Thursday, November 30, 2017

Psalm 71:9-10

Do not cast me away when I am old; do not forsake me when my strength is gone. For my enemies speak against me; those who wait to kill me conspire together.

Do not cast me away 
Psalm 51:11  Do not cast me from your presence or take your Holy Spirit from me.

when I am old 
Psalm 92:14-15  They will still bear fruit in old age, they will stay fresh and green, proclaiming, "The LORD is upright; he is my Rock, and there is no wickedness in him."
Isaiah 46:4  "Even to your old age and gray hairs I am he, I am he who will sustain you. I have made you and I will carry you; I will sustain you and I will rescue you."

do not forsake me when my strength is gone 
Deuteronomy 4:31  For the LORD your God is a merciful God; he will not abandon or destroy you or forget the covenant with your ancestors, which he confirmed to them by oath.
Deuteronomy 31:6  "Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or terrified because of them, for the LORD your God goes with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you."

For my enemies speak against me 
Psalm 3:7  Arise, LORD! Deliver me, my God! Strike all my enemies on the jaw; break the teeth of the wicked.

those who wait to kill me 
Psalm 10:8  He lies in wait near the villages; from ambush he murders the innocent. His eyes watch in secret for his victims; ...
Psalm 59:3  See how they lie in wait for me! Fierce men conspire against me for no offense or sin on mine, LORD.
Proverbs 1:18  These men lie in wait for their own blood; they ambush only themselves!

conspire together 
Exodus 1:10  "Come, we must deal shrewdly with them or they will become even more numerous and, if war breaks out, will join our enemies, fight against us and leave the country." (Pharaoh speaking to the Egyptian people)
Psalm 31:13  For I hear many whispering, "Terror on every side!" They conspire against me and plot to take my life.
Matthew 12:14  But the Pharisees went out and plotted how they might kill Jesus.

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Wednesday, November 29, 2017

Psalm 71:7-8

I have become a sign to many; you are my strong refuge. My mouth is filled with your praise, declaring your splendor all day long.

I have become a sign to many 
Deuteronomy 28:45-46  All these curses will come on you. They will pursue you and overtake you until you are destroyed, because you did not obey the LORD your God and observe the commands and decrees  he gave you. They will be a sign and wonder to you and your descendants forever.
Isaiah 8:18  Here I am, and the children the LORD has given me. We are signs and symbols in Israel from the LORD Almighty, who dwells on Mount Zion.
1 Corinthians 4:9  For it seems to me that God has put us apostles on display at the end of the procession, like those condemned to die in the arena. We have been made a spectacle to the whole universe, to angels as well as to human beings.

you are my strong refuge 
2 Samuel 22:2-3  He (David) said: "The LORD is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer; my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield and the horn of my salvation. He is my stronghold, my refuge and my savior--from violent people you save me."
Psalm 61:3  For you have been my refuge, a strong tower against the foe.

My mouth is filled with your praise 
Psalm 71:15  My mouth will tell of your righteous deeds, of your saving acts all day long--though I know not how to relate them all.
Psalm 51:15  Open my lips, Lord, and my mouth will declare your praise.
Psalm 63:5  I will be fully satisfied as with the richest of foods; with singing my mouth will praise you.

declaring your splendor all day long 
Psalm 96:6  Splendor and majesty are before him; strength and glory are in his sanctuary.
Psalm 104:1  Praise the LORD, my soul. LORD my God, you are very great; you are clothed with splendor and majesty.

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Tuesday, November 28, 2017

Psalm 71:5-6

For you have been my hope, Sovereign LORD, my confidence since my youth. From birth I have relied on you; you brought me forth from my mother's womb, I will ever praise you.

For you have been my hope, Sovereign LORD 
Psalm 9:18  But God will never forget the needy; the hope of the afflicted will never perish.
Psalm 25:5  Guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my Savior, and my hope is in you all day long.

my confidence, since my youth 
Job 4:6  "Should not your piety be your confidence and your blameless ways your hope?"
Psalm 22:9  Yet you brought me out of the womb; you made me trust in you, even at my mother's breast.

I will ever praise you 
Psalm 9:1  I will give thanks to you, LORD, with all my heart; I will tell of all your wonderful deeds.
Psalm 34:1  I will extol the LORD at all times; his praise will always be on my lips.
Psalm 52:9  For what you have done I will always praise you in the presence of your faithful people. And I will hope in your name, for your name is good.
Psalm 119:164  Seven times a day I praise you for your righteous laws.
Psalm 145:2  Every day I will praise you and extol your name for ever and ever.

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Monday, November 27, 2017

Psalm 71:1-4

In you, LORD, I have taken refuge; let me never be put to shame. In your righteousness, rescue me and deliver me; turn your ear to me and save me. Be my rock of refuge, to which I can always go; give the command to save me, for you are my rock and my fortress. Deliver me, my God, from the hand of the wicked, from the grasp of those who are evil and cruel.

In you, LORD, I have taken refuge 
Deuteronomy 23:15  If a slave has taken refuge with you, do not hand them over to their master.
Ruth 2:12  "May the LORD repay you for what  you have done. May you be richly rewarded by the LORD, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come to take refuge."

let me never be put to shame 
Psalm 22:5  To you they cried out and were saved; in you they trusted and were not put to shame.

turn your ear to me and save me 
2 Kings 19:16  "Give ear, LORD, and hear; open your eyes, LORD, and see; listen to the words Sennacherib has sent to ridicule the living God." 

for you are my rock and my fortress 
Psalm 18:2  The LORD is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer; my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.

deliver me, my God 
2 Kings 19:19  "Now, LORD our God, deliver us from his hand, so that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that you alone, LORD, are God."

from the hand of the wicked 
Psalm 140:4  Keep me safe, LORD, from the hands of the wicked; protect me from the violent, who devise ways to trip my feet.

from the grasp of those who are evil and cruel 
Jeremiah 15:21  "I will save you from the hands of the wicked and deliver you from the grasp of the cruel." 
Daniel 3:16-18  Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego replied to him, "King Nebuchadnezzar, we do not need to defend ourselves before you in this matter. If we are thrown into the blazing furnace, the God we serve is able to deliver us from it, and he will deliver us from Your Majesty's hand. But even if he does not, we want you to know, Your Majesty, that we will not serve your gods or worship the image of gold you have set up." 

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Sunday, November 26, 2017

Psalm 70:5

But as for me, I am poor and needy; come quickly to me, O God. You are my help and my deliverer; LORD, do not delay.

But as for me, I am poor and needy 
Psalm 86:1  Hear me, LORD, and answer me, for I am poor and needy.
Psalm 109:22  For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.

come quickly to me, O God 
Psalm 141:11  I call to you, LORD, come quickly to me; hear me when I call to you.

You are my help 
Psalm 30:10  "Hear, LORD, and be merciful to me; LORD, be my help."
Psalm 33:20  We wait in hope for the LORD; he is our help and our shield.

and my deliverer 
Psalm 18:2  The LORD is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer; my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.

LORD, do not delay 
Psalm 119:60  I will hasten and not delay to obey your commands.
Revelation 22:20  He who testifies to these things says, "Yes, I am coming soon." Amen. Come, Lord Jesus.

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Saturday, November 25, 2017

Psalm 70:4

But may all who seek you rejoice and be glad in you; may those who long for your saving help always say, "The LORD is great!" 

May all who seek you 
Psalm 9:10  Those who know your name trust in you, for you, LORD, have never forsaken those who seek you.

rejoice and be glad in you 
Psalm 31:6-7  I hate those who cling to worthless idols; as for me, I trust in the LORD. I will be glad and rejoice in your love, for you saw my affliction and knew the anguish of my soul.
Psalm 32:11  Rejoice in the LORD and be glad, you righteous; sing, all you who are upright in heart!
Psalm 118:24  The LORD has done it this very day; let us rejoice today and be glad.

may those who long for your saving help always say, "The LORD is great!" 
Psalm 35:27  May those who delight in my vindication shout for joy and gladness; may they always say, "The LORD be exalted, who delights in the well-being of his servant."

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Friday, November 24, 2017

Psalm 70:1-3

Hasten, O God, to save me; come quickly, LORD, to help me. May those who want to take my life be put to shame and confusion; may all who desire my ruin be turned back in disgrace. May those who say to me, "Aha! Aha!" turn back because of their shame.

come quickly, LORD, to help me 
Psalm 22:19  But you, LORD, do not be far from me. You are my strength; come quickly to help me.
Psalm 71:12  Do not be far from me, my God; come quickly, God, to help me.

May those who want to take my life 
Psalm 35:4  May those who seek my life be disgraced and put to shame; may those who plot my ruin be turned back in dismay.

may all who desire my ruin be turned back in disgrace 
Psalm 6:10  All my enemies will be overwhelmed with shame and anguish; they will turn back and suddenly be put to shame.
Psalm 35:26  May all who gloat over my distress be put to shame and confusion; may all who exalt themselves over me be clothed with shame and disgrace.
Psalm 71:13  May my accusers perish in shame; may those who want to harm me be covered with scorn and disgrace.
Psalm 109:29  May my accusers be clothed with disgrace and wrapped in shame as in a cloak.
Psalm 129:5  May all who hate Zion be turned back in shame.

May those who say to me, "Aha! Aha!" turn back because of their shame 
Psalm 35:21  They sneer at me and say, "Aha! Aha! With our own eyes we have seen it."

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Thursday, November 23, 2017

Psalm 69:34-36

Let heaven and earth praise him, the seas and all that move in them, for God will save Zion and rebuild the cities of Judah. Then people will settle there and possess it; the children of his servants will inherit it, and those who love his name will dwell there. 

Let heaven and earth praise him, the seas and all that move in them 
Psalm 96:11  Let the heavens rejoice, let the earth be glad; let the sea resound, and all that is in it.
Psalm 98:7  Let the sea resound, and everything in it, the world, and all who live in it.
Isaiah 44:23  Sing for joy, you heavens, for the LORD has done this; shout aloud you earth beneath. Burst into song, you mountains, you forests and all your trees, for the LORD has redeemed Jacob, he displays his glory in Israel.

for God will save Zion 
Obadiah 1:17  "But on Mount Zion will be deliverance; it will be holy, and Jacob will possess his inheritance."

and rebuild the cities of Judah 
Ezra 9:9  "Though we are slaves, our God has not forsaken us in our bondage. He has shown us kindness in the sight of the kings of Persia: He has granted us new life to rebuild the house of our God and repair its ruins, and he has given us a wall of protection in Judah and Jerusalem."
Psalm 51:18  May it please you to prosper Zion, to build up the walls of Jerusalem.

the children of his servants will inherit it 
Psalm 25:13  They will spend their days in prosperity, and their descendants will inherit the land.

and those who love his name will dwell there 
Psalm 37:29  The righteous will inherit the land and dwell in it forever.

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Wednesday, November 22, 2017

Psalm 69:30-33

I will praise God's name in song and glorify him with thanksgiving. This will please the LORD more than an ox, more than a bull with its horns and hooves. The poor will see and be glad--you who seek God, may your hearts live! The LORD hears the needy and does not despise his captive people. 

I will praise God's name in song 
Psalm 28:7  The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in him, and he helps me. My heart leaps for joy, and with my song I praise him.

and glorify him with thanksgiving 
Psalm 34:3  Glorify the LORD with me; let us exalt his name together.
Psalm 50:14-15  "Sacrifice thank offerings to God, fulfill your vows to the Most High, and call on me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you and you will honor me."

This will please the LORD more than an ox, more than a bull with its horns and hooves 
Psalm 50:9-10  "I have no need of a bull from your stall or of goats from your pens, for every animal of the forest is mine, and the cattle on a thousand hills."
Psalm 51:16  You do not delight in sacrifice, or I would bring it; you do not take pleasure in burnt offerings.

The poor will see and be glad 
Psalm 34:2  I will glory in the LORD; let the afflicted hear and rejoice.

you who seek God, may your hearts live! 
Psalm 22:26  The poor will eat and be satisfied; those who seek the LORD will praise him--may your hearts live forever!

The LORD hears the needy 
Psalm 12:5  "Because the poor are plundered and the needy groan, I will now arise," says the LORD. "I will protect them from those who malign them."

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Tuesday, November 21, 2017

Psalm 69:26-29

For they persecute those you wound and talk about the pain of those you hurt. Charge them with crime upon crime; do not let them share in your salvation. May they be blotted out of the book of life and not be listed with the righteous. But as for me, afflicted and in pain--may your salvation, God, protect me.

For they persecute those you wound and talk about the pain of those you hurt 
Job 19:22  " Why do you pursue me as God does? Will you never get enough of my flesh?"
Zechariah 1:14-15  Then the angel who was speaking to me said, "Proclaim this word: This is what the LORD Almighty says: 'I am very jealous for Jerusalem and Zion, and I am very angry with the nations that feel secure. I was only a little angry, but they went too far with the punishment.' "

Charge them with crime upon crime 
Nehemiah 4:5  Do not cover up their guilt or blot out their sins from your sight, for they have thrown insults in the face of the builders.

do not let them share in your salvation 
Psalm 109:14  May the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the LORD; may the sin of his mother never be blotted out.

May they be blotted out of the book of life 
Exodus 32:32-33  "But now, please forgive their sin--but if not, then blot me out of the book you have written." The LORD replied to Moses, "Whoever has sinned against me I will blot out of my book."
Luke 10:20  "However, do not rejoice that the spirits submit to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven."

and not be listed with the righteous 
Ezekiel 13:9  " 'My hand will be against the prophets who see false visions and utter lying divinations. They will not belong to the council of my people or be listed in the records of Israel. Then you will know that I am the Sovereign LORD.' "

may your salvation, God, protect me 
Psalm 20:1  May the LORD answer you when you are in distress; may the name of the God of Jacob protect you.

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Monday, November 20, 2017

Psalm 69:22-25

May the table set before them become a snare; may it become retribution and a trap. May their eyes be darkened so they cannot see, and their backs be bent forever. Pour out your wrath on them; let your fierce anger overtake them. May their place be deserted; let there be no one to dwell in their tents. 

May the table set before them become a snare; may it become retribution and a trap 
1 Samuel 28:9  But the woman said to him, "Surely you know what Saul has done. He has cut off the mediums and spiritists from the land. Why have you set a trap for my life to bring about my death?"
Job 18:10  "A noose is hidden for him on the ground; a trap lies in his path."

May their eyes be darkened so they cannot see, and their backs be bent forever 
Romans 11:7-10  What then? What the people of Israel sought so earnestly they did not obtain. The elect among them did, but the others were hardened, as it is written: "God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that could not see and ears that could not hear, to this very day." (Deuteronomy 29:4; Isaiah 29:10) And David says: "May their table become a snare and a trap, a stumbling block and a retribution for them. May their eyes be darkened so they cannot see, and their backs be bent forever." (Psalm 69:22-23)

Pour out your wrath on them 
Psalm 79:6-7  Pour out your wrath on the nations that do not acknowledge you, on the kingdoms that do not call on your name; for they have devoured Jacob and devastated his homeland.
Jeremiah 10:25  Pour out your wrath on the nations that do not acknowledge you, on the peoples who do not call on your name. For they have devoured Jacob; they have devoured him completely and destroyed his homeland.

May their place be deserted 
Leviticus 26:43  " 'For the land will be deserted by them and will enjoy its sabbaths while it lies desolate without them. They will pay for their sins because they rejected my laws and abhorred my decrees.' "
Matthew 23:38  "Look, your house is left to you desolate."

let there be no one to dwell in their tents 
Acts 1:20  "For," said Peter, "it is written in the Book of Psalms: 'May his place be deserted; let there be no one to dwell in it' (Psalm 69:25), and 'May another take his place of leadership.' " (Psalm 109:8)

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Sunday, November 19, 2017

Psalm 69:21

They put gall in my food and gave me vinegar for my thirst.

Numbers 6:2-3  "Speak to the Israelites and say to them: 'If a man or woman wants to make a special vow, a vow of dedication to the LORD as a Nazarite, they must abstain from wine and other fermented drink and must not drink vinegar made from wine or other fermented drink. They must not drink grape juice or eat grapes or raisins.' "
Matthew 27:34  There they offered Jesus wine to drink, mixed with gall (a pain-killing narcotic); but after tasting it, he refused to drink it.
Matthew 27:48  Immediately one of them ran and got a sponge. He filled it with wine vinegar, put it on a staff, and offered it to Jesus to drink.
Mark 15:23  Then they offered him wine mixed with myrrh (to deaden pain), but he did not take it.
Mark 15:36  Someone ran, filled a sponge with wine vinegar, put it on a staff, and offered it to Jesus to drink.
Luke 23:36-37  The soldiers also came up and mocked him. They offered him wine vinegar and said, "If you are the king of the Jews, save yourself."
John 19:28-30  Later, knowing that everything had now been finished, and so that Scripture would be fulfilled, Jesus said, "I am thirsty." A jar of wine vinegar was there, so they soaked a sponge in it, put the sponge on a stalk of the hyssop plant, and lifted it to Jesus' lips. When he had received the drink, Jesus said, "It is finished." With that he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.

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Saturday, November 18, 2017

Psalm 69:19-20

You know how I am scorned, disgraced and shamed; all my enemies are before you. Scorn has broken my heart and has left me helpless; I looked for sympathy, but there was none, for comforters, but I found none.

You know how I am scorned, disgraced and shamed 
Psalm 22:6  But I am a worm and not a man, scorned by everyone, despised by the people.

I looked for sympathy, but there was none, for comforters 
Job 16:2  "I have heard many things like these; you are miserable comforters, all of you!"

but I found none 
Psalm 142:4  Look and see, there is no one at my right hand; no one is concerned for me. I have no refuge; no one cares for my life.
Isaiah 63:3-6  "I have trodden the winepress alone; from the nations no one was with me. I trampled them in my anger and trod them down in my wrath; their blood spattered my garments, and I stained all my clothing. It was for me the day of vengeance; the year for me to redeem had come. I looked but there was no one to help, I was appalled that no one gave support; so my own arm achieved salvation for me, and my own wrath sustained me. I trampled the nations in my anger; in my wrath I made them drunk and poured their blood on the ground."

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Friday, November 17, 2017

Psalm 69:16-18

Answer me, LORD, out of the goodness of your love; in your great mercy turn to me. Do not hide your face from your servant; answer me quickly, for I am in trouble. Come near and rescue me; deliver me because of my foes.

Answer me, LORD, out of the goodness of your love 
Psalm 63:3  Because your love is better than life, my lips will glorify you.

Do not hide your face from  your servant 
Psalm 22:24  For he has not despised or scorned the suffering of the afflicted one; he has not hidden his face from him but has listened to his cry for help.

answer me quickly 
Psalm 143:7  Answer me quickly, LORD; my spirit fails. Do not hide your face from me or I will be like those who go down to the pit.

for I am in trouble 
Psalm 50:14-15  "Sacrifice thank offerings to God, fulfill your vows to the Most High, and call on me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor me."
Psalm 66:13-14  I will come to your temple with burnt offerings and fulfill my vows to you--vows my lips promised and my mouth spoke when I was in trouble.

Come near and rescue me; deliver me because of my foes. 
Psalm 49:15  But God will redeem me from the realm of the dead; he will surely take me to himself.

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Thursday, November 16, 2017

Psalm 69:13-15

But I pray to you, LORD, in the time of your favor; in your great love, O God, answer me with your sure salvation. Rescue me from the mire, do not let me sink; deliver me from those who hate me, from the deep waters. Do not let the floodwaters engulf me or the depths swallow me up or the pit close its mouth over me.

but I pray to you, LORD, in the time of your favor 
Isaiah 49:8  This is what the LORD says: "In the time of my favor I will answer you, and in the day of salvation I will help you; I will keep you and will make you to be a covenant for the people, to restore the land and to reassign its desolate inheritances, ..."
2 Corinthians 6:2  For he says, "In the time of my favor I heard you, and in the day of salvation I helped you." (Isaiah 49:8) I tell you, now is the time of God's favor, now is the day of salvation.

in your great love, O God 
Psalm 17:7  Show me the wonders of your great love, you who save by your right hand those who take refuge in you from their foes.
Psalm 51:1  Have mercy on me, O God, according to your unfailing love; according to your great compassion blot out my transgressions.

deliver me from those who hate me, from the deep waters 
Psalm 69:2  I sink in the miry depths, where there is no foothold. I have come into the deep waters; the floods engulf me.
Psalm 144:7-8  Reach down your hand from on high; deliver me and rescue me from the mighty waters, from the hands of foreigners whose mouths are full of lies, whose right hands are deceitful.

Do not let the floodwaters engulf me 
Psalm 124:4-5  ... the flood would have engulfed us, the torrent would have swept over us, the raging waters would have swept us away.

or the depths swallow me up 
Numbers 16:33  They went down alive into the realm of the dead, with everything they owned; the earth closed over them, and they perished and were gone from the community.

or the pit close its mouth over me 
Psalm 28:1  To you, LORD, I call; you are my Rock, do not turn a deaf ear to me. For if you remain silent, I will be like those who go down to the pit.

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Wednesday, November 15, 2017

Psalm 69:10-12

When I weep and fast, I must endure scorn; when I put on sackcloth, people make sport of me. Those who sit at the gate mock me, and I am the song of the drunkards. 

When I weep and fast, I must endure scorn; when I put on sackcloth, people make sport of me 
Psalm 35:13-16  Yet when they were ill, I put on sackcloth and humbled myself with fasting. When my prayers returned to me unanswered I went about mourning as though for my friend or brother. I bowed my head in grief as though weeping for my mother. But when I stumbled, they gathered in glee; assailants gathered against me without my knowledge. They slandered me without ceasing. Like the ungodly they maliciously mocked; they gnashed their teeth at me.
2 Samuel 3:31  Then David said to Joab and all the people with him, "Tear your clothes and put on sackcloth and walk in mourning in front of Abner." King David himself walked behind the bier.

Those who sit at the gate mock me 
Genesis 18:1  The LORD appeared to Abraham near the great trees of Mamre while he was sitting at the entrance to his tent in the heat of the day.
Genesis 23:10-11  Ephron the Hittite was sitting among his people and he replied to Abraham in the hearing of all the Hittites who had come to the gate of his city. "No, my lord," he said. "Listen to me; I give you the field, and I give you the cave that is in it. I give it to you in the presence of my people. Bury your dead."

I am the song of the drunkards 
Job 30:9  "And now those young men mock me in song; I have become a byword among them."

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Tuesday, November 14, 2017

Psalm 69:8-9

I am a foreigner to my own family, a stranger to my own mother's children; for zeal for your house consumes me, and the insults of those who insult you fall on me. 

I am a foreigner to my own family, a stranger to my own mother's children 
Job 19:13-15  "He has alienated my own family from me; my acquaintances are completely estranged from me. My relatives have gone away; my closest friends have forgotten me. My guests and my female servants count me a foreigner; they look on me as on a stranger."
Psalm 31:11  Because of all my enemies, I am the utter contempt of my neighbors and an object of dread to my closest friends--those who see me on the street flee from me.
Psalm 38:11  My friends and companions avoid me because of my wounds; my neighbors stay far away.
Isaiah 53:3  He was despised and rejected by mankind, a man of suffering, and familiar with pain. Like one from whom people hide their faces he was despised, and we held him in low esteem.
John 7:5  For even his own brothers did not believe in him.

for zeal for your house consumes me 
John 2:16-17  To those who sold doves he said, "Get these out of here! Stop turning my Father's house into a market!" His disciples remembered that it is written: "Zeal for your house will consume me." (Psalm 69:9)

and the insults of those who insult you fall on me 
Psalm 89:50-51  Remember, Lord, how your servant has been mocked, how I bear in my heart the taunts of all the nations, the taunts with which your enemies, LORD, have mocked, with which they have mocked every step of your anointed one.
Romans 15:3  For even Christ did not please himself but, as it is written: "The insults of those who insult you have fallen on me." (Psalm 69:9)

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Monday, November 13, 2017

Psalm 69:6-7

Lord, the LORD Almighty, may those who hope in you not be disgraced because of me; God of Israel, may those who seek you not be put to shame because of me. For I endure scorn for your sake, and shame covers my face. 

For I endure scorn 
Psalm 39:8  Save me from all my transgressions; do not make me the scorn of fools.
Psalm 22:6-8  But I am a worm and not a man, scorned by everyone, despised by the people. All who see me mock me; they hurl insults, shaking their heads. "He trusts in the LORD," they say, "let the LORD rescue him. Let him deliver him, since he delights in him."
Psalm 42:3  My tears have been my food day and night, while people say to me all day long, "Where is your God?"
Psalm 79:10  Why should the nations say, "Where is their God?" Before our eyes, make known among the nations that you avenge the outpoured blood of your servants.
Psalm 115:2-3  Why do the nations say, "Where is their God?" Our God is in heaven; he does whatever pleases him.
Job 2:9-10  His wife said to him, "Are you still maintaining your integrity? Curse God and die!" He replied, "You are talking like a foolish woman. Shall we accept good from God, and not trouble?" In all this, Job did not sin in what he said.

for your sake 
Jeremiah 15:15  LORD, you understand; remember me and care for me. Avenge me on my persecutors. You are long-suffering--do not take me away; think of how I suffer reproach for your sake.

and shame covers my face 
Psalm 44:15-16  I live in disgrace all day long, and my face is covered with shame at the taunts of those who reproach and revile me, because of the enemy, who is bent on revenge.

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Sunday, November 12, 2017

Psalm 69:4-5

Those who hate me without reason outnumber the hairs of my head; many are my enemies without cause, those who seek to destroy me. I am forced to restore what I did not steal. You, God, know my folly; my guilt is not hidden from you.

Those who hate me 
Psalm 25:19  See how numerous are my enemies and how fiercely they hate me!

without reason 
John 15:25  "But this is to fulfill what is written in their Law: 'They hated me without reason.' " (Psalms 35:19; 69:4)

many are my enemies without cause 
Psalm 35:19  Do not let those gloat over me who are my enemies without cause; do not let those who hate me without reason maliciously wink the eye.
Psalm 38:19  Many have become my enemies without cause; those who hate me without reason are numerous.

those who seek to destroy me 
Psalm 40:14  May all who want to take my life be put to shame and confusion; may all who desire my ruin be turned back in disgrace.
Psalm 119:95  The wicked are waiting to destroy me, but I will ponder your statutes.
Isaiah 32:7  Scoundrels use wicked methods, they make up evil schemes to destroy the poor with lies, even when the plea of the needy is just.

You, God, know my folly 
Psalm 38:5  My wounds fester and are loathsome because of my sinful folly.

my guilt is not hidden from you 
Psalm 44:20-21  If we had forgotten the name of our God or spread out our hands to a foreign god, would not God have discovered it, since he knows the secrets of the heart?

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Saturday, November 11, 2017

Psalm 69:1-3

Save me, O God, for the waters have come up to my neck. I sink in the miry depths, where there is no foothold. I have come into the deep waters; the floods engulf me. I am worn out calling for help; my throat is parched. My eyes fail looking for my God. 

Save me, O God, for the waters 
Psalm 42:7  Deep calls to deep in the roar of your waterfalls; all your waves and breakers have swept over me.

have come up to my neck 
Psalm 32:6  Therefore let all the faithful pray to you while you may be found; surely the rising of the mighty waters will not reach them.
Jonah 2:3  "The engulfing waters threatened me, the deep surrounded me; seaweed was wrapped around my head."

I sink in the miry depths where there is no foothold 
Job 30:19  "He throws me into the mud, and I am reduced to dust and ashes."

I am worn out calling for help 
Psalm 6:6  I am worn out from my groaning. All night long I flood my bed with weeping and drench my couch with tears.

my throat is parched 
Psalm 22:15  My mouth is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth; you lay me in the dust of death.

my eyes fail 
Psalm 6:7  My eyes grow weak with sorrow; they fail because of all my foes.
Psalm 119:52  My eyes fail, looking for your promise; I say, "When will you comfort me?"

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Friday, November 10, 2017

Psalm 68:34-35 Part 2 of 2

 Proclaim the power of God, whose majesty is over Israel, whose power is in the heavens. You, God, are awesome in your sanctuary; the God of Israel gives power and strength to his people. Praise be to God!

the God of Israel gives power and strength 
Psalm 18:1  I love you, LORD, my strength.
Isaiah 40:29  He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak.
Isaiah 41:10  "So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand."
Isaiah 50:2  "When I came, why was there no one? When I called, why was there no one to answer? Was my arm too short to deliver you? Do I lack the strength to rescue you? By mere rebuke I dry up the sea, I turn rivers into a desert; their fish rot for lack of water and die of thirst."

to his people 
Psalm 29:11  The LORD gives strength to his people; the LORD blesses his people with peace.

Praise be to God! 
Psalm 28:6  Praise be to the LORD, for he has heard my cry for mercy.
Psalm 66:20  Praise be to God, who has not rejected my prayer or withheld his love from me!
2 Corinthians 1:3-4  Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God.

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Thursday, November 9, 2017

Psalm 68:34-35 Part 1 of 2

Proclaim the power of God, whose majesty is over Israel, whose power is in the heavens. You, God, are awesome in your sanctuary; the God of Israel gives power and strength to his people. Praise be to God!

Proclaim the power of God 
Psalm 68:28  Summon your power, God; show us your strength, our God, as you have done before.

whose majesty is over Israel 
Psalm 45:3  Gird your sword on your side, you mighty one; clothe yourself with splendor and majesty.
Job 40:9-10  "Do you have an arm like God's, and can your voice thunder like his? Then adorn yourself with glory and splendor, and clothe yourself in honor and majesty."

You, God, are awesome 
Deuteronomy 7:21-23  Do not be terrified by them (the peoples you now fear), for the LORD your God, who is among you, is a great and awesome God. The LORD your God will drive out those nations before you, little by little. You will not be allowed to eliminate them all at once, or the wild animals will multiply around you. But the LORD your God will deliver them over to you, throwing them into great confusion until they are destroyed.

in your sanctuary 
Genesis 28:17  He (Jacob) was afraid and said, "How awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of God; this is the gate of heaven."

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Wednesday, November 8, 2017

Psalm 68:32-33

Sing to God, you kingdoms of the earth, sing praise to the Lord, to him who rides across the highest heavens, the ancient heavens, who thunders with mighty voice.

Sing to God, you kingdoms of the earth 
Psalm 46:6  Nations are in uproar, kingdoms fall; he lifts his voice, the earth melts.
Psalm 67:4  May the nations be glad and sing for joy, for you rule the peoples with equity and guide the nations of the earth.

sing praise to the Lord 
Psalm 7:17  I will give thanks to the LORD because of his righteousness; I will sing the praises of the name of the LORD Most High.

to him who rides across the highest heavens 
Deuteronomy 33:26  "There is no one like the God of Jeshurun, who rides across the heavens to help you and on the clouds in his majesty."

who thunders with mighty voice 
Exodus 9:23-24  When Moses stretched out his staff toward the sky, the LORD sent thunder and hail, and lightning flashed down to the ground. So the LORD rained hail on the land of Egypt; hail fell and lightning flashed back and forth. It was the worst storm in all the land of Egypt since it had become a nation.
Psalm 29:3-4  The voice of the LORD is over the waters; the God of glory thunders, the LORD thunders over the mighty waters. The voice of the LORD is powerful; the voice of the LORD is majestic.
Isaiah 30:30  The LORD will cause people to hear his majestic voice and will make them see his arm coming down with raging anger and consuming fire, with cloudburst, thunderstorm and hail.
Isaiah 33:3  At the uproar of your army, the peoples flee; when you rise up, the nations scatter.
Isaiah 66:6  "Hear that uproar from the city, hear that noise from the temple! It is the sound of the LORD repaying his enemies all they deserve."

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Tuesday, November 7, 2017

Psalm 68:31

Envoys will come from Egypt; Cush will submit herself to God. 

Envoys will come from Egypt 
Isaiah 19:19-20  In that day there will be an altar to the LORD in the heart of Egypt, and a monument to the LORD at its border. It will be a sign and witness to the LORD Almighty in the land of Egypt. When they cry out to the LORD because of their oppressors, he will send them a savior and defender, and he will rescue them.
Isaiah 43:3  "For I am the LORD your God, the Holy one of Israel, your Savior; I give Egypt for your ransom, Cush and Seba in your stead."
Isaiah 45:14  This is what the LORD says: "The products of Egypt and the merchandise of Cush, and those tall Sabeans--they will come over to you and will be yours; they will trudge behind you, coming over to you in chains. They will bow down before you and plead with you, saying, 'Surely God is with you, and there is no other; there is no other god.' "

Cush will submit herself to God 
Isaiah 11:11  In that day the Lord will reach out his hand a second time to reclaim the surviving remnant of his people from Assyria, from Lower Egypt, from Upper Egypt, from Cush, from Elam, from Babylonia, from Hamath and from the islands of the Mediterranean.
Isaiah 18:1-2  Woe to the land of whirring wings along the rivers of Cush, which sends envoys by sea in papyrus boats over the water. Go, swift messengers, to a people tall and smooth-skinned, to a people feared far and wide, an aggressive nation of strange speech, whose land is divided by rivers.
Zephaniah 3:10  "From beyond the rivers of Cush my worshipers, my scattered people, will bring me offerings."

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Monday, November 6, 2017

Psalm 68:30

Rebuke the beast among the reeds, the herd of bulls among the calves of the nations. Humbled, may the beast bring bars of silver. Scatter the nations who delight in war. 

Rebuke the beast 
Isaiah 27:1  In that day, the LORD will punish with his sword--his fierce, great and powerful sword--Leviathan the gliding serpent, Leviathan the coiling serpent; he will slay the monster of the sea.
Isaiah 59:1  Surely the arm of the LORD is not too short to save, nor his ear to dull to hear.
Ezekiel 29:3  "Speak to him and say: 'This is what the Sovereign LORD says: I am against you, Pharaoh king of Egypt, you great monster lying among your streams. You say, "The Nile belongs to me; I made it for myself." ' "

among the reeds 
Job 40:21  "Under the lotus plants it lies, hidden among the reeds in the marsh."

the herd of bulls among the calves of the nations 
Psalm 22:12  Many bulls surround me; strong bulls of Bashan encircle me.
Isaiah 34:7  And the wild oxen will fall with them, the bull calves and the great bulls. Their land will be drenched with blood, and the dust will be soaked with fat.
Jeremiah 50:27  "Kill all her (Babylon's) young bulls; let them go down to the slaughter! Woe to them! For their day has come, the time for them to be punished."

Scatter the nations 
Psalm 18:14  He shot his arrows and scattered the enemy, with great bolts of lightning he routed them.
Psalm 89:10  You crushed Rahab like one of the slain; with your strong arm you scattered your enemies.

who delight in war 
Psalm 120:7  I am for peace; but when I speak, they are for war.
Psalm 140:1-2  Rescue me, LORD, from evildoers; protect me from the violent, who devise evil plans in their hearts and stir up war every day.

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Sunday, November 5, 2017

Psalm 68:28-29

Summon your power, God; show us your strength, our God, as you have done before. Because of your temple at Jerusalem kings will bring you gifts.

Summon your power, God 
Exodus 9:16-17   " 'But I have raised you up for this very purpose, that I might show you my power and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth. You still set yourself against my people and will not let them go.' " (God speaking to Pharaoh through Moses)

show us your strength, our God 
Psalm 29:11  The LORD gives strength to his people; the LORD blesses his people with peace.

as you have done before 
Isaiah 26:12  LORD, you establish peace for us; all that we have accomplished you have done for us.
Isaiah 29:23-24  "When they see among them their children, the work of my hands, they will keep my name holy; they will acknowledge the holiness of the Holy One of Jacob, and will stand in awe of the God of Israel. Those who are wayward in spirit will gain understanding; those who complain will accept instruction."
Isaiah 45:11-12  "This is what the LORD says--the Holy One of Israel, and its Maker: Concerning things to come, do you question me about my children, or give me orders about the work of my hands? It is I who made the earth and created mankind on it. My own hands stretched out the heavens; I marshaled their starry host."
Isaiah 60:21  "Then all your people will be righteous and they will possess the land forever. They are the shoot I have planted, the work of my hands, for the display of my splendor."
Isaiah 64:8  Yet you, LORD, are our Father. We are the clay, you are the potter; we are all the work of your hand.

Because of your temple at Jerusalem kings will bring you gifts 
2 Chronicles 9:24  Year after year, everyone who came brought a gift--articles of silver and gold, and robes, weapons and spices, and horses and mules.
2 Chronicles 32:23  Many brought offerings to Jerusalem for the LORD and valuable gifts for Hezekiah king of Judah. From then on he was highly regarded by all the nations.

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Saturday, November 4, 2017

Psalm 68:26-27

Praise God in the great congregation; praise the LORD in the assembly of Israel. There is the little tribe of Benjamin, leading them, there the great throng of Judah's princes, and there the princes of Zebulun and of Naphtali. 

Praise God in the great congregation 
Psalm 22:22  I will declare your name to my people; in the assembly I will praise you.
Hebrews 2:10-12  In bringing many sons and daughters to glory, it was fitting that God, for whom and through whom everything exists, should make the pioneer of their salvation perfect through what he suffered. Both the one who makes people holy and those who are made holy are of the same family. So Jesus is not ashamed to call them brothers and sisters.

praise the LORD in the assembly of Israel 
Leviticus 19:1-2  The LORD said to Moses, "Speak to the entire assembly of Israel and say to them: "Be holy because I, the LORD your God, am holy.' "

There is the little tribe 
1 Samuel 9:21  Saul answered, "But am I not a Benjamite, from the smallest tribe of Israel, and is not my clan the least of all the clans of the tribe of Benjamin? Why do you say such a thing to me?"

of Benjamin 
Genesis 49:27  "Benjamin is a ravenous wolf; in the morning he devours the prey, in the evening he divides the plunder."
Judges 5:14  Some came from Ephraim, whose roots were in Amelek; Benjamin was with the people who followed you. From Makir captains came down, from Zebulun those who bear a commander's staff.

and there the princes of Zebulun and of Naphtali 
Judges 5:18  The people of Zebulun risked their very lives; so did Naphtali on the terraced fields.

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Friday, November 3, 2017

Psalm 68:24-25

Your procession, God, has come into view, the procession of my God and King into the sanctuary. In front are the singers, after them the musicians; with them are the young women playing timbrels. 

the procession of my God and King into the sanctuary 
Psalm 63:2  I have seen you in the sanctuary and beheld your power and your glory.

In front are the singers, after them the musicians 
1 Chronicles 6:31-32  These are the men David put in charge of the music in the house of the LORD after the ark came to rest there. They ministered with music before the tabernacle, the tent of meeting, until Solomon built the temple of the LORD in Jerusalem. They performed their duties according to the regulations laid down for them.
1 Chronicles 15:16  David told the leaders of the Levites to appoint their fellow Levites as musicians to make a joyful sound with musical instruments: lyres, harps and cymbals.
2 Chronicles 5:12  All the Levites who were musicians--Asaph, Heman, Jeduthun and their sons and relatives--stood on the east side of the altar, dressed in fine linen and playing cymbals, harps and lyres. They were accompanied by 120 priests sounding trumpets.
Revelation 18:22  "The music of harpists and musicians, pipers and trumpeters, will never be heard in you (the great city of Babylon). No worker of any trade will ever be found in you again. The sound of a millstone will never be heard in you again."

with them are the young women playing timbrels 
Genesis 31:27  "Why did you run off secretly and deceive me? Why didn't you tell me, so I could send you away with joy and singing to the music of timbrels and harps?" (Laban speaking to Jacob)
Isaiah 5:11-13  Woe to those who rise early in the morning to run after their drinks, who stay up late at night till they are inflamed with wine. They have harps and lyres at their banquets, pipes and timbrels and wine, but they have no regard for the deeds of the LORD, no respect for the work of his hands. Therefore my people will go into exile for lack of understanding; those of high rank will die of hunger and the common people will be parched with thirst.

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Thursday, November 2, 2017

Psalm 68:21-23

Surely God will crush the heads of his enemies, the hairy crowns of those who go on in their sins. The LORD says, "I will bring them from Bashan; I will bring them from the depths of the sea, that your feet may wade in the blood of your foes, while the tongues of the dogs have their share."

Surely God will crush the heads of his enemies 
Psalm 74:14  It was you who crushed the heads of Leviathan and gave it as food to the creatures of the desert.
Psalm 110:5  The Lord is at  your right hand; he will crush kings on the day of his wrath.
Habakkuk 3:13  You came out to deliver your people, to save your anointed one. You crushed the leader of the land of wickedness, you stripped him from head to foot.

I will bring them from the depths of the sea 
Job 36:30  "See how he scatters his lightning about him, bathing the depths of the sea."
Isaiah 51:10  Was it not you who dried up the sea, the waters of the great deep, who made a road in the depths of the sea so that the redeemed might cross over?
Matthew 18:6  "If anyone causes one of these little ones--those who believe in me--to stumble, it would be better for them to have a large millstone hung around their neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea."

that your feet may wade in the blood of your foes 
Psalm 58:10  The righteous will be glad when they are avenged, when they dip their feet in the blood of the wicked.

while the tongues of the dogs have their share 
1 Kings 21:17-19  Then the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite: "Go down to meet Ahab king of Israel, who rules in Samaria. He is now in Naboth's vineyard, where he has gone to take possession of it. Say to him, 'This is what the LORD says: Have you not murdered a man and seized his property?' Then say to him, 'This is what the LORD says: In the place where dogs licked up Naboth's blood, dogs will lick up your blood--yes, yours!' "
2 Kings 9:36-37  They went back and told Jehu, who said, "This is the word of the LORD that he spoke through his servant Elijah the Tishbite: On the plot of ground at Jezreel dogs will devour Jezebel's flesh. Jezebel's body will be like dung on the ground in the plot at Jezreel, so that no one will be able to say, 'This is Jezebel.' "

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Wednesday, November 1, 2017

Psalm 68:19-20

Praise be to the Lord, to God our Savior, who daily bears our burdens. Our God is a God who saves; from the Sovereign LORD comes escape from death.

Praise be to the Lord, to God our Savior 
Psalm 65:5-8  You answer us with awesome and righteous deeds, God our Savior, the hope of all the ends of the earth and of the farthest seas, who formed the mountains by your power, having armed yourself with strength, who stilled the roaring of the seas, the roaring of their waves, and the turmoil of the nations. The whole earth is filled with your wonders; where morning dawns, where evening fades, you call forth songs of joy.

who daily bears our burdens 
Psalm 81:6  "I removed the burden from their shoulders; their hands were set free from the basket."

Our God is a God who saves 
1 Samuel 10:17-19  Samuel summoned the people of Israel to the LORD at Mizpah and said to them, "This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: 'I brought Israel up out of Egypt, and I delivered you from the power of Egypt and all the kingdoms that oppressed you.' but you have now rejected your God, who saves you out of all your disasters and calamities. And you have said, 'No, appoint a king over us.' So now present yourselves before the LORD by your tribes and clans."

from the Sovereign LORD comes escape from death 
Psalm 56:13  For you have delivered me from death and my feet from stumbling, that I may walk before God in the light of life.
Jeremiah 45:4-5  "But the LORD has told me to say to you (Baruch), 'This is what the LORD says: I will overthrow what I have built and uproot what I have planted, throughout the earth. Should you then seek great things for yourself? Do not seek them. For I will bring disaster on all people, declares the LORD, but wherever you go I will let you escape with your life.' "
Ezekiel 6:8  " 'But I will spare some, for some of you will escape the sword when you are scattered among the lands and nations.' "

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