Today's bible teaching: How long, O LORD? Will you hide yourself forever? How long will your wrath burn like fire?

Psalm 89

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Psalm 89 A maskil ^[1] of Ethan the Ezrahite.

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I will sing of the LORD's great love forever; with my mouth I will make your faithfulness known through all generations.

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I will declare that your love stands firm forever, that you established your faithfulness in heaven itself.

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You said, "I have made a covenant with my chosen one, I have sworn to David my servant,

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`I will establish your line forever and make your throne firm through all generations.'" Selah

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The heavens praise your wonders, O LORD, your faithfulness too, in the assembly of the holy ones.

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For who in the skies above can compare with the LORD? Who is like the LORD among the heavenly beings?

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In the council of the holy ones God is greatly feared; he is more awesome than all who surround him.

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O LORD God Almighty, who is like you? You are mighty, O LORD, and your faithfulness surrounds you.

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You rule over the surging sea; when its waves mount up, you still them.

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You crushed Rahab like one of the slain; with your strong arm you scattered your enemies.

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The heavens are yours, and yours also the earth; you founded the world and all that is in it.

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You created the north and the south; Tabor and Hermon sing for joy at your name.

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Your arm is endued with power; your hand is strong, your right hand exalted.

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Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne; love and faithfulness go before you.

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Blessed are those who have learned to acclaim you, who walk in the light of your presence, O LORD.

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They rejoice in your name all day long; they exult in your righteousness.

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For you are their glory and strength, and by your favor you exalt our horn. ^[2]

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Indeed, our shield ^[3] belongs to the LORD, our king to the Holy One of Israel.

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Once you spoke in a vision, to your faithful people you said: "I have bestowed strength on a warrior; I have exalted a young man from among the people.

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I have found David my servant; with my sacred oil I have anointed him.

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My hand will sustain him; surely my arm will strengthen him.

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No enemy will subject him to tribute; no wicked man will oppress him.

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I will crush his foes before him and strike down his adversaries.

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My faithful love will be with him, and through my name his horn ^[4] will be exalted.

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I will set his hand over the sea, his right hand over the rivers.

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He will call out to me, `You are my Father, my God, the Rock my Savior.'

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I will also appoint him my firstborn, the most exalted of the kings of the earth.

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I will maintain my love to him forever, and my covenant with him will never fail.

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I will establish his line forever, his throne as long as the heavens endure.

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"If his sons forsake my law and do not follow my statutes,

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if they violate my decrees and fail to keep my commands,

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I will punish their sin with the rod, their iniquity with flogging;

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but I will not take my love from him, nor will I ever betray my faithfulness.

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I will not violate my covenant or alter what my lips have uttered.

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Once for all, I have sworn by my holiness-- and I will not lie to David--

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that his line will continue forever and his throne endure before me like the sun;

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it will be established forever like the moon, the faithful witness in the sky." Selah

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But you have rejected, you have spurned, you have been very angry with your anointed one.

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You have renounced the covenant with your servant and have defiled his crown in the dust.

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You have broken through all his walls and reduced his strongholds to ruins.

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All who pass by have plundered him; he has become the scorn of his neighbors.

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You have exalted the right hand of his foes; you have made all his enemies rejoice.

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You have turned back the edge of his sword and have not supported him in battle.

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You have put an end to his splendor and cast his throne to the ground.

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You have cut short the days of his youth; you have covered him with a mantle of shame. Selah

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How long, O LORD? Will you hide yourself forever? How long will your wrath burn like fire?

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Remember how fleeting is my life. For what futility you have created all men!

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What man can live and not see death, or save himself from the power of the grave ^[5] ? Selah

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O Lord, where is your former great love, which in your faithfulness you swore to David?

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Remember, Lord, how your servant has ^[6] been mocked, how I bear in my heart the taunts of all the nations,

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the taunts with which your enemies have mocked, O LORD, with which they have mocked every step of your anointed one.

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Praise be to the LORD forever! Amen and Amen.

Today's bible teaching: The law of the LORD is perfect, reviving the soul. The statutes of the LORD are trustworthy, making wise the simple

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 praises: The LORD lives! Praise be to my Rock! Exalted be God my Savior!

Psalm 18

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Psalm 18 For the director of music. Of David the servant of the LORD. He sang to the LORD the words of this song when the LORD delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul. He said:

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I love you, O LORD, my strength.

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The LORD is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer; my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge. He is my shield and the horn ^[1] of my salvation, my stronghold.

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I call to the LORD, who is worthy of praise, and I am saved from my enemies.

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The cords of death entangled me; the torrents of destruction overwhelmed me.

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The cords of the grave ^[2] coiled around me; the snares of death confronted me.

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In my distress I called to the LORD; I cried to my God for help. From his temple he heard my voice; my cry came before him, into his ears.

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The earth trembled and quaked, and the foundations of the mountains shook; they trembled because he was angry.

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Smoke rose from his nostrils; consuming fire came from his mouth, burning coals blazed out of it.

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He parted the heavens and came down; dark clouds were under his feet.

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He mounted the cherubim and flew; he soared on the wings of the wind.

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He made darkness his covering, his canopy around him-- the dark rain clouds of the sky.

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Out of the brightness of his presence clouds advanced, with hailstones and bolts of lightning.

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The LORD thundered from heaven; the voice of the Most High resounded. ^[3]

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He shot his arrows and scattered [the enemies], great bolts of lightning and routed them.

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The valleys of the sea were exposed and the foundations of the earth laid bare at your rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of breath from your nostrils.

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He reached down from on high and took hold of me; he drew me out of deep waters.

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He rescued me from my powerful enemy, from my foes, who were too strong for me.

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They confronted me in the day of my disaster, but the LORD was my support.

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He brought me out into a spacious place; he rescued me because he delighted in me.

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The LORD has dealt with me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands he has rewarded me.

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For I have kept the ways of the LORD; I have not done evil by turning from my God.

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All his laws are before me; I have not turned away from his decrees.

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I have been blameless before him and have kept myself from sin.

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The LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his sight.

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To the faithful you show yourself faithful, to the blameless you show yourself blameless,

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to the pure you show yourself pure, but to the crooked you show yourself shrewd.

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You save the humble but bring low those whose eyes are haughty.

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You, O LORD, keep my lamp burning; my God turns my darkness into light.

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With your help I can advance against a troop ^[4] ; with my God I can scale a wall.

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As for God, his way is perfect; the word of the LORD is flawless. He is a shield for all who take refuge in him.

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For who is God besides the LORD? And who is the Rock except our God?

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It is God who arms me with strength and makes my way perfect.

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He makes my feet like the feet of a deer; he enables me to stand on the heights.

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He trains my hands for battle; my arms can bend a bow of bronze.

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You give me your shield of victory, and your right hand sustains me; you stoop down to make me great.

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You broaden the path beneath me, so that my ankles do not turn.

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I pursued my enemies and overtook them; I did not turn back till they were destroyed.

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I crushed them so that they could not rise; they fell beneath my feet.

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You armed me with strength for battle; you made my adversaries bow at my feet.

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You made my enemies turn their backs in flight, and I destroyed my foes.

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They cried for help, but there was no one to save them-- to the LORD, but he did not answer.

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I beat them as fine as dust borne on the wind; I poured them out like mud in the streets.

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You have delivered me from the attacks of the people; you have made me the head of nations; people I did not know are subject to me.

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As soon as they hear me, they obey me; foreigners cringe before me.

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They all lose heart; they come trembling from their strongholds.

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The LORD lives! Praise be to my Rock! Exalted be God my Savior!

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He is the God who avenges me, who subdues nations under me,

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who saves me from my enemies. You exalted me above my foes; from violent men you rescued me.

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Therefore I will praise you among the nations, O LORD; I will sing praises to your name.

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He gives his king great victories; he shows unfailing kindness to his anointed, to David and his descendants forever.

Today's praises: I will sacrifice a freewill offering to you; I will praise your name, O LORD, for it is good

Psalm 54

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Psalm 54 For the director of music. With stringed instruments. A maskil ^[1] of David. When the Ziphites had gone to Saul and said, "Is not David hiding among us?"

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Save me, O God, by your name; vindicate me by your might.

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Hear my prayer, O God; listen to the words of my mouth.

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Strangers are attacking me; ruthless men seek my life-- men without regard for God. Selah

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Surely God is my help; the Lord is the one who sustains me.

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Let evil recoil on those who slander me; in your faithfulness destroy them.

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I will sacrifice a freewill offering to you; I will praise your name, O LORD, for it is good.

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For he has delivered me from all my troubles, and my eyes have looked in triumph on my foes.

Today's bible teaching: Trust in him at all times, O people; pour out your hearts to him, for God is our refuge

Psalm 62

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Psalm 62 For the director of music. For Jeduthun. A psalm of David.

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My soul finds rest in God alone; my salvation comes from him.

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He alone is my rock and my salvation; he is my fortress, I will never be shaken.

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How long will you assault a man? Would all of you throw him down-- this leaning wall, this tottering fence?

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They fully intend to topple him from his lofty place; they take delight in lies. With their mouths they bless, but in their hearts they curse. Selah

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Find rest, O my soul, in God alone; my hope comes from him.

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He alone is my rock and my salvation; he is my fortress, I will not be shaken.

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My salvation and my honor depend on God ^[1] ; he is my mighty rock, my refuge.

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Trust in him at all times, O people; pour out your hearts to him, for God is our refuge. Selah

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Lowborn men are but a breath, the highborn are but a lie; if weighed on a balance, they are nothing; together they are only a breath.

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Do not trust in extortion or take pride in stolen goods; though your riches increase, do not set your heart on them.

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One thing God has spoken, two things have I heard: that you, O God, are strong,

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and that you, O Lord, are loving. Surely you will reward each person according to what he has done.

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

Psalm 60

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Psalm 60 For the director of music. To [the tune of] "The Lily of the Covenant." A miktam ^[1] of David. For teaching. When he fought Aram Naharaim ^[2] and Aram Zobah, ^[3] and when Joab returned and struck down twelve thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt.

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You have rejected us, O God, and burst forth upon us; you have been angry--now restore us!

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You have shaken the land and torn it open; mend its fractures, for it is quaking.

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You have shown your people desperate times; you have given us wine that makes us stagger.

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But for those who fear you, you have raised a banner to be unfurled against the bow. Selah

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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, and 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 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!