Prayer Psalm 116

Baruch Ata,

 YHVH - Elohey Yisrael, Avi

(Bless You, YHVH - Elohim of Israel, my Father).

The pains of death surrounded me, and the pangs of Sheol laid hold of me, all that I found was trouble and sorrow.  This I believed, therefore I spoke, "I am greatly afflicted."  I said in my haste, "All men are liars."  But then I called upon Your name YHVH - Mephal’tee (my Rescuer), with this simple request: "O YHVH, I implore You to deliver my soul!"  You, El Ra’chum (Compassionate God), are gracious and righteous; yes, You, Elohi (my God), are merciful, for I was brought low; and You, Yeshua’tee (my Salvation), saved me and now continue to preserve me.

O my soul, return to your rest, for You, YHVH - Ro’ee (God Who Sees and Provides for me), have dealt bountifully with me.  You have delivered my soul from death, my eyes from tears and my feet from falling.  For precious in Your sight is the death of Your holy ones.

 

What shall I render to You, El Shaddai (God Almighty), for all Your benefits toward me?  I will take up the cup of salvation and call upon Your name, YHVH - Moshi’ee (my Savior/Deliverer).  I will pay my vows to You, Mal’kee (my King), now in the presence of all Your people, Yisrael; I will walk before You in the land of the living.

O YHVH - Elohey Avoti (God of my Fathers), Elohey Avraham, Yitzchak and Ya’acov (God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob), truly I am Your servant; I am Your servant, the son of Your maidservant; You have loosed my bonds.  I shall offer to You the sacrifice of thanksgiving and shall call upon Your name, YHVH.  I love You, Avi (my Father), because You have heard my voice and my supplications.  You have inclined Your ear to me; therefore I shall call upon You, Cha’ya’i (my Life), as long as I live.  I shall pay my vows to You, now in the presence of all Your people, in the courts of Your house, in the midst of you, O Yeru’shala’yim.  Praise YHVH - Elohey Yisrael (God of Israel)!

Hallelu-Yah!!!  For You, YHVH, are Elohim.  You are Elohey Yisrael, Elohey Avraham, Yitzchak and Ya’acov.  Avi the Almighty reigns!

PRAYER PSALM 81

Baruch Ata YHVH, Elohey Yisrael, Avi

(Bless You, YHVH - Elohim of Israel, my Father)

"Hear, O My people, and I shall admonish you; O Yisrael, if you will listen to Me, for I am YHVH - Elohey’chem (your [plural] God), Who brought you out of the land of Egypt.

"Blow the Shofar at the time of the new moon and at the full moon, on your solemn feast day.  For this is a statute for you, Yisrael and a law that I, Elohey Ya’acov (the God of Jacob), established with your forefather, Yoseph, as a testimony, when he went throughout the land of Egypt, in a land whose language you did not understand.  I removed your shoulder from the burden; and your hands were freed from the baskets.  You called when you were in trouble and I delivered you; I answered you in the secret place of thunder.  I tested you at the waters of Merivah;  but you, My people, would not heed My voice and you, Yisrael, rejected Me as king over you; so I gave you over to the stubbornness of your own heart, to walk in your own counsels.

"But if you, My people, in this generation, would listen to Me, and walk in My ways, and have no foreign god among you; nor worship any foreign god, I would soon subdue your enemies, and turn My hand against your adversaries, especially those who hate Me and pretend submission to Me for their fate is sealed forever.  But I shall feed you, Yisrael, with the finest of wheat, and with honey from the rock I shall satisfy you.  Now open your mouth wide, and I shall fill it.”

Raise a song and strike the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the lute!  Sing aloud to YHVH - Elohey Chizkeynu (God of our Strength), make a joyful shout to Elohey Ya’acov (God of Jacob)! 

Hallelu-Yah!!!  For You YHVH are Elohim.  You are Elohey Yisrael, Elohey Avraham, Yitzchak and Ya’acov.  Avi the Almighty reigns!

PRAYER PSALM 8

Baruch Ata YHVH, Elohey Yisrael, Avi.

(Bless You, YHVH - Elohim of Israel, my Father)

O YHVH - Elohey Avraham, Yitzchak and Ya’acov, how excellent is Your name in all the earth, for You have set Your glory above the heavens.

When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You have ordained, I wonder how it is that You can even be mindful of me or any man.  How is it that You even bother visiting us?  Who am I that You, El Boreh Olam (Creator of the Universe), are even mindful of me?  But even more amazing, You, Elohey Tzva’ot Yisrael (God of the Armies of Israel), have ordained strength to nursing infants and babes, for out of their mouth You have silenced the enemy and the avenger.

Even though You have made me a little lower than the angels, Your desire is to crown me with glory and honor through the redemptive work of Your Son, M’shi’chee (my Messiah), and as a result of my being in Him, You have given me dominion over the works of Your hands; You have put all things under my feet, all sheep and oxen--even the beasts of the field, the birds of the air, and the fish of the sea that pass through the paths of the seas.

O Avi (my Father), YHVH - Elohey Yisrael, how excellent is Your name in all the earth! 

Hallelu-Yah!!!  For You YHVH are Elohim.  You are Elohey Yisrael, Elohey Avraham, Yitzchak and Ya’acov.  Avi the Almighty reigns!

PRAYER PSALM 52

Baruch Ata, YHVH, Elohey Yisrael, Avi.

(Bless You, YHVH - Elohim of Israel, my Father)

O YHVH - El Elyon (God Most High), I pray, Abba, for the so-called mighty man who boasts in evil; who does not make You his strength, but puts his trust in the abundance of his riches and strengthens himself in his wickedness.  His tongue devises destruction like a sharp razor working deceitfully.  He loves evil more than good, lying rather than speaking righteousness.  He loves all devouring words, and in His mouth is a deceitful tongue.  Yet Your goodness, Av Ha’ra’cha’mim (Father of Mercies), is always before him.  But if he does not repent, El Shofet (Judge), You will destroy him forever; You will take him away and pluck him out of his dwelling place, and uproot him from the land of the living.  

However, those who are righteous will see and fear and will laugh at him, saying, “I am like a green olive tree in the House of YHVH; I trust in the mercy of YHVH - Elohey Yisrael forever and ever”. 

I shall praise You always, because You have done it; and in the presence of Your called-out ones, I shall wait on Your name, YHVH - Yeshua’tee (my Salvation), for it is good.

Hallelu-Yah!!!  For You, YHVH are Elohim.  You are Elohey Yisrael, Elohey Avraham, Yitzchak and Ya’acov.  Avi the Almighty reigns!

PRAYER PSALM 42

Baruch Ata YHVH, Elohey Yisrael, Avi.

(Bless You, YHVH - Elohim of Israel, my Father)

As the deer pants for the water brooks, so yearns my soul for You, Elohi (my God) Cha’ta’nee (my Bridegroom).  My soul thirsts for You, El Cha’ya’i (my Life), for deep calls unto deep at the noise of Your waterfalls.  You, YHVH are the only one true living Elohim.

O Abba Ba’sha’ma’yim (Father in Heaven), I used to go with the multitude.  I went with them to a building to worship You; I went with the congregation that kept Your feast days.  I even went with a voice of joy and praise.  But now because of the way my enemies reproach me, it is as if they are breaking my bones by continually calling out, and mockingly saying: “Where is your Elohim?  Where is Elohey Yisrael?”

Why does my soul feel so cast down?  Why am I so despondent?   Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?  When I remember these things, I pour out my soul within me.   My tears become my food day and night.  I will say to You, Sal’ee (my Boulder), “Why have You forgotten me?”  All Your waves and billows have gone over me.  When will I again appear before You?

 

Elohey Sh’lomee (my Peace), You will command Your lovingkindness, Your mercies in the daytime, and in the night Your faithfulness will be turned into a song within me.  Therefore I will remember You from the land of Yarden, from the Hill of Mitz’ar and from the Heights of Chermon.  For You, Yeshua’tee (my Salvation), are the only help and hope for my soul.  Even though at times I am cast down, I will praise You and give You glory.

Hallelu-Yah!!!  For You YHVH are Elohim.  You are Elohey Yisrael, Elohey Avraham, Yitzchak and Ya’acov.  Avi the Almighty reigns!

PRAYER PSALM 149

Baruch Ata,

YHVH - Elohey Yisrael, Avi

(Bless You, YHVH - Elohim of Israel, my Father).

O YHVH - Elohey Avraham, Yitzchak and Ya’acov (God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob), I praise You!  I will sing a new song of Your praise, in the assembly of the called-out ones.  We of Yisrael, who have been redeemed, rejoice in You, Bor’ey’nu (our Creator); we the children of Tziyon are joyful in You, Mal’keynu (our King).   We praise Your name, YHVH, with the dance; we sing praises to You with the timbrel and harp.  We will sing aloud on our beds and be joyful in glory.  For You, Elohey Yeshua’teynu (God of our Salvation), take pleasure in us, Your people; and You will beautify the humble among us with salvation.

O YHVH- Elohey Tzva’ot (God of the Armies), may we go out with Your high praises in our mouths and with two-edged swords in our hands; so that we may execute vengeance on the nations and punishment on the peoples; to bind their kings with chains and their nobles with fetters of iron; to execute on them the written judgment; this honor have all of us who are holy unto You, YHVH.  We praise You, YHVH - Elohey Avotey’nu (God of our Fathers)!

Hallelu-Yah!!!  For You, YHVH, are Elohim.  You are Elohey Yisrael, Elohey Avraham, Yitzchak and Ya’acov.  Avi the Almighty reigns!

PRAYER PSALM 44

Baruch Ata YHVH, Elohey Yisrael, Avi.

(Bless You, YHVH - Elohim of Israel, my Father)

I have heard with my ears and I have read in Your Word, Elohey Yisrael, the deeds that You did in the days of my/our forefathers, in the days of old.  How You, Elohey Tzva’ot (God of the Armies), with Your own hand drove out the nations that were living in our land. You afflicted those peoples and cast them out.  But because You favored my/our forefathers, You planted them and even though they had to use the sword to drive out their enemy, it was You that went out before them as a consuming fire.  It was by Y’min’cha (Your Right Hand), Abba, that they gained possession.  You even said that it was not because of their righteousness that they were going in to possess the land of promise, but for Your name sake.

Please help me/us today, El Ro’ee/Ro’enu (the One Who Sees and Provides for me/us).  I/We understand that it will not be by my/our sword, nor will my/our own arm save meus, but it will be by Y’min’cha (Your Right Hand), and by the light of Your countenance.  You favor meus because of the love that You have for my/our forefathers, and it is because of Your faithfulness to the covenant that You, Elohey Avraham, Yitzchak and Ya’acov, made with them.

But what about this generation of Your people, Elohey Yisrael? You have cast us off and put us to shame, and You do not go out with our armies.  You make us turn back from the enemy, and those who hate us have taken spoil for themselves.  They are dividing up the land and saying “Aha! The everlasting heights (Yehudah and Shomron - Judea and Samaria) have become our possession!”  You make us a reproach to our neighbors, a scorn and a derision to those all around us.  You make us a byword among the nations, a shaking of the head among the peoples.

You have severely broken us in the place of jackals, and covered us with the shadow of death.  We are like sheep intended for food.  You, El Shofet (Judge), have scattered us among the nations. For Your sake we are killed all day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.  You sell Your people for next to nothing, and get nothing in return for selling us.

Awake! Why do You sleep, Ezre’nu (our Help), Go’ale’nu  (our Redeemer)?  Arise, help us, and redeem us for Your mercies' sake! Do not cast us off.  Why do You hide Your face, and forget our affliction and our oppression?  For our soul is bowed down to the dust and our body clings to the ground.  Because of the voice of our enemies, and the reproaches and reviles of the avenger, our dishonor is continually before us, and the shame of our face has covered us.  All this has come upon us, because of sin and iniquity.  We have forgotten Your name YHVH, and have stretched out our hands to a foreign god.  You, Elohey Tzid’ke’nu (our Righteousness), have searched this out, You already know the secrets of the heart, nothing is hidden from You.

Help us, El Yeshu’atenu (God of our Salvation), not to forget Your name, nor to deal falsely with Your covenant.  Protect our heart so that it will not turn back, and our steps so that they will not depart from Your ways.

You are Mal’kee/Mel’kenu (my/our King). O Elee/Ele’nu (my/our Elohim), command victories for Ya’acov.  Through You, we will push down our enemies.  Through Your name YHVH – Yeshua’tee/Yeshua’tenu (my/our Salvation), we, the progeny of Yisrael, will trample those who rise up against us.  We will not trust in our bow, nor shall our sword save us.  But You, M’gee’nee/M’gee’nenu (my/our Protector/Shield), will save us from our enemies.   Put them to shame, Abba, those who hate us.  Thus we will boast all day long, and praise Your name, YHVH - El Elyon (God Most High), forever.

Hallelu-Yah!!!  For You YHVH are Elohim.  You are Elohey Yisrael, Elohey Avraham, Yitzchak and Ya’acov.  Avi the Almighty reigns!