Today's bible teaching:Sons are a heritage from the LORD, children a reward from him

 Psalm 127

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Psalm 127 A song of ascents. Of Solomon.

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Unless the LORD builds the house, its builders labor in vain. Unless the LORD watches over the city, the watchmen stand guard in vain.

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In vain you rise early and stay up late, toiling for food to eat-- for he grants sleep to ^[1] those he loves.

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Sons are a heritage from the LORD, children a reward from him.

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Like arrows in the hands of a warrior are sons born in one's youth.

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Blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them. They will not be put to shame when they contend with their enemies in the gate.

Today's praises:Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his love endures forever

 Psalm 107

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Psalm 107

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Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his love endures forever.

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Let the redeemed of the LORD say this-- those he redeemed from the hand of the foe,

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those he gathered from the lands, from east and west, from north and south. ^[1]

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Some wandered in desert wastelands, finding no way to a city where they could settle.

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They were hungry and thirsty, and their lives ebbed away.

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Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them from their distress.

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He led them by a straight way to a city where they could settle.

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Let them give thanks to the LORD for his unfailing love and his wonderful deeds for men,

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for he satisfies the thirsty and fills the hungry with good things.

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Some sat in darkness and the deepest gloom, prisoners suffering in iron chains,

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for they had rebelled against the words of God and despised the counsel of the Most High.

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So he subjected them to bitter labor; they stumbled, and there was no one to help.

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Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble, and he saved them from their distress.

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He brought them out of darkness and the deepest gloom and broke away their chains.

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Let them give thanks to the LORD for his unfailing love and his wonderful deeds for men,

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for he breaks down gates of bronze and cuts through bars of iron.

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Some became fools through their rebellious ways and suffered affliction because of their iniquities.

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They loathed all food and drew near the gates of death.

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Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble, and he saved them from their distress.

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He sent forth his word and healed them; he rescued them from the grave.

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Let them give thanks to the LORD for his unfailing love and his wonderful deeds for men.

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Let them sacrifice thank offerings and tell of his works with songs of joy.

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Others went out on the sea in ships; they were merchants on the mighty waters.

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They saw the works of the LORD, his wonderful deeds in the deep.

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For he spoke and stirred up a tempest that lifted high the waves.

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They mounted up to the heavens and went down to the depths; in their peril their courage melted away.

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They reeled and staggered like drunken men; they were at their wits' end.

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Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and he brought them out of their distress.

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He stilled the storm to a whisper; the waves of the sea were hushed.

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They were glad when it grew calm, and he guided them to their desired haven.

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Let them give thanks to the LORD for his unfailing love and his wonderful deeds for men.

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Let them exalt him in the assembly of the people and praise him in the council of the elders.

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He turned rivers into a desert, flowing springs into thirsty ground,

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and fruitful land into a salt waste, because of the wickedness of those who lived there.

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He turned the desert into pools of water and the parched ground into flowing springs;

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there he brought the hungry to live, and they founded a city where they could settle.

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They sowed fields and planted vineyards that yielded a fruitful harvest;

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he blessed them, and their numbers greatly increased, and he did not let their herds diminish.

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Then their numbers decreased, and they were humbled by oppression, calamity and sorrow;

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he who pours contempt on nobles made them wander in a trackless waste.

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But he lifted the needy out of their affliction and increased their families like flocks.

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The upright see and rejoice, but all the wicked shut their mouths.

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Whoever is wise, let him heed these things and consider the great love of 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: If you, O LORD, kept a record of sins, O Lord, who could stand?

 Psalm 130

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Psalm 130 A song of ascents.

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Out of the depths I cry to you, O LORD;

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O Lord, hear my voice. Let your ears be attentive to my cry for mercy.

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If you, O LORD, kept a record of sins, O Lord, who could stand?

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But with you there is forgiveness; therefore you are feared.

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I wait for the LORD, my soul waits, and in his word I put my hope.

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My soul waits for the Lord more than watchmen wait for the morning, more than watchmen wait for the morning.

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O Israel, put your hope in the LORD, for with the LORD is unfailing love and with him is full redemption.

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He himself will redeem Israel from all their sins.

Today's prayer: Rescue me, O LORD, from evil men; protect me from men of violence

 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: Those who trust in the LORD are like Mount Zion, which cannot be shaken but endures forever.

 Psalm 125

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Psalm 125 A song of ascents.

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Those who trust in the LORD are like Mount Zion, which cannot be shaken but endures forever.

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As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the LORD surrounds his people both now and forevermore.

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The scepter of the wicked will not remain over the land allotted to the righteous, for then the righteous might use their hands to do evil.

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Do good, O LORD, to those who are good, to those who are upright in heart.

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But those who turn to crooked ways the LORD will banish with the evildoers. Peace be upon Israel.

Today's bible teaching: With God we will gain the victory, and he will trample down our enemies

 Psalm 108

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Psalm 108 A song. A psalm of David.

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My heart is steadfast, O God; I will sing and make music with all my soul.

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Awake, harp and lyre! I will awaken the dawn.

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I will praise you, O LORD, among the nations; I will sing of you among the peoples.

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For great is your love, higher than the heavens; your faithfulness reaches to the skies.

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Be exalted, O God, above the heavens, and let your glory be over all the earth.

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Save us and help us with your right hand, that those you love may be delivered.

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God has spoken from his sanctuary: "In triumph I will parcel out Shechem and measure off the Valley of Succoth.

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Gilead is mine, Manasseh is mine; Ephraim is my helmet, Judah my scepter.

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Moab is my washbasin, upon Edom I toss my sandal; over Philistia I shout in triumph."

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Who will bring me to the fortified city? Who will lead me to Edom?

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Is it not you, O God, you who have rejected us and no longer go out with our armies?

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Give us aid against the enemy, for the help of man is worthless.

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With God we will gain the victory, and he will trample down our enemies.

Today's bible teaching: Tremble, O earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob

Psalm 114

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Psalm 114

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When Israel came out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of foreign tongue,

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Judah became God's sanctuary, Israel his dominion.

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The sea looked and fled, the Jordan turned back;

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the mountains skipped like rams, the hills like lambs.

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Why was it, O sea, that you fled, O Jordan, that you turned back,

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you mountains, that you skipped like rams, you hills, like lambs?

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Tremble, O earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob,

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who turned the rock into a pool, the hard rock into springs of water.

 

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 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: O LORD, do not rebuke me in your anger or discipline me in your wrath.

 Psalm 6

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Psalm 6 For the director of music. With stringed instruments. According to sheminith. ^[1] A psalm of David.

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O LORD, do not rebuke me in your anger or discipline me in your wrath.

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Be merciful to me, LORD, for I am faint; O LORD, heal me, for my bones are in agony.

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My soul is in anguish. How long, O LORD, how long?

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Turn, O LORD, and deliver me; save me because of your unfailing love.

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No one remembers you when he is dead. Who praises you from the grave ^[2] ?

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I am worn out from groaning; all night long I flood my bed with weeping and drench my couch with tears.

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My eyes grow weak with sorrow; they fail because of all my foes.

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Away from me, all you who do evil, for the LORD has heard my weeping.

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The LORD has heard my cry for mercy; the LORD accepts my prayer.

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All my enemies will be ashamed and dismayed; they will turn back in sudden disgrace.

Today's prayer: Hear my prayer, O LORD; let my cry for help come to you

 Psalm 102

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Psalm 102 A prayer of an afflicted man. When he is faint and pours out his lament before the LORD.

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Hear my prayer, O LORD; let my cry for help come to you.

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Do not hide your face from me when I am in distress. Turn your ear to me; when I call, answer me quickly.

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For my days vanish like smoke; my bones burn like glowing embers.

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My heart is blighted and withered like grass; I forget to eat my food.

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Because of my loud groaning I am reduced to skin and bones.

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I am like a desert owl, like an owl among the ruins.

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I lie awake; I have become like a bird alone on a roof.

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All day long my enemies taunt me; those who rail against me use my name as a curse.

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For I eat ashes as my food and mingle my drink with tears

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because of your great wrath, for you have taken me up and thrown me aside.

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My days are like the evening shadow; I wither away like grass.

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But you, O LORD, sit enthroned forever; your renown endures through all generations.

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You will arise and have compassion on Zion, for it is time to show favor to her; the appointed time has come.

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For her stones are dear to your servants; her very dust moves them to pity.

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The nations will fear the name of the LORD, all the kings of the earth will revere your glory.

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For the LORD will rebuild Zion and appear in his glory.

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He will respond to the prayer of the destitute; he will not despise their plea.

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Let this be written for a future generation, that a people not yet created may praise the LORD:

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"The LORD looked down from his sanctuary on high, from heaven he viewed the earth,

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to hear the groans of the prisoners and release those condemned to death."

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So the name of the LORD will be declared in Zion and his praise in Jerusalem

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when the peoples and the kingdoms assemble to worship the LORD.

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In the course of my life ^[1] he broke my strength; he cut short my days.

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So I said: "Do not take me away, O my God, in the midst of my days; your years go on through all generations.

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In the beginning you laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of your hands.

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They will perish, but you remain; they will all wear out like a garment. Like clothing you will change them and they will be discarded.

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But you remain the same, and your years will never end.

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The children of your servants will live in your presence; their descendants will be established before you."

Today's bible teaching: In your anger do not sin; when you are on your beds, search your hearts and be silent

 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: 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 bible teaching: For his anger lasts only a moment, but his favor lasts a lifetime; weeping may remain for a night, but rejoicing comes in the morning

 Psalm 30

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Psalm 30 A psalm. A song. For the dedication of the temple. ^[1] Of David.

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I will exalt you, O LORD, for you lifted me out of the depths and did not let my enemies gloat over me.

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O LORD my God, I called to you for help and you healed me.

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O LORD, you brought me up from the grave ^[2] ; you spared me from going down into the pit.

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Sing to the LORD, you saints of his; praise his holy name.

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For his anger lasts only a moment, but his favor lasts a lifetime; weeping may remain for a night, but rejoicing comes in the morning.

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When I felt secure, I said, "I will never be shaken."

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O LORD, when you favored me, you made my mountain ^[3] stand firm; but when you hid your face, I was dismayed.

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To you, O LORD, I called; to the Lord I cried for mercy:

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"What gain is there in my destruction, ^[4] in my going down into the pit? Will the dust praise you? Will it proclaim your faithfulness?

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Hear, O LORD, and be merciful to me; O LORD, be my help."

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You turned my wailing into dancing; you removed my sackcloth and clothed me with joy,

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that my heart may sing to you and not be silent. O LORD my God, I will give you thanks forever.

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 prayer: Cast your cares on the LORD and he will sustain you; he will never let the righteous fall.

 Psalm 55

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Psalm 55 For the director of music. With stringed instruments. A maskil ^[1] of David.

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Listen to my prayer, O God, do not ignore my plea;

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hear me and answer me. My thoughts trouble me and I am distraught

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at the voice of the enemy, at the stares of the wicked; for they bring down suffering upon me and revile me in their anger.

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My heart is in anguish within me; the terrors of death assail me.

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Fear and trembling have beset me; horror has overwhelmed me.

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I said, "Oh, that I had the wings of a dove! I would fly away and be at rest--

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I would flee far away and stay in the desert; Selah

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I would hurry to my place of shelter, far from the tempest and storm."

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Confuse the wicked, O Lord, confound their speech, for I see violence and strife in the city.

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Day and night they prowl about on its walls; malice and abuse are within it.

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Destructive forces are at work in the city; threats and lies never leave its streets.

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If an enemy were insulting me, I could endure it; if a foe were raising himself against me, I could hide from him.

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But it is you, a man like myself, my companion, my close friend,

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with whom I once enjoyed sweet fellowship as we walked with the throng at the house of God.

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Let death take my enemies by surprise; let them go down alive to the grave, ^[2] for evil finds lodging among them.

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But I call to God, and the LORD saves me.

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Evening, morning and noon I cry out in distress, and he hears my voice.

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He ransoms me unharmed from the battle waged against me, even though many oppose me.

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God, who is enthroned forever, will hear them and afflict them-- Selah men who never change their ways and have no fear of God.

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My companion attacks his friends; he violates his covenant.

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His speech is smooth as butter, yet war is in his heart; his words are more soothing than oil, yet they are drawn swords.

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Cast your cares on the LORD and he will sustain you; he will never let the righteous fall.

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But you, O God, will bring down the wicked into the pit of corruption; bloodthirsty and deceitful men will not live out half their days. But as for me, I trust in you.

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: They have greatly oppressed me from my youth-- let Israel say

 Psalm 129

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Psalm 129 A song of ascents.

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They have greatly oppressed me from my youth-- let Israel say--

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they have greatly oppressed me from my youth, but they have not gained the victory over me.

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Plowmen have plowed my back and made their furrows long.

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But the LORD is righteous; he has cut me free from the cords of the wicked.

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May all who hate Zion be turned back in shame.

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May they be like grass on the roof, which withers before it can grow;

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with it the reaper cannot fill his hands, nor the one who gathers fill his arms.

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May those who pass by not say, "The blessing of the LORD be upon you; we bless you in the name of the LORD."

Today's prayer: May the LORD answer you when you are in distress; may the name of the God of Jacob protect you.

 Psalm 20

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Psalm 20 For the director of music. A psalm of David.

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May the LORD answer you when you are in distress; may the name of the God of Jacob protect you.

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May he send you help from the sanctuary and grant you support from Zion.

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May he remember all your sacrifices and accept your burnt offerings. Selah

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May he give you the desire of your heart and make all your plans succeed.

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We will shout for joy when you are victorious and will lift up our banners in the name of our God. May the LORD grant all your requests.

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Now I know that the LORD saves his anointed; he answers him from his holy heaven with the saving power of his right hand.

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Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God.

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They are brought to their knees and fall, but we rise up and stand firm.

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O LORD, save the king! Answer ^[1] us when we call!