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Bible Reading for April 21
Psalms 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.
Psalms 32
[1] 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 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.
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