APRIL
30
PSALMS: 30,
60, 90, 120, 150
PROVERBS: 30
OLD
TESTAMENT: 2 CORINTHIANS 1:1 - 3:18
NEW
TESTAMENT: ROMANS 6:1 - 23
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,
5praise
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 coneysD
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]
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! [11]
OLD TESTAMENT: 2 CORINTHIANS 1:1 - 3:18
1 1
Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God,
and Timothy our brother,
To the church of God in
Corinth, together with all the saints throughout Achaia:
2 Grace
and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
3 Praise
be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and
the God of all comfort, 4 who comforts us in all our troubles, so
that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have
received from God. 5 For just as the sufferings of Christ flow over
into our lives, so also through Christ our comfort overflows. 6 If
we are distressed, it is for your comfort and salvation; if we are comforted,
it is for your comfort, which produces in you patient endurance of the same
sufferings we suffer. 7 And our hope for you is firm, because we
know that just as you share in our sufferings, so also you share in our
comfort.
8 We
do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about the hardships we suffered in
the province of Asia. We were under great pressure, far beyond our ability to
endure, so that we despaired even of life. 9 Indeed, in our hearts
we felt the sentence of death. But this happened that we might not rely on
ourselves but on God, who raises the dead.
10 He
has delivered us from such a deadly peril, and [12]
he will deliver us. On him we have set our hope that he will continue to
deliver us,
11 as
you help us by your prayers. Then many will give thanks on our A
behalf for the gracious favor granted us in answer to the prayers of many.
12 Now
this is our boast: Our conscience testifies that we have conducted ourselves in
the world, and especially in our relations with you, in the holiness and
sincerity that are from God. We have done so not according to worldly wisdom
but according to God's grace. 13 For we do not write you anything
you cannot read or understand. And I hope that, 14 as you have
understood us in part, you will come to understand fully that you can boast of
us just as we will boast of you in the day of the Lord Jesus.
15 Because
I was confident of this, I planned to visit you first so that you might benefit
twice. 16 I planned to visit you on my way to Macedonia and to come
back to you from Macedonia, and then to have you send me on my way to Judea. 17
When I planned this, did I do it lightly? Or do I make my plans in a
worldly manner so that in the same breath I say, "Yes, yes" and
"No, no"?
18 But
as surely as God is faithful, our message to you is not "Yes" and
"No." 19 For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was
preached among you by me and Silas B and Timothy, was not
"Yes" and "No," but in him it has always been
"Yes." 20 For no matter how many promises God has made, they
are "Yes" in Christ. And so through him the "Amen" is
spoken by us to the glory of God. 21 Now it is God who makes both us
and you stand firm in Christ. He anointed us, 22 set his seal of
ownership on us, and put his Spirit in [13]
our hearts as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come.
23 I
call God as my witness that it was in order to spare you that I did not return
to Corinth. 24 Not that we lord it over your faith, but we work with
you for your joy, because it is by faith you stand firm.
2 1
So I made up my mind that I would not make another
painful visit to you. 2 For if I grieve you, who is left to make me
glad but you whom I have grieved? 3 I wrote as I did so that when I
came I should not be distressed by those who ought to make me rejoice. I had
confidence in all of you, that you would all share my joy. 4 For I
wrote you out of great distress and anguish of heart and with many tears, not
to grieve you but to let you know the depth of my love for you.
5 If
anyone has caused grief, he has not so much grieved me as he has grieved all of
you, to some extent--not to put it too severely. 6 The punishment
inflicted on him by the majority is sufficient for him. 7 Now
instead, you ought to forgive and comfort him, so that he will not be
overwhelmed by excessive sorrow. 8 I urge you, therefore, to
reaffirm your love for him. 9 The reason I wrote you was to see if
you would stand the test and be obedient in everything. 10 If you
forgive anyone, I also forgive him. And what I have forgiven--if there was
anything to forgive--I have forgiven in the sight of Christ for your sake, 11
in order that Satan might not outwit [14]
us. For we are not unaware of his schemes.
12 Now
when I went to Troas to preach the gospel of Christ and found that the Lord had
opened a door for me, 13 I still had no peace of mind, because I did
not find my brother Titus there. So I said good-by to them and went on to
Macedonia.
14 But
thanks be to God, who always leads us in triumphal procession in Christ and
through us spreads everywhere the fragrance of the knowledge of him. 15 For
we are to God the aroma of Christ among those who are being saved and those who
are perishing. 16 To the one we are the smell of death; to the
other, the fragrance of life. And who is equal to such a task? 17 Unlike
so many, we do not peddle the word of God for profit. On the contrary, in
Christ we speak before God with sincerity, like men sent from God.
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, [15]
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! 10For what was glorious has no glory now in
comparison with the surpassing glory. 11And 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. [16]
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. [17]
NEW TESTAMENT: ROMANS 6:1 - 23
6 1
What shall we say, then? Shall we go on sinning so
that grace may increase? 2 By no means! We died to sin; how can we
live in it any longer? 3 Or don't you know that all of us who were
baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? 4 We were
therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as
Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may
live a new life.
5 If
we have been united with him like this in his death, we will certainly also be
united with him in his resurrection. 6 For we know that our old self
was crucified with him so that the body of sin might be done away with, A
that we should no longer be slaves to sin—7 because anyone who has
died has been freed from sin.
8 Now
if we died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him. 9 For
we know that since Christ was raised from the dead, he cannot die again; death
no longer has mastery over him. 10 The death he died, he died to sin
once for all; but the life he lives, he lives to God.
11 In
the same way, count yourselves dead to sin but alive to God in Christ Jesus.
12 Therefore
do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its evil desires.
13 Do
not offer the parts of your body to sin, as instruments of wickedness, but
rather offer yourselves to God, as those who have been brought from death to
life; and offer the parts of your body to him as instruments of righteousness. 14
For sin shall not be your master, because you are not under law, but
under grace.
15 What
then? Shall we sin because we are not under law but under grace? By no means! 16
Don't you know that when you offer [18]
yourselves to someone to obey him as slaves, you are slaves to the one whom you
obey--whether you are slaves to sin, which leads to death, or to obedience,
which leads to righteousness? 17 But thanks be to God that, though
you used to be slaves to sin, you wholeheartedly obeyed the form of teaching to
which you were entrusted. 18 You have been set free from sin and
have become slaves to righteousness.
19 I
put this in human terms because you are weak in your natural selves. Just as
you used to offer the parts of your body in slavery to impurity and to
ever-increasing wickedness, so now offer them in slavery to righteousness
leading to holiness. 20 When you were slaves to sin, you were free
from the control of righteousness. 21 What benefit did you reap at
that time from the things you are now ashamed of? Those things result in death!
22 But now that you have been set free from sin and have become
slaves to God, the benefit you reap leads to holiness, and the result is
eternal life. 23 For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God
is eternal life in B Christ Jesus our Lord. [19]
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