THEINC-HIM DAILY BIBLE MEDITATION: June 5

Thursday, October 22, 2009

June 5

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

JUNE 5

PSALMS: 5

PROVERBS: 5, 35, 65, 95, 125

OLD TESTAMENT

JOB 16:1 - 19:29

NEW TESTAMENT

1 CORITHIANS 16:1 - 24

PSALMS: 5

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

1Give ear to my words, O LORD,

consider my sighing.

2Listen to my cry for help,

my King and my God,

for to you I pray.

3In the morning, O LORD, you hear my voice;

in the morning I lay my requests before you

and wait in expectation.

4You are not a God who takes pleasure in evil;

with you the wicked cannot dwell.

5The arrogant cannot stand in your presence;

you hate all who do wrong.

6You destroy those who tell lies;

bloodthirsty and deceitful men

the LORD abhors.

7But I, by your great mercy,

will come into your house;

in reverence will I bow down

toward your holy temple.

8Lead me, O LORD, in your righteousness

because of my enemies--

make straight your way before me. [1]

9Not a word from their mouth can be trusted;

their heart is filled with destruction.

Their throat is an open grave;

with their tongue they speak deceit.

10Declare them guilty, O God!

Let their intrigues be their downfall.

Banish them for their many sins,

for they have rebelled against you.

11But let all who take refuge in you be glad;

let them ever sing for joy.

Spread your protection over them,

that those who love your name may rejoice in you.

12For surely, O LORD, you bless the righteous;

you surround them with your favor as with a shield. [2]

PSALMS: 35

Of David.

1Contend, O LORD, with those who contend with me;

fight against those who fight against me.

2Take up shield and buckler;

arise and come to my aid.

3Brandish spear and javelinA

against those who pursue me.

Say to my soul,

"I am your salvation."

4May those who seek my life

be disgraced and put to shame;

may those who plot my ruin

be turned back in dismay.

5May they be like chaff before the wind,

with the angel of the LORD driving them away;

6may their path be dark and slippery,

with the angel of the LORD pursuing them.

7Since they hid their net for me without cause

and without cause dug a pit for me,

8may ruin overtake them by surprise--

may the net they hid entangle them,

may they fall into the pit, to their ruin.

9Then my soul will rejoice in the LORD

and delight in his salvation.

10My whole being will exclaim,

"Who is like you, O LORD?

You rescue the poor from those too strong for them,

the poor and needy from those who rob them."[3]

11Ruthless witnesses come forward;

they question me on things I know nothing about.

12They repay me evil for good

and leave my soul forlorn.

13Yet when they were ill, I put on sackcloth

and humbled myself with fasting.

When my prayers returned to me unanswered,

14I went about mourning

as though for my friend or brother.

I bowed my head in grief

as though weeping for my mother.

15But when I stumbled, they gathered in glee;

attackers gathered against me when I was unaware.

They slandered me without ceasing.

16Like the ungodly they maliciously mockedB;

they gnashed their teeth at me.

17O Lord, how long will you look on?

Rescue my life from their ravages,

my precious life from these lions.

18I will give you thanks in the great assembly;

among throngs of people I will praise you.

19Let not those gloat over me

who are my enemies without cause;

let not those who hate me without reason

maliciously wink the eye.

20They do not speak peaceably,

but devise false accusations

against those who live quietly in the land.

21They gape at me and say, "Aha! Aha!

With our own eyes we have seen it."[4]

22O LORD, you have seen this; be not silent.

Do not be far from me, O Lord.

23Awake, and rise to my defense!

Contend for me, my God and Lord.

24Vindicate me in your righteousness, O LORD my God;

do not let them gloat over me.

25Do not let them think, "Aha, just what we wanted!"

or say, "We have swallowed him up."

26May all who gloat over my distress

be put to shame and confusion;

may all who exalt themselves over me

be clothed with shame and disgrace.

27May those who delight in my vindication

shout for joy and gladness;

may they always say, "The LORD be exalted,

who delights in the well-being of his servant."

28My tongue will speak of your righteousness

and of your praises all day long. [5]

PSALMS: 65

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

1Praise awaitsA you, O God, in Zion;

to you our vows will be fulfilled.

2O you who hear prayer,

to you all men will come.

3When we were overwhelmed by sins,

you forgaveB our transgressions.

4Blessed are those you choose

and bring near to live in your courts!

We are filled with the good things of your house,

of your holy temple.

5You answer us with awesome deeds of righteousness,

O God our Savior,

the hope of all the ends of the earth

and of the farthest seas,

6who formed the mountains by your power,

having armed yourself with strength,

7who stilled the roaring of the seas,

the roaring of their waves,

and the turmoil of the nations.

8Those living far away fear your wonders;

where morning dawns and evening fades

you call forth songs of joy.

9You care for the land and water it;

you enrich it abundantly.

The streams of God are filled with water

to provide the people with grain, [6]

for so you have ordained it.C

10You drench its furrows

and level its ridges;

you soften it with showers

and bless its crops.

11You crown the year with your bounty,

and your carts overflow with abundance.

12The grasslands of the desert overflow;

the hills are clothed with gladness.

13The meadows are covered with flocks

and the valleys are mantled with grain;

they shout for joy and sing. [7]

PSALMS: 95

1Come, let us sing for joy to the LORD;

let us shout aloud to the Rock of our salvation.

2Let us come before him with thanksgiving

and extol him with music and song.

3For the LORD is the great God,

the great King above all gods.

4In his hand are the depths of the earth,

and the mountain peaks belong to him.

5The sea is his, for he made it,

and his hands formed the dry land.

6Come, let us bow down in worship,

let us kneel before the LORD our Maker;

7for he is our God

and we are the people of his pasture,

the flock under his care.

Today, if you hear his voice,

8do not harden your hearts as you did at Meribah,A

as you did that day at MassahB in the desert,

9where your fathers tested and tried me,

though they had seen what I did.

10For forty years I was angry with that generation;

I said, "They are a people whose hearts go astray,

and they have not known my ways."

11So I declared on oath in my anger,

"They shall never enter my rest." [8]

PSALMS: 125

A song of ascents.

1Those who trust in the LORD are like Mount Zion,

which cannot be shaken but endures forever.

2As the mountains surround Jerusalem,

so the LORD surrounds his people

both now and forevermore.

3The scepter of the wicked will not remain

over the land allotted to the righteous,

for then the righteous might use

their hands to do evil.

4Do good, O LORD, to those who are good,

to those who are upright in heart.

5But those who turn to crooked ways

the LORD will banish with the evildoers.

Peace be upon Israel. [9]

PROVERBS: 5

51 My son, pay attention to my wisdom,

listen well to my words of insight,

2that you may maintain discretion

and your lips may preserve knowledge.

3For the lips of an adulteress drip honey,

and her speech is smoother than oil;

4but in the end she is bitter as gall,

sharp as a double-edged sword.

5Her feet go down to death;

her steps lead straight to the grave.A

6She gives no thought to the way of life;

her paths are crooked, but she knows it not.

7Now then, my sons, listen to me;

do not turn aside from what I say.

8Keep to a path far from her,

do not go near the door of her house,

9lest you give your best strength to others

and your years to one who is cruel,

10lest strangers feast on your wealth

and your toil enrich another man's house.

11At the end of your life you will groan,

when your flesh and body are spent.

12You will say, "How I hated discipline!

How my heart spurned correction!

13I would not obey my teachers

or listen to my instructors.

14I have come to the brink of utter ruin

in the midst of the whole assembly."

15Drink water from your own cistern,

running water from your own well.

16Should your springs overflow in the streets,

your streams of water in the public squares?

17Let them be yours alone, [10]

never to be shared with strangers.

18May your fountain be blessed,

and may you rejoice in the wife of your youth.

19A loving doe, a graceful deer--

may her breasts satisfy you always,

may you ever be captivated by her love.

20Why be captivated, my son, by an adulteress?

Why embrace the bosom of another man's wife?

21For a man's ways are in full view of the LORD,

and he examines all his paths.

22The evil deeds of a wicked man ensnare him;

the cords of his sin hold him fast.

23He will die for lack of discipline,

led astray by his own great folly. [11]

OLD TESTAMENT

JOB 16:1 - 19:29

161Then Job replied:

2"I have heard many things like these;

miserable comforters are you all!

3Will your long-winded speeches never end?

What ails you that you keep on arguing?

4I also could speak like you,

if you were in my place;

I could make fine speeches against you

and shake my head at you.

5But my mouth would encourage you;

comfort from my lips would bring you relief.

6"Yet if I speak, my pain is not relieved;

and if I refrain, it does not go away.

7Surely, O God, you have worn me out;

you have devastated my entire household.

8You have bound me--and it has become a witness;

my gauntness rises up and testifies against me.

9God assails me and tears me in his anger

and gnashes his teeth at me;

my opponent fastens on me his piercing eyes.

10Men open their mouths to jeer at me;

they strike my cheek in scorn

and unite together against me. [12]

11God has turned me over to evil men

and thrown me into the clutches of the wicked.

12All was well with me, but he shattered me;

he seized me by the neck and crushed me.

He has made me his target;

13his archers surround me.

Without pity, he pierces my kidneys

and spills my gall on the ground.

14Again and again he bursts upon me;

he rushes at me like a warrior.

15"I have sewed sackcloth over my skin

and buried my brow in the dust.

16My face is red with weeping,

deep shadows ring my eyes;

17yet my hands have been free of violence

and my prayer is pure.

18"O earth, do not cover my blood;

may my cry never be laid to rest!

19Even now my witness is in heaven;

my advocate is on high.

20My intercessor is my friendA

as my eyes pour out tears to God;

21on behalf of a man he pleads with God

as a man pleads for his friend. [13]

22"Only a few years will pass

before I go on the journey of no return.

171 My spirit is broken,

my days are cut short,

the grave awaits me.

2Surely mockers surround me;

my eyes must dwell on their hostility.

3"Give me, O God, the pledge you demand.

Who else will put up security for me?

4You have closed their minds to understanding;

therefore you will not let them triumph.

5If a man denounces his friends for reward,

the eyes of his children will fail.

6"God has made me a byword to everyone,

a man in whose face people spit.

7My eyes have grown dim with grief;

my whole frame is but a shadow.

8Upright men are appalled at this;

the innocent are aroused against the ungodly.

9Nevertheless, the righteous will hold to their ways,

and those with clean hands will grow stronger. [14]

10"But come on, all of you, try again!

I will not find a wise man among you.

11My days have passed, my plans are shattered,

and so are the desires of my heart.

12These men turn night into day;

in the face of darkness they say, `Light is near.'

13If the only home I hope for is the grave,A

if I spread out my bed in darkness,

14if I say to corruption, `You are my father,'

and to the worm, `My mother' or `My sister,'

15where then is my hope?

Who can see any hope for me?

16Will it go down to the gates of deathB?

Will we descend together into the dust?"

181Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:

2"When will you end these speeches?

Be sensible, and then we can talk.

3Why are we regarded as cattle

and considered stupid in your sight?

4You who tear yourself to pieces in your anger, [15]

is the earth to be abandoned for your sake?

Or must the rocks be moved from their place?

5"The lamp of the wicked is snuffed out;

the flame of his fire stops burning.

6The light in his tent becomes dark;

the lamp beside him goes out.

7The vigor of his step is weakened;

his own schemes throw him down.

8His feet thrust him into a net

and he wanders into its mesh.

9A trap seizes him by the heel;

a snare holds him fast.

10A noose is hidden for him on the ground;

a trap lies in his path.

11Terrors startle him on every side

and dog his every step.

12Calamity is hungry for him;

disaster is ready for him when he falls.

13It eats away parts of his skin;

death's firstborn devours his limbs.

14He is torn from the security of his tent

and marched off to the king of terrors.

15Fire residesA in his tent; [16]

burning sulfur is scattered over his dwelling.

16His roots dry up below

and his branches wither above.

17The memory of him perishes from the earth;

he has no name in the land.

18He is driven from light into darkness

and is banished from the world.

19He has no offspring or descendants among his people,

no survivor where once he lived.

20Men of the west are appalled at his fate;

men of the east are seized with horror.

21Surely such is the dwelling of an evil man;

such is the place of one who knows not God."

191Then Job replied:

2"How long will you torment me

and crush me with words?

3Ten times now you have reproached me;

shamelessly you attack me.

4If it is true that I have gone astray,

my error remains my concern alone.

5If indeed you would exalt yourselves above me

and use my humiliation against me,

6then know that God has wronged me [17]

and drawn his net around me.

7"Though I cry, `I've been wronged!' I get no response;

though I call for help, there is no justice.

8He has blocked my way so I cannot pass;

he has shrouded my paths in darkness.

9He has stripped me of my honor

and removed the crown from my head.

10He tears me down on every side till I am gone;

he uproots my hope like a tree.

11His anger burns against me;

he counts me among his enemies.

12His troops advance in force;

they build a siege ramp against me

and encamp around my tent.

13"He has alienated my brothers from me;

my acquaintances are completely estranged from me.

14My kinsmen have gone away;

my friends have forgotten me.

15My guests and my maidservants count me a stranger;

they look upon me as an alien.

16I summon my servant, but he does not answer,

though I beg him with my own mouth.

17My breath is offensive to my wife;

I am loathsome to my own brothers.

18Even the little boys scorn me; [18]

and drawn his net around me.

19All my intimate friends detest me;

those I love have turned against me.

20I am nothing but skin and bones;

I have escaped with only the skin of my teeth.A

21"Have pity on me, my friends, have pity,

for the hand of God has struck me.

22Why do you pursue me as God does?

Will you never get enough of my flesh?

23"Oh, that my words were recorded,

that they were written on a scroll,

24that they were inscribed with an iron tool onB lead,

or engraved in rock forever!

25I know that my RedeemerC lives,

and that in the end he will stand upon the earth.D

26And after my skin has been destroyed,

yetE inF my flesh I will see God;

27I myself will see him

with my own eyes--I, and not another.

How my heart yearns within me!

28"If you say, `How we will hound him,

since the root of the trouble lies in him,G' [19]

29you should fear the sword yourselves;

for wrath will bring punishment by the sword,

and then you will know that there is judgment.H" [20]

NEW TESTAMENT

1 CORITHIANS 16:1 - 24

161Now about the collection for God's people: Do what I told the Galatian churches to do. 2On the first day of every week, each one of you should set aside a sum of money in keeping with his income, saving it up, so that when I come no collections will have to be made. 3Then, when I arrive, I will give letters of introduction to the men you approve and send them with your gift to Jerusalem. 4If it seems advisable for me to go also, they will accompany me.

5After I go through Macedonia, I will come to you--for I will be going through Macedonia. 6Perhaps I will stay with you awhile, or even spend the winter, so that you can help me on my journey, wherever I go. 7I do not want to see you now and make only a passing visit; I hope to spend some time with you, if the Lord permits. 8But I will stay on at Ephesus until Pentecost, 9because a great door for effective work has opened to me, and there are many who oppose me.

10If Timothy comes, see to it that he has nothing to fear while he is with you, for he is carrying on the work of the Lord, just as I am. 11No one, then, should refuse to accept him. Send him on his way in peace so that he may return to me. I am expecting him along with the brothers.

12Now about our brother Apollos: I strongly urged him to go to you with the brothers. He was quite unwilling to go now, but he will go when he has the opportunity.

13Be on your guard; stand firm in the faith; be men of courage; be strong. 14Do everything in love.

15You know that the household of Stephanas were the first converts in Achaia, and they have devoted themselves to the service of the saints. I urge you, brothers, 16to submit to such as these and to everyone who joins in the work, and labors at it. 17I was glad when Stephanas, Fortunatus and Achaicus arrived, because they have supplied what was lacking from you. 18For they refreshed my spirit and yours also. Such men deserve recognition.

19The churches in the province of Asia send you greetings. Aquila and PriscillaA greet you warmly in the Lord, and so does the church that meets at their house. 20All the brothers here send you greetings. Greet one another with a holy kiss.

21I, Paul, write this greeting in my own hand.

22If anyone does not love the Lord--a curse be on him. Come, O LordB!

23The grace of the Lord Jesus be with you.

24My love to all of you in Christ Jesus. Amen.C [21]

^{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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