Today's bible teaching: Though they plot evil against you and devise wicked schemes, they cannot succeed

 Psalm 21

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Psalm 21 For the director of music. A psalm of David.

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O LORD, the king rejoices in your strength. How great is his joy in the victories you give!

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You have granted him the desire of his heart and have not withheld the request of his lips. Selah

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You welcomed him with rich blessings and placed a crown of pure gold on his head.

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He asked you for life, and you gave it to him-- length of days, for ever and ever.

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Through the victories you gave, his glory is great; you have bestowed on him splendor and majesty.

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Surely you have granted him eternal blessings and made him glad with the joy of your presence.

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For the king trusts in the LORD; through the unfailing love of the Most High he will not be shaken.

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Your hand will lay hold on all your enemies; your right hand will seize your foes.

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At the time of your appearing you will make them like a fiery furnace. In his wrath the LORD will swallow them up, and his fire will consume them.

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You will destroy their descendants from the earth, their posterity from mankind.

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Though they plot evil against you and devise wicked schemes, they cannot succeed;

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for you will make them turn their backs when you aim at them with drawn bow.

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Be exalted, O LORD, in your strength; we will sing and praise your might.

Today's bible teaching:For great is his love toward us, and the faithfulness of the LORD endures forever

 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 praises:I will praise you forever for what you have done; in your name I will hope, for your name is good. I will praise you in the presence of your saints

 Psalm 52

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Psalm 52 For the director of music. A maskil ^[1] of David. When Doeg the Edomite had gone to Saul and told him: "David has gone to the house of Ahimelech."

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Why do you boast of evil, you mighty man? Why do you boast all day long, you who are a disgrace in the eyes of God?

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Your tongue plots destruction; it is like a sharpened razor, you who practice deceit.

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You love evil rather than good, falsehood rather than speaking the truth. Selah

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You love every harmful word, O you deceitful tongue!

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Surely God will bring you down to everlasting ruin: He will snatch you up and tear you from your tent; he will uproot you from the land of the living. Selah

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The righteous will see and fear; they will laugh at him, saying,

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"Here now is the man who did not make God his stronghold but trusted in his great wealth and grew strong by destroying others!"

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But I am like an olive tree flourishing in the house of God; I trust in God's unfailing love for ever and ever.

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I will praise you forever for what you have done; in your name I will hope, for your name is good. I will praise you in the presence of your saints.

Today's prayer: May all who hate Zion be turned back in shame

 Psalm 129

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Psalm 129 A song of ascents.

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They have greatly oppressed me from my youth-- let Israel say--

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they have greatly oppressed me from my youth, but they have not gained the victory over me.

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Plowmen have plowed my back and made their furrows long.

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But the LORD is righteous; he has cut me free from the cords of the wicked.

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May all who hate Zion be turned back in shame.

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May they be like grass on the roof, which withers before it can grow;

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with it the reaper cannot fill his hands, nor the one who gathers fill his arms.

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May those who pass by not say, "The blessing of the LORD be upon you; we bless you in the name of the LORD."

Today's praises: Praise the LORD, all you servants of the LORD who minister by night in the house of the LORD.

 Psalm 134

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Psalm 134 A song of ascents.

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Praise the LORD, all you servants of the LORD who minister by night in the house of the LORD.

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Lift up your hands in the sanctuary and praise the LORD.

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May the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth, bless you from Zion.

Today's prayer: Hear my prayer, O LORD; let my cry for help come to you.

 Psalm 102

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Psalm 102 A prayer of an afflicted man. When he is faint and pours out his lament before the LORD.

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Hear my prayer, O LORD; let my cry for help come to you.

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Do not hide your face from me when I am in distress. Turn your ear to me; when I call, answer me quickly.

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For my days vanish like smoke; my bones burn like glowing embers.

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My heart is blighted and withered like grass; I forget to eat my food.

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Because of my loud groaning I am reduced to skin and bones.

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I am like a desert owl, like an owl among the ruins.

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I lie awake; I have become like a bird alone on a roof.

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All day long my enemies taunt me; those who rail against me use my name as a curse.

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For I eat ashes as my food and mingle my drink with tears

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because of your great wrath, for you have taken me up and thrown me aside.

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My days are like the evening shadow; I wither away like grass.

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But you, O LORD, sit enthroned forever; your renown endures through all generations.

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You will arise and have compassion on Zion, for it is time to show favor to her; the appointed time has come.

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For her stones are dear to your servants; her very dust moves them to pity.

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The nations will fear the name of the LORD, all the kings of the earth will revere your glory.

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For the LORD will rebuild Zion and appear in his glory.

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He will respond to the prayer of the destitute; he will not despise their plea.

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Let this be written for a future generation, that a people not yet created may praise the LORD:

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"The LORD looked down from his sanctuary on high, from heaven he viewed the earth,

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to hear the groans of the prisoners and release those condemned to death."

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So the name of the LORD will be declared in Zion and his praise in Jerusalem

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when the peoples and the kingdoms assemble to worship the LORD.

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In the course of my life ^[1] he broke my strength; he cut short my days.

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So I said: "Do not take me away, O my God, in the midst of my days; your years go on through all generations.

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In the beginning you laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of your hands.

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They will perish, but you remain; they will all wear out like a garment. Like clothing you will change them and they will be discarded.

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But you remain the same, and your years will never end.

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The children of your servants will live in your presence; their descendants will be established before you."