DECEMBER
27
PSALMS: 27,
57, 87, 117, 147
PROVERBS: 27
OLD TESTAMENT: NUMBERS 26:52 - 28:15
NEW TESTAMENT: LUKE 3:1 - 22
Psalms
27
Of
David.
1
The LORD is my light and my salvation--
whom
shall I fear?
The
LORD is the stronghold of my life--
of
whom shall I be afraid?
2
When evil men advance against me
to
devour my flesh, A
when
my enemies and my foes attack me,
they
will stumble and fall.
3
Though an army besiege me,
my
heart will not fear;
though
war break out against me,
even
then will I be confident.
4
One thing I ask of the LORD,
this
is what I seek:
that
I may dwell in the house of the LORD
all
the days of my life,
to
gaze upon the beauty of the LORD
and
to seek him in his temple.
5
For in the day of trouble
he
will keep me safe in his dwelling;
he
will hide me in the shelter of his tabernacle
and
set me high upon a rock.
6
Then my head will be exalted
above
the enemies who surround me;
at
his tabernacle will I sacrifice with shouts of joy;
I
will sing and make music to the LORD. [1]
7
Hear my voice when I call, O LORD;
be
merciful to me and answer me.
8
My heart says of you, "Seek hisB
face!"
Your
face, LORD, I will seek.
9
Do not hide your face from me,
do
not turn your servant away in anger;
you
have been my helper.
Do
not reject me or forsake me,
O
God my Savior.
10
Though my father and mother forsake me,
the
LORD will receive me.
11
Teach me your way, O LORD;
lead
me in a straight path
because
of my oppressors.
12
Do not turn me over to the desire of my foes,
for
false witnesses rise up against me,
breathing
out violence.
13
I am still confident of this:
I
will see the goodness of the LORD
in
the land of the living.
14
Wait for the LORD;
be
strong and take heart
and
wait for the LORD.
PSALMS: 57
1
Have mercy on me, O God, have mercy on me,
for
in you my soul takes refuge.
I
will take refuge in the shadow of your wings
until
the disaster has passed.
2
I cry out to God Most High,
to
God, who fulfills his purpose for me.
3
He sends from heaven and saves me,
rebuking
those who hotly pursue me;
Selah
God
sends his love and his faithfulness.
4
I am in the midst of lions;
I
lie among ravenous beasts--
men
whose teeth are spears and arrows,
whose
tongues are sharp swords.
5
Be exalted, O God, above the heavens;
let
your glory be over all the earth.
6
They spread a net for my feet--
I
was bowed down in distress.
They
dug a pit in my path--
but
they have fallen into it themselves.
Selah [2]
7
My heart is steadfast, O God,
my
heart is steadfast;
I
will sing and make music.
8
Awake, my soul!
Awake,
harp and lyre!
I
will awaken the dawn.
9
I will praise you, O Lord, among the nations;
I
will sing of you among the peoples.
10
For great is your love, reaching to the heavens;
your
faithfulness reaches to the skies.
11
Be exalted, O God, above the heavens;
let
your glory be over all the earth. [3]
PSALMS: 87
Of
the Sons of Korah. A psalm. A song.
1
He has set his foundation on the holy mountain;
2
the LORD loves the gates of Zion
more
than all the dwellings of Jacob.
3
Glorious things are said of you,
O
city of God:
Selah
4
"I will record Rahab A and Babylon
among those who acknowledge me--
Philistia too, and Tyre, along with Cush B--
and will say, `This C one was born in Zion.' "
5
Indeed, of Zion it will be said,
"This one and that one were born in her,
and the Most High himself will establish her."
6
The LORD will write in the register of the peoples:
"This one was born in Zion."
Selah
7
As they make music they will sing,
"All my fountains are in you." [4]
PSALMS: 117
1
Praise the LORD, all you nations;
extol
him, all you peoples.
2
For great is his love toward us,
and
the faithfulness of the LORD endures forever.
Praise
the LORD. A [5]
PSALMS: 147
1
Praise the LORD. A
How
good it is to sing praises to our God,
how
pleasant and fitting to praise him!
2
The LORD builds up Jerusalem;
he
gathers the exiles of Israel.
3
He heals the brokenhearted
and
binds up their wounds.
4
He determines the number of the stars
and
calls them each by name.
5
Great is our Lord and mighty in power;
his
understanding has no limit.
6
The LORD sustains the humble
but
casts the wicked to the ground.
7
Sing to the LORD with thanksgiving;
make
music to our God on the harp.
8
He covers the sky with clouds;
he
supplies the earth with rain
and
makes grass grow on the hills.
9
He provides food for the cattle
and
for the young ravens when they call.
10
His pleasure is not in the strength of the horse,
nor
his delight in the legs of a man;
11
the LORD delights in those who fear him,
who
put their hope in his unfailing love. [6]
12
Extol the LORD, O Jerusalem;
praise
your God, O Zion,
13
for he strengthens the bars of your gates
and
blesses your people within you.
14
He grants peace to your borders
and
satisfies you with the finest of wheat.
15
He sends his command to the earth;
his
word runs swiftly.
16
He spreads the snow like wool
and
scatters the frost like ashes.
17
He hurls down his hail like pebbles.
Who
can withstand his icy blast?
18
He sends his word and melts them;
he
stirs up his breezes, and the waters flow.
19
He has revealed his word to Jacob,
his
laws and decrees to Israel.
20
He has done this for no other nation;
they
do not know his laws.
Praise
the LORD. [7]
PROVERBS:
27
27
1 Do not boast about
tomorrow,
for
you do not know what a day may bring forth.
2
Let another praise you, and not your own mouth;
someone
else, and not your own lips.
3
Stone is heavy and sand a burden,
but
provocation by a fool is heavier than both.
4
Anger is cruel and fury overwhelming,
but
who can stand before jealousy?
5
Better is open rebuke
than
hidden love.
6
Wounds from a friend can be trusted,
but
an enemy multiplies kisses.
7
He who is full loathes honey,
but
to the hungry even what is bitter tastes sweet.
8
Like a bird that strays from its nest
is
a man who strays from his home.
9
Perfume and incense bring joy to the heart,
and
the pleasantness of one's friend springs from his earnest counsel.
10
Do not forsake your friend and the friend of your
father,
and
do not go to your brother's house when disaster strikes you--
better
a neighbor nearby than a brother far away.
11
Be wise, my son, and bring joy to my heart;
then
I can answer anyone who treats me with contempt. [8]
12
The prudent see danger and take refuge,
but
the simple keep going and suffer for it.
13
Take the garment of one who puts up security for a
stranger;
hold
it in pledge if he does it for a wayward woman.
14
If a man loudly blesses his neighbor early in the
morning,
it
will be taken as a curse.
15
A quarrelsome wife is like
a
constant dripping on a rainy day;
16
restraining her is like restraining the wind
or
grasping oil with the hand.
17
As iron sharpens iron,
so
one man sharpens another.
18
He who tends a fig tree will eat its fruit,
and
he who looks after his master will be honored.
19
As water reflects a face,
so
a man's heart reflects the man.
20
Death and Destruction A are never
satisfied,
and
neither are the eyes of man.
21
The crucible for silver and the furnace for gold,
but
man is tested by the praise he receives.
22
Though you grind a fool in a mortar,
grinding
him like grain with a pestle,
you
will not remove his folly from him. [9]
23
Be sure you know the condition of your flocks,
give
careful attention to your herds;
24
for riches do not endure forever,
and
a crown is not secure for all generations.
25
When the hay is removed and new growth appears
and
the grass from the hills is gathered in,
26
the lambs will provide you with clothing,
and
the goats with the price of a field.
27
You will have plenty of goats' milk
to
feed you and your family
and
to nourish your servant girls. [10]
OLD TESTAMENT: NUMBERS 26:52 - 28:15
52 The
LORD said to Moses, 53 "The land is to
be allotted to them as an inheritance based on the number of names. 54 To a larger group give a larger inheritance, and to a
smaller group a smaller one; each is to receive its inheritance according to
the number of those listed. 55 Be
sure that the land is distributed by lot. What each group inherits will be
according to the names for its ancestral tribe. 56 Each inheritance is to be distributed by lot among the
larger and smaller groups."
57 These
were the Levites who were counted by their clans:
through Gershon, the
Gershonite clan;
through Kohath, the
Kohathite clan;
through Merari, the
Merarite clan.
58 These
also were Levite clans:
the Libnite clan,
the Hebronite clan,
the Mahlite clan,
the Mushite clan,
the Korahite clan.
(Kohath was the
forefather of Amram; 59 the name of Amram's wife was Jochebed, a
descendant of Levi, who was born to the Levites F in Egypt. To Amram
she bore Aaron, Moses and their sister Miriam.
60 Aaron
was the father of Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. 61 But Nadab
and Abihu died when they made an offering before the LORD with unauthorized
fire.)
62 All the male Levites a month old
or more numbered 23,000. They were not counted along with the other Israelites
because they received no inheritance among them.
63 These
are the ones counted by Moses and Eleazar the priest when they counted the
Israelites on the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho. 64 Not
one of them was among those counted by Moses and Aaron the priest when they
counted the Israelites in the Desert of Sinai. 65 For the LORD had
told those Israelites they would surely die in the desert, and not one of them
was left except Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun.
27 1
The daughters of Zelophehad son of Hepher, the son of
Gilead, the son of Makir, the son of Manasseh, belonged to the clans of
Manasseh [11]
son of Joseph. The names of the daughters were Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah and
Tirzah. They approached 2 the entrance to the Tent of Meeting and
stood before Moses, Eleazar the priest, the leaders and the whole assembly, and
said, 3 "Our father died in the desert. He was not among
Korah's followers, who banded together against the LORD, but he died for his
own sin and left no sons.
4 Why
should our father's name disappear from his clan because he had no son? Give us
property among our father's relatives."
5 So
Moses brought their case before the LORD 6 and the LORD said to him,
7 "What Zelophehad's daughters are
saying is right. You must certainly give them property as an inheritance among
their father's relatives and turn their father's inheritance over to them.
8 "Say to the Israelites, `If a man dies and leaves no son, turn
his inheritance over to his daughter. 9 If he has no daughter, give his inheritance to his brothers. 10 If he has no brothers, give his inheritance to his father's brothers. 11 If his father had no brothers, give his inheritance to the nearest
relative in his clan, that he may possess it. This is to be a legal requirement
for the Israelites, as the LORD commanded Moses.'"
12 Then
the LORD said to Moses, "Go up this mountain in
the Abarim range and see the land I have given the Israelites. 13 After you have seen it, you too will be gathered to your
people, as your brother Aaron was, 14 for when the community rebelled at the waters in the Desert of Zin, both
of you disobeyed my command to honor me as holy before their eyes."
(These were the waters of Meribah Kadesh, in the Desert of Zin.)
15 Moses
said to the LORD, 16 "May the LORD, the God of the spirits of
all mankind, appoint a man over this community 17 to go out and come
in before them, one who will lead them out and bring them in, so the LORD's
people will not be like sheep without a shepherd."
18 So
the LORD said to Moses, "Take Joshua son of Nun,
a man in whom is the spirit, A and
lay your hand on him. 19 Have him
stand before Eleazar the priest and the entire assembly and commission him in
their presence. 20 Give him some of
your authority so the whole Israelite community will obey him. 21 He is to stand before Eleazar the priest, who will obtain
decisions for him by inquiring of the Urim before the LORD. At his command he
and the entire community of the Israelites will go out, and at his command they
will come in."
22 Moses
did as the LORD commanded him. He took Joshua and had him stand before Eleazar
the priest and the whole assembly. 23 Then he laid his hands on him
and commissioned him, as the LORD instructed through Moses.
28 1
The LORD said to Moses, 2 "Give this command to the Israelites and say to them: `See
that you present to me at the appointed time the food for my offerings made by
fire, as an aroma pleasing to me.' 3
Say to them: `This is the offering made by fire that you are to present to the
LORD: [12]
two lambs a
year old without defect, as a regular burnt offering each day. 4 Prepare one lamb in the morning and the other at twilight, 5 together with a grain offering of a tenth of an ephahA of
fine flour mixed with a quarter of a hin B of oil from pressed olives.
6 This is the regular burnt offering instituted at Mount Sinai as a
pleasing aroma, an offering made to the LORD by fire. 7 The accompanying drink offering is to be a quarter of a hin of
fermented drink with each lamb. Pour out the drink offering to the LORD at the
sanctuary. 8 Prepare the
second lamb at twilight, along with the same kind of grain offering and drink
offering that you prepare in the morning. This is an offering made by fire, an
aroma pleasing to the LORD.
9 "`On the Sabbath day, make an offering of two lambs a year old
without defect, together with its drink offering and a grain offering of
two-tenths of an ephahC of fine flour mixed with oil. 10 This is the burnt offering for every Sabbath, in addition to the
regular burnt offering and its drink offering.
11 "`On the first of every month, present to the LORD a burnt
offering of two young bulls, one ram and seven male lambs a year old, all
without defect. 12 With each
bull there is to be a grain offering of three-tenths of an Ephah D of fine flour mixed with oil; with the ram, a grain offering of
two-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil;
13 and with each lamb, a grain offering of a tenth of an ephah of fine
flour mixed with oil. This is for a burnt offering, a pleasing aroma, an
offering made to the LORD by fire. 14 With each bull there is to be a drink offering of half a hin E of wine; with the ram, a third of a hin F; and with each lamb, a quarter of a hin. This is the monthly burnt
offering to be made at each new moon during the year. 15
Besides the regular burnt offering with its
drink offering, one male goat is to be presented to the LORD as a sin offering.
[13]
NEW TESTAMENT: LUKE 3:1 - 22
3 1
In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius
Caesar--when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, Herod tetrarch of Galilee,
his brother Philip tetrarch of Iturea and Traconitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of
Abilene—
2 during
the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John son of
Zechariah in the desert. 3 He went into all the country around the
Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. 4 As
is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet:
"A voice of one calling in the desert,
`Prepare the
way for the Lord,
make straight
paths for him.
5 Every valley shall be filled in,
every
mountain and hill made low.
The crooked
roads shall become straight,
the rough
ways smooth.
6 And all mankind will see God's salvation.'"A
7 John
said to the crowds coming out to be baptized by him, "You brood of vipers!
Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath? 8 Produce fruit in
keeping with repentance. And do not begin to say to yourselves, `We have
Abraham as our father.' For I tell you that out of these stones God can raise
up children for Abraham. 9 The ax is already at the root of the
trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and
thrown into the fire."
10 "What
should we do then?" the crowd asked.
11 John
answered, "The man with two tunics should share with him who has none, and
the one who has food should do the same."
12 Tax
collectors also came to be baptized. "Teacher," they asked,
"what should we do?"
13 "Don't
collect any more than you are required to," he told them.
14 Then
some soldiers asked him, "And what should we do?"
He replied, "Don't
extort money and don't accuse people falsely--be content with your pay."
15 The
people were waiting expectantly and were all wondering in their hearts if John
might possibly be the Christ.B
16 John answered them all,
"I baptize you with C water. But one more powerful than I will
come, the thongs of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie. He will baptize you
with the Holy Spirit and with fire. 17 His winnowing fork is in his
hand to clear his threshing floor and to gather the wheat into his barn, but [14]he
will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire." 18 And with
many other words John exhorted the people and preached the good news to them.
19 But
when John rebuked Herod the tetrarch because of Herodias, his brother's wife,
and all the other evil things he had done, 20 Herod added this to
them all: He locked John up in prison.
21 When
all the people were being baptized, Jesus was baptized too. And as he was
praying, heaven was opened 22 and the Holy Spirit descended on him
in bodily form like a dove. And a voice came from heaven: "You are my Son, whom I love; with you I am well pleased."
[15]
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