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Bible Reading Plan
Daily Bible Reading
January 13 - NT, Psalms & Proverbs
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Psalms 6-7
Chapter 6
Psalm 6[a]
For the director of music. With stringed instruments. According to sheminith.[b] A psalm of David.
1
Lord
, do not rebuke me in your anger(a)
or discipline me in your wrath.
2 Have mercy on me,(b)
Lord
, for I am faint;(c)
heal me,(d)
Lord
, for my bones are in agony.(e)
3 My soul is in deep anguish.(f)
How long,(g)
Lord
, how long?
4 Turn,(h)
Lord
, and deliver me;
save me because of your unfailing love.(i)
5 Among the dead no one proclaims your name.
Who praises you from the grave?(j)
6 I am worn out(k) from my groaning.(l)
All night long I flood my bed with weeping(m)
and drench my couch with tears.(n)
7 My eyes grow weak(o) with sorrow;
they fail because of all my foes.
8 Away from me,(p) all you who do evil,(q)
for the
Lord
has heard my weeping.
9 The
Lord
has heard my cry for mercy;(r)
the
Lord
accepts my prayer.
10 All my enemies will be overwhelmed with shame and anguish;(s)
they will turn back and suddenly be put to shame.(t)
Chapter 7
Psalm 7[a]
A shiggaion[b](a) of David, which he sang to the Lord concerning Cush, a Benjamite.
1
Lord
my God, I take refuge(b) in you;
save and deliver me(c) from all who pursue me,(d)
2 or they will tear me apart like a lion(e)
and rip me to pieces with no one to rescue(f) me.
3
Lord
my God, if I have done this
and there is guilt on my hands(g)—
4 if I have repaid my ally with evil
or without cause(h) have robbed my foe—
5 then let my enemy pursue and overtake(i) me;
let him trample my life to the ground(j)
and make me sleep in the dust.[c](k)
6 Arise,(l)
Lord
, in your anger;
rise up against the rage of my enemies.(m)
Awake,(n) my God; decree justice.
7 Let the assembled peoples gather around you,
while you sit enthroned over them on high.(o)
8
Let the
Lord
judge(p) the peoples.
Vindicate me,
Lord
, according to my righteousness,(q)
according to my integrity,(r) O Most High.(s)
9 Bring to an end the violence of the wicked
and make the righteous secure—(t)
you, the righteous God(u)
who probes minds and hearts.(v)
10 My shield[d](w) is God Most High,
who saves the upright in heart.(x)
11 God is a righteous judge,(y)
a God who displays his wrath(z) every day.
12 If he does not relent,(aa)
he[e] will sharpen his sword;(ab)
he will bend and string his bow.(ac)
13 He has prepared his deadly weapons;
he makes ready his flaming arrows.(ad)
14 Whoever is pregnant with evil
conceives trouble and gives birth(ae) to disillusionment.
15 Whoever digs a hole and scoops it out
falls into the pit(af) they have made.(ag)
16 The trouble they cause recoils on them;
their violence comes down on their own heads.
17 I will give thanks to the
Lord
because of his righteousness;(ah)
I will sing the praises(ai) of the name of the
Lord
Most High.(aj)
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