Today's bible teaching: Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God.

Psalm 20

1

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

1

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

2

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

3

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

4

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

5

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.

6

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

7

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

8

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

9

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

Today's bible teaching: Unless the LORD had given me help, I would soon have dwelt in the silence of death.

Psalm 94

1

Psalm 94

1

O LORD, the God who avenges, O God who avenges, shine forth.

2

Rise up, O Judge of the earth; pay back to the proud what they deserve.

3

How long will the wicked, O LORD, how long will the wicked be jubilant?

4

They pour out arrogant words; all the evildoers are full of boasting.

5

They crush your people, O LORD; they oppress your inheritance.

6

They slay the widow and the alien; they murder the fatherless.

7

They say, "The LORD does not see; the God of Jacob pays no heed."

8

Take heed, you senseless ones among the people; you fools, when will you become wise?

9

Does he who implanted the ear not hear? Does he who formed the eye not see?

10

Does he who disciplines nations not punish? Does he who teaches man lack knowledge?

11

The LORD knows the thoughts of man; he knows that they are futile.

12

Blessed is the man you discipline, O LORD, the man you teach from your law;

13

you grant him relief from days of trouble, till a pit is dug for the wicked.

14

For the LORD will not reject his people; he will never forsake his inheritance.

15

Judgment will again be founded on righteousness, and all the upright in heart will follow it.

16

Who will rise up for me against the wicked? Who will take a stand for me against evildoers?

17

Unless the LORD had given me help, I would soon have dwelt in the silence of death.

18

When I said, "My foot is slipping," your love, O LORD, supported me.

19

When anxiety was great within me, your consolation brought joy to my soul.

20

Can a corrupt throne be allied with you-- one that brings on misery by its decrees?

21

They band together against the righteous and condemn the innocent to death.

22

But the LORD has become my fortress, and my God the rock in whom I take refuge.

23

He will repay them for their sins and destroy them for their wickedness; the LORD our God will destroy them.

Today 's bible teaching : Surely God is my help; the Lord is the one who sustains me.

 Psalm 54

1 Save me, O God, by your name;

vindicate me by your might.

2 Hear my prayer, O God;

listen to the words of my mouth.

3 Arrogant foes are attacking me;

ruthless people are trying to kill me—

people without regard for God.

4 Surely God is my help;

the Lord is the one who sustains me.

5 Let evil recoil on those who slander me;

in your faithfulness destroy them.

6 I will sacrifice a freewill offering to you;

I will praise your name, Lord, for it is good.

7 You have delivered me from all my troubles,

and my eyes have looked in triumph on my foes

Today's prayer: Be merciful to me, O LORD, for I am in distress; my eyes grow weak with sorrow, my soul and my body with grief

Psalm 31

1

Psalm 31 For the director of music. A psalm of David.

1

In you, O LORD, I have taken refuge; let me never be put to shame; deliver me in your righteousness.

2

Turn your ear to me, come quickly to my rescue; be my rock of refuge, a strong fortress to save me.

3

Since you are my rock and my fortress, for the sake of your name lead and guide me.

4

Free me from the trap that is set for me, for you are my refuge.

5

Into your hands I commit my spirit; redeem me, O LORD, the God of truth.

6

I hate those who cling to worthless idols; I trust in the LORD.

7

I will be glad and rejoice in your love, for you saw my affliction and knew the anguish of my soul.

8

You have not handed me over to the enemy but have set my feet in a spacious place.

9

Be merciful to me, O LORD, for I am in distress; my eyes grow weak with sorrow, my soul and my body with grief.

10

My life is consumed by anguish and my years by groaning; my strength fails because of my affliction, ^[1] and my bones grow weak.

11

Because of all my enemies, I am the utter contempt of my neighbors; I am a dread to my friends-- those who see me on the street flee from me.

12

I am forgotten by them as though I were dead; I have become like broken pottery.

13

For I hear the slander of many; there is terror on every side; they conspire against me and plot to take my life.

14

But I trust in you, O LORD; I say, "You are my God."

15

My times are in your hands; deliver me from my enemies and from those who pursue me.

16

Let your face shine on your servant; save me in your unfailing love.

17

Let me not be put to shame, O LORD, for I have cried out to you; but let the wicked be put to shame and lie silent in the grave. ^[2]

18

Let their lying lips be silenced, for with pride and contempt they speak arrogantly against the righteous.

19

How great is your goodness, which you have stored up for those who fear you, which you bestow in the sight of men on those who take refuge in you.

20

In the shelter of your presence you hide them from the intrigues of men; in your dwelling you keep them safe from accusing tongues.

21

Praise be to the LORD, for he showed his wonderful love to me when I was in a besieged city.

22

In my alarm I said, "I am cut off from your sight!" Yet you heard my cry for mercy when I called to you for help.

23

Love the LORD, all his saints! The LORD preserves the faithful, but the proud he pays back in full.

24

Be strong and take heart, all you who hope in the LORD.

Today's bible teaching: Their venom is like the venom of a snake, like that of a cobra that has stopped its ears

Psalm 58

1

Psalm 58 For the director of music. [To the tune of] "Do Not Destroy." Of David. A miktam. ^[1]

1

Do you rulers indeed speak justly? Do you judge uprightly among men?

2

No, in your heart you devise injustice, and your hands mete out violence on the earth.

3

Even from birth the wicked go astray; from the womb they are wayward and speak lies.

4

Their venom is like the venom of a snake, like that of a cobra that has stopped its ears,

5

that will not heed the tune of the charmer, however skillful the enchanter may be.

6

Break the teeth in their mouths, O God; tear out, O LORD, the fangs of the lions!

7

Let them vanish like water that flows away; when they draw the bow, let their arrows be blunted.

8

Like a slug melting away as it moves along, like a stillborn child, may they not see the sun.

9

Before your pots can feel [the heat of] the thorns-- whether they be green or dry--the wicked will be swept away. ^[2]

10

The righteous will be glad when they are avenged, when they bathe their feet in the blood of the wicked.

11

Then men will say, "Surely the righteous still are rewarded; surely there is a God who judges the earth."

Today's praises: Praise the LORD, O my soul; all my inmost being, praise his holy name.

Psalm 103

1

Psalm 103 Of David.

1

Praise the LORD, O my soul; all my inmost being, praise his holy name.

2

Praise the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits--

3

who forgives all your sins and heals all your diseases,

4

who redeems your life from the pit and crowns you with love and compassion,

5

who satisfies your desires with good things so that your youth is renewed like the eagle's.

6

The LORD works righteousness and justice for all the oppressed.

7

He made known his ways to Moses, his deeds to the people of Israel:

8

The LORD is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in love.

9

He will not always accuse, nor will he harbor his anger forever;

10

he does not treat us as our sins deserve or repay us according to our iniquities.

11

For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his love for those who fear him;

12

as far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us.

13

As a father has compassion on his children, so the LORD has compassion on those who fear him;

14

for he knows how we are formed, he remembers that we are dust.

15

As for man, his days are like grass, he flourishes like a flower of the field;

16

the wind blows over it and it is gone, and its place remembers it no more.

17

But from everlasting to everlasting the LORD's love is with those who fear him, and his righteousness with their children's children--

18

with those who keep his covenant and remember to obey his precepts.

19

The LORD has established his throne in heaven, and his kingdom rules over all.

20

Praise the LORD, you his angels, you mighty ones who do his bidding, who obey his word.

21

Praise the LORD, all his heavenly hosts, you his servants who do his will.

22

Praise the LORD, all his works everywhere in his dominion. Praise the LORD, O my soul

Today's bible teaching: Ask of me, and I will make the nations your inheritance, the ends of the earth your possession

Psalm 2

1

Psalm 2

1

Why do the nations conspire ^[1] and the peoples plot in vain?

2

The kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers gather together against the LORD and against his Anointed One. ^[2]

3

"Let us break their chains," they say, "and throw off their fetters."

4

The One enthroned in heaven laughs; the Lord scoffs at them.

5

Then he rebukes them in his anger and terrifies them in his wrath, saying,

6

"I have installed my King ^[3] on Zion, my holy hill."

7

I will proclaim the decree of the LORD: He said to me, "You are my Son ^[4] ; today I have become your Father. ^[5]

8

Ask of me, and I will make the nations your inheritance, the ends of the earth your possession.

9

You will rule them with an iron scepter ^[6] ; you will dash them to pieces like pottery."

10

Therefore, you kings, be wise; be warned, you rulers of the earth.

11

Serve the LORD with fear and rejoice with trembling.

12

Kiss the Son, lest he be angry and you be destroyed in your way, for his wrath can flare up in a moment. Blessed are all who take refuge in him.