Bible Reading Plan

Chapter 136

Thanks for the LORD'S Goodness to Israel.

^1 (C1)Give thanks to the LORD, for ^(C2)He is good,
For ^(C3)His ^(F1)faithfulness is everlasting.

² Give thanks to the ^(C1)God of gods,
For His faithfulness is everlasting.

³ Give thanks to the ^(C1)Lord of lords,
For His faithfulness is everlasting.

⁴ To Him who ^(C1)alone does great ^(F1)wonders,
For His faithfulness is everlasting;

⁵ To Him who ^(C1)made the heavens ^(F1)(C2)with skill,
For His faithfulness is everlasting;

⁶ To Him who ^(C1)spread out the earth above the waters,
For His faithfulness is everlasting;

⁷ To Him who ^(C1)made the great lights,
For His faithfulness is everlasting:

⁸ The ^(C1)sun to rule ^(F1)by day,
For His faithfulness is everlasting,

⁹ The ^(C1)moon and stars to rule ^(F1)by night,
For His faithfulness is everlasting.

¹⁰ To Him who ^(C1)struck ^(F1)the Egyptians, that is, their firstborn,
For His faithfulness is everlasting,

¹¹ And ^(C1)brought Israel out from their midst,
For His faithfulness is everlasting,

¹² With a ^(C1)strong hand and an ^(C2)outstretched arm,
For His faithfulness is everlasting.

¹³ To Him who ^(C1)divided the ^(F1)Red Sea in parts,
For His faithfulness is everlasting,

¹⁴ And ^(C1)allowed Israel to pass through the midst of it,
For His faithfulness is everlasting;

¹⁵ But ^(C1)He ^(F1)overthrew Pharaoh and his army in the ^(F2)Red Sea,
For His faithfulness is everlasting.

¹⁶ To Him who ^(C1)led His people through the wilderness,
For His faithfulness is everlasting;

¹⁷ To Him who ^(C1)struck great kings,
For His faithfulness is everlasting,

¹⁸ And ^(C1)brought death to ^(F1)mighty kings,
For His faithfulness is everlasting:

^19 (C1)Sihon, king of the Amorites,
For His faithfulness is everlasting,

²⁰ And ^(C1)Og, king of Bashan,
For His faithfulness is everlasting,

²¹ And ^(C1)gave their land as an inheritance,
For His faithfulness is everlasting,

²² An inheritance to His ^(C1)servant Israel,
For His faithfulness is everlasting.

²³ Who ^(C1)remembered us in our lowliness,
For His faithfulness is everlasting,

²⁴ And has ^(C1)rescued us from our enemies,
For His faithfulness is everlasting;

²⁵ Who ^(C1)gives food to all flesh,
For His faithfulness is everlasting.

²⁶ Give thanks to the ^(C1)God of heaven,
For His faithfulness is everlasting.

Chapter 137

An Experience of the Captivity.

¹ By the ^(C1)rivers of Babylon,
There we sat down and ^(C2)wept,
When we remembered Zion.

² Upon the ^(F1)(C1)willows in the midst of it
We ^(C2)hung our ^(F2)harps.

³ For there our captors ^(F1)(C1)demanded of us ^(F2)songs,
And ^(C2)our tormentors, jubilation, saying,
"Sing for us one of the songs of Zion!"

⁴ How can we sing ^(C1)the LORD'S song
In a foreign land?

⁵ If I ^(C1)forget you, Jerusalem,
May my right hand ^(F1)forget its skill.

⁶ May my ^(C1)tongue cling to the roof of my mouth
If I do not remember you,
If I do not ^(F1)(C2)exalt Jerusalem
Above my chief joy.

⁷ Remember, LORD, against the sons of ^(C1)Edom
The day of Jerusalem,
Those who said, "Lay it bare, lay it bare
^(C2)To its foundation!"

⁸ Daughter of Babylon, you ^(F1)(C1)devastated one,
Blessed will be one who ^(C2)repays you
With ^(F2)the retribution with which you have repaid us.

⁹ Blessed will be one who seizes and ^(C1)dashes your children
Against the rock.

Chapter 138

Thanksgiving for the LORD'S Favor.

^1 (C1)I will give You thanks with all my heart;
I will sing Your praises before the ^(C2)gods.

² I will bow down ^(C1)toward Your holy temple
And ^(C2)give thanks to Your name for Your mercy and Your ^(F1)truth;
For You have ^(C3)made Your ^(F2)word great ^(F3)according to all Your name.

³ On the day I ^(C1)called, You answered me;
You made me bold with ^(C2)strength in my soul.<