Today’s
Reading : Psalms 67 – 72 and Titus
1 (KJV)
Psalms 67
Psa 67:1 To the chief Musician on Neginoth,
A Psalm or Song. God be merciful unto
us, and bless us; and cause his face to
shine upon us; Selah.
Psa 67:2 That thy way may be known upon earth, thy
saving health among all nations.
Psa 67:3 Let the people praise thee, O God; let all
the people praise thee.
Psa 67:4 O let the nations be glad and sing for joy:
for thou shalt judge the people righteously, and
govern the nations upon earth. Selah.
Psa 67:5 Let the people praise thee, O God; let all
the people praise thee.
Psa 67:6 Then
shall the earth yield her increase; and
God, even our own God, shall bless us.
Psa 67:7 God shall bless us; and all the ends of the
earth shall fear him.
Psalms 68
Psa 68:1 To the chief Musician, A Psalm or Song of David. Let God arise, let his enemies
be scattered: let them also that hate him flee before him.
Psa 68:2 As smoke is driven away, so drive them
away: as wax melteth before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God.
Psa 68:3 But let the righteous be glad; let them
rejoice before God: yea, let them exceedingly rejoice.
Psa 68:4 Sing unto God, sing praises to his name:
extol him that rideth upon the heavens by his name
JAH, and rejoice before him.
Psa 68:5 A father of the fatherless, and a judge of
the widows, is God in his holy
habitation.
Psa 68:6 God setteth the
solitary in families: he bringeth out those which are
bound with chains: but the rebellious dwell in a dry land.
Psa 68:7 O God, when thou wentest
forth before thy people, when thou didst march through the wilderness; Selah:
Psa 68:8 The earth shook, the heavens also dropped at
the presence of God: even Sinai itself was moved
at the presence of God, the God of Israel.
Psa 68:9 Thou, O God, didst send a plentiful rain,
whereby thou didst confirm thine inheritance, when it
was weary.
Psa 68:10 Thy congregation hath dwelt therein: thou, O
God, hast prepared of thy goodness for the poor.
Psa 68:11 The Lord gave the word: great was the company of those that published it.
Psa 68:12 Kings of armies did flee apace: and she that
tarried at home divided the spoil.
Psa 68:13 Though ye have lain among the pots, yet shall ye be as the wings of a dove covered with silver, and
her feathers with yellow gold.
Psa 68:14 When the Almighty scattered kings in it, it
was white as snow in Salmon.
Psa 68:15 The hill of God is
as the hill of Bashan; a high hill as the hill of Bashan.
Psa 68:16 Why leap ye, ye high hills? this is
the hill which God desireth
to dwell in; yea, the LORD will dwell in
it forever.
Psa 68:17 The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even
thousands of angels: the Lord is among
them, as in
Sinai, in the holy place.
Psa 68:18 Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led
captivity captive: thou hast received gifts for men; yea, for the rebellious also, that the LORD God might
dwell among them.
Psa 68:19 Blessed be
the Lord, who daily loadeth
us with benefits,
even the God of our salvation. Selah.
Psa 68:20 He that is
our God is the God of salvation; and
unto GOD the Lord belong the issues from
death.
Psa 68:21 But God shall wound the head of his enemies, and the hairy scalp of such a one as goeth on still in his trespasses.
Psa 68:22 The Lord said, I will bring again from
Bashan, I will bring my people again
from the depths of the sea:
Psa 68:23 That thy foot may be dipped in the blood of thine enemies, and the tongue of thy dogs in the same.
Psa 68:24 They have seen thy goings, O God; even the goings of my God, my King, in the
sanctuary.
Psa 68:25 The singers went before, the players on
instruments followed after; among them were
the damsels playing with timbrels.
Psa 68:26 Bless ye God in the congregations, even the Lord, from the fountain of Israel.
Psa 68:27 There is
little Benjamin with their ruler, the
princes of Judah and their council, the
princes of Zebulun, and
the princes of Naphtali.
Psa 68:28 Thy God hath commanded thy strength:
strengthen, O God, that which thou hast wrought for us.
Psa 68:29 Because of thy temple at Jerusalem shall
kings bring presents unto thee.
Psa 68:30 Rebuke the company of spearmen, the multitude
of the bulls, with the calves of the people, till
every one
submit himself with pieces of silver: scatter thou the people that delight in war.
Psa 68:31 Princes shall come out of Egypt; Ethiopia
shall soon stretch out her hands unto God.
Psa 68:32 Sing unto God, ye kingdoms of the earth; O
sing praises unto the Lord; Selah:
Psa 68:33 To him that rideth
upon the heavens of heavens, which were of old; lo, he doth send out his voice, and that a
mighty voice.
Psa 68:34 Ascribe ye strength unto God: his excellency is over
Israel, and his strength is in the
clouds.
Psa 68:35 O God, thou
art terrible out of thy holy places: the
God of Israel is he that giveth strength and power unto his
people. Blessed be God.
Psalms 69
Psa 69:1 To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim, A Psalm of David. Save me, O God; for the waters
are come in unto my soul.
Psa 69:2 I sink in deep mire, where there is
no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.
Psa 69:3 I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried:
mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.
Psa 69:4 They that hate me without a cause are more
than the hairs of mine head: they that would destroy me, being mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: then I
restored that which I took not away.
Psa 69:5 O God, thou knowest
my foolishness; and my sins are not hid from thee.
Psa 69:6 Let not them that wait on thee, O Lord GOD of
hosts, be ashamed for my sake: let not those that seek thee be confounded for
my sake, O God of Israel.
Psa 69:7 Because for thy sake I have borne reproach;
shame hath covered my face.
Psa 69:8 I am become a stranger unto my brethren, and
an alien unto my mother's children.
Psa 69:9 For the zeal of thine
house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are
fallen upon me.
Psa 69:10 When I wept, and
chastened my soul with fasting, that was
to my reproach.
Psa 69:11 I made sackcloth also my garment; and I
became a proverb to them.
Psa 69:12 They that sit in the gate speak against me;
and I was the song of the drunkards.
Psa 69:13 But as for me, my prayer is unto thee, O LORD, in
an acceptable time: O God, in the multitude of thy mercy hear me, in the truth
of thy salvation.
Psa 69:14 Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not
sink: let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters.
Psa 69:15 Let not the waterflood
overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit shut her
mouth upon me.
Psa 69:16 Hear me, O LORD; for thy lovingkindness
is good: turn unto me according to the
multitude of thy tender mercies.
Psa 69:17 And hide not thy face from thy servant; for I
am in trouble: hear me speedily.
Psa 69:18 Draw nigh unto my soul, and redeem it: deliver me because of mine
enemies.
Psa 69:19 Thou hast known my reproach, and my shame,
and my dishonour: mine adversaries are
all before thee.
Psa 69:20 Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full
of heaviness: and I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; and for
comforters, but I found none.
Psa 69:21 They gave me also gall for my meat; and in my
thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
Psa 69:22 Let their table become a snare before them:
and that which
should have
been for their
welfare, let it
become a trap.
Psa 69:23 Let their eyes be darkened, that they see
not; and make their loins continually to shake.
Psa 69:24 Pour out thine indignation
upon them, and let thy wrathful anger take hold of them.
Psa 69:25 Let their habitation be desolate; and let none dwell in their tents.
Psa 69:26 For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten; and they talk to the grief of
those whom thou hast wounded.
Psa 69:27 Add iniquity unto their iniquity: and let
them not come into thy righteousness.
Psa 69:28 Let them be blotted out of the book of the
living, and not be written with the righteous.
Psa 69:29 But I am
poor and sorrowful: let thy salvation, O God, set me up on high.
Psa 69:30 I will praise the name of God with a song,
and will magnify him with thanksgiving.
Psa 69:31 This
also shall please the LORD better than an ox or
bullock that hath horns and hooves.
Psa 69:32 The humble shall see this, and
be glad: and your heart shall live that seek God.
Psa 69:33 For the LORD heareth
the poor, and despiseth not his prisoners.
Psa 69:34 Let the heaven and earth praise him, the
seas, and every thing that moveth therein.
Psa 69:35 For God will save Zion, and will build the
cities of Judah: that they may dwell there, and have it in possession.
Psa 69:36 The seed also of his servants shall inherit
it: and they that love his name shall dwell therein.
Psalms 70
Psa 70:1 To the chief Musician, A Psalm of
David, to bring to remembrance. Make haste, O God, to deliver me; make haste to help
me, O LORD.
Psa 70:2 Let them be ashamed and confounded that seek
after my soul: let them be turned backward, and put to confusion, that desire
my hurt.
Psa 70:3 Let them be turned back for a reward of their
shame that say, Aha, aha.
Psa 70:4 Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be
glad in thee: and let such as love thy salvation say continually, Let God be
magnified.
Psa 70:5 But I am
poor and needy: make haste unto me, O God: thou art
my help and my deliverer; O LORD, make no tarrying.
Psalms 71
Psa 71:1 In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust: let me
never be put to confusion.
Psa 71:2 Deliver me in thy righteousness, and cause me
to escape: incline thine ear unto me, and save me.
Psa 71:3 Be thou my strong habitation, whereunto I may
continually resort: thou hast given commandment to save me; for thou art my rock and my fortress.
Psa 71:4 Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the
wicked, out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man.
Psa 71:5 For thou art
my hope, O Lord GOD: thou art my trust from my youth.
Psa 71:6 By thee have I been holden
up from the womb: thou art he that took me out of my mother's bowels: my praise
shall be
continually of thee.
Psa 71:7 I am as a wonder unto many; but thou art my strong refuge.
Psa 71:8 Let my mouth be filled with thy praise and
with thy honour all the day.
Psa 71:9 Cast me not off in the time of old age;
forsake me not when my strength faileth.
Psa 71:10 For mine enemies speak against me; and they
that lay wait for my soul take counsel together,
Psa 71:11 Saying, God hath forsaken him: persecute and
take him; for there is none to deliver him.
Psa 71:12 O God, be not far from me: O my God, make
haste for my help.
Psa 71:13 Let them be confounded and consumed that are adversaries to my soul; let
them be covered with reproach and
dishonour that seek my hurt.
Psa 71:14 But I will hope continually, and will yet
praise thee more and more.
Psa 71:15 My mouth shall show forth thy righteousness and thy salvation all the day; for I know not the
numbers thereof.
Psa 71:16 I will go in the strength of the Lord GOD: I
will make mention of thy righteousness, even
of thine only.
Psa 71:17 O God, thou hast taught me from my youth: and
hitherto have I declared thy wondrous works.
Psa 71:18 Now also when I am old and grayheaded, O God, forsake me not; until I have showed thy
strength unto this generation, and thy power to every one that is to come.
Psa 71:19 Thy righteousness also, O God, is very high, who hast done great things: O God,
who is like unto thee!
Psa 71:20 Thou,
which hast showed me great and sore troubles, shalt
quicken me again, and shalt bring me up again from
the depths of the earth.
Psa 71:21 Thou shalt increase
my greatness, and comfort me on every side.
Psa 71:22 I will also praise thee with the psaltery, even thy truth, O my God: unto thee will I sing
with the harp, O thou Holy One of Israel.
Psa 71:23 My lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing
unto thee; and my soul, which thou hast redeemed.
Psa 71:24 My tongue also shall talk of thy
righteousness all the day long: for they are confounded, for they are brought
unto shame, that seek my hurt.
Psalms 72
Psa 72:1 A Psalm for Solomon. Give the king thy judgments, O
God, and thy righteousness unto the king's son.
Psa 72:2 He shall judge thy people with righteousness,
and thy poor with judgment.
Psa 72:3 The mountains shall bring peace to the
people, and the little hills, by righteousness.
Psa 72:4 He shall judge the poor of the people, he
shall save the children of the needy, and shall break in pieces the oppressor.
Psa 72:5 They shall fear thee as long as the sun and
moon endure, throughout all generations.
Psa 72:6 He shall come down like rain upon the mown
grass: as showers that water the earth.
Psa 72:7 In his days shall the righteous flourish; and
abundance of peace so long as the moon endureth.
Psa 72:8 He shall have dominion also from sea to sea,
and from the river unto the ends of the earth.
Psa 72:9 They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow
before him; and his enemies shall lick the dust.
Psa 72:10 The kings of Tarshish
and of the isles shall bring presents: the kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts.
Psa 72:11 Yea, all kings shall fall down before him:
all nations shall serve him.
Psa 72:12 For he shall deliver the needy when he crieth; the poor also, and him
that hath no helper.
Psa 72:13 He shall spare the poor and needy, and shall
save the souls of the needy.
Psa 72:14 He shall redeem their soul from deceit and
violence: and precious shall their blood be in his sight.
Psa 72:15 And he shall live, and to him shall be given
of the gold of Sheba: prayer also shall be made for him continually; and daily shall he be praised.
Psa 72:16 There shall be a handful of corn in the earth
upon the top of the mountains; the fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon: and they of the city shall flourish like grass of the
earth.
Psa 72:17 His name shall endure forever: his name shall
be continued as long as the sun: and men
shall be blessed in him: all nations shall call him blessed.
Psa 72:18 Blessed be
the LORD God, the God of Israel, who only doeth wondrous things.
Psa 72:19 And blessed be
his glorious name forever: and let the whole earth be filled with his glory; Amen, and Amen.
Psa 72:20 The prayers of David the son of Jesse are
ended.
Titus 1
Tit
1:1 Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of
Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God's elect, and the acknowledging of
the truth which is after godliness;
Tit 1:2 In hope of eternal life, which God, that
cannot lie, promised before the world began;
Tit 1:3 But hath in due times manifested his word
through preaching, which is committed unto me according to the commandment of
God our Saviour;
Tit 1:4 To Titus, mine
own son after the common faith: Grace, mercy, and
peace, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ our Saviour.
Tit 1:5 For this cause left I thee in Crete, that
thou shouldest set in order the things that are
wanting, and ordain elders in every city, as I had appointed thee:
Tit 1:6 If any be blameless, the husband of one wife,
having faithful children not accused of riot or unruly.
Tit 1:7 For a bishop must be blameless, as the
steward of God; not self-willed, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker,
not given to filthy lucre;
Tit 1:8 But a lover of hospitality, a lover of good
men, sober, just, holy, temperate;
Tit 1:9 Holding fast the faithful word as he hath
been taught, that he may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort and to
convince the gainsayers.
Tit 1:10 For there are many unruly and vain talkers
and deceivers, especially they of the circumcision:
Tit 1:11 Whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert
whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre's sake.
Tit 1:12 One of themselves, even a prophet of their own, said, The Cretians
are always liars, evil beasts, slow
bellies.
Tit 1:13 This witness is true. Wherefore rebuke them
sharply, that they may be sound in the faith;
Tit 1:14 Not giving heed to Jewish fables, and
commandments of men, that turn from the truth.
Tit 1:15 Unto the pure all things are pure: but unto them that are defiled and
unbelieving is nothing pure; but even
their mind and conscience is defiled.
Tit 1:16 They profess that they know God; but in works
they deny him, being abominable, and
disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.