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!

Today's bible teaching: For the sake of the house of the LORD our God, I will seek your prosperity

 Psalm 122

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Psalm 122 A song of ascents. Of David.

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I rejoiced with those who said to me, "Let us go to the house of the LORD."

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Our feet are standing in your gates, O Jerusalem.

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Jerusalem is built like a city that is closely compacted together.

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That is where the tribes go up, the tribes of the LORD, to praise the name of the LORD according to the statute given to Israel.

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There the thrones for judgment stand, the thrones of the house of David.

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Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: "May those who love you be secure.

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May there be peace within your walls and security within your citadels."

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For the sake of my brothers and friends, I will say, "Peace be within you."

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For the sake of the house of the LORD our God, I will seek your prosperity.

Today's praises: Give thanks to the LORD, call on his name; make known among the nations what he has done.

 Psalm 105

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Psalm 105

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Give thanks to the LORD, call on his name; make known among the nations what he has done.

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Sing to him, sing praise to him; tell of all his wonderful acts.

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Glory in his holy name; let the hearts of those who seek the LORD rejoice.

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Look to the LORD and his strength; seek his face always.

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Remember the wonders he has done, his miracles, and the judgments he pronounced,

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O descendants of Abraham his servant, O sons of Jacob, his chosen ones.

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He is the LORD our God; his judgments are in all the earth.

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He remembers his covenant forever, the word he commanded, for a thousand generations,

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the covenant he made with Abraham, the oath he swore to Isaac.

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He confirmed it to Jacob as a decree, to Israel as an everlasting covenant:

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"To you I will give the land of Canaan as the portion you will inherit."

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When they were but few in number, few indeed, and strangers in it,

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they wandered from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another.

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He allowed no one to oppress them; for their sake he rebuked kings:

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"Do not touch my anointed ones; do my prophets no harm."

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He called down famine on the land and destroyed all their supplies of food;

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and he sent a man before them-- Joseph, sold as a slave.

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They bruised his feet with shackles, his neck was put in irons,

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till what he foretold came to pass, till the word of the LORD proved him true.

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The king sent and released him, the ruler of peoples set him free.

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He made him master of his household, ruler over all he possessed,

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to instruct his princes as he pleased and teach his elders wisdom.

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Then Israel entered Egypt; Jacob lived as an alien in the land of Ham.

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The LORD made his people very fruitful; he made them too numerous for their foes,

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whose hearts he turned to hate his people, to conspire against his servants.

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He sent Moses his servant, and Aaron, whom he had chosen.

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They performed his miraculous signs among them, his wonders in the land of Ham.

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He sent darkness and made the land dark-- for had they not rebelled against his words?

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He turned their waters into blood, causing their fish to die.

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Their land teemed with frogs, which went up into the bedrooms of their rulers.

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He spoke, and there came swarms of flies, and gnats throughout their country.

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He turned their rain into hail, with lightning throughout their land;

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he struck down their vines and fig trees and shattered the trees of their country.

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He spoke, and the locusts came, grasshoppers without number;

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they ate up every green thing in their land, ate up the produce of their soil.

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Then he struck down all the firstborn in their land, the firstfruits of all their manhood.

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He brought out Israel, laden with silver and gold, and from among their tribes no one faltered.

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Egypt was glad when they left, because dread of Israel had fallen on them.

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He spread out a cloud as a covering, and a fire to give light at night.

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They asked, and he brought them quail and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.

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He opened the rock, and water gushed out; like a river it flowed in the desert.

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For he remembered his holy promise given to his servant Abraham.

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He brought out his people with rejoicing, his chosen ones with shouts of joy;

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he gave them the lands of the nations, and they fell heir to what others had toiled for--

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that they might keep his precepts and observe his laws. Praise the LORD.