Today's bible teaching: Though they plot evil against you and devise wicked schemes, they cannot succeed

Psalm 21

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Psalm 21 For the director of music. A psalm of David.

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O LORD, the king rejoices in your strength. How great is his joy in the victories you give!

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You have granted him the desire of his heart and have not withheld the request of his lips. Selah

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You welcomed him with rich blessings and placed a crown of pure gold on his head.

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He asked you for life, and you gave it to him-- length of days, for ever and ever.

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Through the victories you gave, his glory is great; you have bestowed on him splendor and majesty.

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Surely you have granted him eternal blessings and made him glad with the joy of your presence.

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For the king trusts in the LORD; through the unfailing love of the Most High he will not be shaken.

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Your hand will lay hold on all your enemies; your right hand will seize your foes.

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At the time of your appearing you will make them like a fiery furnace. In his wrath the LORD will swallow them up, and his fire will consume them.

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You will destroy their descendants from the earth, their posterity from mankind.

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Though they plot evil against you and devise wicked schemes, they cannot succeed;

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for you will make them turn their backs when you aim at them with drawn bow.

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Be exalted, O LORD, in your strength; we will sing and praise your might.

Today's bible teaching: You are the most excellent of men and your lips have been anointed with grace, since God has blessed you forever

Psalm 45

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Psalm 45 For the director of music. To [the tune of] "Lilies." Of the Sons of Korah. A maskil. ^[1] A wedding song.

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My heart is stirred by a noble theme as I recite my verses for the king; my tongue is the pen of a skillful writer.

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You are the most excellent of men and your lips have been anointed with grace, since God has blessed you forever.

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Gird your sword upon your side, O mighty one; clothe yourself with splendor and majesty.

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In your majesty ride forth victoriously in behalf of truth, humility and righteousness; let your right hand display awesome deeds.

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Let your sharp arrows pierce the hearts of the king's enemies; let the nations fall beneath your feet.

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Your throne, O God, will last for ever and ever; a scepter of justice will be the scepter of your kingdom.

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You love righteousness and hate wickedness; therefore God, your God, has set you above your companions by anointing you with the oil of joy.

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All your robes are fragrant with myrrh and aloes and cassia; from palaces adorned with ivory the music of the strings makes you glad.

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Daughters of kings are among your honored women; at your right hand is the royal bride in gold of Ophir.

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Listen, O daughter, consider and give ear: Forget your people and your father's house.

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The king is enthralled by your beauty; honor him, for he is your lord.

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The Daughter of Tyre will come with a gift, ^[2] men of wealth will seek your favor.

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All glorious is the princess within [her chamber]; her gown is interwoven with gold.

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In embroidered garments she is led to the king; her virgin companions follow her and are brought to you.

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They are led in with joy and gladness; they enter the palace of the king.

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Your sons will take the place of your fathers; you will make them princes throughout the land.

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I will perpetuate your memory through all generations; therefore the nations will praise you for ever and ever.

Today's prayer: Into your hands I commit my spirit; redeem me, O LORD, the God of truth

Psalm 31

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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.

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

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

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

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

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

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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]

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

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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.

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

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

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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.

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

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

Today's praises: Praise be to the LORD, for he has heard my cry for mercy

Psalm 28

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Psalm 28 Of David.

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To you I call, O LORD my Rock; do not turn a deaf ear to me. For if you remain silent, I will be like those who have gone down to the pit.

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Hear my cry for mercy as I call to you for help, as I lift up my hands toward your Most Holy Place.

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Do not drag me away with the wicked, with those who do evil, who speak cordially with their neighbors but harbor malice in their hearts.

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Repay them for their deeds and for their evil work; repay them for what their hands have done and bring back upon them what they deserve.

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Since they show no regard for the works of the LORD and what his hands have done, he will tear them down and never build them up again.

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Praise be to the LORD, for he has heard my cry for mercy.

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The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in him, and I am helped. My heart leaps for joy and I will give thanks to him in song.

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The LORD is the strength of his people, a fortress of salvation for his anointed one.

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Save your people and bless your inheritance; be their shepherd and carry them forever.

Today's praises: O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth!

Psalm 8

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Psalm 8 For the director of music. According to gittith. ^[1] A psalm of David.

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O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory above the heavens.

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From the lips of children and infants you have ordained praise ^[2] because of your enemies, to silence the foe and the avenger.

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When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place,

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what is man that you are mindful of him, the son of man that you care for him?

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You made him a little lower than the heavenly beings ^[3] and crowned him with glory and honor.

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You made him ruler over the works of your hands; you put everything under his feet:

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all flocks and herds, and the beasts of the field,

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the birds of the air, and the fish of the sea, all that swim the paths of the seas.

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O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth!

Today's bible teaching: He has revealed his word to Jacob, his laws and decrees to Israel.

Psalm 147

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Psalm 147

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Praise the LORD. ^[1] How good it is to sing praises to our God, how pleasant and fitting to praise him!

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The LORD builds up Jerusalem; he gathers the exiles of Israel.

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He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.

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He determines the number of the stars and calls them each by name.

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Great is our Lord and mighty in power; his understanding has no limit.

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The LORD sustains the humble but casts the wicked to the ground.

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Sing to the LORD with thanksgiving; make music to our God on the harp.

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He covers the sky with clouds; he supplies the earth with rain and makes grass grow on the hills.

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He provides food for the cattle and for the young ravens when they call.

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His pleasure is not in the strength of the horse, nor his delight in the legs of a man;

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the LORD delights in those who fear him, who put their hope in his unfailing love.

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Extol the LORD, O Jerusalem; praise your God, O Zion,

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for he strengthens the bars of your gates and blesses your people within you.

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He grants peace to your borders and satisfies you with the finest of wheat.

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He sends his command to the earth; his word runs swiftly.

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He spreads the snow like wool and scatters the frost like ashes.

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He hurls down his hail like pebbles. Who can withstand his icy blast?

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He sends his word and melts them; he stirs up his breezes, and the waters flow.

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He has revealed his word to Jacob, his laws and decrees to Israel.

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He has done this for no other nation; they do not know his laws. Praise the LORD.

Today's praises: Worship the LORD with gladness; come before him with joyful songs

Psalm 100

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Psalm 100 A psalm. For giving thanks.

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Shout for joy to the LORD, all the earth.

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Worship the LORD with gladness; come before him with joyful songs.

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Know that the LORD is God. It is he who made us, and we are his ^[1] ; we are his people, the sheep of his pasture.

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Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name.

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For the LORD is good and his love endures forever; his faithfulness continues through all generations.