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Addisoin Gethers [email protected] [email protected] Messenger contact window live messenger: oag1rot...@hotmail aim: durangoadd64 skype id: cowboys62 yahoo id: OADDISONGETHERS ----- Original Message ----- From: "Donnie Parrett" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, June 14, 2009 9:40 PM Subject: Daily Bible Reading For Monday June 15 > Psalm 56-60 (The Message) > > Psalm 56 > 1-4 Take my side, God-I'm getting kicked around, stomped on every day. > Not a day goes by > but somebody beats me up; > They make it their duty > to beat me up. > When I get really afraid > I come to you in trust. > I'm proud to praise God; > fearless now, I trust in God. > What can mere mortals do? > > 5-6 They don't let up- > they smear my reputation > and huddle to plot my collapse. > They gang up, > sneak together through the alleys > To take me by surprise, > wait their chance to get me. > > 7 Pay them back in evil! > Get angry, God! > Down with these people! > > 8 You've kept track of my every toss and turn > through the sleepless nights, > Each tear entered in your ledger, > each ache written in your book. > > 9 If my enemies run away, > turn tail when I yell at them, > Then I'll know > that God is on my side. > > 10-11 I'm proud to praise God, > proud to praise God. > Fearless now, I trust in God; > what can mere mortals do to me? > > 12-13 God, you did everything you promised, > and I'm thanking you with all my heart. > You pulled me from the brink of death, > my feet from the cliff-edge of doom. > Now I stroll at leisure with God > in the sunlit fields of life. > Psalm 57 > A David Psalm, When He Hid in a Cave from Saul > 1-3 Be good to me, God-and now! I've run to you for dear life. > I'm hiding out under your wings > until the hurricane blows over. > I call out to High God, > the God who holds me together. > He sends orders from heaven and saves me, > he humiliates those who kick me around. > God delivers generous love, > he makes good on his word. > > 4 I find myself in a pride of lions > who are wild for a taste of human flesh; > Their teeth are lances and arrows, > their tongues are sharp daggers. > > 5 Soar high in the skies, O God! > Cover the whole earth with your glory! > > 6 They booby-trapped my path; > I thought I was dead and done for. > They dug a mantrap to catch me, > and fell in headlong themselves. > > 7-8 I'm ready, God, so ready, > ready from head to toe, > Ready to sing, ready to raise a tune: > "Wake up, soul! > Wake up, harp! wake up, lute! > Wake up, you sleepyhead sun!" > > 9-10 I'm thanking you, God, out loud in the streets, > singing your praises in town and country. > The deeper your love, the higher it goes; > every cloud is a flag to your faithfulness. > > 11 Soar high in the skies, O God! > Cover the whole earth with your glory! > Psalm 58 > A David Psalm > 1-2 Is this any way to run a country? Is there an honest politician in the > house? > Behind the scenes you brew cauldrons of evil, > behind closed doors you make deals with demons. > > 3-5 The wicked crawl from the wrong side of the cradle; > their first words out of the womb are lies. > Poison, lethal rattlesnake poison, > drips from their forked tongues- > Deaf to threats, deaf to charm, > decades of wax built up in their ears. > > 6-9 God, smash their teeth to bits, > leave them toothless tigers. > Let their lives be buckets of water spilled, > all that's left, a damp stain in the sand. > Let them be trampled grass > worn smooth by the traffic. > Let them dissolve into snail slime, > be a miscarried fetus that never sees sunlight. > Before what they cook up is half-done, God, > throw it out with the garbage! > > 10-11 The righteous will call up their friends > when they see the wicked get their reward, > Serve up their blood in goblets > as they toast one another, > Everyone cheering, "It's worth it to play by the rules! > God's handing out trophies and tending the earth!" > A David Psalm, When Saul Set a Watch on > David's House in Order to Kill Him > Psalm 59 > 1-2 My God! Rescue me from my enemies, defend me from these mutineers. > Rescue me from their dirty tricks, > save me from their hit men. > > 3-4 Desperadoes have ganged up on me, > they're hiding in ambush for me. > I did nothing to deserve this, God, > crossed no one, wronged no one. > All the same, they're after me, > determined to get me. > > 4-5 Wake up and see for yourself! You're God, > God-of-Angel-Armies, Israel's God! > Get on the job and take care of these pagans, > don't be soft on these hard cases. > > 6-7 They return when the sun goes down, > They howl like coyotes, ringing the city. > Then suddenly they're all at the gate, > Snarling invective, drawn daggers in their teeth. > They think they'll never get caught. > > 8-10 But you, God, break out laughing; > you treat the godless nations like jokes. > Strong God, I'm watching you do it, > I can always count on you. > God in dependable love shows up on time, > shows me my enemies in ruin. > > 11-13 Don't make quick work of them, God, > lest my people forget. > Bring them down in slow motion, > take them apart piece by piece. > Let all their mean-mouthed arrogance > catch up with them, > Catch them out and bring them down > -every muttered curse > -every barefaced lie. > Finish them off in fine style! > Finish them off for good! > Then all the world will see > that God rules well in Jacob, > everywhere that God's in charge. > > 14-15 They return when the sun goes down, > They howl like coyotes, ringing the city. > They scavenge for bones, > And bite the hand that feeds them. > > 16-17 And me? I'm singing your prowess, > shouting at cockcrow your largesse, > For you've been a safe place for me, > a good place to hide. > Strong God, I'm watching you do it, > I can always count on you- > God, my dependable love. > A David Psalm, When He Fought Against > Aram-naharaim and Aram-zobah and Joab Killed Twelve Thousand Edomites > at the Valley of Salt > Psalm 60 > 1-2 God! you walked off and left us, kicked our defenses to bits > And stalked off angry. > Come back. Oh please, come back! > You shook earth to the foundations, > ripped open huge crevasses. > Heal the breaks! Everything's > coming apart at the seams. > > 3-5 You made your people look doom in the face, > then gave us cheap wine to drown our troubles. > Then you planted a flag to rally your people, > an unfurled flag to look to for courage. > Now do something quickly, answer right now, > so the one you love best is saved. > > 6-8 That's when God spoke in holy splendor, > "Bursting with joy, > I make a present of Shechem, > I hand out Succoth Valley as a gift. > Gilead's in my pocket, > to say nothing of Manasseh. > Ephraim's my hard hat, > Judah my hammer; > Moab's a scrub bucket, > I mop the floor with Moab, > Spit on Edom, > rain fireworks all over Philistia." > > 9-10 Who will take me to the thick of the fight? > Who'll show me the road to Edom? > You aren't giving up on us, are you, God? > refusing to go out with our troops? > > 11-12 Give us help for the hard task; > human help is worthless. > In God we'll do our very best; > he'll flatten the opposition for good. > > > > > > > Please join us on Skype Monday thru Friday at 8:00 EST for our Morning > Skype Prayer Time. > > > Contact Me At: > Donnie Parrett > 1956 Asa Flat Road > Annville, Kentucky 40402 > Home Phone: 606-364-3321 > Church Phone: 606-364-PRAY > Skype Name: Donnie1261 > Email: [email protected] > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Deaf-Blind Inspirational Life Group" group. 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