JUNE
24
PSALMS: 24,
54, 84, 114, 144
PROVERBS: 24
OLD TESTAMENT: ISAIAH 12:1 - 14:32
NEW TESTAMENT: 2 CORINTHIANS 13:1 - 14
PSALMS: 24
Of
David. A psalm.
1
The earth is the LORD's, and everything in it,
the
world, and all who live in it;
2
for he founded it upon the seas
and
established it upon the waters.
3
Who may ascend the hill of the LORD?
Who
may stand in his holy place?
4
He who has clean hands and a pure heart,
who
does not lift up his soul to an idol
or
swear by what is false. A
5
He will receive blessing from the LORD
and
vindication from God his Savior.
6
Such is the generation of those who seek him,
who
seek your face, O God of Jacob. B
Selah
7
Lift up your heads, O you gates;
be
lifted up, you ancient doors,
that
the King of glory may come in.
8
Who is this King of glory?
The
LORD strong and mighty,
the
LORD mighty in battle.
9
Lift up your heads, O you gates;
lift
them up, you ancient doors,
that
the King of glory may come in.
10
Who is he, this King of glory?
The
LORD Almighty--
he
is the King of glory. [1]
Selah
[2]
PSALMS: 54
For
the director of music. With stringed instruments. A maskil A
of David. When the Ziphites had gone to Saul and said, "Is not David
hiding among us?"
1
Save me, O God, by your name;
vindicate
me by your might.
2
Hear my prayer, O God;
listen
to the words of my mouth.
3
Strangers are attacking me;
ruthless
men seek my life--
men
without regard for God.
Selah
4
Surely God is my help;
the
Lord is the one who sustains me.
5
Let evil recoil on those who slander me;
in
your faithfulness destroy them.
6
I will sacrifice a freewill offering to you;
I
will praise your name, O LORD,
for
it is good.
7
For he has delivered me from all my troubles,
and
my eyes have looked in triumph on my foes. [3]
PSALMS: 84
For
the director of music. According to gittith. A Of the Sons of
Korah. A psalm.
1
How lovely is your dwelling place,
O
LORD Almighty!
2
My soul yearns, even faints,
for
the courts of the LORD;
my
heart and my flesh cry out
for
the living God.
3
Even the sparrow has found a home,
and
the swallow a nest for herself,
where
she may have her young--
a
place near your altar,
O
LORD Almighty, my King and my God.
4
Blessed are those who dwell in your house;
they
are ever praising you.
Selah
5
Blessed are those whose strength is in you,
who
have set their hearts on pilgrimage.
6
As they pass through the Valley of Baca,
they
make it a place of springs;
the
autumn rains also cover it with pools. B
7
They go from strength to strength,
till
each appears before God in Zion.
8
Hear my prayer, O LORD God Almighty;
listen
to me, O God of Jacob.
Selah
9
Look upon our shield, C O God;
look
with favor on your anointed one. [4]
10
Better is one day in your courts
than
a thousand elsewhere;
I
would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God
than
dwell in the tents of the wicked.
11
For the LORD God is a sun and shield;
the
LORD bestows favor and honor;
no
good thing does he withhold
from
those whose walk is blameless.
12
O LORD Almighty,
blessed
is the man who trusts in you. [5]
PSALMS: 114
1
When Israel came out of Egypt,
the
house of Jacob from a people of foreign tongue,
2
Judah became God's sanctuary,
Israel
his dominion.
3
The sea looked and fled,
the
Jordan turned back;
4
the mountains skipped like rams,
the
hills like lambs.
5
Why was it, O sea, that you fled,
O
Jordan, that you turned back,
6
you mountains, that you skipped like rams,
you
hills, like lambs?
7
Tremble, O earth, at the presence of the Lord,
at
the presence of the God of Jacob,
8
who turned the rock into a pool,
the
hard rock into springs of water. [6]
PSALMS: 144
Of
David.
1
Praise be to the LORD my Rock,
who
trains my hands for war,
my
fingers for battle.
2
He is my loving God and my fortress,
my
stronghold and my deliverer,
my
shield, in whom I take refuge,
who
subdues peoples A under me.
3
O LORD, what is man that you care for him,
the
son of man that you think of him?
4
Man is like a breath;
his
days are like a fleeting shadow.
5
Part your heavens, O LORD, and come down;
touch
the mountains, so that they smoke.
6
Send forth lightning and scatter the enemies;
shoot
your arrows and rout them.
7
Reach down your hand from on high;
deliver
me and rescue me
from
the mighty waters,
from
the hands of foreigners
8
whose mouths are full of lies,
whose
right hands are deceitful.
9
I will sing a new song to you, O God;
on
the ten-stringed lyre I will make music to you,
10
to the One who gives victory to kings,
who
delivers his servant David from the deadly sword. [7]
11
Deliver me and rescue me
from
the hands of foreigners
whose
mouths are full of lies,
whose
right hands are deceitful.
12
Then our sons in their youth
will
be like well-nurtured plants,
and
our daughters will be like pillars
carved
to adorn a palace.
13
Our barns will be filled
with
every kind of provision.
Our
sheep will increase by thousands,
by
tens of thousands in our fields;
14
our oxen will draw heavy loads. B
There
will be no breaching of walls,
no
going into captivity,
no
cry of distress in our streets.
15
Blessed are the people of whom this is true;
blessed
are the people whose God is the LORD. [8]
PROVERBS: 24
24
1 Do not envy wicked men,
do
not desire their company;
2
for their hearts plot violence,
and
their lips talk about making trouble.
3
By wisdom a house is built,
and
through understanding it is established;
4
through knowledge its rooms are filled
with
rare and beautiful treasures.
5
A wise man has great power,
and
a man of knowledge increases strength;
6
for waging war you need guidance,
and
for victory many advisers.
7
Wisdom is too high for a fool;
in
the assembly at the gate he has nothing to say.
8
He who plots evil
will
be known as a schemer.
9
The schemes of folly are sin,
and
men detest a mocker.
10
If you falter in times of trouble,
how
small is your strength!
11
Rescue those being led away to death;
hold
back those staggering toward slaughter.
12
If you say, "But we knew nothing about
this,"
does
not he who weighs the heart perceive it?
Does
not he who guards your life know it?
Will
he not repay each person according to what he has done? [9]
13
Eat honey, my son, for it is good;
honey
from the comb is sweet to your taste.
14
Know also that wisdom is sweet to your soul;
if
you find it, there is a future hope for you,
and
your hope will not be cut off.
15
Do not lie in wait like an outlaw against a righteous
man's house,
do
not raid his dwelling place;
16
for though a righteous man falls seven times, he rises
again,
but
the wicked are brought down by calamity.
17
Do not gloat when your enemy falls;
when
he stumbles, do not let your heart rejoice,
18
or the LORD will see and disapprove
and
turn his wrath away from him.
19
Do not fret because of evil men
or
be envious of the wicked,
20
for the evil man has no future hope,
and
the lamp of the wicked will be snuffed out.
21
Fear the LORD and the king, my son,
and
do not join with the rebellious,
22
for those two will send sudden destruction upon them,
and
who knows what calamities they can bring?
23
These also are sayings of the wise:
To
show partiality in judging is not good:
24
Whoever says to the guilty, "You are
innocent"--
peoples
will curse him and nations denounce him.
25
But it will go well with those who convict the guilty,
and
rich blessing will come upon them. [10]
26
An honest answer
is
like a kiss on the lips.
27
Finish your outdoor work
and
get your fields ready;
after
that, build your house.
28
Do not testify against your neighbor without cause,
or
use your lips to deceive.
29
Do not say, "I'll do to him as he has done to me;
I'll
pay that man back for what he did."
30
I went past the field of the sluggard,
past
the vineyard of the man who lacks judgment;
31
thorns had come up everywhere,
the
ground was covered with weeds,
and
the stone wall was in ruins.
32
I applied my heart to what I observed
and
learned a lesson from what I saw:
33
A little sleep, a little slumber,
a
little folding of the hands to rest--
34
and poverty will come on you like a bandit
and
scarcity like an armed man. A [11]
OLD TESTAMENT: ISAIAH 12:1 - 14:32
12 1
In that day you will say:
"I will praise you,
O LORD.
Although you were angry
with me,
your anger has turned
away
and you have comforted
me.
2 Surely
God is my salvation;
I will trust and not be
afraid.
The LORD, the LORD, is
my strength and my song;
he has become my
salvation."
3 With
joy you will draw water
from the wells of
salvation.
4 In
that day you will say:
"Give thanks to the
LORD, call on his name;
make known among the
nations what he has done,
and proclaim that his
name is exalted.
5 Sing
to the LORD, for he has done glorious things;
let this be known to all
the world.
6 Shout
aloud and sing for joy, people of Zion,
for great is the Holy
One of Israel among you."
13 1
An oracle concerning Babylon that Isaiah son of Amoz
saw:
2 Raise
a banner on a bare hilltop, [12]
shout to them;
beckon to them
to enter the gates of
the nobles.
3 I
have commanded my holy ones;
I have summoned my
warriors to carry out my wrath--
those who rejoice in my
triumph.
4 Listen,
a noise on the mountains,
like that of a great
multitude!
Listen, an uproar among
the kingdoms,
like nations massing
together!
The LORD Almighty is
mustering
an army for war.
5 They
come from faraway lands,
from the ends of the
heavens--
the LORD and the weapons
of his wrath--
to destroy the whole
country.
6 Wail,
for the day of the LORD is near;
it will come like
destruction from the Almighty. A
7 Because
of this, all hands will go limp,
every man's heart will
melt.
8 Terror
will seize them,
pain and anguish will
grip them;
they will writhe like a
woman in labor.
They will look aghast at
each other, [13]
their faces aflame.
9 See,
the day of the LORD is coming
--a cruel day, with
wrath and fierce anger--
to make the land
desolate
and destroy the sinners
within it.
10 The
stars of heaven and their constellations
will not show their
light.
The rising sun will be
darkened
and the moon will not
give its light.
11 I
will punish the world for its evil,
the wicked for their
sins.
I will put an end to the
arrogance of the haughty
and will humble the
pride of the ruthless.
12 I
will make man scarcer than pure gold,
more rare than the gold
of Ophir.
13 Therefore
I will make the heavens tremble;
and the earth will shake
from its place
at the wrath of the LORD
Almighty,
in the day of his
burning anger.
14 Like
a hunted gazelle,
like sheep without a
shepherd,
each will return to his
own people,
each will flee to his
native land.
15 Whoever
is captured will be thrust through; [14]
all who are caught will
fall by the sword.
16 Their
infants will be dashed to pieces before their eyes;
their houses will be
looted and their wives ravished.
17 See,
I will stir up against them the Medes,
who do not care for
silver
and have no delight in
gold.
18 Their
bows will strike down the young men;
they will have no mercy
on infants
nor will they look with
compassion on children.
19 Babylon,
the jewel of kingdoms,
the glory of the
Babylonians' B pride,
will be overthrown by
God
like Sodom and Gomorrah.
20 She
will never be inhabited
or lived in through all
generations;
no Arab will pitch his
tent there,
no shepherd will rest
his flocks there.
21 But
desert creatures will lie there,
jackals will fill her
houses;
there the owls will
dwell,
and there the wild goats
will leap about.
22 Hyenas
will howl in her strongholds,
jackals in her luxurious
palaces.
Her time is at hand,
and her days will not be
prolonged. [15]
14 1
The LORD will have compassion on Jacob;
once again he will
choose Israel
and will settle them in
their own land.
Aliens will join them
and unite with the house
of Jacob.
2 Nations
will take them
and bring them to their
own place.
And the house of Israel
will possess the nations
as menservants and
maidservants in the LORD's land.
They will make captives
of their captors
and rule over their
oppressors.
3 On
the day the LORD gives you relief from suffering and turmoil and cruel bondage,
4 you
will take up this taunt against the king of Babylon:
How the oppressor has
come to an end!
How his fury A
has ended!
5 The
LORD has broken the rod of the wicked,
the scepter of the
rulers,
6 which
in anger struck down peoples
with unceasing blows,
and in fury subdued
nations
with relentless
aggression.
7 All
the lands are at rest and at peace;
they break into singing.
8 Even
the pine trees and the cedars of Lebanon [16]
exult over you and say,
"Now that you have
been laid low,
no woodsman comes to cut
us down."
9 The
grave B below is all astir
to meet you at your
coming;
it rouses the spirits of
the departed to greet you--
all those who were
leaders in the world;
it makes them rise from
their thrones--
all those who were kings
over the nations.
10 They
will all respond,
they will say to you,
"You also have
become weak, as we are;
you have become like
us."
11 All
your pomp has been brought down to the grave,
along with the noise of
your harps;
maggots are spread out
beneath you
and worms cover you.
12 How
you have fallen from heaven,
O morning star, son of
the dawn!
You have been cast down
to the earth,
you who once laid low
the nations!
13 You
said in your heart, [17]
"I will ascend to heaven;
I will
raise my throne
above the
stars of God;
I will sit
enthroned on the mount of assembly,
on the
utmost heights of the sacred mountain. C
14 I will ascend above the tops of the clouds;
I will
make myself like the Most High."
15 But
you are brought down to the grave,
to the depths of the
pit.
16 Those
who see you stare at you,
they ponder your fate:
"Is this the man
who shook the earth
and made kingdoms
tremble,
17 the
man who made the world a desert,
who overthrew its cities
and would not let his
captives go home?"
18 All
the kings of the nations lie in state,
each in his own tomb.
19 But
you are cast out of your tomb
like a rejected branch;
you are covered with the
slain,
with those pierced by
the sword,
those who descend to the
stones of the pit.
Like a corpse trampled
underfoot, [18]
20
you will not join them in burial,
for you have destroyed
your land
and killed your people.
The offspring of the wicked
will never be mentioned
again.
21 Prepare
a place to slaughter his sons
for the sins of their
forefathers;
they are not to rise to
inherit the land
and cover the earth with
their cities.
22 "I will rise up against them,"
declares the LORD
Almighty.
"I will cut off from Babylon her name and survivors,
her offspring
and descendants,"
declares the LORD.
23 "I will turn her into a place for owls
and into
swampland;
I will sweep
her with the broom of destruction,"
declares the
LORD Almighty.
24 The LORD Almighty has sworn,
"Surely,
as I have planned, so it will be,
and as I have
purposed, so it will stand.
25 I will crush the Assyrian in my land;
on my
mountains I will trample him down.
His yoke will
be taken from my people, [19]
and his
burden removed from their shoulders."
26 This
is the plan determined for the whole world;
this is the hand
stretched out over all nations.
27 For
the LORD Almighty has purposed, and who can thwart him?
Hi s hand is stretched
out, and who can turn it back?
28 This
oracle came in the year King Ahaz died:
29 Do
not rejoice, all you Philistines,
that the rod that struck
you is broken;
from the root of that
snake will spring up a viper,
its fruit will be a
darting, venomous serpent.
30 The
poorest of the poor will find pasture,
and the needy will lie
down in safety.
But your root I will
destroy by famine;
it will slay your
survivors.
31 Wail,
O gate! Howl, O city!
Melt away, all you
Philistines!
A cloud of smoke comes
from the north,
and there is not a straggler
in its ranks.
32 What
answer shall be given
to the envoys of that
nation?
"The LORD has established Zion,
and in her
his afflicted people will find refuge." [20]
NEW TESTAMENT: 2 CORINTHIANS 13:1 - 14
13 1
This will be my third visit to you. "Every matter must be established by the testimony of two
or three witnesses." A 2 I already gave you a
warning when I was with you the second time. I now repeat it while absent: On
my return I will not spare those who sinned earlier or any of the others, 3
since you are demanding proof that Christ is speaking through me. He is
not weak in dealing with you, but is powerful among you.
4 For
to be sure, he was crucified in weakness, yet he lives by God's power.
Likewise, we are weak in him, yet by God's power we will live with him to serve
you.
5 Examine
yourselves to see whether you are in the faith; test yourselves. Do you not
realize that Christ Jesus is in you--unless, of course, you fail the test? 6
And I trust that you will discover that we have not failed the test. 7
Now we pray to God that you will not do anything wrong. Not that people
will see that we have stood the test but that you will do what is right even
though we may seem to have failed. 8 For we cannot do anything
against the truth, but only for the truth. 9 We are glad whenever we
are weak but you are strong; and our prayer is for your perfection. 10 This
is why I write these things when I am absent, that when I come I may not have
to be harsh in my use of authority--the authority the Lord gave me for building
you up, not for tearing you down.
11 Finally,
brothers, good-by. Aim for perfection, listen to my appeal, be of one mind,
live in peace. And the God of love and peace will be with you.
12 Greet
one another with a holy kiss. 13 All the saints send their
greetings. [21]
14 May
the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of
the Holy Spirit be with you all. [22]
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