THEINC-HIM DAILY BIBLE MEDITATION: Psalms and Proverbs: 20

Sunday, October 25, 2009

Psalms and Proverbs: 20

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

PSALMS: 20, 50, 80, 110, 140

PROVERBS: 20

PSALMS: 20

For the director of music. A psalm of David.

1May the LORD answer you when you are in distress;

may the name of the God of Jacob protect you.

2May he send you help from the sanctuary

and grant you support from Zion.

3May he remember all your sacrifices

and accept your burnt offerings.

Selah

4May he give you the desire of your heart

and make all your plans succeed.

5We will shout for joy when you are victorious

and will lift up our banners in the name of our God.

May the LORD grant all your requests.

6Now I know that the LORD saves his anointed;

he answers him from his holy heaven

with the saving power of his right hand.

7Some trust in chariots and some in horses,

but we trust in the name of the LORD our God.

8They are brought to their knees and fall,

but we rise up and stand firm.

9O LORD, save the king!

AnswerA us when we call! [1]

PSALMS: 50

A psalm of Asaph.

1The Mighty One, God, the LORD,

speaks and summons the earth

from the rising of the sun to the place where it sets.

2From Zion, perfect in beauty,

God shines forth.

3Our God comes and will not be silent;

a fire devours before him,

and around him a tempest rages.

4He summons the heavens above,

and the earth, that he may judge his people:

5"Gather to me my consecrated ones,

who made a covenant with me by sacrifice."

6And the heavens proclaim his righteousness,

for God himself is judge.

Selah

7"Hear, O my people, and I will speak,

O Israel, and I will testify against you:

I am God, your God.

8I do not rebuke you for your sacrifices

or your burnt offerings, which are ever before me.

9I have no need of a bull from your stall

or of goats from your pens,

10for every animal of the forest is mine,

and the cattle on a thousand hills.

11I know every bird in the mountains,

and the creatures of the field are mine.

12If I were hungry I would not tell you, [2]

for the world is mine, and all that is in it.

13Do I eat the flesh of bulls

or drink the blood of goats?

14Sacrifice thank offerings to God,

fulfill your vows to the Most High,

15and call upon me in the day of trouble;

I will deliver you, and you will honor me."

16But to the wicked, God says:

"What right have you to recite my laws

or take my covenant on your lips?

17You hate my instruction

and cast my words behind you.

18When you see a thief, you join with him;

you throw in your lot with adulterers.

19You use your mouth for evil

and harness your tongue to deceit.

20You speak continually against your brother

and slander your own mother's son.

21These things you have done and I kept silent;

you thought I was altogetherA like you.

But I will rebuke you

and accuse you to your face.

22"Consider this, you who forget God,

or I will tear you to pieces, with none to rescue:

23He who sacrifices thank offerings honors me,

and he prepares the way

so that I may show himB the salvation of God." [3]

PSALMS: 80

For the director of music. To the tune of "The Lilies of the Covenant." Of Asaph. A psalm.

1Hear us, O Shepherd of Israel,

you who lead Joseph like a flock;

you who sit enthroned between the cherubim, shine forth

2before Ephraim, Benjamin and Manasseh.

Awaken your might;

come and save us.

3Restore us, O God;

make your face shine upon us,

that we may be saved.

4O LORD God Almighty,

how long will your anger smolder

against the prayers of your people?

5You have fed them with the bread of tears;

you have made them drink tears by the bowlful.

6You have made us a source of contention to our neighbors,

and our enemies mock us.

7Restore us, O God Almighty;

make your face shine upon us,

that we may be saved.

8You brought a vine out of Egypt;

you drove out the nations and planted it.

9You cleared the ground for it,

and it took root and filled the land.

10The mountains were covered with its shade,

the mighty cedars with its branches. [4]

11It sent out its boughs to the Sea,A

its shoots as far as the River.B

12Why have you broken down its walls

so that all who pass by pick its grapes?

13Boars from the forest ravage it

and the creatures of the field feed on it.

14Return to us, O God Almighty!

Look down from heaven and see!

Watch over this vine,

15the root your right hand has planted,

the sonC you have raised up for yourself.

16Your vine is cut down, it is burned with fire;

at your rebuke your people perish.

17Let your hand rest on the man at your right hand,

the son of man you have raised up for yourself.

18Then we will not turn away from you;

revive us, and we will call on your name.

19Restore us, O LORD God Almighty;

make your face shine upon us,

that we may be saved. [5]

PSALMS: 110

Of David. A psalm.

1The LORD says to my Lord:

"Sit at my right hand

until I make your enemies

a footstool for your feet."

2The LORD will extend your mighty scepter from Zion;

you will rule in the midst of your enemies.

3Your troops will be willing

on your day of battle.

Arrayed in holy majesty,

from the womb of the dawn

you will receive the dew of your youth.A

4The LORD has sworn

and will not change his mind:

"You are a priest forever,

in the order of Melchizedek."

5The Lord is at your right hand;

he will crush kings on the day of his wrath.

6He will judge the nations, heaping up the dead

and crushing the rulers of the whole earth.

7He will drink from a brook beside the wayB;

therefore he will lift up his head. [6]

PSALMS: 140

For the director of music. A psalm of David.

1Rescue me, O LORD, from evil men;

protect me from men of violence,

2who devise evil plans in their hearts

and stir up war every day.

3They make their tongues as sharp as a serpent's;

the poison of vipers is on their lips.

Selah

4Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked;

protect me from men of violence

who plan to trip my feet.

5Proud men have hidden a snare for me;

they have spread out the cords of their net

and have set traps for me along my path.

Selah

6O LORD, I say to you, "You are my God."

Hear, O LORD, my cry for mercy.

7O Sovereign LORD, my strong deliverer,

who shields my head in the day of battle--

8do not grant the wicked their desires, O LORD;

do not let their plans succeed,

or they will become proud.

Selah

9Let the heads of those who surround me

be covered with the trouble their lips have caused.

10Let burning coals fall upon them;

may they be thrown into the fire,

into miry pits, never to rise. [7]

11Let slanderers not be established in the land;

may disaster hunt down men of violence.

12I know that the LORD secures justice for the poor

and upholds the cause of the needy.

13Surely the righteous will praise your name

and the upright will live before you. [8]

PROVERBS: 20

201 Wine is a mocker and beer a brawler;

whoever is led astray by them is not wise.

2A king's wrath is like the roar of a lion;

he who angers him forfeits his life.

3It is to a man's honor to avoid strife,

but every fool is quick to quarrel.

4A sluggard does not plow in season;

so at harvest time he looks but finds nothing.

5The purposes of a man's heart are deep waters,

but a man of understanding draws them out.

6Many a man claims to have unfailing love,

but a faithful man who can find?

7The righteous man leads a blameless life;

blessed are his children after him.

8When a king sits on his throne to judge,

he winnows out all evil with his eyes.

9Who can say, "I have kept my heart pure;

I am clean and without sin"?

10Differing weights and differing measures--

the LORD detests them both.

11Even a child is known by his actions,

by whether his conduct is pure and right. [9]

12Ears that hear and eyes that see--

the LORD has made them both.

13Do not love sleep or you will grow poor;

stay awake and you will have food to spare.

14"It's no good, it's no good!" says the buyer;

then off he goes and boasts about his purchase.

15Gold there is, and rubies in abundance,

but lips that speak knowledge are a rare jewel.

16Take the garment of one who puts up security for a stranger;

hold it in pledge if he does it for a wayward woman.

17Food gained by fraud tastes sweet to a man,

but he ends up with a mouth full of gravel.

18Make plans by seeking advice;

if you wage war, obtain guidance.

19A gossip betrays a confidence;

so avoid a man who talks too much.

20If a man curses his father or mother,

his lamp will be snuffed out in pitch darkness.

21An inheritance quickly gained at the beginning

will not be blessed at the end.

22Do not say, "I'll pay you back for this wrong!"

Wait for the LORD, and he will deliver you.[10]

23The LORD detests differing weights,

and dishonest scales do not please him.

24A man's steps are directed by the LORD.

How then can anyone understand his own way?

25It is a trap for a man to dedicate something rashly

and only later to consider his vows.

26A wise king winnows out the wicked;

he drives the threshing wheel over them.

27The lamp of the LORD searches the spirit of a manA;

it searches out his inmost being.

28Love and faithfulness keep a king safe;

through love his throne is made secure.

29The glory of young men is their strength,

gray hair the splendor of the old.

30Blows and wounds cleanse away evil,

and beatings purge the inmost being. [11]

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: 20

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