Today's prayer: Arise, O LORD! Deliver me, O my God! Strike all my enemies on the jaw; break the teeth of the wicked

 Psalm 3

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Psalm 3 A psalm of David. When he fled from his son Absalom.

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O LORD, how many are my foes! How many rise up against me!

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Many are saying of me, "God will not deliver him." Selah ^[1]

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But you are a shield around me, O LORD; you bestow glory on me and lift ^[2] up my head.

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To the LORD I cry aloud, and he answers me from his holy hill. Selah

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I lie down and sleep; I wake again, because the LORD sustains me.

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I will not fear the tens of thousands drawn up against me on every side.

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Arise, O LORD! Deliver me, O my God! Strike all my enemies on the jaw; break the teeth of the wicked.

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From the LORD comes deliverance. May your blessing be on your people. Selah

Today's bible teaching: O LORD, you will keep us safe and protect us from such people forever.

 Psalm 12

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Psalm 12 For the director of music. According to sheminith. ^[1] A psalm of David.

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Help, LORD, for the godly are no more; the faithful have vanished from among men.

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Everyone lies to his neighbor; their flattering lips speak with deception.

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May the LORD cut off all flattering lips and every boastful tongue

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that says, "We will triumph with our tongues; we own our lips ^[2] --who is our master?"

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"Because of the oppression of the weak and the groaning of the needy, I will now arise," says the LORD. "I will protect them from those who malign them."

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And the words of the LORD are flawless, like silver refined in a furnace of clay, purified seven times.

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O LORD, you will keep us safe and protect us from such people forever.

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The wicked freely strut about when what is vile is honored among men

Today's prayer: May the LORD answer you when you are in distress; may the name of the God of Jacob protect you.

 Psalm 20

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Psalm 20 For the director of music. A psalm of David.

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May the LORD answer you when you are in distress; may the name of the God of Jacob protect you.

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May he send you help from the sanctuary and grant you support from Zion.

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May he remember all your sacrifices and accept your burnt offerings. Selah

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May he give you the desire of your heart and make all your plans succeed.

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We will shout for joy when you are victorious and will lift up our banners in the name of our God. May the LORD grant all your requests.

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Now I know that the LORD saves his anointed; he answers him from his holy heaven with the saving power of his right hand.

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Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God.

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They are brought to their knees and fall, but we rise up and stand firm.

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O LORD, save the king! Answer ^[1] us when we call!

Today's bible teaching: In you our fathers put their trust; they trusted and you delivered them

 Psalm 22

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Psalm 22 For the director of music. To [the tune of] "The Doe of the Morning." A psalm of David.

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My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from saving me, so far from the words of my groaning?

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O my God, I cry out by day, but you do not answer, by night, and am not silent.

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Yet you are enthroned as the Holy One; you are the praise of Israel. ^[1]

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In you our fathers put their trust; they trusted and you delivered them.

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They cried to you and were saved; in you they trusted and were not disappointed.

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But I am a worm and not a man, scorned by men and despised by the people.

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All who see me mock me; they hurl insults, shaking their heads:

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"He trusts in the LORD; let the LORD rescue him. Let him deliver him, since he delights in him."

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Yet you brought me out of the womb; you made me trust in you even at my mother's breast.

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From birth I was cast upon you; from my mother's womb you have been my God.

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Do not be far from me, for trouble is near and there is no one to help.

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Many bulls surround me; strong bulls of Bashan encircle me.

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Roaring lions tearing their prey open their mouths wide against me.

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I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint. My heart has turned to wax; it has melted away within me.

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My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth; you lay me ^[2] in the dust of death.

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Dogs have surrounded me; a band of evil men has encircled me, they have pierced ^[3] my hands and my feet.

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I can count all my bones; people stare and gloat over me.

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They divide my garments among them and cast lots for my clothing.

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But you, O LORD, be not far off; O my Strength, come quickly to help me.

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Deliver my life from the sword, my precious life from the power of the dogs.

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Rescue me from the mouth of the lions; save ^[4] me from the horns of the wild oxen.

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I will declare your name to my brothers; in the congregation I will praise you.

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You who fear the LORD, praise him! All you descendants of Jacob, honor him! Revere him, all you descendants of Israel!

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For he has not despised or disdained the suffering of the afflicted one; he has not hidden his face from him but has listened to his cry for help.

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From you comes the theme of my praise in the great assembly; before those who fear you ^[5] will I fulfill my vows.

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The poor will eat and be satisfied; they who seek the LORD will praise him-- may your hearts live forever!

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All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the LORD, and all the families of the nations will bow down before him,

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for dominion belongs to the LORD and he rules over the nations.

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All the rich of the earth will feast and worship; all who go down to the dust will kneel before him-- those who cannot keep themselves alive.

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Posterity will serve him; future generations will be told about the Lord.

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They will proclaim his righteousness to a people yet unborn-- for he has done it.

Today's bible: O LORD my God, I take refuge in you; save and deliver me from all who pursue me

 Psalm 7

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Psalm 7 A shiggaion ^[1] of David, which he sang to the LORD concerning Cush, a Benjamite.

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O LORD my God, I take refuge in you; save and deliver me from all who pursue me,

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or they will tear me like a lion and rip me to pieces with no one to rescue me.

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O LORD my God, if I have done this and there is guilt on my hands--

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if I have done evil to him who is at peace with me or without cause have robbed my foe--

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then let my enemy pursue and overtake me; let him trample my life to the ground and make me sleep in the dust. Selah

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Arise, O LORD, in your anger; rise up against the rage of my enemies. Awake, my God; decree justice.

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Let the assembled peoples gather around you. Rule over them from on high;

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let the LORD judge the peoples. Judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness, according to my integrity, O Most High.

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O righteous God, who searches minds and hearts, bring to an end the violence of the wicked and make the righteous secure.

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My shield ^[2] is God Most High, who saves the upright in heart.

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God is a righteous judge, a God who expresses his wrath every day.

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If he does not relent, he ^[3] will sharpen his sword; he will bend and string his bow.

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He has prepared his deadly weapons; he makes ready his flaming arrows.

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He who is pregnant with evil and conceives trouble gives birth to disillusionment.

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He who digs a hole and scoops it out falls into the pit he has made.

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The trouble he causes recoils on himself; his violence comes down on his own head.

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I will give thanks to the LORD because of his righteousness and will sing praise to the name of the LORD Most High.

Today's bible teaching: Trust in the LORD and do good; dwell in the land and enjoy safe pasture.

 Psalm 37

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Psalm 37 Of David. Q

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Do not fret because of evil men or be envious of those who do wrong;

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for like the grass they will soon wither, like green plants they will soon die away.

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Trust in the LORD and do good; dwell in the land and enjoy safe pasture.

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Delight yourself in the LORD and he will give you the desires of your heart.

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Commit your way to the LORD; trust in him and he will do this:

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He will make your righteousness shine like the dawn, the justice of your cause like the noonday sun.

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Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for him; do not fret when men succeed in their ways, when they carry out their wicked schemes.

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Refrain from anger and turn from wrath; do not fret--it leads only to evil.

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For evil men will be cut off, but those who hope in the LORD will inherit the land.

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A little while, and the wicked will be no more; though you look for them, they will not be found.

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But the meek will inherit the land and enjoy great peace.

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The wicked plot against the righteous and gnash their teeth at them;

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but the Lord laughs at the wicked, for he knows their day is coming.

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The wicked draw the sword and bend the bow to bring down the poor and needy, to slay those whose ways are upright.

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But their swords will pierce their own hearts, and their bows will be broken.

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Better the little that the righteous have than the wealth of many wicked;

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for the power of the wicked will be broken, but the LORD upholds the righteous.

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The days of the blameless are known to the LORD, and their inheritance will endure forever.

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In times of disaster they will not wither; in days of famine they will enjoy plenty.

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But the wicked will perish: The LORD's enemies will be like the beauty of the fields, they will vanish--vanish like smoke.

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The wicked borrow and do not repay, but the righteous give generously;

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those the LORD blesses will inherit the land, but those he curses will be cut off.

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If the LORD delights in a man's way, he makes his steps firm;

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though he stumble, he will not fall, for the LORD upholds him with his hand.

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I was young and now I am old, yet I have never seen the righteous forsaken or their children begging bread.

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They are always generous and lend freely; their children will be blessed.

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Turn from evil and do good; then you will dwell in the land forever.

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For the LORD loves the just and will not forsake his faithful ones. They will be protected forever, but the offspring of the wicked will be cut off;

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the righteous will inherit the land and dwell in it forever.

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The mouth of the righteous man utters wisdom, and his tongue speaks what is just.

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The law of his God is in his heart; his feet do not slip.

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The wicked lie in wait for the righteous, seeking their very lives;

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but the LORD will not leave them in their power or let them be condemned when brought to trial.

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Wait for the LORD and keep his way. He will exalt you to inherit the land; when the wicked are cut off, you will see it.

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I have seen a wicked and ruthless man flourishing like a green tree in its native soil,

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but he soon passed away and was no more; though I looked for him, he could not be found.

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Consider the blameless, observe the upright; there is a future ^[2] for the man of peace.

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But all sinners will be destroyed; the future ^[3] of the wicked will be cut off.

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The salvation of the righteous comes from the LORD; he is their stronghold in time of trouble.

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The LORD helps them and delivers them; he delivers them from the wicked and saves them, because they take refuge in him.