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Psalms

by Danny Sabra

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Psalm 1 04:22
Psalm 1 English Standard Version (ESV) Book One The Way of the Righteous and the Wicked 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; 2 but his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night. 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. 4 The wicked are not so, but are like chaff that the wind drives away. 5 Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous; 6 for the Lord knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.
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Psalm 3 06:28
Psalm 3 English Standard Version (ESV) Save Me, O My God A Psalm of David, when he fled from Absalom his son. 3 O Lord, how many are my foes! Many are rising against me; 2 many are saying of my soul, there is no salvation for him in God. Selah 3 But you, O Lord, are a shield about me, my glory, and the lifter of my head. 4 I cried aloud to the Lord, and he answered me from his holy hill. Selah 5 I lay down and slept; I woke again, for the Lord sustained me. 6 I will not be afraid of many thousands of people who have set themselves against me all around. 7 Arise, O Lord! Save me, O my God! For you strike all my enemies on the cheek; you break the teeth of the wicked. 8 Salvation belongs to the Lord; your blessing be on your people! Selah
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Psalm 57 07:17
Psalm 57 English Standard Version (ESV) Let Your Glory Be over All the Earth To the choirmaster: according to Do Not Destroy. A Miktam of David, when he fled from Saul, in the cave. 57 Be merciful to me, O God, be merciful to me, for in you my soul takes refuge; in the shadow of your wings I will take refuge, till the storms of destruction pass by. 2 I cry out to God Most High, to God who fulfills his purpose for me. 3 He will send from heaven and save me; he will put to shame him who tramples on me. Selah God will send out his steadfast love and his faithfulness! 4 My soul is in the midst of lions; I lie down amid fiery beasts— the children of man, whose teeth are spears and arrows, whose tongues are sharp swords. 5 Be exalted, O God, above the heavens! Let your glory be over all the earth! 6 They set a net for my steps; my soul was bowed down. They dug a pit in my way, but they have fallen into it themselves. Selah 7 My heart is steadfast, O God, my heart is steadfast! I will sing and make melody! 8 Awake, my glory! Awake, O harp and lyre! I will awake the dawn! 9 I will give thanks to you, O Lord, among the peoples; I will sing praises to you among the nations. 10 For your steadfast love is great to the heavens, your faithfulness to the clouds. 11 Be exalted, O God, above the heavens! Let your glory be over all the earth!
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Psalm 84 06:29
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Psalm 86 08:03
Psalm 86 English Standard Version (ESV) Great Is Your Steadfast Love A Prayer of David. 86 Incline your ear, O Lord, and answer me, for I am poor and needy. 2 Preserve my life, for I am godly; save your servant, who trusts in you—you are my God. 3 Be gracious to me, O Lord, for to you do I cry all the day. 4 Gladden the soul of your servant, for to you, O Lord, do I lift up my soul. 5 For you, O Lord, are good and forgiving, abounding in steadfast love to all who call upon you. 6 Give ear, O Lord, to my prayer; listen to my plea for grace. 7 In the day of my trouble I call upon you, for you answer me. 8 There is none like you among the gods, O Lord, nor are there any works like yours. 9 All the nations you have made shall come and worship before you, O Lord, and shall glorify your name. 10 For you are great and do wondrous things; you alone are God. 11 Teach me your way, O Lord, that I may walk in your truth; unite my heart to fear your name. 12 I give thanks to you, O Lord my God, with my whole heart, and I will glorify your name forever. 13 For great is your steadfast love toward me; you have delivered my soul from the depths of Sheol. 14 O God, insolent men have risen up against me; a band of ruthless men seeks my life, and they do not set you before them. 15 But you, O Lord, are a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness. 16 Turn to me and be gracious to me; give your strength to your servant, and save the son of your maidservant. 17 Show me a sign of your favor, that those who hate me may see and be put to shame because you, Lord, have helped me and comforted me.

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This came about as a spontaneous pouring out, when some studio time unexpectedly opened up. With nothing to do, I started improvising what I felt at the moment and singing some of my favorite Psalms which I had been ruminating over all summer long. The Psalms had hit me like a ton of bricks earlier that summer, when faced with the prospects of losing a parent to cancer, I turned in desperation to the Psalms as a blind, unknowing, reaching out for peace. I didn't know what I'd find. But I didn't know where else to turn either. It was from that experience that I found myself reading the entire book of Psalms, sometimes listening to them on my headphones in the car on the drive between my home, work, and the hospital. It seems all so cliché now, and I'm realizing that of course, it was an obvious choice, but at the time, it felt perfectly strange, and foreign and I had no idea what I was looking at, or looking for. But the raw emotion, the depths of the sorrow, and the hope in the face of insurmountable odds struck a chord with my heart. Like when you listen to your favorite musician sing, or hear your favorite speaker speak, you feel as if that person is saying all the things you wish you could say but in a better way than you could ever say them yourself. That is how I felt when I read the Psalms. When I read "O Lord, how many are my foes!
Many are rising against me; many are saying of my soul, there is no salvation for him in God." I believed that. I felt that. I felt cancer, and hopelessness and fear and doubt and a future without the ones I loved rising against me. I felt them saying "if you think God will save you, you're wrong." The raw, brutal crying out for help resonated with me. I was crying out for help. It was looking and seeing that someone had been there before me. Someone else had gone through what I was going through, and worse. And at the end of it, there was hope. When I felt like there couldn't be any hope I read from someone who had been there that there was. That summer saw my worst nightmares subside, but amidst that survival, dear ones I loved went through worse a hundred times over. This is a cruel cold world some days. People we love are taken away. Many are our foes. Opportunities vanish. Many are saying of us, there is no hope. With all of that on my heart, I sang these songs. And I hope that through my feeble attempts, you can hear and feel a little bit of what I did. That whatever you're facing, whatever you're feeling, know that there is hope to be had, and I hope that if it is possible at all that you may find some here. - Danny Sabra

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released February 8, 2014

All music by Danny Sabra.

Recorded at Bailey Studios. Mixed and Mastered by Cody Bailey.

All text taken from The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®) copyright © 2001 by Crossway

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