Daily Bible Verses by Book

¹ Be merciful to me, God, for ² my enemies want to swallow me up all day long,
    for they are many who fight proudly against me.
³ When I am afraid, I will put my trust in you.
    ⁴ In God, I praise his word. In God, I put my trust.
   I will not be afraid.  What can flesh do to me?
⁵ All day long they twist my words.
    All their thoughts are against me for evil.
^6 …

⁸ You count my wanderings.
    You put my tears into your container.
    Aren’t they in your book?
⁹ Then my enemies shall turn back in the day that I call.
    I know this: that God is for me.
¹⁰ In God, I will praise his word.
    In Yahweh, I will praise his word.
¹¹ I have put my trust in God.
    I will not be afraid.  What can man do to me?
…

¹ Be merciful to me, God, be merciful to me,
    for my soul takes refuge in you.
Yes, in the shadow of your wings, I will take refuge,
    until disaster has passed.
² I cry out to God Most High,
to God who accomplishes my requests for me.
³ He will send from heaven, and save me,
    he rebukes the one who is pursuing me. 

³ God will send out his loving kindness and his truth.
⁴ My soul is among lions.
    I lie among those who are set on fire,
    even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows,
    and their tongue a sharp sword.
⁵ Be exalted, God, above the heavens!
    Let your glory be above all the earth!

⁶ They have prepared a net for my steps.
    My soul is bowed down.…

⁷ My heart is steadfast, God.
    My heart is steadfast.
    I will sing, yes, I will sing praises.
⁸ Wake up, my glory! Wake up, lute and harp!
    I will wake up the dawn.
⁹ I will give thanks to you, Lord, among the peoples.
    I will sing praises to you among the nations.
¹⁰ For your great loving kindness reaches to the heavens,
    and your truth to the skies.
^11…

¹ Do you indeed speak righteousness, silent ones?
    Do you judge blamelessly, you sons of men?
² No, in your heart you plot injustice.
    You measure out the violence of your hands in the earth.
³ The wicked go astray from the womb.
    They are wayward as soon as they are born, speaking lies.
⁶ Break their teeth, God, in their mouth
⁷ Let them vanish like water that flows away.
    When they draw…

For the Chief Musician. To the tune of “Do Not Destroy.”
A poem by David, when Saul sent, and they watched the house to kill him.

¹ Deliver me from my enemies, my God.
    ² Deliver me from the workers of iniquity.
 ³ For, behold, they lie in wait for my soul.
   ⁴ I have done no wrong, yet they are ready to attack me.
Rise up, behold, and help me!  ⁵ Yahweh God of Armies, God of Israel,

¹⁰ God will let me look at my enemies in triumph.
¹¹ Don’t kill them, or my people may forget.
    Scatter them by your power, and bring them down, Lord our shield.
¹² For the sin of their mouth, and the words of their lips,
    let them be caught in their pride,
    for the curses and lies which they utter.
¹³ Consume them in wrath.
    Consume them, and they will be no more.
Let them know that God rules in Jacob,…

¹ God, you have rejected us. You have broken us down.
   You have been angry.  Restore us, again.
² You have made the land tremble.  You have torn it.
   Mend its fractures,  for it quakes.
³ You have shown your people hard things.
    You have made us drink the wine that makes us stagger.
⁴ You have given a banner to those who fear you,
    that it may be displayed…

⁶ God has spoken from his sanctuary:
    ⁷ Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine.  Judah is my scepter.  
[If God is our God, then God says “You are mine, and a Jewel” - All of these are tribes of Israel or places they live]

⁸ Moab is my wash basin.  I will throw my sandal on Edom.
    I shout in triumph over Philistia.”
[If God is not our God then he will humble us and become…