Genesis 1:1 1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
JULY
8
PSALMS: 8, 38, 68, 98,
128
PROVERBS: 8
OLD
TESTAMENT: ISAIAH 51:1 - 53:12
NEW
TESTAMENT: EPHESIANS 5:1 -
33
PSALMS:
8
For
the director of music. According to gittith. A A psalm of
David.
1
O
LORD, our Lord,
how
majestic is your name in all the earth!
You
have set your glory
above
the heavens.
2
From
the lips of children and infants
you
have ordained praise B
because
of your enemies,
to
silence the foe and the avenger.
3
When
I consider your heavens,
the
work of your fingers,
the
moon and the stars,
which
you have set in place,
4
what
is man that you are mindful of him,
the
son of man that you care for him?
5
You
made him a little lower than the heavenly beings
C
and
crowned him with glory and honor.
6
You
made him ruler over the works of your hands;
you
put everything under his feet:
7
all
flocks and herds,
and
the beasts of the field,
8
the
birds of the air,
and
the fish of the sea,
all
that swim the paths of the seas. [1]
9
O
LORD, our Lord,
how
majestic is your name in all the earth! [2]
PSALMS: 38
A
psalm of David. A petition.
1
O
LORD, do not rebuke me in your anger
or
discipline me in your wrath.
2
For
your arrows have pierced me,
and
your hand has come down upon me.
3
Because
of your wrath there is no health in my body;
my
bones have no soundness because of my sin.
4
My
guilt has overwhelmed me
like
a burden too heavy to bear.
5
My
wounds fester and are loathsome
because
of my sinful folly.
6
I
am bowed down and brought very low;
all
day long I go about mourning.
7
My
back is filled with searing pain;
there
is no health in my body.
8
I
am feeble and utterly crushed;
I
groan in anguish of heart.
9
All
my longings lie open before you, O Lord;
my
sighing is not hidden from you.
10
My
heart pounds, my strength fails me;
even
the light has gone from my eyes.
11
My
friends and companions avoid me because of my wounds;
my
neighbors stay far away.
12
Those
who seek my life set their traps,
those
who would harm me talk of my ruin;
all
day long they plot deception. [3]
13
I
am like a deaf man, who cannot hear,
like
a mute, who cannot open his mouth;
14
I
have become like a man who does not hear,
whose
mouth can offer no reply.
15
I
wait for you, O LORD;
you
will answer, O Lord my God.
16
For
I said, "Do not let them gloat
or
exalt themselves over me when my foot slips."
17
For
I am about to fall,
and
my pain is ever with me.
18
I
confess my iniquity;
I
am troubled by my sin.
19
Many
are those who are my vigorous enemies;
those
who hate me without reason are numerous.
20
Those
who repay my good with evil
slander
me when I pursue what is good.
21
O
LORD, do not forsake me;
be
not far from me, O my God.
22
Come
quickly to help me,
O
Lord my Savior. [4]
PSALMS: 68
For
the director of music. Of David. A psalm. A song.
1
May
God arise, may his enemies be scattered;
may
his foes flee before him.
2
As
smoke is blown away by the wind,
may
you blow them away;
as
wax melts before the fire,
may
the wicked perish before God.
3
But
may the righteous be glad
and
rejoice before God;
may
they be happy and joyful.
4
Sing
to God, sing praise to his name,
extol
him who rides on the clouds A--
his
name is the LORD--
and
rejoice before him.
5
A
father to the fatherless, a defender of widows,
is
God in his holy dwelling.
6
God
sets the lonely in families, B
he
leads forth the prisoners with singing;
but
the rebellious live in a sun-scorched land.
7
When
you went out before your people, O God,
when
you marched through the wasteland,
Selah
8
the
earth shook,
the
heavens poured down rain,
before
God, the One of Sinai,
before
God, the God of Israel.
9
You
gave abundant showers, O God;
you
refreshed your weary inheritance. [5]
10
Your
people settled in it,
and
from your bounty, O God, you provided for the poor.
11
The
Lord announced the word,
and
great was the company of those who proclaimed it:
12
"Kings and armies flee in haste;
in
the camps men divide the plunder.
Even
while you sleep among the campfires,
C
the
wings of my dove are sheathed with silver,
its
feathers with shining gold."
14
When
the Almighty D scattered the kings in the land,
it
was like snow fallen on Zalmon.
15
The
mountains of Bashan are majestic mountains;
rugged
are the mountains of Bashan.
16
Why
gaze in envy, O rugged mountains,
at
the mountain where God chooses to reign,
where
the LORD himself will dwell forever?
17
The
chariots of God are tens of thousands
and
thousands of thousands;
the
Lord has come from Sinai into his sanctuary.
18
When
you ascended on high,
you
led captives in your train;
you
received gifts from men,
even
from E the rebellious--
that
you, F O LORD God, might dwell there.
19
Praise
be to the Lord, to God our Savior,
who
daily bears our burdens.
Selah
20
Our
God is a God who saves;
from
the Sovereign LORD comes escape from death.
[6]
21
Surely
God will crush the heads of his enemies,
the
hairy crowns of those who go on in their sins.
22
The
Lord says, "I will bring them from
Bashan;
I
will bring them from the depths of the sea,
23
that you may plunge your feet in the blood of your foes,
while
the tongues of your dogs have their share."
24
Your
procession has come into view, O God,
the
procession of my God and King into the sanctuary.
25
In
front are the singers, after them the musicians;
with
them are the maidens playing tambourines.
26
Praise
God in the great congregation;
praise
the LORD in the assembly of Israel.
27
There
is the little tribe of Benjamin, leading them,
there
the great throng of Judah's princes,
and
there the princes of Zebulun and of Naphtali.
28
Summon
your power, O God G;
show
us your strength, O God, as you have done before.
29
Because
of your temple at Jerusalem
kings
will bring you gifts.
30
Rebuke
the beast among the reeds,
the
herd of bulls among the calves of the nations.
Humbled,
may it bring bars of silver.
Scatter
the nations who delight in war.
31
Envoys
will come from Egypt;
Cush
H will submit herself to God.
32
Sing
to God, O kingdoms of the earth,
sing
praise to the Lord,
Selah
[7]
33
to
him who rides the ancient skies above,
who
thunders with mighty voice.
34
Proclaim
the power of God,
whose
majesty is over Israel,
whose
power is in the skies.
35
You
are awesome, O God, in your sanctuary;
the
God of Israel gives power and strength to his people.
Praise
be to God! [8]
PSALMS: 98
A
psalm.
1
Sing
to the LORD a new song,
for
he has done marvelous things;
his
right hand and his holy arm
have
worked salvation for him.
2
The
LORD has made his salvation known
and
revealed his righteousness to the nations.
3
He
has remembered his love
and
his faithfulness to the house of Israel;
all
the ends of the earth have seen
the
salvation of our God.
4
Shout
for joy to the LORD, all the earth,
burst
into jubilant song with music;
5
make
music to the LORD with the harp,
with
the harp and the sound of singing,
6
with
trumpets and the blast of the ram's horn--
shout
for joy before the LORD, the King.
7
Let
the sea resound, and everything in it,
the
world, and all who live in it.
8
Let
the rivers clap their hands,
let
the mountains sing together for joy;
9
let
them sing before the LORD,
for
he comes to judge the earth.
He
will judge the world in righteousness
and
the peoples with equity. [9]
PSALMS: 128
A
song of ascents.
1
Blessed
are all who fear the LORD,
who
walk in his ways.
2
You
will eat the fruit of your labor;
blessings
and prosperity will be yours.
3
Your
wife will be like a fruitful vine
within
your house;
your
sons will be like olive shoots
around
your table.
4
Thus
is the man blessed
who
fears the LORD.
5
May
the LORD bless you from Zion
all
the days of your life;
may
you see the prosperity of Jerusalem,
6
and
may you live to see your children's children.
Peace
be upon Israel. [10]
PROVERBS: 8
8
1
Does not wisdom call out?
Does
not understanding raise her voice?
2
On
the heights along the way,
where
the paths meet, she takes her stand;
3
beside
the gates leading into the city,
at
the entrances, she cries aloud:
4
"To you, O men, I call out;
I
raise my voice to all mankind.
5 You
who are simple, gain prudence;
you
who are foolish, gain understanding.
6
Listen,
for I have worthy things to say;
I
open my lips to speak what is right.
7 My
mouth speaks what is true,
for
my lips detest wickedness.
8 All
the words of my mouth are just;
none
of them is crooked or perverse.
9 To
the discerning all of them are right;
they
are faultless to those who have knowledge.
10 Choose
my instruction instead of silver,
knowledge
rather than choice gold,
11 for
wisdom is more precious than rubies,
and
nothing you desire can compare with her.
12
"I, wisdom, dwell together with
prudence;
I
possess knowledge and discretion.
13 To
fear the LORD is to hate evil;
I
hate pride and arrogance,
evil
behavior and perverse speech.
14 Counsel
and sound judgment are mine;
I
have understanding and power.
15 By
me kings reign
and
rulers make laws that are just;
and
all nobles who rule on earth. A
17 I
love those who love me,
and
those who seek me find me.
18 With
me are riches and honor,
enduring
wealth and prosperity.
19
My
fruit is better than fine gold;
what
I yield surpasses choice silver.
20 I
walk in the way of righteousness,
along
the paths of justice,
21 bestowing
wealth on those who love me
and
making their treasuries full.
22
"The LORD brought me forth as the first of his works,
BC
before
his deeds of old;
23 I
was appointed D
from eternity,
from
the beginning, before the world began.
24 When
there were no oceans, I was given birth,
when
there were no springs abounding with water;
25 before
the mountains were settled in place,
before
the hills, I was given birth,
26 before
he made the earth or its fields
or
any of the dust of the world.
27 I
was there when he set the heavens in place,
when
he marked out the horizon on the face of the deep,
28 when
he established the clouds above
and
fixed securely the fountains of the deep,
29 when
he gave the sea its boundary
so
the waters would not overstep his command,
and
when he marked out the foundations of the earth.
30
Then I was the craftsman at his side.
I
was filled with delight day after day,
rejoicing
always in his presence,
31rejoicing
in his whole world
and
delighting in mankind.
[12]
32
"Now then, my sons, listen to
me;
blessed
are those who keep my ways.
33 Listen
to my instruction and be wise;
do
not ignore it.
34 Blessed
is the man who listens to me,
watching
daily at my doors,
waiting
at my doorway.
35 For
whoever finds me finds life
and
receives favor from the LORD.
36 But
whoever fails to find me harms himself;
all
who hate me love death."
[13]
OLD
TESTAMENT: ISAIAH 51:1 - 53:12
51
1
"Listen to me, you who pursue righteousness
and
who seek the LORD:
Look
to the rock from which you were cut
and
to the quarry from which you were hewn;
2
look to Abraham, your father,
and
to Sarah, who gave you birth.
When
I called him he was but one,
and
I blessed him and made him many.
3
The LORD will surely comfort Zion
and
will look with compassion on all her ruins;
he
will make her deserts like Eden,
her
wastelands like the garden of the LORD.
Joy
and gladness will be found in her,
thanksgiving
and the sound of singing.
4
"Listen to me, my people;
hear
me, my nation:
The
law will go out from me;
my
justice will become a light to the nations.
5
My righteousness draws near speedily,
my
salvation is on the way,
and
my arm will bring justice to the nations.
The
islands will look to me
and
wait in hope for my arm.
6
Lift up your eyes to the heavens,
look
at the earth beneath;
the
earth will wear out like a garment
and
its inhabitants die like flies.
But
my salvation will last forever,
my
righteousness will never fail.
7
"Hear me, you who know what is right,
you
people who have my law in your hearts:
Do
not fear the reproach of men
or
be terrified by their insults.
8
For the moth will eat them up like a garment;
the
worm will devour them like wool.
But
my righteousness will last forever,
my
salvation through all generations."
9
Awake,
awake! Clothe yourself with strength,
O
arm of the LORD;
awake,
as in days gone by,
as
in generations of old.
Was
it not you who cut Rahab to pieces,
who
pierced that monster through?
10
Was
it not you who dried up the sea,
the
waters of the great deep,
who
made a road in the depths of the sea [15]
so
that the redeemed might cross over?
11
The
ransomed of the LORD will return.
They
will enter Zion with singing;
everlasting
joy will crown their heads.
Gladness
and joy will overtake them,
and
sorrow and sighing will flee away.
12
"I, even I, am he who comforts you.
Who
are you that you fear mortal men,
the
sons of men, who are but grass,
13
that you forget the LORD your Maker,
who
stretched out the heavens
and
laid the foundations of the earth,
that
you live in constant terror every day
because
of the wrath of the oppressor,
who
is bent on destruction?
For
where is the wrath of the oppressor?
14
The cowering prisoners will soon be set free;
they
will not die in their dungeon,
nor
will they lack bread.
15
For I am the LORD your God,
who
churns up the sea so that its waves roar--
the
LORD Almighty is his name.
16
I have put my words in your mouth
and
covered you with the shadow of my hand--
I
who set the heavens in place, [16]
who
laid the foundations of the earth,
and
who say to Zion, `You are my people.'"
17
Awake,
awake!
Rise
up, O Jerusalem,
you
who have drunk from the hand of the LORD
the
cup of his wrath,
you
who have drained to its dregs
the
goblet that makes men stagger.
18
Of
all the sons she bore
there
was none to guide her;
of
all the sons she reared
there
was none to take her by the hand.
19
These
double calamities have come upon you--
who
can comfort you?--
ruin
and destruction, famine and sword--
who
can A console you?
20Your
sons have fainted;
they
lie at the head of every street,
like
antelope caught in a net.
They
are filled with the wrath of the LORD
and
the rebuke of your God.
21
Therefore
hear this, you afflicted one,
made
drunk, but not with wine.
22
This
is what your Sovereign LORD says, [17]
your
God, who defends his people:
"See, I have taken out of your hand
the
cup that made you stagger;
from
that cup, the goblet of my wrath,
you
will never drink again.
23
I will put it into the hands of your tormentors,
who
said to you,
`Fall
prostrate that we may walk over you.'
And
you made your back like the ground,
like
a street to be walked over."
52
1
Awake, awake, O Zion,
clothe
yourself with strength.
Put
on your garments of splendor,
O
Jerusalem, the holy city.
The
uncircumcised and defiled
will
not enter you again.
2
Shake
off your dust;
rise
up, sit enthroned, O Jerusalem.
Free
yourself from the chains on your neck,
O
captive Daughter of Zion.
3
For
this is what the LORD says:
"You were sold for nothing,
and
without money you will be redeemed."
[18]
4
For
this is what the Sovereign LORD says:
"At first my people went down to Egypt to live;
lately,
Assyria has oppressed them.
5
"And now what do I have here?" declares the LORD.
"For
my people have been taken away for nothing,
and
those who rule them mock,
A"
declares
the LORD.
"And all day long
my
name is constantly blasphemed.
6
Therefore my people will know my name;
therefore
in that day they will know
that
it is I who foretold it.
Yes,
it is I."
7
How
beautiful on the mountains
are
the feet of those who bring good news,
who
proclaim peace,
who
bring good tidings,
who
proclaim salvation,
who
say to Zion,
"Your
God reigns!"
8
Listen!
Your watchmen lift up their voices;
together
they shout for joy.
When
the LORD returns to Zion, [19]
they
will see it with their own eyes.
9
Burst
into songs of joy together,
you
ruins of Jerusalem,
for
the LORD has comforted his people,
he
has redeemed Jerusalem.
10
The
LORD will lay bare his holy arm
in
the sight of all the nations,
and
all the ends of the earth will see
the
salvation of our God.
11
Depart,
depart, go out from there!
Touch
no unclean thing!
Come
out from it and be pure,
you
who carry the vessels of the LORD.
12
But
you will not leave in haste
or
go in flight;
for
the LORD will go before you,
the
God of Israel will be your rear guard.
13
See,
my servant will act wisely B;
he
will be raised and lifted up and highly exalted.
14
Just
as there were many who were appalled at him C--
his
appearance was so disfigured beyond that of any man
and
his form marred beyond human likeness--
15
so
will he sprinkle many nations, D
and
kings will shut their mouths because of him. [20]
For
what they were not told, they will see,
and
what they have not heard, they will understand.
53
1
Who has believed our message
and
to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed?
2
He
grew up before him like a tender shoot,
and
like a root out of dry ground.
He
had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him,
nothing
in his appearance that we should desire him.
3
He
was despised and rejected by men,
a
man of sorrows, and familiar with suffering.
Like
one from whom men hide their faces
he
was despised, and we esteemed him not.
4
Surely
he took up our infirmities
and
carried our sorrows,
yet
we considered him stricken by God,
smitten
by him, and afflicted.
5
But
he was pierced for our transgressions,
he
was crushed for our iniquities;
the
punishment that brought us peace was upon him,
and
by his wounds we are healed. [21]
6
We
all, like sheep, have gone astray,
each
of us has turned to his own way;
and
the LORD has laid on him
the
iniquity of us all.
7
He
was oppressed and afflicted,
yet
he did not open his mouth;
he
was led like a lamb to the slaughter,
and
as a sheep before her shearers is silent,
so
he did not open his mouth.
8
By
oppression A and judgment he was taken away.
And
who can speak of his descendants?
For
he was cut off from the land of the living;
for
the transgression of my people he was stricken. B
9
He
was assigned a grave with the wicked,
and
with the rich in his death,
though
he had done no violence,
nor
was any deceit in his mouth.
10
Yet
it was the LORD's will to crush him and cause him to suffer,
and
though the LORD makesC his life a guilt offering,
he
will see his offspring and prolong his days,
and
the will of the LORD will prosper in his hand.
11
After
the suffering of his soul,
he
will see the light of life D and be satisfied E;
by
his knowledge F my righteous servant will justify many, [22]
and
he will bear their iniquities.
12
Therefore
I will give him a portion among the great, G
and
he will divide the spoils with the strong, H
because
he poured out his life unto death,
and
was numbered with the transgressors.
For
he bore the sin of many,
and
made intercession for the transgressors. [23]
NEW
TESTAMENT: EPHESIANS 5:1 -
33
5
1
Be
imitators of God, therefore, as dearly loved children 2 and live a
life of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant
offering and sacrifice to God.
3
But
among you there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of
impurity, or of greed, because these are improper for God's holy people. 4
Nor should there be obscenity, foolish talk or coarse joking, which are
out of place, but rather thanksgiving. 5 For of this you can be sure:
No immoral, impure or greedy person--such a man is an idolater--has any
inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God. A 6 Let
no one deceive you with empty words, for because of such things God's wrath
comes on those who are disobedient. 7 Therefore do not be partners
with them.
8
For
you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of
light 9 (for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness,
righteousness and truth) 10 and find out what pleases the Lord.
11 Have nothing to do with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but
rather expose them. 12 For it is shameful even to mention what the
disobedient do in secret. 13 But everything exposed by the light
becomes visible, 14 for it is light that makes everything visible.
This is why it is said:
"Wake up, O sleeper,
rise
from the dead,
and
Christ will shine on you."
15
Be
very careful, then, how you live--not as unwise but as wise, 16
making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil. 17
Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord's will is.
18 Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to debauchery. Instead, be
filled with the Spirit. 19 Speak to one another with psalms, hymns
and spiritual songs. Sing and make music in your heart to the Lord, 20
always giving thanks to God the Father for everything, in the name of our
Lord Jesus Christ.
21
Submit
to one another out of reverence for Christ.
22
Wives,
submit to your husbands as to the Lord. 23 For the husband is the
head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is
the Savior. 24 Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives
should submit to their husbands in everything.
25
Husbands,
love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her
26 to make her holy, cleansing B her by the washing with
water through the word,
27
and
to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any
other blemish, but holy and [24] 26 to make
her holy, cleansing B her by the washing with water through the word,
27 and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain
or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless. 28 In this
same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves
his wife loves himself. 29 After all, no one ever hated his own body,
but he feeds and cares for it, just as Christ does the church—30 for
we are members of his body. 31 "For this
reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the
two will become one flesh." C 32 This is a profound
mystery--but I am talking about Christ and the church. 33 However,
each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must
respect her husband. [25]
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[25]Excerpted from Compton
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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