Day 168: Psalms 25 - 31
Bible in a year reading for day 168.
Psalms 25
- 5 Guide me in Your truth and teach me, for You are the God of my salvation; all day long I wait for You.
- 6 Remember, O LORD, Your compassion and loving devotion, for they are from age to age.
- 7 Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my rebellious acts; remember me according to Your loving devotion, because of Your goodness, O LORD.
- 8 Good and upright is the LORD; therefore He shows sinners the way.
- 9 He guides the humble in what is right and teaches them His way.
- 10 All the LORD’s ways are loving and faithful to those who keep His covenant and His decrees.
- 11 For the sake of Your name, O LORD, forgive my iniquity, for it is great.
- 12 Who is the man who fears the LORD? He will instruct him in the path chosen for him.
- 13 His soul will dwell in prosperity, and his descendants will inherit the land.
- 14 The LORD confides in those who fear Him, and reveals His covenant to them.
- 15 My eyes are always on the LORD, for He will free my feet from the mesh.
- 16 Turn to me and be gracious, for I am lonely and afflicted.
- 17 The troubles of my heart increase; free me from my distress.
- 18 Consider my affliction and trouble, and take away all my sins.
- 19 Consider my enemies, for they are many, and they hate me with vicious hatred.
- 20 Guard my soul and deliver me; let me not be put to shame, for I take refuge in You.
- 21 May integrity and uprightness preserve me, because I wait for You.
- 22 Redeem Israel, O God, from all its distress.
Psalms 26
- 1 Of David. Vindicate me, O LORD! For I have walked with integrity; I have trusted in the LORD without wavering.
- 2 Test me, O LORD, and try me; examine my heart and mind.
- 3 For Your loving devotion is before my eyes, and I have walked in Your truth.
- 4 I do not sit with deceitful men, nor keep company with hypocrites.
- 5 I hate the mob of evildoers, and refuse to sit with the wicked.
- 6 I wash my hands in innocence that I may go about Your altar, O LORD,
- 7 to raise my voice in thanksgiving and declare all Your wonderful works.
- 8 O LORD, I love the house where You dwell, the place where Your glory resides.
- 9 Do not take my soul away with sinners, or my life with men of bloodshed,
- 10 in whose hands are wicked schemes, whose right hands are full of bribes.
- 11 But I will walk with integrity; redeem me and be merciful to me.
- 12 My feet stand on level ground; in the congregations I will bless the LORD.
Psalms 27
- 1 Of David. The LORD is my light and my salvation— whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life— whom shall I dread?
- 2 When the wicked came upon me to devour my flesh, my enemies and foes stumbled and fell.
- 3 Though an army encamps around me, my heart will not fear; though a war breaks out against me, I will keep my trust.
- 4 One thing I have asked of the LORD; this is what I desire: to dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of the LORD and seek Him in His temple.
- 5 For in the day of trouble He will hide me in His shelter; He will conceal me under the cover of His tent; He will set me high upon a rock.
- 6 Then my head will be held high above my enemies around me. At His tabernacle I will offer sacrifices with shouts of joy; I will sing and make music to the LORD.
- 7 Hear, O LORD, my voice when I call; be merciful and answer me.
- 8 My heart said, “Seek His face.” Your face, O LORD, I will seek.
- 9 Hide not Your face from me, nor turn away Your servant in anger. You have been my helper; do not leave me or forsake me, O God of my salvation.
- 10 Though my father and mother forsake me, the LORD will receive me.
- 11 Teach me Your way, O LORD, and lead me on a level path, because of my oppressors.
- 12 Do not hand me over to the will of my foes, for false witnesses rise up against me, breathing out violence.
- 13 Still I am certain to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.
- 14 Wait patiently for the LORD; be strong and courageous. Wait patiently for the LORD!
Psalms 28
- 1 Of David. To You, O LORD, I call; be not deaf to me, O my Rock. For if You remain silent, I will be like those descending to the Pit.
- 2 Hear my cry for mercy when I call to You for help, when I lift up my hands toward Your holy sanctuary.
- 3 Do not drag me away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, who speak peace to their neighbors while malice is in their hearts.
- 4 Repay them according to their deeds and for their works of evil. Repay them for what their hands have done; bring back on them what they deserve.
- 5 Since they show no regard for the works of the LORD or what His hands have done, He will tear them down and never rebuild them.
- 6 Blessed be the LORD, for He has heard my cry for mercy.
- 7 The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in Him, and I am helped. Therefore my heart rejoices, and I give thanks to Him with my song.
- 8 The LORD is the strength of His people, a stronghold of salvation for His anointed.
- 9 Save Your people and bless Your inheritance; shepherd them and carry them forever.
Psalms 29
- 1 A Psalm of David. Ascribe to the LORD, O heavenly beings, ascribe to the LORD glory and strength.
- 2 Ascribe to the LORD the glory due His name; worship the LORD in the splendor of His holiness.
- 3 The voice of the LORD is over the waters; the God of glory thunders; the LORD is heard over many waters.
- 4 The voice of the LORD is powerful; the voice of the LORD is majestic.
- 5 The voice of the LORD breaks the cedars; the LORD shatters the cedars of Lebanon.
- 6 He makes Lebanon skip like a calf, and Sirion like a young wild ox.
- 7 The voice of the LORD strikes with flames of fire.
- 8 The voice of the LORD shakes the wilderness; the LORD shakes the Wilderness of Kadesh.
- 9 The voice of the LORD twists the oaks and strips the forests bare. And in His temple all cry, “Glory!”
- 10 The LORD sits enthroned over the flood; the LORD is enthroned as King forever.
- 11 The LORD gives His people strength; the LORD blesses His people with peace.
Psalms 30
- 1 A Psalm. A song for the dedication of the temple. Of David. I will exalt You, O LORD, for You have lifted me up and have not allowed my foes to rejoice over me.
- 2 O LORD my God, I cried to You for help, and You healed me.
- 3 O LORD, You pulled me up from Sheol; You spared me from descending into the Pit.
- 4 Sing to the LORD, O you His saints, and praise His holy name.
- 5 For His anger is fleeting, but His favor lasts a lifetime. Weeping may stay the night, but joy comes in the morning.
- 6 In prosperity I said, “I will never be shaken.”
- 7 O LORD, You favored me; You made my mountain stand strong. When You hid Your face, I was dismayed.
- 8 To You, O LORD, I called, and I begged my Lord for mercy:
- 9 “What gain is there in my bloodshed, in my descent to the Pit? Will the dust praise You? Will it proclaim Your faithfulness?
- 10 Hear me, O LORD, and have mercy; O LORD, be my helper.”
- 11 You turned my mourning into dancing; You peeled off my sackcloth and clothed me with joy,
- 12 that my heart may sing Your praises and not be silent. O LORD my God, I will give thanks forever.
Psalms 31
- 1 For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. In You, O LORD, I have taken refuge; let me never be put to shame; save me by Your righteousness.
- 2 Incline Your ear to me; come quickly to my rescue. Be my rock of refuge, the stronghold of my deliverance.
- 3 For You are my rock and my fortress; lead me and guide me for the sake of Your name.
- 4 You free me from the net laid out for me, for You are my refuge.
- 5 Into Your hands I commit my spirit; You have redeemed me, O LORD, God of truth.
- 6 I hate those who cling to worthless idols, but in the LORD I trust.
- 7 I will be glad and rejoice in Your loving devotion, for You have seen my affliction; You have known the anguish of my soul.
- 8 You have not delivered me to the enemy; You have set my feet in the open.
- 9 Be merciful to me, O LORD, for I am in distress; my eyes fail from sorrow, my soul and body as well.