THEINC-HIM DAILY BIBLE MEDITATION: Psalms and Proverbs: 6

Sunday, October 25, 2009

Psalms and Proverbs: 6

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

PSALMS: 6, 36, 66, 96, 126

PROVERBS: 6

PSALMS: 6

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

1O LORD, do not rebuke me in your anger

or discipline me in your wrath.

2Be merciful to me, LORD, for I am faint;

O LORD, heal me, for my bones are in agony.

3My soul is in anguish.

How long, O LORD, how long?

4Turn, O LORD, and deliver me;

save me because of your unfailing love.

5No one remembers you when he is dead.

Who praises you from the graveB?

6I am worn out from groaning;

all night long I flood my bed with weeping

and drench my couch with tears.

7My eyes grow weak with sorrow;

they fail because of all my foes.

8Away from me, all you who do evil,

for the LORD has heard my weeping.

9The LORD has heard my cry for mercy;

the LORD accepts my prayer.

10All my enemies will be ashamed and dismayed;

they will turn back in sudden disgrace. [1]

PSALMS: 36

For the director of music. Of David the servant of the LORD.

1An oracle is within my heart

concerning the sinfulness of the wicked:A

There is no fear of God

before his eyes.

2For in his own eyes he flatters himself

too much to detect or hate his sin.

3The words of his mouth are wicked and deceitful;

he has ceased to be wise and to do good.

4Even on his bed he plots evil;

he commits himself to a sinful course

and does not reject what is wrong.

5Your love, O LORD, reaches to the heavens,

your faithfulness to the skies.

6Your righteousness is like the mighty mountains,

your justice like the great deep.

O LORD, you preserve both man and beast.

7How priceless is your unfailing love!

Both high and low among men

findB refuge in the shadow of your wings.

8They feast on the abundance of your house;

you give them drink from your river of delights.

9For with you is the fountain of life;

in your light we see light.

10Continue your love to those who know you,

your righteousness to the upright in heart.

11May the foot of the proud not come against me, [2]

nor the hand of the wicked drive me away.

12See how the evildoers lie fallen--

thrown down, not able to rise! [3]

PSALMS: 66

For the director of music. A song. A psalm.

1Shout with joy to God, all the earth!

2Sing the glory of his name;

make his praise glorious!

3Say to God, "How awesome are your deeds!

So great is your power

that your enemies cringe before you.

4All the earth bows down to you;

they sing praise to you,

they sing praise to your name."

Selah

5Come and see what God has done,

how awesome his works in man's behalf!

6He turned the sea into dry land,

they passed through the waters on foot--

come, let us rejoice in him.

7He rules forever by his power,

his eyes watch the nations--

let not the rebellious rise up against him.

Selah

8Praise our God, O peoples,

let the sound of his praise be heard;

9he has preserved our lives

and kept our feet from slipping.

10For you, O God, tested us;

you refined us like silver.

11You brought us into prison

and laid burdens on our backs.

12You let men ride over our heads; [4]

we went through fire and water,

but you brought us to a place of abundance.

13I will come to your temple with burnt offerings

and fulfill my vows to you--

14vows my lips promised and my mouth spoke

when I was in trouble.

15I will sacrifice fat animals to you

and an offering of rams;

I will offer bulls and goats.

Selah

16Come and listen, all you who fear God;

let me tell you what he has done for me.

17I cried out to him with my mouth;

his praise was on my tongue.

18If I had cherished sin in my heart,

the Lord would not have listened;

19but God has surely listened

and heard my voice in prayer.

20Praise be to God,

who has not rejected my prayer

or withheld his love from me! [5]

PSALMS: 96

1Sing to the LORD a new song;

sing to the LORD, all the earth.

2Sing to the LORD, praise his name;

proclaim his salvation day after day.

3Declare his glory among the nations,

his marvelous deeds among all peoples.

4For great is the LORD and most worthy of praise;

he is to be feared above all gods.

5For all the gods of the nations are idols,

but the LORD made the heavens.

6Splendor and majesty are before him;

strength and glory are in his sanctuary.

7Ascribe to the LORD, O families of nations,

ascribe to the LORD glory and strength.

8Ascribe to the LORD the glory due his name;

bring an offering and come into his courts.

9Worship the LORD in the splendor of hisA holiness;

tremble before him, all the earth.

10Say among the nations, "The LORD reigns."

The world is firmly established, it cannot be moved;

he will judge the peoples with equity.

11Let the heavens rejoice, let the earth be glad;

let the sea resound, and all that is in it;

12let the fields be jubilant, and everything in them.

Then all the trees of the forest will sing for joy;

13they will sing before the LORD, for he comes,

he comes to judge the earth.

He will judge the world in righteousness

and the peoples in his truth. [6]

PSALMS: 126

A song of ascents.

1When the LORD brought back the captives toA Zion,

we were like men who dreamed.B

2Our mouths were filled with laughter,

our tongues with songs of joy.

Then it was said among the nations,

"The LORD has done great things for them."

3The LORD has done great things for us,

and we are filled with joy.

4Restore our fortunes,C O LORD,

like streams in the Negev.

5Those who sow in tears

will reap with songs of joy.

6He who goes out weeping,

carrying seed to sow,

will return with songs of joy,

carrying sheaves with him. [7]

PROVERBS: 6

61 My son, if you have put up security for your neighbor,

if you have struck hands in pledge for another,

2if you have been trapped by what you said,

ensnared by the words of your mouth,

3then do this, my son, to free yourself,

since you have fallen into your neighbor's hands:

Go and humble yourself;

press your plea with your neighbor!

4Allow no sleep to your eyes,

no slumber to your eyelids.

5Free yourself, like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter,

like a bird from the snare of the fowler.

6Go to the ant, you sluggard;

consider its ways and be wise!

7It has no commander,

no overseer or ruler,

8yet it stores its provisions in summer

and gathers its food at harvest.

9How long will you lie there, you sluggard?

When will you get up from your sleep?

10A little sleep, a little slumber,

a little folding of the hands to rest--

11and poverty will come on you like a bandit

and scarcity like an armed man.A

12A scoundrel and villain,

who goes about with a corrupt mouth,

13 who winks with his eye,

signals with his feet

and motions with his fingers,

14 who plots evil with deceit in his heart--

he always stirs up dissension.

15Therefore disaster will overtake him in an instant; [8]

he will suddenly be destroyed--without remedy.

16There are six things the LORD hates,

seven that are detestable to him:

17haughty eyes,

a lying tongue,

hands that shed innocent blood,

18a heart that devises wicked schemes,

feet that are quick to rush into evil,

19a false witness who pours out lies

and a man who stirs up dissension among brothers.

20My son, keep your father's commands

and do not forsake your mother's teaching.

21Bind them upon your heart forever;

fasten them around your neck.

22When you walk, they will guide you;

when you sleep, they will watch over you;

when you awake, they will speak to you.

23For these commands are a lamp,

this teaching is a light,

and the corrections of discipline

are the way to life,

24keeping you from the immoral woman,

from the smooth tongue of the wayward wife.

25Do not lust in your heart after her beauty

or let her captivate you with her eyes,

26for the prostitute reduces you to a loaf of bread,

and the adulteress preys upon your very life.

27Can a man scoop fire into his lap

without his clothes being burned?

28Can a man walk on hot coals

without his feet being scorched?

29So is he who sleeps with another man's wife; [9]

no one who touches her will go unpunished.

30Men do not despise a thief if he steals

to satisfy his hunger when he is starving.

31Yet if he is caught, he must pay sevenfold,

though it costs him all the wealth of his house.

32But a man who commits adultery lacks judgment;

whoever does so destroys himself.

33Blows and disgrace are his lot,

and his shame will never be wiped away;

34for jealousy arouses a husband's fury,

and he will show no mercy when he takes revenge.

35He will not accept any compensation;

he will refuse the bribe, however great it is. [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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