Psalm 137
1. BY the
rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered
Zion.
2. We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof.
3. For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song;
and they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the
songs of Zion.
4. How shall we sing the LORD'S song in a strange land?
5. If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning.
6. If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my
mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy.
7. Remember, O LORD, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who
said, Rase it, rase it, even to the foundation thereof.
8. O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be,
that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.
9. Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against
the stones.
Psalm 138
1. I will
praise thee with my whole heart: before the gods will I sing praise unto
thee.
2. I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise they name for thy
lovingkindness and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy word above
all thy name.
3. In the day when I cried thou answeredst me, and strengthenedst me
with strength in my soul.
4. All the kings of the earth shall praise thee, O LORD, when they hear
the words of thy mouth.
5. Yea, they shall sing in the ways of the LORD: for great is the glory
of the LORD.
6. Though the LORD be high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly: but the
proud he knoweth afar off.
7. Though I walk in the midst of trouble, thou wilt revive me: thou
shalt stretch forth thine hand against the wrath of mine enemies, and
thy right hand shall save me.
8. The LORD will perfect that which concerneth me: thy mercy, O LORD
endureth for ever: forsake not the works of thine own hands.
Psalm 139
1. O LORD,
thou hast searched me, and known me.
2. Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my
thought afar off.
3. Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with
all my ways.
4. For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O LORD, thou knowest
it altogether.
5. Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me.
6. Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain
unto it.
7. Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy
presence?
8. If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell,
behold, thou art there.
9. If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts
of the sea;
10. Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.
11. If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall
be light about me.
12. Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the
day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee.
13. For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my
mother's womb.
14. I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made:
marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.
15. My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and
curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.
16. Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy
book all my members were written, which in continuance were
fashioned, when as yet there was none of them.
17. How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the
sum of them!
18. If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when
I awake, I am still with thee.
19. Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: depart from me therefore,
ye bloody men.
20. For they speak against thee wickedly, and thine enemies take thy
name in vain.
21. Do not I hate them, O LORD that hate thee? and am not I grieved with
those that rise up against thee?
22. I hate them with perfect hatred: I count them mine enemies.
23. Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:
24. And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way
everlasting.
Sept.
2 Daily reading schedule.. go to First
Cor. 13
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