Today's prayer: Arise, LORD! Lift up your hand, O God. Do not forget the helpless

Psalm 10

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Psalm 10 

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Why, O LORD, do you stand far off? Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble?

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In his arrogance the wicked man hunts down the weak, who are caught in the schemes he devises.

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He boasts of the cravings of his heart; he blesses the greedy and reviles the LORD.

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In his pride the wicked does not seek him; in all his thoughts there is no room for God.

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His ways are always prosperous; he is haughty and your laws are far from him; he sneers at all his enemies.

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He says to himself, "Nothing will shake me; I'll always be happy and never have trouble."

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His mouth is full of curses and lies and threats; trouble and evil are under his tongue.

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He lies in wait near the villages; from ambush he murders the innocent, watching in secret for his victims.

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He lies in wait like a lion in cover; he lies in wait to catch the helpless; he catches the helpless and drags them off in his net.

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His victims are crushed, they collapse; they fall under his strength.

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He says to himself, "God has forgotten; he covers his face and never sees."

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Arise, LORD! Lift up your hand, O God. Do not forget the helpless.

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Why does the wicked man revile God? Why does he say to himself, "He won't call me to account"?

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But you, O God, do see trouble and grief; you consider it to take it in hand. The victim commits himself to you; you are the helper of the fatherless.

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Break the arm of the wicked and evil man; call him to account for his wickedness that would not be found out.

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The LORD is King for ever and ever; the nations will perish from his land.

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You hear, O LORD, the desire of the afflicted; you encourage them, and you listen to their cry,

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defending the fatherless and the oppressed, in order that man, who is of the earth, may terrify no more.

Today's praises:My feet stand on level ground; in the great assembly I will praise the LORD.

 Psalm 26

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Psalm 26 Of David.

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Vindicate me, O LORD, for I have led a blameless life; I have trusted in the LORD without wavering.

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Test me, O LORD, and try me, examine my heart and my mind;

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for your love is ever before me, and I walk continually in your truth.

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I do not sit with deceitful men, nor do I consort with hypocrites;

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I abhor the assembly of evildoers and refuse to sit with the wicked.

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I wash my hands in innocence, and go about your altar, O LORD,

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proclaiming aloud your praise and telling of all your wonderful deeds.

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I love the house where you live, O LORD, the place where your glory dwells.

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Do not take away my soul along with sinners, my life with bloodthirsty men,

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in whose hands are wicked schemes, whose right hands are full of bribes.

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But I lead a blameless life; redeem me and be merciful to me.

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My feet stand on level ground; in the great assembly I will praise the LORD.

Today's praises: I will praise you, O LORD, with all my heart; I will tell of all your wonders.

 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: For the LORD watches over the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will peris

 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: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: My soul finds rest in God alone; my salvation comes from him

 Psalm 62

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Psalm 62 For the director of music. For Jeduthun. A psalm of David.

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My soul finds rest in God alone; my salvation comes from him.

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He alone is my rock and my salvation; he is my fortress, I will never be shaken.

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How long will you assault a man? Would all of you throw him down-- this leaning wall, this tottering fence?

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They fully intend to topple him from his lofty place; they take delight in lies. With their mouths they bless, but in their hearts they curse. Selah

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Find rest, O my soul, in God alone; my hope comes from him.

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He alone is my rock and my salvation; he is my fortress, I will not be shaken.

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My salvation and my honor depend on God ^[1] ; he is my mighty rock, my refuge.

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Trust in him at all times, O people; pour out your hearts to him, for God is our refuge. Selah

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Lowborn men are but a breath, the highborn are but a lie; if weighed on a balance, they are nothing; together they are only a breath.

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Do not trust in extortion or take pride in stolen goods; though your riches increase, do not set your heart on them.

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One thing God has spoken, two things have I heard: that you, O God, are strong,

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and that you, O Lord, are loving. Surely you will reward each person according to what he has done.