THEINC-HIM DAILY BIBLE MEDITATION: Psalms and Proverbs: 8

Sunday, October 25, 2009

Psalms and Proverbs: 8

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

PSALMS: 8, 38, 68, 98, 128

PROVERBS: 8

PSALMS: 8

For the director of music. According to gittith.A A psalm of David.

1O LORD, our Lord,

how majestic is your name in all the earth!

You have set your glory

above the heavens.

2From the lips of children and infants

you have ordained praiseB

because of your enemies,

to silence the foe and the avenger.

3When I consider your heavens,

the work of your fingers,

the moon and the stars,

which you have set in place,

4what is man that you are mindful of him,

the son of man that you care for him?

5You made him a little lower than the heavenly beingsC

and crowned him with glory and honor.

6You made him ruler over the works of your hands;

you put everything under his feet:

7all flocks and herds,

and the beasts of the field,

8the birds of the air,

and the fish of the sea,

all that swim the paths of the seas. [1]

9O LORD, our Lord,

how majestic is your name in all the earth! [2]

PSALMS: 38

A psalm of David. A petition.

1O LORD, do not rebuke me in your anger

or discipline me in your wrath.

2For your arrows have pierced me,

and your hand has come down upon me.

3Because of your wrath there is no health in my body;

my bones have no soundness because of my sin.

4My guilt has overwhelmed me

like a burden too heavy to bear.

5My wounds fester and are loathsome

because of my sinful folly.

6I am bowed down and brought very low;

all day long I go about mourning.

7My back is filled with searing pain;

there is no health in my body.

8I am feeble and utterly crushed;

I groan in anguish of heart.

9All my longings lie open before you, O Lord;

my sighing is not hidden from you.

10My heart pounds, my strength fails me;

even the light has gone from my eyes.

11My friends and companions avoid me because of my wounds;

my neighbors stay far away.

12Those who seek my life set their traps,

those who would harm me talk of my ruin;

all day long they plot deception. [3]

13I am like a deaf man, who cannot hear,

like a mute, who cannot open his mouth;

14I have become like a man who does not hear,

whose mouth can offer no reply.

15I wait for you, O LORD;

you will answer, O Lord my God.

16For I said, "Do not let them gloat

or exalt themselves over me when my foot slips."

17For I am about to fall,

and my pain is ever with me.

18I confess my iniquity;

I am troubled by my sin.

19Many are those who are my vigorous enemies;

those who hate me without reason are numerous.

20Those who repay my good with evil

slander me when I pursue what is good.

21O LORD, do not forsake me;

be not far from me, O my God.

22Come quickly to help me,

O Lord my Savior. [4]

PSALMS: 68

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

1May God arise, may his enemies be scattered;

may his foes flee before him.

2As smoke is blown away by the wind,

may you blow them away;

as wax melts before the fire,

may the wicked perish before God.

3But may the righteous be glad

and rejoice before God;

may they be happy and joyful.

4Sing to God, sing praise to his name,

extol him who rides on the cloudsA--

his name is the LORD--

and rejoice before him.

5A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows,

is God in his holy dwelling.

6God sets the lonely in families,B

he leads forth the prisoners with singing;

but the rebellious live in a sun-scorched land.

7When you went out before your people, O God,

when you marched through the wasteland,

Selah

8the earth shook,

the heavens poured down rain,

before God, the One of Sinai,

before God, the God of Israel.

9You gave abundant showers, O God;

you refreshed your weary inheritance. [5]

10Your people settled in it,

and from your bounty, O God, you provided for the poor.

11The Lord announced the word,

and great was the company of those who proclaimed it:

12"Kings and armies flee in haste;

in the camps men divide the plunder.

13Even while you sleep among the campfires,C

the wings of my dove are sheathed with silver,

its feathers with shining gold."

14When the AlmightyD scattered the kings in the land,

it was like snow fallen on Zalmon.

15The mountains of Bashan are majestic mountains;

rugged are the mountains of Bashan.

16Why gaze in envy, O rugged mountains,

at the mountain where God chooses to reign,

where the LORD himself will dwell forever?

17The chariots of God are tens of thousands

and thousands of thousands;

the Lord has come from Sinai into his sanctuary.

18When you ascended on high,

you led captives in your train;

you received gifts from men,

even fromE the rebellious--

that you,F O LORD God, might dwell there.

19Praise be to the Lord, to God our Savior,

who daily bears our burdens.

Selah

20Our God is a God who saves;

from the Sovereign LORD comes escape from death. [6]

21Surely God will crush the heads of his enemies,

the hairy crowns of those who go on in their sins.

22The Lord says, "I will bring them from Bashan;

I will bring them from the depths of the sea,

23that you may plunge your feet in the blood of your foes,

while the tongues of your dogs have their share."

24Your procession has come into view, O God,

the procession of my God and King into the sanctuary.

25In front are the singers, after them the musicians;

with them are the maidens playing tambourines.

26Praise God in the great congregation;

praise the LORD in the assembly of Israel.

27There is the little tribe of Benjamin, leading them,

there the great throng of Judah's princes,

and there the princes of Zebulun and of Naphtali.

28Summon your power, O GodG;

show us your strength, O God, as you have done before.

29Because of your temple at Jerusalem

kings will bring you gifts.

30Rebuke the beast among the reeds,

the herd of bulls among the calves of the nations.

Humbled, may it bring bars of silver.

Scatter the nations who delight in war.

31Envoys will come from Egypt;

CushH will submit herself to God.

32Sing to God, O kingdoms of the earth,

sing praise to the Lord,

Selah [7]

33to him who rides the ancient skies above,

who thunders with mighty voice.

34Proclaim the power of God,

whose majesty is over Israel,

whose power is in the skies.

35You are awesome, O God, in your sanctuary;

the God of Israel gives power and strength to his people.

Praise be to God! [8]

PSALMS: 98

A psalm.

1Sing to the LORD a new song,

for he has done marvelous things;

his right hand and his holy arm

have worked salvation for him.

2The LORD has made his salvation known

and revealed his righteousness to the nations.

3He has remembered his love

and his faithfulness to the house of Israel;

all the ends of the earth have seen

the salvation of our God.

4Shout for joy to the LORD, all the earth,

burst into jubilant song with music;

5make music to the LORD with the harp,

with the harp and the sound of singing,

6with trumpets and the blast of the ram's horn--

shout for joy before the LORD, the King.

7Let the sea resound, and everything in it,

the world, and all who live in it.

8Let the rivers clap their hands,

let the mountains sing together for joy;

9let them sing before the LORD,

for he comes to judge the earth.

He will judge the world in righteousness

and the peoples with equity. [9]

PSALMS: 128

A song of ascents.

1Blessed are all who fear the LORD,

who walk in his ways.

2You will eat the fruit of your labor;

blessings and prosperity will be yours.

3Your wife will be like a fruitful vine

within your house;

your sons will be like olive shoots

around your table.

4Thus is the man blessed

who fears the LORD.

5May the LORD bless you from Zion

all the days of your life;

may you see the prosperity of Jerusalem,

6and may you live to see your children's children.

Peace be upon Israel. [10]

PROVERBS: 8

81 Does not wisdom call out?

Does not understanding raise her voice?

2On the heights along the way,

where the paths meet, she takes her stand;

3beside the gates leading into the city,

at the entrances, she cries aloud:

4"To you, O men, I call out;

I raise my voice to all mankind.

5You who are simple, gain prudence;

you who are foolish, gain understanding.

6Listen, for I have worthy things to say;

I open my lips to speak what is right.

7My mouth speaks what is true,

for my lips detest wickedness.

8All the words of my mouth are just;

none of them is crooked or perverse.

9To the discerning all of them are right;

they are faultless to those who have knowledge.

10Choose my instruction instead of silver,

knowledge rather than choice gold,

11for wisdom is more precious than rubies,

and nothing you desire can compare with her.

12"I, wisdom, dwell together with prudence;

I possess knowledge and discretion.

13To fear the LORD is to hate evil;

I hate pride and arrogance,

evil behavior and perverse speech.

14Counsel and sound judgment are mine;

I have understanding and power.

15By me kings reign

and rulers make laws that are just;

16by me princes govern, [11]

and all nobles who rule on earth.A

17I love those who love me,

and those who seek me find me.

18With me are riches and honor,

enduring wealth and prosperity.

19My fruit is better than fine gold;

what I yield surpasses choice silver.

20I walk in the way of righteousness,

along the paths of justice,

21bestowing wealth on those who love me

and making their treasuries full.

22"The LORD brought me forth as the first of his works,BC

before his deeds of old;

23I was appointedD from eternity,

from the beginning, before the world began.

24When there were no oceans, I was given birth,

when there were no springs abounding with water;

25before the mountains were settled in place,

before the hills, I was given birth,

26before he made the earth or its fields

or any of the dust of the world.

27I was there when he set the heavens in place,

when he marked out the horizon on the face of the deep,

28when he established the clouds above

and fixed securely the fountains of the deep,

29when he gave the sea its boundary

so the waters would not overstep his command,

and when he marked out the foundations of the earth.

30 Then I was the craftsman at his side.

I was filled with delight day after day,

rejoicing always in his presence,

31rejoicing in his whole world

and delighting in mankind. [12]

32"Now then, my sons, listen to me;

blessed are those who keep my ways.

33Listen to my instruction and be wise;

do not ignore it.

34Blessed is the man who listens to me,

watching daily at my doors,

waiting at my doorway.

35For whoever finds me finds life

and receives favor from the LORD.

36But whoever fails to find me harms himself;

all who hate me love death." [13]

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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