May 19: Psalm 139; Luke 1-2

O Yahweh, You have searched me and known me.
You know when I sit down and when I rise up;
You understand my thought from afar.
You scrutinize my path and my lying down,
And are intimately acquainted with all my ways.
Even before there is a word on my tongue,
Behold, O Yahweh, You know it all.
You have enclosed me behind and before,
And You have put Your hand upon me.
Such knowledge is too wonderful for me;
It is too high, I cannot attain to it.
Where can I go from Your Spirit?
Or where can I flee from Your presence?
If I ascend to heaven, You are there;
If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, You are there.
If I lift up the wings of the dawn,
If I dwell in the remotest part of the sea,
Even there Your hand will lead me,
And Your right hand will lay hold of me.
If I say, “Surely the darkness will bruise me,
And the light around me will be night,”
Even the darkness is not too dark for You,
And the night is as bright as the day.
Darkness and light are alike to You.
For You formed my inward parts;
You wove me in my mother’s womb.
I will give thanks to You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
Wonderful are Your works,
And my soul knows it very well.
My frame was not hidden from You,
When I was made in secret,
And intricately woven in the depths of the earth;
Your eyes have seen my unshaped substance;
And in Your book all of them were written
The days that were formed for me,
When as yet there was not one of them.
How precious are Your thoughts to me, O God!
How vast is the sum of them!
If I should count them, they would outnumber the sand.
When I awake, I am still with You.

May 17: Psalm 137; 2Kings 21-23:30

Then the king sent, and they gathered to him all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem. And the king went up to the house of Yahweh and all the men of Judah and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem with him, and the priests and the prophets and all the people, both small and great; and he read in their hearing all the words of the book of the covenant which was found in the house of Yahweh. Then the king stood by the pillar and cut a covenant before Yahweh, to walk after Yahweh, and to keep His commandments and His testimonies and His statutes with all his heart and all his soul, to establish the words of this covenant that were written in this book. And all the people entered into the covenant.

May 12: Psalm 132; 2Kings 9-10

Incline Your ear, O Yahweh, and answer me;For I am afflicted and needy.Keep my soul, for I am a holy one;O You my God, save Your slave who trusts in You.Be gracious to me, O Lord,For to You I call all day long.Make glad the soul of Your slave,For to You, O Lord, I lift up my soul.For You, Lord, are good, and by nature forgiving,And abundant in lovingkindness to all who call upon You.Give ear, O Yahweh, to my prayer;And give heed to the voice of my supplications!
In the day of my distress I shall call upon You,For You will answer me.There is no one like You among the gods, O Lord,Nor are there any works like Yours.All nations whom You have made shall come and worship before You, O Lord,And they shall glorify Your name.For You are great and do wondrous deeds;You alone are God.Teach me Your way, O Yahweh;I will walk in Your truth;
Unite my heart to fear Your name.I will give thanks to You, O Lord my God, with all my heart,And will glorify Your name forever.For Your lovingkindness toward me is great,
And You have delivered my soul from Sheol below.
from Psalm 86

May 11: Psalm 131; 2Kings 6-8

O Yahweh, my heart is not exalted, and my eyes are not raised high;
And I do not involve myself in great matters,
Or in matters too marvelous for me.
Surely I have soothed and quieted my soul,
Like a weaned child with his mother,
Like a weaned child is my soul within me.
O Israel, wait for Yahweh
From now until forever.

May 10: Psalm 130; 2Kings 4-5

Out of the depths I called to You, O Yahweh.
O Lord, hear my voice!
Let Your ears be attentive
To the voice of my supplications.
If You should keep iniquities, O Yah,
O Lord, who could stand?
But with You there is forgiveness,
That You may be feared.

I hope for Yahweh, my soul does hope,
And for His word do I wait.
My soul waits for the Lord
More than the watchmen for the morning,
The watchmen for the morning.