Today's bible teaching: In the LORD I take refuge. How then can you say to me: "Flee like a bird to your mountain

 Psalm 11

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Psalm 11 For the director of music. Of David.

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In the LORD I take refuge. How then can you say to me: "Flee like a bird to your mountain.

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For look, the wicked bend their bows; they set their arrows against the strings to shoot from the shadows at the upright in heart.

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When the foundations are being destroyed, what can the righteous do ^[1] ?"

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The LORD is in his holy temple; the LORD is on his heavenly throne. He observes the sons of men; his eyes examine them.

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The LORD examines the righteous, but the wicked ^[2] and those who love violence his soul hates.

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On the wicked he will rain fiery coals and burning sulfur; a scorching wind will be their lot.

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For the LORD is righteous, he loves justice; upright men will see his face.

Today's prayer: Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; protect me from men of violence who plan to trip my feet

 Psalm 140

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Psalm 140 For the director of music. A psalm of David.

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Rescue me, O LORD, from evil men; protect me from men of violence,

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who devise evil plans in their hearts and stir up war every day.

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They make their tongues as sharp as a serpent's; the poison of vipers is on their lips. Selah

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Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; protect me from men of violence who plan to trip my feet.

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Proud men have hidden a snare for me; they have spread out the cords of their net and have set traps for me along my path. Selah

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O LORD, I say to you, "You are my God." Hear, O LORD, my cry for mercy.

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O Sovereign LORD, my strong deliverer, who shields my head in the day of battle--

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do not grant the wicked their desires, O LORD; do not let their plans succeed, or they will become proud. Selah

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Let the heads of those who surround me be covered with the trouble their lips have caused.

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Let burning coals fall upon them; may they be thrown into the fire, into miry pits, never to rise.

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Let slanderers not be established in the land; may disaster hunt down men of violence.

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I know that the LORD secures justice for the poor and upholds the cause of the needy.

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Surely the righteous will praise your name and the upright will live before you.

Today's bible teaching: From the LORD comes deliverance

 Psalm 3

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Psalm 3 A psalm of David. When he fled from his son Absalom.

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O LORD, how many are my foes! How many rise up against me!

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Many are saying of me, "God will not deliver him." Selah ^[1]

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But you are a shield around me, O LORD; you bestow glory on me and lift ^[2] up my head.

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To the LORD I cry aloud, and he answers me from his holy hill. Selah

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I lie down and sleep; I wake again, because the LORD sustains me.

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I will not fear the tens of thousands drawn up against me on every side.

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Arise, O LORD! Deliver me, O my God! Strike all my enemies on the jaw; break the teeth of the wicked.

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From the LORD comes deliverance. May your blessing be on your people. Selah

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: LORD, who may dwell in your sanctuary? Who may live on your holy hill?

 Psalm 15

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Psalm 15 A psalm of David.

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LORD, who may dwell in your sanctuary? Who may live on your holy hill?

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He whose walk is blameless and who does what is righteous, who speaks the truth from his heart

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and has no slander on his tongue, who does his neighbor no wrong and casts no slur on his fellowman,

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who despises a vile man but honors those who fear the LORD, who keeps his oath even when it hurts,

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who lends his money without usury and does not accept a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things will never be shaken.

Today's bible teaching: The LORD will keep you from all harm-- he will watch over your lifeq

 Psalm 121

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Psalm 121 A song of ascents.

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I lift up my eyes to the hills-- where does my help come from?

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My help comes from the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth.

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He will not let your foot slip-- he who watches over you will not slumber;

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indeed, he who watches over Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.

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The LORD watches over you-- the LORD is your shade at your right hand;

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the sun will not harm you by day, nor the moon by night.

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The LORD will keep you from all harm-- he will watch over your life;

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the LORD will watch over your coming and going both now and forevermore.

Today's bible teaching: Sacrifice thank offerings to God, fulfill your vows to the Most High, and call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor me

 Psalm 50

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Psalm 50 A psalm of Asaph.

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The Mighty One, God, the LORD, speaks and summons the earth from the rising of the sun to the place where it sets.

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From Zion, perfect in beauty, God shines forth.

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Our God comes and will not be silent; a fire devours before him, and around him a tempest rages.

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He summons the heavens above, and the earth, that he may judge his people:

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"Gather to me my consecrated ones, who made a covenant with me by sacrifice."

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And the heavens proclaim his righteousness, for God himself is judge. Selah

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"Hear, O my people, and I will speak, O Israel, and I will testify against you: I am God, your God.

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I do not rebuke you for your sacrifices or your burnt offerings, which are ever before me.

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I have no need of a bull from your stall or of goats from your pens,

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for every animal of the forest is mine, and the cattle on a thousand hills.

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I know every bird in the mountains, and the creatures of the field are mine.

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If I were hungry I would not tell you, for the world is mine, and all that is in it.

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Do I eat the flesh of bulls or drink the blood of goats?

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Sacrifice thank offerings to God, fulfill your vows to the Most High,

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and call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor me."

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But to the wicked, God says: "What right have you to recite my laws or take my covenant on your lips?

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You hate my instruction and cast my words behind you.

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When you see a thief, you join with him; you throw in your lot with adulterers.

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You use your mouth for evil and harness your tongue to deceit.

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You speak continually against your brother and slander your own mother's son.

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These things you have done and I kept silent; you thought I was altogether ^[1] like you. But I will rebuke you and accuse you to your face.

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"Consider this, you who forget God, or I will tear you to pieces, with none to rescue:

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He who sacrifices thank offerings honors me, and he prepares the way so that I may show him ^[2] the salvation of God."

Today's bible teaching: The LORD watches over you-- the LORD is your shade at your right hand

 Psalm 121

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Psalm 121 A song of ascents.

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I lift up my eyes to the hills-- where does my help come from?

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My help comes from the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth.

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He will not let your foot slip-- he who watches over you will not slumber;

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indeed, he who watches over Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.

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The LORD watches over you-- the LORD is your shade at your right hand;

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the sun will not harm you by day, nor the moon by night.

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The LORD will keep you from all harm-- he will watch over your life;

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the LORD will watch over your coming and going both now and forevermore.

Today's prayer:May the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth, bless you from Zion.

 Psalm 134

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Psalm 134 A song of ascents.

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Praise the LORD, all you servants of the LORD who minister by night in the house of the LORD.

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Lift up your hands in the sanctuary and praise the LORD.

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May the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth, bless you from Zion.

Today's bible teaching: How good and pleasant it is when brothers live together in unity!

 Psalm 133

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Psalm 133 A song of ascents. Of David.

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How good and pleasant it is when brothers live together in unity!

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It is like precious oil poured on the head, running down on the beard, running down on Aaron's beard, down upon the collar of his robes.

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It is as if the dew of Hermon were falling on Mount Zion. For there the LORD bestows his blessing, even life forevermore.

Today's bible teaching: The LORD watches over you-- the LORD is your shade at your right hand

Psalm 121

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Psalm 121 A song of ascents.

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I lift up my eyes to the hills-- where does my help come from?

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My help comes from the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth.

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He will not let your foot slip-- he who watches over you will not slumber;

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indeed, he who watches over Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.

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The LORD watches over you-- the LORD is your shade at your right hand;

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the sun will not harm you by day, nor the moon by night.

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The LORD will keep you from all harm-- he will watch over your life;

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the LORD will watch over your coming and going both now and forevermore.

Today's bible teaching:He settles the barren woman in her home as a happy mother of children. Praise the LORD

 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: 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.

 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: No one who practices deceit will dwell in my house; no one who speaks falsely will stand in my presence.

 Psalm 101

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Psalm 101 Of David. A psalm.

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I will sing of your love and justice; to you, O LORD, I will sing praise.

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I will be careful to lead a blameless life-- when will you come to me? I will walk in my house with blameless heart.

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I will set before my eyes no vile thing. The deeds of faithless men I hate; they will not cling to me.

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Men of perverse heart shall be far from me; I will have nothing to do with evil.

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Whoever slanders his neighbor in secret, him will I put to silence; whoever has haughty eyes and a proud heart, him will I not endure.

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My eyes will be on the faithful in the land, that they may dwell with me; he whose walk is blameless will minister to me.

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No one who practices deceit will dwell in my house; no one who speaks falsely will stand in my presence.

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Every morning I will put to silence all the wicked in the land; I will cut off every evildoer from the city of the LORD.

Today's bible teaching: He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap

 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: Proclaim the power of God, whose majesty is over Israel, whose power is in the skies.

 Psalm 68

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Psalm 68 For the director of music. Of David. A psalm. A song.

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May God arise, may his enemies be scattered; may his foes flee before him.

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As smoke is blown away by the wind, may you blow them away; as wax melts before the fire, may the wicked perish before God.

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But may the righteous be glad and rejoice before God; may they be happy and joyful.

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Sing to God, sing praise to his name, extol him who rides on the clouds ^[1] -- his name is the LORD-- and rejoice before him.

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A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows, is God in his holy dwelling.

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God sets the lonely in families, ^[2] he leads forth the prisoners with singing; but the rebellious live in a sun-scorched land.

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When you went out before your people, O God, when you marched through the wasteland, Selah

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the earth shook, the heavens poured down rain, before God, the One of Sinai, before God, the God of Israel.

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You gave abundant showers, O God; you refreshed your weary inheritance.

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Your people settled in it, and from your bounty, O God, you provided for the poor.

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The Lord announced the word, and great was the company of those who proclaimed it:

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"Kings and armies flee in haste; in the camps men divide the plunder.

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Even while you sleep among the campfires, ^[3] the wings of [my] dove are sheathed with silver, its feathers with shining gold."

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When the Almighty ^[4] scattered the kings in the land, it was like snow fallen on Zalmon.

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The mountains of Bashan are majestic mountains; rugged are the mountains of Bashan.

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Why gaze in envy, O rugged mountains, at the mountain where God chooses to reign, where the LORD himself will dwell forever?

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The chariots of God are tens of thousands and thousands of thousands; the Lord [has come] from Sinai into his sanctuary.

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When you ascended on high, you led captives in your train; you received gifts from men, even from ^[5] the rebellious-- that you, ^[6] O LORD God, might dwell there.

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Praise be to the Lord, to God our Savior, who daily bears our burdens. Selah

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Our God is a God who saves; from the Sovereign LORD comes escape from death.

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Surely God will crush the heads of his enemies, the hairy crowns of those who go on in their sins.

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The Lord says, "I will bring them from Bashan; I will bring them from the depths of the sea,

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that you may plunge your feet in the blood of your foes, while the tongues of your dogs have their share."

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Your procession has come into view, O God, the procession of my God and King into the sanctuary.

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In front are the singers, after them the musicians; with them are the maidens playing tambourines.

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Praise God in the great congregation; praise the LORD in the assembly of Israel.

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There is the little tribe of Benjamin, leading them, there the great throng of Judah's princes, and there the princes of Zebulun and of Naphtali.

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Summon your power, O God ^[7] ; show us your strength, O God, as you have done before.

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Because of your temple at Jerusalem kings will bring you gifts.

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Rebuke the beast among the reeds, the herd of bulls among the calves of the nations. Humbled, may it bring bars of silver. Scatter the nations who delight in war.

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Envoys will come from Egypt; Cush ^[8] will submit herself to God.

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Sing to God, O kingdoms of the earth, sing praise to the Lord, Selah

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to him who rides the ancient skies above, who thunders with mighty voice.

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Proclaim the power of God, whose majesty is over Israel, whose power is in the skies.

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You are awesome, O God, in your sanctuary; the God of Israel gives power and strength to his people. Praise be to God!

Today's praises: Let everything that has breath praise the LORD. Praise the LORD

 Psalm 150

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Psalm 150

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Praise the LORD. ^[1] Praise God in his sanctuary; praise him in his mighty heavens.

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Praise him for his acts of power; praise him for his surpassing greatness.

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Praise him with the sounding of the trumpet, praise him with the harp and lyre,

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praise him with tambourine and dancing, praise him with the strings and flute,

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praise him with the clash of cymbals, praise him with resounding cymbals.

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Let everything that has breath praise the LORD. Praise the LORD. 

Today's praises: O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth!q

 Psalm 8

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Psalm 8 For the director of music. According to gittith.  A psalm of David.

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O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory above the heavens.

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From the lips of children and infants you have ordained praise ^[2] because of your enemies, to silence the foe and the avenger.

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When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place,

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what is man that you are mindful of him, the son of man that you care for him?

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You made him a little lower than the heavenly beings ^[3] and crowned him with glory and honor.

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You made him ruler over the works of your hands; you put everything under his feet:

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all flocks and herds, and the beasts of the field,

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the birds of the air, and the fish of the sea, all that swim the paths of the seas.

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O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth!

Today's bible teaching: You evildoers frustrate the plans of the poor, but the LORD is their refuge

 Psalm 14

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Psalm 14 For the director of music. Of David.

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The fool ^[1] says in his heart, "There is no God." They are corrupt, their deeds are vile; there is no one who does good.

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The LORD looks down from heaven on the sons of men to see if there are any who understand, any who seek God.

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All have turned aside, they have together become corrupt; there is no one who does good, not even one.

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Will evildoers never learn-- those who devour my people as men eat bread and who do not call on the LORD?

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There they are, overwhelmed with dread, for God is present in the company of the righteous.

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You evildoers frustrate the plans of the poor, but the LORD is their refuge.

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Oh, that salvation for Israel would come out of Zion! When the LORD restores the fortunes of his people, let Jacob rejoice and Israel be glad!

1. [1] The Hebrew words rendered fool in Psalms denote one who is morally deficient.

Today's bible teaching: We have endured much ridicule from the proud, much contempt from the arrogant.

 Psalm 123

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Psalm 123 A song of ascents.

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I lift up my eyes to you, to you whose throne is in heaven.

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As the eyes of slaves look to the hand of their master, as the eyes of a maid look to the hand of her mistress, so our eyes look to the LORD our God, till he shows us his mercy.

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Have mercy on us, O LORD, have mercy on us, for we have endured much contempt.

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We have endured much ridicule from the proud, much contempt from the arrogant.