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Bible Reading Plan
Daily Bible Reading
December 1 - NT, Psalms & Proverbs
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Psalms 137-138
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.
4 (C1)All the kings of the earth will give thanks to You, LORD,
When they have heard the words of Your mouth.
5 And they will (C1)sing of the ways of the LORD,
For (C2)great is the glory of the LORD.
6 For (C1)the LORD is exalted,
Yet He (C2)looks after the lowly,
But He knows the (C3)haughty from afar.
7 Though I (C1)walk in the midst of trouble, You will (F1)(C2)revive me;
You will (C3)reach out with Your hand against the wrath of my enemies,
And Your right hand will (C4)save me.
8 The LORD will (C1)accomplish what concerns me;
Your (C2)faithfulness, LORD, is everlasting;
(C3)Do not abandon the (C4)works of Your hands.
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