Jun 28 - Psalms 86-88
Psalms
1Hear, O LORD, and answer me, for I am poor and needy.2Guard my life, for I am devoted to you. You are my God; save your servant who trusts in you.3Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I call to you all day long.4Bring joy to your servant, for to you, O Lord, I lift up my soul.5You are forgiving and good, O Lord, abounding in love to all who call to you.6Hear my prayer, O LORD; listen to my cry for mercy.7In the day of my trouble I will call to you, for you will answer me.8Among the gods there is none like you, O Lord; no deeds can compare with yours.9All the nations you have made will come and worship before you, O Lord; they will bring glory to your name.10For you are great and do marvelous deeds; you alone are God.11Teach me your way, O LORD, and I will walk in your truth; give me an undivided heart, that I may fear your name.12I will praise you, O Lord my God, with all my heart; I will glorify your name forever.13For great is your love toward me; you have delivered me from the depths of the grave.14The arrogant are attacking me, O God; a band of ruthless men seeks my life- men without regard for you.15But you, O Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness.16Turn to me and have mercy on me; grant your strength to your servant and save the son of your maidservant.17Give me a sign of your goodness, that my enemies may see it and be put to shame, for you, O LORD, have helped me and comforted me.
1He has set his foundation on the holy mountain;2the LORD loves the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.3Glorious things are said of you, O city of God: Selah4"I will record Rahab and Babylon among those who acknowledge me- Philistia too, and Tyre, along with Cush - and will say, 'This one was born in Zion.'"5Indeed, of Zion it will be said, "This one and that one were born in her, and the Most High himself will establish her."6The LORD will write in the register of the peoples: "This one was born in Zion." Selah7As they make music they will sing, "All my fountains are in you."
1O LORD, the God who saves me, day and night I cry out before you.2May my prayer come before you; turn your ear to my cry.3For my soul is full of trouble and my life draws near the grave.4I am counted among those who go down to the pit; I am like a man without strength.5I am set apart with the dead, like the slain who lie in the grave, whom you remember no more, who are cut off from your care.6You have put me in the lowest pit, in the darkest depths.7Your wrath lies heavily upon me; you have overwhelmed me with all your waves. Selah8You have taken from me my closest friends and have made me repulsive to them. I am confined and cannot escape;9my eyes are dim with grief. I call to you, O LORD, every day; I spread out my hands to you.10Do you show your wonders to the dead? Do those who are dead rise up and praise you? Selah11Is your love declared in the grave, your faithfulness in Destruction?12Are your wonders known in the place of darkness, or your righteous deeds in the land of oblivion?13But I cry to you for help, O LORD; in the morning my prayer comes before you.14Why, O LORD, do you reject me and hide your face from me?15From my youth I have been afflicted and close to death; I have suffered your terrors and am in despair.16Your wrath has swept over me; your terrors have destroyed me.17All day long they surround me like a flood; they have completely engulfed me.18You have taken my companions and loved ones from me; the darkness is my closest friend.