- My son, if your heart is wise,
then my heart will be glad indeed. - Truly my soul finds rest in God;
my salvation comes from him. - Repent at my rebuke!
Then I will pour out my thoughts to you,
I will make known to you my teachings. - Hear my prayer, Lord,
listen to my cry for help;
do not be deaf to my weeping.
I dwell with you as a foreigner,
a stranger, as all my ancestors were. - And I will put my Spirit in you and move you to follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws.
- Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me, and I in them.
- Observe my Sabbaths and have reverence for my sanctuary. I am the Lord.
- All my longings lie open before you, Lord;
my sighing is not hidden from you. - I cried out to him with my mouth;
his praise was on my tongue. - If you keep my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commands and remain in his love.
- When I kept silent,
my bones wasted away
through my groaning all day long. - Then I acknowledged my sin to you
and did not cover up my iniquity.
I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the Lord.”
And you forgave the guilt of my sin. - The Lord is my light and my salvation—
whom shall I fear?
The Lord is the stronghold of my life—
of whom shall I be afraid? - But you, Lord, are a shield around me,
my glory, the One who lifts my head high. - Why, my soul, are you downcast?
Why so disturbed within me?
Put your hope in God,
for I will yet praise him,
my Savior and my God. - If you love me, keep my commands.
- Since you are my rock and my fortress,
for the sake of your name lead and guide me. - “For my thoughts are not your thoughts,
neither are your ways my ways,”
declares the Lord. - This is to my Father’s glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples.
- Your statutes are my heritage forever;
they are the joy of my heart. - I lift up my eyes to the mountains—
where does my help come from?
My help comes from the Lord,
the Maker of heaven and earth. - Lord, hear my prayer,
listen to my cry for mercy;
in your faithfulness and righteousness
come to my relief. - Surely God is my help;
the Lord is the one who sustains me. - But as for me, I watch in hope for the Lord,
I wait for God my Savior;
my God will hear me. - I say to myself, “The Lord is my portion;
therefore I will wait for him.”
Bible verse of the day
A fool spurns a parent’s discipline,but whoever heeds correction shows prudence.