THEINC-HIM DAILY BIBLE MEDITATION: Psalms and Proverbs: 26

Sunday, October 25, 2009

Psalms and Proverbs: 26

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

PSALMS: 26, 56, 86, 116, 146

PROVERBS: 26

PSALMS: 26

Of David.

1Vindicate me, O LORD,

for I have led a blameless life;

I have trusted in the LORD

without wavering.

2Test me, O LORD, and try me,

examine my heart and my mind;

3for your love is ever before me,

and I walk continually in your truth.

4I do not sit with deceitful men,

nor do I consort with hypocrites;

5I abhor the assembly of evildoers

and refuse to sit with the wicked.

6I wash my hands in innocence,

and go about your altar, O LORD,

7proclaiming aloud your praise

and telling of all your wonderful deeds.

8I love the house where you live, O LORD,

the place where your glory dwells.

9Do not take away my soul along with sinners,

my life with bloodthirsty men,

10in whose hands are wicked schemes,

whose right hands are full of bribes.

11But I lead a blameless life;

redeem me and be merciful to me.

12My feet stand on level ground;

in the great assembly I will praise the LORD. [1]

PSALMS: 56

For the director of music. To the tune of "A Dove on Distant Oaks." Of David. A miktam.A When the Philistines had seized him in Gath.

1Be merciful to me, O God, for men hotly pursue me;

all day long they press their attack.

2My slanderers pursue me all day long;

many are attacking me in their pride.

3When I am afraid,

I will trust in you.

4In God, whose word I praise,

in God I trust; I will not be afraid.

What can mortal man do to me?

5All day long they twist my words;

they are always plotting to harm me.

6They conspire, they lurk,

they watch my steps,

eager to take my life.

7On no account let them escape;

in your anger, O God, bring down the nations.

8Record my lament;

list my tears on your scrollB--

are they not in your record?

9Then my enemies will turn back

when I call for help.

By this I will know that God is for me.

10In God, whose word I praise,

in the LORD, whose word I praise--

11in God I trust; I will not be afraid.

What can man do to me? [2]

12I am under vows to you, O God;

I will present my thank offerings to you.

13For you have delivered meC from death

and my feet from stumbling,

that I may walk before God

in the light of life.D [3]

PSALMS: 86

A prayer of David.

1Hear, O LORD, and answer me,

for I am poor and needy.

2Guard my life, for I am devoted to you.

You are my God; save your servant

who trusts in you.

3Have mercy on me, O Lord,

for I call to you all day long.

4Bring joy to your servant,

for to you, O Lord,

I lift up my soul.

5You are forgiving and good, O Lord,

abounding in love to all who call to you.

6Hear my prayer, O LORD;

listen to my cry for mercy.

7In the day of my trouble I will call to you,

for you will answer me.

8Among the gods there is none like you, O Lord;

no deeds can compare with yours.

9All the nations you have made

will come and worship before you, O Lord;

they will bring glory to your name.

10For you are great and do marvelous deeds;

you alone are God.[4]

11Teach me your way, O LORD,

and I will walk in your truth;

give me an undivided heart,

that I may fear your name.

12I will praise you, O Lord my God, with all my heart;

I will glorify your name forever.

13For great is your love toward me;

you have delivered me from the depths of the grave.A

14The arrogant are attacking me, O God;

a band of ruthless men seeks my life--

men without regard for you.

15But you, O Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God,

slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness.

16Turn to me and have mercy on me;

grant your strength to your servant

and save the son of your maidservant.B

17Give me a sign of your goodness,

that my enemies may see it and be put to shame,

for you, O LORD, have helped me and comforted me. [5]

PSALMS: 116

1I love the LORD, for he heard my voice;

he heard my cry for mercy.

2Because he turned his ear to me,

I will call on him as long as I live.

3The cords of death entangled me,

the anguish of the graveA came upon me;

I was overcome by trouble and sorrow.

4Then I called on the name of the LORD:

"O LORD, save me!"

5The LORD is gracious and righteous;

our God is full of compassion.

6The LORD protects the simplehearted;

when I was in great need, he saved me.

7Be at rest once more, O my soul,

for the LORD has been good to you.

8For you, O LORD, have delivered my soul from death,

my eyes from tears,

my feet from stumbling,

9that I may walk before the LORD

in the land of the living.

10I believed; thereforeB I said,

"I am greatly afflicted."

11And in my dismay I said,

"All men are liars."

12How can I repay the LORD

for all his goodness to me?

13I will lift up the cup of salvation

and call on the name of the LORD.

14I will fulfill my vows to the LORD

in the presence of all his people. [6]

15Precious in the sight of the LORD

is the death of his saints.

16O LORD, truly I am your servant;

I am your servant, the son of your maidservantC;

you have freed me from my chains.

17I will sacrifice a thank offering to you

and call on the name of the LORD.

18I will fulfill my vows to the LORD

in the presence of all his people,

19in the courts of the house of the LORD--

in your midst, O Jerusalem.

Praise the LORD.D [7]

PSALMS: 146

1Praise the LORD.A

Praise the LORD, O my soul.

2I will praise the LORD all my life;

I will sing praise to my God as long as I live.

3Do not put your trust in princes,

in mortal men, who cannot save.

4When their spirit departs, they return to the ground;

on that very day their plans come to nothing.

5Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob,

whose hope is in the LORD his God,

6the Maker of heaven and earth,

the sea, and everything in them--

the LORD, who remains faithful forever.

7He upholds the cause of the oppressed

and gives food to the hungry.

The LORD sets prisoners free,

8the LORD gives sight to the blind,

the LORD lifts up those who are bowed down,

the LORD loves the righteous.

9The LORD watches over the alien

and sustains the fatherless and the widow,

but he frustrates the ways of the wicked.

10The LORD reigns forever,

your God, O Zion, for all generations.

Praise the LORD. [8]

PROVERBS: 26

261 Like snow in summer or rain in harvest,

honor is not fitting for a fool.

2Like a fluttering sparrow or a darting swallow,

an undeserved curse does not come to rest.

3A whip for the horse, a halter for the donkey,

and a rod for the backs of fools!

4Do not answer a fool according to his folly,

or you will be like him yourself.

5Answer a fool according to his folly,

or he will be wise in his own eyes.

6Like cutting off one's feet or drinking violence

is the sending of a message by the hand of a fool.

7Like a lame man's legs that hang limp

is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.

8Like tying a stone in a sling

is the giving of honor to a fool.

9Like a thornbush in a drunkard's hand

is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.

10Like an archer who wounds at random

is he who hires a fool or any passer-by.

11As a dog returns to its vomit,

so a fool repeats his folly.

[9]12Do you see a man wise in his own eyes?

There is more hope for a fool than for him.

13The sluggard says, "There is a lion in the road,

a fierce lion roaming the streets!"

14As a door turns on its hinges,

so a sluggard turns on his bed.

15The sluggard buries his hand in the dish;

he is too lazy to bring it back to his mouth.

16The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes

than seven men who answer discreetly.

17Like one who seizes a dog by the ears

is a passer-by who meddles in a quarrel not his own.

18Like a madman shooting

firebrands or deadly arrows

19is a man who deceives his neighbor

and says, "I was only joking!"

20Without wood a fire goes out;

without gossip a quarrel dies down.

21As charcoal to embers and as wood to fire,

so is a quarrelsome man for kindling strife. [10]

22The words of a gossip are like choice morsels;

they go down to a man's inmost parts.

23Like a coating of glazeA over earthenware

are fervent lips with an evil heart.

24A malicious man disguises himself with his lips,

but in his heart he harbors deceit.

25Though his speech is charming, do not believe him,

for seven abominations fill his heart.

26His malice may be concealed by deception,

but his wickedness will be exposed in the assembly.

27If a man digs a pit, he will fall into it;

if a man rolls a stone, it will roll back on him.

28A lying tongue hates those it hurts,

and a flattering mouth works ruin. [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: 26

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