AUGUST
19
PSALMS: 19,
49, 79, 109, 139
PROVERBS: 19
OLD TESTAMENT: EZEKIEL 18:1 - 19:14
NEW TESTAMENT: HEBREWS 9:1 - 10
PSALMS: 19
For
the director of music. A psalm of David.
1
The heavens declare the glory of God;
the
skies proclaim the work of his hands.
2
Day after day they pour forth speech;
night
after night they display knowledge.
3
There is no speech or language
where
their voice is not heard. A
4
Their voice B goes out into all the earth,
their
words to the ends of the world.
In
the heavens he has pitched a tent for the sun,
5
which is like a bridegroom coming forth from his
pavilion,
like
a champion rejoicing to run his course.
6
It rises at one end of the heavens
and
makes its circuit to the other;
nothing
is hidden from its heat.
7
The law of the LORD is perfect,
reviving
the soul.
The
statutes of the LORD are trustworthy,
making
wise the simple.
8
The precepts of the LORD are right,
giving
joy to the heart.
The
commands of the LORD are radiant,
giving
light to the eyes.
9
The fear of the LORD is pure,
enduring
forever.
The
ordinances of the LORD are sure
and
altogether righteous. [1]
10
They are more precious than gold,
than
much pure gold;
they
are sweeter than honey,
than
honey from the comb.
11
By them is your servant warned;
in
keeping them there is great reward.
12
Who can discern his errors?
Forgive
my hidden faults.
13
Keep your servant also from willful sins;
may
they not rule over me.
Then
will I be blameless,
innocent
of great transgression.
14
May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my
heart
be
pleasing in your sight,
O
LORD, my Rock and my Redeemer. [2]
PSALMS: 49
For
the director of music. Of the Sons of Korah. A psalm.
1
Hear this, all you peoples;
listen,
all who live in this world,
2
both low and high,
rich
and poor alike:
3
My mouth will speak words of wisdom;
the
utterance from my heart will give understanding.
4
I will turn my ear to a proverb;
with
the harp I will expound my riddle:
5
Why should I fear when evil days come,
when
wicked deceivers surround me--
6
those who trust in their wealth
and
boast of their great riches?
7
No man can redeem the life of another
or
give to God a ransom for him--
8
the ransom for a life is costly,
no
payment is ever enough--
9
that he should live on forever
and
not see decay.
10
For all can see that wise men die;
the
foolish and the senseless alike perish
and
leave their wealth to others.
11
Their tombs will remain their houses A
forever,
their
dwellings for endless generations,
though
they had B named lands after themselves. [3]
12
But man, despite his riches, does not endure;
he
is C like the beasts that perish.
13
This is the fate of those who trust in themselves,
and
of their followers, who approve their sayings.
Selah
14
Like sheep they are destined for the grave, D
and
death will feed on them.
The
upright will rule over them in the morning;
their
forms will decay in the grave, E
far
from their princely mansions.
15
But God will redeem my life F from the
grave;
he
will surely take me to himself.
Selah
16
Do not be overawed when a man grows rich,
when
the splendor of his house increases;
17
for he will take nothing with him when he dies,
his
splendor will not descend with him.
18
Though while he lived he counted himself blessed--
and
men praise you when you prosper--
19
he will join the generation of his fathers,
who
will never see the light of life.
20
A man who has riches without understanding
is
like the beasts that perish. [4]
PSALMS: 79
A
psalm of Asaph.
1
O God, the nations have invaded your inheritance;
they
have defiled your holy temple,
they
have reduced Jerusalem to rubble.
2
They have given the dead bodies of your servants
as
food to the birds of the air,
the
flesh of your saints to the beasts of the earth.
3
They have poured out blood like water
all
around Jerusalem,
and
there is no one to bury the dead.
4
We are objects of reproach to our neighbors,
of
scorn and derision to those around us.
5
How long, O LORD? Will you be angry forever?
How
long will your jealousy burn like fire?
6
Pour out your wrath on the nations
that
do not acknowledge you,
on
the kingdoms
that
do not call on your name;
7
for they have devoured Jacob
and
destroyed his homeland.
8
Do not hold against us the sins of the fathers;
may
your mercy come quickly to meet us,
for
we are in desperate need.
9
Help us, O God our Savior,
for
the glory of your name;
deliver
us and forgive our sins
for
your name's sake.
10
Why should the nations say,
"Where
is their God?" [5]
Before
our eyes, make known among the nations
that
you avenge the outpoured blood of your servants.
11
May the groans of the prisoners come before you;
by
the strength of your arm
preserve
those condemned to die.
12
Pay back into the laps of our neighbors seven times
the
reproach they have hurled at you, O Lord.
13
Then we your people, the sheep of your pasture,
will
praise you forever;
from
generation to generation
we
will recount your praise. [6]
PSALMS: 109
For
the director of music. Of David. A psalm.
1
O God, whom I praise,
do
not remain silent,
2
for wicked and deceitful men
have
opened their mouths against me;
they
have spoken against me with lying tongues.
3
With words of hatred they surround me;
they
attack me without cause.
4
In return for my friendship they accuse me,
but
I am a man of prayer.
5
They repay me evil for good,
and
hatred for my friendship.
6
Appoint A an evil man B to
oppose him;
let
an accuser C stand at his right hand.
7
When he is tried, let him be found guilty,
and
may his prayers condemn him.
8
May his days be few;
may
another take his place of leadership.
9
May his children be fatherless
and
his wife a widow.
10
May his children be wandering beggars;
may
they be driven D from their ruined homes.
11
May a creditor seize all he has;
may
strangers plunder the fruits of his labor.
12
May no one extend kindness to him
or
take pity on his fatherless children.
13
May his descendants be cut off, [7]
their
names blotted out from the next generation.
14
May the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before
the LORD;
may
the sin of his mother never be blotted out.
15
May their sins always remain before the LORD,
that
he may cut off the memory of them from the earth.
16
For he never thought of doing a kindness,
but
hounded to death the poor
and
the needy and the brokenhearted.
17
He loved to pronounce a curse--
may
it E come on him;
he
found no pleasure in blessing--
may
it beF far from him.
18
He wore cursing as his garment;
it
entered into his body like water,
into
his bones like oil.
19
May it be like a cloak wrapped about him,
like
a belt tied forever around him.
20
May this be the LORD's payment to my accusers,
to
those who speak evil of me.
21
But you, O Sovereign LORD,
deal
well with me for your name's sake;
out
of the goodness of your love, deliver me.
22
For I am poor and needy,
and
my heart is wounded within me.
23
I fade away like an evening shadow;
I
am shaken off like a locust.
24
My knees give way from fasting;
my
body is thin and gaunt.
25
I am an object of scorn to my accusers;
when
they see me, they shake their heads. [8]
26
Help me, O LORD my God;
save
me in accordance with your love.
27
Let them know that it is your hand,
that
you, O LORD, have done it.
28
They may curse, but you will bless;
when
they attack they will be put to shame,
but
your servant will rejoice.
29
My accusers will be clothed with disgrace
and
wrapped in shame as in a cloak.
30
With my mouth I will greatly extol the LORD;
in
the great throng I will praise him.
31
For he stands at the right hand of the needy one,
to
save his life from those who condemn him. [9]
PSALMS: 139
For
the director of music. Of David. A psalm.
1
O LORD, you have searched me
and
you know me.
2
You know when I sit and when I rise;
you
perceive my thoughts from afar.
3
You discern my going out and my lying down;
you
are familiar with all my ways.
4
Before a word is on my tongue
you
know it completely, O LORD.
5
You hem me in--behind and before;
you
have laid your hand upon me.
6
Such knowledge is too wonderful for me,
too
lofty for me to attain.
7
Where can I go from your Spirit?
Where
can I flee from your presence?
8
If I go up to the heavens, you are there;
if
I make my bed in the depths, A you are there.
9
If I rise on the wings of the dawn,
if
I settle on the far side of the sea,
10
even there your hand will guide me,
your
right hand will hold me fast.
1
If I say, "Surely the darkness will hide me
and
the light become night around me,"
12
even the darkness will not be dark to you;
the
night will shine like the day,
for
darkness is as light to you. [10]
13
For you created my inmost being;
you
knit me together in my mother's womb.
14
I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully
made;
your
works are wonderful,
I
know that full well.
15
My frame was not hidden from you
when
I was made in the secret place.
When
I was woven together in the depths of the earth,
16
your eyes saw my unformed body.
All
the days ordained for me
were
written in your book
before
one of them came to be.
17
How precious to B me are your thoughts, O
God!
How
vast is the sum of them!
18
Were I to count them,
they
would outnumber the grains of sand.
When
I awake,
I
am still with you.
19
If only you would slay the wicked, O God!
Away
from me, you bloodthirsty men!
20
They speak of you with evil intent;
your
adversaries misuse your name.
21
Do I not hate those who hate you, O LORD,
and
abhor those who rise up against you?
22
I have nothing but hatred for them;
I
count them my enemies.
23
Search me, O God, and know my heart;
test
me and know my anxious thoughts.
24
See if there is any offensive way in me,
and
lead me in the way everlasting. [11]
PROVERBS: 19
19
1 Better a poor man whose
walk is blameless
than
a fool whose lips are perverse.
2
It is not good to have zeal without knowledge,
nor
to be hasty and miss the way.
3
A man's own folly ruins his life,
yet
his heart rages against the LORD.
4
Wealth brings many friends,
but
a poor man's friend deserts him.
5
A false witness will not go unpunished,
and
he who pours out lies will not go free.
6
Many curry favor with a ruler,
and
everyone is the friend of a man who gives gifts.
7
A poor man is shunned by all his relatives--
how
much more do his friends avoid him!
Though
he pursues them with pleading,
they
are nowhere to be found. A
8
He who gets wisdom loves his own soul;
he
who cherishes understanding prospers.
9
A false witness will not go unpunished,
and
he who pours out lies will perish.
10
It is not fitting for a fool to live in luxury--
how
much worse for a slave to rule over princes!
11
A man's wisdom gives him patience;
it
is to his glory to overlook an offense. [12]
12
A king's rage is like the roar of a lion,
but
his favor is like dew on the grass.
13
A foolish son is his father's ruin,
and
a quarrelsome wife is like a constant dripping.
14
Houses and wealth are inherited from parents,
but
a prudent wife is from the LORD.
15
Laziness brings on deep sleep,
and
the shiftless man goes hungry.
16
He who obeys instructions guards his life,
but
he who is contemptuous of his ways will die.
17
He who is kind to the poor lends to the LORD,
and
he will reward him for what he has done.
18
Discipline your son, for in that there is hope;
do
not be a willing party to his death.
19
A hot-tempered man must pay the penalty;
if
you rescue him, you will have to do it again.
20
Listen to advice and accept instruction,
and
in the end you will be wise.
21
Many are the plans in a man's heart,
but
it is the LORD's purpose that prevails.
22
What a man desires is unfailing loveB;
better
to be poor than a liar. [13]
23
The fear of the LORD leads to life:
Then
one rests content, untouched by trouble.
24
The sluggard buries his hand in the dish;
he
will not even bring it back to his mouth!
25
Flog a mocker, and the simple will learn prudence;
rebuke
a discerning man, and he will gain knowledge.
26
He who robs his father and drives out his mother
is
a son who brings shame and disgrace.
27
Stop listening to instruction, my son,
and
you will stray from the words of knowledge.
28
A corrupt witness mocks at justice,
and
the mouth of the wicked gulps down evil.
29
Penalties are prepared for mockers,
and
beatings for the backs of fools. [14]
OLD TESTAMENT: EZEKIEL 18:1 - 19:14
18 1
The word of the LORD came to me: 2 "What do you people mean by quoting this proverb about the
land of Israel:
" `The
fathers eat sour grapes,
and the
children's teeth are set on edge'?
3 "As surely as I live, declares the
Sovereign LORD, you will no longer quote this proverb in Israel. 4 For every
living soul belongs to me, the father as well as the son--both alike belong to
me. The soul who sins is the one who will die.
5 "Suppose there is a righteous man
who does what
is just and right.
6 He does not eat at the mountain shrines
or look to
the idols of the house of Israel.
He does not
defile his neighbor's wife
or lie with a
woman during her period.
7 He does not oppress anyone,
but returns
what he took in pledge for a loan.
He does not
commit robbery
but gives his
food to the hungry
and provides
clothing for the naked.
8 He does not lend at usury
or take
excessive interest. A
He withholds
his hand from doing wrong
and judges
fairly between man and man.
9 He follows my decrees
and
faithfully keeps my laws.
That man is
righteous;
he will surely
live, [15]
declares the
Sovereign LORD.
10 "Suppose
he has a violent son, who sheds blood or does any of these other things B
11 (though
the father has done none of them):
"He eats at the mountain shrines.
He defiles
his neighbor's wife.
12 He oppresses
the poor and needy.
He commits
robbery.
He does not
return what he took in pledge.
He looks to
the idols.
He does
detestable things.
13 He lends at
usury and takes excessive interest.
Will such a
man live? He will not! Because he has done all these detestable things, he will
surely be put to death and his blood will be on his own head.
14 "But suppose this son has a son who sees all the sins his
father commits, and though he sees them, he does not do such things:
15 "He does
not eat at the mountain shrines
or look to
the idols of the house of Israel.
He does not
defile his neighbor's wife.
16 He does not
oppress anyone
or require a
pledge for a loan.
He does not
commit robbery
but gives his
food to the hungry
and provides
clothing for the naked.
and takes no
usury or excessive interest.
He keeps my
laws and follows my decrees.
He will not
die for his father's sin; he will surely live. 18 But his
father will die for his own sin, because he practiced extortion, robbed his
brother and did what was wrong among his people.
19 "Yet you
ask, `Why does the son not share the guilt of his father?' Since the son has
done what is just and right and has been careful to keep all my decrees, he
will surely live. 20 The soul who sins is the one who will die. The son will not share the
guilt of the father, nor will the father share the guilt of the son. The
righteousness of the righteous man will be credited to him, and the wickedness
of the wicked will be charged against him.
21 "But if
a wicked man turns away from all the sins he has committed and keeps all my
decrees and does what is just and right, he will surely live; he will not die. 22 None of the
offenses he has committed will be remembered against him. Because of the
righteous things he has done, he will live. 23 Do I take any
pleasure in the death of the wicked? declares the Sovereign LORD. Rather, am I
not pleased when they turn from their ways and live?
24 "But if a righteous man turns from his righteousness and commits
sin and does the same detestable things the wicked man does, will he live? None
of the righteous things he has done will be remembered. Because of the
unfaithfulness he is guilty of and because of the sins he has committed, he
will die.
25 "Yet you
say, `The way of the Lord is not just.' Hear, O house of Israel: Is my way
unjust? Is it not your ways that are unjust? 26 If a
righteous man turns from his righteousness and commits sin, he will die for it;
because of the sin he has committed he will die. 27 But if a
wicked man turns away from the wickedness he has committed and does what is
just and right, he will save his life. 28 Because he
considers all the offenses he has committed and turns away from them, he will
surely live; he will not die. 29 Yet the house
of Israel says, `The way of the Lord is not just.' Are my ways unjust, O house
of Israel? Is it not your ways that are unjust?
30 "Therefore,
O house of Israel, I will judge you, each one according to his ways, declares
the Sovereign LORD. Repent! Turn away from all your offenses; then sin will not
be your downfall. 31 Rid yourselves of all the offenses you have committed, and get a new
heart and a new spirit. Why will you die, O house of Israel? 32 For I take no
pleasure in the death of anyone, declares the Sovereign LORD. Repent and live! [17]
19 1
"Take up a lament concerning the
princes of Israel 2 and say:
"`What a
lioness was your mother
among the
lions!
She lay down
among the young lions
and reared
her cubs.
3 She brought up one of her cubs,
and he became
a strong lion.
He learned to
tear the prey
and he
devoured men.
4 The nations heard about him,
and he was
trapped in their pit.
They led him
with hooks
to the land
of Egypt.
5 "`When she saw her hope unfulfilled,
her
expectation gone,
she took
another of her cubs
and made him
a strong lion.
6 He prowled among the lions,
for he was
now a strong lion.
He learned to
tear the prey
and he
devoured men.
7 He broke down A their strongholds
and
devastated their towns.
The land and
all who were in it
were
terrified by his roaring. [18]
8 Then the nations came against him,
those from
regions round about.
They spread
their net for him,
and he was
trapped in their pit.
9 With hooks they pulled him into a cage
and brought
him to the king of Babylon.
They put him
in prison,
so his roar
was heard no longer
on the
mountains of Israel.
10 "`Your
mother was like a vine in your vineyardB
planted by
the water;
it was fruitful
and full of branches
because of
abundant water.
11 Its branches
were strong,
fit for a
ruler's scepter.
It towered
high
above the
thick foliage,
conspicuous
for its height
and for its
many branches.
12 But it was
uprooted in fury
and thrown to
the ground.
The east wind
made it shrivel,
it was
stripped of its fruit;
its strong
branches withered
and fire
consumed them. [19]
13 Now it is
planted in the desert,
in a dry and
thirsty land.
14 Fire spread
from one of its main C branches
and consumed
its fruit.
No strong
branch is left on it
fit for a
ruler's scepter.'
This is a
lament and is to be used as a lament." [20]
NEW TESTAMENT: HEBREWS 9:1 - 10
9 1
Now the first covenant had regulations for worship and
also an earthly sanctuary.
2 A
tabernacle was set up. In its first room were the lampstand, the table and the
consecrated bread; this was called the Holy Place. 3 Behind the
second curtain was a room called the Most Holy Place, 4 which had
the golden altar of incense and the gold-covered ark of the covenant. This ark
contained the gold jar of manna, Aaron's staff that had budded, and the stone
tablets of the covenant. 5 Above the ark were the cherubim of the
Glory, overshadowing the atonement cover. A But we cannot discuss
these things in detail now.
6 When
everything had been arranged like this, the priests entered regularly into the
outer room to carry on their ministry. 7 But only the high priest
entered the inner room, and that only once a year, and never without blood,
which he offered for himself and for the sins the people had committed in
ignorance. 8 The Holy Spirit was showing by this that the way into
the Most Holy Place had not yet been disclosed as long as the first tabernacle
was still standing. 9 This is an illustration for the present time,
indicating that the gifts and sacrifices being offered were not able to clear
the conscience of the worshiper. 10 They are only a matter of food
and drink and various ceremonial washings--external regulations applying until
the time of the new order. [21]
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