JUNE
2
PSALMS: 2, 32,
62, 92, 122
PROVERBS: 2
OLD TESTAMENT: JOB 4:1 - 7:21
NEW TESTAMENT: 1 CORINTHIANS 14:18 - 40
PSALMS: 2
1
Why do the nations conspire A
and
the peoples plot in vain?
2
The kings of the earth take their stand
and
the rulers gather together
against
the LORD
and
against his Anointed One. B
3
"Let us break their chains," they say,
"and
throw off their fetters."
4
The One enthroned in heaven laughs;
the
Lord scoffs at them.
5
Then he rebukes them in his anger
and
terrifies them in his wrath, saying,
6
"I have installed my
King C
on Zion, my holy hill."
7
I will proclaim the decree of the LORD:
He
said to me, "You are my Son D;
today I have become your Father. E
8
Ask of me,
and I will make the nations your inheritance,
the ends of the earth your possession.
9
You will rule them with an iron scepter
F;
you will dash them to pieces like pottery."
10
Therefore, you kings, be wise;
be
warned, you rulers of the earth.
11
Serve the LORD with fear
and
rejoice with trembling.
12
Kiss the Son, lest he be angry
and
you be destroyed in your way,
for
his wrath can flare up in a moment.
Blessed
are all who take refuge in him. [1]
PSALMS: 32
Of
David. A maskil. A
1
Blessed is he
whose
transgressions are forgiven,
whose
sins are covered.
2
Blessed is the man
whose
sin the LORD does not count against him
and
in whose spirit is no deceit.
3
When I kept silent,
my
bones wasted away
through
my groaning all day long.
4
For day and night
your
hand was heavy upon me;
my
strength was sapped
as
in the heat of summer.
Selah
5
Then I acknowledged my sin to you
and
did not cover up my iniquity.
I
said, "I will confess
my
transgressions to the LORD"--
and
you forgave
the
guilt of my sin.
Selah
6
Therefore let everyone who is godly pray to you
while
you may be found;
surely
when the mighty waters rise,
they
will not reach him.
7
You are my hiding place; [2]
you
will protect me from trouble
and
surround me with songs of deliverance.
Selah
8
I will instruct you and teach you in the way you
should go;
I
will counsel you and watch over you.
9
Do not be like the horse or the mule,
which
have no understanding
but
must be controlled by bit and bridle
or
they will not come to you.
10
Many are the woes of the wicked,
but
the LORD's unfailing love
surrounds
the man who trusts in him.
11
Rejoice in the LORD and be glad, you righteous;
sing,
all you who are upright in heart! [3]
PSALMS: 62
For
the director of music. For Jeduthun. A psalm of David.
1
My soul finds rest in God alone;
my
salvation comes from him.
2
He alone is my rock and my salvation;
he
is my fortress, I will never be shaken.
3
How long will you assault a man?
Would
all of you throw him down--
this
leaning wall, this tottering fence?
4
They fully intend to topple him
from
his lofty place;
they
take delight in lies.
With
their mouths they bless,
but
in their hearts they curse.
Selah
5
Find rest, O my soul, in God alone;
my
hope comes from him.
6
He alone is my rock and my salvation;
he
is my fortress, I will not be shaken.
7
My salvation and my honor depend on God A;
he
is my mighty rock, my refuge.
8
Trust in him at all times, O people;
pour
out your hearts to him,
for
God is our refuge.
Selah
9
Lowborn men are but a breath, [4]
the
highborn are but a lie;
if
weighed on a balance, they are nothing;
together
they are only a breath.
10
Do not trust in extortion
or
take pride in stolen goods;
though
your riches increase,
do
not set your heart on them.
11
One thing God has spoken,
two
things have I heard:
that
you, O God, are strong,
12
and that you, O Lord, are loving.
Surely
you will reward each person
according
to what he has done. [5]
PSALMS: 92
A
psalm. A song. For the Sabbath day.
1
It is good to praise the LORD
and
make music to your name, O Most High,
2
to proclaim your love in the morning
and
your faithfulness at night,
3
to the music of the ten-stringed lyre
and
the melody of the harp.
4
For you make me glad by your deeds, O LORD;
I
sing for joy at the works of your hands.
5
How great are your works, O LORD,
how
profound your thoughts!
6
The senseless man does not know,
fools
do not understand,
7
that though the wicked spring up like grass
and
all evildoers flourish,
they
will be forever destroyed.
8
But you, O LORD, are exalted forever.
9
For surely your enemies, O LORD,
surely
your enemies will perish;
all
evildoers will be scattered.
10
You have exalted my hornA like that of a
wild ox;
fine
oils have been poured upon me.
11
My eyes have seen the defeat of my adversaries;
my
ears have heard the rout of my wicked foes.
12
The righteous will flourish like a palm tree,
they
will grow like a cedar of Lebanon;
13
planted in the house of the LORD, [6]
they will flourish in the courts of our God.
14
They will still bear fruit in old age,
they
will stay fresh and green,
15
proclaiming, "The LORD is upright;
he
is my Rock, and there is no wickedness in him." [7]
PSALMS: 122
A
song of ascents. Of David.
1
I rejoiced with those who said to me,
"Let us go to the house of the LORD."
2
Our feet are standing
in
your gates, O Jerusalem.
3
Jerusalem is built like a city
that
is closely compacted together.
4
That is where the tribes go up,
the
tribes of the LORD,
to
praise the name of the LORD
according
to the statute given to Israel.
5
There the thrones for judgment stand,
the
thrones of the house of David.
6
Pray for the peace of Jerusalem:
"May those who love you be secure.
7 May there
be peace within your walls
and security within your citadels."
8 For the sake of my brothers and friends,
I will say, "Peace be within you."
9
For the sake of the house of the LORD our God,
I
will seek your prosperity. [8]
PROVERBS: 2
2
1 My son, if you accept
my words
and
store up my commands within you,
2
turning your ear to wisdom
and
applying your heart to understanding,
3
and if you call out for insight
and
cry aloud for understanding,
4
and if you look for it as for silver
and
search for it as for hidden treasure,
5
then you will understand the fear of the LORD
and
find the knowledge of God.
6
For the LORD gives wisdom,
and
from his mouth come knowledge and understanding.
7
He holds victory in store for the upright,
he
is a shield to those whose walk is blameless,
8
for he guards the course of the just
and
protects the way of his faithful ones.
9
Then you will understand what is right and just
and
fair--every good path.
10
For wisdom will enter your heart,
and
knowledge will be pleasant to your soul.
11
Discretion will protect you,
and
understanding will guard you.
12
Wisdom will save you from the ways of wicked men,
from
men whose words are perverse,
13
who leave the straight paths
to
walk in dark ways,
14
who delight in doing wrong
and
rejoice in the perverseness of evil,
15
whose paths are crooked
and
who are devious in their ways.
16
It will save you also from the adulteress,
from
the wayward wife with her seductive words[9]
17
who has left the partner of her youth
and
ignored the covenant she made before God. A
18
For her house leads down to death
and
her paths to the spirits of the dead.
19None
who go to her return
or
attain the paths of life.
20
Thus you will walk in the ways of good men
and
keep to the paths of the righteous.
21
For the upright will live in the land,
and
the blameless will remain in it;
22
but the wicked will be cut off from the land,
and
the unfaithful will be torn from it. [10]
OLD TESTAMENT: JOB 4:1 - 7:21
4 1
Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:
2 "If
someone ventures a word with you, will you be impatient?
But who can keep from
speaking?
3 Think
how you have instructed many,
how you have
strengthened feeble hands.
4 Your
words have supported those who stumbled;
you have strengthened
faltering knees.
5 But
now trouble comes to you, and you are discouraged;
it strikes you, and you
are dismayed.
6 Should
not your piety be your confidence
and your blameless ways
your hope?
7 "Consider
now: Who, being innocent, has ever perished?
Where were the upright
ever destroyed?
8 As
I have observed, those who plow evil
and those who sow
trouble reap it.
9 At
the breath of God they are destroyed;
at the blast of his
anger they perish.
10 The
lions may roar and growl,
yet the teeth of the
great lions are broken.
11 The
lion perishes for lack of prey,
and the cubs of the
lioness are scattered.
12 "A
word was secretly brought to me,
my ears caught a whisper
of it. [11]
13 Amid
disquieting dreams in the night,
when deep sleep falls on
men,
14 fear
and trembling seized me
and made all my bones
shake.
15 A
spirit glided past my face,
and the hair on my body
stood on end.
16 It
stopped,
but I could not tell
what it was.
A form stood before my
eyes,
and I heard a hushed
voice:
17 `Can
a mortal be more righteous than God?
Can a man be more pure
than his Maker?
18 If
God places no trust in his servants,
if he charges his angels
with error,
19 how
much more those who live in houses of clay,
whose foundations are in
the dust,
who are crushed more
readily than a moth!
20 Between
dawn and dusk they are broken to pieces;
unnoticed, they perish
forever.
21 Are
not the cords of their tent pulled up,
so that they die without
wisdom?' A
5 1
"Call if you will, but who will answer you?
To which of the holy
ones will you turn?
2 Resentment
kills a fool, [12]
and envy slays the
simple.
3 I
myself have seen a fool taking root,
but suddenly his house
was cursed.
4 His
children are far from safety,
crushed in court without
a defender.
5 The
hungry consume his harvest,
taking it even from
among thorns,
and the thirsty pant
after his wealth.
6 For
hardship does not spring from the soil,
nor does trouble sprout
from the ground.
7 Yet
man is born to trouble
as surely as sparks fly
upward.
8 "But
if it were I, I would appeal to God;
I would lay my cause
before him.
9 He
performs wonders that cannot be fathomed,
miracles that cannot be
counted.
10 He
bestows rain on the earth;
he sends water upon the
countryside.
11 The
lowly he sets on high,
and those who mourn are
lifted to safety.
12 He
thwarts the plans of the crafty,
so that their hands
achieve no success.
13 He
catches the wise in their craftiness,
and the schemes of the
wily are swept away.
14 Darkness
comes upon them in the daytime; [13]
at noon they grope as in
the night.
15 He
saves the needy from the sword in their mouth;
he saves them from the
clutches of the powerful.
16 So
the poor have hope,
and injustice shuts its
mouth.
17 "Blessed
is the man whom God corrects;
so do not despise the
discipline of the Almighty. A
18 For
he wounds, but he also binds up;
he injures, but his
hands also heal.
19 From
six calamities he will rescue you;
in seven no harm will
befall you.
20 In
famine he will ransom you from death,
and in battle from the
stroke of the sword.
21 You
will be protected from the lash of the tongue,
and need not fear when
destruction comes.
22 You
will laugh at destruction and famine,
and need not fear the
beasts of the earth.
23 For
you will have a covenant with the stones of the field,
and the wild animals
will be at peace with you.
24 You
will know that your tent is secure;
you will take stock of
your property and find nothing missing.
25 You
will know that your children will be many,
and your descendants
like the grass of the earth.
26 You
will come to the grave in full vigor, [14]
like sheaves gathered in
season.
27 "We
have examined this, and it is true.
So hear it and apply it
to yourself."
6 1
Then Job replied:
2 "If
only my anguish could be weighed
and all my misery be
placed on the scales!
3 It
would surely outweigh the sand of the seas--
no wonder my words have
been impetuous.
4 The
arrows of the Almighty are in me,
my spirit drinks in
their poison;
God's terrors are
marshaled against me.
5 Does
a wild donkey bray when it has grass,
or an ox bellow when it
has fodder?
6 Is
tasteless food eaten without salt,
or is there flavor in
the white of an egg A?
7 I
refuse to touch it;
such food makes me ill.
8 "Oh,
that I might have my request,
that God would grant
what I hope for, [15]
9 that
God would be willing to crush me,
to let loose his hand
and cut me off!
10 Then
I would still have this consolation--
my joy in unrelenting
pain--
that I had not denied
the words of the Holy One.
11 "What
strength do I have, that I should still hope?
What prospects, that I
should be patient?
12 Do
I have the strength of stone?
Is my flesh bronze?
13 Do
I have any power to help myself,
now that success has been
driven from me?
14 "A
despairing man should have the devotion of his friends,
even though he forsakes
the fear of the Almighty.
15 But
my brothers are as undependable as intermittent streams,
as the streams that
overflow
16 when
darkened by thawing ice
and swollen with melting
snow,
17 but
that cease to flow in the dry season,
and in the heat vanish
from their channels.
18 Caravans
turn aside from their routes;
they go up into the
wasteland and perish.
19 The
caravans of Tema look for water,
the traveling merchants
of Sheba look in hope.
20 They
are distressed, because they had been confident;
they arrive there, only
to be disappointed. [16]
21 Now
you too have proved to be of no help;
you see something
dreadful and are afraid.
22 Have
I ever said, `Give something on my behalf,
pay a ransom for me from
your wealth,
23 deliver
me from the hand of the enemy,
ransom me from the
clutches of the ruthless'?
24 "Teach
me, and I will be quiet;
show me where I have
been wrong.
25 How
painful are honest words!
But what do your
arguments prove?
26 Do
you mean to correct what I say,
and treat the words of a
despairing man as wind?
27 You
would even cast lots for the fatherless
and barter away your
friend.
28 "But
now be so kind as to look at me.
Would I lie to your
face?
29 Relent,
do not be unjust;
reconsider, for my
integrity is at stake. B
30 Is
there any wickedness on my lips?
Can my mouth not discern
malice?
7 1
"Does not man have hard service on earth?
Are not his days like
those of a hired man? [17]
2 Like
a slave longing for the evening shadows,
or a hired man waiting
eagerly for his wages,
3 so
I have been allotted months of futility,
and nights of misery
have been assigned to me.
4 When
I lie down I think, `How long before I get up?'
The night drags on, and
I toss till dawn.
5 My
body is clothed with worms and scabs,
my skin is broken and
festering.
6 "My
days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle,
and they come to an end
without hope.
7 Remember,
O God, that my life is but a breath;
my eyes will never see
happiness again.
8 The
eye that now sees me will see me no longer;
you will look for me,
but I will be no more.
9 As
a cloud vanishes and is gone,
so he who goes down to
the grave A does not return.
10 He
will never come to his house again;
his place will know him
no more.
11 "Therefore
I will not keep silent;
I will speak out in the
anguish of my spirit,
I will complain in the
bitterness of my soul.
12 Am
I the sea, or the monster of the deep,
that you put me under
guard?
13 When
I think my bed will comfort me
and my couch will ease
my complaint, [18]
14 even
then you frighten me with dreams
and terrify me with
visions,
15 so
that I prefer strangling and death,
rather than this body of
mine.
16 I
despise my life; I would not live forever.
Let me alone; my days
have no meaning.
17 "What
is man that you make so much of him,
that you give him so
much attention,
18 that
you examine him every morning
and test him every
moment?
19 Will
you never look away from me,
or let me alone even for
an instant?
20 If
I have sinned, what have I done to you,
O watcher of men?
Why have you made me
your target?
Have I become a burden
to you? B
21 Why
do you not pardon my offenses
and forgive my sins?
For I will soon lie down
in the dust;
you will search for me,
but I will be no more." [19]
NEW TESTAMENT: 1 CORINTHIANS 14:18 - 40
18 I
thank God that I speak in tongues more than all of you. 19 But in
the church I would rather speak five intelligible words to instruct others than
ten thousand words in a tongue.
20 Brothers,
stop thinking like children. In regard to evil be infants, but in your thinking
be adults. 21 In the Law it is written:
"Through men of strange tongues
and through
the lips of foreigners
I will speak
to this people,
but even then
they will not listen to me," F
says the Lord.
22 Tongues,
then, are a sign, not for believers but for unbelievers; prophecy, however, is
for believers, not for unbelievers. 23 So if the whole church comes
together and everyone speaks in tongues, and some who do not understand G
or some unbelievers come in, will they not say that you are out of your mind? 24
But if an unbeliever or someone who does not understand H
comes in while everybody is prophesying, he will be convinced by all that he is
a sinner and will be judged by all, 25 and the secrets of his heart
will be laid bare. So he will fall down and worship God, exclaiming, "God
is really among you!"
26 What
then shall we say, brothers? When you come together, everyone has a hymn, or a
word of instruction, a revelation, a tongue or an interpretation. All of these
must be done for the strengthening of the church. 27 If anyone
speaks in a tongue, two--or at the most three--should speak, one at a time, and
someone must interpret. 28 If there is no interpreter, the speaker
should keep quiet in the church and speak to himself and God.
29 Two
or three prophets should speak, and the others should weigh carefully what is
said. 30 And if a revelation comes to someone who is sitting down,
the first speaker should stop. 31 For you can all prophesy in turn
so that everyone may be instructed and encouraged. 32 The spirits of
prophets are subject to the control of prophets. 33 For God is not a
God of disorder but of peace.
As in all the
congregations of the saints, 34 women should remain silent in the
churches. They are not allowed to speak, but must be in submission, as the Law
says. 35 If they want to inquire about something, they should ask
their own husbands at home; for it is disgraceful for a woman to speak in the
church.
36 Did
the word of God originate with you? Or are you the only people it has reached? 37
If anybody thinks he is a prophet or spiritually gifted, let him
acknowledge that what I am writing to you is the Lord's command. 38 If
he ignores this, he himself will be ignored. I [20]
39 Therefore,
my brothers, be eager to prophesy, and do not forbid speaking in tongues. 40
But everything should be done in a fitting and orderly way. [21]
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