AUGUST
22
PSALMS: 22, 52, 82, 112, 142
PROVERBS: 22
OLD TESTAMENT: EZEKIEL 23:1 - 49
NEW TESTAMENT: HEBREWS 10:18 - 39
PSALMS: 22
For
the director of music. To the tune of "The Doe of the Morning." A
psalm of David.
1
My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?
Why
are you so far from saving me,
so
far from the words of my groaning?
2
O my God, I cry out by day, but you do not answer,
by
night, and am not silent.
3
Yet you are enthroned as the Holy One;
you
are the praise of Israel. A
4
In you our fathers put their trust;
they
trusted and you delivered them.
5
They cried to you and were saved;
in
you they trusted and were not disappointed.
6
But I am a worm and not a man,
scorned
by men and despised by the people.
7
All who see me mock me;
they
hurl insults, shaking their heads:
8
"He trusts in the LORD;
let
the LORD rescue him.
Let
him deliver him,
since
he delights in him."
9
Yet you brought me out of the womb;
you
made me trust in you
even
at my mother's breast.
10
From birth I was cast upon you;
from
my mother's womb you have been my God. [1]
11
Do not be far from me,
for
trouble is near
and
there is no one to help.
12
Many bulls surround me;
strong
bulls of Bashan encircle me.
13
Roaring lions tearing their prey
open
their mouths wide against me.
14
I am poured out like water,
and
all my bones are out of joint.
My
heart has turned to wax;
it
has melted away within me.
15
My strength is dried up like a potsherd,
and
my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth;
you
lay me B in the dust of death.
16
Dogs have surrounded me;
a
band of evil men has encircled me,
they
have pierced C my hands and my feet.
17
I can count all my bones;
people
stare and gloat over me.
18
They divide my garments among them
and
cast lots for my clothing.
19
But you, O LORD, be not far off;
O
my Strength, come quickly to help me.
20
Deliver my life from the sword,
my
precious life from the power of the dogs.
21
Rescue me from the mouth of the lions;
saveD
me from the horns of the wild oxen.
22
I will declare your name to my brothers;
in
the congregation I will praise you.
23
You who fear the LORD, praise him!
All
you descendants of Jacob, honor him! [2]
Revere
him, all you descendants of Israel!
24
For he has not despised or disdained
the
suffering of the afflicted one;
he
has not hidden his face from him
but
has listened to his cry for help.
25
From you comes the theme of my praise in the great
assembly;
before
those who fear you E will I fulfill my vows.
26
The poor will eat and be satisfied;
they
who seek the LORD will praise him--
may
your hearts live forever!
27
All the ends of the earth
will
remember and turn to the LORD,
and
all the families of the nations
will
bow down before him,
28
for dominion belongs to the LORD
and
he rules over the nations.
29
All the rich of the earth will feast and worship;
all
who go down to the dust will kneel before him--
those
who cannot keep themselves alive.
30
Posterity will serve him;
future
generations will be told about the Lord.
31
They will proclaim his righteousness
to
a people yet unborn--
for
he has done it. [3]
PSALMS: 52
For
the director of music. A maskil A of David. When Doeg the
Edomite had gone to Saul and told him: "David has gone to the house of
Ahimelech."
1
Why do you boast of evil, you mighty man?
Why
do you boast all day long,
you
who are a disgrace in the eyes of God?
2
Your tongue plots destruction;
it
is like a sharpened razor,
you
who practice deceit.
3 You
love evil rather than good,
falsehood
rather than speaking the truth.
Selah
4
You love every harmful word,
O
you deceitful tongue!
5
Surely God will bring you down to everlasting ruin:
He
will snatch you up and tear you from your tent;
he
will uproot you from the land of the living.
Selah
6
The righteous will see and fear;
they
will laugh at him, saying,
7
"Here now is the man
who
did not make God his stronghold
but
trusted in his great wealth
and
grew strong by destroying others!"
8
But I am like an olive tree
flourishing
in the house of God;
I
trust in God's unfailing love
for
ever and ever.
9
I will praise you forever for what you have done; [4]
in
your name I will hope, for your name is good.
I
will praise you in the presence of your saints. [5]
PSALMS: 82
A
psalm of Asaph.
1
God presides in the great assembly;
he
gives judgment among the "gods":
2
"How long will you A defend the unjust
and show partiality to the wicked?
Selah
3
Defend the cause of the weak and
fatherless;
maintain the rights of the poor and oppressed.
4 Rescue the
weak and needy;
deliver them from the hand of the wicked.
5
"They know nothing,
they understand nothing.
They walk about in darkness;
all the foundations of the earth are shaken.
6
"I said, `You are
"gods";
you are all sons of the Most High.'
7 But you
will die like mere men;
you will fall like every other ruler."
8 Rise up, O
God, judge the earth,
for all the nations are your inheritance. [6]
PSALMS: 112
1
Praise A the LORD. B
Blessed
is the man who fears the LORD,
who
finds great delight in his commands.
2
His children will be mighty in the land;
the
generation of the upright will be blessed.
3
Wealth and riches are in his house,
and
his righteousness endures forever.
4
Even in darkness light dawns for the upright,
for
the gracious and compassionate and righteous man. C
5
Good will come to him who is generous and lends
freely,
who
conducts his affairs with justice.
6
Surely he will never be shaken;
a
righteous man will be remembered forever.
7
He will have no fear of bad news;
his
heart is steadfast, trusting in the LORD.
8
His heart is secure, he will have no fear;
in
the end he will look in triumph on his foes.
9
He has scattered abroad his gifts to the poor,
his
righteousness endures forever;
his
horn D will be lifted high in honor.
10
The wicked man will see and be vexed,
he
will gnash his teeth and waste away;
the
longings of the wicked will come to nothing. [7]
PSALMS: 142
A
maskil A of David. When he was in the cave. A prayer.
1
I cry aloud to the LORD;
I
lift up my voice to the LORD for mercy.
2
I pour out my complaint before him;
before
him I tell my trouble.
3
When my spirit grows faint within me,
it
is you who know my way.
In
the path where I walk
men
have hidden a snare for me.
4
Look to my right and see;
no
one is concerned for me.
I
have no refuge;
no
one cares for my life.
5
I cry to you, O LORD;
I
say, "You are my refuge,
my
portion in the land of the living."
6
Listen to my cry,
for
I am in desperate need;
rescue
me from those who pursue me,
for
they are too strong for me.
7
Set me free from my prison,
that
I may praise your name.
Then
the righteous will gather about me
because
of your goodness to me. [8]
PROVERBS: 22
22
1 A good name is more
desirable than great riches;
to
be esteemed is better than silver or gold.
2
Rich and poor have this in common:
The
LORD is the Maker of them all.
3
A prudent man sees danger and takes refuge,
but
the simple keep going and suffer for it.
4
Humility and the fear of the LORD
bring
wealth and honor and life.
5
In the paths of the wicked lie thorns and snares,
but
he who guards his soul stays far from them.
6
Train A a child in the way he should go,
and
when he is old he will not turn from it.
7
The rich rule over the poor,
and
the borrower is servant to the lender.
8
He who sows wickedness reaps trouble,
and
the rod of his fury will be destroyed.
9
A generous man will himself be blessed,
for
he shares his food with the poor.
10
Drive out the mocker, and out goes strife;
quarrels
and insults are ended.
11
He who loves a pure heart and whose speech is gracious
will
have the king for his friend. [9]
12
The eyes of the LORD keep watch over knowledge,
but
he frustrates the words of the unfaithful.
13
The sluggard says, "There is a lion
outside!"
or,
"I will be murdered in the streets!"
14
The mouth of an adulteress is a deep pit;
he
who is under the LORD's wrath will fall into it.
15
Folly is bound up in the heart of a child,
but
the rod of discipline will drive it far from him.
16
He who oppresses the poor to increase his wealth
and
he who gives gifts to the rich--both come to poverty.
17
Pay attention and listen to the sayings of the wise;
apply
your heart to what I teach,
18
for it is pleasing when you keep them in your heart
and
have all of them ready on your lips.
19
So that your trust may be in the LORD,
I
teach you today, even you.
20
Have I not written thirty B sayings for
you,
sayings
of counsel and knowledge,
21
teaching you true and reliable words,
so
that you can give sound answers
to
him who sent you?
22
Do not exploit the poor because they are poor
and
do not crush the needy in court,
23
for the LORD will take up their case
and
will plunder those who plunder them. [10]
24
Do not make friends with a hot-tempered man,
do
not associate with one easily angered,
25
or you may learn his ways
and
get yourself ensnared.
26
Do not be a man who strikes hands in pledge
or
puts up security for debts;
27
if you lack the means to pay,
your
very bed will be snatched from under you.
28
Do not move an ancient boundary stone
set
up by your forefathers.
29
Do you see a man skilled in his work?
He
will serve before kings;
he
will not serve before obscure men. [11]
OLD TESTAMENT: EZEKIEL 23:1 - 49
23 1
The word of the LORD came to me: 2 "Son of man, there were two women, daughters of the same
mother. 3 They became prostitutes in Egypt, engaging in prostitution
from their youth. In that land their breasts were fondled and their virgin
bosoms caressed. 4 The older was named Oholah, and her sister was Oholibah.
They were mine and gave birth to sons and daughters. Oholah is Samaria, and
Oholibah is Jerusalem.
5 "Oholah engaged in prostitution while
she was still mine; and she lusted after her lovers, the Assyrians--warriors 6 clothed in
blue, governors and commanders, all of them handsome young men, and mounted
horsemen. 7 She gave herself as a prostitute to all the elite of the Assyrians and
defiled herself with all the idols of everyone she lusted after. 8 She did not
give up the prostitution she began in Egypt, when during her youth men slept
with her, caressed her virgin bosom and poured out their lust upon her.
9 "Therefore I handed her over to her
lovers, the Assyrians, for whom she lusted.
10 They stripped
her naked, took away her sons and daughters and killed her with the sword. She
became a byword among women, and punishment was inflicted on her.
11 "Her
sister Oholibah saw this, yet in her lust and prostitution she was more
depraved than her sister. 12 She too lusted after the Assyrians--governors and commanders, warriors
in full dress, mounted horsemen, all handsome young men. 13 I saw that
she too defiled herself; both of them went the same way.
14 "But she
carried her prostitution still further. She saw men portrayed on a wall,
figures of Chaldeans A portrayed in red, 15 with belts
around their waists and flowing turbans on their heads; all of them looked like
Babylonian chariot officers, natives of Chaldea. B 16 As soon as
she saw them, she lusted after them and sent messengers to them in Chaldea. 17 Then the
Babylonians came to her, to the bed of love, and in their lust they defiled
her. After she had been defiled by them, she turned away from them in disgust. 18 When she
carried on her prostitution openly and exposed her nakedness, I turned away
from her in disgust, just as I had turned away from her sister. 19 Yet she
became more and more promiscuous as she recalled the days of her youth, when
she was a prostitute in Egypt. 20 There she
lusted after her lovers, whose genitals were like those of donkeys and whose
emission was like that of horses. 21 So you longed
for the lewdness of your youth, when in Egypt your bosom was caressed and your
young breasts fondled. C
22 "Therefore, Oholibah, this is what the Sovereign LORD says: I
will stir up your lovers against you, those you turned away from in disgust,
and I will bring them against you from every side—23 the Babylonians and
all the Chaldeans, the men of Pekod and Shoa and Koa, and all the Assyrians
with them, handsome young men, all of them governors and commanders, chariot
officers and men of high rank, all mounted on horses. 24 They will come
against you with weapons, D chariots
and wagons and with a throng of people; they will take up positions against you
on every side with large and small shields and with helmets. I will turn you
over to them for punishment, and they will punish you according to their
standards. 25 I will direct my jealous anger against you, and they will
deal with you in fury. They will cut off your noses and your ears, and those of
you who are left will fall by the sword. They will take away your sons and
daughters, and those of you who are left will be consumed [12] by fire. 26 They will also strip you of your clothes and take your fine
jewelry. 27 So I will put a stop to the lewdness and prostitution you
began in Egypt. You will not look on these things with longing or remember
Egypt anymore.
28 "For
this is what the Sovereign LORD says: I am about to hand you over to those you
hate, to those you turned away from in disgust. 29
They will deal with you in hatred and take
away everything you have worked for. They will leave you naked and bare, and
the shame of your prostitution will be exposed. Your lewdness and promiscuity 30 have brought
this upon you, because you lusted after the nations and defiled yourself with
their idols. 31 You have gone the way of your sister; so I will put her cup into your
hand.
32 "This is
what the Sovereign LORD says:
"You
will drink your sister's cup,
a cup large
and deep;
it will bring
scorn and derision,
for it holds
so much.
33 You will be
filled with drunkenness and sorrow,
the cup of
ruin and desolation,
the cup of
your sister Samaria.
34 You will
drink it and drain it dry;
you will dash
it to pieces
and tear your
breasts.
I have
spoken, declares the Sovereign LORD.
35 "Therefore this is what the Sovereign LORD says: Since you
have forgotten me and thrust me behind your back, you must bear the
consequences of your lewdness and prostitution."
36 The
LORD said to me: "Son of man, will you judge
Oholah and Oholibah? Then confront them with their detestable practices, 37 for they have
committed adultery and blood is on their hands. They committed adultery with
their idols; they even sacrificed their children, whom they bore to me, E as food for them.
38 They have
also done this to me: At that same time they defiled my sanctuary and
desecrated my Sabbaths. 39 On [13] the very day they sacrificed their children to their idols, they
entered my sanctuary and desecrated it. That is what they did in my house.
40 "They
even sent messengers for men who came from far away, and when they arrived you
bathed yourself for them, painted your eyes and put on your jewelry. 41 You sat on an
elegant couch, with a table spread before it on which you had placed the
incense and oil that belonged to me.
42 "The
noise of a carefree crowd was around her; Sabeans F were brought from the desert along with men from the rabble, and they
put bracelets on the arms of the woman and her sister and beautiful crowns on
their heads. 43 Then I said about the one worn out by adultery, `Now let them use her
as a prostitute, for that is all she is.' 44 And they
slept with her. As men sleep with a prostitute, so they slept with those lewd
women, Oholah and Oholibah. 45 But righteous
men will sentence them to the punishment of women who commit adultery and shed
blood, because they are adulterous and blood is on their hands.
46 "This is
what the Sovereign LORD says: Bring a mob against them and give them over to
terror and plunder. 47 The mob will stone them and cut them down with their swords; they will
kill their sons and daughters and burn down their houses.
48 "So I will put an end to lewdness in the land, that all women
may take warning and not imitate you. 49 You will suffer the penalty for your lewdness and bear the
consequences of your sins of idolatry. Then you will know that I am the
Sovereign LORD." [14]
NEW TESTAMENT: HEBREWS 10:18 - 39
18 And
where these have been forgiven, there is no longer any sacrifice for sin.
19 Therefore,
brothers, since we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of
Jesus, 20 by a new and living way opened for us through the curtain,
that is, his body, 21 and since we have a great priest over the
house of God, 22 let us draw near to God with a sincere heart in
full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a
guilty conscience and having our bodies washed with pure water. 23 Let
us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful. 24
And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good
deeds. 25 Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the
habit of doing, but let us encourage one another--and all the more as you see
the Day approaching.
26 If
we deliberately keep on sinning after we have received the knowledge of the
truth, no sacrifice for sins is left, 27 but only a fearful
expectation of judgment and of raging fire that will consume the enemies of
God.
28 Anyone
who rejected the law of Moses died without mercy on the testimony of two or
three witnesses.
29 How
much more severely do you think a man deserves to be punished who has trampled
the Son of God under foot, who has treated as an unholy thing the blood of the
covenant that sanctified him, and who has insulted the Spirit of grace? 30
For we know him who said, "It is mine to avenge; I will repay,"
D and again, "The Lord will judge his people." E
31 It is a dreadful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
32 Remember
those earlier days after you had received the light, when you stood your ground
in a great contest in the face of suffering. 33 Sometimes you were
publicly exposed to insult and persecution; at other times you stood side by
side with those who were so treated. 34 You sympathized with those
in prison and joyfully accepted the confiscation of your property, because you
knew that you yourselves had better and lasting possessions.
35 So
do not throw away your confidence; it will be richly rewarded. 36 You
need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive
what he has promised. 37 For in just a very little while,
"He who is coming will come and will not delay.
38 But my righteous one F will live by faith.
And if he
shrinks back,
I will not
be pleased with him." G
39 But we are
not of those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who believe and
are saved. [15]
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