1 Answer me when I call, O God of my righteousness. Thou have enlarged me in distress. Have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer.
2 O ye sons of men, how long shall my glory be turned into dishonor? Will ye love vanity, and seek after falsehood? Selah.
3 But know that Jehovah has set apart for himself him who is holy. Jehovah will hear when I call to him.
4 Stand in awe, and sin not. Commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah.
5 Offer the sacrifices of righteousness, and put your trust in Jehovah.
6 Many there are who say, Who will show us good? Jehovah, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.
7 Thou have put gladness in my heart more than when their grain and their new wine are increased.
8 In peace I will both lie down and sleep, for thou, Jehovah, alone make me dwell in safety.
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Today's Verse
For the lips of a strange woman drop honey, And her mouth is smoother than oil:
Verse Of The DayDavid contrasts the fleeting joy of a good harvest with the deeper gladness God has placed in his heart, then closes by lying down to sleep in safety because the LORD alone secures him, a calm echoed in Psalms 5 and Proverbs 3:24.
