Day 29: Psalm 141-145
Psalms in 30 days reading for day 29.
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.
Psalms 143
- 1 A Psalm of David. O LORD, hear my prayer. In Your faithfulness, give ear to my plea; in Your righteousness, answer me.
- 2 Do not bring Your servant into judgment, for no one alive is righteous before You.
- 3 For the enemy has pursued my soul, crushing my life to the ground, making me dwell in darkness like those long since dead.
- 4 My spirit grows faint within me; my heart is dismayed inside me.
- 5 I remember the days of old; I meditate on all Your works; I consider the work of Your hands.
- 6 I stretch out my hands to You; my soul thirsts for You like a parched land. Selah
- 7 Answer me quickly, O LORD; my spirit fails. Do not hide Your face from me, or I will be like those who descend to the Pit.
- 8 Let me hear Your loving devotion in the morning, for I have put my trust in You. Teach me the way I should walk, for to You I lift up my soul.
- 9 Deliver me from my enemies, O LORD; I flee to You for refuge.
- 10 Teach me to do Your will, for You are my God. May Your good Spirit lead me on level ground.
- 11 For the sake of Your name, O LORD, revive me. In Your righteousness, bring my soul out of trouble.
- 12 And in Your loving devotion, cut off my enemies. Destroy all who afflict me, for I am Your servant.
Psalms 144
- 1 Of David. Blessed be the LORD, my Rock, who trains my hands for war, my fingers for battle.
- 2 He is my steadfast love and my fortress, my stronghold and my deliverer. He is my shield, in whom I take refuge, who subdues peoples under me.
- 3 O LORD, what is man, that You regard him, the son of man that You think of him?
- 4 Man is like a breath; his days are like a passing shadow.
- 5 Part Your heavens, O LORD, and come down; touch the mountains, that they may smoke.
- 6 Flash forth Your lightning and scatter them; shoot Your arrows and rout them.
- 7 Reach down from on high; set me free and rescue me from the deep waters, from the grasp of foreigners,
- 8 whose mouths speak falsehood, whose right hands are deceitful.
- 9 I will sing to You a new song, O God; on a harp of ten strings I will make music to You—
- 10 to Him who gives victory to kings, who frees His servant David from the deadly sword.
- 11 Set me free and rescue me from the grasp of foreigners, whose mouths speak falsehood, whose right hands are deceitful.
- 12 Then our sons will be like plants nurtured in their youth, our daughters like corner pillars carved to adorn a palace.
- 13 Our storehouses will be full, supplying all manner of produce; our flocks will bring forth thousands, tens of thousands in our fields.
- 14 Our oxen will bear great loads. There will be no breach in the walls, no going into captivity, and no cry of lament in our streets.
- 15 Blessed are the people of whom this is so; blessed are the people whose God is the LORD.
Psalms 145
- 1 A Psalm of praise. Of David. I will exalt You, my God and King; I will bless Your name forever and ever.
- 2 Every day I will bless You, and I will praise Your name forever and ever.
- 3 Great is the LORD and greatly to be praised; His greatness is unsearchable.
- 4 One generation will commend Your works to the next, and will proclaim Your mighty acts—
- 5 the glorious splendor of Your majesty. And I will meditate on Your wondrous works.
- 6 They will proclaim the power of Your awesome deeds, and I will declare Your greatness.
- 7 They will extol the fame of Your abundant goodness and sing joyfully of Your righteousness.
- 8 The LORD is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in loving devotion.
- 9 The LORD is good to all; His compassion rests on all He has made.
- 10 All You have made will give You thanks, O LORD, and Your saints will bless You.
- 11 They will tell of the glory of Your kingdom and speak of Your might,
- 12 to make known to men Your mighty acts and the glorious splendor of Your kingdom.
- 13 Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and Your dominion endures through all generations. The LORD is faithful in all His words and kind in all His actions.
- 14 The LORD upholds all who fall and lifts up all who are bowed down.
- 15 The eyes of all look to You, and You give them their food in season.
- 16 You open Your hand and satisfy the desire of every living thing.
- 17 The LORD is righteous in all His ways and kind in all His deeds.
- 18 The LORD is near to all who call on Him, to all who call out to Him in truth.
- 19 He fulfills the desires of those who fear Him; He hears their cry and saves them.
- 20 The LORD preserves all who love Him, but all the wicked He will destroy.
- 21 My mouth will declare the praise of the LORD; let every creature bless His holy name forever and ever.