JUNE
9
PSALMS: 9, 39,
69, 99, 129
PROVERBS: 9
OLD TESTAMENT: JOB 31:1 - 33:33
NEW TESTAMENT: 2 CORINTHIANS 3:1 - 18
PSALMS: 9
For
A the director of music. To the tune of "The Death of the
Son." A psalm of David.
1
I will praise you, O LORD, with all my heart;
I
will tell of all your wonders.
2
I will be glad and rejoice in you;
I
will sing praise to your name, O Most High.
3
My enemies turn back;
they
stumble and perish before you.
4
For you have upheld my right and my cause;
you
have sat on your throne, judging righteously.
5
You have rebuked the nations and destroyed the wicked;
you
have blotted out their name for ever and ever.
6
Endless ruin has overtaken the enemy,
you
have uprooted their cities;
even
the memory of them has perished.
7
The LORD reigns forever;
he
has established his throne for judgment.
8
He will judge the world in righteousness;
he
will govern the peoples with justice.
9
The LORD is a refuge for the oppressed,
a
stronghold in times of trouble.
10
Those who know your name will trust in you,
for
you, LORD, have never forsaken those who seek you.
11
Sing praises to the LORD, enthroned in Zion;
proclaim
among the nations what he has done.
12
For he who avenges blood remembers;
he
does not ignore the cry of the afflicted. [1]
13
O LORD, see how my enemies persecute me!
Have
mercy and lift me up from the gates of death,
14
that I may declare your praises
in
the gates of the Daughter of Zion
and
there rejoice in your salvation.
15
The nations have fallen into the pit they have dug;
their
feet are caught in the net they have hidden.
16
The LORD is known by his justice;
the
wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands.
Higgaion.
B Selah
17
The wicked return to the grave, C
all
the nations that forget God.
18
But the needy will not always be forgotten,
nor
the hope of the afflicted ever perish.
19
Arise, O LORD, let not man triumph;
let
the nations be judged in your presence.
20
Strike them with terror, O LORD;
let
the nations know they are but men.
Selah
[2]
PSALMS: 39
For
the director of music. For Jeduthun. A psalm of David.
1
I said, "I will watch my ways
and
keep my tongue from sin;
I
will put a muzzle on my mouth
as
long as the wicked are in my presence."
2
But when I was silent and still,
not
even saying anything good,
my
anguish increased.
3
My heart grew hot within me,
and
as I meditated, the fire burned;
then
I spoke with my tongue:
4
"Show me, O LORD, my life's end
and
the number of my days;
let
me know how fleeting is my life.
5
You have made my days a mere handbreadth;
the
span of my years is as nothing before you.
Each
man's life is but a breath.
Selah
6
Man is a mere phantom as he goes to and fro:
He
bustles about, but only in vain;
he
heaps up wealth, not knowing who will get it.
7
"But now, Lord, what do I look for?
My
hope is in you.
8
Save me from all my transgressions;
do
not make me the scorn of fools.
9
I was silent; I would not open my mouth, [3]
for
you are the one who has done this.
10
Remove your scourge from me;
I
am overcome by the blow of your hand.
11
You rebuke and discipline men for their sin;
you
consume their wealth like a moth--
each
man is but a breath.
Selah
12
"Hear my prayer, O LORD,
listen
to my cry for help;
be
not deaf to my weeping.
For
I dwell with you as an alien,
a
stranger, as all my fathers were.
13
Look away from me, that I may rejoice again
before
I depart and am no more." [4]
PSALMS: 69
For
the director of music. To the tune of "Lilies." Of David.
1
Save me, O God,
for
the waters have come up to my neck.
2
I sink in the miry depths,
where
there is no foothold.
I
have come into the deep waters;
the
floods engulf me.
3
I am worn out calling for help;
my
throat is parched.
My
eyes fail,
looking
for my God.
4
Those who hate me without reason
outnumber
the hairs of my head;
many
are my enemies without cause,
those
who seek to destroy me.
I
am forced to restore
what
I did not steal.
5
You know my folly, O God;
my
guilt is not hidden from you.
6
May those who hope in you
not
be disgraced because of me,
O
Lord, the LORD Almighty;
may
those who seek you
not
be put to shame because of me,
O
God of Israel.
7
For I endure scorn for your sake,
and
shame covers my face.
8
I am a stranger to my brothers, [5]
an
alien to my own mother's sons;
9
for zeal for your house consumes me,
and
the insults of those who insult you fall on me.
10
When I weep and fast,
I
must endure scorn;
11
when I put on sackcloth,
people
make sport of me.
12
Those who sit at the gate mock me,
and
I am the song of the drunkards.
13
But I pray to you, O LORD,
in
the time of your favor;
in
your great love, O God,
answer
me with your sure salvation.
14
Rescue me from the mire,
do
not let me sink;
deliver
me from those who hate me,
from
the deep waters.
15
Do not let the floodwaters engulf me
or
the depths swallow me up
or
the pit close its mouth over me.
16
Answer me, O LORD, out of the goodness of your love;
in
your great mercy turn to me.
17
Do not hide your face from your servant;
answer
me quickly, for I am in trouble.
18
Come near and rescue me;
redeem
me because of my foes.
19
You know how I am scorned, disgraced and shamed;
all
my enemies are before you.
20
Scorn has broken my heart [6]
and
has left me helpless;
I
looked for sympathy, but there was none,
for
comforters, but I found none.
21
They put gall in my food
and
gave me vinegar for my thirst.
22
May the table set before them become a snare;
may
it become retribution and A a trap.
23
May their eyes be darkened so they cannot see,
and
their backs be bent forever.
24
Pour out your wrath on them;
let
your fierce anger overtake them.
25
May their place be deserted;
let
there be no one to dwell in their tents.
26
For they persecute those you wound
and
talk about the pain of those you hurt.
27
Charge them with crime upon crime;
do
not let them share in your salvation.
28
May they be blotted out of the book of life
and
not be listed with the righteous.
29
I am in pain and distress;
may
your salvation, O God, protect me.
30
I will praise God's name in song
and
glorify him with thanksgiving.
31
This will please the LORD more than an ox,
more
than a bull with its horns and hoofs.
32
The poor will see and be glad--
you
who seek God, may your hearts live!
33
The LORD hears the needy
and
does not despise his captive people. [7]
34
Let heaven and earth praise him,
the
seas and all that move in them,
35
for God will save Zion
and
rebuild the cities of Judah.
Then
people will settle there and possess it;
36
the children of his servants will inherit it,
and
those who love his name will dwell there. [8]
PSALMS: 99
1
The LORD reigns,
let
the nations tremble;
he
sits enthroned between the cherubim,
let
the earth shake.
2
Great is the LORD in Zion;
he
is exalted over all the nations.
3
Let them praise your great and awesome name--
he
is holy.
4
The King is mighty, he loves justice--
you
have established equity;
in
Jacob you have done
what
is just and right.
5
Exalt the LORD our God
and
worship at his footstool;
he
is holy.
6
Moses and Aaron were among his priests,
Samuel
was among those who called on his name;
they
called on the LORD
and
he answered them.
7
He spoke to them from the pillar of cloud;
they
kept his statutes and the decrees he gave them.
8
O LORD our God,
you
answered them;
you
were to Israel A a forgiving God,
though
you punished their misdeeds. B
9
Exalt the LORD our God
and
worship at his holy mountain,
for
the LORD our God is holy. [9]
PSALMS: 129
A
song of ascents.
1
They have greatly oppressed me from my youth--
let
Israel say--
2
they have greatly oppressed me from my youth,
but
they have not gained the victory over me.
3
Plowmen have plowed my back
and
made their furrows long.
4
But the LORD is righteous;
he
has cut me free from the cords of the wicked.
5
May all who hate Zion
be
turned back in shame.
6
May they be like grass on the roof,
which
withers before it can grow;
7
with it the reaper cannot fill his hands,
nor
the one who gathers fill his arms.
8
May those who pass by not say,
"The
blessing of the LORD be upon you;
we
bless you in the name of the LORD." [10]
PROVERBS: 9
9
1 Wisdom has built her
house;
she
has hewn out its seven pillars.
2
She has prepared her meat and mixed her wine;
she
has also set her table.
3
She has sent out her maids, and she calls
from
the highest point of the city.
4
"Let all who are
simple come in here!"
she
says to those who lack judgment.
5
"Come, eat my food
and drink the wine I have mixed.
6 Leave your
simple ways and you will live;
walk in the way of understanding.
7
"Whoever corrects a
mocker invites insult;
whoever rebukes a wicked man incurs abuse.
8 Do not
rebuke a mocker or he will hate you;
rebuke a wise man and he will love you.
9 Instruct a
wise man and he will be wiser still;
teach a righteous man and he will add to his learning.
10
"The fear of the LORD
is the beginning of wisdom,
and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.
11 For
through me your days will be many,
and years will be added to your life.
12 If you are
wise, your wisdom will reward you;
if you are a mocker, you alone will suffer."
13
The woman Folly is loud;
she
is undisciplined and without knowledge.
14
She sits at the door of her house,
on
a seat at the highest point of the city,
15
calling out to those who pass by,
who
go straight on their way.
16
"Let all who are
simple come in here!" [11]
she
says to those who lack judgment.
17
"Stolen water is
sweet;
food eaten in secret is delicious!"
18
But little do they know that the dead are there,
that
her guests are in the depths of the grave. A [12]
OLD TESTAMENT: JOB 31:1 - 33:33
31 1
"I made a covenant with my eyes
not to look lustfully at
a girl.
2 For
what is man's lot from God above,
his heritage from the
Almighty on high?
3 Is
it not ruin for the wicked,
disaster for those who
do wrong?
4 Does
he not see my ways
and count my every step?
5 "If
I have walked in falsehood
or my foot has hurried
after deceit--
6 let
God weigh me in honest scales
and he will know that I
am blameless--
7 if
my steps have turned from the path,
if my heart has been led
by my eyes,
or if my hands have been
defiled,
8 then
may others eat what I have sown,
and may my crops be
uprooted.
9 "If
my heart has been enticed by a woman,
or if I have lurked at
my neighbor's door,
10 then
may my wife grind another man's grain,
and may other men sleep
with her.
11 For
that would have been shameful,
a sin to be judged.
12 It
is a fire that burns to Destruction A;
it would have uprooted
my harvest. [13]
13 "If
I have denied justice to my menservants and maidservants
when they had a
grievance against me,
14 what
will I do when God confronts me?
What will I answer when
called to account?
15 Did
not he who made me in the womb make them?
Did not the same one
form us both within our mothers?
16 "If
I have denied the desires of the poor
or let the eyes of the
widow grow weary,
17 if
I have kept my bread to myself,
not sharing it with the
fatherless--
18 but
from my youth I reared him as would a father,
and from my birth I
guided the widow--
19 if
I have seen anyone perishing for lack of clothing,
or a needy man without a
garment,
20 and
his heart did not bless me
for warming him with the
fleece from my sheep,
21 if
I have raised my hand against the fatherless,
knowing that I had
influence in court,
22 then
let my arm fall from the shoulder,
let it be broken off at
the joint.
23 For
I dreaded destruction from God,
and for fear of his
splendor I could not do such things. [14]
24 "If
I have put my trust in gold
or said to pure gold,
`You are my security,'
25 if
I have rejoiced over my great wealth,
the fortune my hands had
gained,
26 if
I have regarded the sun in its radiance
or the moon moving in
splendor,
27 so
that my heart was secretly enticed
and my hand offered them
a kiss of homage,
28 then
these also would be sins to be judged,
for I would have been
unfaithful to God on high.
29 "If
I have rejoiced at my enemy's misfortune
or gloated over the
trouble that came to him--
30 I
have not allowed my mouth to sin
by invoking a curse
against his life--
31 if
the men of my household have never said,
`Who has not had his
fill of Job's meat?'--
32 but
no stranger had to spend the night in the street,
for my door was always
open to the traveler--
33 if
I have concealed my sin as men do, B
by hiding my guilt in my
heart
34 because
I so feared the crowd
and so dreaded the
contempt of the clans
that I kept silent and
would not go outside [15]
35 ("Oh,
that I had someone to hear me!
I sign now my
defense--let the Almighty answer me;
let my accuser put his
indictment in writing.
36 Surely
I would wear it on my shoulder,
I would put it on like a
crown.
37 I
would give him an account of my every step;
like a prince I would
approach him.)--
38 "if
my land cries out against me
and all its furrows are
wet with tears,
39 if
I have devoured its yield without payment
or broken the spirit of
its tenants,
40 then
let briers come up instead of wheat
and weeds instead of
barley."
The words of Job are
ended.
32 1
So these three men stopped answering Job, because he
was righteous in his own eyes. 2 But Elihu son of Barakel the
Buzite, of the family of Ram, became very angry with Job for justifying himself
rather than God.
3 He
was also angry with the three friends, because they had found no way to refute
Job, and yet had condemned him. A
4 Now
Elihu had waited before speaking to Job because they were older than he. 5
But when he saw that the three men had nothing more to say, his anger was
aroused.
6 So
Elihu son of Barakel the Buzite said:
"I am young in
years,
and you are old;
that is why I was
fearful, [16]
not daring to tell you
what I know.
7 I
thought, `Age should speak;
advanced years should
teach wisdom.'
8 But
it is the spirit B in a man,
the breath of the
Almighty, that gives him understanding.
9 It
is not only the oldC who are wise,
not only the aged who
understand what is right.
10 "Therefore
I say: Listen to me;
I too will tell you what
I know.
11 I
waited while you spoke,
I listened to your
reasoning;
while you were searching
for words,
12 I
gave you my full attention.
But not one of you has
proved Job wrong;
none of you has answered
his arguments.
13 Do
not say, `We have found wisdom;
let God refute him, not
man.'
14 But
Job has not marshaled his words against me,
and I will not answer
him with your arguments.
15 "They
are dismayed and have no more to say;
words have failed them.
16 Must
I wait, now that they are silent,
now that they stand
there with no reply?
17 I
too will have my say; [17]
I too will tell what I
know.
18 For
I am full of words,
and the spirit within me
compels me;
19 inside
I am like bottled-up wine,
like new wineskins ready
to burst.
20 I
must speak and find relief;
I must open my lips and
reply.
21 I
will show partiality to no one,
nor will I flatter any
man;
22 for
if I were skilled in flattery,
my Maker would soon take
me away.
33 1
"But now, Job, listen to my words;
pay attention to
everything I say.
2 I
am about to open my mouth;
my words are on the tip
of my tongue.
3 My
words come from an upright heart;
my lips sincerely speak
what I know.
4 The
Spirit of God has made me;
the breath of the
Almighty gives me life.
5 Answer
me then, if you can;
prepare yourself and
confront me.
6 I
am just like you before God;
I too have been taken
from clay. [18]
7 No
fear of me should alarm you,
nor should my hand be
heavy upon you.
8 "But
you have said in my hearing--
I heard the very words--
9 `I
am pure and without sin;
I am clean and free from
guilt.
10 Yet
God has found fault with me;
he considers me his
enemy.
11 He
fastens my feet in shackles;
he keeps close watch on
all my paths.'
12 "But
I tell you, in this you are not right,
for God is greater than
man.
13 Why
do you complain to him
that he answers none of
man's words A?
14 For
God does speak--now one way, now another--
though man may not
perceive it.
15 In
a dream, in a vision of the night,
when deep sleep falls on
men
as they slumber in their
beds,
16 he
may speak in their ears
and terrify them with
warnings,
17 to
turn man from wrongdoing
and keep him from pride,
18to
preserve his soul from the pit, B [19]
his life from perishing
by the sword. C
19 Or
a man may be chastened on a bed of pain
with constant distress
in his bones,
20 so
that his very being finds food repulsive
and his soul loathes the
choicest meal.
21 His
flesh wastes away to nothing,
and his bones, once
hidden, now stick out.
22 His
soul draws near to the pit, D
and his life to the
messengers of death. E
23 "Yet
if there is an angel on his side
as a mediator, one out
of a thousand,
to tell a man what is
right for him,
24 to
be gracious to him and say,
`Spare him from going
down to the pit F;
I have found a ransom
for him'--
25 then
his flesh is renewed like a child's;
it is restored as in the
days of his youth.
26 He
prays to God and finds favor with him,
he sees God's face and
shouts for joy;
he is restored by God to
his righteous state.
27 Then
he comes to men and says,
`I sinned, and perverted
what was right,
but I did not get what I
deserved. [20]
28 He
redeemed my soul from going down to the pit, G
and I will live to enjoy
the light.'
29 "God
does all these things to a man--
twice, even three
times--
30 to
turn back his soul from the pit, H
that the light of life
may shine on him.
31 "Pay
attention, Job, and listen to me;
be silent, and I will
speak.
32 If
you have anything to say, answer me;
speak up, for I want you
to be cleared.
33 But
if not, then listen to me;
be silent, and I will
teach you wisdom." [21]
NEW TESTAMENT: 2 CORINTHIANS 3:1 - 18
3 1
Are we beginning to commend ourselves again? Or do we
need, like some people, letters of recommendation to you or from you? 2 You
yourselves are our letter, written on our hearts, known and read by everybody. 3
You show that you are a letter from Christ, the result of our ministry,
written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of
stone but on tablets of human hearts.
4 Such
confidence as this is ours through Christ before God. 5 Not that we
are competent in ourselves to claim anything for ourselves, but our competence
comes from God. 6 He has made us competent as ministers of a new
covenant--not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the
Spirit gives life.
7 Now
if the ministry that brought death, which was engraved in letters on stone,
came with glory, so that the Israelites could not look steadily at the face of
Moses because of its glory, fading though it was, 8 will not the
ministry of the Spirit be even more glorious? 9 If the ministry that
condemns men is glorious, how much more glorious is the ministry that brings
righteousness! 10 For what was glorious has no glory now in
comparison with the surpassing glory. 11 And if what was fading away
came with glory, how much greater is the glory of that which lasts!
12 Therefore,
since we have such a hope, we are very bold. 13 We are not like
Moses, who would put a veil over his face to keep the Israelites from gazing at
it while the radiance was fading away. 14 But their minds were made
dull, for to this day the same veil remains when the old covenant is read. It
has not been removed, because only in Christ is it taken away. 15 Even
to this day when Moses is read, a veil covers their hearts. 16 But
whenever anyone turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away. 17 Now
the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. 18
And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect A the Lord's
glory, are being transformed into his likeness with ever-increasing glory,
which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit. [22]
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