Today’s
Reading : Psalms 78 – 83 and Titus
3 (KJV)
Psalms 78
Psa 78:1 Maschil of Asaph. Give ear, O my people, to
my law: incline your ears to the words of my mouth.
Psa 78:2 I will open my mouth in a parable: I will
utter dark sayings of old:
Psa 78:3 Which we have heard and known, and our
fathers have told us.
Psa 78:4 We will not hide them
from their children, showing to the generation to come the praises of the LORD,
and his strength, and his wonderful works that he hath done.
Psa 78:5 For he established a testimony in Jacob, and
appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should
make them known to their children:
Psa 78:6 That the generation to come might know them, even
the children which should be born; who should arise and declare them to their children:
Psa 78:7 That they might set their hope in God, and
not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments:
Psa 78:8 And might not be as their fathers, a stubborn
and rebellious generation; a generation that
set not their heart aright, and whose spirit was not steadfast with God.
Psa 78:9 The children of Ephraim, being armed, and
carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle.
Psa 78:10 They kept not the covenant of God, and
refused to walk in his law;
Psa 78:11 And forgot his works, and his wonders that he
had showed them.
Psa 78:12 Marvellous things did he in the sight of
their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in
the field of Zoan.
Psa 78:13 He divided the sea, and caused them to pass
through; and he made the waters to stand as a heap.
Psa 78:14 In the daytime also he led them with a cloud,
and all the night with a light of fire.
Psa 78:15 He cleaved the rocks in the wilderness, and
gave them drink as out of the
great depths.
Psa 78:16 He brought streams also out of the rock, and
caused waters to run down like rivers.
Psa 78:17 And they sinned yet more against him by
provoking the most High in the wilderness.
Psa 78:18 And they tempted God in their heart by asking
meat for their lust.
Psa 78:19 Yea, they spoke against God; they said, Can
God furnish a table in the wilderness?
Psa 78:20 Behold, he smote the rock, that the waters
gushed out, and the streams overflowed; can he give bread also? can he provide
flesh for his people?
Psa 78:21 Therefore the LORD heard this, and was wroth: so a fire was kindled
against Jacob, and anger also came up against Israel;
Psa 78:22 Because they believed not in God, and trusted
not in his salvation:
Psa 78:23 Though he had commanded the clouds from
above, and opened the doors of heaven,
Psa 78:24 And had rained down manna upon them to eat,
and had given them of the corn of heaven.
Psa 78:25 Man did eat angels' food: he sent them meat
to the full.
Psa 78:26 He caused an east wind to blow in the heaven:
and by his power he brought in the south wind.
Psa 78:27 He rained flesh also upon them as dust, and
feathered fowls like as the sand of the sea:
Psa 78:28 And he let it
fall in the midst of their camp, round about their habitations.
Psa 78:29 So they did eat, and were well filled: for he
gave them their own desire;
Psa 78:30 They were not estranged from their lust. But
while their meat was yet in their
mouths,
Psa 78:31 The wrath of God came upon them, and slew the
fattest of them, and smote down the chosen men
of Israel.
Psa 78:32 For all this they sinned still, and believed
not for his wondrous works.
Psa 78:33 Therefore their days did he consume in
vanity, and their years in trouble.
Psa 78:34 When he slew them, then they sought him: and
they returned and inquired early after God.
Psa 78:35 And they remembered that God was their rock, and the high God their redeemer.
Psa 78:36 Nevertheless they did flatter him with their
mouth, and they lied unto him with their tongues.
Psa 78:37 For their heart was not right with him,
neither were they steadfast in his covenant.
Psa 78:38 But he, being
full of compassion, forgave their
iniquity, and destroyed them not: yea,
many a time turned he his anger away, and did not stir up all his wrath.
Psa 78:39 For he remembered that they were but
flesh; a wind that passeth away, and cometh not
again.
Psa 78:40 How oft did they provoke him in the
wilderness, and grieve him in the
desert!
Psa 78:41 Yea, they turned back and tempted God, and limited
the Holy One of Israel.
Psa 78:42 They remembered not his hand, nor the day when he delivered them from the
enemy.
Psa 78:43 How he had wrought his signs in Egypt, and
his wonders in the field of Zoan:
Psa 78:44 And had turned their rivers into blood; and
their floods, that they could not drink.
Psa 78:45 He sent divers sorts of flies among them,
which devoured them; and frogs, which destroyed them.
Psa 78:46 He gave also their increase unto the
caterpillar, and their labour unto the locust.
Psa 78:47 He destroyed their vines with hail, and their
sycamore trees with frost.
Psa 78:48 He gave up their cattle also to the hail, and
their flocks to hot thunderbolts.
Psa 78:49 He cast upon them the fierceness of his
anger, wrath, and indignation, and trouble, by sending evil angels among them.
Psa 78:50 He made a way to his anger; he spared not
their soul from death, but gave their life over to the pestilence;
Psa 78:51 And smote all the firstborn in Egypt; the
chief of their strength in the
tabernacles of Ham:
Psa 78:52 But made his own people to go forth like
sheep, and guided them in the wilderness like a flock.
Psa 78:53 And he led them on safely, so that they
feared not: but the sea overwhelmed their enemies.
Psa 78:54 And he brought them to the border of his
sanctuary, even to this mountain, which
his right hand had purchased.
Psa 78:55 He cast out the heathen also before them, and
divided them an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in
their tents.
Psa 78:56 Yet they tempted and provoked the most high
God, and kept not his testimonies:
Psa 78:57 But turned back, and dealt unfaithfully like
their fathers: they were turned aside like a deceitful bow.
Psa 78:58 For they provoked him to anger with their
high places, and moved him to jealousy with their graven images.
Psa 78:59 When God heard this,
he was wroth, and greatly abhorred Israel:
Psa 78:60 So that he forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh,
the tent which he placed among men;
Psa 78:61 And delivered his strength into captivity,
and his glory into the enemy's hand.
Psa 78:62 He gave his people over also unto the sword;
and was wroth with his inheritance.
Psa 78:63 The fire consumed their young men; and their
maidens were not given to marriage.
Psa 78:64 Their priests fell by the sword; and their
widows made no lamentation.
Psa 78:65 Then the Lord awaked as one out of sleep, and like a mighty man that shouteth
by reason of wine.
Psa 78:66 And he smote his enemies in the hinder parts:
he put them to a perpetual reproach.
Psa 78:67 Moreover he refused the tabernacle of Joseph,
and chose not the tribe of Ephraim:
Psa 78:68 But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion
which he loved.
Psa 78:69 And he built his sanctuary like high palaces, like the earth which he hath established
forever.
Psa 78:70 He chose David also his servant, and took him
from the sheepfolds:
Psa 78:71 From following the ewes great with young he
brought him to feed Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance.
Psa 78:72 So he fed them according to the integrity of
his heart; and guided them by the skilfulness of his hands.
Psalms 79
Psa 79:1 A Psalm of Asaph. O
God, the heathen are come into thine inheritance; thy
holy temple have they defiled; they have laid Jerusalem on heaps.
Psa 79:2 The dead bodies of thy servants have they
given to be
meat unto the fowls of the heaven, the flesh of thy saints unto the beasts of
the earth.
Psa 79:3 Their blood have they shed like water round
about Jerusalem; and there was none to bury them.
Psa 79:4 We are become a reproach to our neighbours, a
scorn and derision to them that are round about us.
Psa 79:5 How long, LORD? wilt thou be angry forever?
shall thy jealousy burn like fire?
Psa 79:6 Pour out thy wrath upon the heathen that have
not known thee, and upon the kingdoms that have not called upon thy name.
Psa 79:7 For they have devoured Jacob, and laid waste
his dwelling place.
Psa 79:8 O remember not against us former iniquities:
let thy tender mercies speedily prevent us: for we are brought very low.
Psa 79:9 Help us, O God of our salvation, for the
glory of thy name: and deliver us, and purge away our sins, for thy name's
sake.
Psa 79:10 Wherefore should the heathen say, Where is their God? let him be known among the heathen
in our sight by the revenging of the
blood of thy servants which is shed.
Psa 79:11 Let the sighing of the prisoner come before
thee; according to the greatness of thy power preserve thou those that are
appointed to die;
Psa 79:12 And render unto our neighbours sevenfold into
their bosom their reproach, wherewith they have reproached thee, O Lord.
Psa 79:13 So we thy people and sheep of thy pasture
will give thee thanks forever: we will show forth thy praise to all generations.
Psalms 80
Psa 80:1 To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim-eduth, A Psalm of Asaph.
Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest
Joseph like a flock; thou that dwellest between the cherubims,
shine forth.
Psa 80:2 Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh stir
up thy strength, and come and save us.
Psa 80:3 Turn us again, O God, and cause thy face to
shine; and we shall be saved.
Psa 80:4 O LORD God of hosts, how long wilt thou be
angry against the prayer of thy people?
Psa 80:5 Thou feedest them
with the bread of tears; and givest them tears to
drink in great measure.
Psa 80:6 Thou makest us a
strife unto our neighbours: and our enemies laugh among themselves.
Psa 80:7 Turn us again, O God of hosts, and cause thy
face to shine; and we shall be saved.
Psa 80:8 Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt: thou
hast cast out the heathen, and planted it.
Psa 80:9 Thou preparedst room before it, and didst cause it to take deep
root, and it filled the land.
Psa 80:10 The hills were covered with the shadow of it,
and the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedars.
Psa 80:11 She sent out her boughs unto the sea, and her
branches unto the river.
Psa 80:12 Why hast thou then
broken down her hedges, so that all they which pass by the way do pluck her?
Psa 80:13 The boar out of the wood doth waste it, and
the wild beast of the field doth devour it.
Psa 80:14 Return, we beseech thee, O God of hosts: look
down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine;
Psa 80:15 And the vineyard which thy right hand hath
planted, and the branch that thou madest strong for thyself.
Psa 80:16 It is burned with fire, it
is cut down: they perish at the rebuke
of thy countenance.
Psa 80:17 Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right
hand, upon the son of man whom thou madest strong for thyself.
Psa 80:18 So will not we go back from thee: quicken us,
and we will call upon thy name.
Psa 80:19 Turn us again, O LORD God of hosts, cause thy
face to shine; and we shall be saved.
Psalms 81
Psa 81:1 To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm of Asaph. Sing
aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob.
Psa 81:2 Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery.
Psa 81:3 Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, in the
time appointed, on our solemn feast day.
Psa 81:4 For this was
a statute for Israel, and a law of the
God of Jacob.
Psa 81:5 This he ordained in Joseph for a testimony, when he went out through the
land of Egypt: where I heard a language that I understood not.
Psa 81:6 I removed his shoulder from the burden: his
hands were delivered from the pots.
Psa 81:7 Thou calledst in
trouble, and I delivered thee; I answered thee in the secret place of thunder:
I proved thee at the waters of Meribah. Selah.
Psa 81:8 Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto
thee: O Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto me;
Psa 81:9 There shall no strange god be in thee;
neither shalt thou worship any strange god.
Psa 81:10 I am
the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth
wide, and I will fill it.
Psa 81:11 But my people would not hearken to my voice;
and Israel would none of me.
Psa 81:12 So I gave them up unto their own hearts'
lust: and they walked in their own
counsels.
Psa 81:13 Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, and Israel had walked in my ways!
Psa 81:14 I should soon have subdued their enemies, and
turned my hand against their adversaries.
Psa 81:15 The haters of the LORD should have submitted
themselves unto him: but their time should have endured forever.
Psa 81:16 He should have fed them also with the finest
of the wheat: and with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied thee.
Psalms 82
Psa 82:1 A Psalm of Asaph.
God standeth in the congregation of the mighty; he judgeth among the gods.
Psa 82:2 How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept
the persons of the wicked? Selah.
Psa 82:3 Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to
the afflicted and needy.
Psa 82:4 Deliver the poor and needy: rid them out of the hand of the wicked.
Psa 82:5 They know not, neither will they understand;
they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth are out of course.
Psa 82:6 I have said, Ye are
gods; and all of you are children of the
most High.
Psa 82:7 But ye shall die like men, and fall like one
of the princes.
Psa 82:8 Arise, O God, judge the earth: for thou shalt inherit all nations.
Psalms 83
Psa 83:1 A Song or
Psalm of Asaph. Keep not thou silence, O God: hold
not thy peace, and be not still, O God.
Psa 83:2 For, lo, thine
enemies make a tumult: and they that hate thee have lifted up the head.
Psa 83:3 They have taken crafty counsel against thy
people, and consulted against thy hidden ones.
Psa 83:4 They have said, Come, and let us cut them off
from being a nation; that the name of
Israel may be no more in remembrance.
Psa 83:5 For they have consulted together with one
consent: they are confederate against thee:
Psa 83:6 The tabernacles of Edom, and the Ishmaelites; of Moab, and the Hagarenes;
Psa 83:7 Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; the
Philistines with the inhabitants of Tyre;
Psa 83:8 Assur also is
joined with them: they have helped the children of Lot. Selah.
Psa 83:9 Do unto them as unto
the Midianites; as to
Sisera, as to Jabin, at the brook of Kison:
Psa 83:10 Which
perished at Endor: they became as dung for the earth.
Psa 83:11 Make their nobles like Oreb,
and like Zeeb: yea, all their princes as Zebah, and as Zalmunna:
Psa 83:12 Who said, Let us take to ourselves the houses
of God in possession.
Psa 83:13 O my God, make them like a wheel; as the
stubble before the wind.
Psa 83:14 As the fire burneth
a wood, and as the flame setteth the mountains on
fire;
Psa 83:15 So persecute them with thy tempest, and make
them afraid with thy storm.
Psa 83:16 Fill their faces with shame; that they may
seek thy name, O LORD.
Psa 83:17 Let them be confounded and troubled forever;
yea, let them be put to shame, and perish:
Psa 83:18 That men
may know that thou, whose name alone is
JEHOVAH, art the most high over all the
earth.
Titus 3
Tit
3:1 Put them in mind to be subject to
principalities and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work,
Tit 3:2 To speak evil of no man, to be no brawlers, but gentle, showing all meekness unto all men.
Tit 3:3 For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish,
disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and
envy, hateful, and hating one another.
Tit 3:4 But after that the kindness and love of God
our Saviour toward man appeared,
Tit 3:5 Not by works of righteousness which we have
done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration,
and renewing of the Holy Ghost;
Tit 3:6 Which he shed on us abundantly through Jesus
Christ our Saviour;
Tit 3:7 That being justified by his grace, we should
be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.
Tit 3:8 This is
a faithful saying, and these things I will that thou affirm constantly, that
they which have believed in God might be careful to maintain good works. These
things are good and profitable unto men.
Tit 3:9 But avoid foolish questions, and genealogies,
and contentions, and strivings about the law; for they are unprofitable and
vain.
Tit 3:10 A man that is a heretic after the first and
second admonition reject;
Tit 3:11 Knowing that he that is such is subverted,
and sinneth, being condemned of himself.
Tit 3:12 When I shall send Artemas
unto thee, or Tychicus, be diligent to come unto me
to Nicopolis: for I have determined there to winter.
Tit 3:13 Bring Zenas the
lawyer and Apollos on their journey diligently, that
nothing be wanting unto them.
Tit 3:14 And let ours also learn to maintain good
works for necessary uses, that they be not unfruitful.
Tit 3:15 All that are with me salute thee. Greet them
that love us in the faith. Grace be with
you all. Amen.