AUGUST
5
PSALMS:
5
PROVERBS: 5, 35, 65, 95, 125
OLD TESTAMENT: JEREMIAH 48:1 - 49:22
NEW TESTAMENT: 2 TIMOTHY 4:1 - 22
PSALMS: 5
For
the director of music. For flutes. A psalm of David.
1
Give ear to my words, O LORD,
consider
my sighing.
2
Listen to my cry for help,
my
King and my God,
for
to you I pray.
3
In the morning, O LORD, you hear my voice;
in
the morning I lay my requests before you
and
wait in expectation.
4
You are not a God who takes pleasure in evil;
with
you the wicked cannot dwell.
5
The arrogant cannot stand in your presence;
you
hate all who do wrong.
6
You destroy those who tell lies;
bloodthirsty
and deceitful men
the
LORD abhors.
7
But I, by your great mercy,
will
come into your house;
in
reverence will I bow down
toward
your holy temple.
8
Lead me, O LORD, in your righteousness
because
of my enemies--
make
straight your way before me. [1]
9
Not a word from their mouth can be trusted;
their
heart is filled with destruction.
Their
throat is an open grave;
with
their tongue they speak deceit.
10
Declare them guilty, O God!
Let
their intrigues be their downfall.
Banish
them for their many sins,
for
they have rebelled against you.
11
But let all who take refuge in you be glad;
let
them ever sing for joy.
Spread
your protection over them,
that
those who love your name may rejoice in you.
12
For surely, O LORD, you bless the righteous;
you
surround them with your favor as with a shield. [2]
PSALMS: 35
Of
David.
1
Contend, O LORD, with those who contend with me;
fight
against those who fight against me.
2
Take up shield and buckler;
arise
and come to my aid.
3
Brandish spear and javelin A
against
those who pursue me.
Say
to my soul,
"I am your salvation."
4
May those who seek my life
be
disgraced and put to shame;
may
those who plot my ruin
be
turned back in dismay.
5
May they be like chaff before the wind,
with
the angel of the LORD driving them away;
6
may their path be dark and slippery,
with
the angel of the LORD pursuing them.
7
Since they hid their net for me without cause
and
without cause dug a pit for me,
8
may ruin overtake them by surprise--
may
the net they hid entangle them,
may
they fall into the pit, to their ruin.
9
Then my soul will rejoice in the LORD
and
delight in his salvation.
10
My whole being will exclaim,
"Who
is like you, O LORD?
You
rescue the poor from those too strong for them,
the
poor and needy from those who rob them." [3]
11
Ruthless witnesses come forward;
they
question me on things I know nothing about.
12
They repay me evil for good
and
leave my soul forlorn.
13
Yet when they were ill, I put on sackcloth
and
humbled myself with fasting.
When
my prayers returned to me unanswered,
14
I went about mourning
as
though for my friend or brother.
I
bowed my head in grief
as
though weeping for my mother.
15
But when I stumbled, they gathered in glee;
attackers
gathered against me when I was unaware.
They
slandered me without ceasing.
16
Like the ungodly they maliciously mocked B;
they
gnashed their teeth at me.
17
O Lord, how long will you look on?
Rescue
my life from their ravages,
my
precious life from these lions.
18
I will give you thanks in the great assembly;
among
throngs of people I will praise you.
19
Let not those gloat over me
who
are my enemies without cause;
let
not those who hate me without reason
maliciously
wink the eye.
20
They do not speak peaceably,
but
devise false accusations
against
those who live quietly in the land.
21
They gape at me and say, "Aha! Aha!
With
our own eyes we have seen it." [4]
22
O LORD, you have seen this; be not silent.
Do
not be far from me, O Lord.
23
Awake, and rise to my defense!
Contend
for me, my God and Lord.
24
Vindicate me in your righteousness, O LORD my God;
do
not let them gloat over me.
25
Do not let them think, "Aha, just what we wanted!"
or
say, "We have swallowed him up."
26
May all who gloat over my distress
be
put to shame and confusion;
may
all who exalt themselves over me
be
clothed with shame and disgrace.
27
May those who delight in my vindication
shout
for joy and gladness;
may
they always say, "The LORD be exalted,
who
delights in the well-being of his servant."
28
My tongue will speak of your righteousness
and
of your praises all day long. [5]
PSALMS: 65
For
the director of music. A psalm of David. A song.
1
Praise awaits A you, O God, in Zion;
to
you our vows will be fulfilled.
2
O you who hear prayer,
to
you all men will come.
3
When we were overwhelmed by sins,
you
forgave B our transgressions.
4
Blessed are those you choose
and
bring near to live in your courts!
We
are filled with the good things of your house,
of
your holy temple.
5
You answer us with awesome deeds of righteousness,
O
God our Savior,
the
hope of all the ends of the earth
and
of the farthest seas,
6
who formed the mountains by your power,
having
armed yourself with strength,
7
who stilled the roaring of the seas,
the
roaring of their waves,
and
the turmoil of the nations.
8
Those living far away fear your wonders;
where
morning dawns and evening fades
you
call forth songs of joy.
9
You care for the land and water it;
you
enrich it abundantly.
The
streams of God are filled with water
to
provide the people with grain, [6]
for
so you have ordained it. C
10
You drench its furrows
and
level its ridges;
you
soften it with showers
and
bless its crops.
11
You crown the year with your bounty,
and
your carts overflow with abundance.
12
The grasslands of the desert overflow;
the
hills are clothed with gladness.
13
The meadows are covered with flocks
and
the valleys are mantled with grain;
they
shout for joy and sing. [7]
PSALMS: 95
1
Come, let us sing for joy to the LORD;
let
us shout aloud to the Rock of our salvation.
2
Let us come before him with thanksgiving
and
extol him with music and song.
3
For the LORD is the great God,
the
great King above all gods.
4
In his hand are the depths of the earth,
and
the mountain peaks belong to him.
5
The sea is his, for he made it,
and
his hands formed the dry land.
6
Come, let us bow down in worship,
let
us kneel before the LORD our Maker;
7
for he is our God
and
we are the people of his pasture,
the
flock under his care.
Today,
if you hear his voice,
8
do not harden your hearts as you did at Meribah, A
as
you did that day at Massah B in the desert,
9
where your fathers tested and tried me,
though
they had seen what I did.
10
For forty years I was angry with that generation;
I
said, "They are a people whose hearts go
astray,
and they have not known my ways."
11So
I declared on oath in my anger,
"They shall never enter my rest." [8]
PSALMS: 125
A
song of ascents.
1
Those who trust in the LORD are like Mount Zion,
which
cannot be shaken but endures forever.
2
As the mountains surround Jerusalem,
so
the LORD surrounds his people
both
now and forevermore.
3
The scepter of the wicked will not remain
over
the land allotted to the righteous,
for
then the righteous might use
their
hands to do evil.
4
Do good, O LORD, to those who are good,
to
those who are upright in heart.
5
But those who turn to crooked ways
the
LORD will banish with the evildoers.
Peace
be upon Israel. [9]
PROVERBS: 5
5
1 My son, pay attention
to my wisdom,
listen
well to my words of insight,
2
that you may maintain discretion
and
your lips may preserve knowledge.
3
For the lips of an adulteress drip honey,
and
her speech is smoother than oil;
4
but in the end she is bitter as gall,
sharp
as a double-edged sword.
5
Her feet go down to death;
her
steps lead straight to the grave. A
6
She gives no thought to the way of life;
her
paths are crooked, but she knows it not.
7
Now then, my sons, listen to me;
do
not turn aside from what I say.
8
Keep to a path far from her,
do
not go near the door of her house,
9
lest you give your best strength to others
and
your years to one who is cruel,
10
lest strangers feast on your wealth
and
your toil enrich another man's house.
11
At the end of your life you will groan,
when
your flesh and body are spent.
12
You will say, "How I hated discipline!
How
my heart spurned correction!
13
I would not obey my teachers
or
listen to my instructors.
14
I have come to the brink of utter ruin
in
the midst of the whole assembly."
15
Drink water from your own cistern,
running
water from your own well.
16
Should your springs overflow in the streets,
your
streams of water in the public squares?
17
Let them be yours alone, [10]
never
to be shared with strangers.
18
May your fountain be blessed,
and
may you rejoice in the wife of your youth.
19
A loving doe, a graceful deer--
may
her breasts satisfy you always,
may
you ever be captivated by her love.
20
Why be captivated, my son, by an adulteress?
Why
embrace the bosom of another man's wife?
21
For a man's ways are in full view of the LORD,
and
he examines all his paths.
22
The evil deeds of a wicked man ensnare him;
the
cords of his sin hold him fast.
23
He will die for lack of discipline,
led
astray by his own great folly. [11]
OLD TESTAMENT: JEREMIAH 48:1 - 49:22
48 1
Concerning Moab:
This is what the LORD
Almighty, the God of Israel, says:
"Woe to Nebo, for it will be ruined.
Kiriathaim
will be disgraced and captured;
the
stronghold A will be
disgraced and shattered.
2 Moab will be praised no more;
in Heshbon B men will plot her downfall:
`Come, let us
put an end to that nation.'
You too, O
Madmen, C will be
silenced;
the sword
will pursue you.
3 Listen to the cries from Horonaim,
cries of
great havoc and destruction.
4 Moab will be broken;
her little
ones will cry out. D
5 They go up the way to Luhith,
weeping
bitterly as they go;
on the road
down to Horonaim
anguished
cries over the destruction are heard.
6 Flee! Run for your lives;
become like a
bush E in the
desert.
7 Since you trust in your deeds and riches,
you too will
be taken captive,
and Chemosh
will go into exile, [12]
together with
his priests and officials.
8 The destroyer will come against every town,
and not a
town will escape.
The valley
will be ruined
and the
plateau destroyed,
because the
LORD has spoken.
9 Put salt on Moab,
for she will
be laid waste F;
her towns
will become desolate,
with no one
to live in them.
10 "A curse
on him who is lax in doing the LORD's work!
A curse on
him who keeps his sword from bloodshed!
11 "Moab has been at rest from youth,
like wine
left on its dregs,
not poured
from one jar to another--
she has not
gone into exile.
So she tastes
as she did,
and her aroma
is unchanged.
12 But days are
coming,"
declares the LORD,
"when I will send men who pour from jars,
and they will
pour her out;
they will
empty her jars
and smash her
jugs. [13]
13 Then Moab
will be ashamed of Chemosh,
as the house
of Israel was ashamed
when they
trusted in Bethel.
14 "How can
you say, `We are warriors,
men valiant
in battle'?
15 Moab will be
destroyed and her towns invaded;
her finest
young men will go down in the slaughter,"
declares the
King, whose name is the LORD Almighty.
16 "The
fall of Moab is at hand;
her calamity
will come quickly.
17 Mourn for
her, all who live around her,
all who know
her fame;
say, `How
broken is the mighty scepter,
how broken
the glorious staff!'
18 "Come
down from your glory
and sit on
the parched ground,
O inhabitants
of the Daughter of Dibon,
for he who
destroys Moab
will come up
against you
and ruin your
fortified cities.
19 Stand by the
road and watch,
you who live
in Aroer.
Ask the man
fleeing and the woman escaping,
ask them,
`What has happened?'
Wail and cry
out!
Announce by
the Arnon
that Moab is
destroyed.
21 Judgment has
come to the plateau--
to Holon,
Jahzah and Mephaath,
22 to Dibon, Nebo and Beth Diblathaim,
23 to Kiriathaim, Beth Gamul and Beth Meon,
24 to Kerioth and Bozrah--
to all the
towns of Moab, far and near.
25 Moab's horn G is cut off;
her arm is
broken,"
declares the LORD.
26 "Make her drunk,
for she has
defied the LORD.
Let Moab
wallow in her vomit;
let her be an
object of ridicule.
27 Was not
Israel the object of your ridicule?
Was she
caught among thieves,
that you shake
your head in scorn
whenever you
speak of her?
28 Abandon your
towns and dwell among the rocks,
you who live
in Moab.
Be like a
dove that makes its nest
at the mouth
of a cave. [15]
29 "We have
heard of Moab's pride--
her
overweening pride and conceit,
her pride and
arrogance
and the
haughtiness of her heart.
30 I know her
insolence but it is futile,"
declares the LORD,
"and her boasts accomplish nothing.
31 Therefore I
wail over Moab,
for all Moab
I cry out,
I moan for
the men of Kir Hareseth.
32 I weep for
you, as Jazer weeps,
O vines of
Sibmah.
Your branches
spread as far as the sea;
they reached
as far as the sea of Jazer.
The destroyer
has fallen
on your
ripened fruit and grapes.
33 Joy and
gladness are gone
from the
orchards and fields of Moab.
I have
stopped the flow of wine from the presses;
no one treads
them with shouts of joy.
Although
there are shouts,
they are not
shouts of joy.
34 "The
sound of their cry rises
from Heshbon
to Elealeh and Jahaz,
from Zoar as
far as Horonaim and Eglath Shelishiyah,
for even the
waters of Nimrim are dried up. [16]
35 In Moab I
will put an end
to those who
make offerings on the high places
and burn
incense to their gods,"
declares the LORD.
36 "So my heart laments for Moab like a flute;
it laments
like a flute for the men of Kir Hareseth.
The wealth
they acquired is gone.
37 Every head is
shaved
and every
beard cut off;
every hand is
slashed
and every
waist is covered with sackcloth.
38 On all the
roofs in Moab
and in the
public squares
there is
nothing but mourning,
for I have
broken Moab
like a jar
that no one wants,"
declares the LORD.
39
How shattered she is! How they wail!
How Moab
turns her back in shame!
Moab has
become an object of ridicule,
an object of horror
to all those around her."
40 This
is what the LORD says:
"Look! An eagle is swooping down,
spreading its
wings over Moab. [17]
41 Kerioth H will be captured
and the
strongholds taken.
In that day
the hearts of Moab's warriors
will be like
the heart of a woman in labor.
42 Moab will be
destroyed as a nation
because she
defied the LORD.
43 Terror and
pit and snare await you,
O people of
Moab,"
declares the LORD.
44 "Whoever flees from the terror
will fall
into a pit,
whoever
climbs out of the pit
will be
caught in a snare;
for I will
bring upon Moab
the year of
her punishment,"
declares the LORD.
45 "In the shadow of Heshbon
the fugitives
stand helpless,
for a fire
has gone out from Heshbon,
a blaze from
the midst of Sihon;
it burns the
foreheads of Moab,
the skulls of
the noisy boasters.
The people of
Chemosh are destroyed;
your sons are
taken into exile
and your
daughters into captivity.
47 "Yet I
will restore the fortunes of Moab
in days to
come,"
declares the LORD.
Here ends the judgment
on Moab.
49 1
Concerning the Ammonites:
This is what the LORD
says:
"Has Israel no sons?
Has she no
heirs?
Why then has
MolechA taken possession of Gad?
Why do his
people live in its towns?
2 But the days are coming,"
declares the
LORD,
"when I
will sound the battle cry
against
Rabbah of the Ammonites;
it will
become a mound of ruins,
and its
surrounding villages will be set on fire. [19]
Then Israel
will drive out
those who
drove her out,"
says the LORD.
3 "Wail, O Heshbon, for Ai is destroyed!
Cry out, O
inhabitants of Rabbah!
Put on
sackcloth and mourn;
rush here and
there inside the walls,
for Molech
will go into exile,
together with
his priests and officials.
4 Why do you boast of your valleys,
boast of your
valleys so fruitful?
O unfaithful
daughter,
you trust in
your riches and say,
`Who will
attack me?'
5 I will bring terror on you
from all
those around you,"
declares the
Lord, the LORD Almighty.
"Every
one of you will be driven away,
and no one
will gather the fugitives.
6 "Yet afterward, I will restore the
fortunes of the Ammonites,"
declares the LORD.
7 Concerning
Edom:
This is what the LORD
Almighty says: [20]
"Is there no longer wisdom in Teman?
Has counsel
perished from the prudent?
Has their
wisdom decayed?
8 Turn and flee, hide in deep caves,
you who live
in Dedan,
for I will
bring disaster on Esau
at the time I
punish him.
9 If grape pickers came to you,
would they
not leave a few grapes?
If thieves
came during the night,
would they
not steal only as much as they wanted?
10 But I will
strip Esau bare;
I will
uncover his hiding places,
so that he
cannot conceal himself.
His children,
relatives and neighbors will perish,
and he will
be no more.
11 Leave your orphans; I will protect their lives.
Your widows
too can trust in me."
12 This
is what the LORD says: "If those who do not
deserve to drink the cup must drink it, why should you go unpunished? You will
not go unpunished, but must drink it. 13 I swear by myself," declares the LORD, "that Bozrah will become a ruin and an object of horror, of
reproach and of cursing; and all its towns will be in ruins forever."
14 I
have heard a message from the LORD:
An envoy was sent to the
nations to say,
"Assemble yourselves to attack it! [21]
Rise up for
battle!"
15 "Now I will make you small among the nations,
despised
among men.
16 The terror
you inspire
and the pride
of your heart have deceived you,
you who live
in the clefts of the rocks,
who occupy
the heights of the hill.
Though you
build your nest as high as the eagle's,
from there I
will bring you down,"
declares the LORD.
17 "Edom will become an object of horror;
all who pass
by will be appalled and will scoff
because of
all its wounds.
18 As Sodom and
Gomorrah were overthrown,
along with
their neighboring towns,"
says the LORD,
"so no one will live there;
no man will
dwell in it.
19 "Like a
lion coming up from Jordan's thickets
to a rich
pastureland,
I will chase
Edom from its land in an instant.
Who is the
chosen one I will appoint for this?
Who is like
me and who can challenge me?
And what
shepherd can stand against me?" [22]
Rise up for
battle!"
20 Therefore,
hear what the LORD has planned against Edom,
what he has purposed
against those who live in Teman:
The young of the flock
will be dragged away;
he will completely
destroy their pasture because of them.
21 At
the sound of their fall the earth will tremble;
their cry will resound
to the Red Sea. B
22 Look!
An eagle will soar and swoop down,
spreading its wings over
Bozrah.
In that day the hearts
of Edom's warriors
will be like the heart
of a woman in labor. [23]
NEW TESTAMENT: 2 TIMOTHY 4:1 - 22
4 1
In the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who will
judge the living and the dead, and in view of his appearing and his kingdom, I
give you this charge: 2 Preach the Word; be prepared in season and
out of season; correct, rebuke and encourage--with great patience and careful
instruction. 3 For the time will come when men will not put up with
sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around
them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear. 4
They will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths. 5
But you, keep your head in all situations, endure hardship, do the work
of an evangelist, discharge all the duties of your ministry.
6 For
I am already being poured out like a drink offering, and the time has come for
my departure. 7 I have fought the good fight, I have finished the
race, I have kept the faith.
8 Now
there is in store for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the
righteous Judge, will award to me on that day--and not only to me, but also to
all who have longed for his appearing.
9 Do
your best to come to me quickly, 10 for Demas, because he loved this
world, has deserted me and has gone to Thessalonica. Crescens has gone to
Galatia, and Titus to Dalmatia. 11 Only Luke is with me. Get Mark
and bring him with you, because he is helpful to me in my ministry. 12 I
sent Tychicus to Ephesus. 13 When you come, bring the cloak that I
left with Carpus at Troas, and my scrolls, especially the parchments.
14 Alexander
the metalworker did me a great deal of harm. The Lord will repay him for what
he has done.
15 You
too should be on your guard against him, because he strongly opposed our
message.
16 At
my first defense, no one came to my support, but everyone deserted me. May it
not be held against them. 17 But the Lord stood at my side and gave
me strength, so that through me the message might be fully proclaimed and all
the Gentiles might hear it. And I was delivered from the lion's mouth. 18 The
Lord will rescue me from every evil attack and will bring me safely to his
heavenly kingdom. To him be glory for ever and ever. Amen.
19 Greet
Priscilla A and Aquila and the household of Onesiphorus. 20 Erastus
stayed in Corinth, and I left Trophimus sick in Miletus. 21 Do your
best to get here before winter. Eubulus greets you, and so do Pudens, Linus,
Claudia and all the brothers.
22 The
Lord be with your spirit. Grace be with you. [24]
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[21] Excerpted from Compton's
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Inc. All Rights Reserved
[22] Excerpted from Compton's
Interactive Bible NIV. Copyright (c) 1994, 1995, 1996 SoftKey Multimedia
Inc. All Rights Reserved
[23] Excerpted from Compton's
Interactive Bible NIV. Copyright (c) 1994, 1995, 1996 SoftKey Multimedia
Inc. All Rights Reserved
[24] Excerpted from Compton's
Interactive Bible NIV. Copyright (c) 1994, 1995, 1996 SoftKey Multimedia
Inc. All Rights Reserved
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