Jul 4 - Psalms 109-114
Psalms
1Be not silent, O God of my praise!2For wicked and deceitful mouths are opened against me, speaking against me with lying tongues.3They encircle me with words of hate, and attack me without cause.4In return for my love they accuse me, but I give myself to prayer.5So they reward me evil for good, and hatred for my love.6Appoint a wicked man against him; let an accuser stand at his right hand.7When he is tried, let him come forth guilty; let his prayer be counted as sin!8May his days be few; may another take his office!9May his children be fatherless and his wife a widow!10May his children wander about and beg, seeking food far from the ruins they inhabit!11May the creditor seize all that he has; may strangers plunder the fruits of his toil!12Let there be none to extend kindness to him, nor any to pity his fatherless children!13May his posterity be cut off; may his name be blotted out in the second generation!14May the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the LORD, and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out!15Let them be before the LORD continually, that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth!16For he did not remember to show kindness, but pursued the poor and needy and the brokenhearted, to put them to death.17He loved to curse; let curses come upon him! He did not delight in blessing; may it be far from him!18He clothed himself with cursing as his coat; may it soak into his body like water, like oil into his bones!19May it be like a garment that he wraps around him, like a belt that he puts on every day!20May this be the reward of my accusers from the LORD, of those who speak evil against my life!21But you, O GOD my Lord, deal on my behalf for your name's sake; because your steadfast love is good, deliver me!22For I am poor and needy, and my heart is stricken within me.23I am gone like a shadow at evening; I am shaken off like a locust.24My knees are weak through fasting; my body has become gaunt, with no fat.25I am an object of scorn to my accusers; when they see me, they wag their heads.26Help me, O LORD my God! Save me according to your steadfast love!27Let them know that this is your hand; you, O LORD, have done it!28Let them curse, but you will bless! They arise and are put to shame, but your servant will be glad!29May my accusers be clothed with dishonor; may they be wrapped in their own shame as in a cloak!30With my mouth I will give great thanks to the LORD; I will praise him in the midst of the throng.31For he stands at the right hand of the needy, to save him from those who condemn his soul to death.
1The LORD says to my Lord: "Sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies your footstool."2The LORD sends forth from Zion your mighty scepter. Rule in the midst of your enemies!3Your people will offer themselves freely on the day of your power, in holy garments; from the womb of the morning, the dew of your youth will be yours.4The LORD has sworn and will not change his mind, "You are a priest forever after the order of Melchizedek."5The Lord is at your right hand; he will shatter kings on the day of his wrath.6He will execute judgment among the nations, filling them with corpses; he will shatter chiefs over the wide earth.7He will drink from the brook by the way; therefore he will lift up his head.
1Praise the LORD! I will give thanks to the LORD with my whole heart, in the company of the upright, in the congregation.2Great are the works of the LORD, studied by all who delight in them.3Full of splendor and majesty is his work, and his righteousness endures forever.4He has caused his wondrous works to be remembered; the LORD is gracious and merciful.5He provides food for those who fear him; he remembers his covenant forever.6He has shown his people the power of his works, in giving them the inheritance of the nations.7The works of his hands are faithful and just; all his precepts are trustworthy;8they are established forever and ever, to be performed with faithfulness and uprightness.9He sent redemption to his people; he has commanded his covenant forever. Holy and awesome is his name!10The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom; all those who practice it have a good understanding. His praise endures forever!
1Praise the LORD! Blessed is the man who fears the LORD, who greatly delights in his commandments!2His offspring will be mighty in the land; the generation of the upright will be blessed.3Wealth and riches are in his house, and his righteousness endures forever.4Light dawns in the darkness for the upright; he is gracious, merciful, and righteous.5It is well with the man who deals generously and lends; who conducts his affairs with justice.6For the righteous will never be moved; he will be remembered forever.7He is not afraid of bad news; his heart is firm, trusting in the LORD.8His heart is steady; he will not be afraid, until he looks in triumph on his adversaries.9He has distributed freely; he has given to the poor; his righteousness endures forever; his horn is exalted in honor.10The wicked man sees it and is angry; he gnashes his teeth and melts away; the desire of the wicked will perish!
1Praise the LORD! Praise, O servants of the LORD, praise the name of the LORD!2Blessed be the name of the LORD from this time forth and forevermore!3From the rising of the sun to its setting, the name of the LORD is to be praised!4The LORD is high above all nations, and his glory above the heavens!5Who is like the LORD our God, who is seated on high,6who looks far down on the heavens and the earth?7He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap,8to make them sit with princes, with the princes of his people.9He gives the barren woman a home, making her the joyous mother of children. Praise the LORD!
1When Israel went out from Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of strange language,2Judah became his sanctuary, Israel his dominion.3The sea looked and fled; Jordan turned back.4The mountains skipped like rams, the hills like lambs.5What ails you, O sea, that you flee? O Jordan, that you turn back?6O mountains, that you skip like rams? O hills, like lambs?7Tremble, O earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob,8who turns the rock into a pool of water, the flint into a spring of water.