Daily Bible Verses by Book

¹ I love the Lord, for he heard my voice;
    he heard my cry for mercy.
² Because he turned his ear to me,
    I will call on him as long as I live.

³ The cords of death entangled me,
    the anguish of the grave came over me;
    I was overcome by distress and sorrow.
⁴ Then I called on the name of the Lord:
    ‘Lord, save me!’

⁵ The Lord is...

1 Praise the Lord, all you nations;
    extol him, all you peoples.
2 For great is his love toward us,
    and the faithfulness of the Lord endures forever.
Praise the Lord

1 I lift up my eyes to the mountains—
    where does my help come from?
2 My help comes from the Lord,
    the Maker of heaven and earth.

3 He will not let your foot slip—
    he who watches over you will not slumber;
4 indeed, he who watches over Israel
    will neither slumber nor sleep.

5 The Lord watches over you—
    the Lord is your shade at your right hand;
6 the sun...

1Unless the Lord builds the house, ♦
those who build it labour in vain.

2Unless the Lord keeps the city, ♦
the guard keeps watch in vain.

3It is in vain that you hasten to rise up early
and go so late to rest, eating the bread of toil, ♦
for he gives his beloved sleep. R

Give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good;
    for his loving kindness endures forever.
2 Give thanks to the God of gods;
    for his loving kindness endures forever.
3 ...

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1 By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept
    when we remembered Zion.
2 There on the poplars
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Yahweh, you have searched me,
    and you know me.
² You know my sitting down and my rising up.
    You perceive my thoughts from afar.
³ You search out my path and my lying down,
    and are acquainted with all my ways.
⁴ For there is not a word on my tongue,
    but, behold, Yahweh, you know it altogether.
⁵ You hem me in behind and before.
    You laid your hand on me.
^6 ...

Surely the darkness shall cover me, 
and the light around me become night … 
the darkness and light are both alike to You. 
—Psalm 139:11–12

Barbara Holmes (1943–2024) writes about the challenges and healing power of darkness: 
As an African American woman, I wear darkness as a skin colour that I love. It is a reminder of African origins, hidden in my genes, but not accessible through memory. Without darkness, I would not be! I entered the world from the nurturing darkness of the womb and relied upon a dark and resourceful family, community, and cosmos...

1 Praise the Lord.

How good it is to sing praises to our God,
    how pleasant and fitting to praise him!

2 The Lord builds up Jerusalem;
    he gathers the exiles of Israel.
3 He heals the brokenhearted
    and binds up their wounds.
4 He determines the number of the stars
    and calls them each by name.
5 Great is our Lord and mighty in power;
    his understanding has no limit.
6...

Praise Yah, for it is good to sing praises to our God;
    for it is pleasant and fitting to praise him.
² Yahweh builds up Jerusalem.
    He gathers together the outcasts of Israel.
³ He heals the broken in heart,
    and binds up their wounds.
⁴ He counts the number of the stars.
    He calls them all by their names.
⁵ Great is our Lord, and mighty in power.
    His understanding is...