Jun 11 - Psalms 1-8
Psalms
1Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers;2but his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night.3He is like a tree planted by streams of water that yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither. In all that he does, he prospers.4The wicked are not so, but are like chaff that the wind drives away.5Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous;6for the LORD knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.
1Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?2The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD and against his anointed, saying,3"Let us burst their bonds apart and cast away their cords from us."4He who sits in the heavens laughs; the Lord holds them in derision.5Then he will speak to them in his wrath, and terrify them in his fury, saying,6"As for me, I have set my King on Zion, my holy hill."7I will tell of the decree: The LORD said to me, "You are my Son; today I have begotten you.8Ask of me, and I will make the nations your heritage, and the ends of the earth your possession.9You shall break them with a rod of iron and dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel."10Now therefore, O kings, be wise; be warned, O rulers of the earth.11Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling.12Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and you perish in the way, for his wrath is quickly kindled. Blessed are all who take refuge in him.
1O LORD, how many are my foes! Many are rising against me;2many are saying of my soul, there is no salvation for him in God. Selah3But you, O LORD, are a shield about me, my glory, and the lifter of my head.4I cried aloud to the LORD, and he answered me from his holy hill. Selah5I lay down and slept; I woke again, for the LORD sustained me.6I will not be afraid of many thousands of people who have set themselves against me all around.7Arise, O LORD! Save me, O my God! For you strike all my enemies on the cheek; you break the teeth of the wicked.8Salvation belongs to the LORD; your blessing be on your people! Selah
1Answer me when I call, O God of my righteousness! You have given me relief when I was in distress. Be gracious to me and hear my prayer!2O men, how long shall my honor be turned into shame? How long will you love vain words and seek after lies? Selah3But know that the LORD has set apart the godly for himself; the LORD hears when I call to him.4Be angry, and do not sin; ponder in your own hearts on your beds, and be silent. Selah5Offer right sacrifices, and put your trust in the LORD.6There are many who say, "Who will show us some good? Lift up the light of your face upon us, O LORD!"7You have put more joy in my heart than they have when their grain and wine abound.8In peace I will both lie down and sleep; for you alone, O LORD, make me dwell in safety.
1Give ear to my words, O LORD; consider my groaning.2Give attention to the sound of my cry, my King and my God, for to you do I pray.3O LORD, in the morning you hear my voice; in the morning I prepare a sacrifice for you and watch.4For you are not a God who delights in wickedness; evil may not dwell with you.5The boastful shall not stand before your eyes; you hate all evildoers.6You destroy those who speak lies; the LORD abhors the bloodthirsty and deceitful man.7But I, through the abundance of your steadfast love, will enter your house. I will bow down toward your holy temple in the fear of you.8Lead me, O LORD, in your righteousness because of my enemies; make your way straight before me.9For there is no truth in their mouth; their inmost self is destruction; their throat is an open grave; they flatter with their tongue.10Make them bear their guilt, O God; let them fall by their own counsels; because of the abundance of their transgressions cast them out, for they have rebelled against you.11But let all who take refuge in you rejoice; let them ever sing for joy, and spread your protection over them, that those who love your name may exult in you.12For you bless the righteous, O LORD; you cover him with favor as with a shield.
1O LORD, rebuke me not in your anger, nor discipline me in your wrath.2Be gracious to me, O LORD, for I am languishing; heal me, O LORD, for my bones are troubled.3My soul also is greatly troubled. But you, O LORD--how long?4Turn, O LORD, deliver my life; save me for the sake of your steadfast love.5For in death there is no remembrance of you; in Sheol who will give you praise?6I am weary with my moaning; every night I flood my bed with tears; I drench my couch with my weeping.7My eye wastes away because of grief; it grows weak because of all my foes.8Depart from me, all you workers of evil, for the LORD has heard the sound of my weeping.9The LORD has heard my plea; the LORD accepts my prayer.10All my enemies shall be ashamed and greatly troubled; they shall turn back and be put to shame in a moment.
1O LORD my God, in you do I take refuge; save me from all my pursuers and deliver me,2lest like a lion they tear my soul apart, rending it in pieces, with none to deliver.3O LORD my God, if I have done this, if there is wrong in my hands,4if I have repaid my friend with evil or plundered my enemy without cause,5let the enemy pursue my soul and overtake it, and let him trample my life to the ground and lay my glory in the dust. Selah6Arise, O LORD, in your anger; lift yourself up against the fury of my enemies; awake for me; you have appointed a judgment.7Let the assembly of the peoples be gathered about you; over it return on high.8The LORD judges the peoples; judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness and according to the integrity that is in me.9Oh, let the evil of the wicked come to an end, and may you establish the righteous--you who test the minds and hearts, O righteous God!10My shield is with God, who saves the upright in heart.11God is a righteous judge, and a God who feels indignation every day.12If a man does not repent, God will whet his sword; he has bent and readied his bow;13he has prepared for him his deadly weapons, making his arrows fiery shafts.14Behold, the wicked man conceives evil and is pregnant with mischief and gives birth to lies.15He makes a pit, digging it out, and falls into the hole that he has made.16His mischief returns upon his own head, and on his own skull his violence descends.17I will give to the LORD the thanks due to his righteousness, and I will sing praise to the name of the LORD, the Most High.
1O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory above the heavens.2Out of the mouth of babes and infants, you have established strength because of your foes, to still the enemy and the avenger.3When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place,4what is man that you are mindful of him, and the son of man that you care for him?5Yet you have made him a little lower than the heavenly beings and crowned him with glory and honor.6You have given him dominion over the works of your hands; you have put all things under his feet,7all sheep and oxen, and also the beasts of the field,8the birds of the heavens, and the fish of the sea, whatever passes along the paths of the seas.9O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth!