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Bible Reading Plan
Daily Bible Reading
January 13 - NT, Psalms & Proverbs
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Psalms 6-7
Chapter 6
Prayer for Mercy in Time of Trouble.
1 LORD, (C1)do not rebuke me in Your anger,
Nor discipline me in Your wrath.
2 Be gracious to me, LORD, for I am (C1)frail;
(C2)Heal me, LORD, for (C3)my bones are horrified.
3 And my (C1)soul is greatly horrified;
But You, LORD—(C2)how long?
4 Return, LORD, (C1)rescue my (F1)soul;
Save me because of Your mercy.
5 For (C1)there is no (F1)mention of You in death;
In (F2)Sheol, who will praise You?
6 I am (C1)weary with my sighing;
Every night I make my bed swim,
I flood my couch with (C2)my tears.
7 My (C1)eye has wasted away with grief;
It has grown old because of all my enemies.
8 (C1)Leave me, all you who practice injustice,
For the LORD (C2)has heard the sound of my weeping.
9 The LORD (C1)has heard my pleading,
The LORD (C2)receives my prayer.
10 All my enemies will (C1)be put to shame and greatly horrified;
They shall (F1)turn back, they will (C2)suddenly be put to shame.
Chapter 7
The LORD Implored to Defend the Psalmist against the Wicked.
1 O LORD my God, (C1)in You I have taken refuge;
Save me from all those who pursue me, and (C2)rescue me,
2 Or he will tear (F1)my soul (C1)like a lion,
Dragging me away, while there is no one to rescue me.
3 O LORD my God, if I have done this,
If there is (C1)injustice in my hands,
4 If I have (C1)done evil to (F1)my friend,
Or have (C2)plundered (F2)my enemy for no reason,
5 Let the enemy pursue (F1)my soul and overtake (F2)it;
And let him trample my life to the ground
And lay my glory in the dust. Selah
6 (C1)Arise, LORD, in Your anger;
(C2)Raise Yourself against (C3)the rage of my enemies,
And (C4)stir Yourself (F1)for me; You have ordered judgment.
7 Let the assembly of the (C1)peoples encompass You,
And return on high over it.
8 The LORD (C1)judges the peoples;
(F1)(C2)Vindicate me, LORD, according to my righteousness and my integrity that is in me.
9 Please let (C1)the evil of the wicked come to an end, but (C2)establish the righteous;
For the righteous God (C3)puts hearts and (F1)minds to the test.
10 My (C1)shield is (F1)with God,
Who (C2)saves the upright in heart.
11 God is a (C1)righteous judge,
And a God who (C2)shows indignation every day.
12 If one (C1)does not repent, He will (C2)sharpen His sword;
He has (C3)bent His bow and taken aim.
13 He has also prepared deadly weapons for Himself;
He makes His (C1)arrows fiery shafts.
14 Behold, an evil person is pregnant with injustice,
And he (C1)conceives harm and gives birth to lies.
15 He has dug a pit and hollowed it out,
And has (C1)fallen into the hole which he made.
16 His (C1)harm will return on his own head,
And his (C2)violence will descend on the top of his own head.
17 I will give thanks to the LORD (C1)according to His righteousness
And will (C2)sing praise to the name of the LORD Most High.
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