"Day of the month" / Morning Psalms / Evening Psalms



1st / Psalms 1-5 / Psalms 6-8



2nd / Ps. 9-11 / Ps. 12-14



3rd / Ps. 15-17 / Ps. 18



4th / Ps. 19-21 / Ps. 22-23



5th / Ps. 24-26 / Ps. 27-29



6th / Ps. 30-32 / Ps. 33-34 - "Today! 4/6/2011 (M/D/Y)"



7th / Ps. 35-36 / Ps. 37



8th / Ps. 38-40 / Ps. 41-43



9th / Ps. 44-46 / Ps. 47-49



10th / Ps. 50-52 / Ps. 53-55



11th / Ps. 56-58 / Ps. 59-61



12th / Ps. 62-64 / Ps. 65-67



13th / Ps. 68 / Ps. 69-70



14th / Ps. 71-72 / Ps. 73-74



15th / Ps. 75-77 / Ps. 78



16th / Ps. 79-81 / Ps. 82-85



17th / Ps. 86-88 / Ps. 89



18th / Ps. 90-92 / Ps. 93-94



19th / Ps. 95-97 / Ps. 98-101



20th / Ps. 102-103 / Ps. 104



21st / Ps. 105 / Ps. 106



22nd / Ps. 107 / Ps. 108-109



23rd / Ps. 110-113 / Ps. 114-115



24th / Ps. 116-118 / Ps. 119 "Aleph" - "Daleth" (verses 1-32)



25th / Ps. 119 "He" - "Teth" (vss. 33-72)/ Ps. 119 "Yod" - "Mem" (vss.73-104)



26th / Ps. 119 "Nun" - "Tzaddi" (vss. 105-144)/ Ps. 119 "Koph" - "Tav" (vss. 145-176)



27th / Ps. 120-125 / Ps. 126-131



28th / Ps. 132-135 / Ps. 136-138



29th / Ps. 139-141 / Ps. 142-144



30th / Ps. 144-146 / Ps. 147-150



The above "table" is taken from the 1611 edition of the Authorized Version of the Bible. Again, it takes one through the Psalms in a 30-day month. Of course, the Proverbs can be read once a month as well, as long as you "double up" for one day on 30-day months (in such a case, I usually read Proverbs 30 and 31, on "day 30"), because Proverbs has 31 chapters.

"Make their loins continually to shake..."

That is the verse on my mind right now, taken from Psalm 109, I believe. It is an "impreccation", which the Psalms are known for. Sometimes I think God wants us to cry out to be avenged, like the importunate widow in Luke 18. Of course, we ought to also do good to and pray for our enemies (which, by the way, David did as well). That does not mean we should shun to make our prayers authentic, however. Hey! If the martyred saints in Revelation 6 can cry out for their blood to be avenged, since when do we have to keep our anger and anguish of soul a secret. All I know is: my prayer, again, is "Make their loins continually to shake..." And, "Bow down their back always...", in Jesus' name amen. "P.S. Do have mercy on them and save them, by all means..."

"Not unto us, O LORD...

...not unto us, but unto thy name, give glory; for thy mercy and for thy truth's sake. Wherefore should they say among the heathen, "Where is their God". But our God is in the heavens - he hath done whatsoever he hath pleased." Psalm 115

This, I pray, tonight, from my heart.

I am feeble and sore broken...

I have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart. Psalm XXXVIII.8

Had a good "roar" lately? Personally, I don't know about "lately", but it does seem to happen every once in a while. It's pretty shocking when it happens, but what a relief! And what an even greater relief to realize it's jolly-well Scriptural! What a relief, also, to know I don't have to have it all together. After all, "feeble and sore broken" speaks to me of "having it all together in reverse"! And, folks, that would be where I am at! Good-night!

P.S. Here is a poem on "roaring": http://outsidethecamp.blogspot.com/2007/03/lion-hath-roared-see-book-of-amos-in.html

I had fainted...(Psalm 27:13...)

For I am poor and sorrowful, and my heart is wounded within me

Psalm 109. This verse was especially meaninful to me in South Korea. Just remember, I know, that other people can, likewise, wounded at the heart level by us as well.

"Make it plain upon tables..."

Here goes my attempt to write out Psalm 119 from memory. I agree, with God's help, to type from memory and not go back and "cheat" (i.e. go in and correct errors after I have posted). Why? To the glory of God, of course:

ALEPH

Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the LORD.
2 Blessed are they that keep his testimonies; and that seek him with the whole heart.
3 They also do no iniquity, they walk in his ways.
4 Thou hast commanded us to keep thy precepts diligently.
5 Oh that my ways were directed to keep that statutes!
6 Then shall I not be ashamed when I have respect unto all thy commandments.
7 I will praise thee with uprightness of heart, when I shall have learned thy righteous judgements.
8 I will keep thy statutes - Oh, forsake me not utterly.

New rules! I just realized that, though I intend to add one eight-verse section at a time, if I do it in separate  posts, then it will be backwards, with "Tau" (verses "59-5g" in "duotrigesimal" - or "Base Thirty-Two", or 169-176 in "decimal", or "base ten") last, and "Aleph" (i.e. verses 1-8) first - and that would simply not do. Therefore, I will "add" one eight verse section at a time - but I will still not go back and edit an eight verse section once I had added it and posted it. So now I am on "Beth", or verses 9-"g":

BETH
9 Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? By taking heed thereto according to thy word.
a With my whole heart have I sought thee - Oh, let me not wander from thy commandments!
b Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.
c Blessed art thou, O LORD - teach me thy statutes.
d With my lips have I declared all the judgments of thy mouth.
e I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies, as much as in all riches.
f I will meditate in thy precepts, and have respect unto thy ways.
g I will delight myself in thy statutes - I will not forget thy word.

...Alright, now it's time for...: "Gimel" - or verses "h=1¯f" to "r=1¯8" (i.e. 17-24 in decimal, or base ten):

GIMEL
h=1¯f Deal bountifully with thy servant, that I may live and keep thy word.
j=1¯e Open thou mine eyes that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law.
k=1¯d I am a stranger in the earth - hide not thy commandments from me.
m=1¯c My soul breaketh for the longing that it hath unto thy judgments at all times.
n=1¯b Thou hast rebuked the proud that are cursed, which do err from thy commandments.
p=1¯a Remove from me reproach and contempt, for I have kept thy testimonies.
q=1¯9 Princes also did sit and speak against me, but thy servant did meditate in thy statutes.
r=1¯8 Thy testimonies also are my delight - and my counselors.

...and..."Daleth" - or decimal 25-32:

DALETH
s=1¯7 My soul cleaveth unto the dust: Quicken thou me according to thy word.
t=1¯6 I have declared my ways and thou heardest me - teach me thy statutes.
v=1¯5 Make me to understand the way of thy precepts - so shall I talk of thy wondrous works.
w=1¯4 My soul melteth for heaviness - strengthen thou me according unto thy word.
x=1¯3 Remove from me the way of lying, and grant me thy law, graciously.
y=1¯2 I have chosen the way of truth - thy judgments have I laid before me.
z=1¯1 I have stuck unto thy testimonies; O LORD, put me not to shame.
10 I will run the way of thy commandments, when thou shalt enlarge my heart.

That concludes the portion of Psalm 119 for this evening. If I am able, I will get on a computer tomorrow, and continue with "HE", and etc...

They soon forgat his works, they waited not for his counsel...

Psalm CVI.

In the margin, it reads, "They made haste - they forgat..." My prayer is that God would preservce me, and us, from hastiness. Hastiness only tends to want, as we read in Proverbs, and I am sorry to say, I have learned that by experience. I can always change directions, however, and START WAITING, and STOP BEING SO DOG-GONE HASTY! Abba! I do! Help me to wait, O LORD, and help US! In Jesus' name, amen!

Love,

Daniel

Man goeth forth to his work, and to his labour until the evening...

Somewhere in Psalm CIIII. (i.e. One hundred and four)

I lament that we have invented, in the Western World, "Welfare States" that rob men of this privilege and responsibility. Not that we have to participate, however - just get out there and work and labour! Men, arise! (By the way, if nothing else, just get out there and pick up garbage!)

Daniel

Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings...

Psalm VIII.2

...hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and avenger.

Psalm CXXXIX

O LORD, thou hast searched me and known me...

I love this Psalm. It is such a comfort to me, because I do not know myself! I think I do, but I don't. It does not take much to realize that I need a shepherd - "bigtime"! And I have one - the LORD!

"Such knowledge is too wonderful for me - it is high, I cannot attain unto it."

I am overwhelmed at the revelation of God's omnipresence and omniscience - especially as it relates to me as a individual. I am undone by it - like a log in a fire is finally consumed by the flames so that is disintegrates into nothing more than dust and ashes.

"Marvelous are thy works, and that my soul knoweth right well."

I will let that last quote speak for itself. Bye for now.

Daniel

Psalm LXXXIX

In summary, the Psalmist recalls God's magnanimous promises to David, and then says, "But that is not what we see coming to pass at the present time..." Somehow, notwithstanding the testimony David held to the end, of being a man after God's own heart; and the faith he had to the end, in God's unfailing promises to him - there was to be some severe testing. It simply did not seem like God had remembered his promises. The psalmist (Heman the Ezrahite, if my memory serves me correctly), rightly reminds God of those promises. For that matter, so do I! Lord, please remember thy promises to bless my going out and coming in from this time forth, and for evermore! In Jesus' name, amen!

God WAS hungry... and IS!

"If I were hungry, I would not tell thee..." Psalm L (Roman Numeral for "fifty"). I was just pondering this Scripture, and realized something: God WAS hungry - and I think he still is today! How do I know this? Later in the Scriptures, we read, "Jesus was an hungered". Well, Jesus was and is God, was and is he not? And Jesus was hungry! And, true to form, he did not tell another person about his hunger. He even resisted the temptation, to satisfy his hunger by himself. He quoted the Scripture, "Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God."

We also read, however, in Matthew chapter XXV, where Jesus foretells of a day when he will say to the sheep as well as the goats, "I was a hungry..." And what will their response be?... "When!" "When saw we thee an hungered". In a word, both sheep and goats will say, "But thou didst not tell us!" Exactly. As we know from Psalm chapter fifty, if he were hungry he would NOT tell us!

It is a sobering reminder to me that - though God, represented by the "least of these" of today, IS hungry, he will NOT tell me! He IS, however, watching and waiting for me to give them (i.e. "him") something to eat, and will reward me when I do so.

One final thought is that if WE hunger, then WE become the least of these, with whom God so closely identifies himself. WE hunger as HE hungered, and Jesus therefore says in the beatitudes, "Blessed are ye that hunger..."

Daniel

P.S. I also note that Jesus said in Matthew chapter six, that when we fast, we should not make a public show of it (in other words, if WE are hungry (particularly, due to fasting), WE should not necessarily tell others that we are). In so doing, we will be imitating God who, indeed, "keeps it to himself" when he is hungry.

"And riseth up again"

This Scripture, from Proverbs 24 - today's chapter of Proverbs - quickened me today; and got me up!

"We are become a scorn to our neighbours..."

Can ye get and keep jobs? If ye can, congratulations. For my part, I know I can - but have not yet been able to see that ability released in my life. I just plain keep losing my jobs. Sometimes, as with H&R Block, that is simply because tax season is over. Today, however, it was because, according to Kelly, I just wasn't producing enough trusses.

It is all I can do to hold my head high and smile brightly - but, by the grace of God, I am doing it. And I will do it! This will anything but defeat me. It will actually propel me. How do I know that? By faith! Hallelujah! By the way, the Scripture that begins this post is from Psalm LXXIX.

A few verses

In Psalm 50, we read, "If I were hungry, I would not tell thee..." From this I gather that I can forget about meeting any of God's needs. Rather, he is the one that must meet mine.

"Call upon me in the day of trouble. I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me." God is glorified when we call on him in trouble and receive his salvation. It is true that we should not just remember him when we get into trouble, but I think he understands that it is troubles that drive us to him, and therefore he allows it to come.

Then, in Psalm 55, "Cast thy burden upon the LORD and he shall sustain thee. He will never suffer the righteous to me moved."

It is not a bad thing to call on God when we get into trouble. It is just that, as brother Vaughn points out at his blog: http://www.devotional.vaughnfriesen.com/, we should remember him in the good times, too.

I am small and despised, yet do not I forsake thy precepts (Psalm CXIX.141)

One might think that, if God's Son came to earth, he would be honoured and exalted - and, to be sure - that eventually did happen (and will happen). It, however, certainly did not happen right away. Ironically enough, as a matter of fact, he was hated, despised, and slain. Treating God's only begotten Son like that was the ultimate case in point of how depraved, wicked, and stupid we - his creatures - become when we go our own way.

The good news, however, is that he is ready and willing to forgive us and receive us as one of his own. Then we can go from persecutors to to persecuted. From Despising to despised. And, eventually, with him, we will be honoured and exalted. Lord, let us not lose heart when we are small and despised, even as Jesus Christ was not (and King David, who according to many wrote Psalm 119 (if not Daniel, as still others suppose)). In Jesus' name, amen.

Sit thou at my right hand... (Psalm CX)

I like that - "sit". Sitting is downright easy, if I do say so myself, and it is one of the things we see done in the Scriptures. For example, consider Mary. Whereas Martha thought Mary negligent for sitting, Jesus actually said she had chosen the better part, which would not be taken from her. It is by no means always time to be sitting, but there is a time and place for it. As we read in Isaiah 30 (if I remember correctly), "Their strength is to sit still." And, really, think about it! What are the precious moments we can have with a beloved child. Is it not when they sit with us? Let us remember that the Lord Jesus Christ desires the same from us, and - go ahead - sit down!

He was Ready to Pay!

By: Daniel Robbins - a Perfectionist

I was a young boy - and that was plain for all to see. After all, any man could see what I obviously did not... until now.

Now, I was at the checkout counter. Now, stark, cold, wet reality was introducing me to a mortifying fact: I did not have enough money for what I was trying to buy.

Oh! I had money - and, being the boy I was, I thought that that was all I needed. "I have money... I give that money to the lady... she lets me take the merchandise, and everybody is happy."

The problem was, I failed to realize that - again - I did not have enough money. Not - at least - until "now." Therefore, "now" was actually a terrifying and (as I said) embarrassing situation! What, then, did I do?

I suppose I did what any lost, little, frightened boy would do: I ran away with my bag of potato chips (or whatever they were) to put them back on the store shelf - crying and wailing as I ran.

The really painful part of that memory, however, is that the man in line behind me at the till tried to get my attention - tried to stop me. He called to me. He entreated me to look and listen. I did stop for a moment and looked back. I saw that he was standing there with the money in-hand; ready and willing to pay for "my" bag of chips (or, at least, it could have been mine).

I could not do it, though. I could not bring myself to go back. I was just plain too embarrassed - so I carried on to where I had found the chips, and put them back.

I mourn. I mourn - not because I missed out on a bag of chips. Not at all. There is something far deeper that I mourn. I mourn the fact that I could have ``saved face.`` I could have experienced grace and mercy. I could have cooperated. That man would have paid the price for me, I would have gotten what I wanted, and the cashier and that man would have been blessed. (Instead, they just had to watch me carry on in my folly).

I know I cannot go back and change my foolish actions back then - but I can sure prepare my heart for next time. Next time I am in a situation like that, I am going to stop, turn around, go back, and let the man pay for me!

So what if I have to humble myself! Do I not want my chips? Come to think of it, has very much really changed since that day? I trow (I.e. ``suppose``) not.

I still do not have enough money - only, this time, it is not just a bag of chips. I owe a lot more money than I have - and I know I am not the only one.

This debt, however, is actually - really - only symbolic! Morally speaking, in and of myself, I am really in trouble!

Therefore, with David (who definitely knew what it was to run up against “moral bankruptcy"), I pray:

O turn unto me and have mercy upon me: give thy strength unto thy servant, and save the son of thine handmaid. Shew me a token for good; that they which hate me may see it, and be ashamed: because thou, LORD, hast holpen (i.e. helped) me, and comforted me." (Psalme LXXXVI. 16-17)

Ye see (I.e. "You see"), when that man offered to pay for me, God was showing me a "token for good". I was just too scared, proud, and stubborn to receive it at that time. This time, however - so help thou me, God - I am going to thankfully receive it! How about the rest us us?

Jesus Christ, God's only begotten Son, was God's ultimate "token for good." I beseech you: receive Him by faith. He is standing there with his nail-scarred hands outstretched - ready and willing to apply his payment for sin to your account. He is alive from the dead, as a token of the resurrection power that will one day resurrect you and me to everlasting life, if we will but humble ourselves, come to him, and say, "OK." In other words, "Lord, I believe." (See the latter portion of John's gospel, chapter Nine).

That calls for worship!...
Hallelujah! (I.e. "Praise Ye the LORD!")

"When I saw the prosperity of the wicked" (Psalm LXXIII)

Though I am all pumped up about the oncoming prosperity I believe God has in store, it is sobering to recall what Asaph describes as the "prosperity of the wicked". Such is the kind of prosperity I can do without! For us, by all means, our prosperity is mainly spiritual. It consists of offspring - spiritual and physical. And, of course, it certainly involves having our physical needs met (and even exceeded, in my opinion, in God's good time). While the wicked seem to have more than heart could wish, however, I will gladly wait for the fulfillment of the following verse from Proverbs: "Blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich - and he addeth no sorrow with it".