Today's bible teaching: The wicked freely strut about when what is vile is honored among men.

 Psalm 12

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Psalm 12 For the director of music. According to sheminith. ^[1] A psalm of David.

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Help, LORD, for the godly are no more; the faithful have vanished from among men.

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Everyone lies to his neighbor; their flattering lips speak with deception.

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May the LORD cut off all flattering lips and every boastful tongue

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that says, "We will triumph with our tongues; we own our lips ^[2] --who is our master?"

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"Because of the oppression of the weak and the groaning of the needy, I will now arise," says the LORD. "I will protect them from those who malign them."

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And the words of the LORD are flawless, like silver refined in a furnace of clay, purified seven times.

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O LORD, you will keep us safe and protect us from such people forever.

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The wicked freely strut about when what is vile is honored among men.

Today's praises:Let the name of the LORD be praised, both now and forevermore.

 Psalm 113

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Psalm 113

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Praise the LORD. ^[1] Praise, O servants of the LORD, praise the name of the LORD.

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Let the name of the LORD be praised, both now and forevermore.

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From the rising of the sun to the place where it sets, the name of the LORD is to be praised.

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The LORD is exalted over all the nations, his glory above the heavens.

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Who is like the LORD our God, the One who sits enthroned on high,

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who stoops down to look on the heavens and the earth?

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He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap;

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he seats them with princes, with the princes of their people.

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He settles the barren woman in her home as a happy mother of children. Praise the LORD.

Today's bible teaching: I call on the LORD in my distress, and he answers me

 Psalm 120

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Psalm 120 A song of ascents.

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I call on the LORD in my distress, and he answers me.

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Save me, O LORD, from lying lips and from deceitful tongues.

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What will he do to you, and what more besides, O deceitful tongue?

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He will punish you with a warrior's sharp arrows, with burning coals of the broom tree.

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Woe to me that I dwell in Meshech, that I live among the tents of Kedar!

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Too long have I lived among those who hate peace.

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I am a man of peace; but when I speak, they are for war.

Today's bible teaching: For the LORD watches over the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.

 Psalm 1

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Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked or stand in the way of sinners or sit in the seat of mockers.

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But his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night.

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He is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither. Whatever he does prospers.

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Not so the wicked! They are like chaff that the wind blows away.

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Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.

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For the LORD watches over the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.

Today's bible teaching: For the LORD is good and his love endures forever; his faithfulness continues through all generations.

 Psalm 100

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Psalm 100 A psalm. For giving thanks.

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Shout for joy to the LORD, all the earth.

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Worship the LORD with gladness; come before him with joyful songs.

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Know that the LORD is God. It is he who made us, and we are his ^[1] ; we are his people, the sheep of his pasture.

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Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name.

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For the LORD is good and his love endures forever; his faithfulness continues through all generations.

Today's praises: I will praise the LORD

 Psalm 26

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Psalm 26 Of David.

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Vindicate me, O LORD, for I have led a blameless life; I have trusted in the LORD without wavering.

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Test me, O LORD, and try me, examine my heart and my mind;

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for your love is ever before me, and I walk continually in your truth.

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I do not sit with deceitful men, nor do I consort with hypocrites;

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I abhor the assembly of evildoers and refuse to sit with the wicked.

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I wash my hands in innocence, and go about your altar, O LORD,

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proclaiming aloud your praise and telling of all your wonderful deeds.

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I love the house where you live, O LORD, the place where your glory dwells.

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Do not take away my soul along with sinners, my life with bloodthirsty men,

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in whose hands are wicked schemes, whose right hands are full of bribes.

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But I lead a blameless life; redeem me and be merciful to me.

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My feet stand on level ground; in the great assembly I will praise the LORD.

Today's bible teaching: The LORD works righteousness and justice for all the oppressed

 Psalm 103

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Psalm 103 Of David.

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Praise the LORD, O my soul; all my inmost being, praise his holy name.

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Praise the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits--

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who forgives all your sins and heals all your diseases,

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who redeems your life from the pit and crowns you with love and compassion,

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who satisfies your desires with good things so that your youth is renewed like the eagle's.

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The LORD works righteousness and justice for all the oppressed.

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He made known his ways to Moses, his deeds to the people of Israel:

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The LORD is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in love.

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He will not always accuse, nor will he harbor his anger forever;

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he does not treat us as our sins deserve or repay us according to our iniquities.

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For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his love for those who fear him;

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as far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us.

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As a father has compassion on his children, so the LORD has compassion on those who fear him;

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for he knows how we are formed, he remembers that we are dust.

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As for man, his days are like grass, he flourishes like a flower of the field;

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the wind blows over it and it is gone, and its place remembers it no more.

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But from everlasting to everlasting the LORD's love is with those who fear him, and his righteousness with their children's children--

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with those who keep his covenant and remember to obey his precepts.

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The LORD has established his throne in heaven, and his kingdom rules over all.

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Praise the LORD, you his angels, you mighty ones who do his bidding, who obey his word.

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Praise the LORD, all his heavenly hosts, you his servants who do his will.

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Praise the LORD, all his works everywhere in his dominion. Praise the LORD, O my soul.