Bible reading for the day: 123_05-May-03_Psa106-107Psa 106:2 Who can speak of the mighty deeds of the Lord, Or can show forth all His praise? Psa 106:3 How blessed are those who keep justice, Who practice righteousness at all times! Psa 106:4 Remember me, O Lord, in Your favor toward Your people; Visit me with Your salvation, Psa 106:5 That I may see the prosperity of Your chosen ones, That I may rejoice in the gladness of Your nation, That I may glory with Your inheritance. Psa 106:6 We have sinned like our fathers, We have committed iniquity, we have behaved wickedly. Psa 106:7 Our fathers in Egypt did not understand Your wonders; They did not remember Your abundant kindnesses, But rebelled by the sea, at the Red Sea. Psa 106:8 Nevertheless He saved them for the sake of His name, That He might make His power known. Psa 106:9 Thus He rebuked the Red Sea and it dried up, And He led them through the deeps, as through the wilderness. Psa 106:10 So He saved them from the hand of the one who hated them, And redeemed them from the hand of the enemy. Psa 106:11 The waters covered their adversaries; Not one of them was left. Psa 106:12 Then they believed His words; They sang His praise. Psa 106:13 They quickly forgot His works; They did not wait for His counsel, Psa 106:14 But craved intensely in the wilderness, And tempted God in the desert. Psa 106:15 So He gave them their request, But sent a wasting disease among them. Psa 106:16 When they became envious of Moses in the camp, And of Aaron, the holy one of the Lord, Psa 106:17 The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, And engulfed the company of Abiram. Psa 106:18 And a fire blazed up in their company; The flame consumed the wicked. Psa 106:19 They made a calf in Horeb And worshiped a molten image. Psa 106:20 Thus they exchanged their glory For the image of an ox that eats grass. Psa 106:21 They forgot God their Savior, Who had done great things in Egypt, Psa 106:22 Wonders in the land of Ham And awesome things by the Red Sea. Psa 106:23 Therefore He said that He would destroy them, Had not Moses His chosen one stood in the breach before Him, To turn away His wrath from destroying them. Psa 106:24 Then they despised the pleasant land; They did not believe in His word, Psa 106:25 But grumbled in their tents; They did not listen to the voice of the Lord. Psa 106:26 Therefore He swore to them That He would cast them down in the wilderness, Psa 106:27 And that He would cast their seed among the nations And scatter them in the lands. Psa 106:28 They joined themselves also to Baal-peor, And ate sacrifices offered to the dead. Psa 106:29 Thus they provoked Him to anger with their deeds, And the plague broke out among them. Psa 106:30 Then Phinehas stood up and interposed, And so the plague was stayed. Psa 106:31 And it was reckoned to him for righteousness, To all generations forever. Psa 106:32 They also provoked Him to wrath at the waters of Meribah, So that it went hard with Moses on their account; Psa 106:33 Because they were rebellious against His Spirit, He spoke rashly with his lips. Psa 106:34 They did not destroy the peoples, As the Lord commanded them, Psa 106:35 But they mingled with the nations And learned their practices, Psa 106:36 And served their idols, Which became a snare to them. Psa 106:37 They even sacrificed their sons and their daughters to the demons, Psa 106:38 And shed innocent blood, The blood of their sons and their daughters, Whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan; And the land was polluted with the blood. Psa 106:39 Thus they became unclean in their practices, And played the harlot in their deeds. Psa 106:40 Therefore the anger of the Lord was kindled against His people And He abhorred His inheritance. Psa 106:41 Then He gave them into the hand of the nations, And those who hated them ruled over them. Psa 106:42 Their enemies also oppressed them, And they were subdued under their power. Psa 106:43 Many times He would deliver them; They, however, were rebellious in their counsel, And so sank down in their iniquity. Psa 106:44 Nevertheless He looked upon their distress When He heard their cry; Psa 106:45 And He remembered His covenant for their sake, And relented according to the greatness of His lovingkindness. Psa 106:46 He also made them objects of compassion In the presence of all their captors. Psa 106:47 Save us, O Lord our God, And gather us from among the nations, To give thanks to Your holy name And glory in Your praise. Psa 106:48 Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, From everlasting even to everlasting. And let all the people say, "Amen. "Praise the Lord! -------- Psa 107:1 Oh give thanks to the Lord, for He is good, For His lovingkindness is everlasting. Psa 107:2 Let the redeemed of the Lord say so, Whom He has redeemed from the hand of the adversary Psa 107:3 And gathered from the lands, From the east and from the west, From the north and from the south. Psa 107:4 They wandered in the wilderness in a desert region; They did not find a way to an inhabited city. Psa 107:5 They were hungry and thirsty; Their soul fainted within them. Psa 107:6 Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble; He delivered them out of their distresses. Psa 107:7 He led them also by a straight way, To go to an inhabited city. Psa 107:8 Let them give thanks to the Lord for His lovingkindness, And for His wonders to the sons of men! Psa 107:9 For He has satisfied the thirsty soul, And the hungry soul He has filled with what is good. Psa 107:10 There were those who dwelt in darkness and in the shadow of death, Prisoners in misery and chains, Psa 107:11 Because they had rebelled against the words of God And spurned the counsel of the Most High. Psa 107:12 Therefore He humbled their heart with labor; They stumbled and there was none to help. Psa 107:13 Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble; He saved them out of their distresses. Psa 107:14 He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death And broke their bands apart. Psa 107:15 Let them give thanks to the Lord for His lovingkindness, And for His wonders to the sons of men! Psa 107:16 For He has shattered gates of bronze And cut bars of iron asunder. Psa 107:17 Fools, because of their rebellious way, And because of their iniquities, were afflicted. Psa 107:18 Their soul abhorred all kinds of food, And they drew near to the gates of death. Psa 107:19 Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble; He saved them out of their distresses. Psa 107:20 He sent His word and healed them, And delivered them from their destructions. Psa 107:21 Let them give thanks to the Lord for His lovingkindness, And for His wonders to the sons of men! Psa 107:22 Let them also offer sacrifices of thanksgiving, And tell of His works with joyful singing. Psa 107:23 Those who go down to the sea in ships, Who do business on great waters; Psa 107:24 They have seen the works of the Lord, And His wonders in the deep. Psa 107:25 For He spoke and raised up a stormy wind, Which lifted up the waves of the sea. Psa 107:26 They rose up to the heavens, they went down to the depths; Their soul melted away in their misery. Psa 107:27 They reeled and staggered like a drunken man, And were at their wits' end. Psa 107:28 Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble, And He brought them out of their distresses. Psa 107:29 He caused the storm to be still, So that the waves of the sea were hushed. Psa 107:30 Then they were glad because they were quiet, So He guided them to their desired haven. Psa 107:31 Let them give thanks to the Lord for His lovingkindness, And for His wonders to the sons of men! Psa 107:32 Let them extol Him also in the congregation of the people, And praise Him at the seat of the elders. Psa 107:33 He changes rivers into a wilderness And springs of water into a thirsty ground; Psa 107:34 A fruitful land into a salt waste, Because of the wickedness of those who dwell in it. Psa 107:35 He changes a wilderness into a pool of water And a dry land into springs of water; Psa 107:36 And there He makes the hungry to dwell, So that they may establish an inhabited city, Psa 107:37 And sow fields and plant vineyards, And gather a fruitful harvest. Psa 107:38 Also He blesses them and they multiply greatly, And He does not let their cattle decrease. Psa 107:39 When they are diminished and bowed down Through oppression, misery and sorrow, Psa 107:40 He pours contempt upon princes And makes them wander in a pathless waste. Psa 107:41 But He sets the needy securely on high away from affliction, And makes his families like a flock. Psa 107:42 The upright see it and are glad; But all unrighteousness shuts its mouth. Psa 107:43 Who is wise? Let him give heed to these things, And consider the lovingkindnesses of the Lord.
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