Today's Reading

Psalms 141-145

Psalms Chapter 141
1 - Lord, I cry unto thee: make haste unto me; give ear unto my voice, when I cry unto thee.
2 - Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.
3 - Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.
4 - Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practise wicked works with men that work iniquity: and let me not eat of their dainties.
5 - Let the righteous smite me; it shall be a kindness: and let him reprove me; it shall be an excellent oil, which shall not break my head: for yet my prayer also shall be in their calamities.
6 - When their judges are overthrown in stony places, they shall hear my words; for they are sweet.
7 - Our bones are scattered at the grave's mouth, as when one cutteth and cleaveth wood upon the earth.
8 - But mine eyes are unto thee, O GOD the Lord: in thee is my trust; leave not my soul destitute.
9 - Keep me from the snares which they have laid for me, and the gins of the workers of iniquity.
10 - Let the wicked fall into their own nets, whilst that I withal escape.

Psalms Chapter 142
1 - I cried unto the LORD with my voice; with my voice unto the LORD did I make my supplication.
2 - I poured out my complaint before him; I shewed before him my trouble.
3 - When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then thou knewest my path. In the way wherein I walked have they privily laid a snare for me.
4 - I looked on my right hand, and beheld, but there was no man that would know me: refuge failed me; no man cared for my soul.
5 - I cried unto thee, O LORD: I said, Thou art my refuge and my portion in the land of the living.
6 - Attend unto my cry; for I am brought very low: deliver me from my persecutors; for they are stronger than I.
7 - Bring my soul out of prison, that I may praise thy name: the righteous shall compass me about; for thou shalt deal bountifully with me.

Psalms Chapter 143
1 - Hear my prayer, O LORD, give ear to my supplications: in thy faithfulness answer me, and in thy righteousness.
2 - And enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight shall no man living be justified.
3 - For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath smitten my life down to the ground; he hath made me to dwell in darkness, as those that have been long dead.
4 - Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; my heart within me is desolate.
5 - I remember the days of old; I meditate on all thy works; I muse on the work of thy hands.
6 - I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul thirsteth after thee, as a thirsty land. Selah.
7 - Hear me speedily, O LORD: my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit.
8 - Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; for in thee do I trust: cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I lift up my soul unto thee.
9 - Deliver me, O LORD, from mine enemies: I flee unto thee to hide me.
10 - Teach me to do thy will; for thou art my God: thy spirit is good; lead me into the land of uprightness.
11 - Quicken me, O LORD, for thy name's sake: for thy righteousness' sake bring my soul out of trouble.
12 - And of thy mercy cut off mine enemies, and destroy all them that afflict my soul: for I am thy servant.

Psalms Chapter 144
1 - Blessed be the LORD my strength which teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight:
2 - My goodness, and my fortress; my high tower, and my deliverer; my shield, and he in whom I trust; who subdueth my people under me.
3 - LORD, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him! or the son of man, that thou makest account of him!
4 - Man is like to vanity: his days are as a shadow that passeth away.
5 - Bow thy heavens, O LORD, and come down: touch the mountains, and they shall smoke.
6 - Cast forth lightning, and scatter them: shoot out thine arrows, and destroy them.
7 - Send thine hand from above; rid me, and deliver me out of great waters, from the hand of strange children;
8 - Whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood.
9 - I will sing a new song unto thee, O God: upon a psaltery and an instrument of ten strings will I sing praises unto thee.
10 - It is he that giveth salvation unto kings: who delivereth David his servant from the hurtful sword.
11 - Rid me, and deliver me from the hand of strange children, whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood:
12 - That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth; that our daughters may be as corner stones, polished after the similitude of a palace:
13 - That our garners may be full, affording all manner of store: that our sheep may bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our streets:
14 - That our oxen may be strong to labour; that there be no breaking in, nor going out; that there be no complaining in our streets.
15 - Happy is that people, that is in such a case: yea, happy is that people, whose God is the LORD.

Psalms Chapter 145
1 - I will extol thee, my God, O king; and I will bless thy name for ever and ever.
2 - Every day will I bless thee; and I will praise thy name for ever and ever.
3 - Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; and his greatness is unsearchable.
4 - One generation shall praise thy works to another, and shall declare thy mighty acts.
5 - I will speak of the glorious honour of thy majesty, and of thy wondrous works.
6 - And men shall speak of the might of thy terrible acts: and I will declare thy greatness.
7 - They shall abundantly utter the memory of thy great goodness, and shall sing of thy righteousness.
8 - The LORD is gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of great mercy.
9 - The LORD is good to all: and his tender mercies are over all his works.
10 - All thy works shall praise thee, O LORD; and thy saints shall bless thee.
11 - They shall speak of the glory of thy kingdom, and talk of thy power;
12 - To make known to the sons of men his mighty acts, and the glorious majesty of his kingdom.
13 - Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and thy dominion endureth throughout all generations.
14 - The LORD upholdeth all that fall, and raiseth up all those that be bowed down.
15 - The eyes of all wait upon thee; and thou givest them their meat in due season.
16 - Thou openest thine hand, and satisfiest the desire of every living thing.
17 - The LORD is righteous in all his ways, and holy in all his works.
18 - The LORD is nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth.
19 - He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him: he also will hear their cry, and will save them.
20 - The LORD preserveth all them that love him: but all the wicked will he destroy.
21 - My mouth shall speak the praise of the LORD: and let all flesh bless his holy name for ever and ever.