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Daily Bible Reading
July 18 - Straight Thru the Bible
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Psalms 119:161-124:8
Chapter 119
161 (C1)Rulers persecute me without cause,
But my heart (C2)stands in awe of Your words.
162 I (C1)rejoice at Your (F1)word,
Like one who (C2)finds great plunder.
163 I (C1)hate and loathe falsehood,
But I (C2)love Your Law.
164 Seven times a day I praise You
Because of Your (C1)righteous judgments.
165 Those who love Your Law have (C1)great peace,
And (F1)(C2)nothing causes them to stumble.
166 I (C1)hope for Your salvation, LORD,
And do Your commandments.
167 My (C1)soul keeps Your testimonies,
And I (C2)love them exceedingly.
168 I (C1)keep Your precepts and Your testimonies,
For all my (C2)ways are before You.
169 Let my (C1)cry (F1)come before You, LORD;
(C2)Give me understanding (C3)according to Your word.
170 Let my (C1)pleading come before You;
(C2)Save me according to Your (F1)word.
171 Let my (C1)lips pour out praise,
For You (C2)teach me Your statutes.
172 Let my (C1)tongue sing about Your (F1)word,
For all Your (C2)commandments are righteousness.
173 Let Your (C1)hand be (F1)ready to help me,
For I have (C2)chosen Your precepts.
174 I (C1)long for Your salvation, LORD,
And Your Law is my (C2)delight.
175 Let my (C1)soul live that it may praise You,
And let Your ordinances help me.
176 I have (C1)wandered about like a lost sheep; search for Your servant,
For I do (C2)not forget Your commandments.
Chapter 120
Prayer for Rescue from the Treacherous.
1 (C1)I cried to the LORD in my trouble,
And He answered me.
2 Rescue my soul, LORD, from (C1)lying lips,
From a (C2)deceitful tongue.
3 What will He give to you, and what more will He do to you,
You (C1)deceitful tongue?
4 (C1)Sharp arrows of the warrior,
With the burning (C2)coals of the broom tree!
5 Woe to me, for I reside in (C1)Meshech,
For I have settled among the (C2)tents of (C3)Kedar!
6 Too long has my soul had its dwelling
With those who (C1)hate peace.
7 I (C1)am for peace, but when I speak,
They are (C2)for war.
Chapter 121
The LORD, the Keeper of Israel.
1 I will (C1)raise my eyes to (C2)the mountains;
From where will my help come?
2 My (C1)help comes from the LORD,
Who (C2)made heaven and earth.
3 He will not (C1)allow your foot to slip;
He who (C2)watches over you will not slumber.
4 Behold, He who watches over Israel
Will neither slumber nor sleep.
5 The LORD is your (F1)(C1)protector;
The LORD is your (C2)shade on your right hand.
6 The (C1)sun will not (F1)beat down on you by day,
Nor the moon by night.
7 The LORD will (F1)(C1)protect you from all evil;
He will keep your soul.
8 The LORD will (F1)(C1)guard your going out and your coming in
(C2)From this time and forever.
Chapter 122
Prayer for the Peace of Jerusalem.
1 I was glad when they said to me,
"Let's (C1)go to the house of the LORD."
2 Our feet are standing
Within your (C1)gates, Jerusalem,
3 Jerusalem, that has been (C1)built
As a city that is (C2)firmly joined together;
4 To which the tribes (C1)go up, the tribes of (F1)the LORD—
(F2)An ordinance for Israel—
To give thanks to the name of the LORD.
5 For (C1)thrones were set there for judgment,
The thrones of the house of David.
6 Pray for the (C1)peace of Jerusalem:
"May they prosper who (C2)love you.
7 "May peace be within your (C1)walls,
And prosperity within your (C2)palaces."
8 For the sake of my (C1)brothers and my friends,
I will now say, "(C2)May peace be within you."
9 For the sake of the house of the LORD our God,
I will (C1)seek your good.
Chapter 123
Prayer for the LORD'S Help.
1 To You I have (C1)raised my eyes,
You who (C2)are enthroned in the heavens!
2 Behold, as the eyes of (C1)servants look to the hand of their master,
As the eyes of a female servant to the hand of her mistress,
So our (C2)eyes look to the LORD our God,
Until He is gracious to us.
3 (C1)Be gracious to us, LORD, be gracious to us,
For we have had much more than enough of (C2)contempt.
4 Our soul has had much more than enough
Of the (C1)scoffing of (C2)those who are at ease,
And of the (C3)contempt of the proud.
Chapter 124
Praise for Rescue from Enemies.
1 "(C1)Had it not been the LORD who was on our side,"
(C2)Let Israel say,
2 "Had it not been the LORD who was on our side
When people rose up against us,
3 Then they would have (C1)swallowed us alive,
When their (C2)anger was kindled against us;
4 Then the (C1)waters would have flooded over us,
The stream would have (F1)swept over our souls;
5 Then the (C1)raging waters would have (F1)swept over our souls."
6 Blessed be the LORD,
Who has not given us (F1)to be (C1)torn by their teeth.
7 Our souls have (C1)escaped (C2)like a bird from the trapper's (C3)snare;
The snare is broken and we have escaped.
8 Our (C1)help is in the name of the LORD,
Who (C2)made heaven and earth.
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