Genesis 1:1 1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
NOVEMBER 9
PSALMS: 9, 39, 69, 99, 129
PROVERBS: 9
OLD TESTAMENT: EXODUS 8:1 -
9:35
NEW TESTAMENT: MATTHEW 19:13 -
30
PSALMS: 9
ForA 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.
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: EXODUS 8:1 -
9:35
8 1 Then the LORD said to Moses, "Go
to Pharaoh and say to him, `This is what the LORD says: Let my people go, so
that they may worship me. 2 If you refuse to let them go, I will plague your
whole country with frogs. 3 The Nile will teem with frogs. They will come up
into your palace and your bedroom and onto your bed, into the houses of your
officials and on your people, and into your ovens and kneading troughs.
4 The frogs
will go up on you and your people and all your officials.' "
5 Then the LORD said to Moses, "Tell Aaron, `Stretch out your hand with your staff over the streams
and canals and ponds, and make frogs come up on the land of Egypt.' "
6 So Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt, and the
frogs came up and covered the land. 7 But the magicians
did the same things by their secret arts; they also made frogs come up on the
land of Egypt.
8 Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and said, "Pray to the LORD to take
the frogs away from me and my people, and I will let your people go to offer
sacrifices to the LORD."
9 Moses said to Pharaoh, "I leave to you the honor of setting the time
for me to pray for you and your officials and your people that you and your
houses may be rid of the frogs, except for those that remain in the Nile."
10 "Tomorrow," Pharaoh said.
Moses replied, "It will be as you say, so that you may know there is
no one like the LORD our God. 11 The frogs will leave you
and your houses, your officials and your people; they will remain only in the
Nile."
12 After Moses and Aaron left Pharaoh, Moses cried out to the LORD about
the frogs he had brought on Pharaoh. 13 And the LORD did
what Moses asked. The frogs died in the houses, in the courtyards and in the
fields. 14 They were piled into heaps, and the land reeked
of them. 15 But when Pharaoh saw that there was relief, he
hardened his heart and would not listen to Moses and Aaron, just as the LORD had
said.
16 Then the LORD said to Moses, "Tell Aaron, `Stretch out your staff and strike the dust of the
ground,' and throughout the land of Egypt the dust will become gnats."
17 They did this, and when Aaron stretched out his hand
with the staff and struck the dust of the ground, gnats came upon men and
animals. All the dust throughout the land of Egypt became gnats. 18 But when the magicians tried to produce gnats by their
secret arts, they could not. And the gnats were on men and animals.
19 The magicians said to Pharaoh, "This is the finger of God." But
Pharaoh's heart was hard and he would not listen, just as the LORD had said.
20 Then the LORD said to Moses, "Get up early in the morning and confront Pharaoh as he goes to the
water and say to him, `This is what the [13]LORD says: Let my people go, so
that they may worship me. 21 If you do not let my people go, I will send
swarms of flies on you and your officials, on your people and into your houses.
The houses of the Egyptians will be full of flies, and even the ground where
they are.
22"` But on that day I will deal
differently with the land of Goshen, where my people live; no swarms of flies
will be there, so that you will know that I, the LORD, am in this land.
23 I will make
a distinction A between my people and your people. This miraculous sign will occur
tomorrow.' "
24 And the LORD did this. Dense swarms of flies poured into Pharaoh's
palace and into the houses of his officials, and throughout Egypt the land was
ruined by the flies.
25 Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and said, "Go, sacrifice to
your God here in the land."
26 But Moses said, "That would not be right. The sacrifices we offer the
LORD our God would be detestable to the Egyptians. And if we offer sacrifices
that are detestable in their eyes, will they not stone us? 27
We must take a three-day journey into the desert to offer sacrifices to
the LORD our God, as he commands us."
28 Pharaoh said, "I will let you go to offer sacrifices to the LORD your
God in the desert, but you must not go very far. Now pray for me."
29 Moses answered, "As soon as I leave you, I will pray to the LORD, and
tomorrow the flies will leave Pharaoh and his officials and his people. Only be
sure that Pharaoh does not act deceitfully again by not letting the people go to
offer sacrifices to the LORD."
30 Then Moses left Pharaoh and prayed to the LORD, 31and the LORD did what Moses asked: The flies left Pharaoh and
his officials and his people; not a fly remained. 32 But
this time also Pharaoh hardened his heart and would not let the people go.
9 1 Then the LORD said to Moses, "Go
to Pharaoh and say to him, `This is what the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, says:
"Let my people go, so that they may worship me." 2 If you refuse to let
them go and continue to hold them back, 3 the hand of the LORD will bring a terrible
plague on your livestock in the field--on your horses and donkeys and camels and
on your cattle and sheep and goats. 4 But the LORD will make a distinction between the
livestock of Israel and that of Egypt, so that no animal belonging to the
Israelites will die.' "
5 The LORD set a time and said, "Tomorrow the LORD will do this in the land." 6
And the next day the LORD did it: All the livestock of the [14] Egyptians died, but not one animal
belonging to the Israelites died. 7 Pharaoh sent men to
investigate and found that not even one of the animals of the Israelites had
died. Yet his heart was unyielding and he would not let the people go.
8 Then the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, "Take handfuls of soot from a furnace and have Moses toss it into the
air in the presence of Pharaoh. 9 It will become fine dust over the whole land of
Egypt, and festering boils will break out on men and animals throughout the
land."
10 So they took soot from a furnace and stood before Pharaoh. Moses
tossed it into the air, and festering boils broke out on men and animals. 11 The magicians could not stand before Moses because of the
boils that were on them and on all the Egyptians. 12 But
the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart and he would not listen to Moses and Aaron,
just as the LORD had said to Moses.
13 Then the LORD said to Moses, "Get up early in the morning, confront Pharaoh and say to him, `This
is what the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, says: Let my people go, so that they
may worship me, 14 or this time I will send the full force of my plagues against you
and against your officials and your people, so you may know that there is no one
like me in all the earth. 15 For by now I could have stretched out my hand
and struck you and your people with a plague that would have wiped you off the
earth. 16 But
I have raised you up A for this very purpose, that I might show you my power and that my
name might be proclaimed in all the earth. 17 You still set yourself against my people and
will not let them go. 18 Therefore, at this time tomorrow I will send the worst hailstorm
that has ever fallen on Egypt, from the day it was founded till now. 19 Give an order now to
bring your livestock and everything you have in the field to a place of shelter,
because the hail will fall on every man and animal that has not been brought in
and is still out in the field, and they will die.' "
20 Those officials of Pharaoh who feared the word of the LORD hurried to
bring their slaves and their livestock inside. 21 But
those who ignored the word of the LORD left their slaves and livestock in the
field.
22 Then the LORD said to Moses, "Stretch out your hand toward the sky so that hail will fall all over
Egypt--on men and animals and on everything growing in the fields of
Egypt." 23 When Moses stretched out his staff
toward the sky, the LORD sent thunder and hail, and lightning flashed down to
the ground. So the LORD rained hail on the land of Egypt; 24
hail fell and lightning flashed back and forth. It was the worst storm in
all the land of Egypt since it had become a nation. 25
Throughout Egypt hail struck everything in the fields--both men and
animals; it beat down everything growing in the fields and stripped every tree.
26 The only place it did not hail was the land of Goshen,
where the Israelites were.
27 Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron. "This time I have sinned," he
said to them. "The LORD is in the right, and I and my people are in the wrong.
28 Pray to the LORD, for we have had enough thunder and
hail. I will let you go; you don't have to stay any longer."
29 Moses replied, "When I have gone out of the city, I will spread out
my hands in prayer to the LORD. The thunder will stop and there will be no more
hail, so you may know that the earth is the LORD's. 30 But
I know that you and your officials still do not fear the LORD God." [15]
31 (The flax and barley were destroyed, since the barley had headed and
the flax was in bloom. 32 The wheat and spelt, however,
were not destroyed, because they ripen later.)
33 Then Moses left Pharaoh and went out of the city. He spread out his
hands toward the LORD; the thunder and hail stopped, and the rain no longer
poured down on the land. 34 When Pharaoh saw that the rain
and hail and thunder had stopped, he sinned again: He and his officials hardened
their hearts. 35 So Pharaoh's heart was hard and he would
not let the Israelites go, just as the LORD had said through Moses. [16]
NEW TESTAMENT: MATTHEW 19:13 -
30
13 Then little children were brought to Jesus for him to place his hands
on them and pray for them. But the disciples rebuked those who brought them.
14 Jesus said, "Let the little
children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs
to such as these." 15 When he had placed his hands
on them, he went on from there.
16 Now a man came up to Jesus and asked, "Teacher, what good thing must
I do to get eternal life?"
17 "Why do you ask me about what is
good?" Jesus replied. "There is only
One who is good. If you want to enter life, obey the commandments."
18 "Which ones?" the man inquired.
Jesus replied, " `Do not murder,
do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not give false testimony, 19 honor your father and
mother,' D and
`love your neighbor as yourself.' E"
20 "All these I have kept," the young man said. "What do I still lack?"
21 Jesus answered, "If you want to
be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have
treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me."
22 When the young man heard this, he went away sad, because he had great
wealth.
23 Then Jesus said to his disciples, "I tell you the truth, it is hard for a rich man to enter the kingdom
of heaven. 24
Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle
than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God."
25 When the disciples heard this, they were greatly astonished and
asked, "Who then can be saved?"
26 Jesus looked at them and said, "With man this is impossible, but with God all things are
possible."
27 Peter answered him, "We have left everything to follow you! What then
will there be for us?"
28 Jesus said to them, "I tell you
the truth, at the renewal of all things, when the Son of Man sits on his
glorious throne, you who have followed me will also sit on twelve thrones,
judging the twelve tribes of Israel. 29 And everyone who has left houses or brothers or
sisters or father or mother F or children or fields for my sake will receive a
hundred times as much and will inherit eternal life. 30 But many who are first
will be last, and many who are last will be first. [17]
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John 3:16-21 16 "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, F that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. 17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. 18 Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because he has not believed in the name of God's one and only Son.G 19 This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but men loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil. 20 Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that his deeds will be exposed. 21 But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that it may be seen plainly that what he has done has been done through God." H
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