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Chapter of the day · Friday, October 23, 2026
Psalms 9
Israel's prayer book and hymnal — 150 songs covering the whole emotional range of faith, from despair to doxology. More of our pool comes from here than anywhere else.
1I will praise thee, O Lord, with my whole heart; I will shew forth all thy marvellous works. 2I will be glad and rejoice in thee: I will sing praise to thy name, O thou most High. 3When mine enemies are turned back, they shall fall and perish at thy presence. 4For thou hast maintained my right and my cause; thou satest in the throne judging right. 5Thou hast rebuked the heathen, thou hast destroyed the wicked, thou hast put out their name for ever and ever. 6O thou enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual end: and thou hast destroyed cities; their memorial is perished with them. 7But the Lord shall endure for ever: he hath prepared his throne for judgment. 8And he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness. 9The Lord also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble. 10And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for thou, Lord, hast not forsaken them that seek thee. 11Sing praises to the Lord, which dwelleth in Zion: declare among the people his doings. 12When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them: he forgetteth not the cry of the humble. 13Have mercy upon me, O Lord; consider my trouble which I suffer of them that hate me, thou that liftest me up from the gates of death: 14That I may shew forth all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion: I will rejoice in thy salvation. 15The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken. 16The Lord is known by the judgment which he executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah. 17The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God. 18For the needy shall not alway be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever. 19Arise, O Lord; let not man prevail: let the heathen be judged in thy sight. 20Put them in fear, O Lord: that the nations may know themselves to be but men. Selah.
Read-aloud for whole chapters uses your browser's voice; studio narration exists for the 305 maintained passages. Text: KJV / WEB / ASV; reuse terms vary by translation and territory. Not sure which book to open? Draw a random book first →
How It Works
Pick a scope
The whole Bible, a testament, a genre like the Gospels or the Prophets — or one single book you have been meaning to explore.
Draw a chapter
Your browser picks uniformly at random from 1,189 chapters. The chapter of the day is already showing when you arrive.
Read, then continue
Switch translations, listen, copy the text, or keep going with Prev and Next — the page remembers where you stopped.
What Each Scope Contains
Why Read a Whole Chapter?
This site exists because a single verse is a good doorway — but chapters are where the Bible actually lives. A verse generator can hand you "Be still, and know that I am God"; only the chapter around it tells you that the line sits inside a war Psalm, addressed to people whose walls were shaking. Context is not decoration on meaning; much of the time it is the meaning.
There is a second, quieter reason: serendipity reaches places intention never would. Left to ourselves we reread the Gospels and Philippians and never open Haggai. A random draw sends you into the wilderness chapters — the genealogies, the minor prophets, the back half of Leviticus — and some of those turn out to be the day's surprise gift. When a chapter contains a verse from our curated pool of 305, we highlight it and link it, so a familiar friend can appear inside unfamiliar territory.
Our honest position, same as everywhere on this site: the draw is a doorway, not a message. We do not believe the chapter that appears is "God's answer" to your day — we believe reading whole chapters, even random ones, is simply good for you. If one grips you, the best next step is the Next button: keep reading the book in order. Randomness is for discovery; sequence is for depth.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is reading a random chapter a good way to read the Bible?
It is a good way to discover parts of the Bible you would never pick yourself, and a poor way to read it exclusively. A chapter keeps its own context — unlike an isolated verse — but books still build on each other, so the best pattern is mixed: draw randomly to explore, then keep reading that book in order. Our verdict, stated plainly: random is for discovery, sequence is for depth.
How does the random chapter generator work?
Uniformly at random over all 1,189 chapters of the 66-book Protestant canon, or over whichever of the 9 scopes you select — the Old or New Testament, the Gospels, Psalms and Wisdom, Paul's letters, the Prophets, the history books, the Law, or any single book. The draw happens in your browser; nothing is sent to a server.
What is the chapter of the day?
One chapter chosen from the calendar date shown in the reader. It is displayed when the page loads, with no button press required. Readers in different time zones can cross into a new date at different moments.
Which translations are available?
Three public-domain translations: the King James Version (KJV), the World English Bible (WEB), and the American Standard Version (ASV). Whole-chapter audio uses your browser's read-aloud voice; studio narration exists for the 305 curated verses on the home page.
Can I read chapters in order instead of randomly?
Yes. The Prev and Next buttons walk the whole Bible in canonical order — Genesis 1 to Revelation 22 and back around — and the page quietly remembers where you stopped, so you can resume next visit. Many readers draw randomly to find a book, then continue through it in order.
How is this different from the random verse generator?
The home page draws one verse from a hand-picked pool of 305 passages; this page draws a whole chapter from the complete Bible. Verses are for a quiet minute; chapters are for real reading. If a highlighted verse in your chapter looks familiar, it is one of our curated 305 — click it for the note, prayer, and context tools.
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