MARCH 1
PSALMS: 1, 31,
61, 91, 121
PROVERBS: 1
OLD TESTAMENT: 1 SAMUEL 29:1 - 31:13
NEW TESTAMENT: JOHN 11:55 - 12:19
PSALMS: 1
1
Blessed is the man
who
does not walk in the counsel of the wicked
or
stand in the way of sinners
or
sit in the seat of mockers.
2
But his delight is in the law of the LORD,
and
on his law he meditates day and night.
3
He is like a tree planted by streams of water,
which
yields its fruit in season
and
whose leaf does not wither.
Whatever
he does prospers.
4
Not so the wicked!
They
are like chaff
that
the wind blows away.
5
Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment,
nor
sinners in the assembly of the righteous.
6
For the LORD watches over the way of the righteous,
but
the way of the wicked will perish. [1]
PSALMS: 31
For
the director of music. A psalm of David.
1
In you, O LORD, I have taken refuge;
let
me never be put to shame;
deliver
me in your righteousness.
2
Turn your ear to me,
come
quickly to my rescue;
be
my rock of refuge,
a
strong fortress to save me.
3
Since you are my rock and my fortress,
for
the sake of your name lead and guide me.
4
Free me from the trap that is set for me,
for
you are my refuge.
5
Into your hands I commit my spirit;
redeem
me, O LORD, the God of truth.
6
I hate those who cling to worthless idols;
I
trust in the LORD.
7
I will be glad and rejoice in your love,
for
you saw my affliction
and
knew the anguish of my soul.
8
You have not handed me over to the enemy
but
have set my feet in a spacious place.
9
Be merciful to me, O LORD, for I am in distress;
my
eyes grow weak with sorrow,
my
soul and my body with grief.
10
My life is consumed by anguish
and
my years by groaning;
my
strength fails because of my affliction, A
and
my bones grow weak. [2]
11
Because of all my enemies,
I
am the utter contempt of my neighbors;
I
am a dread to my friends--
those
who see me on the street flee from me.
12
I am forgotten by them as though I were dead;
I
have become like broken pottery.
13
For I hear the slander of many;
there
is terror on every side;
they
conspire against me
and
plot to take my life.
14
But I trust in you, O LORD;
I
say, "You are my God."
15
My times are in your hands;
deliver
me from my enemies
and
from those who pursue me.
16
Let your face shine on your servant;
save
me in your unfailing love.
17
Let me not be put to shame, O LORD,
for
I have cried out to you;
but
let the wicked be put to shame
and
lie silent in the grave. B
18
Let their lying lips be silenced,
for
with pride and contempt
they
speak arrogantly against the righteous.
19
How great is your goodness,
which
you have stored up for those who fear you,
which
you bestow in the sight of men
on
those who take refuge in you.
20
In the shelter of your presence you hide them
from
the intrigues of men;
in
your dwelling you keep them safe [3]
from
accusing tongues.
21
Praise be to the LORD,
for
he showed his wonderful love to me
when
I was in a besieged city.
22
In my alarm I said,
"I
am cut off from your sight!"
Yet
you heard my cry for mercy
when
I called to you for help.
23
Love the LORD, all his saints!
The
LORD preserves the faithful,
but
the proud he pays back in full.
24
Be strong and take heart,
all
you who hope in the LORD. [4]
PSALMS: 61
For
the director of music. With stringed instruments. Of David.
1
Hear my cry, O God;
listen
to my prayer.
2
From the ends of the earth I call to you,
I
call as my heart grows faint;
lead
me to the rock that is higher than I.
3
For you have been my refuge,
a
strong tower against the foe.
4
I long to dwell in your tent forever
and
take refuge in the shelter of your wings.
Selah
5
For you have heard my vows, O God;
you
have given me the heritage of those who fear your name.
6
Increase the days of the king's life,
his
years for many generations.
7
May he be enthroned in God's presence forever;
appoint
your love and faithfulness to protect him.
8
Then will I ever sing praise to your name
and
fulfill my vows day after day. [5]
PSALMS: 91
1
He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High
will
rest in the shadow of the Almighty. A
2
I will say B of the LORD, "He is my refuge and my fortress,
my God, in whom I trust."
3
Surely he will save you from the fowler's snare
and
from the deadly pestilence.
4
He will cover you with his feathers,
and
under his wings you will find refuge;
his
faithfulness will be your shield and rampart.
5
You will not fear the terror of night,
nor
the arrow that flies by day,
6
nor the pestilence that stalks in the darkness,
nor
the plague that destroys at midday.
7
A thousand may fall at your side,
ten
thousand at your right hand,
but
it will not come near you.
8
You will only observe with your eyes
and
see the punishment of the wicked.
9
If you make the Most High your dwelling--
even
the LORD, who is my refuge--
10
then no harm will befall you,
no
disaster will come near your tent.
11
For he will command his angels concerning you
to
guard you in all your ways;
12
they will lift you up in their hands,
so
that you will not strike your foot against a stone.
13
You will tread upon the lion and the cobra;
you
will trample the great lion and the serpent. [6]
14
"Because he loves me,"
says the LORD, "I will rescue him;
I will protect him, for he acknowledges my name.
15 He will call
upon me, and I will answer him;
I will be with him in trouble,
I will deliver him and honor him.
16 With long life will I satisfy him
and show him my salvation." [7]
PSALMS: 121
A
song of ascents.
1
I lift up my eyes to the hills--
where
does my help come from?
2
My help comes from the LORD,
the
Maker of heaven and earth.
3
He will not let your foot slip--
he
who watches over you will not slumber;
4
indeed, he who watches over Israel
will
neither slumber nor sleep.
5
The LORD watches over you--
the
LORD is your shade at your right hand;
6
the sun will not harm you by day,
nor
the moon by night.
7
The LORD will keep you from all harm--
he
will watch over your life;
8
the LORD will watch over your coming and going
both
now and forevermore. [8]
PROVERBS: 1
1
1 The proverbs of Solomon
son of David, king of Israel:
2
for attaining wisdom and discipline;
for
understanding words of insight;
3
for acquiring a disciplined and prudent life,
doing
what is right and just and fair;
4
for giving prudence to the simple,
knowledge
and discretion to the young--
5
let the wise listen and add to their learning,
and
let the discerning get guidance--
6
for understanding proverbs and parables,
the
sayings and riddles of the wise.
7
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge,
but
fools A despise wisdom and discipline.
8
Listen, my son, to your father's instruction
and
do not forsake your mother's teaching.
9
They will be a garland to grace your head
and
a chain to adorn your neck.
10
My son, if sinners entice you,
do
not give in to them.
11
If they say, "Come along with us;
let's
lie in wait for someone's blood,
let's
waylay some harmless soul;
12
let's swallow them alive, like the grave, B
[9]
and
whole, like those who go down to the pit;
13
we will get all sorts of valuable things
and
fill our houses with plunder;
14
throw in your lot with us,
and
we will share a common purse"--
15
my son, do not go along with them,
do
not set foot on their paths;
16
for their feet rush into sin,
they
are swift to shed blood.
17
How useless to spread a net
in
full view of all the birds!
18
These men lie in wait for their own blood;
they
waylay only themselves!
19
Such is the end of all who go after ill-gotten gain;
it
takes away the lives of those who get it.
20
Wisdom calls aloud in the street,
she
raises her voice in the public squares;
21
at the head of the noisy streets C she
cries out,
in
the gateways of the city she makes her speech:
22
"How long will you
simple ones D
love your simple ways?
How long will mockers delight in mockery
and fools hate knowledge?
23
If you had responded to my rebuke,
I would have poured out my heart to you
and made my thoughts known to you.
24
But since you rejected me when I called
and no one gave heed when I stretched out my hand,
25
since you ignored all my advice
and would not accept my rebuke,
I will mock when calamity overtakes you--
27
when calamity overtakes you like a
storm,
when disaster sweeps over you like a whirlwind,
when distress and trouble overwhelm you.
28
"Then they will call
to me but I will not answer;
they will look for me but will not find me.
29 Since they hated knowledge
and did not choose to fear the LORD,
30 since they would not accept my advice
and spurned my rebuke,
31 they will eat the fruit of their ways
and be filled with the fruit of their schemes.
32 For the waywardness of the simple will kill them,
and the complacency of fools will destroy them;
33 but whoever listens to me will live in safety
and be at ease, without fear of harm." [11]
OLD TESTAMENT: 1 SAMUEL 29:1 - 31:13
29 1
The Philistines gathered all their forces at Aphek,
and Israel camped by the spring in Jezreel. 2 As the Philistine
rulers marched with their units of hundreds and thousands, David and his men
were marching at the rear with Achish. 3 The commanders of the
Philistines asked, "What about these Hebrews?"
Achish replied, "Is
this not David, who was an officer of Saul king of Israel? He has already been
with me for over a year, and from the day he left Saul until now, I have found
no fault in him."
4 But
the Philistine commanders were angry with him and said, "Send the man
back, that he may return to the place you assigned him. He must not go with us
into battle, or he will turn against us during the fighting. How better could
he regain his master's favor than by taking the heads of our own men? 5 Isn't
this the David they sang about in their dances:
"`Saul has slain
his thousands,
and David his tens of
thousands'?"
6 So
Achish called David and said to him, "As surely as the LORD lives, you
have been reliable, and I would be pleased to have you serve with me in the
army. From the day you came to me until now, I have found no fault in you, but
the rulers don't approve of you. 7 Turn back and go in peace; do
nothing to displease the Philistine rulers."
8 "But
what have I done?" asked David. "What have you found against your
servant from the day I came to you until now? Why [12]
can't I go and fight against the enemies of my lord the king?"
9 Achish
answered, "I know that you have been as pleasing in my eyes as an angel of
God; nevertheless, the Philistine commanders have said, `He must not go up with
us into battle.' 10 Now get up early, along with your master's
servants who have come with you, and leave in the morning as soon as it is
light."
11 So
David and his men got up early in the morning to go back to the land of the
Philistines, and the Philistines went up to Jezreel.
30 1
David and his men reached Ziklag on the third day. Now
the Amalekites had raided the Negev and Ziklag. They had attacked Ziklag and
burned it, 2 and had taken captive the women and all who were in it,
both young and old. They killed none of them, but carried them off as they went
on their way.
3 When
David and his men came to Ziklag, they found it destroyed by fire and their
wives and sons and daughters taken captive. 4 So David and his men
wept aloud until they had no strength left to weep. 5 David's two
wives had been captured--Ahinoam of Jezreel and Abigail, the widow of Nabal of
Carmel. 6 David was greatly distressed because the men were talking
of stoning him; each one was bitter in spirit because of his sons and
daughters. But David found strength in the LORD his God.
7 Then
David said to Abiathar the priest, the son of Ahimelech, "Bring me the
ephod." Abiathar brought it to him, 8 and David inquired of the
LORD, "Shall I pursue this raiding party? Will I [13]
overtake them?"
"Pursue them,"
he answered. "You will certainly overtake them and succeed in the
rescue."
9 David
and the six hundred men with him came to the Besor Ravine, where some stayed
behind, 10 for two hundred men were too exhausted to cross the
ravine. But David and four hundred men continued the pursuit.
11 They
found an Egyptian in a field and brought him to David. They gave him water to
drink and food to eat—12 part of a cake of pressed figs and two
cakes of raisins. He ate and was revived, for he had not eaten any food or
drunk any water for three days and three nights.
13 David
asked him, "To whom do you belong, and where do you come from?"
He said, "I am an
Egyptian, the slave of an Amalekite. My master abandoned me when I became ill
three days ago. 14 We raided the Negev of the Kerethites and the
territory belonging to Judah and the Negev of Caleb. And we burned
Ziklag."
15 David
asked him, "Can you lead me down to this raiding party?"
He answered, "Swear
to me before God that you will not kill me or hand me over to my master, and I
will take you down to them."
16 He
led David down, and there they were, scattered over the countryside, eating,
drinking and reveling because of the great amount of plunder they had taken
from the land of the Philistines and from Judah. 17 David fought
them from dusk until the evening of the [14]next
day, and none of them got away, except four hundred young men who rode off on
camels and fled. 18 David recovered everything the Amalekites had
taken, including his two wives. 19 Nothing was missing: young or
old, boy or girl, plunder or anything else they had taken. David brought
everything back. 20 He took all the flocks and herds, and his men
drove them ahead of the other livestock, saying, "This is David's
plunder."
21 Then
David came to the two hundred men who had been too exhausted to follow him and
who were left behind at the Besor Ravine. They came out to meet David and the
people with him. As David and his men approached, he greeted them. 22 But
all the evil men and troublemakers among David's followers said, "Because
they did not go out with us, we will not share with them the plunder we
recovered. However, each man may take his wife and children and go."
23 David
replied, "No, my brothers, you must not do that with what the LORD has
given us. He has protected us and handed over to us the forces that came
against us. 24 Who will listen to what you say? The share of the man
who stayed with the supplies is to be the same as that of him who went down to
the battle. All will share alike." 25 David made this a statute
and ordinance for Israel from that day to this.
26 When
David arrived in Ziklag, he sent some of the plunder to the elders of Judah,
who were his friends, saying, "Here is a present for you from the plunder
of the LORD's enemies."
27 He
sent it to those who were in Bethel, Ramoth Negev and [15]
Jattir; 28 to those in Aroer, Siphmoth, Eshtemoa 29 and
Racal; to those in the towns of the Jerahmeelites and the Kenites; 30 to
those in Hormah, Bor Ashan, Athach 31 and Hebron; and to those in
all the other places where David and his men had roamed.
31 1
Now the Philistines fought against Israel; the
Israelites fled before them, and many fell slain on Mount Gilboa. 2 The
Philistines pressed hard after Saul and his sons, and they killed his sons
Jonathan, Abinadab and Malki-Shua. 3 The fighting grew fierce around
Saul, and when the archers overtook him, they wounded him critically.
4 Saul
said to his armor-bearer, "Draw your sword and run me through, or these
uncircumcised fellows will come and run me through and abuse me."
But his armor-bearer was
terrified and would not do it; so Saul took his own sword and fell on it. 5
When the armor-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he too fell on his sword
and died with him. 6 So Saul and his three sons and his armor-bearer
and all his men died together that same day.
7 When
the Israelites along the valley and those across the Jordan saw that the
Israelite army had fled and that Saul and his sons had died, they abandoned
their towns and fled. And the Philistines came and occupied them. [16]
8 The next day, when the Philistines came to strip the dead, they
found Saul and his three sons fallen on Mount Gilboa.
9 They
cut off his head and stripped off his armor, and they sent messengers
throughout the land of the Philistines to proclaim the news in the temple of
their idols and among their people. 10 They put his armor in the
temple of the Ashtoreths and fastened his body to the wall of Beth Shan.
11 When
the people of Jabesh Gilead heard of what the Philistines had done to Saul,
12 all
their valiant men journeyed through the night to Beth Shan. They took down the
bodies of Saul and his sons from the wall of Beth Shan and went to Jabesh,
where they burned them. 13 Then they took their bones and buried
them under a tamarisk tree at Jabesh, and they fasted seven days. [17]
NEW TESTAMENT: JOHN 11:55 - 12:19
55 When
it was almost time for the Jewish Passover, many went up from the country to
Jerusalem for their ceremonial cleansing before the Passover. 56 They
kept looking for Jesus, and as they stood in the temple area they asked one
another, "What do you think? Isn't he coming to the Feast at all?" 57
But the chief priests and Pharisees had given orders that if anyone found
out where Jesus was, he should report it so that they might arrest him.
12 1
Six days before the Passover, Jesus arrived at
Bethany, where Lazarus lived, whom Jesus had raised from the dead. 2 Here
a dinner was given in Jesus' honor. Martha served, while Lazarus was among those
reclining at the table with him. 3 Then Mary took about a pintA
of pure nard, an expensive perfume; she poured it on Jesus' feet and wiped his
feet with her hair. And the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.
4 But
one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, who was later to betray him, objected, 5
"Why wasn't this perfume sold and the money given to the poor? It
was worth a year's wages. B "6 He did not say this
because he cared about the poor but because he was a thief; as keeper of the
money bag, he used to help himself to what was put into it.
7 "Leave her alone," Jesus replied. "It was intended that she should save this perfume for the
day of my burial. 8 You will always
have the poor among you, but you will not always have me." [18]
9 Meanwhile a large crowd of Jews found out that Jesus was there and
came, not only because of him but also to see Lazarus, whom he had raised from
the dead. 10 So the chief priests made plans to kill Lazarus as
well, 11 for on account of him many of the Jews were going over to
Jesus and putting their faith in him.
12 The
next day the great crowd that had come for the Feast heard that Jesus was on
his way to Jerusalem.
13 They
took palm branches and went out to meet him, shouting,
"Hosanna! C"
"Blessed is he who
comes in the name of the Lord!" D
"Blessed is the
King of Israel!"
14 Jesus found a young donkey and
sat upon it, as it is written,
15 "Do not be afraid, O Daughter of Zion;
see, your
king is coming,
seated on a
donkey's colt." E
16 At
first his disciples did not understand all this. Only after Jesus was glorified
did they realize that these things had been written about him and that they had
done these things to him.
17 Now
the crowd that was with him when he called Lazarus from the tomb and raised him
from the dead continued to spread the [19]
word. 18 Many people, because they had heard that he had given this
miraculous sign, went out to meet him. 19 So the Pharisees said to
one another, "See, this is getting us nowhere. Look how the whole world
has gone after him!" [20]
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