FEBRUARY
3
PSALMS: 3, 33,
63, 93, 123
PROVERBS: 3
OLD TESTAMENT: JUDGES 4:1 - 5:31
NEW TESTAMENT: LUKE 22:35 - 53
PSALMS: 3
A
psalm of David. When he fled from his son Absalom.
1
O LORD, how many are my foes!
How
many rise up against me!
2
Many are saying of me,
"God
will not deliver him."
Selah
A
3
But you are a shield around me, O LORD;
you
bestow glory on me and lift B up my head.
4
To the LORD I cry aloud,
and
he answers me from his holy hill.
Selah
5
I lie down and sleep;
I
wake again, because the LORD sustains me.
6
I will not fear the tens of thousands
drawn
up against me on every side.
7
Arise, O LORD!
Deliver
me, O my God!
Strike
all my enemies on the jaw;
break
the teeth of the wicked.
8
From the LORD comes deliverance.
May
your blessing be on your people. Selah [1]
PSALMS: 33
1
Sing joyfully to the LORD, you righteous;
it
is fitting for the upright to praise him.
2
Praise the LORD with the harp;
make
music to him on the ten-stringed lyre.
3
Sing to him a new song;
play
skillfully, and shout for joy.
4
For the word of the LORD is right and true;
he
is faithful in all he does.
5
The LORD loves righteousness and justice;
the
earth is full of his unfailing love.
6
By the word of the LORD were the heavens made,
their
starry host by the breath of his mouth.
7
He gathers the waters of the sea into jars A;
he
puts the deep into storehouses.
8
Let all the earth fear the LORD;
let
all the people of the world revere him.
9
For he spoke, and it came to be;
he
commanded, and it stood firm.
10
The LORD foils the plans of the nations;
he
thwarts the purposes of the peoples.
11
But the plans of the LORD stand firm forever,
the
purposes of his heart through all generations.
12
Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD,
the
people he chose for his inheritance.
13
From heaven the LORD looks down
and
sees all mankind;
14
from his dwelling place he watches
all
who live on earth--
15
he who forms the hearts of all,
who
considers everything they do.
16
No king is saved by the size of his army;
no
warrior escapes by his great strength. [2]
17
A horse is a vain hope for deliverance;
despite
all its great strength it cannot save.
18
But the eyes of the LORD are on those who fear him,
on
those whose hope is in his unfailing love,
19
to deliver them from death
and
keep them alive in famine.
20
We wait in hope for the LORD;
he
is our help and our shield.
21
In him our hearts rejoice,
for
we trust in his holy name.
22
May your unfailing love rest upon us, O LORD,
even
as we put our hope in you. [3]
PSALMS: 63
A
psalm of David. When he was in the Desert of Judah.
1
O God, you are my God,
earnestly
I seek you;
my
soul thirsts for you,
my
body longs for you,
in
a dry and weary land
where
there is no water.
2
I have seen you in the sanctuary
and
beheld your power and your glory.
3
Because your love is better than life,
my
lips will glorify you.
4
I will praise you as long as I live,
and
in your name I will lift up my hands.
5
My soul will be satisfied as with the richest of
foods;
with
singing lips my mouth will praise you.
6
On my bed I remember you;
I
think of you through the watches of the night.
7
Because you are my help,
I
sing in the shadow of your wings.
8
My soul clings to you;
your
right hand upholds me.
9
They who seek my life will be destroyed;
they
will go down to the depths of the earth.
10
They will be given over to the sword
and
become food for jackals.[4]
11
But the king will rejoice in God;
all
who swear by God's name will praise him,
while
the mouths of liars will be silenced. [5]
PSALMS: 93
1
The LORD reigns, he is robed in majesty;
the
LORD is robed in majesty
and
is armed with strength.
The
world is firmly established;
it
cannot be moved.
2
Your throne was established long ago;
you
are from all eternity.
3
The seas have lifted up, O LORD,
the
seas have lifted up their voice;
the
seas have lifted up their pounding waves.
4
Mightier than the thunder of the great waters,
mightier
than the breakers of the sea--
the
LORD on high is mighty.
5
Your statutes stand firm;
holiness
adorns your house
for
endless days, O LORD. [6]
PSALMS: 123
A
song of ascents.
1
I lift up my eyes to you,
to
you whose throne is in heaven.
2
As the eyes of slaves look to the hand of their
master,
as
the eyes of a maid look to the hand of her mistress,
so
our eyes look to the LORD our God,
till
he shows us his mercy.
3
Have mercy on us, O LORD, have mercy on us,
for
we have endured much contempt.
4
We have endured much ridicule from the proud,
much
contempt from the arrogant. [7]
PROVERBS: 3
3
1 My son, do not forget
my teaching,
but
keep my commands in your heart,
2
for they will prolong your life many years
and
bring you prosperity.
3
Let love and faithfulness never leave you;
bind
them around your neck,
write
them on the tablet of your heart.
4
Then you will win favor and a good name
in
the sight of God and man.
5
Trust in the LORD with all your heart
and
lean not on your own understanding;
6
in all your ways acknowledge him,
and
he will make your paths straight. A
7
Do not be wise in your own eyes;
fear
the LORD and shun evil.
8
This will bring health to your body
and
nourishment to your bones.
9
Honor the LORD with your wealth,
with
the firstfruits of all your crops;
10
then your barns will be filled to overflowing,
and
your vats will brim over with new wine.
11
My son, do not despise the LORD's discipline
and
do not resent his rebuke,
12
because the LORD disciplines those he loves,
as
a father B the son he delights in. [8]
13
Blessed is the man who finds wisdom,
the
man who gains understanding,
14
for she is more profitable than silver
and
yields better returns than gold.
15
She is more precious than rubies;
nothing
you desire can compare with her.
16
Long life is in her right hand;
in
her left hand are riches and honor.
17
Her ways are pleasant ways,
and
all her paths are peace.
18
She is a tree of life to those who embrace her;
those
who lay hold of her will be blessed.
19
By wisdom the LORD laid the earth's foundations,
by
understanding he set the heavens in place;
20
by his knowledge the deeps were divided,
and
the clouds let drop the dew.
21
My son, preserve sound judgment and discernment,
do
not let them out of your sight;
22
they will be life for you,
an
ornament to grace your neck.
23
Then you will go on your way in safety,
and
your foot will not stumble;
24
when you lie down, you will not be afraid;
when
you lie down, your sleep will be sweet.
25
Have no fear of sudden disaster
or
of the ruin that overtakes the wicked,
26
for the LORD will be your confidence
and
will keep your foot from being snared.
27
Do not withhold good from those who deserve it,
when
it is in your power to act. [9]
28
Do not say to your neighbor,
"Come
back later; I'll give it tomorrow"--
when
you now have it with you.
29
Do not plot harm against your neighbor,
who
lives trustfully near you.
30
Do not accuse a man for no reason--
when
he has done you no harm.
31Do
not envy a violent man
or
choose any of his ways,
32
for the LORD detests a perverse man
but
takes the upright into his confidence.
33
The LORD's curse is on the house of the wicked,
but
he blesses the home of the righteous.
34
He mocks proud mockers
but
gives grace to the humble.
35
The wise inherit honor,
but
fools he holds up to shame.
OLD TESTAMENT: JUDGES 4:1 - 5:31
4 1
After Ehud died, the Israelites once again did evil in
the eyes of the LORD. 2 So the LORD sold them into the hands of
Jabin, a king of Canaan, who reigned in Hazor. The commander of his army was
Sisera, who lived in Harosheth Haggoyim. 3 Because he had nine
hundred iron chariots and had cruelly oppressed the Israelites for twenty
years, they cried to the LORD for help.
4 Deborah,
a prophetess, the wife of Lappidoth, was leading A Israel at that
time. 5 She held court under the Palm of Deborah between Ramah and
Bethel in the hill country of Ephraim, and the Israelites came to her to have
their disputes decided. 6 She sent for Barak son of Abinoam from
Kedesh in Naphtali and said to him, "The LORD, the God of Israel, commands
you: `Go, take with you ten thousand men of Naphtali and Zebulun and lead the
way to Mount Tabor. 7 I will lure Sisera, the commander of Jabin's
army, with his chariots and his troops to the Kishon River and give him into your
hands.'"
8 Barak
said to her, "If you go with me, I will go; but if you don't go with me, I
won't go."
9"
Very well," Deborah said, "I will go with you. But because of the way
you are going about this, B the honor will not be yours, for the
LORD will hand Sisera over to a woman." So Deborah went with Barak to
Kedesh,
10 where
he summoned Zebulun and Naphtali. Ten thousand men followed him, and Deborah
also went with him.
11 Now
Heber the Kenite had left the other Kenites, the descendants of Hobab, Moses'
brother-in-law, C and pitched his tent [10]
by the great tree in Zaanannim near Kedesh.
12 When
they told Sisera that Barak son of Abinoam had gone up to Mount Tabor,
13 Sisera
gathered together his nine hundred iron chariots and all the men with him, from
Harosheth Haggoyim to the Kishon River.
14 Then
Deborah said to Barak, "Go! This is the day the LORD has given Sisera into
your hands. Has not the LORD gone ahead of you?" So Barak went down Mount
Tabor, followed by ten thousand men. 15 At Barak's advance, the LORD
routed Sisera and all his chariots and army by the sword, and Sisera abandoned
his chariot and fled on foot. 16 But Barak pursued the chariots and
army as far as Harosheth Haggoyim. All the troops of Sisera fell by the sword;
not a man was left.
17 Sisera,
however, fled on foot to the tent of Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite,
because there were friendly relations between Jabin king of Hazor and the clan
of Heber the Kenite.
18 Jael
went out to meet Sisera and said to him, "Come, my lord, come right in.
Don't be afraid." So he entered her tent, and she put a covering over him.
19 "I'm
thirsty," he said. "Please give me some water." She opened a
skin of milk, gave him a drink, and covered him up.
20 "Stand
in the doorway of the tent," he told her. "If someone comes by and
asks you, `Is anyone here?' say `No.'"
21 But
Jael, Heber's wife, picked up a tent peg and a hammer and went quietly to him
while he lay fast asleep, exhausted. She drove the peg through his temple into
the ground, and he died. [11]
22 Barak came by in pursuit of Sisera, and Jael went out to meet
him. "Come," she said, "I will show you the man you're looking
for." So he went in with her, and there lay Sisera with the tent peg through
his temple--dead.
23 On
that day God subdued Jabin, the Canaanite king, before the Israelites. 24 And
the hand of the Israelites grew stronger and stronger against Jabin, the
Canaanite king, until they destroyed him.
5 1
On that day Deborah and Barak son of Abinoam sang this
song:
2 "When
the princes in Israel take the lead,
when the people
willingly offer themselves--
praise the LORD!
3 "Hear
this, you kings! Listen, you rulers!
I will sing to A
the LORD, I will sing;
I will make music to B
the LORD, the God of Israel.
4 "O
LORD, when you went out from Seir,
when you marched from
the land of Edom,
the earth shook, the
heavens poured,
the clouds poured down
water.
5 The
mountains quaked before the LORD, the One of Sinai,
before the LORD, the God
of Israel.
6 "In
the days of Shamgar son of Anath,
in the days of Jael, the
roads were abandoned; [12]
travelers took to
winding paths.
7 Village
life C in Israel ceased,
ceased until I, D
Deborah, arose,
arose a mother in
Israel.
8 When
they chose new gods,
war came to the city
gates,
and not a shield or
spear was seen
among forty thousand in
Israel.
9 My
heart is with Israel's princes,
with the willing
volunteers among the people.
Praise the LORD!
10 "You
who ride on white donkeys,
sitting on your saddle
blankets,
and you who walk along
the road,
consider 11 the voice of the singers E
at the watering places.
They recite the
righteous acts of the LORD,
the righteous acts of
his warriors F in Israel.
"Then the people of
the LORD
went down to the city
gates.
12 `Wake
up, wake up, Deborah!
Wake up, wake up, break
out in song!
Arise, O Barak!
Take captive your
captives, O son of Abinoam.' [13]
13 "Then
the men who were left
came down to the nobles;
the people of the LORD
came to me with the
mighty.
14 Some
came from Ephraim, whose roots were in Amalek;
Benjamin was with the
people who followed you.
From Makir captains came
down,
from Zebulun those who
bear a commander's staff.
15 The
princes of Issachar were with Deborah;
yes, Issachar was with
Barak,
rushing after him into
the valley.
In the districts of
Reuben
there was much searching
of heart.
16 Why
did you stay among the campfires G
to hear the whistling
for the flocks?
In the districts of
Reuben
there was much searching
of heart.
17 Gilead
stayed beyond the Jordan.
And Dan, why did he
linger by the ships?
Asher remained on the
coast
and stayed in his coves.
18 The
people of Zebulun risked their very lives;
so did Naphtali on the
heights of the field.
19 "Kings
came, they fought;
the kings of Canaan
fought
at Taanach by the waters
of Megiddo, [14]
but they carried off no
silver, no plunder.
20 From
the heavens the stars fought,
from their courses they fought
against Sisera.
21 The
river Kishon swept them away,
the age-old river, the
river Kishon.
March on, my soul; be
strong!
22 Then
thundered the horses' hoofs--
galloping, galloping go
his mighty steeds.
23 `Curse
Meroz,' said the angel of the LORD.
`Curse its people
bitterly,
because they did not
come to help the LORD,
to help the LORD against
the mighty.'
24 "Most
blessed of women be Jael,
the wife of Heber the
Kenite,
most blessed of
tent-dwelling women.
25 He
asked for water, and she gave him milk;
in a bowl fit for nobles
she brought him curdled milk.
26 Her
hand reached for the tent peg,
her right hand for the
workman's hammer.
She struck Sisera, she
crushed his head,
she shattered and
pierced his temple.
27 At
her feet he sank,
he fell; there he lay.
At her feet he sank, he
fell;
where he sank, there he
fell--dead. [15]
28 "Through
the window peered Sisera's mother;
behind the lattice she
cried out,
`Why is his chariot so
long in coming?
Why is the clatter of
his chariots delayed?'
29 The
wisest of her ladies answer her;
indeed, she keeps saying
to herself,
30 `Are
they not finding and dividing the spoils:
a girl or two for each
man,
colorful garments as
plunder for Sisera,
colorful garments
embroidered,
highly embroidered
garments for my neck--
all this as plunder?'
31 "So
may all your enemies perish, O LORD!
But may they who love
you be like the sun
when it rises in its
strength."
Then the land had peace
forty years. [16]
NEW TESTAMENT: LUKE 22:35 - 53
35 Then
Jesus asked them, "When I sent you without purse,
bag or sandals, did you lack anything?"
"Nothing,"
they answered.
36 He
said to them, "But now if you have a purse, take
it, and also a bag; and if you don't have a sword, sell your cloak and buy one.
37 It is written: `And he was
numbered with the transgressors' B;
and I tell you that this must be fulfilled in me. Yes, what is written about me
is reaching its fulfillment."
38 The
disciples said, "See, Lord, here are two swords."
"That is enough," he replied.
39 Jesus
went out as usual to the Mount of Olives, and his disciples followed him. 40
On reaching the place, he said to them, "Pray
that you will not fall into temptation." 41 He withdrew
about a stone's throw beyond them, knelt down and prayed, 42 "Father, if you are
willing, take this cup from me; yet not my will, but yours be done."
43 An angel from heaven appeared to him and strengthened him. 44
And being in anguish, he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat was like
drops of blood falling to the ground. C
45 When
he rose from prayer and went back to the disciples, he found them asleep,
exhausted from sorrow.
46 "Why are you sleeping?" he asked them. "Get up and pray so that you will not fall into temptation."
47 While
he was still speaking a crowd came up, and the man who was called Judas, one of
the Twelve, was leading them. He approached Jesus to kiss him, 48 but
Jesus asked him, "Judas, are you betraying the
Son of Man with a kiss?"
49 When
Jesus' followers saw what was going to happen, they [17]said,
"Lord, should we strike with our swords?" 50 And one of
them struck the servant of the high priest, cutting off his right ear.
51 But
Jesus answered, "No more of this!"
And he touched the man's ear and healed him.
52 Then
Jesus said to the chief priests, the officers of the temple guard, and the
elders, who had come for him, "Am I leading a
rebellion, that you have come with swords and clubs? 53 Every day I was with you in the temple courts, and you did
not lay a hand on me. But this is your hour--when darkness reigns."
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