Genesis 1:1 1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
Shabbat Shalom!
JUNE
19
PSALMS:
19, 49, 79, 109,
139
PROVERBS: 19
OLD
TESTAMENT: ISAIAH 1:1 - 2:22
NEW
TESTAMENT: 2 CORINTHIANS 10:1 -
18
PSALMS: 19
For
the director of music. A psalm of David.
1
The
heavens declare the glory of God;
the
skies proclaim the work of his hands.
2
Day
after day they pour forth speech;
night
after night they display knowledge.
3
There
is no speech or language
where
their voice is not heard. A
4
Their
voice B goes out into all the earth,
their
words to the ends of the world.
In
the heavens he has pitched a tent for the sun,
5
which
is like a bridegroom coming forth from his pavilion,
like
a champion rejoicing to run his course.
6
It
rises at one end of the heavens
and
makes its circuit to the other;
nothing
is hidden from its heat.
7
The
law of the LORD is perfect,
reviving
the soul.
The
statutes of the LORD are trustworthy,
making
wise the simple.
8
The
precepts of the LORD are right,
giving
joy to the heart.
The
commands of the LORD are radiant,
giving
light to the eyes.
9
The
fear of the LORD is pure,
enduring
forever.
The
ordinances of the LORD are sure
and
altogether righteous. [1]
10
They
are more precious than gold,
than
much pure gold;
they
are sweeter than honey,
than
honey from the comb.
11
By
them is your servant warned;
in
keeping them there is great reward.
12
Who
can discern his errors?
Forgive
my hidden faults.
13
Keep
your servant also from willful sins;
may
they not rule over me.
Then
will I be blameless,
innocent
of great transgression.
14
May
the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart
be
pleasing in your sight,
O
LORD, my Rock and my Redeemer. [2]
PSALMS: 49
For
the director of music. Of the Sons of Korah. A psalm.
1
Hear
this, all you peoples;
listen,
all who live in this world,
2
both
low and high,
rich
and poor alike:
3
My
mouth will speak words of wisdom;
the
utterance from my heart will give understanding.
4
I
will turn my ear to a proverb;
with
the harp I will expound my riddle:
5
Why
should I fear when evil days come,
when
wicked deceivers surround me--
6
those
who trust in their wealth
and
boast of their great riches?
7
No
man can redeem the life of another
or
give to God a ransom for him--
8
the
ransom for a life is costly,
no
payment is ever enough--
9
that
he should live on forever
and
not see decay.
10
For
all can see that wise men die;
the
foolish and the senseless alike perish
and
leave their wealth to others.
11
Their
tombs will remain their houses A forever,
their
dwellings for endless generations,
though
they had B named lands after themselves. [3]
12
But
man, despite his riches, does not endure;
he
is C like the beasts that perish.
13
This
is the fate of those who trust in themselves,
and
of their followers, who approve their sayings.
Selah
14
Like
sheep they are destined for the grave, D
and
death will feed on them.
The
upright will rule over them in the morning;
their
forms will decay in the grave, E
far
from their princely mansions.
15
But
God will redeem my life F from the grave;
he
will surely take me to himself.
Selah
16
Do
not be overawed when a man grows rich,
when
the splendor of his house increases;
17
for
he will take nothing with him when he dies,
his
splendor will not descend with him.
18
Though
while he lived he counted himself blessed--
and
men praise you when you prosper--
19
he
will join the generation of his fathers,
who
will never see the light of life.
20
A
man who has riches without understanding
is
like the beasts that perish. [4]
PSALMS: 79
A
psalm of Asaph.
1
O
God, the nations have invaded your inheritance;
they
have defiled your holy temple,
they
have reduced Jerusalem to rubble.
2
They
have given the dead bodies of your servants
as
food to the birds of the air,
the
flesh of your saints to the beasts of the earth.
3
They
have poured out blood like water
all
around Jerusalem,
and
there is no one to bury the dead.
4
We
are objects of reproach to our neighbors,
of
scorn and derision to those around us.
5
How
long, O LORD? Will you be angry forever?
How
long will your jealousy burn like fire?
6
Pour
out your wrath on the nations
that
do not acknowledge you,
on
the kingdoms
that
do not call on your name;
7
for
they have devoured Jacob
and
destroyed his homeland.
8
Do
not hold against us the sins of the fathers;
may
your mercy come quickly to meet us,
for
we are in desperate need.
9
Help
us, O God our Savior,
for
the glory of your name;
deliver
us and forgive our sins
for
your name's sake.
10
Why
should the nations say,
"Where
is their God?" [5]
Before
our eyes, make known among the nations
that
you avenge the outpoured blood of your servants.
11
May
the groans of the prisoners come before you;
by
the strength of your arm
preserve
those condemned to die.
12
Pay
back into the laps of our neighbors seven times
the
reproach they have hurled at you, O Lord.
13
Then
we your people, the sheep of your pasture,
will
praise you forever;
from
generation to generation
we
will recount your praise. [6]
PSALMS: 109
For
the director of music. Of David. A psalm.
1
O
God, whom I praise,
do
not remain silent,
2
for
wicked and deceitful men
have
opened their mouths against me;
they
have spoken against me with lying tongues.
3
With
words of hatred they surround me;
they
attack me without cause.
4
In
return for my friendship they accuse me,
but
I am a man of prayer.
5
They
repay me evil for good,
and
hatred for my friendship.
6
Appoint
A an evil man B to oppose him;
let
an accuser C stand at his right hand.
7
When
he is tried, let him be found guilty,
and
may his prayers condemn him.
8
May
his days be few;
may
another take his place of leadership.
9
May
his children be fatherless
and
his wife a widow.
10
May
his children be wandering beggars;
may
they be driven D from their ruined homes.
11
May
a creditor seize all he has;
may
strangers plunder the fruits of his labor.
12
May
no one extend kindness to him
or
take pity on his fatherless children.
13
May
his descendants be cut off, [7]
their
names blotted out from the next generation.
14
May
the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the LORD;
may
the sin of his mother never be blotted out.
15
May
their sins always remain before the LORD,
that
he may cut off the memory of them from the earth.
16
For
he never thought of doing a kindness,
but
hounded to death the poor
and
the needy and the brokenhearted.
17
He
loved to pronounce a curse--
may
it E come on him;
he
found no pleasure in blessing--
may
it be F far from him.
18
He
wore cursing as his garment;
it
entered into his body like water,
into
his bones like oil.
19
May
it be like a cloak wrapped about him,
like
a belt tied forever around him.
20
May
this be the LORD's payment to my accusers,
to
those who speak evil of me.
21
But
you, O Sovereign LORD,
deal
well with me for your name's sake;
out
of the goodness of your love, deliver me.
22
For
I am poor and needy,
and
my heart is wounded within me.
23
I
fade away like an evening shadow;
I
am shaken off like a locust.
24
My
knees give way from fasting;
my
body is thin and gaunt.
25
I
am an object of scorn to my accusers;
when
they see me, they shake their heads. [8]
26
Help
me, O LORD my God;
save
me in accordance with your love.
27
Let
them know that it is your hand,
that
you, O LORD, have done it.
28
They
may curse, but you will bless;
when
they attack they will be put to shame,
but
your servant will rejoice.
29
My
accusers will be clothed with disgrace
and
wrapped in shame as in a cloak.
30
With
my mouth I will greatly extol the LORD;
in
the great throng I will praise him.
31
For
he stands at the right hand of the needy one,
to
save his life from those who condemn him. [9]
PSALMS: 139
For
the director of music. Of David. A psalm.
1
O
LORD, you have searched me
and
you know me.
2
You
know when I sit and when I rise;
you
perceive my thoughts from afar.
3
You
discern my going out and my lying down;
you
are familiar with all my ways.
4
Before
a word is on my tongue
you
know it completely, O LORD.
5
You
hem me in--behind and before;
you
have laid your hand upon me.
6
Such
knowledge is too wonderful for me,
too
lofty for me to attain.
7
Where
can I go from your Spirit?
Where
can I flee from your presence?
8
If
I go up to the heavens, you are there;
if
I make my bed in the depths, A you are there.
9
If
I rise on the wings of the dawn,
if
I settle on the far side of the sea,
10
even
there your hand will guide me,
your
right hand will hold me fast.
11
If
I say, "Surely the darkness will hide me
and
the light become night around me,"
12
even
the darkness will not be dark to you;
the
night will shine like the day,
for
darkness is as light to you. [10]
13
For
you created my inmost being;
you
knit me together in my mother's womb.
14
I
praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
your
works are wonderful,
I
know that full well.
15
My
frame was not hidden from you
when
I was made in the secret place.
When
I was woven together in the depths of the earth,
16
your
eyes saw my unformed body.
All
the days ordained for me
were
written in your book
before
one of them came to be.
17
How
precious to B me are your thoughts, O God!
How
vast is the sum of them!
18
Were
I to count them,
they
would outnumber the grains of sand.
When
I awake,
I
am still with you.
19
If
only you would slay the wicked, O God!
Away
from me, you bloodthirsty men!
20
They
speak of you with evil intent;
your
adversaries misuse your name.
21
Do
I not hate those who hate you, O LORD,
and
abhor those who rise up against you?
22
I
have nothing but hatred for them;
I
count them my enemies.
23
Search
me, O God, and know my heart;
test
me and know my anxious thoughts.
24
See
if there is any offensive way in me,
and
lead me in the way everlasting. [11]
PROVERBS: 19
19
1
Better a poor man whose walk is blameless
than
a fool whose lips are perverse.
2
It
is not good to have zeal without knowledge,
nor
to be hasty and miss the way.
3
A
man's own folly ruins his life,
yet
his heart rages against the LORD.
4
Wealth
brings many friends,
but
a poor man's friend deserts him.
5
A
false witness will not go unpunished,
and
he who pours out lies will not go free.
6
Many
curry favor with a ruler,
and
everyone is the friend of a man who gives gifts.
7
A
poor man is shunned by all his relatives--
how
much more do his friends avoid him!
Though
he pursues them with pleading,
they
are nowhere to be found. A
8
He
who gets wisdom loves his own soul;
he
who cherishes understanding prospers.
9
A
false witness will not go unpunished,
and
he who pours out lies will perish.
10
It
is not fitting for a fool to live in luxury--
how
much worse for a slave to rule over princes!
11
A
man's wisdom gives him patience;
it
is to his glory to overlook an offense. [12]
12
A
king's rage is like the roar of a lion,
but
his favor is like dew on the grass.
13
A
foolish son is his father's ruin,
and
a quarrelsome wife is like a constant dripping.
14
Houses
and wealth are inherited from parents,
but
a prudent wife is from the LORD.
15
Laziness
brings on deep sleep,
and
the shiftless man goes hungry.
16
He
who obeys instructions guards his life,
but
he who is contemptuous of his ways will die.
17
He
who is kind to the poor lends to the LORD,
and
he will reward him for what he has done.
18
Discipline
your son, for in that there is hope;
do
not be a willing party to his death.
19
A
hot-tempered man must pay the penalty;
if
you rescue him, you will have to do it again.
20
Listen
to advice and accept instruction,
and
in the end you will be wise.
21
Many
are the plans in a man's heart,
but
it is the LORD's purpose that prevails.
22
What
a man desires is unfailing love B;
better
to be poor than a liar. [13]
23
The
fear of the LORD leads to life:
Then
one rests content, untouched by trouble.
24
The
sluggard buries his hand in the dish;
he
will not even bring it back to his mouth!
25
Flog
a mocker, and the simple will learn prudence;
rebuke
a discerning man, and he will gain knowledge.
26
He
who robs his father and drives out his mother
is
a son who brings shame and disgrace.
27
Stop
listening to instruction, my son,
and
you will stray from the words of knowledge.
28
A
corrupt witness mocks at justice,
and
the mouth of the wicked gulps down evil.
29
Penalties
are prepared for mockers,
and
beatings for the backs of fools. [14]
OLD
TESTAMENT: ISAIAH 1:1 - 2:22
1
1
The
vision concerning Judah and Jerusalem that Isaiah son of Amoz saw during the
reigns of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.
2
Hear,
O heavens! Listen, O earth!
For
the LORD has spoken:
"I reared children and brought them up,
but
they have rebelled against me.
3
The ox knows his master,
the
donkey his owner's manger,
but
Israel does not know,
my
people do not understand."
4
Ah,
sinful nation,
a
people loaded with guilt,
a
brood of evildoers,
children
given to corruption!
They
have forsaken the LORD;
they
have spurned the Holy One of Israel
and
turned their backs on him.
5
Why
should you be beaten anymore?
Why
do you persist in rebellion?
Your
whole head is injured,
your
whole heart afflicted.
6
From
the sole of your foot to the top of your head
there
is no soundness-- [15]
only
wounds and welts
and
open sores,
not
cleansed or bandaged
or
soothed with oil.
7
Your
country is desolate,
your
cities burned with fire;
your
fields are being stripped by foreigners
right
before you,
laid
waste as when overthrown by strangers.
8
The
Daughter of Zion is left
like
a shelter in a vineyard,
like
a hut in a field of melons,
like
a city under siege.
9
Unless
the LORD Almighty
had
left us some survivors,
we
would have become like Sodom,
we
would have been like Gomorrah.
10
Hear
the word of the LORD,
you
rulers of Sodom;
listen
to the law of our God,
you
people of Gomorrah!
11
"The multitude of your sacrifices--
what
are they to me?"
says the LORD.
"I have more than enough of burnt offerings, [16]
of
rams and the fat of fattened animals;
I
have no pleasure
in
the blood of bulls and lambs and goats.
12
When you come to appear before me,
who
has asked this of you,
this
trampling of my courts?
13
Stop bringing meaningless offerings!
Your
incense is detestable to me.
New
Moons, Sabbaths and convocations--
I
cannot bear your evil assemblies.
14
Your New Moon festivals and your appointed feasts
my
soul hates.
They
have become a burden to me;
I
am weary of bearing them.
15
When you spread out your hands in prayer,
I
will hide my eyes from you;
even
if you offer many prayers,
I
will not listen.
Your
hands are full of blood;
16
wash and make yourselves clean.
Take
your evil deeds
out
of my sight!
Stop
doing wrong,
Seek
justice,
encourage
the oppressed. A
Defend
the cause of the fatherless,
plead
the case of the widow.
18
"Come now, let us reason together,"
says
the LORD.
"Though your sins are like scarlet,
they
shall be as white as snow;
though
they are red as crimson,
they
shall be like wool.
19
If you are willing and obedient,
you
will eat the best from the land;
20
but if you resist and rebel,
you
will be devoured by the sword."
For
the mouth of the LORD has spoken.
21
See how the faithful city
has
become a harlot!
She
once was full of justice;
righteousness
used to dwell in her--
but
now murderers!
22
Your silver has become dross,
23
Your rulers are rebels,
companions
of thieves;
they
all love bribes
and
chase after gifts.
They
do not defend the cause of the fatherless;
the
widow's case does not come before them.
24
Therefore the Lord, the LORD Almighty,
the
Mighty One of Israel, declares:
"Ah,
I will get relief from my foes
and
avenge myself on my enemies.
25
I will turn my hand against you;
I
will thoroughly purge away your dross
and
remove all your impurities.
26
I will restore your judges as in days of old,
your
counselors as at the beginning.
Afterward
you will be called
the
City of Righteousness,
the
Faithful City."
27
Zion
will be redeemed with justice,
her
penitent ones with righteousness.
28
But
rebels and sinners will both be broken,
and
those who forsake the LORD will perish.
29
"You will be ashamed because of the sacred oaks
in
which you have delighted;
you
will be disgraced because of the gardens [19]
that
you have chosen.
30
You will be like an oak with fading leaves,
like
a garden without water.
31
The mighty man will become tinder
and
his work a spark;
both
will burn together,
with
no one to quench the fire."
2
1
This
is what Isaiah son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem:
2
In
the last days
the
mountain of the LORD's temple will be established
as
chief among the mountains;
it
will be raised above the hills,
and
all nations will stream to it.
3
Many
peoples will come and say,
"Come,
let us go up to the mountain of the LORD,
to
the house of the God of Jacob.
He
will teach us his ways,
so
that we may walk in his paths."
The
law will go out from Zion,
the
word of the LORD from Jerusalem. [20]
4
He
will judge between the nations
and
will settle disputes for many peoples.
They
will beat their swords into plowshares
and
their spears into pruning hooks.
Nation
will not take up sword against nation,
nor
will they train for war anymore.
5
Come,
O house of Jacob,
let
us walk in the light of the LORD.
6
You
have abandoned your people,
the
house of Jacob.
They
are full of superstitions from the East;
they
practice divination like the Philistines
and
clasp hands with pagans.
7
Their
land is full of silver and gold;
there
is no end to their treasures.
Their
land is full of horses;
there
is no end to their chariots.
8
Their
land is full of idols;
they
bow down to the work of their hands,
to
what their fingers have made.
9
So
man will be brought low
and
mankind humbled--
do
not forgive them. A [21]
10
Go
into the rocks,
hide
in the ground
from
dread of the LORD
and
the splendor of his majesty!
11
The
eyes of the arrogant man will be humbled
and
the pride of men brought low;
the
LORD alone will be exalted in that day.
12
The
LORD Almighty has a day in store
for
all the proud and lofty,
for
all that is exalted
(and
they will be humbled),
13
for
all the cedars of Lebanon, tall and lofty,
and
all the oaks of Bashan,
14
for
all the towering mountains
and
all the high hills,
15
for
every lofty tower
and
every fortified wall,
16
for
every trading ship B
and
every stately vessel.
17
The
arrogance of man will be brought low
and
the pride of men humbled;
the
LORD alone will be exalted in that day,
18
and the idols will totally disappear.
19
Men
will flee to caves in the rocks
and
to holes in the ground [22]
from
dread of the LORD
and
the splendor of his majesty,
when
he rises to shake the earth.
20
In
that day men will throw away
to
the rodents and bats
their
idols of silver and idols of gold,
which
they made to worship.
21
They
will flee to caverns in the rocks
and
to the overhanging crags
from
dread of the LORD
and
the splendor of his majesty,
when
he rises to shake the earth.
22
Stop
trusting in man,
who
has but a breath in his nostrils.
of
what account is he? [23]
NEW
TESTAMENT: 2 CORINTHIANS 10:1 -
18
10
1
By
the meekness and gentleness of Christ, I appeal to you--I, Paul, who am "timid"
when face to face with you, but "bold" when away! 2 I beg you that
when I come I may not have to be as bold as I expect to be toward some people
who think that we live by the standards of this world. 3 For though
we live in the world, we do not wage war as the world does. 4 The
weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they
have divine power to demolish strongholds. 5 We demolish arguments
and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we
take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ. 6 And we
will be ready to punish every act of disobedience, once your obedience is
complete.
7
You
are looking only on the surface of things. A If anyone is confident
that he belongs to Christ, he should consider again that we belong to Christ
just as much as he. 8 For even if I boast somewhat freely about the
authority the Lord gave us for building you up rather than pulling you down, I
will not be ashamed of it. 9 I do not want to seem to be trying to
frighten you with my letters. 10 For some say, "His letters are
weighty and forceful, but in person he is unimpressive and his speaking amounts
to nothing." 11 Such people should realize that what we are in our
letters when we are absent, we will be in our actions when we are present.
12
We
do not dare to classify or compare ourselves with some who commend themselves.
When they measure themselves by themselves and compare themselves with
themselves, they are not [24]
wise. 13 We, however, will not boast beyond proper limits, but will
confine our boasting to the field God has assigned to us, a field that reaches
even to you. 14 We are not going too far in our boasting, as would be
the case if we had not come to you, for we did get as far as you with the gospel
of Christ. 15 Neither do we go beyond our limits by boasting of work
done by others. B Our hope is that, as your faith continues to grow,
our area of activity among you will greatly expand, 16 so that we can
preach the gospel in the regions beyond you. For we do not want to boast about
work already done in another man's territory. 17 But, "Let him who
boasts boast in the Lord." C 18 For it is not the one who
commends himself who is approved, but the one whom the Lord commends. [25]
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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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