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Bible Reading for April 21

Psalms 31
[1] In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust; let me never be ashamed: deliver me
in thy righteousness.
[2] Bow down thine ear to me; deliver me speedily: be thou my strong rock,
for an house of defence to save me. [3] For thou art my rock and my
fortress; therefore for thy name's sake lead me, and guide me.
[4] Pull me out of the net that they have laid privily for me: for thou art
my strength.
[5] Into thine hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O LORD God of truth.
[6] I have hated them that regard lying vanities: but I trust in the LORD.
[7] I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy: for thou hast considered my
trouble; thou hast known my soul in adversities; [8] And hast not shut me
up into the hand of the enemy: thou hast set my feet in a large room.
[9] Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am in trouble: mine eye is consumed
with grief, yea, my soul and my belly. [10] For my life is spent with
grief, and my years with sighing: my strength faileth because of mine
iniquity, and my bones are consumed. [11] I was a reproach among all mine
enemies, but especially among my neighbours, and a fear to mine
acquaintance: they that did see me without fled from me.
[12] I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken vessel.
[13] For I have heard the slander of many: fear was on every side: while
they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away my life.
[14] But I trusted in thee, O LORD: I said, Thou art my God. [15] My times
are in thy hand: deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them
that persecute me.
[16] Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: save me for thy mercies'
sake. [17] Let me not be ashamed, O LORD; for I have called upon thee: let
the wicked be ashamed, and let them be silent in the grave. [18] Let the
lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and
contemptuously against the righteous. [19] Oh how great is thy goodness,
which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee; which thou hast wrought
for them that trust in thee before the sons of men!
[20] Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy presence from the pride of
man: thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of
tongues. [21] Blessed be the LORD: for he hath shewed me his marvellous
kindness in a strong city.
[22] For I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine eyes:
nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplications when I cried unto
thee.
[23] O love the LORD, all ye his saints: for the LORD preserveth the
faithful, and plentifully rewardeth the proud doer. [24] Be of good
courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the LORD.

Psalms 32
[1] Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.
[2] Blessed is the man unto whom the LORD imputeth not iniquity, and in
whose spirit there is no guile.
[3] When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long.
[4] For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned
into the drought of summer. Selah.
[5] I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I
said, I will confess my transgressions unto the LORD; and thou forgavest
the iniquity of my sin. Selah.
[6] For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when
thou mayest be found: surely in the floods of great waters they shall not
come nigh unto him.
[7] Thou art my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; thou
shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. Selah. [8] I will
instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide
thee with mine eye.
[9] Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding:
whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, lest they come near unto
thee.
[10] Many sorrows shall be to the wicked: but he that trusteth in the LORD,
mercy shall compass him about.
[11] Be glad in the LORD, and rejoice, ye righteous: and shout for joy, all
ye that are upright in heart.

Psalms 33
[1] Rejoice in the LORD, O ye righteous: for praise is comely for the upright.
[2] Praise the LORD with harp: sing unto him with the psaltery and an
instrument of ten strings.
[3] Sing unto him a new song; play skilfully with a loud noise. [4] For the
word of the LORD is right; and all his works are done in truth. [5] He
loveth righteousness and judgment: the earth is full of the goodness of the
LORD.
[6] By the word of the LORD were the heavens made; and all the host of them
by the breath of his mouth.
[7] He gathereth the waters of the sea together as an heap: he layeth up
the depth in storehouses.
[8] Let all the earth fear the LORD: let all the inhabitants of the world
stand in awe of him.
[9] For he spake, and it was done; he commanded, and it stood fast. [10]
The LORD bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought: he maketh the
devices of the people of none effect. [11] The counsel of the LORD standeth
for ever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations.
[12] Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD: and the people whom he
hath chosen for his own inheritance. [13] The LORD looketh from heaven; he
beholdeth all the sons of men. [14] From the place of his habitation he
looketh upon all the inhabitants of the earth.
[15] He fashioneth their hearts alike; he considereth all their works. [16]
There is no king saved by the multitude of an host: a mighty man is not
delivered by much strength.
[17] An horse is a vain thing for safety: neither shall he deliver any by
his great strength.
[18] Behold, the eye of the LORD is upon them that fear him, upon them that
hope in his mercy;
[19] To deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine.
[20] Our soul waiteth for the LORD: he is our help and our shield. [21] For
our heart shall rejoice in him, because we have trusted in his holy name.
[22] Let thy mercy, O LORD, be upon us, according as we hope in thee.

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