FEBRUARY
27
PSALMS: 27, 57, 87, 117, 147
PROVERBS: 27
OLD TESTAMENT: 1 SAMUEL 24:1 - 25:44
NEW TESTAMENT: JOHN 10:22 - 42
Psalms
27
Of
David.
1
The LORD is my light and my salvation--
whom
shall I fear?
The
LORD is the stronghold of my life--
of
whom shall I be afraid?
2
When evil men advance against me
to
devour my flesh, A
when
my enemies and my foes attack me,
they
will stumble and fall.
3
Though an army besiege me,
my
heart will not fear;
though
war break out against me,
even
then will I be confident.
4
One thing I ask of the LORD,
this
is what I seek:
that
I may dwell in the house of the LORD
all
the days of my life,
to
gaze upon the beauty of the LORD
and
to seek him in his temple.
5
For in the day of trouble
he
will keep me safe in his dwelling;
he
will hide me in the shelter of his tabernacle
and
set me high upon a rock.
6
Then my head will be exalted
above
the enemies who surround me;
at
his tabernacle will I sacrifice with shouts of joy;
I
will sing and make music to the LORD. [1]
7
Hear my voice when I call, O LORD;
be
merciful to me and answer me.
8
My heart says of you, "Seek his B
face!"
Your
face, LORD, I will seek.
9
Do not hide your face from me,
do
not turn your servant away in anger;
you
have been my helper.
Do
not reject me or forsake me,
O
God my Savior.
10
Though my father and mother forsake me,
the
LORD will receive me.
11
Teach me your way, O LORD;
lead
me in a straight path
because
of my oppressors.
12
Do not turn me over to the desire of my foes,
for
false witnesses rise up against me,
breathing
out violence.
13
I am still confident of this:
I
will see the goodness of the LORD
in
the land of the living.
14
Wait for the LORD;
be
strong and take heart
and
wait for the LORD.
PSALMS: 57
1
Have mercy on me, O God, have mercy on me,
for
in you my soul takes refuge.
I
will take refuge in the shadow of your wings
until
the disaster has passed.
2
I cry out to God Most High,
to
God, who fulfills his purpose for me.
3
He sends from heaven and saves me,
rebuking
those who hotly pursue me;
Selah
God
sends his love and his faithfulness.
4
I am in the midst of lions;
I
lie among ravenous beasts--
men
whose teeth are spears and arrows,
whose
tongues are sharp swords.
5
Be exalted, O God, above the heavens;
let
your glory be over all the earth.
6
They spread a net for my feet--
I
was bowed down in distress.
They
dug a pit in my path--
but
they have fallen into it themselves.
Selah [2]
7
My heart is steadfast, O God,
my
heart is steadfast;
I
will sing and make music.
8
Awake, my soul!
Awake,
harp and lyre!
I
will awaken the dawn.
9
I will praise you, O Lord, among the nations;
I
will sing of you among the peoples.
10
For great is your love, reaching to the heavens;
your
faithfulness reaches to the skies.
11
Be exalted, O God, above the heavens;
let
your glory be over all the earth. [3]
PSALMS: 87
Of
the Sons of Korah. A psalm. A song.
1
He has set his foundation on the holy mountain;
2
the LORD loves the gates of Zion
more
than all the dwellings of Jacob.
3
Glorious things are said of you,
O
city of God:
Selah
4
"I will record Rahab A and Babylon
among those who acknowledge me--
Philistia too, and Tyre, along with Cush B--
and will say, `This C one was born in Zion.'"
5
Indeed, of Zion it will be said,
"This one and that one were born in her,
and the Most High himself will establish her."
6
The LORD will write in the register of the peoples:
"This one was born in Zion."
Selah
7
As they make music they will sing,
"All my fountains are in you." [4]
PSALMS: 117
1
Praise the LORD, all you nations;
extol
him, all you peoples.
2
For great is his love toward us,
and
the faithfulness of the LORD endures forever.
Praise
the LORD. A [5]
PSALMS: 147
1
Praise the LORD. A
How
good it is to sing praises to our God,
how
pleasant and fitting to praise him!
2
The LORD builds up Jerusalem;
he
gathers the exiles of Israel.
3
He heals the brokenhearted
and
binds up their wounds.
4
He determines the number of the stars
and
calls them each by name.
5
Great is our Lord and mighty in power;
his
understanding has no limit.
6
The LORD sustains the humble
but
casts the wicked to the ground.
7
Sing to the LORD with thanksgiving;
make
music to our God on the harp.
8
He covers the sky with clouds;
he
supplies the earth with rain
and
makes grass grow on the hills.
9
He provides food for the cattle
and
for the young ravens when they call.
10
His pleasure is not in the strength of the horse,
nor
his delight in the legs of a man;
11
the LORD delights in those who fear him,
who
put their hope in his unfailing love. [6]
12
Extol the LORD, O Jerusalem;
praise
your God, O Zion,
13
for he strengthens the bars of your gates
and
blesses your people within you.
14
He grants peace to your borders
and
satisfies you with the finest of wheat.
15
He sends his command to the earth;
his
word runs swiftly.
16
He spreads the snow like wool
and
scatters the frost like ashes.
17
He hurls down his hail like pebbles.
Who
can withstand his icy blast?
18
He sends his word and melts them;
he
stirs up his breezes, and the waters flow.
19
He has revealed his word to Jacob,
his
laws and decrees to Israel.
20
He has done this for no other nation;
they
do not know his laws.
Praise
the LORD. [7]
PROVERBS: 27
27
1 Do not boast about
tomorrow,
for
you do not know what a day may bring forth.
2
Let another praise you, and not your own mouth;
someone
else, and not your own lips.
3
Stone is heavy and sand a burden,
but
provocation by a fool is heavier than both.
4
Anger is cruel and fury overwhelming,
but
who can stand before jealousy?
5
Better is open rebuke
than
hidden love.
6
Wounds from a friend can be trusted,
but
an enemy multiplies kisses.
7
He who is full loathes honey,
but
to the hungry even what is bitter tastes sweet.
8
Like a bird that strays from its nest
is
a man who strays from his home.
9
Perfume and incense bring joy to the heart,
and
the pleasantness of one's friend springs from his earnest counsel.
10
Do not forsake your friend and the friend of your
father,
and
do not go to your brother's house when disaster strikes you--
better
a neighbor nearby than a brother far away.
11
Be wise, my son, and bring joy to my heart;
then
I can answer anyone who treats me with contempt. [8]
12
The prudent see danger and take refuge,
but
the simple keep going and suffer for it.
13
Take the garment of one who puts up security for a
stranger;
hold
it in pledge if he does it for a wayward woman.
14
If a man loudly blesses his neighbor early in the
morning,
it
will be taken as a curse.
15
A quarrelsome wife is like
a
constant dripping on a rainy day;
16
restraining her is like restraining the wind
or
grasping oil with the hand.
17
As iron sharpens iron,
so
one man sharpens another.
18
He who tends a fig tree will eat its fruit,
and
he who looks after his master will be honored.
19
As water reflects a face,
so
a man's heart reflects the man.
20
Death and Destruction A are never
satisfied,
and
neither are the eyes of man.
21
The crucible for silver and the furnace for gold,
but
man is tested by the praise he receives.
22
Though you grind a fool in a mortar,
grinding
him like grain with a pestle,
you
will not remove his folly from him. [9]
23
Be sure you know the condition of your flocks,
give
careful attention to your herds;
24
for riches do not endure forever,
and
a crown is not secure for all generations.
25
When the hay is removed and new growth appears
and
the grass from the hills is gathered in,
26
the lambs will provide you with clothing,
and
the goats with the price of a field.
27
You will have plenty of goats' milk
to
feed you and your family
and
to nourish your servant girls. [10]
OLD TESTAMENT: 1 SAMUEL 24:1 - 25:44
24 1
After Saul returned from pursuing the Philistines, he
was told, "David is in the Desert of En Gedi." 2 So Saul
took three thousand chosen men from all Israel and set out to look for David
and his men near the Crags of the Wild Goats.
3 He
came to the sheep pens along the way; a cave was there, and Saul went in to
relieve himself. David and his men were far back in the cave. 4 The
men said, "This is the day the LORD spoke of when
he said A to you, `I will give your
enemy into your hands for you to deal with as you wish.'" Then
David crept up unnoticed and cut off a corner of Saul's robe.
5 Afterward,
David was conscience-stricken for having cut off a corner of his robe. 6 He
said to his men, "The LORD forbid that I should do such a thing to my
master, the LORD's anointed, or lift my hand against him; for he is the
anointed of the LORD."
7 With
these words David rebuked his men and did not allow them to attack Saul. And
Saul left the cave and went his way.
8 Then
David went out of the cave and called out to Saul, "My lord the
king!" When Saul looked behind him, David bowed down and prostrated
himself with his face to the ground. 9 He said to Saul, "Why do
you listen when men say, `David is bent on harming you'?
10 This
day you have seen with your own eyes how the LORD delivered you into my hands
in the cave. Some urged me to kill you, but I spared you; I said, `I will not
lift my hand against my master, because he is the LORD's anointed.' 11 See,
my father, look at this piece of your robe in my hand! I cut off the corner of
your robe but [11]did
not kill you. Now understand and recognize that I am not guilty of wrongdoing
or rebellion. I have not wronged you, but you are hunting me down to take my
life. 12 May the LORD judge between you and me. And may the LORD
avenge the wrongs you have done to me, but my hand will not touch you. 13 As
the old saying goes, `From evildoers come evil deeds,' so my hand will not
touch you.
14 "Against
whom has the king of Israel come out? Whom are you pursuing? A dead dog? A
flea? 15 May the LORD be our judge and decide between us. May he
consider my cause and uphold it; may he vindicate me by delivering me from your
hand."
16 When
David finished saying this, Saul asked, "Is that your voice, David my
son?" And he wept aloud. 17 "You are more righteous than
I," he said. "You have treated me well, but I have treated you badly.
18 You have just now told me of the good you did to me; the LORD
delivered me into your hands, but you did not kill me. 19 When a man
finds his enemy, does he let him get away unharmed? May the LORD reward you
well for the way you treated me today. 20 I know that you will
surely be king and that the kingdom of Israel will be established in your
hands. 21 Now swear to me by the LORD that you will not cut off my
descendants or wipe out my name from my father's family."
22 So
David gave his oath to Saul. Then Saul returned home, but David and his men
went up to the stronghold. [12]
25 1
Now Samuel died, and all Israel assembled and mourned
for him; and they buried him at his home in Ramah.
Then David moved down
into the Desert of Maon. A 2 A certain man in Maon, who
had property there at Carmel, was very wealthy. He had a thousand goats and
three thousand sheep, which he was shearing in Carmel. 3 His name
was Nabal and his wife's name was Abigail. She was an intelligent and beautiful
woman, but her husband, a Calebite, was surly and mean in his dealings.
4 While
David was in the desert, he heard that Nabal was shearing sheep. 5 So
he sent ten young men and said to them, "Go up to Nabal at Carmel and
greet him in my name. 6 Say to him: `Long life to you! Good health
to you and your household! And good health to all that is yours!
7 "`Now
I hear that it is sheep-shearing time. When your shepherds were with us, we did
not mistreat them, and the whole time they were at Carmel nothing of theirs was
missing. 8 Ask your own servants and they will tell you. Therefore
be favorable toward my young men, since we come at a festive time. Please give
your servants and your son David whatever you can find for them.'"
9 When
David's men arrived, they gave Nabal this message in David's name. Then they
waited.
10 Nabal
answered David's servants, "Who is this David? Who is this son of Jesse?
Many servants are breaking away from their masters these days. 11Why
should I take my bread and water, and the meat I have slaughtered for my
shearers, and give it to men coming from who knows where?"
12 David's
men turned around and went back. When they arrived, [13]
they reported every word. 13 David said to his men, "Put on
your swords!" So they put on their swords, and David put on his. About
four hundred men went up with David, while two hundred stayed with the
supplies.
14 One
of the servants told Nabal's wife Abigail: "David sent messengers from the
desert to give our master his greetings, but he hurled insults at them. 15
Yet these men were very good to us. They did not mistreat us, and the
whole time we were out in the fields near them nothing was missing. 16 Night
and day they were a wall around us all the time we were herding our sheep near
them. 17 Now think it over and see what you can do, because disaster
is hanging over our master and his whole household. He is such a wicked man
that no one can talk to him."
18 Abigail
lost no time. She took two hundred loaves of bread, two skins of wine, five
dressed sheep, five seahs B of roasted grain, a hundred cakes of
raisins and two hundred cakes of pressed figs, and loaded them on donkeys. 19
Then she told her servants, "Go on ahead; I'll follow you." But
she did not tell her husband Nabal.
20 As
she came riding her donkey into a mountain ravine, there were David and his men
descending toward her, and she met them.
21 David
had just said, "It's been useless--all my watching over this fellow's
property in the desert so that nothing of his was missing. He has paid me back
evil for good. 22 May God deal with David, C be it ever
so severely, if by morning I leave alive one male of all who belong to
him!" [14]
23 When
Abigail saw David, she quickly got off her donkey and bowed down before David
with her face to the ground. 24 She fell at his feet and said:
"My lord, let the blame be on me alone. Please let your servant speak to
you; hear what your servant has to say. 25 May my lord pay no
attention to that wicked man Nabal. He is just like his name--his name is Fool,
and folly goes with him. But as for me, your servant, I did not see the men my
master sent.
26 "Now
since the LORD has kept you, my master, from bloodshed and from avenging
yourself with your own hands, as surely as the LORD lives and as you live, may
your enemies and all who intend to harm my master be like Nabal. 27 And
let this gift, which your servant has brought to my master, be given to the men
who follow you. 28 Please forgive your servant's offense, for the
LORD will certainly make a lasting dynasty for my master, because he fights the
LORD's battles. Let no wrongdoing be found in you as long as you live. 29 Even
though someone is pursuing you to take your life, the life of my master will be
bound securely in the bundle of the living by the LORD your God. But the lives
of your enemies he will hurl away as from the pocket of a sling. 30 When
the LORD has done for my master every good thing he promised concerning him and
has appointed him leader over Israel, 31 my master will not have on
his conscience the staggering burden of needless bloodshed or of having avenged
himself. And when the LORD has brought my master success, remember your
servant."
32 David
said to Abigail, "Praise be to the LORD, the God of Israel, who has sent
you today to meet me. 33 May you be blessed for your good judgment
and for keeping me from bloodshed this day [15]
and from avenging myself with my own hands. 34 Otherwise, as surely
as the LORD, the God of Israel, lives, who has kept me from harming you, if you
had not come quickly to meet me, not one male belonging to Nabal would have
been left alive by daybreak."
35 Then
David accepted from her hand what she had brought him and said, "Go home
in peace. I have heard your words and granted your request."
36 When
Abigail went to Nabal, he was in the house holding a banquet like that of a
king. He was in high spirits and very drunk. So she told him nothing until
daybreak.
37 Then
in the morning, when Nabal was sober, his wife told him all these things, and
his heart failed him and he became like a stone.
38 About
ten days later, the LORD struck Nabal and he died.
39 When
David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, "Praise be to the LORD, who has
upheld my cause against Nabal for treating me with contempt. He has kept his
servant from doing wrong and has brought Nabal's wrongdoing down on his own
head."
Then David sent word to
Abigail, asking her to become his wife. 40 His servants went to
Carmel and said to Abigail, "David has sent us to you to take you to
become his wife."
41 She
bowed down with her face to the ground and said, "Here is your
maidservant, ready to serve you and wash the feet of my master's
servants." 42 Abigail quickly got on a donkey and, attended by
her five maids, went with David's messengers and became his wife. 43 David
had also married Ahinoam of Jezreel, and they both were his wives.
44 But
Saul had given his daughter Michal, David's [16]
wife, to Paltiel D son of Laish, who was from Gallim. [17]
NEW TESTAMENT: JOHN 10:22 - 42
22 Then
came the Feast of Dedication B at Jerusalem. It was winter, 23 and
Jesus was in the temple area walking in Solomon's Colonnade.
24 The
Jews gathered around him, saying, "How long will you keep us in suspense?
If you are the Christ, C tell us plainly."
25 Jesus
answered, "I did tell you, but you do not
believe. The miracles I do in my Father's name speak for me, 26 but you do not believe because you are not my sheep.
27 My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me. 28 I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one can
snatch them out of my hand. 29 My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all D; no one can snatch them out of my Father's hand. 30
I and the Father are one."
31 Again
the Jews picked up stones to stone him, 32 but Jesus said to them,
"I have shown you many great miracles from the
Father. For which of these do you stone me?"
33 "We
are not stoning you for any of these," replied the Jews, "but for
blasphemy, because you, a mere man, claim to be God."
34 Jesus
answered them, "Is it not written in your Law, `I
have said you are gods' E?
35 If he called them `gods,' to whom the word of God came--and the
Scripture cannot be broken—36 what about the one whom the Father set apart as his very own and sent
into the world? Why then do you accuse me of blasphemy because I said, `I am
God's Son'? 37 Do not
believe me unless I do what my Father does. 38 But if I do it, even though you do not believe me,
believe the miracles, that you may know and understand that the Father is in
me, and I in the Father." 39 Again they tried to seize
him, but he escaped their grasp.
40 Then
Jesus went back across the Jordan to the place where [18]
John had been baptizing in the early days. Here he stayed 41 and
many people came to him. They said, "Though John never performed a
miraculous sign, all that John said about this man was true." 42 And
in that place many believed in Jesus. [19]
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