31 July Psalm 68:18-19 You ascended the high mount, leading captives in your train and receiving gifts from people, even from those who rebel against the Lord God’s abiding there. Blessed be the Lord, who daily bears us up; God is our salvation. Genesis 37:8, 11 His brothers said to him, ‘Are you indeed to […]
30 July Psalm 107:24-29 they saw the deeds of the Lord, his wondrous works in the deep. For he commanded and raised the stormy wind, which lifted up the waves of the sea. They mounted up to heaven, they went down to the depths; their courage melted away in their calamity; they reeled and staggered like […]
29 July Psalm 139:18b I come to the end—I am still with you. Job 19:25-27 For I know that my Redeemer lives, and that at the last he will stand upon the earth; and after my skin has been thus destroyed, then in my flesh I shall see God, whom I shall see on my […]
28 July Psalm 4:7 You have put gladness in my heart more than when their grain and wine abound. 2 Samuel 6:12-16, 20-22a It was told King David, ‘The Lord has blessed the household of Obed-edom and all that belongs to him, because of the ark of God.’ So David went and brought up the ark of […]
27 July Psalm 148:12-14 Young men and women alike, old and young together! Let them praise the name of the Lord, for his name alone is exalted; his glory is above earth and heaven. He has raised up a horn for his people, praise for all his faithful, for the people of Israel who are close […]
26 July Psalm 148:7-13 Praise the Lord from the earth, you sea monsters and all deeps, fire and hail, snow and frost, stormy wind fulfilling his command! Mountains and all hills, fruit trees and all cedars! Wild animals and all cattle, creeping things and flying birds! Kings of the earth and all peoples, princes and all rulers […]
25 July Psalm 84:2, 6-7 My soul longs, indeed it faints for the courts of the Lord; my heart and my flesh sing for joy to the living God. As they go through the valley of Baca they make it a place of springs; the early rain also covers it with pools. They go from strength […]
24 July Psalm 49:16-20 Do not be afraid when some become rich, when the wealth of their houses increases. For when they die they will carry nothing away; their wealth will not go down after them. Though in their lifetime they count themselves happy—for you are praised when you do well for yourself—they will go […]
23 July Psalm 30:5b-6, 11-12 Weeping may linger for the night, but joy comes with the morning. As for me, I said in my prosperity, ‘I shall never be moved.’ You have turned my mourning into dancing; you have taken off my sackcloth and clothed me with joy, so that my soul may praise you […]
22 July Psalm 107:13-14 Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble, and he saved them from their distress; he brought them out of darkness and gloom, and broke their bonds asunder. 1 Kings 3:7-13 And now, O Lord my God, you have made your servant king in place of my father David, although I am only a […]