Genesis 1:1 1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
JUNE
9
PSALMS: 9,
39, 69, 99, 129
PROVERBS: 9
OLD
TESTAMENT: JOB 31:1 - 33:33
NEW
TESTAMENT: 2 CORINTHIANS 3:1 -
18
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: JOB 31:1 - 33:33
31
1
"I made a covenant with my eyes
not
to look lustfully at a girl.
2
For
what is man's lot from God above,
his
heritage from the Almighty on high?
3
Is
it not ruin for the wicked,
disaster
for those who do wrong?
4
Does
he not see my ways
and
count my every step?
5
"If
I have walked in falsehood
or
my foot has hurried after deceit--
6
let
God weigh me in honest scales
and
he will know that I am blameless--
7
if
my steps have turned from the path,
if
my heart has been led by my eyes,
or
if my hands have been defiled,
8
then
may others eat what I have sown,
and
may my crops be uprooted.
9
"If
my heart has been enticed by a woman,
or
if I have lurked at my neighbor's door,
10
then
may my wife grind another man's grain,
and
may other men sleep with her.
11
For
that would have been shameful,
a
sin to be judged.
12
It
is a fire that burns to Destruction A;
it
would have uprooted my harvest. [13]
13
"If
I have denied justice to my menservants and maidservants
when
they had a grievance against me,
14
what
will I do when God confronts me?
What
will I answer when called to account?
15
Did
not he who made me in the womb make them?
Did
not the same one form us both within our mothers?
16
"If
I have denied the desires of the poor
or
let the eyes of the widow grow weary,
17
if
I have kept my bread to myself,
not
sharing it with the fatherless--
18
but
from my youth I reared him as would a father,
and
from my birth I guided the widow--
19
if
I have seen anyone perishing for lack of clothing,
or
a needy man without a garment,
20
and
his heart did not bless me
for
warming him with the fleece from my sheep,
21
if
I have raised my hand against the fatherless,
knowing
that I had influence in court,
22
then
let my arm fall from the shoulder,
let
it be broken off at the joint.
23
For
I dreaded destruction from God,
and
for fear of his splendor I could not do such things. [14]
24
"If
I have put my trust in gold
or
said to pure gold, `You are my security,'
25
if
I have rejoiced over my great wealth,
the
fortune my hands had gained,
26
if
I have regarded the sun in its radiance
or
the moon moving in splendor,
27
so
that my heart was secretly enticed
and
my hand offered them a kiss of homage,
28
then
these also would be sins to be judged,
for
I would have been unfaithful to God on high.
29
"If
I have rejoiced at my enemy's misfortune
or
gloated over the trouble that came to him--
30
I
have not allowed my mouth to sin
by
invoking a curse against his life--
31
if
the men of my household have never said,
`Who
has not had his fill of Job's meat?'--
32
but
no stranger had to spend the night in the street,
for
my door was always open to the traveler--
33
if
I have concealed my sin as men do, B
by
hiding my guilt in my heart
34
because
I so feared the crowd
and
so dreaded the contempt of the clans
that
I kept silent and would not go outside [15]
35
("Oh,
that I had someone to hear me!
I
sign now my defense--let the Almighty answer me;
let
my accuser put his indictment in writing.
36
Surely
I would wear it on my shoulder,
I
would put it on like a crown.
37
I
would give him an account of my every step;
like
a prince I would approach him.)--
38
"if
my land cries out against me
and
all its furrows are wet with tears,
39
if
I have devoured its yield without payment
or
broken the spirit of its tenants,
40
then
let briers come up instead of wheat
and
weeds instead of barley."
The
words of Job are ended.
32
1
So
these three men stopped answering Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.
2 But Elihu son of Barakel the Buzite, of the family of Ram, became
very angry with Job for justifying himself rather than God. 3 He was
also angry with the three friends, because they had found no way to refute Job,
and yet had condemned him. A
4
Now
Elihu had waited before speaking to Job because they were older than he. 5
But when he saw that the three men had nothing more to say, his anger was
aroused.
6
So
Elihu son of Barakel the Buzite said:
"I
am young in years,
and
you are old;
that
is why I was fearful, [16]
not
daring to tell you what I know.
7
I
thought, `Age should speak;
advanced
years should teach wisdom.'
8
But
it is the spirit B in a man,
the
breath of the Almighty, that gives him understanding.
9
It
is not only the oldC who are wise,
not
only the aged who understand what is right.
10
"Therefore
I say: Listen to me;
I
too will tell you what I know.
11
I
waited while you spoke,
I
listened to your reasoning;
while
you were searching for words,
12
I
gave you my full attention.
But
not one of you has proved Job wrong;
none
of you has answered his arguments.
13
Do
not say, `We have found wisdom;
let
God refute him, not man.'
14
But
Job has not marshaled his words against me,
and
I will not answer him with your arguments.
15
"They
are dismayed and have no more to say;
words
have failed them.
16
Must
I wait, now that they are silent,
now
that they stand there with no reply?
17
I
too will have my say; [17]
I
too will tell what I know.
18
For
I am full of words,
and
the spirit within me compels me;
19
inside
I am like bottled-up wine,
like
new wineskins ready to burst.
20
I
must speak and find relief;
I
must open my lips and reply.
21
I
will show partiality to no one,
nor
will I flatter any man;
22
for
if I were skilled in flattery,
my
Maker would soon take me away.
33
1
"But now, Job, listen to my words;
pay
attention to everything I say.
2
I
am about to open my mouth;
my
words are on the tip of my tongue.
3
My
words come from an upright heart;
my
lips sincerely speak what I know.
4
The
Spirit of God has made me;
the
breath of the Almighty gives me life.
5
Answer
me then, if you can;
prepare
yourself and confront me.
6
I
am just like you before God;
I
too have been taken from clay. [18]
7
No
fear of me should alarm you,
nor
should my hand be heavy upon you.
8
"But
you have said in my hearing--
I
heard the very words--
9
`I
am pure and without sin;
I
am clean and free from guilt.
10
Yet
God has found fault with me;
he
considers me his enemy.
11
He
fastens my feet in shackles;
he
keeps close watch on all my paths.'
12
"But
I tell you, in this you are not right,
for
God is greater than man.
13
Why
do you complain to him
that
he answers none of man's words A?
14
For
God does speak--now one way, now another--
though
man may not perceive it.
15
In
a dream, in a vision of the night,
when
deep sleep falls on men
as
they slumber in their beds,
16
he
may speak in their ears
and
terrify them with warnings,
17
to
turn man from wrongdoing
and
keep him from pride,
18to
preserve his soul from the pit, B [19]
his
life from perishing by the sword. C
19
Or
a man may be chastened on a bed of pain
with
constant distress in his bones,
20
so
that his very being finds food repulsive
and
his soul loathes the choicest meal.
21
His
flesh wastes away to nothing,
and
his bones, once hidden, now stick out.
22
His
soul draws near to the pit, D
and
his life to the messengers of death. E
23
"Yet
if there is an angel on his side
as
a mediator, one out of a thousand,
to
tell a man what is right for him,
24
to
be gracious to him and say,
`Spare
him from going down to the pit F;
I
have found a ransom for him'--
25
then
his flesh is renewed like a child's;
it
is restored as in the days of his youth.
26
He
prays to God and finds favor with him,
he
sees God's face and shouts for joy;
he
is restored by God to his righteous state.
27
Then
he comes to men and says,
`I
sinned, and perverted what was right,
but
I did not get what I deserved. [20]
28
He
redeemed my soul from going down to the pit, G
and
I will live to enjoy the light.'
29
"God
does all these things to a man--
twice,
even three times--
30
to
turn back his soul from the pit, H
that
the light of life may shine on him.
31
"Pay
attention, Job, and listen to me;
be
silent, and I will speak.
32
If
you have anything to say, answer me;
speak
up, for I want you to be cleared.
33
But
if not, then listen to me;
be
silent, and I will teach you wisdom." [21]
NEW
TESTAMENT: 2 CORINTHIANS 3:1 -
18
3
1
Are
we beginning to commend ourselves again? Or do we need, like some people,
letters of recommendation to you or from you? 2 You yourselves are
our letter, written on our hearts, known and read by everybody. 3 You
show that you are a letter from Christ, the result of our ministry, written not
with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on
tablets of human hearts.
4
Such
confidence as this is ours through Christ before God. 5 Not that we
are competent in ourselves to claim anything for ourselves, but our competence
comes from God. 6 He has made us competent as ministers of a new
covenant--not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the
Spirit gives life.
7
Now
if the ministry that brought death, which was engraved in letters on stone, came
with glory, so that the Israelites could not look steadily at the face of Moses
because of its glory, fading though it was, 8 will not the ministry
of the Spirit be even more glorious? 9 If the ministry that condemns
men is glorious, how much more glorious is the ministry that brings
righteousness! 10 For what was glorious has no glory now in
comparison with the surpassing glory. 11 And if what was fading away
came with glory, how much greater is the glory of that which lasts!
12
Therefore,
since we have such a hope, we are very bold. 13 We are not like
Moses, who would put a veil over his face to keep the Israelites from gazing at
it while the radiance was fading away. 14 But their minds were made
dull, for to this day the same veil remains when the old covenant is read. It
has not been removed, because only in Christ is it taken away. 15
Even to this day when Moses is read, a veil covers their hearts. 16
But whenever anyone turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away. 17
Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is
freedom. 18 And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect A
the Lord's glory, are being transformed into his likeness with ever-increasing
glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit. [22]
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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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