MARCH
9
PSALMS: 9, 39,
69, 99, 129
PROVERBS: 9
OLD TESTAMENT: 2 SAMUEL 14:1 - 15:22
NEW TESTAMENT: JOHN 18:1 - 24
PSALMS: 9
For
A the director of music. To the tune of "The Death of the
Son." A psalm of David.
1
I will praise you, O LORD, with all my heart;
I
will tell of all your wonders.
2
I will be glad and rejoice in you;
I
will sing praise to your name, O Most High.
3
My enemies turn back;
they
stumble and perish before you.
4
For you have upheld my right and my cause;
you
have sat on your throne, judging righteously.
5
You have rebuked the nations and destroyed the wicked;
you
have blotted out their name for ever and ever.
6
Endless ruin has overtaken the enemy,
you
have uprooted their cities;
even
the memory of them has perished.
7
The LORD reigns forever;
he
has established his throne for judgment.
8
He will judge the world in righteousness;
he
will govern the peoples with justice.
9
The LORD is a refuge for the oppressed,
a
stronghold in times of trouble.
10
Those who know your name will trust in you,
for
you, LORD, have never forsaken those who seek you.
11
Sing praises to the LORD, enthroned in Zion;
proclaim
among the nations what he has done.
12
For he who avenges blood remembers;
he
does not ignore the cry of the afflicted. [1]
13
O LORD, see how my enemies persecute me!
Have
mercy and lift me up from the gates of death,
14
that I may declare your praises
in
the gates of the Daughter of Zion
and
there rejoice in your salvation.
15
The nations have fallen into the pit they have dug;
their
feet are caught in the net they have hidden.
16
The LORD is known by his justice;
the
wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands.
Higgaion.
B Selah
17
The wicked return to the grave, C
all
the nations that forget God.
18
But the needy will not always be forgotten,
nor
the hope of the afflicted ever perish.
19
Arise, O LORD, let not man triumph;
let
the nations be judged in your presence.
20
Strike them with terror, O LORD;
let
the nations know they are but men.
Selah
[2]
PSALMS: 39
For
the director of music. For Jeduthun. A psalm of David.
1
I said, "I will watch my ways
and
keep my tongue from sin;
I
will put a muzzle on my mouth
as
long as the wicked are in my presence."
2
But when I was silent and still,
not
even saying anything good,
my
anguish increased.
3
My heart grew hot within me,
and
as I meditated, the fire burned;
then
I spoke with my tongue:
4
"Show me, O LORD, my life's end
and
the number of my days;
let
me know how fleeting is my life.
5
You have made my days a mere handbreadth;
the
span of my years is as nothing before you.
Each
man's life is but a breath.
Selah
6
Man is a mere phantom as he goes to and fro:
He
bustles about, but only in vain;
he
heaps up wealth, not knowing who will get it.
7
"But now, Lord, what do I look for?
My
hope is in you.
8
Save me from all my transgressions;
do
not make me the scorn of fools.
9
I was silent; I would not open my mouth, [3]
for
you are the one who has done this.
10
Remove your scourge from me;
I
am overcome by the blow of your hand.
11
You rebuke and discipline men for their sin;
you
consume their wealth like a moth--
each
man is but a breath.
Selah
12
"Hear my prayer, O LORD,
listen
to my cry for help;
be
not deaf to my weeping.
For
I dwell with you as an alien,
a
stranger, as all my fathers were.
13
Look away from me, that I may rejoice again
before
I depart and am no more." [4]
PSALMS: 69
For
the director of music. To the tune of "Lilies." Of David.
1
Save me, O God,
for
the waters have come up to my neck.
2
I sink in the miry depths,
where
there is no foothold.
I
have come into the deep waters;
the
floods engulf me.
3
I am worn out calling for help;
my
throat is parched.
My
eyes fail,
looking
for my God.
4
Those who hate me without reason
outnumber
the hairs of my head;
many
are my enemies without cause,
those
who seek to destroy me.
I
am forced to restore
what
I did not steal.
5
You know my folly, O God;
my
guilt is not hidden from you.
6
May those who hope in you
not
be disgraced because of me,
O
Lord, the LORD Almighty;
may
those who seek you
not
be put to shame because of me,
O
God of Israel.
7
For I endure scorn for your sake,
and
shame covers my face.
8
I am a stranger to my brothers, [5]
an
alien to my own mother's sons;
9
for zeal for your house consumes me,
and
the insults of those who insult you fall on me.
10
When I weep and fast,
I
must endure scorn;
11
when I put on sackcloth,
people
make sport of me.
12
Those who sit at the gate mock me,
and
I am the song of the drunkards.
13
But I pray to you, O LORD,
in
the time of your favor;
in
your great love, O God,
answer
me with your sure salvation.
14
Rescue me from the mire,
do
not let me sink;
deliver
me from those who hate me,
from
the deep waters.
15
Do not let the floodwaters engulf me
or
the depths swallow me up
or
the pit close its mouth over me.
16
Answer me, O LORD, out of the goodness of your love;
in
your great mercy turn to me.
17
Do not hide your face from your servant;
answer
me quickly, for I am in trouble.
18
Come near and rescue me;
redeem
me because of my foes.
19
You know how I am scorned, disgraced and shamed;
all
my enemies are before you.
20
Scorn has broken my heart [6]
and
has left me helpless;
I
looked for sympathy, but there was none,
for
comforters, but I found none.
21
They put gall in my food
and
gave me vinegar for my thirst.
22
May the table set before them become a snare;
may
it become retribution and A a trap.
23
May their eyes be darkened so they cannot see,
and
their backs be bent forever.
24
Pour out your wrath on them;
let
your fierce anger overtake them.
25
May their place be deserted;
let
there be no one to dwell in their tents.
26
For they persecute those you wound
and
talk about the pain of those you hurt.
27
Charge them with crime upon crime;
do
not let them share in your salvation.
28
May they be blotted out of the book of life
and
not be listed with the righteous.
29
I am in pain and distress;
may
your salvation, O God, protect me.
30
I will praise God's name in song
and
glorify him with thanksgiving.
31
This will please the LORD more than an ox,
more
than a bull with its horns and hoofs.
32
The poor will see and be glad--
you
who seek God, may your hearts live!
33
The LORD hears the needy
and
does not despise his captive people. [7]
34
Let heaven and earth praise him,
the
seas and all that move in them,
35
for God will save Zion
and
rebuild the cities of Judah.
Then
people will settle there and possess it;
36
the children of his servants will inherit it,
and
those who love his name will dwell there. [8]
PSALMS: 99
1
The LORD reigns,
let
the nations tremble;
he
sits enthroned between the cherubim,
let
the earth shake.
2
Great is the LORD in Zion;
he
is exalted over all the nations.
3
Let them praise your great and awesome name--
he
is holy.
4
The King is mighty, he loves justice--
you
have established equity;
in
Jacob you have done
what
is just and right.
5
Exalt the LORD our God
and
worship at his footstool;
he
is holy.
6
Moses and Aaron were among his priests,
Samuel
was among those who called on his name;
they
called on the LORD
and
he answered them.
7
He spoke to them from the pillar of cloud;
they
kept his statutes and the decrees he gave them.
8
O LORD our God,
you
answered them;
you
were to Israel A a forgiving God,
though
you punished their misdeeds. B
9
Exalt the LORD our God
and
worship at his holy mountain,
for
the LORD our God is holy. [9]
PSALMS: 129
A
song of ascents.
1
They have greatly oppressed me from my youth--
let
Israel say--
2
they have greatly oppressed me from my youth,
but
they have not gained the victory over me.
3
Plowmen have plowed my back
and
made their furrows long.
4
But the LORD is righteous;
he
has cut me free from the cords of the wicked.
5
May all who hate Zion
be
turned back in shame.
6
May they be like grass on the roof,
which
withers before it can grow;
7
with it the reaper cannot fill his hands,
nor
the one who gathers fill his arms.
8
May those who pass by not say,
"The
blessing of the LORD be upon you;
we
bless you in the name of the LORD." [10]
PROVERBS: 9
9
1 Wisdom has built her
house;
she
has hewn out its seven pillars.
2
She has prepared her meat and mixed her wine;
she
has also set her table.
3
She has sent out her maids, and she calls
from
the highest point of the city.
4
"Let all who are
simple come in here!"
she
says to those who lack judgment.
5
"Come, eat my food
and drink the wine I have mixed.
6 Leave your
simple ways and you will live;
walk in the way of understanding.
7
"Whoever corrects a
mocker invites insult;
whoever rebukes a wicked man incurs abuse.
8 Do not
rebuke a mocker or he will hate you;
rebuke a wise man and he will love you.
9 Instruct a
wise man and he will be wiser still;
teach a righteous man and he will add to his learning.
10
"The fear of the LORD
is the beginning of wisdom,
and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.
11 For
through me your days will be many,
and years will be added to your life.
12 If you are
wise, your wisdom will reward you;
if you are a mocker, you alone will suffer."
13
The woman Folly is loud;
she
is undisciplined and without knowledge.
14
She sits at the door of her house,
on
a seat at the highest point of the city,
15
calling out to those who pass by,
who
go straight on their way.
16
"Let all who are
simple come in here!" [11]
she
says to those who lack judgment.
17
"Stolen water is
sweet;
food eaten in secret is delicious!"
18
But little do they know that the dead are there,
that
her guests are in the depths of the grave. A [12]
OLD TESTAMENT: 2 SAMUEL 14:1 - 15:22
14 1
Joab son of Zeruiah knew that the king's heart longed
for Absalom. 2 So Joab sent someone to Tekoa and had a wise woman
brought from there. He said to her, "Pretend you are in mourning. Dress in
mourning clothes, and don't use any cosmetic lotions. Act like a woman who has
spent many days grieving for the dead. 3 Then go to the king and
speak these words to him." And Joab put the words in her mouth.
4 When
the woman from Tekoa went A to the king, she fell with her face to
the ground to pay him honor, and she said, "Help me, O king!"
5 The
king asked her, "What is troubling you?"
She said, "I am
indeed a widow; my husband is dead. 6 I your servant had two sons.
They got into a fight with each other in the field, and no one was there to
separate them. One struck the other and killed him. 7 Now the whole
clan has risen up against your servant; they say, `Hand over the one who struck
his brother down, so that we may put him to death for the life of his brother
whom he killed; then we will get rid of the heir as well.' They would put out
the only burning coal I have left, leaving my husband neither name nor
descendant on the face of the earth."
8 The
king said to the woman, "Go home, and I will issue an order in your
behalf."
9 But
the woman from Tekoa said to him, "My lord the king, let the blame rest on
me and on my father's family, and let the king and his throne be without
guilt."
10 The
king replied, "If anyone says anything to you, bring him to me, and he
will not bother you again." [13]
11 She said, "Then let the king invoke the LORD his God to
prevent the avenger of blood from adding to the destruction, so that my son
will not be destroyed."
"As surely as the
LORD lives," he said, "not one hair of your son's head will fall to
the ground."
12 Then
the woman said, "Let your servant speak a word to my lord the king."
"Speak," he
replied.
13 The
woman said, "Why then have you devised a thing like this against the
people of God? When the king says this, does he not convict himself, for the
king has not brought back his banished son? 14 Like water spilled on
the ground, which cannot be recovered, so we must die. But God does not take
away life; instead, he devises ways so that a banished person may not remain
estranged from him.
15 "And
now I have come to say this to my lord the king because the people have made me
afraid. Your servant thought, `I will speak to the king; perhaps he will do
what his servant asks. 16 Perhaps the king will agree to deliver his
servant from the hand of the man who is trying to cut off both me and my son
from the inheritance God gave us.'
17 "And
now your servant says, `May the word of my lord the king bring me rest, for my
lord the king is like an angel of God in discerning good and evil. May the LORD
your God be with you.'"
18 Then
the king said to the woman, "Do not keep from me the answer to what I am
going to ask you."
"Let my lord the
king speak," the woman said. [14]
19 The king asked, "Isn't the hand of Joab with you in all
this?"
The woman answered,
"As surely as you live, my lord the king, no one can turn to the right or
to the left from anything my lord the king says. Yes, it was your servant Joab
who instructed me to do this and who put all these words into the mouth of your
servant. 20 Your servant Joab did this to change the present
situation. My lord has wisdom like that of an angel of God--he knows everything
that happens in the land."
21 The
king said to Joab, "Very well, I will do it. Go, bring back the young man
Absalom."
22 Joab
fell with his face to the ground to pay him honor, and he blessed the king.
Joab said, "Today your servant knows that he has found favor in your eyes,
my lord the king, because the king has granted his servant's request."
23 Then
Joab went to Geshur and brought Absalom back to Jerusalem. 24 But
the king said, "He must go to his own house; he must not see my
face." So Absalom went to his own house and did not see the face of the
king.
25 In
all Israel there was not a man so highly praised for his handsome appearance as
Absalom. From the top of his head to the sole of his foot there was no blemish
in him.
26 Whenever
he cut the hair of his head--he used to cut his hair from time to time when it
became too heavy for him--he would weigh it, and its weight was two hundred
shekels B by the royal standard.
27 Three
sons and a daughter were born to Absalom. The daughter's name was Tamar, and
she became a beautiful woman. [15]
28 Absalom lived two years in Jerusalem without seeing the king's
face. 29 Then Absalom sent for Joab in order to send him to the
king, but Joab refused to come to him. So he sent a second time, but he refused
to come.
30 Then
he said to his servants, "Look, Joab's field is next to mine, and he has
barley there. Go and set it on fire." So Absalom's servants set the field
on fire.
31 Then
Joab did go to Absalom's house and he said to him, "Why have your servants
set my field on fire?"
32 Absalom
said to Joab, "Look, I sent word to you and said, `Come here so I can send
you to the king to ask, "Why have I come from Geshur? It would be better
for me if I were still there!" ` Now then, I want to see the king's face,
and if I am guilty of anything, let him put me to death."
33 So
Joab went to the king and told him this. Then the king summoned Absalom, and he
came in and bowed down with his face to the ground before the king. And the
king kissed Absalom.
15 1
In the course of time, Absalom provided himself with a
chariot and horses and with fifty men to run ahead of him. 2 He
would get up early and stand by the side of the road leading to the city gate.
Whenever anyone came with a complaint to be placed before the king for a
decision, Absalom would call out to him, "What town are you from?" He
would answer, "Your servant is from one of the tribes of Israel."
3 Then
Absalom would say to him, "Look, your claims are valid and proper, but
there is no representative of the king to hear you." 4 And
Absalom would add, "If only I were appointed judge in the land! Then
everyone who has a complaint or case could come to me and I would see that he
gets justice."
5 Also,
whenever anyone approached him to bow down before him, Absalom would reach out
his hand, take hold of him and kiss him.
6 Absalom
behaved in this way toward all the Israelites who came to the king asking for
justice, and so he stole the hearts of the men of Israel.
7 At
the end of four A years, Absalom said to the king, "Let me go
to Hebron and fulfill a vow I made to the LORD. 8 While your servant
was living at Geshur in Aram, I made this vow: `If the LORD takes me back to
Jerusalem, I will worship the LORD in Hebron. B'"
9 The
king said to him, "Go in peace." So he went to Hebron.
10 Then
Absalom sent secret messengers throughout the tribes of Israel to say, "As
soon as you hear the sound of the trumpets, then say, `Absalom is king in
Hebron.'" 11 Two hundred men from Jerusalem had accompanied
Absalom. They had been invited as guests and went quite innocently, knowing
nothing about the matter. 12 While Absalom was offering sacrifices,
he also sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David's counselor, to come from
Giloh, his hometown. And so the conspiracy gained strength, and Absalom's
following kept on increasing.
13 A
messenger came and told David, "The hearts of the men of Israel are with
Absalom."
14 Then
David said to all his officials who were with him in Jerusalem, "Come! We
must flee, or none of us will escape from [16]
[17]
Absalom. We must leave immediately, or he will move quickly to overtake us and
bring ruin upon us and put the city to the sword."
15 The king's officials
answered him, "Your servants are ready to do whatever our lord the king
chooses."
16 The
king set out, with his entire household following him; but he left ten
concubines to take care of the palace. 17 So the king set out, with
all the people following him, and they halted at a place some distance away. 18
All his men marched past him, along with all the Kerethites and
Pelethites; and all the six hundred Gittites who had accompanied him from Gath
marched before the king.
19 The
king said to Ittai the Gittite, "Why should you come along with us? Go
back and stay with King Absalom. You are a foreigner, an exile from your
homeland. 20 You came only yesterday. And today shall I make you
wander about with us, when I do not know where I am going? Go back, and take
your countrymen. May kindness and faithfulness be with you."
21 But
Ittai replied to the king, "As surely as the LORD lives, and as my lord
the king lives, wherever my lord the king may be, whether it means life or
death, there will your servant be."
22 David
said to Ittai, "Go ahead, march on." So Ittai the Gittite marched on
with all his men and the families that were with him. [18]
NEW TESTAMENT: JOHN 18:1 - 24
18 1
When he had finished praying, Jesus left with his
disciples and crossed the Kidron Valley. On the other side there was an olive
grove, and he and his disciples went into it.
2 Now
Judas, who betrayed him, knew the place, because Jesus had often met there with
his disciples. 3 So Judas came to the grove, guiding a detachment of
soldiers and some officials from the chief priests and Pharisees. They were
carrying torches, lanterns and weapons.
4 Jesus,
knowing all that was going to happen to him, went out and asked them, "Who is it you want?"
5 "Jesus
of Nazareth," they replied.
"I am he," Jesus said. (And Judas the traitor was
standing there with them.) 6 When Jesus said, "I am he," they drew back and fell to the ground.
7 Again
he asked them, "Who is it you want?"
And they said,
"Jesus of Nazareth."
8 "I told you that I am he," Jesus answered. "If you are looking for me, then let these men go."
9 This happened so that the words he had spoken would be fulfilled:
"I have not lost one of those you gave me."
A
10 Then
Simon Peter, who had a sword, drew it and struck the high priest's servant,
cutting off his right ear. (The servant's name was Malchus.)
11 Jesus
commanded Peter, "Put your sword away! Shall I not drink the cup the Father has given
me?"
12 Then
the detachment of soldiers with its commander and the Jewish officials arrested
Jesus. They bound him 13 and brought him [19]
first to Annas, who was the father-in-law of Caiaphas, the high priest that
year. 14 Caiaphas was the one who had advised the Jews that it would
be good if one man died for the people.
15 Simon
Peter and another disciple were following Jesus. Because this disciple was
known to the high priest, he went with Jesus into the high priest's courtyard, 16
but Peter had to wait outside at the door. The other disciple, who was
known to the high priest, came back, spoke to the girl on duty there and
brought Peter in.
17 "You
are not one of his disciples, are you?" the girl at the door asked Peter.
He replied, "I am
not."
18 It
was cold, and the servants and officials stood around a fire they had made to
keep warm. Peter also was standing with them, warming himself.
19 Meanwhile,
the high priest questioned Jesus about his disciples and his teaching.
20 "I have spoken openly to the world," Jesus
replied. "I always taught in synagogues or at the
temple, where all the Jews come together. I said nothing in secret. 21 Why question me? Ask those who heard me. Surely they know
what I said."
22 When
Jesus said this, one of the officials nearby struck him in the face. "Is
this the way you answer the high priest?" he demanded.
23 "If I said something wrong," Jesus replied,
"testify as to what is wrong. But if I spoke the
truth, why did you strike me?" 24 Then Annas sent him,
still bound, to Caiaphas the high priest. B
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