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Daily Bible Reading
November 28 - Different Topics
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Psalms 137-139
Chapter 137
Psalm 137
1 By the rivers of Babylon(a) we sat and wept(b)
when we remembered Zion.(c)
2 There on the poplars(d)
we hung our harps,(e)
3 for there our captors(f) asked us for songs,
our tormentors demanded(g) songs of joy;
they said, "Sing us one of the songs of Zion!"(h)
4 How can we sing the songs of the
Lord
(i)
while in a foreign land?
5 If I forget you,(j) Jerusalem,
may my right hand forget its skill.
6 May my tongue cling to the roof(k) of my mouth
if I do not remember(l) you,
if I do not consider Jerusalem(m)
my highest joy.
7 Remember,
Lord
, what the Edomites(n) did
on the day Jerusalem fell.(o)
"Tear it down," they cried,
"tear it down to its foundations!"(p)
8 Daughter Babylon, doomed to destruction,(q)
happy is the one who repays you
according to what you have done to us.
9 Happy is the one who seizes your infants
and dashes them(r) against the rocks.
Chapter 138
Psalm 138
Of David.
1 I will praise you,
Lord
, with all my heart;
before the "gods"(a) I will sing(b) your praise.
2 I will bow down toward your holy temple(c)
and will praise your name(d)
for your unfailing love and your faithfulness,(e)
for you have so exalted your solemn decree
that it surpasses your fame.(f)
3 When I called,(g) you answered me;(h)
you greatly emboldened(i) me.
4 May all the kings of the earth(j) praise you,
Lord
,
when they hear what you have decreed.
5 May they sing(k) of the ways of the
Lord
,
for the glory of the
Lord
(l) is great.
6 Though the
Lord
is exalted, he looks kindly on the lowly;(m)
though lofty, he sees them(n) from afar.
7 Though I walk(o) in the midst of trouble,
you preserve my life.(p)
You stretch out your hand(q) against the anger of my foes;(r)
with your right hand(s) you save me.(t)
8 The
Lord
will vindicate(u) me;
your love,
Lord
, endures forever(v)—
do not abandon(w) the works of your hands.(x)
Chapter 139
Psalm 139
For the director of music. Of David. A psalm.
1 You have searched me,(a)
Lord
,
and you know(b) me.
2 You know when I sit and when I rise;(c)
you perceive my thoughts(d) from afar.
3 You discern my going out(e) and my lying down;
you are familiar with all my ways.(f)
4 Before a word is on my tongue
you,
Lord
, know it completely.(g)
5 You hem me in(h) behind and before,
and you lay your hand upon me.
6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me,(i)
too lofty(j) for me to attain.
7 Where can I go from your Spirit?
Where can I flee(k) from your presence?
8 If I go up to the heavens,(l) you are there;
if I make my bed(m) in the depths, you are there.
9 If I rise on the wings of the dawn,
if I settle on the far side of the sea,
10 even there your hand will guide me,(n)
your right hand(o) will hold me fast.
11 If I say, "Surely the darkness will hide me
and the light become night around me,"
12 even the darkness will not be dark(p) to you;
the night will shine like the day,
for darkness is as light to you.
13 For you created my inmost being;(q)
you knit me together(r) in my mother's womb.(s)
14 I praise you(t) because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
your works are wonderful,(u)
I know that full well.
15 My frame was not hidden from you
when I was made(v) in the secret place,
when I was woven together(w) in the depths of the earth.(x)
16 Your eyes saw my unformed body;
all the days ordained(y) for me were written in your book
before one of them came to be.
17 How precious to me are your thoughts,[a](z) God!(aa)
How vast is the sum of them!
18 Were I to count them,(ab)
they would outnumber the grains of sand(ac)—
when I awake,(ad) I am still with you.
19 If only you, God, would slay the wicked!(ae)
Away from me,(af) you who are bloodthirsty!(ag)
20 They speak of you with evil intent;
your adversaries(ah) misuse your name.(ai)
21 Do I not hate those(aj) who hate you,
Lord
,
and abhor(ak) those who are in rebellion against you?
22 I have nothing but hatred for them;
I count them my enemies.(al)
23 Search me,(am) God, and know my heart;(an)
test me and know my anxious thoughts.
24 See if there is any offensive way(ao) in me,
and lead me(ap) in the way everlasting.
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