
Sunday, 17 May 2020

A song of ascents.
Saturday, 16 May 2020

Today's prayer: Look on me and answer, O LORD my God. Give light to my eyes, or I will sleep in death
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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.
Friday, 15 May 2020

Today's praises: I will praise you, O LORD, with all my heart; I will tell of all your wonders.
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- Psalm 9 For the director of music. To [the tune of] "The Death of the Son." A psalm of David. [1]
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- I will praise you, O LORD, with all my heart; I will tell of all your wonders.
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- I will be glad and rejoice in you; I will sing praise to your name, O Most High.
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- My enemies turn back; they stumble and perish before you.
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- For you have upheld my right and my cause; you have sat on your throne, judging righteously.
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- You have rebuked the nations and destroyed the wicked; you have blotted out their name for ever and ever.
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- Endless ruin has overtaken the enemy, you have uprooted their cities; even the memory of them has perished.
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- The LORD reigns forever; he has established his throne for judgment.
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- He will judge the world in righteousness; he will govern the peoples with justice.
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- The LORD is a refuge for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble.
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- Those who know your name will trust in you, for you, LORD, have never forsaken those who seek you.
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- Sing praises to the LORD, enthroned in Zion; proclaim among the nations what he has done.
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- For he who avenges blood remembers; he does not ignore the cry of the afflicted.
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- O LORD, see how my enemies persecute me! Have mercy and lift me up from the gates of death,
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- that I may declare your praises in the gates of the Daughter of Zion and there rejoice in your salvation.
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- The nations have fallen into the pit they have dug; their feet are caught in the net they have hidden.
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- The LORD is known by his justice; the wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands. Higgaion. [2] Selah
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- The wicked return to the grave, [3] all the nations that forget God.
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- But the needy will not always be forgotten, nor the hope of the afflicted ever perish.
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- Arise, O LORD, let not man triumph; let the nations be judged in your presence.
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- Strike them with terror, O LORD; let the nations know they are but men. Selah
Thursday, 14 May 2020

Today's bible teaching: My help comes from the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth.
A song of ascents.
1I lift up my eyes to the mountains— where does my help come from?2My help comes from the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth.3He will not let your foot slip— he who watches over you will not slumber;4indeed, he who watches over Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.5The Lord watches over you— the Lord is your shade at your right hand;6the sun will not harm you by day, nor the moon by night.7The Lord will keep you from all harm— he will watch over your life;8the Lord will watch over your coming and going both now and forevermore.Wednesday, 13 May 2020

Today's bible teaching: Let those who are wise give heed to these things, and consider the steadfast love of the Lord
Psalm 107
1O give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; for his steadfast love endures forever.
2Let the redeemed of the Lord say so, those he redeemed from trouble
3and gathered in from the lands, from the east and from the west, from the north and from the south.
4Some wandered in desert wastes, finding no way to an inhabited town;
5hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted within them.
6Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble, and he delivered them from their distress;
7he led them by a straight way, until they reached an inhabited town.
8Let them thank the Lord for his steadfast love, for his wonderful works to humankind.
9For he satisfies the thirsty, and the hungry he fills with good things.
10Some sat in darkness and in gloom, prisoners in misery and in irons,
11for they had rebelled against the words of God, and spurned the counsel of the Most High.
12Their hearts were bowed down with hard labor; they fell down, with no one to help.
13Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble, and he saved them from their distress;
14he brought them out of darkness and gloom, and broke their bonds asunder.
15Let them thank the Lord for his steadfast love, for his wonderful works to humankind.
16For he shatters the doors of bronze, and cuts in two the bars of iron.
17Some were sick through their sinful ways, and because of their iniquities endured affliction;
18they loathed any kind of food, and they drew near to the gates of death.
19Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble, and he saved them from their distress;
20he sent out his word and healed them, and delivered them from destruction.
21Let them thank the Lord for his steadfast love, for his wonderful works to humankind.
22And let them offer thanksgiving sacrifices, and tell of his deeds with songs of joy.
23Some went down to the sea in ships, doing business on the mighty waters;
24they saw the deeds of the Lord, his wondrous works in the deep.
25For he commanded and raised the stormy wind, which lifted up the waves of the sea.
26They mounted up to heaven, they went down to the depths; their courage melted away in their calamity;
27they reeled and staggered like drunkards, and were at their wits’ end.
28Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble, and he brought them out from their distress;
29he made the storm be still, and the waves of the sea were hushed.
30Then they were glad because they had quiet, and he brought them to their desired haven.
31Let them thank the Lord for his steadfast love, for his wonderful works to humankind.
32Let them extol him in the congregation of the people, and praise him in the assembly of the elders.
33He turns rivers into a desert, springs of water into thirsty ground,
34a fruitful land into a salty waste, because of the wickedness of its inhabitants.
35He turns a desert into pools of water, a parched land into springs of water.
36And there he lets the hungry live, and they establish a town to live in;
37they sow fields, and plant vineyards, and get a fruitful yield.
38By his blessing they multiply greatly, and he does not let their cattle decrease.
39When they are diminished and brought low through oppression, trouble, and sorrow,
40he pours contempt on princes and makes them wander in trackless wastes;
41but he raises up the needy out of distress, and makes their families like flocks.
42The upright see it and are glad; and all wickedness stops its mouth.
43Let those who are wise give heed to these things, and consider the steadfast love of the Lord.
Tuesday, 12 May 2020
