AUGUST
6
PSALMS: 6, 36,
66, 96, 126
PROVERBS: 6
OLD
TESTAMENT: JEREMIAH 49:23 - 50:46
NEW
TESTAMENT: TITUS 1:1 - 16
PSALMS: 6
For
the director of music. With stringed instruments. According to sheminith. A
A psalm of David.
1
O LORD, do not rebuke me in your anger
or
discipline me in your wrath.
2
Be merciful to me, LORD, for I am faint;
O
LORD, heal me, for my bones are in agony.
3
My soul is in anguish.
How
long, O LORD, how long?
4
Turn, O LORD, and deliver me;
save
me because of your unfailing love.
5
No one remembers you when he is dead.
Who
praises you from the grave B?
6
I am worn out from groaning;
all
night long I flood my bed with weeping
and
drench my couch with tears.
7
My eyes grow weak with sorrow;
they
fail because of all my foes.
8
Away from me, all you who do evil,
for
the LORD has heard my weeping.
9
The LORD has heard my cry for mercy;
the
LORD accepts my prayer.
10
All 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.
1
An oracle is within my heart
concerning
the sinfulness of the wicked: A
There
is no fear of God
before
his eyes.
2
For in his own eyes he flatters himself
too
much to detect or hate his sin.
3
The words of his mouth are wicked and deceitful;
he
has ceased to be wise and to do good.
4
Even on his bed he plots evil;
he
commits himself to a sinful course
and
does not reject what is wrong.
5
Your love, O LORD, reaches to the heavens,
your
faithfulness to the skies.
6
Your righteousness is like the mighty mountains,
your
justice like the great deep.
O
LORD, you preserve both man and beast.
7
How priceless is your unfailing love!
Both
high and low among men
findB
refuge in the shadow of your wings.
8
They feast on the abundance of your house;
you
give them drink from your river of delights.
9
For with you is the fountain of life;
in
your light we see light.
10
Continue your love to those who know you,
your
righteousness to the upright in heart.
11
May the foot of the proud not come against me, [2]
nor
the hand of the wicked drive me away.
12
See how the evildoers lie fallen--
thrown
down, not able to rise! [3]
PSALMS: 66
For
the director of music. A song. A psalm.
1
Shout with joy to God, all the earth!
2
Sing the glory of his name;
make
his praise glorious!
3
Say to God, "How awesome are your deeds!
So
great is your power
that
your enemies cringe before you.
4
All the earth bows down to you;
they
sing praise to you,
they
sing praise to your name."
Selah
5
Come and see what God has done,
how
awesome his works in man's behalf!
6
He turned the sea into dry land,
they
passed through the waters on foot--
come,
let us rejoice in him.
7
He rules forever by his power,
his
eyes watch the nations--
let
not the rebellious rise up against him.
Selah
8
Praise our God, O peoples,
let
the sound of his praise be heard;
9
he has preserved our lives
and
kept our feet from slipping.
10For
you, O God, tested us;
you
refined us like silver.
11
You brought us into prison
and
laid burdens on our backs.
12
You let men ride over our heads; [4]
we
went through fire and water,
but
you brought us to a place of abundance.
13
I will come to your temple with burnt offerings
and
fulfill my vows to you--
14
vows my lips promised and my mouth spoke
when
I was in trouble.
15
I will sacrifice fat animals to you
and
an offering of rams;
I
will offer bulls and goats.
Selah
16
Come and listen, all you who fear God;
let
me tell you what he has done for me.
17
I cried out to him with my mouth;
his
praise was on my tongue.
18
If I had cherished sin in my heart,
the
Lord would not have listened;
19
but God has surely listened
and
heard my voice in prayer.
20
Praise be to God,
who
has not rejected my prayer
or
withheld his love from me! [5]
PSALMS: 96
1
Sing to the LORD a new song;
sing
to the LORD, all the earth.
2
Sing to the LORD, praise his name;
proclaim
his salvation day after day.
3
Declare his glory among the nations,
his
marvelous deeds among all peoples.
4
For great is the LORD and most worthy of praise;
he
is to be feared above all gods.
5
For all the gods of the nations are idols,
but
the LORD made the heavens.
6
Splendor and majesty are before him;
strength
and glory are in his sanctuary.
7
Ascribe to the LORD, O families of nations,
ascribe
to the LORD glory and strength.
8
Ascribe to the LORD the glory due his name;
bring
an offering and come into his courts.
9
Worship the LORD in the splendor of his A
holiness;
tremble
before him, all the earth.
10
Say among the nations, "The
LORD reigns."
The
world is firmly established, it cannot be moved;
he
will judge the peoples with equity.
11
Let the heavens rejoice, let the earth be glad;
let
the sea resound, and all that is in it;
12
let the fields be jubilant, and everything in them.
Then
all the trees of the forest will sing for joy;
13
they 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.
1
When the LORD brought back the captives to A
Zion,
we
were like men who dreamed. B
2
Our 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."
3
The LORD has done great things for us,
and
we are filled with joy.
4
Restore our fortunes, C O LORD,
like
streams in the Negev.
5
Those who sow in tears
will
reap with songs of joy.
6
He who goes out weeping,
carrying
seed to sow,
will
return with songs of joy,
carrying
sheaves with him. [7]
PROVERBS: 6
6
1 My son, if you have put
up security for your neighbor,
if
you have struck hands in pledge for another,
2
if you have been trapped by what you said,
ensnared
by the words of your mouth,
3
then 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!
4
Allow no sleep to your eyes,
no
slumber to your eyelids.
5
Free yourself, like a gazelle from the hand of the
hunter,
like
a bird from the snare of the fowler.
6
Go to the ant, you sluggard;
consider
its ways and be wise!
7
It has no commander,
no
overseer or ruler,
8
yet it stores its provisions in summer
and
gathers its food at harvest.
9
How long will you lie there, you sluggard?
When
will you get up from your sleep?
10
A little sleep, a little slumber,
a
little folding of the hands to rest--
11
and poverty will come on you like a bandit
and
scarcity like an armed man. A
12
A 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.
15
Therefore disaster will overtake him in an instant; [8]
he
will suddenly be destroyed--without remedy.
16
There are six things the LORD hates,
seven
that are detestable to him:
17
haughty eyes,
a
lying tongue,
hands
that shed innocent blood,
18
a heart that devises wicked schemes,
feet
that are quick to rush into evil,
19
a false witness who pours out lies
and
a man who stirs up dissension among brothers.
20
My son, keep your father's commands
and
do not forsake your mother's teaching.
21
Bind them upon your heart forever;
fasten
them around your neck.
22
When you walk, they will guide you;
when
you sleep, they will watch over you;
when
you awake, they will speak to you.
23
For these commands are a lamp,
this
teaching is a light,
and
the corrections of discipline
are
the way to life,
24
keeping you from the immoral woman,
from
the smooth tongue of the wayward wife.
25
Do not lust in your heart after her beauty
or
let her captivate you with her eyes,
26
for the prostitute reduces you to a loaf of bread,
and
the adulteress preys upon your very life.
27
Can a man scoop fire into his lap
without
his clothes being burned?
28
Can a man walk on hot coals
without
his feet being scorched?
29
So is he who sleeps with another man's wife; [9]
no
one who touches her will go unpunished.
30
Men do not despise a thief if he steals
to
satisfy his hunger when he is starving.
31
Yet if he is caught, he must pay sevenfold,
though
it costs him all the wealth of his house.
32
But a man who commits adultery lacks judgment;
whoever
does so destroys himself.
33
Blows and disgrace are his lot,
and
his shame will never be wiped away;
34
for jealousy arouses a husband's fury,
and
he will show no mercy when he takes revenge.
35
He will not accept any compensation;
he
will refuse the bribe, however great it is. [10]
OLD TESTAMENT: JEREMIAH 49:23 - 50:46
23 Concerning
Damascus:
"Hamath and Arpad are dismayed,
for they have
heard bad news.
They are
disheartened,
troubled like
C the restless
sea.
24 Damascus has
become feeble,
she has
turned to flee
and panic has
gripped her;
anguish and
pain have seized her,
pain like
that of a woman in labor.
25 Why has the
city of renown not been abandoned,
the town in
which I delight?
26 Surely, her
young men will fall in the streets;
all her
soldiers will be silenced in that day,"
declares the LORD
Almighty.
27 "I will set fire to the walls of Damascus;
it will
consume the fortresses of Ben-Hadad."
28 Concerning
Kedar and the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon attacked:
This is what the LORD
says:
"Arise, and attack Kedar
and destroy
the people of the East.
29 Their tents
and their flocks will be taken;
their
shelters will be carried off [11]
with all
their goods and camels.
Men will
shout to them,
`Terror on
every side!'
30 "Flee quickly away!
Stay in deep
caves, you who live in Hazor,"
declares the LORD.
"Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has plotted against you;
he has
devised a plan against you.
31 "Arise
and attack a nation at ease,
which lives
in confidence,"
declares the LORD,
"a nation that has neither gates nor bars;
its people
live alone.
32 Their camels
will become plunder,
and their
large herds will be booty.
I will
scatter to the winds those who are in distant places D
and will
bring disaster on them from every side,"
declares the LORD.
33 "Hazor will become a haunt of jackals,
a desolate
place forever.
No one will
live there;
no man will
dwell in it."
34 This
is the word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning Elam, early
in the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah: [12]
35 This
is what the LORD Almighty says:
"See, I will break the bow of Elam,
the mainstay
of their might.
36 I will bring
against Elam the four winds
from the four
quarters of the heavens;
I will scatter
them to the four winds,
and there
will not be a nation
where Elam's
exiles do not go.
37 I will
shatter Elam before their foes,
before those
who seek their lives;
I will bring
disaster upon them,
even my
fierce anger,"
declares the LORD.
"I will pursue them with the sword
until I have
made an end of them.
38 I will set my
throne in Elam
and destroy
her king and officials,"
declares the LORD.
39 "Yet I will restore the fortunes of Elam
in days to
come,"
declares the LORD. [13]
50 1
This is the word the LORD spoke through Jeremiah the
prophet concerning Babylon and the land of the Babylonians A:
2 "Announce and proclaim among the nations,
lift up a
banner and proclaim it;
keep nothing
back, but say,
`Babylon will
be captured;
Bel will be
put to shame,
Marduk filled
with terror.
Her images
will be put to shame
and her idols
filled with terror.'
3 A nation from the north will attack her
and lay waste
her land.
No one will
live in it;
both men and
animals will flee away.
4 "In those days, at that time,"
declares the LORD,
"the people of Israel and the people of Judah together
will go in
tears to seek the LORD their God.
5 They will ask the way to Zion
and turn
their faces toward it.
They will
come and bind themselves to the LORD
in an
everlasting covenant
that will not
be forgotten.
6 "My people have been lost sheep;
their
shepherds have led them astray [14]
and caused
them to roam on the mountains.
They wandered
over mountain and hill
and forgot
their own resting place.
7 Whoever found them devoured them;
their enemies
said, `We are not guilty,
for they
sinned against the LORD, their true pasture,
the LORD, the
hope of their fathers.'
8 "Flee out of Babylon;
leave the
land of the Babylonians,
and be like
the goats that lead the flock.
9 For I will stir up and bring against
Babylon
an alliance
of great nations from the land of the north.
They will
take up their positions against her,
and from the
north she will be captured.
Their arrows
will be like skilled warriors
who do not
return empty-handed.
10 So Babylonia B will be plundered;
all who
plunder her will have their fill,"
declares the LORD.
11"Because you rejoice and are glad,
you who
pillage my inheritance,
because you
frolic like a heifer threshing grain
and neigh
like stallions,
she who gave
you birth will be disgraced.
She will be
the least of the nations--
a wilderness,
a dry land, a desert.
13 Because of
the LORD's anger she will not be inhabited
but will be
completely desolate.
All who pass
Babylon will be horrified and scoff
because of
all her wounds.
14 "Take up
your positions around Babylon,
all you who
draw the bow.
Shoot at her!
Spare no arrows,
for she has
sinned against the LORD.
15 Shout against
her on every side!
She
surrenders, her towers fall,
her walls are
torn down.
Since this is
the vengeance of the LORD,
take
vengeance on her;
do to her as
she has done to others.
16 Cut off from
Babylon the sower,
and the
reaper with his sickle at harvest.
Because of
the sword of the oppressor
let everyone
return to his own people,
let everyone
flee to his own land.
17 "Israel
is a scattered flock
that lions
have chased away.
The first to
devour him [16]
was the king
of Assyria;
the last to
crush his bones
was
Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon."
18 Therefore
this is what the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, says:
"I will punish the king of Babylon and his land
as I punished
the king of Assyria.
19 But I will
bring Israel back to his own pasture
and he will
graze on Carmel and Bashan;
his appetite
will be satisfied
on the hills
of Ephraim and Gilead.
20 In those
days, at that time,"
declares the LORD,
"search will be made for Israel's guilt,
but there
will be none,
and for the
sins of Judah,
but none will
be found,
for I will
forgive the remnant I spare.
21 "Attack
the land of Merathaim
and those who
live in Pekod.
Pursue, kill
and completely destroy C them,"
declares the LORD. [17]
"Do everything I have commanded you.
22 The noise of
battle is in the land,
the noise of
great destruction!
23 How broken
and shattered
is the hammer
of the whole earth!
How desolate
is Babylon
among the
nations!
24 I set a trap
for you, O Babylon,
and you were
caught before you knew it;
you were
found and captured
because you
opposed the LORD.
25 The LORD has
opened his arsenal
and brought
out the weapons of his wrath,
for the
Sovereign LORD Almighty has work to do
in the land
of the Babylonians.
26 Come against
her from afar.
Break open
her granaries;
pile her up
like heaps of grain.
Completely
destroy her
and leave her
no remnant.
27 Kill all her
young bulls;
let them go
down to the slaughter!
Woe to them!
For their day has come,
the time for
them to be punished.
28 Listen to the
fugitives and refugees from Babylon
declaring in
Zion
how the LORD
our God has taken vengeance, [18]
vengeance for
his temple.
29"Summon archers against Babylon,
all those who
draw the bow.
Encamp all
around her;
let no one
escape.
Repay her for
her deeds;
do to her as
she has done.
For she has
defied the LORD,
the Holy One
of Israel.
30 Therefore,
her young men will fall in the streets;
all her
soldiers will be silenced in that day,"
declares the
LORD.
31 "See, I
am against you, O arrogant one,"
declares the Lord, the
LORD Almighty,
"for your day has come,
the time for
you to be punished.
32 The arrogant
one will stumble and fall
and no one
will help her up;
I will kindle
a fire in her towns
that will
consume all who are around her."
33 This
is what the LORD Almighty says:
"The people of Israel are oppressed,
and the
people of Judah as well.
All their
captors hold them fast, [19]
refusing to
let them go.
34 Yet their
Redeemer is strong;
the LORD
Almighty is his name.
He will
vigorously defend their cause
so that he
may bring rest to their land,
but unrest to
those who live in Babylon.
35 "A sword against the Babylonians!"
declares the LORD--
"against those who live in Babylon
and against
her officials and wise men!
36 A sword
against her false prophets!
They will
become fools.
A sword
against her warriors!
They will be
filled with terror.
37 A sword
against her horses and chariots
and all the
foreigners in her ranks!
They will
become women.
A sword
against her treasures!
They will be
plundered.
38 A drought on D her waters!
They will dry
up.
For it is a
land of idols,
idols that
will go mad with terror.
and there the
owl will dwell.
It will never
again be inhabited
or lived in
from generation to generation.
40 As God
overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah
along with
their neighboring towns,"
declares the LORD,
"so no one will live there;
no man will
dwell in it.
41 "Look!
An army is coming from the north;
a great
nation and many kings
are being
stirred up from the ends of the earth.
42 They are
armed with bows and spears;
they are
cruel and without mercy.
They sound
like the roaring sea
as they ride
on their horses;
they come
like men in battle formation
to attack
you, O Daughter of Babylon.
43 The king of
Babylon has heard reports about them,
and his hands
hang limp.
Anguish has
gripped him,
pain like
that of a woman in labor.
44 Like a lion
coming up from Jordan's thickets
to a rich
pastureland,
I will chase
Babylon 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? [21]
And what
shepherd can stand against me?"
45 Therefore,
hear what the LORD has planned against Babylon,
what he has purposed
against the land of the Babylonians:
The young of the flock
will be dragged away;
he will completely
destroy their pasture because of them.
46At
the sound of Babylon's capture the earth will tremble;
its cry will resound
among the nations. [22]
NEW TESTAMENT: TITUS 1:1 - 16
1 1
Paul, a servant
of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ for the faith of God's elect and the
knowledge of the truth that leads to godliness—2 a faith and
knowledge resting on the hope of eternal life, which God, who does not lie,
promised before the beginning of time, 3 and at his appointed season
he brought his word to light through the preaching entrusted to me by the
command of God our Savior,
4 To
Titus, my true son in our common faith:
Grace and peace from God
the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior.
5 The
reason I left you in Crete was that you might straighten out what was left
unfinished and appoint A elders in every town, as I directed you. 6
An elder must be blameless, the husband of but one wife, a man whose
children believe and are not open to the charge of being wild and disobedient. 7
Since an overseer B is entrusted with God's work, he must be
blameless--not overbearing, not quick-tempered, not given to drunkenness, not
violent, not pursuing dishonest gain. 8 Rather he must be
hospitable, one who loves what is good, who is self-controlled, upright, holy
and disciplined. 9 He must hold firmly to the trustworthy message as
it has been taught, so that he can encourage others by sound doctrine and
refute those who oppose it.
10 For
there are many rebellious people, mere talkers and deceivers, especially those
of the circumcision group. 11 They must be silenced, because they
are ruining whole households by teaching things they ought not to teach--and
that for the sake of dishonest gain. 12 Even one of their own
prophets has said, "Cretans are always liars, evil brutes, lazy
gluttons." 13 This testimony is true. Therefore, rebuke them
sharply, so that they will be sound in the faith 14 and will pay no
attention to Jewish myths or to the commands of those who reject the truth. 15
To the pure, all things are pure, but to those who are corrupted and do
not believe, nothing is pure. In fact, both their minds and consciences are
corrupted. 16 They claim to know God, but by their actions they deny
him. They are detestable, disobedient and unfit for doing anything good. [23]
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