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Bible Reading Plan
Daily Bible Reading
December 1 - NT, Psalms & Proverbs
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Psalms 137-138
Chapter 137
Psalm 137
Lament of the Exiles
1 By the rivers of Babylon—
there we sat down and wept
when we remembered Zion.(a)
2 There we hung up our lyres
on the poplar trees,(b)
3 for our captors there asked us for songs,
and our tormentors, for rejoicing:
"Sing us one of the songs of Zion."(c)
4 How can we sing the
Lord
's song
on foreign soil?(d)
5 If I forget you, Jerusalem,
may my right hand forget its skill.(e)
6 May my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth
if I do not remember you,
if I do not exalt Jerusalem as my greatest joy!(f)
7 Remember,
Lord
, what the Edomites said
that day[a] at Jerusalem:
"Destroy it! Destroy it
down to its foundations!"(g)
8 Daughter Babylon, doomed to destruction,
happy is the one who pays you back
what you have done to us.(h)
9 Happy is he who takes your little ones
and dashes them against the rocks.(i)
Chapter 138
Psalm 138
A Thankful Heart
Davidic.
1 I will give You thanks with all my heart;(a)
I will sing Your praise before the heavenly beings.[a](b)
2 I will bow down toward Your holy temple
and give thanks to Your name
for Your constant love and truth.
You have exalted Your name
and Your promise above everything else.(c)
3 On the day I called, You answered me;
You increased strength within me.[b](d)
4 All the kings on earth will give You thanks,
Lord
,
when they hear what You have promised.[c](e)
5 They will sing of the
Lord
's ways,
for the
Lord
's glory is great.(f)
6 Though the
Lord
is exalted,
He takes note of the humble;
but He knows the haughty from a distance.(g)
7 If I walk into the thick of danger,
You will preserve my life
from the anger of my enemies.(h)
You will extend Your hand;
Your right hand will save me.(i)
8 The
Lord
will fulfill His purpose for me.(j)
Lord
, Your love is eternal;
do not abandon the work of Your hands.(k)
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