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Bible Reading for June 19

Psalms Chapter 32

1 (A Psalm of David, Maschil.) Blessed is he whose transgression is
forgiven, whose sin is covered.

2 Blessed is the man unto whom the LORD imputeth not iniquity, and in
whose spirit there is no guile.

3 When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day
long.

4 For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned
into the drought of summer. Selah.

5 I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I
said, I will confess my transgressions unto the LORD; and thou forgavest
the iniquity of my sin. Selah.

6 For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when
thou mayest be found: surely in the floods of great waters they shall
not come nigh unto him.

7 Thou art my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; thou
shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. Selah.

8 I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I
will guide thee with mine eye.

9 Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding:
whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, lest they come near
unto thee.

10 Many sorrows shall be to the wicked: but he that trusteth in the
LORD, mercy shall compass him about.

11 Be glad in the LORD, and rejoice, ye righteous: and shout for joy,
all ye that are upright in heart.

Psalms Chapter 33

1 Rejoice in the LORD, O ye righteous: for praise is comely for the upright.

2 Praise the LORD with harp: sing unto him with the psaltery and an
instrument of ten strings.

3 Sing unto him a new song; play skilfully with a loud noise.

4 For the word of the LORD is right; and all his works are done in truth.

5 He loveth righteousness and judgment: the earth is full of the
goodness of the LORD.

6 By the word of the LORD were the heavens made; and all the host of
them by the breath of his mouth.

7 He gathereth the waters of the sea together as an heap: he layeth up
the depth 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 spake, and it was done; he commanded, and it stood fast.

10 The LORD bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought: he maketh the devices of the people of none effect.

11 The counsel of the LORD standeth for ever, the thoughts of his heart
to all generations.

12 Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD; and the people whom he
hath chosen for his own inheritance.

13 The LORD looketh from heaven; he beholdeth all the sons of men.

14 From the place of his habitation he looketh upon all the inhabitants
of the earth.

15 He fashioneth their hearts alike; he considereth all their works.

16 There is no king saved by the multitude of an host: a mighty man is
not delivered by much strength.

17 An horse is a vain thing for safety: neither shall he deliver any by
his great strength.

18 Behold, the eye of the LORD is upon them that fear him, upon them
that hope in his mercy;

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

20 Our soul waiteth for the LORD: he is our help and our shield.

21 For our heart shall rejoice in him, because we have trusted in his
holy name.

22 Let thy mercy, O LORD, be upon us, according as we hope in thee.

Psalms Chapter 34

1 (A Psalm of David, when he changed his behaviour before Abimelech; who
drove him away, and he departed.) I will bless the LORD at all times:
his praise shall continually be in my mouth.

2 My soul shall make her boast in the LORD: the humble shall hear
thereof, and be glad.

3 O magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt his name together.

4 I sought the LORD, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears.

5 They looked unto him, and were lightened: and their faces were not
ashamed.

6 This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him, and saved him out of all
his troubles.

7 The angel of the LORD encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them.

8 O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that
trusteth in him.

9 O fear the LORD, ye his saints: for there is no want to them that fear
him.

10 The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the
LORD shall not want any good thing.

11 Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the
LORD.

12 What man is he that desireth life, and loveth many days, that he may
see good?

13 Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.

14 Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.

15 The eyes of the LORD are upon the righteous, and his ears are open
unto their cry.

16 The face of the LORD is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.

17 The righteous cry, and the LORD heareth, and delivereth them out of
all their troubles.

18 The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth
such as be of a contrite spirit.

19 Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth
him out of them all.

20 He keepeth all his bones: not one of them is broken.

21 Evil shall slay the wicked: and they that hate the righteous shall be desolate.

22 The LORD redeemeth the soul of his servants: and none of them that
trust in him shall be desolate.

Psalms Chapter 35

1 (A Psalm of David.) Plead my cause, O LORD, with them that strive with
me: fight against them that fight against me.

2 Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for mine help.

3 Draw out also the spear, and stop the way against them that persecute
me: say unto my soul, I am thy salvation.

4 Let them be confounded and put to shame that seek after my soul: let
them be turned back and brought to confusion that devise my hurt.

5 Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let the angel of the LORD
chase them.

6 Let their way be dark and slippery: and let the angel of the LORD
persecute them.

7 For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit, which
without cause they have digged for my soul.

8 Let destruction come upon him at unawares; and let his net that he
hath hid catch himself: into that very destruction let him fall.

9 And my soul shall be joyful in the LORD: it shall rejoice in his
salvation.

10 All my bones shall say, LORD, who is like unto thee, which deliverest
the poor from him that is too strong for him, yea, the poor and the
needy from him that spoileth him?

11 False witnesses did rise up; they laid to my charge things that I
knew not.

12 They rewarded me evil for good to the spoiling of my soul.

13 But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth: I
humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer returned into mine own bosom.

14 I behaved myself as though he had been my friend or brother: I bowed
down heavily, as one that mourneth for his mother.

15 But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves
together: yea, the abjects gathered themselves together against me, and
I knew it not; they did tear me, and ceased not:

16 With hypocritical mockers in feasts, they gnashed upon me with their
teeth.

17 Lord, how long wilt thou look on? rescue my soul from their
destructions, my darling from the lions.

18 I will give thee thanks in the great congregation: I will praise thee
among much people.

19 Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me:
neither let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause.

20 For they speak not peace: but they devise deceitful matters against
them that are quiet in the land.

21 Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me, and said, Aha, aha, our
eye hath seen it.

22 This thou hast seen, O LORD: keep not silence: O Lord, be not far
from me.

23 Stir up thyself, and awake to my judgment, even unto my cause, my God
and my Lord.

24 Judge me, O LORD my God, according to thy righteousness; and let them
not rejoice over me.

25 Let them not say in their hearts, Ah, so would we have it: let them
not say, We have swallowed him up.

26 Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion together that rejoice at
mine hurt: let them be clothed with shame and dishonour that magnify themselves against me.

27 Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that favour my righteous cause:
yea, let them say continually, Let the LORD be magnified, which hath
pleasure in the prosperity of his servant.

28 And my tongue shall speak of thy righteousness and of thy praise all
the day long.

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