JULY
12
PSALMS: 12, 42, 72, 102, 132
PROVERBS: 12
OLD TESTAMENT: ISAIAH 62:6 - 65:25
NEW TESTAMENT: PHILIPPIANS 2:19 - 3:3
PSALMS: 12
For
the director of music. According to sheminith. A A psalm of
David.
1
Help, LORD, for the godly are no more;
the
faithful have vanished from among men.
2
Everyone lies to his neighbor;
their
flattering lips speak with deception.
3
May the LORD cut off all flattering lips
and
every boastful tongue
4
that says, "We will triumph with our tongues;
we
own our lips B--who is our master?"
5
"Because of the
oppression of the weak
and the groaning of the needy,
I will now arise," says the LORD.
"I will protect them from those who malign them."
6
And the words of the LORD are flawless,
like
silver refined in a furnace of clay,
purified
seven times.
7
O LORD, you will keep us safe
and
protect us from such people forever.
8
The wicked freely strut about
when
what is vile is honored among men. [1]
PSALMS: 42
For
A the director of music. A maskil B of the Sons of
Korah.
1
As the deer pants for streams of water,
so
my soul pants for you, O God.
2
My soul thirsts for God, for the living God.
When
can I go and meet with God?
3
My tears have been my food
day
and night,
while
men say to me all day long,
"Where
is your God?"
4
These things I remember
as
I pour out my soul:
how
I used to go with the multitude,
leading
the procession to the house of God,
with
shouts of joy and thanksgiving
among
the festive throng.
5
Why are you downcast, O my soul?
Why
so disturbed within me?
Put
your hope in God,
for
I will yet praise him,
my
Savior and 6 my God.
My
C soul is downcast within me;
therefore
I will remember you
from
the land of the Jordan,
the
heights of Hermon--from Mount Mizar.
7
Deep calls to deep
in
the roar of your waterfalls;
all
your waves and breakers
have
swept over me.
8
By day the LORD directs his love,
at
night his song is with me--
a
prayer to the God of my life.
9
I say to God my Rock,
"Why
have you forgotten me?
Why
must I go about mourning,
oppressed
by the enemy?"
10
My bones suffer mortal agony
as
my foes taunt me,
saying
to me all day long,
"Where
is your God?"
11
Why are you downcast, O my soul?
Why
so disturbed within me?
Put
your hope in God,
for
I will yet praise him,
my
Savior and my God. [2]
PSALMS: 72
Of
Solomon.
1
Endow the king with your justice, O God,
the
royal son with your righteousness.
2
He will A judge your people in
righteousness,
your
afflicted ones with justice.
3
The mountains will bring prosperity to the people,
the
hills the fruit of righteousness.
4
He will defend the afflicted among the people
and
save the children of the needy;
he
will crush the oppressor.
5
He will endure B as long as the sun,
as
long as the moon, through all generations.
6
He will be like rain falling on a mown field,
like
showers watering the earth.
7
In his days the righteous will flourish;
prosperity
will abound till the moon is no more.
8
He will rule from sea to sea
and
from the River C to the ends of the earth. D
9
The desert tribes will bow before him
and
his enemies will lick the dust.
10
The kings of Tarshish and of distant shores
will
bring tribute to him;
the
kings of Sheba and Seba
will
present him gifts.
11
All kings will bow down to him
and
all nations will serve him.[3]
of
Solomon.
12
For
he will deliver the needy who cry out,
the
afflicted who have no one to help.
13
He
will take pity on the weak and the needy
and
save the needy from death.
14
He
will rescue them from oppression and violence,
for
precious is their blood in his sight.
15
Long
may he live!
May
gold from Sheba be given him.
May
people ever pray for him
and
bless him all day long.
16
Let
grain abound throughout the land;
on
the tops of the hills may it sway.
Let
its fruit flourish like Lebanon;
let
it thrive like the grass of the field.
17
May
his name endure forever;
may
it continue as long as the sun.
All
nations will be blessed through him,
and
they will call him blessed. [4]
18
Praise
be to the LORD God, the God of Israel,
who
alone does marvelous deeds.
19
Praise
be to his glorious name forever;
may
the whole earth be filled with his glory.
Amen
and Amen.
20 This concludes the
prayers of David son of Jesse. [5]
PSALMS: 102
A
prayer of an afflicted man. When he is faint and pours out his lament before
the LORD.
1
Hear my prayer, O LORD;
let
my cry for help come to you.
2
Do not hide your face from me
when
I am in distress.
Turn
your ear to me;
when
I call, answer me quickly.
3
For my days vanish like smoke;
my
bones burn like glowing embers.
4
My heart is blighted and withered like grass;
I
forget to eat my food.
5
Because of my loud groaning
I
am reduced to skin and bones.
6
I am like a desert owl,
like
an owl among the ruins.
7
I lie awake; I have become
like
a bird alone on a roof.
8
All day long my enemies taunt me;
those
who rail against me use my name as a curse.
9
For I eat ashes as my food
and
mingle my drink with tears
10
because of your great wrath,
for
you have taken me up and thrown me aside.
11
My days are like the evening shadow;
I
wither away like grass. [6]
12
But you, O LORD, sit enthroned forever;
your
renown endures through all generations.
13
You will arise and have compassion on Zion,
for
it is time to show favor to her;
the
appointed time has come.
14
For her stones are dear to your servants;
her
very dust moves them to pity.
15
The nations will fear the name of the LORD,
all
the kings of the earth will revere your glory.
16
For the LORD will rebuild Zion
and
appear in his glory.
17
He will respond to the prayer of the destitute;
he
will not despise their plea.
18
Let this be written for a future generation,
that
a people not yet created may praise the LORD:
19
"The LORD looked down
from his sanctuary on high,
from heaven he viewed the earth,
20
to hear the groans of the prisoners
and release those condemned to death."
21
So the name of the LORD will be declared in Zion
and
his praise in Jerusalem
22
when the peoples and the kingdoms
assemble
to worship the LORD.
23
In the course of my life A he broke my
strength;
he
cut short my days.
24
So I said:
"Do
not take me away, O my God, in the midst of my days;
your
years go on through all generations.
25
In the beginning you laid the foundations of the
earth,
and
the heavens are the work of your hands. [7]
26
They will perish, but you remain;
they
will all wear out like a garment.
Like
clothing you will change them
and
they will be discarded.
27
But you remain the same,
and
your years will never end.
28
The children of your servants will live in your
presence;
their
descendants will be established before you." [8]
PSALMS: 132
A
song of ascents.
1
O LORD, remember David
and
all the hardships he endured.
2
He swore an oath to the LORD
and
made a vow to the Mighty One of Jacob:
3
"I will not enter my
house
or go to my bed--
4
I will allow no sleep to my eyes,
no slumber to my eyelids,
5
till I find a place for the LORD,
a dwelling for the Mighty One of Jacob."
6
We heard it in Ephrathah,
we
came upon it in the fields of Jaar A:B
7
"Let us go to his
dwelling place;
let us worship at his footstool--
8
arise, O LORD, and come to your resting
place,
you and the ark of your might.
9
May your priests be clothed with
righteousness;
may your saints sing for joy."
10
For the sake of David your servant,
do
not reject your anointed one.[9]
11
The LORD swore an oath to David,
a
sure oath that he will not revoke:
"One of your own descendants
I will place on your throne--
12
if your sons keep my covenant
and the statutes I teach them,
then their sons will sit
on your throne for ever and ever."
13
For the LORD has chosen Zion,
he
has desired it for his dwelling:
14
"This is my resting
place for ever and ever;
here I will sit enthroned, for I have desired it--
15 I will
bless her with abundant provisions;
her poor will I satisfy with food.
16 I will
clothe her priests with salvation,
and her saints will ever sing for joy.
17
"Here I will make a
horn C grow for David
and set up a lamp for my anointed one.
18 I will
clothe his enemies with shame,
but the crown on his head will be resplendent."
[10]
PROVERBS: 12
12
1 Whoever loves
discipline loves knowledge,
but
he who hates correction is stupid.
2
A good man obtains favor from the LORD,
but
the LORD condemns a crafty man.
3
A man cannot be established through wickedness,
but
the righteous cannot be uprooted.
4
A wife of noble character is her husband's crown,
but
a disgraceful wife is like decay in his bones.
5
The plans of the righteous are just,
but
the advice of the wicked is deceitful.
6
The words of the wicked lie in wait for blood,
but
the speech of the upright rescues them.
7
Wicked men are overthrown and are no more,
but
the house of the righteous stands firm.
8
A man is praised according to his wisdom,
but
men with warped minds are despised.
9
Better to be a nobody and yet have a servant
than
pretend to be somebody and have no food.
10
A righteous man cares for the needs of his animal,
but
the kindest acts of the wicked are cruel.
11
He who works his land will have abundant food,
but
he who chases fantasies lacks judgment.[11]
12
The wicked desire the plunder of evil men,
but
the root of the righteous flourishes.
13
An evil man is trapped by his sinful talk,
but
a righteous man escapes trouble.
14
From the fruit of his lips a man is filled with good
things
as
surely as the work of his hands rewards him.
15
The way of a fool seems right to him,
but
a wise man listens to advice.
16
A fool shows his annoyance at once,
but
a prudent man overlooks an insult.
17
A truthful witness gives honest testimony,
but
a false witness tells lies.
18
Reckless words pierce like a sword,
but
the tongue of the wise brings healing.
19
Truthful lips endure forever,
but
a lying tongue lasts only a moment.
20
There is deceit in the hearts of those who plot evil,
but
joy for those who promote peace.
21
No harm befalls the righteous,
but
the wicked have their fill of trouble.[12]
22
The LORD detests lying lips,
but
he delights in men who are truthful.
23
A prudent man keeps his knowledge to himself,
but
the heart of fools blurts out folly.
24
Diligent hands will rule,
but
laziness ends in slave labor.
25
An anxious heart weighs a man down,
but
a kind word cheers him up.
26
A righteous man is cautious in friendship, A
but
the way of the wicked leads them astray.
27
The lazy man does not roast B his game,
but
the diligent man prizes his possessions.
28
In the way of righteousness there is life;
along
that path is immortality. [13]
OLD TESTAMENT: ISAIAH 62:6 - 65:25
6 I
have posted watchmen on your walls, O Jerusalem;
they will never be
silent day or night.
You who call on the
LORD,
give yourselves no rest,
7 and
give him no rest till he establishes Jerusalem
and makes her the praise
of the earth.
8 The
LORD has sworn by his right hand
and by his mighty arm:
"Never again will I give your grain
as food
for your enemies,
and never
again will foreigners drink the new wine
for which
you have toiled;
9 but those who harvest it will eat it
and praise
the LORD,
and those
who gather the grapes will drink it
in the
courts of my sanctuary."
10 Pass
through, pass through the gates!
Prepare the way for the
people.
Build up, build up the
highway!
Remove the stones.
Raise a banner for the
nations.
11 The
LORD has made proclamation
to the ends of the
earth:
"Say to the Daughter of Zion, [14]
`See, your
Savior comes!
See, his
reward is with him,
and his
recompense accompanies him.'"
12 They
will be called the Holy People,
the Redeemed of the
LORD;
and you will be called
Sought After,
the City No Longer
Deserted.
63 1
Who is this coming from Edom,
from Bozrah, with his
garments stained crimson?
Who is this, robed in
splendor,
striding forward in the
greatness of his strength?
"It is I, speaking in righteousness,
mighty to
save."
2 Why
are your garments red,
like those of one
treading the winepress?
3 "I have trodden the winepress alone;
from the
nations no one was with me.
I trampled
them in my anger [15]
and trod
them down in my wrath;
their
blood spattered my garments,
and I
stained all my clothing.
4 For the day of vengeance was in my heart,
and the
year of my redemption has come.
5 I looked, but there was no one to help,
I was
appalled that no one gave support;
so my own
arm worked salvation for me,
and my own
wrath sustained me.
6 I trampled the nations in my anger;
in my
wrath I made them drunk
and poured
their blood on the ground."
7 I
will tell of the kindnesses of the LORD,
the deeds for which he
is to be praised,
according to all the
LORD has done for us--
yes, the many good
things he has done
for the house of Israel,
according to his
compassion and many kindnesses.
8 He
said, "Surely they are my people,
sons who
will not be false to me";
and so he became their
Savior.
9 In
all their distress he too was distressed,
and the angel of his
presence saved them. [16]
In his love and mercy he
redeemed them;
he lifted them up and
carried them
all the days of old.
10 Yet
they rebelled
and grieved his Holy
Spirit.
So he turned and became
their enemy
and he himself fought
against them.
11 Then
his people recalledA the days of old,
the days of Moses and
his people--
where is he who brought
them through the sea,
with the shepherd of his
flock?
Where is he who set
his Holy Spirit among
them,
12 who
sent his glorious arm of power
to be at Moses' right
hand,
who divided the waters
before them,
to gain for himself
everlasting renown,
13 who
led them through the depths?
Like a horse in open
country,
they did not stumble;
14 like
cattle that go down to the plain,
they were given rest by
the Spirit of the LORD.
This is how you guided
your people
to make for yourself a
glorious name. [17]
15 Look
down from heaven and see
from your lofty throne,
holy and glorious.
Where are your zeal and
your might?
Your tenderness and
compassion are withheld from us.
16 But
you are our Father,
though Abraham does not
know us
or Israel acknowledge
us;
you, O LORD, are our
Father,
our Redeemer from of old
is your name.
17 Why,
O LORD, do you make us wander from your ways
and harden our hearts so
we do not revere you?
Return for the sake of
your servants,
the tribes that are your
inheritance.
18 For
a little while your people possessed your holy place,
but now our enemies have
trampled down your sanctuary.
19 We
are yours from of old;
but you have not ruled
over them,
they have not been
called by your name. B
64 1
Oh, that you would rend the heavens and come down,
that the mountains would
tremble before you!
2 As
when fire sets twigs ablaze
and causes water to
boil,
come down to make your
name known to your enemies
and cause the nations to
quake before you! [18]
3 For
when you did awesome things that we did not expect,
you came down, and the
mountains trembled before you.
4 Since
ancient times no one has heard,
no ear has perceived,
no eye has seen any God
besides you,
who acts on behalf of
those who wait for him.
5 You
come to the help of those who gladly do right,
who remember your ways.
But when we continued to
sin against them,
you were angry.
How then can we be
saved?
6 All
of us have become like one who is unclean,
and all our righteous
acts are like filthy rags;
we all shrivel up like a
leaf,
and like the wind our
sins sweep us away.
7 No
one calls on your name
or strives to lay hold
of you;
for you have hidden your
face from us
and made us waste away
because of our sins.
8 Yet,
O LORD, you are our Father.
We are the clay, you are
the potter;
we are all the work of
your hand.
9 Do
not be angry beyond measure, O LORD;
do not remember our sins
forever.
Oh, look upon us, we
pray,
for we are all your
people. [19]
10 Your
sacred cities have become a desert;
even Zion is a desert,
Jerusalem a desolation.
11 Our
holy and glorious temple, where our fathers praised you,
has been burned with
fire,
and all that we
treasured lies in ruins.
12 After
all this, O LORD, will you hold yourself back?
Will you keep silent and
punish us beyond measure?
65 1
"I revealed myself to those who did not ask for
me;
I was found
by those who did not seek me.
To a nation
that did not call on my name,
I said, `Here
am I, here am I.'
2 All day long I have held out my hands
to an
obstinate people,
who walk in
ways not good,
pursuing
their own imaginations--
3 a people who continually provoke me
to my very
face,
offering
sacrifices in gardens
and burning
incense on altars of brick;
4 who sit among the graves
and spend
their nights keeping secret vigil; [20]
who eat the
flesh of pigs,
and whose
pots hold broth of unclean meat;
5 who say, `Keep away; don't come near me,
for I am too
sacred for you!'
Such people
are smoke in my nostrils,
a fire that
keeps burning all day.
6 "See, it stands written before me:
I will not
keep silent but will pay back in full;
I will pay it
back into their laps--
7 both your sins and the sins of your fathers,"
says the LORD.
"Because they burned sacrifices on the mountains
and defied me
on the hills,
I will
measure into their laps
the full
payment for their former deeds."
8 This
is what the LORD says:
"As when juice is still found in a cluster of grapes
and men say,
`Don't destroy it,
there is yet
some good in it,'
so will I do
in behalf of my servants;
I will not
destroy them all.
9 I will bring forth descendants from Jacob,
and from
Judah those who will possess my mountains; [21]
my chosen
people will inherit them,
and there will
my servants live.
10Sharon will become a pasture for flocks,
and the
Valley of Achor a resting place for herds,
for my people
who seek me.
11 "But as for you who forsake the LORD
and forget my
holy mountain,
who spread a
table for Fortune
and fill
bowls of mixed wine for Destiny,
12 I will destine you for the sword,
and you will
all bend down for the slaughter;
for I called
but you did not answer,
I spoke but
you did not listen.
You did evil
in my sight
and chose
what displeases me."
13 Therefore
this is what the Sovereign LORD says:
"My servants will eat,
but you will
go hungry;
my servants
will drink,
but you will
go thirsty;
my servants
will rejoice,
but you will
be put to shame.
out of the
joy of their hearts,
but you will
cry out
from anguish
of heart
and wail in
brokenness of spirit.
15 You will leave your name
to my chosen
ones as a curse;
the Sovereign
LORD will put you to death,
but to his
servants he will give another name.
16 Whoever invokes a blessing in the land
will do so by
the God of truth;
he who takes
an oath in the land
will swear by
the God of truth.
For the past
troubles will be forgotten
and hidden
from my eyes.
17 "Behold, I will create
new heavens
and a new earth.
The former
things will not be remembered,
nor will they
come to mind.
18 But be glad and rejoice forever
in what I
will create,
for I will
create Jerusalem to be a delight
and its
people a joy.
and take delight
in my people;
the sound of
weeping and of crying
will be heard
in it no more.
20 "Never again will there be in it
an infant who
lives but a few days,
or an old man
who does not live out his years;
he who dies
at a hundred
will be
thought a mere youth;
he who fails
to reachA a hundred
will be
considered accursed.
21 They will build houses and dwell in them;
they will
plant vineyards and eat their fruit.
22 No longer will they build houses and others live in them,
or plant and
others eat.
For as the
days of a tree,
so will be
the days of my people;
my chosen
ones will long enjoy
the works of
their hands.
23 They will not toil in vain
or bear
children doomed to misfortune;
for they will
be a people blessed by the LORD,
they and
their descendants with them.
24 Before they call I will answer;
while they
are still speaking I will hear.
and the lion
will eat straw like the ox,
but dust will
be the serpent's food.
They will
neither harm nor destroy
on all my
holy mountain,"
says the LORD. [25]
NEW TESTAMENT: PHILIPPIANS 2:19 - 3:3
19 I
hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you soon, that I also may be cheered
when I receive news about you. 20 I have no one else like him, who
takes a genuine interest in your welfare. 21 For everyone looks out
for his own interests, not those of Jesus Christ. 22 But you know
that Timothy has proved himself, because as a son with his father he has served
with me in the work of the gospel. 23 I hope, therefore, to send him
as soon as I see how things go with me. 24 And I am confident in the
Lord that I myself will come soon.
25 But
I think it is necessary to send back to you Epaphroditus, my brother, fellow
worker and fellow soldier, who is also your messenger, whom you sent to take
care of my needs. 26 For he longs for all of you and is distressed
because you heard he was ill.
27 Indeed
he was ill, and almost died. But God had mercy on him, and not on him only but
also on me, to spare me sorrow upon sorrow. 28 Therefore I am all
the more eager to send him, so that when you see him again you may be glad and
I may have less anxiety. 29 Welcome him in the Lord with great joy,
and honor men like him,
30 because he almost died for the
work of Christ, risking his life to make up for the help you could not give me.
3 1
Finally, my brothers, rejoice in the Lord! It is no
trouble for me to write the same things to you again, and it is a safeguard for
you.
2 Watch
out for those dogs, those men who do evil, those mutilators of the flesh. 3
For it is we who are the circumcision, we who worship by the Spirit of
God, who glory in Christ Jesus, and who put no confidence in the flesh-- [26]
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[21] Excerpted from Compton's
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[22] Excerpted from Compton's
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[23] Excerpted from Compton's
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[24] Excerpted from Compton's
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[25] Excerpted from Compton's
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[26] Excerpted from Compton's
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