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Psalms Chapter 140

¹Deliver me, LORD, from evil men. Preserve me from violent men: ²those who devise mischief in their hearts. They continually gather themselves together for war. ³They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent. Viper’s poison is under their lips. ⁴LORD, keep me from the hands of the wicked. Preserve me from the violent men who have determined to trip my feet. ⁵The proud have hidden a snare for me, they have spread the cords of a net by the path. They have set traps for me. ⁶I said to the LORD, “You are my God.” Listen to the cry of my petitions, LORD. ⁷LORD, the Lord, the strength of my salvation, you have covered my head in the day of battle. ⁸LORD, don’t grant the desires of the wicked. Don’t let their evil plans succeed, or they will become proud. ⁹As for the head of those who surround me, let the mischief of their own lips cover them. ¹⁰Let burning coals fall on them. Let them be thrown into the fire, into miry pits, from where they never rise. ¹¹An evil speaker won’t be established on the earth. Evil will hunt the violent man to overthrow him. ¹²I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and justice for the needy. ¹³Surely the righteous will give thanks to your name. The upright will dwell in your presence.

1: Deliver me, LORD, from evil men. Preserve me from violent men:

2: those who devise mischief in their hearts. They continually gather themselves together for war.

3: They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent. Viper’s poison is under their lips.

4: LORD, keep me from the hands of the wicked. Preserve me from the violent men who have determined to trip my feet.

5: The proud have hidden a snare for me, they have spread the cords of a net by the path. They have set traps for me.

6: I said to the LORD, “You are my God.” Listen to the cry of my petitions, LORD.

7: LORD, the Lord, the strength of my salvation, you have covered my head in the day of battle.

8: LORD, don’t grant the desires of the wicked. Don’t let their evil plans succeed, or they will become proud.

9: As for the head of those who surround me, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.

10: Let burning coals fall on them. Let them be thrown into the fire, into miry pits, from where they never rise.

11: An evil speaker won’t be established on the earth. Evil will hunt the violent man to overthrow him.

12: I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and justice for the needy.

13: Surely the righteous will give thanks to your name. The upright will dwell in your presence.

Psalms Chapter 141

¹LORD, I have called on you. Come to me quickly! Listen to my voice when I call to you. ²Let my prayer be set before you like incense; the lifting up of my hands like the evening sacrifice. ³Set a watch, LORD, before my mouth. Keep the door of my lips. ⁴Don’t incline my heart to any evil thing, to practice deeds of wickedness with men who work iniquity. Don’t let me eat of their delicacies. ⁵Let the righteous strike me, it is kindness; let him reprove me, it is like oil on the head; don’t let my head refuse it; Yet my prayer is always against evil deeds. ⁶Their judges are thrown down by the sides of the rock. They will hear my words, for they are well spoken. ⁷“As when one plows and breaks up the earth, our bones are scattered at the mouth of Sheol.” ⁸For my eyes are on you, LORD, the Lord. I take refuge in you. Don’t leave my soul destitute. ⁹Keep me from the snare which they have laid for me, from the traps of the workers of iniquity. ¹⁰Let the wicked fall together into their own nets while I pass by.

1: LORD, I have called on you. Come to me quickly! Listen to my voice when I call to you.

2: Let my prayer be set before you like incense; the lifting up of my hands like the evening sacrifice.

3: Set a watch, LORD, before my mouth. Keep the door of my lips.

4: Don’t incline my heart to any evil thing, to practice deeds of wickedness with men who work iniquity. Don’t let me eat of their delicacies.

5: Let the righteous strike me, it is kindness; let him reprove me, it is like oil on the head; don’t let my head refuse it; Yet my prayer is always against evil deeds.

6: Their judges are thrown down by the sides of the rock. They will hear my words, for they are well spoken.

7: “As when one plows and breaks up the earth, our bones are scattered at the mouth of Sheol.”

8: For my eyes are on you, LORD, the Lord. I take refuge in you. Don’t leave my soul destitute.

9: Keep me from the snare which they have laid for me, from the traps of the workers of iniquity.

10: Let the wicked fall together into their own nets while I pass by.

Psalms Chapter 142

¹I cry with my voice to the LORD. With my voice, I ask the LORD for mercy. ²I pour out my complaint before him. I tell him my troubles. ³When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, you knew my route. On the path in which I walk, they have hidden a snare for me. ⁴Look on my right, and see; for there is no one who is concerned for me. Refuge has fled from me. No one cares for my soul. ⁵I cried to you, LORD. I said, “You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living.” ⁶Listen to my cry, for I am in desperate need. Deliver me from my persecutors, for they are too strong for me. ⁷Bring my soul out of prison, that I may give thanks to your name. The righteous will surround me, for you will be good to me.

Psalms Chapter 143

¹Hear my prayer, LORD. Listen to my petitions. In your faithfulness and righteousness, relieve me. ²Don’t enter into judgment with your servant, for in your sight no man living is righteous. ³For the enemy pursues my soul. He has struck my life down to the ground. He has made me live in dark places, as those who have been long dead. ⁴Therefore my spirit is overwhelmed within me. My heart within me is desolate. ⁵I remember the days of old. I meditate on all your doings. I contemplate the work of your hands. ⁶I spread out my hands to you. My soul thirsts for you, like a parched land. ⁷Hurry to answer me, LORD. My spirit fails. Don’t hide your face from me, so that I don’t become like those who go down into the pit. ⁸Cause me to hear your loving kindness in the morning, for I trust in you. Cause me to know the way in which I should walk, for I lift up my soul to you. ⁹Deliver me, LORD, from my enemies. I flee to you to hide me. ¹⁰Teach me to do your will, for you are my God. Your Spirit is good. Lead me in the land of uprightness. ¹¹Revive me, LORD, for your name’s sake. In your righteousness, bring my soul out of trouble. ¹²In your loving kindness, cut off my enemies, and destroy all those who afflict my soul, for I am your servant.

1: Hear my prayer, LORD. Listen to my petitions. In your faithfulness and righteousness, relieve me.

2: Don’t enter into judgment with your servant, for in your sight no man living is righteous.

3: For the enemy pursues my soul. He has struck my life down to the ground. He has made me live in dark places, as those who have been long dead.

4: Therefore my spirit is overwhelmed within me. My heart within me is desolate.

5: I remember the days of old. I meditate on all your doings. I contemplate the work of your hands.

6: I spread out my hands to you. My soul thirsts for you, like a parched land.

7: Hurry to answer me, LORD. My spirit fails. Don’t hide your face from me, so that I don’t become like those who go down into the pit.

8: Cause me to hear your loving kindness in the morning, for I trust in you. Cause me to know the way in which I should walk, for I lift up my soul to you.

9: Deliver me, LORD, from my enemies. I flee to you to hide me.

10: Teach me to do your will, for you are my God. Your Spirit is good. Lead me in the land of uprightness.

11: Revive me, LORD, for your name’s sake. In your righteousness, bring my soul out of trouble.

12: In your loving kindness, cut off my enemies, and destroy all those who afflict my soul, for I am your servant.

Psalms Chapter 144

¹Blessed be the LORD, my rock, who trains my hands to war, and my fingers to battle— ²my loving kindness, my fortress, my high tower, my deliverer, my shield, and he in whom I take refuge, who subdues my people under me. ³LORD, what is man, that you care for him? Or the son of man, that you think of him? ⁴Man is like a breath. His days are like a shadow that passes away. ⁵Part your heavens, LORD, and come down. Touch the mountains, and they will smoke. ⁶Throw out lightning, and scatter them. Send out your arrows, and rout them. ⁷Stretch out your hand from above, rescue me, and deliver me out of great waters, out of the hands of foreigners, ⁸whose mouths speak deceit, whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood. ⁹I will sing a new song to you, God. On a ten-stringed lyre, I will sing praises to you. ¹⁰You are he who gives salvation to kings, who rescues David, his servant, from the deadly sword. ¹¹Rescue me, and deliver me out of the hands of foreigners, whose mouths speak deceit, whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood. ¹²Then our sons will be like well-nurtured plants, our daughters like pillars carved to adorn a palace. ¹³Our barns are full, filled with all kinds of provision. Our sheep produce thousands and ten thousands in our fields. ¹⁴Our oxen will pull heavy loads. There is no breaking in, and no going away, and no outcry in our streets. ¹⁵Happy are the people who are in such a situation. Happy are the people whose God is the LORD.

1: Blessed be the LORD, my rock, who trains my hands to war, and my fingers to battle—

2: my loving kindness, my fortress, my high tower, my deliverer, my shield, and he in whom I take refuge, who subdues my people under me.

3: LORD, what is man, that you care for him? Or the son of man, that you think of him?

4: Man is like a breath. His days are like a shadow that passes away.

5: Part your heavens, LORD, and come down. Touch the mountains, and they will smoke.

6: Throw out lightning, and scatter them. Send out your arrows, and rout them.

7: Stretch out your hand from above, rescue me, and deliver me out of great waters, out of the hands of foreigners,

8: whose mouths speak deceit, whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.

9: I will sing a new song to you, God. On a ten-stringed lyre, I will sing praises to you.

10: You are he who gives salvation to kings, who rescues David, his servant, from the deadly sword.

11: Rescue me, and deliver me out of the hands of foreigners, whose mouths speak deceit, whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.

12: Then our sons will be like well-nurtured plants, our daughters like pillars carved to adorn a palace.

13: Our barns are full, filled with all kinds of provision. Our sheep produce thousands and ten thousands in our fields.

14: Our oxen will pull heavy loads. There is no breaking in, and no going away, and no outcry in our streets.

15: Happy are the people who are in such a situation. Happy are the people whose God is the LORD.

Psalms Chapter 145

¹I will exalt you, my God, the King. I will praise your name forever and ever. ²Every day I will praise you. I will extol your name forever and ever. ³Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised! His greatness is unsearchable. ⁴One generation will commend your works to another, and will declare your mighty acts. ⁵I will meditate on the glorious majesty of your honor, on your wondrous works. ⁶Men will speak of the might of your awesome acts. I will declare your greatness. ⁷They will utter the memory of your great goodness, and will sing of your righteousness. ⁸The LORD is gracious, merciful, slow to anger, and of great loving kindness. ⁹The LORD is good to all. His tender mercies are over all his works. ¹⁰All your works will give thanks to you, LORD. Your saints will extol you. ¹¹They will speak of the glory of your kingdom, and talk about your power, ¹²to make known to the sons of men his mighty acts, the glory of the majesty of his kingdom. ¹³Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom. Your dominion endures throughout all generations. The LORD is faithful in all his words, and loving in all his deeds. ¹⁴The LORD upholds all who fall, and raises up all those who are bowed down. ¹⁵The eyes of all wait for you. You give them their food in due season. ¹⁶You open your hand, and satisfy the desire of every living thing. ¹⁷The LORD is righteous in all his ways, and gracious in all his works. ¹⁸The LORD is near to all those who call on him, to all who call on him in truth. ¹⁹He will fulfill the desire of those who fear him. He also will hear their cry, and will save them. ²⁰The LORD preserves all those who love him, but he will destroy all the wicked. ²¹My mouth will speak the praise of the LORD. Let all flesh bless his holy name forever and ever.

1: I will exalt you, my God, the King. I will praise your name forever and ever.

2: Every day I will praise you. I will extol 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 another, and will declare your mighty acts.

5: I will meditate on the glorious majesty of your honor, on your wondrous works.

6: Men will speak of the might of your awesome acts. I will declare your greatness.

7: They will utter the memory of your great goodness, and will sing of your righteousness.

8: The LORD is gracious, merciful, slow to anger, and of great loving kindness.

9: The LORD is good to all. His tender mercies are over all his works.

10: All your works will give thanks to you, LORD. Your saints will extol you.

11: They will speak of the glory of your kingdom, and talk about your power,

12: to make known to the sons of men his mighty acts, the glory of the majesty of his kingdom.

13: Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom. Your dominion endures throughout all generations. The LORD is faithful in all his words, and loving in all his deeds.

14: The LORD upholds all who fall, and raises up all those who are bowed down.

15: The eyes of all wait for you. You give them their food in due season.

16: You open your hand, and satisfy the desire of every living thing.

17: The LORD is righteous in all his ways, and gracious in all his works.

18: The LORD is near to all those who call on him, to all who call on him in truth.

19: He will fulfill the desire of those who fear him. He also will hear their cry, and will save them.

20: The LORD preserves all those who love him, but he will destroy all the wicked.

21: My mouth will speak the praise of the LORD. Let all flesh bless his holy name forever and ever.

Psalms Chapter 146

¹Praise the LORD! Praise the LORD, my soul. ²While I live, I will praise the LORD. I will sing praises to my God as long as I exist. ³Don’t put your trust in princes, in a son of man in whom there is no help. ⁴His spirit departs, and he returns to the earth. In that very day, his thoughts perish. ⁵Happy is he who has the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the LORD, his God, ⁶who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them; who keeps truth forever; ⁷who executes justice for the oppressed; who gives food to the hungry. The LORD frees the prisoners. ⁸The LORD opens the eyes of the blind. The LORD raises up those who are bowed down. The LORD loves the righteous. ⁹The LORD preserves the foreigners. He upholds the fatherless and widow, but he turns the way of the wicked upside down. ¹⁰The LORD will reign forever; your God, O Zion, to all generations. Praise the LORD!

1: Praise the LORD! Praise the LORD, my soul.

2: While I live, I will praise the LORD. I will sing praises to my God as long as I exist.

3: Don’t put your trust in princes, in a son of man in whom there is no help.

4: His spirit departs, and he returns to the earth. In that very day, his thoughts perish.

5: Happy is he who has the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the LORD, his God,

6: who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them; who keeps truth forever;

7: who executes justice for the oppressed; who gives food to the hungry. The LORD frees the prisoners.

8: The LORD opens the eyes of the blind. The LORD raises up those who are bowed down. The LORD loves the righteous.

9: The LORD preserves the foreigners. He upholds the fatherless and widow, but he turns the way of the wicked upside down.

10: The LORD will reign forever; your God, O Zion, to all generations. Praise the LORD!

Day 191: Psalms 140-146

Psalms 140-146