2 Sep 2017Psalms 137–139 1 By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down and wept when we remembered Zion. 2 We hung our harps upon the poplars. 3 For there our captors made us sing and our tormentors made us entertain, saying, “Sing us one of the songs of Zion.” 4 How shall we sing the song of the Lord in a foreign land? 5 If I forget you, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget
1 Sep 2017Psalms 135–136 1 Praise the Lord! Praise the name of the Lord; praise Him, O servants of the Lord, 2 you who stand in the house of the Lord, in the courts of the house of our God! 3 Praise the Lord, for the Lord is good; sing praises unto His name, for it is pleasant. 4 For the Lord has chosen Jacob for Himself, and Israel for His special possession. 5 For I know
31 Aug 2017Psalms 132–134 A Song of Ascents. 1 O Lord, remember David and all his afflictions, 2 how he swore unto the Lord, and vowed unto the mighty God of Jacob: 3 “I will not come into my house, nor go up to my bed; 4 I will not give sleep to my eyes, or slumber to my eyelids, 5 until I find a place for the Lord, a dwelling for the mighty God of Jacob.”
30 Aug 2017Psalms 129–131 A Song of Ascents. 1 “Often they have afflicted me from my youth,” may Israel now say, 2 “often they have afflicted me from my youth, yet they have not prevailed against me. 3 The plowmen plowed upon my back; they made their furrows long.” 4 The Lord is righteous; He has cut the cords of the wicked. 5 Let all those be shamed and turned back who hate Zion. 6 Let them
29 Aug 2017Psalms 126–128 A Song of Ascents. 1 When the Lord restored the captives of Zion, we were like those who dream. 2 Then our mouth was filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing. Then they said among the nations, “The Lord has done great things for them.” 3 The Lord has done great things for us; we are glad. 4 Restore our captives, O Lord, as the streams in the Negev. 5 Those who
28 Aug 2017Psalms 123–125 A Song of Ascents. 1 To You I lift up my eyes, O You who dwell in the heavens. 2 Behold, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master, and as the eyes of a maiden to the hand of her mistress, so our eyes look upon the Lord our God, until He has mercy upon us. 3 Have mercy upon us, O Lord, have mercy upon us, for
27 Aug 2017Psalms 120–122 A Song of Ascents. 1 In my distress I cried unto the Lord, and He heard me. 2 Deliver my soul, O Lord, from lying lips and from a deceitful tongue. 3 What shall be given to you, or what shall be done to you, you false tongue? 4 Sharp arrows of the warrior, with coals of the broom tree! 5 Woe is me, that I have sojourned in Meshek, or that I