Psalm 16
1. PRESERVE
me, O God, for in thee do I put my trust.
2. O my soul, thou hast said unto the Lord, Thou art my Lord: my
goodness extendeth not to thee;
3. But to the saints that are in the earth, and to the excellent, in
whom is all my delight.
4. Their sorrows shall be multiplied that hasten after another god:
their drink offerings of blood will I not offer, nor take up their names
into my lips.
5. The LORD is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou
maintainest my lot.
6. The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly
heritage.
7. I will bless the LORD, who hath given me counsel: my reins also
instruct me in the night seasons.
8. I have set the LORD always before me: because he is at my right hand,
I shall not be moved.
9. Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also
shall rest in hope.
10. For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer
thine Holy One to see corruption.
11. Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of
joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.
Psalm 17
1. HEAR
the right, O LORD, attend unto my cry, give ear unto my prayer, that
goeth not out of feigned lips.
2. Let my sentence come forth from thy presence; let thine eyes behold
the things that are equal.
3. Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited me in the night; thou
has tried me, and shalt find nothing; I am purposed that my mouth shall
not transgress.
4. Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept me
from the paths of the destroyer.
5. Hold up my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps slip not.
6. I have called upon thee, for thou wilt hear me, O God: incline thine
ear unto me, and hear my speech.
7. Shew thy marvellous lovingkindness, O thou that savest by thy right
hand them which put their trust in thee from those that rise up against
them.
8. Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy
wings.
9. From the wicked that oppress me, from my deadly enemies, who compass
me about.
10. They are enclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak
proudly.
11. They have now compassed us in our steps: they have set their eyes
bowing down to the earth;
12. Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young
lion lurking in secret places.
13. Arise, O LORD, disappoint him, cast him down: deliver my soul from
the wicked, which is thy sword:
14. From men which are thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world, which
have their portion in this life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy
hid treasure: they are full of children, and leave the rest of their
substance to their substance to their babes.
15. As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be
satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.
July 16
Daily reading schedule.. go to Acts 20
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