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Daily Bible Reading
August 18 - NT, Psalms & Proverbs
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Psalms 86-88
Chapter 86
Psalm 86
Lament and Petition
A Davidic prayer.
1 Listen,
Lord
, and answer me,
for I am poor and needy.(a)
2 Protect my life, for I am faithful.(b)
You are my God; save Your servant who trusts in You.(c)
3 Be gracious to me, Lord,
for I call to You all day long.(d)
4 Bring joy to Your servant's life,
because I turn to You, Lord.(e)
5 For You, Lord, are kind and ready to forgive,(f)
rich in faithful love to all who call on You.(g)
6
Lord
, hear my prayer;
listen to my plea for mercy.(h)
7 I call on You in the day of my distress,
for You will answer me.(i)
8 Lord, there is no one like You among the gods,
and there are no works like Yours.(j)
9 All the nations You have made
will come and bow down before You, Lord,
and will honor Your name.(k)
10 For You are great and perform wonders;
You alone are God.(l)
11 Teach me Your way, Yahweh,
and I will live by Your truth.
Give me an undivided mind to fear Your name.(m)
12 I will praise You with all my heart, Lord my God,
and will honor Your name forever.(n)
13 For Your faithful love for me is great,
and You deliver my life from the depths of Sheol.(o)
14 God, arrogant people have attacked me;
a gang of ruthless men seeks my life.
They have no regard for You.(p)
15 But You, Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God,
slow to anger and rich in faithful love and truth.(q)
16 Turn to me and be gracious to me.
Give Your strength to Your servant;
save the son of Your female servant.(r)
17 Show me a sign of Your goodness;
my enemies will see and be put to shame
because You,
Lord
, have helped and comforted me.(s)
Chapter 87
Psalm 87
Zion, the City of God
A psalm of the sons of Korah. A song.
1 His foundation is on the holy mountains.(a)
2 The
Lord
loves the gates of Zion
more than all the dwellings of Jacob.(b)
3 Glorious things are said about you,
city of God.(c)
4 "I will mention those who know Me:
Rahab, Babylon, Philistia, Tyre, and Cush—
each one was born there."(d)
5 And it will be said of Zion,
"This one and that one were born in her."
The Most High Himself will establish her.(e)
6 When He registers the peoples,
the
Lord
will record,
"This one was born there."(f)
7 Singers and dancers alike will say,
"My whole source of joy is[a] in you."(g)
Chapter 88
Psalm 88
A Cry of Desperation
A song. A psalm of the sons of Korah. For the choir director: according to Mahalath Leannoth. A Maskil of Heman the Ezrahite.(a)
1
Lord
, God of my salvation,
I cry out before You day and night.(b)
2 May my prayer reach Your presence;
listen to my cry.(c)
3 For I have had enough troubles,
and my life is near Sheol.(d)
4 I am counted among those going down to the Pit.(e)
I am like a man without strength,(f)
5 abandoned[a] among the dead.
I am like the slain lying in the grave,(g)
whom You no longer remember,
and who are cut off from Your care.[b](h)
6 You have put me in the lowest part of the Pit,
in the darkest places, in the depths.(i)
7 Your wrath weighs heavily on me;(j)
You have overwhelmed me with all Your waves.(k)
8 You have distanced my friends from me;
You have made me repulsive to them.(l)
I am shut in and cannot go out.
9 My eyes are worn out from crying.(m)
Lord
, I cry out to You all day long;(n)
I spread out my hands to You.(o)
10 Do You work wonders for the dead?
Do departed spirits rise up to praise You?(p)
11 Will Your faithful love be declared in the grave,
Your faithfulness in Abaddon?(q)
12 Will Your wonders be known in the darkness
or Your righteousness in the land of oblivion?(r)
13 But I call to You for help,
Lord
;
in the morning my prayer meets You.(s)
14
Lord
, why do You reject me?(t)
Why do You hide Your face from me?(u)
15 From my youth,
I have been afflicted and near death.
I suffer Your horrors; I am desperate.(v)
16 Your wrath sweeps over me;
Your terrors destroy me.(w)
17 They surround me like water all day long;
they close in on me from every side.(x)
18 You have distanced loved one and neighbor from me;
darkness is my only friend.[c](y)
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