Today's prayer: May the Lord silence all flattering lips and every boastful tongue

Psalm 8

1 Help, Lord, for no one is faithful anymore;z

those who are loyal have vanished from the human race.

2 Everyone liesa to their neighbor;

they flatter with their lips

but harbor deception in their hearts.b

3 May the Lord silence all flattering lipsc

and every boastful tongue—d

4 those who say,

“By our tongues we will prevail;e

our own lips will defend us—who is lord over us?”

5 “Because the poor are plunderedf and the needy groan,g

I will now arise,h” says the Lord.

“I will protect themi from those who malign them.”

6 And the words of the Lord are flawless,j

like silver purifiedk in a crucible,l

like goldc refined seven times.

7 You, Lord, will keep the needy safem

and will protect us forever from the wicked,n

8 who freely struto about

when what is vile is honored by the human race.

Today's prayer: May God bless us still, so that all the ends of the earthn will fear him.

Psalm 67

1 May God be gracious to us and bless us

and make his face shine on us—b e

2 so that your ways may be known on earth,

your salvationf among all nations.g

3 May the peoples praise you, God;

may all the peoples praise you.h

4 May the nations be glad and sing for joy,i

for you rule the peoples with equityj

and guide the nations of the earth.k

5 May the peoples praise you, God;

may all the peoples praise you.

6 The land yields its harvest;l

God, our God, blesses us.m

7 May God bless us still,

so that all the ends of the earthn will fear him.o

Today's praises: Praise is due to you, O God, in Zion, and to you shall vows be performed.

Psalm 65

1

Praise eis due to you,1 O God, in Zion,

and to you shall fvows be performed.

 2  O you who ghear prayer,

to you hshall all flesh come.

 3  When iiniquities prevail against me,

you jatone for our transgressions.

 4  kBlessed is the one you choose and bring near,

to ldwell in your courts!

We shall be msatisfied with the goodness of your house,

the holiness of your temple!

 5  By nawesome deeds you answer us with righteousness,

O God of our salvation,

the hope of all othe ends of the earth

and of the farthest seas;

 6  the one who by his strength established the mountains,

being pgirded with might;

 7  who qstills the roaring of the seas,

the roaring of their waves,

rthe tumult of the peoples,

 8  so that those who dwell at the ends of the earth are in awe at your signs.

You make the going out of the morning and the evening to shout for joy.

 9  You visit the earth and swater it;2

you greatly enrich it;

tthe river of God is full of water;

uyou provide their grain,

for so you have prepared it.

 10  You water its furrows abundantly,

settling its ridges,

softening it with vshowers,

and blessing its growth.

 11  You crown the year with your bounty;

your wagon tracks woverflow with abundance.

 12  xThe pastures of the wilderness overflow,

the hills ygird themselves with joy,

 13  zthe meadows clothe themselves with flocks,

the valleys deck themselves with grain,

they ashout and sing together for joy

Today's prayer: Hear my voice, O God, in my complaint; preserve my life from dread of the enemy

Psalm 64

1  Hear my voice, O God, in my mcomplaint;

preserve my life from dread of the enemy.

 2  Hide me from nthe secret plots of the wicked,

from the throng of evildoers,

 3  who owhet their tongues like swords,

who paim bitter words like arrows,

 4  shooting from qambush at the blameless,

shooting at him suddenly and rwithout fear.

 5  They shold fast to their evil purpose;

they talk of tlaying snares secretly,

thinking, u“Who can see them?”

 6  They search out injustice,

saying, “We have accomplished a diligent search.”

For vthe inward mind and heart of a man are deep.

 7  wBut God shoots his arrow at them;

they are wounded suddenly.

 8  They are brought to ruin, with their own xtongues turned against them;

all who ysee them will zwag their heads.

 9  Then all mankind yfears;

they atell what God has brought about

and ponder what he has done.

 10  Let bthe righteous one rejoice in the Lord

and ctake refuge in him!

Let all dthe upright in heart exult