- Because thy lovingkindness is better than life,
my lips shall praise thee.
Thus will I bless thee while I live:
I will lift up my hands in thy name. - For thou, O God, hast proved us:
thou hast tried us, as silver is tried. - I cried unto him with my mouth,
and he was extolled with my tongue. - God shall bless us;
and all the ends of the earth shall fear him. - Sing unto God, sing praises to his name:
extol him that rideth upon the heavens
by his name Jah, and rejoice before him.
A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows,
is God in his holy habitation. - God setteth the solitary in families:
he bringeth out those which are bound with chains:
but the rebellious dwell in a dry land. - Blessed be the Lord, who daily loadeth us with benefits,
even the God of our salvation. Selah. - Let my mouth be filled with thy praise
and with thy honour all the day. - My lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing unto thee;
and my soul, which thou hast redeemed. - Whom have I in heaven but thee?
and there is none upon earth that I desire beside thee. - My flesh and my heart faileth:
but God is the strength of my heart,
and my portion for ever. - Help us, O God of our salvation,
for the glory of thy name:
and deliver us, and purge away our sins,
for thy name's sake. - Turn us again, O Lord God of hosts,
cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved. - Defend the poor and fatherless:
do justice to the afflicted and needy. - For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand.
I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God,
than to dwell in the tents of wickedness. - For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive;
and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee. - Teach me thy way, O Lord;
I will walk in thy truth:
unite my heart to fear thy name. - Before the mountains were brought forth,
or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world,
even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God. - For a thousand years in thy sight
are but as yesterday when it is past,
and as a watch in the night. - So teach us to number our days,
that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom. - And let the beauty of the Lord our God be upon us:
and establish thou the work of our hands upon us;
yea, the work of our hands establish thou it. - He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High
shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
I will say of the Lord, He is my refuge and my fortress:
my God; in him will I trust. - He shall cover thee with his feathers,
and under his wings shalt thou trust:
his truth shall be thy shield and buckler. - When I said, My foot slippeth;
thy mercy, O Lord, held me up. - In the multitude of my thoughts within me
thy comforts delight my soul.
Bible verse of the day
Lord, all my desire is before thee;and my groaning is not hid from thee.