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reading plan entry for June 27

Psalm 97 ()

[1] Yahweh reigns!
Let the earth rejoice!
Let the multitude of islands be glad!
[2] Clouds and darkness are around him.
Righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne.
[3] A fire goes before him,
and burns up his adversaries on every side.
[4] His lightning lights up the world.
The earth sees, and trembles.
[5] The mountains melt like wax at the presence of Yahweh,
at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.
[6] The heavens declare his righteousness.
All the peoples have seen his glory.
[7] Let all them be shamed who serve engraved images,
who boast in their idols.
Worship him, all you gods!
[8] Zion heard and was glad.
The daughters of Judah rejoiced
because of your judgments, Yahweh.
[9] For you, Yahweh, are most high above all the earth.
You are exalted far above all gods.
[10] You who love Yahweh, hate evil!
He preserves the souls of his saints.
He delivers them out of the hand of the wicked.
[11] Light is sown for the righteous,
and gladness for the upright in heart.
[12] Be glad in Yahweh, you righteous people!
Give thanks to his holy Name.

Psalm 97:7 LXX reads “angels” instead of “gods”.

Psalm 98 ()

A Psalm.

[1] Sing to Yahweh a new song,
for he has done marvelous things!
His right hand and his holy arm have worked salvation for him.
[2] Yahweh has made known his salvation.
He has openly shown his righteousness in the sight of the nations.
[3] He has remembered his loving kindness and his faithfulness toward the house of Israel.
All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.
[4] Make a joyful noise to Yahweh, all the earth!
Burst out and sing for joy, yes, sing praises!
[5] Sing praises to Yahweh with the harp,
with the harp and the voice of melody.
[6] With trumpets and sound of the ram’s horn,
make a joyful noise before the King, Yahweh.
[7] Let the sea roar with its fullness;
the world, and those who dwell therein.
[8] Let the rivers clap their hands.
Let the mountains sing for joy together.
[9] Let them sing before Yahweh,
for he comes to judge the earth.
He will judge the world with righteousness,
and the peoples with equity.

Psalm 99 ()

[1] Yahweh reigns! Let the peoples tremble.
He sits enthroned among the cherubim.
Let the earth be moved.
[2] Yahweh is great in Zion.
He is high above all the peoples.
[3] Let them praise your great and awesome name.
He is Holy!

[4] The King’s strength also loves justice.
You establish equity.
You execute justice and righteousness in Jacob.
[5] Exalt Yahweh our God.
Worship at his footstool.
He is Holy!

[6] Moses and Aaron were among his priests,
Samuel was among those who call on his name.
They called on Yahweh, and he answered them.
[7] He spoke to them in the pillar of cloud.
They kept his testimonies,
the statute that he gave them.
[8] You answered them, Yahweh our God.
You are a God who forgave them,
although you took vengeance for their doings.
[9] Exalt Yahweh, our God.
Worship at his holy hill,
for Yahweh, our God, is holy!

Psalm 100 ()

A Psalm of thanksgiving.

[1] Shout for joy to Yahweh, all you lands!
[2] Serve Yahweh with gladness.
Come before his presence with singing.
[3] Know that Yahweh, he is God.
It is he who has made us, and we are his.
We are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.
[4] Enter into his gates with thanksgiving,
and into his courts with praise.
Give thanks to him, and bless his name.
[5] For Yahweh is good.
His loving kindness endures forever,
his faithfulness to all generations.

Psalm 101 ()

A Psalm by David.

[1] I will sing of loving kindness and justice.
To you, Yahweh, I will sing praises.
[2] I will be careful to live a blameless life.
When will you come to me?
I will walk within my house with a blameless heart.
[3] I will set no vile thing before my eyes.
I hate the deeds of faithless men.
They will not cling to me.
[4] A perverse heart will be far from me.
I will have nothing to do with evil.
[5] I will silence whoever secretly slanders his neighbor.
I won’t tolerate one who is arrogant and conceited.
[6] My eyes will be on the faithful of the land,
that they may dwell with me.
He who walks in a perfect way,
he will serve me.
[7] He who practices deceit won’t dwell within my house.
He who speaks falsehood won’t be established before my eyes.
[8] Morning by morning, I will destroy all the wicked of the land,
to cut off all the workers of iniquity from Yahweh’s city.

Psalm 102 ()

A Prayer of the afflicted, when he is overwhelmed and pours out his complaint before Yahweh.

[1] Hear my prayer, Yahweh!
Let my cry come to you.
[2] Don’t hide your face from me in the day of my distress.
Turn your ear to me.
Answer me quickly in the day when I call.
[3] For my days consume away like smoke.
My bones are burned as a torch.
[4] My heart is blighted like grass, and withered,
for I forget to eat my bread.
[5] By reason of the voice of my groaning,
my bones stick to my skin.
[6] I am like a pelican of the wilderness.
I have become as an owl of the waste places.
[7] I watch, and have become like a sparrow that is alone on the housetop.
[8] My enemies reproach me all day.
Those who are mad at me use my name as a curse.
[9] For I have eaten ashes like bread,
and mixed my drink with tears,
[10] because of your indignation and your wrath;
for you have taken me up and thrown me away.
[11] My days are like a long shadow.
I have withered like grass.

[12] But you, Yahweh, will remain forever;
your renown endures to all generations.
[13] You will arise and have mercy on Zion,
for it is time to have pity on her.
Yes, the set time has come.
[14] For your servants take pleasure in her stones,
and have pity on her dust.
[15] So the nations will fear Yahweh’s name,
all the kings of the earth your glory.
[16] For Yahweh has built up Zion.
He has appeared in his glory.
[17] He has responded to the prayer of the destitute,
and has not despised their prayer.
[18] This will be written for the generation to come.
A people which will be created will praise Yah,
[19] for he has looked down from the height of his sanctuary.
From heaven, Yahweh saw the earth,
[20] to hear the groans of the prisoner,
to free those who are condemned to death,
[21] that men may declare Yahweh’s name in Zion,
and his praise in Jerusalem,
[22] when the peoples are gathered together,
the kingdoms, to serve Yahweh.

[23] He weakened my strength along the course.
He shortened my days.
[24] I said, “My God, don’t take me away in the middle of my days.
Your years are throughout all generations.
[25] Of old, you laid the foundation of the earth.
The heavens are the work of your hands.
[26] They will perish, but you will endure.
Yes, all of them will wear out like a garment.
You will change them like a cloak, and they will be changed.
[27] But you are the same.
Your years will have no end.
[28] The children of your servants will continue.
Their offspring will be established before you.”

Psalm 103 ()

By David.

[1] Praise Yahweh, my soul!
All that is within me, praise his holy name!
[2] Praise Yahweh, my soul,
and don’t forget all his benefits,
[3] who forgives all your sins,
who heals all your diseases,
[4] who redeems your life from destruction,
who crowns you with loving kindness and tender mercies,
[5] who satisfies your desire with good things,
so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.
[6] Yahweh executes righteous acts,
and justice for all who are oppressed.
[7] He made known his ways to Moses,
his deeds to the children of Israel.
[8] Yahweh is merciful and gracious,
slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness.
[9] He will not always accuse;
neither will he stay angry forever.
[10] He has not dealt with us according to our sins,
nor repaid us for our iniquities.
[11] For as the heavens are high above the earth,
so great is his loving kindness toward those who fear him.
[12] As far as the east is from the west,
so far has he removed our transgressions from us.
[13] Like a father has compassion on his children,
so Yahweh has compassion on those who fear him.
[14] For he knows how we are made.
He remembers that we are dust.
[15] As for man, his days are like grass.
As a flower of the field, so he flourishes.
[16] For the wind passes over it, and it is gone.
Its place remembers it no more.
[17] But Yahweh’s loving kindness is from everlasting to everlasting with those who fear him,
his righteousness to children’s children,
[18] to those who keep his covenant,
to those who remember to obey his precepts.
[19] Yahweh has established his throne in the heavens.
His kingdom rules over all.
[20] Praise Yahweh, you angels of his,
who are mighty in strength, who fulfill his word,
obeying the voice of his word.
[21] Praise Yahweh, all you armies of his,
you servants of his, who do his pleasure.
[22] Praise Yahweh, all you works of his,
in all places of his dominion.
Praise Yahweh, my soul!