Study the Bible with the Psalm of the day (Basic English Bible BBE)

Psalms 143 1. <A Psalm. Of David.> Let my prayer come to you, O Lord; give ear to my requests for your grace; keep faith with me, and give me an answer in your righteousness; 2. Let not your servant come before you to be judged; for no man living is upright in your eyes. 3. The evil man has gone after my soul; my life is crushed down to the earth: he has put me in the dark, like those who have long been dead. 4. Because of this my spirit is overcome; and my heart is full of fear. 5. I keep in mind the early days of the past, giving thought to all your acts, even to the work of your hands. ; AB Lausanne church

Psalms 142 1. <Maschil. Of David. A prayer when he was in the hole of the rock.> The sound of my cry went up to the Lord; with my voice I made my prayer for grace to the Lord. 2. I put all my sorrows before him; and made clear to him all my trouble. 3. When my spirit is overcome, your eyes are on my goings; nets have been secretly placed in the way in which I go. 4. Looking to my right side, I saw no man who was my friend: I had no safe place; no one had any care for my soul. 5. I have made my cry to you, O Lord; I have said, You are my safe place, and my heritage in the land of the living. ; AB Lausanne church

Psalms 141 1. <A Psalm. Of David.> Lord, I have made my cry to you; come to me quickly; give ear to my voice, when it goes up to you. 2. Let my prayer be ordered before you like a sweet smell; and let the lifting up of my hands be like the evening offering. 3. O Lord, keep a watch over my mouth; keep the door of my lips. 4. Keep my heart from desiring any evil thing, or from taking part in the sins of the evil-doers with men who do wrong: and let me have no part in their good things. 5. Let the upright give me punishment; and let the god-fearing man put me in the right way; but I will not let the oil of sinners come on my head: when they do evil I will give myself to prayer. ; AB Lausanne church

Psalms 140 1. <To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of David.> O Lord, take me out of the power of the evil man; keep me safe from the violent man: 2. For their hearts are full of evil designs; and they are ever making ready causes of war. 3. Their tongues are sharp like the tongue of a snake; the poison of snakes is under their lips. (Selah.) 4. O Lord, take me out of the hands of sinners; keep me safe from the violent man: for they are designing my downfall. 5. The men of pride have put secret cords for my feet; stretching nets in my way, so that they may take me with their tricks. (Selah.) ; AB Lausanne church

Psalms 139 1. <To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of David.> O Lord, you have knowledge of me, searching out all my secrets. 2. You have knowledge when I am seated and when I get up, you see my thoughts from far away. 3. You keep watch over my steps and my sleep, and have knowledge of all my ways. 4. For there is not a word on my tongue which is not clear to you, O Lord. 5. I am shut in by you on every side, and you have put your hand on me. ; AB Lausanne church

Psalms 138 1. <Of David.> I will give you praise with all my heart: I will make melody to you before the gods. 2. I will give worship before your holy Temple, praising your name for your mercy and for your unchanging faith: for you have made your word greater than all your name. 3. When my cry came to your ears you gave me an answer, and made me great with strength in my soul. 4. All the kings of the earth will give you praise, O Lord, when the words of your mouth come to their ears. 5. They will make songs about the ways of the Lord; for great is the glory of the Lord. ; AB Lausanne church

Psalms 137 1. By the rivers of Babylon we were seated, weeping at the memory of Zion, 2. Hanging our instruments of music on the trees by the waterside. 3. For there those who had taken us prisoners made request for a song; and those who had taken away all we had gave us orders to be glad, saying, Give us one of the songs of Zion. 4. How may we give the Lord's song in a strange land? 5. If I keep not your memory, O Jerusalem, let not my right hand keep the memory of its art. ; AB Lausanne church

Psalms 136 1. O give praise to the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy is unchanging for ever. 2. O give praise to the God of gods: for his mercy is unchanging for ever. 3. O give praise to the Lord of lords: for his mercy is unchanging for ever. 4. To him who only does great wonders: for his mercy is unchanging for ever. 5. To him who by wisdom made the heavens: for his mercy is unchanging for ever. ; AB Lausanne church

Psalms 135 1. Let the Lord be praised. O you servants of the Lord, give praise to the name of the Lord. 2. You who are in the house of the Lord, and in the open spaces of the house of our God, 3. Give praise to Jah, for he is good: make melody to his name, for it is pleasing. 4. For the Lord has taken Jacob for himself, and Israel for his property. 5. I know that the Lord is great, and that our Lord is greater than all other gods. ; AB Lausanne church

Psalms 134 1. <A Song of the going up.> Give praise to the Lord, all you servants of the Lord, who take your places in the house of the Lord by night. 2. Give praise to the Lord, lifting up your hands in his holy place. 3. May the Lord, who made heaven and earth, send you blessing out of Zion, ; AB Lausanne church

Psalms 133 1. <A Song of the going up. Of David.> See how good and how pleasing it is for brothers to be living together in harmony! 2. It is like oil of great price on the head, flowing down over the face, even Aaron's face: coming down to the edge of his robe; 3. Like the dew of Hermon, which comes down on the mountains of Zion: for there the Lord gave orders for the blessing, even life for ever. ; AB Lausanne church

Psalms 132 1. <A Song of the going up.> Lord, give thought to David, and to all his troubles; 2. How he made an oath to the Lord, and gave his word to the great God of Jacob, saying, 3. Truly, I will not come into my house, or go to my bed, 4. I will not give sleep to my eyes, or rest to my eyeballs, 5. Till I have got a place for the Lord, a resting-place for the great God of Jacob. ; AB Lausanne church

Psalms 131 1. <A Song of the going up. Of David.> Lord, there is no pride in my heart and my eyes are not lifted up; and I have not taken part in great undertakings, or in things over-hard for me. 2. See, I have made my soul calm and quiet, like a child on its mother's breast; my soul is like a child on its mother's breast. 3. O Israel, have hope in the Lord, from this time and for ever. ; AB Lausanne church

Psalms 130 1. <A Song of the going up.> Out of the deep have I sent up my cry to you, O Lord. 2. Lord, let my voice come before you: let your ears be awake to the voice of my prayer. 3. O Jah, if you took note of every sin, who would go free? 4. But there is forgiveness with you, so that you may be feared. 5. I am waiting for the Lord, my soul is waiting for him, and my hope is in his word. ; AB Lausanne church

Psalms 129 1. <A Song of the going up.> Great have been my troubles from the time when I was young (let Israel now say); 2. Great have been my troubles from the time when I was young, but my troubles have not overcome me. 3. The ploughmen were ploughing on my back; long were the wounds they made. 4. The Lord is true: the cords of the evil-doers are broken in two. 5. Let all the haters of Zion be shamed and turned back. ; AB Lausanne church

Psalms 128 1. <A Song of the going up.> Happy is the worshipper of the Lord, who is walking in his ways. 2. You will have the fruit of the work of your hands: happy will you be, and all will be well for you. 3. Your wife will be like a fertile vine in the inmost parts of your house: your children will be like olive plants round your table. 4. See! this is the blessing of the worshipper of the Lord. 5. May the Lord send you blessing out of Zion: may you see the good of Jerusalem all the days of your life. ; AB Lausanne church

Psalms 127 1. <A Song of the going up. Of Solomon.> If the Lord is not helping the builders, then the building of a house is to no purpose: if the Lord does not keep the town, the watchman keeps his watch for nothing. 2. It is of no use for you to get up early, and to go late to your rest, with the bread of sorrow for your food; for the Lord gives to his loved ones in sleep. 3. See, sons are a heritage from the Lord; the fruit of the body is his reward. 4. Like arrows in the hand of a man of war, are the children of the young. 5. Happy is the man who has a good store of them; he will not be put to shame, but his cause will be supported by them against his haters. ; AB Lausanne church

Psalms 126 1. <A Song of the going up.> When the Lord made a change in Zion's fate, we were like men in a dream. 2. Then our mouths were full of laughing, and our tongues gave a glad cry; they said among the nations, The Lord has done great things for them. 3. The Lord has done great things for us; because of which we are glad. 4. Let our fate be changed, O Lord, like the streams in the South. 5. Those who put in seed with weeping will get in the grain with cries of joy. ; AB Lausanne church

Psalms 125 1. <A Song of the going up.> Those whose hope is in the Lord are like the mountain of Zion, which may not be moved, but keeps its place for ever. 2. As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the Lord is round about his people, from this time and for ever. 3. For the rod of sinners will not be resting on the heritage of the upright; so that the upright may not put out their hands to evil. 4. Do good, O Lord, to those who are good, and to those who are upright in heart. 5. But as for such as are turned out of the straight way, the Lord will take them away with the workers of evil. Let peace be on Israel. ; AB Lausanne church

Psalms 124 1. <A Song of the going up. Of David.> If it had not been the Lord who was on our side (let Israel now say); 2. If it had not been the Lord who was on our side, when men came up against us; 3. They would have made a meal of us while still living, in the heat of their wrath against us: 4. We would have been covered by the waters; the streams would have gone over our soul; 5. Yes, the waters of pride would have gone over our soul. ; AB Lausanne church

Psalms 123 1. <A Song of the going up.> To you my eyes are lifted up, even to you whose seat is in the heavens. 2. See! as the eyes of servants are turned to the hands of their masters, and the eyes of a servant-girl to her owner, so our eyes are waiting for the Lord our God, till he has mercy on us. 3. Have mercy on us, O Lord, have mercy on us: for all men are looking down on us. 4. For long enough have men of pride made sport of our soul. ; AB Lausanne church

Psalms 122 1. <A Song of the going up. Of David.> I was glad because they said to me, We will go into the house of the Lord. 2. At last our feet were inside your doors, O Jerusalem. 3. O Jerusalem, you are like a town which is well joined together; 4. To which the tribes went up, even the tribes of the Lord, for a witness to Israel, to give praise to the name of the Lord. 5. For there seats for the judges were placed, even the rulers' seats of the line of David. ; AB Lausanne church

Psalms 121 1. <A Song of the going up.> My eyes are lifted up to the hills: O where will my help come from? 2. Your help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth. 3. May he not let your foot be moved: no need of sleep has he who keeps you. 4. See, the eyes of Israel's keeper will not be shut in sleep. 5. The Lord is your keeper; the Lord is your shade on your right hand. ; AB Lausanne church

Psalms 120 1. <A Song of the going up.> In my trouble my cry went up to the Lord, and he gave me an answer. 2. O Lord, be the saviour of my soul from false lips, and from the tongue of deceit. 3. What punishment will he give you? what more will he do to you, you false tongue? 4. Sharp arrows of the strong, and burning fire. 5. Sorrow is mine because I am strange in Meshech, and living in the tents of Kedar. ; AB Lausanne church

Psalms 119 1. <ALEPH> Happy are they who are without sin in their ways, walking in the law of the Lord. 2. Happy are they who keep his unchanging word, searching after him with all their heart. 3. They do no evil; they go in his ways. 4. You have put your orders into our hearts, so that we might keep them with care. 5. If only my ways were ordered so that I might keep your rules! ; AB Lausanne church

Psalms 118 1. O give praise to the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy is unchanging for ever. 2. Let Israel now say, that his mercy is unchanging for ever. 3. Let the house of Aaron now say, that his mercy is unchanging for ever. 4. Let all worshippers of the Lord now say, that his mercy is unchanging for ever. 5. I made my prayer to the Lord in my trouble: and the Lord gave me an answer, and put me in a wide place. ; AB Lausanne church

Psalms 117 1. Let all the nations give praise to the Lord: let all the people give him praise. 2. For great is his mercy to us, and his faith is unchanging for ever. Praise be to the Lord. ; AB Lausanne church

Psalms 116 1. I have given my love to the Lord, because he has given ear to the voice of my cry and my prayer. 2. He has let my request come before him, and I will make my prayer to him all my days. 3. The nets of death were round me, and the pains of the underworld had me in their grip; I was full of trouble and sorrow. 4. Then I made my prayer to the Lord, saying, O Lord, take my soul out of trouble. 5. The Lord is full of grace and righteousness; truly, he is a God of mercy. ; AB Lausanne church

Psalms 115 1. Not to us, O Lord, not to us, but to your name let glory be given, because of your mercy and your unchanging faith. 2. Why may the nations say, Where is now their God? 3. But our God is in heaven: he has done whatever was pleasing to him. 4. Their images are silver and gold, the work of men's hands. 5. They have mouths, but no voice; they have eyes, but they see not; ; AB Lausanne church

Psalms 114 1. When Israel came out of Egypt, the children of Jacob from a people whose language was strange to them; 2. Judah became his holy place, and Israel his kingdom. 3. The sea saw it, and went in flight; Jordan was turned back. 4. The mountains were jumping like goats, and the little hills like lambs. 5. What was wrong with you, O sea, that you went in flight? O Jordan, that you were turned back? ; AB Lausanne church

Psalms 113 1. Let the Lord be praised. O you servants of the Lord, give praise to the name of the Lord. 2. Let blessing be on the name of the Lord, from this time and for ever. 3. From the coming up of the sun to its going down, the Lord's name is to be praised. 4. The Lord is high over all nations, and his glory is higher than the heavens. 5. Who is like the Lord our God, who is seated on high, ; AB Lausanne church

Psalms 112 1. Let the Lord be praised. Happy is the man who gives honour to the Lord, and has great delight in his laws. 2. His seed will be strong on the earth; blessings will be on the generation of the upright. 3. A store of wealth will be in his house, and his righteousness will be for ever. 4. For the upright there is a light shining in the dark; he is full of grace and pity. 5. All is well for the man who is kind and gives freely to others; he will make good his cause when he is judged. ; AB Lausanne church

Psalms 111 1. Let the Lord be praised. I will give praise to the Lord with all my heart, among the upright, and in the meeting of the people. 2. The works of the Lord are great, searched out by all those who have delight in them. 3. His work is full of honour and glory; and his righteousness is unchanging for ever. 4. Certain for ever is the memory of his wonders: the Lord is full of pity and mercy. 5. He has given food to his worshippers; he will keep his agreement in mind for ever. ; AB Lausanne church

Psalms 110 1. <A Psalm. Of David.> The Lord said to my lord, Be seated at my right hand, till I put all those who are against you under your feet. 2. The Lord will send out the rod of your strength from Zion; be king over your haters. 3. Your people give themselves gladly in the day of your power; like the dew of the morning on the holy mountains is the army of your young men. 4. The Lord has made an oath, and will not take it back. You are a priest for ever, after the order of Melchizedek. 5. In the day of his wrath kings will be wounded by the Lord at your right hand. ; AB Lausanne church

Psalms 109 1. <To the chief music-maker. Of David. A Psalm.> God of my praise, let my prayer be answered; 2. For the mouth of the sinner is open against me in deceit: his tongue has said false things against me. 3. Words of hate are round about me; they have made war against me without cause. 4. For my love they give me back hate; but I have given myself to prayer. 5. They have put on me evil for good; hate in exchange for my love. ; AB Lausanne church

Psalms 108 1. <A Song. A Psalm. Of David.> O God, my heart is fixed; I will make songs and melody, even with my glory. 2. Give out your sounds, O corded instruments: the dawn will be awaking with my song. 3. I will give you praise, O Lord, among the peoples; I will make melody to you among the nations. 4. For your mercy is higher than the heavens: and your unchanging faith than the clouds. 5. Be lifted up, O God, higher than the heavens; let your glory be over all the earth. ; AB Lausanne church

Psalms 107 1. O give praise to the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy is unchanging for ever. 2. Let those whose cause the Lord has taken up say so, his people whom he has taken out of the hands of their haters; 3. Making them come together out of all the lands, from the east and from the west, from the north and from the south. 4. They were wandering in the waste places; they saw no way to a resting-place. 5. Their souls became feeble for need of food and drink. ; AB Lausanne church

Psalms 106 1. Let the Lord be praised. O give praise to the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy is unchanging for ever. 2. Who is able to give an account of the great acts of the Lord, or to make clear all his praise? 3. Happy are they whose decisions are upright, and he who does righteousness at all times. 4. Keep me in mind, O Lord, when you are good to your people; O let your salvation come to me; 5. So that I may see the well-being of the people of your selection, and have a part in the joy of your nation, and take pride in your heritage. ; AB Lausanne church

Psalms 105 1. O give praise to the Lord; give honour to his name, talking of his doings among the peoples. 2. Let your voice be sounding in songs and melody; let all your thoughts be of the wonder of his works. 3. Have glory in his holy name; let the hearts of those who are searching after the Lord be glad. 4. Let your search be for the Lord and for his strength; let your hearts ever be turned to him. 5. Keep in mind the great works which he has done; his wonders, and the decisions of his mouth; ; AB Lausanne church

Psalms 104 1. Give praise to the Lord, O my soul. O Lord my God, you are very great; you are robed with honour and power. 2. You are clothed with light as with a robe; stretching out the heavens like a curtain: 3. The arch of your house is based on the waters; you make the clouds your carriage; you go on the wings of the wind: 4. He makes winds his angels, and flames of fire his servants. 5. He has made the earth strong on its bases, so that it may not be moved for ever and ever; ; AB Lausanne church

Psalms 103 1. <Of David.> Give praise to the Lord, O my soul; let everything in me give praise to his holy name. 2. Give praise to the Lord, O my soul; let not all his blessings go from your memory. 3. He has forgiveness for all your sins; he takes away all your diseases; 4. He keeps back your life from destruction, crowning you with mercy and grace. 5. He makes your mouth full of good things, so that your strength is made new again like the eagle's. ; AB Lausanne church

Psalms 102 1. <A Prayer of the man who is in trouble, when he is overcome, and puts his grief before the Lord.> Give ear to my prayer, O Lord, and let my cry come to you. 2. Let not your face be veiled from me in the day of my trouble; give ear to me, and let my cry be answered quickly. 3. My days are wasted like smoke, and my bones are burned up as in a fire. 4. My heart is broken; it has become dry and dead like grass, so that I give no thought to food. 5. Because of the voice of my sorrow, my flesh is wasted to the bone. ; AB Lausanne church

Psalms 101 1. <A Psalm. Of David.> I will make a song of mercy and righteousness; to you, O Lord, will I make melody. 2. I will do wisely in the way of righteousness: O when will you come to me? I will be walking in my house with a true heart. 3. I will not put any evil thing before my eyes; I am against all turning to one side; I will not have it near me. 4. The false heart I will send away from me: I will not have an evil-doer for a friend. 5. I will put to death anyone who says evil of his neighbour secretly; the man with a high look and a heart of pride is disgusting to me. ; AB Lausanne church

Psalms 100 1. <A Psalm of Praise.> Make a glad sound to the Lord, all the earth. 2. Give worship to the Lord with joy; come before him with a song. 3. Be certain that the Lord is God; it is he who has made us, and we are his; we are his people, and the sheep to whom he gives food. 4. Come into his doors with joy, and into his house with praise; give him honour, blessing his name. 5. For the Lord is good, and his mercy is never-ending; his faith is unchanging through all generations. ; AB Lausanne church

Psalms 99 1. The Lord is King; let the peoples be in fear: his seat is on the winged ones; let the earth be moved. 2. The Lord is great in Zion; he is high over all the nations. 3. Let them give praise to your name, for it is great and to be feared; holy is he. 4. The king's power is used for righteousness; you give true decisions, judging rightly in the land of Jacob. 5. Give high honour to the Lord our God, worshipping at his feet; holy is he. ; AB Lausanne church

Psalms 98 1. <A Psalm.> O make a new song to the Lord, because he has done works of wonder; with his right hand, and with his holy arm, he has overcome. 2. The Lord has given to all the knowledge of his salvation; he has made clear his righteousness in the eyes of the nations. 3. He has kept in mind his mercy and his unchanging faith to the house of Israel; all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God. 4. Let all the earth send out a glad cry to the Lord; sounding with a loud voice, and praising him with songs of joy. 5. Make melody to the Lord with instruments of music; with a corded instrument and the voice of song. ; AB Lausanne church

Psalms 97 1. The Lord is King, let the earth have joy; let all the sea-lands be glad. 2. Dark clouds are round him; his kingdom is based on righteousness and right judging. 3. Fire goes before him, burning up all those who are against him round about. 4. His bright flames give light to the world; the earth saw it with fear. 5. The mountains became like wax at the coming of the Lord, at the coming of the Lord of all the earth. ; AB Lausanne church

Psalms 96 1. O make a new song to the Lord; let all the earth make melody to the Lord. 2. Make songs to the Lord, blessing his name; give the good news of his salvation day by day. 3. Make clear his glory to the nations, and his wonders to all the peoples. 4. For the Lord is great, and greatly to be praised; he is more to be feared than all other gods. 5. For all the gods of the nations are false gods; but the Lord made the heavens. ; AB Lausanne church

Psalms 95 1. O come, let us make songs to the Lord; sending up glad voices to the Rock of our salvation. 2. Let us come before his face with praises; and make melody with holy songs. 3. For the Lord is a great God, and a great King over all gods. 4. The deep places of the earth are in his hand; and the tops of the mountains are his. 5. The sea is his, and he made it; and the dry land was formed by his hands. ; AB Lausanne church

Psalms 94 1. O God, in whose hands is punishment, O God of punishment, let your shining face be seen. 2. Be lifted up, O judge of the earth; let their reward come to the men of pride. 3. How long will sinners, O Lord, how long will sinners have joy over us? 4. Words of pride come from their lips; all the workers of evil say great things of themselves. 5. Your people are crushed by them, O Lord, your heritage is troubled, ; AB Lausanne church