Today's bible teaching: The righteous will be glad when they are avenged, when they bathe their feet in the blood of the wicked.

 Psalm 58

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Psalm 58 For the director of music. [To the tune of] "Do Not Destroy." Of David. A miktam. 

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Do you rulers indeed speak justly? Do you judge uprightly among men?

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No, in your heart you devise injustice, and your hands mete out violence on the earth.

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Even from birth the wicked go astray; from the womb they are wayward and speak lies.

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Their venom is like the venom of a snake, like that of a cobra that has stopped its ears,

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that will not heed the tune of the charmer, however skillful the enchanter may be.

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Break the teeth in their mouths, O God; tear out, O LORD, the fangs of the lions!

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Let them vanish like water that flows away; when they draw the bow, let their arrows be blunted.

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Like a slug melting away as it moves along, like a stillborn child, may they not see the sun.

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Before your pots can feel [the heat of] the thorns-- whether they be green or dry--the wicked will be swept away. ^[2]

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The righteous will be glad when they are avenged, when they bathe their feet in the blood of the wicked.

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Then men will say, "Surely the righteous still are rewarded; surely there is a God who judges the earth."

Today's bible teaching: The works of his hands are faithful and just; all his precepts are trustworthy.

 Psalm 111

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Psalm 111 ^[1]

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Praise the LORD. ^[2] I will extol the LORD with all my heart in the council of the upright and in the assembly.

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Great are the works of the LORD; they are pondered by all who delight in them.

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Glorious and majestic are his deeds, and his righteousness endures forever.

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He has caused his wonders to be remembered; the LORD is gracious and compassionate.

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He provides food for those who fear him; he remembers his covenant forever.

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He has shown his people the power of his works, giving them the lands of other nations.

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The works of his hands are faithful and just; all his precepts are trustworthy.

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They are steadfast for ever and ever, done in faithfulness and uprightness.

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He provided redemption for his people; he ordained his covenant forever-- holy and awesome is his name.

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The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom; all who follow his precepts have good understanding. To him belongs eternal praise.

Today's bible teaching: Judah became God's sanctuary, Israel his dominion.

 Psalm 114

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Psalm 114

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When Israel came out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of foreign tongue,

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Judah became God's sanctuary, Israel his dominion.

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The sea looked and fled, the Jordan turned back;

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the mountains skipped like rams, the hills like lambs.

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Why was it, O sea, that you fled, O Jordan, that you turned back,

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you mountains, that you skipped like rams, you hills, like lambs?

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Tremble, O earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob,

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who turned the rock into a pool, the hard rock into springs of water.

Today's prayer: O Lord, hear my voice. Let your ears be attentive to my cry for mercy.

 Psalm 130

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Psalm 130 A song of ascents.

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Out of the depths I cry to you, O LORD;

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O Lord, hear my voice. Let your ears be attentive to my cry for mercy.

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If you, O LORD, kept a record of sins, O Lord, who could stand?

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But with you there is forgiveness; therefore you are feared.

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I wait for the LORD, my soul waits, and in his word I put my hope.

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My soul waits for the Lord more than watchmen wait for the morning, more than watchmen wait for the morning.

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O Israel, put your hope in the LORD, for with the LORD is unfailing love and with him is full redemption.

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He himself will redeem Israel from all their sins.

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: The Lord is at your right hand ; he will crush kings on the day of his wrath

 

Psalm 110

 

 

 

Of David. A psalm.

1 The LORD says to my lord:“Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet.”

2 The LORD will extend your mighty scepter from Zion, saying, “Rule in the midst of your enemies!”

3 Your troops will be willing on your day of battle. Arrayed in holy splendor, your young men will come to you like dew from the morning’s womb.

4 The LORD has sworn and will not change his mind: “You are a priest forever, in the order of Melchizedek.”

5 The Lord is at your right hand ; he will crush kings on the day of his wrath.

6 He will judge the nations, heaping up the dead and crushing the rulers of the whole earth.

7 He will drink from a brook along the way,and so he will lift his head high.

Today's prayer: Keep me as the apple of your eye; hide me in the shadow of your wings

 Psalm 17

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Psalm 17 A prayer of David.

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Hear, O LORD, my righteous plea; listen to my cry. Give ear to my prayer-- it does not rise from deceitful lips.

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May my vindication come from you; may your eyes see what is right.

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Though you probe my heart and examine me at night, though you test me, you will find nothing; I have resolved that my mouth will not sin.

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As for the deeds of men-- by the word of your lips I have kept myself from the ways of the violent.

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My steps have held to your paths; my feet have not slipped.

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I call on you, O God, for you will answer me; give ear to me and hear my prayer.

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Show the wonder of your great love, you who save by your right hand those who take refuge in you from their foes.

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Keep me as the apple of your eye; hide me in the shadow of your wings

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from the wicked who assail me, from my mortal enemies who surround me.

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They close up their callous hearts, and their mouths speak with arrogance.

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They have tracked me down, they now surround me, with eyes alert, to throw me to the ground.

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They are like a lion hungry for prey, like a great lion crouching in cover.

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Rise up, O LORD, confront them, bring them down; rescue me from the wicked by your sword.

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O LORD, by your hand save me from such men, from men of this world whose reward is in this life. You still the hunger of those you cherish; their sons have plenty, and they store up wealth for their children.

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And I--in righteousness I will see your face; when I awake, I will be satisfied with seeing your likeness.