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Bible Reading for April 18


Psalms 22
[1] My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from
helping me, and from the words of my roaring? [2] O my God, I cry in the
daytime, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not silent.
[3] But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel. [4]
Our fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, and thou didst deliver them. [5]
They cried unto thee, and were delivered: they trusted in thee, and were
not confounded.
[6] But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people.
[7] All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they
shake the head saying,
[8] He trusted on the LORD that he would deliver him: let him deliver him,
seeing he delighted in him.
[9] But thou art he that took me out of the womb: thou didst make me hope
when I was upon my mother's breasts. [10] I was cast upon thee from the
womb: thou art my God from my mother's belly.
[11] Be not far from me; for trouble is near; for there is none to help.
[12] Many bulls have compassed me: strong bulls of Bashan have beset me
round.
[13] They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring
lion. [14] I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint:
my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels. [15] My
strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws;
and thou hast brought me into the dust of death. [16] For dogs have
compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my
hands and my feet. [17] I may tell all my bones: they look and stare upon
me. [18] They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture.
[19] But be not thou far from me, O LORD: O my strength, haste thee to help
me.
[20] Deliver my soul from the sword; my darling from the power of the dog.
[21] Save me from the lion's mouth: for thou hast heard me from the horns
of the unicorns.
[22] I will declare thy name unto my brethren: in the midst of the
congregation will I praise thee.
[23] Ye that fear the LORD, praise him; all ye the seed of Jacob, glorify
him; and fear him, all ye the seed of Israel. [24] For he hath not despised
nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; neither hath he hid his face
from him; but when he cried unto him, he heard. [25] My praise shall be of
thee in the great congregation: I will pay my vows before them that fear
him.
[26] The meek shall eat and be satisfied: they shall praise the LORD that
seek him: your heart shall live for ever. [27] All the ends of the world
shall remember and turn unto the LORD: and all the kindreds of the nations
shall worship before thee. [28] For the kingdom is the LORD's: and he is
the governor among the nations.
[29] All they that be fat upon earth shall eat and worship: all they that
go down to the dust shall bow before him: and none can keep alive his own
soul. [30] A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a
generation.
[31] They shall come, and shall declare his righteousness unto a people
that shall be born, that he hath done this.

Psalms 23
[1] The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. [2] He maketh me to lie down
in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.
[3] He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for
his name's sake.
[4] Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will
fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.
[5] Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou
anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over. [6] Surely goodness and
mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the
house of the LORD for ever.

Psalms 24
[1] The earth is the LORD's, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they
that dwell therein.
[2] For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods.
[3] Who shall ascend into the hill of the LORD? or who shall stand in his holy place?
[4] He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his
soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully. [5] He shall receive the blessing
from the LORD, and righteousness from the God of his salvation.
[6] This is the generation of them that seek him, that seek thy face, O Jacob. Selah.
[7] Lift up your head, O ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors;
and the King of glory shall come in. [8] Who is this King of glory? The
LORD strong and mighty, the LORD mighty in battle.
[9] Lift up your heads, O ye gates; even lift them up, ye everlasting
doors; and the King of glory shall come in. [10] Who is this King of glory?
The LORD of hosts, he is the King of glory. Selah.

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