THEINC-HIM DAILY BIBLE MEDITATION: Psalms and Proverbs: 4

Sunday, October 25, 2009

Psalms and Proverbs: 4

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

PSALMS: 4, 34, 64, 94, 124

PROVERBS: 4

PSALMS: 4

For the director of music. With stringed instruments. A psalm of David.

1Answer me when I call to you,

O my righteous God.

Give me relief from my distress;

be merciful to me and hear my prayer.

2How long, O men, will you turn my glory into shameA?

How long will you love delusions and seek false godsB?

Selah

3Know that the LORD has set apart the godly for himself;

the LORD will hear when I call to him.

4In your anger do not sin;

when you are on your beds,

search your hearts and be silent.

Selah

5Offer right sacrifices

and trust in the LORD.

6Many are asking, "Who can show us any good?"

Let the light of your face shine upon us, O LORD.

7You have filled my heart with greater joy

than when their grain and new wine abound.

8I will lie down and sleep in peace,

for you alone, O LORD,

make me dwell in safety. [1]

PSALMS: 34

Of David. When he pretended to be insane before Abimelech, who drove him away, and he left.

1IA will extol the LORD at all times;

his praise will always be on my lips.

2My soul will boast in the LORD;

let the afflicted hear and rejoice.

3Glorify the LORD with me;

let us exalt his name together.

4I sought the LORD, and he answered me;

he delivered me from all my fears.

5Those who look to him are radiant;

their faces are never covered with shame.

6This poor man called, and the LORD heard him;

he saved him out of all his troubles.

7The angel of the LORD encamps around those who fear him,

and he delivers them.

8Taste and see that the LORD is good;

blessed is the man who takes refuge in him.

9Fear the LORD, you his saints,

for those who fear him lack nothing.

10The lions may grow weak and hungry,

but those who seek the LORD lack no good thing.

11Come, my children, listen to me;

I will teach you the fear of the LORD.

12Whoever of you loves life

and desires to see many good days, [2]

13keep your tongue from evil

and your lips from speaking lies.

14Turn from evil and do good;

seek peace and pursue it.

15The eyes of the LORD are on the righteous

and his ears are attentive to their cry;

16the face of the LORD is against those who do evil,

to cut off the memory of them from the earth.

17The righteous cry out, and the LORD hears them;

he delivers them from all their troubles.

18The LORD is close to the brokenhearted

and saves those who are crushed in spirit.

19A righteous man may have many troubles,

but the LORD delivers him from them all;

20he protects all his bones,

not one of them will be broken.

21Evil will slay the wicked;

the foes of the righteous will be condemned.

22The LORD redeems his servants;

no one will be condemned who takes refuge in him. [3]

PSALMS: 64

For the director of music. A psalm of David.

1Hear me, O God, as I voice my complaint;

protect my life from the threat of the enemy.

2Hide me from the conspiracy of the wicked,

from that noisy crowd of evildoers.

3They sharpen their tongues like swords

and aim their words like deadly arrows.

4They shoot from ambush at the innocent man;

they shoot at him suddenly, without fear.

5They encourage each other in evil plans,

they talk about hiding their snares;

they say, "Who will see themA?"

6They plot injustice and say,

"We have devised a perfect plan!"

Surely the mind and heart of man are cunning.

7But God will shoot them with arrows;

suddenly they will be struck down.

8He will turn their own tongues against them

and bring them to ruin;

all who see them will shake their heads in scorn.

9All mankind will fear;

they will proclaim the works of God

and ponder what he has done.

10Let the righteous rejoice in the LORD

and take refuge in him;

let all the upright in heart praise him![4]

PSALMS: 94

1O LORD, the God who avenges,

O God who avenges, shine forth.

2Rise up, O Judge of the earth;

pay back to the proud what they deserve.

3How long will the wicked, O LORD,

how long will the wicked be jubilant?

4They pour out arrogant words;

all the evildoers are full of boasting.

5They crush your people, O LORD;

they oppress your inheritance.

6They slay the widow and the alien;

they murder the fatherless.

7They say, "The LORD does not see;

the God of Jacob pays no heed."

8Take heed, you senseless ones among the people;

you fools, when will you become wise?

9Does he who implanted the ear not hear?

Does he who formed the eye not see?

10Does he who disciplines nations not punish?

Does he who teaches man lack knowledge?

11The LORD knows the thoughts of man;

he knows that they are futile.

12Blessed is the man you discipline, O LORD,

the man you teach from your law;

13you grant him relief from days of trouble,

till a pit is dug for the wicked.

14For the LORD will not reject his people;

he will never forsake his inheritance.

15Judgment will again be founded on righteousness,

and all the upright in heart will follow it.[5]

16Who will rise up for me against the wicked?

Who will take a stand for me against evildoers?

17Unless the LORD had given me help,

I would soon have dwelt in the silence of death.

18When I said, "My foot is slipping,"

your love, O LORD, supported me.

19When anxiety was great within me,

your consolation brought joy to my soul.

20Can a corrupt throne be allied with you--

one that brings on misery by its decrees?

21They band together against the righteous

and condemn the innocent to death.

22But the LORD has become my fortress,

and my God the rock in whom I take refuge.

23He will repay them for their sins

and destroy them for their wickedness;

the LORD our God will destroy them. [6]

PSALMS: 124

A song of ascents. Of David.

1If the LORD had not been on our side--

let Israel say--

2if the LORD had not been on our side

when men attacked us,

3when their anger flared against us,

they would have swallowed us alive;

4the flood would have engulfed us,

the torrent would have swept over us,

5the raging waters

would have swept us away.

6Praise be to the LORD,

who has not let us be torn by their teeth.

7We have escaped like a bird

out of the fowler's snare;

the snare has been broken,

and we have escaped.

8Our help is in the name of the LORD,

the Maker of heaven and earth. [7]

PROVERBS: 4

41 Listen, my sons, to a father's instruction;

pay attention and gain understanding.

2I give you sound learning,

so do not forsake my teaching.

3When I was a boy in my father's house,

still tender, and an only child of my mother,

4he taught me and said,

"Lay hold of my words with all your heart;

keep my commands and you will live.

5Get wisdom, get understanding;

do not forget my words or swerve from them.

6Do not forsake wisdom, and she will protect you;

love her, and she will watch over you.

7Wisdom is supreme; therefore get wisdom.

Though it cost all you have,A get understanding.

8Esteem her, and she will exalt you;

embrace her, and she will honor you.

9She will set a garland of grace on your head

and present you with a crown of splendor."

10Listen, my son, accept what I say,

and the years of your life will be many.

11I guide you in the way of wisdom

and lead you along straight paths.

12When you walk, your steps will not be hampered;

when you run, you will not stumble.

13Hold on to instruction, do not let it go;

guard it well, for it is your life.

14Do not set foot on the path of the wicked

or walk in the way of evil men.

15Avoid it, do not travel on it;

turn from it and go on your way.

16For they cannot sleep till they do evil; [8]

they are robbed of slumber till they make someone fall.

17They eat the bread of wickedness

and drink the wine of violence.

18The path of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn,

shining ever brighter till the full light of day.

19But the way of the wicked is like deep darkness;

they do not know what makes them stumble.

20My son, pay attention to what I say;

listen closely to my words.

21Do not let them out of your sight,

keep them within your heart;

22for they are life to those who find them

and health to a man's whole body.

23Above all else, guard your heart,

for it is the wellspring of life.

24Put away perversity from your mouth;

keep corrupt talk far from your lips.

25Let your eyes look straight ahead,

fix your gaze directly before you.

26Make levelB paths for your feet

and take only ways that are firm.

27Do not swerve to the right or the left;

keep your foot from evil. [9]

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: 4

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