Today's bible teaching: 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

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 bible teaching: Surely God is my help; the Lord is the one who sustains me

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: All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the LORD, and all the families of the nations will bow down before him

Psalm 22

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Psalm 22 For the director of music. To [the tune of] "The Doe of the Morning." A psalm of David.

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My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from saving me, so far from the words of my groaning?

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O my God, I cry out by day, but you do not answer, by night, and am not silent.

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Yet you are enthroned as the Holy One; you are the praise of Israel. ^[1]

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In you our fathers put their trust; they trusted and you delivered them.

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They cried to you and were saved; in you they trusted and were not disappointed.

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But I am a worm and not a man, scorned by men and despised by the people.

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All who see me mock me; they hurl insults, shaking their heads:

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"He trusts in the LORD; let the LORD rescue him. Let him deliver him, since he delights in him."

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Yet you brought me out of the womb; you made me trust in you even at my mother's breast.

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From birth I was cast upon you; from my mother's womb you have been my God.

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Do not be far from me, for trouble is near and there is no one to help.

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Many bulls surround me; strong bulls of Bashan encircle me.

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Roaring lions tearing their prey open their mouths wide against me.

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I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint. My heart has turned to wax; it has melted away within me.

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My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth; you lay me ^[2] in the dust of death.

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Dogs have surrounded me; a band of evil men has encircled me, they have pierced ^[3] my hands and my feet.

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I can count all my bones; people stare and gloat over me.

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They divide my garments among them and cast lots for my clothing.

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But you, O LORD, be not far off; O my Strength, come quickly to help me.

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Deliver my life from the sword, my precious life from the power of the dogs.

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Rescue me from the mouth of the lions; save ^[4] me from the horns of the wild oxen.

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I will declare your name to my brothers; in the congregation I will praise you.

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You who fear the LORD, praise him! All you descendants of Jacob, honor him! Revere him, all you descendants of Israel!

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For he has not despised or disdained the suffering of the afflicted one; he has not hidden his face from him but has listened to his cry for help.

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From you comes the theme of my praise in the great assembly; before those who fear you ^[5] will I fulfill my vows.

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The poor will eat and be satisfied; they who seek the LORD will praise him-- may your hearts live forever!

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All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the LORD, and all the families of the nations will bow down before him,

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for dominion belongs to the LORD and he rules over the nations.

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All the rich of the earth will feast and worship; all who go down to the dust will kneel before him-- those who cannot keep themselves alive.

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Posterity will serve him; future generations will be told about the Lord.

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They will proclaim his righteousness to a people yet unborn-- for he has done it.

Today's bible teaching: Serve the LORD with fear and rejoice with trembling

Psalm 2

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Psalm 2

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Serve the LORD with fear and rejoice with trembling.

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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.

Today's bible teaching: The LORD will keep you from all harm-- he will watch over your life

Psalm 121

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Psalm 121 A song of ascents.

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I lift up my eyes to the hills-- where does my help come from?

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My help comes from the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth.

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He will not let your foot slip-- he who watches over you will not slumber;

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indeed, he who watches over Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.

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The LORD watches over you-- the LORD is your shade at your right hand;

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the sun will not harm you by day, nor the moon by night.

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The LORD will keep you from all harm-- he will watch over your life;

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the LORD will watch over your coming and going both now and forevermore.

Today's bible teaching: The LORD will keep you from all harm-- he will watch over your life

Psalm 121

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Psalm 121 A song of ascents.

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I lift up my eyes to the hills-- where does my help come from?

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My help comes from the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth.

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He will not let your foot slip-- he who watches over you will not slumber;

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indeed, he who watches over Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.

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The LORD watches over you-- the LORD is your shade at your right hand;

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the sun will not harm you by day, nor the moon by night.

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The LORD will keep you from all harm-- he will watch over your life;

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the LORD will watch over your coming and going both now and forevermore.

Today's prayer: Fight those who fight me, O Lord; attack those who are attacking me

Psalm 35 

1 Fight those who fight me, O Lord; *
attack those who are attacking me.

2 Take up shield and armor *
and rise up to help me.

3 Draw the sword and bar the way against those
who pursue me; *
say to my soul, "I am your salvation."

4 Let those who seek after my life be shamed and humbled; *
let those who plot my ruin fall back and be dismayed.

5 Let them be like chaff before the wind, *
and let the angel of the Lord drive them away.

6 Let their way be dark and slippery, *
and let the angel of the Lord pursue them.

7 For they have secretly spread a net for me without a cause; *
without a cause they have dug a pit to take me alive.

8 Let ruin come upon them unawares; *
let them be caught in the net they hid;
let them fall into the pit they dug.

9 Then I will be joyful in the Lord; *
I will glory in his victory.

10 My very bones will say, "Lord, who is like you? *
You deliver the poor from those who are too strong for them,
the poor and needy from those who rob them."

11 Malicious witnesses rise up against me; *
they charge me with matters I know nothing about.

12 They pay me evil in exchange for good; *
my soul is full of despair.

13 But when they were sick I dressed in sack-cloth *
and humbled myself by fasting;

14 I prayed with my whole heart,
as one would for a friend or a brother; *
I behaved like one who mourns for his mother,
bowed down and grieving.

15 But when I stumbled, they were glad and gathered together;
they gathered against me; *
strangers whom I did not know tore me to pieces and
would not stop.

16 They put me to the test and mocked me; *
they gnashed at me with their teeth.

17 O Lord, how long will you look on? *
rescue me from the roaring beasts,
and my life from the young lions.

18 I will give you thanks in the great congregation; *
I will praise you in the mighty throng.

19 Do not let my treacherous foes rejoice over me, *
nor let those who hate me without a cause
wink at each other.

20 For they do not plan for peace, *
but invent deceitful schemes against the
quiet in the land.

21 They opened their mouths at me and said, *
"Aha! we saw it with our own eyes."

22 You saw it, O Lord; do not be silent; *
O Lord, be not far from me.

23 Awake, arise, to my cause! *
to my defense, my God and my Lord!

24 Give me justice, O Lord my God,
according to your righteousness; *
do not let them triumph over me.

25 Do not let them say in their hearts,
"Aha! just what we want!" *
Do not let them say, "We have swallowed him up."

26 Let all who rejoice at my ruin be ashamed and disgraced; *
let those who boast against me be clothed with
dismay and shame.

27 Let those who favor my cause sing out with joy and be glad; *
let them say always, "Great is the Lord,
who desires the prosperity of his servant."

28 And my tongue shall be talking of your righteousness *
and of your praise all the day long.