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Friday, 1st November 2024 --- 22 Babah 1741


Psalms 59 : 1 - 69 : 20

Chapter 59

1Deliver me from my enemies, O my God; Defend me from those who rise up against me.
2Deliver me from the workers of iniquity, And save me from bloodthirsty men.
3For look, they lie in wait for my life; The mighty gather against me, Not for my transgression nor for my sin, O LORD.
4They run and prepare themselves through no fault of mine. Awake to help me, and behold!
5You therefore, O LORD God of hosts, the God of Israel, Awake to punish all the nations; Do not be merciful to any wicked transgressors.Selah
6At evening they return, They growl like a dog, And go all around the city.
7Indeed, they belch with their mouth; Swords are in their lips; For they say, "Who hears?"
8But You, O LORD, shall laugh at them; You shall have all the nations in derision.
9I will wait for You, O You his Strength; For God is my defense.
10My God of mercy shall come to meet me; God shall let me see my desire on my enemies.
11Do not slay them, lest my people forget; Scatter them by Your power, And bring them down, O Lord our shield.
12For the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips, Let them even be taken in their pride, And for the cursing and lying which they speak.
13Consume them in wrath, consume them, That they may not be; And let them know that God rules in Jacob To the ends of the earth.Selah
14And at evening they return, They growl like a dog, And go all around the city.
15They wander up and down for food, And howl if they are not satisfied.
16But I will sing of Your power; Yes, I will sing aloud of Your mercy in the morning; For You have been my defense And refuge in the day of my trouble.
17To You, O my Strength, I will sing praises; For God is my defense, My God of mercy.

Chapter 69

1Save me, O God! For the waters have come up to my neck.
2I sink in deep mire, Where there is no standing; I have come into deep waters, Where the floods overflow me.
3I am weary with my crying; My throat is dry; My eyes fail while I wait for my God.
4Those who hate me without a cause Are more than the hairs of my head; They are mighty who would destroy me, Being my enemies wrongfully; Though I have stolen nothing, I still must restore it.
5O God, You know my foolishness; And my sins are not hidden from You.
6Let not those who wait for You, O Lord GOD of hosts, be ashamed because of me; Let not those who seek You be confounded because of me, O God of Israel.
7Because for Your sake I have borne reproach; Shame has covered my face.
8I have become a stranger to my brothers, And an alien to my mother's children;
9Because zeal for Your house has eaten me up, And the reproaches of those who reproach You have fallen on me.
10When I wept and chastened my soul with fasting, That became my reproach.
11I also made sackcloth my garment; I became a byword to them.
12Those who sit in the gate speak against me, And I am the song of the drunkards.
13But as for me, my prayer is to You, O LORD, in the acceptable time; O God, in the multitude of Your mercy, Hear me in the truth of Your salvation.
14Deliver me out of the mire, And let me not sink; Let me be delivered from those who hate me, And out of the deep waters.
15Let not the floodwater overflow me, Nor let the deep swallow me up; And let not the pit shut its mouth on me.
16Hear me, O LORD, for Your lovingkindness is good; Turn to me according to the multitude of Your tender mercies.
17And do not hide Your face from Your servant, For I am in trouble; Hear me speedily.
18Draw near to my soul, and redeem it; Deliver me because of my enemies.
19You know my reproach, my shame, and my dishonor; My adversaries are all before You.
20Reproach has broken my heart, And I am full of heaviness; I looked for someone to take pity, but there was none; And for comforters, but I found none.




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