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 prayer: Look on me and answer, O LORD my God. Give light to my eyes, or I will sleep in death

 Psalm 13

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Psalm 13 For the director of music. A psalm of David.

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How long, O LORD? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me?

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How long must I wrestle with my thoughts and every day have sorrow in my heart? How long will my enemy triumph over me?

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Look on me and answer, O LORD my God. Give light to my eyes, or I will sleep in death;

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my enemy will say, "I have overcome him," and my foes will rejoice when I fall.

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But I trust in your unfailing love; my heart rejoices in your salvation.

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I will sing to the LORD, for he has been good to me.

Today's bible teaching: And the words of the LORD are flawless, like silver refined in a furnace of clay, purified seven times

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

 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.

Today's bible teaching: Good will come to him who is generous and lends freely, who conducts his affairs with justice.

 Psalm 112

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Psalm 112 ^[1]

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Praise the LORD. ^[2] Blessed is the man who fears the LORD, who finds great delight in his commands.

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His children will be mighty in the land; the generation of the upright will be blessed.

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Wealth and riches are in his house, and his righteousness endures forever.

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Even in darkness light dawns for the upright, for the gracious and compassionate and righteous man. ^[3]

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Good will come to him who is generous and lends freely, who conducts his affairs with justice.

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Surely he will never be shaken; a righteous man will be remembered forever.

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He will have no fear of bad news; his heart is steadfast, trusting in the LORD.

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His heart is secure, he will have no fear; in the end he will look in triumph on his foes.

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He has scattered abroad his gifts to the poor, his righteousness endures forever; his horn ^[4] will be lifted high in honor.

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The wicked man will see and be vexed, he will gnash his teeth and waste away; the longings of the wicked will come to nothing.

Today's bible teaching: I will lie down and sleep in peace, for you alone, O LORD, make me dwell in safetq

 Psalm 4

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Psalm 4 For the director of music. With stringed instruments. A psalm of David.

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Answer me when I call to you, O my righteous God. Give me relief from my distress; be merciful to me and hear my prayer.

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How long, O men, will you turn my glory into shame ^[1] ? How long will you love delusions and seek false gods ^[2] ? Selah

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Know that the LORD has set apart the godly for himself; the LORD will hear when I call to him.

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In your anger do not sin; when you are on your beds, search your hearts and be silent. Selah

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Offer right sacrifices and trust in the LORD.

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Many are asking, "Who can show us any good?" Let the light of your face shine upon us, O LORD.

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You have filled my heart with greater joy than when their grain and new wine abound.

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I will lie down and sleep in peace, for you alone, O LORD, make me dwell in safety.

Today's praises: Lift up your hands in the sanctuary and praise the LORD.

 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 praises: Praise the LORD, all you nations; extol him, all you peoples

 Psalm 117

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Psalm 117

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Praise the LORD, all you nations; extol him, all you peoples.

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For great is his love toward us, and the faithfulness of the LORD endures forever. Praise the LORD.

Today's prayer: Lead me, O LORD, in your righteousness because of my enemies-- make straight your way before me.

 Psalm 5

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Psalm 5 For the director of music. For flutes. A psalm of David.

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Give ear to my words, O LORD, consider my sighing.

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Listen to my cry for help, my King and my God, for to you I pray.

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In the morning, O LORD, you hear my voice; in the morning I lay my requests before you and wait in expectation.

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You are not a God who takes pleasure in evil; with you the wicked cannot dwell.

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The arrogant cannot stand in your presence; you hate all who do wrong.

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You destroy those who tell lies; bloodthirsty and deceitful men the LORD abhors.

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But I, by your great mercy, will come into your house; in reverence will I bow down toward your holy temple.

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Lead me, O LORD, in your righteousness because of my enemies-- make straight your way before me.

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Not a word from their mouth can be trusted; their heart is filled with destruction. Their throat is an open grave; with their tongue they speak deceit.

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Declare them guilty, O God! Let their intrigues be their downfall. Banish them for their many sins, for they have rebelled against you.

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But let all who take refuge in you be glad; let them ever sing for joy. Spread your protection over them, that those who love your name may rejoice in you.

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For surely, O LORD, you bless the righteous; you surround them with your favor as with a shield.

Today's prayer: Keep your servant also from willful sins; may they not rule over me

 Psalm 19

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Psalm 19 For the director of music. A psalm of David.

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The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands.

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Day after day they pour forth speech; night after night they display knowledge.

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There is no speech or language where their voice is not heard. ^[1]

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Their voice ^[2] goes out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world. In the heavens he has pitched a tent for the sun,

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which is like a bridegroom coming forth from his pavilion, like a champion rejoicing to run his course.

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It rises at one end of the heavens and makes its circuit to the other; nothing is hidden from its heat.

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The law of the LORD is perfect, reviving the soul. The statutes of the LORD are trustworthy, making wise the simple.

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The precepts of the LORD are right, giving joy to the heart. The commands of the LORD are radiant, giving light to the eyes.

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The fear of the LORD is pure, enduring forever. The ordinances of the LORD are sure and altogether righteous.

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They are more precious than gold, than much pure gold; they are sweeter than honey, than honey from the comb.

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By them is your servant warned; in keeping them there is great reward.

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Who can discern his errors? Forgive my hidden faults.

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Keep your servant also from willful sins; may they not rule over me. Then will I be blameless, innocent of great transgression.

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May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, O LORD, my Rock and my Redeemer.

Today's praises: 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: 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: The Lord is at your right hand; he will crush kings on the day of his wrath

 Psalm 110

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Psalm 110 Of David. A psalm.

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The LORD says to my Lord: "Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet."

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The LORD will extend your mighty scepter from Zion; you will rule in the midst of your enemies.

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Your troops will be willing on your day of battle. Arrayed in holy majesty, from the womb of the dawn you will receive the dew of your youth. ^[1]

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The LORD has sworn and will not change his mind: "You are a priest forever, in the order of Melchizedek."

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The Lord is at your right hand; he will crush kings on the day of his wrath.

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He will judge the nations, heaping up the dead and crushing the rulers of the whole earth.

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He will drink from a brook beside the way ^[2] ; therefore he will lift up his head.

Today's prayer: In your good pleasure make Zion prosper; build up the walls of Jerusalem.

 Psalm 51

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Psalm 51 For the director of music. A psalm of David. When the prophet Nathan came to him after David had committed adultery with Bathsheba.

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Have mercy on me, O God, according to your unfailing love; according to your great compassion blot out my transgressions.

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Wash away all my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin.

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For I know my transgressions, and my sin is always before me.

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Against you, you only, have I sinned and done what is evil in your sight, so that you are proved right when you speak and justified when you judge.

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Surely I was sinful at birth, sinful from the time my mother conceived me.

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Surely you desire truth in the inner parts ^[1] ; you teach ^[2] me wisdom in the inmost place.

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Cleanse me with hyssop, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.

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Let me hear joy and gladness; let the bones you have crushed rejoice.

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Hide your face from my sins and blot out all my iniquity.

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Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me.

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Do not cast me from your presence or take your Holy Spirit from me.

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Restore to me the joy of your salvation and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me.

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Then I will teach transgressors your ways, and sinners will turn back to you.

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Save me from bloodguilt, O God, the God who saves me, and my tongue will sing of your righteousness.

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O Lord, open my lips, and my mouth will declare your praise.

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You do not delight in sacrifice, or I would bring it; you do not take pleasure in burnt offerings.

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The sacrifices of God are ^[3] a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.

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In your good pleasure make Zion prosper; build up the walls of Jerusalem.

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Then there will be righteous sacrifices, whole burnt offerings to delight you; then bulls will be offered on your altar.

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 prayer: Rise up, O LORD, confront them, bring them down; rescue me from the wicked by your sword.

 Psalm 17

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Psalm 17 A prayer of David.

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Hear, O LORD, my righteous plea; listen to my cry. Give ear to my prayer-- it does not rise from deceitful lips.

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May my vindication come from you; may your eyes see what is right.

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Though you probe my heart and examine me at night, though you test me, you will find nothing; I have resolved that my mouth will not sin.

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As for the deeds of men-- by the word of your lips I have kept myself from the ways of the violent.

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My steps have held to your paths; my feet have not slipped.

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I call on you, O God, for you will answer me; give ear to me and hear my prayer.

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Show the wonder of your great love, you who save by your right hand those who take refuge in you from their foes.

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Keep me as the apple of your eye; hide me in the shadow of your wings

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from the wicked who assail me, from my mortal enemies who surround me.

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They close up their callous hearts, and their mouths speak with arrogance.

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They have tracked me down, they now surround me, with eyes alert, to throw me to the ground.

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They are like a lion hungry for prey, like a great lion crouching in cover.

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Rise up, O LORD, confront them, bring them down; rescue me from the wicked by your sword.

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O LORD, by your hand save me from such men, from men of this world whose reward is in this life. You still the hunger of those you cherish; their sons have plenty, and they store up wealth for their children.

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And I--in righteousness I will see your face; when I awake, I will be satisfied with seeing your likeness.

Today's bible teaching: Good will come to him who is generous and lends freely, who conducts his affairs with justice.

 Psalm 112

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Psalm 112 ^[1]

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Praise the LORD. ^[2] Blessed is the man who fears the LORD, who finds great delight in his commands.

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His children will be mighty in the land; the generation of the upright will be blessed.

3

Wealth and riches are in his house, and his righteousness endures forever.

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Even in darkness light dawns for the upright, for the gracious and compassionate and righteous man. ^[3]

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Good will come to him who is generous and lends freely, who conducts his affairs with justice.

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Surely he will never be shaken; a righteous man will be remembered forever.

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He will have no fear of bad news; his heart is steadfast, trusting in the LORD.

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His heart is secure, he will have no fear; in the end he will look in triumph on his foes.

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He has scattered abroad his gifts to the poor, his righteousness endures forever; his horn ^[4] will be lifted high in honor.

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The wicked man will see and be vexed, he will gnash his teeth and waste away; the longings of the wicked will come to nothing.

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 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: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.

 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.

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.