APRIL
24
PSALMS: 24,
54, 84, 114, 144
PROVERBS: 24
OLD TESTAMENT: 1 CHRONICLES 16:37 - 18:17
NEW TESTAMENT: ROMANS 2:1 - 24
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.
27Finish
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: 1 CHRONICLES 16:37 - 18:17
37 David
left Asaph and his associates before the ark of the covenant of the LORD to
minister there regularly, according to each day's requirements. 38 He
also left Obed-Edom and his sixty-eight associates to minister with them.
Obed-Edom son of Jeduthun, and also Hosah, were gatekeepers.
39 David
left Zadok the priest and his fellow priests before the tabernacle of the LORD
at the high place in Gibeon 40 to present burnt offerings to the
LORD on the altar of burnt offering regularly, morning and evening, in
accordance with everything written in the Law of the LORD, which he had given
Israel. 41 With them were Heman and Jeduthun and the rest of those
chosen and designated by name to give thanks to the LORD, "for his love
endures forever." 42 Heman and Jeduthun were responsible for
the sounding of the trumpets and cymbals and for the playing of the other
instruments for sacred song. The sons of Jeduthun were stationed at the gate.
43 Then
all the people left, each for his own home, and David returned home to bless
his family.
17 1
After David was settled in his palace, he said to
Nathan the prophet, "Here I am, living in a palace of cedar, while the ark
of the covenant of the LORD is under a tent."
2 Nathan
replied to David, "Whatever you have in mind, do it, for God is with
you." [12]
3That night the word of God came to Nathan, saying:
4"Go and tell my servant David, `This is what the LORD says:
You are not the one to build me a house to dwell in. 5 I have not dwelt in a
house from the day I brought Israel up out of Egypt to this day. I have moved
from one tent site to another, from one dwelling place to another. 6 Wherever I have moved
with all the Israelites, did I ever say to any of their leaders A whom I commanded to shepherd my people, "Why have you
not built me a house of cedar?" '
7 "Now then, tell my servant David, `This is what the LORD
Almighty says: I took you from the pasture and from following the flock, to be
ruler over my people Israel. 8 I have been with you wherever you have gone, and I have cut
off all your enemies from before you. Now I will make your name like the names
of the greatest men of the earth. 9 And I will provide a place for my people Israel and will
plant them so that they can have a home of their own and no longer be
disturbed. Wicked people will not oppress them anymore, as they did at the
beginning 10 and have done ever since the time I appointed leaders over
my people Israel. I will also subdue all your enemies.
"`I
declare to you that the LORD will build a house for you: 11 When your
days are over and you go to be with your fathers, I will raise up your
offspring to succeed you, one of your own sons, and I will establish his
kingdom. 12 He is the one who will build a house for me, and I will establish his
throne forever. 13 I will be his father, [13] and he will be my son. I will never take my love away from
him, as I took it away from your predecessor.
14 I will set
him over my house and my kingdom forever; his throne will be established
forever.'"
15 Nathan
reported to David all the words of this entire revelation.
16 Then
King David went in and sat before the LORD, and he said:
"Who am I, O LORD
God, and what is my family, that you have brought me this far?
17 And
as if this were not enough in your sight, O God, you have spoken about the
future of the house of your servant. You have looked on me as though I were the
most exalted of men, O LORD God.
18 "What more can
David say to you for honoring your servant? For you know your servant, 19 O
LORD. For the sake of your servant and according to your will, you have done
this great thing and made known all these great promises.
20 "There
is no one like you, O LORD, and there is no God but you, as we have heard with
our own ears. 21 And who is like your people Israel--the one nation
on earth whose God went out to redeem a people for himself, and to make a name for
yourself, and to perform great and awesome wonders by driving out nations from [14]
before your people, whom you redeemed from Egypt? 22 You made your
people Israel your very own forever, and you, O LORD, have become their God.
23 "And
now, LORD, let the promise you have made concerning your servant and his house
be established forever. Do as you promised,
24 so
that it will be established and that your name will be great forever. Then men
will say, `The LORD Almighty, the God over Israel, is Israel's God!' And the
house of your servant David will be established before you.
25 "You,
my God, have revealed to your servant that you will build a house for him. So
your servant has found courage to pray to you. 26 O LORD, you are
God! You have promised these good things to your servant. 27 Now you
have been pleased to bless the house of your servant, that it may continue
forever in your sight; for you, O LORD, have blessed it, and it will be blessed
forever."
18 1
In the course of time, David defeated the Philistines
and subdued them, and he took Gath and its surrounding villages from the
control of the Philistines.
2 David
also defeated the Moabites, and they became subject to him and brought tribute.
3 Moreover,
David fought Hadadezer king of Zobah, as far as Hamath, when he went to
establish his control along the Euphrates River.
4 David captured a thousand of his
chariots, seven thousand charioteers and twenty thousand foot soldiers. He
hamstrung all but [15]
a hundred of the chariot horses.
5 When
the Arameans of Damascus came to help Hadadezer king of Zobah, David struck
down twenty-two thousand of them. 6 He put garrisons in the Aramean
kingdom of Damascus, and the Arameans became subject to him and brought
tribute. The LORD gave David victory everywhere he went.
7 David
took the gold shields carried by the officers of Hadadezer and brought them to
Jerusalem. 8 From Tebah A and Cun, towns that belonged to
Hadadezer, David took a great quantity of bronze, which Solomon used to make the
bronze Sea, the pillars and various bronze articles.
9 When
Tou king of Hamath heard that David had defeated the entire army of Hadadezer
king of Zobah, 10 he sent his son Hadoram to King David to greet him
and congratulate him on his victory in battle over Hadadezer, who had been at
war with Tou. Hadoram brought all kinds of articles of gold and silver and
bronze.
11 King
David dedicated these articles to the LORD, as he had done with the silver and
gold he had taken from all these nations: Edom and Moab, the Ammonites and the
Philistines, and Amalek.
12 Abishai
son of Zeruiah struck down eighteen thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt. 13
He put garrisons in Edom, and all the Edomites became subject to David.
The LORD gave David victory everywhere he went.
14 David
reigned over all Israel, doing what was just and right for all his people. 15
Joab son of Zeruiah was over the army; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was
recorder; 16 Zadok son of Ahitub and [16]
Ahimelech B son of Abiathar were priests; Shavsha was secretary;
17 Benaiah
son of Jehoiada was over the Kerethites and Pelethites; and David's sons were
chief officials at the king's side. [17]
NEW TESTAMENT: ROMANS 2:1 - 24
2 1
You, therefore, have no excuse, you who pass judgment
on someone else, for at whatever point you judge the other, you are condemning
yourself, because you who pass judgment do the same things. 2 Now we
know that God's judgment against those who do such things is based on truth. 3
So when you, a mere man, pass judgment on them and yet do the same
things, do you think you will escape God's judgment? 4 Or do you
show contempt for the riches of his kindness, tolerance and patience, not
realizing that God's kindness leads you toward repentance?
5 But
because of your stubbornness and your unrepentant heart, you are storing up
wrath against yourself for the day of God's wrath, when his righteous judgment
will be revealed. 6 God "will give
to each person according to what he has done." A 7 To
those who by persistence in doing good seek glory, honor and immortality, he
will give eternal life. 8 But for those who are self-seeking and who
reject the truth and follow evil, there will be wrath and anger. 9 There
will be trouble and distress for every human being who does evil: first for the
Jew, then for the Gentile; 10 but glory, honor and peace for
everyone who does good: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile. 11 For
God does not show favoritism.
12 All
who sin apart from the law will also perish apart from the law, and all who sin
under the law will be judged by the law. 13 For it is not those who
hear the law who are righteous in God's sight, but it is those who obey the law
who will be declared righteous. 14 (Indeed, when Gentiles, who do
not have the law, do by nature things required by the law, they are a law for
themselves, even though they do not have the law, 15 since they show
that the [18]
requirements of the law are written on their hearts, their consciences also
bearing witness, and their thoughts now accusing, now even defending them.)
16 This
will take place on the day when God will judge men's secrets through Jesus
Christ, as my gospel declares.
17 Now
you, if you call yourself a Jew; if you rely on the law and brag about your
relationship to God; 18 if you know his will and approve of what is
superior because you are instructed by the law; 19 if you are
convinced that you are a guide for the blind, a light for those who are in the
dark, 20 an instructor of the foolish, a teacher of infants, because
you have in the law the embodiment of knowledge and truth—
21 you,
then, who teach others, do you not teach yourself? You who preach against
stealing, do you steal? 22 You who say that people should not commit
adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you rob temples? 23
You who brag about the law, do you dishonor God by breaking the law? 24
As it is written: "God's name is
blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you." B [19]
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