Today's prayer: O LORD, do not forsake me; be not far from me, O my God

 Psalm 38

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Psalm 38 A psalm of David. A petition.

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O LORD, do not rebuke me in your anger or discipline me in your wrath.

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For your arrows have pierced me, and your hand has come down upon me.

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Because of your wrath there is no health in my body; my bones have no soundness because of my sin.

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My guilt has overwhelmed me like a burden too heavy to bear.

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My wounds fester and are loathsome because of my sinful folly.

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I am bowed down and brought very low; all day long I go about mourning.

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My back is filled with searing pain; there is no health in my body.

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I am feeble and utterly crushed; I groan in anguish of heart.

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All my longings lie open before you, O Lord; my sighing is not hidden from you.

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My heart pounds, my strength fails me; even the light has gone from my eyes.

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My friends and companions avoid me because of my wounds; my neighbors stay far away.

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Those who seek my life set their traps, those who would harm me talk of my ruin; all day long they plot deception.

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I am like a deaf man, who cannot hear, like a mute, who cannot open his mouth;

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I have become like a man who does not hear, whose mouth can offer no reply.

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I wait for you, O LORD; you will answer, O Lord my God.

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For I said, "Do not let them gloat or exalt themselves over me when my foot slips."

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For I am about to fall, and my pain is ever with me.

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I confess my iniquity; I am troubled by my sin.

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Many are those who are my vigorous enemies; those who hate me without reason are numerous.

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Those who repay my good with evil slander me when I pursue what is good.

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O LORD, do not forsake me; be not far from me, O my God.

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Come quickly to help me, O Lord my Savior.

Today's bible teaching: Let them know that you, whose name is the LORD-- that you alone are the Most High over all the earth.

 Psalm 83

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Psalm 83 A song. A psalm of Asaph.

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O God, do not keep silent; be not quiet, O God, be not still.

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See how your enemies are astir, how your foes rear their heads.

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With cunning they conspire against your people; they plot against those you cherish.

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"Come," they say, "let us destroy them as a nation, that the name of Israel be remembered no more."

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With one mind they plot together; they form an alliance against you--

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the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, of Moab and the Hagrites,

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Gebal, ^[1] Ammon and Amalek, Philistia, with the people of Tyre.

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Even Assyria has joined them to lend strength to the descendants of Lot. Selah

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Do to them as you did to Midian, as you did to Sisera and Jabin at the river Kishon,

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who perished at Endor and became like refuse on the ground.

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Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb, all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna,

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who said, "Let us take possession of the pasturelands of God."

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Make them like tumbleweed, O my God, like chaff before the wind.

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As fire consumes the forest or a flame sets the mountains ablaze,

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so pursue them with your tempest and terrify them with your storm.

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Cover their faces with shame so that men will seek your name, O LORD.

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May they ever be ashamed and dismayed; may they perish in disgrace.

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Let them know that you, whose name is the LORD-- that you alone are the Most High over all the earth.

Today's bible teaching: Though they plot evil against you and devise wicked schemes, they cannot succeed

 Psalm 21

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Psalm 21 For the director of music. A psalm of David.

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O LORD, the king rejoices in your strength. How great is his joy in the victories you give!

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You have granted him the desire of his heart and have not withheld the request of his lips. Selah

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You welcomed him with rich blessings and placed a crown of pure gold on his head.

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He asked you for life, and you gave it to him-- length of days, for ever and ever.

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Through the victories you gave, his glory is great; you have bestowed on him splendor and majesty.

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Surely you have granted him eternal blessings and made him glad with the joy of your presence.

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For the king trusts in the LORD; through the unfailing love of the Most High he will not be shaken.

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Your hand will lay hold on all your enemies; your right hand will seize your foes.

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At the time of your appearing you will make them like a fiery furnace. In his wrath the LORD will swallow them up, and his fire will consume them.

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You will destroy their descendants from the earth, their posterity from mankind.

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Though they plot evil against you and devise wicked schemes, they cannot succeed;

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for you will make them turn their backs when you aim at them with drawn bow.

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Be exalted, O LORD, in your strength; we will sing and praise your might.

Today's prayer: Deliver me from my enemies, O God; protect me from those who rise up against me.

 Psalm 59

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Psalm 59 For the director of music. [To the tune of] "Do Not Destroy." Of David. A miktam. ^[1] When Saul had sent men to watch David's house in order to kill him.

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Deliver me from my enemies, O God; protect me from those who rise up against me.

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Deliver me from evildoers and save me from bloodthirsty men.

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See how they lie in wait for me! Fierce men conspire against me for no offense or sin of mine, O LORD.

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I have done no wrong, yet they are ready to attack me. Arise to help me; look on my plight!

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O LORD God Almighty, the God of Israel, rouse yourself to punish all the nations; show no mercy to wicked traitors. Selah

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They return at evening, snarling like dogs, and prowl about the city.

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See what they spew from their mouths-- they spew out swords from their lips, and they say, "Who can hear us?"

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But you, O LORD, laugh at them; you scoff at all those nations.

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O my Strength, I watch for you; you, O God, are my fortress,

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my loving God. God will go before me and will let me gloat over those who slander me.

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But do not kill them, O Lord our shield, ^[2] or my people will forget. In your might make them wander about, and bring them down.

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For the sins of their mouths, for the words of their lips, let them be caught in their pride. For the curses and lies they utter,

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consume them in wrath, consume them till they are no more. Then it will be known to the ends of the earth that God rules over Jacob. Selah

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They return at evening, snarling like dogs, and prowl about the city.

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They wander about for food and howl if not satisfied.

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But I will sing of your strength, in the morning I will sing of your love; for you are my fortress, my refuge in times of trouble.

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O my Strength, I sing praise to you; you, O God, are my fortress, my loving God.

Today's bible teaching: And the words of the LORD are flawless, like silver refined in a furnace of clay, purified seven times

 Psalm 12

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Psalm 12 For the director of music. According to sheminith. A psalm of David.

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Help, LORD, for the godly are no more; the faithful have vanished from among men.

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Everyone lies to his neighbor; their flattering lips speak with deception.

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May the LORD cut off all flattering lips and every boastful tongue

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that says, "We will triumph with our tongues; we own our lips ^[2] --who is our master?"

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"Because of the oppression of the weak and the groaning of the needy, I will now arise," says the LORD. "I will protect them from those who malign them."

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And the words of the LORD are flawless, like silver refined in a furnace of clay, purified seven times.

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O LORD, you will keep us safe and protect us from such people forever.

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The wicked freely strut about when what is vile is honored among men.

Today's praises: Sing to the LORD, praise his name; proclaim his salvation day after day

 Psalm 96

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Psalm 96

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Sing to the LORD a new song; sing to the LORD, all the earth.

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Sing to the LORD, praise his name; proclaim his salvation day after day.

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Declare his glory among the nations, his marvelous deeds among all peoples.

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For great is the LORD and most worthy of praise; he is to be feared above all gods.

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For all the gods of the nations are idols, but the LORD made the heavens.

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Splendor and majesty are before him; strength and glory are in his sanctuary.

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Ascribe to the LORD, O families of nations, ascribe to the LORD glory and strength.

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Ascribe to the LORD the glory due his name; bring an offering and come into his courts.

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Worship the LORD in the splendor of his ^[1] holiness; tremble before him, all the earth.

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Say among the nations, "The LORD reigns." The world is firmly established, it cannot be moved; he will judge the peoples with equity.

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Let the heavens rejoice, let the earth be glad; let the sea resound, and all that is in it;

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let the fields be jubilant, and everything in them. Then all the trees of the forest will sing for joy;

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they will sing before the LORD, for he comes, he comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world in righteousness and the peoples in his truth.

Today's prayer: Save me, O God, by your name; vindicate me by your might

 Psalm 54

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Psalm 54 For the director of music. With stringed instruments. A maskil ^[1] of David. When the Ziphites had gone to Saul and said, "Is not David hiding among us?"

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Save me, O God, by your name; vindicate me by your might.

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Hear my prayer, O God; listen to the words of my mouth.

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Strangers are attacking me; ruthless men seek my life-- men without regard for God. Selah

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Surely God is my help; the Lord is the one who sustains me.

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Let evil recoil on those who slander me; in your faithfulness destroy them.

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I will sacrifice a freewill offering to you; I will praise your name, O LORD, for it is good.

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For he has delivered me from all my troubles, and my eyes have looked in triumph on my foes.