Genesis 1:1 1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
MAY
30
PSALMS: 30,
60, 90, 120, 150
PROVERBS: 30
OLD
TESTAMENT: ESTHER 4:1 - 7:10
NEW
TESTAMENT: 1 CORITHIANS 12:1 -
26
PSALMS: 30
A
psalm. A song. For the dedication of the temple. A Of
David.
1
I
will exalt you, O LORD,
for
you lifted me out of the depths
and
did not let my enemies gloat over me.
2
O
LORD my God, I called to you for help
and
you healed me.
3
O
LORD, you brought me up from the grave B;
you
spared me from going down into the pit.
4
Sing
to the LORD, you saints of his;
praise
his holy name.
5
For
his anger lasts only a moment,
but
his favor lasts a lifetime;
weeping
may remain for a night,
but
rejoicing comes in the morning.
6
When
I felt secure, I said,
"I
will never be shaken."
7
O
LORD, when you favored me,
you
made my mountain C stand firm;
but
when you hid your face,
I
was dismayed.
8
To
you, O LORD, I called;
to
the Lord I cried for mercy:
9
"What
gain is there in my destruction, D
in
my going down into the pit?
Will
the dust praise you?
Will
it proclaim your faithfulness? [1]
10
Hear,
O LORD, and be merciful to me;
O
LORD, be my help."
11
You
turned my wailing into dancing;
you
removed my sackcloth and clothed me with joy,
12
that
my heart may sing to you and not be silent.
O
LORD my God, I will give you thanks forever. [2]
PSALMS: 60
For
the director of music. To the tune of "The Lily of the Covenant." A miktam
A of David. For teaching. When he fought Aram Naharaim
B and Aram Zobah, C and when Joab returned and struck down
twelve thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt.
1
You
have rejected us, O God, and burst forth upon us;
you
have been angry--now restore us!
2
You
have shaken the land and torn it open;
mend
its fractures, for it is quaking.
3
You
have shown your people desperate times;
you
have given us wine that makes us stagger.
4
But
for those who fear you, you have raised a banner
to
be unfurled against the bow.
Selah
5
Save
us and help us with your right hand,
that
those you love may be delivered.
6
God
has spoken from his sanctuary:
"In triumph I will parcel out
Shechem
and
measure off the Valley of Succoth.
7 Gilead
is mine, and Manasseh is mine;
Ephraim
is my helmet,
Judah
my scepter.
8 Moab
is my washbasin,
upon
Edom I toss my sandal;
over
Philistia I shout in triumph."
9
Who
will bring me to the fortified city?
Who
will lead me to Edom?
10
Is
it not you, O God, you who have rejected us
and
no longer go out with our armies?
11
Give
us aid against the enemy, [3]
for
the help of man is worthless.
12
With
God we will gain the victory,
and
he will trample down our enemies. [4]
PSALMS: 90
A
prayer of Moses the man of God.
1
Lord,
you have been our dwelling place
throughout
all generations.
2
Before
the mountains were born
or
you brought forth the earth and the world,
from
everlasting to everlasting you are God.
3
You
turn men back to dust,
saying,
"Return to dust, O sons of men."
4
For
a thousand years in your sight
are
like a day that has just gone by,
or
like a watch in the night.
5
You
sweep men away in the sleep of death;
they
are like the new grass of the morning--
6
though
in the morning it springs up new,
by
evening it is dry and withered.
7
We
are consumed by your anger
and
terrified by your indignation.
8
You
have set our iniquities before you,
our
secret sins in the light of your presence.
9
All
our days pass away under your wrath;
we
finish our years with a moan.
10
The
length of our days is seventy years--
or
eighty, if we have the strength;
yet
their span A is but trouble and sorrow,
for
they quickly pass, and we fly away.
11
Who
knows the power of your anger?
For
your wrath is as great as the fear that is due you.
12
Teach
us to number our days aright, [5]
PSALMS: 120
A
song of ascents.
1 I call on the LORD in my
distress,
and
he answers me.
2 Save me, O LORD, from
lying lips
and
from deceitful tongues.
3 What will he do to
you,
and
what more besides, O deceitful tongue?
4 He will punish you with
a warrior's sharp arrows,
with
burning coals of the broom tree.
5 Woe to me that I dwell
in Meshech,
that
I live among the tents of Kedar!
6 Too long have I
lived
among
those who hate peace.
7 I am a man of
peace;
but
when I speak, they are for war. [6]
PSALMS: 150
1
Praise
the LORD. A
Praise
God in his sanctuary;
praise
him in his mighty heavens.
2
Praise
him for his acts of power;
praise
him for his surpassing greatness.
3
Praise
him with the sounding of the trumpet,
praise
him with the harp and lyre,
4
praise
him with tambourine and dancing,
praise
him with the strings and flute,
5
praise
him with the clash of cymbals,
praise
him with resounding cymbals.
6
Let
everything that has breath praise the LORD.
Praise
the LORD. [7]
PROVERBS:
30
30
1
The
sayings of Agur son of Jakeh--an oracle A:
This
man declared to Ithiel,
to
Ithiel and to Ucal: B
2
"I
am the most ignorant of men;
I
do not have a man's understanding.
3
I
have not learned wisdom,
nor
have I knowledge of the Holy One.
4
Who
has gone up to heaven and come down?
Who
has gathered up the wind in the hollow of his hands?
Who
has wrapped up the waters in his cloak?
Who
has established all the ends of the earth?
What
is his name, and the name of his son?
Tell
me if you know!
5
"Every word of God is
flawless;
he
is a shield to those who take refuge in him.
6 Do
not add to his words,
or
he will rebuke you and prove you a liar.
7
"Two
things I ask of you, O LORD;
do
not refuse me before I die:
8
Keep
falsehood and lies far from me;
give
me neither poverty nor riches,
but
give me only my daily bread.
9
Otherwise,
I may have too much and disown you
and
say, `Who is the LORD?'
Or
I may become poor and steal,
and
so dishonor the name of my God.
10
"Do not slander a servant to his
master,
11 "There
are those who curse their fathers
and
do not bless their mothers;
12 those
who are pure in their own eyes
and
yet are not cleansed of their filth;
13 those
whose eyes are ever so haughty,
whose
glances are so disdainful;
14 those
whose teeth are swords
and
whose jaws are set with knives
to
devour the poor from the earth,
the
needy from among mankind.
15
"The
leech has two daughters.
`Give!
Give!' they cry.
"There are three things that are never
satisfied,
four
that never say, `Enough!':
16 the
grave, C
the barren womb,
land,
which is never satisfied with water,
and
fire, which never says, `Enough!'
17
"The eye that mocks a father,
that
scorns obedience to a mother,
will
be pecked out by the ravens of the valley,
will
be eaten by the vultures.
18
"There are three things that are too amazing for
me,
four
that I do not understand:
19 the
way of an eagle in the sky,
the
way of a snake on a rock,
20 the way of a ship on the high
seas,
and
the way of a man with a maiden.[9]
21 "Under
three things the earth trembles,
under
four it cannot bear up:
22 a
servant who becomes king,
a
fool who is full of food,
23 an
unloved woman who is married,
and
a maidservant who displaces her mistress.
24
"Four things on earth are
small,
yet
they are extremely wise:
25 Ants
are creatures of little strength,
yet
they store up their food in the summer;
26 coneys
D
are creatures of little power,
yet
they make their home in the crags;
27 locusts
have no king,
yet
they advance together in ranks;
28 a
lizard can be caught with the hand,
yet
it is found in kings' palaces.
29
"There are three things that are stately in their
stride,
four
that move with stately bearing:
30 a
lion, mighty among beasts,
who
retreats before nothing;
31 a
strutting rooster, a he-goat,
and
a king with his army around him.
E
32
"If you have played the fool and exalted
yourself,
or
if you have planned evil,
clap
your hand over your mouth!
[10]
OLD
TESTAMENT
ESTHER 4:1 - 7:10
4
1
When
Mordecai learned of all that had been done, he tore his clothes, put on
sackcloth and ashes, and went out into the city, wailing loudly and bitterly.
2 But he went only as far as the king's gate, because no one clothed
in sackcloth was allowed to enter it. 3 In every province to which
the edict and order of the king came, there was great mourning among the Jews,
with fasting, weeping and wailing. Many lay in sackcloth and ashes.
4
When
Esther's maids and eunuchs came and told her about Mordecai, she was in great
distress. She sent clothes for him to put on instead of his sackcloth, but he
would not accept them. 5 Then Esther summoned Hathach, one of the
king's eunuchs assigned to attend her, and ordered him to find out what was
troubling Mordecai and why.
6
So
Hathach went out to Mordecai in the open square of the city in front of the
king's gate. 7 Mordecai told him everything that had happened to him,
including the exact amount of money Haman had promised to pay into the royal
treasury for the destruction of the Jews. 8 He also gave him a copy
of the text of the edict for their annihilation, which had been published in
Susa, to show to Esther and explain it to her, and he told him to urge her to go
into the king's presence to beg for mercy and plead with him for her people.
9
Hathach
went back and reported to Esther what Mordecai had said. 10 Then she
instructed him to say to Mordecai, 11 "All the king's officials and
the people of the royal provinces know that for any man or woman who approaches
the king in the inner court without being summoned the king has but one law:
that he be put to death. The only exception to this is for the king to extend
the gold scepter to him and spare his life. But thirty days have passed since I
was called to go to the king."
12
When
Esther's words were reported to Mordecai, 13 he sent back this
answer: "Do not think that because you are in the king's house you alone of all
the Jews will escape. 14 For if you remain silent at this time,
relief and deliverance for the Jews will arise from another place, but you and
your father's family will perish. And who knows but that you have come to royal
position for such a time as this?"
15
Then
Esther sent this reply to Mordecai: 16 "Go, gather together all the
Jews who are in Susa, and fast for me. Do not eat or drink for three days, night
or day. I and my maids will fast as you do. When this is done, I will go to the
king, even though it is against the law. And if I perish, I perish."
17
So
Mordecai went away and carried out all of Esther's instructions. [11]
5
1
On
the third day Esther put on her royal robes and stood in the inner court of the
palace, in front of the king's hall. The king was sitting on his royal throne in
the hall, facing the entrance. 2 When he saw Queen Esther standing in
the court, he was pleased with her and held out to her the gold scepter that was
in his hand. So Esther approached and touched the tip of the scepter.
3
Then
the king asked, "What is it, Queen Esther? What is your request? Even up to half
the kingdom, it will be given you."
4
"If
it pleases the king," replied Esther, "let the king, together with Haman, come
today to a banquet I have prepared for him."
5
"Bring
Haman at once," the king said, "so that we may do what Esther asks."
So
the king and Haman went to the banquet Esther had prepared. 6 As they
were drinking wine, the king again asked Esther, "Now what is your petition? It
will be given you. And what is your request? Even up to half the kingdom, it
will be granted."
7
Esther
replied, "My petition and my request is this: 8 If the king regards
me with favor and if it pleases the king to grant my petition and fulfill my
request, let the king and Haman come tomorrow to the banquet I will prepare for
them. Then I will answer the king's question."
9
Haman
went out that day happy and in high spirits. But when he saw Mordecai at the
king's gate and observed that he neither rose nor showed fear in his presence,
he was filled with rage against Mordecai. 10 Nevertheless, Haman
restrained himself and went home.
Calling
together his friends and Zeresh, his wife, 11 Haman boasted to them
about his vast wealth, his many sons, and all the ways the king had honored him
and how he had elevated him above the other nobles and officials.
12
"And
that's not all," Haman added. "I'm the only person Queen Esther invited to
accompany the king to the banquet she gave. And she has invited me along with
the king tomorrow. 13 But all this gives me no satisfaction as long
as I see that Jew Mordecai sitting at the king's gate."
14
His
wife Zeresh and all his friends said to him, "Have a gallows built, seventy-five
feet A high, and ask the king in the morning to have Mordecai hanged
on it. Then go with the king to the dinner and be happy." This suggestion
delighted Haman, and he had the gallows built.
6
1
That
night the king could not sleep; so he ordered the book of the chronicles, the
record of his reign, to be brought in and read to him. 2 It was found
recorded there that Mordecai had exposed Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king's
officers who guarded the doorway, who had conspired to assassinate King Xerxes.
3
"What
honor and recognition has Mordecai received for this?" the king asked.
"Nothing
has been done for him," his attendants answered. [12]
4
The
king said, "Who is in the court?" Now Haman had just entered the outer court of
the palace to speak to the king about hanging Mordecai on the gallows he had
erected for him.
5
His
attendants answered, "Haman is standing in the court."
"Bring
him in," the king ordered.
6
When
Haman entered, the king asked him, "What should be done for the man the king
delights to honor?"
Now
Haman thought to himself, "Who is there that the king would rather honor than
me?" 7 So he answered the king, "For the man the king delights to
honor, 8 have them bring a royal robe the king has worn and a horse
the king has ridden, one with a royal crest placed on its head. 9
Then let the robe and horse be entrusted to one of the king's most noble
princes. Let them robe the man the king delights to honor, and lead him on the
horse through the city streets, proclaiming before him, `This is what is done
for the man the king delights to honor!' "
10
"Go
at once," the king commanded Haman. "Get the robe and the horse and do just as
you have suggested for Mordecai the Jew, who sits at the king's gate. Do not
neglect anything you have recommended."
11
So
Haman got the robe and the horse. He robed Mordecai, and led him on horseback
through the city streets, proclaiming before him, "This is what is done for the
man the king delights to honor!"
12
Afterward
Mordecai returned to the king's gate. But Haman rushed home, with his head
covered in grief, 13 and told Zeresh his wife and all his friends
everything that had happened to him.
His
advisers and his wife Zeresh said to him, "Since Mordecai, before whom your
downfall has started, is of Jewish origin, you cannot stand against him--you
will surely come to ruin!" 14 While they were still talking with him,
the king's eunuchs arrived and hurried Haman away to the banquet Esther had
prepared.
7
1
So
the king and Haman went to dine with Queen Esther, 2 and as they were
drinking wine on that second day, the king again asked, "Queen Esther, what is
your petition? It will be given you. What is your request? Even up to half the
kingdom, it will be granted."
3
Then
Queen Esther answered, "If I have found favor with you, O king, and if it
pleases your majesty, grant me my life--this is my petition. And spare my
people--this is my request. 4 For I and my people have been sold for
destruction and slaughter and annihilation. If we had merely been sold as male
and female slaves, I would have kept quiet, because no such distress would
justify disturbing the king. A" [13]
5
King
Xerxes asked Queen Esther, "Who is he? Where is the man who has dared to do such
a thing?"
6
Esther
said, "The adversary and enemy is this vile Haman."
Then
Haman was terrified before the king and queen. 7 The king got up in a
rage, left his wine and went out into the palace garden. But Haman, realizing
that the king had already decided his fate, stayed behind to beg Queen Esther
for his life.
8
Just
as the king returned from the palace garden to the banquet hall, Haman was
falling on the couch where Esther was reclining.
The
king exclaimed, "Will he even molest the queen while she is with me in the
house?"
As
soon as the word left the king's mouth, they covered Haman's face. 9
Then Harbona, one of the eunuchs attending the king, said, "A gallows
seventy-five feet B high stands by Haman's house. He had it made for
Mordecai, who spoke up to help the king."
The
king said, "Hang him on it!" 10 So they hanged Haman on the gallows
he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the king's fury subsided. [14]
NEW
TESTAMENT: 1 CORITHIANS 12:1 -
26
12
1
Now
about spiritual gifts, brothers, I do not want you to be ignorant. 2
You know that when you were pagans, somehow or other you were influenced
and led astray to mute idols. 3 Therefore I tell you that no one who
is speaking by the Spirit of God says, "Jesus be
cursed," and no one can say, "Jesus is
Lord," except by the Holy Spirit.
4
There
are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit. 5 There are
different kinds of service, but the same Lord. 6 There are different
kinds of working, but the same God works all of them in all men.
7
Now
to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good. 8
To one there is given through the Spirit the message of wisdom, to another
the message of knowledge by means of the same Spirit, 9 to another
faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by that one Spirit,
10 to another miraculous powers, to another prophecy, to another
distinguishing between spirits, to another speaking in different kinds of
tongues, A and to still another the interpretation of tongues.
B 11 All these are the work of one and the same Spirit,
and he gives them to each one, just as he determines.
12
The
body is a unit, though it is made up of many parts; and though all its parts are
many, they form one body. So it is with Christ. 13 For we were all
baptized by C one Spirit into one body--whether Jews or Greeks, slave
or free--and we were all given the one Spirit to drink.
14
Now
the body is not made up of one part but of many. 15 If the foot
should say, "Because I am not a hand, I do not belong
to the body," it would not for that reason cease to be part of the body.
16 And if the ear should say,
"Because I am not an eye, I do not belong to the body," it would not for
that reason cease to be part of the body. 17 If the whole body were
an eye, where would the sense of hearing be? If the whole body were an ear,
where would the sense of smell be? 18 But in fact God has arranged
the parts in the body, every one of them, just as he wanted them to be. 19
If they were all one part, where would the body be? 20 As it
is, there are many parts, but one body.
21
The
eye cannot say to the hand, "I don't need you!" And the head cannot say to the
feet, "I don't need you!" 22 On the contrary, those parts of the body
that seem to be weaker are indispensable, 23 and the parts that we
think are less honorable we treat with special honor. And the parts that are
unpresentable are treated with special modesty, 24 while our
presentable parts need no special treatment. But God has combined the members of
the body and has given greater honor to the parts that lacked it, 25
so that there should be no division in the body, but that its parts should
have equal concern for each other. 26 If one part suffers, every part
suffers with it; if one part is honored, every part rejoices with it. [15]
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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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