APRIL
23
PSALMS: 23,
53, 83, 113, 143
PROVERBS: 23
OLD TESTAMENT: 1 CHRONICLES 15:1 - 16:36
NEW TESTAMENT: ROMANS 1:18 - 32
PSALMS: 23
A
psalm of David.
1
The LORD is my shepherd, I shall not be in want.
2
He makes me lie down in green pastures,
he
leads me beside quiet waters,
3
he restores my soul.
He
guides me in paths of righteousness
for
his name's sake.
4
Even though I walk
through
the valley of the shadow of death, A
I
will fear no evil,
for
you are with me;
your
rod and your staff,
they
comfort me.
5
You prepare a table before me
in
the presence of my enemies.
You
anoint my head with oil;
my
cup overflows.
6
Surely goodness and love will follow me
all
the days of my life,
and
I will dwell in the house of the LORD
forever.
[1]
PSALMS: 53
For
the director of music. According to mahalath. A A maskil B
of David.
1
The fool says in his heart,
"There
is no God."
They
are corrupt, and their ways are vile;
there
is no one who does good.
2
God looks down from heaven
on
the sons of men
to
see if there are any who understand,
any
who seek God.
3
Everyone has turned away,
they
have together become corrupt;
there
is no one who does good,
not
even one.
4
Will the evildoers never learn--
those
who devour my people as men eat bread
and
who do not call on God?
5
There they were, overwhelmed with dread,
where
there was nothing to dread.
God
scattered the bones of those who attacked you;
you
put them to shame, for God despised them.
6
Oh, that salvation for Israel would come out of Zion!
When
God restores the fortunes of his people,
let
Jacob rejoice and Israel be glad! [2]
PSALMS: 83
A
song. A psalm of Asaph.
1
O God, do not keep silent;
be
not quiet, O God, be not still.
2
See how your enemies are astir,
how
your foes rear their heads.
3
With cunning they conspire against your people;
they
plot against those you cherish.
4
"Come," they say, "let us destroy them
as a nation,
that
the name of Israel be remembered no more."
5
With one mind they plot together;
they
form an alliance against you--
6
the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites,
of
Moab and the Hagrites,
7
Gebal,A Ammon and Amalek,
Philistia,
with the people of Tyre.
8
Even Assyria has joined them
to
lend strength to the descendants of Lot.
Selah
9
Do to them as you did to Midian,
as
you did to Sisera and Jabin at the river Kishon,
10
who perished at Endor
and
became like refuse on the ground.
11
Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb,
all
their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna,
12
who said, "Let us take possession
of
the pasturelands of God." [3]
13
Make them like tumbleweed, O my God,
like
chaff before the wind.
14
As fire consumes the forest
or
a flame sets the mountains ablaze,
15
so pursue them with your tempest
and
terrify them with your storm.
16
Cover their faces with shame
so
that men will seek your name, O LORD.
17
May they ever be ashamed and dismayed;
may
they perish in disgrace.
18
Let them know that you, whose name is the LORD--
that
you alone are the Most High over all the earth. [4]
PSALMS: 113
1
Praise the LORD. A
Praise,
O servants of the LORD,
praise
the name of the LORD.
2
Let the name of the LORD be praised,
both
now and forevermore.
3
From the rising of the sun to the place where it sets,
the
name of the LORD is to be praised.
4
The LORD is exalted over all the nations,
his
glory above the heavens.
5
Who is like the LORD our God,
the
One who sits enthroned on high,
6
who stoops down to look
on
the heavens and the earth?
7
He raises the poor from the dust
and
lifts the needy from the ash heap;
8
he seats them with princes,
with
the princes of their people.
9
He settles the barren woman in her home
as
a happy mother of children.
Praise
the LORD. [5]
PSALMS: 143
A
psalm of David.
1
O LORD, hear my prayer,
listen
to my cry for mercy;
in
your faithfulness and righteousness
come
to my relief.
2
Do not bring your servant into judgment,
for
no one living is righteous before you.
3
The enemy pursues me,
he
crushes me to the ground;
he
makes me dwell in darkness
like
those long dead.
4
So my spirit grows faint within me;
my
heart within me is dismayed.
5
I remember the days of long ago;
I
meditate on all your works
and
consider what your hands have done.
6
I spread out my hands to you;
my
soul thirsts for you like a parched land.
Selah
7
Answer me quickly, O LORD;
my
spirit fails.
Do
not hide your face from me
or
I will be like those who go down to the pit.
8
Let the morning bring me word of your unfailing love,
for
I have put my trust in you.
Show
me the way I should go,
for
to you I lift up my soul.
9
Rescue me from my enemies, O LORD, [6]
for
I hide myself in you.
10
Teach me to do your will,
for
you are my God;
may
your good Spirit
lead
me on level ground.
11
For your name's sake, O LORD, preserve my life;
in
your righteousness, bring me out of trouble.
12In
your unfailing love, silence my enemies;
destroy
all my foes,
for
I am your servant. [7]
PROVERBS: 23
23
1 When you sit to dine
with a ruler,
note
well what A is before you,
2
and put a knife to your throat
if
you are given to gluttony.
3
Do not crave his delicacies,
for
that food is deceptive.
4
Do not wear yourself out to get rich;
have
the wisdom to show restraint.
5
Cast but a glance at riches, and they are gone,
for
they will surely sprout wings
and
fly off to the sky like an eagle.
6
Do not eat the food of a stingy man,
do
not crave his delicacies;
7
for he is the kind of man
who
is always thinking about the cost. B
"Eat
and drink," he says to you,
but
his heart is not with you.
8
You will vomit up the little you have eaten
and
will have wasted your compliments.
9
Do not speak to a fool,
for
he will scorn the wisdom of your words.
10
Do not move an ancient boundary stone
or
encroach on the fields of the fatherless,
11
for their Defender is strong;
he
will take up their case against you.
12
Apply your heart to instruction
and
your ears to words of knowledge. [8]
13
Do not withhold discipline from a child;
if
you punish him with the rod, he will not die.
14
Punish him with the rod
and
save his soul from death. C
15
My son, if your heart is wise,
then
my heart will be glad;
16
my inmost being will rejoice
when
your lips speak what is right.
17
Do not let your heart envy sinners,
but
always be zealous for the fear of the LORD.
18
There is surely a future hope for you,
and
your hope will not be cut off.
19
Listen, my son, and be wise,
and
keep your heart on the right path.
20
Do not join those who drink too much wine
or
gorge themselves on meat,
21
for drunkards and gluttons become poor,
and
drowsiness clothes them in rags.
22
Listen to your father, who gave you life,
and
do not despise your mother when she is old.
23
Buy the truth and do not sell it;
get
wisdom, discipline and understanding.
24
The father of a righteous man has great joy;
he
who has a wise son delights in him.
25
May your father and mother be glad;
may
she who gave you birth rejoice! [9]
26
My son, give me your heart
and
let your eyes keep to my ways,
27
for a prostitute is a deep pit
and
a wayward wife is a narrow well.
28
Like a bandit she lies in wait,
and
multiplies the unfaithful among men.
29
Who has woe? Who has sorrow?
Who
has strife? Who has complaints?
Who
has needless bruises? Who has bloodshot eyes?
30
Those who linger over wine,
who
go to sample bowls of mixed wine.
31
Do not gaze at wine when it is red,
when
it sparkles in the cup,
when
it goes down smoothly!
32
In the end it bites like a snake
and
poisons like a viper.
33
Your eyes will see strange sights
and
your mind imagine confusing things.
34
You will be like one sleeping on the high seas,
lying
on top of the rigging. [10]
OLD TESTAMENT: 1 CHRONICLES 15:1 - 16:36
15 1 After David had
constructed buildings for himself in the City of David, he prepared a place for
the ark of God and pitched a tent for it. 2 Then David said,
"No one but the Levites may carry the ark of God, because the LORD chose
them to carry the ark of the LORD and to minister before him forever."
3 David assembled all Israel
in Jerusalem to bring up the ark of the LORD to the place he had prepared for
it. 4 He called together the descendants of Aaron and the Levites:
5 From the descendants of
Kohath,
Uriel the leader and 120
relatives;
6 from the descendants of
Merari,
Asaiah the leader and
220 relatives;
7 from the descendants of
Gershon, A
Joel the leader and 130
relatives;
8 from the descendants of
Elizaphan,
Shemaiah the leader and
200 relatives;
9 from the descendants of
Hebron,
Eliel the leader and 80
relatives;
10 from the descendants of
Uzziel,
Amminadab the leader and
112 relatives.
11 Then David summoned Zadok and Abiathar the
priests, and Uriel, Asaiah, Joel, Shemaiah, Eliel and Amminadab the Levites. 12
He said to them, "You are the heads of the Levitical families; you
and your fellow Levites are to consecrate yourselves and bring up the ark of
the LORD, the God of Israel, to the place I have prepared [11]
for it. 13 It
was because you, the Levites, did not bring it up the first time that the LORD
our God broke out in anger against us. We did not inquire of him about how to
do it in the prescribed way." 14 So the priests and Levites
consecrated themselves in order to bring up the ark of the LORD, the God of
Israel. 15 And the Levites carried the ark of God with the poles on
their shoulders, as Moses had commanded in accordance with the word of the
LORD.
16 David told the leaders
of the Levites to appoint their brothers as singers to sing joyful songs,
accompanied by musical instruments: lyres, harps and cymbals.
17 So the Levites appointed
Heman son of Joel; from his brothers, Asaph son of Berekiah; and from their
brothers the Merarites, Ethan son of Kushaiah; 18 and with them
their brothers next in rank: Zechariah, B Jaaziel, Shemiramoth,
Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah,
Obed-Edom and Jeiel, C the gatekeepers.
19 The musicians Heman,
Asaph and Ethan were to sound the bronze cymbals;
20 Zechariah, Aziel,
Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Maaseiah and Benaiah were to play the lyres
according to alamoth, D 21 and Mattithiah,
Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, Obed-Edom, Jeiel and Azaziah were to play the harps,
directing according to sheminith. E
22 Kenaniah the head Levite
was in charge of the singing; that was his responsibility because he was
skillful at it.
23 Berekiah and Elkanah were to be doorkeepers for
the ark. 24 Shebaniah, Joshaphat, Nethanel, Amasai, Zechariah,
Benaiah and Eliezer the priests were to blow trumpets before the ark of God. [12]
Obed-Edom and Jehiah
were also to be doorkeepers for the ark.
25 So
David and the elders of Israel and the commanders of units of a thousand went
to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD from the house of Obed-Edom,
with rejoicing. 26 Because God had helped the Levites who were
carrying the ark of the covenant of the LORD, seven bulls and seven rams were
sacrificed. 27 Now David was clothed in a robe of fine linen, as
were all the Levites who were carrying the ark, and as were the singers, and
Kenaniah, who was in charge of the singing of the choirs. David also wore a
linen ephod. 28 So all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of
the LORD with shouts, with the sounding of rams' horns and trumpets, and of
cymbals, and the playing of lyres and harps.
29 As
the ark of the covenant of the LORD was entering the City of David, Michal
daughter of Saul watched from a window. And when she saw King David dancing and
celebrating, she despised him in her heart.
16 1
They brought the ark of God and set it inside the tent
that David had pitched for it, and they presented burnt offerings and
fellowship offerings A before God. 2 After David had
finished sacrificing the burnt offerings and fellowship offerings, he blessed
the people in the name of the LORD. 3 Then he gave a loaf of bread,
a cake of dates and a cake of raisins to each Israelite man and woman.
4 He
appointed some of the Levites to minister before the ark of the LORD, to make
petition, to give thanks, and to praise the LORD, [13]
the God of Israel: 5 Asaph was the chief, Zechariah second, then
Jeiel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Mattithiah, Eliab, Benaiah, Obed-Edom and Jeiel.
They were to play the lyres and harps, Asaph was to sound the cymbals, 6 and
Benaiah and Jahaziel the priests were to blow the trumpets regularly before the
ark of the covenant of God.
7 That day David first
committed to Asaph and his associates this psalm of thanks to the LORD:
8 Give
thanks to the LORD, call on his name;
make known among the
nations what he has done.
9 Sing
to him, sing praise to him;
tell of all his
wonderful acts.
10 Glory
in his holy name;
let the hearts of those
who seek the LORD rejoice.
11 Look
to the LORD and his strength;
seek his face always.
12 Remember
the wonders he has done,
his miracles, and the
judgments he pronounced,
13 O
descendants of Israel his servant,
O sons of Jacob, his
chosen ones.
14 He
is the LORD our God;
his judgments are in all
the earth.
15 He
remembers B his covenant forever,
the word he commanded,
for a thousand generations,
16 the
covenant he made with Abraham, [14]
the oath he swore to
Isaac.
17 He
confirmed it to Jacob as a decree,
to Israel as an
everlasting covenant:
18 "To you I will give the land of Canaan
as the
portion you will inherit."
19 When
they were but few in number,
few indeed, and
strangers in it,
20 they
C wandered from nation to nation,
from one kingdom to
another.
21 He
allowed no man to oppress them;
for their sake he
rebuked kings:
22 "Do not touch my anointed ones;
do my
prophets no harm."
23 Sing
to the LORD, all the earth;
proclaim his salvation
day after day.
24 Declare
his glory among the nations,
his marvelous deeds
among all peoples.
25 For
great is the LORD and most worthy of praise;
he is to be feared above
all gods.
26 For
all the gods of the nations are idols,
but the LORD made the
heavens.
27 Splendor
and majesty are before him;
strength and joy in his
dwelling place.
28 Ascribe
to the LORD, O families of nations, [15]
ascribe to the LORD
glory and strength,
29 ascribe
to the LORD the glory due his name.
Bring an offering and
come before him;
worship the LORD in the
splendor of hisD holiness.
30 Tremble
before him, all the earth!
The world is firmly
established; it cannot be moved.
31 Let
the heavens rejoice, let the earth be glad;
let them say among the
nations, "The LORD reigns!"
32 Let
the sea resound, and all that is in it;
let the fields be
jubilant, and everything in them!
33 Then
the trees of the forest will sing,
they will sing for joy
before the LORD,
for he comes to judge
the earth.
34 Give
thanks to the LORD, for he is good;
his love endures
forever.
35 Cry
out, "Save us, O God our Savior;
gather us and deliver us
from the nations,
that we may give thanks
to your holy name,
that we may glory in
your praise."
36 Praise
be to the LORD, the God of Israel,
from everlasting to
everlasting.
Then all the people said
"Amen" and "Praise the LORD." [16]
NEW TESTAMENT: ROMANS 1:18 - 32
18 The
wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and
wickedness of men who suppress the truth by their wickedness, 19 since
what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to
them. 20 For since the creation of the world God's invisible
qualities--his eternal power and divine nature--have been clearly seen, being
understood from what has been made, so that men are without excuse.
21 For
although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to
him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened.
22 Although
they claimed to be wise, they became fools 23 and exchanged the
glory of the immortal God for images made to look like mortal man and birds and
animals and reptiles.
24 Therefore
God gave them over in the sinful desires of their hearts to sexual impurity for
the degrading of their bodies with one another. 25 They exchanged
the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served created things rather than
the Creator--who is forever praised. Amen.
26 Because
of this, God gave them over to shameful lusts. Even their women exchanged
natural relations for unnatural ones. 27 In the same way the men
also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one
another. Men committed indecent acts with other men, and received in themselves
the due penalty for their perversion.
28 Furthermore,
since they did not think it worthwhile to retain the knowledge of God, he gave
them over to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done. 29 They
have become filled with every [17]
kind of wickedness, evil, greed and depravity. They are full of envy, murder,
strife, deceit and malice. They are gossips, 30 slanderers,
God-haters, insolent, arrogant and boastful; they invent ways of doing evil; they
disobey their parents; 31 they are senseless, faithless, heartless,
ruthless. 32 Although they know God's righteous decree that those
who do such things deserve death, they not only continue to do these very
things but also approve of those who practice them. [18]
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