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Bible Reading for May 16

Psalms 106
[1] Praise ye the LORD. O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for
his mercy endureth for ever.
[2] Who can utter the mighty acts of the LORD? who can shew forth all his praise?
[3] Blessed are they that keep judgment, and he that doeth righteousness at
all times.
[4] Remember me, O LORD, with the favour that thou bearest unto thy people:
O visit me with thy salvation;
[5] That I may see the good of thy chosen, that I may rejoice in the
gladness of thy nation, that I may glory with thine inheritance. [6] We
have sinned with our fathers, we have committed iniquity, we have done
wickedly.
[7] Our fathers understood not thy wonders in Egypt; they remembered not
the multitude of thy mercies; but provoked him at the sea, even at the Red
sea. [8] Nevertheless he saved them for his name's sake, that he might make
his mighty power to be known.
[9] He rebuked the Red sea also, and it was dried up: so he led them
through the depths, as through the wilderness. [10] And he saved them from
the hand of him that hated them, and redeemed them from the hand of the
enemy.
[11] And the waters covered their enemies: there was not one of them left.
[12] Then believed they his words; they sang his praise. [13] They soon
forgat his works; they waited not for his counsel: [14] But lusted
exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the desert.
[15] And he gave them their request; but sent leanness into their soul.
[16] They envied Moses also in the camp, and Aaron the saint of the LORD.
[17] The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company of
Abiram.
[18] And a fire was kindled in their company; the flame burned up the wicked.
[19] They made a calf in Horeb, and worshipped the molten image. [20] Thus
they changed their glory into the similitude of an ox that eateth grass.
[21] They forgat God their saviour, which had done great things in Egypt;
[22] Wondrous works in the land of Ham, and terrible things by the Red sea.
[23] Therefore he said that he would destroy them, had not Moses his chosen
stood before him in the breach, to turn away his wrath, lest he should
destroy them.
[24] Yea, they despised the pleasant land, they believed not his word: [25]
But murmured in their tents, and hearkened not unto the voice of the LORD.
[26] Therefore he lifted up his hand against them, to overthrow them in the
wilderness:
[27] To overthrow their seed also among the nations, and to scatter them in
the lands.
[28] They joined themselves also unto Baal-peor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead.
[29] Thus they provoked him to anger with their inventions: and the plague
brake in upon them.
[30] Then stood up Phinehas, and executed judgment: and so the plague was stayed.
[31] And that was counted unto him for righteousness unto all generations
for evermore.
[32] They angered him also at the waters of strife, so that it went ill
with Moses for their sakes:
[33] Because they provoked his spirit, so that he spake unadvisedly with his lips.
[34] They did not destroy the nations, concerning whom the LORD commanded them:
[35] But were mingled among the heathen, and learned their works. [36] And
they served their idols: which were a snare unto them. [37] Yea, they
sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto devils, [38] And shed
innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom
they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan: and the land was polluted with
blood.
[39] Thus were they defiled with their own works, and went a whoring with
their own inventions.
[40] Therefore was the wrath of the LORD kindled against his people,
insomuch that he abhorred his own inheritance. [41] And he gave them into
the hand of the heathen; and they that hated them ruled over them.
[42] Their enemies also oppressed them, and they were brought into
subjection under their hand.
[43] Many times did he deliver them; but they provoked him with their
counsel, and were brought low for their iniquity. [44] Nevertheless he
regarded their affliction, when he heard their cry: [45] And he remembered
for them his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his
mercies.
[46] He made them also to be pitied of all those that carried them
captives. [47] Save us, O LORD our God, and gather us from among the
heathen, to give thanks unto thy holy name, and to triumph in thy praise.
[48] Blessed be the Lord God of Israel from everlasting to everlasting: and
let all the people say, Amen. Praise ye the LORD.

Psalms 107
[1] O give thanks unto the LORD, for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.
[2] Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, whom he hath redeemed from the
hand of the enemy;
[3] And gathered them out of the lands, from the east, and from the west,
from the north, and from the south. [4] They wandered in the wilderness in
a solitary way; they found no city to dwell in.
[5] Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them. [6] Then they cried
unto the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them out of their
distresses.
[7] And he led them forth by the right way, that they might go to a city of
habitation.
[8] Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his
wonderful works to the children of men! [9] For he satisfieth the longing
soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness.
[10] Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in
affliction and iron;
[11] Because they rebelled against the words of God, and contemned the
counsel of the most High:
[12] Therefore he brought down their heart with labour; they fell down, and
there was none to help.
[13] Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and he saved them out
of their distresses.
[14] He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and brake
their bands in sunder.
[15] Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his
wonderful works to the children of men! [16] For he hath broken the gates
of brass, and cut the bars of iron in sunder.
[17] Fools because of their transgression, and because of their iniquities,
are afflicted.
[18] Their soul abhorreth all manner of meat; and they draw near unto the
gates of death.
[19] Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, and he saveth them out
of their distresses.
[20] He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions.
[21] Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his
wonderful works to the children of men! [22] And let them sacrifice the
sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare his works with rejoicing.
[23] They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters;
[24] These see the works of the LORD, and his wonders in the deep. [25] For
he commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind, which lifteth up the waves
thereof.
[26] They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths: their
soul is melted because of trouble.
[27] They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their
wits' end.
[28] Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, and he bringeth them out
of their distresses.
[29] He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still. [30]
Then are they glad because they be quiet; so he bringeth them unto their
desired haven.
[31] Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his
wonderful works to the children of men! [32] Let them exalt him also in the
congregation of the people, and praise him in the assembly of the elders.
[33] He turneth rivers into a wilderness, and the watersprings into dry ground;
[34] A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein.
[35] He turneth the wilderness into a standing water, and dry ground into
watersprings.
[36] And there he maketh the hungry to dwell, that they may prepare a city
for habitation;
[37] And sow the fields, and plant vineyards, which may yield fruits of increase.
[38] He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly; and
suffereth not their cattle to decrease. [39] Again, they are minished and
brought low through oppression, affliction, and sorrow.
[40] He poureth contempt upon princes, and causeth them to wander in the
wilderness, where there is no way.
[41] Yet setteth he the poor on high from affliction, and maketh him
families like a flock.
[42] The righteous shall see it, and rejoice: and all iniquity shall stop her mouth.
[43] Whoso is wise, and will observe these things, even they shall
understand the lovingkindness of the LORD.

Psalms 108
[1] O God, my heart is fixed; I will sing and give praise, even with my glory.
[2] Awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake early. [3] I will praise
thee, O LORD, among the people: and I will sing praises unto thee among the
nations.
[4] For thy mercy is great above the heavens: and thy truth reacheth unto the clouds.
[5] Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens: and thy glory above all the earth;
[6] That thy beloved may be delivered: save with thy right hand, and answer me.
[7] God hath spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, I will divide Shechem,
and mete out the valley of Succoth. [8] Gilead is mine; Manasseh is mine;
Ephraim also is the strength of mine head; Judah is my lawgiver;
[9] Moab is my washpot; over Edom will I cast out my shoe; over Philistia
will I triumph.
[10] Who will bring me into the strong city? who will lead me into Edom?
[11] Wilt not thou, O God, who hast cast us off? and wilt not thou, O God,
go forth with our hosts?
[12] Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man. [13] Through
God we shall do valiantly: for he it is that shall tread down our enemies.

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