Today’s Reading :  Psalms 135 – 140  and  Hebrews 7  (KJV)

 

 

 Psalms 135

Psa 135:1  Praise ye the LORD. Praise ye the name of the LORD; praise him, O ye servants of the LORD.

Psa 135:2  Ye that stand in the house of the Lord, in the courts of the house of our God,

Psa 135:3  Praise the LORD; for the LORD is good: sing praises unto his name; for it is pleasant.

Psa 135:4  For the LORD hath chosen Jacob unto himself, and Israel for his peculiar treasure.

Psa 135:5  For I know that the LORD is great, and that our Lord is above all gods.

Psa 135:6  Whatsoever the LORD pleased, that did he in heaven, and in earth, in the seas, and all deep places.

Psa 135:7  He causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings for the rain; he bringeth the wind out of his treasuries.

Psa 135:8  Who smote the firstborn of Egypt, both of man and beast.

Psa 135:9  Who sent tokens and wonders into the midst of thee, O Egypt, upon Pharaoh, and upon all his servants.

Psa 135:10  Who smote great nations, and slew mighty kings;

Psa 135:11  Sihon king of the Amorites, and Og king of Bashan, and all the kingdoms of Canaan:

Psa 135:12  And gave their land for a heritage, a heritage unto Israel his people.

Psa 135:13  Thy name, O LORD, endureth forever; and thy memorial, O LORD, throughout all generations.

Psa 135:14  For the LORD will judge his people, and he will repent himself concerning his servants.

Psa 135:15  The idols of the heathen are silver and gold, the work of men's hands.

Psa 135:16  They have mouths, but they speak not; eyes have they, but they see not;

Psa 135:17  They have ears, but they hear not; neither is there any breath in their mouths.

Psa 135:18  They that make them are like unto them: so is every one that trusteth in them.

Psa 135:19  Bless the LORD, O house of Israel: bless the LORD, O house of Aaron:

Psa 135:20  Bless the LORD, O house of Levi: ye that fear the LORD, bless the LORD.

Psa 135:21  Blessed be the LORD out of Zion, which dwelleth at Jerusalem. Praise ye the LORD.

 

Psalms 136

Psa 136:1  O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endureth forever.

Psa 136:2  O give thanks unto the God of gods: for his mercy endureth forever.

Psa 136:3  O give thanks to the Lord of lords: for his mercy endureth forever.

Psa 136:4  To him who alone doeth great wonders: for his mercy endureth forever.

Psa 136:5  To him that by wisdom made the heavens: for his mercy endureth forever.

Psa 136:6  To him that stretched out the earth above the waters: for his mercy endureth forever.

Psa 136:7  To him that made great lights: for his mercy endureth forever:

Psa 136:8  The sun to rule by day: for his mercy endureth forever:

Psa 136:9  The moon and stars to rule by night: for his mercy endureth forever.

Psa 136:10  To him that smote Egypt in their firstborn: for his mercy endureth forever:

Psa 136:11  And brought out Israel from among them: for his mercy endureth forever:

Psa 136:12  With a strong hand, and with a stretched out arm: for his mercy endureth forever.

Psa 136:13  To him which divided the Red sea into parts: for his mercy endureth forever:

Psa 136:14  And made Israel to pass through the midst of it: for his mercy endureth forever:

Psa 136:15  But overthrew Pharaoh and his host in the Red sea: for his mercy endureth forever.

Psa 136:16  To him which led his people through the wilderness: for his mercy endureth forever.

Psa 136:17  To him which smote great kings: for his mercy endureth forever:

Psa 136:18  And slew famous kings: for his mercy endureth forever:

Psa 136:19  Sihon king of the Amorites: for his mercy endureth forever:

Psa 136:20  And Og the king of Bashan: for his mercy endureth forever:

Psa 136:21  And gave their land for a heritage: for his mercy endureth forever:

Psa 136:22  Even a heritage unto Israel his servant: for his mercy endureth forever.

Psa 136:23  Who remembered us in our low estate: for his mercy endureth forever:

Psa 136:24  And hath redeemed us from our enemies: for his mercy endureth forever.

Psa 136:25  Who giveth food to all flesh: for his mercy endureth forever.

Psa 136:26  O give thanks unto the God of heaven: for his mercy endureth forever.

 

Psalms 137

Psa 137:1  By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion.

Psa 137:2  We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof.

Psa 137:3  For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion.

Psa 137:4  How shall we sing the LORD's song in a strange land?

Psa 137:5  If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning.

Psa 137:6  If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy.

Psa 137:7  Remember, O LORD, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Raze it, raze it, even to the foundation thereof.

Psa 137:8  O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.

Psa 137:9  Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones.

 

Psalms 138

Psa 138:1  A Psalm of David. I will praise thee with my whole heart: before the gods will I sing praise unto thee.

Psa 138:2  I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name.

Psa 138:3  In the day when I cried thou answeredst me, and strengthenedst me with strength in my soul.

Psa 138:4  All the kings of the earth shall praise thee, O LORD, when they hear the words of thy mouth.

Psa 138:5  Yea, they shall sing in the ways of the LORD: for great is the glory of the LORD.

Psa 138:6  Though the LORD be high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly: but the proud he knoweth afar off.

Psa 138:7  Though I walk in the midst of trouble, thou wilt revive me: thou shalt stretch forth thine hand against the wrath of mine enemies, and thy right hand shall save me.

Psa 138:8  The LORD will perfect that which concerneth me: thy mercy, O LORD, endureth forever: forsake not the works of thine own hands.

 

Psalms 139

Psa 139:1  To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me.

Psa 139:2  Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off.

Psa 139:3  Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways.

Psa 139:4  For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O LORD, thou knowest it altogether.

Psa 139:5  Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me.

Psa 139:6  Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it.

Psa 139:7  Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence?

Psa 139:8  If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there.

Psa 139:9  If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;

Psa 139:10  Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.

Psa 139:11  If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.

Psa 139:12  Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee.

Psa 139:13  For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother's womb.

Psa 139:14  I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.

Psa 139:15  My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.

Psa 139:16  Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them.

Psa 139:17  How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them!

Psa 139:18  If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee.

Psa 139:19  Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: depart from me therefore, ye bloody men.

Psa 139:20  For they speak against thee wickedly, and thine enemies take thy name in vain.

Psa 139:21  Do not I hate them, O LORD, that hate thee? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee?

Psa 139:22  I hate them with perfect hatred: I count them mine enemies.

Psa 139:23  Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:

Psa 139:24  And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.

 

 

Psalms 140

Psa 140:1  To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. Deliver me, O LORD, from the evil man: preserve me from the violent man;

Psa 140:2  Which imagine mischiefs in their heart; continually are they gathered together for war.

Psa 140:3  They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison is under their lips. Selah.

Psa 140:4  Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from the violent man; who have purposed to overthrow my goings.

Psa 140:5  The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the wayside; they have set gins for me. Selah.

Psa 140:6  I said unto the LORD, Thou art my God: hear the voice of my supplications, O LORD.

Psa 140:7  O GOD the Lord, the strength of my salvation, thou hast covered my head in the day of battle.

Psa 140:8  Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked: further not his wicked device; lest they exalt themselves. Selah.

Psa 140:9  As for the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.

Psa 140:10  Let burning coals fall upon them: let them be cast into the fire; into deep pits, that they rise not up again.

Psa 140:11  Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth: evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him.

Psa 140:12  I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and the right of the poor.

Psa 140:13  Surely the righteous shall give thanks unto thy name: the upright shall dwell in thy presence.

 

Hebrews 7

Heb 7:1  For this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of the most high God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings, and blessed him;

Heb 7:2  To whom also Abraham gave a tenth part of all; first being by interpretation King of righteousness, and after that also King of Salem, which is, King of peace;

Heb 7:3  Without father, without mother, without descent, having neither beginning of days, nor end of life; but made like unto the Son of God; abideth a priest continually.

Heb 7:4  Now consider how great this man was, unto whom even the patriarch Abraham gave the tenth of the spoils.

Heb 7:5  And verily they that are of the sons of Levi, who receive the office of the priesthood, have a commandment to take tithes of the people according to the law, that is, of their brethren, though they come out of the loins of Abraham:

Heb 7:6  But he whose descent is not counted from them received tithes of Abraham, and blessed him that had the promises.

Heb 7:7  And without all contradiction the less is blessed of the better.

Heb 7:8  And here men that die receive tithes; but there he receiveth them, of whom it is witnessed that he liveth.

Heb 7:9  And as I may so say, Levi also, who receiveth tithes, paid tithes in Abraham.

Heb 7:10  For he was yet in the loins of his father, when Melchizedek met him.

Heb 7:11  If therefore perfection were by the Levitical priesthood, (for under it the people received the law,) what further need was there that another priest should rise after the order of Melchizedek, and not be called after the order of Aaron?

Heb 7:12  For the priesthood being changed, there is made of necessity a change also of the law.

Heb 7:13  For he of whom these things are spoken pertaineth to another tribe, of which no man gave attendance at the altar.

Heb 7:14  For it is evident that our Lord sprang out of Judah; of which tribe Moses spake nothing concerning priesthood.

Heb 7:15  And it is yet far more evident: for that after the similitude of Melchizedek there ariseth another priest,

Heb 7:16  Who is made, not after the law of a carnal commandment, but after the power of an endless life.

Heb 7:17  For he testifieth, Thou art a priest forever after the order of Melchizedek.

Heb 7:18  For there is verily a disannulling of the commandment going before for the weakness and unprofitableness thereof.

Heb 7:19  For the law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a better hope did; by the which we draw nigh unto God.

Heb 7:20  And inasmuch as not without an oath he was made priest:

Heb 7:21  (For those priests were made without an oath; but this with an oath by him that said unto him, The Lord swore and will not repent, Thou art a priest forever after the order of Melchizedek:)

Heb 7:22  By so much was Jesus made a surety of a better testament.

Heb 7:23  And they truly were many priests, because they were not suffered to continue by reason of death:

Heb 7:24  But this man, because he continueth ever, hath an unchangeable priesthood.

Heb 7:25  Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them.

Heb 7:26  For such a high priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens;

Heb 7:27  Who needeth not daily, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifice, first for his own sins, and then for the people's: for this he did once, when he offered up himself.

Heb 7:28  For the law maketh men high priests which have infirmity; but the word of the oath, which was since the law, maketh the Son, who is consecrated forevermore.