21 October Psalm 18:25-29 With the loyal you show yourself loyal; with the blameless you show yourself blameless; with the pure you show yourself pure; and with the crooked you show yourself perverse. For you deliver a humble people, but the haughty eyes you bring down. It is you who light my lamp; the Lord, my […]
20 October Psalm 34:11-14 Come, O children, listen to me; I will teach you the fear of the Lord. Which of you desires life, and covets many days to enjoy good? Keep your tongue from evil, and your lips from speaking deceit. Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it. Isaiah 61:1-3 The […]
19 November Psalm 107:4-6, 35 Some wandered in desert wastes, finding no way to an inhabited town; 5 hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted within them. 6 Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble, and he delivered them from their distress; 35 He turns a desert into pools of water, a parched land into springs of water. Genesis […]
18 November Psalm 55:6-8 And I say, ‘O that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and be at rest; 7 truly, I would flee far away; I would lodge in the wilderness; 8 I would hurry to find a shelter for myself from the raging wind and tempest.’ Jeremiah 9:1-2 O that my […]
17 November Psalm 71:5-8 For you, O Lord, are my hope, my trust, O Lord, from my youth. 6 Upon you I have leaned from my birth; it was you who took me from my mother’s womb. My praise is continually of you. 7 I have been like a portent to many, but you are my strong refuge. […]
16 November Psalm 133:1-2 How very good and pleasant it is when kindred live together in unity! 2 It is like the precious oil on the head, running down upon the beard, on the beard of Aaron, running down over the collar of his robes. Numbers 24:5-6 how fair are your tents, O Jacob, your encampments, […]
15 November Psalm 70:2-4 Let those be put to shame and confusion who seek my life. Let those be turned back and brought to dishonour who desire to hurt me. 3 Let those who say, ‘Aha, Aha!’ turn back because of their shame. 4 Let all who seek you rejoice and be glad in you. Let those […]
14 November Psalm 7:9 O let the evil of the wicked come to an end, but establish the righteous, you who test the minds and hearts, O righteous God. Zephaniah 3:13-15 the remnant of Israel; they shall do no wrong and utter no lies, nor shall a deceitful tongue be found in their mouths. Then […]
13 November Psalm 5:8-10; 119:30, 32 Lead me, O Lord, in your righteousness because of my enemies; make your way straight before me. 9 For there is no truth in their mouths; their hearts are destruction; their throats are open graves; they flatter with their tongues. 10 Make them bear their guilt, O God; let them fall by […]
12 November Psalm 46:1-2 God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. 2 Therefore we will not fear, though the earth should change, though the mountains shake in the heart of the sea; Nahum 1:2 A jealous and avenging God is the Lord, the Lord is avenging and wrathful; the Lord takes vengeance on his adversaries and […]