JUNE
21
PSALMS: 20,
50, 80, 110, 140
PROVERBS: 20
OLD TESTAMENT: ISAIAH 6:1 - 7:25
NEW TESTAMENT: 2 CORITHIANS 11:16 - 33
PSALMS: 21
For
the director of music. A psalm of David.
1
O LORD, the king rejoices in your strength.
How
great is his joy in the victories you give!
2
You have granted him the desire of his heart
and
have not withheld the request of his lips.
Selah
3
You welcomed him with rich blessings
and
placed a crown of pure gold on his head.
4
He asked you for life, and you gave it to him--
length
of days, for ever and ever.
5
Through the victories you gave, his glory is great;
you
have bestowed on him splendor and majesty.
6
Surely you have granted him eternal blessings
and
made him glad with the joy of your presence.
7
For the king trusts in the LORD;
through
the unfailing love of the Most High
he
will not be shaken.
8
Your hand will lay hold on all your enemies;
your
right hand will seize your foes.
9
At the time of your appearing
you
will make them like a fiery furnace.
In
his wrath the LORD will swallow them up,
and
his fire will consume them.
10
You will destroy their descendants from the earth,
their
posterity from mankind.
11
Though they plot evil against you
and
devise wicked schemes, they cannot succeed;
12
for you will make them turn their backs
when
you aim at them with drawn bow. [1]
13
Be exalted, O LORD, in your strength;
we
will sing and praise your might. [2]
PSALMS: 51
For
the director of music. A psalm of David. When the prophet Nathan came to him
after David had committed adultery with Bathsheba.
1
Have mercy on me, O God,
according
to your unfailing love;
according
to your great compassion
blot
out my transgressions.
2
Wash away all my iniquity
and
cleanse me from my sin.
3
For I know my transgressions,
and
my sin is always before me.
4
Against you, you only, have I sinned
and
done what is evil in your sight,
so
that you are proved right when you speak
and
justified when you judge.
5
Surely I was sinful at birth,
sinful
from the time my mother conceived me.
6
Surely you desire truth in the inner parts A;
you
teach B me wisdom in the inmost place.
7
Cleanse me with hyssop, and I will be clean;
wash
me, and I will be whiter than snow.
8
Let me hear joy and gladness;
let
the bones you have crushed rejoice.
9
Hide your face from my sins
and
blot out all my iniquity. [3]
10
Create in me a pure heart, O God,
and
renew a steadfast spirit within me.
11
Do not cast me from your presence
or
take your Holy Spirit from me.
12
Restore to me the joy of your salvation
and
grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me.
13
Then I will teach transgressors your ways,
and
sinners will turn back to you.
14
Save me from bloodguilt, O God,
the
God who saves me,
and
my tongue will sing of your righteousness.
15
O Lord, open my lips,
and
my mouth will declare your praise.
16
You do not delight in sacrifice, or I would bring it;
you
do not take pleasure in burnt offerings.
17
The sacrifices of God are C a broken
spirit;
a
broken and contrite heart,
O
God, you will not despise.
18
In your good pleasure make Zion prosper;
build
up the walls of Jerusalem.
19
Then there will be righteous sacrifices,
whole
burnt offerings to delight you;
then
bulls will be offered on your altar. [4]
PSALMS: 81
For
the director of music. According to gittith. A Of Asaph.
1
Sing for joy to God our strength;
shout
aloud to the God of Jacob!
2
Begin the music, strike the tambourine,
play
the melodious harp and lyre.
3
Sound the ram's horn at the New Moon,
and
when the moon is full, on the day of our Feast;
4
this is a decree for Israel,
an
ordinance of the God of Jacob.
5
He established it as a statute for Joseph
when
he went out against Egypt,
where
we heard a language we did not understand. B
6
He says, "I removed the
burden from their shoulders;
their hands were set free from the basket.
7 In your distress you called and I
rescued you,
I answered you out of a thundercloud;
I tested you at the waters of Meribah.
Selah
8
"Hear, O my people,
and I will warn you--
if you would but listen to me, O Israel!
9 You shall
have no foreign god among you;
you shall not bow down to an alien god.
10 I am the
LORD your God,
who brought you up out of Egypt.
Open wide your mouth and I will fill it. [5]
11
"But my people would
not listen to me;
Israel would not submit to me.
12 So I gave
them over to their stubborn hearts
to follow their own devices.
13
"If my people would
but listen to me,
if Israel would follow my ways,
14 how
quickly would I subdue their enemies
and turn my hand against their foes!
15 Those who
hate the LORD would cringe before him,
and their punishment would last forever.
16 But you
would be fed with the finest of wheat;
with honey from the rock I would satisfy you."
[6]
PSALMS: 111
1
Praise A the LORD. B
I
will extol the LORD with all my heart
in
the council of the upright and in the assembly.
2
Great are the works of the LORD;
they
are pondered by all who delight in them.
3
Glorious and majestic are his deeds,
and
his righteousness endures forever.
4
He has caused his wonders to be remembered;
the
LORD is gracious and compassionate.
5
He provides food for those who fear him;
he
remembers his covenant forever.
6
He has shown his people the power of his works,
giving
them the lands of other nations.
7
The works of his hands are faithful and just;
all
his precepts are trustworthy.
8
They are steadfast for ever and ever,
done
in faithfulness and uprightness.
9
He provided redemption for his people;
he
ordained his covenant forever--
holy
and awesome is his name.
10
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom;
all
who follow his precepts have good understanding.
To
him belongs eternal praise. [7]
PSALMS: 141
A
psalm of David.
1
O LORD, I call to you; come quickly to me.
Hear
my voice when I call to you.
2
May my prayer be set before you like incense;
may
the lifting up of my hands be like the evening sacrifice.
3
Set a guard over my mouth, O LORD;
keep
watch over the door of my lips.
4
Let not my heart be drawn to what is evil,
to
take part in wicked deeds
with
men who are evildoers;
let
me not eat of their delicacies.
5
Let a righteous man A strike me--it is a
kindness;
let
him rebuke me--it is oil on my head.
My
head will not refuse it.
Yet
my prayer is ever against the deeds of evildoers;
6
their rulers will be thrown down from the cliffs,
and
the wicked will learn that my words were well spoken.
7
They will say, "As one plows and breaks up the
earth,
so
our bones have been scattered at the mouth of the grave. B"
8
But my eyes are fixed on you, O Sovereign LORD;
in
you I take refuge--do not give me over to death.
9
Keep me from the snares they have laid for me,
from
the traps set by evildoers.
10
Let the wicked fall into their own nets,
while
I pass by in safety. [8]
PROVERBS: 21
21
1 The king's heart is in
the hand of the LORD;
he
directs it like a watercourse wherever he pleases.
2
All a man's ways seem right to him,
but
the LORD weighs the heart.
3
To do what is right and just
is
more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.
4
Haughty eyes and a proud heart,
the
lamp of the wicked, are sin!
5
The plans of the diligent lead to profit
as
surely as haste leads to poverty.
6
A fortune made by a lying tongue
is
a fleeting vapor and a deadly snare. A
7
The violence of the wicked will drag them away,
for
they refuse to do what is right.
8
The way of the guilty is devious,
but
the conduct of the innocent is upright.
9
Better to live on a corner of the roof
than
share a house with a quarrelsome wife.
10
The wicked man craves evil;
his
neighbor gets no mercy from him. [9]
11
When a mocker is punished, the simple gain wisdom;
when
a wise man is instructed, he gets knowledge.
12
The Righteous One B takes note of the house
of the wicked
and
brings the wicked to ruin.
13
If a man shuts his ears to the cry of the poor,
he
too will cry out and not be answered.
14
A gift given in secret soothes anger,
and
a bribe concealed in the cloak pacifies great wrath.
15
When justice is done, it brings joy to the righteous
but
terror to evildoers.
16
A man who strays from the path of understanding
comes
to rest in the company of the dead.
17
He who loves pleasure will become poor;
whoever
loves wine and oil will never be rich.
18
The wicked become a ransom for the righteous,
and
the unfaithful for the upright.
19
Better to live in a desert
than
with a quarrelsome and ill-tempered wife.
20
In the house of the wise are stores of choice food and
oil,
but
a foolish man devours all he has.
21
He who pursues righteousness and love
finds
life, prosperity C and honor. [10]
22
A wise man attacks the city of the mighty
and
pulls down the stronghold in which they trust.
23
He who guards his mouth and his tongue
keeps
himself from calamity.
24
The proud and arrogant man--"Mocker" is his
name;
he
behaves with overweening pride.
25
The sluggard's craving will be the death of him,
because
his hands refuse to work.
26
All day long he craves for more,
but
the righteous give without sparing.
27
The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable--
how
much more so when brought with evil intent!
28
A false witness will perish,
and
whoever listens to him will be destroyed forever. D
29
A wicked man puts up a bold front,
but
an upright man gives thought to his ways.
30
There is no wisdom, no insight, no plan
that
can succeed against the LORD.
31
The horse is made ready for the day of battle,
but
victory rests with the LORD. [11]
OLD TESTAMENT: ISAIAH 6:1 - 7:25
6 1
In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord
seated on a throne, high and exalted, and the train of his robe filled the
temple. 2 Above him were seraphs, each with six wings: With two
wings they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet, and with two
they were flying. 3 And they were calling to one another:
"Holy, holy, holy
is the LORD Almighty;
the whole earth is full
of his glory." 4 At the sound of their voices the doorposts and
thresholds shook and the temple was filled with smoke.
5 "Woe
to me!" I cried. "I am ruined! For I am a man of unclean lips, and I
live among a people of unclean lips, and my eyes have seen the King, the LORD
Almighty."
6 Then
one of the seraphs flew to me with a live coal in his hand, which he had taken
with tongs from the altar. 7 With it he touched my mouth and said,
"See, this has touched your lips; your guilt is taken away and your sin
atoned for."
8 Then
I heard the voice of the Lord saying, "Whom shall
I send? And who will go for us?"
And I said, "Here
am I. Send me!"
9 He
said, "Go and tell this people:
"`Be
ever hearing, but never understanding;
be ever
seeing, but never perceiving.'
10Make the heart of this people calloused;
make their
ears dull
and close
their eyes. A
Otherwise
they might see with their eyes, [12]
hear with
their ears,
understand
with their hearts,
and turn and
be healed."
11 Then
I said, "For how long, O Lord?"
And he answered:
"Until the cities lie ruined
and without
inhabitant,
until the
houses are left deserted
and the
fields ruined and ravaged,
12 until the LORD has sent everyone far away
and the land
is utterly forsaken.
13 And though a tenth remains in the land,
it will again
be laid waste.
But as the
terebinth and oak
leave stumps
when they are cut down,
so the holy
seed will be the stump in the land."
7 1
When Ahaz son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, was king
of Judah, King Rezin of Aram and Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel marched
up to fight against Jerusalem, but they could not overpower it.
2 Now
the house of David was told, "Aram has allied itself with A
Ephraim"; so the hearts of Ahaz and his people were shaken, [13]as
the trees of the forest are shaken by the wind.
3 Then
the LORD said to Isaiah, "Go out, you and your
son Shear-Jashub, B to meet Ahaz at
the end of the aqueduct of the Upper Pool, on the road to the Washerman's
Field. 4 Say to him, `Be careful,
keep calm and don't be afraid. Do not lose heart because of these two
smoldering stubs of firewood--because of the fierce anger of Rezin and Aram and
of the son of Remaliah. 5 Aram,
Ephraim and Remaliah's son have plotted your ruin, saying, 6 "Let us invade Judah; let us tear it apart and divide
it among ourselves, and make the son of Tabeel king over it." 7
Yet this is what the Sovereign LORD says:
"`It will not take place,
it will not
happen,
8 for the head of Aram is Damascus,
and the head
of Damascus is only Rezin.
Within
sixty-five years
Ephraim will
be too shattered to be a people.
9 The head of Ephraim is Samaria,
and the head
of Samaria is only Remaliah's son.
If you do not
stand firm in your faith,
you will not
stand at all.'"
10 Again
the LORD spoke to Ahaz, 11 "Ask the
LORD your God for [14] a sign, whether in the deepest depths or in the highest
heights."
12 But
Ahaz said, "I will not ask; I will not put the LORD to the test."
13 Then
Isaiah said, "Hear now, you house of David! Is it not enough to try the
patience of men? Will you try the patience of my God also? 14 Therefore
the Lord himself will give you C a sign: The virgin will be with
child and will give birth to a son, and D will call him Immanuel. E
15 He will eat curds and honey when he knows enough to reject the
wrong and choose the right. 16 But before the boy knows enough to
reject the wrong and choose the right, the land of the two kings you dread will
be laid waste. 17 The LORD will bring on you and on your people and
on the house of your father a time unlike any since Ephraim broke away from
Judah--he will bring the king of Assyria."
18 In
that day the LORD will whistle for flies from the distant streams of Egypt and
for bees from the land of Assyria.
19 They
will all come and settle in the steep ravines and in the crevices in the rocks,
on all the thornbushes and at all the water holes. 20 In that day
the Lord will use a razor hired from beyond the River F--the king of
Assyria--to shave your head and the hair of your legs, and to take off your
beards also. 21 In that day, a man will keep alive a young cow and
two goats. 22 And because of the abundance of the milk they give, he
will have curds to eat. All who remain in the land will eat [15]
curds and honey. 23 In that day, in every place where there were a
thousand vines worth a thousand silver shekels, G there will be only
briers and thorns. 24 Men will go there with bow and arrow, for the
land will be covered with briers and thorns. 25 As for all the hills
once cultivated by the hoe, you will no longer go there for fear of the briers
and thorns; they will become places where cattle are turned loose and where
sheep run. [16]
NEW TESTAMENT: 2 CORITHIANS 11:16 - 33
16 I
repeat: Let no one take me for a fool. But if you do, then receive me just as
you would a fool, so that I may do a little boasting. 17 In this
self-confident boasting I am not talking as the Lord would, but as a fool. 18
Since many are boasting in the way the world does, I too will boast. 19
You gladly put up with fools since you are so wise! 20 In
fact, you even put up with anyone who enslaves you or exploits you or takes
advantage of you or pushes himself forward or slaps you in the face. 21 To
my shame I admit that we were too weak for that!
What
anyone else dares to boast about--I am speaking as a fool--I also dare to boast
about. 22 Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I.
Are they Abraham's descendants? So am I. 23 Are they servants of
Christ? (I am out of my mind to talk like this.) I am more. I have worked much
harder, been in prison more frequently, been flogged more severely, and been exposed
to death again and again. [17]
24 Five times I received
from the Jews the forty lashes minus one. 25 Three times I was
beaten with rods, once I was stoned, three times I was shipwrecked, I spent a
night and a day in the open sea, 26 I have been constantly on the
move. I have been in danger from rivers, in danger from bandits, in danger from
my own countrymen, in danger from Gentiles; in danger in the city, in danger in
the country, in danger at sea; and in danger from false brothers. 27 I
have labored and toiled and have often gone without sleep; I have known hunger
and thirst and have often gone without food; I have been cold and naked.
28 Besides everything else,
I face daily the pressure of my concern for all the churches. 29 Who
is weak, and I do not feel weak? Who is led into sin, and I do not inwardly
burn?
30 If I must boast, I will boast of the things that
show my weakness. 31 The God and Father of the Lord Jesus, who is to
be praised forever, knows that I am not lying. 32 In Damascus the
governor under King Aretas had the city of the Damascenes guarded in order to
arrest me. 33 But I was lowered in a basket from a window in the
wall and slipped through his hands. [18]
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