Psalm 19

³When I behold Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You have set in place—

¹⁹For what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them.

²⁰For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood from His workmanship, so that men are without excuse.

⁶And the heavens proclaim His righteousness, for God Himself is Judge. Selah

³Praise Him, O sun and moon; praise Him, all you shining stars.

⁴Praise Him, O highest heavens, and you waters above the skies.

⁶By the word of the Lord the heavens were made, and all the stars by the breath of His mouth.

¹⁴And God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to distinguish between the day and the night, and let them be signs to mark the seasons and days and years.

¹⁵And let them serve as lights in the expanse of the sky to shine upon the earth.” And it was so.

¹⁶The day is Yours, and also the night; You established the moon and the sun.

¹A song of ascents. Come, bless the Lord, all you servants of the Lord who serve by night in the house of the Lord!

²Lift up your hands to the sanctuary and bless the Lord!

²²As long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night shall never cease.”

⁷Lift up your heads, O gates! Be lifted up, O ancient doors, that the King of Glory may enter!

⁸Who is this King of Glory? The Lord strong and mighty, the Lord mighty in battle.

¹⁷God set these lights in the expanse of the sky to shine upon the earth,

¹⁸to preside over the day and the night, and to separate the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good.

⁸the sun to rule the day, His loving devotion endures forever.

⁹the moon and stars to govern the night. His loving devotion endures forever.

¹⁹When you look to the heavens and see the sun and moon and stars—all the host of heaven—do not be enticed to bow down and worship what the Lord your God has apportioned to all the nations under heaven.

¹⁸But I ask, did they not hear? Indeed they did: “Their voice has gone out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world.”

¹⁴And God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to distinguish between the day and the night, and let them be signs to mark the seasons and days and years.

¹⁵And let them serve as lights in the expanse of the sky to shine upon the earth.” And it was so.

²“But for you who fear My name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings, and you will go out and leap like calves from the stall.

³He has remembered His love and faithfulness to the house of Israel; all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.

²He wraps Himself in light as with a garment; He stretches out the heavens like a tent,

¹³We, however, will not boast beyond our limits, but only within the field of influence that God has assigned to us—a field that reaches even to you.

¹⁴We are not overstepping our bounds, as if we had not come to you. Indeed, we were the first to reach you with the gospel of Christ.

⁵For as a young man marries a young woman, so your sons will marry you; and as a bridegroom rejoices over his bride, so your God will rejoice over you.

¹³Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead,

¹⁴I press on toward the goal to win the prize of God’s heavenly calling in Christ Jesus.

¹⁰I will rejoice greatly in the Lord, my soul will exult in my God; for He has clothed me with garments of salvation and wrapped me in a robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom wears a priestly headdress, as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.

²⁴Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way as to take the prize.

²⁵Everyone who competes in the games trains with strict discipline. They do it for a crown that is perishable, but we do it for a crown that is imperishable.

¹Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off every encumbrance and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with endurance the race set out for us.

²Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

²⁹The bride belongs to the bridegroom. The friend of the bridegroom stands and listens for him, and is overjoyed to hear the bridegroom’s voice. That joy is mine, and it is now complete.

⁵The sun rises and the sun sets; it hurries back to where it rises.

¹⁴Thick clouds veil Him so He does not see us as He traverses the vault of heaven.’

²³if indeed you continue in your faith, established and firm, not moved from the hope of the gospel you heard, which has been proclaimed to every creature under heaven, and of which I, Paul, have become a servant.

³From where the sun rises to where it sets, the name of the Lord is praised.

³Can His troops be numbered? On whom does His light not rise?

⁹If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle by the farthest sea,

¹³⁰The unfolding of Your words gives light; it informs the simple.

⁷The works of His hands are truth and justice; all His precepts are trustworthy.

¹⁶Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God.

⁴To impart prudence to the simple and knowledge and discretion to the young,

³He restores my soul; He guides me in the paths of righteousness for the sake of His name.

¹⁵From infancy you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.

¹⁶All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for instruction, for conviction, for correction, and for training in righteousness,

⁶The words of the Lord are flawless, like silver refined in a furnace, like gold purified sevenfold.

¹⁰⁵Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.

¹⁶Your words were found, and I ate them. Your words became my joy and my heart’s delight. For I bear Your name, O Lord God of Hosts.

⁵Every word of God is flawless; He is a shield to those who take refuge in Him.

⁶For the Lord gives wisdom; from His mouth come knowledge and understanding.

⁹²If Your law had not been my delight, then I would have perished in my affliction.

²⁴Above all, fear the Lord and serve Him faithfully with all your heart; consider what great things He has done for you.

¹⁴²Your righteousness is everlasting and Your law is true.

¹³⁷Righteous are You, O Lord, and upright are Your judgments.

¹³⁸The testimonies You have laid down are righteous and altogether faithful.

¹⁰The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; all who follow His precepts gain rich understanding. His praise endures forever!

¹¹Come, children, listen to me; I will teach you the fear of the Lord.

¹²Who is the man who delights in life, who desires to see good days?

³and they sang the song of God’s servant Moses and of the Lamb: “Great and wonderful are Your works, O Lord God Almighty! Just and true are Your ways, O King of the nations!

⁷²The law from Your mouth is more precious to me than thousands of pieces of gold and silver.

¹⁰³How sweet are Your words to my taste—sweeter than honey in my mouth!

¹²⁷Therefore I love Your commandments more than gold, even the purest gold.

¹³Blessed is the man who finds wisdom, the man who acquires understanding,

¹⁴for she is more profitable than silver, and her gain is better than fine gold.

¹⁶How much better to acquire wisdom than gold! To gain understanding is more desirable than silver.

¹²I have not departed from the command of His lips; I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my daily bread.

¹¹I have hidden Your word in my heart that I might not sin against You.

⁸Watch yourselves, so that you do not lose what we have worked for, but that you may be fully rewarded.

²⁵But the one who looks intently into the perfect law of freedom, and continues to do so—not being a forgetful hearer, but an effective doer—he will be blessed in what he does.

⁶And without faith it is impossible to please God. For anyone who approaches Him must believe that He exists and that He rewards those who earnestly seek Him.

⁷By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen, in godly fear built an ark to save his family. By faith he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.

¹⁸Where there is no vision, the people cast off restraint; but blessed is he who keeps the Law.

²²When you walk, they will guide you; when you lie down, they will watch over you; when you awake, they will speak to you.

²³For this commandment is a lamp, this teaching is a light, and the reproofs of discipline are the way to life,

⁸You have set our iniquities before You, our secret sins in the light of Your presence.

²³Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my concerns.

²⁴See if there is any offensive way in me; lead me in the way everlasting.

⁹The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?

²⁴Teach me, and I will be silent. Help me understand how I have erred.

¹²For evils without number surround me; my sins have overtaken me, so that I cannot see. They are more than the hairs of my head, and my heart has failed within me.

⁴My conscience is clear, but that does not vindicate me. It is the Lord who judges me.

¹³³Order my steps in Your word; let no sin rule over me.

¹²Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its desires.

¹³Do not present the parts of your body to sin as instruments of wickedness, but present yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life; and present the parts of your body to Him as instruments of righteousness.

¹⁰My shield is with God, who saves the upright in heart.

³⁹On hearing that Nabal was dead, David said, “Blessed be the Lord, who has upheld my cause against the reproach of Nabal and has restrained His servant from evil. For the Lord has brought the wickedness of Nabal down upon his own head.” Then David sent word to Abigail, asking her to become his wife.

¹¹For the Lord God is a sun and a shield; the Lord gives grace and glory; He withholds no good thing from those who walk with integrity.

¹⁶In this hope, I strive always to maintain a clear conscience before God and man.

³⁴May my meditation be pleasing to Him, for I rejoice in the Lord.

¹⁵O Lord, open my lips, and my mouth will declare Your praise.

¹⁰⁸Accept the freewill offerings of my mouth, O Lord, and teach me Your judgments.

⁵you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

¹⁸If I had cherished iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not have listened.

¹⁹But God has surely heard; He has attended to the sound of my prayer.

⁸The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable to the Lord, but the prayer of the upright is His delight.