Today's bible teaching: Come, let us bow down in worship, let us kneel before the LORD our Maker

Psalm 95

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Psalm 95

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Come, let us sing for joy to the LORD; let us shout aloud to the Rock of our salvation.

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Let us come before him with thanksgiving and extol him with music and song.

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For the LORD is the great God, the great King above all gods.

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In his hand are the depths of the earth, and the mountain peaks belong to him.

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The sea is his, for he made it, and his hands formed the dry land.

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Come, let us bow down in worship, let us kneel before the LORD our Maker;

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for he is our God and we are the people of his pasture, the flock under his care. Today, if you hear his voice,

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do not harden your hearts as you did at Meribah, ^[1] as you did that day at Massah ^[2] in the desert,

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where your fathers tested and tried me, though they had seen what I did.

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For forty years I was angry with that generation; I said, "They are a people whose hearts go astray, and they have not known my ways."

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So I declared on oath in my anger, "They shall never enter my rest."

Today's bible teaching: He will receive blessing from the LORD and vindication from God his Savior.

Psalm 24

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Psalm 24 Of David. A psalm.

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The earth is the LORD's, and everything in it, the world, and all who live in it;

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for he founded it upon the seas and established it upon the waters.

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Who may ascend the hill of the LORD? Who may stand in his holy place?

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He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not lift up his soul to an idol or swear by what is false. ^[1]

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He will receive blessing from the LORD and vindication from God his Savior.

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Such is the generation of those who seek him, who seek your face, O God of Jacob. ^[2] Selah

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Lift up your heads, O you gates; be lifted up, you ancient doors, that the King of glory may come in.

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Who is this King of glory? The LORD strong and mighty, the LORD mighty in battle.

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Lift up your heads, O you gates; lift them up, you ancient doors, that the King of glory may come in.

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Who is he, this King of glory? The LORD Almighty-- he is the King of glory. Selah

Today's praises: Praise the Lord, all you nations

Psalm 117

1 Praise the Lord, all you nations;
    extol him, all you peoples.
2 For great is his love toward us,
    and the faithfulness of the Lord endures forever.

Praise the Lord

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

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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!

Today's bible teaching: The LORD gives strength to his people; the LORD blesses his people with peace.

Psalm 29

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Psalm 29 A psalm of David.

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Ascribe to the LORD, O mighty ones, ascribe to the LORD glory and strength.

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Ascribe to the LORD the glory due his name; worship the LORD in the splendor of his ^[1] holiness.

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The voice of the LORD is over the waters; the God of glory thunders, the LORD thunders over the mighty waters.

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The voice of the LORD is powerful; the voice of the LORD is majestic.

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The voice of the LORD breaks the cedars; the LORD breaks in pieces the cedars of Lebanon.

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He makes Lebanon skip like a calf, Sirion ^[2] like a young wild ox.

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The voice of the LORD strikes with flashes of lightning.

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The voice of the LORD shakes the desert; the LORD shakes the Desert of Kadesh.

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The voice of the LORD twists the oaks ^[3] and strips the forests bare. And in his temple all cry, "Glory!"

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The LORD sits ^[4] enthroned over the flood; the LORD is enthroned as King forever.

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The LORD gives strength to his people; the LORD blesses his people with peace.

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 praises: Praise be to the LORD God, the God of Israel, who alone does marvelous deeds.

Psalm 72

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Psalm 72 Of Solomon.

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Endow the king with your justice, O God, the royal son with your righteousness.

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He will ^[1] judge your people in righteousness, your afflicted ones with justice.

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The mountains will bring prosperity to the people, the hills the fruit of righteousness.

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He will defend the afflicted among the people and save the children of the needy; he will crush the oppressor.

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He will endure ^[2] as long as the sun, as long as the moon, through all generations.

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He will be like rain falling on a mown field, like showers watering the earth.

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In his days the righteous will flourish; prosperity will abound till the moon is no more.

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He will rule from sea to sea and from the River ^[3] to the ends of the earth. ^[4]

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The desert tribes will bow before him and his enemies will lick the dust.

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The kings of Tarshish and of distant shores will bring tribute to him; the kings of Sheba and Seba will present him gifts.

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All kings will bow down to him and all nations will serve him.

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For he will deliver the needy who cry out, the afflicted who have no one to help.

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He will take pity on the weak and the needy and save the needy from death.

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He will rescue them from oppression and violence, for precious is their blood in his sight.

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Long may he live! May gold from Sheba be given him. May people ever pray for him and bless him all day long.

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Let grain abound throughout the land; on the tops of the hills may it sway. Let its fruit flourish like Lebanon; let it thrive like the grass of the field.

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May his name endure forever; may it continue as long as the sun. All nations will be blessed through him, and they will call him blessed.

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Praise be to the LORD God, the God of Israel, who alone does marvelous deeds.

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Praise be to his glorious name forever; may the whole earth be filled with his glory. Amen and Amen.

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This concludes the prayers of David son of Jesse.