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Daily Bible Reading
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Psalms 1-2
Chapter 1
Psalm 1
The Two Ways
1 How happy is the man
who does not follow[a] the advice of the wicked
or take[b] the path of sinners
or join a group[c] of mockers!(a)
2 Instead, his delight is in the
Lord
's instruction,
and he meditates on it day and night.(b)
3 He is like a tree planted beside streams of water[d]
that bears its fruit in season[e](c)
and whose leaf does not wither.(d)
Whatever he does prospers.(e)
4 The wicked are not like this;
instead, they are like chaff that the wind blows away.(f)
5 Therefore the wicked will not survive[f] the judgment,(g)
and sinners will not be in the community of the righteous.
6 For the
Lord
watches over the way of the righteous,(h)
but the way of the wicked leads to ruin.(i)
Chapter 2
Psalm 2
Coronation of the Son
1 Why(a) do the nations rebel[a](b)
and the peoples plot in vain?(c)
2 The kings of the earth take their stand,(d)
and the rulers conspire together
against the
Lord
and His Anointed One:[b](e)
3 "Let us tear off their chains
and free ourselves from their restraints."[c](f)
4 The One enthroned[d] in heaven laughs;
the Lord ridicules them.(g)
5 Then He speaks to them in His anger
and terrifies them in His wrath:(h)
6 "I have consecrated My King[e]
on Zion, My holy mountain."(i)
7 I will declare the
Lord
's decree:
He said to Me, "You are My Son;[f]
today I have become Your[g] Father.(j)
8 Ask of Me,
and I will make the nations Your[h] inheritance
and the ends of the earth Your[i] possession.(k)
9 You will break[j] them with a rod of iron;
You[k] will shatter them like pottery."[l](l)
10 So now, kings, be wise;
receive instruction, you judges of the earth.
11 Serve the
Lord
with reverential awe
and rejoice with trembling.(m)
12 Pay homage to[m] the Son or He[n] will be angry
and you will perish in your rebellion,[o](n)
for His[p] anger may ignite at any moment.(o)
All those who take refuge in Him[q] are happy.(p)
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