April 8, 2026 PORTALS OF PRAYER READINGS
1 Samuel 25:23-25
23 When Abigail saw David, she hurried and
got down from the donkey and fell before David on her face and bowed to the
ground. 24 She fell at his feet and
said, “On me alone, my lord, be the guilt. Please let your servant speak in
your ears, and hear the words of your servant. 25 Let
not my lord regard this worthless fellow, Nabal, for as his name is, so is he.
Nabal[a] is his
name, and folly is with him. But I your servant did not see the young men of my
lord, whom you sent.
Footnotes
- 1 Samuel 25:25 Nabal
means fool
Psalm 16
You Will Not Abandon My Soul
A Miktam[a] of David.
16 Preserve
me, O God, for in you I take refuge.
2 I say to the Lord, “You are
my Lord;
I
have no good apart from you.”
3 As for the saints in the land,
they are the excellent ones,
in
whom is all my delight.[b]
4 The sorrows of those who run
after[c] another
god shall multiply;
their
drink offerings of blood I will not pour out
or
take their names on my lips.
5 The Lord is my chosen portion and my cup;
you
hold my lot.
6 The lines have fallen for me in pleasant
places;
indeed,
I have a beautiful inheritance.
7 I bless the Lord who gives me counsel;
in
the night also my heart instructs me.[d]
8 I have set the Lord always before me;
because
he is at my right hand, I shall not be shaken.
9 Therefore my heart is glad,
and my whole being[e] rejoices;
my
flesh also dwells secure.
10 For you will not abandon my soul to Sheol,
or
let your holy one see corruption.[f]
11 You make known to me the path
of life;
in
your presence there is fullness of joy;
at
your right hand are pleasures forevermore.
Footnotes
- Psalm 16:1 Probably
a musical or liturgical term
- Psalm 16:3 Or To
the saints in the land, the excellent in whom is all my delight, I say:
- Psalm 16:4 Or who
acquire
- Psalm 16:7 Hebrew my
kidneys instruct me
- Psalm 16:9 Hebrew my
glory
- Psalm 16:10 Or see
the pit
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