Day 191: Psalms 136 - 143
Bible in a year reading for day 191.
Psalms 136
- 15 but swept Pharaoh and his army into the Red Sea. His loving devotion endures forever.
- 16 He led His people through the wilderness. His loving devotion endures forever.
- 17 He struck down great kings His loving devotion endures forever.
- 18 and slaughtered mighty kings— His loving devotion endures forever.
- 19 Sihon king of the Amorites His loving devotion endures forever.
- 20 and Og king of Bashan— His loving devotion endures forever.
- 21 and He gave their land as an inheritance, His loving devotion endures forever.
- 22 a heritage to His servant Israel. His loving devotion endures forever.
- 23 He remembered us in our low estate His loving devotion endures forever.
- 24 and freed us from our enemies. His loving devotion endures forever.
- 25 He gives food to every creature. His loving devotion endures forever.
- 26 Give thanks to the God of heaven! His loving devotion endures forever.
Psalms 137
- 1 By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept when we remembered Zion.
- 2 There on the willows we hung our harps,
- 3 for there our captors requested a song; our tormentors demanded songs of joy: “Sing us a song of Zion.”
- 4 How can we sing a song of the LORD in a foreign land?
- 5 If I forget you, O Jerusalem, may my right hand cease to function.
- 6 May my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth if I do not remember you, if I do not exalt Jerusalem as my greatest joy!
- 7 Remember, O LORD, the sons of Edom on the day Jerusalem fell: “Destroy it,” they said, “tear it down to its foundations!”
- 8 O Daughter of Babylon, doomed to destruction, blessed is he who repays you as you have done to us.
- 9 Blessed is he who seizes your infants and dashes them against the rocks.
Psalms 138
- 1 Of David. I give You thanks with all my heart; before the gods I sing Your praises.
- 2 I bow down toward Your holy temple and give thanks to Your name for Your loving devotion and Your faithfulness; You have exalted Your name and Your word above all else.
- 3 On the day I called, You answered me; You emboldened me and strengthened my soul.
- 4 All the kings of the earth will give You thanks, O LORD, when they hear the words of Your mouth.
- 5 They will sing of the ways of the LORD, for the glory of the LORD is great.
- 6 Though the LORD is on high, He attends to the lowly; but the proud He knows from afar.
- 7 If I walk in the midst of trouble, You preserve me from the anger of my foes; You extend Your hand, and Your right hand saves me.
- 8 The LORD will fulfill His purpose for me. O LORD, Your loving devotion endures forever— do not abandon the works of Your hands.
Psalms 139
- 1 For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. O LORD, You have searched me and known me.
- 2 You know when I sit and when I rise; You understand my thoughts from afar.
- 3 You search out my path and my lying down; You are aware of all my ways.
- 4 Even before a word is on my tongue, You know all about it, O LORD.
- 5 You hem me in behind and before; You have laid Your hand upon me.
- 6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain.
- 7 Where can I go to escape Your Spirit? Where can I flee from Your presence?
- 8 If I ascend to the heavens, You are there; if I make my bed in Sheol, You are there.
- 9 If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle by the farthest sea,
- 10 even there Your hand will guide me; Your right hand will hold me fast.
- 11 If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me, and the light become night around me”—
- 12 even the darkness is not dark to You, but the night shines like the day, for darkness is as light to You.
- 13 For You formed my inmost being; You knit me together in my mother’s womb.
- 14 I praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Marvelous are Your works, and I know this very well.
- 15 My frame was not hidden from You when I was made in secret, when I was woven together in the depths of the earth.
- 16 Your eyes saw my unformed body; all my days were written in Your book and ordained for me before one of them came to be.
- 17 How precious to me are Your thoughts, O God, how vast is their sum!
- 18 If I were to count them, they would outnumber the grains of sand; and when I awake, I am still with You.
- 19 O God, that You would slay the wicked— away from me, you bloodthirsty men—
- 20 who speak of You deceitfully; Your enemies take Your name in vain.
- 21 Do I not hate those who hate You, O LORD, and detest those who rise against You?
- 22 I hate them with perfect hatred; I count them as my enemies.
- 23 Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my concerns.
- 24 See if there is any offensive way in me; lead me in the way everlasting.
Psalms 140
- 1 For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. Rescue me, O LORD, from evil men. Protect me from men of violence,
- 2 who devise evil in their hearts and stir up war all day long.
- 3 They sharpen their tongues like snakes; the venom of vipers is on their lips. Selah
- 4 Guard me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked. Keep me safe from men of violence who scheme to make me stumble.
- 5 The proud hide a snare for me; the cords of their net are spread along the path, and lures are set out for me. Selah
- 6 I say to the LORD, “You are my God.” Hear, O LORD, my cry for help.
- 7 O GOD the Lord, the strength of my salvation, You shield my head in the day of battle.
- 8 Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked; do not promote their evil plans, lest they be exalted. Selah
- 9 May the heads of those who surround me be covered in the trouble their lips have caused.
- 10 May burning coals fall on them; may they be thrown into the fire, into the miry pits, never to rise again.
- 11 May no slanderer be established in the land; may calamity hunt down the man of violence.
- 12 I know that the LORD upholds justice for the poor and defends the cause of the needy.
- 13 Surely the righteous will praise Your name; the upright will dwell in Your presence.
Psalms 141
- 1 A Psalm of David. I call upon You, O LORD; come quickly to me. Hear my voice when I call to You.
- 2 May my prayer be set before You like incense, my uplifted hands like the evening offering.
- 3 Set a guard, O LORD, over my mouth; keep watch at the door of my lips.
- 4 Do not let my heart be drawn to any evil thing or take part in works of wickedness with men who do iniquity; let me not feast on their delicacies.
- 5 Let the righteous man strike me; let his rebuke be an act of loving devotion. It is oil for my head; let me not refuse it. For my prayer is ever against the deeds of the wicked.
- 6 When their rulers are thrown down from the cliffs, the people will listen to my words, for they are pleasant.
- 7 As when one plows and breaks up the soil, so our bones have been scattered at the mouth of Sheol.
- 8 But my eyes are fixed on You, O GOD the Lord. In You I seek refuge; do not leave my soul defenseless.
- 9 Keep me from the snares they have laid for me, and from the lures of evildoers.
- 10 Let the wicked fall into their own nets, while I pass by in safety.
Psalms 142
- 1 A Maskil of David, when he was in the cave. A prayer. I cry aloud to the LORD; I lift my voice to the LORD for mercy.
- 2 I pour out my complaint before Him; I reveal my trouble to Him.
- 3 Although my spirit grows faint within me, You know my way. Along the path I travel they have hidden a snare for me.
- 4 Look to my right and see; no one attends to me. There is no refuge for me; no one cares for my soul.
- 5 I cry to You, O LORD: “You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living.”
- 6 Listen to my cry, for I am brought quite low. Rescue me from my pursuers, for they are too strong for me.
- 7 Free my soul from prison, that I may praise Your name. The righteous will gather around me because of Your goodness to me.