Bible reading for the day: 105_04-Apr-15_Psa7_Psa27_Psa31_Psa34_Psa52Psa 7:2 Or he will tear my soul like a lion, Dragging me away, while there is none to deliver. Psa 7:3 O Lord my God, if I have done this, If there is injustice in my hands, Psa 7:4 If I have rewarded evil to my friend, Or have plundered him who without cause was my adversary, Psa 7:5 Let the enemy pursue my soul and overtake it; And let him trample my life down to the ground And lay my glory in the dust. Selah. Psa 7:6 Arise, O Lord, in Your anger; Lift up Yourself against the rage of my adversaries, And arouse Yourself for me; You have appointed judgment. Psa 7:7 Let the assembly of the peoples encompass You, And over them return on high. Psa 7:8 The Lord judges the peoples; Vindicate me, O Lord, according to my righteousness and my integrity that is in me. Psa 7:9 O let the evil of the wicked come to an end, but establish the righteous; For the righteous God tries the hearts and minds. Psa 7:10 My shield is with God, Who saves the upright in heart. Psa 7:11 God is a righteous judge, And a God who has indignation every day. Psa 7:12 If a man does not repent, He will sharpen His sword; He has bent His bow and made it ready. Psa 7:13 He has also prepared for Himself deadly weapons; He makes His arrows fiery shafts. Psa 7:14 Behold, he travails with wickedness, And he conceives mischief and brings forth falsehood. Psa 7:15 He has dug a pit and hollowed it out, And has fallen into the hole which he made. Psa 7:16 His mischief will return upon his own head, And his violence will descend upon his own pate. Psa 7:17 I will give thanks to the Lord according to His righteousness And will sing praise to the name of the Lord Most High. -------- Psa 27:1 The Lord is my light and my salvation; Whom shall I fear? The Lord is the defense of my life; Whom shall I dread? Psa 27:2 When evildoers came upon me to devour my flesh, My adversaries and my enemies, they stumbled and fell. Psa 27:3 Though a host encamp against me, My heart will not fear; Though war arise against me, In spite of this I shall be confident. Psa 27:4 One thing I have asked from the Lord, that I shall seek: That I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, To behold the beauty of the Lord And to meditate in His temple. Psa 27:5 For in the day of trouble He will conceal me in His tabernacle; In the secret place of His tent He will hide me; He will lift me up on a rock. Psa 27:6 And now my head will be lifted up above my enemies around me, And I will offer in His tent sacrifices with shouts of joy; I will sing, yes, I will sing praises to the Lord. Psa 27:7 Hear, O Lord, when I cry with my voice, And be gracious to me and answer me. Psa 27:8 When You said, "Seek My face," my heart said to You, "Your face, O Lord, I shall seek." Psa 27:9 Do not hide Your face from me, Do not turn Your servant away in anger; You have been my help; Do not abandon me nor forsake me, O God of my salvation! Psa 27:10 For my father and my mother have forsaken me, But the Lord will take me up. Psa 27:11 Teach me Your way, O Lord, And lead me in a level path Because of my foes. Psa 27:12 Do not deliver me over to the desire of my adversaries, For false witnesses have risen against me, And such as breathe out violence. Psa 27:13 I would have despaired unless I had believed that I would see the goodness of the Lord In the land of the living. Psa 27:14 Wait for the Lord; Be strong and let your heart take courage; Yes, wait for the Lord. -------- Psa 31:1 In You, O Lord, I have taken refuge; Let me never be ashamed; In Your righteousness deliver me. Psa 31:2 Incline Your ear to me, rescue me quickly; Be to me a rock of strength, A stronghold to save me. Psa 31:3 For You are my rock and my fortress; For Your name's sake You will lead me and guide me. Psa 31:4 You will pull me out of the net which they have secretly laid for me, For You are my strength. Psa 31:5 Into Your hand I commit my spirit; You have ransomed me, O Lord, God of truth. Psa 31:6 I hate those who regard vain idols, But I trust in the Lord. Psa 31:7 I will rejoice and be glad in Your lovingkindness, Because You have seen my affliction; You have known the troubles of my soul, Psa 31:8 And You have not given me over into the hand of the enemy; You have set my feet in a large place. Psa 31:9 Be gracious to me, O Lord, for I am in distress; My eye is wasted away from grief, my soul and my body also. Psa 31:10 For my life is spent with sorrow And my years with sighing; My strength has failed because of my iniquity, And my body has wasted away. Psa 31:11 Because of all my adversaries, I have become a reproach, Especially to my neighbors, And an object of dread to my acquaintances; Those who see me in the street flee from me. Psa 31:12 I am forgotten as a dead man, out of mind; I am like a broken vessel. Psa 31:13 For I have heard the slander of many, Terror is on every side; While they took counsel together against me, They schemed to take away my life. Psa 31:14 But as for me, I trust in You, O Lord, I say, "You are my God." Psa 31:15 My times are in Your hand; Deliver me from the hand of my enemies and from those who persecute me. Psa 31:16 Make Your face to shine upon Your servant; Save me in Your lovingkindness. Psa 31:17 Let me not be put to shame, O Lord, for I call upon You; Let the wicked be put to shame, let them be silent in Sheol. Psa 31:18 Let the lying lips be mute, Which speak arrogantly against the righteous With pride and contempt. Psa 31:19 How great is Your goodness, Which You have stored up for those who fear You, Which You have wrought for those who take refuge in You, Before the sons of men! Psa 31:20 You hide them in the secret place of Your presence from the conspiracies of man; You keep them secretly in a shelter from the strife of tongues. Psa 31:21 Blessed be the Lord, For He has made marvelous His lovingkindness to me in a besieged city. Psa 31:22 As for me, I said in my alarm, "I am cut off from before Your eyes"; Nevertheless You heard the voice of my supplications When I cried to You. Psa 31:23 O love the Lord, all you His godly ones! The Lord preserves the faithful And fully recompenses the proud doer. Psa 31:24 Be strong and let your heart take courage, All you who hope in the Lord. -------- Psa 34:1 I will bless the Lord at all times; His praise shall continually be in my mouth. Psa 34:2 My soul will make its boast in the Lord; The humble will hear it and rejoice. Psa 34:3 O magnify the Lord with me, And let us exalt His name together. Psa 34:4 I sought the Lord, and He answered me, And delivered me from all my fears. Psa 34:5 They looked to Him and were radiant, And their faces will never be ashamed. Psa 34:6 This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him And saved him out of all his troubles. Psa 34:7 The angel of the Lord encamps around those who fear Him, And rescues them. Psa 34:8 O taste and see that the Lord is good; How blessed is the man who takes refuge in Him! Psa 34:9 O fear the Lord, you His saints; For to those who fear Him there is no want. Psa 34:10 The young lions do lack and suffer hunger; But they who seek the Lord shall not be in want of any good thing. Psa 34:11 Come, you children, listen to me; I will teach you the fear of the Lord. Psa 34:12 Who is the man who desires life And loves length of days that he may see good? Psa 34:13 Keep your tongue from evil And your lips from speaking deceit. Psa 34:14 Depart from evil and do good; Seek peace and pursue it. Psa 34:15 The eyes of the Lord are toward the righteous And His ears are open to their cry. Psa 34:16 The face of the Lord is against evildoers, To cut off the memory of them from the earth. Psa 34:17 The righteous cry, and the Lord hears And delivers them out of all their troubles. Psa 34:18 The Lord is near to the brokenhearted And saves those who are crushed in spirit. Psa 34:19 Many are the afflictions of the righteous, But the Lord delivers him out of them all. Psa 34:20 He keeps all his bones, Not one of them is broken. Psa 34:21 Evil shall slay the wicked, And those who hate the righteous will be condemned. Psa 34:22 The Lord redeems the soul of His servants, And none of those who take refuge in Him will be condemned. -------- Psa 52:1 Why do you boast in evil, O mighty man? The lovingkindness of God endures all day long. Psa 52:2 Your tongue devises destruction, Like a sharp razor, O worker of deceit. Psa 52:3 You love evil more than good, Falsehood more than speaking what is right. Selah. Psa 52:4 You love all words that devour, O deceitful tongue. Psa 52:5 But God will break you down forever; He will snatch you up and tear you away from your tent, And uproot you from the land of the living. Selah. Psa 52:6 The righteous will see and fear, And will laugh at him, saying, Psa 52:7 "Behold, the man who would not make God his refuge, But trusted in the abundance of his riches And was strong in his evil desire." Psa 52:8 But as for me, I am like a green olive tree in the house of God; I trust in the lovingkindness of God forever and ever. Psa 52:9 I will give You thanks forever, because You have done it, And I will wait on Your name, for it is good, in the presence of Your godly ones.
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