Today's praises: I will extol the LORD at all times; his praise will always be on my lips

 Psalm 34

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Psalm 34 Of David. When he pretended to be insane before Abimelech, who drove him away, and he left. ^[1]

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I will extol the LORD at all times; his praise will always be on my lips.

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My soul will boast in the LORD; let the afflicted hear and rejoice.

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Glorify the LORD with me; let us exalt his name together.

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I sought the LORD, and he answered me; he delivered me from all my fears.

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Those who look to him are radiant; their faces are never covered with shame.

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This poor man called, and the LORD heard him; he saved him out of all his troubles.

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The angel of the LORD encamps around those who fear him, and he delivers them.

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Taste and see that the LORD is good; blessed is the man who takes refuge in him.

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Fear the LORD, you his saints, for those who fear him lack nothing.

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The lions may grow weak and hungry, but those who seek the LORD lack no good thing.

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Come, my children, listen to me; I will teach you the fear of the LORD.

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Whoever of you loves life and desires to see many good days,

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keep your tongue from evil and your lips from speaking lies.

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Turn from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it.

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The eyes of the LORD are on the righteous and his ears are attentive to their cry;

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the face of the LORD is against those who do evil, to cut off the memory of them from the earth.

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The righteous cry out, and the LORD hears them; he delivers them from all their troubles.

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The LORD is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit.

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A righteous man may have many troubles, but the LORD delivers him from them all;

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he protects all his bones, not one of them will be broken.

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Evil will slay the wicked; the foes of the righteous will be condemned.

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The LORD redeems his servants; no one will be condemned who takes refuge in him.

Today's praises: Shout for joy to the LORD, all the earth

 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.

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 

Today's praises:I will sing to the LORD, for he has been good to me

 Psalm 13

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Psalm 13 For the director of music. A psalm of David.

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How long, O LORD? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me?

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How long must I wrestle with my thoughts and every day have sorrow in my heart? How long will my enemy triumph over me?

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Look on me and answer, O LORD my God. Give light to my eyes, or I will sleep in death;

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my enemy will say, "I have overcome him," and my foes will rejoice when I fall.

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But I trust in your unfailing love; my heart rejoices in your salvation.

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I will sing to the LORD, for he has been good to me.

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: He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap

 Psalm 113

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Psalm 113

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Praise the LORD. ^[1] Praise, O servants of the LORD, praise the name of the LORD.

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Let the name of the LORD be praised, both now and forevermore.

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From the rising of the sun to the place where it sets, the name of the LORD is to be praised.

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The LORD is exalted over all the nations, his glory above the heavens.

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Who is like the LORD our God, the One who sits enthroned on high,

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who stoops down to look on the heavens and the earth?

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He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap;

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he seats them with princes, with the princes of their people.

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He settles the barren woman in her home as a happy mother of children. Praise the LORD.

Today's bible teaching: On the wicked he will rain fiery coals and burning sulfur; a scorching wind will be their lot.

 Psalm 11

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Psalm 11 For the director of music. Of David.

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In the LORD I take refuge. How then can you say to me: "Flee like a bird to your mountain.

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For look, the wicked bend their bows; they set their arrows against the strings to shoot from the shadows at the upright in heart.

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When the foundations are being destroyed, what can the righteous do ^[1] ?"

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The LORD is in his holy temple; the LORD is on his heavenly throne. He observes the sons of men; his eyes examine them.

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The LORD examines the righteous, but the wicked ^[2] and those who love violence his soul hates.

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On the wicked he will rain fiery coals and burning sulfur; a scorching wind will be their lot.

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For the LORD is righteous, he loves justice; upright men will see his face.