Bible reading for the day: 132_05-May-12_Psa65-67_Psa69-70Psa 65:2 O You who hear prayer, To You all men come. Psa 65:3 Iniquities prevail against me; As for our transgressions, You forgive them. Psa 65:4 How blessed is the one whom You choose and bring near to You To dwell in Your courts. We will be satisfied with the goodness of Your house, Your holy temple. Psa 65:5 By awesome deeds You answer us in righteousness, O God of our salvation, You who are the trust of all the ends of the earth and of the farthest sea; Psa 65:6 Who establishes the mountains by His strength, Being girded with might; Psa 65:7 Who stills the roaring of the seas, The roaring of their waves, And the tumult of the peoples. Psa 65:8 They who dwell in the ends of the earth stand in awe of Your signs; You make the dawn and the sunset shout for joy. Psa 65:9 You visit the earth and cause it to overflow; You greatly enrich it; The stream of God is full of water; You prepare their grain, for thus You prepare the earth. Psa 65:10 You water its furrows abundantly, You settle its ridges, You soften it with showers, You bless its growth. Psa 65:11 You have crowned the year with Your bounty, And Your paths drip with fatness. Psa 65:12 The pastures of the wilderness drip, And the hills gird themselves with rejoicing. Psa 65:13 The meadows are clothed with flocks And the valleys are covered with grain; They shout for joy, yes, they sing. -------- Psa 66:1 Shout joyfully to God, all the earth; Psa 66:2 Sing the glory of His name; Make His praise glorious. Psa 66:3 Say to God, "How awesome are Your works! Because of the greatness of Your power Your enemies will give feigned obedience to You. Psa 66:4 "All the earth will worship You, And will sing praises to You; They will sing praises to Your name." Selah. Psa 66:5 Come and see the works of God, Who is awesome in His deeds toward the sons of men. Psa 66:6 He turned the sea into dry land; They passed through the river on foot; There let us rejoice in Him! Psa 66:7 He rules by His might forever; His eyes keep watch on the nations; Let not the rebellious exalt themselves. Selah. Psa 66:8 Bless our God, O peoples, And sound His praise abroad, Psa 66:9 Who keeps us in life And does not allow our feet to slip. Psa 66:10 For You have tried us, O God; You have refined us as silver is refined. Psa 66:11 You brought us into the net; You laid an oppressive burden upon our loins. Psa 66:12 You made men ride over our heads; We went through fire and through water, Yet You brought us out into a place of abundance. Psa 66:13 I shall come into Your house with burnt offerings; I shall pay You my vows, Psa 66:14 Which my lips uttered And my mouth spoke when I was in distress. Psa 66:15 I shall offer to You burnt offerings of fat beasts, With the smoke of rams; I shall make an offering of bulls with male goats. Selah. Psa 66:16 Come and hear, all who fear God, And I will tell of what He has done for my soul. Psa 66:17 I cried to Him with my mouth, And He was extolled with my tongue. Psa 66:18 If I regard wickedness in my heart, The Lord will not hear; Psa 66:19 But certainly God has heard; He has given heed to the voice of my prayer. Psa 66:20 Blessed be God, Who has not turned away my prayer Nor His lovingkindness from me. -------- Psa 67:1 God be gracious to us and bless us, And cause His face to shine upon us-- Selah. Psa 67:2 That Your way may be known on the earth, Your salvation among all nations. Psa 67:3 Let the peoples praise You, O God; Let all the peoples praise You. Psa 67:4 Let the nations be glad and sing for joy; For You will judge the peoples with uprightness And guide the nations on the earth. Selah. Psa 67:5 Let the peoples praise You, O God; Let all the peoples praise You. Psa 67:6 The earth has yielded its produce; God, our God, blesses us. Psa 67:7 God blesses us, That all the ends of the earth may fear Him. -------- Psa 69:1 Save me, O God, For the waters have threatened my life. Psa 69:2 I have sunk in deep mire, and there is no foothold; I have come into deep waters, and a flood overflows me. Psa 69:3 I am weary with my crying; my throat is parched; My eyes fail while I wait for my God. Psa 69:4 Those who hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head; Those who would destroy me are powerful, being wrongfully my enemies; What I did not steal, I then have to restore. Psa 69:5 O God, it is You who knows my folly, And my wrongs are not hidden from You. Psa 69:6 May those who wait for You not be ashamed through me, O Lord God of hosts; May those who seek You not be dishonored through me, O God of Israel, Psa 69:7 Because for Your sake I have borne reproach; Dishonor has covered my face. Psa 69:8 I have become estranged from my brothers And an alien to my mother's sons. Psa 69:9 For zeal for Your house has consumed me, And the reproaches of those who reproach You have fallen on me. Psa 69:10 When I wept in my soul with fasting, It became my reproach. Psa 69:11 When I made sackcloth my clothing, I became a byword to them. Psa 69:12 Those who sit in the gate talk about me, And I am the song of the drunkards. Psa 69:13 But as for me, my prayer is to You, O Lord, at an acceptable time; O God, in the greatness of Your lovingkindness, Answer me with Your saving truth. Psa 69:14 Deliver me from the mire and do not let me sink; May I be delivered from my foes and from the deep waters. Psa 69:15 May the flood of water not overflow me Nor the deep swallow me up, Nor the pit shut its mouth on me. Psa 69:16 Answer me, O Lord, for Your lovingkindness is good; According to the greatness of Your compassion, turn to me, Psa 69:17 And do not hide Your face from Your servant, For I am in distress; answer me quickly. Psa 69:18 Oh draw near to my soul and redeem it; Ransom me because of my enemies! Psa 69:19 You know my reproach and my shame and my dishonor; All my adversaries are before You. Psa 69:20 Reproach has broken my heart and I am so sick. And I looked for sympathy, but there was none, And for comforters, but I found none. Psa 69:21 They also gave me gall for my food And for my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink. Psa 69:22 May their table before them become a snare; And when they are in peace, may it become a trap. Psa 69:23 May their eyes grow dim so that they cannot see, And make their loins shake continually. Psa 69:24 Pour out Your indignation on them, And may Your burning anger overtake them. Psa 69:25 May their camp be desolate; May none dwell in their tents. Psa 69:26 For they have persecuted him whom You Yourself have smitten, And they tell of the pain of those whom You have wounded. Psa 69:27 Add iniquity to their iniquity, And may they not come into Your righteousness. Psa 69:28 May they be blotted out of the book of life And may they not be recorded with the righteous. Psa 69:29 But I am afflicted and in pain; May Your salvation, O God, set me securely on high. Psa 69:30 I will praise the name of God with song And magnify Him with thanksgiving. Psa 69:31 And it will please the Lord better than an ox Or a young bull with horns and hoofs. Psa 69:32 The humble have seen it and are glad; You who seek God, let your heart revive. Psa 69:33 For the Lord hears the needy And does not despise His who are prisoners. Psa 69:34 Let heaven and earth praise Him, The seas and everything that moves in them. Psa 69:35 For God will save Zion and build the cities of Judah, That they may dwell there and possess it. Psa 69:36 The descendants of His servants will inherit it, And those who love His name will dwell in it. -------- Psa 70:1 O God, hasten to deliver me; O Lord, hasten to my help! Psa 70:2 Let those be ashamed and humiliated Who seek my life; Let those be turned back and dishonored Who delight in my hurt. Psa 70:3 Let those be turned back because of their shame Who say, "Aha, aha!" Psa 70:4 Let all who seek You rejoice and be glad in You; And let those who love Your salvation say continually, "Let God be magnified." Psa 70:5 But I am afflicted and needy; Hasten to me, O God! You are my help and my deliverer; O Lord, do not delay.
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