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

Psalms 68 1. <To the chief music-maker. Of David. A Psalm. A Song.> Let God be seen, and let his haters be put to flight; let those who are against him be turned back before him. 2. Let them be like smoke before the driving wind; as wax turning soft before the fire, so let them come to an end before the power of God. 3. But let the upright be glad; let them have delight before God; let them...

Psalms 67 1. <To the chief music-maker. With corded instruments. A Psalm. A Song.> May God give us mercy and blessing, and let the light of his face be shining on us; (Selah.) 2. So that men may see your way on the earth, and your salvation among all nations. 3. Let the peoples give you praise, O God; let all the peoples give you praise. 4. O let the nations be glad, and make song of joy; fo...

Psalms 66 1. <To the chief music-maker. A Song. A Psalm.> Send up a glad cry to God, all the earth: 2. Make a song in honour of his name: give praise and glory to him. 3. Say to God, How greatly to be feared are your works! because of your great power your haters are forced to put themselves under your feet. 4. Let all the earth give you worship, and make songs to you; let them make songs to...

Psalms 65 1. <To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of David. A Song.> It is right for you, O God, to have praise in Zion: to you let the offering be made. 2. To you, O hearer of prayer, let the words of all flesh come. 3. Evils have overcome us: but as for our sins, you will take them away. 4. Happy is the man of your selection, to whom you give a resting-place in your house; we will be full o...

Psalms 64 1. <To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of David.> O God, let the voice of my grief come to your ear: keep my life from the fear of those who are against me. 2. Keep me safe from the secret purpose of wrongdoers; from the band of the workers of evil; 3. Who make their tongues sharp like a sword, and whose arrows are pointed, even bitter words; 4. So that in secret they may let loose...

Psalms 63 1. <A Psalm. Of David. When he was in the waste land of Judah.> O God, you are my God; early will I make my search for you: my soul is dry for need of you, my flesh is wasted with desire for you, as a dry and burning land where no water is; 2. To see your power and your glory, as I have seen you in the holy place. 3. Because your mercy is better than life, my lips will give you pra...

Psalms 62 1. <To the chief music-maker. After Jeduthun. A Psalm. Of David.> My soul, put all your faith in God; for from him comes my salvation. 2. He only is my Rock and my salvation; he is my high tower; I will not be greatly moved. 3. How long will you go on designing evil against a man? running against him as against a broken wall, which is on the point of falling? 4. Their only thought...

Psalms 61 1. <To the chief music-maker. On a corded instrument. Of David.> Let my cry come to you, O God; let your ears be open to my prayer. 2. From the end of the earth will I send up my cry to you, when my heart is overcome: take me to the rock which is over-high for me. 3. For you have been my secret place, and my high tower from those who made war on me. 4. I will make your tent my rest...

Psalms 60 1. <To the chief music-maker; put to Shushan-eduth. Michtam. Of David. For teaching. When he was fighting against Aram-naharaim and Aramzobah, when Joab came back, and put twelve thousand of the Edomites to death, in the Valley of Salt.> God, you have put us away from you, you have sent us in all directions, you have been angry; O be turned to us again. 2. By the power of your hand...

Psalms 59 1. <To the chief music-maker; put to At-tashheth. Michtam. Of David. When Saul sent, and they were watching the house, to put him to death.> Take me out of the hands of the cruel ones, O my God; keep me safe from those who come up against me. 2. Take me out of the power of the workers of evil, and keep me safe from the men of blood. 3. For see, they are watching in secret for my so...

Psalms 58 1. <To the chief music-maker; put to Al-tashheth. Michtam. Of David.> Is there righteousness in your mouths, O you gods? are you upright judges, O you sons of men? 2. The purposes of your hearts are evil; your hands are full of cruel doings on the earth. 3. The evil-doers are strange from the first; from the hour of their birth they go out of the true way, saying false words. 4. Th...

Psalms 57 1. <To the chief music-maker; put to Al-tashheth. Michtam. Of David. When he went in flight from Saul, in the hole of the rock.> Have mercy on me, O God, have mercy on me; for the hope of my soul is in you: I will keep myself safely under the shade of your wings, till these troubles are past. 2. I will send up my cry to the Most High God; to God who does all things for me. 3. He wi...

Psalms 56 1. <To the chief music-maker; put to Jonath elem rehokim. Of David. Michtam. When the Philistines took him in Gath.> Have mercy on me, O God, for man is attempting my destruction; every day he makes cruel attacks against me. 2. My haters are ever ready to put an end to me; great numbers are lifting themselves up against me. 3. In the time of my fear, I will have faith in you. 4. In...

Psalms 55 1. <To the chief music-maker, on Neginoth. Maschil. Of David.> Give hearing to my prayer, O God; and let not your ear be shut against my request. 2. Give thought to me, and let my prayer be answered: I have been made low in sorrow; 3. I am troubled because of the voice of the cruel ones, because of the loud cry of the evil-doers; for they put a weight of evil on me, and they are cr...

Psalms 54 1. <To the chief music-maker; on Neginoth. Maschil. Of David. When the Ziphites came and said to Saul, Is not David keeping himself secret among us?> Let your name be my salvation, O God; let my cause be judged by your strength. 2. Let my prayer come before you, O God; give ear to the words of my mouth. 3. For men who are going after me have come out against me, violent men are pur...

Psalms 53 1. <To the chief music-maker; put to Mahalath. Maschil. Of David.> The foolish man has said in his heart, God will not do anything. They are unclean, they have done evil works; there is not one who does good. 2. God was looking down from heaven on the children of men, to see if there were any who had wisdom, searching after God. 3. Every one of them has gone back; they are unclean:...

Psalms 52 1. <To the chief music-maker. Maschil. Of David. When Doeg the Edomite came to Saul saying, David has come to the house of Ahimelech.> Why do you take pride in wrongdoing, lifting yourself up against the upright man all the day? 2. Purposing destruction, using deceit; your tongue is like a sharp blade. 3. You have more love for evil than for good, for deceit than for works of right...

Psalms 51 1. <To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of David. When Nathan the prophet came to him, after he had gone in to Bath-sheba.> Have pity on me, O God, in your mercy; out of a full heart, take away my sin. 2. Let all my wrongdoing be washed away, and make me clean from evil. 3. For I am conscious of my error; my sin is ever before me. 4. Against you, you only, have I done wrong, working...

Psalms 50 1. <A Psalm. Of Asaph.> The God of gods, even the Lord, has sent out his voice, and the earth is full of fear; from the coming up of the sun to its going down. 2. From Zion, most beautiful of places, God has sent out his light. 3. Our God will come, and will not keep quiet; with fire burning before him, and storm-winds round him. 4. His voice will go out to the heavens and to the e...

Psalms 49 1. <Alamoth. To the chief music-maker. Of the sons of Korah. A Psalm.> Give attention to this, all you peoples; let your ears be open, all you who are living in the world. 2. High and low together, the poor, and those who have wealth. 3. From my mouth will come words of wisdom; and in the thoughts of my heart will be knowledge. 4. I will put my teaching into a story; I will make my...

Psalms 48 1. <A Song. A Psalm. Of the sons of Korah.> Great is the Lord and greatly to be praised, in the town of our God, in his holy mountain. 2. Beautiful in its high position, the joy of all the earth, is the mountain of Zion, the mountain of God, the town of the great King. 3. In its buildings God is seen to be a high tower. 4. For see! the kings came together by agreement, they were jo...

Psalms 47 1. <To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of the sons of Korah.> O make a glad noise with your hands, all you peoples; letting your voices go up to God with joy. 2. For the Lord Most High is to be feared; he is a great King over all the earth. 3. He will put down the peoples under us, and the nations under our feet. 4. He will give us our heritage, the glory of Jacob who is dear to hi...

Psalms 46 1. <To the chief music-maker. Of the sons of Korah; put to Alamoth. A Song.> God is our harbour and our strength, a very present help in trouble. 2. For this cause we will have no fear, even though the earth is changed, and though the mountains are moved in the heart of the sea; 3. Though its waters are sounding and troubled, and though the mountains are shaking with their violent...

Psalms 45 1. <To the chief music-maker; put to Shoshannim. Of the sons of Korah. Maschil. A Song of loves.> My heart is flowing over with good things; my words are of that which I have made for a king; my tongue is the pen of a ready writer. 2. You are fairer than the children of men; grace is flowing through your lips; for this cause the blessing of God is with you for ever. 3. Put on your...

Psalms 44 1. <To the chief music-maker. Of the sons of Korah Maschil.> It has come to our ears, O God, our fathers have given us the story, of the works which you did in their days, in the old times, 2. Uprooting the nations with your hand, and planting our fathers in their place; cutting down the nations, but increasing the growth of your people. 3. For they did not make the land theirs by...