MAY
30
PSALMS: 30,
60, 90, 120, 150
PROVERBS: 30
OLD TESTAMENT: ESTHER 4:1 - 7:10
NEW TESTAMENT: 1 CORITHIANS 12:1 - 26
PSALMS: 30
A
psalm. A song. For the dedication of the temple. A Of David.
1
I will exalt you, O LORD,
for
you lifted me out of the depths
and
did not let my enemies gloat over me.
2
O LORD my God, I called to you for help
and
you healed me.
3
O LORD, you brought me up from the grave B;
you
spared me from going down into the pit.
4
Sing to the LORD, you saints of his;
praise
his holy name.
5
For his anger lasts only a moment,
but
his favor lasts a lifetime;
weeping
may remain for a night,
but
rejoicing comes in the morning.
6
When I felt secure, I said,
"I
will never be shaken."
7
O LORD, when you favored me,
you
made my mountain C stand firm;
but
when you hid your face,
I
was dismayed.
8
To you, O LORD, I called;
to
the Lord I cried for mercy:
9
"What gain is there in my destruction, D
in
my going down into the pit?
Will
the dust praise you?
Will
it proclaim your faithfulness? [1]
10
Hear, O LORD, and be merciful to me;
O
LORD, be my help."
11
You turned my wailing into dancing;
you
removed my sackcloth and clothed me with joy,
12
that my heart may sing to you and not be silent.
O
LORD my God, I will give you thanks forever. [2]
PSALMS: 60
For
the director of music. To the tune of "The Lily of the Covenant." A miktam
A of David. For teaching. When he fought Aram Naharaim B
and Aram Zobah, C and when Joab returned and struck down twelve
thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt.
1
You have rejected us, O God, and burst forth upon us;
you
have been angry--now restore us!
2
You have shaken the land and torn it open;
mend
its fractures, for it is quaking.
3
You have shown your people desperate times;
you
have given us wine that makes us stagger.
4
But for those who fear you, you have raised a banner
to
be unfurled against the bow.
Selah
5
Save us and help us with your right hand,
that
those you love may be delivered.
6
God has spoken from his sanctuary:
"In triumph I will parcel out Shechem
and measure off the Valley of Succoth.
7 Gilead is
mine, and Manasseh is mine;
Ephraim is my helmet,
Judah my scepter.
8 Moab is my
washbasin,
upon Edom I toss my sandal;
over Philistia I shout in triumph."
9
Who will bring me to the fortified city?
Who
will lead me to Edom?
10
Is it not you, O God, you who have rejected us
and
no longer go out with our armies?
11
Give us aid against the enemy, [3]
for
the help of man is worthless.
12
With God we will gain the victory,
and
he will trample down our enemies. [4]
PSALMS: 90
A
prayer of Moses the man of God.
1
Lord, you have been our dwelling place
throughout
all generations.
2
Before the mountains were born
or
you brought forth the earth and the world,
from
everlasting to everlasting you are God.
3
You turn men back to dust,
saying,
"Return to dust, O sons of men."
4
For a thousand years in your sight
are
like a day that has just gone by,
or
like a watch in the night.
5
You sweep men away in the sleep of death;
they
are like the new grass of the morning--
6
though in the morning it springs up new,
by
evening it is dry and withered.
7
We are consumed by your anger
and
terrified by your indignation.
8
You have set our iniquities before you,
our
secret sins in the light of your presence.
9
All our days pass away under your wrath;
we
finish our years with a moan.
10
The length of our days is seventy years--
or
eighty, if we have the strength;
yet
their span A is but trouble and sorrow,
for
they quickly pass, and we fly away.
11
Who knows the power of your anger?
For
your wrath is as great as the fear that is due you.
12
Teach us to number our days aright, [5]
PSALMS: 120
A
song of ascents.
A
song of ascents.
1
I
call on the LORD in my distress,
and
he answers me.
2
Save
me, O LORD, from lying lips
and
from deceitful tongues.
3
What
will he do to you,
and
what more besides, O deceitful tongue?
4
He
will punish you with a warrior's sharp arrows,
with
burning coals of the broom tree.
5
Woe
to me that I dwell in Meshech,
that
I live among the tents of Kedar!
6
Too
long have I lived
among
those who hate peace.
7
I am
a man of peace;
but when I speak, they
are for war. [6]
PSALMS: 150
1
Praise the LORD. A
Praise
God in his sanctuary;
praise
him in his mighty heavens.
2
Praise him for his acts of power;
praise
him for his surpassing greatness.
3
Praise him with the sounding of the trumpet,
praise
him with the harp and lyre,
4
praise him with tambourine and dancing,
praise
him with the strings and flute,
5
praise him with the clash of cymbals,
praise
him with resounding cymbals.
6
Let everything that has breath praise the LORD.
Praise
the LORD. [7]
PROVERBS: 30
30
1 The sayings of Agur son
of Jakeh--an oracle A:
This
man declared to Ithiel,
to
Ithiel and to Ucal: B
2
"I am the most
ignorant of men;
I do not have a man's understanding.
3
I have not learned wisdom,
nor have I knowledge of the Holy One.
4
Who has gone up to heaven and come down?
Who has gathered up the wind in the hollow of his hands?
Who has wrapped up the waters in his cloak?
Who has established all the ends of the earth?
What is his name, and the name of his son?
Tell me if you know!
5
"Every word of God is
flawless;
he is a shield to those who take refuge in him.
6 Do not add
to his words,
or he will rebuke you and prove you a liar.
7
"Two things I ask of you, O LORD;
do
not refuse me before I die:
8
Keep falsehood and lies far from me;
give
me neither poverty nor riches,
but
give me only my daily bread.
9
Otherwise, I may have too much and disown you
and
say, `Who is the LORD?'
Or
I may become poor and steal,
and
so dishonor the name of my God.
10
"Do not slander a
servant to his master,
or he will curse you, and you will pay for it. [8]
11 "There
are those who curse their fathers
and do not bless their mothers;
12 those who
are pure in their own eyes
and yet are not cleansed of their filth;
13 those
whose eyes are ever so haughty,
whose glances are so disdainful;
14 those
whose teeth are swords
and whose jaws are set with knives
to devour the poor from the earth,
the needy from among mankind.
15
"The leech has two daughters.
`Give!
Give!' they cry.
"There are three things that are never satisfied,
four that never say, `Enough!':
16 the grave,
C the
barren womb,
land, which is never satisfied with water,
and fire, which never says, `Enough!'
17
"The eye that mocks a
father,
that scorns obedience to a mother,
will be pecked out by the ravens of the valley,
will be eaten by the vultures.
18
"There are three things
that are too amazing for me,
four that I do not understand:
19 the way of
an eagle in the sky,
the way of a snake on a rock,
20 the way of a ship on the high seas,
and the way of a man with a maiden.[9]
21 "Under
three things the earth trembles,
under four it cannot bear up:
22 a servant
who becomes king,
a fool who is full of food,
23 an unloved
woman who is married,
and a maidservant who displaces her mistress.
24
"Four things on earth
are small,
yet they are extremely wise:
25 Ants are
creatures of little strength,
yet they store up their food in the summer;
26 coneys D are creatures of little power,
yet they make their home in the crags;
27 locusts
have no king,
yet they advance together in ranks;
28 a lizard
can be caught with the hand,
yet it is found in kings' palaces.
29
"There are three
things that are stately in their stride,
four that move with stately bearing:
30 a lion,
mighty among beasts,
who retreats before nothing;
31 a
strutting rooster, a he-goat,
and a king with his army around him. E
32
"If you have played
the fool and exalted yourself,
or if you have planned evil,
clap your hand over your mouth! [10]
OLD TESTAMENT ESTHER 4:1 - 7:10
4 1
When Mordecai learned of all that had been done, he
tore his clothes, put on sackcloth and ashes, and went out into the city,
wailing loudly and bitterly. 2 But he went only as far as the king's
gate, because no one clothed in sackcloth was allowed to enter it. 3 In
every province to which the edict and order of the king came, there was great
mourning among the Jews, with fasting, weeping and wailing. Many lay in
sackcloth and ashes.
4 When
Esther's maids and eunuchs came and told her about Mordecai, she was in great
distress. She sent clothes for him to put on instead of his sackcloth, but he
would not accept them. 5 Then Esther summoned Hathach, one of the
king's eunuchs assigned to attend her, and ordered him to find out what was
troubling Mordecai and why.
6 So
Hathach went out to Mordecai in the open square of the city in front of the
king's gate. 7 Mordecai told him everything that had happened to
him, including the exact amount of money Haman had promised to pay into the
royal treasury for the destruction of the Jews. 8 He also gave him a
copy of the text of the edict for their annihilation, which had been published
in Susa, to show to Esther and explain it to her, and he told him to urge her
to go into the king's presence to beg for mercy and plead with him for her
people.
9 Hathach
went back and reported to Esther what Mordecai had said. 10 Then she
instructed him to say to Mordecai, 11 "All the king's officials
and the people of the royal provinces know that for any man or woman who
approaches the king in the inner court without being summoned the king has but
one law: that he be put to death. The only exception to this is for the king to
extend the gold scepter to him and spare his life. But thirty days have passed
since I was called to go to the king."
12 When
Esther's words were reported to Mordecai, 13 he sent back this
answer: "Do not think that because you are in the king's house you alone
of all the Jews will escape. 14 For if you remain silent at this
time, relief and deliverance for the Jews will arise from another place, but
you and your father's family will perish. And who knows but that you have come
to royal position for such a time as this?"
15 Then
Esther sent this reply to Mordecai: 16 "Go, gather together all
the Jews who are in Susa, and fast for me. Do not eat or drink for three days,
night or day. I and my maids will fast as you do. When this is done, I will go
to the king, even though it is against the law. And if I perish, I
perish."
17 So
Mordecai went away and carried out all of Esther's instructions. [11]
5 1
On the third day Esther put on her royal robes and
stood in the inner court of the palace, in front of the king's hall. The king
was sitting on his royal throne in the hall, facing the entrance. 2 When
he saw Queen Esther standing in the court, he was pleased with her and held out
to her the gold scepter that was in his hand. So Esther approached and touched
the tip of the scepter.
3 Then
the king asked, "What is it, Queen Esther? What is your request? Even up
to half the kingdom, it will be given you."
4 "If
it pleases the king," replied Esther, "let the king, together with
Haman, come today to a banquet I have prepared for him."
5 "Bring
Haman at once," the king said, "so that we may do what Esther
asks."
So the king and Haman
went to the banquet Esther had prepared. 6 As they were drinking
wine, the king again asked Esther, "Now what is your petition? It will be
given you. And what is your request? Even up to half the kingdom, it will be
granted."
7 Esther
replied, "My petition and my request is this: 8 If the king
regards me with favor and if it pleases the king to grant my petition and
fulfill my request, let the king and Haman come tomorrow to the banquet I will
prepare for them. Then I will answer the king's question."
9 Haman
went out that day happy and in high spirits. But when he saw Mordecai at the
king's gate and observed that he neither rose nor showed fear in his presence,
he was filled with rage against Mordecai.
10 Nevertheless,
Haman restrained himself and went home.
Calling together his
friends and Zeresh, his wife, 11 Haman boasted to them about his
vast wealth, his many sons, and all the ways the king had honored him and how
he had elevated him above the other nobles and officials.
12 "And
that's not all," Haman added. "I'm the only person Queen Esther
invited to accompany the king to the banquet she gave. And she has invited me
along with the king tomorrow. 13 But all this gives me no
satisfaction as long as I see that Jew Mordecai sitting at the king's
gate."
14 His
wife Zeresh and all his friends said to him, "Have a gallows built,
seventy-five feet A high, and ask the king in the morning to have
Mordecai hanged on it. Then go with the king to the dinner and be happy."
This suggestion delighted Haman, and he had the gallows built.
6 1
That night the king could not sleep; so he ordered the
book of the chronicles, the record of his reign, to be brought in and read to
him. 2 It was found recorded there that Mordecai had exposed
Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king's officers who guarded the doorway, who
had conspired to assassinate King Xerxes.
3 "What
honor and recognition has Mordecai received for this?" the king asked.
"Nothing has been
done for him," his attendants answered. [12]
4 The
king said, "Who is in the court?" Now Haman had just entered the
outer court of the palace to speak to the king about hanging Mordecai on the
gallows he had erected for him.
5 His
attendants answered, "Haman is standing in the court."
"Bring him
in," the king ordered.
6 When
Haman entered, the king asked him, "What should be done for the man the
king delights to honor?"
Now Haman thought to
himself, "Who is there that the king would rather honor than me?" 7
So he answered the king, "For the man the king delights to honor, 8
have them bring a royal robe the king has worn and a horse the king has
ridden, one with a royal crest placed on its head. 9 Then let the
robe and horse be entrusted to one of the king's most noble princes. Let them
robe the man the king delights to honor, and lead him on the horse through the
city streets, proclaiming before him, `This is what is done for the man the
king delights to honor!' "
10 "Go
at once," the king commanded Haman. "Get the robe and the horse and
do just as you have suggested for Mordecai the Jew, who sits at the king's
gate. Do not neglect anything you have recommended."
11 So
Haman got the robe and the horse. He robed Mordecai, and led him on horseback
through the city streets, proclaiming before him, "This is what is done
for the man the king delights to honor!"
12 Afterward
Mordecai returned to the king's gate. But Haman rushed home, with his head
covered in grief,
13 and
told Zeresh his wife and all his friends everything that had happened to him.
His advisers and his
wife Zeresh said to him, "Since Mordecai, before whom your downfall has
started, is of Jewish origin, you cannot stand against him--you will surely
come to ruin!" 14 While they were still talking with him, the
king's eunuchs arrived and hurried Haman away to the banquet Esther had
prepared.
7 1
So the king and Haman went to dine with Queen Esther, 2
and as they were drinking wine on that second day, the king again asked,
"Queen Esther, what is your petition? It will be given you. What is your
request? Even up to half the kingdom, it will be granted."
3 Then
Queen Esther answered, "If I have found favor with you, O king, and if it
pleases your majesty, grant me my life--this is my petition. And spare my
people--this is my request. 4 For I and my people have been sold for
destruction and slaughter and annihilation. If we had merely been sold as male
and female slaves, I would have kept quiet, because no such distress would
justify disturbing the king. A" [13]
5 King
Xerxes asked Queen Esther, "Who is he? Where is the man who has dared to
do such a thing?"
6 Esther
said, "The adversary and enemy is this vile Haman."
Then Haman was terrified
before the king and queen. 7 The king got up in a rage, left his
wine and went out into the palace garden. But Haman, realizing that the king
had already decided his fate, stayed behind to beg Queen Esther for his life.
8 Just
as the king returned from the palace garden to the banquet hall, Haman was
falling on the couch where Esther was reclining.
The king exclaimed,
"Will he even molest the queen while she is with me in the house?"
As soon as the word left
the king's mouth, they covered Haman's face. 9 Then Harbona, one of
the eunuchs attending the king, said, "A gallows seventy-five feet B high
stands by Haman's house. He had it made for Mordecai, who spoke up to help the
king."
The king said,
"Hang him on it!" 10 So they hanged Haman on the gallows
he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the king's fury subsided. [14]
NEW TESTAMENT: 1 CORITHIANS 12:1 - 26
12 1
Now about spiritual gifts, brothers, I do not want you
to be ignorant. 2 You know that when you were pagans, somehow or
other you were influenced and led astray to mute idols. 3 Therefore
I tell you that no one who is speaking by the Spirit of God says, "Jesus be cursed," and no one can say, "Jesus is Lord," except by the Holy Spirit.
4 There
are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit. 5 There are
different kinds of service, but the same Lord. 6 There are different
kinds of working, but the same God works all of them in all men.
7 Now
to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good. 8
To one there is given through the Spirit the message of wisdom, to
another the message of knowledge by means of the same Spirit, 9 to
another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by that one
Spirit, 10 to another miraculous powers, to another prophecy, to
another distinguishing between spirits, to another speaking in different kinds
of tongues, A and to still another the interpretation of tongues. B
11 All these are the work of one and the same Spirit, and he gives
them to each one, just as he determines.
12 The
body is a unit, though it is made up of many parts; and though all its parts
are many, they form one body. So it is with Christ. 13 For we were
all baptized by C one Spirit into one body--whether Jews or Greeks,
slave or free--and we were all given the one Spirit to drink.
14 Now
the body is not made up of one part but of many. 15 If the foot
should say, "Because I am not a hand, I do not
belong to the body," it would not for that reason cease to be part of the
body. 16 And if the ear should say,
"Because I am not an eye, I do not belong to the body," it
would not for that reason cease to be part of the body. 17 If the
whole body were an eye, where would the sense of hearing be? If the whole body
were an ear, where would the sense of smell be? 18 But in fact God
has arranged the parts in the body, every one of them, just as he wanted them
to be. 19 If they were all one part, where would the body be? 20
As it is, there are many parts, but one body.
21 The
eye cannot say to the hand, "I don't need you!" And the head cannot
say to the feet, "I don't need you!" 22 On the contrary,
those parts of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable, 23 and
the parts that we think are less honorable we treat with special honor. And the
parts that are unpresentable are treated with special modesty, 24 while
our presentable parts need no special treatment. But God has combined the
members of the body and has given greater honor to the parts that lacked it, 25
so that there should be no division in the body, but that its parts
should have equal concern for each other. 26 If one part suffers,
every part suffers with it; if one part is honored, every part rejoices with
it. [15]
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