Genesis 1:1 1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
JULY
12
PSALMS: 12, 42, 72, 102,
132
PROVERBS: 12
OLD
TESTAMENT: ISAIAH 62:6 - 65:25
NEW
TESTAMENT: PHILIPPIANS 2:19 -
3:3
PSALMS: 12
For
the director of music. According to sheminith. A A psalm of
David.
1
Help,
LORD, for the godly are no more;
the
faithful have vanished from among men.
2
Everyone
lies to his neighbor;
their
flattering lips speak with deception.
3
May
the LORD cut off all flattering lips
and
every boastful tongue
4
that
says, "We will triumph with our tongues;
we
own our lips B--who is our master?"
5
"Because of the oppression of the
weak
and
the groaning of the needy,
I
will now arise,"
says the LORD.
"I will protect them from those who malign
them."
6
And
the words of the LORD are flawless,
like
silver refined in a furnace of clay,
purified
seven times.
7
O
LORD, you will keep us safe
and
protect us from such people forever.
8
The
wicked freely strut about
when
what is vile is honored among men. [1]
PSALMS: 42
For
A the director of music. A maskil B of the Sons of
Korah.
1
As
the deer pants for streams of water,
so
my soul pants for you, O God.
2
My
soul thirsts for God, for the living God.
When
can I go and meet with God?
3
My
tears have been my food
day
and night,
while
men say to me all day long,
"Where
is your God?"
4
These
things I remember
as
I pour out my soul:
how
I used to go with the multitude,
leading
the procession to the house of God,
with
shouts of joy and thanksgiving
among
the festive throng.
5
Why
are you downcast, O my soul?
Why
so disturbed within me?
Put
your hope in God,
for
I will yet praise him,
my
Savior and 6 my God.
My
C soul is downcast within me;
therefore
I will remember you
from
the land of the Jordan,
the
heights of Hermon--from Mount Mizar.
7
Deep
calls to deep
in
the roar of your waterfalls;
all
your waves and breakers
have
swept over me.
8
By
day the LORD directs his love,
at
night his song is with me--
a
prayer to the God of my life.
9
I
say to God my Rock,
"Why
have you forgotten me?
Why
must I go about mourning,
oppressed
by the enemy?"
10
My
bones suffer mortal agony
as
my foes taunt me,
saying
to me all day long,
"Where
is your God?"
11
Why
are you downcast, O my soul?
Why
so disturbed within me?
Put
your hope in God,
for
I will yet praise him,
my
Savior and my God. [2]
PSALMS: 72
Of
Solomon.
1
Endow
the king with your justice, O God,
the
royal son with your righteousness.
2
He
will A judge your people in righteousness,
your
afflicted ones with justice.
3
The
mountains will bring prosperity to the people,
the
hills the fruit of righteousness.
4
He
will defend the afflicted among the people
and
save the children of the needy;
he
will crush the oppressor.
5
He
will endure B as long as the sun,
as
long as the moon, through all generations.
6
He
will be like rain falling on a mown field,
like
showers watering the earth.
7
In
his days the righteous will flourish;
prosperity
will abound till the moon is no more.
8
He
will rule from sea to sea
and
from the River C to the ends of the earth.
D
9
The
desert tribes will bow before him
and
his enemies will lick the dust.
10
The
kings of Tarshish and of distant shores
will
bring tribute to him;
the
kings of Sheba and Seba
will
present him gifts.
11
All
kings will bow down to him
and
all nations will serve him. [3]
of
Solomon.
12 For he will deliver the
needy who cry out,
the
afflicted who have no one to help.
13 He will take pity on the
weak and the needy
and
save the needy from death.
14 He will rescue them from
oppression and violence,
for
precious is their blood in his sight.
15 Long may he
live!
May
gold from Sheba be given him.
May
people ever pray for him
and
bless him all day long.
16 Let grain abound
throughout the land;
on
the tops of the hills may it sway.
Let
its fruit flourish like Lebanon;
let
it thrive like the grass of the field.
17 May his name endure
forever;
may
it continue as long as the sun.
All
nations will be blessed through him,
and
they will call him blessed. [4]
18 Praise be to the LORD
God, the God of Israel,
who
alone does marvelous deeds.
19 Praise be to his
glorious name forever;
may
the whole earth be filled with his glory.
Amen
and Amen.
20 This concludes the
prayers of David son of Jesse. [5]
PSALMS: 102
A
prayer of an afflicted man. When he is faint and pours out his lament before the
LORD.
1
Hear
my prayer, O LORD;
let
my cry for help come to you.
2
Do
not hide your face from me
when
I am in distress.
Turn
your ear to me;
when
I call, answer me quickly.
3
For
my days vanish like smoke;
my
bones burn like glowing embers.
4
My
heart is blighted and withered like grass;
I
forget to eat my food.
5
Because
of my loud groaning
I
am reduced to skin and bones.
6
I
am like a desert owl,
like
an owl among the ruins.
7
I
lie awake; I have become
like
a bird alone on a roof.
8
All
day long my enemies taunt me;
those
who rail against me use my name as a curse.
9
For
I eat ashes as my food
and
mingle my drink with tears
10
because
of your great wrath,
for
you have taken me up and thrown me aside.
11
My
days are like the evening shadow;
I
wither away like grass. [6]
12
But
you, O LORD, sit enthroned forever;
your
renown endures through all generations.
13
You
will arise and have compassion on Zion,
for
it is time to show favor to her;
the
appointed time has come.
14
For
her stones are dear to your servants;
her
very dust moves them to pity.
15
The
nations will fear the name of the LORD,
all
the kings of the earth will revere your glory.
16
For
the LORD will rebuild Zion
and
appear in his glory.
17
He
will respond to the prayer of the destitute;
he
will not despise their plea.
18
Let
this be written for a future generation,
that
a people not yet created may praise the LORD:
19
"The LORD looked down from his sanctuary on
high,
from
heaven he viewed the earth,
20
to
hear the groans of the prisoners
and
release those condemned to death."
21
So
the name of the LORD will be declared in Zion
and
his praise in Jerusalem
22
when
the peoples and the kingdoms
assemble
to worship the LORD.
23
In
the course of my life A he broke my strength;
he
cut short my days.
24
So
I said:
"Do
not take me away, O my God, in the midst of my days;
your
years go on through all generations.
25
In
the beginning you laid the foundations of the earth,
and
the heavens are the work of your hands. [7]
26
They
will perish, but you remain;
they
will all wear out like a garment.
Like
clothing you will change them
and
they will be discarded.
27
But
you remain the same,
and
your years will never end.
28
The
children of your servants will live in your presence;
their
descendants will be established before you." [8]
PSALMS: 132
A
song of ascents.
1
O
LORD, remember David
and
all the hardships he endured.
2
He
swore an oath to the LORD
and
made a vow to the Mighty One of Jacob:
3
"I will not enter my house
or
go to my bed--
4
I
will allow no sleep to my eyes,
no
slumber to my eyelids,
5
till
I find a place for the LORD,
a
dwelling for the Mighty One of Jacob."
6
We
heard it in Ephrathah,
we
came upon it in the fields of Jaar
A:B
7
"Let us go to his dwelling
place;
let
us worship at his footstool--
8
arise,
O LORD, and come to your resting place,
you
and the ark of your might.
9
May
your priests be clothed with righteousness;
may
your saints sing for joy."
10
For
the sake of David your servant,
do
not reject your anointed one.[9]
11
The
LORD swore an oath to David,
a
sure oath that he will not revoke:
"One of your own descendants
I
will place on your throne--
12
if
your sons keep my covenant
and
the statutes I teach them,
then
their sons will sit
on
your throne for ever and ever."
13
For
the LORD has chosen Zion,
he
has desired it for his dwelling:
14
"This is my resting place for ever and
ever;
here
I will sit enthroned, for I have desired it--
15 I
will bless her with abundant provisions;
her
poor will I satisfy with food.
16 I
will clothe her priests with salvation,
and
her saints will ever sing for joy.
17
"Here I will make a horn C grow for David
and
set up a lamp for my anointed one.
18 I
will clothe his enemies with shame,
but
the crown on his head will be resplendent."
[10]
PROVERBS: 12
12
1
Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge,
but
he who hates correction is stupid.
2
A
good man obtains favor from the LORD,
but
the LORD condemns a crafty man.
3
A
man cannot be established through wickedness,
but
the righteous cannot be uprooted.
4
A
wife of noble character is her husband's crown,
but
a disgraceful wife is like decay in his bones.
5
The
plans of the righteous are just,
but
the advice of the wicked is deceitful.
6
The
words of the wicked lie in wait for blood,
but
the speech of the upright rescues them.
7
Wicked
men are overthrown and are no more,
but
the house of the righteous stands firm.
8
A
man is praised according to his wisdom,
but
men with warped minds are despised.
9
Better
to be a nobody and yet have a servant
than
pretend to be somebody and have no food.
10
A
righteous man cares for the needs of his animal,
but
the kindest acts of the wicked are cruel.
11
He
who works his land will have abundant food,
but
he who chases fantasies lacks judgment. [11]
12
The
wicked desire the plunder of evil men,
but
the root of the righteous flourishes.
13
An
evil man is trapped by his sinful talk,
but
a righteous man escapes trouble.
14
From
the fruit of his lips a man is filled with good things
as
surely as the work of his hands rewards him.
15
The
way of a fool seems right to him,
but
a wise man listens to advice.
16
A
fool shows his annoyance at once,
but
a prudent man overlooks an insult.
17
A
truthful witness gives honest testimony,
but
a false witness tells lies.
18
Reckless
words pierce like a sword,
but
the tongue of the wise brings healing.
19
Truthful
lips endure forever,
but
a lying tongue lasts only a moment.
20
There
is deceit in the hearts of those who plot evil,
but
joy for those who promote peace.
21
No
harm befalls the righteous,
but
the wicked have their fill of trouble. [12]
22
The
LORD detests lying lips,
but
he delights in men who are truthful.
23
A
prudent man keeps his knowledge to himself,
but
the heart of fools blurts out folly.
24
Diligent
hands will rule,
but
laziness ends in slave labor.
25
An
anxious heart weighs a man down,
but
a kind word cheers him up.
26
A
righteous man is cautious in friendship, A
but
the way of the wicked leads them astray.
27
The
lazy man does not roast B his game,
but
the diligent man prizes his possessions.
28
In
the way of righteousness there is life;
along
that path is immortality. [13]
OLD
TESTAMENT: ISAIAH 62:6 - 65:25
6
I
have posted watchmen on your walls, O Jerusalem;
they
will never be silent day or night.
You
who call on the LORD,
give
yourselves no rest,
7
and
give him no rest till he establishes Jerusalem
and
makes her the praise of the earth.
8
The
LORD has sworn by his right hand
and
by his mighty arm:
"Never again will I give your grain
as
food for your enemies,
and
never again will foreigners drink the new wine
for
which you have toiled;
9
but
those who harvest it will eat it
and
praise the LORD,
and
those who gather the grapes will drink it
in
the courts of my sanctuary."
10
Pass
through, pass through the gates!
Prepare
the way for the people.
Build
up, build up the highway!
Remove
the stones.
Raise
a banner for the nations.
11
The
LORD has made proclamation
to
the ends of the earth:
"Say to the Daughter of Zion, [14]
`See,
your Savior comes!
See,
his reward is with him,
and
his recompense accompanies him.'"
12
They
will be called the Holy People,
the
Redeemed of the LORD;
and
you will be called Sought After,
the
City No Longer Deserted.
63
1
Who is this coming from Edom,
from
Bozrah, with his garments stained crimson?
Who
is this, robed in splendor,
striding
forward in the greatness of his strength?
"It is I, speaking in righteousness,
mighty
to save."
2
Why
are your garments red,
like
those of one treading the winepress?
3
"I have trodden the winepress alone;
from
the nations no one was with me.
I
trampled them in my anger
[15]
and
trod them down in my wrath;
their
blood spattered my garments,
and
I stained all my clothing.
4
For
the day of vengeance was in my heart,
and
the year of my redemption has come.
5
I
looked, but there was no one to help,
I
was appalled that no one gave support;
so
my own arm worked salvation for me,
and
my own wrath sustained me.
6
I
trampled the nations in my anger;
in
my wrath I made them drunk
and
poured their blood on the ground."
7
I
will tell of the kindnesses of the LORD,
the
deeds for which he is to be praised,
according
to all the LORD has done for us--
yes,
the many good things he has done
for
the house of Israel,
according
to his compassion and many kindnesses.
8
He
said, "Surely they are my people,
sons
who will not be false to me";
and
so he became their Savior.
9
In
all their distress he too was distressed,
and
the angel of his presence saved them. [16]
In
his love and mercy he redeemed them;
he
lifted them up and carried them
all
the days of old.
10
Yet
they rebelled
and
grieved his Holy Spirit.
So
he turned and became their enemy
and
he himself fought against them.
11
Then
his people recalledA the days of old,
the
days of Moses and his people--
where
is he who brought them through the sea,
with
the shepherd of his flock?
Where
is he who set
his
Holy Spirit among them,
12
who
sent his glorious arm of power
to
be at Moses' right hand,
who
divided the waters before them,
to
gain for himself everlasting renown,
13
who
led them through the depths?
Like
a horse in open country,
they
did not stumble;
14
like
cattle that go down to the plain,
they
were given rest by the Spirit of the LORD.
This
is how you guided your people
to
make for yourself a glorious name. [17]
15
Look
down from heaven and see
from
your lofty throne, holy and glorious.
Where
are your zeal and your might?
Your
tenderness and compassion are withheld from us.
16
But
you are our Father,
though
Abraham does not know us
or
Israel acknowledge us;
you,
O LORD, are our Father,
our
Redeemer from of old is your name.
17
Why,
O LORD, do you make us wander from your ways
and
harden our hearts so we do not revere you?
Return
for the sake of your servants,
the
tribes that are your inheritance.
18
For
a little while your people possessed your holy place,
but
now our enemies have trampled down your sanctuary.
19
We
are yours from of old;
but
you have not ruled over them,
they
have not been called by your name. B
64
1
Oh, that you would rend the heavens and come down,
that
the mountains would tremble before you!
2
As
when fire sets twigs ablaze
and
causes water to boil,
come
down to make your name known to your enemies
and
cause the nations to quake before you! [18]
3
For
when you did awesome things that we did not expect,
you
came down, and the mountains trembled before you.
4
Since
ancient times no one has heard,
no
ear has perceived,
no
eye has seen any God besides you,
who
acts on behalf of those who wait for him.
5
You
come to the help of those who gladly do right,
who
remember your ways.
But
when we continued to sin against them,
you
were angry.
How
then can we be saved?
6
All
of us have become like one who is unclean,
and
all our righteous acts are like filthy rags;
we
all shrivel up like a leaf,
and
like the wind our sins sweep us away.
7
No
one calls on your name
or
strives to lay hold of you;
for
you have hidden your face from us
and
made us waste away because of our sins.
8
Yet,
O LORD, you are our Father.
We
are the clay, you are the potter;
we
are all the work of your hand.
9
Do
not be angry beyond measure, O LORD;
do
not remember our sins forever.
Oh,
look upon us, we pray,
for
we are all your people. [19]
10
Your
sacred cities have become a desert;
even
Zion is a desert, Jerusalem a desolation.
11
Our
holy and glorious temple, where our fathers praised you,
has
been burned with fire,
and
all that we treasured lies in ruins.
12
After
all this, O LORD, will you hold yourself back?
Will
you keep silent and punish us beyond measure?
65
1
"I revealed myself to those who did not ask for me;
I
was found by those who did not seek me.
To
a nation that did not call on my name,
I
said, `Here am I, here am I.'
2
All day long I have held out my hands
to
an obstinate people,
who
walk in ways not good,
pursuing
their own imaginations--
3
a people who continually provoke me
to
my very face,
offering
sacrifices in gardens
and
burning incense on altars of brick;
4
who sit among the graves
who
eat the flesh of pigs,
and
whose pots hold broth of unclean meat;
5
who say, `Keep away; don't come near me,
for
I am too sacred for you!'
Such
people are smoke in my nostrils,
a
fire that keeps burning all day.
6
"See, it stands written before me:
I
will not keep silent but will pay back in full;
I
will pay it back into their laps--
7
both your sins and the sins of your fathers,"
says
the LORD.
"Because they burned sacrifices on the mountains
and
defied me on the hills,
I
will measure into their laps
the
full payment for their former deeds."
8
This
is what the LORD says:
"As when juice is still found in a cluster of grapes
and
men say, `Don't destroy it,
there
is yet some good in it,'
so
will I do in behalf of my servants;
I
will not destroy them all.
9
I
will bring forth descendants from Jacob,
my
chosen people will inherit them,
and
there will my servants live.
10 Sharon
will become a pasture for flocks,
and
the Valley of Achor a resting place for herds,
for
my people who seek me.
11
"But as for you who forsake the LORD
and
forget my holy mountain,
who
spread a table for Fortune
and
fill bowls of mixed wine for Destiny,
12
I will destine you for the sword,
and
you will all bend down for the slaughter;
for
I called but you did not answer,
I
spoke but you did not listen.
You
did evil in my sight
and
chose what displeases me."
13
Therefore
this is what the Sovereign LORD says:
"My servants will eat,
but
you will go hungry;
my
servants will drink,
but
you will go thirsty;
my
servants will rejoice,
but
you will be put to shame.
out
of the joy of their hearts,
but
you will cry out
from
anguish of heart
and
wail in brokenness of spirit.
15
You will leave your name
to
my chosen ones as a curse;
the
Sovereign LORD will put you to death,
but
to his servants he will give another name.
16
Whoever invokes a blessing in the land
will
do so by the God of truth;
he
who takes an oath in the land
will
swear by the God of truth.
For
the past troubles will be forgotten
and
hidden from my eyes.
17
"Behold, I will create
new
heavens and a new earth.
The
former things will not be remembered,
nor
will they come to mind.
18
But be glad and rejoice forever
in
what I will create,
for
I will create Jerusalem to be a delight
and
its people a joy.
and
take delight in my people;
the
sound of weeping and of crying
will
be heard in it no more.
20
"Never again will there be in it
an
infant who lives but a few days,
or
an old man who does not live out his years;
he
who dies at a hundred
will
be thought a mere youth;
he
who fails to reach A
a hundred
will
be considered accursed.
21
They will build houses and dwell in them;
they
will plant vineyards and eat their fruit.
22
No longer will they build houses and others live in them,
or
plant and others eat.
For
as the days of a tree,
so
will be the days of my people;
my
chosen ones will long enjoy
the
works of their hands.
23
They will not toil in vain
or
bear children doomed to misfortune;
for
they will be a people blessed by the LORD,
they
and their descendants with them.
24
Before they call I will answer;
while
they are still speaking I will hear.
and
the lion will eat straw like the ox,
but
dust will be the serpent's food.
They
will neither harm nor destroy
on
all my holy mountain,"
says
the LORD. [25]
NEW
TESTAMENT: PHILIPPIANS 2:19 -
3:3
19
I
hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you soon, that I also may be cheered
when I receive news about you. 20 I have no one else like him, who
takes a genuine interest in your welfare. 21 For everyone looks out
for his own interests, not those of Jesus Christ.
22
But
you know that Timothy has proved himself, because as a son with his father he
has served with me in the work of the gospel. 23 I hope, therefore,
to send him as soon as I see how things go with me. 24 And I am
confident in the Lord that I myself will come soon.
25
But
I think it is necessary to send back to you Epaphroditus, my brother, fellow
worker and fellow soldier, who is also your messenger, whom you sent to take
care of my needs. 26 For he longs for all of you and is distressed
because you heard he was ill.
27
Indeed
he was ill, and almost died. But God had mercy on him, and not on him only but
also on me, to spare me sorrow upon sorrow. 28 Therefore I am all the
more eager to send him, so that when you see him again you may be glad and I may
have less anxiety. 29 Welcome him in the Lord with great joy, and
honor men like him,
30
because
he almost died for the work of Christ, risking his life to make up for the help
you could not give me.
3
1
Finally,
my brothers, rejoice in the Lord! It is no trouble for me to write the same
things to you again, and it is a safeguard for you.
2
Watch
out for those dogs, those men who do evil, those mutilators of the flesh. 3
For it is we who are the circumcision, we who worship by the Spirit of
God, who glory in Christ Jesus, and who put no confidence in the flesh-- [26]
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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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