THEINC-HIM DAILY BIBLE MEDITATION: Psalms and Proverbs: 23

Sunday, October 25, 2009

Psalms and Proverbs: 23

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

PSALMS: 23, 53, 83, 113, 143

PROVERBS: 23

PSALMS: 23

A psalm of David.

1The LORD is my shepherd, I shall not be in want.

2He makes me lie down in green pastures,

he leads me beside quiet waters,

3he restores my soul.

He guides me in paths of righteousness

for his name's sake.

4Even though I walk

through the valley of the shadow of death,A

I will fear no evil,

for you are with me;

your rod and your staff,

they comfort me.

5You prepare a table before me

in the presence of my enemies.

You anoint my head with oil;

my cup overflows.

6Surely goodness and love will follow me

all the days of my life,

and I will dwell in the house of the LORD

forever. [1]

PSALMS: 53

For the director of music. According to mahalath.A A maskilB of David.

1The fool says in his heart,

"There is no God."

They are corrupt, and their ways are vile;

there is no one who does good.

2God looks down from heaven

on the sons of men

to see if there are any who understand,

any who seek God.

3Everyone has turned away,

they have together become corrupt;

there is no one who does good,

not even one.

4Will the evildoers never learn--

those who devour my people as men eat bread

and who do not call on God?

5There they were, overwhelmed with dread,

where there was nothing to dread.

God scattered the bones of those who attacked you;

you put them to shame, for God despised them.

6Oh, that salvation for Israel would come out of Zion!

When God restores the fortunes of his people,

let Jacob rejoice and Israel be glad! [2]

PSALMS: 83

A song. A psalm of Asaph.

1O God, do not keep silent;

be not quiet, O God, be not still.

2See how your enemies are astir,

how your foes rear their heads.

3With cunning they conspire against your people;

they plot against those you cherish.

4"Come," they say, "let us destroy them as a nation,

that the name of Israel be remembered no more."

5With one mind they plot together;

they form an alliance against you--

6the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites,

of Moab and the Hagrites,

7Gebal,A Ammon and Amalek,

Philistia, with the people of Tyre.

8Even Assyria has joined them

to lend strength to the descendants of Lot.

Selah

9Do to them as you did to Midian,

as you did to Sisera and Jabin at the river Kishon,

10who perished at Endor

and became like refuse on the ground.

11Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb,

all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna,

12who said, "Let us take possession

of the pasturelands of God." [3]

13Make them like tumbleweed, O my God,

like chaff before the wind.

14As fire consumes the forest

or a flame sets the mountains ablaze,

15so pursue them with your tempest

and terrify them with your storm.

16Cover their faces with shame

so that men will seek your name, O LORD.

17May they ever be ashamed and dismayed;

may they perish in disgrace.

18Let them know that you, whose name is the LORD--

that you alone are the Most High over all the earth. [4]

PSALMS: 113

1Praise the LORD.A

Praise, O servants of the LORD,

praise the name of the LORD.

2Let the name of the LORD be praised,

both now and forevermore.

3From the rising of the sun to the place where it sets,

the name of the LORD is to be praised.

4The LORD is exalted over all the nations,

his glory above the heavens.

5Who is like the LORD our God,

the One who sits enthroned on high,

6who stoops down to look

on the heavens and the earth?

7He raises the poor from the dust

and lifts the needy from the ash heap;

8he seats them with princes,

with the princes of their people.

9He settles the barren woman in her home

as a happy mother of children.

Praise the LORD. [5]

PSALMS: 143

A psalm of David.

1O LORD, hear my prayer,

listen to my cry for mercy;

in your faithfulness and righteousness

come to my relief.

2Do not bring your servant into judgment,

for no one living is righteous before you.

3The enemy pursues me,

he crushes me to the ground;

he makes me dwell in darkness

like those long dead.

4So my spirit grows faint within me;

my heart within me is dismayed.

5I remember the days of long ago;

I meditate on all your works

and consider what your hands have done.

6I spread out my hands to you;

my soul thirsts for you like a parched land.

Selah

7Answer me quickly, O LORD;

my spirit fails.

Do not hide your face from me

or I will be like those who go down to the pit.

8Let the morning bring me word of your unfailing love,

for I have put my trust in you.

Show me the way I should go,

for to you I lift up my soul.

9Rescue me from my enemies, O LORD, [6]

for I hide myself in you.

10Teach me to do your will,

for you are my God;

may your good Spirit

lead me on level ground.

11For your name's sake, O LORD, preserve my life;

in your righteousness, bring me out of trouble.

12In your unfailing love, silence my enemies;

destroy all my foes,

for I am your servant. [7]

PROVERBS: 23

231 When you sit to dine with a ruler,

note well whatA is before you,

2and put a knife to your throat

if you are given to gluttony.

3Do not crave his delicacies,

for that food is deceptive.

4Do not wear yourself out to get rich;

have the wisdom to show restraint.

5Cast but a glance at riches, and they are gone,

for they will surely sprout wings

and fly off to the sky like an eagle.

6Do not eat the food of a stingy man,

do not crave his delicacies;

7for he is the kind of man

who is always thinking about the cost.B

"Eat and drink," he says to you,

but his heart is not with you.

8You will vomit up the little you have eaten

and will have wasted your compliments.

9Do not speak to a fool,

for he will scorn the wisdom of your words.

10Do not move an ancient boundary stone

or encroach on the fields of the fatherless,

11for their Defender is strong;

he will take up their case against you.

12Apply your heart to instruction

and your ears to words of knowledge. [8]

13Do not withhold discipline from a child;

if you punish him with the rod, he will not die.

14Punish him with the rod

and save his soul from death.C

15My son, if your heart is wise,

then my heart will be glad;

16my inmost being will rejoice

when your lips speak what is right.

17Do not let your heart envy sinners,

but always be zealous for the fear of the LORD.

18There is surely a future hope for you,

and your hope will not be cut off.

19Listen, my son, and be wise,

and keep your heart on the right path.

20Do not join those who drink too much wine

or gorge themselves on meat,

21for drunkards and gluttons become poor,

and drowsiness clothes them in rags.

22Listen to your father, who gave you life,

and do not despise your mother when she is old.

23Buy the truth and do not sell it;

get wisdom, discipline and understanding.

24The father of a righteous man has great joy;

he who has a wise son delights in him.

25May your father and mother be glad;

may she who gave you birth rejoice! [9]

26My son, give me your heart

and let your eyes keep to my ways,

27for a prostitute is a deep pit

and a wayward wife is a narrow well.

28Like a bandit she lies in wait,

and multiplies the unfaithful among men.

29Who has woe? Who has sorrow?

Who has strife? Who has complaints?

Who has needless bruises? Who has bloodshot eyes?

30Those who linger over wine,

who go to sample bowls of mixed wine.

31Do not gaze at wine when it is red,

when it sparkles in the cup,

when it goes down smoothly!

32In the end it bites like a snake

and poisons like a viper.

33Your eyes will see strange sights

and your mind imagine confusing things.

34You will be like one sleeping on the high seas,

lying on top of the rigging. [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: 23

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