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reading plan entry for day #28

Psalm 120 ()

A Song of Ascents.

[1] In my distress, I cried to Yahweh.
He answered me.
[2] Deliver my soul, Yahweh, from lying lips,
from a deceitful tongue.
[3] What will be given to you, and what will be done more to you,
you deceitful tongue?
[4] Sharp arrows of the mighty,
with coals of juniper.
[5] Woe is me, that I live in Meshech,
that I dwell among the tents of Kedar!
[6] My soul has had her dwelling too long
with him who hates peace.
[7] I am for peace,
but when I speak, they are for war.

Psalm 121 ()

A Song of Ascents.

[1] I will lift up my eyes to the hills.
Where does my help come from?
[2] My help comes from Yahweh,
who made heaven and earth.

[3] He will not allow your foot to be moved.
He who keeps you will not slumber.
[4] Behold, he who keeps Israel
will neither slumber nor sleep.
[5] Yahweh is your keeper.
Yahweh is your shade on your right hand.
[6] The sun will not harm you by day,
nor the moon by night.
[7] Yahweh will keep you from all evil.
He will keep your soul.
[8] Yahweh will keep your going out and your coming in,
from this time forward, and forever more.

Psalm 122 ()

A Song of Ascents. By David.

[1] I was glad when they said to me,
“Let’s go to Yahweh’s house!”
[2] Our feet are standing within your gates, Jerusalem!
[3] Jerusalem is built as a city that is compact together,
[4] where the tribes go up, even Yah’s tribes,
according to an ordinance for Israel,
to give thanks to Yahweh’s name.
[5] For there are set thrones for judgment,
the thrones of David’s house.
[6] Pray for the peace of Jerusalem.
Those who love you will prosper.
[7] Peace be within your walls,
and prosperity within your palaces.
[8] For my brothers’ and companions’ sakes,
I will now say, “Peace be within you.”
[9] For the sake of the house of Yahweh our God,
I will seek your good.

Psalm 123 ()

A Song of Ascents.

[1] I lift up my eyes to you,
you who sit in the heavens.
[2] Behold, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master,
as the eyes of a maid to the hand of her mistress,
so our eyes look to Yahweh, our God,
until he has mercy on us.
[3] Have mercy on us, Yahweh, have mercy on us,
for we have endured much contempt.
[4] Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scoffing of those who are at ease,
with the contempt of the proud.

Psalm 124 ()

A Song of Ascents. By David.

[1] If it had not been Yahweh who was on our side,
let Israel now say,
[2] if it had not been Yahweh who was on our side,
when men rose up against us,
[3] then they would have swallowed us up alive,
when their wrath was kindled against us,
[4] then the waters would have overwhelmed us,
the stream would have gone over our soul.
[5] Then the proud waters would have gone over our soul.
[6] Blessed be Yahweh,
who has not given us as a prey to their teeth.
[7] Our soul has escaped like a bird out of the fowler’s snare.
The snare is broken, and we have escaped.
[8] Our help is in Yahweh’s name,
who made heaven and earth.

Psalm 125 ()

A Song of Ascents.

[1] Those who trust in Yahweh are as Mount Zion,
which can’t be moved, but remains forever.
[2] As the mountains surround Jerusalem,
so Yahweh surrounds his people from this time forward and forever more.
[3] For the scepter of wickedness won’t remain over the allotment of the righteous,
so that the righteous won’t use their hands to do evil.
[4] Do good, Yahweh, to those who are good,
to those who are upright in their hearts.
[5] But as for those who turn away to their crooked ways,
Yahweh will lead them away with the workers of iniquity.
Peace be on Israel.

Psalm 126 ()

A Song of Ascents.

[1] When Yahweh brought back those who returned to Zion,
we were like those who dream.
[2] Then our mouth was filled with laughter,
and our tongue with singing.
Then they said among the nations,
“Yahweh has done great things for them.”
[3] Yahweh has done great things for us,
and we are glad.
[4] Restore our fortunes again, Yahweh,
like the streams in the Negev.
[5] Those who sow in tears will reap in joy.
[6] He who goes out weeping, carrying seed for sowing,
will certainly come again with joy, carrying his sheaves.

Psalm 127 ()

A Song of Ascents. By Solomon.

[1] Unless Yahweh builds the house,
they who build it labor in vain.
Unless Yahweh watches over the city,
the watchman guards it in vain.
[2] It is vain for you to rise up early,
to stay up late,
eating the bread of toil,
for he gives sleep to his loved ones.
[3] Behold, children are a heritage of Yahweh.
The fruit of the womb is his reward.
[4] As arrows in the hand of a mighty man,
so are the children of youth.
[5] Happy is the man who has his quiver full of them.
They won’t be disappointed when they speak with their enemies in the gate.

Psalm 128 ()

A Song of Ascents.

[1] Blessed is everyone who fears Yahweh,
who walks in his ways.
[2] For you will eat the labor of your hands.
You will be happy, and it will be well with you.
[3] Your wife will be as a fruitful vine in the innermost parts of your house,
your children like olive shoots around your table.
[4] Behold, this is how the man who fears Yahweh is blessed.
[5] May Yahweh bless you out of Zion,
and may you see the good of Jerusalem all the days of your life.
[6] Yes, may you see your children’s children.
Peace be upon Israel.

Psalm 129 ()

A Song of Ascents.

[1] Many times they have afflicted me from my youth up.
Let Israel now say:
[2] many times they have afflicted me from my youth up,
yet they have not prevailed against me.
[3] The plowers plowed on my back.
They made their furrows long.
[4] Yahweh is righteous.
He has cut apart the cords of the wicked.
[5] Let them be disappointed and turned backward,
all those who hate Zion.
[6] Let them be as the grass on the housetops,
which withers before it grows up,
[7] with which the reaper doesn’t fill his hand,
nor he who binds sheaves, his bosom.
[8] Neither do those who go by say,
“The blessing of Yahweh be on you.
We bless you in Yahweh’s name.”

Psalm 130 ()

A Song of Ascents.

[1] Out of the depths I have cried to you, Yahweh.
[2] Lord, hear my voice.
Let your ears be attentive to the voice of my petitions.
[3] If you, Yah, kept a record of sins,
Lord, who could stand?
[4] But there is forgiveness with you,
therefore you are feared.
[5] I wait for Yahweh.
My soul waits.
I hope in his word.
[6] My soul longs for the Lord more than watchmen long for the morning,
more than watchmen for the morning.
[7] Israel, hope in Yahweh,
for there is loving kindness with Yahweh.
Abundant redemption is with him.
[8] He will redeem Israel from all their sins.

Psalm 131 ()

A Song of Ascents. By David.

[1] Yahweh, my heart isn’t arrogant, nor my eyes lofty;
nor do I concern myself with great matters,
or things too wonderful for me.
[2] Surely I have stilled and quieted my soul,
like a weaned child with his mother,
like a weaned child is my soul within me.
[3] Israel, hope in Yahweh,
from this time forward and forever more.

Proverbs 28 ()

[1] The wicked flee when no one pursues;
but the righteous are as bold as a lion.
[2] In rebellion, a land has many rulers,
but order is maintained by a man of understanding and knowledge.
[3] A needy man who oppresses the poor
is like a driving rain which leaves no crops.
[4] Those who forsake the law praise the wicked;
but those who keep the law contend with them.
[5] Evil men don’t understand justice;
but those who seek Yahweh understand it fully.
[6] Better is the poor who walks in his integrity
than he who is perverse in his ways, and he is rich.
[7] Whoever keeps the law is a wise son;
but he who is a companion of gluttons shames his father.
[8] He who increases his wealth by excessive interest
gathers it for one who has pity on the poor.
[9] He who turns away his ear from hearing the law,
even his prayer is an abomination.
[10] Whoever causes the upright to go astray in an evil way,
he will fall into his own trap;
but the blameless will inherit good.
[11] The rich man is wise in his own eyes;
but the poor who has understanding sees through him.
[12] When the righteous triumph, there is great glory;
but when the wicked rise, men hide themselves.
[13] He who conceals his sins doesn’t prosper,
but whoever confesses and renounces them finds mercy.
[14] Blessed is the man who always fears;
but one who hardens his heart falls into trouble.
[15] As a roaring lion or a charging bear,
so is a wicked ruler over helpless people.
[16] A tyrannical ruler lacks judgment.
One who hates ill-gotten gain will have long days.
[17] A man who is tormented by blood guilt will be a fugitive until death.
No one will support him.
[18] Whoever walks blamelessly is kept safe;
but one with perverse ways will fall suddenly.
[19] One who works his land will have an abundance of food;
but one who chases fantasies will have his fill of poverty.
[20] A faithful man is rich with blessings;
but one who is eager to be rich will not go unpunished.
[21] To show partiality is not good,
yet a man will do wrong for a piece of bread.
[22] A stingy man hurries after riches,
and doesn’t know that poverty waits for him.
[23] One who rebukes a man will afterward find more favor
than one who flatters with the tongue.
[24] Whoever robs his father or his mother and says, “It’s not wrong,”
is a partner with a destroyer.
[25] One who is greedy stirs up strife;
but one who trusts in Yahweh will prosper.
[26] One who trusts in himself is a fool;
but one who walks in wisdom is kept safe.
[27] One who gives to the poor has no lack;
but one who closes his eyes will have many curses.
[28] When the wicked rise, men hide themselves;
but when they perish, the righteous thrive.