THEINC-HIM DAILY BIBLE MEDITATION: April 19

Saturday, October 24, 2009

April 19

Genesis 1:1 1In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

APRIL 19

PSALMS: 19, 49, 79, 109, 139

PROVERBS: 19

OLD TESTAMENT

1 CHRONICLES 7:1 - 8:40

NEW TESTAMENT

ACTS 27:1 - 20

PSALMS: 19

For the director of music. A psalm of David.

1The heavens declare the glory of God;

the skies proclaim the work of his hands.

2Day after day they pour forth speech;

night after night they display knowledge.

3There is no speech or language

where their voice is not heard.A

4Their voiceB goes out into all the earth,

their words to the ends of the world.

In the heavens he has pitched a tent for the sun,

5which is like a bridegroom coming forth from his pavilion,

like a champion rejoicing to run his course.

6It rises at one end of the heavens

and makes its circuit to the other;

nothing is hidden from its heat.

7The law of the LORD is perfect,

reviving the soul.

The statutes of the LORD are trustworthy,

making wise the simple.

8The precepts of the LORD are right,

giving joy to the heart.

The commands of the LORD are radiant,

giving light to the eyes.

9The fear of the LORD is pure,

enduring forever.

The ordinances of the LORD are sure

and altogether righteous. [1]

10They are more precious than gold,

than much pure gold;

they are sweeter than honey,

than honey from the comb.

11By them is your servant warned;

in keeping them there is great reward.

12Who can discern his errors?

Forgive my hidden faults.

13Keep your servant also from willful sins;

may they not rule over me.

Then will I be blameless,

innocent of great transgression.

14May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart

be pleasing in your sight,

O LORD, my Rock and my Redeemer. [2]

PSALMS: 49

For the director of music. Of the Sons of Korah. A psalm.

1Hear this, all you peoples;

listen, all who live in this world,

2both low and high,

rich and poor alike:

3My mouth will speak words of wisdom;

the utterance from my heart will give understanding.

4I will turn my ear to a proverb;

with the harp I will expound my riddle:

5Why should I fear when evil days come,

when wicked deceivers surround me--

6those who trust in their wealth

and boast of their great riches?

7No man can redeem the life of another

or give to God a ransom for him--

8the ransom for a life is costly,

no payment is ever enough--

9that he should live on forever

and not see decay.

10For all can see that wise men die;

the foolish and the senseless alike perish

and leave their wealth to others.

11Their tombs will remain their housesA forever,

their dwellings for endless generations,

though they hadB named lands after themselves. [3]

12But man, despite his riches, does not endure;

he isC like the beasts that perish.

13This is the fate of those who trust in themselves,

and of their followers, who approve their sayings.

Selah

14Like sheep they are destined for the grave,D

and death will feed on them.

The upright will rule over them in the morning;

their forms will decay in the grave,E

far from their princely mansions.

15But God will redeem my lifeF from the grave;

he will surely take me to himself.

Selah

16Do not be overawed when a man grows rich,

when the splendor of his house increases;

17for he will take nothing with him when he dies,

his splendor will not descend with him.

18Though while he lived he counted himself blessed--

and men praise you when you prosper--

19he will join the generation of his fathers,

who will never see the light of life.

20A man who has riches without understanding

is like the beasts that perish. [4]

PSALMS: 79

A psalm of Asaph.

1O God, the nations have invaded your inheritance;

they have defiled your holy temple,

they have reduced Jerusalem to rubble.

2They have given the dead bodies of your servants

as food to the birds of the air,

the flesh of your saints to the beasts of the earth.

3They have poured out blood like water

all around Jerusalem,

and there is no one to bury the dead.

4We are objects of reproach to our neighbors,

of scorn and derision to those around us.

5How long, O LORD? Will you be angry forever?

How long will your jealousy burn like fire?

6Pour out your wrath on the nations

that do not acknowledge you,

on the kingdoms

that do not call on your name;

7for they have devoured Jacob

and destroyed his homeland.

8Do not hold against us the sins of the fathers;

may your mercy come quickly to meet us,

for we are in desperate need.

9Help us, O God our Savior,

for the glory of your name;

deliver us and forgive our sins

for your name's sake.

10Why should the nations say,

"Where is their God?" [5]

Before our eyes, make known among the nations

that you avenge the outpoured blood of your servants.

11May the groans of the prisoners come before you;

by the strength of your arm

preserve those condemned to die.

12Pay back into the laps of our neighbors seven times

the reproach they have hurled at you, O Lord.

13Then we your people, the sheep of your pasture,

will praise you forever;

from generation to generation

we will recount your praise. [6]

PSALMS: 109

For the director of music. Of David. A psalm.

1O God, whom I praise,

do not remain silent,

2for wicked and deceitful men

have opened their mouths against me;

they have spoken against me with lying tongues.

3With words of hatred they surround me;

they attack me without cause.

4In return for my friendship they accuse me,

but I am a man of prayer.

5They repay me evil for good,

and hatred for my friendship.

6AppointA an evil manB to oppose him;

let an accuserC stand at his right hand.

7When he is tried, let him be found guilty,

and may his prayers condemn him.

8May his days be few;

may another take his place of leadership.

9May his children be fatherless

and his wife a widow.

10May his children be wandering beggars;

may they be drivenD from their ruined homes.

11May a creditor seize all he has;

may strangers plunder the fruits of his labor.

12May no one extend kindness to him

or take pity on his fatherless children.

13May his descendants be cut off, [7]

their names blotted out from the next generation.

14May the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the LORD;

may the sin of his mother never be blotted out.

15May their sins always remain before the LORD,

that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth.

16For he never thought of doing a kindness,

but hounded to death the poor

and the needy and the brokenhearted.

17He loved to pronounce a curse--

may itE come on him;

he found no pleasure in blessing--

may it beF far from him.

18He wore cursing as his garment;

it entered into his body like water,

into his bones like oil.

19May it be like a cloak wrapped about him,

like a belt tied forever around him.

20May this be the LORD's payment to my accusers,

to those who speak evil of me.

21But you, O Sovereign LORD,

deal well with me for your name's sake;

out of the goodness of your love, deliver me.

22For I am poor and needy,

and my heart is wounded within me.

23I fade away like an evening shadow;

I am shaken off like a locust.

24My knees give way from fasting;

my body is thin and gaunt.

25I am an object of scorn to my accusers;

when they see me, they shake their heads. [8]

26Help me, O LORD my God;

save me in accordance with your love.

27Let them know that it is your hand,

that you, O LORD, have done it.

28They may curse, but you will bless;

when they attack they will be put to shame,

but your servant will rejoice.

29My accusers will be clothed with disgrace

and wrapped in shame as in a cloak.

30With my mouth I will greatly extol the LORD;

in the great throng I will praise him.

31For he stands at the right hand of the needy one,

to save his life from those who condemn him. [9]

PSALMS: 139

For the director of music. Of David. A psalm.

1O LORD, you have searched me

and you know me.

2You know when I sit and when I rise;

you perceive my thoughts from afar.

3You discern my going out and my lying down;

you are familiar with all my ways.

4Before a word is on my tongue

you know it completely, O LORD.

5You hem me in--behind and before;

you have laid your hand upon me.

6Such knowledge is too wonderful for me,

too lofty for me to attain.

7Where can I go from your Spirit?

Where can I flee from your presence?

8If I go up to the heavens, you are there;

if I make my bed in the depths,A you are there.

9If I rise on the wings of the dawn,

if I settle on the far side of the sea,

10even there your hand will guide me,

your right hand will hold me fast.

11If I say, "Surely the darkness will hide me

and the light become night around me,"

12even the darkness will not be dark to you;

the night will shine like the day,

for darkness is as light to you. [10]

13For you created my inmost being;

you knit me together in my mother's womb.

14I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;

your works are wonderful,

I know that full well.

15My frame was not hidden from you

when I was made in the secret place.

When I was woven together in the depths of the earth,

16your eyes saw my unformed body.

All the days ordained for me

were written in your book

before one of them came to be.

17How precious toB me are your thoughts, O God!

How vast is the sum of them!

18Were I to count them,

they would outnumber the grains of sand.

When I awake,

I am still with you.

19If only you would slay the wicked, O God!

Away from me, you bloodthirsty men!

20They speak of you with evil intent;

your adversaries misuse your name.

21Do I not hate those who hate you, O LORD,

and abhor those who rise up against you?

22I have nothing but hatred for them;

I count them my enemies.

23Search me, O God, and know my heart;

test me and know my anxious thoughts.

24See if there is any offensive way in me,

and lead me in the way everlasting. [11]

PROVERBS: 19

191 Better a poor man whose walk is blameless

than a fool whose lips are perverse.

2It is not good to have zeal without knowledge,

nor to be hasty and miss the way.

3A man's own folly ruins his life,

yet his heart rages against the LORD.

4Wealth brings many friends,

but a poor man's friend deserts him.

5A false witness will not go unpunished,

and he who pours out lies will not go free.

6Many curry favor with a ruler,

and everyone is the friend of a man who gives gifts.

7A poor man is shunned by all his relatives--

how much more do his friends avoid him!

Though he pursues them with pleading,

they are nowhere to be found.A

8He who gets wisdom loves his own soul;

he who cherishes understanding prospers.

9A false witness will not go unpunished,

and he who pours out lies will perish.

10It is not fitting for a fool to live in luxury--

how much worse for a slave to rule over princes!

11A man's wisdom gives him patience;

it is to his glory to overlook an offense. [12]

12A king's rage is like the roar of a lion,

but his favor is like dew on the grass.

13A foolish son is his father's ruin,

and a quarrelsome wife is like a constant dripping.

14Houses and wealth are inherited from parents,

but a prudent wife is from the LORD.

15Laziness brings on deep sleep,

and the shiftless man goes hungry.

16He who obeys instructions guards his life,

but he who is contemptuous of his ways will die.

17He who is kind to the poor lends to the LORD,

and he will reward him for what he has done.

18Discipline your son, for in that there is hope;

do not be a willing party to his death.

19A hot-tempered man must pay the penalty;

if you rescue him, you will have to do it again.

20Listen to advice and accept instruction,

and in the end you will be wise.

21Many are the plans in a man's heart,

but it is the LORD's purpose that prevails.

22What a man desires is unfailing loveB;

better to be poor than a liar. [13]

23The fear of the LORD leads to life:

Then one rests content, untouched by trouble.

24The sluggard buries his hand in the dish;

he will not even bring it back to his mouth!

25Flog a mocker, and the simple will learn prudence;

rebuke a discerning man, and he will gain knowledge.

26He who robs his father and drives out his mother

is a son who brings shame and disgrace.

27Stop listening to instruction, my son,

and you will stray from the words of knowledge.

28A corrupt witness mocks at justice,

and the mouth of the wicked gulps down evil.

29Penalties are prepared for mockers,

and beatings for the backs of fools. [14]

OLD TESTAMENT

1 CHRONICLES 7:1 - 8:40

71The sons of Issachar:

Tola, Puah, Jashub and Shimron--four in all.

2The sons of Tola:

Uzzi, Rephaiah, Jeriel, Jahmai, Ibsam and Samuel--heads of their families. During the reign of David, the descendants of Tola listed as fighting men in their genealogy numbered 22,600.

3The son of Uzzi:

Izrahiah.

The sons of Izrahiah:

Michael, Obadiah, Joel and Isshiah. All five of them were chiefs. 4According to their family genealogy, they had 36,000 men ready for battle, for they had many wives and children.

5The relatives who were fighting men belonging to all the clans of Issachar, as listed in their genealogy, were 87,000 in all.

6Three sons of Benjamin:

Bela, Beker and Jediael.

7The sons of Bela:

Ezbon, Uzzi, Uzziel, Jerimoth and Iri, heads of families--five in all. Their genealogical record listed 22,034 fighting men.

8The sons of Beker:

Zemirah, Joash, Eliezer, Elioenai, Omri, Jeremoth, Abijah, Anathoth and Alemeth. All these were the sons of Beker. 9Their genealogical record listed the heads of families and 20,200 fighting men.

10The son of Jediael:

Bilhan.

The sons of Bilhan:

Jeush, Benjamin, Ehud, Kenaanah, Zethan, Tarshish and Ahishahar. 11All these sons of Jediael were heads of families. There were 17,200 fighting men ready to go out to war.

12The Shuppites and Huppites were the descendants of Ir, and the Hushites the descendants of Aher.

13The sons of Naphtali: [15]

Jahziel, Guni, Jezer and ShillemA--the descendants of Bilhah.

14The descendants of Manasseh:

Asriel was his descendant through his Aramean concubine. She gave birth to Makir the father of Gilead. 15Makir took a wife from among the Huppites and Shuppites. His sister's name was Maacah.

Another descendant was named Zelophehad, who had only daughters.

16Makir's wife Maacah gave birth to a son and named him Peresh. His brother was named Sheresh, and his sons were Ulam and Rakem.

17The son of Ulam:

Bedan.

These were the sons of Gilead son of Makir, the son of Manasseh. 18His sister Hammoleketh gave birth to Ishhod, Abiezer and Mahlah.

19The sons of Shemida were:

Ahian, Shechem, Likhi and Aniam.

20The descendants of Ephraim:

Shuthelah, Bered his son,

Tahath his son, Eleadah his son,

Tahath his son, 21Zabad his son

and Shuthelah his son.

Ezer and Elead were killed by the native-born men of Gath, when they went down to seize their livestock. 22Their father Ephraim mourned for them many days, and his relatives came to comfort him. 23Then he lay with his wife again, and she became pregnant and gave birth to a son. He named him Beriah,B because there had been misfortune in his family. 24His daughter was Sheerah, who built Lower and Upper Beth Horon as well as Uzzen Sheerah.

25Rephah was his son, Resheph his son,C

Telah his son, Tahan his son,

26Ladan his son, Ammihud his son, [16]

Elishama his son, 27Nun his son

and Joshua his son.

28Their lands and settlements included Bethel and its surrounding villages, Naaran to the east, Gezer and its villages to the west, and Shechem and its villages all the way to Ayyah and its villages. 29Along the borders of Manasseh were Beth Shan, Taanach, Megiddo and Dor, together with their villages. The descendants of Joseph son of Israel lived in these towns.

30The sons of Asher:

Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi and Beriah. Their sister was Serah.

31The sons of Beriah:

Heber and Malkiel, who was the father of Birzaith.

32Heber was the father of Japhlet, Shomer and Hotham and of their sister Shua.

33The sons of Japhlet:

Pasach, Bimhal and Ashvath.

These were Japhlet's sons.

34The sons of Shomer:

Ahi, Rohgah,D Hubbah and Aram.

35The sons of his brother Helem:

Zophah, Imna, Shelesh and Amal.

36The sons of Zophah:

Suah, Harnepher, Shual, Beri, Imrah, 37Bezer, Hod, Shamma, Shilshah, IthranE and Beera.

38The sons of Jether:

Jephunneh, Pispah and Ara.

39The sons of Ulla:

Arah, Hanniel and Rizia.

40All these were descendants of Asher--heads of families, choice men, brave warriors and outstanding leaders. The number of men ready for battle, as listed in their genealogy, was 26,000. [17]

NEW TESTAMENT

ACTS 27:1 - 20

271When it was decided that we would sail for Italy, Paul and some other prisoners were handed over to a centurion named Julius, who belonged to the Imperial Regiment. 2We boarded a ship from Adramyttium about to sail for ports along the coast of the province of Asia, and we put out to sea. Aristarchus, a Macedonian from Thessalonica, was with us.

3The next day we landed at Sidon; and Julius, in kindness to Paul, allowed him to go to his friends so they might provide for his needs. 4From there we put out to sea again and passed to the lee of Cyprus because the winds were against us. 5When we had sailed across the open sea off the coast of Cilicia and Pamphylia, we landed at Myra in Lycia. 6There the centurion found an Alexandrian ship sailing for Italy and put us on board. 7We made slow headway for many days and had difficulty arriving off Cnidus. When the wind did not allow us to hold our course, we sailed to the lee of Crete, opposite Salmone. 8We moved along the coast with difficulty and came to a place called Fair Havens, near the town of Lasea.

9Much time had been lost, and sailing had already become dangerous because by now it was after the Fast.A So Paul warned them, 10"Men, I can see that our voyage is going to be disastrous and bring great loss to ship and cargo, and to our own lives also." 11But the centurion, instead of listening to what Paul said, followed the advice of the pilot and of the owner of the ship. 12Since the harbor was unsuitable to winter in, the majority decided that we should sail on, hoping to reach Phoenix and winter there. This was a harbor in Crete, facing both southwest and northwest.

13When a gentle south wind began to blow, they thought they had obtained what they wanted; so they weighed anchor and sailed along the shore of Crete. 14Before very long, a wind of hurricane force, called the "northeaster," swept down from the island. 15The ship was caught by the storm and could not head into the wind; so we gave way to it and were driven along. 16As we passed to the lee of a small island called Cauda, we were hardly able to make the lifeboat secure. 17When the men had hoisted it aboard, they passed ropes under the ship itself to hold it together. Fearing that they would run aground on the sandbars of Syrtis, they lowered the sea anchor and let the ship be driven along. 18We took such a violent battering from the storm that the next day they began to throw the cargo overboard. 19On the third day, they threw the ship's tackle overboard with their own hands. 20When neither sun nor stars appeared for many days and the storm continued raging, we finally gave up all hope of being saved.

^{John 3:16-21 16}"For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son,^F that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. ¹⁷For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. ¹⁸Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because he has not believed in the name of God's one and only Son.^G ¹⁹This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but men loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil. ²⁰Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that his deeds will be exposed. ²¹But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that it may be seen plainly that what he has done has been done through God."^H

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