Today's Reading

Psalms 106-110

Psalms Chapter 106
1 - Praise ye the LORD. O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.
2 - Who can utter the mighty acts of the LORD? who can shew forth all his praise?
3 - Blessed are they that keep judgment, and he that doeth righteousness at all times.
4 - Remember me, O LORD, with the favour that thou bearest unto thy people: O visit me with thy salvation;
5 - That I may see the good of thy chosen, that I may rejoice in the gladness of thy nation, that I may glory with thine inheritance.
6 - We have sinned with our fathers, we have committed iniquity, we have done wickedly.
7 - Our fathers understood not thy wonders in Egypt; they remembered not the multitude of thy mercies; but provoked him at the sea, even at the Red sea.
8 - Nevertheless he saved them for his name's sake, that he might make his mighty power to be known.
9 - He rebuked the Red sea also, and it was dried up: so he led them through the depths, as through the wilderness.
10 - And he saved them from the hand of him that hated them, and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.
11 - And the waters covered their enemies: there was not one of them left.
12 - Then believed they his words; they sang his praise.
13 - They soon forgat his works; they waited not for his counsel:
14 - But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the desert.
15 - And he gave them their request; but sent leanness into their soul.
16 - They envied Moses also in the camp, and Aaron the saint of the LORD.
17 - The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan and covered the company of Abiram.
18 - And a fire was kindled in their company; the flame burned up the wicked.
19 - They made a calf in Horeb, and worshipped the molten image.
20 - Thus they changed their glory into the similitude of an ox that eateth grass.
21 - They forgat God their saviour, which had done great things in Egypt;
22 - Wondrous works in the land of Ham, and terrible things by the Red sea.
23 - Therefore he said that he would destroy them, had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach, to turn away his wrath, lest he should destroy them.
24 - Yea, they despised the pleasant land, they believed not his word:
25 - But murmured in their tents, and hearkened not unto the voice of the LORD.
26 - Therefore he lifted up his hand against them, to overthrow them in the wilderness:
27 - To overthrow their seed also among the nations, and to scatter them in the lands.
28 - They joined themselves also unto Baalpeor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead.
29 - Thus they provoked him to anger with their inventions: and the plague brake in upon them.
30 - Then stood up Phinehas, and executed judgment: and so the plague was stayed.
31 - And that was counted unto him for righteousness unto all generations for evermore.
32 - They angered him also at the waters of strife, so that it went ill with Moses for their sakes:
33 - Because they provoked his spirit, so that he spake unadvisedly with his lips.
34 - They did not destroy the nations, concerning whom the LORD commanded them:
35 - But were mingled among the heathen, and learned their works.
36 - And they served their idols: which were a snare unto them.
37 - Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto devils,
38 - And shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan: and the land was polluted with blood.
39 - Thus were they defiled with their own works, and went a whoring with their own inventions.
40 - Therefore was the wrath of the LORD kindled against his people, insomuch that he abhorred his own inheritance.
41 - And he gave them into the hand of the heathen; and they that hated them ruled over them.
42 - Their enemies also oppressed them, and they were brought into subjection under their hand.
43 - Many times did he deliver them; but they provoked him with their counsel, and were brought low for their iniquity.
44 - Nevertheless he regarded their affliction, when he heard their cry:
45 - And he remembered for them his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his mercies.
46 - He made them also to be pitied of all those that carried them captives.
47 - Save us, O LORD our God, and gather us from among the heathen, to give thanks unto thy holy name, and to triumph in thy praise.
48 - Blessed be the LORD God of Israel from everlasting to everlasting: and let all the people say, Amen. Praise ye the LORD.

Psalms Chapter 107
1 - O give thanks unto the LORD, for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.
2 - Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy;
3 - And gathered them out of the lands, from the east, and from the west, from the north, and from the south.
4 - They wandered in the wilderness in a solitary way; they found no city to dwell in.
5 - Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them.
6 - Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them out of their distresses.
7 - And he led them forth by the right way, that they might go to a city of habitation.
8 - Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!
9 - For he satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness.
10 - Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron;
11 - Because they rebelled against the words of God, and contemned the counsel of the most High:
12 - Therefore he brought down their heart with labour; they fell down, and there was none to help.
13 - Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and he saved them out of their distresses.
14 - He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and brake their bands in sunder.
15 - Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!
16 - For he hath broken the gates of brass, and cut the bars of iron in sunder.
17 - Fools because of their transgression, and because of their iniquities, are afflicted.
18 - Their soul abhorreth all manner of meat; and they draw near unto the gates of death.
19 - Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, and he saveth them out of their distresses.
20 - He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions.
21 - Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!
22 - And let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare his works with rejoicing.
23 - They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters;
24 - These see the works of the LORD, and his wonders in the deep.
25 - For he commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind, which lifteth up the waves thereof.
26 - They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths: their soul is melted because of trouble.
27 - They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wit's end.
28 - Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, and he bringeth them out of their distresses.
29 - He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still.
30 - Then are they glad because they be quiet; so he bringeth them unto their desired haven.
31 - Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!
32 - Let them exalt him also in the congregation of the people, and praise him in the assembly of the elders.
33 - He turneth rivers into a wilderness, and the watersprings into dry ground;
34 - A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein.
35 - He turneth the wilderness into a standing water, and dry ground into watersprings.
36 - And there he maketh the hungry to dwell, that they may prepare a city for habitation;
37 - And sow the fields, and plant vineyards, which may yield fruits of increase.
38 - He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly; and suffereth not their cattle to decrease.
39 - Again, they are minished and brought low through oppression, affliction, and sorrow.
40 - He poureth contempt upon princes, and causeth them to wander in the wilderness, where there is no way.
41 - Yet setteth he the poor on high from affliction, and maketh him families like a flock.
42 - The righteous shall see it, and rejoice: and all iniquity shall stop her mouth.
43 - Whoso is wise, and will observe these things, even they shall understand the lovingkindness of the LORD.

Psalms Chapter 108
1 - O god, my heart is fixed; I will sing and give praise, even with my glory.
2 - Awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake early.
3 - I will praise thee, O LORD, among the people: and I will sing praises unto thee among the nations.
4 - For thy mercy is great above the heavens: and thy truth reacheth unto the clouds.
5 - Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens: and thy glory above all the earth;
6 - That thy beloved may be delivered: save with thy right hand, and answer me.
7 - God hath spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, I will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth.
8 - Gilead is mine; Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the strength of mine head; Judah is my lawgiver;
9 - Moab is my washpot; over Edom will I cast out my shoe; over Philistia will I triumph.
10 - Who will bring me into the strong city? who will lead me into Edom?
11 - Wilt not thou, O God, who hast cast us off? and wilt not thou, O God, go forth with our hosts?
12 - Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man.
13 - Through God we shall do valiantly: for he it is that shall tread down our enemies.

Psalms Chapter 109
1 - Hold not thy peace, O God of my praise;
2 - For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue.
3 - They compassed me about also with words of hatred; and fought against me without a cause.
4 - For my love they are my adversaries: but I give myself unto prayer.
5 - And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.
6 - Set thou a wicked man over him: and let Satan stand at his right hand.
7 - When he shall be judged, let him be condemned: and let his prayer become sin.
8 - Let his days be few; and let another take his office.
9 - Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.
10 - Let his children be continually vagabonds, and beg: let them seek their bread also out of their desolate places.
11 - Let the extortioner catch all that he hath; and let the strangers spoil his labour.
12 - Let there be none to extend mercy unto him: neither let there be any to favour his fatherless children.
13 - Let his posterity be cut off; and in the generation following let their name be blotted out.
14 - Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered with the LORD; and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out.
15 - Let them be before the LORD continually, that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth.
16 - Because that he remembered not to shew mercy, but persecuted the poor and needy man, that he might even slay the broken in heart.
17 - As he loved cursing, so let it come unto him: as he delighted not in blessing, so let it be far from him.
18 - As he clothed himself with cursing like as with his garment, so let it come into his bowels like water, and like oil into his bones.
19 - Let it be unto him as the garment which covereth him, and for a girdle wherewith he is girded continually.
20 - Let this be the reward of mine adversaries from the LORD, and of them that speak evil against my soul.
21 - But do thou for me, O GOD the Lord, for thy name's sake: because thy mercy is good, deliver thou me.
22 - For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.
23 - I am gone like the shadow when it declineth: I am tossed up and down as the locust.
24 - My knees are weak through fasting; and my flesh faileth of fatness.
25 - I became also a reproach unto them: when they looked upon me they shaked their heads.
26 - Help me, O LORD my God: O save me according to thy mercy:
27 - That they may know that this is thy hand; that thou, LORD, hast done it.
28 - Let them curse, but bless thou: when they arise, let them be ashamed; but let thy servant rejoice.
29 - Let mine adversaries be clothed with shame, and let them cover themselves with their own confusion, as with a mantle.
30 - I will greatly praise the LORD with my mouth; yea, I will praise him among the multitude.
31 - For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save him from those that condemn his soul.

Psalms Chapter 110
1 - The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool.
2 - The LORD shall send the rod of thy strength out of Zion: rule thou in the midst of thine enemies.
3 - Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power, in the beauties of holiness from the womb of the morning: thou hast the dew of thy youth.
4 - The LORD hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.
5 - The Lord at thy right hand shall strike through kings in the day of his wrath.
6 - He shall judge among the heathen, he shall fill the places with the dead bodies; he shall wound the heads over many countries.
7 - He shall drink of the brook in the way: therefore shall he lift up the head.