Genesis 1:1 1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
MAY
14
PSALMS:
14, 44, 74, 104,
134
PROVERBS: 14
OLD
TESTAMENT: 2 CHRONICLES 33:14 -
34:33
NEW
TESTAMENT: ROMANS 16:10 -
27
PSALMS: 14
For
the director of music. Of David.
1
The
fool A says in his heart,
"There
is no God."
They
are corrupt, their deeds are vile;
there
is no one who does good.
2
The
LORD looks down from heaven
on
the sons of men
to
see if there are any who understand,
any
who seek God.
3
All
have turned aside,
they
have together become corrupt;
there
is no one who does good,
not
even one.
4
Will
evildoers never learn--
those
who devour my people as men eat bread
and
who do not call on the LORD?
5
There
they are, overwhelmed with dread,
for
God is present in the company of the righteous.
6
You
evildoers frustrate the plans of the poor,
but
the LORD is their refuge.
7
Oh,
that salvation for Israel would come out of Zion!
When
the LORD restores the fortunes of his people,
let
Jacob rejoice and Israel be glad! [1]
PSALMS: 44
For
the director of music. Of the Sons of Korah. A maskil
.A
1
We
have heard with our ears, O God;
our
fathers have told us
what
you did in their days,
in
days long ago.
2
With
your hand you drove out the nations
and
planted our fathers;
you
crushed the peoples
and
made our fathers flourish.
3
It
was not by their sword that they won the land,
nor
did their arm bring them victory;
it
was your right hand, your arm,
and
the light of your face, for you loved them.
4
You
are my King and my God,
who
decrees B victories for Jacob.
5
Through
you we push back our enemies;
through
your name we trample our foes.
6
I
do not trust in my bow,
my
sword does not bring me victory;
7
but
you give us victory over our enemies,
you
put our adversaries to shame.
8
In
God we make our boast all day long,
and
we will praise your name forever.
Selah
9
But
now you have rejected and humbled us;
you
no longer go out with our armies.
10
You
made us retreat before the enemy,
and
our adversaries have plundered us. [2]
11
You
gave us up to be devoured like sheep
and
have scattered us among the nations.
12
You
sold your people for a pittance,
gaining
nothing from their sale.
13
You
have made us a reproach to our neighbors,
the
scorn and derision of those around us.
14
You
have made us a byword among the nations;
the
peoples shake their heads at us.
15
My
disgrace is before me all day long,
and
my face is covered with shame
16
at
the taunts of those who reproach and revile me,
because
of the enemy, who is bent on revenge.
17
All
this happened to us,
though
we had not forgotten you
or
been false to your covenant.
18 Our
hearts had not turned back;
our
feet had not strayed from your path.
19
But
you crushed us and made us a haunt for jackals
and
covered us over with deep darkness.
20
If
we had forgotten the name of our God
or
spread out our hands to a foreign god,
21
would
not God have discovered it,
since
he knows the secrets of the heart?
22
Yet
for your sake we face death all day long;
we
are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.
23
Awake,
O Lord! Why do you sleep?
Rouse
yourself! Do not reject us forever. [3]
24
Why
do you hide your face
and
forget our misery and oppression?
25
We
are brought down to the dust;
our
bodies cling to the ground.
26
Rise
up and help us;
redeem
us because of your unfailing love. [4]
PSALMS: 74
A
maskil A of Asaph.
1
Why
have you rejected us forever, O God?
Why
does your anger smolder against the sheep of your pasture?
2
Remember
the people you purchased of old,
the
tribe of your inheritance, whom you redeemed--
Mount
Zion, where you dwelt.
3
Turn
your steps toward these everlasting ruins,
all
this destruction the enemy has brought on the sanctuary.
4
Your
foes roared in the place where you met with us;
they
set up their standards as signs.
5
They
behaved like men wielding axes
to
cut through a thicket of trees.
6
They
smashed all the carved paneling
with
their axes and hatchets.
7
They
burned your sanctuary to the ground;
they
defiled the dwelling place of your Name.
8
They
said in their hearts, "We will crush them completely!"
They
burned every place where God was worshiped in the land.
9
We
are given no miraculous signs;
no
prophets are left,
and
none of us knows how long this will be.
10
How
long will the enemy mock you, O God?
Will
the foe revile your name forever?
11
Why
do you hold back your hand, your right hand?
Take
it from the folds of your garment and destroy them!
12
But
you, O God, are my king from of old;
you
bring salvation upon the earth. [5]
13
It
was you who split open the sea by your power;
you
broke the heads of the monster in the waters.
14
It
was you who crushed the heads of Leviathan
and
gave him as food to the creatures of the desert.
15
It
was you who opened up springs and streams;
you
dried up the ever flowing rivers.
16
The
day is yours, and yours also the night;
you
established the sun and moon.
17
It
was you who set all the boundaries of the earth;
you
made both summer and winter.
18
Remember
how the enemy has mocked you, O LORD,
how
foolish people have reviled your name.
19
Do
not hand over the life of your dove to wild beasts;
do
not forget the lives of your afflicted people forever.
20
Have
regard for your covenant,
because
haunts of violence fill the dark places of the land.
21
Do
not let the oppressed retreat in disgrace;
may
the poor and needy praise your name.
22
Rise
up, O God, and defend your cause;
remember
how fools mock you all day long.
23
Do
not ignore the clamor of your adversaries,
the
uproar of your enemies, which rises continually. [6]
PSALMS: 104
1
Praise
the LORD, O my soul.
O
LORD my God, you are very great;
you
are clothed with splendor and majesty.
2
He
wraps himself in light as with a garment;
he
stretches out the heavens like a tent
3
and
lays the beams of his upper chambers on their waters.
He
makes the clouds his chariot
and
rides on the wings of the wind.
4
He
makes winds his messengers, A
flames
of fire his servants.
5
He
set the earth on its foundations;
it
can never be moved.
6
You
covered it with the deep as with a garment;
the
waters stood above the mountains.
7
But
at your rebuke the waters fled,
at
the sound of your thunder they took to flight;
8
they
flowed over the mountains,
they
went down into the valleys,
to
the place you assigned for them.
9
You
set a boundary they cannot cross;
never
again will they cover the earth.
10
He
makes springs pour water into the ravines;
it
flows between the mountains.
11
They
give water to all the beasts of the field;
the
wild donkeys quench their thirst.
12
The
birds of the air nest by the waters;
they
sing among the branches.
13
He
waters the mountains from his upper chambers;
the
earth is satisfied by the fruit of his work.
14
He
makes grass grow for the cattle,
and
plants for man to cultivate--
bringing
forth food from the earth: [7]
15
wine
that gladdens the heart of man,
oil
to make his face shine,
and
bread that sustains his heart.
16
The
trees of the LORD are well watered,
the
cedars of Lebanon that he planted.
17
There
the birds make their nests;
the
stork has its home in the pine trees.
18
The
high mountains belong to the wild goats;
the
crags are a refuge for the coneys. B
19
The
moon marks off the seasons,
and
the sun knows when to go down.
20
You
bring darkness, it becomes night,
and
all the beasts of the forest prowl.
21
The
lions roar for their prey
and
seek their food from God.
22
The
sun rises, and they steal away;
they
return and lie down in their dens.
23
Then
man goes out to his work,
to
his labor until evening.
24
How
many are your works, O LORD!
In
wisdom you made them all;
the
earth is full of your creatures.
25
There
is the sea, vast and spacious,
teeming
with creatures beyond number--
living
things both large and small.
26
There
the ships go to and fro,
and
the leviathan, which you formed to frolic there. [8]
27
These
all look to you
to
give them their food at the proper time.
28
When
you give it to them,
they
gather it up;
when
you open your hand,
they
are satisfied with good things.
29
When
you hide your face,
they
are terrified;
when
you take away their breath,
they
die and return to the dust.
30
When
you send your Spirit,
they
are created,
and
you renew the face of the earth.
31
May
the glory of the LORD endure forever;
may
the LORD rejoice in his works--
32
he
who looks at the earth, and it trembles,
who
touches the mountains, and they smoke.
33
I
will sing to the LORD all my life;
I
will sing praise to my God as long as I live.
34
May
my meditation be pleasing to him,
as
I rejoice in the LORD.
35
But
may sinners vanish from the earth
and
the wicked be no more.
Praise
the LORD, O my soul.
Praise
the LORD. C [9]
PSALMS: 134
A
song of ascents.
1
Praise
the LORD, all you servants of the LORD
who
minister by night in the house of the LORD.
2
Lift
up your hands in the sanctuary
and
praise the LORD.
3
May
the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth,
bless
you from Zion. [10]
PROVERBS: 14
14
1
The wise woman builds her house,
but
with her own hands the foolish one tears hers down.
2
He
whose walk is upright fears the LORD,
but
he whose ways are devious despises him.
3
A
fool's talk brings a rod to his back,
but
the lips of the wise protect them.
4
Where
there are no oxen, the manger is empty,
but
from the strength of an ox comes an abundant harvest.
5
A
truthful witness does not deceive,
but
a false witness pours out lies.
6
The
mocker seeks wisdom and finds none,
but
knowledge comes easily to the discerning.
7
Stay
away from a foolish man,
for
you will not find knowledge on his lips.
8
The
wisdom of the prudent is to give thought to their ways,
but
the folly of fools is deception.
9
Fools
mock at making amends for sin,
but
goodwill is found among the upright.
10
Each
heart knows its own bitterness,
and
no one else can share its joy.
11
The
house of the wicked will be destroyed,
but
the tent of the upright will flourish. [11]
12
There
is a way that seems right to a man,
but
in the end it leads to death.
13
Even
in laughter the heart may ache,
and
joy may end in grief.
14
The
faithless will be fully repaid for their ways,
and
the good man rewarded for his.
15
A
simple man believes anything,
but
a prudent man gives thought to his steps.
16
A
wise man fears the LORD and shuns evil,
but
a fool is hotheaded and reckless.
17
A
quick-tempered man does foolish things,
and
a crafty man is hated.
18
The
simple inherit folly,
but
the prudent are crowned with knowledge.
19
Evil
men will bow down in the presence of the good,
and
the wicked at the gates of the righteous.
20
The
poor are shunned even by their neighbors,
but
the rich have many friends.
21
He
who despises his neighbor sins,
but
blessed is he who is kind to the needy.
22
Do
not those who plot evil go astray?
But
those who plan what is good find A love and faithfulness. [12]
23
All
hard work brings a profit,
but
mere talk leads only to poverty.
24
The
wealth of the wise is their crown,
but
the folly of fools yields folly.
25
A
truthful witness saves lives,
but
a false witness is deceitful.
26
He
who fears the LORD has a secure fortress,
and
for his children it will be a refuge.
27
The
fear of the LORD is a fountain of life,
turning
a man from the snares of death.
28
A
large population is a king's glory,
but
without subjects a prince is ruined.
29
A
patient man has great understanding,
but
a quick-tempered man displays folly.
30
A
heart at peace gives life to the body,
but
envy rots the bones.
31
He
who oppresses the poor shows contempt for their Maker,
but
whoever is kind to the needy honors God.
32
When
calamity comes, the wicked are brought down,
but
even in death the righteous have a refuge.
33
Wisdom
reposes in the heart of the discerning
and
even among fools she lets herself be known. B [13]
34
Righteousness
exalts a nation,
but
sin is a disgrace to any people.
35
A
king delights in a wise servant,
but
a shameful servant incurs his wrath. [14]
OLD
TESTAMENT: 2 CHRONICLES 33:14 -
34:33
14
Afterward
he rebuilt the outer wall of the City of David, west of the Gihon spring in the
valley, as far as the entrance of the Fish Gate and encircling the hill of
Ophel; he also made it much higher. He stationed military commanders in all the
fortified cities in Judah.
15
He
got rid of the foreign gods and removed the image from the temple of the LORD,
as well as all the altars he had built on the temple hill and in Jerusalem; and
he threw them out of the city. 16 Then he restored the altar of the
LORD and sacrificed fellowship offerings B and thank offerings on it,
and told Judah to serve the LORD, the God of Israel. 17 The people,
however, continued to sacrifice at the high places, but only to the LORD their
God.
18
The
other events of Manasseh's reign, including his prayer to his God and the words
the seers spoke to him in the name of the LORD, the God of Israel, are written
in the annals of the kings of Israel. C 19 His prayer and
how God was moved by his entreaty, as well as all his sins and unfaithfulness,
and the sites where he built high places and set up Asherah poles and idols
before he humbled himself--all are written in the records of the seers.
D 20 Manasseh rested with his fathers and was buried in
his palace. And Amon his son succeeded him as king.
21
Amon
was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem two
years. 22 He did evil in the eyes of the LORD, as his father Manasseh
had done. Amon worshiped and offered sacrifices to all the idols Manasseh had
made. 23 But unlike his father Manasseh, he did not humble himself
before the LORD; Amon increased his guilt.
24
Amon's
officials conspired against him and assassinated him in his palace. 25
Then the people of the land killed all who had plotted against King Amon,
and they made Josiah his son king in his place.
34
1
Josiah
was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem thirty-one
years. 2 He did what was right in the eyes of the LORD and walked in
the ways of his father David, not turning aside to the right or to the left.
3
In
the eighth year of his reign, while he was still young, he began to seek the God
of his father David. In his twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem
of high places, Asherah poles, carved idols and cast images. 4 Under
his direction the altars of the Baals were torn down; he cut to pieces the
incense altars that were above them, and smashed the Asherah poles, the idols
and the images. These he broke to pieces and scattered over the graves of those
who had sacrificed to them. 5 He burned the bones of the priests on
their altars, and so he purged Judah and Jerusalem. 6 In the towns of
Manasseh, Ephraim and Simeon, as far as Naphtali, and in the ruins around them,
7 he tore down the altars and the Asherah poles and crushed the idols
to powder and cut to pieces all the incense altars throughout Israel. Then he
went back to Jerusalem.
8
In
the eighteenth year of Josiah's reign, to purify the land and the temple, he
sent Shaphan son of Azaliah and Maaseiah the ruler of the city, with Joah son of
Joahaz, the recorder, to repair the temple of 9 They went to Hilkiah
the high priest and gave him the money that had been brought into the temple of
God, which the Levites who were the doorkeepers had collected from the people of
Manasseh, Ephraim and the entire remnant of Israel and from all the people of
Judah and Benjamin and the inhabitants of Jerusalem. 10 Then they
entrusted it to the men appointed to supervise the work on the LORD's temple.
These men paid the workers who repaired and restored the temple.
11
They
also gave money to the carpenters and builders to purchase dressed stone, and
timber for joists and beams for the buildings that the kings of Judah had
allowed to fall into ruin.
12
The
men did the work faithfully. Over them to direct them were Jahath and Obadiah,
Levites descended from Merari, and Zechariah and Meshullam, descended from
Kohath. The Levites--all who were skilled in playing musical instruments—13
had charge of the laborers and supervised all the workers from job to job.
Some of the Levites were secretaries, scribes and doorkeepers.
14
While
they were bringing out the money that had been taken into the temple of the
LORD, Hilkiah the priest found the Book of the Law of the LORD that had been
given through Moses. 15 Hilkiah said to Shaphan the secretary, "I
have found the Book of the Law in the temple of the LORD." He gave it to
Shaphan.
16
Then
Shaphan took the book to the king and reported to him: "Your officials are doing
everything that has been committed to them. 17 They have paid out the
money that was in the temple of the LORD and have entrusted it to the
supervisors and workers." 18 Then Shaphan the secretary informed the
king, "Hilkiah the priest has given me a book." And Shaphan read from it in the
presence of the king.
19
When
the king heard the words of the Law, he tore his robes. 20 He gave
these orders to Hilkiah, Ahikam son of Shaphan, Abdon son of Micah, A
Shaphan the secretary and Asaiah the king's attendant: 21 "Go and
inquire of the LORD for me and for the remnant in Israel and Judah about what is
written in this book that has been found. Great is the LORD's anger that is
poured out on us because our fathers have not kept the word of the LORD; they
have not acted in accordance with all that is written in this book."
22
Hilkiah
and those the king had sent with him B went to speak to the
prophetess Huldah, who was the wife of Shallum son of Tokhath, C the
son of Hasrah, D keeper of the wardrobe. She lived in Jerusalem, in
the Second District.
23
She
said to them, "This is what the LORD, the God of
Israel, says: Tell the man who sent you to me, 24`This is what the LORD says: I am going to bring disaster on
this place and its people--all the curses written in the book that has been read
in the presence of the king of Judah. 25 Because they have forsaken me and burned incense to other
gods and provoked me to anger by all that their hands have made,
E my anger will be poured out on
this place and will not be quenched.' 26 Tell the king of Judah, who sent you to inquire of the
LORD, `This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says concerning the words you
heard: 27 Because your heart was
responsive and you humbled yourself before God when you heard what he spoke
against this place and its people, and because you humbled yourself before me
and tore your robes and wept in my [15] the LORD his God. [16] presence, I have heard you, declares the LORD.
28 Now I will gather you to your
fathers, and you will be buried in peace. Your eyes will not see all the
disaster I am going to bring on this place and on those who live here.'"
So
they took her answer back to the king.
29
Then
the king called together all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem. 30 He
went up to the temple of the LORD with the men of Judah, the people of
Jerusalem, the priests and the Levites--all the people from the least to the
greatest. He read in their hearing all the words of the Book of the Covenant,
which had been found in the temple of the LORD. 31 The king stood by
his pillar and renewed the covenant in the presence of the LORD--to follow the
LORD and keep his commands, regulations and decrees with all his heart and all
his soul, and to obey the words of the covenant written in this book.
32
Then
he had everyone in Jerusalem and Benjamin pledge themselves to it; the people of
Jerusalem did this in accordance with the covenant of God, the God of their
fathers.
33
Josiah
removed all the detestable idols from all the territory belonging to the
Israelites, and he had all who were present in Israel serve the LORD their God.
As long as he lived, they did not fail to follow the LORD, the God of their
fathers. [17]
NEW
TESTAMENT: ROMANS 16:10 -
27
10
Greet
Apelles, tested and approved in Christ.
Greet
those who belong to the household of Aristobulus.
11
Greet
Herodion, my relative.
Greet
those in the household of Narcissus who are in the Lord.
12
Greet
Tryphena and Tryphosa, those women who work hard in the Lord.
Greet
my dear friend Persis, another woman who has worked very hard in the Lord.
13
Greet
Rufus, chosen in the Lord, and his mother, who has been a mother to me, too.
14
Greet
Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermes, Patrobas, Hermas and the brothers with them.
15
Greet
Philologus, Julia, Nereus and his sister, and Olympas and all the saints with
them.
16
Greet
one another with a holy kiss.
All
the churches of Christ send greetings.
17
I
urge you, brothers, to watch out for those who cause divisions and put obstacles
in your way that are contrary to the teaching you have learned. Keep away from
them.
18
For
such people are not serving our Lord Christ, but their own appetites. By smooth
talk and flattery they deceive the minds of naive people. 19 Everyone
has heard about your obedience, so I am full of joy over you; but I want you to
be wise about what is good, and innocent about what is evil.
20
The
God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet.
The
grace of our Lord Jesus be with you.
21
Timothy,
my fellow worker, sends his greetings to you, as do Lucius, Jason and Sosipater,
my relatives.
22
I,
Tertius, who wrote down this letter, greet you in the Lord.
23
Gaius,
whose hospitality I and the whole church here enjoy, sends you his greetings.
Erastus,
who is the city's director of public works, and our brother Quartus send you
their greetings. C
25
Now
to him who is able to establish you by my gospel and the proclamation of Jesus
Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery hidden for long ages past,
26 but now revealed and made known through the prophetic writings by
the command of the eternal God, so that all nations might believe and obey
him—27 to the only wise God be glory forever through Jesus Christ!
Amen. [18]
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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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