Jul 7 - Psalms 132-137
Psalms
1Remember, O LORD, in David's favor, all the hardships he endured,2how he swore to the LORD and vowed to the Mighty One of Jacob,3"I will not enter my house or get into my bed,4I will not give sleep to my eyes or slumber to my eyelids,5until I find a place for the LORD, a dwelling place for the Mighty One of Jacob."6Behold, we heard of it in Ephrathah; we found it in the fields of Jaar.7"Let us go to his dwelling place; let us worship at his footstool!"8Arise, O LORD, and go to your resting place, you and the ark of your might.9Let your priests be clothed with righteousness, and let your saints shout for joy.10For the sake of your servant David, do not turn away the face of your anointed one.11The LORD swore to David a sure oath from which he will not turn back: "One of the sons of your body I will set on your throne.12If your sons keep my covenant and my testimonies that I shall teach them, their sons also forever shall sit on your throne."13For the LORD has chosen Zion; he has desired it for his dwelling place:14"This is my resting place forever; here I will dwell, for I have desired it.15I will abundantly bless her provisions; I will satisfy her poor with bread.16Her priests I will clothe with salvation, and her saints will shout for joy.17There I will make a horn to sprout for David; I have prepared a lamp for my anointed.18His enemies I will clothe with shame, but on him his crown will shine."
1Behold, how good and pleasant it is when brothers dwell in unity!2It is like the precious oil on the head, running down on the beard, on the beard of Aaron, running down on the collar of his robes!3It is like the dew of Hermon, which falls on the mountains of Zion! For there the LORD has commanded the blessing, life forevermore.
1Praise the LORD! Praise the name of the LORD, give praise, O servants of the LORD,2who stand in the house of the LORD, in the courts of the house of our God!3Praise the LORD, for the LORD is good; sing to his name, for it is pleasant!4For the LORD has chosen Jacob for himself, Israel as his own possession.5For I know that the LORD is great, and that our Lord is above all gods.6Whatever the LORD pleases, he does, in heaven and on earth, in the seas and all deeps.7He it is who makes the clouds rise at the end of the earth, who makes lightnings for the rain and brings forth the wind from his storehouses.8He it was who struck down the firstborn of Egypt, both of man and of beast;9who in your midst, O Egypt, sent signs and wonders against Pharaoh and all his servants;10who struck down many nations and killed mighty kings,11Sihon, king of the Amorites, and Og, king of Bashan, and all the kingdoms of Canaan,12and gave their land as a heritage, a heritage to his people Israel.13Your name, O LORD, endures forever, your renown, O LORD, throughout all ages.14For the LORD will vindicate his people and have compassion on his servants.15The idols of the nations are silver and gold, the work of human hands.16They have mouths, but do not speak; they have eyes, but do not see;17they have ears, but do not hear, nor is there any breath in their mouths.18Those who make them become like them, so do all who trust in them!19O house of Israel, bless the LORD! O house of Aaron, bless the LORD!20O house of Levi, bless the LORD! You who fear the LORD, bless the LORD!21Blessed be the LORD from Zion, he who dwells in Jerusalem! Praise the LORD!
1Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever.2Give thanks to the God of gods, for his steadfast love endures forever.3Give thanks to the Lord of lords, for his steadfast love endures forever;4to him who alone does great wonders, for his steadfast love endures forever;5to him who by understanding made the heavens, for his steadfast love endures forever;6to him who spread out the earth above the waters, for his steadfast love endures forever;7to him who made the great lights, for his steadfast love endures forever;8the sun to rule over the day, for his steadfast love endures forever;9the moon and stars to rule over the night, for his steadfast love endures forever;10to him who struck down the firstborn of Egypt, for his steadfast love endures forever;11and brought Israel out from among them, for his steadfast love endures forever;12with a strong hand and an outstretched arm, for his steadfast love endures forever;13to him who divided the Red Sea in two, for his steadfast love endures forever;14and made Israel pass through the midst of it, for his steadfast love endures forever;15but overthrew Pharaoh and his host in the Red Sea, for his steadfast love endures forever;16to him who led his people through the wilderness, for his steadfast love endures forever;17to him who struck down great kings, for his steadfast love endures forever;18and killed mighty kings, for his steadfast love endures forever;19Sihon, king of the Amorites, for his steadfast love endures forever;20and Og, king of Bashan, for his steadfast love endures forever;21and gave their land as a heritage, for his steadfast love endures forever;22a heritage to Israel his servant, for his steadfast love endures forever.23It is he who remembered us in our low estate, for his steadfast love endures forever;24and rescued us from our foes, for his steadfast love endures forever;25he who gives food to all flesh, for his steadfast love endures forever.26Give thanks to the God of heaven, for his steadfast love endures forever.
1By the waters of Babylon, there we sat down and wept, when we remembered Zion.2On the willows there we hung up our lyres.3For there our captors required of us songs, and our tormentors, mirth, saying, "Sing us one of the songs of Zion!"4How shall we sing the LORD's song in a foreign land?5If I forget you, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget its skill!6Let my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth, if I do not remember you, if I do not set Jerusalem above my highest joy!7Remember, O LORD, against the Edomites the day of Jerusalem, how they said, "Lay it bare, lay it bare, down to its foundations!"8O daughter of Babylon, doomed to be destroyed, blessed shall he be who repays you with what you have done to us!9Blessed shall he be who takes your little ones and dashes them against the rock!