The Daily Digest

Psalm 146 1 Praise the Lord!Let all that I am praise the Lord.2 I will praise the Lord as long as I live.I will sing praises to my God with my dying breath. 3 Don’t put your confidence in powerful people;there is no help for you there.4 When they breathe their last, they return to…

Psalm 145 A psalm of praise of David. 1 I will exalt you, my God and King,and praise your name forever and ever.2 I will praise you every day;yes, I will praise you forever.3 Great is the Lord! He is most worthy of praise!No one can measure his greatness. 4 Let each generation tell its…

Psalm 144 A psalm of David. 1 Praise the Lord, who is my rock.He trains my hands for warand gives my fingers skill for battle.2 He is my loving ally and my fortress,my tower of safety, my rescuer.He is my shield, and I take refuge in him.He makes the nations submit to me. 3 O…

Psalm 143 A psalm of David. 1 Hear my prayer, O Lord;listen to my plea!Answer me because you are faithful and righteous.2 Don’t put your servant on trial,for no one is innocent before you.3 My enemy has chased me.He has knocked me to the groundand forces me to live in darkness like those in the…

Psalm 142 A psalm of David, regarding his experience in the cave. A prayer. 1 I cry out to the Lord;I plead for the Lord’s mercy.2 I pour out my complaints before himand tell him all my troubles.3 When I am overwhelmed,you alone know the way I should turn.Wherever I go,my enemies have set traps…

Psalm 141 A psalm of David. 1 O Lord, I am calling to you. Please hurry!Listen when I cry to you for help!2 Accept my prayer as incense offered to you,and my upraised hands as an evening offering. 3 Take control of what I say, O Lord,and guard my lips.4 Don’t let me drift toward…

Psalm 140 For the choir director: A psalm of David. 1 O Lord, rescue me from evil people.Protect me from those who are violent,2 those who plot evil in their heartsand stir up trouble all day long.3 Their tongues sting like a snake;the venom of a viper drips from their lips. Interlude 4 O Lord,…

Psalm 139 For the choir director: A psalm of David. 1 O Lord, you have examined my heartand know everything about me.2 You know when I sit down or stand up.You know my thoughts even when I’m far away.3 You see me when I traveland when I rest at home.You know everything I do.4 You…

Psalm138 A psalm of David. 1 I give you thanks, O Lord, with all my heart;I will sing your praises before the gods.2 I bow before your holy Temple as I worship.I praise your name for your unfailing love and faithfulness;for your promises are backedby all the honor of your name.3 As soon as I…

Psalm 137 1 Beside the rivers of Babylon, we sat and weptas we thought of Jerusalem.2 We put away our harps,hanging them on the branches of poplar trees.3 For our captors demanded a song from us.Our tormentors insisted on a joyful hymn:“Sing us one of those songs of Jerusalem!”4 But how can we sing the…