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Bible Reading for June 24

Psalms Chapter 58

1 (To the chief Musician, Altaschith, Michtam of David.) Do ye indeed
speak righteousness, O congregation? do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of
men?

2 Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your hands
in the earth.

3 The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they
be born, speaking lies.

4 Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf
adder that stoppeth her ear;

5 Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely.

6 Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great teeth of
the young lions, O LORD.

7 Let them melt away as waters which run continually: when he bendeth
his bow to shoot his arrows, let them be as cut in pieces.

8 As a snail which melteth, let every one of them pass away: like the
untimely birth of a woman, that they may not see the sun.

9 Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with
a whirlwind, both living, and in his wrath.

10 The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he shall
wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.

11 So that a man shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous:
verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth.

Psalms Chapter 59

1 (To the chief Musician, Altaschith, Michtam of David; when Saul sent,
and they watched the house to kill him.) Deliver me from mine enemies, O
my God: defend me from them that rise up against me.

2 Deliver me from the workers of iniquity, and save me from bloody men.

3 For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul: the mighty are gathered against
me; not for my transgression, nor for my sin, O LORD.

4 They run and prepare themselves without my fault: awake to help me,
and behold.

5 Thou therefore, O LORD God of hosts, the God of Israel, awake to visit
all the heathen: be not merciful to any wicked transgressors. Selah.

6 They return at evening: they make a noise like a dog, and go round
about the city.

7 Behold, they belch out with their mouth: swords are in their lips: for
who, say they, doth hear?

8 But thou, O LORD, shalt laugh at them; thou shalt have all the heathen
in derision.

9 Because of his strength will I wait upon thee: for God is my defence.

10 The God of my mercy shall prevent me: God shall let me see my desire
upon mine enemies.

11 Slay them not, lest my people forget: scatter them by thy power; and
bring them down, O Lord our shield.

12 For the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips let them even
be taken in their pride: and for cursing and lying which they speak.

13 Consume them in wrath, consume them, that they may not be: and let
them know that God ruleth in Jacob unto the ends of the earth. Selah.

14 And at evening let them return; and let them make a noise like a dog,
and go round about the city.

15 Let them wander up and down for meat, and grudge if they be not
satisfied.

16 But I will sing of thy power; yea, I will sing aloud of thy mercy in
the morning: for thou hast been my defence and refuge in the day of my trouble.

17 Unto thee, O my strength, will I sing: for God is my defence, and the
God of my mercy.

Psalms Chapter 60

1 (To the chief Musician upon Shushaneduth, Michtam of David, to teach;
when he strove with Aramnaharaim and with Aramzobah, when Joab returned,
and smote of Edom in the valley of salt twelve thousand.) O God, thou
hast cast us off, thou hast scattered us, thou hast been displeased; O
turn thyself to us again.

2 Thou hast made the earth to tremble; thou hast broken it: heal the
breaches thereof; for it shaketh.

3 Thou hast shewed thy people hard things: thou hast made us to drink
the wine of astonishment.

4 Thou hast given a banner to them that fear thee, that it may be
displayed because of the truth. Selah.

5 That thy beloved may be delivered; save with thy right hand, and hear me.

6 God hath spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, I will divide
Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth.

7 Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the strength of
mine head; Judah is my lawgiver;

8 Moab is my washpot; over Edom will I cast out my shoe: Philistia,
triumph thou because of me.

9 Who will bring me into the strong city? who will lead me into Edom?

10 Wilt not thou, O God, which hadst cast us off? and thou, O God, which
didst not go out with our armies?

11 Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man.

12 Through God we shall do valiantly: for he it is that shall tread down
our enemies.

Psalms Chapter 61

1 (To the chief Musician upon Neginah, A Psalm of David.) Hear my cry, O
God; attend unto my prayer.

2 From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock that is higher than I.

3 For thou hast been a shelter for me, and a strong tower from the enemy.

4 I will abide in thy tabernacle for ever: I will trust in the covert of
thy wings. Selah.

5 For thou, O God, hast heard my vows: thou hast given me the heritage
of those that fear thy name.

6 Thou wilt prolong the king's life: and his years as many generations.

7 He shall abide before God for ever: O prepare mercy and truth, which
may preserve him.

8 So will I sing praise unto thy name for ever, that I may daily perform
my vows.

Psalms Chapter 62

1 (To the chief Musician, to Jeduthun, A Psalm of David.) Truly my soul waiteth upon God: from him cometh my salvation.

2 He only is my rock and my salvation; he is my defence; I shall not be greatly moved.

3 How long will ye imagine mischief against a man? ye shall be slain all
of you: as a bowing wall shall ye be, and as a tottering fence.

4 They only consult to cast him down from his excellency: they delight
in lies: they bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah.

5 My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him.

6 He only is my rock and my salvation: he is my defence; I shall not be
moved.

7 In God is my salvation and my glory: the rock of my strength, and my
refuge, is in God.

8 Trust in him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before him:
God is a refuge for us. Selah.

9 Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie:
to be laid in the balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity.

10 Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery: if riches increase, set not your heart upon them.

11 God hath spoken once; twice have I heard this; that power belongeth
unto God.

12 Also unto thee, O Lord, belongeth mercy: for thou renderest to every
man according to his work.

Psalms Chapter 63

1 (A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah.) O God,
thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my
flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;

2 To see thy power and thy glory, so as I have seen thee in the sanctuary.

3 Because thy lovingkindness is better than life, my lips shall praise thee.

4 Thus will I bless thee while I live: I will lift up my hands in thy name.

5 My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and my mouth
shall praise thee with joyful lips:

6 When I remember thee upon my bed, and meditate on thee in the night
watches.

7 Because thou hast been my help, therefore in the shadow of thy wings
will I rejoice.

8 My soul followeth hard after thee: thy right hand upholdeth me.

9 But those that seek my soul, to destroy it, shall go into the lower
parts of the earth.

10 They shall fall by the sword: they shall be a portion for foxes.

11 But the king shall rejoice in God; every one that sweareth by him
shall glory: but the mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped.

Psalms Chapter 64

1 (To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.) Hear my voice, O God, in my prayer: preserve my life from fear of the enemy.

2 Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked; from the insurrection
of the workers of iniquity:

3 Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words:

4 That they may shoot in secret at the perfect: suddenly do they shoot
at him, and fear not.

5 They encourage themselves in an evil matter: they commune of laying
snares privily; they say, Who shall see them?

6 They search out iniquities; they accomplish a diligent search: both
the inward thought of every one of them, and the heart, is deep.

7 But God shall shoot at them with an arrow; suddenly shall they be wounded.

8 So they shall make their own tongue to fall upon themselves: all that
see them shall flee away.

9 And all men shall fear, and shall declare the work of God; for they
shall wisely consider of his doing.

10 The righteous shall be glad in the LORD, and shall trust in him; and
all the upright in heart shall glory.

Psalms Chapter 65

1 (To the chief Musician, A Psalm and Song of David.) Praise waiteth for
thee, O God, in Sion: and unto thee shall the vow be performed.

2 O thou that hearest prayer, unto thee shall all flesh come.

3 Iniquities prevail against me: as for our transgressions, thou shalt
purge them away.

4 Blessed is the man whom thou choosest, and causest to approach unto
thee, that he may dwell in thy courts: we shall be satisfied with the
goodness of thy house, even of thy holy temple.

5 By terrible things in righteousness wilt thou answer us, O God of our salvation; who art the confidence of all the ends of the earth, and of
them that are afar off upon the sea:

6 Which by his strength setteth fast the mountains; being girded with power:

7 Which stilleth the noise of the seas, the noise of their waves, and
the tumult of the people.

8 They also that dwell in the uttermost parts are afraid at thy tokens:
thou makest the outgoings of the morning and evening to rejoice.

9 Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it: thou greatly enrichest it
with the river of God, which is full of water: thou preparest them corn,
when thou hast so provided for it.

10 Thou waterest the ridges thereof abundantly: thou settlest the
furrows thereof: thou makest it soft with showers: thou blessest the
springing thereof.

11 Thou crownest the year with thy goodness; and thy paths drop fatness.

12 They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness: and the little hills
rejoice on every side.

13 The pastures are clothed with flocks; the valleys also are covered
over with corn; they shout for joy, they also sing.

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