Today's Reading

Psalms 36-40

Psalms Chapter 36
1 - The transgression of the wicked saith within my heart, that there is no fear of God before his eyes.
2 - For he flattereth himself in his own eyes, until his iniquity be found to be hateful.
3 - The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: he hath left off to be wise, and to do good.
4 - He deviseth mischief upon his bed; he setteth himself in a way that is not good; he abhorreth not evil.
5 - Thy mercy, O LORD, is in the heavens; and thy faithfulness reacheth unto the clouds.
6 - Thy righteousness is like the great mountains; thy judgments are a great deep: O LORD, thou preservest man and beast.
7 - How excellent is thy lovingkindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings.
8 - They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures.
9 - For with thee is the fountain of life: in thy light shall we see light.
10 - O continue thy lovingkindness unto them that know thee; and thy righteousness to the upright in heart.
11 - Let not the foot of pride come against me, and let not the hand of the wicked remove me.
12 - There are the workers of iniquity fallen: they are cast down, and shall not be able to rise.

Psalms Chapter 37
1 - Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity.
2 - For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb.
3 - Trust in the LORD, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.
4 - Delight thyself also in the LORD: and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.
5 - Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass.
6 - And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday.
7 - Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.
8 - Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to do evil.
9 - For evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the LORD, they shall inherit the earth.
10 - For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it shall not be.
11 - But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.
12 - The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with his teeth.
13 - The LORD shall laugh at him: for he seeth that his day is coming.
14 - The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, and to slay such as be of upright conversation.
15 - Their sword shall enter into their own heart, and their bows shall be broken.
16 - A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked.
17 - For the arms of the wicked shall be broken: but the LORD upholdeth the righteous.
18 - The LORD knoweth the days of the upright: and their inheritance shall be for ever.
19 - They shall not be ashamed in the evil time: and in the days of famine they shall be satisfied.
20 - But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the LORD shall be as the fat of lambs: they shall consume; into smoke shall they consume away.
21 - The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again: but the righteous sheweth mercy, and giveth.
22 - For such as be blessed of him shall inherit the earth; and they that be cursed of him shall be cut off.
23 - The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD: and he delighteth in his way.
24 - Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the LORD upholdeth him with his hand.
25 - I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.
26 - He is ever merciful, and lendeth; and his seed is blessed.
27 - Depart from evil, and do good; and dwell for evermore.
28 - For the LORD loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints; they are preserved for ever: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.
29 - The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell therein for ever.
30 - The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment.
31 - The law of his God is in his heart; none of his steps shall slide.
32 - The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him.
33 - The LORD will not leave him in his hand, nor condemn him when he is judged.
34 - Wait on the LORD, and keep his way, and he shall exalt thee to inherit the land: when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it.
35 - I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree.
36 - Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.
37 - Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: for the end of that man is peace.
38 - But the transgressors shall be destroyed together: the end of the wicked shall be cut off.
39 - But the salvation of the righteous is of the LORD: he is their strength in the time of trouble.
40 - And the LORD shall help them, and deliver them: he shall deliver them from the wicked, and save them, because they trust in him.

Psalms Chapter 38
1 - O lord, rebuke me not in thy wrath: neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.
2 - For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore.
3 - There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; neither is there any rest in my bones because of my sin.
4 - For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me.
5 - My wounds stink and are corrupt because of my foolishness.
6 - I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.
7 - For my loins are filled with a loathsome disease: and there is no soundness in my flesh.
8 - I am feeble and sore broken: I have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart.
9 - Lord, all my desire is before thee; and my groaning is not hid from thee.
10 - My heart panteth, my strength faileth me: as for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me.
11 - My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my kinsmen stand afar off.
12 - They also that seek after my life lay snares for me: and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long.
13 - But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and I was as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth.
14 - Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs.
15 - For in thee, O LORD, do I hope: thou wilt hear, O Lord my God.
16 - For I said, Hear me, lest otherwise they should rejoice over me: when my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me.
17 - For I am ready to halt, and my sorrow is continually before me.
18 - For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin.
19 - But mine enemies are lively, and they are strong: and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied.
20 - They also that render evil for good are mine adversaries; because I follow the thing that good is.
21 - Forsake me not, O LORD: O my God, be not far from me.
22 - Make haste to help me, O Lord my salvation.

Psalms Chapter 39
1 - I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me.
2 - I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; and my sorrow was stirred.
3 - My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned: then spake I with my tongue,
4 - LORD, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is: that I may know how frail I am.
5 - Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah.
6 - Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.
7 - And now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope is in thee.
8 - Deliver me from all my transgressions: make me not the reproach of the foolish.
9 - I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou didst it.
10 - Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of thine hand.
11 - When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth: surely every man is vanity. Selah.
12 - Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear unto my cry; hold not thy peace at my tears: for I am a stranger with thee, and a sojourner, as all my fathers were.
13 - O spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go hence, and be no more.

Psalms Chapter 40
1 - I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.
2 - He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.
3 - And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God: many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the LORD.
4 - Blessed is that man that maketh the LORD his trust, and respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.
5 - Many, O LORD my God, are thy wonderful works which thou hast done, and thy thoughts which are to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee: if I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered.
6 - Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required.
7 - Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book it is written of me,
8 - I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.
9 - I have preached righteousness in the great congregation: lo, I have not refrained my lips, O LORD, thou knowest.
10 - I have not hid thy righteousness within my heart; I have declared thy faithfulness and thy salvation: I have not concealed thy lovingkindness and thy truth from the great congregation.
11 - Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, O LORD: let thy lovingkindness and thy truth continually preserve me.
12 - For innumerable evils have compassed me about: mine iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to look up; they are more than the hairs of mine head: therefore my heart faileth me.
13 - Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me: O LORD, make haste to help me.
14 - Let them be ashamed and confounded together that seek after my soul to destroy it; let them be driven backward and put to shame that wish me evil.
15 - Let them be desolate for a reward of their shame that say unto me, Aha, aha.
16 - Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: let such as love thy salvation say continually, The LORD be magnified.
17 - But I am poor and needy; yet the Lord thinketh upon me: thou art my help and my deliverer; make no tarrying, O my God.