July Fourteen

~Good Morning~

Gorgeous outside but I can feel the heat on its way. YIKES.

• He does keep record right? For our judgement.
  

³ Lord, if you kept a record of our sins,
      who, O Lord, could ever survive?

 

Today's Scripture:

Psalm 128 A song for pilgrims ascending to Jerusalem. 1 How joyful are those who fear the Lord—       all who follow his ways!  2 You will enjoy the fruit of your labor.       How joyful and prosperous you will be!  3 Your wife will be like a fruitful grapevine,       flourishing within your home.    Your children will be like vigorous young olive trees       as they sit around your table.  4 That is the Lord's blessing       for those who fear him. 5 May the Lord continually bless you from Zion.       May you see Jerusalem prosper as long as you live.  6 May you live to enjoy your grandchildren.       May Israel have peace!

Psalm 129 Psalm 129 A song for pilgrims ascending to Jerusalem. 1 From my earliest youth my enemies have persecuted me.       Let all Israel repeat this:  2 From my earliest youth my enemies have persecuted me,       but they have never defeated me.  3 My back is covered with cuts,       as if a farmer had plowed long furrows.  4 But the Lord is good;       he has cut me free from the ropes of the ungodly. 5 May all who hate Jerusalem       be turned back in shameful defeat.  6 May they be as useless as grass on a rooftop,       turning yellow when only half grown,  7 ignored by the harvester,       despised by the binder.  8 And may those who pass by       refuse to give them this blessing:    "The Lord bless you;       we bless you in the Lord's name."

Psalm 130 A song for pilgrims ascending to Jerusalem. 1 From the depths of despair, O Lord,       I call for your help.  2 Hear my cry, O Lord.       Pay attention to my prayer. 3 Lord, if you kept a record of our sins,       who, O Lord, could ever survive?  4 But you offer forgiveness,       that we might learn to fear you. 5 I am counting on the Lord;       yes, I am counting on him.       I have put my hope in his word.  6 I long for the Lord       more than sentries long for the dawn,       yes, more than sentries long for the dawn. 7 O Israel, hope in the Lord;       for with the Lord there is unfailing love.       His redemption overflows.  8 He himself will redeem Israel       from every kind of sin.

Psalm 132 A song for pilgrims ascending to Jerusalem. 1 Lord, remember David       and all that he suffered.  2 He made a solemn promise to the Lord.       He vowed to the Mighty One of Israel,  3 "I will not go home;       I will not let myself rest.  4 I will not let my eyes sleep       nor close my eyelids in slumber  5 until I find a place to build a house for the Lord,       a sanctuary for the Mighty One of Israel." 6 We heard that the Ark was in Ephrathah;       then we found it in the distant countryside of Jaar.  7 Let us go to the sanctuary of the Lord;       let us worship at the footstool of his throne.  8 Arise, O Lord, and enter your resting place,       along with the Ark, the symbol of your power.  9 May your priests be clothed in godliness;       may your loyal servants sing for joy.  10 For the sake of your servant David,       do not reject the king you have anointed.  11 The Lord swore an oath to David       with a promise he will never take back:    "I will place one of your descendants       on your throne.  12 If your descendants obey the terms of my covenant       and the laws that I teach them,    then your royal line       will continue forever and ever." 13 For the Lord has chosen Jerusalem;       he has desired it for his home.  14 "This is my resting place forever," he said.       "I will live here, for this is the home I desired.  15 I will bless this city and make it prosperous;       I will satisfy its poor with food.  16 I will clothe its priests with godliness;       its faithful servants will sing for joy.  17 Here I will increase the power of David;       my anointed one will be a light for my people.  18 I will clothe his enemies with shame,       but he will be a glorious king."

Psalm 134 A song for pilgrims ascending to Jerusalem. 1 Oh, praise the Lord, all you servants of the Lord,       you who serve at night in the house of the Lord.  2 Lift up holy hands in prayer,       and praise the Lord. 3 May the Lord, who made heaven and earth,       bless you from Jerusalem.

Psalm 135 1 Praise the Lord! Praise the name of the Lord!       Praise him, you who serve the Lord,  2 you who serve in the house of the Lord,       in the courts of the house of our God. 3 Praise the Lord, for the Lord is good;       celebrate his lovely name with music.  4 For the Lord has chosen Jacob for himself,       Israel for his own special treasure. 5 I know the greatness of the Lord—       that our Lord is greater than any other god.  6 The Lord does whatever pleases him       throughout all heaven and earth,       and on the seas and in their depths.  7 He causes the clouds to rise over the whole earth.       He sends the lightning with the rain       and releases the wind from his storehouses. 8 He destroyed the firstborn in each Egyptian home,       both people and animals.  9 He performed miraculous signs and wonders in Egypt       against Pharaoh and all his people.  10 He struck down great nations       and slaughtered mighty kings—  11 Sihon king of the Amorites,       Og king of Bashan,       and all the kings of Canaan.  12 He gave their land as an inheritance,       a special possession to his people Israel. 13 Your name, O Lord, endures forever;       your fame, O Lord, is known to every generation.  14 For the Lord will give justice to his people       and have compassion on his servants. 15 The idols of the nations are merely things of silver and gold,       shaped by human hands.  16 They have mouths but cannot speak,       and eyes but cannot see.  17 They have ears but cannot hear,       and noses but cannot smell.  18 And those who make idols are just like them,       as are all who trust in them. 19 O Israel, praise the Lord!       O priests—descendants of Aaron—praise the Lord!  20 O Levites, praise the Lord!       All you who fear the Lord, praise the Lord!  21 The Lord be praised from Zion,       for he lives here in Jerusalem. Praise the Lord!

 

 

 

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