Psalm 68
1. LET God
arise, let his enemies be scattered: let them also that hate him flee
before him.
2. As smoke is driven away, so drive them away: as wax melteth before
the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God.
3. But let the righteous be glad; let them rejoice before God: yea, let
them exceedingly rejoice.
4. Sing unto God, sing praises to his name: extol him that rideth upon
the heavens by his name JAH, and rejoice before him.
5. A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his
holy habitation.
6. God setteth the solitary in families: he bringeth out those which are
bound with chains: but the rebellious dwell in a dry land.
7. O God, when thou wentest forth before thy people, when thou didst
march through the wilderness; Selah:
8. The earth shook, the heavens also dropped at the presence of God:
even Sinai itself was moved at the presence of God, the God of Israel.
9. Thou, O God, didst send a plentiful rain, whereby thou didst confirm
thine inheritance, when it was weary.
10. Thy congregation hath dwelt therein: thou, O God, hast prepared of
thy goodness for the poor.
11. The Lord gave the word: great was the company of those that
published it.
12. Kings of armies did flee apace: and she that tarried at home divided
the spoil.
13. Though ye have lien among the pots, yet shall ye be as the wings of
a dove covered with silver, and her feathers with yellow gold.
14. When the Almighty scattered kings in it, it was white as snow in
Salmon.
15. The hill of God is as the hill of Bashan; an high hill as the hill
of Bashan.
16. Why leap ye, ye high hills? this is the hill which God desireth to
dwell in; yea, the LORD will dwell in it for ever.
17. The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thousands of angels:
the Lord is among them, as in Sinai, in the holy place.
18. Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity captive: thou
hast received gifts for men; yea, for the rebellious also, that the LORD
God might dwell among them.
19. Blessed be the Lord, who daily loadeth us with benefits, even the
God of our salvation. Selah.
20. He that is our God is the God of salvation; and unto GOD the Lord
belong the issues from death.
21. But God shall wound the head of his enemies, and the hairy scalp of
such an one as goeth on still in his trespasses.
22. The Lord said, I will bring again from Bashan, I will bring my
people again from the depths of the sea:
23. That thy foot may be dipped in the blood of thine enemies, and the
tongue of thy dogs in the same.
24. They have seen thy goings, O God; even the goings of my God, my
King, in the sanctuary.
25. The singers went before, the players on instruments followed after;
among them were the damsels playing with timbrels.
26. Bless ye God in the congregations, even the Lord, from the fountain
of Israel.
27. There is little Benjamin with their ruler, the princes of Judah and
their council, the princes of Zebulun, and the princes of Naphtali.
28. Thy God hath commanded thy strength: strengthen, O God, that which
thou hast wrought for us.
29. Because of thy temple at Jerusalem shall kings bring presents unto
thee.
30. Rebuke the company of spearmen, the multitude of the bulls, with the
calves of the people, till every one submit himself with pieces of
silver: scatter thou the people that delight in war.
31. Princes shall come out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall soon stretch out her
hands unto God.
32. Sing unto God, ye kingdoms of the earth; O sing praises unto the
Lord; Selah:
33. To him that rideth upon the heavens of heavens, which were of old;
lo, he doth send out his voice, and that a mighty voice.
34. Ascribe ye strength unto God: his excellency is over Israel, and his
strength is in the clouds.
35. O God, thou art terrible out of thy holy places: the God of Israel
is he that giveth strength and power unto his people. Blessed be
God.
Psalm 69
1. SAVE me, O
God; for the waters are come in unto my soul.
2. I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep
waters, where the floods overflow me.
3. I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I
wait for my God.
4. They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of mine
head: they that would destroy me, being mine enemies wrongfully, are
mighty: then I restored that which I took not away.
5. O God, thou knowest my foolishness; and my sins are not hid from
thee.
6. Let not them that wait on thee O Lord GOD of hosts, be ashamed for my
sake: let not those that seek thee be confounded for my sake, O God of
Israel.
7. Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; shame hath covered my
face.
8. I am become a stranger unto my brethren, and an alien unto my
mother's children.
9. For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of
them that reproached thee are fallen upon me.
10. When I wept and chastened my soul with fasting, that was to my
reproach.
11. I made sackcloth also my garment; and I became a proverb to them.
12. They that sit in the gate speak against me; and I was the song of
the drunkards.
13. But as for me, my prayer is unto thee, O LORD, in an acceptable
time: O God, in the multitude of thy mercy hear me, in the truth of thy
salvation.
14. Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink: let me be delivered
from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters.
15. Let not the waterflood overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me
up, and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.
16. Hear me, O LORD; for thy lovingkindness is good: turn unto me
according to the multitude of thy tender mercies.
17. And hide not thy face from thy servant; for I am in trouble: hear me
speedily.
18. Draw nigh unto my soul, and redeem it: deliver me because of mine
enemies.
19. Thou hast known my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonour: mine
adversaries are all before thee,
20. Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: and I
looked for some to take pity, but there was none; and for comforters,
but I found none.
21. They gave me also gall for my meat; and in my thirst they gave me
vinegar to drink.
22. Let their table become a snare before them: and that which should
have been for their welfare, let it become a trap.
23. Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make their loins
continually to shake.
24. Pour out thine indignation upon them, and let thy wrathful anger
take hold of them.
25. Let their habitation be desolate; and let none dwell in their tents.
26. For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten; and they talk to the
grief of those whom thou hast wounded.
27. Add iniquity unto their iniquity: and let them not come into thy
righteousness.
28. Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, and not be
written with the righteous.
29. But I am poor and sorrowful: let thy salvation, O God, set me up on
high.
30. I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him with
thanksgiving.
31. This also shall please the LORD better than an ox or bullock that
hath horns and hoofs.
32. The humble shall see this, and be glad: and your heart shall live
that seek God.
33. For the LORD heareth the poor, and despiseth not his prisoners.
34. Let the heaven and earth praise him, the seas, and every thing that
moveth therein.
35. For God will save Zion, and will build the cities of Judah: that
they may dwell there, and have it in possession.
36. The seed also of his servants shall inherit it: and they that love
his name shall dwell therein.
Aug. 5
Daily reading schedule.. No NT reading today.
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