David Bahn – Reflections

Please pray these psalms with me on this Lord’s Day

Psalm 15

O LORD, who shall sojourn in your tent?
    Who shall dwell on your holy hill?

² He who walks blamelessly and does what is right
    and speaks truth in his heart;
³ who does not slander with his tongue
    and does no evil to his neighbor,
    nor takes up a reproach against his friend;
⁴ in whose eyes a vile person is despised,
    but who honors those who fear the Lord;
who swears to his own hurt and does not change;
⁵ who does not put out his money at interest
    and does not take a bribe against the innocent.
He who does these things shall never be moved.

Psalm 45:6

Your throne, O God, is forever and ever.
    The scepter of your kingdom is a scepter of uprightness.

Psalm 75:1-5

We give thanks to you, O God;
    we give thanks, for your name is near.
We recount your wondrous deeds.

² “At the set time that I appoint
    I will judge with equity.
³ When the earth totters, and all its inhabitants,
    it is I who keep steady its pillars. Selah
⁴ I say to the boastful, ‘Do not boast,’
    and to the wicked, ‘Do not lift up your horn;
⁵ do not lift up your horn on high,
    or speak with haughty neck.’”

Psalm 105:1-11, 43-45

Oh give thanks to the LORD; call upon his name;
    make known his deeds among the peoples!
² Sing to him, sing praises to him;
    tell of all his wondrous works!
³ Glory in his holy name;
    let the hearts of those who seek the Lord rejoice!
⁴ Seek the LORD and his strength;
    seek his presence continually!
⁵ Remember the wondrous works that he has done,
    his miracles, and the judgments he uttered,
⁶ O offspring of Abraham, his servant,
    children of Jacob, his chosen ones!

⁷ He is the LORD our God;
    his judgments are in all the earth.
⁸ He remembers his covenant forever,
    the word that he commanded, for a thousand generations,
⁹ the covenant that he made with Abraham,
    his sworn promise to Isaac,
¹⁰ which he confirmed to Jacob as a statute,
    to Israel as an everlasting covenant,
¹¹ saying, “To you I will give the land of Canaan
    as your portion for an inheritance.

⁴³ So he brought his people out with joy,
    his chosen ones with singing.
⁴⁴ And he gave them the lands of the nations,
    and they took possession of the fruit of the peoples’ toil,
⁴⁵ that they might keep his statutes
    and observe his laws.
Praise the LORD!

Psalm 135:1-7, 13-14

Praise the LORD!
Praise the name of the LORD,
    give praise, O servants of the LORD,
² who stand in the house of the LORD,
    in the courts of the house of our God!
³ Praise the LORD, for the LORD is good;
    sing to his name, for it is pleasant!
⁴ For the LORD has chosen Jacob for himself,
    Israel as his own possession.

⁵ For I know that the LORD is great,
    and that our LORD is above all gods.
⁶ Whatever the LORD pleases, he does,
    in heaven and on earth,
    in the seas and all deeps.
⁷ He it is who makes the clouds rise at the end of the earth,
    who makes lightnings for the rain
    and brings forth the wind from his storehouses.

¹³ Your name, O LORD, endures forever,
    your renown, O LORD, throughout all ages.
¹⁴ For the Lord will vindicate his people
    and have compassion on his servants.

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