DECEMBER
11
PSALMS: 11,
41, 71, 101, 131
PROVERBS: 11
OLD TESTAMENT: LEVITICUS 25:47 - 27:13
NEW TESTAMENT: MARK 10:32 - 52
PSALMS: 11
For
the director of music. Of David.
1
In the LORD I take refuge.
How
then can you say to me:
"Flee like a bird to your mountain.
2 For look,
the wicked bend their bows;
they set their arrows against the strings
to shoot from the shadows
at the upright in heart.
3 When the
foundations are being destroyed,
what can the righteous do A?"
4
The LORD is in his holy temple;
the
LORD is on his heavenly throne.
He
observes the sons of men;
his
eyes examine them.
5
The LORD examines the righteous,
but
the wicked B and those who love violence
his
soul hates.
6
On the wicked he will rain
fiery
coals and burning sulfur;
a
scorching wind will be their lot.
7
For the LORD is righteous,
he
loves justice;
upright
men will see his face. [1]
PSALMS: 41
For
the director of music. A psalm of David.
1
Blessed is he who has regard for the weak;
the
LORD delivers him in times of trouble.
2
The LORD will protect him and preserve his life;
he
will bless him in the land
and
not surrender him to the desire of his foes.
3
The LORD will sustain him on his sickbed
and
restore him from his bed of illness.
4
I said, "O LORD, have mercy on me;
heal
me, for I have sinned against you."
5
My enemies say of me in malice,
"When
will he die and his name perish?"
6
Whenever one comes to see me,
he
speaks falsely, while his heart gathers slander;
then
he goes out and spreads it abroad.
7
All my enemies whisper together against me;
they
imagine the worst for me, saying,
8
"A vile disease has beset him;
he
will never get up from the place where he lies."
9
Even my close friend, whom I trusted,
he
who shared my bread,
has
lifted up his heel against me. [2]
10
But you, O LORD, have mercy on me;
raise
me up, that I may repay them.
11
I know that you are pleased with me,
for
my enemy does not triumph over me.
12
In my integrity you uphold me
and
set me in your presence forever.
13
Praise be to the LORD, the God of Israel,
from
everlasting to everlasting.
Amen
and Amen [3]
PSALMS: 71
1
In you, O LORD, I have taken refuge;
let
me never be put to shame.
2
Rescue me and deliver me in your righteousness;
turn
your ear to me and save me.
3
Be my rock of refuge,
to
which I can always go;
give
the command to save me,
for
you are my rock and my fortress.
4
Deliver me, O my God, from the hand of the wicked,
from
the grasp of evil and cruel men.
5
For you have been my hope, O Sovereign LORD,
my
confidence since my youth.
6
From birth I have relied on you;
you
brought me forth from my mother's womb.
I
will ever praise you.
7
I have become like a portent to many,
but
you are my strong refuge.
8
My mouth is filled with your praise,
declaring
your splendor all day long.
9
Do not cast me away when I am old;
do
not forsake me when my strength is gone.
10
For my enemies speak against me;
those
who wait to kill me conspire together.
11
They say, "God has forsaken him;
pursue
him and seize him,
for
no one will rescue him."
12
Be not far from me, O God;
come
quickly, O my God, to help me.
13
May my accusers perish in shame;
may
those who want to harm me
be
covered with scorn and disgrace. [4]
14
But as for me, I will always have hope;
I
will praise you more and more.
15
My mouth will tell of your righteousness,
of
your salvation all day long,
though
I know not its measure.
16
I will come and proclaim your mighty acts, O Sovereign
LORD;
I
will proclaim your righteousness, yours alone.
17
Since my youth, O God, you have taught me,
and
to this day I declare your marvelous deeds.
18
Even when I am old and gray,
do
not forsake me, O God,
till
I declare your power to the next generation,
your
might to all who are to come.
19
Your righteousness reaches to the skies, O God,
you
who have done great things.
Who,
O God, is like you?
20
Though you have made me see troubles, many and bitter,
you
will restore my life again;
from
the depths of the earth
you
will again bring me up.
21
You will increase my honor
and
comfort me once again.
22
I will praise you with the harp
for
your faithfulness, O my God;
I
will sing praise to you with the lyre,
O
Holy One of Israel.
23
My lips will shout for joy
when
I sing praise to you--
I,
whom you have redeemed.
24
My tongue will tell of your righteous acts [5]
all
day long,
for
those who wanted to harm me
have
been put to shame and confusion. [6]
PSALMS: 101
Of
David. A psalm.
1
I will sing of your love and justice;
to
you, O LORD, I will sing praise.
2
I will be careful to lead a blameless life--
when
will you come to me?
I
will walk in my house
with
blameless heart.
3
I will set before my eyes
no
vile thing.
The
deeds of faithless men I hate;
they
will not cling to me.
4
Men of perverse heart shall be far from me;
I
will have nothing to do with evil.
5
Whoever slanders his neighbor in secret,
him
will I put to silence;
whoever
has haughty eyes and a proud heart,
him
will I not endure.
6
My eyes will be on the faithful in the land,
that
they may dwell with me;
he
whose walk is blameless
will
minister to me.[7]
7
No one who practices deceit
will
dwell in my house;
no
one who speaks falsely
will
stand in my presence.
8
Every morning I will put to silence
all
the wicked in the land;
I
will cut off every evildoer
from
the city of the LORD. [8]
PSALMS: 131
A
song of ascents. Of David.
1
My heart is not proud, O LORD,
my
eyes are not haughty;
I
do not concern myself with great matters
or
things too wonderful for me.
2
But I have stilled and quieted my soul;
like
a weaned child with its mother,
like
a weaned child is my soul within me.
3
O Israel, put your hope in the LORD
both
now and forevermore. [9]
PROVERBS: 11
11
1 The LORD abhors
dishonest scales,
but
accurate weights are his delight.
2
When pride comes, then comes disgrace,
but
with humility comes wisdom.
3
The integrity of the upright guides them,
but
the unfaithful are destroyed by their duplicity.
4
Wealth is worthless in the day of wrath,
but
righteousness delivers from death.
5
The righteousness of the blameless makes a straight way for them,
but
the wicked are brought down by their own wickedness.
6
The righteousness of the upright delivers them,
but
the unfaithful are trapped by evil desires.
7
When a wicked man dies, his hope perishes;
all
he expected from his power comes to nothing.
8
The righteous man is rescued from trouble,
and
it comes on the wicked instead.
9
With his mouth the godless destroys his neighbor,
but
through knowledge the righteous escape.
10
When the righteous prosper, the city rejoices;
when
the wicked perish, there are shouts of joy.
11
Through the blessing of the upright a city is exalted,
but
by the mouth of the wicked it is destroyed. [10]
12
A man who lacks judgment derides his neighbor,
but
a man of understanding holds his tongue.
13
A gossip betrays a confidence,
but
a trustworthy man keeps a secret.
14
For lack of guidance a nation falls,
but
many advisers make victory sure.
15
He who puts up security for another will surely
suffer,
but
whoever refuses to strike hands in pledge is safe.
16
A kindhearted woman gains respect,
but
ruthless men gain only wealth.
17
A kind man benefits himself,
but
a cruel man brings trouble on himself.
18
The wicked man earns deceptive wages,
but
he who sows righteousness reaps a sure reward.
19
The truly righteous man attains life,
but
he who pursues evil goes to his death.
20
The LORD detests men of perverse heart
but
he delights in those whose ways are blameless.
21
Be sure of this: The wicked will not go unpunished,
but
those who are righteous will go free. [11]
22
Like a gold ring in a pig's snout
is
a beautiful woman who shows no discretion.
23
The desire of the righteous ends only in good,
but
the hope of the wicked only in wrath.
24
One man gives freely, yet gains even more;
another
withholds unduly, but comes to poverty.
25
A generous man will prosper;
he
who refreshes others will himself be refreshed.
26
People curse the man who hoards grain,
but
blessing crowns him who is willing to sell.
27
He who seeks good finds goodwill,
but
evil comes to him who searches for it.
28
Whoever trusts in his riches will fall,
but
the righteous will thrive like a green leaf.
29
He who brings trouble on his family will inherit only
wind,
and
the fool will be servant to the wise.
30
The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life,
and
he who wins souls is wise.
31
If the righteous receive their due on earth,
how
much more the ungodly and the sinner! [12]
OLD TESTAMENT: LEVITICUS 25:47 - 27:13
47 "`If an alien or a temporary resident among you becomes rich
and one of your countrymen becomes poor and sells himself to the alien living
among you or to a member of the alien's clan, 48 he retains the right
of redemption after he has sold himself. One of his relatives may redeem him: 49 An uncle or a cousin
or any blood relative in his clan may redeem him. Or if he prospers, he may
redeem himself. 50 He and his buyer are to count the time from the year he sold
himself up to the Year of Jubilee. The price for his release is to be based on
the rate paid to a hired man for that number of years. 51 If many years remain,
he must pay for his redemption a larger share of the price paid for him. 52 If only a few years
remain until the Year of Jubilee, he is to compute that and pay for his
redemption accordingly. 53 He is to be treated as a man hired from year to year; you
must see to it that his owner does not rule over him ruthlessly.
54 "`Even
if he is not redeemed in any of these ways, he and his children are to be
released in the Year of Jubilee, 55 for the
Israelites belong to me as servants. They are my servants, whom I brought out
of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.
26 1"`Do not make idols or set up an image or a sacred stone for yourselves,
and do not place a carved stone in your land to bow down before it. I am the
LORD your God.
2 "`Observe my Sabbaths and have
reverence for my sanctuary. I am the LORD.
3 "`If you follow my decrees and are careful to obey my commands, 4 I will send
you rain in its season, and the ground will yield its crops and the trees of
the field their fruit. 5 Your threshing will continue until grape harvest and the grape harvest
will continue until planting, and you will eat all the food you want and live
in safety in your land.
6 "`I will grant peace in the land, and
you will lie down and no one will make you afraid. I will remove savage beasts
from the land, and the sword will not pass through your country. 7 You will
pursue your enemies, and they will fall by the sword before you.
8 Five of you will chase a hundred, and a hundred of you will chase ten
thousand, and your enemies will fall by the sword before you.
9 "`I will look on you with favor and
make you fruitful and increase your numbers, and I will keep my covenant with
you. 10 You will still be eating last year's harvest when you will have to move
it out to make room for the new. 11 I will put my
dwelling placeA among you, and I will not abhor you. 12 I will walk
among you and be your God, and you will be my people. 13 I am the LORD
your God, who brought you out of Egypt so that you would no longer be slaves to
the Egyptians; I broke the bars of your yoke and enabled you to walk with heads
held high.
14 "`But if
you will not listen to me and carry out all these commands, 15 and if you
reject my decrees and abhor my laws and fail to carry out all my commands and
so violate my covenant, 16 then I will do this to you: I will bring upon you sudden terror,
wasting diseases and fever that will destroy your sight and drain away your
life. You will plant seed in vain, because your enemies will eat it. 17 I will set my
face against you [13]so that you will be defeated
by your enemies; those who hate you will rule over you, and you will flee even
when no one is pursuing you.
18 "`If
after all this you will not listen to me, I will punish you for your sins seven
times over. 19 I will break down your stubborn pride and make the sky above you like
iron and the ground beneath you like bronze.
20 Your strength
will be spent in vain, because your soil will not yield its crops, nor will the
trees of the land yield their fruit.
21 "`If you
remain hostile toward me and refuse to listen to me, I will multiply your
afflictions seven times over, as your sins deserve. 22 I will send
wild animals against you, and they will rob you of your children, destroy your
cattle and make you so few in number that your roads will be deserted.
23 "`If in
spite of these things you do not accept my correction but continue to be
hostile toward me, 24 I myself will be hostile toward you and will afflict you for your sins
seven times over. 25 And I will
bring the sword upon you to avenge the
breaking of the covenant. When you withdraw into your cities, I will send a
plague among you, and you will be given into enemy hands. 26 When I cut off your supply of bread, ten women will be able
to bake your bread in one oven, and they will dole out the bread by weight. You
will eat, but you will not be satisfied.
27 "`If in spite of this you still do not listen to me but continue
to be hostile toward me, 28 then in my anger I will be hostile toward you, and I myself will
punish you for your sins seven times over. 29 You will eat the flesh of your sons and the flesh of your daughters. 30 I will destroy your high places, cut down your incense altars and pile
your dead bodies on the lifeless forms of your idols, and I will abhor you. 31 I will turn your cities into ruins and lay waste your sanctuaries, and
I will take no delight in the pleasing aroma of your offerings. 32 I will lay waste the land, so that your enemies who live there will be
appalled. 33 I will
scatter you among the nations and will draw out my sword and pursue you. Your
land will be laid waste, and your cities will lie in ruins. 34 Then the land will enjoy its sabbath years all the time that it lies
desolate and you are in the country of your enemies; then the land will rest
and enjoy its sabbaths. 35 All the time that it lies desolate, the land will have the rest it did
not have during the sabbaths you lived in it.
36 "`As for those of you who are left, I will make their hearts so
fearful in the lands of their enemies that the sound of a windblown leaf will
put them to flight. They will run as though fleeing from the sword, and they
will fall, even though no one is pursuing them. 37 They will stumble over one another as though fleeing from the sword,
even though no one is pursuing them. So you will not be able to stand before
your enemies. 38 You will
perish among the nations; the land of your enemies will devour you. 39 Those of you who are left will waste away in the lands of their
enemies because of their sins; also because of their fathers' sins they will
waste away. [14]
40 "`But if they will confess their sins and the sins of their
fathers--their treachery against me and their hostility toward me, 41 which made me hostile toward them so that I sent them into the land of
their enemies--then when their uncircumcised hearts are humbled and they pay
for their sin, 42 I will remember
my covenant with Jacob and my covenant with Isaac and my covenant with Abraham,
and I will remember the land.
43 For the land will be deserted by them and will enjoy its sabbaths
while it lies desolate without them. They will pay for their sins because they
rejected my laws and abhorred my decrees. 44 Yet in spite of this, when they are in the land of their enemies, I
will not reject them or abhor them so as to destroy them completely, breaking
my covenant with them. I am the LORD their God. 45 But for their sake I will remember the covenant with their ancestors
whom I brought out of Egypt in the sight of the nations to be their God. I am
the LORD.'"
46 These
are the decrees, the laws and the regulations that the LORD established on
Mount Sinai between himself and the Israelites through Moses.
27 1
The LORD said to Moses, 2 "Speak to the Israelites and say to them: `If anyone makes a
special vow to dedicate persons to the LORD by giving equivalent values, 3 set the value of a male between the ages of twenty and
sixty at fifty shekels A of silver,
according to the sanctuary shekel B;
4 and if it is a female, set her
value at thirty shekels.C 5 If
it is a person between the ages of five and twenty, set the value of a male at
twenty shekelsD and of a female at ten shekels.E 6 If it is a person between one month and five years, set the
value of a male at five shekels F of
silver and that of a female at three shekels G of silver. 7 If
it is a person sixty years old or more, set the value of a male at fifteen
shekels H and of a female at ten
shekels. 8 If anyone making the vow
is too poor to pay the specified amount, he is to present the person to the
priest, who will set the value for him according to what the man making the vow
can afford.
9 "`If what he vowed is an animal that is acceptable as an offering
to the LORD, such an animal given to the LORD becomes holy. 10 He must not exchange it or substitute a good one for a bad one, or a
bad one for a good one; if he should substitute
one animal for another, both it and the substitute become holy. 11 If what he vowed is a ceremonially unclean animal--one that
is not acceptable as an offering to the LORD--the animal must be presented to
the priest, 12 who will judge its
quality as good or bad. Whatever value the priest then sets, that is what it
will be. 13 If the owner wishes to
redeem the animal, he must add a fifth to its value. [15]
NEW TESTAMENT: MARK 10:32 - 52
32 They
were on their way up to Jerusalem, with Jesus leading the way, and the
disciples were astonished, while those who followed were afraid. Again he took
the Twelve aside and told them what was going to happen to him. 33 "We are going up to Jerusalem," he said, "and the Son of Man will be betrayed to the chief priests and
teachers of the law. They will condemn him to death and will hand him over to
the Gentiles,
34 who will mock
him and spit on him, flog him and kill him. Three days later he will rise."
35 Then
James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came to him. "Teacher," they
said, "we want you to do for us whatever we ask."
36 "What do you want me to do for you?" he asked.
37 They
replied, "Let one of us sit at your right and the other at your left in
your glory."
38 "You don't know what you are asking," Jesus said.
"Can you drink the cup I drink or be baptized
with the baptism I am baptized with?"
39 "We
can," they answered.
Jesus said to them,
"You will drink the cup I drink and be baptized
with the baptism I am baptized with,
40 but to sit at my right or left is not for me to grant. These places
belong to those for whom they have been prepared."
41 When
the ten heard about this, they became indignant with James and John.
42 Jesus
called them together and said, "You know that
those who are regarded as rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their
high officials exercise authority over them.
43 Not so with you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must
be your servant, 44 and whoever
wants to be first must be slave of all. 45 For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and
to give his life as a ransom for many."
46 Then
they came to Jericho. As Jesus and his disciples, together with a large crowd,
were leaving the city, a blind man, Bartimaeus (that is, the Son of Timaeus),
was sitting by the roadside begging. 47 When he heard that it was
Jesus of Nazareth, he began to shout, "Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on
me!"
48 Many
rebuked him and told him to be quiet, but he shouted all the more, "Son of
David, have mercy on me!"
49 Jesus
stopped and said, "Call him."
So they called to the
blind man, "Cheer up! On your feet! He's calling you." 50 Throwing
his cloak aside, he jumped to his feet and came to Jesus.
51 "What do you want me to do
for you?" Jesus asked him.
The blind man said,
"Rabbi, I want to see."
52 "Go," said Jesus, "your
faith has healed you." Immediately he received his sight and
followed Jesus along the road. [16]
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