Day 170: Psalms 35 - 38
Bible in a year reading for day 170.
Psalms 35
- 16 Like godless jesters at a feast, they gnashed their teeth at me.
- 17 How long, O Lord, will You look on? Rescue my soul from their ravages, my precious life from these lions.
- 18 Then I will give You thanks in the great assembly; I will praise You among many people.
- 19 Let not my enemies gloat over me without cause, nor those who hate me without reason wink in malice.
- 20 For they do not speak peace, but they devise deceitful schemes against those who live quietly in the land.
- 21 They gape at me and say, “Aha, aha! Our eyes have seen!”
- 22 O LORD, You have seen it; be not silent. O Lord, be not far from me.
- 23 Awake and rise to my defense, to my cause, my God and my Lord!
- 24 Vindicate me by Your righteousness, O LORD my God, and do not let them gloat over me.
- 25 Let them not say in their hearts, “Aha, just what we wanted!” Let them not say, “We have swallowed him up!”
- 26 May those who gloat in my distress be ashamed and confounded; may those who exalt themselves over me be clothed in shame and reproach.
- 27 May those who favor my vindication shout for joy and gladness; may they always say, “Exalted be the LORD who delights in His servant’s well-being.”
- 28 Then my tongue will proclaim Your righteousness and Your praises all day long.
Psalms 36
- 1 For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David, the servant of the LORD. An oracle is in my heart regarding the transgression of the wicked man: There is no fear of God before his eyes.
- 2 For his eyes are too full of conceit to detect or hate his own sin.
- 3 The words of his mouth are wicked and deceitful; he has ceased to be wise and well-doing.
- 4 Even on his bed he plots wickedness; he sets himself on a path that is not good; he fails to reject evil.
- 5 Your loving devotion, O LORD, reaches to the heavens, Your faithfulness to the clouds.
- 6 Your righteousness is like the highest mountains; Your judgments are like the deepest sea. O LORD, You preserve man and beast.
- 7 How precious is Your loving devotion, O God, that the children of men take refuge in the shadow of Your wings!
- 8 They feast on the abundance of Your house, and You give them drink from Your river of delights.
- 9 For with You is the fountain of life; in Your light we see light.
- 10 Extend Your loving devotion to those who know You, and Your righteousness to the upright in heart.
- 11 Let not the foot of the proud come against me, nor the hand of the wicked drive me away.
- 12 There the evildoers lie fallen, thrown down and unable to rise.
Psalms 37
- 1 Of David. Do not fret over those who do evil; do not envy those who do wrong.
- 2 For they wither quickly like grass and wilt like tender plants.
- 3 Trust in the LORD and do good; dwell in the land and cultivate faithfulness.
- 4 Delight yourself in the LORD, and He will give you the desires of your heart.
- 5 Commit your way to the LORD; trust in Him, and He will do it.
- 6 He will bring forth your righteousness like the dawn, your justice like the noonday sun.
- 7 Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for Him; do not fret when men prosper in their ways, when they carry out wicked schemes.
- 8 Refrain from anger and abandon wrath; do not fret—it can only bring harm.
- 9 For the evildoers will be cut off, but those who hope in the LORD will inherit the land.
- 10 Yet a little while, and the wicked will be no more; though you look for them, they will not be found.
- 11 But the meek will inherit the land and delight in abundant prosperity.
- 12 The wicked scheme against the righteous and gnash their teeth at them,
- 13 but the Lord laughs, seeing that their day is coming.
- 14 The wicked have drawn the sword and bent the bow to bring down the poor and needy, to slay those whose ways are upright.
- 15 But their swords will pierce their own hearts, and their bows will be broken.
- 16 Better is the little of the righteous than the abundance of many who are wicked.
- 17 For the arms of the wicked will be broken, but the LORD upholds the righteous.
- 18 The LORD knows the days of the blameless, and their inheritance will last forever.
- 19 In the time of evil they will not be ashamed, and in the days of famine they will be satisfied.
- 20 But the wicked and enemies of the LORD will perish like the glory of the fields. They will vanish; like smoke they will fade away.
- 21 The wicked borrow and do not repay, but the righteous are gracious and giving.
- 22 Surely those He blesses will inherit the land, but the cursed will be destroyed.
- 23 The steps of a man are ordered by the LORD who takes delight in his journey.
- 24 Though he falls, he will not be overwhelmed, for the LORD is holding his hand.
- 25 I once was young and now am old, yet never have I seen the righteous abandoned or their children begging for bread.
- 26 They are ever generous and quick to lend, and their children are a blessing.
- 27 Turn away from evil and do good, so that you will abide forever.
- 28 For the LORD loves justice and will not forsake His saints. They are preserved forever, but the offspring of the wicked will be cut off.
- 29 The righteous will inherit the land and dwell in it forever.
- 30 The mouth of the righteous man utters wisdom, and his tongue speaks justice.
- 31 The law of his God is in his heart; his steps do not falter.
- 32 Though the wicked lie in wait for the righteous, and seek to slay them,
- 33 the LORD will not leave them in their power or let them be condemned under judgment.
- 34 Wait for the LORD and keep His way, and He will raise you up to inherit the land. When the wicked are cut off, you will see it.
- 35 I have seen a wicked, ruthless man flourishing like a well-rooted native tree,
- 36 yet he passed away and was no more; though I searched, he could not be found.
- 37 Consider the blameless and observe the upright, for posterity awaits the man of peace.
- 38 But the transgressors will all be destroyed; the future of the wicked will be cut off.
- 39 The salvation of the righteous is from the LORD; He is their stronghold in time of trouble.
- 40 The LORD helps and delivers them; He rescues and saves them from the wicked, because they take refuge in Him.
Psalms 38
- 1 A Psalm of David, for remembrance. O LORD, do not rebuke me in Your anger or discipline me in Your wrath.
- 2 For Your arrows have pierced me deeply, and Your hand has pressed down on me.
- 3 There is no soundness in my body because of Your anger; there is no rest in my bones because of my sin.
- 4 For my iniquities have overwhelmed me; they are a burden too heavy to bear.
- 5 My wounds are foul and festering because of my sinful folly.
- 6 I am bent and brought low; all day long I go about mourning.
- 7 For my loins are full of burning pain, and no soundness remains in my body.
- 8 I am numb and badly crushed; I groan in anguish of heart.
- 9 O Lord, my every desire is before You; my groaning is not hidden from You.
- 10 My heart pounds, my strength fails, and even the light of my eyes has faded.
- 11 My beloved and friends shun my disease, and my kinsmen stand at a distance.
- 12 Those who seek my life lay snares; those who wish me harm speak destruction, plotting deceit all day long.
- 13 But like a deaf man, I do not hear; and like a mute man, I do not open my mouth.
- 14 I am like a man who cannot hear, whose mouth offers no reply.
- 15 I wait for You, O LORD; You will answer, O Lord my God.
- 16 For I said, “Let them not gloat over me— those who taunt me when my foot slips.”
- 17 For I am ready to fall, and my pain is ever with me.
- 18 Yes, I confess my iniquity; I am troubled by my sin.
- 19 Many are my enemies without cause, and many hate me without reason.
- 20 Those who repay my good with evil attack me for pursuing the good.