JULY
6
PSALMS: 6, 36,
66, 96, 126
PROVERBS: 6
OLD TESTAMENT: ISAIAH 45:1 - 48:11
NEW TESTAMENT: EPHESIANS 4:1 - 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
Find
B 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: ISAIAH 45:1 - 48:11
11 "This is what the LORD says--
the Holy One
of Israel, and its Maker:
Concerning
things to come,
do you
question me about my children,
or give me
orders about the work of my hands?
12 It is I who made the earth
and created
mankind upon it.
My own hands
stretched out the heavens;
I marshaled
their starry hosts.
13 I will raise up Cyrus B in my righteousness:
I will make
all his ways straight.
He will
rebuild my city
and set my
exiles free,
but not for a
price or reward,
says the LORD
Almighty."
14 This
is what the LORD says:
"The products of Egypt and the merchandise of Cush, C
and those
tall Sabeans--
they will
come over to you
and will be
yours;
they will
trudge behind you,
coming over
to you in chains.
They will bow
down before you
and plead
with you, saying,
`Surely God
is with you, and there is no other;
there is no
other god.'" [11]
15 Truly
you are a God who hides himself,
O God and Savior of
Israel.
16 All
the makers of idols will be put to shame and disgraced;
they will go off into
disgrace together.
17 But
Israel will be saved by the LORD
with an everlasting
salvation;
you will never be put to
shame or disgraced,
to ages everlasting.
18 For
this is what the LORD says--
he who created the
heavens,
he is God;
he who fashioned and
made the earth,
he founded it;
he did not create it to
be empty,
but formed it to be
inhabited--
he says:
"I am the LORD,
and there is
no other.
19 I have not spoken in secret,
from
somewhere in a land of darkness;
I have not
said to Jacob's descendants,
`Seek me in
vain.'
I, the LORD,
speak the truth;
I declare
what is right.
assemble, you
fugitives from the nations.
Ignorant are
those who carry about idols of wood,
who pray to
gods that cannot save.
21 Declare what is to be, present it--
let them take
counsel together.
Who foretold
this long ago,
who declared
it from the distant past?
Was it not I,
the LORD?
And there is no
God apart from me,
a righteous
God and a Savior;
there is none
but me.
22 "Turn to me and be saved,
all you ends
of the earth;
for I am God,
and there is no other.
23 By myself I have sworn,
my mouth has
uttered in all integrity
a word that
will not be revoked:
Before me
every knee will bow;
by me every
tongue will swear.
24 They will say of me, `In the LORD alone
are
righteousness and strength.'"
All who have raged
against him
will come to him and be
put to shame. [13]
25 But
in the LORD all the descendants of Israel
will be found righteous
and will exult.
46 1
Bel bows down, Nebo stoops low;
their idols are borne by
beasts of burden. A
The images that are
carried about are burdensome,
a burden for the weary.
2 They
stoop and bow down together;
unable to rescue the
burden,
they themselves go off
into captivity.
3 "Listen to me, O house of Jacob,
all you who
remain of the house of Israel,
you whom I
have upheld since you were conceived,
an have
carried since your birth.
4 Even to your old age and gray hairs
I am he, I am
he who will sustain you.
I have made
you and I will carry you;
I will
sustain you and I will rescue you.
5 "To whom will you compare me or count me equal?
To whom will
you liken me that we may be compared?
and weigh out
silver on the scales;
they hire a
goldsmith to make it into a god,
and they bow down and
worship it.
7 They lift it to their shoulders and carry it;
they set it
up in its place, and there it stands.
From that
spot it cannot move.
Though one
cries out to it, it does not answer;
it cannot
save him from his troubles.
8 "Remember this, fix it in mind,
take it to
heart, you rebels.
9 Remember the former things, those of long ago;
I am God, and
there is no other;
I am God, and
there is none like me.
10 I make known the end from the beginning,
from ancient
times, what is still to come.
I say: My
purpose will stand,
and I will do
all that I please.
11 From the east I summon a bird of prey;
from a
far-off land, a man to fulfill my purpose.
What I have
said, that will I bring about;
what I have
planned, that will I do.
12 Listen to me, you stubborn-hearted,
you who are
far from righteousness.
13 I am bringing my righteousness near,
it is not far
away; [15]
and my
salvation will not be delayed.
I will grant
salvation to Zion,
my splendor
to Israel.
47 1
"Go down, sit in the dust,
Virgin
Daughter of Babylon;
sit on the
ground without a throne,
Daughter of
the Babylonians. A
No more will
you be called
tender or
delicate.
2 Take millstones and grind flour;
take off your
veil.
Lift up your
skirts, bare your legs,
and wade
through the streams.
3 Your nakedness will be exposed
and your
shame uncovered.
I will take
vengeance;
I will spare
no one."
4 Our
Redeemer--the LORD Almighty is his name--
is the Holy One of
Israel.
5 "Sit in silence, go into darkness,
Daughter of
the Babylonians; [16]
no more will
you be called
queen of
kingdoms.
6 I was angry with my people
and
desecrated my inheritance;
I gave them
into your hand,
and you
showed them no mercy.
Even on the
aged
you laid a
very heavy yoke.
7 You said, `I will continue forever--
the eternal
queen!'
But you did
not consider these things
or reflect on
what might happen.
8 "Now then, listen, you wanton creature,
lounging in
your security
and saying to
yourself,
`I am, and
there is none besides me.
I will never
be a widow
or suffer the
loss of children.'
9 Both of these will overtake you
in a moment,
on a single day:
loss of
children and widowhood.
They will
come upon you in full measure,
in spite of
your many sorceries [17]
and all your
potent spells.
10 You have trusted in your wickedness
and have
said, `No one sees me.'
Your wisdom
and knowledge mislead you
when you say
to yourself,
`I am, and
there is none besides me.'
11 Disaster will come upon you,
and you will
not know how to conjure it away.
A calamity
will fall upon you
that you
cannot ward off with a ransom;
a catastrophe
you cannot foresee
will suddenly
come upon you.
12 "Keep on, then, with your magic spells
and with your
many sorceries,
which you
have labored at since childhood.
Perhaps you
will succeed,
perhaps you
will cause terror.
13 All the counsel you have received has only worn you out!
Let your
astrologers come forward,
those
stargazers who make predictions month by month,
let them save
you from what is coming upon you.
14 Surely they are like stubble;
the fire will
burn them up.
They cannot
even save themselves [18]
from the
power of the flame.
Here are no
coals to warm anyone;
here is no
fire to sit by.
15 That is all they can do for you--
these you
have labored with
and trafficked
with since childhood.
Each of them
goes on in his error;
there is not
one that can save you.
48 1 "Listen to this, O house of Jacob,
you who are
called by the name of Israel
and come from
the line of Judah,
you who take
oaths in the name of the LORD
and invoke
the God of Israel--
but not in
truth or righteousness--
2 you who call yourselves citizens of the holy city
and rely on
the God of Israel--
the LORD
Almighty is his name:
3 I foretold the former things long ago,
my mouth
announced them and I made them known;
then suddenly
I acted, and they came to pass.
4 For I knew how stubborn you were;
the sinews of
your neck were iron,
your forehead
was bronze. [19]
5 Therefore I told you these things long ago;
before they
happened I announced them to you
so that you
could not say,
`My idols did
them;
my wooden
image and metal god ordained them.'
6 You have heard these things; look at them all.
Will you not
admit them?
"From now on I will tell you of new things,
of hidden
things unknown to you.
7 They are created now, and not long ago;
you have not
heard of them before today.
So you cannot
say,
`Yes, I knew
of them.'
8 You have neither heard nor understood;
from of old
your ear has not been open.
Well do I
know how treacherous you are;
you were
called a rebel from birth.
9 For my own name's sake I delay my wrath;
for the sake
of my praise I hold it back from you,
so as not to
cut you off.
10 See, I have refined you, though not as silver;
I have tested
you in the furnace of affliction.
11For my own sake, for my own sake, I do this.
How can I let
myself be defamed?
I will not
yield my glory to another. [20]
NEW TESTAMENT: EPHESIANS 4:1 - 16
4 1
As a prisoner for the Lord, then, I urge you to live a
life worthy of the calling you have received. 2 Be completely humble
and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. 3 Make
every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace.
4 There
is one body and one Spirit-- just as you were called to one hope when you were
called—5 one Lord, one faith, one baptism; 6 one God and
Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.
7 But
to each one of us grace has been given as Christ apportioned it. 8 This
is why it A says:
"When he ascended on high,
he led
captives in his train
and gave
gifts to men." B
9 (What does "he
ascended" mean except that he also descended to the lower, earthly regions
C? 10 He who descended is the very one who ascended
higher than all the heavens, in order to fill the whole universe.) 11 It
was he who gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be
evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers, 12 to prepare
God's people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up
13 until
we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and
become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ.
14 Then
we will no longer be infants, tossed back and forth by the waves, and blown
here and there by every wind of teaching and by the cunning and craftiness of
men in their deceitful scheming. 15 Instead, speaking the truth in
love, we will in all things grow up into him who is the Head, that is, Christ. 16
From him the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting
ligament, grows and builds itself up in love, as each part does its work. [21]
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