Today’s
Reading : Psalms 31 – 36 and 1Timothy
6 (KJV)
Psalms 31
Psa 31:1 To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. In
thee, O LORD, do I put my trust; let me never be ashamed: deliver me in thy
righteousness.
Psa 31:2 Bow down thine ear
to me; deliver me speedily: be thou my strong rock, for a house of defence to
save me.
Psa 31:3 For thou art
my rock and my fortress; therefore for thy name's sake lead me, and guide me.
Psa 31:4 Pull me out of the net that they have laid privily for me: for thou art
my strength.
Psa 31:5 Into thine hand I
commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O LORD God of truth.
Psa 31:6 I have hated them that regard lying vanities:
but I trust in the LORD.
Psa 31:7 I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy: for
thou hast considered my trouble; thou hast known my soul in adversities;
Psa 31:8 And hast not shut me up into the hand of the
enemy: thou hast set my feet in a large room.
Psa 31:9 Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am in
trouble: mine eye is consumed with grief, yea,
my soul and my belly.
Psa 31:10 For my life is spent with grief, and my years
with sighing: my strength faileth because of mine
iniquity, and my bones are consumed.
Psa 31:11 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.
Psa 31:12 I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I
am like a broken vessel.
Psa 31:13 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.
Psa 31:14 But I trusted in thee, O LORD: I said, Thou art my God.
Psa 31:15 My times are
in thy hand: deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that
persecute me.
Psa 31:16 Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: save
me for thy mercies' sake.
Psa 31:17 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.
Psa 31:18 Let the lying lips be put to silence; which
speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.
Psa 31:19 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!
Psa 31:20 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.
Psa 31:21 Blessed be
the LORD: for he hath showed me his marvellous kindness in a strong city.
Psa 31:22 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.
Psa 31:23 O love the LORD, all ye his saints: for the LORD preserveth
the faithful, and plentifully rewardeth the proud
doer.
Psa 31:24 Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen
your heart, all ye that hope in the LORD.
Psalms 32
Psa 32:1 A Psalm of David, Maschil.
Blessed is he
whose transgression is forgiven, whose
sin is covered.
Psa 32:2 Blessed is
the man unto whom the LORD imputeth not iniquity, and
in whose spirit there is no guile.
Psa 32:3 When I kept silence, my bones waxed old
through my roaring all the day long.
Psa 32:4 For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me:
my moisture is turned into the drought of summer. Selah.
Psa 32:5 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.
Psa 32:6 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.
Psa 32:7 Thou art
my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble;
thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance.
Selah.
Psa 32:8 I will instruct thee and teach thee in the
way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine
eye.
Psa 32:9 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.
Psa 32:10 Many sorrows shall
be to the wicked: but he that trusteth in the LORD, mercy shall compass him about.
Psa 32:11 Be glad in the LORD, and rejoice, ye
righteous: and shout for joy, all ye that are
upright in heart.
Psalms 33
Psa 33:1 Rejoice in the LORD, O ye righteous: for praise is comely for the upright.
Psa 33:2 Praise the LORD with harp: sing unto him with
the psaltery and an instrument of ten
strings.
Psa 33:3 Sing unto him a new song; play skilfully with
a loud noise.
Psa 33:4 For the word of the LORD is right; and all his works are done
in truth.
Psa 33:5 He loveth
righteousness and judgment: the earth is full of the goodness of the LORD.
Psa 33:6 By the word of the LORD were the heavens
made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.
Psa 33:7 He gathereth the
waters of the sea together as a heap: he layeth up
the depth in storehouses.
Psa 33:8 Let all the earth fear the LORD: let all the
inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him.
Psa 33:9 For he spoke, and it was done; he commanded, and it stood fast.
Psa 33:10 The LORD bringeth
the counsel of the heathen to naught: he maketh the
devices of the people of none effect.
Psa 33:11 The counsel of the LORD standeth
forever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations.
Psa 33:12 Blessed is
the nation whose God is the LORD; and the people whom
he hath chosen for his own inheritance.
Psa 33:13 The LORD looketh
from heaven; he beholdeth all the sons of men.
Psa 33:14 From the place of his habitation he looketh upon all the inhabitants of the earth.
Psa 33:15 He fashioneth their
hearts alike; he considereth all their works.
Psa 33:16 There is no king saved by the multitude of a
host: a mighty man is not delivered by much strength.
Psa 33:17 A horse is
a vain thing for safety: neither shall he deliver any
by his great strength.
Psa 33:18 Behold, the eye of the LORD is upon them that fear him, upon them that hope
in his mercy;
Psa 33:19 To deliver their soul from death, and to keep
them alive in famine.
Psa 33:20 Our soul waiteth
for the LORD: he is our help and our
shield.
Psa 33:21 For our heart shall rejoice in him, because
we have trusted in his holy name.
Psa 33:22 Let thy mercy, O LORD, be upon us, according
as we hope in thee.
Psalms 34
Psa 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.
Psa 34:2 My soul shall make her boast in the LORD: the
humble shall hear thereof, and be glad.
Psa 34:3 O magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt
his name together.
Psa 34:4 I sought the LORD, and he heard me, and
delivered me from all my fears.
Psa 34:5 They looked unto him, and were lightened: and
their faces were not ashamed.
Psa 34:6 This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.
Psa 34:7 The angel of the LORD encampeth
round about them that fear him, and delivereth them.
Psa 34:8 O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is
the man that trusteth
in him.
Psa 34:9 O fear the LORD, ye his saints: for there is
no want to them that fear him.
Psa 34:10 The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger:
but they that seek the LORD shall not want any good thing.
Psa 34:11 Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will
teach you the fear of the LORD.
Psa 34:12 What man is
he that
desireth life, and
loveth many
days, that he may see good?
Psa 34:13 Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from
speaking guile.
Psa 34:14 Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace,
and pursue it.
Psa 34:15 The eyes of the LORD are upon the righteous, and his ears are open
unto their cry.
Psa 34:16 The face of the LORD is against them that do evil, to cut off the
remembrance of them from the earth.
Psa 34:17 The righteous cry, and the LORD heareth,
and delivereth them out of all their troubles.
Psa 34:18 The LORD is
nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth
such as be of a contrite spirit.
Psa 34:19 Many are
the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth
him out of them all.
Psa 34:20 He keepeth all his
bones: not one of them is broken.
Psa 34:21 Evil shall slay the wicked: and they that
hate the righteous shall be desolate.
Psa 34:22 The LORD redeemeth
the soul of his servants: and none of them that trust in him shall be desolate.
Psalms 35
Psa 35:1 A Psalm of David. Plead my
cause, O LORD, with them that strive
with me: fight against them that fight against me.
Psa 35:2 Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up
for mine help.
Psa 35:3 Draw out also the spear, and stop the way
against them that persecute me: say unto my soul, I am
thy salvation.
Psa 35:4 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.
Psa 35:5 Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let
the angel of the LORD chase them.
Psa 35:6 Let their way be dark and slippery: and let
the angel of the LORD persecute them.
Psa 35:7 For without cause have they hid for me their
net in a pit, which without cause they have digged
for my soul.
Psa 35:8 Let destruction come upon him at unawares;
and let his net that he hath hid catch himself: into that very destruction let
him fall.
Psa 35:9 And my soul shall be joyful in the LORD: it
shall rejoice in his salvation.
Psa 35:10 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?
Psa 35:11 False witnesses did rise up; they laid to my
charge things that I knew not.
Psa 35:12 They rewarded me evil for good to the spoiling of my soul.
Psa 35:13 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.
Psa 35:14 I behaved myself as though he had been my friend or
brother: I bowed down heavily, as one that mourneth for his
mother.
Psa 35:15 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:
Psa 35:16 With hypocritical mockers in feasts, they
gnashed upon me with their teeth.
Psa 35:17 Lord, how long wilt thou look on? rescue my
soul from their destructions, my darling from the lions.
Psa 35:18 I will give thee thanks in the great
congregation: I will praise thee among much people.
Psa 35:19 Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully
rejoice over me: neither let them wink
with the eye that hate me without a cause.
Psa 35:20 For they speak not peace: but they devise
deceitful matters against them that are
quiet in the land.
Psa 35:21 Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me,
and said, Aha, aha, our eye hath seen it.
Psa 35:22 This
thou hast seen, O LORD: keep not silence: O Lord, be not far from me.
Psa 35:23 Stir up thyself, and awake to my judgment, even unto my cause, my God and my Lord.
Psa 35:24 Judge me, O LORD my God, according to thy
righteousness; and let them not rejoice over me.
Psa 35:25 Let them not say in their hearts, Ah, so
would we have it: let them not say, We have swallowed him up.
Psa 35:26 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.
Psa 35:27 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.
Psa 35:28 And my tongue shall speak of thy
righteousness and of thy praise all the
day long.
Psalms 36
Psa 36:1 To the chief Musician, A Psalm of
David the servant of the LORD. The transgression of the wicked saith within my heart, that
there is
no fear of God before his eyes.
Psa 36:2 For he flattereth
himself in his own eyes, until his iniquity be found to be hateful.
Psa 36:3 The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: he hath left off to be
wise, and to do good.
Psa 36:4 He deviseth
mischief upon his bed; he setteth himself in a way that is
not good; he abhorreth not evil.
Psa 36:5 Thy mercy, O LORD, is in the heavens; and
thy faithfulness reacheth
unto the clouds.
Psa 36:6 Thy righteousness is
like the great mountains; thy judgments are
a great deep: O LORD, thou preservest man and beast.
Psa 36:7 How excellent is
thy lovingkindness, O God! therefore the children of
men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings.
Psa 36:8 They shall be abundantly satisfied with the
fatness of thy house; and thou shalt make them drink
of the river of thy pleasures.
Psa 36:9 For with thee is
the fountain of life: in thy light shall we see light.
Psa 36:10 O continue thy lovingkindness
unto them that know thee; and thy righteousness to the upright in heart.
Psa 36:11 Let not the foot of pride come against me,
and let not the hand of the wicked remove me.
Psa 36:12 There are the workers of iniquity fallen:
they are cast down, and shall not be able to rise.
1Timothy 6
1Ti
6:1 Let as many servants as are under the yoke
count their own masters worthy of all honour, that the name of God and his doctrine be not blasphemed.
1Ti 6:2 And they that have believing masters, let
them not despise them, because they are
brethren; but rather do them service,
because they are faithful and beloved, partakers of the benefit. These things
teach and exhort.
1Ti 6:3 If any man teach otherwise, and consent not
to wholesome words, even the words of
our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to godliness;
1Ti 6:4 He is proud, knowing nothing, but doting
about questions and strifes of words, whereof cometh
envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings.
1Ti 6:5 Perverse disputings
of men of corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is
godliness: from such withdraw thyself.
1Ti 6:6 But godliness with contentment is great gain.
1Ti 6:7 For we brought nothing into this world, and
it is
certain we can carry nothing out.
1Ti 6:8 And having food and raiment let us be
therewith content.
1Ti 6:9 But they that will be rich fall into
temptation and a snare, and into many
foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.
1Ti 6:10 For the love of money is the root of all
evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and
pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
1Ti 6:11 But thou, O man of God, flee these things;
and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness.
1Ti 6:12 Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on
eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good
profession before many witnesses.
1Ti 6:13 I give thee charge in the sight of God, who quickeneth all things, and before
Christ Jesus, who before Pontius Pilate witnessed a good confession;
1Ti 6:14 That thou keep this
commandment without spot, unrebukeable, until the
appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ:
1Ti 6:15 Which in his times he shall show, who is the
blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords;
1Ti 6:16 Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the
light which no man can approach unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to
whom be honour and power everlasting.
Amen.
1Ti 6:17 Charge them that are rich in this world, that
they be not highminded; nor trust in uncertain
riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly
all things to enjoy;
1Ti 6:18 That they do good, that they be rich in good
works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate;
1Ti 6:19 Laying up in store for themselves a good
foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life.
1Ti 6:20 O Timothy, keep that which is committed to
thy trust, avoiding profane and vain
babblings, and oppositions of science falsely so called:
1Ti 6:21 Which some professing have erred concerning
the faith. Grace be with thee. Amen.