Bible reading for the day: 138_05-May-18_Psa26_Psa40_Psa58_Psa61-62_Psa64Psa 26:2 Examine me, O Lord, and try me; Test my mind and my heart. Psa 26:3 For Your lovingkindness is before my eyes, And I have walked in Your truth. Psa 26:4 I do not sit with deceitful men, Nor will I go with pretenders. Psa 26:5 I hate the assembly of evildoers, And I will not sit with the wicked. Psa 26:6 I shall wash my hands in innocence, And I will go about Your altar, O Lord, Psa 26:7 That I may proclaim with the voice of thanksgiving And declare all Your wonders. Psa 26:8 O Lord, I love the habitation of Your house And the place where Your glory dwells. Psa 26:9 Do not take my soul away along with sinners, Nor my life with men of bloodshed, Psa 26:10 In whose hands is a wicked scheme, And whose right hand is full of bribes. Psa 26:11 But as for me, I shall walk in my integrity; Redeem me, and be gracious to me. Psa 26:12 My foot stands on a level place; In the congregations I shall bless the Lord. -------- Psa 40:1 I waited patiently for the Lord; And He inclined to me and heard my cry. Psa 40:2 He brought me up out of the pit of destruction, out of the miry clay, And He set my feet upon a rock making my footsteps firm. Psa 40:3 He put a new song in my mouth, a song of praise to our God; Many will see and fear And will trust in the Lord. Psa 40:4 How blessed is the man who has made the Lord his trust, And has not turned to the proud, nor to those who lapse into falsehood. Psa 40:5 Many, O Lord my God, are the wonders which You have done, And Your thoughts toward us; There is none to compare with You. If I would declare and speak of them, They would be too numerous to count. Psa 40:6 Sacrifice and meal offering You have not desired; My ears You have opened; Burnt offering and sin offering You have not required. Psa 40:7 Then I said, "Behold, I come; In the scroll of the book it is written of me. Psa 40:8 I delight to do Your will, O my God; Your Law is within my heart." Psa 40:9 I have proclaimed glad tidings of righteousness in the great congregation; Behold, I will not restrain my lips, O Lord, You know. Psa 40:10 I have not hidden Your righteousness within my heart; I have spoken of Your faithfulness and Your salvation; I have not concealed Your lovingkindness and Your truth from the great congregation. Psa 40:11 You, O Lord, will not withhold Your compassion from me; Your lovingkindness and Your truth will continually preserve me. Psa 40:12 For evils beyond number have surrounded me; My iniquities have overtaken me, so that I am not able to see; They are more numerous than the hairs of my head, And my heart has failed me. Psa 40:13 Be pleased, O Lord, to deliver me; Make haste, O Lord, to help me. Psa 40:14 Let those be ashamed and humiliated together Who seek my life to destroy it; Let those be turned back and dishonored Who delight in my hurt. Psa 40:15 Let those be appalled because of their shame Who say to me, "Aha, aha!" Psa 40:16 Let all who seek You rejoice and be glad in You; Let those who love Your salvation say continually, "The Lord be magnified!" Psa 40:17 Since I am afflicted and needy, Let the Lord be mindful of me. You are my help and my deliverer; Do not delay, O my God. -------- Psa 58:1 Do you indeed speak righteousness, O gods? Do you judge uprightly, O sons of men? Psa 58:2 No, in heart you work unrighteousness; On earth you weigh out the violence of your hands. Psa 58:3 The wicked are estranged from the womb; These who speak lies go astray from birth. Psa 58:4 They have venom like the venom of a serpent; Like a deaf cobra that stops up its ear, Psa 58:5 So that it does not hear the voice of charmers, Or a skillful caster of spells. Psa 58:6 O God, shatter their teeth in their mouth; Break out the fangs of the young lions, O Lord. Psa 58:7 Let them flow away like water that runs off; When he aims his arrows, let them be as headless shafts. Psa 58:8 Let them be as a snail which melts away as it goes along, Like the miscarriages of a woman which never see the sun. Psa 58:9 Before your pots can feel the fire of thorns He will sweep them away with a whirlwind, the green and the burning alike. Psa 58:10 The righteous will rejoice when he sees the vengeance; He will wash his feet in the blood of the wicked. Psa 58:11 And men will say, "Surely there is a reward for the righteous; Surely there is a God who judges on earth!" -------- Psa 61:1 Hear my cry, O God; Give heed to my prayer. Psa 61:2 From the end of the earth I call to You when my heart is faint; Lead me to the rock that is higher than I. Psa 61:3 For You have been a refuge for me, A tower of strength against the enemy. Psa 61:4 Let me dwell in Your tent forever; Let me take refuge in the shelter of Your wings. Selah. Psa 61:5 For You have heard my vows, O God; You have given me the inheritance of those who fear Your name. Psa 61:6 You will prolong the king's life; His years will be as many generations. Psa 61:7 He will abide before God forever; Appoint lovingkindness and truth that they may preserve him. Psa 61:8 So I will sing praise to Your name forever, That I may pay my vows day by day. -------- Psa 62:1 My soul waits in silence for God only; From Him is my salvation. Psa 62:2 He only is my rock and my salvation, My stronghold; I shall not be greatly shaken. Psa 62:3 How long will you assail a man, That you may murder him, all of you, Like a leaning wall, like a tottering fence? Psa 62:4 They have counseled only to thrust him down from his high position; They delight in falsehood; They bless with their mouth, But inwardly they curse. Selah. Psa 62:5 My soul, wait in silence for God only, For my hope is from Him. Psa 62:6 He only is my rock and my salvation, My stronghold; I shall not be shaken. Psa 62:7 On God my salvation and my glory rest; The rock of my strength, my refuge is in God. Psa 62:8 Trust in Him at all times, O people; Pour out your heart before Him; God is a refuge for us. Selah. Psa 62:9 Men of low degree are only vanity and men of rank are a lie; In the balances they go up; They are together lighter than breath. Psa 62:10 Do not trust in oppression And do not vainly hope in robbery; If riches increase, do not set your heart upon them. Psa 62:11 Once God has spoken; Twice I have heard this: That power belongs to God; Psa 62:12 And lovingkindness is Yours, O Lord, For You recompense a man according to his work. -------- Psa 64:1 Hear my voice, O God, in my complaint; Preserve my life from dread of the enemy. Psa 64:2 Hide me from the secret counsel of evildoers, From the tumult of those who do iniquity, Psa 64:3 Who have sharpened their tongue like a sword. They aimed bitter speech as their arrow, Psa 64:4 To shoot from concealment at the blameless; Suddenly they shoot at him, and do not fear. Psa 64:5 They hold fast to themselves an evil purpose; They talk of laying snares secretly; They say, "Who can see them?" Psa 64:6 They devise injustices, saying, "We are ready with a well-conceived plot"; For the inward thought and the heart of a man are deep. Psa 64:7 But God will shoot at them with an arrow; Suddenly they will be wounded. Psa 64:8 So they will make him stumble; Their own tongue is against them; All who see them will shake the head. Psa 64:9 Then all men will fear, And they will declare the work of God, And will consider what He has done. Psa 64:10 The righteous man will be glad in the Lord and will take refuge in Him; And all the upright in heart will glory.
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