Today’s
Reading : Psalms 18 – 23 and 1Timothy
4 (KJV)
Psalms 18
Psa 18:1 To the chief Musician, A Psalm of
David, the servant of the LORD, who spoke unto the LORD the words of this song
in the day that the LORD delivered him
from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul: And he said, I
will love thee, O LORD, my strength.
Psa 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.
Psa 18:3 I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from
mine enemies.
Psa 18:4 The sorrows of death compassed me, and the
floods of ungodly men made me afraid.
Psa 18:5 The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the
snares of death prevented me.
Psa 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.
Psa 18:7 Then the earth shook and trembled; the
foundations also of the hills moved and were shaken, because he was wroth.
Psa 18:8 There went up a smoke out of his nostrils,
and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.
Psa 18:9 He bowed the heavens also, and came down: and
darkness was under his feet.
Psa 18:10 And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea,
he did fly upon the wings of the wind.
Psa 18:11 He made darkness his secret place; his
pavilion round about him were dark
waters and thick clouds of the skies.
Psa 18:12 At the brightness that
was before him his thick clouds passed,
hail stones and coals of fire.
Psa 18:13 The LORD also thundered in the heavens, and
the Highest gave his voice; hail stones
and coals of fire.
Psa 18:14 Yea, he sent out his arrows, and scattered
them; and he shot out lightnings, and discomfited
them.
Psa 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.
Psa 18:16 He sent from above, he took me, he drew me
out of many waters.
Psa 18:17 He delivered me from my strong enemy, and
from them which hated me: for they were too strong for me.
Psa 18:18 They prevented me in the day of my calamity:
but the LORD was my stay.
Psa 18:19 He brought me forth also into a large place;
he delivered me, because he delighted in me.
Psa 18:20 The LORD rewarded me according to my
righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.
Psa 18:21 For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have
not wickedly departed from my God.
Psa 18:22 For all his judgments were before me, and I did not put away his
statutes from me.
Psa 18:23 I was also upright before him, and I kept
myself from mine iniquity.
Psa 18:24 Therefore hath the LORD recompensed me
according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his
eyesight.
Psa 18:25 With the merciful thou wilt show thyself
merciful; with an upright man thou wilt show thyself upright;
Psa 18:26 With the pure thou wilt show thyself pure;
and with the froward thou wilt show thyself froward.
Psa 18:27 For thou wilt save the afflicted people; but
wilt bring down high looks.
Psa 18:28 For thou wilt light my candle: the LORD my
God will enlighten my darkness.
Psa 18:29 For by thee I have run through a troop; and
by my God have I leaped over a wall.
Psa 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.
Psa 18:31 For who is
God save the LORD? or who is a rock save
our God?
Psa 18:32 It is God that girdeth me
with strength, and maketh my way perfect.
Psa 18:33 He maketh my feet
like hinds' feet, and setteth me upon my high places.
Psa 18:34 He teacheth my
hands to war, so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms.
Psa 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.
Psa 18:36 Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, that my
feet did not slip.
Psa 18:37 I have pursued mine enemies, and overtaken
them: neither did I turn again till they were consumed.
Psa 18:38 I have wounded them that they were not able
to rise: they are fallen under my feet.
Psa 18:39 For thou hast girded me with strength unto
the battle: thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me.
Psa 18:40 Thou hast also given me the necks of mine
enemies; that I might destroy them that hate me.
Psa 18:41 They cried, but there
was none to save them: even
unto the LORD, but he answered them not.
Psa 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.
Psa 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.
Psa 18:44 As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey
me: the strangers shall submit themselves unto me.
Psa 18:45 The strangers shall fade away, and be afraid
out of their close places.
Psa 18:46 The LORD liveth;
and blessed be my rock; and let the God
of my salvation be exalted.
Psa 18:47 It is God that avengeth
me, and subdueth the people under me.
Psa 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.
Psa 18:49 Therefore will I give thanks unto thee, O
LORD, among the heathen, and sing praises unto thy name.
Psa 18:50 Great deliverance giveth
he to his king; and showeth mercy to his anointed, to
David, and to his seed forevermore.
Psalms 19
Psa 19:1 To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. The
heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament showeth
his handiwork.
Psa 19:2 Day unto day uttereth
speech, and night unto night showeth knowledge.
Psa 19:3 There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard.
Psa 19:4 Their line is gone out through all the earth,
and their words to the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for
the sun,
Psa 19:5 Which is
as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and
rejoiceth as a strong man to run a race.
Psa 19:6 His going forth is
from the end of the heaven, and his circuit unto the ends of it: and there is
nothing hid from the heat thereof.
Psa 19:7 The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of
the LORD is sure, making wise the
simple.
Psa 19:8 The statutes of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment
of the LORD is pure, enlightening the
eyes.
Psa 19:9 The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring forever: the judgments of the
LORD are true and righteous altogether.
Psa 19:10 More to be desired are they than gold,
yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.
Psa 19:11 Moreover by them is thy servant warned: and in keeping of them there is great reward.
Psa 19:12 Who can understand his errors? cleanse thou me from secret faults.
Psa 19:13 Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me: then
shall I be upright, and I shall be innocent from the great transgression.
Psa 19:14 Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation
of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer.
Psalms 20
Psa 20:1 To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. The
LORD hear thee in the day of trouble; the name of the God of Jacob defend thee;
Psa 20:2 Send thee help from the sanctuary, and
strengthen thee out of Zion;
Psa 20:3 Remember all thy offerings, and accept thy
burnt sacrifice; Selah.
Psa 20:4 Grant thee according to thine
own heart, and fulfill all thy counsel.
Psa 20:5 We will rejoice in thy salvation, and in the
name of our God we will set up our
banners: the LORD fulfil all thy petitions.
Psa 20:6 Now know I that the LORD saveth
his anointed; he will hear him from his holy heaven with the saving strength of
his right hand.
Psa 20:7 Some trust
in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the name of the LORD our
God.
Psa 20:8 They are brought down and fallen: but we are
risen, and stand upright.
Psa 20:9 Save, LORD: let the king hear us when we
call.
Psalms 21
Psa 21:1 To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. The
king shall joy in thy strength, O LORD; and in thy salvation how greatly shall
he rejoice!
Psa 21:2 Thou hast given him his heart's desire, and
hast not withheld the request of his lips. Selah.
Psa 21:3 For thou preventest
him with the blessings of goodness: thou settest a
crown of pure gold on his head.
Psa 21:4 He asked life of thee, and thou gavest it him, even
length of days forever and ever.
Psa 21:5 His glory is
great in thy salvation: honour and majesty hast thou laid upon him.
Psa 21:6 For thou hast made him most blessed forever:
thou hast made him exceeding glad with thy countenance.
Psa 21:7 For the king trusteth
in the LORD, and through the mercy of the most High he shall not be moved.
Psa 21:8 Thine hand shall
find out all thine enemies: thy right hand shall find
out those that hate thee.
Psa 21:9 Thou shalt make
them as a fiery oven in the time of thine anger: the
LORD shall swallow them up in his wrath, and the fire shall devour them.
Psa 21:10 Their fruit shalt
thou destroy from the earth, and their seed from among the children of men.
Psa 21:11 For they intended evil against thee: they
imagined a mischievous device, which
they are not able to perform.
Psa 21:12 Therefore shalt
thou make them turn their back, when
thou shalt make ready thine arrows
upon thy strings against the face of them.
Psa 21:13 Be thou exalted, LORD, in thine
own strength: so will we sing and praise
thy power.
Psalms 22
Psa 22:1 To the chief Musician upon Aijeleth Shahar, A Psalm of
David. My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why
art thou
so far from helping me, and from
the words of my roaring?
Psa 22:2 O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not silent.
Psa 22:3 But thou art
holy, O thou
that inhabitest the praises of Israel.
Psa 22:4 Our fathers trusted in thee: they trusted,
and thou didst deliver them.
Psa 22:5 They cried unto thee, and were delivered:
they trusted in thee, and were not confounded.
Psa 22:6 But I am
a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people.
Psa 22:7 All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they
shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying,
Psa 22:8 He trusted on the LORD that he would deliver him: let him deliver him,
seeing he delighted in him.
Psa 22:9 But thou art
he that took me out of the womb: thou didst make me hope when I was upon my mother's breasts.
Psa 22:10 I was cast upon thee from the womb: thou art my God from my mother's belly.
Psa 22:11 Be not far from me; for trouble is near; for there
is none to help.
Psa 22:12 Many bulls have compassed me: strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round.
Psa 22:13 They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a
ravening and a roaring lion.
Psa 22:14 I am poured out like water, and all my bones
are out of joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels.
Psa 22:15 My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and
my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought
me into the dust of death.
Psa 22:16 For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of
the wicked have enclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.
Psa 22:17 I may tell all my bones: they look and stare upon me.
Psa 22:18 They part my garments among them, and cast
lots upon my vesture.
Psa 22:19 But be not thou far from me, O LORD: O my
strength, haste thee to help me.
Psa 22:20 Deliver my soul from the sword; my darling
from the power of the dog.
Psa 22:21 Save me from the lion's mouth: for thou hast
heard me from the horns of the unicorns.
Psa 22:22 I will declare thy name unto my brethren: in
the midst of the congregation will I praise thee.
Psa 22:23 Ye that fear the LORD, praise him; all ye the
seed of Jacob, glorify him; and fear him, all ye the seed of Israel.
Psa 22:24 For he hath not despised nor abhorred the
affliction of the afflicted; neither hath he hid his face from him; but when he
cried unto him, he heard.
Psa 22:25 My praise shall
be of thee in the great congregation: I
will pay my vows before them that fear him.
Psa 22:26 The meek shall eat and be satisfied: they
shall praise the LORD that seek him: your heart shall live forever.
Psa 22:27 All the ends of the world shall remember and
turn unto the LORD: and all the kindreds of the
nations shall worship before thee.
Psa 22:28 For the kingdom is
the LORD's: and he is the governor among
the nations.
Psa 22:29 All they
that be
fat upon earth shall eat and worship: all they that go down to the dust shall
bow before him: and none can keep alive his own soul.
Psa 22:30 A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted
to the Lord for a generation.
Psa 22:31 They shall come, and shall declare his
righteousness unto a people that shall be born, that he hath done this.
Psalms 23
Psa 23:1 A Psalm of David. The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.
Psa 23:2 He maketh me to lie
down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the
still waters.
Psa 23:3 He restoreth my
soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for
his name's sake.
Psa 23:4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the
shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art
with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.
Psa 23:5 Thou preparest a
table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest
my head with oil; my cup runneth over.
Psa 23:6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all
the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever.
1Timothy 4
1Ti
4:1 Now the Spirit speaketh
expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving
heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;
1Ti 4:2 Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their
conscience seared with a hot iron;
1Ti 4:3 Forbidding to marry, and commanding
to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving
of them which believe and know the truth.
1Ti 4:4 For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be
received with thanksgiving:
1Ti 4:5 For it is sanctified by the word of God and
prayer.
1Ti 4:6 If thou put the brethren in remembrance of
these things, thou shalt be a good minister of Jesus
Christ, nourished up in the words of faith and of good doctrine, whereunto thou
hast attained.
1Ti 4:7 But refuse profane and old wives' fables, and
exercise thyself rather unto godliness.
1Ti 4:8 For bodily exercise profiteth
little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life
that now is, and of that which is to come.
1Ti 4:9 This is
a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptation.
1Ti 4:10 For therefore we both labour and suffer
reproach, because we trust in the living God, who is the Saviour of all men,
especially of those that believe.
1Ti 4:11 These things command and teach.
1Ti 4:12 Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an
example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in
faith, in purity.
1Ti 4:13 Till I come, give attendance to reading, to
exhortation, to doctrine.
1Ti 4:14 Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which
was given thee by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery.
1Ti 4:15 Meditate upon these things; give thyself
wholly to them; that thy profiting may appear to all.
1Ti 4:16 Take heed unto thyself, and unto the
doctrine; continue in them: for in doing this thou shalt
both save thyself, and them that hear thee.