THEINC-HIM DAILY BIBLE MEDITATION: Psalms and Proverbs: 2

Sunday, October 25, 2009

Psalms and Proverbs: 2

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

PSALMS: 2, 32, 62, 92, 122

PROVERBS: 2

PSALMS: 2

1Why do the nations conspireA

and the peoples plot in vain?

2The kings of the earth take their stand

and the rulers gather together

against the LORD

and against his Anointed One.B

3"Let us break their chains," they say,

"and throw off their fetters."

4The One enthroned in heaven laughs;

the Lord scoffs at them.

5Then he rebukes them in his anger

and terrifies them in his wrath, saying,

6"I have installed my KingC

on Zion, my holy hill."

7I will proclaim the decree of the LORD:

He said to me, "You are my SonD;

today I have become your Father.E

8Ask of me,

and I will make the nations your inheritance,

the ends of the earth your possession.

9You will rule them with an iron scepterF;

you will dash them to pieces like pottery."

10Therefore, you kings, be wise;

be warned, you rulers of the earth.

11Serve the LORD with fear

and rejoice with trembling.

12Kiss the Son, lest he be angry

and you be destroyed in your way,

for his wrath can flare up in a moment.

Blessed are all who take refuge in him. [1]

PSALMS: 32

Of David. A maskil.A

1Blessed is he

whose transgressions are forgiven,

whose sins are covered.

2Blessed is the man

whose sin the LORD does not count against him

and in whose spirit is no deceit.

3When I kept silent,

my bones wasted away

through my groaning all day long.

4For day and night

your hand was heavy upon me;

my strength was sapped

as in the heat of summer.

Selah

5Then I acknowledged my sin to you

and did not cover up my iniquity.

I said, "I will confess

my transgressions to the LORD"--

and you forgave

the guilt of my sin.

Selah

6Therefore let everyone who is godly pray to you

while you may be found;

surely when the mighty waters rise,

they will not reach him.

7You are my hiding place; [2]

you will protect me from trouble

and surround me with songs of deliverance.

Selah

8I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go;

I will counsel you and watch over you.

9Do not be like the horse or the mule,

which have no understanding

but must be controlled by bit and bridle

or they will not come to you.

10Many are the woes of the wicked,

but the LORD's unfailing love

surrounds the man who trusts in him.

11Rejoice in the LORD and be glad, you righteous;

sing, all you who are upright in heart! [3]

PSALMS: 62

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

1My soul finds rest in God alone;

my salvation comes from him.

2He alone is my rock and my salvation;

he is my fortress, I will never be shaken.

3How long will you assault a man?

Would all of you throw him down--

this leaning wall, this tottering fence?

4They fully intend to topple him

from his lofty place;

they take delight in lies.

With their mouths they bless,

but in their hearts they curse.

Selah

5Find rest, O my soul, in God alone;

my hope comes from him.

6He alone is my rock and my salvation;

he is my fortress, I will not be shaken.

7My salvation and my honor depend on GodA;

he is my mighty rock, my refuge.

8Trust in him at all times, O people;

pour out your hearts to him,

for God is our refuge.

Selah

9Lowborn men are but a breath, [4]

the highborn are but a lie;

if weighed on a balance, they are nothing;

together they are only a breath.

10Do not trust in extortion

or take pride in stolen goods;

though your riches increase,

do not set your heart on them.

11One thing God has spoken,

two things have I heard:

that you, O God, are strong,

12and that you, O Lord, are loving.

Surely you will reward each person

according to what he has done. [5]

PSALMS: 92

A psalm. A song. For the Sabbath day.

1It is good to praise the LORD

and make music to your name, O Most High,

2to proclaim your love in the morning

and your faithfulness at night,

3to the music of the ten-stringed lyre

and the melody of the harp.

4For you make me glad by your deeds, O LORD;

I sing for joy at the works of your hands.

5How great are your works, O LORD,

how profound your thoughts!

6The senseless man does not know,

fools do not understand,

7that though the wicked spring up like grass

and all evildoers flourish,

they will be forever destroyed.

8But you, O LORD, are exalted forever.

9For surely your enemies, O LORD,

surely your enemies will perish;

all evildoers will be scattered.

10You have exalted my hornA like that of a wild ox;

fine oils have been poured upon me.

11My eyes have seen the defeat of my adversaries;

my ears have heard the rout of my wicked foes.

12The righteous will flourish like a palm tree,

they will grow like a cedar of Lebanon;

13planted in the house of the LORD, [6]they will flourish in the courts of our God.

14They will still bear fruit in old age,

they will stay fresh and green,

15proclaiming, "The LORD is upright;

he is my Rock, and there is no wickedness in him." [7]

PSALMS: 122

A song of ascents. Of David.

1I rejoiced with those who said to me,

"Let us go to the house of the LORD."

2Our feet are standing

in your gates, O Jerusalem.

3Jerusalem is built like a city

that is closely compacted together.

4That is where the tribes go up,

the tribes of the LORD,

to praise the name of the LORD

according to the statute given to Israel.

5There the thrones for judgment stand,

the thrones of the house of David.

6Pray for the peace of Jerusalem:

"May those who love you be secure.

7May there be peace within your walls

and security within your citadels."

8For the sake of my brothers and friends,

I will say, "Peace be within you."

9For the sake of the house of the LORD our God,

I will seek your prosperity. [8]

PROVERBS: 2

21 My son, if you accept my words

and store up my commands within you,

2turning your ear to wisdom

and applying your heart to understanding,

3and if you call out for insight

and cry aloud for understanding,

4and if you look for it as for silver

and search for it as for hidden treasure,

5then you will understand the fear of the LORD

and find the knowledge of God.

6For the LORD gives wisdom,

and from his mouth come knowledge and understanding.

7He holds victory in store for the upright,

he is a shield to those whose walk is blameless,

8for he guards the course of the just

and protects the way of his faithful ones.

9Then you will understand what is right and just

and fair--every good path.

10For wisdom will enter your heart,

and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul.

11Discretion will protect you,

and understanding will guard you.

12Wisdom will save you from the ways of wicked men,

from men whose words are perverse,

13who leave the straight paths

to walk in dark ways,

14who delight in doing wrong

and rejoice in the perverseness of evil,

15whose paths are crooked

and who are devious in their ways.

16It will save you also from the adulteress,

from the wayward wife with her seductive words [9]

17who has left the partner of her youth

and ignored the covenant she made before God.A

18For her house leads down to death

and her paths to the spirits of the dead.

19None who go to her return

or attain the paths of life.

20Thus you will walk in the ways of good men

and keep to the paths of the righteous.

21For the upright will live in the land,

and the blameless will remain in it;

22but the wicked will be cut off from the land,

and the unfaithful will be torn from it. [10]

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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Psalms and Proverbs: 2

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