Henry: Welcome To Immerse: The Daily Bible Reading Experience.
Day two hundred and ninety 4.
Psalm 65 for the choir director.
A song, a Psalm of David.
What?
Mighty praise oh God belongs to you in Zion.
We will fulfill our vows to you for you answer our prayers.
All of us must come to you though we are overwhelmed by our sins.
You forgive them all.
What joy for those you choose to bring near those who live in your holy courts?
What festivities await us inside your holy temple?
You faithfully answer our prayers with awesome deeds.
Oh God, our savior.
You are the hope of everyone on earth, even those who sail on distant seas.
You formed the mountains by your power and armed yourself with mighty strength.
You quieted the raging oceans with their pounding waves and silenced
the shouting of the nations.
Those who live at the ends of the earth stand in awe of your wonders.
From where the sun rises to where it sets you inspire shouts of joy.
You take care of the earth and water it, making it rich and fertile.
The river of God has plenty of water.
It provides a bountiful harvest of grain for you have ordered it so.
You drenched the plowed ground with rain melting the clods and leveling the ridges.
You soften the earth with showers and bless its abundant crops.
You crown the year with a bountiful harvest.
Even the hard pathways overflow with abundance.
The grasslands of the wilderness become a lush pasture, and the
hillsides blossom with joy.
The meadows are clothed with flocks of sheep, and the
valleys are carpeted with grain.
They all shout and sing for Joy.
Psalm 66 for the choir director, a song, a Psalm Shout, joyful
praises to God all the earth.
Sing about the glory of his name.
Tell the world how glorious he is.
Say to God, how awesome are your deeds?
Your enemies cringe before your mighty power.
Everything on Earth will worship you.
They will sing your praises, shouting your name in glorious songs.
Interlude.
Come and see what our God has done.
What awesome miracles he performs for people.
He made a dry path through the Red Sea and his people went across on foot there.
We rejoiced in him for by his great power.
He rules forever.
He watches every movement of the nation's.
Let no rebel rise in defiance, interlude.
Let the whole world bless our God and loudly sing his praises.
Our lives are in his hands and he keeps our feet from stumbling.
You have tested us, so God, you have purified us like silver.
You captured us in your net and laid the burden of slavery on our backs.
Then you put a leader over us.
We went through fire and flood.
But you brought us to a place of great abundance.
Now I come to your temple with burnt offerings to fulfill
the vows I made to you.
Yes, the sacred vows that I made when I was in deep trouble.
That is why I am sacrificing burnt offerings to you.
The best of my rams.
As a pleasing aroma and a sacrifice of bulls and male goats interlude.
Come and listen all you who fear God.
And I will tell you what he did for me, for I cried out to him
for help praising him as I spoke.
If I had not confessed the sin in my heart, the Lord would not
have listened, but God did listen.
He paid attention to my prayer.
Pray God who did not ignore my prayer, or withdraw his unfailing love from me.
Psalm 67 for the choir director.
A song, a Psalm, to be accompanied by stringed instruments.
May God be merciful and bless us.
May his face smile with favor on us.
Interlude.
May your ways be known throughout the earth, your saving power
among people everywhere.
May the nations praise you.
Oh God, yes.
May all the nations praise you.
Let the whole world sing for joy because you govern the nations with justice.
And guide the people of the whole world interlude.
May the nations praise you.
Oh God, yes.
May all the nations praise you, then the earth will yield its harvests.
And God, our God will richly bless us.
Yes, God will bless us, and people all over the world will fear him.
Psalm 68 for the choir director.
A song, a Psalm of David, rise up, oh God, and scatter your enemies.
Let those who hate God run for their lives.
Blow them away like smoke.
Melt them like wax in a fire.
Let the wicked perish in the presence of God.
But let the Godly rejoice.
Let them be glad in God's presence.
Let them be filled with joy.
Sing praises to God and to his name.
Sing loud praises to him who rides the clouds.
His name is The Lord, rejoice in his presence, father to the
fatherless defender of widows.
This is God whose dwelling is holy.
God places the lonely in families.
He sets the prisoners free and gives them joy, but he makes the
rebellious live in a scorched land.
Oh God, when you led your people out from Egypt, when you marched
through the dry wasteland interlude.
The earth trembled and the heavens poured down rain before you.
The God of Sinai before God, the God of Israel.
You sent abundant rain, oh God, to refresh the weary land there.
Your people finally settled and with bountiful harvest, oh God,
you provided for your needy people.
The Lord gives the word and a great army brings the good news.
Enemy kings and their armies flee while the women of Israel divide the plunder.
Even those who lived among the sheep folds found treasures, doves with
wings of silver and feathers of gold, the almighty scattered the enemy.
Kings like a blowing snowstorm on Mount Zalman.
The mountains of basin are majestic with many peaks stretching high into the sky.
Why do you look with envy?
O rugged mountains at Mount Zion where God has chosen to live, where the Lord
himself will live forever, surrounded by outnumbered thousands of chariots.
The Lord came from Mount Sinai into his sanctuary.
When you ascended to the heights, you let a crowd of captives, you
received gifts from the people, even from those who rebelled against you.
Now the Lord God will live among us there.
Praise the Lord.
Praise God our Savior for each day.
He carries us in his arms.
Interlude.
Our God is a God who saves.
The sovereign Lord rescues us from death, but God will smash the head
of his enemies, crushing the skulls of those who love their guilty ways.
The Lord says, I will bring my enemies down from, I will bring
them up from the depths of the sea.
You, my people will wash your feet and their blood, and even
your dogs will get their share.
Your procession has come into view, oh God, the procession of my God and
king as he goes into the sanctuary, singers are in front musicians.
Behind between them are young women playing tambourines.
Praise God.
All you people of Israel, praise the Lord, the source of Israel's life.
Look.
The little tribe of Benjamin leads the way.
Then comes a great throng of rulers from Judah, and all the rulers of
Zebulun and Natoli summon your might.
Oh God, display your power, oh God, as you have in the past, the kings of the
earth are bringing tribute to your temple in Jerusalem, rebuke these enemy nations,
these wild animals lurking in the reeds.
This herd of bulls among the weaker calves.
Make them bring bars of silver in humble tribute scatter, the nations
that delight in war let Egypt come with gifts of precious metals.
Let Ethiopia bring tribute to God.
Sing to God you kingdoms of the earth.
Sing praises to the Lord interlude.
Sing to the one who rides across the ancient heavens.
His mighty voice thundering from the sky.
Tell everyone about God's power.
His majesty shines down on Israel.
His strength is mighty in the heavens.
God is awesome in his sanctuary.
The God of Israel gives power and strength to his people.
Praise be to God.
Psalm 69 for the choir director.
A Psalm of David to be sung to the tune lilies, save me, oh God, for the flood.
Waters are up to my neck.
Deeper and deeper.
I sink into the mire.
I can't find a foothold.
I am in deep water and the floods overwhelm me.
I'm exhausted from crying For help.
My throat is parched.
My eyes are swollen with weeping, waiting for my God to help me.
Those who hate me without cause outnumber the hairs on my head.
Many enemies try to destroy me with lies demanding that I
give back What I didn't steal?
Oh God.
You know how foolish I am.
My sins cannot be hidden from you.
Don't let those who trust in you be ashamed because of me.
Oh, sovereign Lord of heaven's armies.
Don't let me cause them to be humiliated.
Oh God of Israel.
For I endure insults for your sake.
Humiliation is written all over my face.
Even my own brothers pretend they don't know me.
They treat me like a stranger.
Passion for your house has consumed me.
And the insults of those who insult you have fallen on me.
When I weep and fast, they scoff at me.
When I dress in burlap to show sorrow, they make fun of me.
I am the favorite topic of town gossip.
And all the drunks sing about me, but I keep praying to you Lord.
Hoping this time you will show me favor in your unfailing love.
Oh God, answer my prayer with your sure salvation.
Rescue me from the mud.
Don't let me sink any deeper.
Save me from those who hate me and pull me from these deep waters.
Don't let the floods overwhelm me or the deep waters swallow me or the pit
of death, devour me, answer my prayers.
Oh Lord, for your unfailing love is wonderful.
Take care of me for your mercy is so plentiful.
Don't hide from your servant.
Answer me quickly.
For I am in deep trouble.
Come and redeem me.
Free me from my enemies.
You know of my shame, scorn and disgrace.
You see all that my enemies are doing.
Their insults have broken my heart, and I'm in despair.
If only one person would show some pity if only one would turn and comfort me,
but instead they give me poison for food, they offer me sour wine for my thirst.
Let the bountiful table set before them become a snare.
Their prosperity become a trap.
Let their eyes go blind so they cannot see and make their bodies shake continually.
Pour out your fury on them.
Consume them with your burning anger.
Let their homes become desolate and their tens be deserted
to the one you have punished.
They add insult to injury.
They add to the pain of those you have hurt.
Pile their sins up high and don't let them go free.
Erase their names from the book of life.
Don't let them be counted among the righteous.
I am suffering and in pain.
Rescue me, oh God.
By your saving power, then I will praise God's name with singing and
I will honor him with thanksgiving.
For this will please the Lord more than sacrificing cattle.
More than presenting a bull with its horns and hooves.
The humble will see their God at work and be glad.
Let all who seek God's help be encouraged.
For the Lord hears the cries of the needy.
He does not despise his imprisoned people.
Praise him, oh, heaven and earth the sea is, and all that move in
them for God will save Jerusalem and rebuild the towns of Judah.
His people will live there and settle in their own land.
The descendants of those who obey him will inherit the land, and those who
love him will live there in safety.
Psalm 70 for the choir director, a Psalm of David asking God to remember him.
Please God, rescue me.
Come quickly, Lord, and help me may those who try to kill me
be humiliated and put to shame.
May those who take delight in my trouble be turned back in disgrace.
Let them be horrified by their shame.
For they said, aha, we've got him now.
But may all who search for you be filled with joy and gladness in you.
May those who love your salvation repeatedly.
Shout God is great, but as for me, I am poor and needy.
Please hurry to my aid.
Oh God.
You are my helper and my savior.
Oh Lord.
Do not delay.
Psalm 71.
Oh Lord, I have come to you for protection.
Don't let me be disgraced.
Save me and rescue me for you.
Do what is right.
Turn your ear to listen to me and set me free.
Be my rock of safety where I can always hide.
Give the order to save me for you are my rock and my fortress.
My God, rescue me from the power of the wicked, from the
clutches of cruel oppressors, oh Lord, you alone are my hope.
I've trusted you, oh Lord, from childhood.
You have been with me, from birth, from my mother's womb.
You have cared for me.
No wonder I'm always praising you.
My life is an example to many.
You have been my strength and protection.
That is why I can never stop praising you.
I declare your glory all day long and now in my old age, don't
set me aside, don't abandon me.
When my strength is failing for my enemies are whispering against me,
they're plotting together to kill me.
They say God has abandoned him.
Let's go and get him for no one will help him.
Now.
Oh God.
Don't stay away.
My God.
Please hurry to help me bring disgrace and destruction on my accusers, humiliate,
and shame those who want to harm me.
But I will keep on hoping for your help.
I will praise you more and more.
I will tell everyone about your righteousness all day long.
I will proclaim your saving power, though I am not skilled with words.
I will praise your mighty deeds.
Oh, sovereign Lord.
I will tell everyone that you alone are just, oh God, you have taught me from
my earliest childhood, and I constantly tell others about the wonderful things
you do now that I am old and gray.
Do not abandon me.
Oh God, let me proclaim your power to this new generation.
Your mighty miracles to all who come after me.
Your righteousness, oh God reaches to the highest heavens.
You have done such wonderful things who can compare with you.
Oh God, you have allowed me to suffer much hardship, but you will
restore me to life again and lift me up from the depths of the earth.
You will restore me to even greater honor and comfort me once again.
Then I will praise you with music on the harp because you
are faithful to your promises.
Oh my God.
I will sing praises to you with a liar.
Oh holy one of Israel.
I will shout for joy and sing your praises.
For you have ransomed me.
I will tell about your righteous deeds all day long for everyone who tried to
hurt me has been shamed and humiliated.
Psalm 72, a Psalm of Solomon.
Give your love of justice to the king, oh God.
And righteousness to the king's son.
Help him judge your people in the right way.
Let the poor always be treated fairly.
May the mountains yield prosperity for all, and may the hills be fruitful.
Help him to defend the poor, to rescue the children of the needy
and to crush their oppressors.
May they fear you as long as the sun shines.
As long as the moon remains in the sky, yes, forever.
May the king's rule be refreshing like spring rain on freshly cut grass,
like the showers that water the earth.
May all the Godly flourish during his rain.
May there be abundant prosperity until the moon is no more.
May he rain from sea to sea and from the Euphrates River to the ends of the earth.
Desert Nomads will bow before him.
His enemies will fall before him in the dust.
The western kings of Tarshish and other distant lands will bring him tribute.
The eastern kings of Shiba and Siba will bring him gifts.
All kings will bow before him and all nations will serve him.
He will rescue the poor when they cry to him.
He will help the oppressed who have no one to defend them.
He feels pity for the weak and the needy.
And he will rescue them.
He will redeem them from oppression and violence for
their lives are precious to him.
Long live the king.
May the gold of Shiba be given to him.
May the people always pray for him and bless him all day long.
May there be abundant grain throughout the land, flourishing even on the hilltops.
May the fruit trees flourish like the trees of Lebanon and may the
people thrive like grass in a field.
May the King's name endure forever.
May it continue as long as the sun shines.
May all nations be blessed through him and bring him praise.
Praise the Lord God.
The God of Israel, who alone does such wonderful things.
Praise his glorious name forever.
Let the whole earth be filled with his glory.
Amen and amen.
This ends the prayers of David.
Son of Jesse,
this concludes today's Immerse Reading experience.
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