Today's Reading

Psalms 101-105

Psalms Chapter 101
1 - I will sing of mercy and judgment: unto thee, O LORD, will I sing.
2 - I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way. O when wilt thou come unto me? I will walk within my house with a perfect heart.
3 - I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; it shall not cleave to me.
4 - A froward heart shall depart from me: I will not know a wicked person.
5 - Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour, him will I cut off: him that hath an high look and a proud heart will not I suffer.
6 - Mine eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me: he that walketh in a perfect way, he shall serve me.
7 - He that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house: he that telleth lies shall not tarry in my sight.
8 - I will early destroy all the wicked of the land; that I may cut off all wicked doers from the city of the LORD.

Psalms Chapter 102
1 - Hear my prayer, O LORD, and let my cry come unto thee.
2 - Hide not thy face from me in the day when I am in trouble; incline thine ear unto me: in the day when I call answer me speedily.
3 - For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an hearth.
4 - My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget to eat my bread.
5 - By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my skin.
6 - I am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the desert.
7 - I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the house top.
8 - Mine enemies reproach me all the day; and they that are mad against me are sworn against me.
9 - For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping.
10 - Because of thine indignation and thy wrath: for thou hast lifted me up, and cast me down.
11 - My days are like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered like grass.
12 - But thou, O LORD, shall endure for ever; and thy remembrance unto all generations.
13 - Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favour her, yea, the set time, is come.
14 - For thy servants take pleasure in her stones, and favour the dust thereof.
15 - So the heathen shall fear the name of the LORD, and all the kings of the earth thy glory.
16 - When the LORD shall build up Zion, he shall appear in his glory.
17 - He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer.
18 - This shall be written for the generation to come: and the people which shall be created shall praise the LORD.
19 - For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary; from heaven did the LORD behold the earth;
20 - To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are appointed to death;
21 - To declare the name of the LORD in Zion, and his praise in Jerusalem;
22 - When the people are gathered together, and the kingdoms, to serve the LORD.
23 - He weakened my strength in the way; he shortened my days.
24 - I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days: thy years are throughout all generations.
25 - Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens are the work of thy hands.
26 - They shall perish, but thou shalt endure: yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed:
27 - But thou art the same, and thy years shall have no end.
28 - The children of thy servants shall continue, and their seed shall be established before thee.

Psalms Chapter 103
1 - Bless the LORD, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name.
2 - Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits:
3 - Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases;
4 - Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies;
5 - Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things; so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle's.
6 - The LORD executeth righteousness and judgment for all that are oppressed.
7 - He made known his ways unto Moses, his acts unto the children of Israel.
8 - The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy.
9 - He will not always chide: neither will he keep his anger for ever.
10 - He hath not dealt with us after our sins; nor rewarded us according to our iniquities.
11 - For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy toward them that fear him.
12 - As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us.
13 - Like as a father pitieth his children, so the LORD pitieth them that fear him.
14 - For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust.
15 - As for man, his days are as grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth.
16 - For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and the place thereof shall know it no more.
17 - But the mercy of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children's children;
18 - To such as keep his covenant, and to those that remember his commandments to do them.
19 - The LORD hath prepared his throne in the heavens; and his kingdom ruleth over all.
20 - Bless the LORD, ye his angels, that excel in strength, that do his commandments, hearkening unto the voice of his word.
21 - Bless ye the LORD, all ye his hosts; ye ministers of his, that do his pleasure.
22 - Bless the LORD, all his works in all places of his dominion: bless the LORD, O my soul.

Psalms Chapter 104
1 - Bless the LORD, O my soul. O LORD my God, thou art very great; thou art clothed with honour and majesty.
2 - Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment: who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain:
3 - Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters: who maketh the clouds his chariot: who walketh upon the wings of the wind:
4 - Who maketh his angels spirits; his ministers a flaming fire:
5 - Who laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be removed for ever.
6 - Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a garment: the waters stood above the mountains.
7 - At thy rebuke they fled; at the voice of thy thunder they hasted away.
8 - They go up by the mountains; they go down by the valleys unto the place which thou hast founded for them.
9 - Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over; that they turn not again to cover the earth.
10 - He sendeth the springs into the valleys, which run among the hills.
11 - They give drink to every beast of the field: the wild asses quench their thirst.
12 - By them shall the fowls of the heaven have their habitation, which sing among the branches.
13 - He watereth the hills from his chambers: the earth is satisfied with the fruit of thy works.
14 - He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth;
15 - And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face to shine, and bread which strengtheneth man's heart.
16 - The trees of the LORD are full of sap; the cedars of Lebanon, which he hath planted;
17 - Where the birds make their nests: as for the stork, the fir trees are her house.
18 - The high hills are a refuge for the wild goats; and the rocks for the conies.
19 - He appointed the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth his going down.
20 - Thou makest darkness, and it is night: wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep forth.
21 - The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their meat from God.
22 - The sun ariseth, they gather themselves together, and lay them down in their dens.
23 - Man goeth forth unto his work and to his labour until the evening.
24 - O LORD, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches.
25 - So is this great and wide sea, wherein are things creeping innumerable, both small and great beasts.
26 - There go the ships: there is that leviathan, whom thou hast made to play therein.
27 - These wait all upon thee; that thou mayest give them their meat in due season.
28 - That thou givest them they gather: thou openest thine hand, they are filled with good.
29 - Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust.
30 - Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created: and thou renewest the face of the earth.
31 - The glory of the LORD shall endure for ever: the LORD shall rejoice in his works.
32 - He looketh on the earth, and it trembleth: he toucheth the hills, and they smoke.
33 - I will sing unto the LORD as long as I live: I will sing praise to my God while I have my being.
34 - My meditation of him shall be sweet: I will be glad in the LORD.
35 - Let the sinners be consumed out of the earth, and let the wicked be no more. Bless thou the LORD, O my soul. Praise ye the LORD.

Psalms Chapter 105
1 - O give thanks unto the LORD; call upon his name: make known his deeds among the people.
2 - Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him: talk ye of all his wondrous works.
3 - Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the LORD.
4 - Seek the LORD, and his strength: seek his face evermore.
5 - Remember his marvellous works that he hath done; his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth;
6 - O ye seed of Abraham his servant, ye children of Jacob his chosen.
7 - He is the LORD our God: his judgments are in all the earth.
8 - He hath remembered his covenant for ever, the word which he commanded to a thousand generations.
9 - Which covenant he made with Abraham, and his oath unto Isaac;
10 - And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant:
11 - Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance:
12 - When they were but a few men in number; yea, very few, and strangers in it.
13 - When they went from one nation to another, from one kingdom to another people;
14 - He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings for their sakes;
15 - Saying, Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm.
16 - Moreover he called for a famine upon the land: he brake the whole staff of bread.
17 - He sent a man before them, even Joseph, who was sold for a servant:
18 - Whose feet they hurt with fetters: he was laid in iron:
19 - Until the time that his word came: the word of the LORD tried him.
20 - The king sent and loosed him; even the ruler of the people, and let him go free.
21 - He made him lord of his house, and ruler of all his substance:
22 - To bind his princes at his pleasure; and teach his senators wisdom.
23 - Israel also came into Egypt; and Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.
24 - And he increased his people greatly; and made them stronger than their enemies.
25 - He turned their heart to hate his people, to deal subtilly with his servants.
26 - He sent Moses his servant; and Aaron whom he had chosen.
27 - They shewed his signs among them, and wonders in the land of Ham.
28 - He sent darkness, and made it dark; and they rebelled not against his word.
29 - He turned their waters into blood, and slew their fish.
30 - Their land brought forth frogs in abundance, in the chambers of their kings.
31 - He spake, and there came divers sorts of flies, and lice in all their coasts.
32 - He gave them hail for rain, and flaming fire in their land.
33 - He smote their vines also and their fig trees; and brake the trees of their coasts.
34 - He spake, and the locusts came, and caterpillers, and that without number,
35 - And did eat up all the herbs in their land, and devoured the fruit of their ground.
36 - He smote also all the firstborn in their land, the chief of all their strength.
37 - He brought them forth also with silver and gold: and there was not one feeble person among their tribes.
38 - Egypt was glad when they departed: for the fear of them fell upon them.
39 - He spread a cloud for a covering; and fire to give light in the night.
40 - The people asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.
41 - He opened the rock, and the waters gushed out; they ran in the dry places like a river.
42 - For he remembered his holy promise, and Abraham his servant.
43 - And he brought forth his people with joy, and his chosen with gladness:
44 - And gave them the lands of the heathen: and they inherited the labour of the people;
45 - That they might observe his statutes, and keep his laws. Praise ye the LORD.