hold my lot.
6 The lines have fallen for me in pleasant places; indeed, I have a beautiful
inheritance.
7 I bless YHVH who gives me counsel; in the night also my heart instructs
me.
8 I have set YHVH always before me; because he is at my right hand, I shall
not be shaken.
9 Therefore my heart is glad, and my whole being rejoices; my flesh also
dwells secure.
10 For you will not abandon my soul to Sheol, or let your holy one see
corruption.
11 You make known to me the path of life; in your presence there is fullness
of joy; at your right hand are pleasures forevermore.

Psalm 32

1 Blessed is the one whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.

2 Blessed is the man against whom YHVH counts no iniquity, and in whose
spirit there is no deceit.
3 For when I kept silent, my bones wasted away through my groaning all
day long.
4 For day and night your hand was heavy upon me; my strength was dried
up as by the heat of summer. Selah

5 I acknowledged my sin to you, and I did not cover my iniquity; I said, I

will confess my transgressions to YHVH, and you forgave the iniquity of my
sin. Selah
6 Therefore let everyone who is godly offer prayer to you at a time when
you may be found; surely in the rush of great waters, they shall not reach
him.
7 You are a hiding place for me; you preserve me from trouble; you
surround me with shouts of deliverance. Selah
8 I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel
you with my eye upon you.
9 Be not like a horse or a mule, without understanding, which must be
curbed with bit and bridle, or it will not stay near you.
10 Many are the sorrows of the wicked, but steadfast love surrounds the
one who trusts in YHVH.
11 Be glad in YHVH, and rejoice, O righteous, and shout for joy, all you
upright in heart!

Psalm 41

1 Blessed is the one who considers the poor! In the day of trouble YHVH
delivers him;
2 YHVH protects him and keeps him alive; he is called blessed in the land;
you do not give him up to the will of his enemies.
3 YHVH sustains him on his sickbed; in his illness you restore him to full
health.
4 As for me, I said, O YHVH, be gracious to me; heal me, for I have sinned
against you!
5 My enemies say of me in malice, When will he die, and his name perish?
6 And when one comes to see me, he utters empty words, while his heart
gathers iniquity; when he goes out, he tells it abroad.
7 All who hate me whisper together about me; they imagine the worst for
me.
8 They say, A deadly thing is poured out on him; he will not rise again from
where he lies.
9 Even my close friend in whom I trusted, who ate my bread, has lifted his
heel against me.
10 But you, YHVH, be gracious to me, and raise me up, that I may repay
them!

11 By this I know that you delight in me: my enemy will not shout in
triumph over me.
12 But you have upheld me because of my integrity, and set me in your
presence forever.
13 Blessed be YHVH, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting!
Amen and Amen.

Psalm 42

1 As a deer pants for flowing streams, so pants my soul for you, O God.
2 My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and appear
before God?]
3 My tears have been my food day and night, while they say to me all the
day long, Where is your God?
4 These things I remember, as I pour out my soul: how I would go with the
throng and lead them in procession to the house of God with glad shouts
and songs of praise, a multitude keeping festival.
5 Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you in turmoil within me?
Hope in God; for I shall again praise him, my salvation 6 and my God.
6 My soul is cast down within me; therefore I remember you from the land
of Jordan and of Hermon, from Mount Mizar.
7 Deep calls to deep at the roar of your waterfalls; all your breakers and
your waves have gone over me.
8 By day YHVH commands his steadfast love, and at night his song is with
me, a prayer to the God of my life.
9 I say to God, my rock: Why have you forgotten me? Why do I go
mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
10 As with a deadly wound in my bones, my adversaries taunt me, while
they say to me all the day long, Where is your God?
11 Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you in turmoil within
me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise him, my salvation and my God.

Psalm 59

1 Deliver me from my enemies, O my God; protect me from those who rise

up against me;
2 deliver me from those who work evil, and save me from bloodthirsty men.
3 For behold, they lie in wait for my life; fierce men stir up strife against me.
For no transgression or sin of mine, YHVH,

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for no fault of mine, they run and make ready. Awake, come to meet me,
and see!
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You YHVH, God of hosts, are God of Israel. Rouse yourself to punish all
the nations; spare none of those who treacherously plot evil. Selah
6 Each evening they come back, howling like dogs and prowling about the
city.
7 There they are, bellowing with their mouths with swords in their lipsfor
Who, they think, will hear us?
8 But you, YHVH, laugh at them; you hold all the nations in derision.
9 O my Strength, I will watch for you, for you, O God, are my fortress.
10 My God in his steadfast love will meet me; God will let me look in
triumph on my enemies.
11 Kill them not, lest my people forget; make them totter by your power and
bring them down,
O Lord, our shield!
12 For the sin of their mouths, the words of their lips, let them be trapped
in their pride. For the cursing and lies that they utter,
13 consume them in wrath; consume them till they are no more, that they
may know that God rules over Jacob to the ends of the earth. Selah
14 Each evening they come back, howling like dogs and prowling about the
city.
15 They wander about for food and growl if they do not get their fill.
16 But I will sing of your strength; I will sing aloud of your steadfast love in
the morning. For you have been to me a fortress and a refuge in the day of
my distress.
17 O my Strength, I will sing praises to you, for you, O God, are my fortress,
the God who shows me steadfast love.

Psalm 77

1 I cry aloud to God, aloud to God, and he will hear me.

2 In the day of my trouble I seek the Lord; in the night my hand is stretched
out without wearying; my soul refuses to be comforted.
3 When I remember God, I moan; when I meditate, my spirit faints. Selah
4 You hold my eyelids open; I am so troubled that I cannot speak.
5 I consider the days of old, the years long ago.
6 I said, Let me remember my song in the night; let me meditate in my
heart. Then my spirit made a diligent search:
7 Will the Lord spurn forever, and never again be favorable?

8 Has his steadfast love forever ceased? Are his promises at an end for all
time?
9 Has God forgotten to be gracious? Has he in anger shut up his
compassion? Selah
10 Then I said, I will appeal to this, to the years of the right hand of the
Most High.
11 I will remember the deeds of YHVH; yes, I will remember your wonders
of old.
12 I will ponder all your work, and meditate on your mighty deeds.
13 Your way, O God, is holy. What god is great like our God?
14 You are the God who works wonders; you have made known your might
among the peoples.
15 You with your arm redeemed your people, the children of Jacob and
Joseph. Selah
16 When the waters saw you, O God, when the waters saw you, they were
afraid; indeed, the deep trembled.
17 The clouds poured out water; the skies gave forth thunder; your arrows
flashed on every side.
18 The crash of your thunder was in the whirlwind; your lightnings lighted
up the world; the earth trembled and shook.
19 Your way was through the sea, your path through the great waters; yet
your footprints were unseen.
20 You led your people like a flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron.

Psalm 90 - A Prayer of Moses, the man of

God.
1 Lord, you have been our dwelling place in all generations.
2 Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever you had formed the
earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting you are God.

3 You return man to dust and say, Return, O children of man!

4 For a thousand years in your sight are but as yesterday when it is past, or
as a watch in the night.
5 You sweep them away as with a flood; they are like a dream, like grass
that is renewed in the morning:
6 in the morning it flourishes and is renewed; in the evening it fades and
withers.

7 For we are brought to an end by your anger; by your wrath we are

dismayed.
8 You have set our iniquities before you, our secret sins in the light of your
presence.
9 For all our days pass away under your wrath; we bring our years to an end
like a sigh.
10 The years of our life are seventy, or even by reason of strength eighty;
yet their span is but toil and trouble; they are soon gone, and we fly away.
11 Who considers the power of your anger, and your wrath according to the
fear of you?
12 So teach us to number our days that we may get a heart of wisdom.
13 Return, YHVH! How long? Have pity on your servants!
14 Satisfy us in the morning with your steadfast love, that we may rejoice
and be glad all our days.
15 Make us glad for as many days as you have afflicted us, and for as many
years as we have seen evil.
16 Let your work be shown to your servants, and your glorious power to
their children.
17 Let the favor of the Lord our God be upon us, and establish the work of
our hands upon us;
yes, establish the work of our hands!

Psalm 105 - Tell of All His Wonderful

Works

1 Oh give thanks to YHVH; call upon his name; make known his deeds
among the peoples!
2 Sing to him, sing praises to him; tell of all his wondrous works!
3 Glory in his holy name; let the hearts of those who seek YHVH rejoice!
4 Seek YHVH and his strength; seek his presence continually!
5 Remember the wondrous works that he has done, his miracles, and the
judgments he uttered,
6 O offspring of Abraham, his servant, children of Jacob, his chosen ones!
7 He is YHVH our God; his judgments are in all the earth.
8 He remembers his covenant forever, the word that he commanded, for a
thousand generations,
9 the covenant that he made with Abraham, his sworn promise to Isaac,
10 which he confirmed to Jacob as a statute, to Israel as an everlasting
covenant,
11 saying, To you I will give the land of Canaan as your portion for an
inheritance.

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When they were few in number, of little account, and sojourners in it,
wandering from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another people,
he allowed no one to oppress them; he rebuked kings on their account,
saying, Touch not my anointed ones, do my prophets no harm!

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When he summoned a famine on the land and broke all supply of bread,
he had sent a man ahead of them, Joseph, who was sold as a slave.
His feet were hurt with fetters; his neck was put in a collar of iron;
until what he had said came to pass, the word of YHVH tested him.
The king sent and released him; the ruler of the peoples set him free;
he made him lord of his house and ruler of all his possessions,
to bind his princes at his pleasure and to teach his elders wisdom.

23 Then Israel came to Egypt; Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.

24 And the Lord made his people very fruitful and made them stronger than
their foes.
25 He turned their hearts to hate his people, to deal craftily with his
servants.
26 He sent Moses, his servant, and Aaron, whom he had chosen.
27 They performed his signs among them and miracles in the land of Ham.
28 He sent darkness, and made the land dark; they did not rebel against his
words.
29 He turned their waters into blood and caused their fish to die.
30 Their land swarmed with frogs, even in the chambers of their kings.
31 He spoke, and there came swarms of flies, and gnats throughout their
country.
32 He gave them hail for rain, and fiery lightning bolts through their land.
33 He struck down their vines and fig trees, and shattered the trees of their
country.
34 He spoke, and the locusts came, young locusts without number,
35 which devoured all the vegetation in their land and ate up the fruit of
their ground.
36 He struck down all the firstborn in their land, the firstfruits of all their
strength.
37 Then he brought out Israel with silver and gold, and there was none
among his tribes who stumbled.
38 Egypt was glad when they departed, for dread of them had fallen upon it.
39 He spread a cloud for a covering, and fire to give light by night.
40 They asked, and he brought quail, and gave them bread from heaven in
abundance.
41 He opened the rock, and water gushed out; it flowed through the desert
like a river.

42 For he remembered his holy promise, and Abraham, his servant.

43 So he brought his people out with joy, his chosen ones with singing.
44 And he gave them the lands of the nations, and they took possession of
the fruit of the peoples' toil,
45 that they might keep his statutes and observe his laws. Praise YHVH!

Psalm 137 - How Shall We Sing the

Lord's Song?

1 By the waters of Babylon, there we sat down and wept, when we

remembered Zion.
2 On the willows there we hung up our lyres.
3 For there our captors required of us songs, and our tormentors, mirth,
saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion!
4 How shall we sing YHVH song in a foreign land?
5 If I forget you, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget its skill!
6 Let my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth, if I do not remember you, if I
do not set Jerusalem above my highest joy!
7 Remember, YHVH, against the Edomites the day of Jerusalem, how they
said, Lay it bare, lay it bare, down to its foundations!
8 O daughter of Babylon, doomed to be destroyed, blessed shall he be who
repays you with what you have done to us!
9 Blessed shall he be who takes your little ones and dashes them against the
rock!

Psalm 150 - Let Everything Praise the

Lord

1 Praise YHVH! Praise God in his sanctuary; praise him in his mighty
heavens!
2 Praise him for his mighty deeds; praise him according to his excellent
greatness!
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Praise him with trumpet sound; praise him with lute and harp!
Praise him with tambourine and dance; praise him with strings and pipe!
Praise him with sounding cymbals; praise him with loud clashing cymbals!
Let everything that has breath praise YHVH! Praise YHVH!