Today's bible teaching: O house of Aaron, trust in the LORD-- he is their help and shield

 Psalm 115

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Psalm 115

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Not to us, O LORD, not to us but to your name be the glory, because of your love and faithfulness.

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Why do the nations say, "Where is their God?"

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Our God is in heaven; he does whatever pleases him.

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But their idols are silver and gold, made by the hands of men.

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They have mouths, but cannot speak, eyes, but they cannot see;

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they have ears, but cannot hear, noses, but they cannot smell;

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they have hands, but cannot feel, feet, but they cannot walk; nor can they utter a sound with their throats.

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Those who make them will be like them, and so will all who trust in them.

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O house of Israel, trust in the LORD-- he is their help and shield.

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O house of Aaron, trust in the LORD-- he is their help and shield.

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You who fear him, trust in the LORD-- he is their help and shield.

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The LORD remembers us and will bless us: He will bless the house of Israel, he will bless the house of Aaron,

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he will bless those who fear the LORD-- small and great alike.

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May the LORD make you increase, both you and your children.

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May you be blessed by the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth.

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The highest heavens belong to the LORD, but the earth he has given to man.

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It is not the dead who praise the LORD, those who go down to silence;

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it is we who extol the LORD, both now and forevermore. Praise the LORD. 

Today's prayer: Save me, O LORD, from lying lips and from deceitful tongues

 Psalm 120

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Psalm 120 A song of ascents.

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

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

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

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

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

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Too long have I lived among those who hate peace.

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

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

 Psalm 1

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

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

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

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

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

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

Today's praises: Exalt the LORD our God and worship at his holy mountain, for the LORD our God is holy

 Psalm 99

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Psalm 99

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The LORD reigns, let the nations tremble; he sits enthroned between the cherubim, let the earth shake.

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Great is the LORD in Zion; he is exalted over all the nations.

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Let them praise your great and awesome name-- he is holy.

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The King is mighty, he loves justice-- you have established equity; in Jacob you have done what is just and right.

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Exalt the LORD our God and worship at his footstool; he is holy.

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Moses and Aaron were among his priests, Samuel was among those who called on his name; they called on the LORD and he answered them.

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He spoke to them from the pillar of cloud; they kept his statutes and the decrees he gave them.

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O LORD our God, you answered them; you were to Israel ^[1] a forgiving God, though you punished their misdeeds. ^[2]

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Exalt the LORD our God and worship at his holy mountain, for the LORD our God is holy.

Today's bible teaching:You hear, O LORD, the desire of the afflicted; you encourage them, and you listen to their cry

 Psalm 10

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Psalm 10 

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Why, O LORD, do you stand far off? Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble?

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In his arrogance the wicked man hunts down the weak, who are caught in the schemes he devises.

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He boasts of the cravings of his heart; he blesses the greedy and reviles the LORD.

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In his pride the wicked does not seek him; in all his thoughts there is no room for God.

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His ways are always prosperous; he is haughty and your laws are far from him; he sneers at all his enemies.

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He says to himself, "Nothing will shake me; I'll always be happy and never have trouble."

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His mouth is full of curses and lies and threats; trouble and evil are under his tongue.

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He lies in wait near the villages; from ambush he murders the innocent, watching in secret for his victims.

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He lies in wait like a lion in cover; he lies in wait to catch the helpless; he catches the helpless and drags them off in his net.

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His victims are crushed, they collapse; they fall under his strength.

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He says to himself, "God has forgotten; he covers his face and never sees."

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Arise, LORD! Lift up your hand, O God. Do not forget the helpless.

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Why does the wicked man revile God? Why does he say to himself, "He won't call me to account"?

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But you, O God, do see trouble and grief; you consider it to take it in hand. The victim commits himself to you; you are the helper of the fatherless.

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Break the arm of the wicked and evil man; call him to account for his wickedness that would not be found out.

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The LORD is King for ever and ever; the nations will perish from his land.

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You hear, O LORD, the desire of the afflicted; you encourage them, and you listen to their cry,

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defending the fatherless and the oppressed, in order that man, who is of the earth, may terrify no more.

Today's praises: Praise the LORD, all you nations

 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.