the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
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June 7 - Straight Thru the Bible
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Psalms 17:6-18:36
Chapter 17
6 I call on You, God,
because You will answer me;(h)
listen closely to me; hear what I say.
7 Display the wonders of Your faithful love,(i)
Savior of all who seek refuge(j)
from those who rebel against Your right hand.[c]
8 Protect me as the pupil of Your eye;(k)
hide me in the shadow of Your wings(l)
9 from[d] the wicked who treat me violently,[e]
my deadly enemies who surround me.(m)
10 They have become hardened;[f](n)
their mouths speak arrogantly.(o)
11 They advance against me;[g] now they surround me.(p)
They are determined[h]
to throw me to the ground.(q)
12 They are[i] like a lion eager to tear,
like a young lion lurking in ambush.(r)
13 Rise up,
Lord
!
Confront him; bring him down.(s)
With Your sword, save me from the wicked.(t)
14 With Your hand,
Lord
, save me from men,
from men of the world
whose portion is in this life:
You fill their bellies with what You have in store;
their sons are satisfied,
and they leave their surplus to their children.(u)
15 But I will see Your face in righteousness;(v)
when I awake, I will be satisfied with Your presence.[j](w)
Chapter 18
Psalm 18
Praise for Deliverance
For the choir director. Of the servant of the Lord , David, who spoke the words of this song to the Lord on the day the Lord rescued him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul.(a) He said:
1 I love You,
Lord
, my strength.
2 The
Lord
is my rock,
my fortress, and my deliverer,(b)
my God, my mountain where I seek refuge,
my shield(c) and the horn of my salvation,(d)
my stronghold.
3 I called to the
Lord
, who is worthy of praise,(e)
and I was saved from my enemies.(f)
4 The ropes of death were wrapped around me;
the torrents of destruction terrified me.(g)
5 The ropes of Sheol entangled me;
the snares of death confronted me.(h)
6 I called to the
Lord
in my distress,
and I cried to my God for help.
From His temple He heard my voice,(i)
and my cry to Him reached His ears.(j)
7 Then the earth shook and quaked;
the foundations of the mountains trembled;(k)
they shook because He burned with anger.
8 Smoke rose from His nostrils,
and consuming fire came from His mouth;
coals were set ablaze by it.[a](l)
9 He parted the heavens and came down,(m)
a dark cloud beneath His feet.
10 He rode on a cherub and flew,
soaring on the wings of the wind.(n)
11 He made darkness His hiding place,
dark storm clouds His canopy around Him.(o)
12 From the radiance of His presence,(p)
His clouds swept onward with hail and blazing coals.
13 The
Lord
thundered from[b] heaven;
the Most High projected His voice.[c](q)
14 He shot His arrows and scattered them;
He hurled[d] lightning bolts and routed them.(r)
15 The depths of the sea became visible,
the foundations of the world were exposed,
at Your rebuke,
Lord
,
at the blast of the breath of Your nostrils.(s)
16 He reached down from heaven
and took hold of me;
He pulled me out of deep waters.(t)
17 He rescued me from my powerful enemy
and from those who hated me,
for they were too strong for me.(u)
18 They confronted me in the day of my distress,
but the
Lord
was my support.(v)
19 He brought me out to a spacious place;(w)
He rescued me because He delighted in me.(x)
20 The
Lord
rewarded me
according to my righteousness;(y)
He repaid me
according to the cleanness of my hands.(z)
21 For I have kept the ways of the
Lord
and have not turned from my God to wickedness.(aa)
22 Indeed, I have kept all His ordinances in mind[e]
and have not disregarded His statutes.(ab)
23 I was blameless toward Him(ac)
and kept myself from sinning.
24 So the
Lord
repaid me
according to my righteousness,(ad)
according to the cleanness of my hands in His sight.(ae)
25 With the faithful
You prove Yourself faithful;
with the blameless man
You prove Yourself blameless;
26 with the pure
You prove Yourself pure,
but with the crooked
You prove Yourself shrewd.(af)
27 For You rescue an afflicted people,(ag)
but You humble those with haughty eyes.(ah)
28
Lord
, You light my lamp;
my God illuminates my darkness.(ai)
29 With You I can attack a barrier,[f]
and with my God I can leap over a wall.(aj)
30 God—His way is perfect;(ak)
the word of the
Lord
is pure.(al)
He is a shield to all who take refuge in Him.(am)
31 For who is God besides Yahweh?(an)
And who is a rock? Only our God.(ao)
32 God—He clothes me with strength(ap)
and makes my way perfect.
33 He makes my feet like the feet of a deer(aq)
and sets me securely on the heights.[g](ar)
34 He trains my hands for war;(as)
my arms can bend a bow of bronze.(at)
35 You have given me the shield of Your salvation;
Your right hand upholds me,(au)
and Your humility exalts me.
36 You widen a place beneath me for my steps,(av)
and my ankles do not give way.(aw)
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