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

Psalms 43 1. Be my judge, O God, supporting my cause against a nation without religion; O keep me from the false and evil man. 2. You are the God of my strength; why have you put me from you? why do I go in sorrow because of the attacks of my haters? 3. O send out your light and your true word; let them be my guide: let them take me to your holy hill, and to your tents. 4. Then I will go up to the...

Psalms 42 1. <To the chief music-maker. Maschil. Of the sons of Korah.> Like the desire of the roe for the water-streams, so is my soul's desire for you, O God. 2. My soul is dry for need of God, the living God; when may I come and see the face of God? 3. My tears have been my food day and night, while they keep saying to me, Where is your God? 4. Let my soul be overflowing with grief when t...

Psalms 41 1. <To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of David.> Happy is the man who gives thought to the poor; the Lord will be his saviour in the time of trouble. 2. The Lord will keep him safe, and give him life; the Lord will let him be a blessing on the earth, and will not give him into the hand of his haters. 3. The Lord will be his support on his bed of pain: by you will all his grief be...

Psalms 40 1. <To the chief music-maker. Of David. A Psalm.> When I was waiting quietly for the Lord, his heart was turned to me, and he gave ear to my cry. 2. He took me up out of a deep waste place, out of the soft and sticky earth; he put my feet on a rock, and made my steps certain. 3. And he put a new song in my mouth, even praise to our God; numbers have seen it with fear, and put their...

Psalms 39 1. <To the chief music-maker. Of Jeduthun. A Psalm. Of David.> I said, I will give attention to my ways, so that my tongue may do no wrong; I will keep my mouth under control, while the sinner is before me. 2. I made no sound, I said no word, even of good; and I was moved with sorrow. 3. My heart was burning in my breast; while I was deep in thought the fire was lighted; then I sai...

Psalms 38 1. <A Psalm. Of David. To keep in memory.> O Lord, be not bitter with me in your wrath; let not your hand be on me in the heat of your passion. 2. For your arrows have gone into my flesh, and I am crushed under the weight of your hand. 3. My flesh is wasted because of your wrath; and there is no peace in my bones because of my sin. 4. For my crimes have gone over my head; they are...

Psalms 37 1. <Of David.> Do not be angry because of the wrongdoers, or have envy of the workers of evil. 2. For they will quickly be cut down like grass, and become dry like the green plants. 3. Have faith in the Lord, and do good; be at rest in the land, and go after righteousness. 4. So will your delight be in the Lord, and he will give you your heart's desires. 5. Put your life in the han...

Psalms 36 1. <To the chief music-maker. Of the servant of the Lord. Of David.> The sin of the evil-doer says in his heart, There is no fear of the Lord before his eyes. 2. For he takes comfort in the thought that his sin will not be uncovered and hated. 3. In the words of his mouth are evil and deceit; he has given up being wise and doing good. 4. He gives thought to evil on his bed; he take...

Psalms 35 1. <Of David.> O Lord, be on my side against those who are judging me; be at war with those who make war against me. 2. Be a breastplate to me, and give me your help. 3. Take up your spear and keep back my attackers; say to my soul, I am your salvation. 4. Let them be overcome and put to shame who make attempts to take my soul; let those who would do me damage be turned back and ma...

Psalms 34 1. <Of David. When he made a change in his behaviour before Abimelech, who sent him away, and he went.> I will be blessing the Lord at all times; his praise will be ever in my mouth. 2. My soul will say great things of the Lord: the poor in spirit will have knowledge of it and be glad. 3. O give praise to the Lord with me; let us be witnesses together of his great name. 4. I was se...

Psalms 33 1. Be glad in the Lord, O doers of righteousness; for praise is beautiful for the upright. 2. Give praise to the Lord on the corded instrument; make melody to him with instruments of music. 3. Make a new song to him; playing expertly with a loud noise. 4. For the word of the Lord is upright, and all his works are certain. 5. His delight is in righteousness and wisdom; the earth is full o...

Psalms 32 1. <Of David. Maschil.> Happy is he who has forgiveness for his wrongdoing, and whose sin is covered. 2. Happy is the man in whom the Lord sees no evil, and in whose spirit there is no deceit. 3. When I kept my mouth shut, my bones were wasted, because of my crying all through the day. 4. For the weight of your hand was on me day and night; my body became dry like the earth in summ...

Psalms 31 1. <To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of David.> In you, O Lord, have I put my hope; let me never be shamed; keep me safe in your righteousness. 2. Let your ear be turned to me; take me quickly out of danger; be my strong Rock, my place of strength where I may be safe. 3. For you are my Rock and my strong tower; go in front of me and be my guide, because of your name. 4. Take me o...

Psalms 30 1. <A Psalm. A Song at the blessing of the House. Of David.> I will give you praise and honour, O Lord, because through you I have been lifted up; you have not given my haters cause to be glad over me. 2. O Lord my God, I sent up my cry to you, and you have made me well. 3. O Lord, you have made my soul come again from the underworld: you have given me life and kept me from going d...

Psalms 29 1. <A Psalm. Of David.> Give to the Lord, you sons of the gods, give to the Lord glory and strength. 2. Give to the Lord the full glory of his name; give him worship in holy robes. 3. The voice of the Lord is on the waters: the God of glory is thundering, the Lord is on the great waters. 4. The voice of the Lord is full of power; the voice of the Lord has a noble sound. 5. By the v...

Psalms 28 1. <Of David.> My cry goes up to you, O Lord, my Rock; do not keep back your answer from me, so that I may not become like those who go down into the underworld. 2. Give ear to the voice of my prayer, when I am crying to you, when my hands are lifted up to your holy place. 3. Do not take me away with the sinners and the workers of evil, who say words of peace to their neighbours, b...

Psalms 27 1. <Of David.> The Lord is my light and my salvation; who is then a cause of fear to me? the Lord is the strength of my life; who is a danger to me? 2. When evil-doers, even my haters, came on me to put an end to me, they were broken and put to shame. 3. Even if an army came against me with its tents, my heart would have no fear: if war was made on me, my faith would not be moved....

Psalms 26 1. <Of David.> O Lord, be my judge, for my behaviour has been upright: I have put my faith in the Lord, I am not in danger of slipping. 2. Put me in the scales, O Lord, so that I may be tested; let the fire make clean my thoughts and my heart. 3. For your mercy is before my eyes; and I have gone in the way of your good faith. 4. I have not taken my seat with foolish persons, and I...

Psalms 25 1. <Of David.> To you, O Lord, my soul is lifted up. 2. O my God, I have put my faith in you, let me not be shamed; let not my haters be glorying over me. 3. Let no servant of yours be put to shame; may those be shamed who are false without cause. 4. Make your steps clear to me, O Lord; give me knowledge of your ways. 5. Be my guide and teacher in the true way; for you are the God...

Psalms 24 1. <A Psalm. Of David.> The earth is the Lord's, with all its wealth; the world and all the people living in it. 2. For by him it was based on the seas, and made strong on the deep rivers. 3. Who may go up into the hill of the Lord? and who may come into his holy place? 4. He who has clean hands and a true heart; whose desire has not gone out to foolish things, who has not taken a...

Psalms 23 1. <A Psalm. Of David.> The Lord takes care of me as his sheep; I will not be without any good thing. 2. He makes a resting-place for me in the green fields: he is my guide by the quiet waters. 3. He gives new life to my soul: he is my guide in the ways of righteousness because of his name. 4. Yes, though I go through the valley of deep shade, I will have no fear of evil; for you a...

Psalms 22 1. <To the chief music-maker on Aijeleth-hash-shahar. A Psalm. Of David.> My God, my God, why are you turned away from me? why are you so far from helping me, and from the words of my crying? 2. O my God, I make my cry in the day, and you give no answer; and in the night, and have no rest. 3. But you are holy, O you who are seated among the praises of Israel. 4. Our fathers had fai...

Psalms 21 1. <To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of David.> The king will be glad in your strength, O Lord; how great will be his delight in your salvation! 2. You have given him his heart's desire, and have not kept back the request of his lips. (Selah.) 3. For you go before him with the blessings of good things: you put a crown of fair gold on his head. 4. He made request to you for life,...

Psalms 20 1. <To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of David.> May the Lord give ear to you in the day of trouble; may you be placed on high by the name of the God of Jacob; 2. May he send you help from the holy place, and give you strength from Zion; 3. May he keep all your offerings in mind, and be pleased with the fat of your burned offerings; (Selah.) 4. May he give you your heart's desire,...

Psalms 19 1. <To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of David.> The heavens are sounding the glory of God; the arch of the sky makes clear the work of his hands. 2. Day after day it sends out its word, and night after night it gives knowledge. 3. There are no words or language; their voice makes no sound. 4. Their line has gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world....