Psalms 60; Psalms 61; Psalms 62; Romans 5

Psalms 60

1 God, You have rejected us; You have broken out against us; You have been angry. Restore us!

2 You have shaken the land and split it open. Heal its fissures, for it shudders.

3 You have made Your people suffer hardship; You have given us a wine to drink that made us stagger.

4 You have given a signal flag to those who fear You, so that they can flee before the archers. Selah

5 Save with Your right hand, and answer me, so that those You love may be rescued.

6 God has spoken in His sanctuary: "I will triumph! I will divide up Shechem. I will apportion the Valley of Succoth.

7 Gilead is Mine, Manasseh is Mine, and Ephraim is My helmet; Judah is My scepter.

8 Moab is My washbasin; on Edom I throw My sandal. Over Philistia I shout in triumph."

9 Who will bring me to the fortified city? Who will lead me to Edom?

10 Is it not You, God, who have rejected us? God, You do not march out with our armies.

11 Give us aid against the foe, for human help is worthless.

12 With God we will perform valiantly; He will trample our foes.

Psalms 61

1 God, hear my cry; pay attention to my prayer.

2 I call to You from the ends of the earth when my heart is without strength. Lead me to a rock that is high above me,

3 for You have been a refuge for me, a strong tower in the face of the enemy.

4 I will live in Your tent forever and take refuge under the shelter of Your wings. Selah

5 God, You have heard my vows; You have given a heritage to those who fear Your name.

6 Add days to the king's life; may his years span many generations.

7 May he sit enthroned before God forever; appoint faithful love and truth to guard him.

8 Then I will continually sing of Your name, fulfilling my vows day by day.

Psalms 62

1 I am at rest in God alone; my salvation comes from Him.

2 He alone is my rock and my salvation, my stronghold; I will never be shaken.

3 How long will you threaten a man? Will all of you attack as if he were a leaning wall or a tottering stone fence?

4 They only plan to bring him down from his high position. They take pleasure in lying; they bless with their mouths, but they curse inwardly. Selah

5 Rest in God alone, my soul, for my hope comes from Him.

6 He alone is my rock and my salvation, my stronghold; I will not be shaken.

7 My salvation and glory depend on God; my strong rock, my refuge, is in God.

8 Trust in Him at all times, you people; pour out your hearts before Him. God is our refuge. Selah

9 Men are only a vapor; exalted men, an illusion. On a balance scale, they go up; together they [weigh] less than a vapor.

10 Place no trust in oppression, or false hope in robbery. If wealth increases, pay no attention to it.

11 God has spoken once; I have heard this twice: strength belongs to God,

12 and faithful love belongs to You, Lord. For You repay each according to his works.

Romans 5

1 Therefore, since we have been declared righteous by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.

2 Also through Him, we have obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God.

3 And not only that, but we also rejoice in our afflictions, because we know that affliction produces endurance,

4 endurance produces proven character, and proven character produces hope.

5 This hope does not disappoint, because God's love has been poured out in our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.

6 For while we were still helpless, at the appointed moment, Christ died for the ungodly.

7 For rarely will someone die for a just person-though for a good person perhaps someone might even dare to die.

8 But God proves His own love for us in that while we were still sinners Christ died for us!

9 Much more then, since we have now been declared righteous by His blood, we will be saved through Him from wrath.

10 For if, while we were enemies, we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, [then how] much more, having been reconciled, will we be saved by His life!

11 And not only that, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.

12 Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, in this way death spread to all men, because all sinned.

13 In fact, sin was in the world before the law, but sin is not charged to one's account when there is no law.

14 Nevertheless, death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over those who did not sin in the likeness of Adam's transgression. He is a prototype of the Coming One.

15 But the gift is not like the trespass. For if by the one man's trespass the many died, how much more have the grace of God and the gift overflowed to the many by the grace of the one man, Jesus Christ.

16 And the gift is not like the one man's sin, because from one sin came the judgment, resulting in condemnation, but from many trespasses came the gift, resulting in justification.

17 Since by the one man's trespass, death reigned through that one man, how much more will those who receive the overflow of grace and the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man, Jesus Christ.

18 So then, as through one trespass there is condemnation for everyone, so also through one righteous act there is life-giving justification for everyone.

19 For just as through one man's disobedience the many were made sinners, so also through the one man's obedience the many will be made righteous.

20 The law came along to multiply the trespass. But where sin multiplied, grace multiplied even more,

21 so that, just as sin reigned in death, so also grace will reign through righteousness, resulting in eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.