DAY 124
Psalms 15-18
Psalms 15:1 Lord, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? who shall dwell in thy holy hill?
Psalms 15:2 He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart.
Psalms 15:3 He that backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his neighbour, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour.
Psalms 15:4 In whose eyes a vile person is contemned; but he honoureth them that fear the LORD. He that sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth not.
Psalms 15:5 He that putteth not out his money to usury, nor taketh reward against the innocent. He that doeth these things shall never be moved.
Psalms 16:1 Preserve me, O God: for in thee do I put my trust.
Psalms 16:2 O my soul, thou hast said unto the LORD, Thou art my Lord: my goodness extendeth not to thee;
Psalms 16:3 But to the saints that are in the earth, and to the excellent, in whom is all my delight.
Psalms 16:4 Their sorrows shall be multiplied that hasten after another god: their drink offerings of blood will I not offer, nor take up their names into my lips.
Psalms 16:5 The LORD is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou maintainest my lot.
Psalms 16:6 The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly heritage.
Psalms 16:7 I will bless the LORD, who hath given me counsel: my reins also instruct me in the night seasons.
Psalms 16:8 I have set the LORD always before me: because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
Psalms 16:9 Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also shall rest in hope.
Psalms 16:10 For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
Psalms 16:11 Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.
Psalms 17:1 Hear the right, O LORD, attend unto my cry, give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips.
Psalms 17:2 Let my sentence come forth from thy presence; let thine eyes behold the things that are equal.
Psalms 17:3 Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited me in the night; thou hast tried me, and shalt find nothing; I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.
Psalms 17:4 Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept me from the paths of the destroyer.
Psalms 17:5 Hold up my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps slip not.
Psalms 17:6 I have called upon thee, for thou wilt hear me, O God: incline thine ear unto me, and hear my speech.
Psalms 17:7 Shew thy marvellous lovingkindness, O thou that savest by thy right hand them which put their trust in thee from those that rise up against them.
Psalms 17:8 Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings,
Psalms 17:9 From the wicked that oppress me, from my deadly enemies, who compass me about.
Psalms 17:10 They are inclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak proudly.
Psalms 17:11 They have now compassed us in our steps: they have set their eyes bowing down to the earth;
Psalms 17:12 Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.
Psalms 17:13 Arise, O LORD, disappoint him, cast him down: deliver my soul from the wicked, which is thy sword:
Psalms 17:14 From men which are thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world, which have their portion in this life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid treasure: they are full of children, and leave the rest of their substance to their babes.
Psalms 17:15 As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.
Psalms 18:1 I will love thee, O LORD, my strength.
Psalms 18:2 The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.
Psalms 18:3 I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.
Psalms 18:4 The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.
Psalms 18:5 The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me.
Psalms 18:6 In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried unto my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, even into his ears.
Psalms 18:7 Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations also of the hills moved and were shaken, because he was wroth.
Psalms 18:8 There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.
Psalms 18:9 He bowed the heavens also, and came down: and darkness was under his feet.
Psalms 18:10 And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind.
Psalms 18:11 He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.
Psalms 18:12 At the brightness that was before him his thick clouds passed, hail stones and coals of fire.
Psalms 18:13 The LORD also thundered in the heavens, and the Highest gave his voice; hail stones and coals of fire.
Psalms 18:14 Yea, he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; and he shot out lightnings, and discomfited them.
Psalms 18:15 Then the channels of waters were seen, and the foundations of the world were discovered at thy rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of thy nostrils.
Psalms 18:16 He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many waters.
Psalms 18:17 He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them which hated me: for they were too strong for me.
Psalms 18:18 They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my stay.
Psalms 18:19 He brought me forth also into a large place; he delivered me, because he delighted in me.
Psalms 18:20 The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.
Psalms 18:21 For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God.
Psalms 18:22 For all his judgments were before me, and I did not put away his statutes from me.
Psalms 18:23 I was also upright before him, and I kept myself from mine iniquity.
Psalms 18:24 Therefore hath the LORD recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight.
Psalms 18:25 With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful; with an upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright;
Psalms 18:26 With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself froward.
Psalms 18:27 For thou wilt save the afflicted people; but wilt bring down high looks.
Psalms 18:28 For thou wilt light my candle: the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness.
Psalms 18:29 For by thee I have run through a troop; and by my God have I leaped over a wall.
Psalms 18:30 As for God, his way is perfect: the word of the LORD is tried: he is a buckler to all those that trust in him.
Psalms 18:31 For who is God save the LORD? or who is a rock save our God?
Psalms 18:32 It is God that girdeth me with strength, and maketh my way perfect.
Psalms 18:33 He maketh my feet like hinds' feet, and setteth me upon my high places.
Psalms 18:34 He teacheth my hands to war, so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms.
Psalms 18:35 Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy right hand hath holden me up, and thy gentleness hath made me great.
Psalms 18:36 Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, that my feet did not slip.
Psalms 18:37 I have pursued mine enemies, and overtaken them: neither did I turn again till they were consumed.
Psalms 18:38 I have wounded them that they were not able to rise: they are fallen under my feet.
Psalms 18:39 For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle: thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me.
Psalms 18:40 Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies; that I might destroy them that hate me.
Psalms 18:41 They cried, but there was none to save them: even unto the LORD, but he answered them not.
Psalms 18:42 Then did I beat them small as the dust before the wind: I did cast them out as the dirt in the streets.
Psalms 18:43 Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the people; and thou hast made me the head of the heathen: a people whom I have not known shall serve me.
Psalms 18:44 As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me: the strangers shall submit themselves unto me.
Psalms 18:45 The strangers shall fade away, and be afraid out of their close places.
Psalms 18:46 The LORD liveth; and blessed be my rock; and let the God of my salvation be exalted.
Psalms 18:47 It is God that avengeth me, and subdueth the people under me.
Psalms 18:48 He delivereth me from mine enemies: yea, thou liftest me up above those that rise up against me: thou hast delivered me from the violent man.
Psalms 18:49 Therefore will I give thanks unto thee, O LORD, among the heathen, and sing praises unto thy name.
Psalms 18:50 Great deliverance giveth he to his king; and sheweth mercy to his anointed, to David, and to his seed for evermore.