Today's prayer: Save me, O LORD, from lying lips and from deceitful tongues.

 Psalm 120

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Psalm 120 A song of ascents.

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I call on the LORD in my distress, and he answers me.

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Save me, O LORD, from lying lips and from deceitful tongues.

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What will he do to you, and what more besides, O deceitful tongue?

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He will punish you with a warrior's sharp arrows, with burning coals of the broom tree.

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Woe to me that I dwell in Meshech, that I live among the tents of Kedar!

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Too long have I lived among those who hate peace.

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I am a man of peace; but when I speak, they are for war.

Today's praises: Sing praises to the LORD, enthroned in Zion; proclaim among the nations what he has done

 Psalm 9

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Psalm 9 For the director of music. To [the tune of] "The Death of the Son." A psalm of David. ^[1]

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I will praise you, O LORD, with all my heart; I will tell of all your wonders.

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I will be glad and rejoice in you; I will sing praise to your name, O Most High.

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My enemies turn back; they stumble and perish before you.

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For you have upheld my right and my cause; you have sat on your throne, judging righteously.

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You have rebuked the nations and destroyed the wicked; you have blotted out their name for ever and ever.

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Endless ruin has overtaken the enemy, you have uprooted their cities; even the memory of them has perished.

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The LORD reigns forever; he has established his throne for judgment.

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He will judge the world in righteousness; he will govern the peoples with justice.

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The LORD is a refuge for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble.

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Those who know your name will trust in you, for you, LORD, have never forsaken those who seek you.

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Sing praises to the LORD, enthroned in Zion; proclaim among the nations what he has done.

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For he who avenges blood remembers; he does not ignore the cry of the afflicted.

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O LORD, see how my enemies persecute me! Have mercy and lift me up from the gates of death,

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that I may declare your praises in the gates of the Daughter of Zion and there rejoice in your salvation.

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The nations have fallen into the pit they have dug; their feet are caught in the net they have hidden.

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The LORD is known by his justice; the wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands. Higgaion. ^[2] Selah

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The wicked return to the grave, ^[3] all the nations that forget God.

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But the needy will not always be forgotten, nor the hope of the afflicted ever perish.

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Arise, O LORD, let not man triumph; let the nations be judged in your presence.

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Strike them with terror, O LORD; let the nations know they are but men. Selah

Today's bible teaching:Whoever is wise, let him heed these things and consider the great love of the LORD

 Psalm 107

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Psalm 107

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Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his love endures forever.

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Let the redeemed of the LORD say this-- those he redeemed from the hand of the foe,

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those he gathered from the lands, from east and west, from north and south. ^[1]

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Some wandered in desert wastelands, finding no way to a city where they could settle.

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They were hungry and thirsty, and their lives ebbed away.

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Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them from their distress.

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He led them by a straight way to a city where they could settle.

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Let them give thanks to the LORD for his unfailing love and his wonderful deeds for men,

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for he satisfies the thirsty and fills the hungry with good things.

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Some sat in darkness and the deepest gloom, prisoners suffering in iron chains,

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for they had rebelled against the words of God and despised the counsel of the Most High.

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So he subjected them to bitter labor; they stumbled, and there was no one to help.

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Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble, and he saved them from their distress.

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He brought them out of darkness and the deepest gloom and broke away their chains.

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Let them give thanks to the LORD for his unfailing love and his wonderful deeds for men,

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for he breaks down gates of bronze and cuts through bars of iron.

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Some became fools through their rebellious ways and suffered affliction because of their iniquities.

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They loathed all food and drew near the gates of death.

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Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble, and he saved them from their distress.

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He sent forth his word and healed them; he rescued them from the grave.

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Let them give thanks to the LORD for his unfailing love and his wonderful deeds for men.

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Let them sacrifice thank offerings and tell of his works with songs of joy.

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Others went out on the sea in ships; they were merchants on the mighty waters.

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They saw the works of the LORD, his wonderful deeds in the deep.

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For he spoke and stirred up a tempest that lifted high the waves.

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They mounted up to the heavens and went down to the depths; in their peril their courage melted away.

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They reeled and staggered like drunken men; they were at their wits' end.

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Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and he brought them out of their distress.

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He stilled the storm to a whisper; the waves of the sea were hushed.

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They were glad when it grew calm, and he guided them to their desired haven.

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Let them give thanks to the LORD for his unfailing love and his wonderful deeds for men.

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Let them exalt him in the assembly of the people and praise him in the council of the elders.

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He turned rivers into a desert, flowing springs into thirsty ground,

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and fruitful land into a salt waste, because of the wickedness of those who lived there.

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He turned the desert into pools of water and the parched ground into flowing springs;

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there he brought the hungry to live, and they founded a city where they could settle.

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They sowed fields and planted vineyards that yielded a fruitful harvest;

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he blessed them, and their numbers greatly increased, and he did not let their herds diminish.

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Then their numbers decreased, and they were humbled by oppression, calamity and sorrow;

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he who pours contempt on nobles made them wander in a trackless waste.

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But he lifted the needy out of their affliction and increased their families like flocks.

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The upright see and rejoice, but all the wicked shut their mouths.

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Whoever is wise, let him heed these things and consider the great love of the LORD.

Today's praises: Praise the LORD, all you nations; extol him, all you peoples.

 Psalm 117

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Psalm 117

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Praise the LORD, all you nations; extol him, all you peoples.

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For great is his love toward us, and the faithfulness of the LORD endures forever. Praise the LORD.

Today's prayer: Save me, O LORD, from lying lips and from deceitful tongues

 Psalm 120

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Psalm 120 A song of ascents.

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I call on the LORD in my distress, and he answers me.

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Save me, O LORD, from lying lips and from deceitful tongues.

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What will he do to you, and what more besides, O deceitful tongue?

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He will punish you with a warrior's sharp arrows, with burning coals of the broom tree.

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Woe to me that I dwell in Meshech, that I live among the tents of Kedar!

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Too long have I lived among those who hate peace.

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I am a man of peace; but when I speak, they are for war.

Today's praises: Therefore I will praise you among the nations, O LORD; I will sing praises to your name

 Psalm 18

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Psalm 18 For the director of music. Of David the servant of the LORD. He sang to the LORD the words of this song when the LORD delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul. He said:

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I love you, O LORD, my strength.

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The LORD is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer; my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge. He is my shield and the horn ^[1] of my salvation, my stronghold.

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I call to the LORD, who is worthy of praise, and I am saved from my enemies.

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The cords of death entangled me; the torrents of destruction overwhelmed me.

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The cords of the grave ^[2] coiled around me; the snares of death confronted me.

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In my distress I called to the LORD; I cried to my God for help. From his temple he heard my voice; my cry came before him, into his ears.

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The earth trembled and quaked, and the foundations of the mountains shook; they trembled because he was angry.

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Smoke rose from his nostrils; consuming fire came from his mouth, burning coals blazed out of it.

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He parted the heavens and came down; dark clouds were under his feet.

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He mounted the cherubim and flew; he soared on the wings of the wind.

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He made darkness his covering, his canopy around him-- the dark rain clouds of the sky.

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Out of the brightness of his presence clouds advanced, with hailstones and bolts of lightning.

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The LORD thundered from heaven; the voice of the Most High resounded. ^[3]

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He shot his arrows and scattered [the enemies], great bolts of lightning and routed them.

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The valleys of the sea were exposed and the foundations of the earth laid bare at your rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of breath from your nostrils.

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He reached down from on high and took hold of me; he drew me out of deep waters.

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He rescued me from my powerful enemy, from my foes, who were too strong for me.

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They confronted me in the day of my disaster, but the LORD was my support.

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He brought me out into a spacious place; he rescued me because he delighted in me.

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The LORD has dealt with me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands he has rewarded me.

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For I have kept the ways of the LORD; I have not done evil by turning from my God.

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All his laws are before me; I have not turned away from his decrees.

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I have been blameless before him and have kept myself from sin.

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The LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his sight.

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To the faithful you show yourself faithful, to the blameless you show yourself blameless,

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to the pure you show yourself pure, but to the crooked you show yourself shrewd.

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You save the humble but bring low those whose eyes are haughty.

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You, O LORD, keep my lamp burning; my God turns my darkness into light.

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With your help I can advance against a troop ^[4] ; with my God I can scale a wall.

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As for God, his way is perfect; the word of the LORD is flawless. He is a shield for all who take refuge in him.

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For who is God besides the LORD? And who is the Rock except our God?

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It is God who arms me with strength and makes my way perfect.

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He makes my feet like the feet of a deer; he enables me to stand on the heights.

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He trains my hands for battle; my arms can bend a bow of bronze.

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You give me your shield of victory, and your right hand sustains me; you stoop down to make me great.

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You broaden the path beneath me, so that my ankles do not turn.

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I pursued my enemies and overtook them; I did not turn back till they were destroyed.

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I crushed them so that they could not rise; they fell beneath my feet.

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You armed me with strength for battle; you made my adversaries bow at my feet.

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You made my enemies turn their backs in flight, and I destroyed my foes.

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They cried for help, but there was no one to save them-- to the LORD, but he did not answer.

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I beat them as fine as dust borne on the wind; I poured them out like mud in the streets.

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You have delivered me from the attacks of the people; you have made me the head of nations; people I did not know are subject to me.

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As soon as they hear me, they obey me; foreigners cringe before me.

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They all lose heart; they come trembling from their strongholds.

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The LORD lives! Praise be to my Rock! Exalted be God my Savior!

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He is the God who avenges me, who subdues nations under me,

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who saves me from my enemies. You exalted me above my foes; from violent men you rescued me.

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Therefore I will praise you among the nations, O LORD; I will sing praises to your name.

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He gives his king great victories; he shows unfailing kindness to his anointed, to David and his descendants forever.

Today's prayer: Answer me when I call to you, O my righteous God. Give me relief from my distress; be merciful to me and hear my prayer

 Psalm 4

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Psalm 4 For the director of music. With stringed instruments. A psalm of David.

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Answer me when I call to you, O my righteous God. Give me relief from my distress; be merciful to me and hear my prayer.

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How long, O men, will you turn my glory into shame ^[1] ? How long will you love delusions and seek false gods ^[2] ? Selah

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Know that the LORD has set apart the godly for himself; the LORD will hear when I call to him.

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In your anger do not sin; when you are on your beds, search your hearts and be silent. Selah

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Offer right sacrifices and trust in the LORD.

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Many are asking, "Who can show us any good?" Let the light of your face shine upon us, O LORD.

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You have filled my heart with greater joy than when their grain and new wine abound.

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I will lie down and sleep in peace, for you alone, O LORD, make me dwell in safety.