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Psalm 33:13-22

¹³ The Lord looks from heaven; He sees all the sons of men.

¹⁴ From the place of His dwelling He looks On all the inhabitants of the earth;

¹⁵ He fashions their hearts individually; He considers all their works.

¹⁶ No king is saved by the multitude of an army; A mighty man is not delivered by great strength.

¹⁷ A horse is a vain hope for safety; Neither shall it deliver any by its great strength.

¹⁸ Behold, the eye of the Lord is on those who fear Him, On those who hope in His mercy,

¹⁹ To deliver their soul from death, And to keep them alive in famine.

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Psalm 33:1-12

¹ Rejoice in the Lord, O you righteous! For praise from the upright is beautiful.

² Praise the Lord with the harp; Make melody to Him with an instrument of ten strings.

³ Sing to Him a new song; Play skillfully with a shout of joy.

⁴ For the word of the Lord is right, And all His work is done in truth.

⁵ He loves righteousness and justice; The earth is full of the goodness of the Lord.

⁶ By the word of the Lord the heavens were made, And all the host of them by the breath of His mouth.

⁷ He gathers the waters of the sea together as a heap; He lays up the deep in storehouses.

⁸ Let all the earth fear the Lord; Let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of Him.

⁹ For He spoke, and it was done; He commanded, and it stood fast.

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Psalm 32

¹ Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, Whose sin is covered.

² Blessed is the man to whom the Lord does not impute iniquity, And in whose spirit there is no deceit.

³ When I kept silent, my bones grew old Through my groaning all the day long.

⁴ For day and night Your hand was heavy upon me; My vitality was turned into the drought of summer. Selah

⁵ I acknowledged my sin to You, And my iniquity I have not hidden. I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the Lord,” And You forgave the iniquity of my sin. Selah

⁶ For this cause everyone who is godly shall pray to You In a time when You may be found; Surely in a flood of great waters They shall not come near him.

⁷ You are my hiding place; You shall preserve me from trouble; You shall surround me with songs of deliverance. Selah

⁸ I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will guide you with My eye.

⁹ Do not be like the horse or like the mule, Which have no understanding, Which must be harnessed with bit and bridle, Else they will not come near you.

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Psalm 31

¹ In thee, O Lord, do I put my trust; let me never be ashamed: deliver me in thy righteousness.

² Bow down thine ear to me; deliver me speedily: be thou my strong rock, for an house of defence to save me.

³ For thou art my rock and my fortress; therefore for thy name’s sake lead me, and guide me.

⁴ Pull me out of the net that they have laid privily for me: for thou art my strength.

⁵ Into thine hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O Lord God of truth.

⁶ I have hated them that regard lying vanities: but I trust in the Lord.

⁷ I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy: for thou hast considered my trouble; thou hast known my soul in adversities;

⁸ And hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy: thou hast set my feet in a large room.

⁹ Have mercy upon me, O Lord, for I am in trouble: mine eye is consumed with grief, yea, my soul and my belly.

¹⁰ For my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing: my strength faileth because of mine iniquity, and my bones are consumed.

¹¹ I was a reproach among all mine enemies, but especially among my neighbours, and a fear to mine acquaintance: they that did see me without fled from me.

¹² I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken vessel.

¹³ For I have heard the slander of many: fear was on every side: while they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away my life.

¹⁴ But I trusted in thee, O Lord: I said, Thou art my God.

¹⁵ My times are in thy hand: deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me.

¹⁶ Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: save me for thy mercies’ sake.

¹⁷ Let me not be ashamed, O Lord; for I have called upon thee: let the wicked be ashamed, and let them be silent in the grave.

¹⁸ Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.

¹⁹ Oh how great is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee; which thou hast wrought for them that trust in thee before the sons of men!

²⁰ Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy presence from the pride of man: thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues.

²¹ Blessed be the Lord: for he hath shewed me his marvellous kindness in a strong city.

²² For I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine eyes: nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplications when I cried unto thee.

²³ O love the Lord, all ye his saints: for the Lord preserveth the faithful, and plentifully rewardeth the proud doer.

²⁴ Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the Lord.

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And it’s Wednesday, so don’t forget Gambia. 🙂

Psalm 30

¹ I will extol thee, O Lord; for thou hast lifted me up, and hast not made my foes to rejoice over me.

² O Lord my God, I cried unto thee, and thou hast healed me.

³ O Lord, thou hast brought up my soul from the grave: thou hast kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.

⁴ Sing unto the Lord, O ye saints of his, and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness.

⁵ For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.

⁶ And in my prosperity I said, I shall never be moved.

⁷ Lord, by thy favour thou hast made my mountain to stand strong: thou didst hide thy face, and I was troubled.

⁸ I cried to thee, O Lord; and unto the Lord I made supplication.

⁹ What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth?

¹⁰ Hear, O Lord, and have mercy upon me: Lord, be thou my helper.

¹¹ Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness;

¹² To the end that my glory may sing praise to thee, and not be silent. O Lord my God, I will give thanks unto thee for ever.

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Psalm 29

¹ Give unto the Lord, O you mighty ones, Give unto the Lord glory and strength.

² Give unto the Lord the glory due to His name; Worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness.

³ The voice of the Lord is over the waters; The God of glory thunders; The Lord is over many waters.

⁴ The voice of the Lord is powerful; The voice of the Lord is full of majesty.

⁵ The voice of the Lord breaks the cedars, Yes, the Lord splinters the cedars of Lebanon.

⁶ He makes them also skip like a calf, Lebanon and Sirion like a young wild ox.

⁷ The voice of the Lord divides the flames of fire.

⁸ The voice of the Lord shakes the wilderness; The Lord shakes the Wilderness of Kadesh.

⁹ The voice of the Lord makes the deer give birth, And strips the forests bare; And in His temple everyone says, “Glory!”

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Psalm 28

¹ Unto thee will I cry, O Lord my rock; be not silent to me: lest, if thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit.

² Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, when I lift up my hands toward thy holy oracle.

³ Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, which speak peace to their neighbours, but mischief is in their hearts.

⁴ Give them according to their deeds, and according to the wickedness of their endeavours: give them after the work of their hands; render to them their desert.

⁵ Because they regard not the works of the Lord, nor the operation of his hands, he shall destroy them, and not build them up.

⁶ Blessed be the Lord, because he hath heard the voice of my supplications.

⁷ The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him.

⁸ The Lord is their strength, and he is the saving strength of his anointed.

⁹ Save thy people, and bless thine inheritance: feed them also, and lift them up for ever.

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Psalm 27

¹ The Lord is my light and my salvation; Whom shall I fear? The Lord is the strength of my life; Of whom shall I be afraid?

² When the wicked came against me To eat up my flesh, My enemies and foes, They stumbled and fell.

³ Though an army may encamp against me, My heart shall not fear; Though war may rise against me, In this I will be confident.

⁴ One thing I have desired of the Lord, That will I seek: That I may dwell in the house of the Lord All the days of my life, To behold the beauty of the Lord, And to inquire in His temple.

⁵ For in the time of trouble He shall hide me in His pavilion; In the secret place of His tabernacle He shall hide me; He shall set me high upon a rock.

⁶ And now my head shall be lifted up above my enemies all around me; Therefore I will offer sacrifices of joy in His tabernacle; I will sing, yes, I will sing praises to the Lord.

⁷ Hear, O Lord, when I cry with my voice! Have mercy also upon me, and answer me.

⁸ When You said, “Seek My face,” My heart said to You, “Your face, Lord, I will seek.”

⁹ Do not hide Your face from me; Do not turn Your servant away in anger; You have been my help; Do not leave me nor forsake me, O God of my salvation.

¹⁰ When my father and my mother forsake me, Then the Lord will take care of me.

¹¹ Teach me Your way, O Lord, And lead me in a smooth path, because of my enemies.

¹² Do not deliver me to the will of my adversaries; For false witnesses have risen against me, And such as breathe out violence.

¹³ I would have lost heart, unless I had believed That I would see the goodness of the Lord In the land of the living.

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Psalm 26

¹ Vindicate me, O Lord, For I have walked in my integrity. I have also trusted in the Lord; I shall not slip.

² Examine me, O Lord, and prove me; Try my mind and my heart.

³ For Your lovingkindness is before my eyes, And I have walked in Your truth.

⁴ I have not sat with idolatrous mortals, Nor will I go in with hypocrites.

⁵ I have hated the assembly of evildoers, And will not sit with the wicked.

⁶ I will wash my hands in innocence; So I will go about Your altar, O Lord,

⁷ That I may proclaim with the voice of thanksgiving, And tell of all Your wondrous works.

⁸ Lord, I have loved the habitation of Your house, And the place where Your glory dwells.

⁹ Do not gather my soul with sinners, Nor my life with bloodthirsty men,

¹⁰ In whose hands is a sinister scheme, And whose right hand is full of bribes.

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Since the Monday holiday has my days messed up, I forgot to remind everyone to pray for Gambia yesterday. My apologies for the oversight. 😳

Psalm 25

¹ Unto thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul.

² O my God, I trust in thee: let me not be ashamed, let not mine enemies triumph over me.

³ Yea, let none that wait on thee be ashamed: let them be ashamed which transgress without cause.

⁴ Shew me thy ways, O Lord; teach me thy paths.

⁵ Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou art the God of my salvation; on thee do I wait all the day.

⁶ Remember, O Lord, thy tender mercies and thy lovingkindnesses; for they have been ever of old.

⁷ Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions: according to thy mercy remember thou me for thy goodness’ sake, O Lord.

⁸ Good and upright is the Lord: therefore will he teach sinners in the way.

⁹ The meek will he guide in judgment: and the meek will he teach his way.

¹⁰ All the paths of the Lord are mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.

¹¹ For thy name’s sake, O Lord, pardon mine iniquity; for it is great.

¹² What man is he that feareth the Lord? him shall he teach in the way that he shall choose.

¹³ His soul shall dwell at ease; and his seed shall inherit the earth.

¹⁴ The secret of the Lord is with them that fear him; and he will shew them his covenant.

¹⁵ Mine eyes are ever toward the Lord; for he shall pluck my feet out of the net.

¹⁶ Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me; for I am desolate and afflicted.

¹⁷ The troubles of my heart are enlarged: O bring thou me out of my distresses.

¹⁸ Look upon mine affliction and my pain; and forgive all my sins.

¹⁹ Consider mine enemies; for they are many; and they hate me with cruel hatred.

²⁰ O keep my soul, and deliver me: let me not be ashamed; for I put my trust in thee.

²¹ Let integrity and uprightness preserve me; for I wait on thee.

²² Redeem Israel, O God, out of all his troubles.