Day 12: Psalms 34-36

Psalm 34

1  I will bless the LORD at all times; *
    his praise shall ever be in my mouth.
2  I will glory in the LORD; *
    let the humble hear and rejoice.
3 Proclaim with me the greatness of the LORD; *
    let us exalt his Name together.

4	I sought the LORD, and he answered me *     and delivered me out of all my terror.
5	Look upon him and be radiant, *     and let not your faces be ashamed.
6	I called in my affliction and the LORD heard me *     and saved me from all my troubles.
7	The angel of the LORD encompasses those who fear him, *     and he will deliver them.
8	Taste and see that the LORD is good; *     happy are they who trust in him!
9	Fear the LORD, you that are his saints, *     for those who fear him lack nothing.
10	The young lions lack and suffer hunger, *     but those who seek the LORD lack nothing that is good.
11	Come, children, and listen to me; *     I will teach you the fear of the LORD.
12	Who among you loves life *     and desires long life to enjoy prosperity?
13	Keep your tongue from evil-speaking *     and your lips from lying words.
14	Turn from evil and do good; *     seek peace and pursue it.
15	The eyes of the LORD are upon the righteous, *     and his ears are open to their cry.
16	The face of the LORD is against those who do evil, *     to root out the remembrance of them from the earth.

17	The righteous cry, and the LORD hears them *     and delivers them from all their troubles.
18	The LORD is near to the brokenhearted *     and will save those whose spirits are crushed.
19	Many are the troubles of the righteous, *     but the LORD will deliver him out of them all.
20	He will keep safe all his bones; *     not one of them shall be broken.
21	Evil shall slay the wicked, *     and those who hate the righteous will be punished.
22	The LORD ransoms the life of his servants, *     and none will be punished who trust in him.
	Psalm 35 1 Fight those who fight me, O LORD; *     attack those who are attacking me.     2 Take up shield and armor *     and rise up to help me.     3 Draw the sword and bar the way against those                               who pursue me; *     say to my soul, "I am your salvation."     4 Let those who seek after my life be shamed and humbled; *     let those who plot my ruin fall back and be dismayed.     5 Let them be like chaff before the wind, *     and let the angel of the LORD drive them away. 6 Let their way be dark and slippery, *     and let the angel of the LORD pursue them.     7 For they have secretly spread a net for me without a cause; *     without a cause they have dug a pit to take me alive.     8 Let ruin come upon them unawares; *     let them be caught in the net they hid;     let them fall into the pit they dug.     9 Then I will be joyful in the LORD; *     I will glory in his victory.     10 My very bones will say, "LORD, who is like you? *     You deliver the poor from those who are too strong for them,     the poor and needy from those who rob them."     11 Malicious witnesses rise up against me; *     they charge me with matters I know nothing about.     12 They pay me evil in exchange for good; *     my soul is full of despair.     13 But when they were sick I dressed in sack-cloth *     and humbled myself by fasting.     14 I prayed with my whole heart, as one would for a friend or a brother; *     I behaved like one who mourns for his mother,     bowed down and grieving.     15 But when I stumbled, they were glad and gathered together; they gathered against me; *     strangers whom I did not know tore me to pieces and                               would not stop.     16 They put me to the test and mocked me; *     they gnashed at me with their teeth. 17 O Lord, how long will you look on? *     rescue me from the roaring beasts,     and my life from the young lions.     18 I will give you thanks in the great congregation; *     I will praise you in the mighty throng.     19 Do not let my treacherous foes rejoice over me, *     nor let those who hate me without a cause                                wink at each other.     20 For they do not plan for peace, *     but invent deceitful schemes against the                                quiet in the land.     21 They opened their mouths at me and said, *     "Aha! we saw it with our own eyes."     22 You saw it, O LORD; do not be silent; *     O Lord, be not far from me.     23 Awake, arise, to my cause! *     to my defense, my God and my Lord!     24 Give me justice, O LORD my God, according to your righteousness; *     do not let them triumph over me.     25 Do not let them say in their hearts, "Aha! just what we want!" *     Do not let them say, "We have swallowed him up."     26 Let all who rejoice at my ruin be ashamed and disgraced; *     let those who boast against me be clothed with                                dismay and shame.     27 Let those who favor my cause sing out with joy and be glad; *     let them say always, "Great is the LORD,     who desires the prosperity of his servant."    28 And my tongue shall be talking of your righteousness *     and of your praise all the day long.   Psalm 36 1 There is a voice of rebellion deep in the heart of the wicked; *     there is no fear of God before his eyes.     2 He flatters himself in his own eyes *     that his hateful sin will not be found out.     3 The words of his mouth are wicked and deceitful; *     he has left off acting wisely and doing good.     4 He thinks up wickedness upon his bed and has set himself in no good way; *     he does not abhor that which is evil.         5 Your love, O LORD, reaches to the heavens, *     and your faithfulness to the clouds.     6 Your righteousness is like the strong mountains, your justice like the great deep; *     you save both man and beast, O LORD.     7 How priceless is your love, O God! *     your people take refuge under the                       shadow of your wings.     8 They feast upon the abundance of your house; *     you give them drink from the river of your delights.     9 For with you is the well of life, *     and in your light we see light.     10 Continue your loving-kindness to those who know you, *     and your favor to those who are true of heart.    11 Let not the foot of the proud come near me, *     nor the hand of the wicked push me aside.     12 See how they are fallen, those who work wickedness! *     they are cast down and shall not be able to rise.