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

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

Psalms 93 1. The Lord is King; he is clothed with glory; the Lord is clothed with strength; power is the cord of his robe; the world is fixed, so that it may not be moved. 2. The seat of your power has been from the past; you are eternal. 3. The rivers send up, O Lord, the rivers send up their voices; they send them up with a loud cry. 4. The Lord in heaven is stronger than the noise of great waters, yes, he is stronger than the great waves of the sea. 5. Your witness is most certain; it is right for your house to be holy, O Lord, for ever. ; AB Lausanne church

Psalms 92 1. <A Psalm. A Song for the Sabbath.> It is a good thing to give praise to the Lord, and to make melody to your name, O Most High; 2. To make clear your mercy in the morning, and your unchanging faith every night; 3. On a ten-corded instrument, and on an instrument of music with a quiet sound. 4. For you, O Lord, have made me glad through your work; I will have joy in the works of your hands. 5. O Lord, how great are your works! and your thoughts are very deep. ; AB Lausanne church

Psalms 91 1. Happy is he whose resting-place is in the secret of the Lord, and under the shade of the wings of the Most High; 2. Who says of the Lord, He is my safe place and my tower of strength: he is my God, in whom is my hope. 3. He will take you out of the bird-net, and keep you safe from wasting disease. 4. You will be covered by his feathers; under his wings you will be safe: his good faith will be your salvation. 5. You will have no fear of the evil things of the night, or of the arrow in flight by day, ; AB Lausanne church

Psalms 90 1. <A Prayer of Moses, the man of God.> Lord, you have been our resting-place in all generations. 2. Before the mountains were made, before you had given birth to the earth and the world, before time was, and for ever, you are God. 3. You send man back to his dust; and say, Go back, you children of men. 4. For to you a thousand years are no more than yesterday when it is past, and like a watch in the night. 5. ... ; AB Lausanne church

Psalms 89 1. <Maschil. Of Ethan the Ezrahite.> My song will be of the mercies of the Lord for ever: with my mouth will I make his faith clear to all generations. 2. For you have said, Mercy will be made strong for ever; my faith will be unchanging in the heavens. 3. I have made an agreement with the man of my selection, I have made an oath to David my servant; 4. I will make your seed go on for ever, your kingdom will be strong through all generations. (Selah.) 5. In heaven let them give praise for your wonders, O Lord; and your unchanging faith among the saints. ; AB Lausanne church

Psalms 88 1. <A Song. A Psalm. Of the sons of Korah. To the chief music-maker; put to Mahalath Leannoth. Maschil. Of Heman the Ezrahite.> O Lord, God of my salvation, I have been crying to you for help by day and by night: 2. Let my prayer come before you; give ear to my cry: 3. For my soul is full of evils, and my life has come near to the underworld. 4. I am numbered among those who go down into the earth; I have become like a man for whom there is no help: 5. My soul is among the dead, like those in the underworld, to whom you give no more thought; for they are cut off from your care. ; AB Lausanne church

Psalms 87 1. <Of the sons of Korah. A Psalm. A Song.> This house is resting on the holy mountain. 2. The Lord has more love for the doors of Zion than for all the tents of Jacob. 3. Noble things are said of you, O town of God. (Selah.) 4. Rahab and Babylon will be named among those who have knowledge of me; see, Philistia and Tyre, with Ethiopia; this man had his birth there. 5. And of Zion it will be said, This or that man had his birth there; and the Most High will make her strong. ; AB Lausanne church

Psalms 86 1. <A Prayer. Of David.> Let your ears be open to my voice, O Lord, and give me an answer; for I am poor and in need. 2. Keep my soul, for I am true to you; O my God, give salvation to your servant, whose hope is in you. 3. Have mercy on me, O Lord; for my cry goes up to you all the day. 4. Make glad the soul of your servant; for it is lifted up to you, O Lord. 5. You are good, O Lord, and full of forgiveness; your mercy is great to all who make their cry to you. ; AB Lausanne church

Psalms 85 1. <To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of the sons of Korah.> Lord, you were good to your land: changing the fate of Jacob. 2. The wrongdoing of your people had forgiveness; all their sin had been covered. (Selah.) 3. You were no longer angry: you were turned from the heat of your wrath. 4. Come back to us, O God of our salvation, and be angry with us no longer. 5. Will you go on being angry with us for ever? will you keep your wrath against us through all the long generations? ; AB Lausanne church

Psalms 84 1. <To the chief music-maker; put to the Gittith A Psalm. Of the sons of Korah.> How dear are your tents, O Lord of armies! 2. The passion of my soul's desire is for the house of the Lord; my heart and my flesh are crying out for the living God. 3. The little birds have places for themselves, where they may put their young, even your altars, O Lord of armies, my King and my God. 4. Happy are they whose resting-place is in your house: they will still be praising you. (Selah.) 5. Happy is the man whose strength is in you; in whose heart are the highways to Zion. ; AB Lausanne church

Psalms 83 1. <A Song. A Psalm. Of Asaph.> O God, do not keep quiet: let your lips be open and take no rest, O God. 2. For see! those who make war on you are out of control; your haters are lifting up their heads. 3. They have made wise designs against your people, talking together against those whom you keep in a secret place. 4. They have said, Come, let us put an end to them as a nation; so that the name of Israel may go out of man's memory. 5. For they have all come to an agreement; they are all joined together against you: ; AB Lausanne church

Psalms 82 1. <A Psalm. Of Asaph.> God is in the meeting-place of God; he is judging among the gods. 2. How long will you go on judging falsely, having respect for the persons of evil-doers? (Selah.) 3. Give ear to the cause of the poor and the children without fathers; let those who are troubled and in need have their rights. 4. Be the saviour of the poor and those who have nothing: take them out of the hand of the evil-doers. 5. They have no knowledge or sense; they go about in the dark: all the bases of the earth are moved. ; AB Lausanne church

Psalms 81 1. <To the chief music-maker; put to the Gittith. Of Asaph.> Make a song to God our strength: make a glad cry to the God of Jacob. 2. Take up the melody, playing on an instrument of music, even on corded instruments. 3. Let the horn be sounded in the time of the new moon, at the full moon, on our holy feast-day: 4. For this is a rule for Israel, and a law of the God of Jacob. 5. He gave it to Joseph as a witness, when he went out over the land of Egypt; then the words of a strange tongue were sounding in my ears. ; AB Lausanne church

Psalms 80 1. <To the chief music-maker; put to Shoshannim-eduth. Of Asaph. A Psalm.> Give ear, O Keeper of Israel, guiding Joseph like a flock; you who have your seat on the winged ones, let your glory be seen. 2. Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh, let your strength be awake from sleep, and come as our salvation. 3. Take us back again, O God; let us see the shining of your face, and let us be safe. 4. O Lord God of armies, how long will your wrath be burning against the rest of your people? 5. You have given them the bread of weeping for food; for their drink you have given them sorrow in great measure. ; AB Lausanne church

Psalms 79 1. <A Psalm. Of Asaph.> O God, the nations have come into your heritage; they have made your holy Temple unclean; they have made Jerusalem a mass of broken walls. 2. They have given the bodies of your servants as food to the birds of the air, and the flesh of your saints to the beasts of the earth. 3. Their blood has been flowing like water round about Jerusalem; there was no one to put them in their last resting-place. 4. We are looked down on by our neighbours, we are laughed at and made sport of by those who are round us. 5. How long, O Lord? will you be angry for ever? will your wrath go on burning like fire? ; AB Lausanne church

Psalms 78 1. <Maschil. Of Asaph.> Give ear, O my people, to my law; let your ears be bent down to the words of my mouth. 2. Opening my mouth I will give out a story, even the dark sayings of old times; 3. Which have come to our hearing and our knowledge, as they were given to us by our fathers. 4. We will not keep them secret from our children; we will make clear to the coming generation the praises of the Lord and his strength, and the great works of wonder which he has done. 5. He put up a witness in Jacob, and made a law in Israel; which he gave to our fathers so that they might give knowledge of them to their children; ; AB Lausanne church

Psalms 77 1. <To the chief music-maker. After Jeduthun. Of Asaph. A Psalm.> I was crying to God with my voice; even to God with my voice, and he gave ear to me. 2. In the day of my trouble, my heart was turned to the Lord: my hand was stretched out in the night without resting; my soul would not be comforted. 3. I will keep God in memory, with sounds of grief; my thoughts are troubled, and my spirit is overcome. (Selah.) 4. You keep my eyes from sleep; I am so troubled that no words come. 5. My thoughts go back to the days of the past, to the years which are gone. ; AB Lausanne church

Psalms 76 1. <To the chief music-maker; put to Neginoth. A Psalm. Of Asaph. A Song.> 2. In Salem is his tent, his resting-place in Zion. 3. There were the arrows of the bow broken, there he put an end to body-cover, sword, and fight. (Selah.) 4. You are shining and full of glory, more than the eternal mountains. 5. Gone is the wealth of the strong, their last sleep has overcome them; the men of war have become feeble. ; AB Lausanne church

Psalms 75 1. <To the chief music-maker; put to Al-tashheth. A Psalm. Of Asaph. A Song.> To you, O God, we give praise, to you we give praise: and those who give honour to your name make clear your works of power. 2. When the right time has come, I will be the judge in righteousness. 3. When the earth and all its people become feeble, I am the support of its pillars. (Selah.) 4. I say to the men of pride, Let your pride be gone: and to the sinners, Let not your horn be lifted up. 5. Let not your horn be lifted up: let no more words of pride come from your outstretched necks. ; AB Lausanne church

Psalms 74 1. <Maschil. Of Asaph.> Of God, why have you put us away from you for ever? why is the fire of your wrath smoking against the sheep who are your care? 2. Keep in mind your band of worshippers, for whom you gave payment in the days which are past, whom you took for yourself as the people of your heritage; even this mountain of Zion, which has been your resting-place. 3. Go up and see the unending destruction; all the evil which your haters have done in the holy place; 4. Sending out their voices like lions among your worshippers; they have put up their signs to be seen. 5. They are cutting down, like a man whose blade is lifted up against the thick trees. ; AB Lausanne church

Psalms 73 1. Truly, God is good to Israel, even to such as are clean in heart. 2. But as for me, my feet had almost gone from under me; I was near to slipping; 3. Because of my envy of the men of pride, when I saw the well-being of the wrongdoers. 4. For they have no pain; their bodies are fat and strong. 5. They are not in trouble as others are; they have no part in the unhappy fate of men. ; AB Lausanne church