Genesis 1:1 1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
Shabbat Shalom!
JUNE
6
PSALMS: 6,
36, 66, 96, 126
PROVERBS: 6
OLD
TESTAMENT: JOB 20:1 - 22:30
NEW
TESTAMENT: 2 CORINTHIANS 1:1 -
11
PSALMS:
6
For
the director of music. With stringed instruments. According to sheminith.
A A psalm of David.
1
O
LORD, do not rebuke me in your anger
or
discipline me in your wrath.
2
Be
merciful to me, LORD, for I am faint;
O
LORD, heal me, for my bones are in agony.
3
My
soul is in anguish.
How
long, O LORD, how long?
4
Turn,
O LORD, and deliver me;
save
me because of your unfailing love.
5
No
one remembers you when he is dead.
Who
praises you from the grave B?
6
I
am worn out from groaning;
all
night long I flood my bed with weeping
and
drench my couch with tears.
7
My
eyes grow weak with sorrow;
they
fail because of all my foes.
8
Away
from me, all you who do evil,
for
the LORD has heard my weeping.
9
The
LORD has heard my cry for mercy;
the
LORD accepts my prayer.
10
All
my enemies will be ashamed and dismayed;
they
will turn back in sudden disgrace. [1]
PSALMS: 36
For
the director of music. Of David the servant of the LORD.
1
An
oracle is within my heart
concerning
the sinfulness of the wicked: A
There
is no fear of God
before
his eyes.
2
For
in his own eyes he flatters himself
too
much to detect or hate his sin.
3
The
words of his mouth are wicked and deceitful;
he
has ceased to be wise and to do good.
4
Even
on his bed he plots evil;
he
commits himself to a sinful course
and
does not reject what is wrong.
5
Your
love, O LORD, reaches to the heavens,
your
faithfulness to the skies.
6
Your
righteousness is like the mighty mountains,
your
justice like the great deep.
O
LORD, you preserve both man and beast.
7
How
priceless is your unfailing love!
Both
high and low among men
find
B refuge in the shadow of your wings.
8
They
feast on the abundance of your house;
you
give them drink from your river of delights.
9
For
with you is the fountain of life;
in
your light we see light.
10
Continue
your love to those who know you,
your
righteousness to the upright in heart.
11
May
the foot of the proud not come against me, [2]
nor
the hand of the wicked drive me away.
12
See
how the evildoers lie fallen--
thrown
down, not able to rise! [3]
PSALMS: 66
For
the director of music. A song. A psalm.
1
Shout
with joy to God, all the earth!
2
Sing
the glory of his name;
make
his praise glorious!
3
Say
to God, "How awesome are your deeds!
So
great is your power
that
your enemies cringe before you.
4
All
the earth bows down to you;
they
sing praise to you,
they
sing praise to your name."
Selah
5
Come
and see what God has done,
how
awesome his works in man's behalf!
6
He
turned the sea into dry land,
they
passed through the waters on foot--
come,
let us rejoice in him.
7
He
rules forever by his power,
his
eyes watch the nations--
let
not the rebellious rise up against him.
Selah
8
Praise
our God, O peoples,
let
the sound of his praise be heard;
9
he
has preserved our lives
and
kept our feet from slipping.
10
For
you, O God, tested us;
you
refined us like silver.
11
You
brought us into prison
and
laid burdens on our backs.
12
You
let men ride over our heads; [4]
we
went through fire and water,
but
you brought us to a place of abundance.
13
I
will come to your temple with burnt offerings
and
fulfill my vows to you--
14
vows
my lips promised and my mouth spoke
when
I was in trouble.
15
I
will sacrifice fat animals to you
and
an offering of rams;
I
will offer bulls and goats.
Selah
16
Come
and listen, all you who fear God;
let
me tell you what he has done for me.
17
I
cried out to him with my mouth;
his
praise was on my tongue.
18
If
I had cherished sin in my heart,
the
Lord would not have listened;
19
but
God has surely listened
and
heard my voice in prayer.
20
Praise
be to God,
who
has not rejected my prayer
or
withheld his love from me! [5]
PSALMS: 96
1
Sing
to the LORD a new song;
sing
to the LORD, all the earth.
2
Sing
to the LORD, praise his name;
proclaim
his salvation day after day.
3
Declare
his glory among the nations,
his
marvelous deeds among all peoples.
4
For
great is the LORD and most worthy of praise;
he
is to be feared above all gods.
5
For
all the gods of the nations are idols,
but
the LORD made the heavens.
6
Splendor
and majesty are before him;
strength
and glory are in his sanctuary.
7
Ascribe
to the LORD, O families of nations,
ascribe
to the LORD glory and strength.
8
Ascribe
to the LORD the glory due his name;
bring
an offering and come into his courts.
9
Worship
the LORD in the splendor of his A holiness;
tremble
before him, all the earth.
10
Say
among the nations, "The LORD
reigns."
The
world is firmly established, it cannot be moved;
he
will judge the peoples with equity.
11
Let
the heavens rejoice, let the earth be glad;
let
the sea resound, and all that is in it;
12
let
the fields be jubilant, and everything in them.
Then
all the trees of the forest will sing for joy;
13
they
will sing before the LORD, for he comes,
he
comes to judge the earth.
He
will judge the world in righteousness
and
the peoples in his truth. [6]
PSALMS: 126
A
song of ascents.
1
When
the LORD brought back the captives to A Zion,
we
were like men who dreamed. B
2
Our
mouths were filled with laughter,
our
tongues with songs of joy.
Then
it was said among the nations,
"The LORD has done great things for
them."
3
The
LORD has done great things for us,
and
we are filled with joy.
4
Restore
our fortunes, C O LORD,
like
streams in the Negev.
5
Those
who sow in tears
will
reap with songs of joy.
6
He
who goes out weeping,
carrying
seed to sow,
will
return with songs of joy,
carrying
sheaves with him. [7]
PROVERBS: 6
6
1
My son, if you have put up security for your neighbor,
if
you have struck hands in pledge for another,
2
if
you have been trapped by what you said,
ensnared
by the words of your mouth,
3
then
do this, my son, to free yourself,
since
you have fallen into your neighbor's hands:
Go
and humble yourself;
press
your plea with your neighbor!
4
Allow
no sleep to your eyes,
no
slumber to your eyelids.
5
Free
yourself, like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter,
like
a bird from the snare of the fowler.
6
Go
to the ant, you sluggard;
consider
its ways and be wise!
7
It
has no commander,
no
overseer or ruler,
8
yet
it stores its provisions in summer
and
gathers its food at harvest.
9
How
long will you lie there, you sluggard?
When
will you get up from your sleep?
10
A
little sleep, a little slumber,
a
little folding of the hands to rest--
11
and
poverty will come on you like a bandit
and
scarcity like an armed man. A
12
A
scoundrel and villain,
who
goes about with a corrupt mouth,
13
who winks with his eye,
signals
with his feet
and
motions with his fingers,
14
who plots evil with deceit in his heart--
he
always stirs up dissension.
15
Therefore
disaster will overtake him in an instant; [8]
he
will suddenly be destroyed--without remedy.
16
There
are six things the LORD hates,
seven
that are detestable to him:
17
haughty
eyes,
a
lying tongue,
hands
that shed innocent blood,
18
a
heart that devises wicked schemes,
feet
that are quick to rush into evil,
19
a
false witness who pours out lies
and
a man who stirs up dissension among brothers.
20
My
son, keep your father's commands
and
do not forsake your mother's teaching.
21
Bind
them upon your heart forever;
fasten
them around your neck.
22
When
you walk, they will guide you;
when
you sleep, they will watch over you;
when
you awake, they will speak to you.
23
For
these commands are a lamp,
this
teaching is a light,
and
the corrections of discipline
are
the way to life,
24
keeping
you from the immoral woman,
from
the smooth tongue of the wayward wife.
25
Do
not lust in your heart after her beauty
or
let her captivate you with her eyes,
26
for
the prostitute reduces you to a loaf of bread,
and
the adulteress preys upon your very life.
27
Can
a man scoop fire into his lap
without
his clothes being burned?
28
Can
a man walk on hot coals
without
his feet being scorched?
29
So
is he who sleeps with another man's wife; [9]
no
one who touches her will go unpunished.
30
Men
do not despise a thief if he steals
to
satisfy his hunger when he is starving.
31
Yet
if he is caught, he must pay sevenfold,
though
it costs him all the wealth of his house.
32
But
a man who commits adultery lacks judgment;
whoever
does so destroys himself.
33
Blows
and disgrace are his lot,
and
his shame will never be wiped away;
34
for
jealousy arouses a husband's fury,
and
he will show no mercy when he takes revenge.
35
He
will not accept any compensation;
he
will refuse the bribe, however great it is. [10]
OLD
TESTAMENT: JOB 20:1 - 22:30
20
1
Then
Zophar the Naamathite replied:
2
"My
troubled thoughts prompt me to answer
because
I am greatly disturbed.
3
I
hear a rebuke that dishonors me,
and
my understanding inspires me to reply.
4
"Surely
you know how it has been from of old,
ever
since man A was placed on the earth,
5
that
the mirth of the wicked is brief,
the
joy of the godless lasts but a moment.
6
Though
his pride reaches to the heavens
and
his head touches the clouds,
7
he
will perish forever, like his own dung;
those
who have seen him will say, `Where is he?'
8
Like
a dream he flies away, no more to be found,
banished
like a vision of the night.
9
The
eye that saw him will not see him again;
his
place will look on him no more.
10
His
children must make amends to the poor;
his
own hands must give back his wealth.
11
The
youthful vigor that fills his bones
will
lie with him in the dust.
12
"Though
evil is sweet in his mouth
and
he hides it under his tongue,
13
though
he cannot bear to let it go [11]
and
keeps it in his mouth,
14
yet
his food will turn sour in his stomach;
it
will become the venom of serpents within him.
15
He
will spit out the riches he swallowed;
God
will make his stomach vomit them up.
16
He
will suck the poison of serpents;
the
fangs of an adder will kill him.
17
He
will not enjoy the streams,
the
rivers flowing with honey and cream.
18
What
he toiled for he must give back uneaten;
he
will not enjoy the profit from his trading.
19
For
he has oppressed the poor and left them destitute;
he
has seized houses he did not build.
20
"Surely
he will have no respite from his craving;
he
cannot save himself by his treasure.
21
Nothing
is left for him to devour;
his
prosperity will not endure.
22
In
the midst of his plenty, distress will overtake him;
the
full force of misery will come upon him.
23
When
he has filled his belly,
God
will vent his burning anger against him
and
rain down his blows upon him.
24
Though
he flees from an iron weapon,
a
bronze-tipped arrow pierces him.
25
He
pulls it out of his back, [12]
the
gleaming point out of his liver.
Terrors
will come over him;
26
total
darkness lies in wait for his treasures.
A
fire unfanned will consume him
and
devour what is left in his tent.
27
The
heavens will expose his guilt;
the
earth will rise up against him.
28
A
flood will carry off his house,
rushing
waters B on the day of God's wrath.
29
Such
is the fate God allots the wicked,
the
heritage appointed for them by God."
21
1
Then
Job replied:
2
"Listen
carefully to my words;
let
this be the consolation you give me.
3
Bear
with me while I speak,
and
after I have spoken, mock on.
4
"Is
my complaint directed to man?
Why
should I not be impatient?
5
Look
at me and be astonished;
clap
your hand over your mouth.
6
When
I think about this, I am terrified;
trembling
seizes my body. [13]
7
Why
do the wicked live on,
growing
old and increasing in power?
8
They
see their children established around them,
their
offspring before their eyes.
9
Their
homes are safe and free from fear;
the
rod of God is not upon them.
10
Their
bulls never fail to breed;
their
cows calve and do not miscarry.
11
They
send forth their children as a flock;
their
little ones dance about.
12
They
sing to the music of tambourine and harp;
they
make merry to the sound of the flute.
13
They
spend their years in prosperity
and
go down to the grave A in peace. B
14
Yet
they say to God, `Leave us alone!
We
have no desire to know your ways.
15
Who
is the Almighty, that we should serve him?
What
would we gain by praying to him?'
16
But
their prosperity is not in their own hands,
so
I stand aloof from the counsel of the wicked.
17
"Yet
how often is the lamp of the wicked snuffed out?
How
often does calamity come upon them,
the
fate God allots in his anger?
18
How
often are they like straw before the wind,
like
chaff swept away by a gale?
19
It
is said, `God stores up a man's punishment for his
sons.' [14]
Let
him repay the man himself, so that he will know it!
20
Let
his own eyes see his destruction;
let
him drink of the wrath of the Almighty. C
21
For
what does he care about the family he leaves behind
when
his allotted months come to an end?
22
"Can
anyone teach knowledge to God,
since
he judges even the highest?
23
One
man dies in full vigor,
completely
secure and at ease,
24
his
body D well nourished,
his
bones rich with marrow.
25
Another
man dies in bitterness of soul,
never
having enjoyed anything good.
26
Side
by side they lie in the dust,
and
worms cover them both.
27
"I
know full well what you are thinking,
the
schemes by which you would wrong me.
28
You
say, `Where now is the great man's house,
the
tents where wicked men lived?'
29
Have
you never questioned those who travel?
Have
you paid no regard to their accounts--
30
that
the evil man is spared from the day of calamity,
that
he is delivered from E the day of wrath?
31
Who
denounces his conduct to his face? [15]
Who
repays him for what he has done?
32
He
is carried to the grave,
and
watch is kept over his tomb.
33
The
soil in the valley is sweet to him;
all
men follow after him,
and
a countless throng goes F before him.
34
"So
how can you console me with your nonsense?
Nothing
is left of your answers but falsehood!"
22
1
Then
Eliphaz the Temanite replied:
2
"Can
a man be of benefit to God?
Can
even a wise man benefit him?
3
What
pleasure would it give the Almighty if you were righteous?
What
would he gain if your ways were blameless?
4
"Is
it for your piety that he rebukes you
and
brings charges against you?
5
Is
not your wickedness great?
Are
not your sins endless?
6
You
demanded security from your brothers for no reason;
you
stripped men of their clothing, leaving them naked. [16]
7
You
gave no water to the weary
and
you withheld food from the hungry,
8
though
you were a powerful man, owning land--
an
honored man, living on it.
9
And
you sent widows away empty-handed
and
broke the strength of the fatherless.
10
That
is why snares are all around you,
why
sudden peril terrifies you,
11
why
it is so dark you cannot see,
and
why a flood of water covers you.
12
"Is
not God in the heights of heaven?
And
see how lofty are the highest stars!
13
Yet
you say, `What does God know?
Does
he judge through such darkness?
14
Thick
clouds veil him, so he does not see us
as
he goes about in the vaulted heavens.'
15
Will
you keep to the old path
that
evil men have trod?
16
They
were carried off before their time,
their
foundations washed away by a flood.
17
They
said to God, `Leave us alone!
What
can the Almighty do to us?'
18
Yet
it was he who filled their houses with good things,
so
I stand aloof from the counsel of the wicked. [17]
19
"The
righteous see their ruin and rejoice;
the
innocent mock them, saying,
20
`Surely
our foes are destroyed,
and
fire devours their wealth.'
21
"Submit
to God and be at peace with him;
in
this way prosperity will come to you.
22
Accept
instruction from his mouth
and
lay up his words in your heart.
23
If
you return to the Almighty, you will be restored:
If
you remove wickedness far from your tent
24
and
assign your nuggets to the dust,
your
gold of Ophir to the rocks in the ravines,
25
then
the Almighty will be your gold,
the
choicest silver for you.
26
Surely
then you will find delight in the Almighty
and
will lift up your face to God.
27
You
will pray to him, and he will hear you,
and
you will fulfill your vows.
28
What
you decide on will be done,
and
light will shine on your ways.
29
When
men are brought low and you say, `Lift them up!'
then
he will save the downcast.
30
He
will deliver even one who is not innocent,
who
will be delivered through the cleanness of your hands." [18]
NEW
TESTAMENT: 2 CORINTHIANS 1:1 -
11
1
1
Paul,
an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother,
To
the church of God in Corinth, together with all the saints throughout Achaia:
2
Grace
and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
3
Praise
be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and
the God of all comfort, 4 who comforts us in all our troubles, so
that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have
received from God. 5 For just as the sufferings of Christ flow over
into our lives, so also through Christ our comfort overflows. 6 If we
are distressed, it is for your comfort and salvation; if we are comforted, it is
for your comfort, which produces in you patient endurance of the same sufferings
we suffer. 7 And our hope for you is firm, because we know that just
as you share in our sufferings, so also you share in our comfort.
8
We
do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about the hardships we suffered in
the province of Asia. We were under great pressure, far beyond our ability to
endure, so that we despaired even of life. 9 Indeed, in our hearts we
felt the sentence of death. But this happened that we might not rely on
ourselves but on God, who raises the dead.
10
He
has delivered us from such a deadly peril, and he will deliver us. On him we
have set our hope that he will continue to deliver us, 11 as you help
us by your prayers. Then many will give thanks on our A behalf for
the gracious favor granted us in answer to the prayers of many. [19]
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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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